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The Brussels Post, 1892-4-15, Page 7Arun, 15, 1892, AGRICULTURAL. NOW Varietiee Grains. 'ro •rite Merrou : Sir,--Tt.ere is prohnbly no work node taken, by t le. Agreed Lurid Mx 'Jeri men t St 1 Weekly gives good col -ninon settee about epring pig% Ail ordinarily tilauageti on the I farin, springs pigs Imo the ninst profitable f, r the fernier. They 0411 be farrowed In I February, ,Marelt or April, Itild be retuly;t r. I Market reasonably early in the fall or win - 4, ter, It is not, best, or dem Table to have time; at the prietent tune of so iniii.11 value to the farmer as that width refit es le ;he introdttetion and toning Meow Viti lot ies of the Heeds of t lie verieue kind. of Farm 'rite tentieney to deterioration with nearly all kinds of eropel SS gro1V11 al inet,011 14 well muleretood by farmers that hey a enteiteutly tei the lookout for a ehttege seed. It is very itupertant that when out change is made it will have 1 eferento varietlee„ the superior V/;.1.10 of svhieli lit has been demmeteated hy repeated toil In the iliteoduction 8211.1 lesthig nf Lint verieties, to Hey nothing ef 1 he originate? of inhere, the tixperintent stations wi find work, lilte the story m the fah then) 001118; later than April, tut they tiennot, tinder everage condi thine, lie reedy to meek. et Limit titter severe cold weather sole in Properly net mined, Hie lee nix, eon 10 0100 11111 pri newel port of t heir growth on 5112812 or eloVor ; that. is, 11,0y, either olio r„ or both, can be nettle the m111(211,10 part of o , the ration. Visite with good, thrift,y pigs ,11 a very fair growth 01211 1.0 Hemmed 021 grate; „ ‘1100er alone, In zustrly cnstai ly better growth ean net:need by feeding light re 1 1011 tiVi00 a day 10 undo (Ito ensl. 0 penfite1,10. Pigs lettrn to eat early when they have 1110 1.1111 of it good pasture, end, 08 " it is tildt0 ail item to push the growth, a, 11 good plan is to provide it trtrugh M plane wiii naval. no nod. The 1811101,111 revi ntly 'asteel ner sti thin on " Experitnents with elm-104(1ra. ins, brings out some facts refitting to the Intl e- duction of new varieties ninth should re ceivo the eereful atteution of every tiller the SOIL Reference is Inittle therein to tll'ef testing of eiglitylino var.eties of oats for three years. The larger &lumber:3 of these wore imported front Europe and °their countries, Mit all the leading 0,414011a varieties that could be obtained were tested with them, and undee similar condition By Canadian varieties, I mean Otos which have been grown in this coun- try for a number of years, Of the eighty One varieties thus tested, we find that clu; nine varieties taking the lead aro feom im. ported seed ; and they give an average of four mei one-lifth bushels per neve more, each yeer than the hest of the old sort previously. And thin superiority in reeve of the imported varieties is not confined to! oats. 11'e lied resulta very shinier with barley. With berley the five varieties tak- ing the lead are all imported 1 and if we include the Scotch Improved, which has not been in the country for many years, wo have twelve imported varieties ahead of the common six -rowed Ontario barley, which stands first. among the old varieties hitherto grown. These twelve varieties gave am average of four and three-quarter bushels per mire per year over the (inutile six -rowed. 'rhe compete:gm ot the import- ed varieties of Espying wheat grown with the old sorts has been cerried on virtually for but two years, but the veetalts obtained ,point in the same direction. Some of the imilort- ad varieties haVLI 111,1R far taken the rad. The seed of some of theme vitrietiee has al eady been widely (1,8181b ned. here van be but one result. The old varieties which have served their day will he diectirded end others of superior merit, geown their place. When the superiority of the more newly intioduced verieties II is been lemons; Med by the expot intent stet ions the general in troduction of thette ite,Cifiratell, 1.11:1(1111111.1 tliat in a few years th.. growth of improve( vartetiee may 1,08.0100 general, a work that required several years to effect before 111e establishment of experiment statioes. it IS 11.10 that some re these vartet tee wIll not b equally well adapted to all parts of th country, but it is equally true t hat °wile to the large number of sorts which is 'Whig contintially brought into the country, some cf these will be foued spetnally adapted to the wants of each locali ty, The influence of this work upon the pro- fits of our agriculture cannot hut be censid- arable. The continuous introduction of im- proved sorts of grains and seeds of various kindsvannotbut ince mse materially the yield per mere, If we put this anneal inorease of tiled ifforeu t k inds of cereals at but one bushel per &Ore, Whi011 is surely not extravagant, what do we got ? The crops on the basis of the nonage grown in 1 801 would bo increas- ed in bushels as follows :- Winter wheat 840,906 Spring wheat 1 10,634 Barley 113 1 56 Oats 1 840,636 Peas 753,453 Value the winter wheat and also the spring wheat at eighty-five mints per bushel, the barley at forty-five cents, the oats at thirty ciente, and the pee. at fifty-five ciente, and we have the lollowing increase in values :- Winter wheal; Spring wheat 8722,46f2 Barley Oats Peas lo where they can 1,0 fed by themselves, , and give them a smell ration rd. ",; least twice every day, tennmencing with a very 1 ight ration at first and graditally in- creasing. It ts net best to give them all they can eat ; their condieion must deter. Mine 1110 ainennt that Shotild be supplled. II, is possible to over -feed ne well its etant. (live sufficient to keep them in n. good thrifty cenutition ; no more end no less. If retro hi taken in this respect they can readily be weaned withaut eny loss of growth. After wounIng, Mt hein have 1110 11111 of a good pasture, still feeding regularly a light ration of myth materials mare best eitleulat. , ed to secure a good development of bone and inti(4010. 001 b001 10 have them - fat, but i t. is important to have them thrifty. , Oats, barley, 13:103, middlings and oil -meal THE BEITS.SELS posT, AT SEA WITH A GHOST, SPO RT /11" PRINOE EDWARD ISLAND . Why the 51111;12111.1 8.80 horn 111,1anzas VII if, a Sew VIS.W. thrange story ie told by Capt. ,Jote Sine, of the sehooner Minded, wideli 1 art ived et Philadelphia from Nlittanzati, T vessel was manned by it mew erett , fi width °motioned meth surpri4e 8111 >pi etrelee tunl eaused the opts 0, to be de lige•I wit It ()mistime by pensmin interested in the ithip awl Its crew, Blum seen by a report. or Capt. Sims appeared to be weary free! ie gneetenie put tninin, butt:Merl tilly 144 the repoeter an Recount of hie trip. I said that when Ms vessel tinned from 11 port for Nlatanzas on Jan 20 laid, she w manned by thirty etalwrirt mailore, most Neerly all of them hod sei v 00 the Mitobel for a 111110110P of years, al were imitable SO0111011. just before for Matanzas several new num had he laken on, aud there was no way oral:move lig their ability, This is the story in the Catain'd oNV11 Ivor : ' I found that the new mon were all able sellers and willing to work. Therr WINS one nan, hotvever, who Wall addicted to drink o a greater extent than is usually the mese, Be always had a bottle in his poeket tuni 'rank continually during the day. I did lot, of course, like to see this, lett as lie lid not become intaxleatei and wall able 0 work with 61)0 best of them I saki nothin n " 1 1 1 BY it 0411.1,ST l'here nopart uon1 heed. of North 11.1 Allierics, where sport of mg ry kind, /MVO 1002'. ite [ . sRilde and ,hiet than in the 1,e-tutiftil province of "'t Prime, Edward Island, Itepie‘ilig on the , aa Aim o ,11 1 ul 42%5 11,118.V. hi .11 its sandy leatelms, nod lying dimatly in 1 hi, rolue of the migratory Miele, it eennot be iftlierwiqi, Native game is scarce, mid limited to 2 Ito (leaky grouse and plue Or Are; hare, There ttre foxee and bears and, until mit II rettontly, 118 1,0aVers. The migrentm at very numerinie, , '4 end comprise the ("annals, 000R0. 1,1.011150.8e, , IY Illaelt duel), teal, widgeeti, woodcock, eni ed, golden plever, anl about fifteen other , varietiee of the same Amity, greet lloulte ef turiew, fuel many waders of lese import- !, el!! an ce. rig . • . • Early in Nlareli the 1 Iioulc 1 houk 1' of the ! wild 50.1:10 is hutted in the land, end sport... men are everywhere on tho alert. (mese come tn the islentl in immense Rooks, ar- riving before the Me disappears from the 00051, 1)121 1. a before it breaks up. Clad- ' dolled by the first glimpse of water after their long and rapid flight from southern rica•flolds and lagoons, the tired birds aligh 1 in the pool'. of water amid fissuree ill 1110 ice, and there wait until the movemente of IP the ice -flows shall have giem2 them more P i . t n. is now in ergo mutt a t ,e . e.', 1 sportsman has 10 blig his 501110, since the c` i geese are partial to fresh water, and them 1 .,1, may have been early freshets in some of the ..2o rivers ond brooks. At all events, he lain 'I' get no sport without the aid of the goose - the thne, however, with tit serirme r elm in time, and when hat he ha in intention of giving IL up I spoke to Iiiir eying that he wait drinking too much. lid not take offence, but pronnsed to pit . . 1" He cli 1 lil tli tl • all make a good feed for growth. Sol 001;11 0021 be used, but it should not be Mat the principal ration, hut only used in 00 neeLion with them, Feed so as to Seettre vigorous, thrifty growth frotn the %tart, the best results are desired no cent ally ng le next day brit it was very hard on him, and I felt j very sorry for the poor fellow. He wait on n' welch that fright from midnight. until (ley - 115122. The last thing I said to him before " he went on deck was, " Remeineber, Bilson, b t •, I ' 1 h • ' , need eot fear. Well it, could not have bee more than two hours after I had retire vlien I WM awakened by a tremendot oise on (look. Hastening above, 1 sa wo of my men endeavoring to hold Bilso vho was doing his best to leap overhear( On inquiring what was the !natter I was told that the fellow wits suffering from de- lirium tremens, and wanted to drown him. self. He had broken his good resolution Angle Sharpe. I ' For crooked practice in peeking apples for 1 market the average farmer has been muelt ! n censured, and often justly. Convinced of a t needed reform in 11110 direction, I decided N last Season to depart, from 1110 usual toothed of barrelling all the merchantable specimens promiscuously, and instead melte two quali- ties, the No. 1 'a to consist of the largest, highest colored and perfectly knelled ; the °seconds" of the smaller and more inferior b fruit ninell of which would not otherwise s have been barrelled. Ihe lot VMS recently t (Februnry, 1802), an its merits, to per- p Enna W110 were to assist in its repacking. r Brim; aware that the feemor Moue is sup- S boat or t.oh or both. The goosedmat is or small dimensions, prop trtioned, white, and fitted WWI side - wheels, which are worked from within by means of an ingenious pedal arrangement conveniently placed amidships. Thus it is easily carried from one place to another, pretty nearly resembles a lump of ice- / which it is 'Mended to do -and may be " propelled through the water in altnost 18 absolute silence, when drifting is not 7. possible. The boat is carried out across " the board" or standing ice some time 1. previous to the expected arrival of the geese, and placed in a position whence it may be easily and eepidly launched. Decoys are placed in the water at various points„ itud. the sportsmen's patience and 51E111 are rarely unrewarded. If the tub be used, it is 01111k 11120 a hole previoesly cut in the lee, of sufficient depth to conceal its oceepant, who, having sot tent the decoys around him, awaits the incoming of the birds. This is, nd had been d rinking 1110re heavily than afore, After a severe struggle, during 8111011 the men were severely handled by he mentioned man, Bilson was finally over- oWered and put in irons, He howled and rived during the entire night, continually homing for some one to take them off n 7he men whom I found holding Bilson when. 1. reaohed the deck said they had been steak it oiled by hearing 10,11 shouting and running around the deck. They went up to aseer- e Win the (muse of the commetien, and as a soon as they appeared Pelson made e ine- • e thin though 121,0111 to jump into the water. Qpiekly grasping 111111, they were engaged 111 tryiug to subdue bun when reached the t deck. O " But the straugest part of the story is et to einne. Bilson del ten recover trout is attaelt of tremens, and died du ring 1.110 fternoon. We kept him until the next day, hen, wrapping him a sheet of canvas, 20 0812815mM his body to the waves. "'rwo nights afterward Lams awakened y a knock at my door, and upon opening 1 sew the midnight watch standing before se with facie white as chalk and haigr linost standing on end. In a tremblin nice he told :no that Bilson Wila on deck Ging on rt coil ot rope in tho stern of the cat. Of course 1 thought the 1111111 was listaken and told him that he must have dlen esleep and dreamed he saw Bilsou • snit]. however, that he had not been sleep, and tvas positive he had seen either ilsen or his ghost. Ho begged me to go deck and see. I finally consented and Tel above. " lTpon reselling the deck I looked aft and to soy that I was stertled would 1);) putting it mild. I was dumbfounded There, upon a eon of rope, set 1311son, with his head met, gazing fixedly into the wa ter. called to him, but ho did not this his head. I then went te the place NVII0e0, he sat, but when I 2.enehed the spot noth ing but the rope was there. " He did not. appoint' that night, but th next night and it number of times after the: apparttion appeared on deck and took it seat upon the rope. Every inau on board saw it, and as it seemed to have no inten tion of leaving the vessel the men becam frightened and vowed they would leave° when we reached port. The last time Bil son's ghost appeared was the night, before we vb to Matanzas. At the usual hour Iv: ware all on hand Wailing for the apparitiou INT I I t. I 12 If 1 I t o no..ong .c, NI/A.1,-0r .11 a 5.108...m ghost appeared, from where no ono could II, and took its accustomed seat on th pc, After gazing into the water a shore: me it arose ond pointed its finger in th motion of the town we were approaching. then walked noiselessly to the deck rail td, looking into the water, shuddered, IL ain turned and looked toward Matanzas, en gave It leap and disappeared beneath o waves without a sound. Every one heaved a sigh of reltef, but that night every men on board made up his mind to leave the Mimbel, and they all did, " Anise rinlomling the vessel's cargo 1 0022121 not indium any ozto of them to sail on the return trip, and was forced to look tip a 0018 erase. The apparition did rot oppear on the passage to this city." The Captain said ho net suporstiti• s man, but he eould net but feel a. t squeamish when he saw the ghost. He inks that Bilson may have bom alive when Hod, and took the moans above described r getting even those who wore instrument - in having him buried at sea. The fact mains, however, that his ghost did appear d there is no way of accounting for the ystery. posed to resort to gnestimiable methods 1 this work, imagine iny surprise on belielc Mg portions of the small and inferior fen ellowed restieg pine° in the middle o eaelt barrel, representing " No. 1" at th ends. Whereupon it o:icerred to me that • well,12 nitwit couplet might properly bo mad ! 11 read " Poe vrays that are dark en 1 rums that are vain, the farmer is no peculiar." Nevertheless, in thin instance i is the larmee, undimbiedly, and not, 01 mithltemen or the eommission merchant, v e who will be accused of dishonesty, and es 11 I" unjustly DA perhape in thousands of ttimilar t instances, \Yenta that the Golden 11118) (sere branded deep on the human heert it until it dominates conduct, greed for gain will be made subordinate to the principles 1) of right to fellowinen.-(0, a Sweet Peal. 81 11 ft 1 434,038 248,924 552,1 90 413,840 Total , 2.371,463 Divide the sum by two, lost the estimate should be considered extravagant, and wo have $1,1 85,737. Add to this the trolley benefits accruing from the introchudion of new varieties of grasses and Movers, .po- tatoes and field roots, experiments in dairy- ing and in feeding the various kinds of live stock, and those which relate to tree plant. ing and horticulture, itud we get wino idea of what these eeperiment stations are cap- able of doing f Or the interests of agriculture. I do not chum that they have itecomplished so much up to the present, but thee they are soon threly to be able to prove thus helpful. And yet Otero are 001110 in our midth who say those stations are only a bill of expense to the country. Yours etc., Tilos. Snaw, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, March 21s1. 1602. Our Cheese E- ngland, A circular has just) boon sent out by the Home and Foreign Protium) Exchange, Lon- don, England, sayiug that tho cheese win. mittee of the exohange has carefully watch- ed for an itnprovetnent in the make and boxing of cheese, as well as the important ptoint of care in shipping. In the [Jolted stes they have to deplore a retrograde movement, as the quality of the product has still further reeeded in popular esteem. On all hands complaints are niacin flint unless the cheese is sold to the consumer almost instantly on arrival, the result is disastrous. As a consequenee, during iho most Import- ant four months of tho season the market pays 2s, to 38, per owt. less to the United States than to their neighbors Onalade, where some sections hero shown a marked improvement, and ciertainly the reputation of the einietry 10 progressive, the excep- tion being the fodders, whieh arrived on tide inerket very dry foul holey." 13oxes are still tt, weak point. With a tendeney to make larger and hetwier cheese, it is 0823011• thitt the packages should bo stout, sound end well. fitting, Tho spaniel features of the season has boon the rapid advance whin!, London has made as an importing cent or for &mese, end it is row the lending market in Groat Britein, The 00011110118 population of Longue) are groat omieurners of elle080 and comp 'tem orifice of quality, it is therefor° wine 11 the attontiog of pin - decent to thinly and eater foe the wantsMf SO IRMO a needier of mistothers, Pig' Breeding, The following from the " Farmer's Homo ;Florists are finding it worth their while to prolong the eut-flower season for sweet peas from March to October. Information regarding their practice to this end, nitd choice of varieties, is given in " The Prairie Farmer," and may be helpful to all lovers of the charming old favm Ite : " Tho usual method is to select a green- house bench where seine other crop of flow- ers has failed or gime out of blossom, and sow the seed in patches or rows fifteen inches apart or so. The tables on which this is attempted should be near the glass, and here they make progress little inferior to these Sown outdoors. If another batch of seed is sosen, say in March, this will bring the crop that will come in preceding those Sewn outcloors To expedite the outdoor crop a hatch may bo raised in the hotbed said allowed to flower where they aro sown. Then, if about April, seed is 11542121 sown in the hotbed mid afterward planted in the open ground, when the weather has become warm enough, theta will bring the crop to tho time when outdoor sowing is in order. "For florists' purposes, or to Benin open market, but few distinct oolors should bo selected. Butterfly, Painted Lady, Fairy Queen and Duchess of Edinburg will give the prinetpal colors celled for. ler aunt- ,;"' tour use, or for general garden culture, this list may be considerably extended, A kind 1,'? called Miss Blanche Ferry has immense pink end white flowers and is good for out - flower purposes. Queen of the Isles, scarlet " mottled with purple ; Princess of Wales, 1'1 white -stripped blue ; Grand blue, er 1m- ,R,g perial Blue, the wings being pure bright IT blue slightly she,'021 with mauve ; Standttrd, a deep rich purple touched with rose ; Borea• ton Is ft very dark pea, of a ormlson purple, shaded with rose; le vincible Scarlet in - (heaths the color of ibs flowers." Won the Oase. " If you were a -n, ;jury, Clara," said the emborrasseit young lawyer, hesfintingly, "I could plead my eause moth more self -posses- ou sion. In the collets of-er-of love clon't bi think I stack up as a first class advocate. th " Perhaps yo21 have not had an extensive Int practice in suob courts, William," suggested fo the maiden softly, al " That's it exactly, Clara I" eagerly re. re joined the young man, moving his choir a ' an little nearer, "I'm a green hand 121 this m businese, But if I could feel sure tha jury "Meaning me " " Yth-witsn't prejudiced against the ad- vocate-" Moaning you? " Yes-wny, then, 1 might- " Whitt lond of jury are you. considering t',°, me, William " she asked, with eyes down- ji3', east. ha " .jory, of course. You th eouldn't be grend jury, you know, clarl-" 00i " Why net ?" e lot " %%IWO we don't try ealles before gran. up jeries." "I think Brilliam," said the young girl, 8,f‘bii blushing, "'I Would rather for this othasion be considered a grand jury." tri " Why?" " 13oaause"-and she hid her floe some- " where in the vicinity of his coot col lat-" I have found a trite Bill I" Saone at a Iron& Exeontion. Steange scenes were witnessed on &Ur - cloy at an execution which took place in the town of Le Mal1S, A murderer named Emonet was guillotined by M. Deiblor, his compheo, the W01111111 G110.111011, having en 0011(1011mM to penal servitntle for life. nonot met his detAlt with courage, mid rilly had tho knife deecentled on his 110011 ND the people who 'witnessed the unit ion od out for the blood of the woman Cheil. i as well, Tho demonalwatinne were kept hear the place of execution fora consider. le thno. Tho (mime coinmitted by Iihnotun 81 his iterate confederate caused lunch ex - einem, and anger in the provincial die - et, wherein it was porpotreted, attn. ry, 1801, M. and Wine. ,Tanneau, two elderly persons living at Vitlennes, were found murdered in their house., Eminent, a mildly° by marriage of ono of the victims, was arrested on suspicion, sad confessed his 1110. soid, however, !hot Milme, aillen, his aunt, mid daughter of the mime couple, hail helped him to do the oil for the purpose of obtaining the ;bir- o of the 0111 polite, which imionnteil 20, 'Phis stin, was found all in gidd pieues 11011 the aocomplices divided between 0111, Tooeher---" Willie Jones limy put the 0,1 lino`,. 1.fitere, is it pleatinre in the'patIlloss 111, woods," An. language of his own 1110120." Willie-" There's lots of fun hi the hushes.' da elltitetirs-e. .er2A, Bill, have you delivered ing MistIoloe' Je1111 dint Mrs, Smith's ribs? ;CI them out tint 11r, donee liver and run wl up with Mre. Simpkins' kidneys," tit their glassy banks.' Tho beginning of Au Ust twinge the mackerel to our shelve, on the 1011, of August, blaelt2111mIE shootiog begins. At .04 t mouth the fiel are everywhere dotted with g0/81012 Moe ' many other v,krieties. ' Few islanders, save aunt %those li eh I dertend4 en it, devote any till,. 10 lintekera liehing, though it ie much rare sport if 11811 lei abundant. This lief) and val nide 11.11 is found in oil our miter ' sometimes in inortnoils 11111111,0111, thong Iv.; believe. somewhat lesm than in fermi veers. lit Great Mitten, and Ireland, in 021 'end are generally of tight from boats unite sail with us, 1110 oontrary, the 104111 are alway4 aneltoriel, finely ehoppi.el herein being (lumen overboard to attract the thereto. In tine way immense eeitches liar hetet made ; ire, for inetance, on 0 litornin it) August lest, a friend hoolced and eaugh seven hundred mud eighty fish in the epee of fe 1 T1 • I ' mackerel -fishiug are fewer than in n.ost other forms of fort We have eine et 1 the fishing -grounds meny timee stweesmion and have returned without tt fish, thong the good haul invariably came sooner if later. Preedieg in the island, blaek (leeks ar always abundant, and are ithot front th 10th of August netil about the November, at which Gine they leave. They generally arrive frem the south in dune though we have eine> them on two meetelon as mud), aS Ilaruh, mut last pear a coupl were shot by au Indian some time in the. month. event was etilliciently note worthy to be reverted in the newspapera Our gmes-grown and willow clad mill -dam appear to be the favourite breetling.place 1 • HEALTH. Natural Aggetitee. er IL is rossonsiile to infot, I 11,it 14,• 1.10a}itli !lave natural avp...litw, eontrolled by 1, the ortiere given by then. ins; imam, tta 20 %vele givee them by their. erti.n.oro not. in. 11, 1111011,0d by false ideam er by depraved, , abnormal impulses. They ari• supposcd 10 i dio only by ageitien 0 mil age, never hey - lug the dkolises incident I,. human is•iitiot, 2, unless are ,•02.12 000,1 by solo,. iol in 01 • abuses ,011ueel 0,1 With 11111111to seeiety. „ I the coquetry, it, is supponalle that there ! are few, if any, in en yelled tendety, h : Who really have mashed appel it es, 811011 its and Mve wore bleeseil wt.!), till they • fell (rein their high pesition. It, is. more than probable that water is as , certainly the palatial drink of Man toi of the ' bensts, tool that a 111011-2' degree of health would be ebtained by its own use. may reitsonably be informal from the feet that, the human botly is se largely eomposed h of witter, 1,01 41,1.0011010 of tea, enflee,Opillai ✓ m18.01101 being found nai madly 111 110 at rue - 11180. But algihol, that enemy of good e society, that souiee of world of misery , that • hold devolve'', mislemlieg millions on mil- linns of human beinge, making them in- , huninit, that cheat, stealing eway immense fort Linea and the happiness of vast num- s , burs, 80 corrupts the natural appetite as to e introduth many, many foes of the human 1 structure, doing more ham than mil.. en- . slaving more miatals than any of the brutal oppressers of the world. This vile oppres- s sor brings to hie aid, as a natural ally, a tobacco, doing far more harm, if possible so far as the 1,001111 of the present genera- tion is concerned, anti transmitting still more disease to succeed iug gerierations. The two cost this nation alone, yearly, about $1,400,000,000, er about What Nvould be ne- ceseary to cancel inu. notional debt? What du we receive hi return tor such a vast ex- penditure of the treasuree earned by the laboring classes mainly ? Not anything of real value Instead, we have poverty, dis- grace, criine, domestic misery, loss of health loss of selt.respeet, ignorance, since drunk - 5:10085 tends to close our churches and school houses giving us nothing in return. With men's superior reasoning powers, it would be reasonable to infer that it is pos. sible,for him to have unread appetites at, least equal to those of the supposed lower orders of creatien, in which ease his health slieuld be equal to that of these brutes. Under these ciecunistances, plain and sim- ple food would be preferred, thotigh it, might not be necessary to adopt a diet as narrow in range as that of brtttes, most ot them liv- ing on some two or three distinct classes of foods, like the elephant, etc., representing the moth robust of animals, with wonder - fel endurance, In the natural condition of man, as he came from the hands of the creator, it is probable dial the appetite wits a perfeet tieehling jun when food was iieeded, how much, what kind, the amount depending on the per eent of mini- mum eontained, never admitting of a mis- take wit 1011 is Inure 01. less tree of tile lower orders of ereatien, among IN hid, no tirtink- • ards no dyspeptics are found. l'eder snch citentinetancee, it, is mauifest that there was a prefeet contiol of the health, while We may reasonably liner that we now -in our fallen state -have as much oontrol all we have in other affairs of busy life. What a paradise we might have and should have,. if all of the God-given laws of ow mysteri- ous being were stricitly obeyed, the whisky and tobacco habits destroyed, wars at an. ond, also free from pain and suffering that they might be. able to labor constantly. adding to the wealth of the world -all movine onward aud upward steadily t As a general principle, there is no oeca- sion for abject poverty in a country like ours, in which all the ncoessaries of life are abundant and cheap, within the retie]] of the average industrious end eeoliontical- individuals. Most of our poverty 10 caus- ed by intemprance in some form, prodigal- ity and recklessness, without due thonomy in the use of money. There is more than, enough money spent in purchasing intoxi- cants and tobacco -worse than thrown: away -to feed Find clothe all of the poor, those not made so by intenipeeenee, : all a house at; loaet equaling that of the average citizen, end then have enough left to support our schools and ohnrehes ? And what do the deluded in, onmerate persons get in return for their money ? Poverty, misery, degradation, lo oken constitution, with no possible goock-tAn American M. O. Diphtheria ; The Latest Word. The Milroy Lectures this year women tho natural history and prevalence of diphther- ia, The loothrer gave it as his opinion that soil and geological formation have something to do with its prevalence ; that it is °gout - ally amnion in dump valleys and that in Englond it is most prevalent the last three months of the year. The greater number of the persoz,s attack- ed are between two and twelve years of age, and the liability is greatest between two anadlafitvi; 3'0'etatarse.lts uf diplitherie are accom- panied. by simple sore throat and tonsilitis, and many apparently simple attacks of sore theoat have really an infectious character. The same fact has been noted on this side of the Atlantio. Some physicians look on diphtheria and scarlet foyer as in0d1110ations of the ,same disease, and the occurrence of both at the mune time in the same ftimily. seems at first sight to comitenance this vtew. But the theory is disproved by the entire absentee of diphtheria in several thousand, eaSeS of searlot fever treated in the London Fever Hospital. The probable explanation of the occur- rence of both in the same fomily is that the condition of the throat a family affected by searlotina affords a soil favorable for the reception of the diphtheritic poison, When diphtheria does theur in connection with scarlatina, it is almost ativeye as a sequel to it. So, too, the sore throats due to bad hygienic surroundings end imperfect drainage furnish excellent soil for diphtheri- tic) microbes. Many oases of diphtheria end unexpected- ly in fatal heart -failure, somet hoes when tho patient has:mooted in tt fair way to recovery, In such oases post.mortern examination reveals a fittty ond gentler degeneration of the inuseular fibres of the heart, This fact emphasizes the need of prompt 1reatment to swore the speediest possible recovery, It follows, too, that in all emses, until complete recovery, everything should be. &voided which makes demands on the heart, a very slight effort being oftee fetid; and that the phyfdelan should Always make a careful examinetion of tho heart, and ad. vlso aceordingly. • .., •., Aotleanted rot', 1., "Popo, do you•know what •1114•Aprott's busindes'Isle' • : A ••..,•, 2 " is a wheelwright," " Then that neconnts for it." "loor what ?" "Ile tires me." Plovers are to be fonnti all over the island, though, unlike the 5000e, they only visit it mice in 111e year en their homeward Ilight. The golden plover are always abundant though they are rarely got at without de- coys, and then they full an easy prey. The decoys are often so irresistibly 1110-11ke as to deceive not only birds but men. In September, snips and woodcock may be shot in the marshes and covers, though these last are growing scarcer every year. Good bags, however, may yet. he ;nada itt the loss frequented parts of the island, and there is cone sufficient of this genie to sat- isfy the true sportsman who enjoys a good lay's walk. The wcodcook is a good deal smaller than his British namesake, though nothing behind him in delicacy of flavour, He hails 11 om the Southern States. By the end of November, if the weather be open --if not earlier -the migrants have all departed ; but so long ii0 Wu have the grouse and here, there's always Nemeth mg to shoot. '1'lle former ie nai excellent table -bird, end at the present moment, cannot be bought in our morkets for less then forty- five cents per brace, so great is the tleinntul ' for it. "%dike the grouse -mere properly Ptarmigan -of Newfoundland, it never changes its color, thengh its feathers arc f thicker 1111,1 more 0111111110421 in winter than in summer. Grouse ttre growing scarcer every yeae. and, unleiis the mild provisious of our 581115.11ta's RO far as they relate to these birds are strietly observed, they will ere long have become a thing of the 'fast in Prince Edward island. The hare is very abtindan in every copse anti erove, With the assistance of a goad dog, he gives eapi• tal sport ; but his flesh is of little value as food. Ifeer balm not been founcl in the island within the memory of any one living, nor, it would appear, for a long time before ; but there can be little doubt that herbs of moose and oaribou roamed over the island at a remote period, since there are so many ex, isting evidences to the fact. tho absence of large rivers, we have but few salmon, Omagh they ocoasienally ascend the Dunk and Merrell rivers, and have been taken there with the fly. in feet, the more general method of mecum venting the geese. Spring goose.shootui5 lasts about 12 month, and the quantity 0 birds killed is always laroe. There is scarcely a creek or a cove throughout the whole eoast of the island where geese maa not be found, hone° every one who can, goes after them. A youth ot our aequaintanee ihot three hundred during the spring 1 SD 1, for ell of which he found. s ready sttle in Boston and 11110 is not an isolated case. Still, the number of geese does not sensibly diminish from year to year ; indeed, sports- men declare them to have been inure plenti- ful last year than ever. When they return in the autumn from their breedieg-places in the artie and semi - antic regions of Greenkted, Labrador, anti -Newfoundland, they are again shot in con- siderable numbers, and, because wilder, giving better sport than in the spring, Latterly, at this season, pinnaces have been employed to pursue the geese in the rivers and creeks. But since they hove proved hobgoblins to the birds, in some instances frightening them away altogether from favourite Introits, their use has been for- bidden and more sportsman-like methods eclopte:I. Though fasoineting to an unnsualfclegree, spring goose -shooting involves serious risks to the health and personal safety of the sportsmamby re0500 Of his long enforced ex- posure to the winds that blow across the ice ; and there is always the possibility of the ice suddenly breaking up and float- ing away seaward. The departure of the common goose for higher latitudes allows the sportsman just enough time to prepare for the arriva lof the more desirable and delicate, if smaller, brent goose, which takes place early in May. Brent are nob nearly so plentiful as the Canada ems, thongh they aro found at ninny points in the island in pretty eon. siderable numbers. By this time the ice has almost disappeared, though a few blocks may possibly linger about. Again, the goose -boat as described above, tub, and decoys arcicalled into requisition, and good sport will be seoured. The habits of the brent are Buell that tile early morning is the best thne to got them when they come to the inshore feeding -grounds. At other titnes they paddle oif to sea, whore it is next to impossible to get within range of them. The bront goose enjoys the distinct- ion, with the blaek duck, of being one of the best table birds in existence. Since they do mot, generally, reach our ehores before the farmer begins his spring plough - Mg, tweet are nee so generelly Minted es the common goose ; hence they rarely hill SaVe 10 1110 elms of the leisured elttss. The 111511 market value of these fine; Neils, and the keen sport they provide, are po1801, fol considerations, and, not uneonenonly, quite ellOngh to tUril young yeomen from the hold 121281 tempt 4110111 to exchange the prosaic pl ough,hand le or the gun. 13rent leave Wm island about thomid le ofJunewith the same mysterious suddenness as that which seems to mark n11 their movements, nor (loos a single bird appear thereafter 1121 111 late in the autumn, tv hen they pause with us for a brief breathing -space white passing south. As we write, a large flock are disporting themselves in the Hillsborough River, over against our residence, evidently preparieg for their southward flight During the spring, goose.shooting parties of sportsmen leave Charlottetown for the haunts of the birds. Besides the uthal sporting appliances, email patty is rovided with horse and wagon, the latter being built svith a view to carrying the gonse•boat if nocessitry, Diming their expedition they generally put up at the most convenient ft is generally thought. that Prince Ed- ward 'shunt furnishes but little liestroto troutfishing, thinigh the oxoet oontrney is the feet, We may not, it is true, boast of our rivers, foe they aro few ; but sueli as they aro, they really shed good °ppm.- tunities for Iron Wishing. Tho prin. eipal troutrivers ore the Dunk and Morel', lying respectively east and west of the cimi- tat, and with easy aimless therefrom, Both rivers ore carefully preserved, hence there Itlways fixed eortninty of sport,. Be- sides this, heavy baskets may be cough all throngh tho mummer mouths in the tic1,21 rivers off the 11011101;0215 sandlioints which jut ont, from the lentrettlimigh the fish ore not genet ally larger than trom ono to three pounde. Geed old 'remelt tuts en extensive following 11) the Oarden Province of, Cana- tla 1 nor is Our gentle err ax pram iced. now, inlays m whit less titindnelivqke..gieel man- ' tiers and amiability then when he dropped ; his eirimingly baited hook Mtn the ' well ond Avon and eat content 11011901 on THE "800" OANAL• Its Great commercial importance. All the commerce of Lake Superior that is sent to or from it must pass through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, until the Canadiatts finish the parallel waterway, whioh they are bending hi order to be in all respects inde- pendent of us, Natore mak, the waters of Superior to flow into Huron by means of the St. Marie River, lint in doing so they drop to Huron's level, which is somewhat 10Wer than that of the king of lakes. They make eighteen feet of the descent suddenly by the rapids which give to the artificial waterway built to avoid them the name of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal. "Soo" and "Soo Saint Mary," or "Susan Mary," as it is often call. ed, are Western forms the words take. Commercially speaking, this canal added Supeeinr to the great lake system or route, connected it directly with the Atlantic and the world at lorge, and shortened very greatly the railroad earringe of ore ond grain to the East, and of coal and general mer- chandise to the for West. The coital ae. uommodates an amount of traffic which for years has been greater than that of the 51100 Canal. In 1885 the freighting thrOUgh the great African canal ain011111101 tO it gross tonnage of 8,183,3 1 3 tons; but it has do - creased, if I am sot mistaken; while the tOnnage that pawed "the Soo" in 1800 WaS 9.041,1413, It is worth while to note that of the nine inilliellS of tons Heated thr011511 the eanal. in 1 890, about 4,500,000 were easttbound, and 2,600,01,0 wore west -bound. tint the canal is inefficient ; woftilly so In the opinion of the extra energetic shippers at the Lake Soperior ports, who assert that its inability to pass the largest vessels fully laden operates to the advantage of their rival, Chicago. The depth of water In the canal In 1 800 ran from foueteen foot end nine inches to fifteen feet three inches, and &trine. the first half of 1801 it varied be- tween thirteen feet and ten 1,201105 and four- teen feet and flve inches, Such V008018 n8 are now beiog added to the hike service draw sixteen end a halt feet, and in view of the present depth of water in the camel it will be seen that they lose several hundreds of tons a trip by carrying only partial loads, Tho govermnent is owake to the situation, and the new look whieh it ia now building, at a cost of fon,' millions of dollars, will Ire 100 fee t in width, feet deep, eatil 1200 foot long. The fact that, the canal does more busi- ness in Seven n1002110 then the Suez Canal effects in a year does not give so eleor an idea cd its hoportaime as it gained from tho eonsequenees nf slight, accident to the leek year before last. This necessitoted closing the canal temporitrily, but it oost she Men itml companies who use the eimal a loss of about, one million dollars, There wore at, 211111 time 1 85 vessels waiting to pass out of Superioe, and nearly aS many going in the °thee direetion, Notitly-'; There ,goes Waitnittn, kiting Moine•like (1118`1\ , 1 wonder if he is training fon a; amp ?" " No ; the een. ,4401.3028 lartinning tor it train." liagliey•-•'. bevy often wondered how a Mimi mem eon tell ti 11M Hort of food lin ie eatieg." Leslie -" git1y enough 1 he baton yo•tooth,''