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MORNDALL's wAREnip
but from what he had gleaned, the evidence
was fearfully against the prisoner at the bar.
To state it briefly ; William Armsti-Ung had
been four years m Isaac Twyford's employ -
PART III. offered a higher salary and a house to live
By insSrE. inACLEOD.
ment as foreman at- the Mill, when he was
e in by a con factor at Boston. The old
s miller was unwilling to part with him, and
, offered to raise his wages to those proposed
s' by the corn -dealer; but young Armstrong
t declined. The chance of a house rent-free
_ was a great inducement for the change, as
'Meier Randall only remained &few day
at the Hall, having a large circle of friend
to viL0 before returning to his militar
dutiesjn India. There was to bee week'
hunting e.t one -place, a week's shootinga
another ; then a stay with former brother
tee officers at Woolwich and Aldershot, lastly
to his married sister in. Worcestershire. Sir
Philip and Lady Haftbnry were rieln spend
ing thes:r money freely, as wealthy people
ought to do. They entertained Largely. A
country seat with a succession of staying
guests is charming ; at least the Major found
it so after his long sojourn in the East, and
for the time be quite gave himself up to the
enjoyment of English nome-life and society.
He was a general favourite, being bright,
agreeable, fine-looking, and an amusing
raconteur of Indian adventures; unmarried,
on the verge of forty. Now forty 's really
an excellent age in a man; for he is exper-
ienced, as clever perhaps as he willover be;
the glamour of youth with its rose -tinted
al mosphere has departed, an 1 he sees his
fellowmen with plain black and white out-
lines, yet is still young enough to enjoy life.
Such was Major Randall:
There were few ladies who would have
refused him had he made proposals of mar-
riage; but he was not a merrying man; an
early disappointment—through death—had
'must(' him to relit). !• ish that idea. for ever.
There were frequent dinner -parties at the
Hall, and occasional dances; the time pass-
ed swiftly and pleasantly. Several times
he attempted to take his departure, but had
been induced to stay on by his _sister and
- brother-in-law's aolicitations. At last he
tsserinated his visit in a very tinexpectede - lsrly wished_ to see her master and apologize
manner. One night after a musical even- to him for the hasty words he used : it
en to be at variance with the old
ing, or home eoncert, in which the Major pained hi
,ehad distiaguished himself—for- he had a -miner, who bad formerly treated him with
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it would enable him to marry a young girl
.to whom he was- engaged. Unfortunately,
_ his master didnot take the refusal in good
part, and thought him too- young to get
married. High woras had followed, and a
quarrel ensued.
Mr. Twyford was well known and re-
spected as a just man by all the country
round; but it was also acknowleded that
he was a severe one ; still, he was not sup-
posed to have any enemies ; yet, within a
week of his disagreement with Armstrong,
he was shot dead on the high -road .leading
from Merstoke to Grantham, beside which
his mill wa t situated. He hid been the
best part of the day at Merstoke transact-
ing business, but had unexpectedly been de-
tained until late; indeed it was nearly
half-palt-tix when he quitted the Crown
Inn on his starting for home.
Many persons had heard the old Man call
his foreman hard names—ungrateful time-
HOUSEHOLD,
The Common Path.
Whether we toil 'neath the mountain pine.
Where the rocks are barren and steep ;
Or delve in the damp and darksome mine,
Where the shadows of midnight sleep;
Whether we stand in the harvest field.,
'Mid the wheat -field's garnered gold;
Or -strive for the treasures ocean yields
To the hands that are brave and bold;-
Whether we stray over frozen wilds,
Or toil on a burning plain ;
Or whether fair fortune frowns or smiles
On the work of the hand or brain ;
Whether if rough or if smooth the road.
Or the hours be sad or gay,
_ We must hear our share of the common load,
We must walk in the common way.
But the common way to the heart uncowed,
Blooms out into beauty true;
And a song can shatter the deepest cloud,
And the sunshine shall shimmer through,
Less -grows the weight of the common load,
If the courage be high and bright ;
And less the shadows across the road,
If the eyes are fixed on the light.
Mental vs. Physical Beauty.
Another advocate of feminine beauty who
believes that woman's first duty is to make
herself attractive has risen up and pronounc-
ed against too much study for our girls.
server, and such-like—and had seen Atm- He is Sir James Crichton Browne, and he
strong leave the mill in anger. Other wit- has talked upon this subject before the Med-
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nesses from Boston deposed that he possess- ical Society of London. He described a
ed pistols and a fowling -piece, which be group of girls that he once saw on a plat -
had been cleaning and using recently. form of a railway station. They were en
Some had met him at ten o'clock on the route from college to their homes. They
night of the murder, looking wet and fagged. were not fair to look upon, itT seems, and
Mr. Twyford's housekeeper stated that in had, the lover of beauty declared --from
the afternoon of that day Armstrong had which which we infer that he studied them
attentively—"stooping gait, withered ale,
pearance, Shrunk shanks and spectacles on
nose." And did their books do all this for
them we might ask ? Our Crichton would
probably reply _that their devotion to -books
prevented their running free in the meadows
and lanes, acquiring ease of movement in
rollicking play and the gayety and
color ' of the butterfly. We do not
quite agree with our Crichton be-
cause we- have seen country girls with
plenty of air and exercise looking pale,
angular and meagre in figure. Then, too,
they lacked the expression of intelligence
and mental alertness which transformed '
often an otherwise plain girl into one of in-
terest, if not attractiveness.
We think our Crichton simply misreads,
by reason of his predominant love of physical
beauty, the average school girl's thin and
ungrateeful figure. She is simply unde-
veloped in body as in mind. While she is
growing tall she does not fill out, and matur-
ity of physique does not come to all alike.
Our Crichton says he would rather English -
girls remained ignorant of logarithms than
that they lost a jot of their beauty. Well,
fortunately, girls will still go on deciding
for themselves, and we think it the wiser
way, since there is a beauty of mind and
spirit as well as of externals, and it shines
through the latter, and is clearly perceptible
to the appreciative. Mere beauty needs no
appeal; it makes its own. But there is
nothing, after all, so vulgar and wearisome
as physical charm without adequate harm-
ony of mind and heart. We should prefer
that all our proclamations should be for the
development of feminine harmony rather
than the conservation of bodily beauty.
come ever from Boston saying he particu-
pleasant baritone voice,- and sang ballads
nicely—he retired to re t about eleven
o'clock, in a happy enough state of mind,
such as peoplefeel whohave done their hest quiruis as to the time of his return, also
and been appreciated. He went to sleep at •saying he had half a mind to go and meet
once; and slept for two hours, when he him ; whether he did so or not she could
awoke with a. start: some one was speaktee
not say. — Soon after he left, it began_ to
to him. Raising himself upon his elbow, he rain.
gazed round the room, dimly visible by aAnother witness was the carrier, who met
tiny night -light. There was no one there, him,'
and exchanged a few words on the
and nothing disturbed. Yet a voice had Merstoke road ; it was then raining fast.
said distinctly: "Go to Lincoln." The prisoner had pleaded not guilty.
Hail he dreamt it? If so, _why dream of What the witnesses had stated was correct.
Lincoitt,'-where he knew no one ? Compos- Upon hearing that the miller had ridden
ing himself to sleep again for another two over to Merstoke, he started to meet him ;
hours, once more he Ives suddenly awaken- but the rain fell so fast, he turned back.
ed with a greater shock, for again the voice- Unfortunately, he missed the train, and
indness. He appeared disappointed when
she told him that Mr. Twyford had gone
to Merstoke for the day making many in-
repsated closer to him and most impressive-
ly " Go to Lincorn." This time the Major
got up and thoroughly searched the room.
He had locked the door, so no one 'could
enter that way. The hoose was hushed in
profound repose, not a sound, save the dull
ticking of a clock at the end of the corridor.
Major Randall was extremely discompos-
ed. He was not a superstitious man by any
means ; but there was a tone in that voice
that penetrated to his very soul with a thrill
through his system such as he had never be-
fore experienced.
" Dreams are strange things," he said to
himself ; " why should I dream Of Lincoln,
where I have not been half a dozen times in
my life, and that twenty years ago ?"
Again he got into bed, but not to sleep,
for his nerves were ten much excited. He
tried to lose himself in vain; his mind was
so- thoroughly awake and clear, that—as he
afterwards declared --he could have writ-
ten any letters or deepatches as well as ever
he did in his life.
He lay thee, colts still, on his back, with
svideupan eyes, when he was electrified by
the same voice saying close to his ear : " Go
to Lincoln—at once
" I will," answered the Major aloud ; and
springing up, he lighted the tapers on the
toilet table and. began to dress. Consulting
his watch, he foinid it was four o'clock in
the morning; and looking from the window
. the witness -box. He now saw why he had
which gave a view over the park, he saw a
been sent to Lincoln.
clear starlit sky and a white frost on the Thus, at the eleventh hour, William Arm -
grass. Writing a short note of explanation
et) his brother -in -haw, Sir Philip, be placed strong's character was vindicated to the
world, his statement fully corroborated by
it on the outside handle of his door, in order
a witness of irreproachable integrity. Clear -
that it might be seen by the servants at an
ly and circumstantially the Major related
early h.oute
how he was walking from the small station
"He will think lam cracked; I hope I to Creasing Hall, and had been overtaken
am net, forereally I ani going to Lincoln by a fellow -pedestrian, seeking shelter with
withoualthoming, why," he soliloquised as him for a short time in the old church porch
e he noiselessly descended the broad staircase. —the clock striking seven while there ; also
The --Hall door was so barricaded by its the conversation they had held together in
manifold fastenings of bars, bolts, and the dark—of how the prisoner's grandfather
chains, that he could not undo them with- had during a flood rowed in a boat to make
out alarming the household ; he therefore his purchases at the village shop, and shot
• entered a donserVatory opening from the wildeducks in the fields of Bertoft—fac',e
drawing""; and unlocking a glade door which a stranger could not possibly have
let himself out into the parketravegaing it knn.
without encountetinga keeper, but disturb=' William Armstrong was discharged, and
ing the deer clustered-- together under the a reward -of a hundred pounds at once of -
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bare branches of the fine elms and beeches,- fered for the 'apprehension of the actual
wile started up from their lair, gazing at murderer.
hfm in wonder.
Sir, Philip and Lady Hartbury were quite
Major Randall rather_ enjoyed his tramp prepared to quiz their brother unmercifully
to,Wercester in the bracing air of a fine- on his wildgoose chase, when he returned ;
frosty -morning. He reached the station in but when they heard its result, speedily
time to take a cup of cofleeand a sandwich changed their intention, listening almost in
before starting by the six o'clock train. awe to his recital.
Being an experienced traveller, he arranged Major Randall never heard the voice
his long journey so well, that, changing et
one junotion in order to catch the express again, and declares, in spite of the general
at another, he was enabled to reach Lincoln opinion to the contrary, that it was not a
dream.
by two o'clock. After enjoying a luncheon,
To do Mrs. Drew justice, she was
he strolled through the hilly street of that greatly 'shocked at her uncle's tragic e
interesting old city.
"Why am I here, I weeder ?" he kept re- death and poor Elizabeth's sudden de-
"Why
to himself. "Shall / have further cease, but triumphed in the expectation e
orders e of inheriting the miller's property, its s
amount proving greater than expected. She n
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But, though ho listened attentively, 310 _contemplated removing to a country house,
voice - 'eke again. , He sureeyed the exterior I keeping a t
pony phaeton and giving garden- _
of the • • ecathedral, and looked in theshop parties, to let the county families see she °
windowg wandering without any definite could hold up her head as high as any of m
object.. The town was unusually full of them. But behold ! when the time came
vie, who seemed in a state of excite- for legal settlement, no certificate of her a
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nient: The winter assizes were on., Not. Q
knowing how to occupy his timer -he stepped parents' marriage could be found —no entry e_
intatheceurthieuse, where a -trial was tale. iinmaretge.isters. Ake ! Mrs. Drew was illegit- lic;
ing:Plade. ' Theentrance was blocked with "Pride must have a fall," exclaimed the _
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SC.'" ' 4i ea2e1"/122111° iliqUii.ed ("Pike' - She never spin upbraided her husband gfii
"A young mar iTis dieing tried for his life, -with ha.ving f ao ambition."
-deltdti atignitd - - The miller's fortune went to very dis- m
et
was obliged to walk the whole distance to
Boston, where he arrived greatly fatigued
and very wet. It was a great shock to him
when he -was arrested the following day
charged with the murder of his former em-
ployer.
It was seven o'clock when Mr. Twyford
-was shot ; the woman at the roadside cot-
tage stated that her timepiece struck that
hour just before,she heard the report of the
pistol.
"1 am innocent," the prisoner said sol-
emnly. " Appearances are fearfully against
me; but I would never raise my hand against
Mr. Twyfcrd. We were not on good
terms; still, there was no malice on either
side. I was not near Merstoke high -road
at the time of the murder, but in a directly
opposite directon, seven miles away from
it, going home. There is one person, the
only one in the world, who could prove it.
I overtook him on the way. It was pitch
dark ain
; the r came down in torrent; and
we took shelter for a time m the porch of
Bertoft old church, and exchanged a few
words. Of course we could not see each
other. That stranger could testify the fact
of my presence there—though perhaps he
has forgotten it."
"No ; he has not," rang out Major Ran-
dall's clear voice. " Re is here."
In the midst of great excitement, the
Major pushed his wan through the crowd to
June.
June by universal acclamation is
month of roses, the leafy month, and in
her characteristics deserves the high e
giums which poets have ever lavished u
her. Without the fickleness of April
May or the arid heats of July and Augu
she is truly the month of nature's most lav
exuberance of color and fragrance. In
ages since old Roman times June has be
considered the most auspicious month
weddings and betrothals, although h
immediate predecessor, May, was consid
ed the most unlucky month in all the ye
in which to contract marriage. " The brid
of May," says an old adage, "is the brid
of death," and no reason can be assigned f
this dismal idea, except that -the Roma,
2,000 years ago celebrated their festivals
honor of the dead in this month, and sing
larly enough our only festival in honor
the dead is held in the same month. T
rush of weddings that occur in the begi
ning of June and the scarcity of weddin
that occur in May go far to prove the pow
that old superstitions still exist.
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are recalled by the month. It used to b
always considered unlucky for a brid
couple on the way to church to meg t a monk
a priest, a dog, cat or serpent, and thene
were singled out as obnoxious on very rea
sortable grotands, as all being in some wa
inimical to the richest bliss of the marrie
state --monks and priests not accepting it
for thenieel yes, though willingly enough
joining others, dogs and cats beingsymbol
ical of the most unhappy union possible an
the serpent having broken up the origina
happy home. But to meet a wolf, a toa
or a spider was an auspicious omen indeed
but upon what grounds it was considered
so is not so -apparent.
The charivari or horning party, which is
now quite common in some of our villages,
specially on the occasion of an ill-assorted
marriage, was a custom away back in the
arly centuries, and was the subject of a
synodal order from the church. The fee
ow given to the minister was formerly pur-
hese money for the bride given to herself
o "bind the bargain," and the ring was
riginally merely a part of this purchase
oney. . The system of wedding presents
hick has no*. No -omega formidable, prob.
bly arose from the " penny weddings "of
mien Bess's titne, when it was a custom
r all the guests to contribute somethiag
the couple at. the wedding feast.
To the city reeidenteJtheaslsoeepresents
e time for the annual exodus to green
elds, seashore, lake and mountain, and for
iis is welcome enough to make it a faVorite
oath without its traditions oriel beauty.
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The laundry.
The first June are welectm to the
od laundeerweenentt No artificial blea.c —
a do sechtwOrk*liedgeeen grass and son,
ine; -Winter clothes are quite likely to
ve acquired something of a yellow hue.
ey may now be blnesched tet snowy
sir
Of „ege„.; pee -•a -- • e v taint relations, whowere advertised for in
ele„'"'4"` , the pgpers.
—''' Twyford,"neer alrRoby, A convict named Ashworth died at Port.
Was Ittoty4-.09tolgibetwggkAterfifOke and land. .0» his deatlebedshe confessed.that
he had shot his father -m -law on the
dire s4d affair' that road home. having learned from his
sti„dttf littarrifel at wife that she was forgiven and _ would,
,tenjki ilugee881011 of inherit the property. Her eudden death de-.
atalhalecacePect: feated him.
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linens, which no housekeeper
allows to be frozen, will bleach in a few
days if spread on the green grass in the
bright sun and sprinkled three or four times
a day. No bleaching but this is strictly
sefe, tliough the market abounds with
aching fluids and bleaching powders. No
p en t, housekeeper uses a soap or fluid of
suc erength that it eats the dirt out of
the cletats without rubbing. The rubbing-
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a 8iti
was the
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were
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given to the laundry which actually does
its work better than it can possibly be done
by hand, and that is the wringer. -There
appears so far no possible way of inventing
a machine to take the place of hand -rubbing,
one that will select out the spots that need
rubbing and will soap and rub them espec-
ially, giving the remainder of the garment
merely a general washing. Itis -true that
a washing machine doe e the work quite as -
intelligently as the unskilled washerwoman
who does her work with no regard to the
neecnedssaittiinen.
sof the case, but this is no recom-
- mendation.
ia a great deal- te- be said about
soaking clothes over night. If they are
merely plunged in cold water it is better- to
leave them unsoaked, but if each garment
is carefully looked over, the fruit and coffee
stain removed with boiling water and all
the other stains treated as they should be
and the clothes then soaked in cold water
over night, a little soap being rubbed en
the wristbands and other parts of the gar-
ments which are especially soiled, it will
prove a success. The careful laundress
puts her coarse clothes in one tub and her
finercloher
rs finerinaclothes.notherad she begins by
washing
Where the water is hard, as it is in cer-
tain parts of the country where the water
supply comes from mountain springs, it
will be necessary to add a certain amount
of ammonia or borax to soften it. Two
tablespoonfuls of ammonia to a gallon of
water or. a half pound of borax to five
gallons 9f water is fully sufficient. This
should be used in the rubbing water and
again in the rinsing water. There should
be an amount of melted aoap put in the
boiler and this will probably soften the
water sufficiently for boiling. It is a great
mistake to allow clothes to boil any great
length of time. As soon as they are fairly
boiling they should be removed to the rin-
sing water. Too much cannot be said in
regard to the hecessity of thorough rinsing.
elf the clothes are thoroughly rimsed they
may be slightly blued and, though this is
not a necessity, it gives a pearly tint when
properly done which is very desirable.
Some good laundresses blue their clothes
every other time they are washed. This is
by far the best plan as it forestalls any at-
tempt of the laundress to- cover -up the
stains by the use of blueing. In order to
treat the different sets of clothes washed in
alternate weeks let the first two weeks'
washing be blued and then omit the blueing
during the next two washings. With plenty
of fresh air and sunshine and a little good
judgment even washing day may not be al-
twurayesd.so sorry a day as it is usually pie-
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Salt Baths.
At this season of the year, when children
re apt to be languid with the approach- of
arta weather it is an excellent time to
art the habit of the daily bath, if it is not
ready a part of the regular regime of the
ay. With the coming of the new summer
d the loveliness of the earlymorning hours,
en the most indolent feels the impulse to-
ard early rising, and the very best begin -
ng of the day is a refreshing bath, follow -
by some light food and a vigorous walk
the open air. The addition of a cup of
ck salt to the bath is a great advantage,
d is especially soothing to the nerves of
licate people who find the shock of cold
ter too severe. Even indoors, such a
th possesses much of the strengthening,
vigorating qualities of the ocean wave.
ck salt is considerably cheaper than fine
ble salt, and is quite as good for this pur-
se. It should be thoroughly dissolved,
wever, so that not one crystal remains.
hen it is put in a cold bath, it is better
dissolve the salt in a little warm water
t, though not enough to change the tem-
ature of the bath perceptibly. It is very
ortant that the salt be completely dis-
ved as a single crystal may cut into the
n. Where a litt'e child is feverish and
less a warm salt bath will sometimes in -
e sleep when everything else fails. Let
temperature of such a bath be about
m 85 degrees to 90 degrees. Add a cup
alt to every six gallons of water. Do not
e off the salt with fresh water, but dry
child's skin thoroughly, and rub it
n with smooth, gentle strokes of the
d. All this has a wonderfully pacifying
t and a fretful baby will often drop to
p before you are aware of it under such
tment.
Some Bridges.
Coallaroekdale bridge, England, is the first
cast iron bridge ever built. It was con-
structed in 1779.
The bridge of the Holy Trinity, Florence,
was built in 15419. it is 322 feet long, of
white marble, and is even now reckoned as
being without a rival as a specimen of the
bridge art.
The -covered bridge at Pavia, over the
Ticino, was built as early as the fourteenth
century. Although a half a thousand years
old, it is in a perfect state of preservation.
The roof is held in place by 1_00 gigantic
granite columns.
The great cantilever bridge at Niagara
Falls is entirely composed of steel. It is 810
feet in length, weighs 3,000 tons and cost
$900,000.
The Rialto Bridge, Venice, is said to
have been built from designs urnished by
Michael Angelo. It is a single marble arch
of 98 1.2 feet.
The new bridge at Burton, over the Trent,
was formerly the longest bridge in England,
1,545 feet.
The new bridge over the Tay at Dundee,
Scotland, is 77 feet above the water, has 85
piers, and is over two miles long.
The longest bridge in America is a trestle-
work over a portion of Lake Ponchartrain.
It is nearly twenty-five miles long. .
The largest and longest stone bridge in
the world is over an arm of the China sea—
five miles long, M arches. Each 70 feet
high.
Wonderful Books•
Thirty-five or forty years ago someone
issued the famous "Thumb Bible," so cell-
ed because it was -seemly larger that -
first joint of the thumb; noir Mr. ,Pi4vedi,
of Oxford, England, 18 out with a marvel-
ous little book, Which has been dubbed
"The 'Finger Prayer Boole"- This tiny
volume has 700 pages and isbound itt
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HE MS 3 ONTARIO.
Official Report of the Department
Agriculture for June.
THE WEATHER.—April began warm an
fine, but from the second week th
weather was cold and dry with severe an
trying wings. The average temperatur
for the month was 40.81 ° as compare
with 42.970 in 1.891 and an average for te
years of 40.22 °. The rainfall in this mont
was 1.25 inches in 1892, 1.84 inches in 189
while tha average for ten years was 1.9
inches. May has been cold, cloudy an
wet, retarding farming operations. In th
west and south-west of the province the
rainfall has been considerably over double
the usual amount. The fignres of tempera-
ture for May are 51.55°,51. 940 and 52.63, ° an d
of rainfall they were 3.48 inches, 1.07inches
and 2.73 inches. The following stations re-
port over six inehes of rain for May
Kingsvill,e 8.03 ; Ridgetown, 8.40 ; Cedar
Springs (Kent), 7.73; London, 674; St.
Marys, 6.13,
ROOTS.—POMparatiVe little ham -been
done with reots. TlieWetweather preidails
hog all over the province, has delayed the
seeding of roots and the planting of pota-
Of toes. From the Lake Erie -counties there
are many reports of the rottlag of potato
d seed in the ground, and nieee scattered re
e ports of like experi voirte freer, other
parts ofwestern Onto-
o Fautip7egetation *pears to be about
a wee ackwarei. In many places te-
n woods were only in earliest leaf, but the
genial weather just ushered in gave promise
of a more generous foliag' While in some
1 of thenorthern countries apple blossoms
were only just beginning to show, the more
e southern sections reported the bloom as
well advanced, and with but few exceptions
the accounts regarding this staple of our
orchards were most favorable. It was
stated, however, that notwithstanding the
abundance of blossom, the heavy rains pre-
vailing at the time of bloom may have wash-
ed off much of the pollen, and that imper-
fect fertilization may result. Pears where
grown promise well. Peaches along the
Lake Erie and and Lake Ontario coun-
ties were more or less injured by
the winter. Plums and cherries are
still assailed by their enemy, the
black -knot. A few localities report a pro-
fusion of plum blossoms, but in some of the
recognised plum sections the yield is not
expected to reach that of last year. In
eastern Ontario the interest in orcha.rding
appears to be developing From various
points come reports regarding winter injury
to grapes, but in the main the remarks of
correspondents are hopeful. Strawberries
were hurt by frost and " heaving " on a
few exposed fields, but the general condi-
tion is far from unsatisfactory. Raspber-
ries appear to have sustained more injury
than any other fruit, The Cuthbert suffer-
ed greatly in many quarters. Other small
fruits came through the winter well. The
fruit prospect is on the whole encourag-
ing.
FALL WDEAT.--ThiS crop is still in a very
promising con - ition, very little has been
plowed and the only unfavorable conditions
are noted in connection with late -sown
grain and that put in upon lowlying un-
drained lands. The diverse conditions of
climate of this province are shown by two
reports—one stating that fall wheat was
heading out, another that spring seeding
had just fairly commenced. The greatest
-loss appears to have fallen on the extra
acreage of last fall which was hastily put in
on poorly prepared land. The principal fall
wheat counties report as follows: Essex
and Kent, suffered from drouth and frost in
April and rains in May, some plowed up,
only two-thirds of an average crop promis-
ed; Elgin, fair; Norfolk and Haldimand
first class, especially where properly put in;
Welland, fair ; Lambton affected by heavy
rains, two-thirds of ahcrop ; Huron, Bruce
and Grey, early sown good, late sown poor,
crop late, prospects above average
Simcoe, never better except on low
land; Middlesex, crops affected by weather'
and are backward, prospects fair for gocd
crop; Oxford, Brant and Perth, prospects
very good except on low lands; Wellington,
Waterloo and Dufferin, prospects good, crops
a little backward ; Lincoln, very fine ; Went-
worth, good, except on low land, straw rank;
Halton and Peel, very good; York, to
Prince Edward, good. On the whole, pres-
ent conditions point to a first class crop of
fall wheat, warm weather, however, being
very desirable and necessary, as a very
rapid growth of straw has taken place and
a continuance of wet weather would cause
great loss from drowning -out and from lodg-
ing. An extra good crop may be expected
should bright warrn weather continue.
PRING WHEAT,—The Lake Erie coun-
ties report much damage from rain in the
west, with improvement'in condition as we
come east, the condition of this section at
present is only fair. Lambton and Huron
report a backward growth and much loss
through rain; Bruce, Grey and Sirricoe on
the whole give most satisfactory returns
some parts being affecte-1 by too much
and the growth being a little backw
The prospects in the West Midland co
ties are good, as also they are from Line
to Prince Edward county. The eastern
northern sections report spring wheat
very good condition except on low la
While the spring wheat can, on the wh
be considered in hardly as good conditio
the fall wheat, the present prospects are
to the average, but the success is now de-
pendent upon continued warm weather.
rain
ard. 13arnardo Home are being tried itt
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fl- place of men, but the moiety paid them
ninn. is not included in the rates of wages here -
and , with summarized: The amount paid per
inmonth for the working season, of say seven
ndmonths, runs from $14 to no with board,
ole the average being $16.79, an increase of 28
n as cents over that of the previous year. The
amount paid without board ranges from $20
up
BEES and Hoere.--The reports regarding
the apiary are far from encuraging. In
addition to losses by starvation, chilled
brood and dysentery were not uncommon.
Foul brood was reported in °ally a few lo-
calities, but the death of queens appear to
have been more frequent than usual. The
eported losses during winter and spring
vary from 3 up to 75 per cent. ; the average
be placed at about 25 per cent Just
may
AND WAGES—There is that
s correspondents wrote, however, fruit
lossoms were providing excellent supplies
f nectar, and with more ineasonable
weather bees were beginning to pick nig.
s special to note in the condition of farm
abor. Regarding the quality and supply
f labor opinions differ. While the greater
umber of those reporting consider that the
ght class of hands arc available, a strong
inority state that good farm laborer l art,
came. This is said to be caused by the
rge emigration of our farmers' sons to the
nited States, Manitoba and the North.
est, their places being taken by " fatm
upils " and others from -the old country,
me of whom are of doubtful quality so far
our agriculturalmethods are concerned.
some western counties boys from the
BARLEY.—The acreage is still decreasing.
Essex, Kent, Lambton and Middlesx appear
to have suffered most from rain and frost.
There is an improvement in condition along
lake Erie in going east, and Bruce and
Huron give better reports than the counties
to the south. As to the rest of the western
section the general report is that the hig
lands look very promising, the low laud
very poor. From Lincoln to the the east
ern boundary of the province, the return
are quite favorable. The inland and north
ern regions report backward growth, favor
able only on well drained soil. The presen
condition of barley over the province is fair
but backward, with the prospect of a very
much decreased total yield unless the
weather soon becomes and continues more
favorable.
OATS.—As with barley the greatest loss
has cccurred in in the south-western portion
of the province, many reporting at least
one-third of the crop in that section de-
stroyed by water. The condition improves
as we go east and north east. The central,
eastern and northern sections report a large
acreage doing exceedingly well on high
land and poorly on low land, the growth,
however, being much retarded. On the
whole the condition of oats is bettter than
that of barley, and should the weather be
favorable for the next few weeks a more
than average crop may be expected.
Re.—Very few report rye as being sown
at all, most ot the reports indicate the piob-
a.blity of a small crop. In many cases it
is grown either for early feeding or for
plowing under. -
PEAS. —The reports as to peas are neces
sarily incomplete, as, owing to the lateness
of the season, sowing was still in progress
in many sections. With the exception of
the sonth-west the pea crop of western On-
tario is one of great promise, above the
average, the most encouraging reports com-
ing from Grey and Simcoe. From Toronto
east returns are uniformly very good, Prince
Edward especially reporting a large acre-
age, and fine condition. Present indications
point to an extra fine pea crop over almost
the entire province.
CORN. —All over the province, but more
particularly in the corn -growing countries of
the Lake Erie group, the repeated rains of
May greatly hindered corn planting. A few
fields on high situations were doing nicely,
hut on low and level land there was much
washing out of seed and yellowing of the
Young plants, and some replanting will have
to be done. The rains have delayed corn
planting by a week or ten days, and when
correspondents sent in their reports fully
half :the corn area, remained to be planted.
The weather was then more promising, and
therett-no reason to doubt that the usual
acreage will be given to corn.
Bens. --The planting of this crop as in
the base of corn, has been delayed by . wet
weather making it difficult to prepare the
soil for the seed. Very little had yet been
planted in Kent and adjacent counties.
'weltereeinost- of our beans are raised, and
sortie correspondents ventured the opinion
that the area grown this season would not
be as large as usual.
HAY AND CLOVER.—During the past few
weeks the hay crop has made wonderful
growth owing to the continuous rains.
Sinee our last report, the prospects of the
crop have- continued steadily to improve, so
that now a heavy yield is assured. The
appearance of timothy was. perhaps never
better than at present. Although clover
was badly winter killed and still looks un
even and patchy, yet what survived is mak-
strong-growth and looking well.
to $28, the average being $24.60, or 59 cents
more than in 1891. The wages per day of
temporary help averages 86 cents with board
and $1.15 without board, both these rates
slightly exceeding their respective figures
of the previous year.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Fifty thousand women belong to the trade
unions of England.
Turkish women eat rose leaves with but-
ter, to secure plumpness.
During the past year Chicago spent over
$54,000,000 for 11,845 buildings, while New
York expended over $56,000,000 for 2,827.
. A society has been organized in Stockton,
Cal., whose members believe in the effi-
ciency of Limburger cheese as a cure for
dyspepsia.
An Australian correspondent writes that
his country no longer offers good opp'br-
tunities to the skilled artisan or the in-
dustrious laborer,
In about sixty years a walnut tree, grown
from the seed, will attain a diameter of four
feet and if properly cut and seasoned will
be worth $400.
An old soldier of rWichita recently re.
ceived from the Government three cente
Which had been due him without his know,
ledge for more than thirty years.
Farmers in Mexico always use oxen of
one color in the morning and of another
color in the afternoon. They do not know
why; but they know that it must be the
right thing to do, because their forefathers
did it.
In the Chicago cattle yards the various
plants are estimated as worth $11,000,000,
with 25,000employes, to whom annualwages
of $20,000,000 are paid. In the fiscal year
of 1890 the approximate value of the prod-
ucts of all sorts utilized there was $150,-
000,000.
The longest train ever hauled in the
United States by a single engine has just
been hauled on the Reading road. It con-
tained 260 empty freight cars and was about
a mile and a quarter in_ leegth. The longest
trainpreviously recordedwas on the North-
ern Central road, a mile and an eighth iut
length, or 6,113 feet.
A Small Girl Oomposes About Bvs.
Boys is hawrid. That's what all the gurls
sez. Thay doant think so but they sa so,
soz they want git plaged.
Boys like to has grids think thay ur tuf.
I like tuf boys.
Mi big sisstur sez tuf boys is the best.
Shes had speryunce:
I have never thot of gettin morried, but
Iv had lots uv chances.
Boys is yusful. They dim tres and steel
things fur the gurl thay likes, best. Sicks
diffrunt boys sez they likes me best.
-Curls pretendgthay doant ear fur boys.
Gurls hoo sez they doant car fur boys want
gct to heven. Grids mus tell the trooth if
they go to heven.
After whil boys is men. When boys git
to chune tewbacka thay ar men.
Boys is better than men.
Millions of Orgazism.
In the milt of a codfish, or in water in
which vegetables have been infused, the
microscope discovers animalculi so minute
that 100,000 of them would not exceed tn.
bulk a single mustard seed. And, stregge as
it may seem, each of these infinitesimal
creatures are supplied with organs as COM -
pieta in every detail as are these of the
whale or the eephant.
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