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POULTRY FATTENING. It will be remembered by our read- ers that the experimental shipment of flattened poultry to Liverpool, Eng- land, by' Prof. Robertson, last fall, was singularly successful, the birds netting 01.76 per pair wholesale, or showing a profit of 50 cents per pair after paying all expenses. The birds were purchased and fattened by Messrs. Yuill Son, farmers, in the vicinity of Carleton Place. They were con- signed to Alderman James Ruddin, of Liverpool, a leading dealer of poultry} and game in England, perhaps in the world. It may also be remembered that the .consignee was so much‘ pleas- ed with the appearance of the birds that he called them “Capons.” So far so good, but the outcome of the ship- ment was the reception a short while The letter is so fraught with import- anoe as affecting the development of Canadian poultry that the greater part of the: important communication is giv- on as follow:s “ The whole transaction was so com- pletely successful and satisfactory in every particular that I am ‘loath to let time pass without venturing to enquire as to {your intenltions in regard to the export to England of your fattened poultry. Being the ' first to handle your stock I would hope to continue to do so; being sure that no one in England could offer you the same fa- cilities, service and interest that I command. Anticipating, ' therefore, that you‘ will be inclined to favor me with your consignments, I take this early opportunity of encouraging you to extensive operations in poultry for. the coming season. You need have no fear as )to the "ultimate results. Only} turn your poultry out in the same or-1 der and condition as you did the experiâ€" mental lot and I will see that profits; will accrue. I'am confident that Ican‘ create a large ’trade in ’Canadian poul- try if I am able to secure responsible and reliable feeders and packers like yourselves. The business will need co- operation of a willing and intelligent order. The trade will then be readily established and 'it will only be the packer’s fault if he does not maintain his position and hold the business. I might say that the English market receives poultry ’from every country in Europe as well as from Australia and v'ew Zealand. I can state, however, without the slightest fear of contra- diction, that ‘the Canadian poultry has no compeer and therefore no competi- tor on’» equal terms. For not: only is the Canadian poultry superior as to qual- ity and suitability, but its condition is always assured'th'rough the service of the refrigerator. I hope to call on you in! June or July. Meanwhile, I hope to hear from you at your convenience. â€"James Ruddin.” It is easily possible for farmers to! keep country roads 'in a much better5 condition than most of them are at present. The individual can afford to do road mending on the same principle that he repairs fences and buildings. “It pays me.” And a land owner ought to feel as much shame, even guilt. before the general public over a mud-hole that can be drained, or over a choked-up sluice along his prem- ises as he ought over neglected cattle or a display of filth. It is not necessary to wait for the road-working season to come. The most profitable, common sense work can be put in 'a little at a time, if at the right time. Drainage is the begin- ning and? the ending of the whole mat- ter, if roads are to be roadls and not sloughs. Wateringâ€"troughs and hillside springs are common causes of stand- lng water, yet it is a very! simple mat- ter to direct the water flowing from them in the way_ it should go. Astone, a loose board, a shunk of soil washed down against the end of a sluice may choke it u’pftill it is worse than noth- ‘Yell-cured clover hay is the best pos- sible rough feed for sheep. Great care must be exercised in curing it. One ton of brig ht, green, clover hay is worth 'two or g'izln'ee of poorly cured and dus- ing. Five minutes’ work would send the water rushing through its proper channel. It is not uncommon to see water following. the wheel rut for rods, when a man with half an eye! can also see that 31 mere cut through the ridge at thef edge of the road would lead the water into the ditch, perhaps down a Dropping into a bad hole or soft place a few superfluous stones now and then to keep the water out would work a double-headed blessing to all passing that way. Heaving out a few stub- born old; stones from the track would work detriment to the blacksmith and wagon maker, perhaps, but a big sav- ing to the farmer. If all such patch- ing were thus well kept up, the year- ly toil of public service would count more and more toward the good roads of which all are dreaming and talking. This .view of the subject is no more than one feature of practical farming, intelligent economy, a mere looking out for number one. no matter how many others are also benefited. Pasteurizing milk lengthens the keeping period of butter from two to four weeks if stored in a cellar kept at 501:0 60 degrees. GOOD ROADS. FARM TOPICS. Hogs should have free access cu am... 1: in some dry place wasteâ€"besides bringing up the fertil- ity by natural means which in nine cases out of ten will prove more last- ing in malts than using artificial or commercial means.\ \O:l‘- ‘AA-A w.-â€"'_ _ It costs the farmer a very little more to keep his stock pure than to keep females. When stockflis pure an extra price can abvays be secured for the best specimens of the flock or herd, and the extra price is what we all should strive for. of butter and babies, at least she thinks she is when her own are under conâ€" sideration; but if babies, like butter, were sold in the market she would be surprised to see how her taste differs from that pf her buyers. bLVLl-L 5â€"w- tv_ 7, There is .a normal side to dairying. habits are acquired. Men who Regular t milking Dairying commu nish but little business for lawyers. Dairying is educating and elevating if intelligently followed. Wlthont It Men (‘oulcl Not Exist Nor Vege- tables Grow. said a scientist. “He would be comi- polled to provide himself with food by some other means than agriculture. It would not ‘be possible for a crap to grow unless the soil contained an or- ganism capable of converting nitroge- nous matters .into nitric acid. The soil is continually being revived and enâ€" riched from the particles that are floating about in the atmosphere. They come ' from two sourcesâ€"atoms of the earth’s surface caught up by the Wind and distributed elsewhere, and cosmic dustâ€"that is, 'mineral mat- bar of meteoric origin. “ The heavenly bodies are constantâ€" ly casting off fragments of iron and other mineral substances, which fall with great velocity, and reaching the atmosphere that surrounds the earth, 7 _ L-L m-.. abmwyu'uLv Uflw‘v ~___-._7 - are heated by friction and catch fire by contact with the oxygen. They are then burned to ashes and scattered in minute and invisible atoms. \Ve call the larger pieces meteors, but the lit- tle particles that permeate the air are composed of phosphoric acid, potash and other chemicals, which are abso- lutely essential in renewing the fer- tility pot the soil; A_.L“2_‘ 2““;- 3n VA WV ~vâ€"-v LLLIDJ “ What we call terrestrial dust is also of great importance to agricul- ture. In many places the soil is al- most entirely composed of particles that have been left there by the winds. A considerable percentage of the soil on the earth’s surface was originally volcanic dust, which has been distrib- uted by that good friend of man we call the wind.” 3 , r Needles Slay be Run Through Them With- out Causing Pain. Most people have doubted their eyes when at some conjuring performance they have seen a man run needles and pins through both cheeks, evincing no pain as he does so. In reality, every person has hundreds of senseless specks of skin all over his body: through which he could run pins, or even cut them out, without feeling any pain. If some one else were to do so when he was blindfolded he would not be even aware of the fact. Physicians call them dead spots; and the reason that one man can sew his cheeks up, while anoth- er could. not, is simply because the for- mer happens to have many hundreds of these spots in one place. These dead spots are caused by the minute nerves which convey every sensation to the brain being either ab- sent in these particular places or dead and senseless. But should any one of our readers 'allow himself to be blindâ€" folded, and ’vthen get one of his friends to prod him very gently with a clean needle, say all on one arm, out of every hundred pricks,x he will feel only about 60 or 70 at the most. In the other cases the needle will have touched dead spots. Miss De Puysterâ€"I can trace my cestors back to the reformation. So you heard a man say he thought Miss Bangs played the piano beauti- fully? .1 Yes. Youwe it wasa deafiman. De Jonesâ€"That’s nothing. I can trace mine. back years and years before they attempted to reform. GRACEFULLY, AT LE AST. DUST IS KING. QUESTIONABLE. DEAD SPOTS. There is no article easy to make and yet 5 as a good soup. Few “u“ “ L‘VU‘V vuvrrvwâ€" ‘â€" -_._ Other vegetables may easily be sub- stituted for these. If you happen to have acupful of canned corn left over, 01‘ P838, or lima beans, they may be used in addition or substituted for the vegetables mentioned. It is, of course unnecessary to add that all soups should be served hot, as a lukewarm soup is a spoiled soup. â€"â€"v vâ€"Q-u A“ COQzling utensil This same “ tail” may serve as a basis for a good tomato soup, by adgl- img one pint of cold water, one sprig of thyme, one small onion, a bay leaf, and a sprig of parsley, Boil gently unâ€" til the juice is extracted from the meat, then add one can of tomatoes. Stew till the tomatoes are soft, steam through a fine wire sieve, and then re- turn to the stove. Thicken with one tablespoon of cornstarch and add one tablespoonful of sugar. Serve at once. ‘Vhen buying a roast of beef have the bones removed, and utilize them for the foundation of a soup in preâ€" cisely the same way that the end of the steak was used, only add more wa- ter. The water in which a leg of mut- ton was boiled, can be converted with little difficulty-into a palatable rice coup. Add one half cupful of rice, a couple of potatoes cut fine, an onion, parsley and a sprig of thyme. Boil gently until the vegetables are well cooked, and your soup is ready to serve. A teaspoonful of whisky poured over a dish of ice cream makes it (digestible and tastes fine, Muskmelon filled with ice cream makes a delicious desert. The “drum" shape is a decided novel-4 ty in small- stands, being, as its name indicates, in the shape of a drum, with the sticks for a handle. One decorated red and gold is usually attractive. Hostesses in need of a new idea for the decoration of their dinner tables might with advantage try the Japanese method. A charming scheme which recently adorned the( table of a popu- lar hostess included bronze vases at top and bottom of the table holding large bunches of palest mauve orchids, rather loosely arranged. A close- growing green plant stood on either side of the centerpiece, which also was composed of orchids. The crowning peculiarity, however, was the presence :vvvo-ov-A'UJ) uU‘WCVCl, “ah but! P15591111: of two black Japanese trays; “but. though the groundwork was apparently a tray, on each was arranged a lands- cape, all worked out most minutely in various shades of sand: Little mounds represented a mountain. which sloped toward a tiny lake, all most faithfully depicted in sand and tilled with flowers. These were curious and effective in ‘ the extreme. _ \Vasll the shelves of a China closet m bmlmg soap suds, then scatter cay- enne pepper into all the cracks and crewces, to keep ants away. 117- -J- I - â€"â€"vvr “av-r Wash' tarnished silve;"i:1J hot soapy water; rinse in clean water and dry with soft cloth. Polish with a little auuus wun sa as 1t dries wa 1t and from time to time ter it lighyly. A couple V-vâ€"vv v‘ Dluluao \Vhen leaving for a fall trip cover pictures, picture frames and chande- liers with Cheese cloth or thin uri- bieached muslin to: protect them from dust and flies. If books are not in case cover them with an old sheet. vu-v- “a V‘ ”UV 0". Plenty 01' black pepper sprinkled on the rugs and carpets is a good mre- veniive against moths. TO HAVE GOOD SOUR HOUSEHOLD HINTS. , of food more ; so rarely found, w Wives aPPTGCi" nt place it holds 1nd while priding and indigestible )ie crust, are apt a dubious greasy, which they dig- .â€"_â€"â€"â€"., clean hot waten and wiped dry with! a dry towel. A soapy or greasy dish cloth ‘should never be, used for this purpose. Every kitchen should have seven dish clothes, and six of them should be in the wash every week. In this way they will always be fit to use. A refrigerator very seldom should require any cleaning whatever. Keep it clean by care in using, not perioâ€" dical washing, which renders the ice box unfit for refrigerating purposes for several days. Keep the ice chem» ber always full of ice. Place the most perishable articles, such as meat, milk, butter, c., on the lowest shelf, which .is the coldest,» for cold air falls. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. “I should never think of telling mother,” said one young girl to an- other in confidence of the morning tete-aâ€"tete, into which came the dis- cussion of the triumphs and contre- temps of the last night’s party. “ She would never understand in the least, you know, why I should have said to him what I did, or have allowed him to say to me what he did. Mothers look at all these things so differently, you And yet this particular mother was one of the most faithful of chaperones, and sat patiently throughout the dances, and in more than one instance confided to another mother that her “ daughter told her everything, and it it were not for the conventionality that required it, she could be trusted to go things she did not tell her mother, but did confide to another young woman, included an appointment to meet at the house of her friend a young gentle- man against whom both her father and mother had warned her, as not at all the sort of acquaintance whom they would like to have her receive. The question of this loss of our children out of our innermost hearts really underlies many another prob- lem that we are trying to solve from the outside, when the true secret of its solution lies in this inward situation of which we do not like to speak. If the veil were once lifted from the ex- perience of mothers in this particular, we should find ourselves become a con- ference in which we should be most eager to discuss the question. V‘ODVA vv “WVâ€"wâ€" vâ€"v â€"‘ ~ How shall we find and win back again the little ones that we have lost, the children out of whose hearts has de- parted the loving, clinging sense of childhood, the clear-eyed frankness that speaks out the hopes and deSires, in full confidence that they will be wel- comed and shared by the heart of the mother? Rendered Penniless by a Legal Blunderâ€" Pecullar Incident. An elderly man, named Burt, ap- peared before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council the other day and told a remarkable story, says the Lon- don Daily Mail. ' Compared to this treasure of abso- lute, trustful affection, nothing else that the world has ’ given, or can give, counts for a moment with the true mother. Her daughter’s life is her own domain, and how to find her way back into it, if she once finds herself excluded from it, is a problem worthy most strenuous and thoughtful study. [He said he entered into litigation in Tasmania and won his case, but for some reason, which was, not ren- dered clear by the applicant’s explan- ation, judgment was wrongly entered for his opponent, the defendant. [Having made the mistake, the offi- cials of the court declined to set the matter right, and plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court, where he suc- ceeded in convincing the judges that there had been a blunder. An order was made upon the court of first in- stance to enter judgment for peti- tioner, but this order had not been complied with, and he could get no redress. Having sold his land, and spent all his money,he became penniless. Under these circumstances, a number of people 1n Tasmaniawho took an inter- est in his fate got up a subscrip- tion and sent him to England to see if he could get justice from their Lord- ships. Lord Watson explained to him that their Lordships had jurisdiction to hear appeals only from Supreme Courts, and as he was not appeallflg from a Supreme Courtâ€"which, 111- deed. had decided in his favorâ€"they could do nothing for him. They sug- gested that he should see the Col- onial Secretary, warning him at the same time not to entertain any san- guine hope that the right hon. gentle- man could do anything for him. 'l heir Lordships, however, stated that they were unable to help him, all they could do was to. express sym- pathy with him. "â€"â€" â€".-â€" --J TVhere w.e1.‘e 'they'aE‘fnking 2wdeu'1and- ed the paqxtlve man. The old man gathered up his papers and departed. nggvthe very best 1 can do is hope that you will be simply agree- Saw the) sea lions feeding and drink- ing on the way_ 0V01:, _s.a_.id Liarly. ‘1?1- Young Physicianâ€"L am just going to ca}lfion_ my first patient. Heâ€"You can’t expect me to be plea.- anj: all' the time. Idle Auditorévgrwiâ€"lvi-lgly he is going to be» called on by his last physician. A POOR MAN’S DILEMMA. THE ULTIMATE EN'D. SAW THEM DO IT. ,’ A POSSIBILITY. The Begonny have occupied a pm minent part in all recent Polish move ments in Russia. They are not u might be supposed. religious fanatics although they have to all intents and purposes been associated with a mu, gious movement. Their originwag a political and economical one, for their agitations have always been directed toward greater personal liberty and political power for the individual mem bers of society. Possibly because of the grinding heel of Russia, which crush“ citizens who have been marked out to: the display of its power and antagon. ism, they demand the abolition oidocu. ments for proving identity and con. sequently tor the abolition of the net. essity of the passport, while their desire is toward countries in which peeple can live unknown in the pursuit of that wisdom which it is their desire to attain. One of their members expressed then 'belief in a manifesto, in which he said; ”The truth is alone to be found when one flees from ofiicialdom and lives as ‘a settler. I do not recognize our laws, FDo with me what you Will. 1 will boa: »my cross." The outcome of this belief is nature 1y a repudiation of compulsory mih. tary service, and if forced to bear arms the members of the Begonny are liable to that condition which may be describ- ed as emotional enthusiasm, leadingtc self-sacrifice. The form of death which these pet, p16 adopt is burial while alive, a sex» tence which, it will be remembered. was characterized by one of the peo. ple in the Mikado as “a stuffy death.“ but occasionally they have gone info: self-destruction by fire. Ten years ago, for instance, when the? last great sacrifice of this sect wq‘a made the people adopted this latter , the means of getting an eternal rel from their troubles. On a single day-1 indeed, four families disappeared {tong a certain village and did themselves as death. .A huge oven was built, and j to this those who voluntarily . to die plunged themselves. Then the people who lacked the essary enthusiasm or the strength 35;; they were not worthy of attemnjlgji- this great achievement, were w- ed kneeling and praying while wept for their relatives, whose m5 " they kissed in an ecstacy of a W and affection. "e One of a Canadian Issue 01‘1851 and In It Trawllcd. ' In the: year 1851 a. twelve penny!!!“ Canadian postage ‘stamp was pfinfi by the Government at OttawnflllI The Outlook. 'lhe public did not 19 was sent to the Hamilton where it {was sold to an old In“??? said it was a shame to print the 3'; picture on a stamp that might ; handled by profane hands. Ten ' the man put it on a parcel sending 1‘ i to a friend in the United States. Here i in the waste basket, in lay for-Imam. . -nl‘ game, has been Van Winkle nap, stored to general f sure. One. day an Engmh. through a Canadian frlend, ha .hog. of the stamp, offered $1. , fer was accepted. The 3951,1511 g: marrow 0‘ falling in Jove with an .' . . r 93$, and wishing to gam the if?” her brother, presented hlm ,Starpp as a tok Baler polite had heard 01 a in smoke to the stamp, which had a“ on": of the album into the ffijen'sand" - . , , . h [h 1 LL- m-«arnn- ‘5'th not a STORY OF A POSTAGE STAMP. PECULIAR BELIEF AGAIN E‘s“? {go-junta and reversion: purchased. . . .. ‘ upon personal security. with pol- ’_ _* , Ma of assurance, repayable by in- “ J Numb..." ........ . ............... . . 'balnnoesin course of collection. mm outstanding in course of co:- lemon......é....... .................... Iccru bntnotdue.... ....... . dumbntnotpnid.... ................ ondeposit .......... .....8135.861 11 ..on current account: and m M...‘.......“....O.I 591OO74 39 InvestlElation and division oi 11:0- -' although the rate of inLex'cs: fillet: of lateed funds has necessarzn' yefirsâ€"a circumstance t be thhout its effectâ€"the us far, every reason to that the final 1‘ henn- , esuits of the quin- Ln mm Will be satisfactory to all 9454* mom-nee. item an included 121 the corrgstonfl.‘ .43 ”h in the first tachedule. R. C. PITMAN, Chmrman. ..J D'UNDAS, Director. H. DAVIDSON, Director. 0. THOMSON, kmMDWWooooo ooooooooo 0.0.0.0... Ground rents and fen-duties ............ . oâ€"unts and reversions purchased. . . .. upon personal security. with pol- , {do of assurance, repaynblc by in- Itdmenbu... ........ . ............... . . ‘ balnnoes in course of collection . mm: ontstsnding in course of col- lncfiond ............... meibutnot ue............ dubntnotpnid.... ................ ondoposit.... ...... .....8135,861 11 son current mounts and m M...........“....... 59100".4 39 0nd and receipt camp: in hand ........ . ASSETS. .Iomesonproperty within the United Kingdom ............................... mat of the United Kingdom .......... on the company‘s policies within i theirnzrrendervnlue...~........ ..... . 3 Investmentsâ€" h'itish Government securitim ........... India md colonial government securi- ties .................................... government securities ........... and colonial municipal bonds , way and other debentures and de- benture stock ................ . ......... . shares (preference) ................. deponts for fixed periods .......... Home propertyâ€" Mldo-e coo... 000000.... 0 08301701313 3? ______ A- A- . SECOND SCHEDULE. Balance sheet of The Standard Life Assurance Company, on 15111 [Nox'ezmâ€" her, 1898 Prepared on the b11815 of valuation of 1895, in accordance with ”The Life Assurance CompaL.1cs' Au." ”and 34 Victoria, Cap. 61. . LIQBILITIES. olderl'copxtal pad up ..... . ....... s 554mg. 9.; me and annuity fund ............. 42.733 :13 "a: e 1‘an ............................ 3.33:533 3:3 meownedfomrd...... .......... any; 4.; int-renders . o _‘A_n- -wvâ€" - . of Minmment ............ 'udend and bonus to sharehol~.1ers..:.... mo tax ......................... ‘mount of funds at the end of the iérl}: §w§37?3’:.§81 I“. 3?”. . if???“ Gain. death under lite policies. in. dudigbonul additions (after deduc- don of sums roman-ed) .......... ..... , j-â€"â€".‘_én anal. on.annru‘\nn‘ Totsl funds as per first schedule ....... Wander wlipgu admitted. but not vidends to roprietom (due at 9 ad prior to 15th ovember) outstanding*.. Lnnuities outstanding“ .................. “deposit fund ........................ [um deposited with the company ....... mu” 3 and. 5% vxcvona, (,- mount of funds at the beginning of the 6th Novembcr. }897 ............. . 4 ”Wm Fm.0000000000'°"" °°°°°° flatly” """""" er. endowment assurances 4.1m ”a dunnstho year 1893, 6! poli- an 26‘, inclusive of bonus qddxtions ...... saws I.“ “sumac: at 19th November ”nu! revenue......o ..... o::::.4 Awmmmd funds.......... .. . .“ juvelwe'" In Canada .......... yacht” prim of 193 new annuities” . Gains“! bya fit): under 1.013 polinic; du}. eyéu' 1898. inclusive of bonus additions.) ........... .. .. ”adamant “sumac“ ave chair. 1116 I‘WUJLD ww in .0110 report :â€" to! ggsumnoes accepted during ‘33?an 1395 (to: which 4.937 policies mg).oooooototoot oooooooooooooo ' El. 4-- An I!“ 001102“ med ooooooo o gunman mama cu WEé-va‘m‘rwoooooooo... â€"0m8m.000000000000000000000 'uv‘ ”w -v under endomegis' aild endowment Link it deg __--- -..., “”V irable to increase the company have now alren : 3 g; middln nay-3-..) L----_ _-l .v.â€"â€" V ,r, 1898. .Prepared in accordnm-e ; “Th"e Llfe Aqsnsrance Companies " 33 and 34 'chtoria, Cap. 61. Mum”. new!" or THE 8598445 8 £8,653,444 44 3 3.265.856 344.678.6381 83 3 48,653,444 44 3 0.171.539 1 $44,678.68]. 83 10.016.102 1.035.325 3.256.297 3.298.470 55 43,749,392 2. 154. 4 1.444316 35 14.200flw 7%.935 50 317 00 807.456 604.962 1,6! {94.074 78 it 5.686.058 81 44.316 53 45.71 9-91 3.3.884 $3 217 183 83 98 it on Th4 do. t0