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ty . 12 T ‘ mammranan * / 18, A man came into the office of a Maine ”.tnl::.l h;darâ€"-nh young . desk: _ " How vas Te r Tans I" I vades tor io «Aromame â€"If the eye of any farmer who feels that the future holds nsught in store for his interest, falls wpon these lines with sufficiâ€" ent interest. to read them through, let me (hocl-dn‘.-w’ud. Yours is the world of nature and genius of fvention is there w m'.m to discourage you. . Walk it ; to the apiary ; the vineâ€" yard ; the orchard ; the cool ‘avok waters ”ul“ the willows ; tb;'r:llinl Iolglh;.:hd- res where the droves an U and b:l‘::l‘ ; up to the hilhoovmdlwnh many kinds wood ; up to the shelvin rocks full of glittering secrets ; up to Ood‘ 4 Cow or Care. uite a good many people have a beliet that foods, cleanliness, intelligence in comâ€" pounding rations and in feeding them, pure water, and skill exercised in the manufac. ture of butter, have more to do with it all Chirk ue bit. lto.onh: the chief obâ€" ject of lite is the pursuit of happiness. Do not bury your gaze too much in the dust of the cornâ€"hill. Look out across the smilâ€" ing face of God into the intertissued w of the #unset and up q': the 'dmm every spare moment you have an it‘be something useful and helpful in your noble calling. Put yourself in touch with the great movemsnts of the times, Have a definiteaim, â€" Shoot at something tangible. the air with random lgot from ther‘s blunderbuss will not bring much game. . Godd, homely sense is the first consideration in the makeâ€"up of, the man who is to be a wealthy ~farmer» Industry is a prime quality and can not be left out of account, ‘but many farmers are kept workifig too hard, They put M":zh-pml:o- or do their w:rk the hardest ways : .. â€" . _ = l« Just now there is rising into notice the last and greatest benefactor to the farmer. the oreamery. For a long, time the major: ity lookéd upon it as an ominous invasion of that inner realm which the farmer has always ‘guarded with jealous ogre; the shrine which brings forth the "golden ogg ;" the rewarding product of his ‘toil. Many denounced it as the eneimy that would eventually "kill the goose." Though re. luctantly, the farmer is coming to see in this masterpicce of invention in the dairy» ing world great blessings to himself by its proimotion of all his interests, â€" R " ‘The coth d in English political life du v S f k C es f O ~ orhibition it the ‘past [tts yeats than the new statilt which C . rth of be _ emlh o ahers, . All ! links woersaip o e en l e l oo bropdireneeipenicde camert .. ... and that of T is tome have counts the invabions 1 \ e faot . M € a ,‘_“ ur d ($. e ME a which wil one day deete "Ts mrmers |hers ud 1 ~“*""“‘ "a" proparing |the ready way in which 0 inn. advice n tmb netnts Te sccupation, but rather have proyed to be | for it have not been given sufficient timeâ€"in.| w8# A0cepted in matters of great rial | half yeare _ .. . " _ the needful facilities to enlarge the farmer‘s | which to advertise it both in and out of | importance by statesmen of all parties. . _ _| _ Nineveh. was fifteen. possibilities and to keep him in pace with | Canada, ‘The grant as a rule‘ has been | _ 59 far Canadian statesmanship has justiâ€" | NS $ |l M“ the rapid progress in the other walks of | voted in April or May, and it bas been | fled the greater artention pald to it, â€" Reâ€" ‘The kighet d life, uns available in the following September, Five | &@!ts such as those achieved at the Halifax® | op 1g9 m“‘m a Just now there is rising into notice the | months only have therefore been allowed and Behring Sea arbitrations are the best | from 60,000 to 100,000 #q la8t and greatest benefactor to the farmer, | for the requisite publicity, *‘Why not | Proof of this. . Both were the outcomeâ€"of a 1-23""”"'““ the oreamery. For a long, time the majorâ€" make the announcement in advance of | firmstand taken by. ‘Canada in regard to wial and â€"provident ity lookéd upon it as an ominous invasion | the actual vote ?" some one may ask. ‘Theâ€"} what she thought her right; both were w&:‘:'“ of that inner realm which the farmer has | *05W°r is plain. A Government, however | copducted maiuly on Canadian advice ; and | "a t willing to propose a grant, canhot promise locomotive lasts fifte always ‘guarded with jealous ogre; th*.) to do so until it is ready in the ordinary in: sach chse an. impartial tribupal mainâ€" | about $800,000. . whrine which brings forth the "golden ogg ;" | way to make the &r:pumu to Parliament, | tained the Canadian as againat the Ameriâ€" mw the nightir the rewarding product of his ‘toil. Many It is t.h-uim‘gom to knowforacertainty, | can contention, w4« F a mile t 5 denounced it as the eneiny that would ‘.L‘dm.“"!" '“”’“l":‘ ““"' 1 "~‘~ MER MIPDLE POSITION. ,, . /) hn.l: of wn there eventually "kill the goose." Though reâ€"| during the n-iu-eflhl";':f“e‘.%:. . In many ways Canada holds a curious "'!.: peil Mn of the t luctantly, the farmer is coming to see in | that in which the exhibition is held. â€" For | middle position in political thought D6 | popy, td i fareat." this masterpicce of invention in the dairy» example, it might ask Parliament now to | tween Great Britain and the United States. Eoubtey in Here ing world great gs to himself by its vote the money for an exhibition in 1895. | a, first sight it might appear that the imâ€" Every i ha bleasin That it would do well to follow this course * marriages proimotion of all his interests, â€" there is every reason to believe, We are | PASt Of so immense a community.a@ the| + Bricks said to be from . Let us look ressonably at the points of endeavoring to promote United Stites would entirely dominate|ute plentifal at Birs N benelit every farmer will enjoy because : of INTERPROVINCIAL TRAD® Canadian lines of growth in politics and| At Corunus, Spain, is the creamery,provided he will avsil himsel f | and we‘are reaching out with a view to esâ€" | ©0%a! lifg.and determine their tendencies, :‘;m‘: ;l;: dr'o:fl‘tu .I: of them, . For convenience sake, let us 100 k ublhhing, fi! an interâ€"colonial trade. V:Vo But this is very far from being the case. The Hikworm i.ytho d across tl? lines, at i§o State o.l Vermont, m&r?hovlm:?mm;nb:o&:i Cuudn has r,uinod a very distinct indiâ€" | Five millions of persons hl'-hhr‘oncunnry in the world, in addition, we are looking for commercial viduality of its own. But with its own ployed in its production. & at St.Albans. The institution b85 |intercourse with all the sister colonies. |life, the Dominion grows more‘ cordial| Steel barrels made fror fiftyâ€"nine branches and last ‘year handled | Nothing could aid our (l»oj-eu better than | with its great neighbor as the latter learns | thickness from oneâ€"sixte« the product of fifteen thousandâ€" cows, and | ® !8rge ©Xbibition in 18905â€"an exhibition | to respect it, > an inch, are coming ifto say, never F o days of grander posâ€" :I!lm for the farmer tcn those of now. Chirk up a bit. Remember the chief obâ€" ol dot P o T ECE 27 turage»and fodder ; thereby he is inâ€" z:r'und as to what to sow and plant. When ome considers that each dairy is awarded according to its cream test, it is phhl{ seen how essential such information is, | It relieves the farmer of all the care of the dairyhouse and the expense of time, labor and repair contingent upon bflnr-mtkins facilities ; moreover the great influence an tation of the institution is behind the inSividnll farmer, pushing him to the front with the other great business movements of the world. But best of all, it grants liberty to the farmer in the realm ‘in which he lives, moves and bas his being. â€" All the He has time now to read. . Time and inâ€" telligence are the demands of the age. Invention brings both into every departâ€" ment of life. _ As soon as the farmer begins to read and study all the details of his farm, the aoil, its Slements, the rocks, their stratification, climatic effects, the nature of herbs and trees ; and the ‘of g:::'mle, sheep, swine and gsâ€"yes, even catsâ€"there will come inâ€" ligence, and with intelligence success, udmueu-rfohn. wC time he has heretofore spent in the endless dutics of pnflui:z the :rodle: of his dairy tor the market and in finding & market for the product, is saved to him. Now wit his . Let us look reasonably at the points of benelit every farmer will enjoy because : of the creamery,provided he will avsil himsel f of them. . For convenience sake, let us 100 k across the lines, at the ‘State of Vermont, mh’l the largest creamery in the world; at St.Albans. The institution has fiftyâ€"nine branches and last ‘year handled the product of fifteen thousand~cows, and during the sammer distributed over seven ty thousand dollars a month to its patrons, In the past three years it has sent over five and oneâ€"half million pounds of butter into the markets of the world. Now an institution of such magnitude must mean great benefit mind free from anxiety of the churningâ€" room and market:place, he turnsâ€"to those interests of his farm which before have had little or none‘of his ‘attention and have suffered seriously from the careless indifferâ€" ence of the hard laborer. Now he can study the nature ofhis lands and know what portions of his farm he can sow and plant to the best advantage, that it may yield him the richest returns for his labor: or injuryâ€"to the dairying interests. . > Though at once the individual farmer «may not see how such an institution can be of benefit to him, he will see it :after thought and experience. In the first place, it affords him free an expert test of the milkâ€"producing quality of each cow, by which he may improve his dairy by choice melection, It furnishes.to him an analy. sis of (the best milkâ€"producing. graing, Te efabieenment? m tht rord ho ‘~flfir- the cow and no other cow the Jersey can do worthless cows in all breeds, _ It is many dissouraged farmers there are sountry toâ€"day, and the cause of it oiA W‘ : lbA ney 9t (apipcn o en CCC A Lost Dog. E FARM. Creameries. in part to ";â€"‘"‘oâ€"â€"“fizl’ ':‘m dm Parliament has wmore * to the w sum of. $10,000 for a Dominion Statesmanshipâ€" midate | * mmuu exhibition, and the exhibition has been “m-nq to the m:.:-m weil _ taken place in the | beld, in combination with existing exhibiâ€" OverGovernedâ€"The Upper Homse, . |** a to r years, wrings | tions, in various parte of the country, In an editorial recently published the|ip knningot investion | Mogirea! bas bad. it ; so have Haliler: London Times says :â€"Unobtrusively, and| . > the farmer a new | T + London, and Hamilton. | £19086 unconsciously, through . the. sheer | sk . ~ n show hitherto has been an | W*ght of her concera in national afairs, off closs ap to fints him, keep ofer hWm in We en t m E rnlem; of Olives n-.l:r';‘-l::. mote is to be added. it in to be a> high can be seen from the top, that the dreg will uisimuiety Jestroy that the drug Ill‘h"?fl'hg and there is a superstition England is Irfl:-. and ‘that when she has gotion in compiete subjection she will make China a British possession.. I am Mdthcphiuflmubub&n& n-lwl.pn-u«-dolrh-.hu in the missionary societies will fincl themeelvés in a difficult position." opium into Chinsa the number of \l'fi as much better than the gold cure as‘it is chemper. It i.l:rsfi‘"'tht,“ eaten systematically, six of them a day, :z s all desire for liquor. Apples lemonâ€" added to the the i hsn adind o matang, It is a pri t belief in London that oranges E:':-ody for the liquor habit The Ameer of Afghanistan, Abdur Rahâ€" man Khau,manifests an enlightened interest in hontahndm. His -m:nn:c::m mares, 70 thoroughbred, 0 â€" stailions, To these he has recently -dd‘z one thoroughbred and four hackney stallions and a Spanish Jack. The mares are a mixedlot of several native breeds and imported Australian animals. 1t Would be of Great ReneAt to the Coun try. and ‘FPromote Interâ€"Provincial An lish religious paper recently conâ€" tnhd..ao following advertisement :â€" *"Church prefermentâ€"a valuable living for sale in ln"nbnrb- :l' London :hI:lo urâ€" &3 t of ea ; net m-.”:o&.f Light wyorzg the best soâ€" ciety ; practically no poor ; beautiful modern church. & voted in April or May, and it bas been available in the following September. Five months only have therefore been allowed for the requisite publicity. ‘‘Why not make the announcement in advance . of the actual vote ?" some one may ask. ‘The: answer is plain. . A Government, however willing to proru a grant, canhnot promise to do so until it is ready in the ordinary way to make the E:pum.- to Parliament, It is thulin'r.d to know foracertainty, in advance,that there will be a grant. But l'lhl are undoubtedly very suitable, in that the oq‘:xmmi is excellent and the sitâ€" uation cen the provinces, lollo:i‘:foin a modest '.Y the example of the us States at Chicago, could purt.lolpwé each for itself putting up characteristic buildings, and organizing its exhibit. While these tions are in progress the exhibition, vflch â€"would unquestionably be one of large pro{ofilons. could. be effectively adâ€" vertised t rol:fhout the world, ss were the Melbourne and Jamaica exhibifions: Seeâ€" ng that the exhibition would so much larger than the usual annual show and that 4 LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE would be expected to visit it from all parts of Canada, the sister colonies, and the neighbouring States, it could be ‘kept open for a month or possibly six weeks, as may hereafterâ€" be determined upon. ‘The Doâ€" minion grant, of course, would be used to id in rendering the show . a success. It could be . devoted in part to prizes, thus swelling the prize list considerably ; and the balance could.â€"be used as a ¢ontribution towards paying the expense of sending exhibits, h cattle, etc., to the show. To mplmh:, if the Government will make a gnnt this z:cr, a '.horonPh Dominâ€" ion exhibition can orglniud or 1895 on the Toronto grounds. .Such an exhibition would be representative of the entire pounâ€" try, and for the purpose for which exhibiâ€" tions are devised, namely, the éxtension of trade and .the communication of ideas, it would be a splendid investment for Canada at this particular moment, when the enâ€" largement of our commercial opportunities is regarded as important onâ€"all hands. _ k growth of lynching in the United The Cape of Good Hope General Misâ€" sion v-(:g-q.d_in llu?h. 1889, and on during the session of the year pflg ng that in which the exhibition is held.â€" For oxmgt. it might ask Parliament now to vote the money for an exhibition in 1895. That it would do well to follow this course there is every reason to believe, We are endeavoring to promote The Baptist Union of Great Britain at ite lnth mesting passed .a resolution fHecryâ€" As 15 of tht the first six -wld-uhcnd mku’;‘:‘n«l for South Africa. Since then the progress of the mission has been remarkable. ‘ Over 100 missionaries are engaged now. Crowth of Suicidesâ€"A Iemorial Towerâ€" under 15 ‘years of ageâ€"isâ€"provéKing a great deal of -&mm. Gm?‘;riuin.' § INTERPROVINOIAL TRAD® : and we‘are reaching out with a view to esâ€" ublhhin,, wlso, an interâ€"colonial trade. We want to do business among our own people, no matterâ€" how distant they may : be ; and in addition, we are looking for commercial intercourse with all the sister colonies. Nothing could aid our Yrojoetl better than m large exbibition in 1895â€"an exhibition announged the world over, mnm:fl visiâ€" wnflmulqmuu,nduhovi:, reall comâ€" ers specimens of the products of every ane ;l'on‘r'provincu. Such a show would widen our ‘trade, and wmssist in finding for our producers new customers, cither abt home ::;M It '::ild stimalate ind::;ry, us over over l’flll e lorâ€" ate ::‘il would cost. .1 lh:’:mhlon Parlisment make a ut ab the ent nuio-‘on: a Domhg:n uhihicm 1895, to be held on the Toronto grounds, The. mamotial_tower which is being Optum and Suicideâ€"An A!foll Arch ,> way, ctc., otc. P More than three hundred species of fish therto unknown to naturalists are deâ€" ribed by M. Leon Vaillunt ag inhabiting A DOMINION EXHIBITION, wth of suicides among children VARIOUS ITEMS., uon dn CANADA AMONG THE NATIONS OFR THE EARTH Siatesmanshipâ€"The Middle | _," ... nm-mq t the PeeloncAne whl lâ€"lmhâ€"m. 649 barrele of petâ€" Overâ€"Governedâ€"The Upper House, "“& s ; Un\ an adincda L.llzal . amalg jic; | .: & #tam bicycle has made its appestente needed. This is the wtion | Wherenpon the coun said, "‘Oi af the Shante which has taken plave io the | knaw all abawt thet, but does top go same The Ametican trotting horse is becoming “1-""":':' NC P6000% â€" Q!&%:’Lfmlmfim the OUR SUPERIOR POSITION.| United States, While the importance of the local hficln'.nre was thus lessened, the machinery of government was left much as before, in deferencé to provincial feeling, which at first resisted u{ loss of prestige, even when it was artificial. This machinery has proved too complicated and expensive, especially in the smaller provinces. HER UPPER HOUSE ~ When the power to make grave constiâ€" tational mo.d:{nn has : n.n: hâ€"mrm legislation,and where work to be done is mainly the check furnished by ‘an Upper House is ;.‘,’1’"“"‘“"‘ transferred to the r.d‘::.u iament very ex ve powers s ly exercised by tm‘;svh: lnd’.;'rflcu- larly powers which influence vital conâ€" stitutional change. In this the Canadian aystem goed fat beyond the example of the _ _Probably no nation in the world is so much 'v-b"W-th At the point which they have now reachâ€" ed the business of Canada and the United States is to live on‘friendly terms with each other. _ And there.is little to prevent them from doing so, givenâ€"common honesty a republ The success of fedpralizm in the Dominion and theincressed weight it has given to ada. cannot but have farâ€"reaching réâ€" sults upon other parts of the Empire, It will forward the idea of unity in Australia of dealing and respect for each others rights. The great boundary questions have been setâ€" tled with the exception of that in Alaska. Other points of dispute have been cleared away, . Mr. Goldwin Smith always assumes that Canada‘s presence as a part ofâ€"the British Empire on the American Continent is a standing irritation to the United States. Possibly it is to a baser element in the United States, but that is not a thing to which a free le should pander. It is much more limpth-t c.n..f:,n?n the midâ€" dle firvnnd whie{ it occupies, will prove to be the solvent which will unite in sympdthy and on honorable terms the two great nations with wiich she is allied in race and languages.. Certainly it is in dealing with Canadian questions that these nations have made the greatest advance in the matter of mational arbitration. In framing her system Canadé& took many hints from the HEB.SUPRRIOR ORCANIZATION. In the practical work of Government the United States might woll take many lesâ€" sons from Canada. . In m_in%; high respect for the law and the judicialâ€"office, On the other hand, by applying the fedâ€" cral pfinoitlo of government on a,great scale while keeping the system in harmony with British Institutions, Canada mast be thought of, not as becoming Americanized, but as l'nn&ing & most important addition to the political experience of the Empire. There is no sufficient ground for doubting the success of the experiment. Friction there has been, but nothing that for a moâ€" ment can be compared witn what‘the Unâ€" ited States had to deal with in the earlier years of the Union ; nothing that has not yielded to judicious treatment. Friction there will doubtless still be, but the principle of ‘union has now puuid through the. ,in:.im stage, and no fingleprovince would be allowed to violate Bt.hcp;odcnl‘ compact, C United States. in the management of native rades, in orâ€" ganizing a nonâ€"political Civil Service, in the nn‘:goatlon or:\nrrhgo lun,?; mention afew special points, the greater success of the smaller and younger Federation has been marked. the official inspectors, sevente on were | A HER PARâ€"REACHING INFLUENCE, Oddly Expressed single Champer, for provincial | pMM0® * . Some Rea Paragraphs Men and | .5&.. Tantg orees Great heat often causes melanoholis. } Asa rule women have better eys aight then aifei of midtbolids : (3>:~ 542. :2010 080 0. One seventh of the territory of Francé is composed of forest. 4 Every country in Eu considers gecret mflh‘unh:l yPe At Corunua, Spain, is the oldest lightâ€" house in the world. Itwas built nearly eightecn hundred years ago. Steel barrels made fromsheets ranging in thickness from oneâ€"sixteenth toa quarter of an inch, are coming ifto use. ; Nineveh: was fifteen miles by nine, the wally 100 feot h?hmd thidk enough for three chariots to drive abreast. ‘The highest masts of sailing vesssle are h-m 180 fees high, ‘nd spread from to 100,000 square feet of can yas. ‘There are in Lancashire alone~320 inâ€" dustrial and â€"provident societies, with an aggregate of upwards of a quarter of a milliop membert.. . > s _ â€" A hhimtfiu'b' lasts fifteen years and carne The -mlhmn“ nightingale can be heard * Bricks said to be from the tower of Babel uwre plentifal at Birs Nimrad, Babylonia, It is unlawful in Turkey to seize a man‘s residence for dobt and luߴciunv. land to supâ€" port him is also exempt from seizure. M‘l room is devoted ‘to the care of the new congregational Church at ;‘]w,_q., Mass., to enable the parents service undisturbed by the wants ;ll wails of the‘cherubs, y The silk of the great spider of _ Madagasâ€" car is fine, strong, and :flntio. It is ..gud bz.tho ntives to fasten flowers to sunâ€" shades. A single female svider, has been known two spin two miles of it in twentyâ€" seven days, _ ° o There is a gun in the Brivish navy, a 22â€" ton Armstrong, which hurls & lall'l shot n distance of twelve miles, the highest point in the are dmrib.drlz: the shot being 17, 000 feet above the earth‘s surface. . The disâ€" charge of m:un cannot be heard at the place where the ball strikes. I;::Autfllmh‘i: ::..ixorth olE'na- IMT‘I on to . tra :lmh‘ next town, a distance of six miles.. He was on the point of e o ttee the fraan whon the gondaotet ed £& . >( . . SCnE t3 i ‘The Japanese take a hot water bath daily. If they are tap poor to have a bath in their home:they %tonlu the public baths, A man in Bethichem, Pa, was too poor to buy a grave for bis dead child: so he ‘stole h_‘gm dug the grave buried the infant and was arrested. ~â€" There are more ducks in China and more are eaten, than in gll the rest of the world. At some of the duck farms of that country 50,000 are annually hatched.: â€"â€"~ | A couple of muskrats have been adop! as W'H Mrs. Sarah Howard,of Houl&’, Me. e animals entered her house through the drain. They lap milk Afrom the cat‘s saucer, and m-{c themselves .at home. +s * hysicians and su 13,182 essional ll:mdchn, mano =u-mman'nd p{:‘hn. 21, 071 clerks bookâ€"keepors, 14,465 beads of commercial houses, and 155,000 woman school teachers. â€" London contains oneâ€"cighth of Great Britâ€" ain‘s population, has a llrgor daily delivery of letters than all Scotland, a birth every four minutes, and a death every six. According to !fi Inst census there are 110 women lawyers in the United States and 165 :;-u min;:nn, 320 ;&n;m auth» ors, Rfil n ‘journalints, artiste, 2,136 arc W,lofl stockâ€"raisers and ranchors, 8,135 Government clerks, 2,438 Out of seventyâ€"six Irish kings who ruled between A. D. 4 and 1127, no fewer than flng-fiwo died violent deaths dither in battle or by murder.â€" He sings soprano, tenor, and alto all at the same time. F The Japanete bride affects great timidity as she is about to be matried, and shrinks as if she were in deadly peril. She striv ea :o -lm that she goes to the altar unwillâ€" nglys . â€"«.*. = 5 The Prussian army contains but one officer raised from the ranks. This js Colonel Lademann, who was promoted for acts of b;.lg;{ in the Schieswigâ€"Holstein campsign ol i ‘The coronach, or mourning for the dead, is still heard in many parts of Scotland, as well as Iroland. ~ It is a weird chant,. cries of lamentation being mingled with remonâ€" strances addressed to the departed for leayâ€" ing his friends and relatives. A fiveâ€"yenrâ€"oldchild, Edwinâ€"T.â€"McGinnis, at Hoboken, N. J., saw the bodg of his mother placed in the coffin, and was so overcome with grief that he died in conâ€" vulsione. â€" . A throat capable of <cxrrauing three distinct voices simultancously is possessed by William Yancey, â€"a Chicago janitor. The little King of Spain, being now in the eyes of the court a responsible personage has bachelor‘ quacters of his own ..in the palace, the .rrtmcnh being those formerly occupied by his father. * a Horses thathave been broken downby hard work are put in good condition in a short time by being fed with infusions of roasted mfl'{fltfiisind coffee beans mixed with honey. . This is common treatment in Gerâ€" In all of Persia there are only twenty "Full up inside, sir; there‘s plenty of ITEMSs OF INTEREST Coast, Nicaragon, In Doubt. Mind Your Own Bisnows . Memery and Observation in Horses, Cals, | What the Busy.Farmor is Boing in { and Doge > Writain, Ireishd, Australina, New h:‘lro-u-.uu-onu.n of surprisâ€" | _ land, and South Africa, $ y intelligent acts performed by certain | _ ‘The Hessinn Ay is reported specics of mammalis, but a scientific treatise | §708t damage to tho wheat fel of the subject is a Romanes has often . watched a cat tha‘ Ill:d to open the door of a stable. . She uprang up to the lock, ‘held with one claw to the iron lock box, and scrambled and pushedâ€" with the other _ claws on the knob until it turned and the door flew open with the cat clinging to it. Could a human being act with greater deliberation ? M. I. Stevens, of New Brunswick, Canâ€" ada, relates how one winter day, as he passed through his . garden, a little robin flew on a twig about three feet. from the ground. His cat crawled noiselessly near the shrub, but as there was about & foot of loose anow on the ground, which interfered with the cat‘s jumping, she did notâ€"even attempt this eummary way of despatching his birdship. . Instead Kitty drew closer and closer to the shrub, and with remarkâ€" able patiente kept tempting the halfâ€"frozen, robin into a more favorable position She finally succeeded in causing it to perch on the snow. She missed her‘ prey, but the stratagem nevartheless deserves recognition. A CALOULATING HoRSE, Theâ€" interesting book [ of _ Romanes contains a great déal of authentic and very entertaining information. _ Speaking of the cat, it says that although the dog excels his antithesis in prowess and the. execution of smart tricks, yet when it comes to doing things requiring quiet deliberition and slyness the cat is his superior, t ‘The same forethought was: observed in another cat, which would scratch the snow away from a certain fudin‘; place for birds, leaving quite a deep hole full of bread crumbs. _ Then she would Kide in a covered lace,â€" and pounce on the unsuspecting girdu. Afterâ€"citing numerous such instanâ€" ces,â€" Romanes devotes his attention to monkeys. _ _ ‘. j % He mnix(u:iilnil that monkaF are the smartest of in every way. They possess an éxcellent mumo? considerable foreâ€" thought, and they understand bow to apply their mental experience, No other mamâ€" mal is so easily trained. â€"It has‘ever been ssible, has as been shown in many exâ€" mbltlani, to have a number of them form a decorous oomgsnv at table, and to have them served by Kroperlp.nirod waiters. In their native haunts they break with large stones the shells of crustaces in order to get at the lusgious meat, or they will find sharp stones for the same ‘purpose to insert between the ‘shells of an oyster, to say nothing of the wisdom they show in _ The art of horse training also often shows astonishing results, . The little :y Maâ€" homet, now exhibited in London by its Jinksâ€"*I tell you what it is, there is mx.â€"umdm Weees w "I presume not." * Jinks â€"*No,sirree. Just as quick m« I fose a job, my friends all rush around hantâ€" ~.-'~_hâ€". so as to ~savs me the trouble of borrowing money from them." their disposition of cocoanats. The little orangâ€"outang of Cuvier would shove a chair mear the door in order to open it every time he wanted to go out, _ . brute, until he became the Efli killed a im vho-m-pu? break : k to kllied a man who attempted to break him in INTELLIGENT ANIMALS Pays to Have Friends. CURIOUS ORANGâ€"OUTANG KLUGE KATZEN, thg an nnmanageable gume the mybrflc.aflm‘ 21064, 9854 $63%4 book by .. | edges and a spring between the ha ?: l :‘fl';.thun .-my n:ptn‘d, as s6t The importations of egge into" Great Britain continae to increase from year to year, The value of em imports for 1893 was nearly twonty million dollars. â€" The greater part of the imports were fromFrance, [those from Germany and Belginm bein next, while Russia and Denmark upph‘.fi the remainder, A peculiar and fatal disease is reported mon% in horses West Australia, which has thystified the veterinary authorities. The symptoms are drowsiness and hot running water from the eyes, followed by .white, watery discharge from the nostrils, Death generally ensues within three or four days from the first attack. * varieties of coffee trees are in cultivation, and all are reported as doing well. New Zealand flax, Phormium '-‘:L. & plant of the lily family, and it is caloulated o oral Now Sonileg. in i alse povun gro ow â€" 1t wn to some extent, in the Chatham umoh folk islands. The dairy industry has grown rapidly in New Zealand. l‘!:‘nqupore:’o! dlfi'y roâ€" ducts advanced.inâ€"â€"twenty years from &5,- 000 in 1872 to $1,590,000 in 1992. ‘The colony now has 174 establishments of all :nlnd- for the manufacture of butter and eese. â€" In _ Australasia the thornl clotâ€"bur (Xanthium spinosum), has somehow acquir ed the local name of * Bathurst burr." It is, in fagt, & native of ;rorlul America,and the seeds were probably carried to our antipodes in ballast, or mixed with grain. The death is reported on a South African ostrich farm of a male ostrich named Saul, which was known to be at least fiftyâ€"five years old. At one time the plumes from a single plnokind' of this bird sold for more than one bundred dollars. A Convenient Article for Work in the Carden. The cut below shows & recently patented weeding instrument comprising in its construction two sharp pointed prongs and handles for operating the same as tongs, the extending in a.. substantiall mdm from the handles, and m{ Tobacco culture is increasing rapidly in Queensland, Australia,. . ‘The crop flui«n found to be the most profitable one raised in the colony, the local demand from the tobacco factories sustaining good prices for theleaf. Coffeeis also receiving increased attention in the‘colony, and many trees have been plarited in the northern districts, A singular instance of connection beâ€" tween superstition and agricultural pests is reported from Ceylon.. The higrolu- Buddhist Cingalese refuse to destroy the predatory insects which infest the tem lantations, as they nrrd it asin to take rm. Consequently the tea plantations life. Conu;] wently the tea plantations owned ‘by them becomes the breeding grounds for moths and other insects, and a source of infection to neighboring plantaâ€" tions. * The |Madras Mail is advocsting flower farming and the manufacture of perfumes as peculiarly well ndnr.ud to India. It urges that the establishment of â€" scent factories would oreate a .market for groat quantities of flowers, of : which no use is now made. The Kanaga odorata, from which ylangâ€"ylang is made, gro:hn all arts of Southern India, awhile> roses, r::mine-, tubsrose and many others fragrant flowers are easily cultivated there. Young Lady (ont sailing)â€"*W hat makes the -u\h!-f" f * Oatâ€"Bota Captainâ€"*‘Grease." "Quver Ives." ] ""W hose 1‘ ""The lives of yzhll. who would otherwise want to on the bow." USEFUL WEEDING INSTRUMENT. FARMING IN FOREIGN LANDS. W het gsod tivex the PP A Marine Secret grome do t > |. Muley Hassan, Soitan of + **Pringe of True Boliovers," 6(900,000 francs a year. A woman bicyclist, Signora Maria Forzan« recently mdn?mm &'?I‘l'{: to Milan, a disk tanceâ€"ofâ€"150 kilometres, in eight and a half hours, with one hour‘s rest included. * Digne! Arehibald â€" Ackonor fi‘obm + who ately at usy, was eight broth.rl,’lll'o! o:go-’ ‘reached m rank in the British army. His father grandfather were also distinguished soldâ€" * The aver density. of lation . p acre in Lo:?on'h 61.’7, ns the .vqu’: deathâ€"rate is 23.2 per thousand. In some parts of Whitechapel, in the tenement region, the density of population â€"is about m l'nr mwore, suyd mp‘.ig.m pate is 41.4 per thousand, e se It is said that somuch farm land in Engâ€" land bas lately been allowed to hmln- cultivation that wild nimta.ll. d:o ten years ago were in danger of ex are now flourishing and increasing. m- ger and the otter, for instance, are reported to be thriving greatly on agriculturalde, pression, The senior Bishop of Christendom, it is believed, | is golroninu, the Patâ€" riarch of Alexandria, who is 95 years old, ‘and has been a bishop for fi(t{;fln years . Archbishop Kenrick, of 8t. Louis, conseâ€" orated 53 years ago, and Leo XIII., conseâ€" crated 52 years ago, come next in that respect. v There was great joy among the vegetariâ€" ans in Germany last year over the fact that a vegetarian won the annual walking match from Berlin to Friedricheruh. The same vegetarian pedestrian was in the race this year, and it was generally expected that he would win the match again. But he was badly beaten by a "" meatâ€"catér."" $ According to the annual report issued the last of May. the Salvation I:my is now established in fortyâ€"two countries. . It has 1,997 corps, {numbering G.mofl«u, 10,« 328 local officers. and 3,331 demen. The number of © soldiers" is not stated, but ** Gen, "Booth claims that the army conâ€" verts to Christianity 200,000 people every London‘s "new beauty" Lady Moyra Beauclerk, is described as an :;?nhihly pretty blonde girl, with an ianocient exâ€" pression and bnntXul eyes, who laughed :F.n'{“ _tg‘c’soonl rly expressed admiraâ€" on she elictedâ€"s bit of ingenuousness she will outgrow. ‘ Henty the Anarchist recently: Tlillotlnod‘ at Paris, was a candidate at the legislative election in 1869. In bis npsul to the voters, he declared that he would propose a. bill for the abolition of the death penalty. He was not elected, but in 1871 he was senâ€" tenced to death, *‘ in contumaciam," by a courtâ€"martial; and his son Emile Heary was executed in 1894, The Queen has taken back to England from Coburg all Prince Albert‘s Jetters to his brother, the late Duke Ernest, which are to be placed in the ‘*secret library" at Buoklnflum Palace, where the whole of her political correspondence is kept. Prince Albert corresponded regularly and & fidentially with his brother,‘ who n::b would consent while living to.return the letters to the Queen. It is proposed in London to organize an, insurance company to guard house owners and tenants from entering ngon or acquir« ing in & itary property. ‘The association; would exclude from ite zookl houses in i ad condition, while all property receiving a dertificate of good condition, for the guidâ€" ance of investors and housebolders, would be subject to periodical_inspection. â€" > «The Dutch have worked out the tramp question to what ‘they consider a final conclusion, . The State maintains a farm of 5,000 acres, and every man spy)yins for relief is sent there to earn his living. ‘ If the man won‘t work he is sent to a labor colony where he has to work ; but if he shows a disposition to get rhead, and learns howâ€"to cultivate th6 soil, the State rents a small farm to him, where he is left to his own resources. . The British n.snhr army at the end of last year numbered 220,000 men of all ranks, which was about 3,000 above the ‘*estabâ€" lishment." . The reserves numbered 80,349 men : the militia, 124,700 ; the yeomanry (volunteer unm, 10,400, _ and . the volunteers, 227,800. During 1893,34,847 recruits joined the army, 0’ these 11,582 were five feet seven inches in height or ou\;i 11,215 measured 34 to 35â€" inches roun the chest, and 14,224 weighed 130 pounds and upward. These waiggu and meastreâ€" ments are. a better average than in any other recent year, The l;nglhh committes have accepted th6 dxo‘:;mfé.ghn L.f P‘&m'l“" w member o:r'{l:l. #demy , for the Tennyson mem: , which is to ;n an Tona oro-’;' feet high and called the Tennyson beacon. : The crost will bear an inscription showing that it was erected by the friends of Tennyson in I:BI land and America. . The beacon, which wilâ€" occupy a commanding B:.“h near Faringâ€"1 lord, the home of the late Laureate at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, will be 716 feet above high water, and visible many miles nndnfll and seaward. The Emperor of China is not content with the respect shown him by his nbroh. and. recently issued the following peculiar order: "After bringing our sacrifice recently to the highest being, we heard upon our: to the palace, near the gate leading to 1mperial quarters, a rather loud noise on by hlking}.' This shows a'n ‘\::” ‘ hnunnnomtnflrdu esty of the ruler, and also that the officers 3 bodyguard have failed to do their perly. The officers who were on al the particular gate must be puni d fore, by the Ministry of War. In however, all ofhcers, high or low, must that a noite so improper shall not occut our pressnce." $ 4 AG was the cause of constant t with the forsign consuls, who rea ponsible for all the excessesof his able‘~ subjects. What effeot hjs viclent or otherwise, fil!o“fimi ngo international condi to be inen, but it seouts Ynhblo that . ‘‘the Meronce question" will again come up fot he sonsideration of the powers of Kurope Fortune Henry, the father of Emile Death of the Suitan of Moroced. â€" British and Bige / / urile t