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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-5-7, Page 7Tv { OUR OTTAWA LETTER f CHATS CONCERNING THE POLI- TICAL SITUATION ANDTHE COMING CAMPAIGN,' Liberal Outlook --Wallace Won't Turn Me- ' Cartlayite•-Thr Premier Steals.a Marcb. on Sir Charles—Tired of Politics—Cam- yearn Literature --The Dead Meat Trade. With the boom of guns, the clatter of eavahymen. and the formal expression of regret that his advisers place in the speech that his advisers transmit to the Governor-General, the Seventh Parlia- ment of Canada has passed out of exist- ence. Already you have been told of its !unprecedented features. For the first time since these provinces were banded together in a federal union, the represent- atives of the ,people have drawn in- demnity for six sessions' attendance at Ottawa. With no regret have Sir Mac- kenzie Bowell and Sir Charles Topper seen the departure of the faithful Com- moners. The session has been positively rosultless. The Government carried out its promise to introduce the Remedial bill. It did not, to use the words of George Eulas Foster last July, "press it to a conclusion." The Opposition, for diverse reasons, declined , to allow the bill to pass: But that is an old story. Liberal Outlook. But two months will intervene between the date of prorogation and the day when 1the electors of Canada shall muster at the spoils and cast their ballots. The Liberals 'from Ontario are not well pleased at the remoteness of the date. They hoped that the Administration would elect to have a short campaign. The feeling in Ontario, the Oppositionists believe, is strongly against the Government. Every f'day that the Ministry will have in which to do missionary work, the Conservatives -believe, will strengthen their caush. In (Quebec the Government hopes to carry forty-five out of the sixty-five seats. J. `Israel Tarte laughs at the assertion. The Liberal lieutenant has been through the province from Gaspe to Vandreuil. He claims thirty-five in place of twenty seats. The other day I had a short conversation ;with Tarts, "The Conservatives," said he, "think the province will rally to 'their support because of the Remedial bill. They never were more mistaken. They have made the attempt to pass a measure that would not have.been work- able. We, the Liberals, shall take care ;that the people of Quebec are not misled by the Conservative stumpers. 'Further than this, the prospect of our having a :French Canadian Premier will bring tetany a vote to Mr. Laurier. If every province does as well as Quebec there ;will be a Liberal Government in power within ten weeks." Wallace Won't Turn hlcCartltyite. permit three months' estimate to no hrough The Liberal knight refused point blank And so,' no matter which arty wins; a. summer session of parlia- ment is inevitable. The country's bills must be paid; there is no money where- with to pay them Two Appointments to the Senate. stole a march. on him On the following . t evening, at the St George's society din- ner in Ottawa, the man who is soon to be ex -Premier of Canada made a signifi- cant speech "I do not know," said he, "whether I shall go to 'England as Can- ada's representative anada's:representative at the pacific cable conference It may be that some of my confreres in the Cabinet may doubt my ' ability to discharge,; the duty." It is evi- . dent' that this old 'gentleman still:oher- ishes resentment against the men who revolted in January last..The rumor was abroad that he would go to England as High Commissioner. It was dispelled on Friday last, when the Cabinet met and bestowed upon Sir Donald.; Smith, the richest man in Canada, the richest post in the gift of the Government. Sir Don- ald was driven to Rideau hall, whore, in presence of Sir Mackenzie and the other Ministers, he took the High Commis- sioner's oath. The Liberals nod know- ingly and hint that Sir Donald has given his pledge to augment the Con- servative fund by a handsome donation, All that I have to say regarding that statement is: The men who make it do not know Sir Donald. He possesses all of the characteristics of the successful Scotehman. I doubt' not that he will give something to the party fund. He has done so in the past and has no rea- son for drawing his purse strings. But it is nonsensical to , talk of his donating one hundred thousand dollars. A tenth of that amount would be nearer the fig- ure. a Tired of Politacs, It is not often that I indulge in prophecy. In the case of this appoint tient I have no hesitation in saying that it shows clearly that Sir Mackenzie Bow - ell will accept no office at the bands of Sir Charles Tupper. It is not true that there is bad blood between these two septuagenarians. The truth is that Bowell is sick and tired of politics. He could not retain his , self-respect and re- ' tain a seat in the Cabinet under Sir Charles. It has been said before in this correspondence that vanity is Sir Mac- kenzie's prime characteristic. He entered the premier's office with the conviction that he was the equal of Macdonald and' Thompson. He disdained the counsel) and advice of his colleagues. He nego- r tiated an alliance with the hierarchy of Quebec, and he became the bosom friend of the French Ministers. Ho was the first premier who ever chose the latter Morse. Macdonald and Thompson always , made the holders of the Quebec, portfolios remember that they were in the Cabinet, not because they had any specie! aptitude for the duties of their positions, but be- cause Quebec had to be represented. Alexander • Mackenzie distrusted the French. When Fournier, his Minister of Justice, began to show signs of yielding to the lust for wealth, Mr. Mackenzie packed him off to the Supreme Court bench. And Thompson, all men know, held that the Freneli have a moral obliquity that we Anglo-Saxons do not possess. Bowell became hand -in -glove with Ouimet, with Caron and with Angers. From that day his power de- creased. It was said, and 'said truly, that Tupper would not have made such an error. The English Ministers began to call for a new leader. And Tupper came, came to fight a hard battle and to become 'the chief apostle of a cause that was not to his liking. Belief in the Conservative party brought the ex -High Commissioner to Canada. It may cost him dear. And of the Liberals ? And of the Liberals? It is clear that they expect to make the School question their right bower in the fight that has begun. At Montreal last week Mr. Lau- rier once more told his audience that he was a believer in conciliation. He did not call for the appointment of a com- mission to inquire into the disabilities under which the Catholics of Manitoba are said to be laboring. That commis- sion was appointed, and sent to Mani- toba. The Liberal leader stuck closely to his text of mutual tolerance. He did not believe, said he, that any legislative en- actment was neces,pary. In other words, he said, that the Liberals could come to au agreement with the Provincial Gov- ernment and with Archbishop Langevin whereby the Roman Catholics would be given a separate school system. Monsig- nor Langevin has said that the Remedial bill, and nothing else, will satisfy him Now, Monsignor Langevin is a Conser- vative Can it be expected that he will ac- cept less from the Liberals than from the'Conservatives? Mr Laurier may have good reasons for thinking so. To the in- dependent observer it seems an improba- bility. Campaign Literature. Tons of campaign literature have been spread broadcast through the land. Sixty - thousand copies of Hon. George S. Fos- ter's speech on the Manitoba School bill have been sent out by the Conservatives The Liberals have flooded the country with one hundred thousand copies of Mr Laurier's address on the same question Each side says that it is handicapped for want of money They may not have all they would like to have, but it is certainty that the party managers are not abso- lutely penniless Printers have no poli- ticsswhen it comes. tie business, paper -makers evince the same desire to be paid e Sixty wagon loads of -campaign literati —Conservative and Liberal—went out of the Parliament buildings last week And there is three times as much ready to be despatched to sway the intelligent elec- torate The Canadian who thirsts for po- litical information will not be unsatisfied for long The Dead Meat Trade. The Conservatives say they have quite as much certainty of victory as the Lib- erals profess. Quebec, they think, is sure to give them a majority. In Ontario they teared an alliance between D'Alton Mc- Carthy and Clarke Wallace. The chief . apostle of Equal Rights and the Grand Sovereign of the Orange order combined to defeat the Government's attempt to pass the Remedial . bill. McCarthy saw .that he could strengthen his• cause by making the combination permanent. He did not risk a rebuff by asking Wallace to enter into an alliance with him. In place of taking that line of action he in- structed Secretary Lang, of the North Grey McCarthy Association to invite Wallace, Tyrwhitt, McNeill and Sproule to the demonstration to be held in Col- lingwood this week. Wallace, when he received the invitation, took counsel of Sproule and McNeill. They sat for twos hours in Wallace's room. When they emerged the Grand Sovereign hold in his hand a telegram that had been drafted and signed by the three. It was a polite declination of the invitation. Wallace and his two friends had decided that, though they were with McCarthy in the battle against remedial legislation, they were very far from seeing eye to eye with him on the trade question. They are still firm believers in the National policy. Mc- Carthy is a Free Trader—or is as neer to being one as is possible. Never have Sproule, McNeill and Wallace'wavered in their allegiance to the Government's tar- iff policy. Each of them has made speeches against what they consider Mc- Carthy's fiscal heresies Tyrwhitt also de- clined the invitation of Mr Lang ' And thus was the rumored alliance between McCarthy and Wallace put to an end The Ex -Controller of Customs still has all of his old love for the Conservatives In the House of Commons, during one of the all-night sittings, he emphasized his re- gard for the dominant party He believes them to be in error on the School ques- tion On all other issues ho is their faith- ful supporter It may have been noticed that while Sir Charles Tupper was de- claring Sproule a recreant and McNeill a renegade, he had not a word to say against Wallace. And the member for West York had nothing but compliments for. Sir Charles Tupper With these facts in mind, who would not believe that • Wallace still has hopes of re-entering the Government of Canada? Meanwhile he has become the chief apostle of public , schools and leader of what he calls "the new party—the Anti-Coercionists." In Toronto on Friday night last the ex -Controller was banqueted by some hundred Orangemen. Once more he at. tacked the pro-Remedialists, but he had . no word. to say ` against' the 'trade policy of the Administration. ' Mr Wallace might have pointed out that on the day before he and the other Conservatives who had opposed the Re- medial bill voted with the Administra- tion when Dr Rinfret, a French Liberal, op* non -confidence in the Government The q estion'was as to the constitution- ality of the Government's action in con- tracting for nearly two million dollars worth of arm's and ammunition before having secured the sanction of parlia- ment The motion was opposed by every anti -Remedial Conservative and was voted down by 67 to 35 It is evident that the line le of cleavage in the Government's ranks is drawn close by the "little red t9eol-bourse'' the Premier Steals a March on Sir Charles. It was on Wednesday that Sir Macken- zie Bowellmade his last official an- nouncement to the Senate of Canada In the morning a Cabinet council had been held at which the dates for the elections had been decided upon I hear that Sir Charles Tupper and Mr Foster Were una- ware that Sir Mackenzie was going to make the announcement Certainly they were nolle too well ple 'sed that night 6 when they heard that the .Prime Minister had told the listening _ Senators that the nominations will take place on the six- teenth of June and the elections, a week later Sir Charleshad looked • forward to making the first statement. Sir ivlackenzie ,.,�,rr �..,-•-- .�—, eanin --c For the second, time in his political career Sir.ehn Carling was sworn in as, as Senator on/ Ihurvclay last` This nine feat-,, ured old man has been badly used by fortune. In the days of the first Sir John he was one : of the leaders of the Conser- vative party. Before Confederation he was a member of the Macdonald -Cartier Ad- ministration. Sir John Macdonald always was his friend. Not a brilliant man, Sir John Carling found it impossible to cope with his younger rivals when the Thomp- son Governemnt was a year old He had to resign the portfolio of agriculture, and become a .private member of parliament T)le Conservatives of London have se- lected another candidate There wasa prospect of Sir John's having to abandon public life until Bowell, who forgets neither friends nor enemies, insisted upon his being given a senatorship On the same day Thomas Temple,the member of the Commons for York, New Bruns- wick, also was called to the Upper House York gives a Conservative majority of over three hundred This majority will elect the Minister of Finance, who will have Queen's, with its scant Conserva- tive preponderance of fifty, and will run in York Thus do our friends the poli- ticians adjust matters so as to suit all parties Mr Temple has his seat for life; Mr Foster is relieved of the fear of def eat at the hands of his enemy Doraville. Rumored Cabinet Changes. As I write the air is full of rumors re- specting the re -construction of the Cabi- net. Sir Charles seeks to go to the coun- try at the head of the strongest Govern- ment that he may aggregate. The lion• locked Chapleau has been besought to leave the quiet of Government house at Quebec for the turmoil of political life. Chief Justice Meredith, who led the Con- servative Opposition in the local, legisla- ture for many years, also has heard the Macedonian cry Neither has consented, though the coming of Chapleau I regard as certain Hugh John Macdonald, the Son of the Old Man, as his followers affectionately called him, will contest Winnipeg against Fighting Joe Martin That should be a battle fit for gods to witness Martin has all the strength that his antagonism of the Remedial bill will give him; Macdonald enjoys hereditary prestige, personal ' popularlity and goes into the fight with the promise of the portfolio of. the Interior in his pocket Thomas Mayne Daly, the present Min- ister, will abandon polities and will ac- cept a seat on the provincial Supreme Court bench FROM A CHEAP CUT OF BEEF: Von a ,Family Of Two --Beef Rolle, Meat Pie—Smothered Beef. Where economy in catering for the family must be considered, or fresh meat is procured with difficulty each day, the following methods . of • preparing the cheaper cuts of rump or round, which cost generally from ten„ to thirteen cents yatitnd, may be found useful: Select a solid,;ohunky'•.piece ,of bright red color, aid free from,; fiber, weighing five or six pounds. If perfectly fresh when purchased, . this meat will, keep a long time in cold weather, especially if it be -wrapped closely in a cloth saturated• with vinegar and then tied in a paper. `These recipes have been collected from various sources, and adapted to the needs of a family. of two; but double the quan- tity or thrice the quantity will adapt. them to the needs of a larger family. I Beef Rolls.—Cut very Clip slices across the grain, about three or four inches square, and. spread upon each slice a dressing made as follows: Three table spoonfuls of stale bread -crumbs, hot wa- ter enough to moisten, in which a table- spoonful of butter has been melted, sage, ' self and pepper to taste. Roll the strips and secure with threads tied around the middle and the ends. Try out a little salt pork; task out the. scraps, and in the fat left in the pan 'place the beef rolls. Whenthey are nicely browned all over add boiling water to nearly cover and any dressing that may have been left over. If no dressing remains, add a little flour to the fat in the pan before turning in 'the water. Let the meat simmer, closely covered, for two hours, or until it is easily pierced by a fork, adding boiling water from time to time, as necessary, allowing it to boil away until thick enough to serve for gravy, as soon as the meat is done, Dry Stew.—Boil a pound of beef in about a quart•ofsalted water, slowly, until done. Take it out and keep it hot, leav- ing the liquor in the stewpanm Into this put one small onion and a few pieces of turnip. Pepper to taste. After the turnips have boiled ten or fifteen minutes add two or three medium-sized potatoes, pared and cut in halves lengthwise. Lay some dumplings in a steamer over these to cook. Remove the potatoes to separate dishes and thicken the liquor left in ket- tle for gravy. Smothered Beef.—In a closely -covered bean -pot put a pound. of beef. Use no water. Cook in a very moderate oven for two hours, then increase the heat and cook until the meat is easily pierced by a fork. Pour off the gravy and to it add as much water, season with salt, pepper and a little vinegar, and thicken with a little flour and butter rubbed. together. Serve the meat in thin slices. Strained tomato may be added instead of water. I Hamburg Steak.—Chop a pound of beef . very fine, season with a little chopped onion and a dash of pepper, if liked. Press with the hands into a round flat cake, place on a well -greased broiler and - broil like steak. When done place on a! hot platter, sprinkle on a little salt and some bits of butter—or maitre d' hotel butter -and set in a hot oven until butter is melted. Garnish with parsley. Meat. Pie.—Cook the required amount of beef cut in good pieces for serving, until very tender, with a clove, and onion and a little pepper. When done, take the meat out and place in a small baking -dish. Thicken the gravy, season to taste and pour over the meat. Put on a 'crust made like a very rich biscuit dough, leave a hole in the middle for the steam to escape, and bake in a moderate The Book Agent. "Could 'I see the lady of the house," asked one of the boldest and brasiest of the book agent guild after he had tripped airily up the steps of a Detroit dwelling house and had brought a small, delicate woman to the door by a vigorous ring of the bell.. "I guess you kin see her if you ain't blind," she said calmly "She's standin' right before you at the present time and anything you hey to say to her must be said right where she stands, for you don't get inter this house to mebbe ' leave disease behind you after going into all sorts of places, as you agents do. I've read that that's one way so many con- tagious diseases git spread and I ' ain't a doubt but it's true We had a nine Since the- announcement that the Gov- ernment,at the instance of Dr Montague, has decided to take steps `to develop the trade in dead meats, Prof. Robertson and other officers of the'Department of Agri- culture have been for some months per- fecting the scheme on lines which promise that a large trade with Great Britain may be established. The project was to purchase' five hundred beef cattle alveek and kill them at a Canadian port. The meat was to be wrapped in cotton, labelled as' Canadian, and shipped in cold, storage to Avonmouth, where most of the Canadian butter is received. It was in- tended also to establish 'depots for the the sale of this beef in a number of large towns and cities in Great Britain. In the supplementary estimates the Min-, ister of Agriculture had .secured the in- sertion of an item of $160,000. for the pur- pose of putting this scheme into opera- tion. The money was to be used for the purchase of animals and the proceeds were to be placed to the.credit of the Re- ceiver General. • Speaking from a non- partisan standpoint, I must say that the scheme seems to be totally outside:of pol- ities. By it's adoption a great trade might be built .up. Sir Riohard Cartwright de- clined e-clined to allow the item to' go through. The Opposition' were determined to show, that in the limited time at parliament's Qom= and, they had the Government at their mercy. And they showed it. The Minister of Finance asked Sir Richard to weeks' siege of scarlet fever in this house, A JUST PROTEST. A farmer's wife writes as follows:- "I wouldn't run into ,debt for a farm and then marry a woman to help me pay for it. No, I would buy the farm and pay for it before I went in march of , a wife. You will find the honeymoon will last longer. I wouldn't makemy wife ask me for every cent she wanted to. spend and then refuse her whenher re- quest was not for something that was actually necessary. I wouldn't make her tease and almost go down on her knees for permission to use the horse for a drive with a friend. I wouldn't make her burn greenwood and the complain because the fire was out; or expect her to bake her bread a delicate brown in an old cracked oven. I wouldn't fix it so that she must ask me every day to saw wood to get the dinner with. I wouldn't go to bed without kindling wood or a pail of water in the house. I wouldn't keep six horses and one cow in winter, and that a farrow one, and then ask where the cream was for the coffee and expect to have custard pies every day. I wouldn't buy her a calico dress and a pair of cow- hide shoes once a year and a new bonnet once in seven, and try to make myself believe she was dressed well enough ' for church or' any other place, and if she wanted anything better she must take in washing, go out nursing or anything she chose, so long as it did not interfere with my comfort or draw on my pocket- book; andthen wonder why she was dis- contented and unhappy when I was do- ing so much to please her. I wouldn't make her think my brain was so superior to hers that her advice was not worth the asking or accepting when it was offered. I wouldn't bass the work indoors as well as out. When I was eating my breakfast I wouldn't order my dinner and expectany wife to have it to my lik- ing whether there was anything to cook it with or not. I wouldn't tell the chil- dren their mother's advice was of no eonsequence,but when they wanted words of wisdom to come to me. I wouldn't treat a woman like a machine, then won- der why she didn't love me. I know what I am talking about." and it broke out just eight days after oven until the crust is done. we'd been fools enough to buy a book of an agent, and I always did believe and always will believe that it come into the house along with that book, for it had pictures in it and all the children hand- led it, so they did, and I'll go to my grave believing that we got the disease that way, and I burnt the blamed book up in the furnace. I wouldn't be willing to inflict a thing of that sort on my worst enemy. You may think Ilan lying, but I wouldn't, and if I —" "But, madam —" "The price of the things we had to burn up and destroy would have paid for fifty good books at a bookstore, where they wouldn't have been ' alive with dis- ease germs and where a body'd know what they was gittin. It stands to reason that you agents who are out and in ettery- where must be exposed to disease every day of our lives, and I'd thank you to stand a little farther back from the door, particularly as the wind is blowing this way, for if diphtheria or anything of that sort should break out in the house any time within a week I'd feel dead sure you fetched it here and I'd sue you just as sure as it did, for I can—going, are you? You might as well, and if I was you I'd engage in some work in which I'd feel I wasn't endangering precious human lives by scattering pestilence over the earth, 'I would!" Remarkable Longevity. Two remarkable cases of longevity were recalled recently by a conversation be- tween several gentlemen in Shelby, Ind. They were discussing the death of Rev. George McCall, the veteran Bap$st preacher, when it was authentically stated that Mr. McCall's great-grand- father lived to the ripe old age of 127 years. He was a, bachelor 'at 100 and took a notion to get married, Three sons were born to him, and he lived to seethe oldest son old enough to vote. This was considered remarkable, but a gentleman in the crowd whose character and stand- ing religiously and socially, are above re- proach, told an authentic account ofthe life of his great-uncle, who was one of Georgia's pioneer citizens. This old gentleman• lived to be 180 years old. He lived in a log cabin, in the northern end of which was cut a square hole. 'The old man t(irned the head of his bed to that hole and slept that way in the warmest and coldest weather. His wife died when he was about 90 years old, and for many, years he lived as a widower. At the age of 115 he cut an entirely, new sot of teeth, and at the age of 128 one morning he saddled his own horse, 'sprang into the saddle and rode thirty miles to ad- dressbe his widow and' a her ask to wife. He evidently was rejected, for he rode back that day and lived seven years longer. Those Awkward Speeches. One of those men who say something which they had better left unsaid ad- dressedthe late Rev Charles Spurgeon as he. was' passing out of the church:—, - Grasping the preacher by the hand, the man said: "I see you have forgotten me, sir, :and yet you once did me the greatest service, that a clergyman can render to anybody',' "What service was that?" asked Spur- geon, ur- goon, "You buried my wife, sir," replied the man, his eyes.; suffused with tears Home Remedies. There are many simple home remedies which every mother should • understand, and should keep constantly on hand for emergencies. A list of these simple reme- dies, with directions for using, should be one of the necessities for every nursery. For a severe or croupy cold give ton drops of ipecac for a baby under six months. I Give a year old baby twenty drops, and for children of ten years or older, a tea-' spoonful every three hours. For young babies, grease the nose, chest and neck with vaseline; if a very, severe case, with tight breathing, rub spirits of tine mixed with lard over the chest taking care not to apply too' much, as it will blister.; For older chin! dron ,three to five years, kerosene applied' to the chest is better and quicker in its action than turpentine. Soaking the feet in mustard water will produce a better circulation, will pre- vent taking cold from a sudden chill and, will cause easier breathing. For very young babies sprinkle mustard in the, foot of the stockings instead of soaking. the little feet in mustard water. Be care -1 ful to remove the stockings and shake out the mustard before it has tbne to blister the feet. Castor's is good for constipation, or gluten suppositories for continued consti-1 pation. For summer troubles in the bow- els of young babies, try a teaspoonful of chalk mixture; for a year-old baby half, a teaspoonful of paregoric; for childrn over two, Jamaica ginger. For sore mouth in young babies, wash out the mouth in cold water after each nursing, then apply powdered borax and sugar. If a severe case give sage tea. For ordipary chafing use vaseline, but if the skin is very much irritated, zinc oint- ment For bumps and bruises, use cold water, if very bad, arnica. For bites and stings use camphor. It is very important that the mother particularly, should understand these and many other simple remedies, for she is liable to be called upon at any moment to administer to the wants of ailing lit- tle ones. , Oil Baths for the Baby. "Itis well known that the skin is a great absorbent, and nutrition even can bo conveyed through its agency," says a trained nurse. "A physician once ordered a beef tea bath'for a baby I was nursing, who was apparently dying of some ex- hausting bowel trouble, and with admir- able effect, And I myself have found that tubbing delicate persons with warm olive oil is an excellent tonic. If I had the charge of a puny, sickly baby, I should it 'l baths . instead ' •Kltogive Oi b 1 inclined feelnc and the effect. The a i of water baths, try oil is quite as cleansing, and it stands to reason that such tiny beings, particularly if they are badly nourished, should have the natural oil of the body ;Continually washed away." The Woman of it. "Now, dear, I have one favor to ask of you." "It is .granted." -"Then pleasesdon't -tell me that you have never toyed,before, that you never dream that you could love, that I'm the only girl you have been engaged to, that—" 4 He (inteiz•uptiug)—I won't." She (anxiously)—But you " have never been engaged before, have yo>_i, dear?-- Brooklyn Life. --- To Prevent Horses from Eating Rapidly. When a horse eats his grain , too rap- idly—as many horses do—a device like that shown in the illustration is of ad- vantage. It is a rectangle of stout wire that will fit easily inside the feed box, and from side to side are stretched lighter wires, or a piece of poultry netting is fitted into the wire rectangle. This, laid upon the grain in the box, prevents the horse taking too large mouthfuls. It wIRE COVER FOR FEED BOX. falls, of count°, as the grain is eaten. Where the grain for the horse's ration is poured into the manger, the same end may be secured by nailing parallel strips of wood across the bottom of the man- ger. It is much better, however, to feed in a box which can be washed out occa- sionally, for where soft feed, especially, is turned into a manger, the latter is likely soon to become sour. ' Taste in Renovating the Barnyard. A commendable and noteworthy feature in modern farm builidngs is the im- proved and ample facilities provided for the feeding, watering, care and comfort of stock, the watering in winter being done under cover, and generally while the cattle stand at their stanchions. There are too many who still cling to the prac- tice of compelling stock, regardless of the weather's severity, to drink from a hole in the, ice, at an unsheltered trough, or at a brook some fifty yards from the stables. Such farmers rarely adlnit that farming pays. In the progress of improvements, it is to be regretted that provisions for en- larging and protecting the manure pile are not more generally made. Such im- provements are excusable with those making a frequent application of the manure to fields; but it is still the prac- ice of many to allow manure to lie fully exposed to the weather—generally under the eaves—from one seeding time to n - other. Such negligence is often an offense against common decency, and what otherwise might be attractive surround- ings is an offensive sight, as seen from the public highway.—F. H. Mooers. A Cheap and Practical Causeway. The usual method of building a cause- way is to lay down two rows of stone, to stretch flat rocks across from one row to another, and to cover the whole with earth. The two rows of stones soon work together, while brush and other rubbish will work in and clog the drain. A bettor plan is shown in the aeciom- ti. �fI SECURE CACSEWAF. ,ponying sketch. A few six-inch drain tiles are laid down, and both ends are covered with wire netting. The whole is then covered with earth to make the roadway. Such a drain cannot clog, nor can the sides settle together, while the labor of making it is not one-half that required -where stones are used. nr- THE OLD 'MAN'S PLEA. He Had Boarded Hix Son -in -Law Pree cut Asked a Favor in Return. "Son-in-law,"he said, as he called taint into the library and looked the door "you have lived with me now for over two years," "Y -yes, sir." "In all that tome I haven't asked you a penny for:board." "N -no, sir." "In all your little family quarrels f have always taken your part and de- cided in your favor," "A -always, sir." 't1 have even paid some of your bills." c1Y-you have, sir." "And in every way helped you to get along;" "''.,you have beenvery kind, sir." "I have tried to be, my boy, and I think you appreciate it." "I—T do, sir." "Then the small favor I am going to ask will no doubt be granted," "It'will, sir." "Thanks. Kindly tell your mother-in- law that the seat cheeks for the French ball, which she picked up in my room. this morning, were dropped out of your pocket, and we'll call itsgtuue!"—Trath. Planting Potatoes. A successful Ohio potato -grower writes to. the Ohio Farmer that if a potato be cut in halves lengthwise, veins will be dimly seen resembling those of a leaf in position, and angle; that is, one main vein along the center lengthwise and sev- eral lateral ones angling from it away from the stem end at an angleof about 45 degrees. I believe it to be better to cut in the same way at about the same angle way from the stem end. That 'is, hold the potato stem (root) end up in the left hand and cut on a slant downward, m leavingabout the same weight of tuber � as you cut. The eyes form a kind of spiral around the tuber. For large tubers with not very numerous. eyes I believe one -eye pieces will give the largest pro- portion and about es large a total quan- tity of marketable tubers, provided the soil is fertile, flue and moist and the til- lage through the season is perfect. Other- wise two, three or. four eyes would no doubt be better. A leading potato -grower and writer got a good deal of cursing (unjustly as it seems to me) from those who toliorved his, advice in cutting to one eye, but did not follow - his advice and methods in the other respects mentioned , above. ,T, wish to g`la'd against shinier cursing by epeeiuliy emphasizing the other points—as -indeed he really did. Let me therefore give double emphasis. IT WAS FENCED, He 0 uaranteed It Proof Against Both Man • and Beast. "You say you had that land all fenced before the defendant settled on It?" An attorney in a Government land. ease was cross-examining a homesteader. "Yes, 1 did." "Was that fence horseproof1" ''Yes, it was." "Was it bull closer' . c Yes." "And pig tight?" "YP9,„ "What was it made of?" "Well—er—I can't say." I noticed that the witness hesitated, floundered for the first time, and the at- torney observed it, too. "Was it a rail fence?" "Brush��fence?" "1\o." "Picket fence?" "No." "Board fence?" "No. " "Wire fence?" "No; I don't know what it was made of, but it kept everything ant," declared the witness, who had become desperate. "Tell me what that fence was," per- sisted the attorney. "Well, it was a man with a shotgun." —San Francisco Post. Diagnosing a Case. The physician looked at the patient's tongue, felt his pulse, put a silver spoon down his throat, and punched him two or three times in the ribs. "You are badly run down," he said at last. "I feel that way," replied the patient. "You have a feeling of lassitude, as I understand it," continued the physician. "That's it." "No longer have any interest in your work?" "Correct." "Sick and disgusted with everything."' "Right again." "I think I understand .the case," said the physician, with a self-satisfied air. "You have been working pretty hard, haven't you?" "Very hard." "I thought so. The fact is, sir, that you are tied down too close to your desk. You don't get variety enough." "I what?" demanded the patient. "I say you ought to have a change of scene," explained the physician. "Monot- ony and close confinement are killing you. You ought to arrange to take a long ride—say to the Pacific coast," "Do you really think that would do me any good?" "Beyond question. By the way, what is your business? You have neglected to tell me." "I'm. a Pullman car conductor on the run from Chicago to San Francisco."— Chicago Post. Only One Difficulty. With their usual lack of a good subject for conversation, a group of women were discussing lately what death they would prefer to die One preferred drowning, another heart disease, a third strangling One who poses as very clinging and soul- ful said, with a Beardsleyesque languish that she thought she'd "like to be kissed to death" The remark was repeated to Mrs Craigie, who was immediately extremely curious to see the woman who said it One night at the theater Mrs Craigie's hostess said, "There, in the second box, is the woman who wanted to be kissed to death What do you think of her?" "That woman!" exclaimed John Oli- ver "I should think she'd have trouble to find an executioner" When Baby was rtes, we gave her Castorta. When sue was a Child, she cried for Castorla When she became Miss she clung to Castoria,,. 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