'Ihave a new game for you,' said Aunt Bella to the children one rainy day. 'You must sit in a row upon your little benches, and I wilhask you questions. That does not sound very amusing, does it ?.. But yon will grow interested after awhile, and the one who answers the most questions shall order lunch for the party. I shall be- gin at once and not waste time. Polly, have you 'diesels that the animals gave you ? Yes,' said Polly, promptly. 'I've got a sewatch wight on my arm that my pussy gave me when I wouldn't let her drink my milk.' And she rolled up the sleeve of her apron to show it. They all laughed, and then Polly cried. Then they kissed her, and Aunt Bella said : 'No one langhed at the scratch, Polly, and you shall have another question. Try to think of something nice, something that you like to have, that an animal gave you.' 'Not.a single fwing,' said Polly. 'Think, Polly,' said Aunt Bella. 'What have you got on your feet ?' 'Shoes and stockings. My yamb's- wool stockings and my brown kid shoes,' said Polly, kicking her feet. 'Well, Polly, thé little white lambs gave you the wool off their backs for the stockings, and Nhe pretty kids gave their skins for the shoes.' 'Oh ! cried Polly, 'I never fought of tat! So tey did.' Then she laugh- ed, and the others felt they might, too, and Aunt Bella continued : ' 'Now the rest must answer in their turn only they must not tell of the same gifts Polly~has told of. What have the quadrupeds or birds or fish or insects given you, Tom ? 'Well,' said Tom, with his hands in his pockets, 'the tailor said my suit was 'strictly wool,' so the sheep must have given me that, and my hat, too: and--oh, an alligator gave me my shoes--alligator skin, they are; and I've got a knife in my pocket that a shellfish gave me--the handle for it at least, because it's mother-of-pearl, and that is the lining of a shell ; and--I guess that's all Tremember just now. 'Now, 'Tilly !' said Aunt Bella. 'Oh,' said Tilly, 1 am under obliga- tions to,the sil<worms for my dress, for it is made of Japanese silk, And a tor- toise gave me my hair pin. And in 'An animal gave them to you," said Aunt Bella, 'but ina very curious way. Those buttons\are made of bullock's blood. There isa great factory some part of the country_where they take all the blood that is ee! ftom the place where they slaughter beef, and turn it into somethinglike bone, of which they make buttons and buckles and combs and breast-pins and lots of things. Youmay know them by their red color, Very few people gness what it is. ~ 'Now, Fanny ?' 'A seal gave me my cap and muff and collar,' said Fanny; 'and the feathers in my hat an ostrich gave me--oh, I have a little snake-skin pocketbook.' 'And you, Lille ?' asked Aunt Bella, 'Oh, a monkey gave me my cap and muff,' said Lilly, 'and a kid gave me my gloves.' 'Now I am poing to ask you all to look about the room and see what creatures have helped to furnish it.' 'Of course, sheep have, for there is wool in the carpet,' said Fanny ; 'and silkworms, for the curtains have silk in them.' 'Oh, and horses," said Tom, 'for there,is » horse-hair sofa.' 'A: Valephant helped,' said Tilly. 'Oh, yes, anda camel, not exactly in furnishing, but as to pretty things. The portfolio on the desk is made of camel's skin, and the paper-knife - is ivory, and ivory is made from an ele- phant's tusks.' 'Oh,' said Tom, 'we've forgotten the big black bear who gave us that rng, though he lies there, head and claws and all ; and the little white goat that gave us that small rug.' 'Oh,' laughed Fanny, 'the roosters ! What did the rooster give us ? I know ; does any one else ?' 'The feather duster, of course,' said Tilly ; and a peacock gave us his tail for that screen." A deer took off his head and antlers so that we could have that rack that holds grandpa's rifle, said Tom. 'For my art, I cannot see another thing that the birds and beasts and insects and reptiles gaye us.' \ 'T do,' said Aunt Bella. 'I see'some- thing that really and truly belongs to a duck. I do not suppose she intended to give it to us, / I know she did not in fact. But here it is.' -~ a" duck ! ried' all the ailices;] Tookitig about. 'Where is anything' a duck gave us ?" 'Under Polly's head,' said Aunt Bella. 'That little cushion ?' et Tom 'T thonght that was silk ?' 'There is eider-down inside of _ it,' said Aunt Bella, . 'When the eider duck makes her nest, she lines it with down from her own breast. The down-hunt- ers know that, and come in the night and stehl it. The poor little duck jis very sorry to findit gone, bnt she pulls out more down and makes the feather- bed over again for the duck babies who are to come out of her big green eggs, and once more the hunters come and steal it, But she will have the duck- lings comfortable, and she pulls all the down from her breast this time. They let her keep that, and the poor little duck, with her breast bare and bleeding, is-still glad that her babies are warm." 'Oh, poor little mamma duck !' said Polly, crying. 'Take back the poor duck's fevvers !' ; 'Don't cry, Polly,' said Aunt Bella, All her feathers grew again, no doubt, and shé has made lots of nests for lots of little ducks since then.' And then, as they, were ready for lunch, they had it--cocoa, and jam tarts, and tongue sandwiches, and plenty of buns and plain cake. . \ \ What the Government Has Done for the Farmer, The Catiadian Government has pro- tected the products of the farm from outside competition, preserved and built np a home mfrket worth many millions of dollars annually, arranged the tariff so that the necessaries of life are nearly all admitted free, whilst the taxation on food and animals which the farmer raises himself, and which he does not require to purchase if he does not wish to, is imposed for his pro- tection so that he virtually pays no tax on necessaries, while the average duty on luxuries and articles of voluntary use is 50 p. c., thus making the tax on the farmer as light as possible while the rich man has to bear the burden and pay about eighty-five per cent. of the taxes. Out of the revenue raised in thisway the Government has con- structed railways and canals at a large cost, in order to provide facilities to enable the farmer to get his produce to market as cheaply as possible, while oe several ae of the unipn jay To addition to this the events is doing what it is not for any other. in- dustry :-- By establishing experimental farms at a large cost, on which experts are made to test what are the best grains, grasses and fruits to grow, how they can best be grown, by what pro- cess of tillage and by use of what manures, what are the best classes of stock to raise, and how: they can be earliest and cheapest fitted for the market. How best cheese and butter cau be produced, what grades of cattle are best fitted for this purpose, and what are the cheapest and best foods for such cattle. It sends ont free sample packages of grasses and seeds to farmers throughout the country to enable them to test new grains, grasses &e., and see which are the best suited for thir soil. It employs experts to ascertain dis- _eases and inspect pests which affect the farmers' crops and live stock and what are the best remedies ani the best pre- ventatives for them, It publishes reports and bulletins at the work done, which are sent to every farmer who asks, without charge. It establishes experimental dairy sta- tions throughout the country and sends around travelling dairies to show what appliances are needed avd what course should be followed to obtain products of the highest grade. It makes purchase of these high grade products, sends agents to Eng- land and elsewhere, to sell them, to advertise their quality and enhance their market price. It establish tine and em- ploys agents to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in live stock. Ju order to place Canadian butter on a better footing in the British market, special shipments are made under the direction of the Dominion Govern- ment and sold under the most favorable conditions so that the fact has been established that Canadian butter can snecessfully compete with the finest grades of the product of the chief dairying countries of Europe. There ia now every prospect of the butter trade of Canada becoming as great a source of profit to the farmers as the cheese trade. This is altogether due to the wise action af the Dominion Govergment, and Mr. Derbyshire, Pre- sident of the Ontario Creamery Associg- tion and ex-President of the Ontario Dairymen's Association, and others butter was introduced into the English known. The old country bn s00R learned that Cenada could supply the finest quality of creamery butter de- manded,--and on the English market it is the very best they want and are willing to pay for. Professor Robert- son managed the' whole business very skilfully,and last year's venture ended by costing the country very little--a small outlay, indeed, for the7 i up of such a magnificent new 'market. If it had not been for what the Domin- ion Government did the butter m p business would have flattened ont everybody connected with it would i been discouraged. It wonld have been disastrous. But now our™butter has established itself as firmly on the English market as our cheese has al- ready established itself. Steps are now being taken to do the sate for the cattle trade by arranging for the ship- ment of chilled beef to be placed in the hands of leading dealers through- out Great Britain and labélfed as "Canadian Beef." By this means it is proposed to establish the special quality of our beef, and create a special demand for it. $300,000 will be ap- propriated for this purpose #fid> there can be no doubt whatever of the suc- cess of the undertaking. Provision is also being made for increased cold storage on the Canadian steamship lines in order that our farmers may have ample facilities to take full advan- tage of the important trade that will thus be established. These are only a few of the thirgs done by the Conservative Government for the benetit of the farmer. To Investigate a Death. MYSTERIOUS DEATH AND SHOCKING DIS- POSAL OF THE BODY OF 4 WOMAN AT CHESLEY. The Attorney-General's Department has been asked to send one Of its in- spectors to Chesley loinvesiase a Case which has set me whole. ngighhd: ang - died at the 'elltiance of Duncan Me- Donald on the 4th concession of Elder- slie. No doctor saw her immediately previous to or after her death, and she was buried without a proper certificate. Those facts came to the knowledge of Coroner Cooke, of Walkerton, aud he informed the County Crown Attorney, who gave instructions for disinterment of the body and the holding of an in- quest. On opening the coffina shocking sight was presented. The corpse had been placed in the coffin in the same condition as when death claimed its vie- tim, unwashed and clad only in an old jacket and undershirt, while a bunch of dirty rags were piled in with the re- mains. A post-mortem examination was made, andthe inquest was adjourn- ed. The dead woman was about 30 years of age, and although not insane, she had certain peculiarities that caused her to be looked upon at times as being irresponsible. She arrived in Chesley in Janurry last, and some young men became acquainted with and took advan- tage of her. She went away, and had since worked in Elderslie. She left there about the end of March and re- turned to Chesley, where she again feli into the clutches of some of the parties who had abused her before. On Tues- day, March 31, she went over to Mo- Donald's place and remained over night. Next day she visited Chesley, with the determiuation, she told some parties, to take the law on those who had as- saulted her. That evening she return- ed to McDonald's, where she was taken ill, gave birth to a dead child, and died herself on the followmg Friday. ; The authorities have all the facts of this terrible affair in their, possession, and a very thorough and searching iu- vestigation will be made. . RESULT OF THE INQUEsT, Chesley, April 17.--An inquest' was held before Coroner Cooke, at Chesley, to-night to inquire into the alleged sus- picious death of Miss Catharine Koch. After an exhaustive enquiry, the jary returned the following verdict i "This jury finds, upon the evidence, that the woman Catharine Koch came to her death by inflammation of the lungs induced by exposure and neglect on the part of herself," |THE YEAR's Mr. Derbyshire Govern- ment could not have inked for @ more splendid justification of its: ) than | the results which have followed. 'Our market, and its superior quality became | . Snes le England has hanged two of her: public executioners for murder. : 1857, without a murmur. The Old Land in a Splendid Position Financially. SURPLUS THE LARGEST IN THE OOUNTRY'S HISfORY--ENOB- MOUS REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL |'and DEBT--A THOUSAND MILLION DOL- LARS AVAILABLE FOR DEFENSE. London, April 16.--At 4.52 o 'clock Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, rose amid Conservative cheefs to deliver the speech introdue- ing the budget. "He began by saying that despite the fact that the expendi- ture of the last fiscal year had been larger than that of any year since the last great war, the surplusin the treas- ury was the largest that hadever been known, and the credit of the country was never so high. The yield of con- sols tothe purchaser, he said, was just about half what it was a century ago and a larger sum had been applied Ao the reduction of the national debt than had ever before been appli- ed to that end within a similar pe- riod. The deposits in savings banks and permanent accounts in ordinary banks had amounted to an unprecedented point and the production of gold throughout the world had been the highest ever known. The amount of bullion in the Bank of England was £49,000,000, and the reserve fund in the bank in proportion to its habilities was the highest on record. Continuing, Sir Michael said that the position of the working classes had never been so satisfactory and the is- sue of produce stamps supplied the beat possible measure of ascertaining that business transactions had never reached so great a volume. Altogether he said, the past year had been a won- derful one. 'The great triumph of a chancellor of the exchequer, he said, was when receipts and estimates equal. The figures of this year were remark- able in that the receipts exceeded the estimates, Everything, he declared, had an upward tendency, especially during the latter half of 1895. The increase in the value of exports, im- ports, railway earnings and bank- ers and clearing house returns show a continuous expansion of trade. The revenue for the fiscal year had been £101,974,000, while for the year 94-95 the revenue had been only £94,- 000, yan increase of £7,- es . pian gaigatasicdes ran excess of £5,- 812, '000 over the estimates. A great feature had been in the increase of the revenue from tobacco, wine and tea, the latter having steadily driven coffee out of the market. British and* Irish spirits had also driven foreign spirits out of the market. The imports of spirits had declined 19 per cent and the popular taste for rum was greatly lessening. Tea had yielded £120,000 over the estimates, implying an in- creased consumption: of 10,000,000 pounds of that commodity. In con- nection with this, headded, there was a large and welcome transfer of the tea trade from China to British India and Ceylon. (Cheers,) The receipts from wines, he said, had been £1,256,000. This seemed to be largely due to an increased con- gumption of vinous Liquors by mem- bers of the stock exchange and specu- lators, who, it appeared, consoled themselves in non-success and rejoiced in success in the consumption of cham- pagne. In this way, he accounted for the dealings in 1,200,000 extra bottles of champagne. After referring to the great increase in the excise and death duties, the chancellor turned to the expenditures of the government, which, hesaid, had reached the total sum of £97,764,000, leaving a surplus of £4,208,000, which would be applied to the national de- fenses, as explained in the naval works bill. During the year, he continued, ,the national debt had been reduced £8, - 134,000, the largest reduction on re- cord with the exception of the reduc- tion during the year "94-95. The un- funded debt stood atthe lowest point it had reachedin 21 years and the fund- ed debt had not materially increased since the Crimean war. In 39 years, he explained, £190,000,000 of debt had been paid off--£100,000,000 of which had been in the last 13 years (Cheers.) Some persons, he said, had denied the wisdom of this, but it was his own opinion that by this self-denying course the country had raised up a reserve of incalculable importance. Ifa time of needshould come when the coun- try would again have to fight for its life the reserve would enable it with- out imposing a penny of taxation to raise £200,000,000 for defense, without imposing an atom more debt upon the people thanthe nation had borne in (Cheers. ) The Burnbrace Presbyterian church in Seymour Township was struck by lightning burned. Spring'is full of terrors to all whose con- stitution is not able to resist the sudden of the season.. To put the system in condi- tion to overcome these evils, nothing is so effective as Ayer's Sarsaparills. Take itnow. East Simcoe Liberals have nominated Mr.- H. H. Cook a& the candidate for the com- mons. The Hamilton License Commissioners have refused to make any reduction in the number of licenses. TO DESTROY WOM MS 1 eo ae them Syrup. Mr. Frank Falls, brother of Mr. H. M. Falls of Northway, Anderson & Falls, com- mitted suicide »t Simece by hanging: A Covcu or a Cop can be quickly cured by Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. It is a combination of all that is best in lung heal- ing me dicines. "Gamsiey never treats anybody, does he? Treat? When he's thirsty just gets out his telescope and looks ut the Dipper. wt "Half a span of angry steel" wil! produce no more fatal results than a neglected cold or cough. For all throatand lung diseases, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the best remedy. It is invaluable in cases of croup, whoop- ing cough, bronchitis, and la grippe. Witherby--I understand that you hada birthday-party at your house the other night. Who was there? Piankinton--Two doctors and a nurse. ConsTIpaTION CcrEep.--Gents,--I was in very poor health for over four years, the doctors said it was Constipation. Not want- ing to spend too much cash, I got three bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters and took them regularly. Ican certify that I am now in the very best of health and feel very grateful to B. B. B. ALFRED Mrxovx, Montreal, Que. At the children's party, a little girl as she was going away, came up to the hostess and said good-by as follows : Good-by, Mrs. H. Mother told me to be sure and say I've enjoyed myself! ALL Kixps of Coughs, Tickling, hacking Distressing, Obstinate or merely slight oughs yield tothe soothing, healing effects of Wood's Norway Pine syrup. Price _2e., all druggists. He--Why did you buy sucha fish y-looking gown? she--fishy ! 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