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EEK inches round £119 ‘3 310113, hairy 1‘ it g'g'rlips its finny Pr9y° iSh several times larger d, after him ing them gand stinging than} 3 til” I” fiself by_ suck-in; $3“? Very m0ment these felines raw- w ”.1888! s if the; were. rubber LED OVER DEAD AS ““' “‘6 lollowed higw .n, ia . 8 n4 _pulled. the [rionnliam ill-18d at [h Ian E: of his I As for t eturn twinned xnd R‘re 1 38.5 k and [he FISH-EATING IS 1011 SB. instances .3 mentioned ofh D“? I). 188 brea m 1m 1m i) Havin of RSV icmns- n: IR STRANG me spot where evxous accident med to his bed .6: and concu Ireat anxiety i uws 9nd spears. as; one to touch is skinned woul 5y until Tchigai] r1 Msiambiri, fir en they rushed . it with profs .feiy. Three days alter: he went out huntinggal With his horse at precise [18 spot where he had :31 moms accident. 01169 88? “'6 SI an brou ght ht 1mm hereto 1.9 firs ago he had hardly rem a. lion and elephantt :13 over twenty mom unexplored portions hich is regarded 331 13 portion of the DI white people, than ibie \cropper while 1m st fears were D for; V he crossed um ed sufficiently «ugh and l 1V1 an Dram 110w t0 3' moment I. 0d of his con )yal. His spi at it was fear he would be 1d 1011 liflrrs In Mr! 3: at Home. f those FATE a mast bio: ilds of At: mining in}: 69-300 ; the lion1 \S’ l £9.13. In! form“ were 11 Pparent expiatii Vil an \\ 1" a“; “\Lu 5 LIV“ Luv U . 111 prnctically done 3;; 11:1 this due princip 11.1111. 101' 514.. 110 [11116 dill . 1 .15}; in shade, nnd I anon shade ind1spensz1 -. ,3. growth 0; sweet ".1; empiy 211ch the "m 211.1 should be con tome, no matter ‘Wht ' 5.»:11'1se oi 1'urn1sh1ng L3 tines. 31? east side pens Proved :5. Hey gi‘cw higher eacn day and the stake ind been set leaving u'abo'e ground, had to in ~-:e1 ended to eight feet -- *znes outran even this - ‘ near putting Mothe: "me by rzvaiina' Jack’s ‘ stems were long and 0“? 5, mlny of the! ' 15 are represented 1 "in me seed grotxexs’ mhlhau pretiously tho '1 Exaggerated. 'i‘hese 1 until the middle of '?protec12d from 110st: ‘1an and flourishing nhamlet to plepnre ‘ wither season. . ~12 following \ear I p the eastern site, line: ~hJM Q011th entirely ; “*1 “Sing no mire 11 . and the results W {should therefme s; eiperienceth11t,othe1 "-015 conditions as r x "-- sWEET PEAS. _ _ears since I began ', . ' sweet peas, and '4‘ [mg With )6; unusually good success, A: the outset ' .L mime?- :ws with a view of ascer- he west and north. The ’ ,ed on t . . we put in about the first week . Those planted on the south PROBLEMS FOR ”M unwordl ‘9 datum undoubtedly needs 1’? V8 wuoubtedly needs in her Putting her ei1her in a ldass with the children of 5?" asked a perplexed moth- Ler day. "To my surprise 5158.? 3150. to mv cnng'rorna_ ’ing year I planted only stern site, lines extending tuth, entirely pr0tected on ing no wire for the run- he results were equally 11d therefore say from my ice thit, other well known auditions as to soil and ng present, this location is ,mportanoe in the success- on of sweet peas. fish the others. By the ny :Outh side vines were ing frum the bottom up- actically done blossoming. is due principally to the 1: no time during the day shade, and I have found we indisgwnsable to the Nordly I found uuunsmng when pull- to prepare the ground son. . Place he Stems r aetiom ~ ' 80km to frankly s pmved a complete w higher and green- he makes, which at . leaving about six had to be pieced‘out 0mg to put in {He NCket, which came Ifl.\ -. before the buds Lie vines Ihad proâ€" ; and for those on erinary twine fast- :t about three feet 1d the netting, al- e more convenient, >«i arrangement for wire, uczing as a withered and dried m: we stems hung Me the flowers had you ask? ,‘f color. I began as soon as blos- then watched to wuurred with my ound it did non, stems upon these an MOTHERS ‘8 dearfl I ask- Keep Instantly i099 my child d at the same ssary Stimulus Of that age Jes come from, lily and nicely ’ the worst. I 1001) busily 1111. Lt fastened the my consterna- the other day 'L peas. The the drying-up :onsidered ob- v‘nat the loca- 3g undue heat m one place .her, Mollie} I Mas looked a1. hfd. and Sally fLerward that ?hem at Lhe ed that she 'jacket that a fashion- Sly r0171 u}; 3 m_ark from L at such a 10. I buy 1h It I think said, ‘where a but that, 1t into (1 What it came never and And the excellent things we plan- ned, Belong to the woman who dldn't know why (And now we know she never knew why) And did not understand. And it isn ’t the shame and it. isn't the blame That sitings like a white-hot brand; It’s coming [0 know that she never knew why (Seeing at last she could never know why) And never could understand. And what often makes the condition more pitiful is the fact that the hus- band is large-souled, willing to give more than he receives, ready tomake sacrifices of his own ease, pleasure and ccmfort generally while trying to serve his precious purpose for a future fulfillment. Though he closes his eyes aglinst the signs of selfishness in the woman whom he chose as the fairest and sweetest and best, he cannot but feel the awful despair of defeat, all on account of the fascinating, unprincipâ€" led woman whom he took to share his Paris. The heat of the sun is esci- mated at 10,000 degrees. The heat generated at Columbia was 6,500. The effect yvas tremendous. The electrical furnace was charged with a cu rrent of unusual power, which was so high that under it steel, hard quartz and even platiLum were vaporized. As for ordinary crucibles, they disappeared at onoe in a little puff of smoke. It is difficult to appreciate the degree of such heat without some comparisons. Scalding water means a temperature of 212- degrees Fahrenheit- and red-hot iron 800 degrees. Steel melts at 3,000 degrees and boils like water at 3.500 degrees. Commercially the experi- ment is very useful because it gas. shown that diamonds of marketalge size and purity may be made artific- The woman who can thus bring de- feat to a high-souled, unselfish man is the “vampire" that has been portray- ed with such unerring skill by Kipl- ing, and many a poor victim of a nar- row-minded wife might recognize init his own experience: Oh, the toil we lost, and the spoil we Electrical Furnace Produces a Temper :xtnrc That Breaks the Record. The highest temperature yet pro- duced by man has been reached by an especially constructed furnace at the Columbia University. Prof. Tuck- erm, to whom belongs the honor of the experiment, had been working for years on the. idea so successfully car- ried out and has finally generated heat :10 degrees higher than the record made some time ago by Prof. Moission, of QUICK AND SLOW COOKING. One great mJStake cooks make is tol how fast certain articles should be? cooked. For instance, meat is always} tough enough though it falls from thef bones, if boiled hard. For soup iti should be put to cook in cold water? and heated so slowly that it will not; come to a boil in less than an hour,§ and then it should boil only very gen-j “Yo \1. hen one wishes the flavor all to stay in the meat it should be put; to cook in boiling water and allowed: to boil a few minutes, and then setf back where it will just simmerd Meat should n0t be salted until near-l 1y done. Potatoes should boil briskly the first five minutes and then more slowly the remainder of the half hour. beans, peas and corn should boil hard till done. Green vegetables should generally be cooked ins salted water toi best retain their flavor. This is par-i ticularly true of onions and cabbage. i One reason that young cooks pay so; little attention to the above rules 18 that they think the difference is only in the flavor and that isn t much. But the greatest loss is in the value. And‘ that we may have all the nutrition. certain foods possess we muSt givel them the treatment they requ1re. ”â€"â€" crium carbidJe. The man Who leaves the breakfast table and enters the public ways with the shame of a home conflict upon him, in-which he has contended for his own side of the question, refusing to yield his point to the very last, will not be likely to wear the appearance of a Knight. and if he has submitted meek- ly to injustice, and has felt conscious of being misunderstood, if. he has the smallest germ of manhood in his na- ture, he must writhe under the treat- ment, and cannot step like a conqueror or go forth with the courage neces- sary to win great things in ‘the world. Such a one must wear the look of the vanquished, no matter how loyal his heart may be or how strong his origin- al purpose for true service. 1i [8. to be worth about £800, 000, come is set down as b81119 £100 a day. young companionship. 0f 0 can send her to another scl these are the children of t. I know, and the girls she wi later on in society, and they 1y nice children, except f4 worldliness. I want Mollie Lhe world, but: not of. it,’ anc bring that about isa puzzle- I. OSt. Baroness Burdett-Couttsis said GREAT EST HEAT. HOME VAMPIRESI I0,,000 and her in- being close noon no. they are real- accept for their Mollie to be “in :it,’ and how to puzzle. " course 'When we consider that crops use from 300 to 1,000 tons of water per acre per season, and often even more, and. that it takes about an inch of water all over an acre to make 100 tons, the loss of water brought to the surface by capillarity and blown away by the winds is a serious matter, which no amount of applied manure can compensate for. This shows us quite clearly the necessity and advan- tagc of frequent'surface cultivation, by which means the capillary chimneys are broken and a sort of mulch is formed for a few inches at the ‘sur- face, but it is to the gravity water I wish to draw special attention. I mean the heavy amount of water form- ed in the soils by fall, winter and early spring rains and melting snows. So abundantly does this accumulate that the soils are at times practically afloat in it. It freezes up pretty solid- ly in the winter, and in the spring, when the weather becomes milder, the svfilled land bursts apart by the action of the frost. The loosened particles of material become active in the soil, and by a sort of polarity or attraction which takes place acmaug them, new combinations are formed. Particles of dectmposed or decomposing manures and chemicals form combinations with soil particles, and thus the foundation of plant food for the coming season's crom is formed. If then we put off our applications of manures until after the gravity water has drained off we lose much of the benefit sought to be obtained by manuring. There is no machine of man’s invention which does this distributing work for us so well as the natural method described. If you examine the dung of the ani- mals by throwing some of it into a tub of water and stirring it up you will notice how finely most of it is subdivided. It will then be easily worked into the soil by the action of water I have described if placed on the fall ploughed land while the grav- ity water is still plentiful and the heavy rains assist in washing it in. ”While it may be suspended in solution it does not immediately become liquid and get washed away, but on the con- trary forms combinations with other substances in the soil. For the same reason we observe surer and better ac- tion from phosphates, or other man- uring materials reduced to a very fine powder. In understanding these things we appreciate more fully the deductions of eminent scientific agri- culturists like Wagner, Maercker and Others who emphasize the necessity of reducing manurial materials by fine grinding. It is true that in domg this we are but stimulating nature, which gradually reduces straW, clover and other organic substances to fine hum- us powder. But this action 18 slow and in the struggle which competi- tion in this age forces upon us we must use methods to produce more rapid effects. One other point. sug- gests itself and that IS the air 1n the i1. ¢ w ~ _ -_ _-L-..:-nl nnnfli‘finn bulk of air, for planis take their oxy- gen through their roots. This is a aw- -___, v matter which is left almost enureiy to chance. The pressure of the air on about 14 pounds, and the soil is only . as the gases formed by decomposition of materials to form humus in the earth drive off the air to a consider- thorough loosening of ° ble. If it were not air upon the e which forces it down. This can be easily understood by Withdraw- ' ‘ e cylinder of a te that the water then can be easily understc Lug the air from the rushes upwards inste: when the air pressure The soil then gets it the air following an non 1t warrants. I refer particularly to the soil wa- ters termed as capillary and gravity in their action. That fiLm which sur- rounds and clings to each particle of soil, or like a casing along the roots and hairs of plants in the soil forms a vehicle for the solution of plant food, and for carrying sustenance to the plant, has been explained before, To understand what is meant by capil- lary water one has but to observe the action of water rising from the sau- oer of a flower pot up through and saturating the dry packed earth. Capillaries are then tubes or chimneys which form in the soil, and up which the water climbs to the surface. If these are not broken by cultivation, during dry weather, the water is rap- idly evaporated and carried away by the winds. This loss of moisture by oapillarity and evaporation can also be observed with the same simple ap- paratus, by weighing the water sup- plied from time to time to the sau- cer. The original weight of the dry soil in the pot being, of course, first obtained, a final weighing of the soil presents a very simple calculation. MANURES AND MANURING. (T. C. Wallace, Before the Ontario Farmers} Institute.) (Confirmed) The important action of water in manuring does not receive the attenâ€" tion it warrants- SMOKERS IN FRANCE. In France there are 6,000,000 smokers. and of every 15 'there are 8 who smoke a pipe, 5 who smoke cigars and only 2 who use cigarettes. Still they .use more than 800,000,000 cigarettes ayear, o:' enough to go arouml the world 500 tim s if they were placed end to end in a line. in 1800, who laid the foundation of the fortunes of the English branch. Baron Nathan married 3. Cohen, but his eld, est son, Lionel, married a daughter of Baron Anselm Rothschild, and his eldest daughter a son of Baron An- selm. Lionel’s son, the present Lord Rothschild who succeeded a sonless uncle in his baronetcy, married his cousin, daughter of Baron Charles, of Frankfort, and both his sisters also married cousins. The intermarriage of the family mayperhaps helptto explain its not increasxng and. multiplying. The fact that Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild died without issue suggests that the house of Rothschild threatens to dwindle into very small numbers. The founder, Mayer AnSelme, left at his death in 1812 five sons, and Jewish families are proverbially large, yet the progeny of these five sons to-day is far from numerous, either in England or on the continent. The founder of the house had little to do with England. It was his son Nathan, who came here self speak French, German, Spanish, Italian, Persian, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. She is a writer, painter and lecturer, but takes greatest pleasure in running a soap factory which she established in Jerusalem and has car- ried on successfully for years. RELATIONS ESTABLISHED, Georgeâ€"How is your suit with Miss De Pink progressing? Among the most remarkable women is Mrs. Finn, whzose late husband was English Consul at Jerusalem for six,- teen years. Mrs. Finn is a daughter of the Rev. Dr. MoCaul, the great He- brew scholar of his time, and can her- bfv'VUIS plant by the water which car- ries the other food materials. Now. we see throughout this whole Operation of farming there is a steady depletion of phosphoric acid, and when we consider the axiom “a good phos- phatic heart is the basis of all success- ful agriculture,” it presents to us a very serious problem. After a care- ful practical study of the manuring Question, I am of the Opinion that our best lands can be brought to produce double and treble the feeding value of the crops usually obtained from them. I also feel assured from successes which I have observed that our seem- lngly worn-out lands can, under ra- tional methods of cultivation and man- uring, be profitably brought to the highest condition of agriculture. I will even go so far as to say that the our Ontario grains can be materially Improved. Our fodders and roots can be doubled and trebled in their feed- qualities. Grapes can be increased in quantity of yield and improved in the quality of the wine they produce. The attacks of fungoid diseases can be lessened and even the ravages of _in- sects withstood by properly growmg crops. ~. The tendency of the age has been either to manure blindly, or else to manure too accurately, by which I mean a hand-to-mouth plan 0d at- tempting to suit just what we con- sider the requirements of the plant’s existence. Indeed if it were not pos- sible to greatly increase the produc- tiveness of the land. there would he. the Axe of Industry; tnrnniiigd by life Plow of good Husbandry, and kept in condition by the Cultivator's Art, un- der the administration of True Econ- om'y. While cows need a variety, they want it to come by having a mix- ture of feeds at each (meal and not by receiving one kind of feed at one meal, another in the next, and still another at the third. Such a method of giving a variety is sure to reduce the yield, as the cow at a given feeding time expects the same kind of feed that she ate yester- day at the same time, and if not given this she will be disturbed and will give less milk. It is not necessary to give a cow the same kinds of feed for supper that she had for breakfast, but the breakfast mix- ture should be alike for all break- fasts and the supper feeds the same for all suppers for a consider- able period. Sudden changes usual- ly decrease the milk yield even when the new ration is better than the old, and when it is necessary to make a change it should be made gradually, taking a week or ten days to make any radical change. J ackâ€"Finefy. Wfien I call now her dog wags its tail. tiveness of the land, there would be a poor outlook for the continua- tion of the human race for another century. I am, however, no pessimist, but rather an optimist. I have faith in Mother Earth, and I want to see Canada take the lead in showing the world that the path to health, wealth and contentment: lies through the meadows and the grain-fields and he- neath the orchards and the vineyards. But this path must be hewn out by bubbles, or pockets, ' a film of water. . ' stantly detach fro hats and pass to 8‘1‘0Wing pl'tnt by the wate; which car- VARIETY OF FEED The End. IN MERRY ULD ENGLAND. It is proposed to endow a scholarship at the Gordon College in memory of Colonel Hamill Stewart, and to raise a subscription for that object. Colonel Stewart was the heroic companion of Gordon on his mission to Khartoum, and was treacherously murdered near Berber in September, 1884. It was he who, in December, 1882, arrived in the Soudan to report on the growth and power of Mahdism, and from there sent down warning after warning to the Egyptian Government. Thirteen months later he was directed at a moment’s notice to accompany Gordon alone on the long journey to Khar- toum. Afterward he was sent down the Nile to make a report to the au- thorities and was murdered on the way. DOINGS OF THE ENGLISH FEW“: REPORTED BY HAIL. .1 Record of the Evenls Taking Place In Ih Land of the lose-Interesting Occur reuces. There are 3,,000000 total abstamefs m the United Kingdom. Over twenty boys tinder 18 years of ag: have won the. Victoria Cross. Tbs. National Lifeboat Institution has saved over 45000 lives since its estab- L‘shment in 1824 It is announced that the lst Cold- stream Guards will go from Chelsea to Gibraltar, and the lst Scots Guards will move from the Tower to Chelsea, the 2nd Coldsueam from Gravesend to Wellington Barracks, and tho 8rd Coldstreams from Wellington Barracks to the Tower. The death took place on the 27th ult. at Leaangton of Mr. Crichton Kin- mond of Cardney. Mr. Kinmond, who has been in bad. health for some time, was well known as the inventor 01 many of the machines now used in the preparation of tea leaf for the market and was the owner of extensive tea gardens in Ceylon. . Some years ago, when the Queen vis« ited a certain sisterhood, she desired the superior to show her the place just as an ordinary visitor, and not to treat her as Queen. The superior agreed, and proceeded to conduct her Majesty all over the building. The Queen was much interested, but observed with vexation that wherever they went the sisters curtised. At last she remark- ed to her guideâ€"“I thought I made you to understand that I wished to be treated as an ordinary visitor? \V by, then, is every one ourtsying 9” “Par- don me,m m,adam” replied the mother, “you have been obeyed. The reverence shown by the sisters was not intended for the Queen, but for me, their suv perior.” Major-General Sir W. Gatacre. K. C. B. who commanded the British divi- sum in the Soudnn, in replying to the 0113186 of inhumanity towards the wound-ed and defeaLed dervishes, gives an absolute contradiction to such 90- cusations on behalf of those With whom he was connected. Dickens’ cigar box, which since his death has been in possession of E. B. Hilsworth, publisher of All the Year Round, is now offered for sale by a London dealer, at $1.00 It is of solid 03k, the sides, top and ends having ornamental gilt scroll work; tpe. fleet represent boots, and Dickens’ Imtxals are cut in the lid. The Hunters’ Improvement Society Of Great Britain announce that at this year’s Horse Show all yearlings must be undocked. Next year the rule will be applied to yearlings and two-year- olds, the next year it will be extended to three-year-olds, and so on, until all horses exhibited are provided with natural caudal appendages. - Henry M. Stanley attributes the pre- sent trouble in the Congo Free State to the incapacity of Belgian officers in managing the natives. Mr. Stanley says central Africa will become civil- ized within the next twenty years. This natives are easily managed where kindness is combined with firmness. When educated they grow into peace» ful and industrial citizens. It is said that Dinah Mulocl; Grain, the famous authoress of “John Halifax, Gentleman,” made a habit of leaving at her bank the manuscript of each of her stories as soon as it was com- pleted. It would remain there perhaps six months, and then she would call for it and see how the story affected her after that lapse of time. If it pleased her the manuscript was sent to the publishers, otherwise it was reâ€"written or thrown away. An oak tree of perhaps two hundred years’ growth, was being felled at Bradenham Wood, Eng, when the woodman called attention to some- thing peculiar on the tapâ€"root. On clearing this of soil it was found that the object was a horse shoe of ancient make. Obviously in the beginning an acorn must have fallen into the hollow of this cast shoe, and as it grew through the slow generations, the root fflled up the circle, carrying it down into the earth in the process of its increase, till at length the wood and iron were thus strangely wedded. That tapâ€"root is now used as a paper weight inthe vestibule at Bradenham Hall. The wife of Dr. Parker, of the City Temple, London, who died the other day, had the following memorandum attached to her will :â€"“I particularly request and direct that at my death those who love me will put on no sign Whatever of mourning, but that they lel think of me as. promoted to a high- er school, where I shall meet my Lord. and know even as I am known.”