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I-'or Iiiceding I select medium-sizod aniijials. nhvays UHing a mali; and feijmiL' oi" iis in'.-irl.v (lu; same size and <'h(iractt'i'i.slics as po.ssiljlc, writes Kr. II. S. ']'o(l(l. T um iiwai'c tlint It lias bc'i'ii iii"k;<'(I that tlx; best re- biilt.s ill liri'cdinn lioxs liuve lii'eii ob- taiju-d bv crossiiiff the larKc, open feinali! on the more compac-t and sqimre built iimlc. I conHider this one of tile ({rcat sluinljlinj; blocks in bringlni^f out an ideal hog. I'or ox- unij>le. wliPii you come to breed their progeny, the tendency in the same litter is to follow in the channel of the blood til the dam, also in the blood of the .sire, and ut least uS many as three channels of blootl be- tween the diiiu and the sire. pro- ducing such a variation of size in the offsprinc as to cause dissatisfac- tion of the breeder, and a much low- er price when put on the market. 'J"he market t<.>-day asks for a ho^^ woIrIi- ing 200 or 2,"jl) pounds. The most profitable way to get this sized hog is to breed from nn animal that will weipli at least OOO pomuls at ma- turity. Willi this sized breedintj rtock, you can get pigs at six or eiiiht niontliB of ag<^ which will make the 2ri() iiomuls and on less feed. A large per cent, of th("m will also bring the highest jirice when they reach the maikct. The small, cliub- b.y, compact hogs that weigh from 400 to 51 '0 pounds when matured, uie usually griat gormandizers, i-af- ing more food than they can digest and assimilate, much of the food thus running to waste, and the ex- l>enso of producing a jJound of pork incieased. In breeding Chester Whites we so- led strong, healthy, vigorous ani- mals iif the size above mentioned from large litter.s, knowing that like lief.'els like. It is just us iuipor-tant to select the sire from laige litters as the dam. lu this way we have kept up and increased firolificacy, whi'h is of .so much impottanco in the prolilableness of swine raising. High feeding and fine breeding will, in a short time, result in unin-olitic or baiieii molheis. I'liOPKU FF.KDING. Any hog, to give good results, must be a good grazer, for clover and hluegrass arc important factors in the producllon of cheap meat, and also in the ])romotion of the health of the bob. We undertake to have our lii'eeding hogs run on bluegrass pastur.' in the winter, and bluegrass and iio\'er in tlio summer. In con- nection with this we give our breed- ing stock slop in th<! morning made of middlings, corn meal and bran, about one-third each in bidk. making slop thin, so that we can till the stomach without getting them too llesh.v. At night we give them from six to ten ears of corn earli. keep- ing our o5e open to see that they do not get too fat or run down in flesh. (!lvc them good, dry (pinrlers and a good bed of clean wheat straw or cornstalks. Never bed with oat straw. A brood sow, in stage of gpstntion, that has bluegrass pa.s- ture to run on in the winter time, unless the winter is too severe, will take 01' her own accord plenty of ex- crci.se. which is nil impoi-tant to the pig before it is farrowid. 11 she Wiui't lake exercl.se herself, mak(! her lake it. The time of farrowing should be noted with gri'at accuracy, and the sow hy hi'rself for at least four weeks hefoi-e. 'I'he st.y should be about HxK) feet and arranged with fwn one-sash windows, so that pliui- ty of Hinilight may fall on the sow and her fumil.v. With our large sows we have o shelf around the sty 14 inches wide and ]2 to 14 inches from the floor. This makes n hiding place for the littl«> I)igH, and they won't bo as likely to be tramped upon or overlaid by the mother. lie carirful not to let the hi'ood sow get a hol- low in the centre of her nest, as she is then liable to overlay hor pigs. AI'TKU KAUUtm-iNG. Alter the sow has fairowed, give very light food for a wei'k, such as bran and a little corn iiK'al. mixerl in liot Water, and feed warm. Thif preyents milk fever and assists na- ture in starting a full How of heal- thy milk. After the pigs are a week or ten days old, you can make the Blop thicker and more nutritious by feeding ei|ual parts of middling.s and corn meal. Don't feed the brood sow oftcner than twice a da.y. Pigs will li-arn to eat at about thno Wieks of age. Oreat rare should he tiiki-n to arrange a place wh<'re they cn;i go by themselves to ml, without being disturbed hy the mother. In this room kei'p dry corn. Thi'y seem to enjoy cracking it. Feed middlings and corn meal. I'lpml parts making into a very thin slop wltli Boin' milk, if you have it. If not use dlKhwater. If you have neither, wa- ter will lid. Ifave the slop warmed until the pigs are five or six weeks old. then the.v will take it cold. Always remember that to fi-cd n young pig successfull.v, .you must give hitti food that he relishes. If you don't he will br- nn e.vesore to you. no matter how well bred he is. That is why we object to feeding )>ran. I.ittle p'Rs don't like it, and they won't eat it with relish, unleB.s Jfou put inolafis«'s on It, which you can't afford to do. Wo have our pigs farrow at the time of year wheji they will get fresh grown grass to run on. THE OIICHAKD. Api)les do not sweat; the skin has no pores in it, A cow can move ubout and forugc for food; a tree can't. No room in this day and genera- tion for a scrub orchardist any more than for an.v other kind of scrub. See that each of the children has a nice apjde or two for school lunch. Apples are nourishing and also med- icinal. When getting worms out of fruit trees ,\iHi need a long piece of wire. With this vou can probe the worm- holes and kill the varmints even if far up in the tree. One of the first requisites for a good orchard is a suitable location. High lands are preferable because they give good air drainage and a gentle north or northea.stcrn sloi* is generally considered the very be.st aspect. It is just so much money thrown awa.y to set out an apple tree where the ground is continually wet. A]y- plc trees cannot grow with wet feet and not catch their death of cold. A distinguished fruit grower was once asked at a farmer's institu'o what was the best crop to raise in an api)le orchard. His wise reply was, Apples. Anything that injures or makes the fruit croi) subsidiary should be kept out. Small limbs less than three-juar- ters of an inch in diameter may bo cui, off almost any time, but if any branch large oi- small, nei-ds removal there is [u-obably no better linic than fall when growth is completed and the wood is ripened. A subscriber asks us to tell him what is the best dressing for an aji- pie orchard. This is a rathor uule- finitc ([Uery. Most orchards wi' u.ri! acquaint('d with would be benefited if the ground were given a dressing of barn-yord manure just now. IJut the particular orchard our friend Wants to fertilize ma.v have special need of iiolash which may be sup- plied by 100 bushels of wood ashes | or HOO [louiuls of muriat of potash per acre applied now. If nitrogen is espoiiall.v needed wait until next Sfiring and broadcast 200 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. HOG NOTES. Give the hogs only the amount of feed that they will eat up clean. Any more tlian this is sure to bo wasted. All ch.inges of feeding should bo brought about gradually. When first in oil pasture give bran and mill- si nils, ^raduall.v working in corn and other concentrates. Clover and skim-milk pigs can be hardened for nuirket b.y a ration of corn, barley. wheat or ryr. When a pnMlominance of lean meat is de- sired favor should be given the last three grains. Totatoes should alwa.vs be cooked and mixed with bran into a thick pudding before being fed to swine. All grain fed to hogs had best be soaked twelve hours before being fed. I'siieciall.y is this necessary with barley, peas and corn. One of the best grains for growing swine is oats. The hogs should have ashes or charcoal at their disjiosal. also clean water at all times. It is best to have two pens for brood sowsâ€" one for feeding and one for sleeping. Let the nest be elevated above the level of the pen. When Weaning a litter, take onl.v the strongest away at first, then a few more, and so <in, so that the sow is fj'adually dried off. By this method the sow juay be saved much sulTeriiig, and the weaker [>igs given a good start. WAN'ITJJ A DEMONSTRATION, A certain English judge, noted for corpulency and wit, as most men cf bulk are likewi.se men of inllnlto jest. Was greatly disturbed in niiud b.y I is tendency to ever increasing stoutni^s.s. He tiled many remedies, but witliout any .succ<ifs. At length n friend suggested that he should take a course of treatment at cer- tain hot spriiig.s. He inimedlately set out for the place, sojourned tl.eio for a few Weeks, managed to get lil of a good hial of his superfluous flesh and returneil luune in a most ba.ppy and jocular frnine of mili.d. (hi the lirst morning after his return, when ho was WeiHiinp I is wa.v to the courthouse, he came to tlie butcher's shop where I is family were supplied with meal. IMaid.ing iii>i<le, le f'aiti : "Cut me <uY twenty pounds of juirk." The buti her sliariiened his knife and at once complied. Ti e judge looked at the meat for ti inie- ute or two and then walked olT. "Hhall I solid the pork to yi.ur house '.'" iiKpilrcd the butcher, who felt that the judge had oserlookcd iiv.st ructions. "Oh, no," was the re- ll.\-. gl\en with a ^n^ile. "I don't want it. I have fallen olT just twen- ty pounds and I only wanted to h.avo 'an iiloa of how much it was. " ! A gentleman, in deliveiing {)no of a I Keri(>a of addressof, excused h1mi«!(4f I one evening for hrli.g unable to speak Ion .s<>vcial points, the mice, he sa\;\, ]lia.v1ng defttro,V(<l part of his luites. Later, while visit ir.jf in the neighhor- liood, he asked one man : 'Were .you at an.v of m.v lectures, Hooney ?'â-  Itoonny : "Tadc an' OI wiis, yer hai.- er; ull av thlni." Lecturer ; "Which one did you like best ?" liooiifty : •â- The wan Uw mice was at, yer haner I" LONDON AS IT IS TO-DAY LIIE IN THE GREIATEST CITY IK THE WOHLD. Extracts From the Massive Com- pendium Made By its, Coun- ty Council. The changes which have taken place in the external aspect of the metropolis during the lost two or three years and the attempt which is being apparently mode to rival the boulevards of I'arls give an added interest to the massive compendium made by its County Council, says the London Mail. It is entitled "London Statistics," 1902-1903, and numbers 930 pages of twelve incl.es by seven. The immigration to I.,ondon is the first item which calls for attention. The metropolis increases its popula- tion exclusive of births at the rate of about 22.(Jt)0 per annum. The total jiopulation of London was in- creased by net immigration from the counti.y and abroad by 102,800 per- sons in leei-lKOl, and 217,942 per- sons in 1881 '1901. Of these, over twenty percent arc foreign born. Th.e iiU'tropolis now contains a foreign born pornilation of over 13.5,000 aliens, of whom close on 80,000 are males. The total a!ion inuuigration in the whole of tlie iriiitp<l Kingdom during 1001 amounted to 14'.), 750 jiersoiis of wh(un 79,140 were en route for America ar.d other iilaccs. Of the total no fewer than 29,729 aliens ar- n\ed in the I'oit <jf London. It ap- pears that the nmnber of aliens mak- ing a permanent Settlement in the United Kingdom may be estimated at 9,000 in 3 901, as compared with 14,t>00 in 190<\ 12,000 in 1899. 8,000 in 1898, 2,000 in 1897, 8,3O0 in 189(1, while in 189.-. and ia9'4 more aliens .seem to have left the country tlian were mt>de up by those who arrived. There is thus a mark- ed decre;i.se in the total number of alien inunigrants to the Urdted King- dom for 1901, while it is much larg- er than in the years before 1899. THJ.: TO'JVVL rOPULATJON. of Central London in 1901 muubcred 1,53(5,(541. Of these, there weie •2,:M)l,ir,G lemales, as agaiust 2,142,- 085 mules. Thus the females in the metropolis exceeded tlio males by 2o'3,o71, there Ijeiug 1,118 females to eyci"y 1,000 males, as agair.si 1,11(5 for e\ery 1,000 at the census of 1H91. The total population cf "(Jreatcr London," which includes the areas of the City and Metropolitan I'oiice and "every parish of which the whole is within liftem miles of Charing ("ro.ss or of which part is within twelve miles of Charing Cross," ajncjunts to 0,581,402. Children born in the metropolis during 1901 number 101,278, which works out at 29 per 1,000 of the population. The deaths iidmhorod 7'J',924, or ahout 17 per 1,000. It will thus be seen hy an eas.v calcu- latian not to be found in these sta- tist iis that, rougldy, every forty seconds marks a birth in the nietro- I)olis and that every minute and a cpiaiter mai'ks the death of some one in the saane area. The death rate is lower for 19ol than for 1900, and is lower than that if any oi our great litics, cxtejit llrislol and Lci- ce-ter. 'l"l;o riiagrajiis given of the birtli rate of London show that the rate increased from 1851 to 1807, when the maximum cf ;!<5.5r) was reached, and declined from ]87('> to 1901, when the rate of 29 was reached. The birth rate for 1901 is the lowest on record. A TOUCH OF llUMOll is infused into this rojiort in regard to the summary of marriages wl;ich have taken ])lace, as the fact that tlK; number of females tnariied coi-- responds with the males is grave- ly recorded. Tbtr number is 40, (Ull, and b.y a coincidence the [nci ceiita.ne per 1,000 of marriages corresponds with tl'.e number of births which have takoii place in the .s'ame year, namt^ ly. 17.0 per 1,(>00. 'Pho advice of Samivel to "'bevare of the vidders" does not feeni to be wlioll.v legardetl in Lcuidiui, for the ligures show that of the SLCJO ]>"â- â- - sons married in London in 1900 there were : Jliichelors married. 30,- ();!5; spinsters, manied, 37,'U>;t; wid- oweis lemairied. 3,875; wlilows re- married, 3,047. The (lueslion of where thefe marriages wcie solomniz- ed will bo of interest to a great mivn.v [leoplo. 11 is not a little sur- prising to find how few take place at Nonconformist places of worship. Presuniubl.v many Nonconformists ^eok the regbtr.v oUico. Of the total marriages (of 81,020 pertoiisl 72 porient look place at the Establish- <'{1 (,'hurch. 1(5.8 [lercent at registi-j- oll\<"-. and 4.(5 jiercent at Noiicon- fo;mi t chapels. Of tl'.e.'o 81,020 uiarriages the numhers of illiterates is 2,293. ot those under 21 .years of ag<! mimber is 8,072, but of this number lover thret>-fourths were females the I number of men marrying under the 'age of 21 Iieing 1,813. Three "men' I man led ot the age of 16, fourteen at • the age of 17, while ten girls married nt the age of 15. twentj-oiie I at the age of If., and 1(14 at 17. ! There were two widows at j SIXTEEN YEAIia OF AGE. I Thore who arc matrlmonlal'y inclin* : ed ma.v feel some vagu<> interest in i tliO fact that the population of Lon- j don "When Physicians of High Order" recommend its use to nervous and cryspeptk people you may safely assume "it's all right." CEYLON tea is delicious and economical. Mixed or Natural Green. Said only In ctalad Ictd paekate. By all Oroosra. Black Him The proper housing of the poorer cla.sses of the metropolis is so ex- cellent an objective that one regrets to find it so expensive. Throughout its teiTn of existence the County Council has s[ent or ajranged to spend no le£s than i:-l,326,0(>0 in bousing 89,000 poreons. The stati-stics for 1901 show an increase in tenement life. The in- crease is from 941,066 to 1,019,546, or an increase ot about eight ler- cent. More than two in one room is the ofTicial definition of overcrowding. .Since the previous cenus (lS91)^there ' at Wrightwood and'^ Lincoln avenues 1 T _ .1 ... ii, ^ .... 1 _. from 4 to G o'clock and recited tha scriptures to thousands ot jicopl? homeward bound. HEARD ABOVE CLAMOR. But above the clamor of the crowd, the rattle of wagons, the rush and clang of the electric cars, rises ths A BLIND PEEACHER. Large Congregation Hears Daily at Chicago. G. S. Wills is a preacher without a pulpit and not a syllabic of a ser- mon but the word of Oo'd as found in the New Testament. Vet every pleasant day in spring, summer and autumn he preaches to a larger con- gregation than any other minister in Chicago. A most pathetic figure is this blind man. who for five years has stood has been a decrease in the number of [lersons living more than two in one room of over 100,000. In 1891 overcrowding app'icd to 19.7 and in 1901 to 1(5 percent of the jiopula- lion. Tlie deaths from street accident.s in 1901 were 302. Tliis is a lower fig- ure than for any of the preceding < vibrant voice of the blind man re- four years, but higher than the fig^ ' pcating the solemn words oi .iosus ures for 1894, 1895 and 1890. The | Christ and his apostles. It it doatlii? â€" if any â€" caused by the motor ' strangely impressive and never x ear are not enumerated. The table gibe nor jeer disturbs the speaker, given is as follows: â€" HorBO, 12; i Tired faces soften, gay voices ar< arriage, 11; omnibus, 30; tramway hushed, tender memories are stirred, eoi-, 17; cab. 27; cart, 22; vtin, wag- little children gather in groups to gon, dray, etc., 134; "others," 49. jnsten to the old, old story. Tha It should be added that 11 deaths ' cars come, the crowd rushes pell from cycle accidents are included un- 'huju ^n eager, pushing, hurrying 'or the heading of "other?..." I throng, tired, hungry, and anxiouj The total expenditure on the police ! ^^ „^ home The preacher cind preachment art force amounted to £2,287,-1/1-5 for tl'.e metropolitan area, of which the taxpa;jor conti-ibuted £l,8S8,391. and iieS.'fj-lti for the city, of which ilio taxpayer contiibutcd £106.891. The cost of our police pcv inhabitant is 4s. 8d. per aiuium, and is I'igher than that of any of our big cities. The statistics of indictable and non-indictable crimes aro by no means complete, and oven those giv- en in the other-wise admirably ar- ranged volume under review might be more clearly stated. One jieca- liar feature of the figures is that of momontaiily forgotten, but they heaj him every night, year after year, and the constant iteration must hav« its inllucnco upon their lives. Six years ago he was stricken witk the most terrible form of blindness^ double cataract, and since then h( has known no distinction betwooi day and night. He was unfitted foi work, and, like man.v another bliiU man. was forced into selling pcncili for a living. For a .year he stoo« on the corner, dumb as well as blind, A MODEL RAILWAY. the 90 ca.ses of habitual drunkenness I It was horribly monotonous, but oni in the metropolitan area 89 are fe- [ day ho had a sudden inspiration. A males, and in the city the habitual multitude daily passed within thi drunkards number one male and 88 sound of his voice, why not repeat females. ! passages of scriptures, for there must be many a man and woman who hai scant time for sacred things. tp:stament at command. lie knew hundreds of verses, h( learned hundreds more â€" committe* whole chapters to memory, until now ho practically knows the entire New Testament. Unfortunately, he it extremely susceptible to a chill. i Trunk I cold being the active cause of hit blindness. So in cold and stormy weather h« is a prisoner at home, and-ovcn on the hottest days he wears heav\ What Otu: Travelling Representa- tive Says of the G. T. R. A recent trip to "The vStates" brought "Truth " in contact, among other things, with the Grand Railway, and its incomparable din- ing car service. A brighter, cleaner, more efllcient plan of eating while jouiiieying, does not exist on any railway anywhere, and "Truth" has 1 wooden pads strapped to his thick travelled on most of the leading lines soled shoes. He s|iends the wintei of the world, and is therefore in a:nionths memorl/ing and in siiminei position to know. The "Club"ithe public gets the benefit of hij Breakfasts are an excellent feature, j hard study. An unfortunate featur< which a|)peals to man.v travellers. | of his disea.se is an uneontrollabh The attendants aro courteous and ' drowsiness which the doctors saj obliging, and don't ajipear to bo al- , must bo humored. He has battled ways looking for a "tip." j against it without avail, and hai The line, heavy double track ot now succumed to the iin-vitable an<! rails between Toronto and .Suspen- sleeps for hours before it is timt sion Bridge makes it i)ossiblo to, to begin his self-appointed task. of Mr. Willis is a slender man will at I a frail ph.vsiqiie and a delicate, ncrv. tojous temperment. and the strain o: I speaking a coujde of hours a daj the 'against the noise of this busy corn- run that distance without delays any kind, and .vou are lande<l your destination right on time the luinute. The great imiiroveinents on main line east, between Toronto and or ta.xes him sorely. l!ut he is hap Montreal, have been very costly, and py and contented and .sees nothing have in some ca.ses meant the nl- extraordinary in devoting his life tc most entire reconstruction ot the this unicpte open air service, road. The line ha.'! been straighten- ed, the grades les.sened, and "Truth" i s told that very shortly a train w-ill be put on between Toronto and i\Iontreal that will make the dis- tance in ^or.y much less time than even The International Limited does now. "Truth" seldom travels on railway pa'Ses: the above stotements can therefore be considered perfectly \m- biased. and are made purel.v be- cause of the excellent facilities af- forded the general travelling public, and because of the pride "Truth" fee's in one of out great national highways. THEFOKCE OF IIAUIT. The formation of habits is th« true education. Right habits mak« the good map, and wrong habits the bad man. The culiivativ)n ol the habit of detefting all that is low and mean, the habit »if admiring sincerel.\ the good and the beautiful, an undeviating attachineiu to truth and Justice, unci the .•â- iicere effort to bring our conduct into accord with these ideals constitute the rigid di.^- cipline <:f tie morel pliilusoph.v, so beautifcj that "without it 1.0 con- dition of li'e is t( leiiible. aid with it none wretched, sordid and mean." .\n obvious fact about habit fie- The Grand Trunk Railway Com pnny certainly made no mistake |,j„o,itIy noted is that though we «>â- '"' jwhen they handed over the reins of ignin ro pleasure from doing a thing '^'i^' I control to Mr. Charles M. Hays. for!yt.t we suffer great discomfort from a more capable, all-round railway not doii-.g it. .And so Rreat is tho man does not exist to-da.v. , force of habit that this is appli<able The Passenger Department is most|io gooti. bud. or indilTeivnt inactires. elliciently directed by O. T. Bell. \V. 'rhe formation cf a lujiil becomes a E. Pavis and II. C3. F.Uiott in Mont-. great t.vianny it tiie habit be bad, real. Geo. W. Vaux in Chicago, and j and. on the other hand, a great prop J. 1). McDonald in Toronto. I to virtue if the lablt be good and We bespeak great things for the | desii able. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on its completion. Bobby : "Oh, Mr. ItrivHe.'-. I wl=:h I ha<l a moTistacI e just like yours I" it's No Mr. n.: ".Vh ! Then yo-,i (link Af>oum ; "1 sec there's some talk ' becoming. Bobby?" Bobby: Ituliides 1.282. 5S»4 umnarried j upon tho question of abolishing cap- but If I had that thing on my fac« males (as against 777,863 who arc ital punishment. Would you vote to none of the>e old ladies d be al- nmrriod) aiwl 7Q,128 widoweil. Of ! abolish it?" Kogie ; "No, gir; I ways ir\ irg to kiss m« ! " the women, 1,1()3,842 were uiunar- capital punis-hnient was good enough ' ried, as against 708.097 married, jfor my anreftors, and it's good I -V n>a-'< »'•">" feel good without ti«*.'4 There were 197, M7 widows iu ItHU. eroiigh for nic. 1 e»i:o.iallj- good. » J."