NEWS WA ISH JR VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. uteresting Items About Our one anmgped Great Britain, the United All Parts of the sos cbiaen el pee) Assorted for Easy Reading, CANADA. esabed e/a eiiaseaDe price ot’ BL 12 at Pont Willa Canada's trade returns show ai _ cess for the Someta of 898,715,008, ff the new Canad- ian Pacific Railwa buildings at Van- was laid oa Tue! er rates to Ala: Fre eae vasa to Dyea jontreal, start on Hast- anagement of both, the ¢ railway systems at Montreal deny here ie any (rouble | with) the ioc commence: nm factory ito use electric power ae veloped on the Canadian side of Nia ra Falls, { ary Sloan of Hamilton was given cartolic acid by her daughter in istake for cough medicine. She is in ee taniond baniitt One of the C.P.R. surveying parites on the proposed new line from Toronto jo North Bay has reached a point with- in eight miles of Barr’ ne King! Tieton tad ours the plan of harbor improvements for Montreal to be made by the Domin- ion Government. emnilton deputetion: to Montreal . verdi words, “Without capital. punish acted since the first trial GENERAL. Hayti will not help Spain in procur: ing supplies. Bpain bas no coal in Hay- All reais arriving at St. Jobn's Nfld, t rough experiences in the cp eee has been made to sinate the Nawab of Dir,, near Chit. ral, Indi Dieeetione ot, the Anglo-Beyptian forces against the Dervishes have t pended. until July of Dep port that ex-] “President befurio) of Monemicie has been ki cently resi; ned from t! bei fatlog a pre-election speecl resienday, eulogized the foreign policy President ot), the: Haytian, Re- Baal that of (Bent ‘0 Domingo, ve sami to the Pope their fours dispute. Vienna, (ap f fears of of the Philippine Islands until Sul governor of Shan Si Pro China, Ttalian pyndicate to iron deposits in that prov’ stated in Berlin that repaid un- complained of diseriminat in pass-] ed enger rates against Homilton in fav- or of nto, ree million whitefish fry are be- placed in Lake Huron, near Point heey on the Canadinn aide, by the Sandwich fish hatchery. ebinson is dn the hospital at a fractured sku’ Was struck ‘by a stone from a alae _in the hands of a companion. Members of the Canadian posts the Grand Army of the Republic are being invited to cniiat in the United States army for active service or for tification Work. . 0 IT.R. already carries 92 per cen' all the cattle brought to Hamilton. ason, particularly ae regard to the work in Southren British Columbia. unk Rail tem, in place of Willian Crawford, 6 London, fe here deposited in, the eee Office Savings Ba March, $286,077, 779, 22919 on ‘the Sist March, compa witty $15,594, S18 on the 26th Eebruary: - Meredith’ gave judgment for the com- pany. ing, of the St. At meet ‘Thomas city Gouna ne by-law was] an: t oO & ene of the ratepay- ‘Acti ting-Mayor Hubbard, of Toronto, pele in Uiited Empire Loyalist. sub- GREAT BRITAIN. Forty-one lives are thought to have been lost by the fi ire in Whitwick cols liery in Leicesters! The report that the Cunard line steamers Umbria and Etruria, have n sold to the United States is den- ondon the rush of applicants for diers having applied for enlistment at oe United States consulate on Mon- UNITED STATES. Lf; 8; Willard, the Bnglieh actor, is Wi t Chicago, but is grad- Rear Admiral John C. Walker, re- tired may be the Ricans) cortncodone as Assistant Secretary of men were killed and three f e ar- Margaret Mai is to contest his deughter's will, which left every- thing to her lawyer, Horatio C. King, who enys the estatp will ‘not pa: ae New York Board of Aildermen ted a resolution on e ve propositions. HARRIS'’S SLIDE FOR LIFE. kic, Towned sharks d by Mizzen Sheer-Fol It was off Sangor Island, in the Bay of Bengal, that Apprentice Fred Har- of the four-masted British bark asi, which has arrived at New York from Calcutta, made his involun- er slide for life. + had been a long, Safior Lad / rape tedious trip know if the lightship was visible. I jumped into the mizzen starboard by | rigging I heard the watch on the fore- castle-head pass back word from a was hanging his clothes to descended the Jee rigging to the miz- step all. right, but in some way ich I cannot explain iost my grip shro’ a ¢ myself drop. ‘There came a bright iets aah "ails appeared to ‘to a blaze. came stone lost every eight bells of ea middle | wateh aoe wen rid, accor racking pain in the back reel a ee leg, returne to m I was in my. bun: with my shipmate here stand- “Shey told me that the ery of ‘Man overboard!” had been raised at four bells of the second dog watch, but Mr. Wanuels the mate, rushing down from with the binnacle lamp, oe found te with ‘my he sci The iron sheer-pole bet een t the forward: mizzen swifter ai bells with my left leg. BRIDAL BOUQUETS. “Bridal bouquets may be made of five varieties of flowers, whose popularity is expressed by the order in which they are named: White orchids (not always obtainable), valley lilies, white roses, white viol inths. T uct is always chosen as mearly as, pos- h the gown in ci re h | 8, who, without ran} ister (Grigpis | he 32" [ea A QUEEN OF SOCIETY. In’ the life of Madame Mobl, a wom- k, fortune or beau- ty, held a controlling position in French of a cen- ts for women who wish to gain influence in the world. dinners were famous. ‘The most cae wise and witty men of every country, were her guests, and she much anxious thought to them, to placing them at table, and to the suggestion of jects which would draw from each the best he could give. The food was plentiful, but plain and simply cooked, and only a white- pped maid served it. There was no display of any kind. Queen Sophia of Holland, when visit- ing Napoleon III, expressed a wish to |. |dine with Madame eae 8 asked a brilliant company to me fed an anxious friend. “Oh, Marie must cook us a lobster,” said at old lady. “She cooks lobster very nicely. ‘The ee simple igen was served, withi its sauce of rare wit and wisdom, Ra ere Gus weatenchented: The Bert ea wile ee her suite, she came to « Cae Mont Hees grey pr im uss tired in a short § skirt, was busy dusting the chairs, pert abject to. further regulations, the Inher I didn’t mind sup: impor! the pitied ‘ahs waited behind her.and yrere, mortified: e of her PARSE left the aahionable woman’ asked superciliously, “Wiho was Madame X. bei marraige ?” me Mohl turned. ‘She is my friend, "What do Teare for her wae- es She said, “It is des ames bien- ees well-born souls, not bodies that SOREN gieeeied aa profoundly true in Canada as in France. JEALOUBY VS. HAPPINESS. This is the pote that bothers many a wife. e think, is the question that causes more unhappy dif- ferences than any other. To be loved devotedly is the ambition of every wo- or ti 01 of sas jailership, is not always desir: Opinions galore are given on this se the lives that are lived under our ob- servation. they be so, if circumstances brought new existence and set up new conditions? Will the wife always be sat- isfied with this state of affairs? Let hope so, for it would be a pity to Pret their eS From them our thoughts bisa to another Supls who see no reason, be- for aah ition Te ig 2 question bard to decide and upon which the parties themselves might go and jealousy vin exist until the end of tim were asked togive er nan indication of any, overpower- ing affection y rate it is something to guard against, "and to try to control ay much as possi TO CLEAN PICTURES. To clean the glass over pictures, dip feitie woes thi clear | ouching” varni TOO MUCH FOR HIM. I can’t understand women at all. ‘Any new trouble? Yes, ‘bere’s a girl who says my to all city em- jt t on. full pay ployees ho & bo Piet antice army. | feet, De han te ee wit ?blunt Bea pierce her haste: “And what will be rat ee ask- e ° ‘To begin with, there is a couple, hap- hus ¢| ome left with the ma vhi 6 an artist in eee to o Agricultural: = REVENUE FROM POULTRY. I want to speak to the farmers and their wives, writes Thos. Fraser jn the Globe. Much has been said about cheese and butter and about. the rais- bi} of suitable cattle for beef. I have nothing to say to the contrary, both the steer and the cow will make money for the farmer, and it will pay to feed them up well. Our Department of Dairying amd Agriculture has dor and fs doing, much good on nee se but what I want to impre: farmer and his wife at peer is det of raising auitable poultr Unfortunately in the ee: the poor bens? Don’t talk to me about the! they are a nuisance; look dirty up the buggy and harness! No wonder, there being no plaee provided for them, they roost on the back and dashboard of the buggy and regs where harness is hung up. It is not the hens’ fault. Erect suitable and comfortable quarters for them and your buggy and harness will not suffer. The object of this letter is to over- come this indifference, and although the task appears great still no harm in trying. Will the farmer believe that one thousand hens of either the Ply- mouth or Wyandote breed will earn ‘one thousand déllars, not clear of all ara in twelve agree now rignt now ive in twenty will oan ae Sed He, it is true, nevertheless, and what more there arequite a few in Can- she who live, and live well, raising lone. is a suggestion. farmer claims it, is woman's work, let er profit by the venture. me: in a business wa, the hen aill expense: able incubators an brooders are as i ors, purchase to start with spraying pump, bone ‘will find that atter deducting ect n capital, expenses of mi he of each, ana he will find "the hen beats t The experiments made at t bought: by weight in the near miners PRUNING. In taking up a tree there is a loss e nursery man cannot dig up a tree with all its roots, and it would be of no value if he could. If the top of the tree is reduced to correspond with the loss tion that a root feeds. ing of the soft. The the root is to anchor the soil and to serve rounding them. when some mice got among our p trees and ate all the roots off. I didn’t die, but were almost the better for it. A peach-tree may be pruned to a walking stick and do better than ss of roots with a a litle thinking, but it the location o e buds is Poss E ot only easy. oe iiaterestia Cut all roots s1 a To cut them «hold the tree in the left hand from the under side up. Cutting from a ws e Lesion besa will bola woler ting te pede, old it firm, an pe: the ay O and leave no sirbulos At bee Peary across is of the utmost imy GREEN RYE FOR COWS. Green rye is not one of the best fod- ders for cows, but it may be used so that its bad qualities may not be so conspicuous as they might be under less judicious management. It certain- ly. does not make good butter, but has such a pronounced flavor in cheese. Most. of its effect, ‘however, is avoided ~ gradually increasing the avanti but quite a Berens ie a pnspat from such’ green! fodder EXTRA EARLY POTATOES. Some careful tests in startin) ion with fairly satisfactory of February green- fourth of the tuber exposed. Each flat contained forty-four potatoes. These cool proj en ca in the cellar and sprout- s a check, ie being the gain of a week in eamliness MUTILATING THE TEETH. t is curious to what an extent the of root, and it must be re-established. |°8° of roots there will be but little ony Teeth oe various colors ai ong the Mala; A bright red and 6 bright blue are iinent upper monster and iNet wes killed. On destroy vets value int e it not worth while the slave traders bj carry thatn-oft,. OUT OF THE QUESTION. cea Te teta tl size And ia exdared another massacre. A SEVERE EXPERIMENT. It was an ill-tempered day, with a So in his adversity he bad no friends to bees to. day, to home in a Manket, pret! . Jenkins wants a boy up in his Better try: for the, place.” as suggested @ third. Harmon’: mer and but ot -maker, highest price. Mrs. Sampson returned because she found a about: their chang ing our arithmetics,” the boy was say: ing. “Pa just. can't Pattont to. got am one, I know,” “Yes, ’tis bad for some of you fel- lows," Bruce answered in alofty tone. me it’s different. Fa- mai Fs m1 and this thin seed one displeassa line, “So, so, young man,” ‘he mutter- ed; “you are crowing pretty loud.” Bruce went on: “I tell you 1 am|? glad my father’s ih, Yd "most rath- er die than, go dressed as some of the cae) have to, and dig into. all kinds | of work. re sues you could work if you bad| ,” the boy replied rather ta | : oe but I don’t kave to,” Bruce re-| torted with a laugh. “You don’t sonny? Well, we'll see,” ther supercilious- sear boy. Then his gaze wandere: nm the length of the long ES store. largest in the o est, energetic old man had age of the entire country-side, spite of his surly ways. He gazed long down into the dim interior, until his clerks commenced lightin, “T am tired of ed store, any- Then, rou; Dp,” fapattce but there wa: hi followed ‘him, “I shan’t need you any more. Here’s a month’s wages ahead that will last you while you are hunt- her Job," he said, shoving the them. why they both began in aston , “have wei done anything ?” “NO, 0, DOys! yaujare all right. 1 will give you good recommends, Hope you will have luck getting a place.” evening?” one of them venture no; you can go now,” he answered im- patiently, merWhy, father, what does this mean?” questioned Bruce, who to fuse proceed s trap sl doors. Bs pif the front door the ge Boats from oe said to Bi n he’ eeaneutaten the Tike and ‘Bie groped thelr way in the back “Take the with fall rains had swollen it into quite a rren\ took the | two ag keys from his pocket, and hande Lacs to Brace. “Throw them’ ia,” tie einte the Dts i the boy gaspe ee nw be: 2:| Hoping my: fronds’ wi be as glad to|{o either ies a tl t] @ jeans, you'll flax around for i Such a mystery had never befallen vild over it. front ee the big store e alike impertarbable you pee me, in Jenkins’ tan- youl know it” shouted Bruce, toiling with fassion."“My father’s got money enough’ — ney, Bruce Wilson!” broke’ in one of the older boys, “You ake me sick }Yqu waren with it, and you ain't Thera pne thing money can't wars and you haven't got, and that ‘slunk away from the laughter of the boy with, blagk rage in his heart. ty soon,” chimed in an- te wel ically. “Well, oe 2 Fe around for -| them haven't you?” sad a ear Then Mr. Wil- oe aan perer could bide that man Har- e, wil have to kee nearer to voice, almost iy a ink I was too hard on you, do you?” aw Vell." the boy said; rather hesitat- did jump on a fellow. pret- rhe ner, Vont—t guess it was worth it mout is father, his Selling old father, sudden! him full on “§ mou! oa he was kissed when he was a little child. SPAIN'S ‘LAST as BATTLE. it Driven From the eam Alte: in 1st F Disastrous re iby Chile and Peru, The last naval battle fought by 0 Spain in the new womld showed con- bey) , {clusively how her maritime power has poncatly cares, ani ing it fo thought, with a sof r f grim determin: like his ig! le: “‘P've been) ins. He will give me board al fifty cents a week while pets? Tits Tn |y vacation he Mrs, W: ‘bod drop} ped her cet an ie dis may. “Why, Bruee, that’s awfullest)-emelling place; and _ Mrs Jenkins has the name of being a dread- ful, housekeeper.” it’s ap retty tough pl b sve rt the oD. 1 could oa Tit have advance me yair of overalls se Mr. ¥ a word, tanded him a Bowes and a Jaa half. Monday morning work, The horrible Mra, Jenising’ cooking spoiled even his Lat vd pet sal ates oeianeineed kened him. er in him, att ter without a, thought! me ute m ‘Jenkins’ hoy’ii the dirtiest, t Spaniard has kept away from the Pa- cific coast of South America. Tne story of that war amd its dis- astrous results in Spain is told te d captured her in twenty min- utes without the loss of a mam. ‘The Spaniards fired only three shits. They had mi brains in his cabin. hi seen SPANISH GUNNERY. less Valpariso, where not a single gun 1 melli of the tan-yard,” és aay: remarked, cheerfully, to th f any of you fellows object, pai ‘ight “it oak with you. “Somehow, though, “Jenkins’ boy” n-| grew in popularity with the “fellows,” big piles of bask watching the boy with xious manos. raid bots working too hard|¢ this hot weather,” is said to bis wife. “Tt seems sort o ural, anyways a most y | piece of Parbarity, for it the 5: ards tied had a landing force tare only boy , we" Wve fot board peta i been unnatural for|e ‘most a year back, ever since you took that notion to shut up the store,” she | gh out ee, we'll see, I ain't mn yet,” was the discour- aging rejoinde: the fall” nae obtai month. ragged slowly and lone- old couple. ‘Sati ime. morning in the spring every bill- | °l board in town an very ence the country over held bi ing, in large, impressive let ae “Caleb Wi pe iz pera ‘aie open od store as suddenly as I losed it. Old goods vol vat cost. New. ones, am to see them, Tam, Your obedient servant, Caleb Wilson, An! This is like living, agai inl” he said to himself, as he felt the ‘ald, f= ay Ye) miliar floor ine his feet, and t! oli taueiiee piles nny him. He drew long breaths of do: mustled about, Pareseessis Ui ne. mart Thy mat relcore een fia dion’ bess Se woilcd to tla ee He walked brisk- | ly up tol the boy te “Fairly,” answeret Te | simil “Well, Bruce, vidoe your board suit you?” he interrog: Soi bras Good as mother's?” bs “Well, no; it don’t seem so to me. ybe Iam prejudiced,” is Bruce, with a pee eighty, though others give a . No serious Pacific, being short of stores a munition and with their ig foul for wamt of docking. tablished = base atthe Chincha. 1s ands, hey had no facilities for re: ir. MILES OF DANCING. rhe total eleven ald a half vaileg RETRIBUTION. My wife got square with that burg- lar "Who set, the burglar alarm going heart fairly leaped from his | ™ Pareja, that he blew out his vp @ town without fir | Era Be vor FATALITES IN BATTLE,| THEY GROW LESS AS IMPLEMENTS ae OF WAR IXPROVE. Fhe Two Great Battie. of Creel and Geltys- » burs Seed: fo Substavtinte the rilllery ay fended Mer Every war of consequence during the nineteenth century, especially during the latter part of it, has developed new methods of destroying life, some of them of such a high order of destruc- x | fiveness that one naturally wonders how so many with hes lives. Reasoning from the list of fatalities in the on battles of ancient times, respons in use were the he bow and arrow, the bill men come out of a battle ies came into ae pores with % eset rifles, Gatling guns, dyna- mite cannon and all the improved field taille capable of rapidly aeiHes explosive projectiles, tenfold more ef- fective than aid sadnicten ths DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE by the muster mis ‘Singularly enough, however, with each improvement in the enginery of war, battles are fought, with here and id crude ey de- jue between armies and ney S| of human life in harply. contrasted by ions of Creci, in 1346, and Gefkyabaegst in 1863, a little more than t. ber of men—150,000—participated. But with this difference: At Gettys- burg the Federal and Confederate n, while Philip of France and his allies mustered over 140,000. The battle of asia covered four days of fighting. Creei 1 eja Stnbe Galley senstiod tha defense. |®Ware that the French King had been driven in dismay BACK TO HIS CAPITAL. The mortality at Creci was twice as muver Of killed and agai Paris vith “i.00 “Dnish tro) mt Nunes next assaulted ‘0400 is battle Creci, where he was pened up and het dian on te mane aad the raat court on the left. into this place by his pur- id have captured him 1,000 sno Vlestabere heavy ig es or knives, not | unlike the Cuban ed Betwreen ie es) ‘roissart. and in Bel, ‘apeale of, heme fies. An average waltz takes a dancer le Peer Minereach ast ded as doing other the English forces wa possible to flank them and of death, fully %0 CLOUD OF ARROWS Let: ae being Sioa the next day in A teh iia cal delayed the. open the unprotected infantry, making ter- rible havoc the “una artillery turnéd the tide _ of batt! ‘The ivslaiine a: ctaticsi nh deadly n the legs of the ah Ay atsarms, a ig: ig the blows of the cavaliers, ‘ABBED THE HORSES’ same time the house of Wales to the present y. The whole of the | Engliah foro, cross the field, as John Haina dragged the French monarcl d killed and plundered until plyaienl osheustiia? CAUSED THEM TO DESIST. ‘The English lost less than 500 ta eiled dans qraunaed Wile tie French and allies, including a division of re-enforeemen Bene cut off” the next morni ween. 60, nal 70,000, led in Pattle, crushed in agg) ied atte of Creci except tat cs Eng! any of rete beet when of the tinued for days instead of The. beuctat pa Confederates each 5, The w counting for the greater Confederate I The fatalities of the chief officers of ia pe iia i. ie brni te and over ights, ex A nai x ee That more than Leer the officers in ry of 75,000 each, ingly _ peculiar. the of the fatalities of street fights. Two separate men open a ly Verowted street, and “tire seven shots srobably found, dead snd the other mortal t improv increases i Seatitstivesess of the enginery of war, but nevertheless it is fac! —— APT TO BE UNLUCKY. Do you, th think it’s unlucky to wa knoaee a lade “Tt’s. apt ea beLit there's a man with a’ paint pail on