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AGRICULTURAL.
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liE1?ORNINf CATTLE.
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BY LFs1.I1111. metals.
There are many farmers who woad glad-
ly remove the hone from their math) if they
wore not restrained by the thought that
getting ready to perforin the operation
carried with it the neeessity of attending to
u long list of details, or providingspeeiltily
prepared facilities, 1(e for iustane, et chute
for securing the animal, or some particular
form of eatir. While I do not wish to de.
preeiate the use of improved facilities for
performing the work, still the man who
keeps only a few hand of live stock need
not feel that it is too a ooh trouble for him
to deboru his cattle himself.
Undouhtodly the most oatisfaetory way
of dispansing with the horns is to cheek
their growth on the calf. For this parpoeo
I have sneoeosfnlly used autistic; pettish. It
is sold in sticks about the site of a lead
pencil, and may be obtaiue d at any drug
store. Five cents' worth will be euilde(emt
to dohorn six or eight eaten. The best
time to kill the horn is when the calves are
from three to six days old, or as some as
the little born button can bo definitely lo•
Bated. With a pair of scissors clip all the
hair away from the embryo horn. Dip a
linger in water, and moisten the horn,
dry the finger and, after wrapping all but
the lower end of the stick of potash in
11(0. 1. A cow anrreep volt 0101G1Rx0 0'
raper, to provont the !Rogers 0011103 fl
contact with it, hold (t 0s one would
pencil, and rola on the horn. Al
portions of the horn mast be treated
During the process of applying th
potash, the horn meat bo kept nmistetled, bu
great care 0110(111 ho observed not to put at
so much water as le 00009 the dissolved pot
ash to ran down the calf's head, and esus
unnecessary wafering. When the horn take
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ing the animal ibr delun'nillg is illustrated
in Fig.1 The (minis' is placed in an urdin0ry
stable stanchion, except that the preeaution
is taken to have it braced very atcutely. A
pair of light double pulley bineks is then
fastened to the ceiling a little in (rout and
to one side of the animal's head as it stands
in the stanchion. A heavy live -ringed hal-
ter le placed on the animal's head ; the
pulley hook is then fastened to the halter,
and the head drawn np as high as it can be.1
Owing to the block beine'hung to one side:
of the center the aninutl's head is turned
sideways ; when it is drawn up, this posi-
tion enables the operator to get at the horn
conveniently, The horn 51(011101 be sawed
off' clear down to the base so that therm will
be a rim of hair left on the severed horn,
As soon 09 one ]torn is romoved the aosiatont,
releases the rope, Om pulley Klock is hung
up on t to other side of the animal and the
operati in repeated en the remaining born.
Tho operator 81100111 have en assistant whose
duty is to draw the animal's head up and
hole u while the thew ork is being done.
The rope should not be fastened, but
]told in the hands, so that the head may
be r.leased the intent the horn is oh.
The operator 0hnnl(1, when all is ready,
work with all the vigor posoille, 01111
not lto,itate and 0top because the ani-
mate moves about 0 little. A carpenters
sat', such as is used for light Hnishingwork
with a bade shout eighteen inches .lo1>g, I
have fonud the most satisfactory for nhj'
own nae. It should be o'e,v 0h10 (111,1 have
but little set in the teeth. In Figs. 3 and 4
1 are shown the horned and aliened heads
a of a.leremy 10111 whose Thorns ',tot'e sowed oil'
1 in the early part of June, 116112, when he wee
about two yea's old. Ho was 110(11011 in
e the ma1(1m• just described. Neither his
t development nor services appear to have
been interrupted in the least by the opera-
- don. His tamp lhorn0 had attained a
a
on an inflamed appearance, earl the akin
that covers it has becotne loosened, it will
be. evident that it boas receive:1 sufficient
treatment, This applieaton, or, indeed,
that of any other fluid premixed to. accom•
plish the seam purpose, does cause some
pain, but it does not lent so long, nor is it
as severe as ho 111e mese of the mature animal,
when the saw is employed. Fig. 2 shows
the result of an application of 10 prepared
deborning fluid to one horn only, the other
thorn in the ease of each animal being lett to
develop naturally. When 311Cni1Cal dehorn•
ing compounds are used care must be observ-
ed to keep the bottle tightly corked with a
rubber cork, otherwise a second experiment
with the same bottle, after it had been open
for several months, might not be very satis-
factory. If caustic potash (0 used it will bo
necessary to bottle it up tight to prevent
the moisture in rho air from dissolving it.
Next to checking horn growth on the
calf, the only resource is the sate, and while
this operation may appear an an act of
cruelty, it is a remarkable fact that the
ermicishn on the practice comes almost
wholly from persons who have no prima
tical experience in the management rine
feeding of cattle, while its exponents
are the men who know full well that
more cruelty is directly traceable to
the wearing of horns by cattle than can bo
charged against their owner by his act of
depriving them of them useless weapons.
When horns are to be removed by amens of
the saw, I prefer to wait until they are
fully developed, for it has been my expert.
enee that ugly stub horns will auroly be the
result when (half grown horns are sawed off.
If the work be properly .performed on e
tp
mature animal therm will bo tory little
further growth, thehorn will soon round
over with a hard shell, and rarely ever
grow so long that it will not be covered by
the hair on the head, Twelve o0w0 were
dehorued 1(larotl 1001, 1S88.
IPIO, 2. JERSEY Cow WITH ONE HORS REMOVED
RE CIIEn10CAt,8,
From the data obtained at the time the
twelve cows were dehorned, it was found
that there was a slight fatting oft' in the
milk yield during the twenty-four hours
following the operation, mud an increase
in the fat. There was also aslightlncrease
m the temperature of each animal, de.
noting a slight degree of fever for a few
days after the operation was performed,
All for the animals straggled mono or
less,` while tho work Was being clone, end
there eau be no question but that itis pain. 3
fol, but the work can and should be done
tory quiokly. Tn no Hasa, by natuad obsor•
v0tion, did it requirement then half 0 min.
ate to remove a horn 1 in a few 00808 it o1113
tooth five or six strokes of the naw. As 00011
am the horns were off the anim0l was release
ed, and bran was immediately placed before
thorn to sem if they would eat. 01117 in ono
instance Was i110(111ecl. The loss of blood
le usually slight, brit it is not nommen for
ono or more linos
streamto ,sport cm(' from
the horn for fifteen or twenty inbltes. I
have never yet, found it neoces0ry to put
anything on the horn to state the flow of
blood, or to assistto•liraling. The words may
besafoly done at' any time except daring
the ,hot months, when the Gies would be
troublesome, A simple method of scour•
1 17(1. 4. HARMLESS D1?11111tx0D .11011SEY GULL
length ofa foot and were three inalhes inI
diameter at the base, and, as is usual with.
'
Jersey bulls, he was a very dangerous
animal, bot is so no longer•
Tests of Milk.
Ma Frank T. Shutt, 11. A., chief chemist
of the Uaninlon I eperimeutal Farms, ad-
dressed the recent Dairy Convention on the
estimating of fat in milk, and the adoption
of the Beh"oek method in creameries old
cheese factories as a means of putting the
sale of mills upon a more equitable basis
than at present hl vogue.
JIr. Shutt said that at the last convention
of the association 110 had pointed out the
neeees1ty of valuing milk according to quad.
ity ; that be hall emphoslzed the fact that
the value of any partionlar sample of mak—
whether for the creamery, the ohne fee -
tory, or the consumer—Wats directly depend"
oat upon the amount of butter fat that milk
contained; that by the introduction of rho
Babcock tester we were adopting tine
Uusineas principle of "payment of money
for va1110 received.' Figures were then
given showing the reliability and aoeuracy
of this process, In melee to lessen the am-
ount of work and expenditure of 1,110000(08.
sexily entailed in making daily tests of each
patron's milk, the method ot collecting and
testing composite samples was advised. Tito
results of several series of experiments con-
ducted at the Experimental Farm labors•
tortes, Ottawa, by Mr. Shutt, were given,)
the figures representing these results being
presented to the audience on charts. The
first series showed that Mr. Shutt had been
successful in getting aloelra10 results (1(011
using a a eoial pipette 1 1.0th of rho usual
size. 13y mane of 11 daily samples
of each patron's milk were put ,n a test
bottle. At the end of the week the test
bottle therefore contained the regular
amount, viz., (7.0 0.0. Although this 000•
11001110 sample was then curdled and tioielc,
it worked very satisfactorily with rho acid,
and the result Ball been proved to be as cora
root 00 by testing the mills daily and 10vor-
aging the results, The second series of ex-
periments told of the use of pot. hiclu'omato
as a preservative. This 0hemic01, when
present only in small quantities, would
keep hnillr 1111141 for weeks and even months,
Further, that this milk could be analysed
or testea at nay time, and tho percentage
of fat obtained would bo ;menet. The
method of using the biehronato was fully
explained, and a 0amplc of milk, made up
of omrhposito samples taken from tha 8th to
14th December, was exhibited. It was
peefeetly fluid. This afforded an alternate
methed for obtaining a composite sample
which coold bo easily and accurately tasted
by the 14almook. The weal) and the strong
points of the above processes were then
brought out, the use of the bichromate hay
ing oomewhat the better claim of the two
for adoption, A method of sampling the
mills was then explained,by which not only
was a rspresehtativo sample obtained, but
Also an Aliquot or proportionate (01n011nt of
the milk daily suppllied by each patron,
This did away tvltlf the error that existed
when exau,tly rho same quantity was taken
daily a0'the samples.
THE KHEDIVE BAf1KS DOWN, DEAD MEN'S RANDS. 1usT1w BUN D.
.He Appoints aNew PromierWhe is friendly
to England.
areal Retinae sent Min (10 1'1140111nm
Demanding the 11'ltlulrnwytiof lralhkrl
1'ashu. 81818101' went,. 80,19 II011ra—Thlt t
/ter>tehntalI Accordingly Mein; no Wluanll
our- The Khedive re sorra It .Ill Ilan
pcnea--armee isn't 0111)111' About 11
end says Englund'.; C'au'se Means Alt
llexlltlall, —_•
A Cairo despatch says :—The flurry in
!.groan political aMTars has ended in the
complete withdrawal of the Khedive from
the position taken by ]nim, and hnnooforth,
unless some nutmeat 11 event 000111'6, Great
Britain will have all to say as to who shall
fill 1110 Egyptian ('ahinet antes,
Yesterday the Khedive received 0n nitt•
mane from the 13fitiab (10vernln9nt do
mending the dismissal of the obnoxious
newly appointed Minister wi111in twenty
foor hours. The ultimatum left no doe!:
that Great Britain was seriously 1n carnes
in her determination not to relax her grip
upon the country, and that the Khedive's
personal !predilections (vould not be allowed
to count for anything against what Eng-
land believes to be Iter interests. The
Egyptian ruler was plainly given to un•
dorstand that his position was held only
through the cooseot of Ureat Britain, and
if that consent was withdrawn he would
find himself in it precarious position.
Upon the expiration of the twenty-four
hours given in the ultimatum, Lord Croner
the British \lutister, went to Abdin Palace,
and demanded to knot(' the decision the
Khedive had reached.
The Khedive, who had had 0long confer.
enee with Nubnr Pasha and Riaz Pasha, ex-
pressed regret that his selection of a Minis
try hail proved not to the lilting of Groat
Britain, and pointed nut that FakhriPasha,
the newly appointed President of the Coen
sin, had, at his request, resigned his office,
Tile Khedive offered to appoint in his stead
Riaz Yasha, tt110 0988 formerly at the head
of the hayptian Ministry and 0010 is known
to be friendly to British interests. Lord
('router assented to the appointment of Riaz
Pasha. lie secured from the Khedive all
u1derstandine that heretic ter he would mike
no alteration in t110 Ministry without con-
sulting Great Britain,
A Paris despatch nye :--In the Chamber
of Deputies, to -day, 1l. Devolle questioned
the (ioverllnieet as to the truth of the report
that Covet Britain had compelled the l.ho-
dive to cancel the appointment of one of his
Ministers and what action France intended
to tante in the matter.
1i. Devolle, Minister of Foreign Antes,
replied that it would be ditlicult at the
present One to give particulars regaru ding
the serious events at ('afr). The Khedive,
be added, was acting within his rights when
he changed the chief of his cabinet. The
French llorernneot, with tho greatest 001m -
ens. was inquiring into the matter,
M. Develle farther said that(1nthin1a0eet-
ing the independence of Egypt could be a
matter of indifference to France. [Cries of
"Hear, hen'."j 11. Waddington, the rep-
resentative of Great Britain, had been in•
strurted to see Lord Rosebery, the British
Foreign Minister, and confer with 11(10 on
the subject.
The Temps says that the event throws
light Ripon the falseness of British statue
moll, the real extent of British pretensions,
and the shamelessness of British pol(ey in
transforming a provisional protectorate into
pare annexation. But, the Y'rmpa adds, the
British press triumphs too soon. .
The Journal rle.c Dames says that the
Khedive's stroke of policy in hanging his
Ministry without consulting Great Britain
was nota challenge to that country, but a
coura3eons initiative on which lie Dight to
be strongly ecnlgratulated.
Tho /aware says that the Khedive has
shown clearly hie opinions and intentions
for tho future, and that they will facilitate
the task of M. Wadnington, the arehcb
Ambassador to Great Britaul, who has been
charged by his Government to cllsouss the
Egyptian question with Lord Rosobury,
the British Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Our World's Pair Commissioners.
Weird and 4:homly churns 11,141 Ronnie
naenlsSome Criminals Employed.
One of the moat rnrious 1(1111 01401131'
111111900 of suporstltiou slates to the criminal
elaaaeo. The lllyetlu code which regnlaes
the liven of 1lmse enemies of ;moiety la in
many 1.10108 a oorvival o1 fatiol,isll1 of the
oldest hind. Believing teenciously in the
dread eilieaey of co'tan t ghastly charms
and inoaulatione, the malefactor boldly en-
ters 031011his enter nee occasionally carry.
ing with hila " n 11111111 man's 110,141"-- anhen
from One lobo has died a violent deiath.
$uch a 0120010 beingsnppo0ed to overpower
with .sleep those w be ('flute meter its ha
lluenee, it is naturally au invaluable 0(1•
j111101 to the implements employed bythiev•
es.
Some years ago an attempted robbery was
11114110 by burglars 011 tel estate in the comity
\Math, and, to quote a C011t01111lal'ltfy n0•
count of t ho 011'air, " they entered the i1ouse
armed with a dead man hand, with 10
lighted mind le 1(1 it, believing that a catnelle
so placed will not be seen by any but those
by whorl 11. is used ; and also that if It Dau•
elle in a dere] man's hand be introduoed into
t 10110880, it will prevent those who may be
asleep from awakening. The inmates, how,
ever, were nlafmorl,rhe robbers fled leaving
Lha dead hand behind then!."
Many similiar stories are told of the use
of the dead hand by thieves, one comm1ni•
catod by the Rev. S. Baring -Gould being
worthy of notice. Two men having conte
to lodge in a palate 110118e w1L11 tt view t0
robbing it, asked permission to pass the
night by the Gro and obtained it. When
the honoo was quiet,, the servant girl,
suspecting mischief, crept down stairs
and ]oohed through the keyhole, when
she saw the men open the amok and
take ont a dried withered hand. They
anointed the lingers with some unguent,
and lighted them. Each finger flamed
except the thumb, which indicated that
one of the household was not asleep.
Grose gives a full account of this charm
as used by French housebreakers, and a
variation of the same belief prevailed in
Belgium. Not far from Brilliant, in West
Flanders, 0 thief teas captured, on whorl
was found the foot of a man who had been
hanged, which he need when engaged in his
robberies, for putting persons to sleep.
Sim[1ar instances are quoted from Spam
and Germany, and it is noteworthy that
Mexican thel\'es have been known to carry
with them tho left hand and arm of a wont.
au who !lied at the birth of her first child.
Then there is the corpse Dandle, a weird
implement of the robbers trade, which, al-
though common throughout Europe, seems
to have been more general in Gorman}, than
any other country. Not so loug ago it may
be remembered how four pesone in the
South Russian Government of Kursk mur-
dered a ethane order to slake candies of iter
body, the notion being that such a hideous
light not only rentiu•s the perpetrators of
robberies invisible, but actually throws the
victim or victims into a state of somno.
leney.
In the German Criminal Codes of the
seveeteenth and centuries we find
express mention made of penalties againata
crime the motive of which was the making
of "thieves', " or " sleep•produeing can.
dies," This seperstitiouhas figured in malty
a trial, andseems to be, even at the present
clay, implicitly believed in by the criminal
clams. Indeed, it was suggested that the
Whitechapel murders were instigated by
this idea, a theory which the celebrated Dr.
Bloch, a member of the Austrian Reich•
strath, was induced to support. An instance
of this piece of oriminal lore ocilurred dur-
ing the trial of the German thief. Theodore
Linger, who was executed ab Magdeburg in
1810, when it was brought nut in evidence
that a regular traffic existed for tho supply
of these grewsome implements of the burg.
tar's trade. But, instead of making the
criminal invisible, this grim light has more
than once clone the Averse, and oaabed 111111
to bezette, 1)0003111 to justice. -[Pall Ilan! Ga -
Tho World's Fair comnuesione08 were in
session at Ottawa, last week, the principal
work undertaken being the allotment of
space to the tl1Gerent provinces in the
several buildings. In the mines and minerals
buildings Ontario is allotted 2,200 feet ;
Quebec, 1,500 feet; British Columbia, 1,200
feet ; Nova Scotia, 500 feet ; North-west
territories, 600 feet; while to Manitoba,
New Brunswick rind hence Edward Island,
which are not making a speuial mineral ex•
hibit,300feet was allotted. A. block ot 2,300
feat was set apart for rho Dominion, in
order that Dr. Selwyn may arrange a
geological exhibit, from a purely soieuti80
standpoint. It was decided that "oopy"
for the general catalogue shall be prepared
by the Dominion 00101ffissi00, and after-
wards a special Canadian catalogue of a
more detailed character will be issued.
The space in the Agricultural Department
has been awarded as follows: Ontario,
1,200 square feet ; Quebec, 800 feet; British
Columbia, 500 feet; North-west territories,
500 feet ; Manitoba, 300 feet, and the marl•
time provineee, 300 feet.
Senator Penley has left Ottawa to make
further arrangements regarding the North-
west exhibit. He hoe decided to stpple-
ment the territorial grant by a sen of
$5,000.
TOSSED INTO TRE SNOW.
A Bather Avulsed 1ty 1111 hoose Being lits
1>Io tne0-116 Threw 181s Children out of
a window.
A London, Ont., despatch says: — The
! family of 'Phomas C. Ross, Teemnseh•
avenue, hada very narrow 0000pe with
their lives early this morning and a daaid-
edly anpleasant experience. Mr. Ross was
awakened by a feeling of suf1ooation and
found his room filled with smoke, With-
out 8 moment's delay he aroused his wdfe
and then hurried to hisohildeen'o bedroom,
There was no ttn0 to 0;01130 by tho halal
Way 0nd a 0111(1ow wee hastily raised anti
the ohildren wore ono by 0110 thrown out
through tho whitlow into t110 snow and the
bitterly cold night with nothing to protest
('nen but their night clothes, As soon as
tho neighbour() could be aroused the home.
less family were eared for,
Such Oases Aro Serious, Sometimes.
Leto one evening a doctor received a note
from a couple of follow practitioners, say.
Ing Pray, step across to the olitb. We aro
one shortfor n game of poker.
1+lmily, dna" 110 then amid to his wife,'
"I am palled away 0gain. It appears to be
a very serlol0 case, for thoro aro two doe.
tors 1(1r00dy in attendance."
It le eetim10101 that the total funds of
Fortune (loos not change mon; it only un; trades unions in Great Britain amount to
masks thorn, 09213 per a0pfta.
3 etter'Box Novelties in London.
Another experiment to promote the
express delivery of letters and parcels is
being mode by the Post Chloe authorities.
"
The first " pennyin•the slot" automatic
letter box placed at Charing Cross 0900 not
sutfiu'ently successful and the machine is
now removed to tho front of tlhe Royal
Exchange, within a few yards, however, of
Ctrnhifl Post Office. It remains to bo
proved whether the Publio will patronize
the invention.
All that one has to die is to press a penny'
10 the slob and pull out a drawer, in whioh.
is a yellow envelope; containing a ecoohd
envelope and a onrd for the message to be
forwarded. A flap to the box forms a
desk upon which the commuoncation may
be written. It is then inclosed in the
smeller envelope, and with the cash or
;tante; for spenial delivery et the rate of
3d per mile, including train aul bus fares,
but not cab fares, which are extras, is put
into the larger envelope.
Meanwhile a meseepga' has been au toms -
tinily summoned by electric aall,bub should
lie not make a speedy appearance the enve-
lope may be left for him in a message box.
Parcels may bo intrusted to the messenger,
but it is 110000sary to await his arrival, for
they can not be posted in the ordinary way.
The general Post Ofilee is also developing
its weal coach 0ystem, and has just added
a relief vehicle to Slough, on the Oxford
road.
Rio Independent Position.
Road reformer—But good remits, my 0
friends, will bene1b you a thousand tinges
more that they will anybody else, t
Stubborn old fanner—They'll cost too t
blame much.
" Statistics show that it will not wet as
much to build and maintain good roads as
you people are throwing away in trying to f
improve palm worthless old roams." 0
kl'mphl"
"And I'll bled myself o pay all your yy
taxes for building therm if you'll agree to h
pay me what they seem you in hauling your t
stuff to merkot in early spring. How does j
that strike you ?" 11
"H mph 1' 1
rc What's your objection to good roads, h
n"
anyhow ,
" You're tryin' to force 'cm on me, by t
thing I"—[Chicago Tribune,
.Irl Rt teed:;ti to Rte 10.001* II Canoed 'fle-
I:wre U, ler+ !long,
A flaegow tlesp.tteh says 1-- A horrible
same ow•nr(o1 !matey 04 theexeentlel of
\\'illiem alel;wen for the menhir of m wom-
an n1 Peliokahiole. 11ol'weo, alter morn"
whiting the crime, had attempted to own.
mit, suicide by putting lhls throat.
It was thought that he would die from
the ofl'eote of the wound, but the doctors
suerecded in saving 11101 for the gallows,
although his (le0(1 was left 1n t4 weak mouth•
tion. When he was brought oat for ex e.
011 11141 teerniug the meek of the self-iu-
nielmt wound could plainly be seen.
'l'ho 0oulennlel man was givou 0 drop of
seven feet, He (('101110,1 \vit110111 app0rent
fear to tile gallon'» and the rope 09100 addnst-
ed. \\'holt the holt, was riraw'n, the (11(11'0
hear) m'u0 nearly torn (IT and blood gushed
out over his body and the gallows. Dealt
was iustantanoou0.
The Courtin,' of Melissa,
The slanting rays of sunset ammo levelly
across the har'eatod wheat Gold, giving a
golden glory to the stubble, n warmer' 10me
to the gray rail fenoe that zigzagged along
the edge of the field, a Heber greenness to
the weeds that grew in the corners and the
creeper that ran along the rails,
.i girl was leaning against the fence with
this beautifying light full upon her—not
that she need have feared any light, for she
must have been always good to look at. She
was bare -headed, and stood dangling her
0an•bonnet by one string front the top rail
as she looked meditatively over the field be-
fore hoe.
After ten minutes had passed there was
a step behind her, A young man sane np
and leant upon the fence at, her side. Ile
ME not so good to loolc at as the girl, the
daily labor of farm life telling 01010 plainly
upon him, but nevertheless he was manly,
and with a pleasant twinkle in the eye.
He pushed his big straw hat back from his
forehead with a sigh of relief, and then took
110 silently regarding the profile of the gin
beside him.
In a few minnt00 she began to grow test
less under his steady gaze and sitid resent
folly, without turning her head 1 " Peer.
like some folks hadn't got sense 'ne 'weigh to
use the tongue the Lord gave 'em."
"1lebbo if some folks talked more they
might say things other folks has kinds
allowed they (11(111'1 keen tor hear," he an
swered mean ingly.
:Chore's times for everything—:nen is
mighty dumb critters. !low's y'ar mother?"
she added hastily, as if to preemie further
argument.
Mother's tola'ble. You 'lowed, just
now, there's a time for ever'thi„g and—'
" Oh !" she pried, " I've ;leapt my sou
bonnet. Dave, do gib it for met'
,The little rase succeeded, and he climbed
silently over the force to got the Gabby,
pink cotton headgear for her.
"Seen Rube \Vest this a oak 1" alto
queried,
3110 didn't show at meetin' last Sunday,
mn' I missed hint consid'able. !tube's a
nigh ty fine appo0rin' fellow," she continued
with exaggerated enthusiasm,
" Fair ter middlin'," he admitted mood-
ily, end then sifter a few moments silence
he roused himself co meet the conversations
domande ot the occasion.
"How's wheat turnin' out," he inquired.
" Pretty good, father 'lows. We'll finial
threshin' ter•tnorrow."
Then silence again, He was not of the
aloes trained to slake conversation to order.
What wan in his mind he co id speak of,
and if that was a forbiddeu joot for any
('0000(1, he could only keep qu'et, and tlhin •
1t over. Woman in any station of life seem
to bo provided by nature with the faculty
of ttdking of trifles while they are turning
over in their minds the most important
gnes11on0 of their lives.
Melissa thought of a dozen things to say
while they stood by the fence, but for sev
eral reasons she kept her lips firmly closed,
and except for an occasional side glance at
her companion seemed entirely absorbed in
the scenes oefore her. Sho knew what was
in his mind to say to her when he first amino
up. She had seen it Doming—lova for her
—fora long time ; in his eyes, in his man-
ner, in his voice, and down in her heart she
was glad ; but through sheer perversity site
would not let hint speak of it.
LTE BRITISH NEWS'S
A new 130311sh whinge is to he put in
oi1.nlletion lately this year.
Upward of 2,3115 lives are loot annually
111 the intend sequels ao,l !dent the 4mn110di•
µe1 cellist of the United 1',(uaclon1, 1001 118iO4%
of those lust "at sen,"
10,, 30001'in \5rh.lohyeki, Proeblomt of
the Society for the Rudy of illob0ie1y of
!,onion, colllpleted lila lnuedrn41tt yearlaat
weak.
'rho deaths of for tyalive eon tenarinnewere
tweeted in liugl.tnd Inst year, twantytwo
mets anti 1w'011Lythree women. In 1591,
ncenrding to this record, forty-eight can.
tenaeiane died, and thirty-six m oath of
the three preceding yeas.
Over :144,900 subscribed in sorooal miss -
Mg word oompetiteons is now impounded in
the British law 000018, O'ive notions have
been ((100zh1 to determine the otvnor81111
of the money. Too proprietor of one
paper says lin distributed;C175,000 in prizes
during the run of the competitions.
A shower et rico thrown at a bride and
bridegroom in l+aeg10ti(1 as they were atert-
ing on their wedding tour recently caused
1110 two heron attached to dein 00101>ge to
bolt, with the result that the bridegroom
was thrown out and received serious In.
juries,
Delagatos have been invited from the
sanitary committees of all the porta of the
United kingdom tea conference in London
to discuss bite cholera quesbioln, and to pro-
mote unity of motion in regard to manures
for preventing the introduction or spread of
the plaguo-(n the spring.
A reproduction in salt of the (:odds;; of
Liberty 01113edlow's Island is being sculp-
tuted at the offices of the Salt Union, in
Wiusford,' England, for exhibition at the
Chicago Fair. The statuo itself is 5 feet a
itches high, and it will stand on a base 7
feet in height. It will be carved out of
solid white e101t, and the anb•bas0 will be of
1 aniber•oolorod 100lt aah, to imitate the
rocks of the 'stand. Tho l,aao will bo higlo'
ly ornamented with moulding, panels, and
• inseviptiols.
s There has been a largo immense in the
r number of divorces granted 111 Scotland
in. late years, 13etiteen I. 04 and 1.74 rho
overage number was thirty -live a year,
r whwh Motioned to tifty-nins between 1874
and 1880, Last year 137 divorce decrees
were granted there as against 100 in 1501
and eighty -Wino in 1590, (lt 188t year's do-
crees sixty-eight were obtained by husbands
and 5(tynine by wives. Inti(101,ty was the
ground for considerably more than half,
Itis proposed in laneland to copy the
Canadian patriotic practice of honoring the
, national Hag in the public schools. The ?
Earl of Meath asked the London School
Boned the other weep to pet patriotism on
the list of subjects, and otie•ed1 to subscribe
1,111 for the purchase of union jacks t0 be
hung in the Board schools and honored,
say once it month, by some formal cere-
mony. The Board will consider thepropo•
sition. In speaking of the matter the 110wa-
papers generally refer to the precedent
offered iu our practice here.
The Oxford University Extensioe move-
ment shows a greater growth daring 18312
1 than in any previous year. Moro than
twice as many lectures were delivered than
is 15111, and 700 more certificates awarded.
During the year fifty-five lectures delivered
3011 courses at 271) centres. At 105 of 11000
the Oxford lectures had not previously been
given. Tho 13,491 lectures wore attended
by' 37,909 persons. The subjects included
history, literature, art, economies, and
various branches of physical science,
New plans have been made for the pro-
jected bridge aoross . the English Channel,
and the promoters will apply to Parliament
, this session for powers to go ahead with its
calstreetion, The engineers are Sir Sohn
Fowler and Sir Benjamin Bekor. Tho
length of the bridge has 170011 reduced about
three miles, and the number pf piers have
been reduced from 121 to 73. The canti-
lever system is proposed. The greatest
span will be 1,0.40 feet. The masonry piers
are to be 147 feet long and 00 feet bro,ad,-
The cost is estimated at £32,750,000,
Now a sudden fear oame over her that
perhaps she had dioeonregod him too much,
and oho hoped by her keeping silent he
would be ,roved to speak of the subject
most on his Hind.
She 0(51001 wished she had not dropped
the sen -bonnet. He was s ill on tate other
side of the fence, and the fact that the
seemed to be forgetting her presence made
her feel more and more aggrieved. Really,
he was wouclering how h could get away
tvithout showing her what he felt. Some-
where in the geese a cricket;chirped a shrilly
twilight song. The sound of mow belle mud
lowing of cattle broke in upon the stillness.
"Time for milkin'," sial Melissa senten-
tionsly. " Yer've been p 'ful entertain -
in', Dave. 'Clair to goodness 1 my sides
fairly ache a•langhin' at stories yer'vo told,
an' I wouldn't wonder if yeti hadn't more to
tell was just as well wrath 1 aria ."
With this parting shote a walked slowly
away from the (oleo, her chess gathering
the night dews from the w' Ods and greases
as it dragged nnheedod over theta. He
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ooked after' her, bewildered and enraged.
:then a light brolco upon hien and he swore
of tly, laughing to himself. There had been
temper in her last speedy unmistakable
emper. Il she was angry with him for not
taking, and oho must know the only thing
he wanted to tall( about, why—
Ho looked clown, there lay the old pink
snn•bonnot. Ina second 11e reoros0ed the
nee and bad it in his hand. ; a minute more
nd he wn0 by her side.
"\ierlissy," he said, "here's yer bonnet
o'n'o lost tight, 'Peers like yon omghter
nv0
some -un to take keor'0 that lee Lao pink
lung, I'd like pow'fnl well ter have the
ob, if how•aolne"bo yea could promise tor
ang it behind my door what yen warn(
tsar' it, The nail's jest the rigid. height,
madded, anxiously, "I drnv it long ago."
"Sorter seams a longish way for go every
imo I wautor mei my bonnet,' oho amid do.
nnrely.
" Lord 1 Morlissy," lie a moped, " yen
n'oly what mean. Ye Itnow I love ye—"
'!'here! sho cried, shyly tritunphnt
o,
'1 'lowed all along what yon did'( tell was
rho best wroth !manna"
Late Now,
blies Elderly—I am fooling very blue this
orntng,
Mother—\Vel\, it's your own tanit. Why
id you not utilize your Impartial, oppor•
unities whet you hada allale0?
llissout'i labor u0mn0 are pushing bills
o mholinh
the mo11vi01 labor system, Pinic-
ortonism, to reduce mterost, and a legal.
cight•bour law.
His Manifest Destiny. It
Seorj011—" I don't know what to do with ,
my boy, Ho has St. Vilna' danoo. His oan•
tenons aro frigihtfal."
Yaggers—" Make a great pianist of him
and it will pass for eccentricity."
Losing .[Lor Relatives. "1
Miss Gadder—Olt, dear, I do hate win. rl
ter 1 'Ir'e such hard work for 1110 to soloot t
becoming piens and bonnets, Ido so envy
Mrs. Mayfair,
" Why, my lova?"
" Because she has such luck that scarcely
twee months pass that she does not lose it
relative,"
Now regulations were issued from the
British War Office last week by which the
Yeomanry Chivalry, a part of the volunteer
forces, is entirely reorganized, and a definite
place assigned to it (n the mobilization
schone. a fter April 1 next the Yeomanry
reghnents will be orgtninod in squadrons,
as is the regular cavalry, instead of in
troops. No squadron will be allowed to sink
in strength below a in nimum of seventy
efficient. Tine regiments will be grouped
in brigades, and each brigade will be regnir-
od to train in camp ab least once every three
years. The disciplining, training, and in.
tamer economy of each corps will remain
under the control of it own commanding
officer. The present establishment of the
Yeomanry Cavalry consists of 10;900 officers
and men,
Lally Henry Somerset, the well-knowti
temperance advocate, writes to London
Troth regarding statements that have been
widely printed, both in Great.Britaiit 0110
over this country, concerning her ownership
of public; houses, and her consequent seem-
ing ineonsiateney 1 " I inherited my father's
estates ten years ago, and since that time
have been enabled to close eight public
houses. I have during that time been offered
considerable sums of money to extend leases
before they fall in, bob have always refused,
I have never renewed the lease of a Hoene -
ed house, nor do I ever intend to do so, All
who nudersband the man (women t• of property
are aware that until a lease falls into the
Minds of the ground landlord it to not his
property, and ho cannot Ileal with it in any
way."
MASKED 13,01iBER13
101001(1 Into the House ore: Tridow, 8011(811
the Furniture and Ili -treat the Woman.
A Platteville Telegram says :—A few
.hlgh1s ago tt gang of masked men broke into
the hoose of a widow mimed 3111(0, Skillings,
who lives with two daughters a short dis•
tattoo west of hero, They broke the feria.
taro, smashed OM W111,10w8 01111 ill•thsed tine
old lady considerably, Constable .Loader
has had rho matter in charge and trade sev-
arnl arrests, mud ten-day two of the seapoots,
named \Vr•ight ancd Close, were committed
to elated their trial at Woodstock, It is
said thorn are more arrests to follow.
.4 gigantic gorilla, measuring seventy
inahro across the chest nut with shooldors
110 (vide 110 these of three men united, was
shot by l,iout, Morgan's party recently tit a
place twentyGvo days' maroh from the coast
of Cameroon, The creature was so limey,
and unwiebly that it regmirod the ollorts of
sixteen men to dreg it to rho station, Limit.
blorgon reports those facto to tho Authrone.
lioijicnl Society of Burlin. IiiLherth,11 1s
sari, nn gorilla lune beim seen by Europeans,
beyond the first degree°, north latitude,
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