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wit thc It} lb oh plc lib To Hi has put l0 arr-As ..;-'u Hunx’kfiver cult.i.va.- hm. \ fine table oil is made. from the all'nfli‘rw'PI' seeds. w'h-iah yield two and a. hall! gallons of 0L1 to the bushel. The estimated yisl-d of 100 bushels of seed to the acre should give a. lmrzdmme xmfit on the oil. The make left after the oil has been pressed is one of the neat faring otpoult‘ry food, and the sun- flower in to be run it!) conjunction with .; poultry yard of about 3.000 chlckletns. The su-nflmver stalks will be made into \ fine fibre, for Which there is a. great damand in the manufacture of a cer- tain drapery. the texture of which closely resembles silk. The new indus- try is said to promise well. Bumm do “'ayâ€"A teller kinder likes ior build due cuties in do air “bout wot ho’d do if be was rich’ on‘ bad a homo u' mid do us he mused. ‘ Wandgrlng Tanquoâ€" ot would you 10 under such kind of circumstances? Bum!!!» Whyâ€"WolLit ollera struck .110 do! I wouldn’t. get up at 31! in do wink: when do days was abort. A [.0712 191:1 m! funnier. whn m (I more and than he knew what to do with aeh, on the left Ian-k of the Nile, about 100 miles north of Khartoum. and the remainder at the latter point, though there is a considerable force under Os. man Digna, lwtween the Nile and Aliya- sinia. On the other hand. the Anglo- Egyptian forces number 18000, and are stretched along the Nile from its junc- tion with the Athara to the border of Egypt. the largest body, some 5,000, being concentrated at Berber. Such a line is, of course, 9. “ca"; one strate- gically, though it is strengthened by the presence of gunhoats on the riv- er, and offers the advantage that in the position of Metemneh as the cen- tre of toe half circle formed by the great bend of the Nile, advance upon that place can he made from three pointsâ€"from Merawi across the Pay- uda desert. from Berber by the river, and from Kassala by the Atbara. \Vith able that Khartoum could long hold tut, though it is we to say that the deniahes will not abandon either with- out hard fighting. are loyal to him. Nevertheless. fear of his awful rewenge is still so strong that all of them will fight for him till he is beaten, though that accomplished, one half of them will welcome British rule, as the people of Berber and Dongola have done. Of the Khalifa's forces per- haps one-third is stationed at. Metem- In size, therefore, Mahdism has thrunk mach more,than one half, and as to numbers it is probable that not oesst'ully Opposed the advance of the first Nile expedition. The corwption and appalling tyranny of the Khalifa’s rule. a rule based on massacre and mutilation lzy the Baggara, the war- rior tribe of which the Khalifa is head, have not only destroyed the old relig- ious fanatir'ism which held the tribes no it can be done from the meagre data now available. And, first, it must be remembered that the feeble resistance thus far opposed to the pro- gress of the British expedition, shows that the Mahdist power is very much less. both in the number of its support- ers and in the territory it controls, than it was when its hordes withstood Lord Wolseley a dozen or more years ago. Then it held the desert to the north up to and beyond the border of Egypt proper, on the east to the very gates of Suakim. on the southeast to the Abyssinian frontier, and on the south the whole Nile. valley from Khar- toum to within a few hundred miles of the Lakes. Now the British control the river from Cairo south to the junc~ tinn of the Atlara with the Nile, that east the whole country from the Nile to Suakim and Kassala is in their hands. to avail themselves of the season of low Nile, when the invading column ebuld not easily be reinforced, for an advance on Berber, three British re- giments were pushed up the river to give the needed stiffening to the Egyp- tian tr00pe. But with the disappear- ance of that danger, the order for fur- ther reinforcements was recalled, and Ilpparently no advance is now contem- Platel until the next rise of the Nile in July. Meantime, it may beinterest- ing to estimate the strength. and posi- tion of the contending forces, and par- ticularly that of the dervishes, so far as it can he done from the meagre data now available. And, first, it must he remembered that the feeble. 'DociaJ correspondents having been or- dered to retire. A few weeks ago. in the beiief that the dervishee were about Now: of the miuvemefis of the Anglw Emit“) forces bu the Nile is mea- 81'0 Old promises to be more so, all MONEY FROM SUNFLOWERS. A USELESS FORMADITY. -w-vw -\'. V‘ J\‘LLLVU.'. 'i‘his must be found in the prover} training of this horses to be used. The; horse breeders who wish to secure good ; prices for the horses they would 59!]; in the home market, will do well to? tats note of the kind of horse in do-‘ mud. Buyers for this kind of ahorso are always plenty. and they do not huitato to givo high’ prices, when they r_r‘-â€"-V“ ‘V‘ “a! The number of accidents which have happened in the last few years through the frightened horse. and the» accom- panying runaway has become alarm- ing, .and callq for a remedy. The hustle and wireless movement of car and wheels on the streetsmequlre for the safpty of those in carriages, that thvir horses should he accustomed to £11213. things as well as to th" sud- den noises which they are apt to hear in the city. The horse- to be used in the city for family safety, either und- er the saddle or in the carriage. mus-t be trained for city life. The horses, therefore, whirl) will be in Special. de- mand in the cities, must be trained for the purpose. This will require se- lection in the breeding, and esyecial care in handling from their first years until they_are prepared for use. Already ladies who do not like. the wheel have taken to the saddle to get the exercise and the airing that the wheelist has found so beneficial from her swim in the country. This habit will soon increase until there will soon Irv a demand foreafe saddle horses for ladies. The. liverymen and hackmen may have felt the effect of the change in the new methods of individual trans- portation in the cities; get the horse is still in demand for the saddle. and for family carriages and buggiewmd this demand will increase just in prOportion to the common use of the electric var and the wheel. The hue and cry that on account of the electric car and the bicycle and horseless carriage, the noble horse was doomed to go out of use in; the cities, has about. died away, and still the horse is in demand. ; Trees are such heauliful ornaments l that no country home is eomnlete With- ,out some close by. Young trees from 'the forest often succeed as well as Inursery growth stock, and when ac- 'cessihle there is no excuse- for not having some near home. Fruit trees also provide shade and beauty, besides being valuable. alone for their pro- ducts. Having a fence around her garden the farmer’s uife can raise her plants and flowers unmolested. She can have a kitchen garden at the back door stem, from 11 hich She can pick the vegelahles she nee Is for her tab e dailv. She (an ornament her home 111th that sweetest of tl innsâ€"flow ‘rs a‘l throu h the Summer Season. Most wom‘n en- 30y lending flowers, anl the recrea- lion afforded is most healthful. Farm- er’s uives generally need more leis- ur. and more of the pure, sweet air, \shizh is furni'ésh d in such ahundanoe, and a garden \11ll afford the best opâ€"l Fortunity to obtain it. The pleasures on the farm are few, and the housewife w 10 has hal ituated herself either from necessity or a false idea of economy to be, eternally grinding away in the house, will find a flower garden a. pleasant recreation and a healthful occupation. A beautiful woods may be near by, where grow pretty wild f10“’€.‘3, and where one may go if. trees and cool shade are desired; yet that does not beautify the home. Doubtless many a farmer makes this his excuse for not having a hit. of this beauty near the house. It is not always that a busy housewife has leisure. to go to the woods for an hour or two. but if just a step from her kitchen she. could en- joy Inany a hot, close afternoon or evening with her flowers or among the trees. A few hours’ work with the. plow and leveler would convert the lumpy, uneven yard into a smooth seed lied, where lawn grass could be sown, or the place could be sodded. In one or two seasons the result would be afine lawn, providing the grass is kept close out. A strong fence, no matter how simple, is a necessity if one'is to keep a garden in order. Wire fences are the prettiest, of course, but a neat loud or picket fence treated to a coat of green paint, serves the pur- pose admirably and if taken care of will last for years. Hedges and shrub- bery will. soon hide it if desired, and when evergreen hedges become very thick they will exclude any kind of an animal. A fence. is worth little unless gates are provided and care taken to keep them closed. THE SQBROUNDI NGS. The person who is desirous of having his home beautiful and comfortable 'inside, is also the one who will make an effort to beautify the surround- ings outside the house. A few hund- red feet of ground around every farm house could be converted into the most attractive retreat with but small outlay of money and time. On a great many farms the poor attempt of the farmer’s wife to have a little garden is soon frustrated by the pigs and chickens that are allowed to roam at 03 among gardens. That may often be the reason for the untidy surround-w ings of many a farm house, ,where there is neither front nor lxack yard. Rubbish and papers of all kinds are. allowed to accumulate, broken furni- ture and wood pile/g. are thrown near the doors, and not a tree or flower, often not a Male of grass, is to be found where it should be most appre- ciated. DEMAND FOR SAFE HORSES. NOT IN HIS LINE. Lady enters harbor shop with aSkye ‘terrier. - Mr. Barber. can you. cut my dog- gie’s hair 1 No, I can’t,“or rather I won’t. ‘Indeed! You seem to hold yourself pretty .hig‘h, for. one in ymir position. Perhaps I do. but I’m no Skye-scrup- I don‘t know which is worse, mutter- ed young Blunderheels at the swell reception, retreating to a corner and wiping his perspiring' brow, but .I believe Iwould rather he run over by a train than to step on one! THE SUPREME TEST. Miss Uptonâ€"I’ve just heard Miss Kaila play at the mmsicale. She can po- sitively make a piano talk. De Witteâ€"Can she make it monop- n‘iqn flan nn---.....L:-_- The fire loss in Canada. and the Unit- ed States du-erg' January, 1898, was $9,972,000, as (unpaved with $12,049,900 during the same period the preceding year, $11,040,000 in 1890, and 811,895.- 600 in 1895. The loss last; month was $01,642,000 bebow the average of Janu- ary during the last four years. vâ€"vv -‘ the worst bomés to the worst we can get the captain to make the vwsel lay to. It was discovered after the steamship Udolpho was a, day out that there was a scarcity of eggs in her larder. \Ve can’t go on wit bout eggs, said the cook. to the steward. What shall we do? I don’t know, replied the latter, but if LL- _â€"--‘â€"~J Tomdiix-sl do. I am not looking for information, but for corroboration. Bet-h (noticing the rooster’s spurs) -â€"Mamma, are all roosters born with toothpicks on their legs? During mild winter days time can- not be put to better purpose than to examine the small branches of apple trees for eggs of the tent caterpillar. They will he found in glossy, dense, hoop-shaped clusters, girdiing the top twigs. As each cluster contains sev- eral hundred eggs it is easily seen how much damage may be prevented with little trouble. With a {air of prun- ing shears fastened to a stiff pole, a sharp-eyed man can clean a good siz- ed orchard in a com arntive-ly short time. Of course the clippings shou'd not he left on the ground, but picked up and burned. es to be grafted, leaving the rest,which will be sm-ill, to keep up circulation. When the tree is torped Off in this way, and the grafts grow, the tree will lle very round and symmetriéal, and no graft will grow 11.) through any oth- ers. Each graft will grow u» in its own place, and in a few years a. vig- orous productive. orchard may he had, nroviding ‘proDer ('u'ligation and feed- ing be given the orchard, such as all orchards should have. so on until. the top is all cut off. and graftgd, cutting off only those branch- es in diameter. From this center,cut off the limbs all around it, Putting each limb a little lower down than the cen- ter limb. Then take the next lot of branches still nearer the outside, cut- ting them off a little lower down, and ‘It trees are not too old, it will pay to regraft them. “In cutting off the limbs for grafting, the first to be. cut is the centre branch, or one directly over the body. This should be sawed off as low down as it cam be, and not be over two and one-half to three inch- In order to make a good cow, “19 l heifer must naturally possess the dairy 'cvharacteristic, but still the owner can do much in developing nature’s Sifts- lln the life of the heifer there are three things, at least, that really make 01' 890“ the cow. First, the heifer should not be allowed to get fat be- fore the llirth of the first calf. .but should be kept in a thriving condition, not lean by starvation. Before the calf is droylped, the heifer should be well sustained to afford nutriment not only to herself, but to the calf as Well, and to develop her milking capa- cities. Secondly, when the calf is drop- ped, all concentrated foods should be withheld for a few days, and then gradually increased as the flow inâ€" creases. The calf should not be al- lowed to suck the heifer. She shoufd only know that the milk is for her own- ers, and hence her desire will he to be milked by hand. Tle calf should, not be removed from her, but tied at} her head, and in two or three days she, will care nothing for it. The third point is not to lire-ed this heifer again for at least six months, and milk her thirteen or fourteen months, so as to form a habit of long milking. Good saddle horses ‘amd stylish 9nd sqfe carriage horses, will always brng high Prices and can be as easily rats- ed as others. The littte extra care they need in training, will be well pald for when they are sold. WOULD BE OF LITTLE VALUE. DECREASED FIRE LOSSES. TENT CATERPILLAR EGGS. TO PRUNE FOIL GRAFTUNG. NOT MUCH CHOICE. TRAINING A HEIFER. \VHY HE LCOKED.’ \VDIW' l ”was [1 She got out. Journey is over.” There novaâ€"50$; things to be learned outside of Boston. Mrs. A. McEachren, of Chatham, .N,B., was asleep in her burning home, when the family (193. faiijng to awaken k1.- Ixâ€" L- â€"-‘~ 9 A Chicago man has a project. to run a stage Service between Ashcroft and Lake Teslin, a distance of 800 miles Old settlers don’t know whether to Regina Industrial School wiil send out thirty graduates this spring,who will act as interpreters on the re- serves, and proceed to forget all the civilization they have imbibed. A mouse got into aC-hatham. N. B church choir. Two ladies shrieked and clutched their skirts, the congregation grinned, the pastor frowned and went on with his discourse. Patrick Kelly, of Hamilton, received a had gash in the head at a poker partmet refuses to divulge where the affair took place names of his assailants. The Kootenay output of ore for Jan- uary amounted to nearly amillion and the place or the a quarter dollars’ worth as much as all that ha the Klondike up to date V The Canadian Pacific have a repre- sentative in St. John’s, Nfld., trying to hire 1,300 men at 81.50 .a day to Dunsmuirs, the. British Columbia coal barons, have raised the wages of their employes and advanced the price of coal fifty cents per ton. More mining than ever before is be- ing done in the Siocan, yet business in the town is as quiet as a country cemn- tery. Country was overlmilt. The Kamlooys Standard, boasts of British Columl'via’s dry climate. It also suggests that the town affords a good Opening for a brewery. Peeple in the Klondike are picking up coarse gold through six eet of snow. They are leaving th‘ fine kind till the thaw sets in. Michael Dillon,an old emyloyee of the G.T.R. shops in Stratford, has accept- ed aposition as head machinist in the Merritton paper mills. The long promised Midland railway from 'Winfisor, N.B., to Truro, will be commenced within ten days and com- pleted next fall. Tobacco raising in South-western (Tn- tario is growing in favour. One Essex farmer sold :52, 001) worth from afieid of 12 acres. l The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. is erecting a saw mill at Elk River. where there is a fine body of timber. London City Council decided to force bakers to use a. gum label on fancy bread, instead of the stamp hitherto used. It is estimated that alout 7 yer cent of the [maple who Went into the Klon- dike last season made a fixing. The company which is building the Nepean bridge over the Ottawa is ask- ing Hull for a £270,000 grant. The Lang Tanning Company will erect a. tannery in Beriin that will give work to 300 hands. Hamilton photographers are asking the Council for protection against. pho- tograph enYarging agents. Muissonewve, Que., has granted bonuses of $10,000 each to two shoe factories to locate there. The Aged Peoyle’s Home and the Home for Incurables in London are be- commg overcrowded. - Hamiiton temperance workers are pe- titioning for a reduction in the num- ber of liquor licenses. Two parties have already 191' t \Vood- stock for the Klondike, and still there are more to follow. . Henry Haight, of Melford, N.S., was killed by being rum over by a run- away team. \ The Verity Plow Company have made arrax-.gements to rebuild in Brantford. a St. Cailarines’ recent issue of 4 per cent. debentures sold Nightly above par. Over a hundred miners’ licenses {or the Yukon were issued in one day in Victoria. Atlantic to the Pacific. The Sai.ation Army has opened a soup kitchen in Yarmouth, N.B. A mining school is to be added to Rat Portage’s institutions of learning. â€"_ I.“ , usefulness of the gruun weather prophet, rwnm-L INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR exchange. Uther “umhar OWN COUNTRY. ~ made of sterner MAY :1 sag-0-1 in any kin]! of xx :n' Gathered from Various Points iron the nearly a‘million and worthpr nearly half come from “In this condition Hi» tired-nut. my be useful as an uhjw‘t MS” “.19! even he of some sen‘m" 1" “ smug. but he w’ulol "01 be ”r much «so to 1111118011.” ":l‘bxe ara of emits-e. sanilt'cms WOth'h' “'6 expect. in turn Innsv :mai “ark Without regard to ticuje. hut Hvry “'33 knows: WM and: (x-('us'ut1.-‘ arm». A: ".190 doesn't want. to stint 222% mm extlger. It won't do him any hurl ‘9 beGill a minute before the wltis! '0 “I?” M “m m wurks he Hugh! to Wj‘f‘ 330W '.t for all he knows how. m he "I'd; ft m ‘3 "131304!- CBu't when M has“ P‘“ m a good. stunt. day's \vurk. iv nus“ to 36” It won't pay Lhm tn work 0" ertvmo. A fresh and vignn'nus mad] ml d? more work in eight hours [hanf tiger! mm (‘MI in tweltve. And he 1‘” th- further tremendous advantag‘?1h“t #9 keep- hil edge. wh-Me the Iired 311" II all tlm time bevomivug more tmd and. il’d-rnvn- out thinner and thin!" “Nil" 3'9 peter. out. A. II'I ‘. When Iyoung mu) {our f is In love with a sixâ€"[wt girl friends and acquintanves look sync-tum pity. lull“! law: No! scape-cud Iu Am ”I“ FIN-r. Nun Mr. mam-mu. "Work." laid Mr. Innumn. "just: M Phi“. BOlid hard work waver kill- ed anybody. but overwork “my. I! ma! be set down as a genera? mv-pnsT-"n all“: “'Ol‘k done in overtime is MW“ work. And it is certain that t!.i~ kind of work dovean't pay. There may he ."I ”90009 that must mm: H; nk 1h?" wnll be an exception in their «an»; that! PM”! can stand 9t anyhow; hut tln- IiM “5 “We to come when they will :iismvt‘f that the earth mps right 0;: turnlnfi just the lame; that naturu‘ Mus a!" 90‘; ”Mad on their {H‘cmmtz that. m {”3“ MO in no exceptiwn in In?” M and that if they (‘nmd Hw:nsf:"¥€5 5093!"?! they must pay the} puzzx‘ty. '- Wk. And it is certain that H.i~ kiud‘ 0f work doesn't pay. There ma." 4! some little humanity profit from i? u theoutaet, but im the long run 1119" is not on!’ do profit in it. but it uH.‘ ream in a great 1053, 9 --A “’ith a wild cry of diqr.» tzr wronged woman threw hm'wff dun among the cushions upon thw wfu. an Bean-ryWVellwood has as yet M-Q'Illmihl t0 OODViBOO her that hi9 (ml) I‘t"n‘|'i for Wishim to attend liw Lamar “ the fact that Mildred H‘V/thu. U whoa! beauty he had 0110? unmu-«ied‘v spoken, was to be there in the char Me“ of a. gypsy fortune teller. “Darling. will you forgiv» :u tell you something ?“ “What is it 9" she. ir'nocently "That was just a joke almut passes. I haven’t any. but \w ( and help open the bazaar. mm you'm betterff He took off his coat again My went upstairs to get ready. As Mrs. Wellwood was adjust i: hat_Heqry said; “Never mind." she said in est tones; “we'll use them My headache's almust gzu: U ink it will do me good to ,: “Why." he said. “I ”10111,." u’t care to take tea thi: (".0 “I feel a good deal hmwr a. little While ago." 31)? re; \Véhetn they had fini-lml out to thé hall Md begun his overcoat" “\Vhat are you going to «M “vii Mrs. \Vellwood inquired. "I'm going to tnke mee tivkw to _t_he Browning‘s." “By the way, I got a ('nugvh' of for “10 theatre to-n‘ight. Hu lucky we are. I guess 1'11 3!” m1 give them to the Hum Lin;- would be too bad to “'ihlt' Hun." Just then it was anmurm was ready and Henry '\\ pin down to the dining room a had not nearly half 111wi When his fair young wit.) 9: sat (10.an Mr. \Vellwood sat douu md thoughtful for a little “Linn . as if ha had just. remtexuiwj‘ec exclaimed: "N0." “)0 sweet little “0111311 ”W “the thought of tva is museum There isn't my use trying in {181:7 0“. I never get over U14" we attack; side of twenty-four hours. You 11: Write Iv note to the parlor. explain our absence. It's too bad, iaut it ca be helped." m “0870‘ Of . 'fllllflll llhh‘rmfllrm “ I... "ado I' 3... “Oh. Henry." sighed Mrs. Wen“ “I'm soill I can't hold Upmy head. wish you had come home earlier, 1 been so lonesome." "Sorry. my dear." said [M fondh ban-d. “It’s particularly unfumm that you're ill to-nigld. You R we are expected to he at, the cm, this evening to help (1va the a“ bazaar. Don't you think that .W be better after you've. Lad acup tea I" The coroner’s jury tl' thn‘death of little EL? don, found that she « dose of arseni-r'. in mi nine. They also ex ,r, that it. is too easy to poisons. ‘ IRS. wnanoon's HEADAcu CONCERNING OVERWORK EXG'I‘E (‘UzM PASS present aeason s jury that mu h“ a“ the ground ho; man [out “$2 (“Rd 0‘ Daren It. H all t. tl Cl“! CY ng W that @135 their manned teet “min.” to 1 have made tile honestly sa_y no g 0d of such im 11w lad nphuilder of 001d Wate vs. the YDKQI my min form pa!" 1 “rite this 1: [Hum 0‘ let! your medicine h “'8‘“! these Wu 3‘1“! them. Eve 11" Widlinma' Pin int putrcdmsM I bees were game “he Golda In the rush 1 21d. of the Klan rain of hardshifl r0 ”parable t much-men Minds. and 1' 11. links to Dr. \V wreck the “A l (themsel‘ helrt a mi named to re CATARRH “t.“ §° mama OF and