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'Stneserexo Pieutes.---A Sucaxss 'qs, Ex-
A corrreapondent ot the ,Ohio Fanner
'writes : Being fully convtuced. of the neces-
taity of combating insects injurione.to thee
apple last Spring, ruches codling
Meeker worms I preeured a little Plant
Atomizer with Climax nozzle and went to
'tverk, This macbineis nicely mounted upon
'three wheels, and the, tank holds about 40
gallons of water, so it may be drawn about
say hand or placed in a wagon -box and ono
Or two homes used. I need London -purple
leetardof Paris green on most of theermhard,
es it le lighter and. remains its euepension
the water iuucb.. better than the green, and
Gnawers every purpose. I used three-fourths
Of a. pound to a tank toll of water (40 gal -
lone) which I- fond to answer the. purpose
very well. Where the canker worm was
very bad I used one emend. I used the
irtttornizer Ina. wagon, as I conned do my work
Mach more quickly this way. ttiyeelf and
assaetaut sprayed 200 very large trees in
three-quarters of a day in tl'.is way.
I only applied. the poison once (the 11th
Of May), but the good effect was very no-
ticeable all Summer, and especially in the
Fell; for while my crop apples watt not as
large as it would have been, if I bad spray
ed them earlier and oftener, the apples were
"very fine and perfect in appearance, not be-
ing stung by insects, calming bard lamps, or
wormy and rotten. I took ten premiums at
the State Fair last Fall, While Myneighbors;
bad
no apples worth tie?ttsotiing. _ attribute
toy sucmeae wholly to the vse of the poison
before mentioned, and believe that this is a
Haire way, res far as insects aro concerned, to
Oleo a goad crop after they have oaaee
formed up= the tree. I also think the
;tinea is haat when fartnera •should idly fold
their hands and my to the neecte, 44 -thy
trill Ise done,"� looking upon them ae ten evil
that must be barna. Tisa Department of
Agrieniture, with its corpa of aaeiateute,
lees ably dewonatrated that nearly every
insect in -:mina to crops and fruit may Guo- •
*fatuity beleombetedif we only umethe• roper
Melina in the proper time awl way. Shen
Partners cease pay a tea of from, 10 to o0
per cent, to insects, they will not have melee
or need to grutuble so much about their tax
to else State.
plant. This event marks the introduction
of cotton on the east oomit of Africa.
Prof. Henry, of the University et Wiscon-
sin, who is well known as a conservative
and careful agricultural experimeator, ad-
vises, where ooreatalks are to furnish the
principal rough, food, the following as a
day's rations fora cow, to be fed at two or
throe. feeds : Corn stalks, cut, fifteen to
eighteen pounds; clover hay, five pounds ;
bran, six pounds; corn meal, four pounds.
In many places this winter wells have
gone dry, and ib is a good time to clean
them out before spring freshets make tbia
work inipoaaible, Too great care cannot be
taken in testing such wells for carbonic acid
gm -batons going down, float wells unused
for a few months have naoreor less of this
deadly poison. Alight emit down will teat
the question. If it goes out suddenly the
well ie dengerone to henna, 1 einge who may
descend.
BOW TO RAISE ONIONS.
A few weeksago a W iaeonsin man inquire
ed hew to prepare a garden for vegetable;
and a 1 ahem mast ael a how to grow onion;.
Berri is any method. Take good, fiat, new
lend with slay aniseed, that has ,given no
or more hoed crops and has been well tilled.
Plowand barrow thoroughly to get the aur -
face very fang and level. Steep the seed in
warns water about twenty-four LOUTS and
dry with lime car mho. Now mark the
tows very straight, one inch deep and
fourteen uebee *part. I eprinkie the seed
by hand, very thinly in tbe drills (I have
no machine). I then take a clean shovel or
*meoth board with a weight on, and draw
it along on" each row and the Heeding is
clone. Carrots, beets, persuipaa, etas should
be sown that way and If seed is soaked mill '
coma up in half the time it will .if oat oak.
ed. Pens may be awn in drills In pairs
dour feet apart so as to work with a horse.
I. think onions, cabbage and curets aro the
snout profitable for a ferment garden, the
two former to sell and the latter to feed to
stock, es you. can grow 1,000 bushels on an
mare.
Truck gardeners grow many things that
Iarmers cannot afford to bother with. I
cannot raise cabbage plants on the ground
on account of the little black beetles, ao I
Make a big, shallow box, and set it up on
the southaide of a shed. There they are
eafe and will make good planta, with good
soil and plenty of water. The best early
cabbage is Jeraey Wakefield, and for late
Premium Fiat Dutch. The Red Wethers-
field le a splendid large onion, Danvers as
good but not ao large; Silverakin very nice
but more tender than the former. Aa for
tools, a good sharp hoe, a scuffle hoe made
by riveting piece of cradle scythe to the
tines of an old hay -fork, and a garden rake ;
chose are indispensable, but keep them clean
and sharp by filing. If you let the weeds
destroy your crop your neighbors may bo
tempted to laugh and yon to swear.
NOTES,
The spring work should be all mapped
tent.
Fowls should always have access to a sand
Or dust bath.
Keep the poultry, old and young, out of
the slop and slush.
Cold, more than any other one cause,
cheeks the production of eggs.
If intending to graft cherry -trees get
ready to do the work in March.
Fine soft hay that will pack down close,
is better than straw for the nests of setting
hens.
No time like the present to repair the
plows sharpen the barrow and put the seed-
er in working order.
Pick over the beans and aeleet good ones
to plant. Better sell the poorer ones at a
lower price than plant them. Plant the
beet of every thing.
To enrich land that is poor we must have
Manure or its equivalent in vegetable mat-
ter, or apply plant food in some shape to
induce the growth ot vegetation.
The lambs of the first winter should get
liberal fare ; it is then the growth is made
for the beat sheep. No young animals will
attain to as good results as the one libel ally
fed.
Hogs can get "'cold" as well as other ani -
male. To prevent this disease, keep the
hogs in dry quarters, not too much exposed
to sudden changes or extremes of heat and
cold.
Before going into fruit culture find out
what varieties your land is best adapted
to produce and give those varieties the pre-
ference. Situation as well as soil adaptation
should be conaidered,
The Iowa dairy commissioner estimates
that the oleomargarine law bas been worth
over $1,000,000 to that state in raising price
of genuine butter. The increase in the
price of winter ,dairy butter was at least
eight gents a pound, and of,summer butter
ten or eleven cents. ,
Farmers' Review says : Boys who want to
try their hands at grafting will find a wax
made by this formula all that can be desir-
ed in its line. It also inakea a good ealoe
for cats and sores : Take by weight four
parts of rosin, two of beeswax, and one of
tallow or lard. Melt together over a slow
Ore stirring occasionally to mix thoroughly.
When melted pour into cold water and then
work it like zasoleeeee moldy, first greasing
the bands. If from inaccuracy in making
the right proportions of melt ingredient itis
found too hard, remelt and add a little more
lard or tallow, If too soft add rode. PO
not attempt to graft en i< cold day. 1`«o
wax of proper conseateney wfil. work well
when the weather le too cold,
At the Farmer's Instigate recently held in
Ravens, Ili., Senator Whiting gave sn ad-
dreea on " The Decline of Agricultural Pros.
parity and tbe Causes Thereof." Among
the reaaone assigned were the worldwide
competition of the farmer with. tee cheapest
of all cheap labor. Ile said if the farmer
mat sell cheap he must be allowed to buy
cheap. Peale end treats rimmed laythepree'
ant high tariff raised what tho farmer had to
buy above ata normal rate. The exceesivo
charges for transportation companies, stook•
yards and elevatora, the high and excessive
rate of intereat to farmers, and the unjust
workings of the State revenue laws were
discussed with toe argument that a rerinc-
tion of the tariff shoakd be made on salt,
lumber, iron, steel and other nneeersities of
life. 9,t the close of his address the fol-
lowing was pest dwithcut a di:eentfri vote:
Rese!c d, That areduction of tbo National
tales he m' de on the neaesaltiee of life and
that the tux on tobac'e sand ,: hiebey be re-
tained as a source of Nat -tonal revenue.
Ten tone of superior Texas cotton seed
have been ahipped from Galveston, Texas,
consigned to the German East African. Colo-
nization Society, Zanzibar, Africa. • An ex-
perienced planter accompanied the seed for
the purpose of instructing the natives . of
Zanzibar in the cultivation of the cotton
THE DEATH.. PENALTY.
Different Medea or'ealttug otr ibe crewing.
The execution of malefactors has been a,
serious matter of consideration for law-
givere Melt nations and in all tinea. 'The
more barbarous the people. the new bar -
herons the method.
In India, the- sword for Offenders of rank
OA the den, of cobras ter: malefactors of low
degree were popular. Fire, sacred to the
sun, was, too holy to be need. Pofson was
a favorite method of inflicting death with
the ancients. In Greece the hemlock,
among the Persians a species of upas, among
the Egyptians a ,ground glans adin.tnietered
with toed, were frequently used. The
Romans. varied their formes of capital puuiah-
ment mach according xo to the wise rule of
the modern mikado. Roman citizens could
Only die' by the sword. St. Paul being e
Ronan, was beheaded. St. Peter, an alien,
was crucified. Hurling malefactors, head-
long from the Tarpeian rock was common.
A Vestal Virgin who was untrue to her
vows, was, by the law of lunula, stoned to
death. Tarqun:11'4mus changed this to bury-
ing alive. Her eompanien in crime was
scourged to death in the foram, Later, in
the days of the Cream, criminals were often
exposed. to wild beasts in the arena, contra -
bating acaasemeut as well as moral instree.
tion to the masses.
Torture was considered a wise adjunct to
capital punishment for centuries, The rack,
the cauldron, the gridiron, the eeavenger's
daughter, the pincers, iron mask and scourge
were employed. Breaking on the wheel was
popular for a leng tiute—the felon being
fastened, with Iia waste and lege apart, to a
huge wheel, and bis bones are broken by
blown from an iron bar. Malefactors were
torn asunder by teams of'hersea; they were
burned at the atalte, banged, drawn, and
quartered, dared alive, bailed, broiled and
vitiated, served up to death in a thousand
ways, each as revolting and terrible asAltai,
ed ingenuity could devise.
What WA raw reckon as minor offences
were deaeerriug of dentia not two smut -erica
ago. Blentaroue enumerates 160 eftencee.
which in his day ie. &iglaud were adjudged
worthy of death "without beuedtof clergy"
The Beeline of the fSeofe1l.
The most rennorselers force in ruedern civ-
ilization is the newer of a great city to oh -
literate the nasiouaieharaoteristieaof a peon
ple. Loudon, with ata fashions and follies,
for example, has obliterated Scotland, as
England before tbe rime of the modern Lon.
don never did, and the Seotch, as a people,
have almost ceased to exist, There tea sort
of national tragedy in this change that Is
pathetically pointed out in the March Foriani
by Prof. John Stuart Blackie, of the Univer.
sity of l;dinburh, who la one of the most
atalwart of living Scotch eeliolara and writ -
ere. He writca :.
I am sorry to state my conviction, found-
ed on pretty large intercourse with my
countrymen, that the spirit of national self-
eateem, for which they have been noted. is
suffering under a sensible decline. The
causes of this lamentable process of self -ob-
literation are easy to name. Tho powerful
central attraction of the huge metropolis to
which by the Union we are attached ; the
Anglificat:ion of our nobility and upper ten
thousand by the pomp of London residence
and thn glittering seductions of London life ;
the spread of Episcopacy among the same
classes, not so much from always religions
couvictionaa from the double bribe whioh it
offers of aristooratio conneotious and iestho-
tieal luxury ; and, more than all, the neglect
of her middle schools by Scotland, which
has paused the upper classes to send their
hopeful progeny to Harrow and Oxford,
where, if the education is not more solid, ib
has both a greater reputation and a higher
reward; all those causes combine to gnaw
at the roots of a truly national culture in
Scotland, and to render the production of
men of a distinctly Scottish type, such as
Walter Scott, Lord Cockburn, and Dr.
Guthrie, more and more difficult every day.
To all this must be added the complete ne-
glect of allpatriotic traditions and national
furnishing in the principal schools and uni-
verfities. In the University of Edinburgh
not a single professor of history exists ; in
the best schools, as in the fashionnble sa-
loons, it is rare to hear a good Smith song
sung; the rich store of wit and wisdom con-
tained in the melodious stores of the Scot-
tish people, and ennobled by the names of
Barns and Scott and Tannahill and Benue -
tine and such noble ladies as Mrs. Cockburn
of Fairnilee, Joanna Baillie, and the Baron-
ess Nairne, are flung aside in favor of the
latest London, French, or German novelty,
which may tickle the itching ear, strain the
ambitious throat, and coddle the sickly
sentiment of the singer ; but which are
utterly destitute of power to warm the blood,
brace the nerve, and form the character of
a patriotic Scotehman. So much easier is it
to juggle a people out of its proudest herit-
age by the enervating seductions of a pseudo
civilization than to spoil them of it by rude
arts of conquest and oppression; and thus
it may come about in another generation or
two that the Union of 1707 shall have achiev-
ed what the embattled ranks of the Planta -
genets at Stirling and Bannookburn tried in
vain—the absorption of little Scotland into
big England, Samnium was swallowed up
by Rome.
is led to a chair and seated. One metallic
conductor is pieced against the nape of his
neck, salt water being applied to thehair
to euable it to transmit the current. The
other conductor ie placed on top of the head,
the hair being wet, or on either temple er.
both. The connection is then made, and
the monis dead on the intent.
Amendment to the Game La'rt's
Below is given the text of Mr. Phelps'
bill passed at the receat session of the Oa-
taxio legislature. It will be noticed that
some very radical changes are made in the
law as it previously exiated. On the whole
they are undoebt?sdly wise, but regret must
be expressed that after lingering for wee3;a
the bill was finally rushed through its
third reading before time had been given
far the amendments suede in eemruittee to
be considered by those most immediately
interested. Following is the text of the
measure in full
L ---Section 1 of the Act for The Protec-
tion of Game and Fur -bearing Animals is
hereby amended by omitting therefrom the
words " deer, elk. moose, reindeer or cari-
bou between the fifteenth day of December
and the fifteenth day of October" and in.
serting instead thereof the words following :
4' Deer, elk, mouse,, reindeer or caribou
between the twentieth day of November
and the fifteenth slay of Oetober ; but the
period herein before limited than nor, as to
moose, elk, reindeer or earibou, apply nefore
er lentil the fifteenth day of October, 1895.
and no moose, elk, reindeer or earibau .shall
be hunted, taken or killed between the first
day of April, 1W, and the fifteenth thy of
Ootober,1895."
2—Section 7 ef the mid .slot is hereby am-
ended by adding afterthe word "Act,"ec
where it tautly mere in said metiou, the
words "and where no other penalty there-
fore is by this Act provided."
8 • Phe maid Act le hereby further amend-
ed by adding thereto the following as ree-
tiona 10, 17,1$, 19, IQ and. 21 of the Bead
Act a�
No person shall at any time prier to the
year 1695 hunt, take or kill any deer, melees
such person Isla been eeturdly resident hied
,that fa, the condeuuued was forbidden over domiciled within the Province of Ontario or
religious coueolatnon iii his last hours, the I within the Province of Que'beo for a period
law aiming at the des?trnetnon
of both body of at Ieaat telae months next before the
and soul. Civilleetion has changed all this. ,said tame, aced any peri ons ofieudiiag agaisttst
.Postal servitude and nine are adjudged for
all oifcuces not aaainat life or the State, and
only treason murder, snarl in notate e, the
«Atueeteent States, end in setae coatstriea
rep?. are deemed, worthy* of death.
The form ofdeAtli has chatigel, toe. Tor.
tura is no longer employed, but A mem
vvhi It shall lac+ swift, and as nearly as possi-
ble pafullea s, is employed. In France tete.
gnilletIne, in Spain the garrote, :in Raigiend
and the United States 0 b galiowa—three
alliterations --- menace the malefactor. '.
fourth, the gun, in military executions.
The guillotine was designed ae a labour-
saving machine during the Reign of Terror
by Dr. Guillotine, who was a member al the
Constituent ,assembly in 1789. There were
too many heads to be removed by the over-
worked executioner, and this device result-
ed.
The apparatua is very simple. Between
two upright slides a triangular knife, weight-
ed at the upper edge. le is hold in paaition
by a eateh. The victim is laid upon a .slid
tug or tilting board, aeenrely strapped, and
placed, facedownward, with his peek in lino
with the groove. A narrow board with a
semi-cireular notoh slide$ down and snares
him, then tho trigger la apruni;and the do.
mending knife does the work, Death is
neceesaruly inetantaueous. It le said by
some that the ingenious dootor perished on
his own machine, but there is good reason to
believe he escaped that Brim joke of fate and
died peacefully in bed, in 1814.
I saw an execution by the guillotine in
Mareoilles some years ago. The victim was
a young Italian, a wife -murderer. I was
summoned to bo at the jail at daybreak.
In France the condemned felon does not
know the day nor the hour appointed.
Tliis roan was aroused from sleep, pinioned,
half dragged, half pushed, shrieking and
moaning, into the yard, bound to the tilting
plank, thrust forward and killed—all in
four minutes. There was a groat deal of
blood, a litttle tremor of the limbs, one con-
vulsive movement of the eyelids. In ten
minutes from the time the man had been
aroused from his sleep the executioner was
taking the apparatus of death apart.
Beheading by tbe sword has been a fa-
vourite method in almost all countries. I
saw a head struck off by the two-handed
sword in a village near Nagasaki, Japan.
Both the executioner and :his victim were
deliberately cool. The latter knelt and
bowed his head. The former drew his long,
glittering weapon, keen as a razor, wiped it
with a bit of gaudy silk, took his stand,
raised the sword, and with a quick drawing
stroke severed the head, giving vent to a
loud, hissing aspirate as he did so. The
point of the weapon did not reach the
ground. The executioner then removed the
stains with some pieces of tissue paper,
wiped the blade again with the silk, sheath-
ed it, and strode proudly away, followed by
envious eyes. The offender had, I believe,
testified falsely in an examination by the
tax collector.
The garrote is worse to my notion then
the guillotine, though but little blood is
shed. ; The felon sits in a chair. To a stout
post behind him are affixed two clasps of
iron, which when joined encircle his neck.
Through the post and the back of the collar
passes a screw. When this is turned by the
executioner the collar is tightened, and an
iron wedge enters the neck at the base of
the brain, dislocating the axis, piercing the
spinal cord, and producing instant death. I
saw a brigand thus killed at Valencia.
There was no cap over the face. When
the fatal moment Dame I heard, or fancied
I heard, the snap of the bone, and the con-
tortion of the face was ghastly. The head
fell forward and the criminal was dead, but
the grisly horror of the manner of his taking
off haunted me for years.
There are many who believe, and perhaps
with reason, that executions in the future
will be carried out by electricity. Electri-
city is the swiftest and most certain of all
possible means by which death may be in-
flicted. Ninety-five feet a second is the
estimated speed of nerve sensibility. Elec-
tricity travels 150,000 miles in a like space
of time. Rile brain is paralysed before it
can feel the shook, the victim of the current
pareses from life to death without knowing
the blow.- Obviously there is a twofold gain
in this method.'' First, it entirely prevents
a mishap. The current passes when the
fatal joining of the wires occurs, and death
is given. The distant dynamo gives no
sound the condemned man may bear. He
Did He Resist Arrest?
A Maine sheriff, who was rather tinder
sized, was elven a writ of arrest against an
Aroostook farmer. Having found the owner
of the farm in the field he explained his busi-
ness, when he was requested to read his writ
which - commenced as usual :—" You are
hereby commanded without delay to take
the body of," etc. "All right," says the
prisoner, stretching himself bank on the
grass, "I'm ready." " Oh, but you don't
expect me to carry you ?" " Certainly, you
must take my body, you' know' 1" "Will
you wait until I bring a team ?" " Can't
promise. I may recover from my fatigue
by that time." " Well, what must I do ?"
"You must do your duty." And there ha
lay immovable until the sheriff left, when
he, left also. Did he resist arrest? -[Lewis-
ton Journal.
renis eeetir'u shall he bailie to a tine not ex-
eeediug $20,nor less than $10, with caste of
the prosecution, for each auiuial so boated,
taken or killed, and its detente of itnnaediete
to
payment
m neon d imid n the c common ats aol of he
county or district wherein the centre was
eammitted for a pericd not exceeding three
months: Provided alwayo that this section
Isbell not apply to any Person wbo, 1 grog a
shareholder of or its an tamperatO com-
ply, hunts, kills or takes on the lauds of
such company, ant of the auimale nceutioned
in this sestina : Provided, moreover, that
this notion shall not apply to any person
in any year for which be hasobtained
from tho Commissioner of Crown Lands
a penult to hunt, hill or take any of
the animals in this section mentioned,
and the Commissioner of Crown. Lands is
hereby authorized to grant and issue such a
permit upon payment therefor of a fee of
S10 for each year during which the same is
to bo in force, end upon being eattinod that
the person applviag for the permit may be
rolled upon to observe and comply with the
other provisiona of tide Act.
No one person ahali, during any one year
prior to the year 1895 kill or take alive more
than five deer; and no two person,' hunting
together or from one camp or place of ren-
dezvoue, or forming or beteg what is com-
monly known as a hunting party shall, in
any ono year prior to the year 1895, kill or
take alive more than eight deer; and no
three or more persons hunting together or
from one camp or place of rendezvous, or
forming or being what is commonly kno ivn
as a hunting party shall, in any one year
prior to the year 1895, kill or take alive
more than twelve deer. and any person of-
fending against this seotion shall be liable to
a fino not exceeding $20, nor loss than $5,
with costs of the prosecution for each doer
beyond or exceeding the number so permit.
ted to be killed or taken im aforesaid, and
in default of immediate payment of such
fino and coots shall be liable to be imprison.
ed in the common gaol of the county or dis-
trict within which the offence was committed
for a period not exceeding three months.
Where, under this Act, any person has
been convicted of au offence against any of
the provisions of this Act, suck person, in
default of the immediate payment of any
fine or costs imposed upon him or for which
he has been adjudged to bo liable in respect
or because of shah offence, shall bo liable and
may be adjudged to be imprisoned in the
common gaol of the county or district in
which the offence was committed for a per-
iod not exceeding three months.
On the trial of any complaint, proceeding,
matter or question under this act, the per-
son opposing or defending, or who is charged
with any offense against or under any of the
provisions of this Act, shall be competent
and compellable to give evidence in or with
respect to such comelaint, proceeding, mat-
ter or question.
A conviction or order made in any matter
arising under thisAct, either originally oron
appeal, shall not be quashed for want of
form.
NOBLE. WOMEN'S WORK.
EnCerta of English* sex f Tltie ie Elevate
At every period of the world's history
there have been exceptional women of ,enfh-
ciao farce of char'aober joined to hereditary
advantages who have been able to emerge
from ebrenio suppression, but never till the
Nineteenth Century have ladies been allow-
ed to take eo active an interest in the great
movements which are stirring the heart of
humanity. Not long since, according to
Dean Swift, the average Euglishwoman of
the upper ranks was absorbed in the choice
of lappets and ruffles.; he ungallantly coin•
pared ter to a monkey, "who bath more
diverting Weise and is less mischievous and
expensive, Eashion has its votaries now,
hat there never was a time when the ladies
of our ruling families were more engaged lir
good works of all kinds or bore off profes-
sionally so many prizes in literature and art.
They have always taken a part in persone
el puhtica. Deehesses in olden times are
said to have bought votes with kiaaea,.now
they aspeak on public platforms, and, giving
logical reasons for the faith they profess,
seek according to their lights the welfare ef
the people rather than the advancement of
some kinsman. The influence of Queen Vic-
toria made itself felt at once in court cireiea..
The great Eoglisk middle dais has been the
ertse to conquer, and. is still the least re,
aponsive, no few dare walk out of the !written
path. Bat the reproacheaa heaped upon
"" bine stockings9,aiid the popular narrow
cistri«tion of "" wowari s sphere «eou tip,
geared ridi„extinie to these who knew that
her Majesty's notes ort politica were as
Hhrewd as any atateautau's and that she
knew there ubunt the Poor law than most el
her ministers.
Urforga OF aSIFUE s VICTORIA,
Afueh of the auaceea wliieb has attended
the effort to open, out professional eareere
for woman is attributed: to the tact and sour,
age displayed by the Empress of Cerreeny,
Who,
as Princeas Royal of England, interest.
eel herself in tide social problem and after
her marriage started a valuable insttttatioa.
In Berlin for technical industries. Nor were
her royal sistere slow to show their pliilsae,
thropic and artiatie sympathies. The work
which the late i.'riueees did at Darmstadt
Lette-Verband is a matter of history, and
;more or less ell the Priueeeaes assumed, as
the yeast roiled en, a leadership in some
direction ; the Princess Ghriatian tea educe:
tloeel utattere. the Pr iecrmBeetriee in;artie•
*lee d tins I"rineess Lodge ieariva4lyave
a practical mark of her approa_sl of lady
doctors lona; before the opportunities open.
lug out to them its India at combining «oriel
referees with vac cure of physical pain re.
maeve;i the Miaua which at drat attached to
the woman who teetered to think «be could
minister, save as a nurse, to the oleic and
atliioted of her own sex.
The right of women to Abate as society
queens bad been' freely conceded long before
;Ally Palmerston's famous " Saturday even -
Inge" "ave an impetus to the successful et.
forte vich have since followed, though few
have been able `to rival the wonderful tiaet
and Unfailing energy which made Cambridge
Homo auoh a centre of interest. The bril-
liant Lady Morgan, who achieved fame by
the publication of n novel, bad a einall house
near Albert Gate at which the leadere of
faehion andwife of the day congregated,
but .it remained for the Baroness Bardette•
Coutts is lead tete way in the fields of social
reform.
LADY A'Drnnrir.Y's WORE.
Lady D:mberly,—the mother of the youth-
ful Earl Russell who took his seat in the
House of hords this tension --was tbe first
lady of 'title who appeared as an advocate
of female suffrage on a public platform.
Now we have many apeakere of note among
the aristocracy. A groat change has taken
place sines the venerable Counteea Waldo -
grave addressed a meeting of village girls,
and told them it was hotter to bo neat than
gaudy.
the Duchess
of Beaufort in 1869
took the chair at an agricultural dinner and
proposed the usual toad! it was regarded se
an innovation without precedent. Now, we
find the Duof Marlborough, the Coun-
tess of Malmesbury a
speaking at Primrose
Indy Randolph Churohill—an American by
birth—knows well how to roach tho heart
of the British voter.
of Jersey a few month
speech at Prince's Ball, For more than
half an hour, without the least hesitation or
note of any kind, she r
aspect of the time an
in regard to it in a wa
sterner sex could riv
force or eloquence.
DOCTORS AND iTSSIoa ARIES,
Denimnd many noble ladies
League meetings, and
I heard the Countess
e ago make a bri
All prosecutions under this Act may be
brought and heard before any of Her Ma.
jesty's justices of the peace in and for the
county and district where the penalty was
incurred, or the offence was ohmmitted, or
wrong done, and in cities, towns, and incor-
porated vill.,gee in which there is a police
magistrate, before such police magistrate;
and save where otherwise provided by this
section the procedure shall be governed by
The Act respecting Summary Convictions be-
fore Justices of the Peace and Appeals at
General Sessions.
Expense of Modern Armaments.
The Paris Gaulois states that this year,
even should peace be preserved, the armies 1.
and navies of the principal States of the
world will cost about 7,000,000,000 francs,
or £280,000,000 sterling. It makes up its
figures m the following way :—Germany,.
army and navy, 914,000,000 francs, and
pensions, fortress ' funds, and Spandau
treasure, 830,000,000: francs ; France, in all,
1,037,000,000 francs; Russia, 1,014,739,986
francs ; Great Britain (England and India),
1,247,000,000 francs ; Austria, 326,361,626
francs Italy, 382,924,000 francs Spain,
202,915,000' francs Turkey, 128,851,700
francs ; Holland, 69,952,000 francs; and
other countries the balance between them
lliant
eviewed the political
d the duty of women
y few members of the
al, either for logical
The encouragement given to the lady-
(lector
adydoctor movement in India by the Countess
of Dufferin and Lady Grant Duff will net
only prove a boon to sick women, but will
effect a revolution in Indian female life al-
together. Lady Leigh is seeking the inter-
ests of the working girls in our national
schools, and, with the Countess of Shrews-
bury, pleads for the neglected art of cook-
ing. Lady Laura Ridding is at the head of
a movement in Nottingham for establishing
a number of evening homes for girls ; the
Mission Women are under the protecting
wing of Lady George Hamilton, and Lady
Wollerton and the beautiful Countess of
Dudley are promoters of Needlework Guilds.
The rapidly growing list of noble lady
writers is astonishing. Lady Verney has
furnished some of the best articles publish-
ed on Allotments. Lady Catherine Milner
Gaskell describes farms that will pay, Lady
Pollock treats of the drama, the late Lady
Brassey'e charming description of her voy-
ages in the Sunbeam are known throughout
the world, and among our magazine writers
must be reckoned the Countesses of Ports-
mouth, Meath, Munster and Zetland ; Lady
Wentworth, LadylMacdonald Lady Dorothy
Nevill and others.
When it is borne in mind that heavy home
duties devolve on ladies belonging to what is
often'desoribed as "the upper ten thousand,''
who have establishments consisting of thirty
or forty persons, to say nothing of ont-door
servants, who are expected to be the Lady
Bountiful of the village and to provide for
the bodily and mental needs of the poor in
the parish, I. think it will be admitted that
" the noble -women" of the present day are
taking their fair share not onlyin'literature,
but in all movements connected with chari-
table and social reform.
Book agent—How do you do, madam.
Will your dogbite? Madam—Wall, I reckon
he will. Book agent -Would you, have the
goodness to speak to him s Madam—Cer-
tainly. Sick 'im, Tige; sick 'im 1
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