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.igned by Among the acts of the last congress was that making the international bur- eau. or centxal office of the Union at Berna, a cleaning house for interns» tlonal postal amounts, and providing for the supply of the countries within the Union with postal cards with pre- paid replies. The business of the pre- “â€"-- ‘kn minf‘m- ever, to De Consulmuu. my. ....,._- -__ portrait, pemhape. being that increasi the weight for single letter postage. making the unit an ounce ur thaee~ quarters of an ounce, and that pro- defeated at the last congress, Ullh they would be convenient, would not interfere with domestic postage and would stimulate foreign correspondence it is hoped that they may now be ad- opted. That the congress will do much to promote not only the efficiency of friendship of the nations, there is no doubt. for the easier communication is made. and the more closely peoples are brought into contact. the better their understanding of each other and the less the likelihood of differences lead- img to war. Its sextennial meetings mark both the spread of intelligence throughout the world, and the growth of that mutual understanding which is the best assurance of peace. ’ 888° es; do 6“” s as; do you mp 050 they will sign a contract not to ring them back as scrap-iron? . CURRENT NOTES- commodaw you, madam. {1‘00 lazy to work, I suppose? Not that, madam, not that. I would be. {also to my trust. You see, I’m a member of the Society for the Preser- vation of the Forests, and we never out any wood. ‘The Ladyâ€"I’ll give you a. good meal if 'fou will cut up some oi that wood. he [rampâ€"Sorry, but I can’t ac- ‘A DREADFUL DILEMMA. .To save me. I can't. tell which Jones gm! 1 yvagnt 3° marry; â€"_â€" What i. the trouble: One makes such delicious straw- berry shortcake. but the other one looks so loveiy on her wheel. A SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH. Poor Tom! Just. as he recovered he mparalyzed. : Want paralyzed him an doctor's bill. A POINT TO CONSIDER The railroads are to carry bicycles as Martha. listen; there's a new ma- shine invepted that records the action 00 the bram. Well. you needn’t fool any money away on one; it wouldn’t‘earn its salt. Kurignnr-Phat's good (er .3 ccvrld‘ Mir-HOV ye: gut h‘h’ prance nv two lmonmnon m'rmmm. TRUE TO HIS ORDER. meal Twenty years ago lleIt the house I still live in. The next spring and for three or four years. I planted trees. 110ng to break the form of the west Wind inasomewhat bleak location. The soil is hill landâ€"a shallow soil resting on tough yellow clay, the ground 510p- mg fast to the north and more gently â€"_-nrl (3011188 PRACIICAL FARM“. 9 I tapped a number of the young 1113.- I tapped a. number of the largest maples last Spring, more to please the children; such trees run well at first. but do not hang on like older trees. You; will understand the above dim- ensions are of the largest trees, many of them are too near together to al- low a good growth. ._ V A. great part of this groundâ€"a s smooth meadow before plantingâ€"is now covered with dead leaves an 1 few plunis l a grow. Here the children plant wood t violets, build 'playhouses, and climb 8 high after the ruin wild Delaware c grapes. while sewiing chairs and Looks show the liking of grown up women for the pleasant shade in summer af- 1 tennoons. The cucumber magnolia has ( bloomed and fruited more than once. 1 the Oaks produue aeonn's, and the hick- : ory has nuts, while the pines are bear- ‘ iing cones. There is a strong chorus of tree crickets, the scarlet gold of the autumn foliage, with the green of pines and balsams make a picture from the other side of the valley half a mile away. There is something to the good every day in th eyear. 13th the pro- tection given in winter is spec1ally pleasant. After being almost scalped by bitter winds in the more Open fields be ond. it is delightful to see how the ga e moderates as you; enter the grove, until close to the house there is a little nook where the snowflakes fall almost in a calm. I set many stags’ horn sumacs at first, and! this is a good thing to do. for they make rapid growth for a few years, and give pro- tection sooner than oaks and ma les. But the sumac is a short-lived ree. crowded and overtopped by other trees. Meet of the trees of my first planting have died or have teen cut, their almost resinous wood making nice kindling. A word as to pines, etc. \Vhen you trans-plant young trees from the woods and the loose dirt falls off: their roots, leaving them naked, have some moist earth or sods. or wet leaves in your wagon, and heel them in in- 3 stantly, remembering that. eXposed to the air until dry, they; are dead. Then when your load is at home. make the holes and get all ready before taking out the trees. Then cover the roots without a ’moment’s delay. . Care- 3 fully dug and handled in this way. there is no difficulty in makingever D evergreen live, whether planted in fa l 3 winter or spring. To keep its roots from dying is good for any plant 01' tree. but some will endure it better than the pines. Pmm'ED FOR SHELTER- If plants could be preparly pruned in the summer, they would need but very little prumin-g in the! winter time. In many cases they woqu need. no ' pruinimg at all in the winter. All we have to remember is, that by pinching amd cutting out very strong and un- desirable growths extra strength is given to the weaker ones. Every ob- server must have noticed that the strongest growth isalways at the t0p of the plant. The lower branches are ; always the weakest ones. If we check this strong upper growth, the lower branches gain a strength which would othezrwim go to the tOp. This is the great secret in trimming hedges. The general evil in the hedge is that, in the course of time. all the growth is at the top, while the lower portion of the hedge is naked. and thus it ceas- es to be a pleasure. If such a hedge; had been cut at the top early in the season. soon after the young growth was made. the lower portion would he as thick as the .upper. Nothin shows better the intelligent skill of t e rd- ener than a hedge whiLh had the ower branches just as densely their and healthy as the upper ones. In evergreens. grown as specimen trees on lawns. we find. excellent illus- trstions of this heir of runing. with . all the strong branches 2 *the top. and at the bottom aver few weak- ones. The great tgeauty ever reens con- s'nta in havxng a gbogd hea thy foliage to the ground. '1‘ nakedness refer- SUMMER PRUNING. red to «mm 1.3", w ' a w now __ by checking the strong growth ends of the branches. .Thefmfer and thumb are the only pruning 3m . required in these cases. Fine in out the ends of the ver strong 3 cats toward the top. w en these young rowths are from three .to four inches one. is all tint is reqmred. Even a leading shoot in a pine tree may he mched buck at this period, as aznewl eading bud will be formed at the pomt .where the pinching occurs. A pheck *to the upward flow of the sap is all It that is necessary. This lesson‘ ma he {carried to the orchard, as wel as Epracticed in the flower garden. No one shoot should be allowed to become more vigorous than another; and plnwhing back or even takin cult en- tirely the strong growthswil accom- plish this. One must not forget that ' the phrase “early in the season" means !a great deal. Nothing _is gained 11 [the work is deferred until the young lgrowth is matured. PREVENTION AND REMEDIES. In the course at his excellent book on “Parasitic of Poultry," Mr. Theo- bald writes as follows an the preven- tion and cure of lice on poultry: V’V“ w...“ us Just as in the prevention of fleas. to: so in lice. cleanliness is one of the most iPt Powerful agents we can employ. Floors. IM ceilings, nests, and perches she-Md be if!" well white-washed in the early spring. 2111 paraffin being added as mentioned be- gin fore. with soft soap to make it adhere m more firmly to any small lice that may have wandered off the birds. This wash ‘ should be sufficently liquid so as to £22 rum into every crevice. A‘ second clean- 2” ing should also be given again in the EQ autumn. There is nothing that keeps 10‘ .hirds free from lice so well as dust .t< l baths; these are natural remedies for P] the lice. and [owls should never be I“ kept without them. In ever run or house there should be place a good- sued square box containing some pow- der in which the bird can dust itself. ,t? The writer has. after numerous ex- Esi periments, toulnd that ordinary road 30 dust. in which a few handfuls of sul- § phtmr and lime are mixed, is as success- 2“ till as anything. Sand mixed with a 2 11 small quantity of creosote will also‘a keep the birds free from these noxious ‘ insects. ’lhe writer is also told thati finely-powdered gypsum mixed with a !] small quantity oL' paraffin or carbolic" is most successfully employed, quickly clearing ol'l any lingering pests that. the birds cannot reach. 1] Regarding the head and neck infesta- 1: tion of chicks. there is nothing like ll dressing them. once or twice early in l the season. with white precipitate. The ‘ very smallest quantity rubbed upon the skin with agloved hand will suffice to p ‘ destroy all the lice that would eventu~ ; i ‘ ally stunt the chicks’ growth. It is well . l to give the caution that this is a; ) strong. irritant poison, and needs great '- 3 care in its use. es;ae:ially upon very: a ‘ young chicks. In the case of brood; l V ens it can be safely and most beneâ€"T fi‘ially used; a small quantity of ther s ointment should be well rubbed into! :, the feathers. at their base. around the .- amus, under the wings, and other places '- where lice congregate. owned by England and is Able to Discharge [.000 Shots In 123 Seconds. The English government is now ex- perimenting with a gun which will first 1,000 shots in 123 seconds. it is the deadliest of all the automatic manâ€"t Slayers ever yet invented. As with allf machine guns. the first shot must be.l fired by hand. After that the weapon’ will absorb cartridges and emit aohain iof bullets as long as it is fed. Experi- 'ments made thus far show that on the occasion of a brief, sharp attack, the gun can actually be made to fire eleven! shots in a single second. . A very interesting feature of this new gun is that the exploswe power re- sults from the use of .oordite. The whole of this substance is expended in pressure, whereas black powder is only useful for pressure to the extent of fifty per cent. The experiments with cordite and with the gun referred to Show conclusively that cordite is not affected by water, as is gunpowder, and will stand a great variation in tempera- ture. ( TO MAKE WAN. UN LUL‘UDLD. Locusts have recently become a. de- structive plague in the Argentine Re- public, and the bankers and business men of Buenos Ayres have determined to make war upon them, and have raised a large sum of money for that purpose. Their first practical step was 1T._3L-l‘ Q‘n‘na fn‘l‘ an AVâ€" pulijm. I “DA; -t-~v to send to the United States for an ex- pert entomologist to look over the field and plan the campaign. Professor Bruner, of the University of Nebraska was chosen to organize the army of science, which is to carry on the war, and he has just sailed for Buenos Ayres preparatory to oi'ng to the front. This 18 a. kind 0 war for which arbi- tration will probably never be suggest- ed as a substitute. A medical journal says that in the continued use of the eyes, in such work as sewing. typesetting. bookkeep- ing, reading and studying. the saving point is in breaking off at dhnrt in- tervals and looking around the room. We may be practiced every 10 or 15 minutes. By doing this the muscular tension is relieved, the eyes are rest~ ed and the blood supply becomes bet- ANGERED 'ITHE BEAR. An aesthetic beer that dances for a living in England. was trudging along the road behi nd its master near Kemeington. and had paid no' attention to the men and women in skirts that wheeled by. When a fat women in bloomers. however. appeared riding a. bicycle. the beer broke away from its master end made a men for her. smash- ing the wheel, but b81118 caught before it hurt the rider. J unoâ€"Harold said he would make my life one long dream. Kitâ€"Does he know that you snore! DEADLIEST OF ALL GUNS. HOW TO REST THE EYE. MAKE WAR ON Locus'rs. PROBABLY NOT. bee}: wok?!“l THE DIAMOND JUBILEE. PREPARATIONS BEING MADE OVER THE WORLD. Imle‘s Clcllenl to Celebrate the Ive-tâ€" ' levlew or the Navy to be Ield-Juspul- uen at the Tree'- In unclear. The contribution of the Navy to the Queen's jubilee promises to eclipse all previous reviews. “a pageantry,” 3118* seated by a High Lord Admiral. "oom- memorating the fact that the monarch who will then have reigned fully 60 years, is sovereign of the first of naval rpowers, and the greatest of maritime lnations." The Queen has seen many {mighty gatherings of her navy, from the time she wished the Baltic fleet ai godâ€"speed up to the great review of ten years ago, but the show next month is to be the greatest spectacle of them all. Over three hundred ves- sels will take part in it, and they will be representative of every type of war- ship. Preparations are also being made for a sea display of the Navy of iPeaeeâ€"the mercantile marineâ€"on the ,Mersey. It will include all tS'Pell 'from the oollier to the huge Atlantic .liner, and it is estimated that the line, 81011 [.0 EM Lnrone W111 no a you“, - . irsilway mania), has in the last three; r t ' ' 0 per able Chair, such as that 1:m‘yesrs seen 1 remarkable increase. andi which the successor of St. Peter 13‘ , borne in the great religious functions 2! the total now works out at 28.490 miles. afieinst 26,070 miles in 1898. Of this of St. Peter’s. The suggestion in that« Victoria may need it if she goes to St. total 19,700 miles must be credited to ‘. ,Paul’s on commemoration day. India, 2.950 miles to Japan, and 2.800:: E mamas SOUVENIRS. mnles to Russia. the others being Duiehg Jubilee souvenirs of all kinds areilnfiiia (1.260 miles), Asia Minor (1,100' Eplentiiul in London. There are jubilee $236123 ($331113). 03:31. Ifilaydgndc £31: 38900118 and medals galore» and any iwd Persia. In the’whoieq let’ Africa... '; number of quaint devxces gotten up for gwhich has an area of about 11.950000 ‘1 'the celebration. One of the most opfsquare miles. or a round 4,000,000 miles - less than either Asia or America. there iginal and attractive souvenirs is a, are abo . . . . . ' ut 8500 - .snltâ€"oellar of sterling Silver, made; Australia, weighing? afegagfwag’ggffia. 'nfhor fhn mndnl Of the cradle in WhiCh ;Sqqa_re miles. _now posmes close upon _ _- “1| ‘0“ ‘im WLHCL (lulu- U‘ “WV-“Iâ€"fi 'w'i ' iginal and attractiye souyenirs is aa are about 8,500 miles of railway; while salt-cellar of sterling Silver, made i Australia, with an area of 2,954,;1'3 . after the model of the cradle in which ;square miles. now possesses close upon the Queen when a baby was roaked.16.000 miles. In regard to railway mil- eage per 100 square miles of territorza The salt Spoons that belongs With this; neither of the three great conti n en receptacle has the Queens head chasâ€" of m Africa or America shows well ed in the round bowl and a plaingseside .Europfi: h'l‘here are ten coilin- . ~, t th nd 01 the: nee in w 1c the State 0e. round handle finished a e e inot control the railways, namely, Great | GIOWD- .Britain. Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay. THE BOYS IN BLUE. Peru, Spain, Switzerland, Tunkey. the The Admiralty intend to bring to ggited States. and Uraueuay. Eights“: - yernmen s own an operate some 0 London for the celebrations on June‘theu, railways. These are Argentina. 22 about 1.000 bluejaoketS. and to'Australia. Austria-Hungary, Belgium. make the force as widely representa-iBrazil. Canada, South Africa,‘ Chili. ‘tive of the entire service as possible.'Denm3flFo 1‘1‘31108. Germany. buatem- . . . 818., India, Japan, horway, Portugal, A renew of the blueJaokets Will prob-g Russia and Sweden, Egypt: and Nicara- iably be held on the Horse Guards' ;gus. own. and control practically all ‘parade on the morning of the celebra- 7 their railways, while Greece, Holland. {and Italy own part of their several sys- ti9”3* and after. the orccession they items, but do not work any, leasing all leu be given a. dinner “1 the open 311' lthe present mileage to joint stock com- 9near to the new Admiralty buildingeiipanies. In Canada about one-tenth of 3the total mileage is owned and con- | . . . . . ~ t , . . i The Offwml “.3 0f the British tr0.0985trolled by the Government. which lose. ordered to be in London on Jub‘lee'somethjng like £1003“, per annum on dav shows that they will number 46,- its proportion. "W I THE BOYS IN BLUE. The Admiralty intend to bring to 4London for the celebrations on June 22 about 1.000 blueâ€"jackets. and to‘- ‘make the force as widely representa~i tive of the entire service as possible.‘ A review of the bluejaakets will prob- ?any be held an the Horse Guards' iparade on the morning of the celebra- tions, and after the procession they :will be given a dinner in the open air near to the new Admiralty buildings. 1 The official list of the British troops 'ordered to be in London on Jubilee day shows that they will number 46,- 061 men and 5.715 horses, and will have 108 guns. So large a force has never , before been under arms in London. -OI-“v' §the early hours of Tuesday, June 22, {and will be conveyed by special train in time to reach the metropolis before ‘9 o’clock. and these regiments will re- fturn the same afternoon by the same Emeans to their respective ramps.‘ DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS. The Duke of Connaught, who will command all the troops in London, in conjunction with Lord Wolseley, Sir Redvers Buller, Sir Evelyn Wood, and Lord Methuen. has now arranged their final disposition. The cavalry will march from different quarters in the neighbouring divisions of London in time to he at IIounslow on Monday, June 21, where they will enmmp, and will march into Longon for street duty on the morning of June 22, under the command of MajonGeneral the Hon. Reginald Talbot. The infantry will all entrain at their different camps-- Aldershot, Dover, ASh_orno_liffe,_ etc.-â€"in Among the representatives of thel ‘ Imperial Service troops of the Nativel‘ Rulers of India. who are coming aptL 1‘ cially to England will be found sonm‘l of the greatest names in India. They;1 will march in the great procession asi. ordinary escorts of the Queen. THE QUEEN'S PROCESSION. :3 The first portion of the Queen's pro- ' ' cessioln to St. Paul's is to be composed of the colonial troo s and Premiersu who will assemble s ortly after 10‘ o’clock on the Horse Guards-parade] .and will march past Buckingham pal-’ ace. At the same time. the procession of foreign Princes, Indian troops, and escorts of the Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards, will assemble to the westward of Buckingham palace, prob- ably in Birdcage walk, and will march thence to Buckingham lace and up Constitution hill a quar r of an hour after the colonial Brocession has ass- ed, the Queen and . rinceeses, in yal carriages, comi in at the end of this brilliant cavalcae. This arrangement will leave Constitution hill free until used by the processions. A BUFFALO CELEBRATION. A meeting of British-born residents of Buffalo and the subjects of her Im- perial Majesty. which was largely at- tended. wasoheld at the Ellioott Club] the other night for the purpose of melting formal arran ments for the jubilee banquet, which 3 already been annoumd. A general committee of mangements . was dhpun, and a number of special comm1ttees were also named for various purposes. Mr. Alb- ert E. Jones was .named chairman of the general commutes and Mr. Arnold , D. Ralph secretary. At a subsequent meeting the general committee passed I the fo owmg resolution: "While it i. THE ALL birth ChOllld. take a Warm in in the mtper on the (mas-103‘ her Mt esty'u qumnd jubilee, it is t: I new 9 the oommxttee that no barrie ‘ of nationality ghall bporaised. and thy8 ‘11 good Amcrm muzens, wellpwix ers of her MESH. are cordially i3. ,vited to particupate at the banqueg and will be mosgyelopme.” i l nested that ‘ - £13: M 811 Cullen c at -7171” banquet will hq held at the Elli. cott Club on the evenxng of the 22nd of m _ ”Bu ”"°‘;S.M I m RECENT RAILROAD sunsncs. fifh‘g’é the ammo tallest: ’ O . {or r. Nlllber of mm In an mum... “nu-1n... 991:1" hgn‘; 0ft xnmrraw a the World. or! “may and 0m MW. The railway mil“ . ge of the world h 0111.. dorms the last sixteen years mag; “‘16:“; my _ ’4 a. an avenge annual rate of 14000 m me which 11“ m ‘3 2‘1“. and now stands at about 440,0“) ' . x . ett: s, 1.: y uthe [lo-mm“ Pall Mall Gal" the fixture of m trouble: C m . W l ’6‘me b¢ inferred t-mt,; “‘ ‘ we! Jparalysi.'o . regard to length of track, the Un-§ W of (us. I used States is first. At the end t 1 t! Very 11 When I vvoglld sqdc Wear it . 0 as ”5.030“ of paths! lrail med 182,5“) [111188 of steam‘ :verything . 1:93" ‘3 compared with 17622911111“ 3 M my bad and an!) m 11.1 4. For the whole American con- wouldfieoome pumb. t‘~ . |tment the total in approxim t 1 230 ten minutes “up sensa xon @370 miles, so . a e? to 11) lower hmbs. than It 'fl . uth Amerlm, boasting a A m]: We afffimyd , n e to excess of 24,000 miles Canada a tho my hearing. \mces, ‘ Inn-r done tn Eye. would hinly _r_oqpes_tod_ _that all citi in 1894. For the whole American con- tinent the total is approximately 280.- 370 mile; South America, boasting a trifle in excess of 24,000 miles, Canada and Newfoundland 16,230 and Mexico and Central America the restâ€"u mat- ter of 7,640 miles. In the whole of Eur- 090 there are 161,500 miles, Germany " leading with 29,240 miles, France com- ing second with 26,450 miles, and Run- sin third With 28.630 miles. The place of Great Britain and Ireland is fourth on the list. Our actual mileage in op-1 eration, according to the latest re.- turn of the Board of Trade. was 21,174 miles at the begiznning of last year. Next after this country ranks Austria- pHungery with 18,960. miles, Asia. as ‘l {consequence of activity on the Trans- :Siberian Railroad in British India, and NEW MARIN E INVENTION. One of the recent marine inventions is o. multiâ€"keel vessel. 0. form of ship with a flat bottom, mvided with live or seven Reels. 'llhe inventor claims greater carrying capacity and in- creased floating power, with higher speed. than any other. form of ship Tihe bow and stern are spoon-shaped. the vewel has two stemmeu and two rudders linked together no as to move simultaneously. and two propellers. It {is also claimed for ‘taluis model ‘t_hat it Japan (which has recently 113‘! “5 Will, in smooth watetr. steer equally as well “mother rum-mug ahead or as The manner in which they quench thirst is a Cuban art. Elevating the clay bottle on his wrist until it is slightly above the top of his head, the native turns the water loose at a dis- tance of 10 to 12 inches from his mouth. The stream. about the size of a land p‘llC/ll falls by a pretty curve in full View until it passes between the lips. Thus the Cuban quenches his thirst without spilling a drop. The mom-- plishment has its utility. As the wa- ,ter passes in this continuous pouring I from the Imttle_to_ the: mouth it is be- {one the eyes of the drinker. and any foreign matter is seen. My wife is a. sure enough genius. Has the written 0. book? No; but she kept 'herr hat en’straight the whole time we were movmg. She seems an an e1. Polly den. And we’ll be now June is here. Yet well I knowâ€"elm mucy curls; She loves fine gowns like other girls. ‘Ro; w-fnnt m it! .He etyuck a. maria; sh?â€" MW" tlzed him inn) the back yard and made him but tau-pea for five ovum- ' KICKIING ON THE CUISINE. MSAKING HIM USEFUL. Did you ever hear about that lent": hard lurk? HOW THE CUBAN DRINKS. SWEETL HUMAN POLLY. EAL BRAINS. “0.9.8 (17:11:-ml‘ fink Pi“ i‘énéstli' 5"" "I v-.I" . , Lac“ Cons“. Flu“ J. Cucxm' make! 0: MW armor of tb . The dukes? " "' he um” Jb’gftiar mm' ! on ‘mo a; an -Hnimll bout 00"? " ; violent 93in ”ruin Noun a) d hopr in u n [3 W“ to “E.“ it.-Hor4