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April 21.« Meetings of the f the Dominion Iron and ny â€" and the Dominion ny were held here toâ€"day pose olf considering the the bringing of the twe ogether, under the terms on which the Steel Comâ€" o n Companies Come an Agreement. em é. Ll Company‘s expenses. I Company to pay to the ny $600,000 in cash as t the due carrying out of I 8. Compa: [:'elerr O060. 001 any Assumes Certailn (O0b« aâ€" WIll Issue $5,000,000 it 680 to Sharehoidersâ€"A ny. f s of the original lease are pliowse : eel Company agreed to ted charges of the Coal hat is, the interest on nt. boads, the dividend on ent. preferred stock, and fund of 5 cents per ton ut to provide for the Ptter meat than is sold city on the continent. _was presided over by Chairman of the butchâ€" ind about 63 members butchers do not realizte Pat really costs them, will be made out and fed to all members of iving the actual cost mt cuts, £ L LEASE MODIFIED. NOM) hC agreen to make les â€" ana eld for the past two or on the property of the New Agreement O MEAT PRICES t} ded Upon at bers‘ Assoei. t AND GOAL RM A UNION, om px igca t i 1€ Vé MA x4 D V h abl to provide the bonds. b U im that the peoâ€" are supplied with p cn D Assoe i peI M prop D any to pay the iliy of 15 ceonts n of coal taken y in excess of ny one year. any to assums s and labilitics , less the value sets, which the o retain, involyâ€" Als it to be modâ€" l include all ssets of the & ©1,530,000 tost _ much Therefore, present reâ€" gether too dend lons be relievad provide the and to pay ental equal $20,.000.000 a Me«â€"ting at io. mo Steel K nUl leased did rties of the aluable proâ€" and the enâ€" of the Coal a DL 000 a year LCC past two Cher 1 strong 1 Ameort m _ two On the . & proâ€" and â€"last butchers ut they ecor dima «s beef, ndquarâ€" 1¢. Then be Com. vholders, 1 capital price of »I‘s‘ seeâ€" of about t cent. al togs a large l Om« 000000 W Assoâ€" in vew prices, p butcbâ€" by the on on the y both icatioa h comâ€" be enâ€" llowing retail bout 3 in ‘CMk â€" all hat be Olke > the det N { ty uk "#* This is a happy, happy evening,. the happiest they have yet known, to the yourgy lovers ; for there is the temler â€" sanctity of _ their acknowlâ€" edged betrothal to heighten _ their conscious pride and happiness in each other. It is scarecoly needful to add that the state of aifairs is speedily patent to Mrs. Nelly Hagarty â€" and to every member of the household in additionâ€"that the news _ spreads thence into the stableyard and the garaeners‘ â€" and laborers‘ cottages, and is known in the village _ and among the tenants as {ar as Gleneâ€" mal before ten o‘clock the same evenâ€" Ing. â€" Along with this piquant bit of goselp is another amn'i'ng.rnmgr. That "Misthor George" is deâ€" clared â€" to be the hbeir _ and thve masther‘s son" by a first marâ€" rlage, and that succeeding this deâ€" claration, there are "goina‘" to be grate do‘n‘s intirely," in which asâ€" sertlon are included various wildiyâ€" sketchedâ€"out brilliant pictures . of Stops tho Cough and Works O the Cold. w@zative Bromoâ€"Quinine Tablets cure & cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. 'f“.“ cents. . ._. _ s:.s i i " Father," he says, I want you to love and welcome my little wife." " Wife! Your â€" wife?" Sir Harry says. staring and gasping with exâ€" cliement. " Little Gillian, George ? Eh? Is she? Eh? * No! Oh, no lâ€"no!" â€" Gillian proâ€" tests. red as a rosc, "onlyâ€"onlyâ€"" " Only my prowised, betrothed, enâ€" Eugvd‘ affianced, pledgedâ€"andâ€"vowed ttle wife!" amends George, with a sml‘e. And Gillian, regarding George with as much formal courtesy and dignity &s a lady can well exhibit toward a gontlieman when she entertains tenâ€" der feclings for the very ground over which the soles of his beloved boots «o tread, graciously comes forwardl. And George puts his arm around her and brings her up to his father‘s chair. And at this moment there is a genâ€" tle click of the doorâ€"handle, and a soflt rush of silken skirts, and Gilâ€" lian enters the room, looking sweetly sbhy,. and flushed, and starryâ€"eyed. George‘s head turns in the direction ‘"‘‘There is one thing yonu can do lor me, father," he says, with a smile. _ "(Gillian, dearest, will you dome here I" The poor, feeble man is shedding tears. with trembling hands outâ€" stretched in supplication as he pleads with his wrouged son, and George‘s beart, steel it as he may, aches to pity and forgive him and love him with the love he has robbed himself of all these weary vears. "I want you to do nothing for me, father," he says, gently, hoiding the thin. pale hands in his, "except to be bappy and to grow well and strong again." of the door at the first sound, and he gazes at her as she comes forâ€" ward. "But 1 am tryling to atone, my boy," the broken man says, humbiy. "1 know _ yon‘ll never forgive me», George, 1 conldin‘t expect it, but I‘m trying to atone for your _ own and your mother‘s wrongs. Ill do auything you wish, Georgeâ€"I‘ll give up anything or go anywhere you wish. _ You‘ll soon have the title, my boy â€"I‘m glad of that. I hated it for myself, but I‘m glad you‘ll have it. I wish I had more money to leave you to keep it up. I‘ve very little, George, though I‘ve scraped and savedâ€"very little to leave you, my dear son, but Il do anything in the world you wish me to do." gme Comin certificates in a sealed envelope these Lwerty years," he is saying in his eager, trembling voice, "and Iwill have a few old friends, and the principal _ tenants and â€" servantsâ€" have ‘em all in here, my boy, and say â€"say"â€"the trembling voice beâ€" comes wellâ€"nigh inaudible with emoâ€" tion. "PIHl _ sayâ€"*‘Lhis gentieman, whom you knew as my agent, George Archer, is really George â€" Damer, my lawful son and heir, born of my lirst marriage with Miss Rose Maâ€" carthy, 27 years ago! Sevenâ€"andâ€" tweniyâ€"years ago! Heaven have merecy on me!" he mutters feebly, wiping away the tears that fill his eyes. "I am a poor grayâ€"hkeaded, brokenâ€"down oid sinner now! I was young and handsome then, George, and she, Rose Macarthy, your moâ€" ther, was one of the loveliest girls in Ireland! Ay, she was! Aad she had a temper, and she was proud, and hot, and headstrong as I was! A pair of young fools! Happy fools, too, sevenâ€"andâ€"twenty years ago! Lord have mercy on me!" "There is no use in _ distressing yoursel{f now, sir," George interposes gently, but coldly, wincing at hearâ€" ing the brief, miserable story ol his hnpless mother‘s youth. "She is dead,. and you are living." he adds, bitterly ; "there is no undoing what has been done." i A Pretty Irish Romance. ; WM.’-’NQ&MWO He looks very nappy and very handâ€" , the aforesaid " doin‘s." . There is to some, as goodly a son as a father‘s , be "a grand dinner an‘ a baill, an‘ eves could rest on, as he stands oppoâ€" i lashin‘s an‘ lavin‘s for all the tinâ€" site Sir Harry‘s chair, and the sunken | ints." "Misther George" is to be blue eyes gaze up at him with a "made a barrownight be Act _ 0‘ pteous, wistful affection, an eager, Parlemint." "Misther George is trembling pleasure, that is touching ‘ goin‘ to be married to the young i0 see. lady that beuck hoar anm aolf â€" tha "I‘ll tell everyone, Georgeâ€"every â€" one io due formâ€"with Stacy and Morâ€" timer to bear witness to what I say. They‘ve had copies of my will and the CTRHE Ceeett Coott _ We Dear Mra. Bâ€"â€".â€"In reply to your inquiry as to which is the best tea to usse, I rould say that in my opinio n it rests between the Blue Ribbon and Monsoon PACKET Teas. If you â€" like rich, strong tea, then Blue Ribbon is undoubtedly the best, but should your taste be for a delicatae and very [lavory tea. then Monsoon is preferable. Personally, I drink Bine Ribbon for breakfast and Mons oon at 5 o‘clock, but then you know l am a perfeet crank about tea. Yours sincerely, _ SARAH GRUNDY. The Coming of Gillian: @88489896944448888448444+4+ ._ *"You know my taste to a stroke," | he admits, rubb.ng hands and shaking ; his head waggishly, "but it‘s not <going to be your province in the | future, my dear boy. It‘s the little | wife must do that, tGeorge, so you‘d | better teach her in time! It‘s a , lauiy‘s place to mix the grog and { light the pipes for her husovand and ‘her father, and throth, upon â€" my | honor, a purty little woman never %looks purtier to my mind than when she‘s doimng it ! It keeps men from ‘ rovin‘, and makes them love their ; homes when a woman is indulgent io their little hatits and fancies," declares poor Harry Damer, pathetâ€" lcaily smding at his future daughterâ€" . inâ€"la w. |_ _ So Gililian, with shy biushes and | taughter, is taught (the whole art ‘and mystery of â€" making â€" whiskeyâ€" punch, and of filling meerschaum pipes with _ mild Turkish, _ which, baving | most successfuily periormed, she is | requested by Sir Harry to "leave | the taste of her lips on the punch," \and finally to "come and be kisged" ; by both [ather and son in payment ol _ bhorâ€"_ _ services. | This _ is all _ rather citires.ing, 't.r.uugh flattering, and Gillian begins | to wonder in alarm what Sir Harry Damer .will say or do nmext, for he is evidently growing reckless in his | delight. "Aud I want to have you living near me," the father says, in a tremâ€" bling voice. "I want to be able to go in of an evening, and sit and chat with you, and have a drop of punch and a smoke, George !" . "Yery well, sir, you shall see me married and happy for a great many years before you die, 1 hope," George says, soothingly. : P "So you shall, father," George says, smiling, with his arm around his sweethcart. "Sha‘n‘t he, Gillian? But we can never consent to deprive poor Lacy: and Auna of their home, not "I should love it abovi on earth," Gillian excla sparkling eyes, "butâ€"â€" "Where are you going to live, Georgeâ€"you ana tGillian?" he asks, a few minutes later. "I wish to goodâ€" ness you could both live here ; but of course there is no use in thinking of that," he adds, with a deep sigh. "Lacy, having the agency, has the Castle, but, if â€" you‘d â€" careâ€"Gillian wouldn‘t like that big, gloomy â€" old place, thoughk," ho says dejectedly, looking at her wistfuily. "It could be made a handsom> old place to be sure, with altsarations and refurnishâ€" ings and all that. I‘d see that it was made fit for hor to live in, George, if l apent a thousand pounds over it," he declares earnestly. And a thousâ€" ard pounds is a very great sum of money to poos Sir, Harry Damer. "I should love it above any place on earth," Gillian exclaims, with be "a grand dinner an‘ a ball, an‘ |Iaehin's an‘ lavin‘s for all the tinâ€" ‘ ints." _ "Misther George" is to be "made a barrownight be Act _ 0‘ Parlemint." "Misther George is ‘ goin‘ to be married to the young lady that bruck her arm off â€" the ! car last year, an‘ they say _ she ; can‘t count the money in gold an‘ | sliver that she have!" "‘Troth, it‘s very sorry Id be to drink your health in _ vinegar, my dear," he says, jocosely, to Giilian, the brogue coming back with the galety into his voice. "And so, here‘s pledging my love to you, and my best wishes for every happiness to be yours in this life and that which is to comeâ€"my dear son‘s loving _ and faithful wife!" _ Poor Sir Harry‘s sunken, sparkling eyes are not the only ones filled with tears at this toast, but presently there is a diâ€" version as the cloth is removed, and Sir Harry â€" eagerly proposes that they shali have a "smoke and a glass of grog like old times." But he prevents tGicorge from mixâ€" ing the liqnuor for him with a < huâ€" morous smile. They dine together pleasantly and merrily, and poor Sir Harry insists on champagne instead o{f his usual glass of thin claret. Remorsefully they recall it afterâ€" ward ; forever does Loveâ€" " Like men in drinking songs, Spice his fair banquet with the dust of death." S«le by side they sit, hand clasped in hand,‘ looking into each other‘s eyes, steeped in the magnetic pleasâ€" ure ol cach other‘s presence, laughing low with pure delight and gladness of heart, both young and fair and four. And yet the King of Terrors is shadowing â€" tie house . above their hbeads, and with each tick of the clock that awful presence is drawing nigher and npigher, until he crosses the threshold, and never _ returns alone ! It is a happy, happy evening _ to fairâ€"haired, stalwart George and the darkâ€"eyed girl who loves him; and there is no restraint in the presence of poor Sir Harry, rubbing his wasted hands, with his old gesâ€" ture of pleasure, and smiling _ on them both. There is nothing to mar their hapâ€" piness and their gayety even during those pleasant hours that evening,and life seems all warmth and light and ll;erlume, and glad ¢yes and loving ps. w Theirtrerccrn hth ”‘; lhen: § 9404 94%9090848 + AEY usys CHAPTE®R L. "I shall telegraph to Gillian desirâ€" ing her to return home without an hour‘s delay! And I shali write this moment to Lady Damer, giving her my opinion of the whole affair!" Mr. Deane says, redâ€"faced and pompâ€" ous, _ and _ wrathful. _ " An * alliâ€" ance â€" with my â€" daughter to be broken _ off _ in thisâ€"this disâ€" grac. fully abrupt and unceremonious manner ! I shali tell her ladyship what I think of her nephew, Captain Lacy, If he were the Earl of Ferrard this minute !" There i# some comfort in the thought of browbzsating an earle daughter, and making a possible futâ€" ure earl feel ashamed of himself. For Mr. Deane has been astounded and enraged at receiving, by thie evening‘s post, itwo letters, which have been forwarded from his# house As she had iivedâ€"shutting up her heart and soul from all the tenderâ€" ness and weakness of humanity ; scorning the â€"simplest, sweetest, purest joys of â€" existence ; unsympaâ€" thetic and wrapped up in â€" triple folds of the garment of pride, and self and worlily greedâ€"as she had lived, so she had diedâ€"alone, unwept, unkissed, unmourned. Take Lazative Bromo Quiniae Tabâ€" lets. All druggists refund the money If it faile to cure. E. W. Grove‘s tigâ€" nature is on each boxr. 250. . _ _â€" "Ou, poor Lady Damer‘! Has that cruel. longâ€"hidden truth been â€" your death, too ?" And then Lyn:ch â€" barst into loud sobs and torrifiec protestations. "I saw my iwmdy at 8 o‘clock, sir, and she said she wanted nothing but to be left alone! â€" She sald I was to disturb her, or to allow any one ehse to «isturb her, and so I didn‘t like to come into her room again till she calle} me." It is the look which carries absoâ€" lute conviction of that awful fact, which it# incontrovertible, absolute, immovable, Nevertheless, in tremâ€" bling terror and unbelief,Giilian bends over hior, tovching the white, clayâ€" cold _ wriet, the hard, marbleâ€"like brow witu quivering, revorent â€"finâ€" gers,. C H> pregses the sivnder, shuddering form close to his heart in a tender caress, he and she whom thatâ€"shape â€"lying on the bed had parted from each ethor once upon a time, and would fain have parted for evermore. Once before in her brief girlish life has she seen a face look sike this face; seen that look which is like no other look in its sotemn quiet, its rigid, pasâ€" sionless, slirless calm. ‘"She is dead ! she has been dead for hours, 1 thirk," Gcorge says, huskily, They are in tho quiet, faintly=lit room in a minute more, where Lynch is distractediy endeavoring to restore life to the still form, the white, set face lying on she pillows, I want to speak to you, dear !" "Thank Heaven you are up and dressed," he exclaims, as she inâ€" stantly opens the door to him. "My darling! I want you to help me!" He has touched the right string, and she is calm and strong in a moâ€" ment, though she sees his face is white and his eyes are full of apâ€" préhension. "Come down with me to Lady Daâ€" mer‘s room," he says, hoarsely, "it might vex her if I intruded, but she is very ill, and that woman Lynch is like a crazy creature! I just caught her running up here to you,. Come down with me, dear, and let us gee what is the matter." And while George turns up the lamps, and lights the candles, Cilian bends over the bed. "Yes, George. anything I can do, se answers. ‘"They have forgotten to light the lamp on the landing, or else it has gone out," mutters George, noticing It is a cold r{ndfisitâ€");;:y ~lln'lgh-{,';fil'd as he stands thare a chill blast seems to sweep through the house and to rush down the dark, silent staircase toward him, and he shudders as he hurries back into the bright, warm diningâ€"room. "maiden meditation"â€"sitting by the lire in dressingâ€"gown and _ slippers, and knelt down by her bed to pray when there come hasty footsteps up the stairs to her room, a hurried knock, and she hears his vyoics for whom she has been prayâ€" ing, calling her in quick, agitated tones : "Gillian! Gillian! It is Iâ€"George! George goes out into the hall with her, of course, to light her candle, and then, doubly blessed and kissed, Gillian goes upstairs and George stands a moment looking up the dark staircase alter her. the darknass above and the glimmer of Gillian‘s candle. "Perhaps it is not lighted by her hadyship‘s orders. It looks as dark as a tomb up there." It is an hour later, and Gillianâ€" who has long since dismissed her atâ€" tendant for the nightâ€"has just roused hersellf out of a trance of "No, I can‘t," objects Gillian, red to the tips of her little ears. But when she comes beside his chair and bids him goodâ€"night with a timidly proffered kiss, Sir Harry vlasps her in his arms and _ kisses and bleg_ses‘har fervently. "Good night, my jewel. My own sweet little daughterâ€"so you are," he says. And Gillian gos= away meekâ€" ly silent and very happy at the blessâ€" ing and the epithet as well. "He has frightened you away, my darling," George laughs. "Kiss him, then, and say ‘Goodâ€"night, father, it will please him so much." "We won‘t, I tell you! We won‘t ! I won‘t hear of it !" Sir Harry gaspe, excitedly. "What are Lacy and Anne to me compared to you and your wile! Don‘t say you‘re going away to leave me, George ; I won‘t trouble you long, and I1‘d give a year of my life, if I had it to give, to see you and your little wife in the old castle yonâ€" der, and to see a child of yoursâ€"a son or a daughter of yours, my son â€"on my knee before I die!" And while poor Sir Harry is blinded with affectionate tears at the pleasâ€" ing domestic picture he has drawn, Gillian wisely thinks it is high time for her to go before she is enlight enâ€" ed as to details of the future. "I think I will say goodâ€"night now to you and Sir Harry, dear George," she says with downâ€"cast eyes and hot redâ€"rose cheeks. "It is past 10 o‘clock, and the doctor says Sir Harry ought to go to bed very early.". to speak of the agency, sir. We must settle somewhere else." TO CURK A COLD IN ONE DAY. 3 Boyâ€"Paper, gir ? & Citizen â€"Umâ€"yes, I will take a paper. Boyâ€"All right, sir. Which one ? Citizenâ€"Uinâ€"let me #ee. Which one is offering a house and lot or a grand plano this moruing ? ‘ * A GENXTLE RINT. Guestâ€"This steak is remarkably fine. a ‘ (Canadian Law Review.) A lawyer while bathing was atâ€" tacked by a shark. He managed to beat of[f his assailant and setruggle back to shore. Once in safety on the beach he shook his fist at the retirâ€" ing and disappointed shark, and gaspâ€" e out : "You brute! That‘s the most abominable breach of professional etiquette I have ever known. Waiterâ€"That so * You must havo gotten, the eteak I intended for that } gentieman what feed me. | These pills never fail to restore health and strength in cases like the above. Through their action on the blood and nerves they also cure such diseases as rheumatlism, sciatica, S8t. Vitus‘ dance, indigesâ€" tion, kidney trouble. partial parâ€" alysis, etec. _ There are many soâ€" called tonic pills, but they are all mere imitations of this great medâ€" icine. Be sure that you get the gesuine with the fu‘ll name, " Dr. Williams‘® Pink Pills for Pale People," on every box. If your dealer does not keep them <they will be sent post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by addressing the Dr. _ Williams‘ Medicine â€" To.. Brockville, Ont. And then his handsome, shrewd, clearâ€"headed wife interposes calmly; posing herself restfully on a couch, with her splendia white arms above her headâ€"ahe is going to have her portrait painted so, and is practising the attitude : In young girls we look for abund: aut â€" health and strength, rony cheeks, bright eyes, firm, plump flesh _ and constant â€" cheerfuiness». How often, however, we meet young girls â€" who â€" seem premuturely old, feeble, pale, listless, thin anod irriâ€" table. _ ‘These abnormal and danâ€" gerouw conditions are due to a genâ€" eral weakness of the blood, and whould be cured just as promptly as possible, or ‘the whole life of the patient will be ruined, if, indeed, decline and consumption _ do not speedily follow. Dr. Williams‘ Pink " His ‘erratic conduct !!" Mr. Deane says, boiling with rage. "I‘ll make him smart for his ‘erratic conduct ! I‘ll punish him and his family until they are ashamed to lift up their heads. ‘The preposterous pride of those penniiess aristocrats !â€"Ill make my Lady Damer, and Sir Harry, and Captain Lacy, and the whole crew of the high and mighty earls and honorables smart for this, and blush for this, or my name isn‘t Herbert Deane! I will back my money, and influence, and posit:onâ€"hardly earned, honestly won, all threeâ€"against their _ tarnished _ Oscutcheons and moldy banners, and biue blood, and old titles!" Mr. Deane declares, with pompous indignation, induiging in romantic phraseology and flights of intugery, as if he had been addressing a radical meeting. Pale Anaemic and Easily Tired Girls Often KFall a Prey to Conâ€" sumption. How to Obtain Bright Eyes and Rosy Cheeks had been one of tender and unconâ€" trollable affection on both #ides, the only thing that reconciles him to his erratic conduct in the matter is that Miss Deane is neither grieved nor disâ€" pleased at his marriage, and, he is hl;;)p.v to eay, knows and likes his wile, F 10008 Deane that the writer cannot ful 4 hi@ marriage engagement with Miss Deane, for the reagon that he is marâ€" ried glready! Ha has been married for more than three weeks, he adds, to the lady to whom he had been long and deeply attached, and apart from the fact of hie marriage, which (Ome letter is from Captain Lacy, whom he hae been regarding as his future sonâ€"inâ€"law, and on# is from his daughter Gilian. And Bingham Lacy‘s letter, written with honest unreâ€" serve, and sincere and humble apoloâ€" gies for having acted dishonorably, in a certain degree, toward him and his daughter, concisely informs Mr. in London to the Hotel Meurice, where h> and his brile are staying, in Paris. t Breach otf Prfessional EKtiquetie. A TALK WITH GIRLS. pa (To be Continued.) IX DOUBT. TORONTO The work in connection with the soft pork investigation, begun some three years ago, has been brought to a euccessful concilusion ; _ and, among other deductions, it may be | noted that the quality of the pork | produced is controlled very largely by the eharacter of the food used, and that, while Indian corn and beans undoubtedly tend to the proâ€" At the Central Experimental Farm experiments with crossâ€"breeding seedâ€" ling crab apples, which have shown ithemselves hardy enough to endure the unfavorable climaile conditions of winter in the northwest country, have added promising varieties which will be propagated for further disâ€" tribution. The composition of the ordinary farm roots has again been a matler of research, and it was found in the examination of mangele that the porâ€" tion of the root growing above ground contained considerabie less sugar than the portion beneath the soil indicating the value of "earthâ€" ing up," as well as the growth of such varieties as possess a natural tendency to keep underground proâ€" vided, of course, that they give a satâ€" isfactory yield. â€" In fodders and feeding stuff@, many milling and other byâ€"products upon our markets, including the various meais from the manufacture of cornâ€" starch as produced in Canada, have been _ analyzed, and their relative feeding value determined. Protein and fat are the two most important conâ€" stituents, and it will be according to the percentages in which they exist that these feeds must be valued. The relation of cover crops _ and surface tillage to the moisture conâ€" tent of soils was the subject of an experiment which included the estiâ€" mation of the moisture fortnightly throughout the @ummer and auâ€" tumn in orchard soils, both under a cover crop of clover and under culâ€" tivation. The dGata obtained are of particular interest to orchardists and fruit growers. Mortlcultural Work, In horticulture, the principai exâ€" periments with fruits has been to deiermine the hardizness, productiveâ€" ness, quality and freedom from disâ€" ease of the diiferent varieties; but experimenis in different methods of propagniing, grafiing and cultivatâ€" ing have also been conducted. In the invesiigation and treatment of disâ€" eases of fruiis much progress has been made. ‘The eniomologist has had a busy year in attending to some 3,000 letâ€" ters concerning his branch, and specâ€" lal attention has been paid to invesâ€" iigations of the life histories of many injurious and beneficial insects, and the study of the improvement of remedies. The systematic testing of promisâ€" ing varieties of agricultural crops obtainable in different parts of the world has had an educational efâ€" fect. _ Upwards of 30,000 farmers have participated annually in the distribution of seeds. During the past six years about sixty tons of seed have been yearly distribated for this purpose. And thus the Minâ€" ister of Agriculture has, to use his own words, "placed Canadian farmâ€" ers in the van as to knowledge of the best and most productive sorts of agricultural products." bast Year‘s Work. During the past year, at the Conâ€" tral Experimental Farm, at Ottaâ€" wa, the work in field agriculture has principally embraced the study of rotations, the testing of methâ€" ods of cultivation, and the deterâ€" mining of the cost of production of digestible dry matter in differâ€" eut forms, valuable data along which lines have been obtained. In animal husbandry experiments have been, and are still being, conducted to asâ€" certain the values of different feedâ€" ing‘ stuffs, both coarse and concenâ€" trated, for the production of milk, beef, mutton and pork. An effort is being made, also, to gain some information as to the comparative economy of feeding rations of narâ€" row and wide nutritive ratios for the production of milk, and to a#sâ€" certain _ their influence upon the qurlity of the milk produced. A serâ€" ies of experiments, having in view the determination of the influence of the time of milking upon the quantity and quality of imilk proâ€" duced by cows, has just been conâ€" cluded, and the results are both inâ€" teresting and conclusive, Kconomy in Feeding. Comparative economy of feeding steers has been studied, and with sheep work has hbeen done to asâ€" cerlain the best conditions for the production of good mutton carcasses by breeding, as well as by {eeding, it being well to know that both factors enter materially into the results. In pork production the inâ€" vestigations have been mauge aloug the lines of economy of different feeding _ stuflls, and their el{fect upon the quality of the finished product. i The isolation of the farmer, naturâ€" ally resgulting from his occupation, in the earlier days of settlement in Canada, kept him out of touch with those best calculated to assist him in his work;. but to a large extent this disability has been removed by a system of Experimental Farmse, esâ€" tablished in known centres, to which he can appeal for information when in doubt, and for coâ€"operation when in difficulty. Object lessons of the most convincisg character have been presented to the many thouâ€" sands of farmers who have visited these farms in person, and the visitâ€" ore bhave carried away with them information which has been put to practical test on their own farms with the result of increased profits in their busizess. Fifteen years ago both _ _the _ farmer aod farm‘ing occupled a much inferior position to that taken toâ€"day. With advancâ€" ed information the farmer‘s material proswperity has been augmented and his status dignified. EXPERIMENTAL FARM WORK. i eCARDEN Pillage in FKeeding. soft Pork Inquiry. be of great benefiti. A dip bath once or twice a woeek wil‘ do a world of good, especially if the plants are alâ€" lowed to remaia under water fivxe or ten minutes at a time."â€"From "The Amateu{n l-‘l;;lst" (IV.), by Eben E. Rexford, me and Flowers Springfield, Q., for April. X*IU % a tubful of water to 120 degrees. Dip the infested plants in it and al low them to remain submerged for half a minute. Then remove them, let them stand for ten minutes, and repeat the bath, beiag sure the temâ€" perature Of 1: is up to the 120 dGeâ€" gree mark. This will generally kil awll the spiders on the piants. But in order to keep others from comi to take their places, as they ...o': certainly will attempt to if not inâ€" terfered with, i will be necessary to act constantly on the defensive. Vesâ€" sels of water kept constantly evapâ€" orating on stoves and registers wWl bis most damaging work in winter, when the plants in the window garâ€" den are least able to resist _ him. Genocrally the first indieation of his pregence is seen in the yellowing of the follage. Then the leaves begin to fall. In a short yime, if he is let alone, the plant will be without a lea{f. The only thing that will rout him is waâ€" ter. He does not care for tobacce smoke or any other insecticide. Heat "One of the worst pests the grower of plants has to contend with is the red spider. This insect is so small that his presence is seldom suspect ed until be has had ample op portunity to do great iajury. Me «delights in a bot. ory isir, and therefore he does Canada is deepiy interested in the details of a fight in which so many of our men were killed or wound»d, and is walting with impatieuce for full and officiat reports of the affalir. ‘This is the orly intelligible exâ€" planation that can be put apon the conflicting reports so far received. Tlus explanation may be entirely wrong, but Il’mt it auggests bad manâ€" pgement, It is plain, howover, that for some reason the simple, straight story of this hbaltle is not being sent to us Mow to Get id of the RKed spider Does it mean that the Britisb left the Canadians in the rear in charge of the convoy, expecting an _ enâ€" gagement in front, but were allackâ€" ed in force in the rear, and had to meet this by forming a semiâ€"circle, of which the Canadians were the adâ€" vanced centre*? i The man in ih> sireet wanis to know, for instance, why it is that he complete list of wounded was noc seni forward at once, Does it mean â€" that some ol the Canadian Rilles were captured or that the ground where our wounded men lay wias occupied by the Boers ? ‘1he first despaich tells u sithar "a released man reported the death of Corp. Kuiscly" and asoner Canadian. This would suggesi that some of our men had fullen into the hands of the Boers. If so, why is whe fact unot mentioned ? Why shoul1 reports conâ€" uadictory and coufusing come from a baitle enaisg, as i1 is said, in the discomfiture of the enemy, and rellecting credit a the British, and (Toronio Star.) There is a lack of coherence in the reports so far received of the Hart‘s River battle, in which so many Canaâ€" dians were killed and wounged. The whole story has not been told, and _p:ople in Canada are wondering why. especially on the Canadians? Capâ€" ada has received the compl.ments of Lord Kitchener and Mr. Chamberlain, bu: that does not make up for the lack of an intelligible account of bow it happened. It is not easy to comprehend the part played by the Canadians in this battle from the contradictory â€" xeâ€" ports so far sent to us How could they be left fixe miles to the rear in a rearâ€"end engagement ? How could the British encounter the eneâ€" my, entrench themselves, and then send back for the Canadians, and put them "somewbhatl in advance and rcross the front of the semiâ€"circle?" WHAT ARE THE FACTS? ALL CANADIANS ARE INTERESTED But a despatch received last night from Londor #tated that the British met the enemy in the form of a semiâ€" circle, with the Canadians in the most advanced position, where they received the brunt of the attack. The Story of Hart‘s River Battle Not Yet Told. Accoraing to the first story, the Canadians were left five miles in the rear in charge of the couvoy, while the regulars pressed on after a small bxy of Boers, and ran into a body of the enemy, as has happened so often, and were compelied to _ entrench themselves, And yet, while the des paiches told of the Canadians being left five miles in the rear, while the Fritish pursued a small body of the enemy into the arms of a big body, the fight is described as a rear guard engagement. and the casualty . list shows that the Canadians â€" suffered the hbeaviest losses. . What Goes it mean ? Ts it the fact that the British were lured away from the convoy, pursung a decoy of the enemyâ€"a distance of five miles, the despatch eaidâ€"apnd that then the main body of the Bocors swept down on the Canâ€" ndians, who held the convoy ? & In the Poultry Department auccess ful tests have been made as to methâ€" «is of feeding to bring about the largest production of eggs at the time when they command the highest prices. A table showing the relative value of different morts of poultry for speedy and profitable {attening was the result of further experiâ€" ments; and a comparison has been made of different breeds as to their powers of annual egg production. During the past year 501 samplese were received at the Farm laboraâ€" tories for examination, and comeâ€" priged soils, feeding stuf(s, fertilizers, anil &o on, and where results of anâ€" alyses would be of more than perâ€" sonal interest to the senders they have been published. s * +0 During the twelve months endiag with the last of October 8,164 doses of tuberculin were prepared and forâ€" warded by this division to the Gov» ernment Veterinary Inspectors. duction of soft pork, this tendency can, in a large measure, be counterâ€" acted by the use of skimâ€"milk. It wa® found that with all classes of rations skimâ€"milk invariably gave a {firme pork than the same ration without skimâ€"milk. . a Ieagoe. tx. i &