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ALL ABOUT THE MOSQUITO. THE 8 WEET SIHGEB OF THE 6LOA.M- HQ MIHUTELY EXAMI5ZD. ereXasMereailr-ltUlkr flying, bet 100 or '200 of these songster* be w::hthe Kxodu* ofjthe Israelites : and at the MIBII* thai MMI .f flying at one time within a dozen feet of , n d of the month of June he presented these 4rl>lBf Frss* the an>h Uke <>* Prass f It U Ike i i t Ike Blil.c. " I stood on the bridge at midnight," the anything but genial "mosquito," "musketo," " mosquito," " musquetoe,,' " moschito," "moschetto," "mosquetto," "muschetto," "muahetto," or "muaquetto," sings on these cool, damp evening*. For such a very little pest the " mosquito," ha* more name* and in more language, than any other living thing. Scientists variously call her the rWrx pipit**, ailrx Aaurirami.*, the rowvnn, the mowkeroH, and the " humming gnat." The Century Dictionary describes the insect of many aliases aa " one of many different against the chest in flying. Other naturalist* equally skilled and observant, ascribe it to the rapid motions of th winglets. the motion* of the poisers, or the vibra- tions of the thorax cauaed by the con tractions of the muscles ( the win gm. The ' wings, indeed, move rapidly enough lajfu I duce a bu/j of a fairly robust sad prououi.c 1 *d character. One authority estimates that they vibrate fifty times every second whil<* i 1 1 1 1 - 01 i ii i I'll i u i on - of Heveral V.re i.> Dr. Dr. Xaville, the discoverer of Bubastic and of the Treaiure City of Pi thorn, hat in- 1 given to the world the results of his work in identifying other cities and district! in Kgypt. more especially some connected person's head and twice or thrice as many as that are often flying within a space smaller than that in a woods, beside a brokoa or in a garden and it would be wonderful if the air were not vocal with sound. of the month of Jane he presented these results before one of the largest meetings ever held by the Victoria (Philosophical) Institute, of .VU-ipi.i Terrace London, the ! great hall in which the meeting was held i being so crowded that many had to be ac- commodated in the vcatibu'e. The chair wai The chair was j taken on the occasion by the President, Sir I Gabriel Stokes, Bart., past President of the Royal Society, and the present occupant of ' Sir Isaac Newton's 1'rotessorial Chair at , Cambridge University. The business of the ' evening was commenced by Captain F. Mraasje Vswe *r llwrmatlsB. \\"e have beard of toad* which have been i imprisoned in solid rock for centuries, and ' which were found alive when their abiding- i was cleft open. 1'hi* reminds me of hav< observed about certain fishes which I think will be interesting kindso'f gnats or midges, the female of which : '"Ju-V^iw of ***"*> soma nhelu A*". 1 *? "ft A " ocl * t " '" Ko ^ n '' I ' 1 "' kite. anLal* and draws blood." Person, ' hving ,* tle , p ponds, brook., or out ,n silent AaJ . l ^ la ', C hm ' " d . oth f r il P rts < given to Miribu-e to the female sex all the , noek t of the seV will remain for four, five, w ? rld . h " 1 now r " n j to , 1 '* M ' nu , mh gentleness and amiability there i* in the o^tveT nth< the same potion i T hlch *****"* " to by th. almost world will bear this in mind. without eatuufor so much as movinVfin or ^ Pplution. to join. The value of the Mr Mosquito i. aneisy -going, jorgeou.1) tail | transactions was *ho n by the increasing arrayed creature, with neither the disposition | ! the government fish hatches, under num * r of U 'i"*P. mto whlch , fo " lgD northeability to bite animal, and draw blocJ , h manaJement of Mr. WUmott/superin- m . emb ^ 1 ~' l t * lhem . pelly tk. .temlenVofpuKiculturefor the Dominion at | fc ' lentlfic PM* showln the error ol thoM Newctutle, Out., I had many opportunities to study certain tishe* in winter, for they I ( could be clearly seen through the glass aides j _ of the tanks. In one tank, about a third of the way up from the bottom, were half a dozen Herman carp, all facing the direction i from which the water flowed. He is a sort of Tnrveydrop in the inject world, who seem* to have no higher object during his brief life than " toshow himself about town. " His life, to be sure, is a short one but then it U full of indolence and lux ury He is expected to pay certain delicate at- tention* to his infinitesimal spouse, which she reward, when tired of him by giving. him a short, sharp and fatal prod of the re- I noticed their positions about Christmas, markable lance which she carries concealed , saw them again in January, twice in Feb- in her proboscis. He is not provided with ! ruary , and two or three times in Match, and such a weapon, and i* as much at her mercy ' in ,.\\ that time aa a boxer at that of a skilled swordsman, iu position or moved a n He is of gentle and perhaps amiable charac- ter. He lives on a strictly vegetable diet, which may account for the absence of the bloodthirstyand ferocious spirit of hisspouae. She can, at a pinch, lead the life cf a vege- tarian : but what she want, is gore, d Dr. Moule, who had just arrived from China, seconded iuji i M i A Hriiiik err Wne a > rH Ike Uft sf a We*l Slav ,- B-rlitr. In a field on the outskirts of Sew Haven, Conn., the remains of a young British offi- cer have, for mere than 112 yean, reposed in a lonely grave unmarked except by a mill stone erected about fifty yean ago, wtuch had long lince succumbed to th. relic hunters, combined with the element*. The young officer wu Adjutant William Camp- bell of his Majesty's forces, and unit** he had p.iifs.d noble characteristic*, which have commanded the respect and admiration of men in all generations, hi* bones even now would probably lie unmarked. About 10 o'clock on Sunday evening, July 4, ITT 1 ... the booming of a signal gun startled the inhabitants of the village, and thc a'ann- ing tidings that the British fleet wa* utf Us* harbor soon spread. The new* that the I fleet was bonud eastward had previously been communicated by (Jen. VVooster. Mr. N (.. I'ond of Milford ra in hi* col- I lection th" original paper conveying the in- 1 formation. Beacon Hill waa soon ablaze : with iu warning siirnal*. and all wu bustle and excitement. O'd flintlock* wt-e taken ; down and examined, jewel* were hidden away, and every preparation wa* made to resist attack. The British fleet numbered about forty vessels, which were soon anchor- ed in th* lower bay, and in the early dawn the boat, were manned and t he redcoat* land- ed on the \vestern suoiv of the harbor. About 1,4011 men. command.?.! by lien. (larth, bagMs the march to the \Ve*t Haven (!reen, where th. first resolution, after which Dr. Xaville*' address was givec. He illustrated his remark by referring to an elaborate map of hi* surveys. He said he hail found that Succoth was not a ity as some had sup- posed, but a district : from a remarkably i>r inrrv HIUEV m juaicti, MIU I i ii - t , not one of them had changed ! 1 *"* bU inscription discovered at Pithom, ioved a tin or tail. Mr Wil- th . ere *" " 1 2, n er *** d , oubt that " "" that this was quite usual "j l . ' oopoli*. ti atrabo. llimv. Amlhctner.*. ami Artenn- moU told me among these fishes. He permitted me to raise tbe cover of the tank and poke a couple of them with my stick : each one made a slow, easy movement, and relsp*e<l into stillness, .lust above the carp in the same tank* was an eel about long, first saw it in December it hot gore, human, if she can (jet it, but never overlooking any chance The toughest hide that ever covered a horse or a steer dues not intervene between the lady moequito curved lik. a perfect S, and all through the and her vampirssh thirst. It is even doubt- I winter it preserved that shape without, so ed that Col. Mosquito i* given to vocal ef far . t , M r \\ilmott knew, once moving. fort*. If he ever doe* join his consort in a . This, I may add, is how numerous kinds of nerve-destroying dnet he *ings very low and , fishes spend the winter So long a* they re- m S l e hid b * n " 1<; < through some -'- ----- -^ - --- I (recently discovered papyri, which proved j thatit wasnot a villageorcity, but an ancient shrine of Baal and a noted place of pilgrim places were Migdol an.) Pi his performance is entirely over-looked, | main perfectly still there i* no waste of" ani- when the restless human appreciates the j nud tissue, and they do not need food. ess* with which my lady takes high C and Put a frog mto a tank of water at the holds it until driven out of the room by the beginning of winter, then place a mall piece exasperated wielder of a wet towel. o f wood in the tank ; the frog will get upon Less i* known about the origin of the mo* the wood with hi. eye. looking straight up. JJ^ 1 Quito's name than of his habit. , and Cana- .' and never .o much a* mov* until the weather Jffe. I >th riaiuroth. they were halted for about two hour*. After ed on the eastern shore, the march to the town was Imgim. The troops under Gen. Uarth were *oou met by a small company under command of Capt, Hillhouse, that had marched out over West River bridge, bat the latter, after a brief skirmish, took to their heel*. An intermittent tire was kept up from behind fence* and stone walU. and by a small force gathered on Milford Hill, where Adjt. Campbell rescued the Rev. .uivcvs. which h w ' l Uf n ; the Uiag* rector of \Ve*H ' Haven. The latter, in hurrying over a stone wall, fell and wa* unable to rue. He was immediately surrounded by <>cne He*- sian*, when young Campbell on'ered the ilrawn bayonets lifted and Willie n's life was saved. After learning that tin rector'* leg wa* broken Campbell ordered ' .climb set by the regimental surgeon. Duncgthe halt at West Haven some Hessians the destruction of valuable furniture n >nc of the house, on the green, but thev promptly ordered by Camplwll u. !.>;< Tin) march into New Haven wa* h L BPMWV* wv.w .-IICUUt Mu'l 4 I , -. , LI* and h.rc atani a papyrus had , ot ^ *'* M the N% Mt Rlver bn>1 8* * u " him, it seemeT probal.le that the p*rtly dertroyed, and the troop, w.re met Strabu, Plmiy, Agathemer.x, an.l Artenu ilons dcscrilied, merchant ships sailed to the Arabian Gulf. This fact coincided with the result* of modem scientiti gradual rising once ex- this must | have been the case about .'<,(X year* ago, an.l Sn William Dawsun and the French engineer Lrnant held that it went even further north. Theiuxt place noted by M Naville, was Baal Xephon. and m ideniitv ing this, he had been mpeuui wa* the K^vptian Maktal or fish imbedded in th. ice from the of an The caretaker took uians have no monopoly o' information upon ! begin* to get waim in the si this Utter phase of the subject. All climate. ' then begin to jump about and look for some claim the motquito as pest inchief. On the thing to eat. upper waters of the Missouri mosquito*., , But the>.trange.t case of hibernation thai alter a rainy season, art the greatest tin I know aa* been related to me by Dr. Fer pediment to navigation met with. They gusoo. the pathologist of New York Hoapi- swarm by million*. Cattle are driven in the ' tal. In on* of the small tanks belonging to river, andtheystandwiththeirtnuzzle. alone the hospital museum a card of a particular held above the water, which are black with ' description has been placed. the pest*. Pilot, on the boats are forced to One very cold uiaht the water where the burn smudge fire*. They are of every con- tish wa* kept wa tro/.en through, and the ceivable degree of minuteness, and no veil has fine enough texture to exclude them. Arctic explorers all writ* of suffering* at the hands or rather sting* of mostputoe*. In Knplaud mosquitoes are called gnats. The cylinder oi ice rem and on the Continent of Kiirop* COMXHU, pnt for a ccapl* of month*, till the hot muurheroitt, and other names. The gnat *psing san one day melted it down to the belong, to the genus fvlrr. It is found in J place where the fish wa frozen. Some al- most ot the temperate and tropical portions : tache of the hospital then wa* surprised to of the glebe where man haa penetrated. I notice a tish wiggling in a piece of ice. About thirty speciesaie known in the I" ml- ' The carp-bad *urvred his imprisonment, ed State*. . paued the period. of hibernauon and re- in the human family the female \t th* rmmeil hi. old activity, more oinamental as well a* the more ^SMMBK-BBI amiable animal. In the insect world, | Bs-aUTslsl < Klerlrle Matter*. particularly among mosquitoes, the reverse Whether the *-dbld or the .Uctnc bat- There an mosquitoes which t ,_ u the , H-l m ,tniment of death for the connn, their activities to tbe daylight hours j nurJ^r a very much argued point. and lavish their cares*** principally on' Acro , tne ^^ .. electrocution, as the new the tender foliage of tree* and aromatic , v . t , m of ^^ pums hnient is called 1 , is plant*. lhe*e principally inhabit wood. verv K1en L condemned. That eminent .ml marshes. The other yanetie. make me( J, c 4 ut horit y the Urn, Ion A,.,..-./, re- themelve hear.1 and felt during the night g^^ .. A wor j / barbarous sonn.l ,- chietly. 1 he greater portion of th*iractive' thi . week been added to our language, a existence is paaseU in or near human habits- wor j barbarous aa the deed it expressed, lions. The* are the varieties with which lt ,.., takmg hun>AI , hte bv 10 i enoe mail is mo*t intimately acquainted. through the a. tion of electricity." Salmon Kntomologuts are by no means agrce.1 as elu> with hu brazen thunder, is now to th* number of piece* in the prol o-i, or of the he will M'ttdol. an.l it was grealiy to he regretted and by small detachment*. Among those gat h The rarest specimens of that most singular of flower*, the orchid, are now faithf ally re- presesiUil in na*ni and afford as effective. addition to a handsome toilet. Harvest prospects continue to Se most bright. A ) 001115 fanner writic^ trom Morilen. Manitoba says "I hope yon may be induced to visit thu fair province this coining fail and vo-i will see a sight worth seeing. Manitoba ha* not had such a prospect in five years. Grain and grass are growing luxuriantly, and. should nothing happen iwtwern now and the 15th of August, the country will reap a crop toe like of which ha* not been seen in a good, many years. I have measured a stalk of my earliest wheat : it went '2 feet 6 inches How i* that for high ?" The official census figures, remark* the Kmpirt, have brought an unwelcome, roost home to the bootnMsrs of the western Mrri- tomes which have lately been admitted as State* of the I'nion. Idaho's population, represented as about li r >,000 is reunced to rl.sBff Wyoming sutlers a drop from 105,- 000 to 60,705. Nevada is brought dow t*> .">.7'il. It i* the same in other districts. Writer* in eastern paper* are warning their young men not to go west nnlss* they head for British Columbia, where the growth i* steady and solid. The Canadian t.-rritone* on the whole compare favorably with those j of the United States, and when our census | returns have been mad* it will be found, it i i* safe to say, that we have made no great I cry over little wool and that the setilers who have gone west in Canada have reason to be satisfied with the country and its pros- peats. An English clergyman na. promote-1 Urn- . perance by keeping a tavern. Thi* is the way he did it. When he became rector of ih. ' pariih he found drinking places numerous ' and drunkenness prevailing. He got pos- session of the village inn and contrived to prevent any other inn or ale house in th* parish being licensed. The tavern wa* tockesl with good beer and no other liquor allowed. Asolwr man and hu wife were ' placed in charge, Wrsold at cost under i regulation* and A fair profit charged for 'eatable*. Tbe result wa. satisfactory. 1 Hodge get. his " drop of beer " when he is thirsty an.l is pleased with it* quality and price, but i* no; allowed to drink too much. The profit* of the tavern are spent in digging wells, erecting pump* and promot ing sanitary measures. With good cheap beer and plenty of water drunkenness has entirely disappear- ed. The closing of the great Welsh tin plat* 1 factories has made a deep ii-nsation in Eng ' land. Out of eighty about two third, hare I snirvemfed. but there u reliable information that a bilingual tablet discovered there a 1 been destroyed before Th* bearing of his " titicat ions was of no small interest to the student* of History, both >.\. red and other. ed the canal for the Brit.-), <>overnment. moved a vote of thanks to M. Naville, and other author* cf papers PMI year, namely. "Sir >V. lV>-r> .n, K. ! Professor Hull. F. R. > imthorp*. Mi. I'. Pinches and sir !'.... ,i\en. th* ered to opptise the march into the town vessel and placed it on lop , ashbarrel where rubbish was put A " VTU i o 1 8 1 u - >tirgon (.enenl (.ordon, 1 1 . B. , of Indian, fame and others. A vote of here it wa. I thank, to the President concluded the pro- ceeding*. three men, named Beecher. Ailing, and Johsjaoa, and, when near the Milford : turnpike, the latter found himself unable to 1 prooeed further. When he wa* approach*.! I by an officer from the enemy', column, he raised his musket and fired at the British officer, who fell mortally wounded. It wa* ' ascertained afterward that the officer wa. ' Adjutant Campbell He was tenderly car- i car.-ied to the nearest house, where he died. His last moments were marked by kind word* to those about him, who although enemies, were admirers of hi* noble con- duct. Late u night the body wa* wrapped n a blanket anil laid in a grave which nad been It is said Act that the closing was the result dug near th<- edge of the woods. that a poor colored woman kept the mound KKxlaBdaB4t.rrnt.nl> m ship* for man v years an<f often placed The Imperial ministry has nv>re than it flower* on it. l anipl<ell'i dressing case is can comfortably accomplish in if endeavor an object of interest in th* KuiKlmi; of the to prevent any information from reaching Historical Society the public ear a* regards Lord Salisbury'. The land on vM*h the handsome mnnu- actual committal* of England to rmany. ment was recently erected was donated i>y Kmperor William very thinly diguie* his ' Dr. t. Mitchell Prudden "f New York anH purpose of attaching I ireat Britain to the ' Thomas P. I'ruddru of Chicago, and Miss Ureibund as an external ally. The Emperor Mary K. Ailing > this city gave the plot want* the Uritish uavy to neutrali/e that containing thc .; . iv The monument was of K ranee. Bismarck wa* noted for the hrutal frankness with which he disclosed his plan* for lierman aggran.li/ement, and the kaiser pursues a programme carefully prepared in advanceor one single end, and uo pains are taken 'jo mystify either France or Russia m the matter. Bismarck, through his well-known Hambunrnjjars. condemns the policy or such an undentaning with 1 sting," of the common mosquito Thi* U the instrument which puncture* the ties, and serve, as a sort of introduction of the mosquito to the human family. Some authorities declare that it hu four pieces, other* aver that it haa six, while still others assort that it has but five. The average Uynian would lie unwilling to place the number below twenty. The pro- tract) i. tubular in form. The lance* attache.! to it, whatever their number may bt, are sharper than any instrument known to the surgeon. It is not the si/e or depth of the wound indicted which makes the mosquito's " sting" so painful, Kut rather the secretion which is injected under the skin by th* proboscis. Thi* always pro- daces itching. There is no unanimity amont; scientist! in like . trv. out- Hi* thunder was a mere terror. Tin* is fatal. Four human being* have been ' electrxx-uted ' in New York on the 7th day of July, in this year of what is ironically called human redemption. About some ot the report, of this deed of horror there is a sound of actual exultation, as if some won derful .lno.'irry had been made or some great triumph of human skill had been per fectsd. " It i difficult to understand why all this hubbub should be made about the great provocaf ,'vutiou, of criminals who have neither (tidier* and ant pity nor consideration for their miserable victims. The scaffold wa* in every way ^i enough and quite as hutnuie If swiftness ami painlessness are the sole aims of those who advocate a change from the ancient emus-tree, why !' ^ive the condemned live cent* worth . : .>n:i> *rei-tel throiuh t'..- effort, of the Histoiioal Society, and the .' >nors are American* and Englishmen, nv>n er* of the British- Ameri- can AsKviati.in. ihe Caledonian Club, the Claii M.-I..-.xl. an ! the Sons ..f St. l comprehen*,on of event, in deadly poison in. I be lione v ith it * >uch a drug as the apothecary in Komeo an.l Juliet spcks of when he say* : Put thit in tn\ 'i'iui.1 thing TOU will. An.l ilrink it otf, and if you find the strength Of tvtcntv men. U would dispatch jrou the question of poison in the mosquito's " sting. " \o poison gland has yet IH-I-II found in the head of any of these insects which have been examined. The wounds have been known to swell an.l lie- Mine inflamed iu many oases. In some lehcate akms, indued, ulcers are sai.l to if ,t i worth while to be so tender, as have ttm produced, but on this latter these philanthr->m.ts and scientists pretend point many etomologista throw Uoul.ts. It to be. about a foul murder.-! , it is surely is certain,*, millions of victim* will very war tl the while to count tho ciwt t tl.'e feelingly testify, that the ..un.ls are often unoffending taxpayer. And poison is to ivamful, and alway* Jecidetlly unpleasant, j b. had equally a* wift and deadly in effect The wliva mjecte,! is lH>lievKl to l slightly ] electricity," for a two hundred thousandth send. This quality, aggravated w ith the psjt of what the latter would cost, and with of thebrlHHjoiiitononhlad*ofth* this additional advantage that the appar it- -n with France. Th. main- t Kuro|vean peace *eeni to lw more i.i.cuon than in any other. Bis- .i. i v as lo isolate Fran. > . It re' mams t > U- seen whether the Cemian emiei prove upon the Men. Th* nlea .: t .. ;el,u tance of powerful Kuropeaii nations to enj n;.' n war notwithstanding . onited ,o racial pre- . .nisms, 1.1 sinfularly il- lustrated by t!iee rtorts of Kmperor Wil- liam to render < .em -.;n invincibn against attack* from either , n.? side or the other There i* no mistaking th* fa.-t that even autocr atic < ".v eminent* shrink from in- vitin^ th terrible carnage sure to occur trom the improved death-dealing inventions iu the next war. sucker," cause* irritation, which isaought to he allayed by scratching, out whi.-h in reality makes the wound the more inflamed an. t painful. I'nhappily, th<- ma|iiito's "jting" is not 90 irritating to th* \iclim'* flesh as its "song" is to his n*rv. Concerning he manner in which this soim.l is pro>l\i.-e.l the naturalist is alinoat a* much in the tlarktita the inont ignorant and thoughtless n on s. ii'iitint. The "r.linary person, it is true if questioned on the *ubjvct, woulil unhesitat- ingly answer otMiand that it is made l.\ the respiratory organs, as the vocal miuic I sj*w*d together, a* pliynici.in* do in this of mail ar.d many of the lower animal* is coiintiy. hf procmes i ve ..i si\ Mack ant., mad*. Tho naturalist, however, wonKlnot and. hoi. liuu than- ho.uU ua.tr the gash, they make this mistake. For whatever produces Viring tlieir Tw* tof(th*i in bit inn the flesh, this sound, it nppears tolerably .vrtain th*- an^ 1 t'i'i-.- pull the two sides of the ga*h to- it ha* no ntvsaarj connection with tlie ceiliur Vheu tlui liiiliaii pinches oil the breathing a| ^arat us. Kirhy, a well known tiodw* of lh* ant-s, and leav-, th.-n heads rkr Bible *B fhrirr i-.,ln. ->oineone haa reminded Bishop Coxe of Buffalo that the Bible doe. not anywhere .vndemn bicycling l>y women and the prelate hasbwn oMige.l to admit that, so far a* bicycles art- concerned, the Bible I* Iwhind the age which reminds of an invasion when ex-Chief Justice DralnTof the court of claim* addressing a meeting of the WusMugton rvslijtcry again*! theater . in^, and, bemc asked wliere t he Hil-lc ..:: ioi uie.l it, ati>e:vd that, of course, theater* were not mention 1 in the Bible a remark which liroii^lit njithe Rev. IV Snnderlan.l of tho a shot, bat in hu si i " 1 IHX the iiulg*'s par.ioii, lui. \> t ol t ' \ .if the Apastiet 'h.t ^t. "aul west to thc theater at F.pliesui, rh.lu>lgeunji.le<l > -lJIi *l H"*e Habit*. j;ool or lunl, chug to us. It was a blustering, faiiiy morning when Al'.ui resolutely buttoned his c\vit up to Ins ohm in.) .Irrw on his gloves. You are not going to church such a morning us this, .ountry. he pnx-uic* live >! si\ Mack ant., ! AlUu*" said a bmther student. "Tub* ently desired *ecrcy could be better .Swerv- ed and there need be no pother or K>thei at all Tu grip of an ant's jaw i* retained even after the body ha* Iveen levered from tbe head. Ac.xir.ling to the Me.ln.wl Kscor 1, this; know leilge i* posneswd In a certain tribe of Indians in Bra i!, who put the anUtoavery peculiar use. When a i Indian gels a (ash cut in his hand, instead of having lu.s hand British eiitomolgi.t, uttribttted it to fri.-tljn nad* by thc Kk*.- of the wiugs^ vmtil pvrlex-ti> healed ^ash. which is held together sure 1 i:v.' saul tin* other deciiledly. "I was bii'iix'itt up to attend church, an I I should as noon think of going without my breakfast is staying at home. It is on* of the best habits youth cn form, ami a great -.1 amid th^ temrU'ion* of a city tx>|hi breakfast, there|vnit:' of thepider'i net att.u.l the Hou** of Hod. I bei. gruadr witfi Utat pumi * vrew. Tar Blurarv M*e. The village of Blarney is in the uorth of relaud, al>ont four miles from Blarney Cant le wa* built l>y Cormack kerry, ilxmt the middle of the fifteenth century The ruin* of the famous old fortress are visited bv thousands of tourist. . year. Tin* is largely on account of a tradition w lu.-h ha* been attached for some centuries to one of the stones used m build- ing the castle. Thi* stone is saiil to com- municate to the tongue that touches it the gift of gentle, insinuating speech. *nd that ha* given risje to the accusation when any one i* of particularly sweet accent that he or she has " kissed the Blarney stone X song, written l>y Richard Alfred Millikin in I7U8. refers tn the l.n-al tradition in these st.iu/as : "There ;- : one there. Ilia; ixti.wocverkijwes, Oh. he nc* er m To urow eloquent. Ti-* he m.i> clariiWr To a l.i.iy - !> iniiHT. Or become a nember Of 1'. . A .-lever ,|iou'cr He'll tll'n out or \n out an.l To bo lot :.ni ' Don't hope to h Or to bewilder him. Sure he's a pilimni Krom the Blarney tone." t s,.i.l. r si a Weather ana- One of the *iuip>Mt and at the sam one of th. best of barometer* is the common garden utiider. When there is a prospect of a rain .-i vvuul the jpi.ler always shortens the stwor filament.* from which luawob is susipcuoeil, and leaves tUiu h - in thatit . .1 the weather i variable. If the : elongati'* his thread it is a sign of tine, calm weather, tke dnrV.ion of winch may V>eju.li( c.l l>y th. lent h of the \vebs. If the pider leiiMins niactivr it is .1 i,.n of rain : but if. on the contrary, it keep* at work during a shower, the mm will be of short duration, followed by tuio weather Other '!'<t-i \ it ions have taught naturalists that the snide; niaki ^changes in its* ebevery tweutj four hours, and that if sn.-h cluwge. are mail* in the evening, just Ix'for* *un*t, the aiiht will K> cliar and bc.intifnl, an.l the thoughtful spider il'. .'...n,! i fi,- dunce of iDK some tender in^ht itymg instvt for to I of ^ joint agreement. So much tin plate had I been rushed over to escape the operation of ' the M -Kmiey Uw that the American mar- ket is overstocked. Thc present movement ' is an effort to relieve the market so a. to i raise price*. On the tim of next month the owners will decide whether the factories will be reopened or not. Many are in favour of Hooding the American market and keop- mgpricesso low a* to discourage home efforts at manufacturing. Several English manu factunrn have sent agents to the iron region. of Alabama to investigate a* to the adris ability of puttin,- up plate tin works. Thirty thousand Wclh:uen thrown out of emplov- mn' are eagerly availing th* result. Canadian die. -v i-a* mad* a g(od reputa- tion for itself in thc Hritiah market, and the result is that the annual export of cheee* is valued at more than IB.OOO.Oun. Th* ei- port of butter is of comparatively <nia.ll value. Las: year 1, 901,586 pound, of Can- adian butter, valued at |34<Vl.')l, weie it- ported. There 13 a practically ulimited market for prime butter. l>ut the Ontario buttermaken have not succeeded in winning a reputation for uniformly good .juality. There are, therefore, undoubted npportnai- ties of usefulness m the dairy school eslaMiahed by the Ontario Minuter of Ag- riculture, through which lecture* arv given m \arion* [arts of the Province. It i* proposenl to instruct farmers in thc feeding * s, the handling and testing of milk, the handling and churning of cream, the working and packing of butter, etc. A general improvement m the quality of butter will mean a large mere*** in the ,n> . .-i of the Ontario farmers. The iv.ke of Arjrj-11 recently presented IB IVhament the condition of th. Scotch crof- ten oil the ilan.ls alon^ the west ciiastof S.MI laiul a pitiable in th* extreme. They are suffering from t he same conditions which the people were in on the west coast of Ire- land. The population ha* cone entirely be- yond the means of a subsistence, and thou- sands of people in these l.>ralitie are without hartlly the necessaries of. life, lie propose* two remedies, migration an. I emigration. There WM a migration many year* ago totk* leu, hut the relief there obtained wa* only tempoiary, and the people who remov- al to t !\,we island* .tie as badly otT to-day a* if they had remain. -il t home. Thc Lhikeof Argyll points out tint the only resource for this wretch.'d population is assisted emigra- tion to Canada .-r to the distant British colonies in the *oiitln>rii hemisphere. M propose* that permanent relief shall be se- cured by providing for the removal of a large portion of this population to new homes. iHiiple are of almost pure Scotch Je- >n. I woul.l W a welcome element in any part of the vvorM to which they might emigrate. The closing of nearly three score lobMer canning establish ni.-nts on the French shorn of Newfoundland by the British naval <nm- mui.ler will naturally be a trying cxpsri encc for that re^i.>n, especially a* abont a thoiuaml tishernieu ana other person, ar* thrown out of employment. But thi. result ha*, of course, all along been expected, since it was only necessary to await th. foim.il issue of authority for the piirpps. under the recent colonial legislation. The practical gain for ti>e factories Ivy tho legal fijjlu last year w:vs that of prolonging the use of their establishment* thus far. But it is doubtful whether th* islaud could hav. been in.lnce.1 to submit quietly cxiating arrangement with Franco, hail it not reoeiveii assnnuices that Knglan.l spar* no reasonable erTort. to rrat an end in due time to the French treaty right* on t'-at cxxut. The difficulty in reaching s ich a result ha* been tbo ! vk -fa basis of r moot as to th* extent of th* trench rtjlits under tlu- tn(*- mrut for submitting tins prelruiuiry qu*>. lion to arnitrHtion will help olv that dltli- <n.l :n du.> tim* we may look f s to buy imt t'n* ri(r><* of V-* t