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The Kingston City Council has de- clined to consider the request of the Dominion Cotton Mills (‘0. asking for a bonus of 850.000. The amount was con- sidered too large. The St. John; N. 8., City Council has granted the Canadian Pacific railway all the land- required for the enlarge. ment of the grain elevator to one mil- lion bushels capacity, with conveyors to five steamdiip berths. The Grand Trunk authorities have decided that all advertisements of pa- tent med.cines and. other notices must be cleared out of the railway stations nod only railway announcements and time tables must adorn the walls. In view of the war between Spain end the United States. and the possi- bility of interruption to shipping at United States ports. the Quebec Board of Trade have issued a. circular to the shipping world explaining the advan. ages of Quel ec harbor; About forty United States families hue arrived in Toronto during the lat few days in consequence of the outbreak ofnwar. Host of them are The Manitoba 8.: North-western Rail- way Company are seeking to be reliev- ed of their liability to the Manitoba Government. and purpose to hand over sufficient of their land grant to cover the amount due the province. Hamiiton has purchxsed a Pitts roll- er tor $3,300, said to be no better than one sold to Galt for $2,700. The trans- action Qhreatens to prevent the pass- ing of the permanent roadway s by-law for the expenditure of $150,000. While the members of the Stratford Congregational Church were passing a sympathetic war resolution the pastor of Knox Church in the same city~ was denouncing such acts as being contrary to the neutrality laws. The MacLeod Gazette says: An In- dian named Carrier died suddenly at the Bullhead of heart disease this week. Some 820,000 in bonds and mortgages are reported to have been found on his person. The Fire L'nderwriters’ Association have presented Hamilton with an ulti- matum calling on the city to improve the water service or pay increased in- surance rates after June 1. Charles N. Duly. ['nitedfitates Con- sul at Guelph, has served The Guelph Herald with notice of a libel action. The-alleged libel was contained in a dramatic criticism. The steamship Andrew Carnegie. Chicago. brought 230,000 bushels of corn to Owen Sound. This is said to be the largest cargo of corn ever floated on fresh water. Mr. Bicknell, a. Napanee cattle buy- er, ‘lnjured at the Lansdowne wreck on the G. T. R., has recovered a judg- ment for 85,000 damages against the company. Councillor Martin, of Woodstock. claims to have been bribed for his vote in the purchase of a steam roller. He has given the money to the Mayor. It is reported at Montreal that the G. '1‘. R. has commenced the construc- tion at their Point‘ St. Charles works of 2") new locomotives. The report that Mr. Harris, general traffic manager of the Government system of railways. has resigned, is de- nied at Ottawa. A number of Italians in Toronto have appealed to the Italian Consul for in- formation as to what route they should take in order to join the Spanish Army. Gunners Boucher and Paget deserted from “ A” Battery. Kingston. and went to the States to take service in the American army. James Lawson. collector of customs at Fort Erie, has been appointed spe- cial officer to enforce the alien labour law there. Several London young ladies were badly injured in a runaway, the bus in which they were riding culliding with a pole. The Council of the Toronto Board of Trade has passed a resolution favor- ing an export duty on nickel-capper ores and matte. Gait councillors have asked the Goy- ernment to investigate the manner 10 which licenses are issued there. The falling off of the Klondike rush has caused a material reduction in the cost of packing over the passes. The H., G. B. Railway shareholders at Hamilton have decided to issue de- bentures for 820,000. The Dominion line steamship Scotsâ€" man is the first ocean vessel to reach Montreal this season. Montreal contemplates purchasing a. farm. near the city as a home for pau- pers and beggars. The Railway Committee gave assent. to the hill chartering the Toronto 8: Hudson Bay Railway. Galt contemplates purchasing its waterworks plant. Montreal has reduced the tax on bicycles from 82 to 31. A rich gold find is reported from the vicinity of Rat Portage. French-Camdians in Massachusetts are returning to Quebec. Montreal i‘efineries advanced the Prlce of sugar by one-sixteenth cent per pound. .‘nterating Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and but. at the Globe. Condensed and The Manitoba Legislature has pro- rogued. [E VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER sorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. _â€"v""‘ Y-v’ 000 and has opened a subscription for the purpo e of aiding the American and Spanish Red Cross Societies. The latest advices from Porto Rico are that the excitement there is in-. creasing. and the prices of food are ad- vancing. Steps are being taken to pre- vent the flight of refngges. There is ‘-“â€" A1 A â€"-â€"â€"â€"‘* A. talk: of a revolution at The French society for the assistance as“ wounded soldiegs has_don_atgd $10,- __.JL_, Many Greeks are presenting them- selves at the United States Consulate at Athens. seeking enlistment in the United States forces. A Hong Kong cable says the steamer Esmeralda, chartered by the banking companies, has gone to Manilla to bring away the specie there, as trouble is apprehended. The American line steamer New York. which has been chartered by the United States Government arrived at New York Sunday morning. As soon as she was moored all hands were paid off. The crew immediately resigned for a period of twelve months at the cmrrent mercantile marine rates of wages. Out of the crew of 420 on the St. Louis only seven refused to sign. GENERAL. Baron Ito. the Japanese Minister of Commerce, has tendered his resigna- tion, which has been accepted. Count Kaneko will succeed him. Out of 34 storms which reached the French shores in 1896. all bun; 3 were foretold by the central meteorological office. Ecuador is raising a fund to aid Spain in the present war. All the Bessemer pig iron produc- ers of the Central West have agreed to bank their furnaces for thirty days out of the three months of May. June, and July. A $25,000 assurance has been given by every interest, about 18 in all. The vessels St. Louis and St. Paul and Harvard, lately New York, have been fitted with armou r protection over all their exposed machinery, and have already received good batteries. The cruiser Charlestown is in bad shape at San Francisco. Her condens- ing tubes were injured by the recent earthquake, and it will be necessary to secure new ones from the east be- fore she will be ready for service. The city almhouse, located three miles west of Oswego, N.Y., and con- tainine‘ 33 male and 19 female inmates. was gutted by fire on Tuesday. The loss is estimated at $25,000; insured for one half. No one was injured. Philadelphia was gayly decorated with flags on Saturday, and it was noticeable that in a number of inst- ances the British flag found a place in the display while here and there was the flag of Cuba. Orders have been issued closing Port- land harlmr from 8 p.111. to 4 p.m. Pa- trol boats will also be on duty outside during the day to guide vessels safe- ly into the harbor. Assistant Secretary Meiiklejouhn, of United States War Department, has is- sued a statement that only a limited number of newspaper representatives will be allowed to accompany the army. The application of Rev. Morggn Wood of Toronto, formerly of Detront, for Chaplaincy in the State troops, is on file with Adjutant-General Irsa. of Michigan. Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania. W111 issue a Colonel's commission to John Wanamaker, who has offered to equip a regiment at his own expense. The House of Representatives has Proposed a. bill permitting the purchase of supplies for the army in the open market instead of by contract. Chicago Knights of Pythias have or- ganized one thousand strong to go to the front. Sixteen hn‘ndred policemen also volunteered in that city. A United States Government official {138 made arrangements to purchase 9.601) horses in Canada for war purposes If needed. way, Pa.., on Tuesday. Moslem Temple, Mystic Sh.rine, of De- troit has abandoned its proposed vistt to Rameses Temple of Toronto, owmg to the war. The Standard National Bagk at 23rd and Madison avenue. New lurk, as closed its doors. The suspension of the firm of Sher- wood, Thompson Company, COttOD brokers, of Liverpool, is announced. This firm operated throughout the Southern States under the firm name of John Sherwood Com-(any. UNITED STATES. Fifty thousand Californians have al- ready volunteered for service. Forty thousand men have already volunteered in Massachusetts. K'IUDV -vâ€" -‘ â€"â€" 3E1, no;’6f'the Lox'manEngland, otâ€" fice of the Great Northern. GREAT BRITAIN. Germany threatens to retaliate be- cause of Great Britain's denouncemenh at Canada's request. of the Anglo- German treaty. \ The mail steamer Ireland, said to have been purchased by the United St.ates, has been forbidden to sail from Klngstown, Ireland. The London Times sayszâ€"“Oul‘ 33"11' pathies, on the main question, are with the United States, as they are held to be in the right. But, on the matâ€" ter of form, we are not so clear or unammous." from the Eastern States. and sever- al are from Boston. They expect to reside in Toronto or other parts of Ontario during the war. C. XV. Graves, Canadian agent of the Wis. Central Railway, has been ap- pointed traveling freight and passeng- er agent of the Great. Northern Rail- way, with headquarters at Toronto, a position formerly held by H. McMiclE- Mr. Joseph Chamberlain announced that the Alaskan boundary disputa would re referred to arbitration. He added that in th1 meantime amodus vivendi may be agreed upon. ' v *v as The small moth is nearly black with dertake to collect the living the world some yellow bands, and has very much owes a man? W uldn’t the ' k t ° t the appearance of a good-sized lazy! hy wo pin 0 ”Opt” y 'l.)e an appropriate flower for our na- wasp. The female is larger. darker col- tional emblem? cred. and has a heavier body, spends Why does the man .wh0. is always the winter there. and. under favorable blowmg usually find ‘t (“twin to circumstances. hatches out the next summer in time to become a party to DIVERSE METHODS. another brood. Regarding methods of treatment Every man has an ideal woman that t" to his '1 . Prof. Smith makes the ludicrous stats- myfiriwgsegnMn hrs in ideal ment that “' newspapers and hydraulic man that she is everlutincly braggl cement. mixedwibh Wmflm-m her human . It At sundry times and in divers places other insects are temporarily more per- nicious to the peach-growing industry, but the country over, year after year, the peach-tree borer does more dam- ?age than all others combined. It is always present and at work. Dr, Hal- stead is reported to have found young trees in the nursery row completely ruined by it, and even in the best or- chards. one is apt to find. at sorrow- fully frequent intervals, the exuding gum and discolored bark which mark the presence of this unwelcome insect. The peach tree borer is the larva of a small moth which most peach grow- ers know but too well by sight: Every fruit grower ought to be well enough acquainted with his enemies to recog- nize them anywhere and in any stage. ' TIMOTHY AND CLOVER HAY. It is rather surprising that Timothy : hay keeps its popularity 50 {"11 as ‘t . does. At its best its nutritive value is much less than clover. But very little Timothy grass is cut early en- ough to be at its best, because the ma- ’ jority of customers prefer it after it 'i has fully formed its seed and has pass- L. ed the flowering stage. Timothy then I has largely changed the richer Juices 5 : which the green Timothy [305393303 into iswoody fibre that is little better than i so much straw. At its best, says Am- . erican Cultivator, and cut before flow- ering, Timothy contains, of its dry mat- lter, possibly four or five per cent. of galbumenoids. But Timothy grass cut Ethus young, dries down to less than i half the bulk, it will make if out two . or three weeks later. Consequently no farmer is willing to out it early. par- ; ticularly as the majority of horsemen 51 like the Timothy hay fully ripened: TI making up for its deficiency of nutri- ment by grain feeding, whiCh supplies ithe animal with food so conducive to 'strength, and in such concentrated form that there is little distention of stomach to prevent the horse from making its best speed. Where Timo- thy hay is fed without grain, as it is man most farms, while horses are not fworking. it is a very poor and un- economical feed. Horses will grow poor if fed on the dried fiber of fully ripened Timothy hay. “'e sometimes hear complaints that horses grow poor and show rough, staring coats while they have Timothy hay always in their racks or mangers, though they have nothing to do. These same horses will i flesh up and even fatten when set to; work in the spring when some of the‘ ,ha-y is cut and fed. moistened, withi a mixture of corn and oatmeal. This; we think, is a better feed for horses; that have Timothy, than is cut hayf and oat meal. Timothy is very deficient ' in fattening properties as well as in: the nutrition for giving strength.i When some clover is mixed with the; Timothy, oats are a better grain to, t grind to be mixed as cut feed,,. than is corn and oats. if the hay is all clov-i er, horses for farm work will do, well ' on it without any grain, though they! Will even then be somewhat more efâ€"] ficient if given a small amount of oats ‘ with the hay. it is only the careless feeding of clover hay which makes it unpopular with horsemen. It is never? dislike-d by horses and cows. lndeed,‘ the trouble is, that horses like it too’ well, and if given all they can eat” Will gorge themselves so full that in l, hard working, or fast driving, the gorg- I ed stomach will press against the lungs. i There is almost always some dust with ; clover hay, because, being highly nit- 5, rogenous, the clover heats too much i and some of it is burned, which; makes l . it.very dusty. This, with horses whose i ‘ Wind has already been injured by fast E ' driVing on an overloaded stomach, pro- ’ : duces cough and the disease called 1 “ lieaves.” Yet the worst broken-wind- ed horse we ever knew was used on the farm, for work for many years. ! Care, however, was taken never to feed clover hay without wetting it; in fact. all the clover hay it ate was cut and had meal on it, so that all the brok- en-winded horse’s feed came to it in H concentrated form. Clover hay is uni- '] versally reckoned the best feed fori‘ horned cattle, including sheep. Forl' either of these, Timothy hay as it is" usually cured, is very poor feed. Cows fed on Timothy hay cannot yield a large amount of milk, and what they do give Will not be rich enough, and will make a. white and inferior quality of butter. l 1 In fact, with a very little clover hay to even up the ration. cows will give more milk and make oetter butter on] corn stalks than on any kind of hay ‘1. J, i 1 i l . 1 l l 1 as their main diet. If some ears of corn or corn meal are also fed. to cows, the .yield of milk will be all the greater, taking care, however, to lessen the grain ration if the cows fatten too rap- idly under it, THE PEACH-TREE BOREH \Vhy wouldn’t the pink of propriety be an appropriate flower for our na- tional emblem? Why does the man who is always blowing usually find it difficult to raise the wind? Why does a manUAIâ€"Qzâ€"Lg'g-oromise to be good when he’s too sick to be bad? \Vhy don’t some bad debt agency un- dertake to collect the living the world owes a man? Why shouldn’t the sailor's accounts be cast up by the sea? u Why shouldn’t the man who is a rake suqoeed as a gardener? “" Why isn’t the bookkeeper’s lunch the bite of an adder? Why isn’t a medical glass a sanitary measure ? Wu.“ 0“ of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury. and anon shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel? Busy as the devil is. not the smallest! They lived far enough apart; were total strangers each one to the other. How then? Simpleton! Their governors had fallen out. and instead of shooting each other, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot.â€"Sartor Resar- tus. ' the British village of Dumdrudge, us- ually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain “ natural enemies ” of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nurs- ed them; she has. not without diffi- culty and sorrow, fed them up to man- hood, and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, another hammer, etc. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected, all dressed in uniform, and shipped away, at the public charge, some thousand miles away, and fed there until wanted. And now to that same spot are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Drumdridge, in like manner wending; until at length, after infinite effort, the two come into actual juxtaposition, and thirty stand fronting thirty. each with a gun in his hands. Straightway the word “fire” is given. and they blow the souls out of each_ other. and in place -2 -2- A. \Vhat, speaking in quite, unofficial language. is the net purport and up- shot of war? To my own knowledge. for example, there dwell and toil, in “' h NPAV FORMI’LA FOR SPRAYING. P. M. Austin, of Auburn. Me., gives his formula for Spraying fruit trees. He ’uses acetate of lead. 10 ounces. arsenate of soda. 3 ounces, to 150 gal- lons of water. and about 11-2 quarts of molasses. The advantages of this over Paris green he claims to be that no matter how strong. it does not burn the foliage. It remains in solution. and does not settle to the bottom like Paris green, and sticks well. One thorough application has always been sufficient for the codling moth. It has been, used with Bordeaux mixture. with good re- sults. Cost of lead 20 cents per pound; soda, 50 cents; cheap molasses is just as good as better. season. “It is probable that this ce- ment, added to some of the soap washes ' in use by fruit-growers, would add to j their lasting qualities.” \Vhen made up :with water instead of milk, it proved to be much less durable. , Dendrolene was used experimental- z ly by Prof. C. F. Barker, of Alabama. who reports very unsatisfactory "3‘ iSults, in another recent bulletin on ithe peach-tree borer. It was applied 9 to several mature peach and plum trees E an’c‘l‘killed about half of them outright- vâ€"v v-vw vuxr VuIJ 7"- to help the case is to cut them out. This can lm expeditiously and success- fully accomplished by any one with some natural manual expertness. af- .ter a little practice. It is a method strongly to be recommended. especial- ly in connection with such preventive measures as those here outlined. f course all the measures suggést- ed above are preventive. When the bor- ers once get into the trees the only way Newspapers are applied to keep the moth from laying her eggs on the tree trunks. In the spring. before egg- laying' time. each tree trunk is wrap- ped in a newspaper fnom the ground up to the height which an ordinary news sheet will cover. This is tied on with string. It will also be an ad- vantage if the earth is first remov- ed somewhat from the base of the trunk. so that the covering may reach a short distance below the surface of the soil. The earth may be thrown back after the wrapping. This treatment is economical. easy, fairly effective and pOpular. Prof. Smith, however, leans toward a preference for the hydraulic cement, especially on moderate-sized trees. This is made by mixing hydraulic oe- ment with skim-milk, to the consist- ency of stiff paint. It is then applied with a brush, and hardens immediately forming a coating impenetrable to the young larvae and durable enough to Withstand all ordinary weather for one nearest to filling all the requirements of economy and durability.” It is plain from the context that only the hy- draulic cement is to be mixed with the skim-milk. while the newspapers constitute a separate prescription; but the statement is rather startling as printed. at "w Sag» ul‘ ('lwlwa llml In Ssoyou (In Sn hjm'l. CARLYLE 0N WAR. A FIRST-CLASS IIEARSE IN ~â€"_C§-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"'- ’ FURNITURE UNDERTAKING at up in “hub. and 5 lb. packugc‘b-wd " Y lmount of acidic '. -‘ 3“" "w 1:: :2: ac ':::;1;rra:h:w Wm" mum?” whit”. therdDy securing Its PUP-W 3"“ e ‘ My ‘0 I“. ‘I no: “Mm” Teak put up by the. Ir 'm u " “mph of the best qualmcs 033,. 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