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and without thinking whether it is good management. sell the carcass and buy at retail for family use. The story is told of a farmer who sold beef to the butcher. agreeing to buy back a quarter for his own use. He found w- 'v- â€"vâ€" _. himself in debt to the butcher. for the retail price of what he bought was more than the wholesale price of the whole mrcass. Whether the story was true or not. it is true that the price per pound which the farmer gets for his beef after it is dressed and ready for the market. is always less than he has to pay at retail for the poorest and boni- est portion of the same beef. Why the butcher should get more for cutting up and selling the beef than the far- mer does for the years of care and the tons of produce that have gone to its making, is only one of the unexplained mysteries. On the farm undue expen- ses of this nature may be greatly les- sened. and the family be as well or better served by a. discreet use of the supplies to be obtained from the farm itself. Poor indeed must be the manage- ment of the poultry yard if eggs in abundance cannot be had most of the year, and at least a few during the seasons of greatest scarcity. The fowls, too, are a never-failing source for meat that is both healthful and palatable. Besides the delicious “broilers." there are many ways of serving mature fowls in attractive. ap- petizing form. An occasional calf. lamb or fat sheep may be killed during the summer, and if the family is small a portion may be sold to a neighbor, who in turn may kill one himself and return the favor. Mutton. especially, As autumn approaches, an occasional turkey will give variety and relish to the bill of fare. It must not be looked upon as an extravagance. for the home grown turkey is cheaper and better in every way than the average beef. The noisy Guinea fowl with his clamorous call for “buckwheat” is not to be omitted. W'hen carefully “cooked down in the pot with a slice of pork,” in the time-honored way. it makes a dish unexcelled by anything of the feathered kind. for it combines with the poultry flavor a certain suggestion of wild game that is enjoyable. hikesâ€"salt kindly, and a portion may be placed in brine for a week or two. Cold, boiled mutton is an excel- lent dish. Few housekeepers care to prepare for family use the erstwhile popular roast pig, so great a favorite in the brick oven age; yet there are few more delightful dishes. As cooler nights come on. the prudent housekeeper will dress a pig of more advanced age. for the “roaster" proper is a suckling. Seâ€" lect. one not too fat. which will make fifty or sixty pounds dressed weight} for autumn use. Such a pig will’ fur-l nish considerable variety. The liver is equal to calf’s liver for frying with bacon. and the sweetbread and tender- loin are morsels for the gods. There will be pork steak. spare-rib roast, hams and sausage, all of the finest, be- cause the animal is young and tender, not to mention the appetizing side dishes, like smoked chop, souse and "minister’s face.” so much appreciated by former generations. Besides these, there will be small cuts fromthe sides to be placed in the brine for a week or two, when they will furnish pieces for cooking with beans, so superior to or- dinary side pork as hardly to be recog- nized. Roots intended for stock feed. wheth- er beets. turnips, potatoes or artichokes should be stored close to the feeding place. A barn cellar is undoubtedly the best for this. and if it is a base- ment barn so much the better. as the feed will then be on a level with the animals, thus requiring a minimum amount of work in feeding. If stored so that the ventilation is good and frost cannot reach the bins, the roots will keep from the late autumn until grass comes in spring. furnishing throughout the winter months the succulent feed necessary to secure best results with dairy cows. sheep and hogs. The chief point to observe is to pro- Thus (10 vide as nearly perfect ventilation as ing 0f possible. There is much more danger there if from heat than from cold. After de- ciding as to the location of the root bins. build them so that the bottoms will be at least six inches from the examinz closed t That is The woc floor and the sides the same distance :gzth: from the walls of the cellar. If the never in bin is a. large one. provide partitions every six or eight feet. Make these serve as ventilators also. This can be accomplished by constructing them? as follows: Stand 2 by 6 on end for studding. On each side’nail narrow boards, two or three inches apart. The floor should also be simply slatted. the size of the crack depending upon the size of the roots to be stored. Keep the windows and doors of the basement open until there is chnger from trees- ing . II a warm day. or several of them. should oeenrr. close the win- as and doors (1 the daytime an: oral“ contraband“ ly. ther is a. sur have to ing'defi vince e‘ duce th one of 1 been ex What sic ? as] Why eietion STORING ROOTS FOR \VINTER. FARM MEAT SUPPLIES. I. farmers raise meat supplles. in the field is quite Quaternary. a... roots will keep perfectly. but of course they are necessarily some distance from the stock and much more labor is required in feeding. Select a high. dry spot. make a slight excavation, pile up the beets carefully and cover directly with earth. Make the cover- ing slight at first. but as the cold in- creases deepen the layer of soil. Some prefer a layer of straw. leaves or hay next the roots. but this is not neces- sary. particularly with beets and ruta- begas. In either case always provide ventilation for the pit. A large wisp the form of a chimney. Insert this in the t0p of the pile of roots about a foot and bank up with soil when putting on the covering. If there is any dan- ger of freezing through this opening during a spell of egtremely cold During the winter give sufficient feed to keep the ewes in firstâ€"class condition. but do not allow them to 'be- come very fat. Bright corn stover is an excellent rough feed. Clover hay. timothy, bean straw, are all good. Try to make oats a part of the grain ration and give some succulent feed, as tur- nips. In shedding the animals avoid crowding and rough handling at any time. Each animal requires 10 to 15 sq. ft. of space. and 1 1-3 ft. at the feed- ing rack. A 150 lb. ewe requires about 1-2 lb. grain, 2 lbs. of succulent food and the same weight of such dry fod- der as clover hay or cut corn fodder. As lambing time approaches give twice the above amount of grain. A vigorous. healthy condition at breeding time, usually in October and November. is favorable to a large per- centage of lambs, and the ewes are much more liable to remain free from disease during the winter and early spring. It is certain that the ewes frost. ~1â€" oan be gotten into this condition much more easily and cheaply in early fall than at any time later. As the ewes will naturally be thin as the breeding season approaches. it is advisable to give about half a pound clear oats per head daily. Keep some fresh pasturage for late fall feeding. Exercise in fall is pro- ductive of thrift in winter and spring. Prof. J. A. Craig thinks that in north- ern climates sheep are housed too much. The ewes may obtain more food than would be supposed from a field of fresh bluegrass pasture that has been in part retained for them. Most shep- herds do not advise putting ewes in clover aftermath. as they are more dif- ficult to get with lamb and in addition the sheep may bloat on it. The best plan is to save the second crop of clov- er for the lambs. To prevent bloat in the lambs, pasture them for a part of the day on bluegrass pasture. and after their appetites have been satisfied to some extent. change them to the clover. Widowers are more inclined to mar- ry than bachelors. Widows are more in- clined to marry than spinsters. Both facts are eloquent in favor of the com- parative advantages of matrimony. For one bachelor that marries between the ages of 50 and 55 seven widowers re- marry between these ages. These are marriages out of equal numbers of each class. The actual number of bachelors married will be greater only in pro- portion as they exceed by seven to one the actual number of widowers living at these ages. Under the same con- ditions, for every spinster married be- tween 30 and 65 two widows are remar- ried. Inasmuch as the total number of spinsters far exceeds that of wid- ows, and the figures given refer to marriages out of equal numbers, this ‘disparity is not so noticeable. Its ex- istence, however, is beyond dispute. Similarly out of an equal number of L widowers and bachelors between 25 and j30 years of age, 30 widowers remarry for every 13 bachelor-s who enter the bonds of Hymen for the first time. A SEVERE WINTER COMING. All the indications on which great reliance is always placed point to a long and severe winter. In the first place. there is the goose bOne. For the first time in eight years it is very wide and nearly all white, which is a sure sign of early snow, deep snow and snow of long duration. Then there is the ragweed. It is unusually tall. Thus does nature provide for the feed- ing of the non-migratory birds when there is to be deep snow. Moreover, examination of corn husks [has dis- closed that they are unusually heavy. That is another sign of extreme cold. The woodchuck. furthermore, corrobor- ates the other evidence with fur of un- usual thickness. That is a sign that never fails. even (when others do. Last- 1y, there is to be considered that there is a. surplus of temperature which will have to he wrped out .by :3. correspond- What is your .idea of a literary cla sic? askedUWi‘l‘hp Wighington. EWES IN FALL AND WINTER. MATRIMONIAL STATISTICS. COMPLACENCY. London hopes for the e: of glass works shortly by gians. J B Tyrrell has 113818!1e tion on the Geological staff The Montreal .001 vours the retentlon Welland canal. A party of seven ported at Victoria in the Yukon. Navigation has closed on the Upper Yukon, and all river steamers have gone into winter quarters. Major General Hutton is favourable to. the establishment of a provisional military school at Belleville. Fred. Newmau, of \Vinnipeg, has been appointed divisional superintend- ent of the Crow's Nest Pass Railway. A report is in circulation in Toronto that the Government is looking around for a site on which to build a new post office. » The Dominion Alliance Provincial Executive says that grave angl exten- sive frauds were perpetrated in con- nection with the voting in the recent Plebiscite .in Montreal and other Que- bec cities. vessels under seizure down on the Nova. Scotia and Cape Breton coast for smuggling tobacco and whiskey. The Canadian Accident Assurance Company will ask next session for an amendment to their charter to per- mit' their engaging in insurance against sickness. The annual meeting of the Consum- ers' Gas Company, of Toronto, was held on Monday. The receipts were $628,416.03, the expenditure $373,547.52. There was $170,000 paid in dividends. The Dominion Cotton Mills Company are willing to proceed with their part of their agreement with the city of Kingston regarding exemption from taxation at once. Montreal authorities are making a determined fight against lotteries, which are said to be making two mil- lion and a half dollars yearly. The returns of cattle exported from Toronto for 1898 up to the end of 00- tober show a total of 124,225, as com- pared with 120,307 for the same period last year. . Customs collections for October for the Dominion, total $1,993, 271, as com- Pared with $1,744,127 to: October of last year. A dozen river steamers are reported to be frozen on the sandbars in the Yukon river. All will likely be wreck- R. G. McConnell, of the Geological Survey, has arrived in Vancouver from the Klondike. He traveled a good portion of the Yukon, and will make an extended report to the Department at Ottawa. Mr. Thomas Joy, was knocked down in front of his own residence at St. Catharines, Out... on Saturday night by two men and robbed of his watch and $30. -When found he was unconscious. Burglars entered Samuel Hare’s re- sidence at St. Catharines, Ont., on Sunday morning,' and stole forty dol- lars from Mr. Hare’s pants pockets. They also secured some money out of a. child’s bank, and had a good meal before departing. Engineers investigating the cause of the recent collapse of the New York Ottawa Railway bridge at Cornwall report that the pier was built on hard- pan of insufficient strength to stand the huge weight. Since the Hamilton City Council de- cided to grant partial exemption from taxation to the two pork factories 1n the city, it is said various manufac- turers in other lines will have to he treated Similarly or there will be threats of removal. A paper published across the border mys that as a precaution against smuggling the customs officers at the Canadian “Soc” require all ladies go- ing to the American side to: be weigh- ed on the official scales before going and again on returning. Ald. Campbell, Chairman, of the Qt- tawa \Vaterworks Committee, states that the practice of giving receipts to citizens for payments of water rates and not making returns of the moneys paid was prevalent amongst the offi- cials of the department. The annual report of the Acadia Su- gar Refinery Company, of Halifax, N. 8., shows a profit on the year’s Oper- ations of $149,249, of which $89,436 was used to provide for the deficit of the year before. A dividend of three per cent. on the preferred shares is to be declared. Ex-Mayor Fleming, of Toronto. has received a letter from a window 31358 blower of Rausait, Belgium, saying that a number of his fellow workmen would like to emigrate to Canada. He suggests that capitalists interest them- selves in the matter and open afac- tory. The workmen, he says. will guar- antes a six per cent. dividend V w"" antee a six per cent. diéidend. It is stated in Ottawa that the life assurance companies doing business in Great ] '{u'md' ' "‘0; Buy Radios. seven Californians is reâ€" atnria to have been lost Corn Exchamge fa” ion of tolls on the resigned his 130“” 11 staff at Ottawa- the establishment :11? by expert 391‘ money. , GREAT BRITAIN. The condition of Sir Henry Irving is critical. reports to the contrary not- withstanding. ‘ A Frenchman has been arrested at Dover for attempting to enter the big nun turret on the Admiralty pier _ intment as Governor or K330311311); Col. Kitchener: brother of the Sirdnr. General Lord Kitchener, 13 announced. I. â€"_L -‘ fl. there. “Ill-IV “w.- Strong ti es restrict.the work of ml- mge on the Atlantic Transport steam- er Mohegan. wrecked on the Lizard some days ago. Only a few bales of settled as ever. The proportion of cost was to be: Australasia four-ninths and Britain and Canadatogether five- ninths. No progress has been made since these pr0portions were fixed. UNITED STATES. John F. Phillips. treasurer of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Rail- road, is dead. Many deaths from typhoid and small- pox are reported among the United States troops in the Philippines. A postal treaty arranging for a par- cel post between the United States and Trinidad was signed at Washington on Saturday. ' The combination controlling the production of white, black and salt glazed stoneware in the United States, have formed a trust along the lines of the nail trust. Twenty-six concerns are interested. The police in Canadian cities have been requested to look out for Samuel Levy and Isadore Berkenteld, who are charged with swindling the Contin- ental National Bureau of Chicago out of sums of money said to aggregate The fishing season for Gloucester, Mass, schooners is arout at an end. Fourteen vessels have been lost this year and 82 men were drowned. The monetary loss approximates about $100,000. Lambert Wilt, the alleged abscond- ing teller. of a savings bank at Jung- hunziau. Bohemia. was arrested at St. Louis. Mo., on Monday. He and his wife have been stopping at the Rozier Hotel. John Dillon, at New York on Sunday closed up a folding bed on which his intent nephew was sleeping not notic- ing him. “'hen the mother returned and asked where the baby was the man tore open the folding bed only to find the baby dead. He has been arrested. The United States Post Office De- partment has ordered an innovation in the postal service by the experimental establishment of a “post office on wheels" to operate in the vicinity of \Vestminster, Maryland. If the experi- ment is successful, it will be extended generally. Some friendly Chinese of San Fran- cisco have warned Rev. Dr. Garner, in- terpreter of the Chinese bureau, whois making an aggressive campaign against the trade in slave girls, that the Highbinders have decided to take his life on the first opportunity if he persists in his crusade. A corhpany of Chicago and eastern capitalists is being formed with a capital of $10,000,000 to build electric railways throughout Japan. Rowland Leigh. son of Lord Leigh, of \Varwickshire, and Miss Mabel Gor- don, daughter of Gen. Wm. W. Gordon, were married at Savannah. Ga., on Gideon \V. Marsh, the fugitive Pre- sident of the Keystone National Bank. returned to Philadelphia after an ab- sence of seven years and surrendered to, his hondsmen. ‘A Supreme Court judgment delivered at Washington gives a right to insur- ed people to freedom of travel. The case in point was that of the Knights Templar and Masons' Life Indemnity Company against E. Converse. Pay- ment was resisted on the ground that death had resulted while the insured was traveling outside the limits allow- ed by the policy. The Cleveland, Ohio, City Council re- cently passed ordinance imposing a four scent fare on the hig' and little consolidated street railway system. Both companies have entered suit in the United States Circuit Court ask- ing for an injunction preventing the city from carrying the. ordiance into effect. The ground taken by the com- panies is that the action of the City Council amounts to an attempt to ar- bitrarily seize private property. GENERAL. A terrific hailstorm visited Meninma France, Monday. The stones were of Immense size. The olive and lemon crops have been ruined as a cons“.- quenoe. In the Cape Colony Assembly Hun. W. P. Schriner, the Premier, intro- duced a bill proposing an annual con- tribution by the colony of £30,000 to the British navy. The Imperial Statistical Office of Ger- many his issued tables regarding the German trade for the first nine months of the present year. which show a to- tal increase in exports of nearly 314,- 661,750 as compared with 1897. The only sister of the great c poet Heinrich Heine. who is familiarly known as "Lottchen," entered on Sun- on her ninety-ninth year.‘ She is the Frau Charlotte Embden. a hale lady,who still retains perfect right. hearing and memory. Fire in Serinagir. one of the Capitals of Cashmere, destroyel all the public buildings and many rosidences. One man was killed. The damage is es- mated at half a million dollars. as Governor ot_ everything I could think gfkmw day I read in the Paper “om N Blood Bitters, and thou used the second bottle, I was ”3‘9de cured. I cannot advise too “rough“ sufi'crers from stomach troubles to try 3.3.3." MRS. WM. mum“ h diantown, NB. ’ The universal testin ail parts of Canada give of victory over all dise; Stomach, Liver, Bowels to GRISTING AND GHUPPIRG nun. FLOUR, OATMEAL and FEE THE SAWMIL] .EWRIGHT, OWEN N H A. BATSON DURH \M mixesâ€"Middaugh Hou- Lh..- A- _ _, : I‘VBER. SHINOLEB AND LAW dwuy on hand. G. J. MCKECHN. TH! | [n m TH: WORLD £11100. FROM . 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