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In my father's old armchair, downon the farm. ‘ ’Iiound t And the robin There A father ; A mother dear There I Runnin In my: boy]: Cattle frequently become choked by attempting to swallow a whole potato, turnip or apple, and unless discovered in time, death often en- sues, and the attempt to remove the obstruction IS often a failure. If the obstruction can be felt part way down the throat, one man should grasp the gullet and Wind- pipe firmly below where the art- -icle is lodged. Another person should run a fork or rake handle, having the end blunt-pointed like a four-sided pyramid, down the a imal’s throat and gently strike up obstruction, each time giving the stick a quarter turn that the obstruction may be broken. After a. dozen strokes, press hard on the obstruction, gently turning the stick around in both directions. remove it and if you find small pieces in a hole bored near the point of the stick, proceed as before. It- will take but a. moment to make a hole through even a hard apple. When this is done, the choking is greatly ‘relieVed. The obstruction can be crushed by heavy outward pressure on the yindpipe, or by giving a. dose of melted lard. or cottonV-seEd oi]. Should the ob- struction be far down toward the stomach. it is best to break it up or make a. hole through it before trying to force into the stomach, as the latter often takes a. heavy pressure to do thigh, «ma maeskbg so 1pat-d may canseg'mternal injury. It will be obâ€" wn‘ved that the form of the end of the stick prevents any injury to the windpipe. Mtgw“. ~,‘m'w Not long smcé Man who was grumbling about his poor luck in growing crops was taken to do by a neighbor who asked him if it did not cost as much to grow 50 tons of weeds in his corn field as it did 50 tons of good corn fodder, the first good- for-noth- i m,g the second sufficientto winzer ten cows, and take the place of purchased hay, and grain. 9 The care of the calves is something analagous. A little more care and feed results in a good. healthy calf in the Fall. and less care and feed results in a “weed” and no breeding will surmount poor care and feeding. On this point EditorJenkins has this to say: Pretty soon the complaint will begin to come in, “What ails the calves ‘2” We can tell you in advance what ails them; it is simply ignorance and carelessness in taking care of them. They are not and should not be allowed to run with their dams, though that would be the safest way to rear them if you are not willing to take proper care of them : but the trouble with the little things lies in one or more of the f.:llowing causes : Scours from wet beds. cold milk, sour milk, dirty feed pans, neglect to feed at one time and over-feeding at another, cold draughts ; an aggravated form of any of these troubles will kill a. calf in six hours. It requires absolute system to raise calves by hand. It makes a good breeder sick to go into a calf stable that smells sour and rank, as he knows that means (leath to the calves. Not everythmg is gold that glitters ; not every soil is rich that locks black. Muck may be as black as coal, and yet as poor as poverty. Muck is not manure, and mucky soils may need manuring more urgently than ordinary uplands do. DOn’t imagine you can raise any kind of vegetables without the free use of mmures, because you have a. nice piece of black. mucky soil. True such soil has certain advantages. It works easily and can be tilled and kept free from weeds with a. minimum of effort, and at the same time it is remarkably fitted for hold- ing moisture and withstanding the ill effects of a. drought. But don’t forget to use manure in liberal quantities if" you want good crops of r00ts,‘0ui0hs;°celery, lettuce, radishes, turnips and other garden vege- tables. it is not always‘ necessary to use barn-yard manures. Ashes and “dissolved bone or chemical, mineral fertilizers (sup- plying phosphoric acid and potash) will often give you as good result on muck as yard manure. But m any case you must use plenty of these plant-foods. Many muck beds or deposits are but little more than narbon, and 3111105? entirely destitute of potash and ph08phor1c acid. Others have a. good percentage ofmtrogen, which, how- ever, is not immediately available for plant- food. While muck, therefore, cannot take the place of manure, Where complete man- ures are needed, Its application to stiff clay soil or to clear sands may have the most happy effects. There are clay lands that no amount of harrowing and rolling will get in best mechanical order. They are destitute in humus, and no matter how you treat them. they are .and I'Emain lumpy. The lumps mayxcontam plenty of...potash and phospheric field, yer the soil is unpro- ductive. beomse‘the plant.f00d is locked up in the lumps auzs entirely Out of reach of the plants. Add a good §llantlty of muck with oAn Instrument for Behaving- Ghoked Cattle. Chorus .- Chorus : cd to dwell, a so well, clover and the bees ; glorv vine. arch did twine l sang among the trees others young and gay, 'zmr [field us from all harm, hed life’s golden hours, 1 among the flow ers, happy days. down on the .he Farm- :TURAL. And .the vFay to get thix‘éefipgfigrefivéééfil bed 13 to use the steel-toothed harrow at least twice, to pull the elods up to the sur- I face. and also to help to {5 th ._ JWI. lsmn, in Prairie Farmer, ”9 em [ L clay. All at once the 3011 wi nicely, become as mellow as and produce good crops. . heretofore bound up tightly 1n the area-tr lumps, has become available and gOOd CYOPS a1'6! grown. Don’t imagine, hQWGVgT: t1?“ the efiect is due to the “plant-foods which you have added by adding muck. The muck has simply improved the mechanical condition of the clay soil. Clear sands can 211150138 improved in texture, as well as In their capacity for holding moisture, by addition of muck or mold, But as the average muck contains a. considerable amount of nitrogen, we can use it directly 8-3 3- manure, where nitrogen is needed, pro- vided we find means to make this nitrogen available for plant use or can wait until it will thus become available naturally in the course of time. Some samples of muck would have a fertilizing value of $9 ‘per ton for their nitrogen alone, if all of 11: .Were available. Owners of muck beds miss a ood chance if they refuse to get out a lot 1 muck and let it become dry. It IS an admirable absorbent in stables and hen- houses, and when used as bedding being a. Nd} and effective manure, good for any crop “'hwh the gardener grows, and for any kind ?fs°i1- Now, while the swamps are dry, 15 a good time for hauling muck, and 111 F9“: When men and teams are not crowded With Work, a. good time to ditch the swamps. There are as yet thousands of acres of web land. partially or wholly under water WhXCh, with a comparatively inconsiderable out-lay in money and labor, might be made ‘50 “blossomliketherose,” and bring forth amps worth hundreds d dollars a. year to the gardener. (â€"v‘uw.~»~- â€"â€" srhooth and fine on the surface. But it is full of clods and crevices below. When wheat is sown in such a. seed-bed, many grains fail to find the conditions essential to germination, and not a few plants succumb- Such a seed-bed may be knOWn by the drill hoes jumping up and dOWn. Whenever the drill hces do not run smoothly and evenle I know the seed-bed is not in good condi- tion, no matter how nice the surface looks : and'whenever the drill hoes run smoothly and steadily, and I can kick up fresh, fine dirt with the toe of my shoe, I know that the grain is going into awell prepared seed- bed. though the surface 13 quite cloddY; AnA H“. u.-.- o- «-4» 6L:_ Use the Harrow- .â€" “'hlte M an in the Dark Continent. W? hat mf ht chan es the white man _is making allgovez the ice of Africa. I M11- lxons of natives feel the impulse, for good or 111, of the strange influence ; but they do 110'0 know yet the tremendous consequencfes in Which the web of new conditions W111 involve them. Te.“ Years ago the most. dreaded tribe of - â€"â€" “5v guy uavuv uskuuu ULLUV ‘1"- equatorml Africa. were the Masai. Their home is west and northwest of Mount Njero, but their murderous raids covered a. vast area. from the sea. far inland to the 8Wings that feed Victoria Nyanza. and the Nile. No Swahili trading caravan, less than a thousand strong, dared venture among them. No missionary risked his life within their borders. No explorer fathomed the geographic secrets of then‘ land. Noe . attle-breeding tribe for hundreds ”f miles around, was safe from their resist- less forays ; and when Joseph Thomson at 1‘15“ paSSed unscathed through Masai Land to the great lake, the achievment won him enduring fame. tangents 31831153.?” insulin, .0.” (In: and of Japan were represented, as well as tense of the English-speaking nations, all attired in' their priestly robes and wearing the in- signia of their office. marched to the plat- form while the audience rose and cheered at the sight. First came Cardinal Gibbons, escorted by President Bonncy. Then came Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Charles Hen- notin, representing the Board of Lady Managers, and then the following with their suites: Archbishop Redwood, of New Zealand ; Archbishop Dionysios Latas, of Zante, Greece; Rev. John Henry Bar- rows, of Chicago; Archbishop Feehan, Count A. Bernstorfi‘, of Berlin; Dr. Carl Yon Bergen, of Sweden; Prof. C. N. Cha- harar, D. Dharmapala and P. C. Moosomdar, of India; Rev. Augusta Chapin, of Chicago; Rev. Alexander D. McKenzie, Pung Qu‘ang Yu, of China; Dr. E. G. Hitch, of Chicago; Miss Jean Siribi and Khersedji Laugraua, of Bombay ; Bishop Bwarnette and Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant. Even more inspiring was the scene when the vast audience arose and joined in singing “Praise Godfrom whom all Blessings Flow,” and later when Cardinal Gibbons led those of all nations and all religions in reciting the Lord’s prayer. The regular proceedings of the parliament of religions were opened ‘ auspiciously by an invocation by Cardinal Gibbons and addresses by President 0.0. i Bonney and “el‘g’uus iights- frat: “tub“ lr'izts ur‘ the world. President Emmy", in Us address of welcome, said they ihould all give thanks for being able to tale part in so grands. congress, one that so ful- ly exemplified peace and progress and which would have so great an influence on the world. Cardinal Gibbons replying said that though all did not agree on matters of faith, there was one platform on which they were all united, that was charity, humanity and benevo- lence. He said that he could not impress too strOngly on everyone that each was his brother’s keeper. That was the whole theory oi humanity. lf‘ Christ had cried with Cain, “ Am I my brother’s keeper ‘2” we would still be walking in darkness. a attic. .All thbis is now changed. Even the Swa- h1h porters have lost much of their terror before the once dreaded Masai wax-rice. English fortified posts are planted 121 1115 land. Little missionary bands have safely crossed the lofty plateau where his women and children tend their herds. The 8-P- parition of El Moran, in his war p1u_n_1_eS, Ant 6“. - . If England has reason to be afraid that plum-pneumonia might enter the country with cattle from Canada, we have infinitely more cause to fear that anthrax, a. terrible disease fatal alike to man and beast, that has broken out in Northumberland and other northern counties, may cross to Can- ada. SO deadly is the plague, experts de. clare, that a field in which an affected ani- mal has once grazed can never be safely used for pasture again. On one large and flourishing farm in Northumberland 33 cattle and 100 swine died in a few days,and the farmer and a laborer are in a precarious condition. When some of the stomachs of the animals were examined no trace of poison or other extraneous matter likely to cause disease could be found, but the oder omitted was offensive beyond description. There was no fungi about the farm, while the particular field where the cattle were first seized consisted to all appearance of beautiful pure grass. There is great excite- ment in the north of England in consequence of the outbreak, the Govgrnmcnt experts being nonplused in their efforts to find a. cause. The first Symptoms are a burning thiI‘St, but before the animals can get to water they usually_dr00p and die, so sud- den is the ailment 1n itazasfim. - -- v. u 1» VAULGILI, 1“ “LB war Plulllcfl’ out. for a cattle raid is no longer troubling native Villa. MasafiLand.gers hundreds 0f miles from Capt. l’ringle of the Victoria. Nyanza. railroad survey, tells us that the Masai are no longer arrogant in their dealings with Europeans. They ask for presents, but do not demand tribute. They treat visitors courteously, do not demand the payment of toll from every passing caravan, and have ceased to force their way into the white man’s tent and order him to take off his: boots and show his toes. Perhaps their recent misfortunes, not less than the display of European power, have modified the arrogance and improved the behavior of the Masai. Once they would eat nothing but beef or mutton. But their countless herds have been nearly annihilated by the cattle plague that has swept across Africa, and even the warriors have been compelled to subsist on the despised flour of the neighboring agricultural tribes. Scarcity of food has done something to lessen their pride and make them most amenable to reason. Capt. Pringle says the Masai are now willing to make treaties with the Europe'- ans, and it is believed they would abide by them. If they treat them properly, the. British may yet turn the remarkable discip- line and soldierly qualities of this powerful. tribe to good account. The most unique procession that has ever taken place in the world’s history marked the opening of the world’s paths.- ment of religions at the art institute in Chicago on Monday. It was a procession that had a world of meaning in i‘-.â€"â€"one that would have been impossible not many years ago. Jews marched with Gemiles, and Catholics marched with Protestwts. The A GREAT-AFRICAN nuns. A Wonderful Procession. ‘ago the most dpeaded tribe of A T crrlble Disease. France and Germany. The review at Metz of a. large portiq‘nl of the German army by Emperor William I., attended by the heir to the throne of Italy, Will have, and was meant to have, a pro- found significance for French observers. The spectacle symbolizes the resolve of the German people to grasp firmly all the Ger- man soil recovered from the foreigner, and such a. determination may be seen to imply a. menace of regaining other lands,which were once German, but which are new hold by France. The presence, too, of the Prince of Naples is equivalent to a. declaration that no sense of gratitude for the former ser- vices of Frenchmen can break the tie of in- terest that now binds the house of Savoy to the Hohenzollerns, and that with re- gard to Lorraine no less than to the Rhine- land the defiant war song of the Germans, “ E's sollen sic m'cht haben,” “ No you shall never have it,” finds an echo in the ltalian kingdom. Metz has been much more thoroughly Germanized since 1871 than Strasburg, although it had been in French hands for a much longer period. It was not until close to the end of the seventeenth century that the free city of Strasburg was seized by Louis XIV., While it was in the time of Henry IL, almost a century and a half before, that the Three Bishoprics, of which Motz was one, were incorporated with French territory. The extreme import- ance of the latter placefrom astrategic point of View was from the first appreciated, and not even their disastrous rout at St. Quen- tin could loosen the hold of Frenchmen on their prize. It was the possession of Metz that rendered possible the subsequent con- quest of French Flanders on the north, and the still later absorption of the Duchy of Lorraine upon the south. Metz was the keystone of the whole wall of provinces, gradually reared upon the French frontier, and stretching from the towus upon the ‘ Somme in Picardy to the southern limits of ‘ Franche-Comte. The surrender of Metz to the Germans, after the lapse of some three hundred years, meant not only a grave actual loss, but a portentous pro- spective danger. Unquestionably, the re- tention of Metz was, as Von Moltke des- cribed it, an indispensable condition of the security of Germany, and, so long as the Germans keep it, they may look upon the Rhine as safe. All the resources of modern engineering have been taxed to make the fortress impregnable, and, no doubt, as Kaiser William II. reviewed his legion under its walls, he exulted in the belief that Metz would never become French again. Yet if there is one lesson that history is never weary of repeating, it is that a pre- ponderance of numbers is no guarantee of success in war, and that no country,. how~ ever superior in repute is its military lsystem, can hope to retain a monopoly of military genius. The New Colonial Party. Whatever name may be given to the new political organization just formed in England for the furtherance of colonial in- terests in the imperial parliament there is undoubtedly a wide field of useful work before it. In far distant Australia and New Zealand, as well as in the British House of Commons, beneficial movements may be pushed forward. At the prelimin- ary meeting mention was made of the neces- i i sity for improved cable communication with ‘ the Colonies, the abolition of the postal anomalies, the cessation of the transporta- tion of French convicts to New Caledonia, and reform in the appointment of Colonial governors. Many other matters might be ,readily suggested as tending towards the realization of the great idea of Imperial ‘Federation towards which Lord Rosebery looks forward. Near at hand, and with a i promise of immediate benefit-,lies thé Ocean iPenny Post, which Mr. Heuniker Heaton supports so energetically from the ful- ness of his knowledge of Australian life. Sir John Gorst owes much of his all-round - knowledge of men and afi'airs of state to the diversified Colonial experiences that. he passed through. In this country Mr. Blake’s failure as a politi- cian was due to lack of sympathy with his party and not to any want of ability. If Sir John Thompson could journey from Ottawa to Paris to take part in the Behring Sea arbitration, why may not a Canadian Min- ister of the future travel to London to sit with the rulers of the Empire in the British Parliament? Let the door he opened, and we have the examples of Sir Henry Parkes’ and Sir John Macdonald to prove that men of strong character will not be lacking. This, however, is looking into the future. For the present, we are glad'to see thw the new party proposes to begin quietly. it will embrace all members of the Heme of ommons who happen to be connected with se bmveggpmnmies. Instead of inter- ferinbg with, it will help‘mngofkof («13’ official representatives of Colonial govern- ‘ ments in London. Had such a party been in existence 8. year ago Sir Charles Topper would not have had to struggle almost alone against the Imperial Board of Agriculture, which continues to forbid the importation of Canadian live cattle. A compact group of Colonial members, acting together for the common good, should be able to render real and lasting service to the State. Payment of Members. Now that the Imperial Parliament has resolved upon the payment of its members anything bearing upon the subject is con- sidered interesting over there. A parlia- mentary paper just issued gives the various amounts paid to legislators in the different colonies. In Newfoundland members re- ceive an allowance of $120 a session, but have neither travelling expenses not free passes on railways. In Australia and the Cape, Where railways are controlled by the colony, members have in all cases free railway passes, and in some cases it is made a con- dition in the contract for the mails that the mail coaches shall carry members free. In Natal an allowance of ll. 8. day is paid dur- ing the session. Members of the Cape Parliament receive one guinea a day, and to those living at a distance from the Par- liament house an additional allowance of 155 a day for personal expenses is paid. Members of the Legislative Council of New Zealand receive 1501. a year, and of the House of Representatives 2405. a year, with reasonable travelling expenses, but deduc- tions are made for non-attendance. In Queensland, New South Wales, and Vic- toria, salaries of 300L 3 year are paid. In Ottawa the rate is about $10 a day dur- ing the session ; in Ontario it averages 86 a day ; Quebec, $600 the session. Payment in Nova Scotia is $500 a session. This rate is also paid to members of the Legislative Assembly of the North West Territories with travelling allowances A Greek Merchant Warm Our Machinery. Mr. Socrates A. Seferiades, a Greek mer- chant from Smyrna, Asia Minor, registered at the Rossin house, Toronto, the other evening. He is a tall, handsome man and speaks English fluently. H‘s complexion is as dark as an Arab’s but he possesses all the characteristic beauties of face, head and physique of his race. He has traveled all over the earth and has done business with men of all nations. He spent a month at the VVorld’s Fair for the purpose of se- lecting machinery to send to Smyrna: Though well versed in the mechanical arm he did not trust to his judgment alone, but employed mechanical experts to make tests and give opinions as to the best traction engine to be secured. The experts devoted a month to the work of testing all such engines at the VVorld’s Fair, and on Saturday last informed the merchant that in their opinion the engine sent to the Fair by Mr. John Abell, Toronto, was the best in the world. The Greek, who is of the same opinion himself, STARTED AT ONCE FOR TORONTO and will visit the Abel] works and select the first machines to go to Asia. Minor. He says that many merchants will follow his example and send for Canadian machinery of all kinds. Mr. Seferiades had no idea. until he visit- ed the' Chicago Fair that Canada. could make such a. good showing. He. found that in farm produce she stood first with no close second. In machinery he thinks she stands first in many lines. Snobuding all farming implements. Her timber and minerals astonished him. as did her live stock andlqanufactured goods. 4.“ L-.. :._ 4.1.- .....4. A... ‘L. ...... Asia. Mix‘mr has in the past sent her sur- plus of figs, opium, rugs and other pro- ducts to Ergland and the United States, but Mr. Seferiades is of the opinion that when the Asiatic traders learn of the won- derful inducements Canada has to offer they Will exchange their products for machinery, clothing and manufactured goods of various kinds. No work of apology is due to an apprecia- tive public for giving the sea. serpent his due every time he condescends to show him- self. Ottawa. is now fully converted to faith in him, and Mrs. John Lahey, the wife of a respectable farmer, who lives near the head of Allnmette island, is the latest apostle of the famous fish. She was wash- ing on the river bank, when she saw ap- proaching her an object which at first she mistook for one of the great logs for which the lumbering districts of the upper Ottawa. are famous. But she altered her opinion when the monster raised its hideous head five feet above the water and deliberately hissed at her in a. snakish manner. Then it disappeared, and Mrs Lahey fled to the shelter of om: roof, where she prompfiy fainted. ~ is distressing culmination of. the affair is not belie‘ed to have been i the cruel object of the sci-31st in hissing at Mrs. Lahey; his apologists are positive that ho merely meant- to prove once end for all HI true nature A 'IxICII IN RESOURCES, “ Asia Minor is rich, very rich, in the soil. There is no limit to her resources. We have no beggars, but we have no pro- tective tarifi to enable us to build up manu- facturing industries for ourselves. We pro- duce many things which Canadians have now to purchase second-hand through the United States or. En gland. We are anxious as no doubt Canadians are, to deal directly. You have many things we want. Let us hope that many months will notpass before thousands of machines will go westward to the far east from your country, and that in return Asiatic produce will be common in all the shops in Canada.” THE SULTAN AND THE CHOLERA. When asked if the inhabitants of Smyrna were satisfied with Turkish rule, he said that they were in every way. The present Sultan was a great and good man, much respected and beloved by all classes,includ- ['11. A1___ L_J evwrvvwh- ..__ .- -__ - â€" ~ ., . ing Greeks and Europeans. Cholera. had been raging in Smyrna. for twomenthspast. The Sultan was not satisfied Witlhgernding hundreds of medical men accompanied by nurses and furnished medicines to the rescue of the people, but had gone so far as to send his own medical advisers to super- intend the stamping out of the plague. The result; was that the dreadful disease had been almost stamped out, only 20 deaths having occurred last month. ' Mr. William M. F. Rounds, secretary ofc‘ the National Prison Association, says in a paper in the September Forum that hered- ity has been given altogether too important a. place in accounting for the growth of the criminal classes ; that moral traits are only rarely inherited and that it is training and environment that makes the criminal in the very great majority of cases, He says: “I wish to put myself on record, after a study of the criminal, and contrary to any previous utterances, as going squarely back to the doctrine of free will as laid down by our fathers, and I wish to be understood distngnd sauarely to hold to the‘ doc- '. Socrates Serenades, 6t Smyrna Thinks Canadian Engines Are t2 mat in the Worldâ€"Asia Minor “as Figs, Opium Bugs and Other Commodities to 31" change for the Manufactures of This Country. HE IS HERE “£031 WHEY. A GREEK FROM ASIA MINOR. Heredity in Crime.