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AGRICULTURAL. A Farm Ballad. When I start my plow a runnin' In the blsrk aa4 mnUer ground And the l.-sid is ifrowin inmllrr that my horses When the while-oak buds arc opsnin an<l gnu . a-frewuV (rreen. i ftreei . think, of umiiu-r s ho c.tzes on a-crwwtt Makes a feller thr roc . When (lie .Jiiptmink runs and . h:iiler 'came Ihe I'inuKh liia don 'a lorn, Aa'taecrowsar > i.llyi>eoldin"bouttheplanl in of the eorn : Wlten tho Huebird hollers out a rail and itoir* lo build a neat. Then I think that thalu thr timeo' year I kind o' Ilka the beat; Bnl ii's mighty nice, I tell yon. when the um- mor lime U uere, With the wheat a growln' Teller and Ihe bar vsjst drawin' near ; With the timothy In blossom and tbe liar n just at hand, An' the mother quail ii-callin' to her pr-pin little band. Ob, 1 likr to watch the woolly c'oai' < a n.vitin far away Asl'mrldln' on the mower or r*k,n' up the bay. Then 1 somehow <e-m acquainted with each bird or buuibleboe. An' I Dunk the golden suiniier in the time o' year for mo. The Management of Fruit Trees. V WM. MAUNDERS. It i* undeniood lliat ibo processes gener- ally included in tin- term "cultivation," uch a* plowing, harrowing, etc., are all 'vor%ble to tbe encouragement of growth in plant*, and when applied to fruit tree* the usual result of increased vigor will lie produced. Hut it ii also well understood that the grealeat vigor of growth is not al- ways combined w.liithi- greatest produc- tiveness of fruit ; on the contrary, it ii a recognized fact that * Iree .-an not display unusually great vigor of growth and at the sanw time be corre<rudingly fruitful. On the other hand, it n .-011111100 knowledge that trees growing in poor soil, sod without receiving cultivation of any kind, Mill not long continue to maintain siiftioien'. vitalily to enable them to produce perfect fruit, nor, indeed, fruit of any qiialily. When young trees sic planted in ordinary good soil, and afterwards receive good care, no far a* culti- vating, stirring and manuring the soil is concerned, tli v usually make strong growths. It is will to encourage this lux- uriance at tins stage of their existence, the only precaution being to guard ag*mt an immature condition of wood when froita occur. Mistakes are sometimes made, in climates where the season of active growth is com- parslively shorl, in mnnulaling tin- plants to such a degree that the wood tails to ripen thoroughly and the young shoots ure d<- Rtriiyedby frost* while in an immature stale, giving rise to various diseases, such a* yellow* in the peach, etc. hen the trees reach the frail-bearing li/.e, but give no evi- dence of fruit-hearing disponition, it may be assumed that t'n-ir l*rrenness is owing to excessive growth, and it w.II therefore be in order to adopt some means of check ing the growth, and, as a consequence, induce the tree to bear fruit. Various measures insy be pursued to effect this object, hut perhaps there is none so simple and so easily applied as that of laying the orchard in gross. The atnence of all culture will sprrdily cause tlie formation of fruit l.ud.iand satisfactory crops of fruit, and so long as this continues ro change needle made; hut if the tree* become weak, from over hearing or from want of nourishment ti.p dressing of manure will again renew their vigor ; and, further, if the trees appear stunted and do not respond to lurface stimulant*, the grass may be plowed under and a n vstem of thorough culture inaugurated and krpt up so long as observa- tion detrrmines that il is best practice to follow. The ... ml it i'. n of the trees will there- fore be tho best evidence a* to whether Ihe orchard thouldl>c cultivated or kept in gran. Each orchard will answer the question for it- self. It is not a question as toodvisabilityof establishing a system bav-d upi.n either expedient, although il is usually and erroneously submitted in that ihape. PRIAIS. . Pruning it an operation of v.ut import- an. in tlie management of trees, and the p:ni. iidri up'. n win. Ii il is founded must IH- clcaily understix) I I.. f..i.- . nmpletr sn . i MI in fruit culture can I* altaim-d\ I'lanta I. ft t>. n it ire maintain a well- balanced recipro- cal action lietween their linuM-hm ami roots ; and every branch, bud or leaf that is re- in'. 11. 1 mint exercise im influciicr either injurious or henelicial, ami nn one -Inn,!, I attempt to remove bran. V- unless they '."< tin- elli-ft* and inllui-n .- i>f MI. Ii f moinlv '1'h* limi- of pruning, win -ther dunni; the miniiiier or during winter, will ilc|n-u.l u|.i.ii the o'.ject to be attained : a brief consideration of plant growlh will onsittu* in determining llnsqiieslinu. Whrn a need ii .1. [Hnitrd in a siiitahlu germinating medi- um, its first effort is Ui send a unit down- wauls into the earth, and then push n shoot upward* in the air. The seed contains with- in itself all thr nutriment nw-rawry for this ororras ; but as anon as tho young plant is 10 far formed, its mode of exisu-noe is . n iifc<ed, and it beeonis* dependent upon I n noil and atmosphere for future support. ' Ii. elementary substances abnorlwil by the r. Mils undergo drcoiii|miitioii thriugn the nilliH-i... nf the Irives, and the material is thus prepared for further root growth and . >' imii.li. Tlie |..t> li.iv. im inherent attain a luxuriance incompatible with a fruitful habit, and their flowering may be somewhat hastened by judicious pruning or pinching, so as to retard wood growth j but care must be exercised, and much observa- tion and experience are requisite before the object can be safely attained. Winter pruning invigorate* wool growlh. When a portion of tne branches of a tree is removed after the tali of Ihe leave*, the lul- ;ini-<! of Ljrowtli is destroyed and the root* have the preponderance : the remaining bud> will now shoot forth with increased vigor au important consideration wilh trees or vines that have become weakened from overbearing or auy other ouse, im parting new vigor to weak and sickly pUnt -. The time for winter pruning may be regu- IsUrd by the condition ol Ibe planl ; if prun- ed immediately after the leaves fall or ripen, ' the shoot* will be stronger the succeeding season than they would be if the operation had been delayed until spring. This arises from the fact that during winter the p'ant still continues to abeorb food by it* root*, which is distributed over the branches ; and a* the principal flow of sap is always direct- ed to the extreme points of shoot*, the high- eel buds are most fully developed. If, there- fore, pruning is delayed till spring, this ac- cumulation is cut and thrown away, and to that extent the plant is weakened. K irly winler pruning is eminently advantageous to native grapes. As the retained buds be- come charged with sap during winter, they sUrt and advance rapidly a matter of much moment where the summers are rather short for ripuning the fruit and wood of these plants. There is a tendency in many varieties of trees to form itrong central growths at the expense of the side branches, more especial- ly while the plants are young. Pruning these *tr >:ig shoots in winter only increases the tvil, unless summer pruning in attend- ed to by pinching out the ends of every shoot before it gains sufficient headway to injure the growth of the lower branchea. Strung growths should lie pruned in summer and weak one* in winter. Ill the manage- here uniformity of growth i I .irm.-r Wheat Comer. Report* indicate that the Farmer** Alliance in tli.- United Slates, who have mad* their headquarters at St 1'aul, M:nu., are deter- mined to corner the wheat crop of that country by hook or crook. Kight hundred thousand copies of a circular have been sent out from St. Paul, in which tlie following Uttemeala are made . " The movement grows out of a general opp uticn to specu- lators and wheat gamblers. They have sold the crop, now we will see whelher they can deliver Ihe goods. December wheat has been sold by Ihose speculators at 84 cents, and if they cannot till the order when the time for delivery cjmca they will simply lose the margin. I'nlil a few months ago no active co-operates step* bad been taken to choke off this speculation. A few alliance men leaders considered the matter and resolved to actiome months ago, but we had a traitor in our own camp, and our plans leaked out before they were fully matured. This urged us to greater secrecy, and while we were waiting for the crop to mature, when the time for action would be at hand, we were working over the details. The ex- tremely short crop in foreign cowitries, coupled with the increased demand and the absolute- certainty that vast quantities of American wheat will be requited to fill foreign order*, makes this a peculiarly aus- picious time to put our plan, which i* a simple one, ill operation. It is all involved in those three words, ' Hold your wheat.'" There is no doubt that the price of wheat is g.iing to be very high, but this plan may turn out an over-reaching idea to send it up higher. What we have said in the past about the ht-inousness of corners in :be necessaries of life we repeat here It matters not whether it is the original producer* who form tbe trust or uot, it is all wrong. It is our desire to see the fanner, above all others, prosperous, but we prefer to see such a tiling brought aho'.i' by natural means com- bined with industry and frugality. A wholesale corner like lhat proposed can and will have no permanent effect on price*. It TIT-BITS. The Value of Citizenship, Caasidy (to las brother Tim, just landed) That's the CoorVhouse. We'll dbrop in and ycr can take take out your first citizen's paper. 1 im Au' is there anything to pay ? Canidy A thrifle about twinty cint* ; j but sure, 'tis i good inviatmint. In foive years it'll pay yez two dollars annuity at iv'ry elictioo. Flies. " There are no flies on me," said the board ing house steak. " No, " replied the boarding house butter, " flies would starve to dealli while they were trying to get their toeth through you." " Bat look at the flie< on yon !" retorted .he steak. " Why don't yon run away from them ? I'm sure you are strong enough. " Looked Suspicion*. Squire Morning, Uncle Rufus. Sea you've got new neighbors moving in over there. What are they like?" Uncle Rufus Cain't always judge by de appearance, Squiah, but dey t: two uionst'ous big featheh beds foh niggah* w'at don't keep fowls. Had More Than an Eye on Him may boosl them for a time, but the collapse is liound to come and then there will be a mrnt of hedges, is all important, this rile should constantly be kept in view. When the size of a tree i* the onlv obj-,-t ^I't-dowu smah that will carry ruin in it* sought, summer pruning should not i* pr^c k * t" thousand*. 1 hat is the i story told Hut it may 1* said that -..Mining of of every wheat cornereneineered by .pecula- tor* and it will be true of this one, engineer ed by the Alliance, whose member* are just as much speculators as old Hutchmson was at Chicago a few years ago when he promot- ed a wheat corner. He seemed to make any kind isa negative ..... :.ui< :i. ami prob- ably it is within the hmils of possibility that trees may be trained to any form and maintained in a fiuitf ul condition without ny instrumental pruning whatever, unless lo remedy diseases and casualties. It is nun h easier, for lailan. t-. to rub off a bud in May lhaii it is lo cnl out a branch in IV- cemher ; and if a judicious system of disbud- ding and pinching was strictly followed there would be no occasion for winter prun- ing ; or, were it possible to place a tree in such a soil, and under such conditions that l e movement will be that th-y will profit it would onlv make a moderate growlh of by the temporary rue in prices that will be well matur.-d wood, little, if any, pruning created and by the diversion of Ihe foreign would be required, But ss all of tiiene con- much but h* i* now almost penniless. Wheat speculators and grower* have the world to contend against snd they want a free market to compete in and mutt have it. Fortunately there is no talk of our farm- ers entering into this unholy Western alli- ance, and if they remain mum the result of market from the United States to ( .mod*. (to daughter) . " .Maude, my dear, you should of ten lave au eye on the rich Mr. Tarbox, and see that that mini May Totten don't get him away from you." Little Brother (who i* very observing : "Oh, Mvide often does better than that, ma, for she has her whole body on Mr. Tarbox V Of Co-one Hot, Mrs N'.-wma Uh, I wish you could lee Mrs. Winkler's b%by. It's perfectly lovely! Such a delicate, sweet little creature a* it is ! It's a perfect little cherub, with the love i e*t eyes, Ihe sweelest little mouth the cunnmgest little nose, and eyes of hea- venly blue. It looks** if it had just drop- dfroni heaven and every tiny feature been fashioned by the angels." Mr. Newma It is as nice a* our baby ' Mrs. Newma Mercy : no, not half. Tt \Vaa a Trade- He had a basket, of egg* on his ami as he went into the building looking for "the man lhat wril out weddin' licenses. ' " I'm from St. n v Point and I want a wed- dm' license," he said to the clerk at the desk. "Is this the place T" The clerk said it was. " Might a mowed it," he continued ; "ttr the feller ai Ihe door told me it was. But CAtARRh la a coosUtutioual and uot a local uliisjir. and therefore It cannot be cnrd bf locml awllattiotu. It requires a comHtutiooal nnircly like Huud't Saraaparllla, which, working through Ute blood, effects a penna- i Hi care of caburli by eradicating the Im- parity w Ulcb can v> and promotes the dtaease. Thuusauds of people testify to the success of Hood's HarsapsnlU as a remedy for catarrh when other preparations had failed. Hood:* Banaparllla also I.uilds up the whoie systva, mad makes you feel renewed in health. Hood's Sarsaparilla SoMby all drugftou. VI ; six for It. Pnysnd only bj C. I. MOOD A CO.. Apothecaries. Lowell. Mau. IOO Doses One Dollar The molt mementoes event of the >Mt week in England waa unquestionably Mr. llalfour's aanomKemeul in the House of Common* that the ( ioveramsnt would at the beginning of the next session introduce a bill providing local government for In- land, and bnaed, broadly speaking, upon the principles and lines) of '.he Scotch **A Kuglish Local Government bills. Both Mr. Healyand Mi. I'arnell irreconciiabie upon every other p >mt - hive already anaomSMwd their intention of cordially supporting a bill of this kind, which is destined to confer upon Ireland the same local government privileges and right* as those conceded to Scotch and Kuglish communities. It carrie* in its train most of the benefits which the Irish hoped to derive from Home Rule, and, this being the case, the Ciladaionian proas has announced that the Opposition will offer no resistance to the measure. There is every prospect of the latter being carried therefore almost unanimously. wvuiu i" [njuimi, iiu .111 ui iiie*r ton- i-.ii.it- ditions are d.ilk-ult to realize in happy com- ut they musl be c.uliou* lo I* in out of | e got bt* about whal you city fellers binalion, we have to 1-e.ort to pruning, and | the rain when the norm come,, - a knowledge of the principles involved will materially assisl the operator. First of the Shows. The two days agricultural show at Bran- don Man. , latl week was a great *ui There was an excellent display of liurses and cattle. The liramlon experimental farm ethil.itcd a lunerb lot of grains, fruit and flowers. On Wednesday vvening Senator lloulton presided at a meeting under the auspice* of the Agricultural society, iind I'i <>f. Koherton, Dominion dairy commissioner, gave an addrru on " Agriculture in C'anaila surely will when the Alliance finds that Knglui'l, the great consumer, will not, and does not neert to 'pay the corncrer*' prices. a* com* it ; tells a stranger proofs." free -. t>.>. i In r.mg laad. progress in popular lias riilmiuated in free Half a century of education in Knglaml I public s-hools. The development has been slow an<l Knglish conservatism has resnttd the demand to the hut, but itcouUl not pre- vent the working nut of a natural process of evolution. Fifty years ago the tint grant in aid of elementary education was made by Parliament. From that beginning of 930, clerk. when he you want a license ': ain't got no Ihe and Hi.! Dominion Kt peri mental Farms. ' QOO a year there has been a steady increi II MMMMMsMd farming to insure , uail \ t unuer the elementary education act, lasting pronpruty and to fortify the position of MumtoWiu against the risk of depend- ing upon on.' i r.ip. On Thursday the uiinnal I'onvention of Dairyman'* Asio. lation assembled, Mr. S.A passed by the House of Lords last Friday, .n,l now a law, llO.OOO.OOOannually will be irsday evening | appropriated. For thirty year* Ihe develop- th- Manitoba. | ,,t was comparatively alight and scatter- nbled, Mr. S.A r ,| Xh en C ame tho great act, carried JJasford, superintendent of the experimrnUl , through in 1870, by the Ute Mr. Forster, farm, in tho ch;.ir. Prof. Robertson dcliv- wlm .|, gave t | le government systematic ered a lei-lure on the economical feeding of ,. lllltr( ,| ,,f public instruction. I'nscctarian stock and dairying. He announced that he wa* .i.- imp lined by two experl* in dairying, wh.i will In- left in Miinit.il.a and Ihe terri- tories to hold meetings and give lessons in liutttr making^ and cheese making at some has i'Kued circular* to farmer*, in which he intimate* thai he has been directed Lv the Minister of Agriculture to do everything |" i. prove the bnt'eran.l cherrrtn Manil tlio far Me to mi- Manitoba and wont. Til.- , i..|ii mi the experimental i are heavy I.i.ii..-.i w heat already measure" live f.-.l. A IVnt. il Farmers' of publ schools were provided and attendance was made compulsory on all children between five and thirteen years of age, and every parish was compelled to provide sulli.-ieut accommodations for its children Tim was a great i;.ini over all former educational laws in England, but it still required a fee to be taken from every- scholar, only allow- ing local school boards to remit it in special cases where extreme poverty would justify it. The law of 1X70 has remained practical- ly intact for twenty years, and this new act "You bet I do, and I want it for myself, too I ain't bashful I ain't. A feller hain't got no right to be that has U-.-u oourtiu' a gal fcr two year like I've been djin'. How much air they?" "One Jollar." " ioramity, Goah ! They ain't that much air they ? '1 hey waa that last year, and I ve been rvadin' as how the McKmley bill had brought down prices on sll the neceasanes of life. Ain't that soV "It hasn't got around here yet," explain- ed the clerk. " Well I've got to have her, dollar er no dollar, but young feller, I've got seven do/.en eggs here worth fifteen cent* a doze 4. Kight fresh out of the hens, too. Can't you take it out in trade and let uie have the five cent* over in cash to buy some red streaked andstrined candy fer the gal ? Tain't much, young feller, and if you ever come up on Stony, durn my cats if 1 don't board yet a week fer nothin'. Is she a swap with a nickel to boot fer the weddiu' present !" Ten minutes later he went out chuckling, with the license in the lutskvt where the eggs had been. (Detroit Free Press. Institute for Manitoba was organi/ed on Friday forenoon. Thr dairy commissioner agrred to attend n none* of meetings during ! , the winter to I.e arranged for by Ihr ( Vn I r il i.. change*) it only by abolishing the fee system, inititule. Maintolwns sre settling down to multiplying their source* of revenue and ore. .iim>-,v t.> improve thdr methods of agri- culture. Milk ForHenc. A goixl profit would result from fe<ding the waste pnnlu.U, skim and buttermilk, to nllr except in a few special cases. The Kngliili school twcomrs free, and, as it was already many eases ume. tarian, it must now soon come entirely ro Thedayoflho t-hiirch school is nearly over in Knglan I. Liberty of conscience, freedom of development and model n progress unite lo decree its downfall, and the end is .it besl only a mat ter o' a few yearn. I'ndei the new law Parliament make* a " fee grant" of 9*-.!H) annually for each child in attendance at the ichools and the total thus required will hardly be under poultry lathei than to h...-. aays Webb llO.illiO.OII", and is likely to reach a iiun-h IHiiiiiell in thr /Yin-rim/ l',in,i-i. For this ' higher figure in a few year*. The result is purpose the lieu* should !>< kept for eggs ] the completx n of the rystem of free edtica- ratlin than for market purpose*, sim-e, i Uon m*ug\irnte.l in Scotland two year* ago milk is on., of the best egg foods that we ' so far as tne island of (ireat Britain is cou- havo, and every particle of the milk utili/e.l in the production salable and always salable at i would crrnrd. of something thai is always salable and always salable at; Thr latest reports from St. Maude, near a good profit fresh eggs. A specially v ,., Krs.nce.nhow that in a railway power of exUinsion. but -ir dependent ,, 1Mltl . |'ould 1* mode of siipplylng fre.h egg., for ,,,,,,., (>n s, lm Uy 4!> persons were killed th. he.lihand action .,f the foliage. ; and Ihrroi. always a demand and good price,. .,, , w illjure ,|. One does not have to h near a largr city in although in germinal ion the roots am Hrst I. .mi. .!, then growth is due lo the iu-ti.ui of the foli.ifc.-e of thr. plant thai produced the red from wl.t.-b they emitted. It i*, there- for*, apparent that the in. r. MB in si/e of the plant, thr quality and quantity of iU se.-rrtinns, and threitrnsion of it* roots are all dependent upon thr hralthy a. tmn ol ths leave*. Whrn il is considered how ..-.mini th. foliage is to the hesllhy development of tin. plant, wr may well pause before indulging upon thr reeipriM-al action nnliire has eslsb I ).. I between I In rnoU and hranehes, for it ii evident lhat every branch or leaf rn order to do this, since they c-an Iwsent quick ly from long distances by express. To ob- tain high prices It in absolutely neeesury that one gain a reputation for alway* sup- pi) ing fresh eggs. Il will nol do lo let in one stale egg among a thousand frnh ones. If a dealer in a large city ean lie absolutely i certain of receiving at stated times a supply j was land _. of perfnclly fresh eggs from a customer it -.117 anim . ' would Iw a matter of surprise Ui many to Kremona know what an advance over ordinary mar- ket rates he could *>fford and would be will- injf to pay. A Bubstitntn for binding Twine. ...i. .ml exhibition of improved ng machinr* was made thr. other Thr. Tope h** approved the exhibilion of tin- II. il\ ('natal Trrves, ind has sanct i..i.s.l Ihe fi>rgivene*s of >tns of Ihe pilgrim* who travel thither. Thr impnrlutn.ii of Canadian ualtlo lo supply Ihe district around Kdinlmrgh, Scot- MM, has ln-i-n liegun. The lirsl importation led at Ix-iili on thr 10th inst., when rrache I then- )>y the steamship Krrmona from Montreal. I'ermission to land cattle at I.eith has only recently been accorded by tin Itnlisli Minisler of Agri culture, tho district having previously been supplied by the ihipments lo Aberdeen and Dundee. Arrangements are being made al l/eit h to handle a large trade in " it moved ho* an effect either for good or evil I upon the plant. The correlative action be- I An impol twsen the leaves ami root* being so intimately urain bunlinu ...^ O.M w. uwui. nn- nun connectrd. it follows that any diminution of day on thr farm of l>r Koke, noar Joliet tnce of the growl h of lln. businesii be 111 The Walter A Wood O, operatl . tw< *" [*** ' n . d .V""..^ ^' 1 *?"!.''''! twi. machines whieh are- radical improve- nn in over old met hod << for harvesting. dm- I. in I. i usea a straw liand and the other Inn. 1 1 with Iwine of prairie grai* }{..th leaf growth during lh period of activn vegelalion must retard rool development Hence it Is an axiom, now hecoming reeog- nirr.1, that simmer pruning weakens growth, while winter pruning produ. -en u . .mliary elfert. i machinrs werr miccemifully operated for Hummer pruning can I.. .. ful wimre sevsial hours. It is eiperted that the nas wood growth is In U he. Ur.|. nnil n will W reprs**d In proportion ' he veveiuyof the removal it, 'In f..'i.i,.e Krnll tree*, of straw and grass fur binding material will effect a rnvuliition in Ihe motlimla of bar vesting grain, and will solv* th* problem of n. n planted ln> * K. nn- mil, irvquiutly cheap twine fm tho f.irmer*. the Scotch demand should have jnstil'n-d the eatablishment uf a new depot. 4 Warm liny Tlie best methixl to resolve doubt certainty, if any surh doubt exist* a* t. into th efficacy of St. Jacob* Oil, is to use it and be convinced. A warm day i* a good dsy for experiment upon any form of pain and for such. St Jacob* Oil has no equal. Mo- ld's M.- "German Syrup" " I have been a peat Asthma. sufferer from Asth- ma and severe Colds every Winter, and last Fall my friends as well as myself thought because of my feeble condition, and great distress from constant cough- ing, and inability to raise any of the accumulated matter from my lungs, fhat my time was close at hand. When nearly worn*out for want of sleep and rest, a friend recommend- ed me to try thy valuable medicine, Boschee's German Gentle, Syrnp. I am con- D ,,, H: fident it saved my Refreshing lifc Alm08tthefirat Sleep. dose gave me great relief and a gentle re- freshing sleep, such as I had not had for weeks. Kiy cough began immedi- ately to loosen and pass away, and I found myself rapidly gaining in health and weight. I am pleased to inform thee unsolicited that I aru in excellent health and do cer- tainly'attribute it to thy Boschee's German Syrup. C. B. STICKNSV, Picton, Ontario." The lush widow. " Did ye see me Toory's uoohat, Oi won- dher, Mrs. McClaggerty V " Oi saw that she had a noo hat, but Oi lidn't uxackly *ee id, Mrs. Magoopn." Thin ye mist n great dail, Mrs. Ijlagijerty." How is that, Mrs. Magoogm '" " Oh, but id's out av soight, woman. funnier lhan a box av moonkeys, Mrs. tilagcerly." Throlh 'n' thin id niusht I* very foony, Mrs Magoogin." " An' so id is, Mrs. Mciilaggerty," sa<d the widow, puckering up her lips for tbeex- planalu n that followed. " It's (what they rails a pancake hat wan av tlnm things that luks Imke a ithtove led eUnped au the Up av the hesd wid a hound av gwnier ahlook an wan soide an' a little shtralleken av a ribbon toled mund aboul the top av id. Upon me wurrud there's not that hoight av a crown to id," measuring the sixteenth of on iiu-h on her thumb nan, " an' id lukifor all the wurruld loike wan av Harnim s lug elephints war usiu' id fin a pianny shtoolur a matthrass. Begarru-s id was nightly i named, fur all id isn't a* flat as a po>iu-ake ' (It'll laivuyeait me. Mrs. Mfdlaggerly, au' divil the ku-k Oi'll make. "Kwhi-it- in tli' name av all that's hamlile did \e get that thing, Toosy, mo dm lint V sor. Oi, fwhinihe brought it home " Oi liouglit id, ttnmin in . sez she she always / minima*, bekane it founds so hoigh chuoned, d'ye moiud. Mrs. Mi-Claggrrty. ' Nought it ; ' m Oi. Vis, > an' pediioiiielyfoor cents fur id,' *r/ <he Kwhy didn't ye pay th* full dollar an get a little mom hat,' ** Oi, ' fur that'* nnthin' , but a laif,' set Ol, ' an' a dunged ntain an' inaialv laif st that, too," *es Ol. " It's th' shtoyle, mammaw,' IPS she, an' lhat was all Ih' ushruse she had to offer fur w**rm' id. Oi'.l gev a good dail to see me I>iK-h son in- I law's mother dead, Mrs. Mri.lavgerty. but upon mo sowl Oi wouldn't wear that pan- . crake hat to her funeril, not aff id was lo kape her aloive tin hundred year, Mr*. Me- ! (ilaggerly. The cart-fwheef hat wns had enoof, Cml knows, an' th' hoigh 1'htoirl* tower hat wasaioight, an' th' little Mu-keiis av bonnits lhat was no bigger nur poshtage shtsmps war ouraasilie*. but the panreake i hat takes the liakorv an' th' oics oraini sal- yiincs, too, me fund Th' head is no place i fur panceakes . they belongs in th' *htoinu-k They war invented to ait an' nol to wear. Oi in mum' the ltlher fur sui now, Mia MiKllaggrrty I" A steamer which arrived in London from Auckland brought a cargo confuting of 40,- 000 sheep and -'.("Ml beeves, all dressed and frozen. Thi* < Ihe largest single cargo of drf.i-.l nif.vt th,il h.M ever been bnuijlu to Knjjland. I'.ie Lit ft fa 1 in Seattle, Wash., is paper hats for ladie*. They are made in various styles, and being usually pretty and showy and costing only a few cents eaon, are apt to bocome quite (".pillar. A Saratoga letter tells of a woman there whose hair has turned within a year from gray lo black it* original color. She is 70 year* old. And her hair has been gray sin. e rarl\ in the '70's. A pnrlable boat has been devised by t'ol- onel A|>*t>dotTi>f the Kunian army, " which may U- construi-ted instantly bv making a framework with the lances of the. Comtek * and covrring with a tarml cloth. Two boats sre <-spat>le of carrying 3d men with their luggage an I snns. ' DREAfREMEU/ RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache. Toothache, Sore Throat, Froat Bites, Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Etc. K.l.l r>y IHTijniits and Itrale-rs evrrrwai-re. Fifty iVuls a N>IU* DlrecUuns lu II langnsc**. TM CHARXfl * VOttxn CO.. IrtfeMea. W Canadian Dpot: Toronto, OnL