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IUZO the bottom of an old barrel a layer of unieuched wo a layer of bones on put 0d ashes. Place , use urine, just enough. to keep them wet, but do not allow to leach one drop. In the course of Lime the bones will heat and crum- ble. at the touch. When sufficiently F0} 3. fow plants mall box, a. nail 15 -u wcuLy-nve or thirty should b9 tender; place i andalittlé butter; bxge to the kettle; ‘ boiis up turn intoahot :1 always find it good; and hea well. Perhaps some of our maylike to try it. Cut an sxzed cabbage into eigth and leave it off. Ev push the cabbage down nude: (91', which must be kept boiiil 1y. anyone who was careful " would refuse to eat it ' was the way in whieh cabbége was cooked and directions were given tor cooking. I followed them closely and the whole family not only pronounced the dish excellent, but said that it di- gested perfectly. After that when girlie got up “out of the wrong side: of the bed,” as. the saying is, her mother would .either help her to dress quickly, talking to her encouragingly the while, or, if breakfast was not ready, she would bring her a cup of hot milk to drink before dressing. It was surprismg to see how completely a little nourish~ ment would clear the trouble out ofl the little girl’s world. For she was not intentionally illnatured. She was simply faint and nerveless and dis- coura ed. with insufficient force for the ef orts she had to make. Her food . had not been properly assimilated thel day before and her whole system was In a state of semi-starvation. The same little girl used sometimes to come home from school with a very cloudy face and throw her books down angrily. The teacher was cross, she would complain; she couldn’t. do her sums and she didn’t: see why' they put words into the geography that nobody could ever pronounce; her seatmate was the hatefulest girl in the whole school and she wasn’t oing to sit with her another day, an so on. HerI mother would quietly open the stove} drafts and start a bright fire. Then? she would make a little hot toast or, fix up a shredded wheat biscuit with, cream and sugar. or anything else she! happened to have that girlie liked; And then she .would say, “Guess you’r ' hungry, girlie; have a little lunchJ. “OW; 30-93"? a long way off, yet.” 3' And the girlie would eat and the irri-l : school. ’Bout every day she‘ gives me}If something. May I take one oranges to her to-morrow?” BONE MANURE in misery. NevertheleSS, her mother did not at once; pronounce her a naughty girl and deal with her ac- cordingly. She watched her closely, 1nd saw that after agood breakfast; which she ate eagerly, her good humor returned, and the mountains of dif- ficulty which had blocked her path were as so many grai‘ne of sand. When a child is irritable and con-1 trary and seems to be hunting for trouble, the mother should consider a little before resorting to harsh mea- sures. In nine cases out of ten the little one is either hungry or ailing. A well child that has plenty of sleep and good, nourishing food will generally be. good-natured and tractable. we knew I. little girl who was sometimes troubl- would get up in. the morning so helpâ€" lessly irritable as to disturb the whole ad with indigestion. At such times she household. Her clothes would not go on right; they were too tight or too loose and had bunches in the seams; stockings would wrinkle and her shoes would not button, and she would storm at them all and cry an‘d fairly revel : O 4 “OWO”OO”W‘OO PA PLEA FOR CROSS CHILDREN. § About the House. 06‘966069000000990009.00’ en-uy on our table, and good and healthful as down under the 3 kept boximg ra kegs Orv anging d by she would be lessons all perfect 0 up head the most Oh, mamma’ “re Bess this afternoon at each otherâ€"just CD. cabtrge \Vas I were given tor hem closely and only pronounced t said that it di- cream in 3 inacolander Plate till the th? cabbage the cover ' minutes quarts of g rapid- __° __° 3170138 159 a_.‘nd from ter fine, i.e., {he 41 . -7 w __v-\. vvl-LLWMJ UL £411" gineers, a company of Army Servxce Corps, and a field hospital. An In- fantry brigade is commanded by a Major-General, and consists of astaff, four battalions of infantry, adetach- ment of infantry with two machine- guns, a. company of Army Service Come, a bearer company, and a field hospital. -' HIGHEST TACTICAL UNIT. Napoleon, on the other hand, in the campaign of \Vaterloo, divided his force of just under 123,000 men into six Army Corps. An Army Corps is commanded by a general officer and consists of a staff, three divisions of infantry, and corps troops. In the present instance General Sir Redvers Buller will com- mand the Army Corps; and the three divisions, will, in all probability, be given to Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen and Majorâ€"Generals Sir Fran- cis Clery and Sir W'illiam Gatacre. An Infantry Division consists of a staff and two brigades, with, in addition. as’ divisional troops, a squadron of cav-i airy, a brigade division of three field! batteries, a divisional reserve ammun- ition column, a. field company of En- "Innnm A â€"â€"- sions of a. reversal of the arrangement; all the hghts are switched off when the but- ton is operated after dark. ed. up an arrangement by means of which when the button at the front door is pressed, the electric lights all over the place light up. and remain so until the button is released, By ELECTRIC BELL SUBSTITUTE. A. substitute for an electric bell has been devised by a deaf couple. Not“ being able to hear. the bell themselves. aud having no servant, they have fix- Sweet Potato Custard Pie: One pint boiling potatoes rubbed through a colander, 1 pint milk, 1 cup sugar, the yolks of2eggs,alittle salt and 1 small teaspoon lemon extract. Beat all well together, and bake in one crust only. \Vhen baked, spread the top with meringue made with the whites of the 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons whi’m sugar. Potato Coeoanvu‘t Pie: Add to 1 large mashed potato" lcup sugar,1 tablespoon butter, a little salt, 3 beat- en eggs, andasmall cup of cocoanut soaked in one pint of milk. Bake in one crust, and cover the top with frosl- mg and cocoanuzt; No 2: Beat together 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 of flour and 3 eggs, add 1 small cup mashed potato, lsmall cup mashed potato, 1 small cup milk and 1 small cup milk and bake in one crusr. No 1: Stir 4 beaten eggs into 1 pint warm mashed potatoes, addl 1-2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter and 1-9 cup milk. Flavor with vanilla and bake in one crust. [available It‘need. not be a...barrel to {get good results. nor is it essential that: the vessel be full, but if one has the bones and the ashes they can hard- ly secure a better fertilizer for gar- den vegetables or for flowers. The following, .When well mixed, makes ex- cellent guano: Dried muck 3 bushels, hen manure 2 bushels, ashes 1 bushel, plaster: 1 1-2 bushels, A While before using, moisten the heap with water or urine and cover with an old cloth. AN ARMY CORPS. POTATO PIE. I ; tress; FEEDING THE ORCHARD. When an orbha'rd of apples or pear trees begins to bear fruit, the land should be enriche‘ unless the. trees are well fed, and to gnow good fruit at the present time, requires a constant watchfulness from. the first opening of the spring to the closing of the a.u{tum.n. In ‘w-‘_----n.. .v. ‘AWULLWII [$0111. The North Metropolitan Company, Lon- don, allows for each horse per day about the following rations; Corn thirteen pounds; oats, three pounds peas, one pound; beans, one pound; hay seven pounds; cut straw, three pounds, total twenty-eight pounds. The South London Tramway Company gives corn, seven pounds; oats, sevén pounds; beans, one wuhd; hay, eleven pounds; straw. three ,pou‘nds; total, twenty- mgg pounds. dd- - g ' In England some of the large com- panies which work a great many horses give mixed' fo’od and u'se con- Sidem‘ble quantities (of American corn, The North Mafrnm'lhan ham“-..â€" 1- _A m...“- vusu ulLLCLD 11 um his feeding, and yet these horses are required to do hard work and sudden exertions, taxing all their powers. In Scotland a favorite Winter food when horses are only at moderate work, is cut oat sheaves. \Vhen horses are: in the stable much of the time, the feeding needs to be carefully managed. . Swede turnips. r'uta bagas, are relished by horses and seem better food for them than the carrot. They do well on roots when idle or at moderate work. Cooking food for horses has not been found gener- ally profitable. Elaborate and careful used. Some horses have a tendency to bolt their feed half chewed, and some of the grain is voided whole in these; cases. Grinding helps any such ten-3 . ~ l ‘ _....,_.._- nvv‘. vnuvvuJ “kl-J, early out and well cured, is the best bay for horses. Timothy hay is heavier than that of other grasses and con- ltains a large quantity of nutritive j matter in a small bulk. If left; till it be ,‘overrip-e, it becomes hard and woody. EIt is more digestible when cut rath- fer. on the green side and makes bet- ‘ ter horse food. ' Many farmers feed far ’too much hay to their horses. They might very well take a few lessons in this matter from the liverymen, who find that theiri horses do better and keep healthier! on a small allowance of bay. 1 on six to eight pounds of hay and; from fifteen to twenty pounds of thel best oats, per day. and, if needed, a! bran mash once a weekâ€"one-third ofi the haly after exercise in the morn-} ing, the balance at night and the oats: fed at [our feeds. For hunters moreg hay is- given. up ,to ten pounds per. day,: six pounds loose and 'four pounds cut, and mixed with his oats, sixteen to, eighteen pounds per day. Any farmer,l can see how much this differs fromfT his feeding, and yet these horses are: required to do haird work and suddené exertions, taxing all their powers. lni 0,--L1- .- J not be watered after meals, as the stomach, being small, is liable to be Partially emptied of the undigested food, causing trouble in the bowels and partial loss of the food. Cats and hay are the ideal horse foods for our Dountry, but becaguse they are the best is no reason Why they should be exclusively used. Variety is often much relished by the horse, and with this variety cheapness and economy may be introduced: Good_timothy hay, Anâ€"h‘â€" _‘ Opinions differ ea, good deal as to the watering of ’horses. Some prefer to have water before the horses in the stall at all times. Othens prefer wa- tering only? as the horses come in from work or before feeding. Horses should be same 'your horse has felt it before you did. and he is needing his feed more than you do. , MW , dabr.’ in the springappears, unless this WW£W~ ’3 enemy is (Do be destroyed by spray- mg the trees after the worm hatches AgriCUIturalg out. The tent caterpillar makes its ‘ apps aranoe as soon as the leaves be- Mamm'mmfi gln to grow, sad sichoulld be; Iattended to b spraying e rees or y usmg a FEEDING HORSES ' light pole with a. rag wound round Farmers generally do not give the the end dOfd it, Sailfi‘mteci With kero- . .. . t' 'sene, an rawn romg every.1 nest ‘tteeghng or their. norseg 1th?) afiigrf: asl'soon [18 the worms are’ all hatched. 1 W98, .ertes 0' ° _ ‘ ’ D04 not let them. get large before em- Balanced rations and food mixtures playing some means of killing them. for the dairy cow and the feeding Following the “’11th caterfiillar anhd ' . - - _ canker worm is e co ing mot , steer are carefully examined and dis which, uinless destroyed, will lay eggs .cussed, but‘ the feeding of the horse IS on almost every apple and pear, pro-i usually all the hay they can eat and] rinsing the worms so destructive mi 1 var in: ’ ' of oats,aocording the fruit. , to {hag ouantgties done Sometimes The pea‘oh should not be overlooked; : work emg . ' by those who have land adapted to its? even the latter" part hs neglected- gmwth. A light loamy- soil with a; If a horse is required to do extra northern exposure seems to do best! hard work he should be liberally and; for this fruit, and while the trees: . sh d . V . . - frequently feed. The amount oifoods magmas: Espisgtf‘ggg") 15308211223213; given should be regulated by the size! growth. A tree that makes large gromh; and breed of the animal and by the isso full of vigor that after the leaves} amount and kind of work he is re- drop in the autumn, if a few warm! Quired to do. The horse has a small days come, the blossom buds start so' , . , . mush: t-h'a1txthe first cold weather kills! stomach in proportion to 1128 Size; them. hence frequent feeding when under} ‘ ,°~ ‘ hard work is necessary. The human 'WATERING COWS' i i I stomach can bear hulnger far better A milch cow weighing 1000 pounds than that of the house. It‘driving on will take about 80 pounds or ten gal- a journey you feel hungry, you may} Ions of water a day when in milk- andi FEEDING HORSES. Farmers generally do not give the feeding of their horses the attention it deserves, .Writes 001. D. McCrae. Balanced rations and food mixtures for the dairy cow and the feeding steer are carefully examined and dis- cussed, but’ the feeding of the horse is by a strip A pessimist is 01*, who" sorrows by his joys; at one who estimates- his 2. yeople‘s sorrows. "My attention was turned to the bat through the codlin moth, the in- sect to blame for most worm-eaten’ an“ ples. In an orchard near my home I found nine of the grabs of this in- sect in aminu'te. Chancing to go to the orchard, hardly a mile away, I found only four of the igrubs in an hour’s search. There is an old barn near; by in which live a colony of be- tween seventy-five and 100 bats. The owner informed me. that his apples were always free from worms.” l " Farmers in England buy them, pay- ing as high as $24 a thousand, for use in their flower beds and gardens. For household purposes a. small number of toads could be given homes in an aquarium. At night the toads could be let loose to kill bugs, while in the day they \could kill flies. I have built a5 sont‘ of cage or Wire screen a foot wide and ’two feet long, the top of? which is kept Open. It is only neces- cary to put in two or three toads, pro- vide them with shelter, with a dish of waterkin one corner, and then keep them supplied with bits of raw meat and any other refuse matter calcul- ated_to attract flies." “A single toad may destroy over 2,000 worms, during the months of May, June and July, and one ofl these harmless creatures may well (do a gar- dener ’service to the amount of $19.88 each season, and yet ‘he can' raise $20,- 000 worth of toads at an expense of not more than 20 cents. “One day, I gathered a quantity of rose bugs in a tin box and began to feed the bugs to a. toad. At firm I did not‘ count, but finding his appetite so good I started to count. When 1 had counted over} eighty bugs and the Load showed no signs of wishing to conclude his meal I picked him up. :i’revious to my beginning to count he had taken anywhere from ten to twenty bugs. 1' found the toad equally greedy for rose beetles, canker worms, ants, caterpil- ians, moths, June bugs, weevils, snails and many other insects. So, too, in a. house, a room may be cleared of cockroaches by leaving a toad in it over night. Toads and flats mike “'ar an Flies, Roaches :uzd Vlosqnltocs. As a result of experiments with toads and bats it has been demonstrat- ed that a house, or even a community, Ican be rid of various troublesome in- Esects, including flies and mosquitoes. ‘ These experiments were made by Prof. Clinton F. Hodge, Prof. Hodges first experiment was with the toad. “ loon- structed a small pen in my garden,” he; said, “ and in it, in a pan of water. installed a male and female toad. To: attract food for them I placed within! the insoles-um bits of meat and bone.‘ The insults were as satisfactory as‘ they were unexpected. The toads spent! most of the time sitting within 1each-f ing distance of the bait and killing the flies attraCLed by it. i watched} one toad snap up eighty-six housel ! flies in less than ten minutes. ! l I l i 5 .We would 'prefer that a‘ cow should have water to drink when she pleases, than; she may not make so mu‘ch at one time, pargcicularly in winter, though the chief trouble in their drinking is that the water in the trough, or brook is so odd that: so large an amount must chill the animal and arrest the digestion for a. while. These, however, are only approxi- mate figures, and we think there are large variations, not only due to the character of the food and the amount of milk given, but in the individual animals. \Ve have seen cows that weze very hearty drinkers, which would go to the trough every time they were let out, and come back with the guammh \riegbly distended by the am- ount they would drink, While othersh day after day, drank but once adayi in winter, and not heartily then. i 1"? more from pnsilmge and roots than from dry fodder. ‘ -WATERING COWS. A milch cow weighing 1000 pounds will take about 80 pounds or ten gal- lons of water a day when in milk, and about? 50 pounds when dny, it is said. Some of this is obtained from the moisture in the food, more of course when at grass than when on hay, and The peagh Should not be overlooked by! those who have land adapted to its growth. A light loamy soil with a northern exposure seems to do best for this fruit, and While the trees should be kept growing, it should not be forced so as to make an excessive growth. A tree that makes large grovwh isso full of vigor that after the leaves drop in the autumn, if a few warm days come, the blossom buds start so mwoh: that \the first cold Weather kills them. 1 DEADLY ENEMIES OF INSECTS. S h! [e lm-a ex '0 363'? 5 an opti mist is 5038 by other Gan , Sir \Vg‘il am VE idiam Phillip 5 I119 .‘XSSRmL ‘1). a Cape Town. V Busutolaud. , J Oommissiane-r. 5i? Capital, Maseru- Englishâ€"Governm, Sir - Georg ner: Im rial Semen wry. pg TrooPSv Fiddes , Commandez . {lam er \‘03. 1111 T- Bullerrzfigxln Natal and also Zr Governor, Sir Walt: Lnson; Premier, Sir torney-Genem}, )h‘ Pietermaritzburg. Vt'rl\'“.’ u vvvvv ' ‘ Rechuanaland, i‘IIlgl'SP '" (1 Sir Alfred Milnar: Rebldent ‘ sioner, Major Hamih 11 Adams. N0 capiml. The 0‘ $0va from Cape Town. Natal and also Zululrxngi'. E South African Republic, Indepeuw antâ€"President, Stepbanus J. P311“mi Kruger, "00m Paul ;” Vice-PreSIdeni; Gen. P. J. Jouben, “Slim Peter’ ;.~, retary of Statp, F. w. Reitz; Chi“: Man of First; Volksraad, F. 9. W0 marans; Chairman of $90090 mafia N. Ste-en Kamp. Capltil tona. Orange Free State, President, M. J. Steyn; .5 . of State, P. J. Blignrxuu Chatraan the Volksraad, C. H. Wes . '1‘5: Justice Supreme Court, M. de “1118 Capital, Bloemfontein. 7 _ .. .1. “ 'nvernm'. 1 ! Hen “'ho Preside 0w: the it (‘Monles "adv Famous 3:9 â€"-â€"â€"v _’w“\ a News has been received at the ROW Geographical Society that the sectiOI of the famous mpundu tree at China!!- hos, which marked the place W119“ Dr. Livingstone died: has been succesfr fully removed by Dr. Codrington, U” Deputy Administrator 0 h Rhodesia, and will be sent to En for preservation. AL 21 «meeting of the Manchester City Council, it was stated that the total indebtedness of the city is over six- teen millions sterling, the assets er- deing total liabilmes by upwards a! four millions aodga quarter pounds The Duke of Wesrminster, said to be the richest man in Great Britain, on: a clock worth. nearly a quarter of a million of dollars, iLs great value he mg Lhe flawless diamonds with wind mnny parts of it is adorned. \o phowgraph of the Queen does he: the least approach to justice, remark: the Illustrated London Sens. The min gled sweetness and intellect of he] countenance cannot be fixed by m swiid camera. A; number of zebra hybrids bred by Professor Ewart, will, in accordancc wiuh a suggestion made by the Prim of Wales, be exhibited at next year’: show of the. Royal Agricultural so may. Mr. E. Parkes, M. P., and Mm Parkes one afternoon recently enter- tained. about mam-embers of the Cen- tral Divisional L:berai Unionist Coun- cil and their friends at a ,garden party. As showing 111% widespread interest in golf, it is stated that during the recent matches at Scarborough no less than 69,000 words were telegraphedtc the various newspapers of the cour try. Sir E, Bradford, has is to the eifect that the police will prosecuze' pe: gunpowder or fireworks under 13 yeam of age. At Liverpool Catherine sentenced. to death for tk Mary Tracey. She Lhre Lamp, and Mary Tracey a band buth' succumUa-d to l V The death is announc of 67, of Mr. Wiiliam A was highly respemed where he was the prim business concern. At WVestminster 3 ca Bane-lay was sentenced h‘ard labor for two a pie who refused to em; their luggage. It has be( that Miss .' offered to brary to the. OFFICIALS IN SOUTH AFRICA. A Slaimglasg Ofl “163 Rev. ,. J, ,U veiled in S Jdl well, recently Dudleyâ€" t0 borrow tw‘ N orthe prosecute erso ~ ‘ ' nr €:“A---A_P__ 11:15.?th bequeath her ' inhabitants, examination ity of London '. B. Bert)" English ” Wn‘ #0-)".3' Y. Lag” ams only 18 na: ’ Ults on M l 10 employ 111111 to move announced, at th “8! W In do “u 2““: Pl Republics all Binns 3. to children, the traditio . cave them I . . :What is us" wild country. tribes, of w - the weakest. tribe, the U der of his tx ever, escap :- fill in with tion of who threwd u father’s deat was made 0 ganize his w meats and c and had mm D 'd ,werflfl and 8 10 memory 0: ”a traditions 1 One of his of fierce an ' tho son of his name w organization mlously things not a but mild chi mind that. a would come. Winning ¢ finally, as a n the weak tril them perfec! ihe Umteuq‘ Tshaka anm} the Zulus al This done; ovary victor; more into In the old men Ihhsxvay lonely. and lost recupe identity. TSHAK He divid regimentas. aunua the st: you 0 boys a to get the short stabbing assegiux a: 1 Generally used among ..ou tribes. The anus swept the coast, subjugat- “ Nam and pushed their fierce, “may Sway-far inland. The terrorflof that name passed far 110th and lar Then he established an §n\'10{?1‘"* law that any soldier returnmg “W; battle'without assegall or Shmd’ “up; a wound in the back. should be “mu ' Dd as a coward. By another law you”; Ioldiers were forbidden wives gmu ”tar long service, unless meunawlfi they earned them by distingumi‘w brgyery in the field. . . . ”-1 Absolute discipline was incuit;:_‘uau. A.“ expedition never knew iLrs destina- hon. and purpose until far from not“. In attaCking the firm onslaughL um “Ways in solid formation, supported fin either side by wings of skirmisncrs. Flank movements were a regular moans. and as effective in savage “Jn civilized warfare. It can 0118in be seen how the Zulus, . wer'auch’ a system, swept all befurea them- The undisciplined savages-'01 ' .Plains and forests went down like. tram 13.6fm! the reaper. And every new tube subjugated was ruihlessly Mama-ted into the victorious na- the Zulus seize the 091,01, he Transvaal war 10 fiend- by t ‘1. freedom. England would - hands full Should the l'o‘d 1 :1 par Nor was there limit to their ravages Tflbeâ€"Wlth flu- We uuderst are going to ca purpose of for ize the blacks be so daring as their pocket. leave the grass some of their can pound at iu The measle rounds and so: the doctor’s car Mr. D. McD path again and over the decrea \Vhile Mr. A. ing on Monday gartersnake a which. he 53. over 3 in. in th A number of ed at the h Alexander one had a pleasant Mr. Thomas tract- of cuttin wood for Mr. one of those fel work. 011 week dal Sunday we go t the stage bell r you ought. to boys around tht to get the lates Mr. Henry Br the Fensom pro $3000. Mr. B: he gets a good t Mr. John B: has gone off on He will be sure not two deer. Mr. \V. “CC man. of Durhm way lately on b work again. that they broke lately and he some underwea: Une of our is going to 5m} and is going to the roads. Mr. Edward up his season highly pleased got, and all are work. The sneak t t l’fiC t0 1' 311‘. '1 nomas fortune to lose his straw stack them. Uu hing ij an