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life Iba Ibo pl! To W3 uh h or h: HIE NEWS IN A MENU. Interesting Items The New Brunswick Legislature us in session. The Hamilton Horticultural Society has been incorporated. Considerahe improvements are to be affected at the Royal Military College. The Manitoba Legislature will meet on March 10. The session will prob- ably be short. Mr. G. M. Rose, the well-known Toâ€" ronto publisher, died Thursday, aged Mr. R. K. mission as County. Impnrts from Canada. during Janu- ary increased $147,582, compared with January, 1897. The life insurance companies doing busmess in Montreal are accepting IlSkS on Klondikers. and )Ietcalfe is prepcsed. sauce is 20 miles. Hamilton temperance people are pe- titioning the City Council to reduce the number of liquor licenses. The C. P. R. Telegraph Company will string a large c0pper wire between Montreal and Vancouver. The Toronto City Council has ap- pointed Mr. Chas. H. Rust as City En- gineer in succession to Mr. E. H. Keating. ‘ The fancy and staple dry goods firm of Boisseau Freres, Montreal, has sus- pended payment. The liabilities are $110,000. ' . American secret service detectives are still at Montreal. hunting for mantel-falters, with. the aid of the local farms. News has come to Edmonton that In- spector Moody’s police party crossed the Peace River Pass of the Rockies on I )ecemher 22. There is a probability of the Mont- real Park and Island Railway being- consilidated with the Montreal Street Railway Company. A syndicate is being formed in Que- hec to purchase Lord Mount-Stephen’s property opposite the Governor’s garâ€" dens. to build a large block there. Lipuwt MMCJ'J. who had the base of his skull fractured by falling from his sleigh while tandem driving at King- ston diied from his injuries. December 22. The (‘hairman of the Finance Com- mittee of Montreal proposes to start a huge civic lottery for the purpose of paying the city’s debt. Reports received at Victoria. from Dawson state that five men have been frozen to death near Skaguay, and three near Dyea. The Montreal Cotton Company in- tends to extend its plant by the erec- tion of a spinning mill for the manuâ€" facture of goods mbieh ere now im- ported. Evamgelist Moody. who is addressing large. meetings im Montreal has re- ceived a. letter enclosing $395 from a man who had defrauded the Customs of that amount. B\ the treaty with Abyssinia Great Britain secures another open door and the most- favored-nation treatment in respect to imports and local taxation. Hon. C. H. Mackintosh will leave shortly for England, and during his absence will arrange for the developâ€" ment of properties purchased by the British American Corporation. The Lang Tanning Company will shortly begin the erection of a tannery in Berlim, mhidh will be the largest in Canada. Three hundred bands will be employed. A wellamade one-dollar American certificate was discovered in Montreal. There is reason to believe that a clever gang of conm‘terfeiters is working in the district. Mr. H. J. Beemer has asked the Hull City COIHDCU (or a bonus of 870,000 for the in'terpravincial bridge and the Torâ€" onto Rubber Co. asks $40 000 as a bonus fHorneetablismlng its ruxbber factory in u Japan is goimg to Invade the Klon- dike. It is stated that an army of 5,000 able-bodied laborers is being got to- gether for the gold fields and in a: month it. will make a. descent on Daw- son City. nesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Btltnln. the United states. and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. A landslide occurred five miles be- low the Town of Quesnelle, B. C., and buried three miners named \Vm. Allen, Joe Rich, and Alexander McLean. The slide is 1.(I)0 feet wide, 800 feet long and 25 feet. high. It is stated that the Dominion Steam- ahip Co.wi1] run a weekly instead of a fortnightly passenger service be- tween Montreal and Liverpool, and will place a new steamer, the Domino ion. on the service. City Clerk Hendemon. of Ottawa, has received a. cheque for $5,000 from the Provincial Treasurer of Ontario, for the Caseelmn fire relief fund. The Ontario Government also sent a cheque for 85.“)0 last autumn. A despatch from Quebec says that it is rumored that a cable has just been received there that the Messrs. Peter- sen have ameded in their negotia- tions, assuring the success of the fast Atlantic Wan. The Custom Department has decided 3'35““? 9'" 9‘99“! ‘0 May Find Dy.“ to furnidh intofihation "to Can- adzm going through to the Yukon by ‘kfl’omtfi. m to ‘It in '41. no,“ CANADA. Brunswick Legislature Eighteen dead bodies amd 38 missmg is now the record of the Pittsburg fire. :3, The population of Greater New York‘ 9 ig 3,438,899, accordmg to an official es‘ ty’ Katie Gassett. who was arrested inn ;'l‘oronto. charged with stgalmg a silk be 1 dress. etc, has been conthed at Ro- 'c.h;ester, N.Y., and sent to a. reforma- Tube Luetgert jury at Chicago has. brought in a verdict. of guilty fixing the penalty at life imprisonment. The épaixish Minister at Washing- ton is likelygy to' be recalled for having in a letter savagely attacked President McKinley. Edward Hodgman. the ahsconding treasurer of the Chicago Building Trades Council, has. been arrested in a remote part of the Northâ€"\Vest and will be taken back to Chicago. A court at TOpeka, Kas., has decid- ed that a bicycle was. exempt from ex- ecution under a judgment, being a “ tool” essential to a man‘s profession or occupation. The N-ew York Municipal Council and Board of Aldermen have passed a reso- lution condemning the expenditure of $9,000,000 on State canals, and calling for an investigation. The Treasury Department at Wash- ington have given a ruling on the im- portation of furs as wearing apparel. Hereafter muffs, boas, etc., will be dut- iable when omt of season. Edward Bellamy, author of “Looking Backward,” and Eugene V. Debs, late head of the American Railway Union. and leader of the Social Democracy. have united to launch a new politi- cal party. I A boat containing five men went over the falls at Oregon City, Ore., on Thursday, George Freeman, sr., his sons George and James, and L, J. Shannon, were drowned. Harry Freeman held to the boat and reached shore. Four thousand overhead wires in Chi- cago belenging t0 the telegraph, tele- phdne and < ther companies in the down-town districts will be cut down by the city unless steps be/ taken to place them underground before Mar. 1. Mrs. \Villiam \V. Place, wire of an insurance adjuster at New York, is charged there with the murder of her mother-in-law. The father-in-law may die from the injuries she caused to him. Her subsequent attempt to com- mit suicide failed. Excellent rains in Northern and Cen- tral India. [have ensured successful sprimlg crops. million. British tromps have occupied Beregou- ron and Bashere, in the Burgui country of \Vest Africa. The result of the Transvaal elections was the return of President Kruger by a big majority. A telegram from San J osue,Gu,atem- ala. announces the assassination of President Barrios. The Spanish Government has decided to send the Spanish crusier Almirante Oquendo t') Havana and thence to New York. DQSpatches received from Manilla, capital of the Philippine Islands, an- nounce that 200 buildings, some of them of importance, have been destroy- ed by fire. Any novel idea. which will help to solve that difficult question of how to entertain a number of guests is always a welcome suggestion, and one 'very pretty form of entertainment is a 'rose whist party. .To begin with. the invitations are sent out on pale pink paper, and an- nounce that rose whist is to be the order of the evening. The game play- ed is that familiar one of progressive whist, with the exception that each player keeps account for herself of all the red cards which are taken, and notlhing else is counted. ‘When the time is up the fortunate player who holds the most red cards takes the first prize, while the one who has the least gets thefboohyfi _ _ The prizes should be something per- taining to the rose. Numerous articles can he thought of, such. as rose bowls, rose candlesticks, rose sachets, bottles of rose perfume, bonbonnieres with. candied rose leaves. etc. Upon each. ta- ble place four full-grown La France or Mermet roses, with long stems and green leaves, as well as a dainty dish; filled with. pink and White bonbons. Each player also has a tally card of pink paper and a pink pencil attached for keeping the score. 'Dhe ices served are pink and white. and the supper table should be grace- fully draped with pink ribbons, with rose petals strewn about on the cover. In fact. roses in profusion should be everywhere, and the lights should be softly shaded in pink. This can be made a very pretty form of amusement. and one’s own ingenu- ity could suggest many more features to make it a great success. It would be an added attraction if the hostess were dressed in a. rose pink gown. Applicant for Advice (to Magistrate) My Wife won’t obey me, Your Wor- vip. What m1 tddaofl UNITED STATES. A ROSE \VHIST PARTY THE DURHAM CHRONICLE GENERAL. SYLIPATBY. ')-I'J WAYS OF MILKING. At a recent meeting of the British Dairy Association, 'Mr. Primrose Mc- l Connell had the following to say about ‘ the two ways of milkingâ€"stripping and i BQueezing: In the stripping method the ' fingers and thumb are forcibly drawn : down the test and the milk squirted 1 1 1 out; but the operato 'n which I at the pump from the way 1 his arms, elbows and shoulders are moving, and he sometimes gives one! the idea that he is drawing the milk,‘ down from the very horns of the cow. i The teats, to stand this sort of work lioontinually, would require to be made iof India rubber, and not living tissue. iand there. is J . there IS a scratch or a chap. 01‘ any it is torn opâ€" '; mal goes down in yield, an 9 the hind legs strapped together to pre- ivent kicking. . The squeezing method, or " nievling" gas it is called in Scotland, is infinite- In it the Operator grasps % 1y superior. t only, without iany pullingâ€"the .er moving. Ther ;no cessation of the sound. {stream is started from the one teat i before it is stopped to take a new hold flat the other. U vuv vvuâ€"r- The principal superiority of this method lies in the fact that it deals gently with the teat, so that where there is a tendency to soreness the sores are not continually being reop- ened, and thus the animal stands more quietly during the Operation. Sores heal up more quickly, new ones are not formed, and, consequently, the animal will be a better milker. I have seen a cow stand quite quiet- 1y to a “nievling” milker, when ghe would get wild with one employmg the stripping method. ‘ “-4 Inn-‘74 vnnv "v--rl4â€"c .â€".â€" I magv now take: up shortly the gen- eral treatment of the cow in connec- tion with the operation of milking. The two main points to be attended to are gentleness and quickness; indeed, of the two quickness is the chief, for a Quick milker cam seldom! be a} bad one. â€" â€"â€"-A“' Hulun “149v; v“... w.‘_.â€" 7 Where milking is done byâ€"piece work. and the tough cows are eliminated. it is customary for one person to do ten mmm. FARMING. in an hour; a. little longer time being required when all come together in full yield in the beginning of summer. Where it is not done by piece-work. and the cows are of all sorts, it may take half an hour longer ; but the more quickly it is done, the more will the stimulated. if the milk is frothed in the pail, it m‘axy be taken for granted that the speed is all right; but, it 1t is not fmthed, then the milker is domg an injury to the cows, and, it kept to the one lot, he would put them prema- turely dry. , “- - -â€" I.- “ â€"â€"â€" vâ€"J ‘- But the quality of the milk. as well as the quantity, is influenced by the milking of the cows and the manner thereof. Dr. Bwbcock found, in‘some experiments he tried regarding this matter, that slow milking had a very decided effect in reducing the butter fat in the milk, there being an averâ€" age decline of over 11 per cent in his trials as a result of slow milking, while there was also a decided diminution in the quantity; though a prolonged trial with cows naturally going dry, the differences tended to disappear. The total result over a season, how- ever, is heneficial to the milk yield in the case of. quick' milking, not to speak of the saving of time. H()\V TO HAVE PLENTY OF FRUIT There is hardly one farmer in fifty that has a full supply of fruit for his family during: the year,incl-uding small fruitsalnd yet there can scarcely lie any excuse except negligence in providing them, Perhaps there is not one in ten, that has a full succession of apples, peaches pears, plums, grapes, etc There are generally some farmers who feel satisfied in saying that they can buy small fruits and vegetables cheap- er than they can afford to raise them; but the poor wife knows about how much is bought, the amount depending too often upon her own scant supply of pocket money. Now, does any of this strike you? If it does, this winter is a good time to plan and arrange to have such things. Go to work in ear- nest, make out a bill of what you need, set out a few strawberries, currents, gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries, gramrhubarb,etc.,this coming spring. Have you a few worthless trees, such as apple ,pear, peach, etc.. or trees whose fruit is not satisfactory or not prolific enough? You can change them by grafting or budding; you can make a worthless tree become one of profit and delight. Grafting is usually con- sidered the better way, as we gain time. Suppose you wish to introduce‘, ,new kinds of apples on trees alreadyi in bearing. Produce your scions, of desired variety, the latter part of win-‘ ter, while the buds are yet dormant, and stow them away in moist earth in a cool cellar; there to remain until ready for use. When spring comes,the air warms up and. the buds on the trees begin to swell, then you may proceed to graft. The limb to he grafted should be cut oft smoothly, a slit made mu thyme rm 2 m he!!!» There is An Incident In the “to of All Mahmud-cl. “'qu “’us an Ex pert m the “Insane“. The life of a professional elephant tracker and tamer calls for no little exercise of skill, patience and courage. At least, so one may judge from the story toad by Mr. F. Fitzroy Dixon in Travel, of how Ali Maho‘med. who The tamer had discovered a herd of elephants, and had crept up near en- ough to make choline of an animal that suited him. Then he returned to make ready his enterprise. was the king of. elephant catchers in Ceylon, accomplished the feat of sec- uring a. young elephant. It was be- fore the existence of the present laws which protect game. His outfit consisted of nothing more than four rupee made of twisted deer hide, strong and elastic enough to stand a great strain. \Vith' two‘ of those coiled over his arm, and his son Hassan following with the others, Ali carefully approached the herd. As soon as he came in, sight of the elephants he motioned to his son. to stop, while he himself, with infinite care, crept up to within twenty? feet of the animal he intended to capture. Every movement was now one of danger. Neither by scent nor sound must the elephant be alarmed. or the delicate task of the catcher would never be accomplished. To tie a wide- awake elephant to a tree by its hind legs seems on the face of it an impossâ€" ible feat. but It was just this that Ali was bent on accomplishing. His first step was to fasten one of the rapesâ€"each of which had been pre- pared with a running nouseâ€"to a stout tree. His next was to creep: inch by inch over the space that intervened. be- tween him and the elephant, which he was approaching from behind. At last he lay at full length. almost touching the elephant, the two nooses lying open, one behind each pillar-like leg. Giving a. final glame to make sure that the rope he had fastened “as clear, he toak the noose and pushed it forward till it touched the foot. His object was to get it on the leg. but before thiacould be done the eleph- ant must be induced to raise his (not. For this emergency Ali was prepared. \Vith a lung thorn he gently pricked the other leg, just as a fly might sting Slowly the foot he was endeavoring to secure rose, and rubbed the spot he had prieked. As it left the ground the nmse was slipped open beneath it, so as tn encircle the foot when it came down. The foot descended, and after a moment's pause the noose was raised with a steady hand and tight- ly drawn. to push it down to the ground evith the other foot. The action allowed Ali to slip the second noose in place. Both legs were now secured, and Ali gently drgw eech‘nmse up. w _ No sooner did the elephant feel the touch 9f .th‘? rope. than he attempted 'Dhe elephant at once moved forward. but before he could feel the check of the tree to which he was tied. Ali glid- ed away, and took a turn about an- other tree with the second rape. He was not a moment too soon, for, sun- pecting danger. the elephant made a rush forward. only to have his hind legs pulled from under him, and be thrown to the ground when he reached the end of his tether. His scream of rage set all the herd in motion. and Ali had a dangerous time of it during the next few min- utes. He came off with. nothing worse than a broken arm, however, and when the herd was tired of raging and gone away. he descended from his place of refuge in a tree, and with: the aid 01 his son succeeded in getting the two other ropes about the front legs of the now exhausted captive. The elephant was now held by four ropes pulling in different directions. and was quite powerless. To tame him was only a work of time. and event- ually he _wa_s led off by the aid of a In the yard of a Mexican prison the Governor has caused a phonograph to be placed, which repeats to the convicts the charges made against them in the voices of their victims. traihod elephant. ELEPHANT CATCHING. 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