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rtable. jes’ by git. t bird. But it man- an‘ hollerin' de link a. meeting an high. mall box. asked him Sure, an’ it’s full ied the son of Erin. ed the other. And, nothing look like! . shut your eyes, ”’11 nt immediately. I Billua was looking: an old pocket diaryl . that had coma randfather. Fifty-to day. he said, as] to. tho old gentloma p. \Vell. what ofthat 3. Nothing. only ‘ this morningâ€"Mani d come to school 0 teacher. to o ’s only just got Inn. at the girl bu £10,. Usual Sleeps-Hotel e do you wish to be ning ? Farmerâ€"I don’t I at all. and Ivon’t em if I ha" tor [it Do I? â€"I’vo heard a lot at 38‘0. After that tho piano were closed. Be you terro its he tgm duty htne easiest, is the favorite, and off by far the best; but. hd. Bits beside the MN! milker with a ’of grudge against the supposed ”' . He experts some trouble with iunii one, and this very fact is iv to mike the trouble appear. The ts know him and his temper. and far better thin he knows theirs. tie mood. They may be forced submission, but they ought, in- ?Qppnsxed JO pexeoo eq 01 ‘mmfl ruling compliance. If they are 1} hanilei. approached hastily, without any care for their “mood.” I Hitation and the worry make hilshort in quantity, and within short time the decrease in the ; livery mw'kvd. The worst) of it m the rezurn to proper treat- h'ill not restore the formeqcmn- the cow becomes _\ch milk, and when the ' . , axpeurs to bfi [CHEV- If. the milked un- ter or nature of their teata and flex. Some are 11:! rd to milk, and very small apertures; some have .or teats: some. vows are verm easy milk: and some cows are dull, while mare lively and nervous. Now it ”quite adifficult matter to find a who will trouble. himself to study Mvidualities of the various cows, ‘ try to humor their capricea or his plans to their peculiarities. Mnxious to get the: job done as filly as possible. The cow that ihtne easiest, is the favorite, and Hoff by far the best; butt hd. Bits plaid. the find milker with a #313 my no min-ins hurriedly) and “newly. Scartelv any two cows are imly {iii he in «Us; osition and in the .t '0 «Cause IOI‘ it, and thb’ '1‘1.gener:xlly be found outside “"910 his not been properly $3M she iewnts it. If. her (16- ; 31°”- Delh-Lps the milkman 'm ‘09 hurried, and hurts the 1artilnfito form the flow, if :93? have been too hasfy or no compl ”My matters are concerned, but rwfbonesty in another direction ' considered says V. M. Coach -0. Th? .majority of milk- “ m neither strict rior particular . "er-{Oi'm'jnce of their work. when :jm'gsoyer's eye is not upon them. ‘ but very few people who :i’ind pzpasure in milking a numâ€"T M it‘O‘VS warning and night, month gm} mouth out, yut itl-must be. done m the most perfect regularity and ,.;'¢ugbnes%. The udder must be :n'lfd to the lust drop, and if this E done every time. the supply will '39..K?l)' to fall short every. time. Na- W’ {Ending ybu more milk has been mumi thm Sq takes) from the udder, E:_' main from uroducing‘ SO much E“ .341 damn» iiw food to the produc- :03 )1' fat or mume. Almost‘ anybody mg}; acom, but there are few who to it as it sf'uufd be 'done. It is am, and the min who can do it Why is worth mum to the dairy- “ {ban any other help. The art of “-113th «lrm‘ it out steadily, E "he 'M'C 5 30- an an ‘W on the Film not enough import- ) the stacking of the! In early days when N extensive fields of 50 much wil prairie may be 30". Nt- my fault in the man 0W. t{e-gunJ'ity in ct gentleness and 8‘ “ith cows. are Ba- g. Any breach of S'I‘R A \V. and in in either done with one day in four years was too much. In course of centuries the error amounted to several days. To remedy this. Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582. omitted 11 days. and provided that the year ending each century should have 365 instead of 366 days; save when the number of the century is divisible by 4; so that 1700,1800 and 1900 are not leap years. but the year 2,000 is. This was celled the Gre rian calendar; but it was not edoptedn Greet Britain till 1752.1vhen 11 day s were struck out of the month at September. It is a generally accepted idea that every fourth year has an extra day added to February. thus giving that month 29 days. and the year 366; but there are exceptions. The solar year 18 about 11 minutes 10 seconds less than 3651-4 days; hence intercalation of as no circumstances will permit the marriage of an officer under the age of 23. and not even between that and 28 years. unless the bride's dowry is a ’ sum sufficient to allow him to keep his ,' money for his personal use. The limit 50f this dowry is fixed by the Govern- ;ment. In the Austro-Hungarian Jarmy the number of officers authoriz- ed to marry is limited by a fixed pro- portion in each grade, and when these totals are reached further marriages ,are prohibited until vacancies occur in the married ranks. The Italian army regulations fix the limit of a bride's dowry. but the law is frequently brok- en, for it has been recently estimated that only about one eighth of the mar- riages have occurred under the prOper conditions. {The other seven eights are attended with all the inconvenience of a marriage not recognized by the civil law. In almost every country there are restrictive conditions in force with re- gard to the marriage of army officers. In Russia. especially is this to be found. . _v~ vâ€" a powerful syringe through. the other ventricle into the veins of the body. The whole process takes only a few minutes, and the beef is ready. for use and can be cut up at. once. This me- thod has been examined and very fa- vorably reported on by the general councilsat Odense and Aarhaus, and also by many experts. The animal to be used is first shot or stunned by a shot from a revolver (loaded with small slugs). in the: fore- head, in such a way as not; to injure the brain proper. As the animal drops jsenseless, an assistant cuts down over the heart, opens a ventricle, and al- lows all the blood to flow out, the theory of this being that the decom- posing of the blood is almost‘ entirely responsible for the quick putrefac-l tion of fresh meats. Immediately thereafter a briny solution (made of COU'SB or fine salt, more or less strong, according to length of time meat is to he kept) is injected by means of sugar. This system (according to the printed reports) has stood a remark- ably hard three months’ test at the Odense (Danish) Company’s slaughter- houses, in a .very satisfactory man- ner. sonn'erberg; Aphl 27, 1898. v.wv u; a W “U“ and not see astraw stack. You see plenty of stubble fields that. cated that small grain was grow: no straw stacks, all of the straw housed in capacious barns. 1900 NOT A LEAP YEAR. I ID "I or three years. V'e h straw being sold at! $4 was thought to'be wow it was thrashed. Some so situated that large f1 ukrnuv -- " it is true, is simple enough; the broad, shallow steps being apparently designed for the eme ObieCt (if lll‘l‘:hn- LL- ---â€" year of comparative scarcity comes it sells readily. There is such athing as' stacking the straw in such amanner that the hulks 0f it Will keen: fnn fwn Y price, but When aimencement 0‘ the ascent, NEW METHOD OF PRESERVING is no other ' . it should 1I) contribute fertility at the Tight time. ‘V‘hen Stra\v is nlnnf{6‘nl LL- 0 DOVVRY OF BRI DES. method of preserving freshly ; ¢n 'ulu could travel awhole day fl;_- ___ _L_ vuu ‘U There is such athing as y ugoou prloe for it, anil an] it themselves: Other favor-Lbly situated and Lin was grown, but 0f the straw being .two or three good " at other places a and im D’udent boys stack fOTPQ. and. to v“- e localities are fegders will buy You coula quit; in anti"; The cathedral authorities are very conservative. For instance. at one time the public was admitted to the inner Golden Gallery. which runs round the interior of the dome, near its apex. In the year. 1856. however, a watchmaker named Stuart tried to throw himself over the railings. He was prevented. But on the afternoon of. the ensuing day he leaped from the Whiqcrlng _Gal.lery. ajump which was I ‘-‘ A- L‘ *A_ 1nd1- It. appears that in the autumn of 1884, the year rendered memorable by the . series of criminal explosions which , shocked and terrified London. an an- _ onymous letter was delivered to the cathedral authorities. Therein it was stated that dynamite was to be sur- reptitiously conveyed into the ball and therein exploded, the object being to hurt the cross from. its place and send it crashing downwards, through the triple dome on to the heads of the hapâ€"l less worshippers below. This may have: been a canard; and. on the other hand, l it may not have been. The dean and' chapter inclined to the opinion that it: was not. So did Scotland yard. Result; â€"the gridiron aforesaid. It was, per- haps, a wise precaution then. But it certainly does seem a pity that now. when the dynamite campaign is as dead as the proverbial door-nail, it SHOULD NOT BE ABROGATED. It need not be added, however, that '1 the above regulation is not strictly en- : forced to all. Besides. there are the 4 steeple-jacks and repairers. whose story . comcides that the great ball 18 agreat ‘ hollow space filled with dust and cob- l webs. _ _ - ! â€"“' !ing aforesaid. Unless the climbectt, on his way down proceeds to ask incom- venient questions, nothing is said con- cerning this closing of the ball, and doubtless many peOple go away under the impression that the stove-pipe ar- rangement into which they have suc- ceeded in projecting themselves is the veritable interior of the ball itself. But to those who insist upon an ex- planation a curious story is told, Sixty-five feet below the iron-barred aperture leading to the ball. in alit- tle circular chamber situated immedi- ately over the centre of the dome, but 300 ft. above it, is an old man whose time is devoted to extracting shillings from visitors for the very doubtful pri- vilege; of climbing as high asthe grate vwnle vuubluuu to charge half acrown ahead for per- mission to “ ascend to the ball;” a pro- who annually undertake that weary climb,are aware of the existence of that gridiron. Very few, it is to be presum- ed. and among the few are certainly not included the compilers of the guide- books. Three of the best known. ALL OSTEN SI BLY REVISED up to date. state that the ball is open to visitors, and that parties of twelve, can gain admission at one time. And! so they could, doubtless, if they were? provided with a complete set of burg-l lar’s tools, and were able to use them! while clinging to a frail ladder at at diszy elevation. i d to squeeze one’s body between these self-same girders. of Such ‘, up-ended, draincpipe. And thenâ€"a species of apot heosised gridiron I Up. up. up, amjda maz and brackets! Higher above the floor of the dome, that the reel difficulties begin. From here the ascent is by a series of iron and wooden ladders; some set: at a It is in contunplati forthcoming Pari mighty model of the e. imam“. continents and IT Is A VERY WEAR Y AND DANGER. is all. Admission to the inter- the ball has. it appears, been to the geneml public for more angle, others QUITE PERPENDICULAR 'u .9va ran girdersâ€"hand-worked, and f charcoal smelted iron from the ironfieldsâ€"bind the mighty ball I superincumbent cross to the .se self-same girders. of Such thickness are they. And 3 thick, and tense and flaw- } bargain. for they support Cum the 1:01). I contemplation amid a maze of stays, joists lo'tar' as he was 13‘ Paris Ex! of the earth i . Nevertheless. the ”le continue a head for per- yet. to where Ll‘th itself. with countries plain- Exhibition 3. to build for Papaâ€"I nice. 80 was willing 7:63;} itu_lato.__butÂ¥ Wouldn't surrender moon- Manamaâ€"Ho wouldn’t take the medi. cine until I gave him candy and five cogta am} promised him a__l_1_aw gun, -ku-v -vu'â€" ing-place of the body. are not so later on. A higher philosophy andawider lvision have taught that unselfish ser. vice holds in itself the gem of immor- tality. and that it builds its own cairn, and thus, thought and labor and time being given to the desire to serve well until the latest moment of life, there is no room to be careful and troubled aboutacairn tor the body. ’ It'is, after all, comforting to know ’that the majority will drop out of the 5 line of service and cast off earth's man- !tle without leaving wish or will with deference to its disposal. It ieafect, too. which should make us hopeful with regard to the growth of mind and give better insight of the soul that some who at an early experience, before discipline had done its work, were anxious and ex- acting with reference to the last rest-i of_ _ty_rann_y. mains across acontinent to lay it ina chosen spotJeuving his motherless chil- dren in their first days of loss with strangers, perhaps borrowing the funds to comply with the request of his loved one, may possibly, when grief is no longer new, be visited by athoug'ht that ina vague way suggests that he‘ 1’95 been, in a sense, a victim of one. to give rise toasuspicion that the wish of the departed was associated with the caprice that was so curiously mixed with her noble traits. a . . V . V J "" v- “Vr01wvivu lWlth inspiration. Here power met her I purpose and sent her forth with apreg- lmay choose aplace for the enshrine- lment of the body, she surely chose well; 'and that the five hundred steps of the stairway are constantly pressed by eager devotees isawitness to the ap- preciation of the- service done by one lwhose work, beginning late, ended too, soon. viewed from the earth side. But in these days, when work and progress press close upon the hours that decency allows for the indulgence of first grief, the question, “Why this waste 9" intrudes itself. It would be strange it among the thousands that climb the stairs carrying the stone for the cairn it should never be whispered in the ear THE END OF THE STRUGGLE. â€"’u"" r“- grims are passing, the enthusiasm strengthening though the flesh may faint, for the privilege of layinga stone Upon the cairn of that woman of genius “H.H." Here she willed to lie. This wes the trysting-giace of aspiration Ion those who worshipped at her shrine, ’even after she was personally lost to them. \Vas there mixed with the ob- [ligation of esteem and admiration the !knowledge in the mind of the pure- 'hearted Emerson that the queen of the coterie would have expected her survi- vors to build heraoairn? Up the five hundred wooden steps that lead towards a lonely height pil- grims are passing. the enthnsinsnl As we read these words of the mystic philosopher, so full of the knightly spirit, we picture that charmed circle of transcendentalist, and as acentral light the gifted, forceful, trained wo- man who, as Carlyle said, “had a prede- termination to eat the world as her oyster, or her egg," and cannot help wondering if the insistence in the Emerson. writing to Carlyle after the death of Margaret Fuller. says of her, "Without either beauty or geniua she had acertain wealth and generosity of nature which have lentakind of claim on our conscience to build her a cairn." J L ed. and fully ninety per cent. of the recorded addresses are provincial. a peculiarity which would seem to in- dicate that London’s citizens take but scant interest in London’s sights. to this upper portion of the cathe- dra . and no supervision whatever was exercised over visitors. Later on at- tendants were stationed at various celgnes of vantage, with the object of Stopping the desecration. They were successful. so far as the stone-carving yvas concerned. To carve even oue’s initials in Portland stone is a work of time. But they could not stop. the; scribbling in pencil, and thousands ofj Individuals have recorded, in this com- paratively innocuous manner, their presence among this wilderness of lad- ders and joists. In the circular cham- her which marks the final stage of the ascent, too, a visitors’ book has been placed. But it does not seem to have been very extensively patroniz- pf' an!) ‘-_II , -_-_ â€"-â€"-.“ “EU“ the walls of the galleries and stair- cases. Thousands of signatums have been cut deep into the stolid stone itself. but these, it will be noticed, mostly bear dates ranging from 1700 up to 17m- During fhaf mr‘nfl deterred by the sacredness of {be place from inscribing their names upon the walls 0f thO callnrinn anti n4":- . well, for the protéctivo raihng 18 not above three feet high. 9.1; the steps. leadxpg from the small A CERTAIN CLAIM. .1: these, it will "aggoé‘i‘cz‘a‘: ear dates ranging from 1700 60. During that period. you-ll every bone in his 3t. that they decided Whispering Gallery, “£99399! man had a difficulty once, and COM ntoh tor it Inkelstein. the pawnbroker, how: very graciously Ga he paspes young Jones. Miss 1h Rigueurâ€"Tom. why does that person how so olmequionsly to you! A man has no more right t uncivil thing than to act one; right to say a rude thing to than to knock him am __7. It is one of the most beautiful com- pensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himselLâ€"Herbert. A house is never perfectly tarnish- ed for enjoyment unless there is a child in it rising 3 years old. and a kitten of 6 weeks-Southy. Good humor is one of the best arti- cles of dress one can wear in society. ~Thackeray. [Nothing is so haughty and assum- ing as ignorance where self-conceit sets up to be infallibleâ€"South Make yourself an honest man, and Fear nothing as much your moral heroism is Sunmonq. uu uuu DO Iv The first indication of domestic hap- piness is the Montlosier. love of on e's home.â€" Ed. Spearing, formerly of the Duf- fe-rin Rifles. is now a. full private in the Third Regiment Prince of Wales . Dragoons. one of the finest cavalry re- giments in the Empire. One of the passengers on the train in the recent wreck at Ingersoll was Lieut. Wilcox, of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. who was on his way home to Michigan from the war in Cuba. 0! course he wasn’t hurt. Charles McKeown, a Belleville' boy, collided with another boy and bumped his head so hard on the granolithio pavement that his recovery is uncer- Belleville small boys tie a slring to a cent, drop it into a slot machine, get the gum and then pull back the cent. The police are after them, Good tobacco is being grown at Okanâ€" ogan Missions, B.C., and the cigars manufactured from the leaf are said to be of excellent flavor. I A new railway up the Kootanay Val- ley to Golden, B.C., issaid to bereceiv- ing the consideration of the Great Northern engineers. REMEMBERING A FAVOR. Peterboro now sends all tramps to do duty on acity stone pile for amonth. There is a scarcity of the species in the neighborhood. At Moyle City. BC... recently, An- tonio Brino, an Italian, stoned Puerio. a fellow-countryman to death and rob- ’bed him of $200. St. Thomas city with the People‘s council is dickering Telephone Co. and the .Bell Telephone Co. for cheaper Paris has a choir strike. The Maho- dist church people. out the salaries of the leader and organist. hence the trouble. fined 85 and $2.85 costs for declining to: pay his poll tux. He had. to pay the tax. too. A bear surprised the citizens of Fort Saskatchewan by walking down the main street. It was shot. The last mining excitement in the north is at Pike Creek. near Tagish Lake, BC. Eight thousand gold hunt- A“... The old Martin block. Rowland, has been moved upon the site of the recent Rossland hotel. _ - _ â€"â€"rv' v- nyvvua I O. ILLI- Canada haa had no contagious or in- fectioua disease among cattle for six yearn. 4 Theme will be an exchange of duties between the Imperial and Canadian ar- tillery. Emerson and Pembine.will ct once be connected by telephone. It is said that six British warships are to be sent to Eequimalt. South Alberta petroleum lands are now the subject of speciel regula- ‘:t\-- Ath‘kbthm Berlin is undergoing a diphtheria scare. e Native sulphur has been found on the Kelvin river. B. C. Charles Gray, of St. Thomas, was may smile and ..L.'Il smile and be g (VI, PEARLS 0F TRUTH. more right to say an says New Denver will act one; no more _thing to another as sin. and complete.â€"-C.