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The Brussels Post, 1892-10-28, Page 3Ot i'. 28, 1802, AGRICULTURAL, Milk, Aar old farmer writhe ; There is no food product, need IL bo mid, in more geared nae than mfik, and none pla}'e en important a part in our donlestte economy. elilk must be above suspieien, and the man in the oily, or wherever he may be, is eagle:tem hie duty if he fall Lo inquire int, the Me11ee of hie Intik supply, pa'tionlnr•ly if young e I lrhe1 aro dependent upon it Thee dl en among cattle 1 )o 11 as tuber. ouloaia, nnotnor word for consumption, is prevalent. Lt creeps in a herd, takes pas. session nod romans often long before Lhe OWne• ie a Ware of Ira primates The farmer may notice that sono of hie cows cough occasionally, that sone of thein when hurried in from erowere, aro "Nem Mouthed," but as no (iieoase has ever bee in the herd ho may have no suspicion that i le prompt now. if he has studied or read little of tnberenlesis, he is not ready t modem his own cows if they cough o becalm hard, for ho may know of vaso whore ooughe's and hard breathers wee condemned by experts and femur to be no atreetod by the disesee, with no trace of to berm:leis in either lung, But the disease males headway, the cow fall oft' in flesh, the oyo grows dull, 1'h .appetite, a8 with some eonoamptive persons may bold gond, In the mean time the mill from these tubm'ouloue cows gees to market The "one cow's " milk sent; to a puny hob witty come from a tuberoulous cow. Thi may have happened a thousand Limes ; all events it happened anon. A manreooiv ed for his chisel, one cow's tnilk, and as it did not thrive as it ought to, he asked -a veterinary surgeon, an intimate acquaint anco, to visit the farm where his milk was produced, not particularly to examine the :cow, bat to see elm place and "haven. ride." Naturally the than coked to see the cow that led his child, and lo, the doctor said ahnost imn'edleaely that there were symptoms of tuberculosis. It proved to bo so, When killed, the oow was fotmd to by in the ad. vanced stage of the disease. Tho farmer told the truth, probably, when he said that be did not know that the cow was diseased. A farmer had two cows in his herd sus- pected of tuberculosis They were separated from the herd and their milk was given to two fat pigs which the farmer was raising for kis own consumption, This went on for some time till the cows were condemned and killed. Not long after the pigs were killed and found to be in such a dieoaeed state from fending on the milk of the tuberculous cows that they were buried; they were unfit for food. There is no doubt that great quantities of milk from tnberonlous owe is sold in the ena'kets, and soil innocently, the producers having no knowledge of the presence of the disease in their herds. Milk farmers are very numerous ; they cluster often around large cities, that is, within easy reach of them. A large patt of the milk thus pro. aluced is soul to the city and its identity lost. Tho milk "peddler" often does not own a cow and may have little knowledge of cowe, still less of tnilk. He deals it out to his customers, and in some instances fur- nishes "one cow's" milk. It is difficult in cities to get pure milk ; there is water enough in pare milk --88 per ma—without slaving any added from the pump and when ie is found pure the ques- tion is, is the cow that produced it free from disease? If people generally knew what was going on in Om " milk world," if they know how great were the chances of getting tuberculous milk, they would look more closely into their milk supply. Ad I said in the beginning, the customer who wishes to be on the sato side, will follow, if possible, his milk to its source; if it be not possible, ie is time to change milkmen. LI'enith, oven life itself, may depend upon keeping a close watch on the milk supply. The subject has been agitated so much— not a bit too much—that some consumers refuse to buy milk except of the man who keeps cows and produces his own milk, or eau tell exactly whore the milk Ito sells Domes from. roaaou noiees for goblet around these opo salt thein while the dew is on the grays a, then notes results, 7'be unevenness of sheep pastures le mo notioe:4blo after a wet sprutg, Mewl is d to ul 10 un to Geo preference of Mire, for shot sweet grans, lint when the dry sous, eoutm these neglected spore will be cover by rtank,weody grilse, notretithed hyoheer Meriden ten 0undilinuswill be /Meet mould die.ugreeallo and unsuited to health. Slhu have UIt,11UU0AR pruritic1I,10 have noeloe and the • ought to b o n •, err sea (,f,atha' h b !, t the l ;gnu,',. Tito n' of b forcing of n• u chi h g 1 to mu what lb 100s not henk00 al' is ern foolinllneee that no 0en81ble and kitlti oho herd and father would ha guilty of, It le well to s(0e1ou tate path of life I TIIE BRUSSELS POST. HOUSEToLD. Tho 01111dree'e Everiinge. t. nem hire bt'ml en n 001) 0,4i(1 through the ,,, ngriaultnrai no48 10 hots the leruturet oe familyeh',,1d se spend the winter evenings, that the et Ljout baa become 1,e Ftal' tan tart y In'e'tI ; and yet not half enough lets boon e , said. glee isolation of the fermet''s family from the world :11' g dui t tho winter, n t 0 the foot that at they are tin ' 1.1 Y, unstruuLJvaaud pioneer - aide 0410or'taimnents mud eooial intercourse n that, copyist' by city people, makes it imperative I speed att(mtton should b„ gi t0 nnak0 home life attroctive, or else the stag. kindueao and acceptable toad. hor'ghunt sheep food la held in gonoral favor in 1:1 lyeat, especially in western leat1809, '1'1 as nation will become unbearable to the young ro folks, t1 Idle there are many wisp permits he of farm homes who provide entertainment for the chi ld re, for this shut-in season, there aro many who (lo not, It h0 particularly la defame of the c'nil. droner ovenings that 1 n(nv write. Teoofte„ in the proxy hunt drum of nraatica] silo par. outs eutm'ely ignore the difference in their feelings and theleelings of the little talks 400,1,1 them. Let its look at a family in two different 1)1014 cu. A mother sits down in the evening warn out from the care and work of tee day. And while her Begets deftly adjust a patch, fashion a new rug or ellek her Ice itting•uoodloa, her mind mum Into the morrow and plans on the labor awaiting her, The father site in hie corner, glad enough for a gnlot how of rant. But what about those Hvo or six young ohildren, with pager, active minds, aid young bodies full of animal life ? They are not tired. They have no responsibility weighing on their minds, .And since they have nothing to engage their time, see how s rostleas and discontented they are I Two of 1 the boys arc disputing with each other over • some trifle, by way of entertainment. Another boy is Leasing ifs little sister, since he has nothing else to do. receiving snap• ping retorts in return. There is an oo- nasional roproval front the parents, and at an early hour they are marshalled of to bed. Now tell me, mothers and fathers, will evenings so spent make your children happy, contented and bright•minded? You know it will not. Itis sufficient to create such dis. °cntont m their hearts, as will result in nothing less than an osoape from the dull- ness of home when they are older. Hero is the other picture : The day's work is over, and the family has come together for the evening. The mother says, " Children, I have a new story to commence reading this evening." And she opens that delightful boys' story, " Little Men," by Louisa 101- oott ; or better still, that unsurpassed youth's book k of fiction and Y ( factE " Hen's Brinker or the Silver Skates," by Mary Mapes Dodge. There 1 the children's rest- lessness is over. The boys have stopped their bickering. They are entering a new world. And as the mother leaves chapter alter chapter behind and gets deeper into the heart of the story, how eayearly and at- tentively every word is listened to by her young audience. Not only sloes the mother give her children the most enjoyable en- tertainment by reading to them from such books, but she lays before then for their reflection examples of good and evil in child life. It stimulates their intellect, and gives them something to think about outside of their own lives. In every farm hoar o whore there are chil- dren some attention should be given to oc- cupying their time pleasantly duriog the evenings. Thore should be juvenile reading matter for them—both booksandporiodicals. And if they aro unable to read them, some older member of the family should read to then aloud. There should also be et variety of games for their use—checkers, author's, old maid, tiddleclywinlc, oto. In our home the little fellows entertain themselves hours without number with such genies. It is not apendmg money foolishly be bay such things for children. Make your children happy and contented in their home, and you form the strongest safeguard around them against the evils of the outside world. O fodder is a most excellent forage, almost, if t not quite without a rival for feeding tont of n doors, 'Pio send is equal to any grain as a ✓ stock food, The blades aro superior to corn r blades, which Las no equal in all the long s list of dry forage, The nee of sorghum o molasses as a notelimeut has not attt'aoled • the attention of the general farmer that It . should. It ie not unusual with rho 0ennunn sorghum manufactnrer to have "bad luck" s in making molasses, aa(1 the price is greatly a reduced, and it is hardly fit fur the moat , common uses in the family, This Mtn be k used as a eolith, at appetizer, a sweetmeat, . iu almost all rationefat'sheep, with alittle e labor and ingenuity that readily suggests a s way to the thinking ehopherd. t Wo insist upon experiments on this quote • Lion of feeding. The ooat of /cooping flocks can bo greatly reduced or the products of the flock can be increased in quantity and quality by judicious, eooneni0 feeds in such a way as afford greater profit, and in les time thalhas bowl the rule. There need bo no adherence to the old rations and pram time of the past. the successful sheep raiser must end himself to the conditions around him and keopan eye on the cash re- sults of his toil and investments. He must live in the peanut and not in the venerable past. Some Notes on Feeding and Pastures. On the average farm, one sheep must bo kept to eaolh acre of land without extra ex- pense, 'There will be waste on all farms .that sleep can turn into oath precincts, and get a living without appreciable cost to its ,owner. Turn the sheep into all faelds as soon as elle crops are gathered, 1f fences are not used to divide fields, let a boy be given the ;job to keep the flock from trespassing upon forbidden fields, Turn in the flock an hour before sundown. Tiley will fill themselves and be willing to come out before dark, The American .Palmier recommended the 'oloso pasturage of small pastures while the (grass a'ad growing rapidly, and keeping grass in reserve for a dry time that might oone later in season. If anybody followed our suggestions, they are now fortunate. Wo now recommend keeping of some ;grass for winter use. Winter will surely come again, when dry food will be used. A little green food will go a long ways in keep- ing the Hook in healthy condition, A long while ago a Dtttoh butcher aid to a young stook raisers "Blue -grass is the very best crop that grows ; you 00.0 use it from spring to winter. If you don't want it before winter it is just as good then as anything; if yon don't use it all in the winter it will help to make the young grass all the better ie the spring. You never are out of fat stock as long as you have blue. grass thab the creek can got. Ile oerLain co have some grass, wheat, eats or rye for the sheep in winter, No rule one be laid clown for sheep as to how mucic they should bo fed. The old rule of half tin ear of corn or a pint of oats a day is enough tor a sheep 18 all nonsense. As well try to feed your boys by a formula. One boy will eat twice as much meat, broad, milk and moo - tables as another, You know this, or your wifo dont, It is as true of a sheep, Watch then eat awhile. Yon will find one that some aro as greedy a0 it hoe: they will push and crowd others away just like an old sow will monopolize all the food elle eau from her own me. A sheep needs all the food fe an eat. You must govern true quality, and timid, feeble sheep nhoald bo separated from the strong gormandizer, as they will never got as mach to eat as you expect. It may boa slow feeder and require more time than the otrouggor or more rapid feeder. Tito same dilferenoo will be observable in the pester°, Real sunning may bo notfo0d in Meme Shoop by always getting the bob grass spots before the rest, There aro always some emote in the pastures that sheep prefer to others. Tho mettles aro these places will be eaten to the ground »ted the neglected Marcelo aro loft to grow upend go to seed, If there is sufficient pasture with- out these neglected patches, all right ; but if 1tot, these place should bo examinee and a remedy found, Ono remedy will be to ren tho mower over them and oonvort it into bey or bedding for stook, ho new growth that will spring up will bo fresh ed. ewoot and readily appreciated. 1..f an examina- tion—use your oyoa and nose --no suut0tent Smut in Wheat. Those who had anything to do with the u'Leat crop of last year on Manitoba, will have had oonside'ableexperience with smut. Anything like the proportion of smutty wheat was never experienced before hero. It was impossible to handle ally quantity of wheat without getting more or less smutty stuff. Last year's Drop was a defective one all around, and the prevalence of smut was one of its worst oharaoteristios. Profiting by the experience of last year, most farmer's were wise enough to take the precaution to treat their seed wheat with bluestone as a prevented ve of smut. Quite a number, however, seem to have been foolish enough to omit this operation, and as a re- shot, there is more or less smutty wheat this year in some sections. There will of course be nothing like the same proportion of smutty wheat that there was last, but there is sufficient to show that there has been eonsi(lereble caroleseness, in spite of the warnings of last year, in neglecting to take the simple and inexpensive precautions necessary to prevent smut. Snliielent proof has been given to satisfy the most dogged person that smut is pre- ventable. Its presence now eau be sot down solely as a result of neglect to take the usual precaution to prevent it. Here, however is an additional proof that smut can bo effectually prevented. A. Moore, of the Royal Dominion Mills, Toronto, who recently made a trip of in. apoction through 'Manitoba, said on his re- turn. "I drove over some flue fields of wheat, among them '2,300 acres on Sandi - son's farm, Brandon, which is one half or more in the stook, not a heavy crop, but a very nice Duo. All was ripe and standing, clear of weeds or stunt, excepting 100 acres, which is very smutty. All his seed was soaked in bluestone except that used in the 100 area of smutty wheat," This is another item added to thealready thoroughly convincing proofs that smut is easily preventable. In the faoe of these facts, it is to be regretted thataome farmers will bo so foolhardy as to negloot so simple and inexpensive a remedy.—Ewinnipeg Commercial. Beginning With Early Broilers. Although the market for early broilers will not begin before the opening of the new year, the chioks meat be hatched oat in time to grow. It reeeiree throe weeks to hatch the ohicka, and about ten weeks more for them to roach a marketable size, the whole period, from the beginning of the hatch to the ported of selling, being about three months. To reach tho market in January the chick should come out of the shells not later than the first week in November. Ao the prices gradually ineroaae after January, reaching the highest limit in May, there is a wide field open for early broilers. The first lots that reach the market eoll best when they weigh but litho over a pound each, but as rho prices go up, the weights also inerense, until shies of one and three quarters weight are desired. Thedifiieulty in erouring early chicks is the foot that a hon will not sit until she is so Manned, and even if she Welles a brood M the winter newton it is difficult for her to raise them, During the spring and summer, however, the hen will be useful in hatching and brooding ohiolcs, owing to the condi- tions in her favor being better, IVe have earnestly aimed to encourage an intereab fn artifloiel incubation, on the part of our feeders, as we believe it affords some of hemtofind employment in winter. In April and May, prioes eomotinlea reach as high as sixty cents a pound for broilers in the large eines. The cost of tie food to produce one pound of chick does nob exooed six conte. It must not bo over. looked, however, that the cost of eggs for inoubabion, tiro labor, the buildings and other expenses are something groat, and losses by death may bo very heavy, All aro nut su000esfnl, but many difficulties can be overcome after a year's experience, 1t is boat to begin with a small incubator, and barn, and not venture too far the first sea. son. If anything is to be clone, however, this is the time to burin, not only for profit but also to experiment. Talk to Your Rome, When a horse becomes frightened, de- moralized or obherwiso rattled allot»» 00100 - thing he encounters, but does not under. e land, a good Ivey to quiet him down is simply to talk to hint in it quiet tone of velce, 1f a horse geto frightened at tome• thing he sees in the road, stop him at once and give him a formal introduction to it, Lolling hint in the meantime how very foolish Ito is to let such a little thing disturb him. Nothing can bo worse then to whip a horse when ho is frightened. Ito doesn't got frightened becalm° ho Wants to, It Is only because he has seen 00 hoard something that ho is not familiar With. After he 01100 goat thoroughly acquainted with the object of oto its 000x00110 l It will never frighten hen q1, again, to Autumn Dinners. L Fresh pork, sweet potato roast, lima beans, bread pudding. 2. Rabbit soup, boiled ham, cauliflower, tomatoes, apple pie. 3. Pigeon soap, beefsteak, onions, pota- toes, beans, Indian fritter. 4. Oxtail soup, veal outlets, turnips, to- matoes, dried peach puddling, 5. Pigeon pie, smoked tongue, Winter squash, turnips, apple -rice pudding. 0. Stowed heart, cold ham, oabbage, po. tatoee, pumpkin pie. 7. Roast fowl and oyster sauce, turnips, beets, roast pcteto, cranberry pie, preserved quince. New Ideas. For those who are atter novelties for their afternoon teas, there are rice flour wafers. These aro slightly sweetened and may be had at tho Japanese shops in pound tins, It sounds very Japanese to say that one has a tea-room. It may only mean that it is simp- ly a boudoir where a cul) of too and a bit of gossip are in order. Those retreats may be macre as attractive in Winter as they are always found to be in the Summer. A stall room could bo mato withinalarge drawing. room by the judicious use of swoons, palms and hangings A quick desert may bo mado by nutting a loaf oflain oaks into thick slit i n et, putting ono on exalt desaere plate. Over the calve pour a sauce made of one onp of Oleic swept dream, beaten with an egg -boater until it is quite lire. Stir fu the white of one egg, beaten to a stile froth, sweeten and flavor. A large piece of Marcel laid in the re- frigerator )rill help to keep it sweet. it should be Yellowed once it weak. When moat and poultry arobrought into the house and are nob eaten the sane day, a piece of nhareoal Mneldo the poultry will keep it sweat. Durable, fine cloth can bo taste from the shin of the banana, and rho juice of the skin givos an indelible ink andoan be for- montecl into a good vinegar, From the fruit can be ilnarlo saueoges aid beer, Meat is made from unripe balanae, and it is maintained that it will keep as long as flour. In every household there should be ren- dered beef fat. This, cvitic butter, makes excellent' pia-oruele The use of lard and other fate should be avoided, as it often leaves an unpleasant Deter•teete, Tao an iron pan pub the emelt bits of fat Lrincnioc1 from a piece of beef, end let it simmer four br See (lours on the back of tho range, Strain it and eob ib in tho rofrigerator, To make throe pies of ordinal'y size take a cup. fel of this fat—o' half a Dip, 401101 hall scup of butter—and a salts p•oonful of salt ; nth tow cream with a woodal spoon. Add four opo of floor and mix thol'ougldy with the hands ; pour a cupful of iso water into a holo In the antro of this. Mix quickly with e, space. Flour shoa1d bo kept in a cool, clrypiece, If possible, there shotrid be sotno kiln(; of n 3 nutee which often got into flour are more girt tirnitlr lives or liloor 414010 o, .1, whore dotu'uativ0 than mice, »natty have oujoye'l his fared, hospitality. All kinds of winked fish can be served J'0•81.01•01( .11.800,1';. with salads. Lettuce by the best green wiled to nerve ; but all cooked and cold Dir, Alexander Mewling is unto hsrofTo. vegetabivs go well with fish, TJaeful Hines' 'JO loosen ten o(lur of cooking onions plan 001110 vitemer ie the 1100 0 Norex rel, ,p ' � 1,r oyes, not• your chi drew 611 do sofr i l el they e n n aadlvs, A vista u•aul-keeper 0uy0 celery weeds 1 lie In held water an hour before it is ohowe Kerosene will softer, hoots and shoes her - dead by water, ant1 render t}/cu, AS pliaLlu us new. '1'0 polish furniture 118ntwo pats of un- bniled linoced oil and onepart spirits, of tor. poutin0, ,'loan thenickel•plate of stoves with sal and ammonia, 'lying a woollen cloth, and pot 'shimit wale a clean ono, Remove rust from Mee) knives by cover- ing them for two days with sweet oil ; then rub with a lump of fresh limo until the rust disappears. Silverplato of all description ie best ofeenecl with whiting add water, rubble , it on like a pante with influen1010th, o' using i4 brush if carved ; then rub elf with a Olean (;loth, and po11011 with a piece of chamois Mein, 0 1 1. If you are gating a cold, and feel the chills creeping s ealthily over you, beware i and get warm at any cost, Boat your room to nighty degrees if necessary, drink a cup of hot tea er chocolate and put on all the weeps you please, even if you Arelaugh• ed at for so doing, Bettor a small laugh at your expense than a severe cold, lasting for weeks, perhapsending in a doctor's bill, cer- tainly spoiling your comfort, and your good looks as well. And when the chill is avert- ed and normal warmth Med health restored, yon will then need the extra heat no more than the wagons needs a fifth wheel. But (lever sit and chill, for fear of "coddling yourself," It almost suicidal, MEN WHO RAVE MADE MONEY. Some TOrentenians 11110 are \(I mount res. Has Toronto any millionaires? The curious individual who drives through the residential portions of the city would imagine that millionaires were to be noted in Toronto by the score. But a million bill dollars is a pile of money, in fact, strewn out, the number is almost beyond the con- ception of the human mind. While many Torootoniane may be regarded as wealthy or well fixed with the world's goods, the reputed millionaires in our midst may be easily counted on one's fingers. Ma, 0001(00 C000ERII,tbr, First, there is Mr. George Gooderham, tvlho is perfume the wealthiest man not only in this city, fait in the province. He is now the controlling owner of the great dietilling business of the Gooderham & Worts Com. pany, Limited. Nob odly has the firm a world-wide reputation, but in Toronto 18 situated their works, which are the largest of the kind in the world, lir. Gooderham is a man of immense business capacity. During office hours he is one of the lousiest mei in the city. A great deal of his leisure time he spends at home. He is a family man and a student of science. Often when Toronto is favored with a first class opera or a standard play he is to be seen in the front seats of the theatre a000npanied by itis family. He is also an enthusiastic yachtsman and is owner of a couple of the finest sailing yachts on fresh water. Mr. Gooderham is always to the front in any great scheme for the enjoyment of the masses of this growing city, and several years ago, when Prof. Torrington proposed to hold a grand ,musical festival, he was seconded by tho troll -known distiller, who guaranteed to oovsr any loss that might be sustained by the venture with his own cheque. However, Mr. Torringttn's festi- val with a grand success in every way. Like many more of Toronto's respected citizens, Mr. Gooderham has a charitable heart, and what he does in the way of charity is not heralded forth to the world. He comm his wealth by millions and his beautiful mansion on St. George street, just above Bloor, is one of the objects of in- terest to visitors while driving through our residential districts. 0110 DAVID 01ACPfERSON, No resident of Toronto has had more to do with the public affairs of Canada than the tall, erect and venerable-lookinggentlo- man often seen walking down Yongo street --Sir David Macpherson, Sir David has long been known mea Canadian millionaire. Com- ing to Canada in 1835 he soon paved his way to wealth anis power. On his arrival hero he saw fields for enterprise, and hie Scottish plunk was his greatest aid, Early in his commercial career ho aseo0lated him- self with the wolf -known contracting firm of Groweki iC Co., and constructed many of the railways which have done groat service its snaking Canada what she is to-day—a prosperous country. One of the works of this firm was the oonstruotiou of Toronto's Esplanade. Every effort of the sturdy Saotolilnatt wee to stride towards seems0. In politica ho was a prominent figure et the timo of confederation. In 1S80 he was appointed Speaker of the Canadian Sen. ate, and later ho filled the office in the Cabinet of Minister of Interi^r, which he resigned. in 1883 owing to ill -health. He was knighted in 1884. Sir David of recent years has spout cohoidet'able tune in Bur. ope, where he is well known. Although now retired from oomcnoroial enterprise he still holds his seat in the Senate. He is proud of Toronto and her growth, and it is needless to say that Torontouians are equal- ly as proud of having ouch a fellow -citizen: His beautiful residence and grounds aro in the north end of the city, east of Yougge street. One of h10 daughters is Mrs, Kirk. pubriok, the charming wife of Ontario's Lieutenant -Governor. SENAT40 FRAM. SIn%rl, The venerable and kindly face of Hon, yank Smith is well known to all Toronto's. aua, iXr, Smith mane to this country from reland when a young man, He arrived ere penniless, bot being the possessor of a tout hoart and n willing hand ho lost no into in obtaining employment. Col. Cotton was his Ci'sb employer. Ho WAS soon on his oad to fortune and to -day ho is a million - ire. Ho star tocdbusiness in London and ftcrwards came to Toronto, whore ho ear - led on the wholesale grocery buoiness of rank Smith et, Co., corner Front and Scott treats, and itis only acouple of years since o retired. He is now the prosdent of the °Ahern raihvay, the president of the Honto Savings Company, ono of Toronto's ell -known financial institutions, and the resident of the Niagara Navigation Com. any, whose fine steamers ply between ''Jor- 1tn and Lewiston. In fact Air. Smith is to solo ownee of the steamers. Ito Mated a (nett of great charity, of shrewd business 4bfts and 04 an upright amu, As a polite an he 110110 a frena seat in the Consorva- ro ranks, being a moodier of the Dominion abfnet, and hie word ie es geed as hie bend, 1 r• a a N w 11 es 111 50 room:teele fa it, and too large a 0' entity oo,notietes (polls by being kept loo t i (g, 1e should also be remembered that C net 0$ int llimoires who IR k,,04- 10 almost every ultivon, 'Twice has 1L•, llanhng1111. piny %lint, the bee" and ( 01thien''t1 iG a:look ed to teepee chair with honer ro himself. n t °°44` The vx•unuyur, like lir. Smith, f:, ale,, a 10t0p' army olfloe', it, may be stated that the Gana' diaries »teed the bayonet to good advantage, tot Luu'ly's Lanni when retaking the Caite- dian }t,a,�ms that had been cantered by ,the 21st Gelled Statme infantry. Itis a groat. :.elf -nude man, Whimh' first not foot in 'e• Termite he was glad to week Ley the day, But, leek i i 1 t)L W 1N with , fin Before him, I fn, F lu ' n he „r ,r dal Mau a ,1,order l t o of t 6tete Instead rl Of being an employe, by became 1111 employer and Orn treater. Cue of his Ilan tent r reels was in (rottener -ion with the old P.rli,imcut buildings nn 1001,141 street, whine have now outlived their neefulness, lie saw a great future tor Toronto and iuv00ted all his earn. leg from time to time in real estate. 're - day he le the largest huhvi(b11 property holder its Toronto, " The secret of r1, due - cess," said ,110, Mantling once in tlmlooaring of rho writer, " is that I always had a bill to pay or re engagement emauGto wect." Ito ether Wards, he has looked after the pennies and watelie d the dollars- grow, lie has tweeted malty flee bei}dingsinToronto, one of which fn the well'known llanniugarodo on Icing street. Ito also owlet the (bald (]para (muse, where, under the management of ell. O. li, Sheppard, Torentontiaus have often spent au evening of intellectual en- joyment. Mr, llnnoingisagentl0man who tempers his eharity with justice. Ile has no ase for a mal wheat criminally poverty stricken, or, in other words, who is suffer- tho pangs of poverty owing to Its own neg ligenoo or shiftlessness. But when ho sone a case of distress through misfortune, there is leo more oheritable man fn the world than Alexander Manning, His pot institution is the Home for Incurables in Parkdale. Tlhis institution, which is a model of its kind for the world, has often felt his charitable hand. 1Ie also believes in hiding his good deeds under the bushel. MIL Tn0) .10 LONG, The life of ,lir. Thomas Long has been one of great energy and enterprise, Ho cane to Canada in 1850 when a boy 14 years of age. In 18.38 he opened a store on his own uecoun in Collingwood. The business, which was carried on in conjunction with his Motile, grew, and in a few years branches wore opened in other places. lir. Long was one of the prinelppal movers in building up Col. lingwood. He became interested in lake traffic, and was one of the stockimlders of the Lake Superior Navigation Company, which built the first steamer, the Cumber- land, trailing with lake Superior ports. He was also Dns of the chief promoters of the Georgian Bay Transportation Company, and Spent a great deal of time working to build up the lake trade. To -day he is the moving spirit of the Great Northern Transit Com- pany, se wellknown to tourists, Mr, Long's interests, footing over a million, extend in many (lirectione, and today there is homer° hard workingman in Toronto than ho. He now makes the Queen City hfscentral point, and his home is the former residence of the late Sheriff Jarvis on Jarvis street. 141r. Long has shown what can bo done in Canada by following the straightforward course backed. up by energy and thrift. wiere,M MULOCK, tr. I'. Mr, William Mulnck, Q. C., M. P., vice chancellor Toronto University, 10 also one of our millionaires. lir. Muloek is a native of this country aud Wee brought up surrounded by relatives all wealthy like himself. After a successful coarse et tlhe unitevsity, over which he is now one of the guiding minds, he en1eted upon the study of law. Today he is at the heads of the firm wish which he articled as a student. Not only a lawyer, Mr. llulock take great pride in being called a farmer. Perlin los he could not turn astrafght furrow if he tried, but /tie admitted that he owns 1 h model ferns of North York. He is a prominent 01101)10100 fn Reform circles, and takes part in the straggles and triumphs of Toronto's great educational institution. MRM. W. A. 0117100A1. Tho only woman in Toronto who is known as a millionaire is Mrs. W. A. Murray, for. 01e1'ly the widow of the late William Cawthra. Although living in retirement in her mansion on Jarvis street the wealth of Mrs. Murray is enernnous, reaching probab- ly 83,500,000. Her first husband, Mr. Cawthra, mado his money in Toronto in the old days. For years the family residence was at the corner of Bay and King streets. The building, which Maw occupied by the Molsous Bank, is now owned by Mr. Alex. ander Manning, MILITARY NEWS AND :NOTES. "Tile llanlp•SI,O0I(lercil Frog.8l Lenore: "The most ridiculous weapon known to modern warfare is the bayonet.," said Col. Michael Gallaway, a guest of the Southern, "Civilians seem to suppose that the bayonet plays an important part in all battles—that rho tido is invariably turned by this rena11- tic hump -shouldered frog -sticker, Now, as a matter of fact, you could bury in a 10 -acre lot all the neon who have been killed with the bayonet (luring the past century, anti. the graves would not be crowded, either. The bayonet is supposed to transform aloge melt of musketeers into a Macedonian phalanx for close fighting, but it doesn't. It supplies rho place of 'neither the spear of Greece nor the short sword of Rome. Itis a hybrid won/Loon, fit only to prod Damp loiterers with. A. regiment will come sweep. ing up to a breastwork with fixed bayonets, but once insld°, the neon turn the butts of their guns or go for their side -arms. They t'oalize that to bayonet is but a dress parade weapon. In our modern battles the antagonists seldom Dome into actual emntaot. Battles aro now fought with bullets instead of bayreets, and the latter, always a clumsy affair of doubtful utility, has become an al. together worthless inounhbranoe. Gen. Grant recommended that It be abolished in the United States service, and tho six-shooter sebstibuted for close fighting. The reoom- mmnlation was a good one. While tine bayo. net ie the most worthless 0t all weapons in- vented by man, the six•alcooter is the most deadly short range tool ever devised. Givo me a club throe foot long and I'll whip any man who brier to bayonet me ; give lee a six.ehooter and I'll make a bad break in any column of bayonets." The above remarks go to show how little sono mon know about a enbjecb and yet bo quoted es an authority. Perhaps in Amori• can warfare the beyond would bo, or has boon, of little iso, but if the gallant colonel —by the way, who is he ?—wore to read the history of some of Britain's battlos during the lest century Ito would find that the " romantic, hump -shouldered frog•etiolcor " has played a most important» part, Col, Idicllael take as if the bayone Wore only intended for hand-to+hand fight- ing infantry, which only goes to show tho extent of whist he does not know about the intended neo of that woapnn. Asa weapon of defence against te cavalry charge there has yob to be invented an inseminate to equel the bayonet in some ono of its modffi- °atone, for only ones Inas a British square been broken by a cavalry oharga, and that W0.4 by Itritish trained troops dnrnlg tbo Indian Mutiny, For the information of tito "gentleman," Who ie probably en Anima= A MOST 711 40.8011 u'EAros, There is nmuh teslimouy aet0 the destrue- Live elect of the small bore bullet, Capt. .He kui6+ ofIlia German Iniperial School of 1r fnsket rye mentiana 010 0040 of a bullotthat passed through the body of oneman, through the elm of a second, 111011 through a clap. board, a bedstead, loft its mark on the iron bedpost, and finally lodged in the wall. $e maintains, in spite of assertions to the eon tray, that the proportion of killed $q, wounded from the nee of the Ma1inliohor rifle, instead of being es four to one, is jusb therm:oree, The wounds either kill the ma outright, or oleo unsure recover free front complications or exoesaivo suffering. The bones were clean pierced, even at the great- est distance, without splinters of steel or lead, whish usually cause aggravation of the original wound. The i:ullets, after extrac-. thou, lied regained thee' original shape,' Similar experiences have followed from the use of small bora rifles against the African negroos and elsewhere. Oe May 1, 1801, in the suppr0s8ion of the labor riots at Four. miry, and in 18110 at Biala, where theilislanc. es wore veryehort, the wounds inflicted were very severe and for the most part mortal, Prof. Bruns, who experimented with the Bel- gian Maser, calls the small bore a most hu- mane weapon. lie found that the bullet; even after perforating the strongest bonen of the human body, wouldpass through front four to five mon at a range of 100 metros (110 yards), three to four man at 40 meters (410 yards), and from two to three men at 800 metros (880 yards), He also show, ed that at ranges above 300 to 400 meters (330 to 440 yards), the small calibre bullet» hardly sets up at all, while between 400 meters (410 yards) and 1,500 maters (1,050 yards), the bullet, as a rale, make a wound with a very small passage, with very small apertures at the pointe of ingress and egress, and with very little shattering of the bones or tearing away of the softer substance. Triose wounds almost all bear a subcutaneous character, and, since the bullet, or parts of it, seldom or never remain in the body, mag be readily healed without the formation of matter. Similar results have been attained with the Lebel rifle. In experiments at a range of 55 yards bullets passed through 18 inches of oak and 20 inches of fir, 30 inches of peat soil, 020 -inch hriok wall, 230 inches of iron plate, and penetrated 10 inches into Myers of sod, 28 inches into unsifted sand and 28 inches into sifted sand. SMOKELESS AMMUNITION FOR INDIA. After a long fight Lord Roberts, Com- teander.is.Chief of the British forces) in India, has succeeded in inducing the War Office authorities to furnish his troops with smokeless powder cartridges. Tho white troops in India still carry tho Martini - Henry rifle, and because the new "cordite "' powder was specially designed for the new magazine rifle, the War Ofllce 014 Bt wooli, not listen to any suggestion of its employ- ment in the lliartini•]ienry, although there was not the least doubt of its great superi- ority. It has been decided at last that a trillion rounds of the cordite cartridges shall be sent to India, and this instalment will be followed soon by a full supply. Lord Roberts thus carries his point, which is important in view of the fact that a con- siderable time mustelopse before thelndian army con receive the new Lee 'letford ;magazine) rifle. It appears, indeed, that a large proportion of the native regiments are still armed with the old Strider rifle, now regarded as obsolete. When the firs batch of the new rifles reaches India they will get the Martini -Henry, now in the hands of tho white troops, but itis not ex- pected that this exchange will be effected before April. A PROPOSED NEW n3ATTERY OF ARTILLERY'. A movement is on foot to organize a field battery of artillery in St. John's, with Capt. Trotter as commandant, Dr. Tasse as sur- geon, hlessrs. I. B. Fotvaye, W. Brosseou and Walter Douglas es other officers. The project has taken a definite shape. The News says: "Some years ago St. John's had a good battalion of infantry and a fine troop of cavalry ; to -day it has not a volun• teer in active servioo; although it is the headquarters of an important district, and is the possessor of a military school which Montreal never ceases coveting." LTECT,-400. MOOD'S 10ETIaEMENT. Every rifleman in Canada who has over gone to Ottawa for the D. 1't. A. matches knows Lieut. -Col. Hood and the team of the 5th Royal Soots, for that officer and ifs hard-t,o-beat team have made a favorable impression everywhere they have appeared. Anyone who hes been personally acquainted with Liout.-Col, Hood will be sorryto hear of his retirement from the commanof that fine corps, but itis understood that rte gal- lant colonel will not be missed from the rifle ranges, for although he has resigned from the corps he will not give up his shooting, and will still hold his positions in the D.R.A. and P,Q.R.A., so that shooting men will still have him with them, something that is exceedingly gratifying to hear, for no man in Canada has done more for shoot- ing than Liens.-Co1.Hood. AL0N0 15 00 LINE. A Belleville paper states that the Minis- ter of Militia is favorably disposed towards the permanent location of the annual oamp of instruction for the third and fourth mill• tary districts ab Belleville, Ib has boon proposed by some of the aldermen to turn St. Helen's island, Mont- real, into a quarantine station, but it i0 understood that Surgeon -General Roddick has reported adversely, so it is scarcely likely that this step will be taken. Of the seven large islands in the St. Lawrence within 35 miles of the city, it should be an easy matter to choose a suitable one, As a result of recent disturbances among the men of the Life Guards, the corps Inas boon put on the footing of ordinary regi- ments aid will take its turn of foreign ser. vice as if it had never been an army pot. The 'experience of the Foot Guards at Bermuda has not been the terrible example that wee hoped for. Lisa». -Col. Jones Min receipt of a tracing of the plane for the new Drill hall in Brant. ford, It is drawn en exactly the saute basis as asked by the officers. Architect White ;las written Col. Jones thee the work is tet be pushed through fnhmediatoly, The officers of the Sixth Fusiliers, Mout. real, aro arranging for a programme of midi• Lary sports to 1)o held in that efty at an early date. As Lieut.•Cal. /Steamy ispneliing the affair, it will be a eu100ne, There is stlllbnrning in Indiaasaoedfiro that was lighted by the Parasees twelve nontnrios ago. The fire is fed with sandal and other fragrant woods, and is replenish. 8d five tines a day. It has only boon eighty.one years Mace the first Tho wo'o introdnoed into Atuerioa, .Cho original plait was onitivated as a vegetable onrrosity at Salem, Mase„