-Manure Compated with Fertiliser. The euperiority of of fertilizere over stable manure has been demon- _sgtrated. by George Ville, the celebrated y French experimenter, whose work is more or less famuliar to all students of this interesting subject. His results for a series of years, as set forth in the erican Fertilizer, a paper devoted to fertilizer mauufacturing, shows that from 900 to 1200 tbs per acre of fertil- izer produced better results than the application of 26} tons of stable manure, estimated to contain several times as much actual plant food as the fertilizer supplied. And the manure at $2 per ton cost twice as much as the value of the fertilizer used. The editor of the journal quoted writes us that Rotham- sted experiments for 52 years, and other reliable data, prove that 'the ¢rop-producing power of farmyard manure is less than one-half as great as eommercial fertilizers, pound for pound of the manurial ingredients."~ He also maintains that reliable data disproves he claim that the residual effect of farmyard manures counterbalances the experimental evidences of superiority of commercial fertilizers. He regards $1.50 per ton as 'probably the maxi- mum value" of average stable manure. We think that this figure is too low for well-cared-for stable manure, as the average of 38 samples was $2.07 per ton, thongh some of the samples ranged from 8le to $1.35 and $1.51, while one went as high as $5.70. It is true these "values" are arbitratory, for commercial comparison only, and do not necessarily indicate the agricul- tural yalue or crop-producing power of the substance to which they are applied, be it manure, fertilzer or single chem- jcal. But those interested in fertilizers should not decry stable manure, and the wisest of them do not. The men at the head of several of the oldest and | most successful fertihzer manufactur- ing concerns have always seconded our efforts to induce farmers to. make and save all the manure possible, but when this supply fails they agree with us in advising the purchase of fertilizers rather than to buy manure of unknown quality. Manure is uncertain stuff to buy, but it is just the stuff to make on the farm. The great value of manures as a nursery of bacterin is also coming to be more and more recognized, while scientists and farmers are just begin- ning to understand that these microbes may be quite as essential to prodtable __erop | production as water or plant foed. We made the statement.odew..years ago, that the production of these fer- ments may yet become a branch of the fertilizer trade, and to-day our sugges- tion is less theoretical than was the original proposition of Leibig, the elder Mapes, Bradley and Stockbridge, to supply 1 a bag of fertilizer as much actnal plant food as was furnished by a cartload of the richest manure. Am, Agriculturist. The Care of Cows Before Calving A. A. Southwick. Actual experiment proves (although it makes her look rather rough) that the best plan for a few weeks prior to calving is to give the cowthe run of an open yard night and day, with a shelter to run under, feeding ber from a rack kept supplied with lowland or meadow hay, and some cornstalks, with a bite of good rowen once a day. If you can afford a peck a day of vege- tables of any kind, it will be rmght in the line of good management. Place a lump of minerai salt in the rack. Give a plentiful supply of good, pure fresh water at all times. I don't be- lieve in grain ofany kind after goes dry, unless in exceptional cases, where an animal is very much reduced by overproduction of milk and by hard fare while giving milk. If you will follow the directions given, my word for it, your cow will give you a great deal of satisfaction during the summer. Do not be in a hurry to give her gruin after she calves, forif she is a good one she will return you more without it than with it for two or three weeks. The perfection of summer feed for a cow is good rich pusture, of & variety of grasses ; and for winter, good early-cut hay aud rowen, sweet- corn fodder for variety run through the fodder cutter, vegetables, a little grain, and good, pure spring water at will. provide a comfortable, well-ventilated, well-bedded stable, and the cow will do her best for you. ® COW Hon. Thomas Vilas: left for Liverpool on the Campania on Satur- day. E. Christie, of Exeter, has sold his 100-acre farm, on the second conces- sion of Usborne, near Eden, to Angus McLeod, of Seaforth, for something over 96,000 : + wt SERIOUS DIFFICULTY THREATENED IN MATABELELAND, --_--_-- % Capetown, March 28.--A dispatch from Buluwayo, under yesterday's date, represents the situation as being of the gravest character. A thonsand women and children burned a store 40 miles out from Buluwayo on Thursday and performed a dance around the flames. Many murders of whites, of the most fiendish character, aye re- ported. Cecil Rhodes is expected to arrive at Salisbury on Sunday. It is learned that the native police induced the Matabeles to revolt and joined them with 750 rifles and a large quant- ity of ammunition. A force of British troops, under command of Capt. Spreckleys, defeat- ed a body of Matabeles on | hursday, killing a large number of them. The British force lust no men. F. C. Selons, the African explorer, who started from Buluwayo at the head of a force of men to put down the revolt of the Matabeles, has had an en- gagement with the enemy, many of whom were killed, More murders of whites by the Matabeles are reported. The transport riders are abandoning their wagons and hurrying into the towns for safety. The rebellions Mata- beles have raided almost every estate in.the disturbed district, and carried off all the cattle. DESERTIONS OF NATIVE POLICE. London, March 28,--Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of Cape Colony, has telegraphed to the colonial office hat reports of the murder of Polic Inspector Jackson and the desertion of the native police to the Matabeles, tak- ing their Martini rifles with them, is confirmed. Governor Robinson also says that the laager around the mar- ket in Buluwayo is greatly in need of arms and ammunition. The dispatch states that Mabele, son of the late Matabele king, Lobengula, who was banished iu 1895, has returned to Mat- abeleland, and that it was he who in- cited the uprising. The Best Medicine. "If I were asked what s woman's best friend is," said the doctor thought- fully, "I should say hot water. If she drinks hot water an hour before her breakfast, she will be able to ward off dyspepsia. If she drinks hot water flavured with lemon and sweetened with sugar, when she has been out in bab ogld, she will ward off chills. The |-ame agreedble 'médicine; taken early enough in the progress of a cold, will stop it. When a nervous headache makes the forehead throb, and the back of the neck ache, hot water will relieve the pain. For tired eyes, in- flamed eyelids, and sties, nothing is so good as hot water. The eyes should be sopped witha cloth dipped in boil- ing water. Sprains may be relieved greatly by soaking the afilicted mem- bers in hot water for half an hour ata time, and then binding it with a flannel bandage. Bruises yield to much the same treatment, although such long soaking is unnecessary. Wounds and sores may be treated by pouring hot water on them for a few minutes at a time. Very Lot water applied toa bleeding cut will stop the flow of blood frequently. Then, for mere comfort, few things equal hot water. A rubber bag full of it makes one indifferent to cold. Wrapped in flannel and put on the floor of scarringe, it is invisible. She who suffers from cold feet at night has but to fill a hot-water bag to know what comfort is. Sufferers from sleep- lessness find themselves diliciously drowsy after a hot bath. Wrinkles flee before it, and blackheads vanish before its constant use. Great is hot water. "--Selected. Tke Bashful Irishman. A young Irishman in wantof a £5 note wrote to his uncle as follows: 'Dear Uncle--If you could see how I blush for shame while Iam writing, you would pity me. Do know why ? Because I have to ask you for a few pounds, and do not know how co It is impossible for I prefer to die. I who will Believe me my you express myself. me to tell you. send you this by messonger, wait for an answer. dearest uncle, your most obedient and affectionate Overcome with shame for what I have written, I have been running after the nephew,----. P. S.-- messenger in order to take the letter from him, but I cannot catch him up. Heaven grant that something may hap- pen to stop him, or that my letter may get lost," The uncle was naturally touched, but was equal to the emergency. He replied as follows: "My Dear Jack-- Console yourself and blush no longer. Providence has heard your prayers. The messenger lost your letter. Your affectionate uncle,----." en crike mie ic as eae was in- as meaning a movement in| our I¢ aid of Italy and for purposes of Eng- | thi lish expansion in Africa, Then came the announcement of the government,_| i through Secretary Curzon, that s vast horde of the fanatical and barbarous } dervishes was pouring northward from the Soudan and threatening the whole 'of Egypt, and that these savages and the victory-flushed Abyssinians, sided and abetted Russia, if let loose would drive out the English who now govern Egypt, and carry devastation in their path. Egypt is a region of growing value commercially, and land will let go her foothold, acquired from France, only at great cost. That she should brave the wrath of France and Russia now means that she has the triple alliance (Germany, Austria and Itlay) behind her. Thus the European powers take sides once more on the old lines. As English influence is all that stands between civilization and the worst kind of barbarism in Egypt, the western world is disposed to favor a continuance of English occupation. In the British house of commons the Nile expedition is approved by a major- ity of 268, The expeditionis incharge of Gen. Wolseley, the head of the army, who failed in his expedition of 11 years go when he went to the Sou- dan in the effort to rescue Gen. '"'Chinese" Gordon. Growing Rich. 'The craze for getting rich would seem to increase with the progress of the age. The more the number of men who grow rich in any community, the greater the number of those who desire to grow rich. The desire to grow rich sometimes seizes the farm- er, and he sells his farm to invest in a business in which he has had no ex- perience. And, like a dog who drop- ped the bone to seize the shadow, he loses all. The farmer's boys some- times get discontented ; they see other lives which young men lead which they consider easier than those which they lead ; they leave the farm and begin the chase aftar what too often proves a deceitful vision. They go to the city and bury themselves in a sepul- chre of obscurity. Only one in many finds the cup of gold. Making rich-- when is a farmer rich? Not when he has three hundred acres-of land paid for so long as he may want more. Not when - he has $1,000 in the bank so | long as he is dissatisfied with his bank account. Not when he has large mortgeges on other farms, so long as those which he holds are not numerous enough to suit him. The rich farmer is the man whose farm is paid for, or who has near at hand the sure means of paying for it, who has a happy home anda contented mind. If the farmer who possesses these things is not rich, where are riches to be found? There are not many furmers who may not be rick. "Boy-Like." The Des Moines, Iowa, Mail gives a laughable instance of a boy who was '"'boy-like" to the last degreé. He was but eight years old, and he was sick in the hospital. One day his nurse told him that the first snowstorm of the season had come, and that everything was white and beautiful. The poor little fellow's eyes sparkled for the first time iu many weeks. "T wish I could see a snowball," he said, plaintively. < "So you shall, said the kind-hearted nurse, und in a moment my dear," more a snowball was brought in and laid near the bed, the boy viewing it with manifest delight. The nurse was called away to another part of the ward, and she had gone half across the room when "whack !"" came the snowball between her ehoulders, while the boy gave a shrill yell of delight, and hid under the bedclothes as if fully expecting the at- tuck to be returned. The nurse was too much amused to be indignant, and joined heartily with the other patients iu the laughter that the mischievous little putient's perform- ance created. way Missouri papers are alleging that this was recently found pasted on thé walls of a deserted homestead in the arid re- gion of Kansas:- "Four miles from a neighborhood, sixteen miles from a post office, twenty-five miles from arailroad, fourteen miles from a school house, forty-one miles from achurch, 180 miles from timber, 200 miles from a Democrat, half a mile from water, a quarter of a 'mile from hell, and the same distance from a Republican. Gone to Missouri to get a fresh start. s of Abraham, every foot of penage ad we would not be here she stuck to Napoleon, the mer of Europe, sparing neither bloos nor money till she stopped him ? By the way, where would Germany be, but for England? What made the difference between Jena and Waterloo ? Emperor William hates England. Where would he be but for Welling- ton ? _ Paralysis Curable. STRICKEN ONES TO BE SEEN EVERYWHERE= THIS FORM OF LIVING DEATH CURED BY DODo's KIDNEY PILLS, lessmess is the paralytic. The yictim excites your commiseration, but resents your pity. He of the palsied hand stiffly, pressing the benumbed side is to be seen everywhere we go. The most convincing proof that this pitiable condition is the outcome of kid- ney disease is the fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills.cure it. Not generally recognized a kidney disease, it succumbs to kidney treat - ment. Did you ever know of a cure? Just think a moment! If vou do it must of been the work of Dodd's Kidney Pills, for no other medi- cine ever yet cured. xX Rays. It is now said yon can produce the Xreysathome. A scientist of. Pitts- burg states as follows: "Fold a piece of white paper of ordinary thickness into the form of a cone, closing the small end tightly so as to exclude the light. Place the cone over the globe of an incandescent light, folding the edges around the same in sucha way as to prevent any rays from escaping which do not penetrate the paper. Then darken the room as much as pos- sible, excluding all the light save that furnished by the covered globe, and place hand with fingers extended Daiji wo onthe inchs of the latter. er holding it in this postion for s minute or so longer, you will be aston- ished at the result. Not only can the circulation be plainly seen, but even the outlines of the bones will be dis- cernible. In the abscence of an elec- tric light, a commun lamp may be used with good re 'ts." A New Swindle. A new bunco game, new ut least in the neighborhood where it is being suc- cessfully worked, is costing the farmers and country storekeepers of Lane county, Or., a good deal of money. The swindler claims to be a Treasury detective looking for counterfeit coin. He asks the farmers and storekeepers to submit their coin for his inspection. He puts on the silver dollars a chemical solution which turns them black, de- clares them spurious, and takes them with him. He also impressively warns his victims that they are lable to arrest for having counterfeit money in their possession, and causes them to keep very quiet about the matter, thus help- ing him in his work of bunco. GOOD ADVICE . About Dyspepsia. The best davice about dyspepsia is---cure it with Burdock Blood Bitters, and as surely as you follow the advice and take the medi- cine the cure will follow in every case Mr. Wm. Day, of Fort William, Ont., says in speaking of B.b.B.: --Two years ago mv wife was very ill wich dyspepsia. No remedy that she could find gave her any reliet; finally she tried Burslock Blood Bitt- ers, and after taking six bottles was entirely cured, That is now more Yian two years uyo and she has had no revarn of the mal- ady. IT also have had occasion to use Bb. B.B. and I cannot speak too highly in its favor. J always recommend it ty my friendsand in every case with good resuits. Hoping this may be of use to you, Lam, Yours very truly. Aivuaw Vay. The Mt. Forest Representative says: --'Hay appears to be getting more plentifal as spring draws nearer. It is | certainly getting cheaper and was be- ing freely offered, unbaled, by farmers this week af$l4aton. We understand | some farmers who were holdiag for fancy Prices are now willing to unload their stock for less than they could have sold for month ago." ; The most startling exampie of human help- (Successor to UNDERTAKER LARGEST Western Ontario. above store, H. F. Buck.)_ EMBALMER. Having bought out the old stand, WALLACE STREET BRIDGE, and having fitted it up in good style, now has one of the FURNITURE STORE Patronage Solicited. in Embalming a specialty. Open day and night« ae G. T. R. TIME CARD. | leave Listowel station daily as under SOUTHERN EXTENSION W. G. & B. RY. For Kincardine and intermediate te points--Mixed 7.55a.m: Express 2.34 p. m ie 9.02 p. m. Fer ton--Express at 7.38 a m; prons, 12.57 p.m; Mixed, 10.30 p. m. GEORG BAY AND LAKE ERIE = ON. UTR. ING BO! Express $35.8 m. Express, 2.22 p.m.; Mixed 4.45 p. m. Mixed. 12.30 p, m.; xo ixprona, 1.21 p.m.; Express, 8.18 p.m. Jas. Armstrong, Listowel's oldest established Groéer, is to the fore with New and Fresh Groceries --for family use. - CHOICE TEAS AND COFFEE, NEW RAISINS AND CURRANTS, FRESH CANNED GOODS, PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS. Bargains in CROCKERY and GLASSWARE. Orders filled and delivered promptly. Our long continuance in business is the best guarantee that wedeal squarely and give good value for the money. JAS. ARMSTRONG THE PERFECT TEA VIONSOGE al FROM THE TEA PLANT TO THE TEA CUP LL FOR SERVICE. Th i! od has a 1 Berkshire Boar with registered an gree, ng service on his farm, lot 41, 4th concession e. Terms 1 cash. tr 43D JACOB ORTH. 200 ACRE FARM FOR SALE IN ELMA TOWNSHIP. Being Lots 29 and 30, in the 5th concession ; 178 eared and in e eentre of a splendid dairy section. and in one « of the farme in the township of ma. No encu ct wth Will be sold on . For a particulars apply to aa Proprietor, OHN Mct'atuL Britton. P. O. Fall ane Winter Samples a Of the LATEST, NEWEST and MosT FASE- IONABLE GOODS of the season adler from By leavin = orders with me eney. né who cannot afford. 'to pNE EW LOTHES, cat get their OLD CLOTHES CLEANED AND DYED and it will make them dpe like new. Rs me aad you will be pleased with your patrotia, SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES ors all aL eeoge ane <8 FINE MACHINE OILS always or sal WM STEPHAN, Main Strese IM ITS NATIVE PURITY. hr oe veers ete Ca ofthe Tea -- and is advertised and them aS qualities of and Tens. 'or that reason they sec that none but the very _, That is why "* Monsoon." the perfect Tea, can be ef pt pn ale ed of Ms» =f and Ibs. not keep cclluens al » StbEL. TPAVTER & ECO. oe BE raed 13 Front St. @ 2 © © OO O OO 8 OF D #L, a 7 ich the effects and 5 Y. H. CARPES- 'eral comes " hit WD. Washinton, Dat! wie c ore Selatica, Lumbuyo, Neu- gia, Pains eng "Buck or Side, or Muscular se rice ; Davis & Lawrence Co. » Ltd, | ase. | dule Proprictors, MontKean. Agreeable Laxative and N' sold by Drugxists or sent pe a! Mail. ae es 50c., and $1.00 per Sam KO NO: The se, Pavorte TOTH PON Sold by J. pear or. "Deaggiat, For information and free Hand MUNN & CO., 361 Bnoapwar, agar Yor. Oldest bureau or mecurne pew ne ag se t taken out hy us roug ore Every. publi by a notice given free of charge in the | Scientific American | word, circutation of any scientific paper In the world. ylendidly illustrated, No o tsseligent io als oa ha. Wn tre MUNS co., 1.50 slx mont: : year : Hens, 361 Browlway, New York City, Listowel SASH & DOOR FACTORY BAMFORD BROS., Builders and Contractors e are open to contraet for the erection yn $ See See te) e Sash, Doors Frames, Blind, ete, Furn n short notiee. Planing dene order. Everything in the building, line will we ven or attention and 'IRS' ASS ------ ANSHIP GRARAN Charges Very Moderate. Bamford Bros. FARMERS. I will pay the bighest casn price for good Dairy Butter at my RESIDENCE, WALLACE ST. on Mondays and Saturdays, ucties Saies cumauctoe im any rt of, ounnes of Perth, Hurouand W tliington.. - 7 THOS. K. HAY, sl Anet, NOTES: LOST. | ianimetigwEaehe Sint | CURE FITS! me ems and Fost ipa nro sche! | Soo sto, i ase an same, Anyone teturnin ner Office aoe ae be 7 wultably ' Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.