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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-7-6, Page 7JuLY 6, 1,894' rosz 10 5011 LOOK, WHAT THE ONTARIO ORQPS LOOK, ED LIKE ON JUNE f5, • Japer( ar Ontetrli Department or A.grlonl• alta—Sertrag and Fail VYlrattt HaVg 0te1t11 the aleavy liable lvoll, The Weather,•.-.Tbo average tempora• tore of April was 6 dogroee higher; than that of 1893, and 4.3 degrees higher than the avocwge of the previous twelve yeses. The temperature of May was 1,57 degrees higher than en 1893, and 1,2 degrees higbor than the average of the previous twelve years. The rainfall for April wee 1 molt, compared with 2.61 lathes in 1893, and 1.00 as the average of the twelve years; The rainfall of May, however, was 5.73 inches, agamont 3.35 in 1893 and n77 as the Average et 1802.03, Fleet was severe on May 23th aiid 29th, ice one-quarter of an leelt think being formed ie some pieces. June hoe, so far, been quite favorable to the growth of the orops. Freie—The frost has done sone damage to fruit. Grape vines have suffered quite extensively in the West Midland, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay counties. Peach trees were injured to same extent by frost, and "leaf earl" is reported by many. There 18 promise of only a fair crop. Appiee are setting well, and on the whole promise a good orop, especially east of Toronto. Pears are in good form. Plums and cherries aro reported fair, Small fruits give prospect of extra yield. Strawberries on the whole are reported as turning crit fairly well. The Essex and Kent and Niagara district give on the whole very favorable reports as to fruit. 1"all Whoa—This crop bas stood the heavy rain and changes of weather much better than the spring crops. Throughout the entire province some low lands have been flooded, and the crop drowned out. On very heavy °lays there has been some damage, but on light and loamy soils very little injury has resulted. The'reports for this time of the year are quite up to the average. The frost of the first week of June was felt to a very slight extent. The reporte from all parts of the province are recently the same—that after the rain the wheat Boon picked up and showed less injury than had been supposed. No more than usual has been plowed up and renown to epriog grain. Heading out was in pro. grecs on ,the 15th. In some places the growth was quite rank. With favorable weather for the next three weeks a good crop of fall wheat may be looked for. At present the conditions promise an average yield. In the Lake Erie district the crop was fair to very good, except on low lands and very heavy clay. arnage by treat was very alight. Iu Lake Erie district most of the reporte for a good crop. Some attention is gi by correspondents to the benefits of drain- age, which were very apparent during the present season. In the Georgian Bay coun- ties a email fraction of the orop has been lost, but on the whole itis quite up to the average. In the West Midland group the best reports come from Wellington and the worst from Middlesex, where, however, the crop is reported fair. Along Lake Ontario the reports are favorable for a fair crop fully up to the average. In the Eastern the largest pest apanties of the weet are quite favorable, Corn,. ---in the gentle*wast n oalleiderebte quantity had been planted before the mitt acme, and meth of it bad to be replanted, The crap aver the ggreelnee as baokwmrd, tomtit being checked by oecl weather. Phe eeeditiou at present is hardly up to the average, The !ate start may interfere WWI the maturing of the seutbern ensilage varieties. Many report elleyDung crop oe not looking Very thrifty, From all parts of the province Gagne reports of re laming, of late planting and of slow growth. Pros. peon are fora Drop a little under the aver, ego iu quantity, grown awn a the Lake a OI1 eriv this the Sle t, Lawrence and Ottawa groups, Very litblo had been cowl( before the ratite cam go, At the time of writing fatvnere were just pettingin their Drops. Tho only Mete possible at that time ie that quite an ex• teethe, acreage will be grown that year. Beans. —Early planted beans, especially in gardens, were out off by late frosts; Mist of the orop has been put h late. The acreage will therefore probably be below the average. While many report that the prop is now coming on well, the general opinion that the lateness of planting will muse frosts se adimh shod yield for this year, Timothy, --A small quantity was winter - kilted, but the principal damage has result- ed from the cold wet we ether of spring and early summer. The reports from all counties are in agreement that we shall have a short hay orop this year. Old mead. awe are blain end backward; new meadows, are only in fair eondibion, The, rapidgro wthnow being (node will not be sufficient to bring the crop up to the average, The proepeots are for a orop about Cwo•thirda that of 1893. The orop is late—a month late in some sootimier In some places it is heading out on short growth. There is no need to differentiate eon ties or dia. triots, as all report the sante, namely, a light crop. The heavy crop of last year may be responsible fit part for the light growth, of this year. Clover.—This orop has suffered more than timothy. Complaints of winter -killing are 'tuivereal. The old fields are very patchy and uneven ; the new fields are coming on In fair condition. A few report the orop as excellent, but the majority report a abort and uneven orop of red olover. Aleike, now in bloom, is showing up well, On the whole the clover orop promises to be below the average. Damage by insects is report- ed from a few counties. Roots and Potatoes.—]Carly planted potatoes were much Injured by frosts, and large qusptities rotted in low lands. Late planted potatoes are now owning on well, The "bug" is nobniore numerous than usual The season is not far enough advanced to report upon roots, as sowing is later then usual. Bees and 13oney.—Reportsregarding the condition of bees are variable. The loss during winter appears to have been about the aver- age where hives were left on the stands,but the mortality appears to have been greater than usual where the bees were wintered indoors. The fine weatherof the lateMarch and early April days gave bees an earlier the outing than usual, but the wet and cold are weather whioh afterward prevailed was very vee counties the amount of fall wheat to 0 small to allect the total, but reports a favorable. To sum up. The present co dition is fair, with prospects of a crop qu up to, 11 nota little over, the average wi favorable weather. Spring Wheat.—As usual, there is but little epring wheat in the western part of the province, while in the eastern half the acreage is declining. The lqw lying lands have coffered severely, but the higher lands havefair crops. The grain was sown in fine oouditlon, and is now recovering rapidly from the extra ramp. In many places correspondents state that the rain did more good than harm. In the eastern counties about one-third of the spring wheat is either destroyed or is in poor condition ; two thirds may be said to be fair to good. Less than usual has been sown in the Northern Districts. On the whole present ind cations are for a crop about two-thirds of Abe average. trying to the apiary. Several correspond- ents complained of epring dwindling, and losses; from chilled brood and hunger were reported from various, parts of the province. There hoe been practically no mention made of foul brood. With continued One weather it was expected that colonies would pink up, and that honey making would go rapid. ly forward. Labor and Wages.—Out of every eight correspondents reporting seven stated that there was a sufficiency of labor, and as re 00 gar, s quality, one out at every three men re offering for farts helpawns considered a poor u. hand, The result of the large number of ft0 tit (nen seeking rural employment in the spring and early summer is eeen in the lowering of the sealed wages. The average amount paid monthly with board, was $16,- 48, compared with 317.17 in the previous - year, With board, monthly wages averag ed 824.48, or 22 cents below the average rate of the preceding year. Day laborers averaged 83 Dents with board, a falling oft of 5 cents compared with 1893, while those working by the day, without board, media. ed but 81.11, or Bonn less than in the year previous. .Domestic servants are atilt stereo on the farm ; the woman question has still to be settled in that quarter. ]tarloy.—In the Lake Erie distriot only a moderate quantity has been sown, and the condition is ender the average. It has antlered from rain and also from frost. In the Lake Huron district barley is not in so good a form as spring wheat; it is back. ward and a little yellow in planes, but it is now improving. In the Georgian Bay distriot rain and frost did some injury, but an improvement has taken place since warm weather returned. In the West Mid- land district the crop is reported as being uneven or patchy and backward. In the Lake Ontario district the condition is a little under the average. In the St. Law ranee anal Ottawa district the condition is reported as mors favorable, and with good weather a fair orop will be obtained. In the East Midland district the orop is fair. In the Northern Districts nothing of any osneequence is reported. On the whole it may be concluded that the barley has Buff- ered quite extensively, is backward in growth, but at present is making very rapid progress, and with a continuance of favorable weather will probably come up nearly to the average of the last two years. Oats.—The reports from every section of the Province are practically the same, and tothe following effect : The rains drowned out the crop on low lying fields. On higher lands,and those underdrained, little or be damage was done. At the time of reporting the crop was making a very rapid growth,and becoming somewhat rank in straw. A few fields were baked by the hot sun, but on the whole the prospe0ts were mostpromis- ing, the only unfavorable report being as to the low lands. The ample on the whole somewhat more backward than usual, but present conditions point to a yield fully up to the average. Rye,—There appears to be less and less of this orop sown every year, As far as reported upon it came through the winter in good condition, was favorably affected by the continued rains and now is iti ex- cellent condition, having trade a very heavy growth. Peas,—The continued raine did more damage to this crop than to the other spring sown trope. Early sown peas have done well in high lands, but en low lands have suffered heavily. The rains retarded sow. ing so tint a large eereage has been put in late. Asa consequence the yielding will be a little short in quantity, but at present the quality of rho crop is in general all that could be desired. The reports from TOOK A DRAUGHT OF POISON Anti calutty Smoked Efts Pine . While Awaiting the End. A Toronto despatch says i—Two weeks ago a man about,50,•years of age, who regia tared as W. Martin, Kingston, put up at the Imperial Hotel,Jarvis street. He represented himself as agent for a patent wringer for whioh he was taking orders. He paid 34 for a week's board in advance. When his week was up he told the proprietor that he was not meeting with muoli success in his osuvns and asked him if he would allow him to remain, promising to borrow money to settle the board bill Mr. Maloney con. sented to de this. Tuesday night Martin left the hotel to borrow money. He re. turned and stated that he had been unsuc- cessful, but would sand the money from Owen Sound, where he was goingnext day. nffi LAST SMOKE. This was about 9.30 o'clock. Martin then seated himself in a chair and lighted his pipe, remarking that he would enjoy a smoke before going to bed. About an hour afterwards Maloney saw Martin doubled up in the chair, and thinking he was asleep weut to wake flim and found that he was dead. The police were notified and the body was taken to the morgue. Upon being searched 22 Dents in coppers and some letters addressed to W. Martin were found in his pockets. Nom= itMMSELF. Coroner Atkins decided that an inquest was necessary. A post•mortein examination revealed tie fact that Martin had died from poison, having taken a large quantity of oyanide of potassium. The pole= was purchased at a King street drug store, Where Martin stated that he intended to use the cyanide for:manufaoturisg purposes and signed the poison book " J. F. W. Martin." It is supposed that Martin took the fatal draught after seating himself in the chair in the hotel. His pipe was still in his hand when he was discovered. Husbagd--" At the sewing circle this afternoon, I euppoae the ladies did little else than to display their doper -rings to each other," Wile--" That's pat ell you know about sewing circles. I d have you know that not one of the ladies removed her gloves during the whole afternoon," ell Np lli.ldl if osprTolll fpo rite prevailing with of herpoople to. �:Jlt ,4 M 11,1, t mainbaieeo»neotion with that )impure is Ono 91 the op noluti n p bo twhiohof My B country bee ipd Ina. Thet ehetl annettbe separated from the Empire without results' lnaeI ic1ably haoerdoue to the maintenance of bite national popition of Britian pimple le another. AN ENGLISHMAN'S GOOD OPINION OF OUR COUNTRY,. whet h Vorre0lt5nllent or the worm's Gsp'idest (hilly Lias le day 414ent 9anatta 00011leer Poaitlen In the umpire. A oorrespoedent of the London Tlmoe who hoe thoroughly examined Oeuode'o oondition,has this 0,0 say aboeb our country ; Ib is doubtful If in any country there le so complete a devolntlon of the powere and, espons ibilibies of government up through the school district, the parish, the county or city enuuioipelity, and the province to the Federal Government, as in mob of the Eagiish.apeakingprovinoeeof the Dom int on, It is almost universally found that the men selected represent the most solid and reliable portions of the farmiug and trading oatninanity; they need no guidance of an upper and specially educated °lase as in the English (Ann tyrounoil; they form simple but dignified oonsulttitive bodice.; their county arlminietraticn is usually marked. by economy and sere. STIOItOutp WORTI2, NOT P1080, Statesmen who wish to strengthen the political tie between Canada and the mother land need not think of doing so by other than very practiced methods. Some regard the conferring of a peerage and a baronetcy or two upon well,•known Canadians as a move in the right direction, arguing that the highest begot% of th Umpire should be open to all British subjects. Bub there is absolutely no sympathy with the eetabliehment of an hereditary nobility or aristocracy on Canadian soil. Curiously enough, this is not onneeted with any theoretical objection to aH once of Lords ab the centre of the Empire, where a iia Chamber, 01 part at least hereditary, is considered more congruous with theexist- ing order of things. There is lit le pop. t ular dislike, however, to the coufe •ring or acceptance of ordinary Imperial onors, provide,( the subjects be worthy. On the whole the knighthoods given in Canada have, with loam exceptions, been conferred on those whom Canadians themselve swould select for honor, and are practicallyretie. cations of popular opinion. le ma y oases the honor has been declined. WANTED—PRACTICAL PEERAO t it G a• n E. There is one kind of life peerage, rota oat anal useful, and carrying with It pro. found meaning, which could, when the time is ripe, be bestowed with telling effect in Canada. A great Canadian lawyer, releed to the peerage for life, and sitting on the Judicial Comittee of the Privy Counoil, would form to real and praebioal bond, hen. arable to the colony and useful to the Empire. It need not be doubted that Can. oda will be prepared to furnish men of ade. goats calibre when they are needed. To say nothing of English Canada, more than one Chief Jt atioo of Quebec, whose general legal ability and special knowledge of Frenoli law would be a distinct additiop to the judicial resources of the House of Lords, would have filled the position with dignity and success. Such an appointment would profoundly affect French imagination. It is quite possible peerages might be made representative of great Canadian in. termite, and so •act as genuine heeds of union. Admission to the Privy Council, especially if connected with actual eon- sultetive functions, would probably prove a popular and practical link of closer eon. neotion and a useful direction for political development. That the offi fat representa- tive is London of five millions of British people, woo control the destinies of half a continent should ex officio be of the Privy Council of the Empire seems like the dic- tate of political common sense. la would be accepted in the Dominion as a decisive recognition of the growing importance at- tached to Canadian opinion. TER IRON AOE. One often hears ressed in England that the growthofthets e Dominion has not been more rapid. It is true that Canada has grown slowly when compared with the sudden expansion of the western States, or with Australia during the period of its greatest prosperity. Unthinking people attribute this exolusirely to the moat rigorous climate and the hard oonda tione of life, but the reasons are really various. The circumstances of Australian growth after the discovery of gold in 1851, and also when the uolonies were spending large sums of borrowed money in assisting emigration, were esentially abnormal. During the period when the American West filled up most rapidly, wheat was bringing an exceptionally high price. It was the farmer's golden age. Now he has fallen on his age of iron. Never in the memory of man has wheat been an low as since the opening of the wheat areae of the North-West. In .Enropenn countries more. over, the class from which the best emi- grants were chiefly dfawn has now been much reduced in uumber% through the de. preselect of agriculture, the introduction of farming machinery, and the transfer of the people to an artisan life in towns. These and many other Eike considerations must be kept in mind• GAIN I10 SLOW GROWTH, It is a very superficial view to regard the slow growth of the Dominion as a dieudvan- tage to the country. There are many coo. pensablo00, hod the gain has probably been greater than the loss. Lawand eooial order have always maintained their supremacy. The native Canadian and the British ele- ments have never been swamped by an alien populubioh untrained bo citizenship. There has been no unnatural inflation, be be followed by a corresponding depression, no revolt of labor, no excessive ooneentra- bion or population with the evils which fol. low in its brain. The beat friends of Canada are perhaps those who are far.Sigghied enough to prefer taut hergrowth should toot still be too rspid for her powers of healthy assimilutinn. It is impossible to sympathize with the fever- ish haste shown in the Western States to reproduce within a single generation in a now cohntry the social conditions of orowd• ed Europe, to reckon national progress by numbers rather bhau by quality and sound - nen of organization. It may fairly be claimed for Canada that in her somewhat slow development political training and eooial organization have pace with material growth. All these are fitting her to take a plane of inorsesing influence in the Empire to which she belongs. That itis her tugboat interest LEGS NOT A NECESSITY, elle Motor Cycle prlvee liselr—A, Oa it?t sr. Cea1 All 'rhrewS MOM CIO ill the 8Rad0. The laleat eoneeptiou of tite inventive geniuses who eater to the requirements of the wheel world is the motor oyole, The Welty is intended to take the plane of Buggies end carriages and ie designed to be of Borvioe et all seasons of the year and in every kiisd of going. The tires are fully four Moho in diameter and vibration is reduced to a minimum. The motive power is produced by coal oil, and ate soon as the rider takes his Beat se- curely the machine dooe the rest, A gallon of oil will drive the tangle -seat motor 200 melee, while twice tate quantity will send the new Mtn -wheeled contrivance a similar distance with three passengers aboard. FOR ONE TO RIDE ON, The fonr•wlieeler seem destined to a long lease of popularity. It practically consists of two ladies' bicycles connected by a carriage seat in which three passes. gel's eau seat themselves tomfirtably. The speed can be controlled at the opera bora; wiii, but just how fast a "scorcher" may send tt along will not be known with any degree of uocuraoy until the practical speed trial is held on some date in the near future. A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TwO. The designer has been long before the public with his air•sb p theories, and uow that he has got down to terra firma the chances are that hie ideas will be found of meetgo11 utility. Experts who have exam. ined the two types of oyote snown in the accompanying outs think they are destined to play a prominent part among the sea. meat inventions, Should a tithe of the in. Iv eater's hopes be realized, the public must be prepared to see citizens gliding along WW1 for less waste of energy than is requira ed to climb an elevatorstaire , With a motor coyote, a gallon of coal oil, and a box of matches, the veriest cripple will be able to hold his own with the most muscular pro. digy bestriding a ,vheel. PRODUCTIONS OF AUSTRALIA. Victoria's Rich Soil Renders tier Produc- tions Annuitant and Parted. The system of farming carried on in Victoria stands in need of improvement us the majority of man upon the land have not been trained as farmers, the tendency of these settlers being to confine their attention to growing a single species of grain. Victoria's rich soil and genial climate render her productions abundant and varied. It must always be remember. ed that the average of the whole colony is always lower thou the results actually ob. Mined by men who are trained farmers and understand their business. Such men will obtain from thirty.five to forty-five bushels of wheat, oats and barley per ore in dis- tricts where the general average is not more than fifteen to twenty bushels per acre, With potatoes, mangels, beets, and peas, the same difference is observed be- tween land under proper cultivation and farming of a rough and ready type. The statistics of the harvest for 1890 show that the colony produced 11,495,720 bushels of wheat, 5,844,867 bushels of oats, 1,831,132 bushels of barley, 157,104 tons of potatoes, 666,385 tons of hay 4,111 tone of beets, 11, 800 dozen of cabbages, 54,547 bushels of grass end olover seeds. 630,632 pounds of hops, 357,047 boatels of maize, 15,604 tons of mangelwurzel, 10,815 tons of onions, 528,074 bushels of pears and beaus, 1,251 tons of pumpkins, 3,337 cwt. of rasp. berries, 16,707 bushels of rye, 4,123 cwt. of tobacco, 3,578,590 gallons of wine, and 5,285 gallons of brandy, besides smaller quantities of amber one, broom mtllet, chicory gooseberries, thous. and headed kale, olives, opium, oranges, rhubarb and tomatoes (6,9.14 owt.). In addition there was the produce of 29,243 mores of orchards, 11+5,596 sores cultivated for green forage, and 59,428 cwt, of grapes not made into wine. The standard weight of crops in Victoria is reckoned to be sixty pounds to the bushel for wheat, forty pounds for oats, fifty pounds for barley,and fiftysix pounds for maize. The actual weight, however, differs in different dis- tricts. The wheat, during 1890, ranged from fifty-five pounds to sixty-seven pounds 0010 from thirty-five pounds to lefty pounds; barley from forty pounds to sixty pounds 1 and maize forty pounds to sixty pounds. In studying the market prices of agrioul- tural produce in Victoria, many things have to be considered. The rent of lands is low, labor saving implements and ma. chines are elnployed,there Is no expenditure for manures, and the taxes are low. There is at present, about 2,596 miles of railway 151 the colony, and 13,553 miles of telegraph wire, a postotflce to every fifty-five square miles, and Cite letters dispatched ILIA re. oohed in proportion to each head of popu- lation is 41.91. This shows the fatalities the Victorian farmer has for interchange, A Fit of Economy. husband—"Everything about the house bas been at sixes and sevens for a month." Wife—"No wonder. You say timee are hard. and I have been working myself to death fixing over an old straw hat." Oh 1" "Yes. Saves buying anew spring hat, you know," "You aro a darling, But spring ie about over." True. But I have this dons at Lst,and 1 think I can make ml de until I buy a new summer hat next week," U lystories of the A AAI The Iatest discovery•inthe scienti- fic world is that nerve centres located In or new the base of the brain con- trol all the organs of the body, and whey} these nerve centres are deranged the organs whioh they supply with nerve fluid, or nerve force, are also deranged: When it is remembered that a serious injury to the spinal cord will cause ,paralysis of the body below the injured point, because the nerve force is prevented by the injury from reaching the para- lyzed portion, it will be understood how the derangement of the nervy centres will cause the derangement of the various organs whioh they supply with nerve force; that is, when it nerve centre is deranged or in any way diseased it ie impossible for it to supply the same quantity of•nerve force as when in a healthful condi- tion ; hence the organs whioh depend upon it for nerve force suffer, and are enable to properly perform their work, and as a result disease makes its appearance. At least two-thirds of our chronic, diseases and ailments are due to the imperfect notion of the nerve centres at the base of the brain, and not from a derangement primarily originating in the organ itself. The great mis- take of physicians in treating these diseases is that they treat ties organs 'and not the nerve centres, whioh are the pause of the trouble. The wonderful cures wrought by the Great South American Nervine Tonics are plus alone to the fact that this remedy is based upon the fore- going principle. It cures by rebuild ing and strengthening the nerve centras, and thereby increasing the supply of nerve force or nervous energy. This remedy has been found of infinite value for the cure of Nervouas- nese, Nervous'Protitration, Nervous Parosyems, Sleeplessness, Forgetful- ness, Mental Despondency, Nervous- ness of Females, Hot Flashes, Sick Headache, Heart Disease. The first bottl will convince •anydne that a onre�i5 certain. South American Nervine 13 with- out doubt the greatest remedy ever discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and all Chronic Stomach Tronbles,.beoause it acts through the nerves. It gives relief in one day, and absolutely effects a permanent cure in every instance. Do not allow your prejudices, or the preju- dices of others, to keep you from using this health -giving remedy. It is based on' the result of years of scientific research and study. A single bottle will convince the most incredulous_ A. BRAD l AN, Wholesale and Retail Agent for Brussels FACTS IN FEW WORDS, Cockroaches are sacred Moots among the Chinese. In a square inch of the human scalp the hairs number about 1,000. "God Save the Queen" is sung in nearly twenty different languages. It would take sound fourteen years to travel from the sun to the earth. One out of every ISO inhabitants of the United States owns or rides a bicycle. Paper stockings now manufa'tured in Germany are said to be a preventive of colds. The barking of a dog on earth can be dis- tiofnfouctlyr mheiles.ard by balloonists at an elevation The average weight of 20,000 men and women weighed in Beaten was, men, 141, pounds ; women, 1241 pounds. Ten thousand tons of salmon, 30,000,000 cans, were put up this season in the can- neries on the Frazer River, B.O. Every evening as the sun goes down two leaves of the common olover fold together face to face, while the third aloes oar them. Aluminum is•the most abundant metal known. Every slay bank is full of it. The difficulty is to extract it from other sub- stances. According to a custom of Korea, all loyal Koreans must wear a white hat for three years after the death of one of the royal Family. The German Emperor recently issued an order that no sermon preached before him by a oourt chaplain must exceed fifteen minutes in delivery. The walking leaf insect is a miens ex- ample of tropical life, allied to the locust, which so resembles a leaf that the closest serntitiy generally fails to detect the im. posture. There are no undertakers in Japan. When a person dies it is the custom for his nearest relatives to put him in a coffin and bury hien, and the mourning does not begin until after burial. When a n bloc New Zealander dies Iris body is buried in the earth, but after de. tempositioh has left his Ocelot= bars, the bones are taken up, clowned spa lard away in artificial tombs, It is said that window moues of porous glass are being made in Paris. The minute boles in the g aas ere too fine to permit of to. ;draughtand yet largo enough to cause, a pleasant and healthy ventilation in a room. 1n the manufactures of Great Britain. alone the power which steam exerts is ere timated to be equal to the manual labor o 4,000,000,000 of men, or more than doubt the uumber of ma ea supposed to inhabi the globe, Although Queen Victoria rules ever an empire that embraces possessions in every part of the world she has never traveled outside of Europe,and even there her trips have been short ones to France, Rolland, Germany and Italy only. A hen on a farm at Oil any, Pa., has laid a double egg they betngjoined together by a small membrane like a tube. The eggs are without the usual ellell and instead are covered with a sort of parchment similar to that covering a turtle egg. The wetderful Chinese encyclopedia corn - one in Europe-isabout to be placed in therfect e library of the British Museum The work is very rare, and even in China there are not more than five copies cf this edition. John Bull Will Take a Look In. A curious development of Russiau polios activity on the frontier in the latest Nilti- list panto is engaging the attention of the British postal authorities, On May 20 the registered mail bag for England, containing over 100 letters, was delivered by Russian mail agents at the Austrian frontier with the explanation that it had accidentally been drenched wink water, Oa examine• tion et London it was discovered that the lettere were hot only soaked through and meetly illegible, but in a number of oases the solid end of the envelope had been out with a knife, It is clear that the officials had ransacked the bag, read all suspicions lettere, and then dmnped the whole in water to provide an excuse for the mutilated con- dition of the envelopes. The matter has been referred to the British Foreign Office and oorrespoesdenee on the snbjeet is in progress, Fully Comprehended. Teacher As the twig is beet the tree is inclined 1 Do you understand that?" Boy—" Yea'mr Wo'n bicycle boys grow up, they'll walk with a stoop." The higher up a thermometer gots the. lower it falls in the public estimation.