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AGRICULTURAL. K* fearse Farmers differ as to the proper tun* to feed out the course fodder to their stock. At a recent dairy school meeting the ques- tion wss added, should farmer* feet) their coarse or coarsest fodder at the beginning "I winter V Such is usually the practice. But Mr. 1'owtU very sensibly replied : ''I think it is a Mistake to do so. My own opinion is, we should feed our best food to our cattle and sheep when they first go in'o the stables in ths fall." Mr. Ives adde.1 " That is true of sheep, limy are a delicate animal.and the first month of winter is a try- ing and important one with them. especially with the lambs. If they must be fed coarse fodder give it to them later '-January or af- ter." This i* common sense and fully in ac cord with science In shifting from grass to bay, something like a gradual change should be made and not only good nutri tiou* food be fed but silage or root* of some kind be mixed with it. If the food is coarse and itmutritous, enough fine awl concen- trated food should be fed along with it to furnish sufficient nutrients to (ustaiii the animal system without too much distension of the stomach and bowels, and a due balance should be pieserved between the carbonaceous or heating elements and ths nitrogenous or muscle ai d tissue-producing clement*. The colder the weather, if the animal is sxpoeed to it, the more carbon- aceous material is required so keep up the beat of th* body, liut to get enough of one kind of element, the animal should not be compelled to consume an excess of the other kind, thus clogging the system with what is not needed and must be worked off at tbc expense of the vital energy ; nor mu> some portions of the organism go without sufli cint nutriment to repair waste in order to avoid excess of other kinds of nutriment that go to nouruh other parts of the organ- ism. A due lialauce mu*t be preserved to avoid waste and promote the moil healthful conditions of the animal. Hence it is all wrong to begin in the fall to feed all corn- stalk*, straw and other carbonaceous foods for the purpose of having all clover and other nitrogenous foods to feed in the winter. For in this case both kinds of food are not only out of season, but should be mixed so as to givs th* most carbonaceous element* in ths coldest weather, and the greater proportion of nitrogenous elements in the warmer weather - just the reverse M the oommoii practice. f what lmrrllni: Nolr. Prof. rbertson was in Wuoditock OnL last week on a flying visit to the Oxford but tsr factories. < >ne object of hi* visit wa* in connection with the shipment if the butter to Knglaud. Aliout M> packages, from .' to 6 tons, will lie sent from WotxUtock *U, ti >o this week. The ML Klgm product will be brought here. Th* Kast Oxford factory will be able to run .-ill winter. The mike yesterday for the half week was 20D Ib*. W. .1. 1'alnn r, from the liuelph Agricul tural College, write* to Hoard'* Dairyman an interesting letter on the Oxford expert mental butter factories under the direection of the Dominion Dairy Commissioner. H ays : " If these eiperimental dairies prove a success a* they surely will, and ihe butler find* favor m Kngland, next winter we may expect to hear of several cheese factories be ing turned into creameries : thus uintej dairying will become an established thing among the dairymen of ( 'ansda. The ! -t results with mine are obtained when they arrkepton glass, (lood succulent grass keep* them in health, and produce* far better pork than grain fed swine. The large increase in oar export of pork should be followed by s univeisal effort to make tion was neither cruel or unnecessary. The i* still in progr-ss. Mr. Win Bosomworth, of Speedle Bros., sheeps and cattle salemen, (ilasgow, says that the practice of dehorning cattle is not cruel anil greatly enhances lue value of the cattle. In Scotland dehorning is legal, and without il the KcoteL cuttle raiser could not feed his cattle the way he dots In place of tying up the eattls during the winter season, as in Canada, they are allowed to run loose n en Insure*, a system wlnuh is claimed to have superior food producing effect*. If horned the stronger animal* would injure the weaker, and prevent them from getting a fair share of food. Consequently, dehorn- ing is resorted to, and Scotch buyers will pay more for Canadian i attic if dehorned, as they can then place them with their own herd*. Mr. Itosouiworlh thinks it would be well if Canadian farmers should adopt the Scotch mettiod of feeding, but if they do they must dehorn their cattle. In ship- ping homed cattle, cither by rail or boat, serious injury is of tenatfl icted by the strong- er on the weaker. I'HoKbwoK HOBKRT.ION'S OPINION. To W. A. Klliot.esq., Brownsville, Ont. I have your letter 01 the Pit h inst. asking for an expression of my opinion concerning the practice of dehorning cattle. A few articles in the public press have COLIC umler my eyes lately, in which thestatements about dehorning have lent themst-lvs* quite agreeably to visionary reformation but did not concern themselves with sober statement of facts and sound arguments. I have to state I In the case of steers which are to be fed loose in yards, I thiuk the operation of dehorning is attended with most excellent results, i ue prevention of " hooking" and infliction of other injuries more than com- pensates, from a human point of view, for the pain inflicted during the brief operation of dehorning. The animals are certainly quieter afterwards, and will thrive quite as well or better with the hoi ns off than with them on. I have it on reliable authority that dehorned steer* will fetch them 'J."> to 50 cent* per 100 Ibs. more money in the Chicago market than similar animals which have been shipped with the horns on. This is due not to any economy of space in the shipment of the animal*, but to absence of bruises on the srrsssrs of the animals which have oeen dehorned. Complaint i* frequently made, which ai that in the case of steers are ship- ped with the horns on, there are many bruis- ed spots whu h dimnior the meat, make it less valuable. Of course the actual pain in- flicted on the aninul* from such bruising must be considerable 2. I have never superintended or taken rt in the dehorning of any milking cows -. it I have discussed the mati-r with sever- al of my friends who have charge of experi- mental Stations in the I'nited ^tate*, where the practice is quite common. I have also learned from conversation ths opinion* of prominent dairymen there, who have de- horned as many a* 4O or .V) cow* in single herds. I'robably two per cent of the animal* yield a slightly reduced flow of milk for otie or two days. In the case of the other ani mala, there does not teem to I* any appre- ciable diminution in the Duality or deteria- tion in the quality of the milk which i* given. 3. I do not think thi operation to bn a cruel one. It is doubtless attended with soire pain to the annual', but it does not seem to affect their comfort seriously for any prolonged period. If it did, the effect would be snown in the yield of milk or in the weight of the animal. It is not fair to Lf\TE BRITISH NEWS. has beii reuogoi/ed M the olli il of the Imperial University of langua Tokio. uage better pork. by a The best pork is the lean, or at least where the lean predominates, and this is not obtained by feeding the animals '.n rich grain, (irass is the most natural fo<l for swine, and it is also Ihs . heajx-M Next to this, vegetables are the mott desir- able, and fruits stand a good third. The corn and grain swine are the dearest to raise and the least desirable. As reganl color, gray horses live longed, roan horses nearly as long. Cream colored horsos are deficient in (laving power, espec- ially in summer weather. Hays, on an average, are the best. Horse* with black hoof* are stronger and tougher than other*. There are some paints which are valuable in horses of every description. The head should be proportionately large and well set on : the lower jaw bones should lie *ufh>ient ly far apart to enable the hr I to form an angle with the neck, which gives it free motion and a graceful ':arriage, and prevents Its bear in ' too heavily on the baud. The eye should be large, a little prominent, and the eyelnl tine and i Inn. The ear should lie small and erect nnd quirk in motion. The lop ear indicate* dulnesn anil stubboi tineas ; when too far back there i* s disposition to u.isclnef. II. Imraln . i ,1(1. The charge ag*in*t a Middlesex farmer of cruelty in dehorning cattle U still benik in- vestigated by a bench ol Magistrate* at Lon- don, Ont. A Urgo number of witnesses are being examined, many of them U-ing from the county of Oxford. <!eorge H. Thomp- son of Ingersoll hud been a butcher and had had a large experience with stock. He <-on- sulered the opiiatmn unnecessary. In shipping, the bodies not the horn* took up the room. Win. Stirton of Dereham had never sesn any injuries from cow* hooking each other. The oporation was cruel and unne.'essary. Kor ths defence, Wm. Hawkins of Krowns \ille wa* called, and testified that he be ln-iid id limning ih.l nut injure the cows, and tor dairy purpo*eii he believed U a hens- tit. He defended the practice of deho-ning as the opposiU-of > ruelty. Dr. Win Hrady, V. S., of Tilsonbnrg, had inspected a mini her of dehorned cattle. He pr.i.-i i, -,! right in the neighborhood whsre it wa* done. Took observations of th* herds ot Mi. II nn Mr Kreemar. and Mr. Scott. There wa* no unusual change in the pinse or t. in pe rat nre after this operation. 'The tniinal'a on lilion remained normal, and the How of milk was not atfwted. 'I h.- pun was in hi* opinion only momentary. He has fonml no pus dischaige, only a htile inucnnt. II- showed a stump that was just two months from Ihe time, that the cut was made till the animal n-a* Inil. 'hereil. lieatmcnt or cov- ering not necessary in mild weather nn less the animals were fed inside uinl chaff or su.-h Biih*tnnces gel into the oavilies The rattle were more docile and put on Hesli better after Jie horns were off. The opera attempt to describe every 4 .tion which is a doe* not require the use of a aaw painful as a cruel one. perv The actual process for one minute upon each horn. We have used Leavitl's dehorning machine upon the h mis of steers. It clips the horns off with one I tl.ink w nap, and s-ould sun very well for animal* under two years of age. 4. Wehavedehorne I a vicious bull, which hail put the lives of ths attendants in jeo- pardy a few times. In that cant I had the horns sawn off so close that a small portiou of the skin and hair was taki n off w.lh the horns. The bull did not lose a thimble full of Mood, and has been quite docile and harm leas e\er since. In the compass of a brief letter it is nn practicable to discuss* this question in all its bearings, bat, from the observations which I have made, you will iiudersland that under many circumstances I consider the practice of dehorning to be bcnelkul in it* effects upon the animal*, and decidedly merciful and human wh-n coticuiered as preventing the infliction ol injuriet upon others, by depriving the domesticated ant main of the weapons of attack for which they had u*e only in the state of wildness. I am your* very truly, .1 IH. A. KOHKRTWN. Ottawa, Jan. '."i. IH1I2. Ihe Htreaslk r Ike strlilsk. The latest returns of the British regular army at home and abroad show that at the close of the year the strength ha* slightly increased in comparison with what it was at the end ol IHHO. The increase am unit* to about (iOO men, there being nova little over '21 1, BOO on the roll*, to compare with '-'1 1,000 a year ago. The full establishment would be < 2I6,<IOO, the same as it was twelve months since, and the present total is larger by the II, 000 than that of six years ago. The cavalry are reckoned at IQ.-JOO ; the artillery at 36,700 ; the engineers at 7,400 ; the foot guards and line infantry at 139,000 : ths army service corpi at .'I,. TOO : the medical staff corps at '.',4i> : the remainder of the enrolled regular troops being made up of small ilr pmi mi-lit I corps and special corps raided locally in the Crown colonies. Beyond these there is the great Indian nalive army and the Colonial Militia and Volunteer* ; ml these, with the home Militia ami Volunteers, make up a grand total who** numl.cin have never lieen fully ascertained. All the regular troops are now principally c'liilnind to ilie home country, India, an 1 i he great garrisons in t'ie Mediterranean an. I the Crown Colonies ; Canada and Australia having no Imperial force* beyond ths I, MM) in Nova Scotia, while in South Africa there are little mote than .'(,(100 men. At home there are in Kngland ami Wales, 7.'I,UU<I men ; in In-laiul, 'Jtl, .*>')<> and in Scm- lain), I. mil . in India. 7.'I,INX> ; at (iibraltar. 'HI ; in Malta, s,nm ; m Kgypt, :i, IIKI . i.il.io. 1.400: Hong Kong, 1,000 ; the Straits Settlements, I.4HO; the West Indies .1,000 and Bermuda. I,. 'Mi -a considerable reduction from last year, caused by the re turn home of the exiled (irennilier Ilitinlmn lihcwherc the establishment* uf British troop* are very small. Yarrow, the torpedo lx.t maker, thinks that oil fur torpedo boats' fuel i* alrnoit in ight. Mii Torn Mann M nmitiono 1 a* a pruba- ble labor camlulate for the Parliamentary repreicrtation of Dwdee. 'I he estate of Undcrwjod in Dumfries- shire, for which about twenty years ago IIIO.COO, was refused, has been cold for $50,000. The lait language into which the New Testament liubeeu translated i* the Mutii language of New Ouinea, th la'eit tribe to become Knglith subject*. There ii only one vessel in the British navy win. h in ilit- last thirty years has been engaged ma sea fight with a hostile war hip, the Shah. She is to be sent to Ber- muda to die a hulk. Mrs. Sarah Luton, a widow, living at Itoilmin, Cornwall, who WAS born on the 1s- nf January, 1792, at St Kevarne, near Kal- iiKiuth, has attained her 100th year. She is in good health, and retains all her faculties. not requiring to use spectacles. The official figure* of the Sheffield cutlery exports to the United States for the past quarter show a gradual recovery from the blow sustained wheu the McKmley Act was passed. An interesting experiment is being made mi some of the engines of the ( ireut hostcrn Railway Company to test the advantages of oil as fuel in the ordinary locomotives. There were '21*0,000 insufficiently stamped letter* posted in London during 1'hristnias weeek, and the extra charge amounted to f'JOOO. A London barrister, who ventured to ap pear for his client directly, without the in- tervention of a solicitor, was objected to by the opposing counsel, and the Judge sus- tained the objection. In hi* view an advo- cate could not appear " uninatructed" by a solictor. The Dundee Adctrl'urr has begun an ex- amination of the debt of Dundee during the last twenty year* in municipalizing various concern* in the city. The Police Commis- sion, it shows, ha* a debt of 67n,000, which at the rate it was reduced last year, will take 81 yearn to wipe out. A sad suicide is reported from Penicuik. A young woi ian named Biinbride, who bad be** in low spirit* for some time placed her neck on the rails at an erly hour one morning, and waj decapitated by a passing t r m. She was the daughter of the station maiter en the line. The entire Koman Catholic population of Scotland I* estimated at 352,741), and the Archdiocese of Glasgow claims 230,000 of that total, or nearly two third*. The arrangement* connected with the Dundee seal and whale tithing for IWJ have now been practically completed. Two or three steamers will return somewhat earlier than the others, with the view, probably, of making an eiperimental trip t<> the whale- fishing in the Antartn- Ocean. The Waterford County Court Judge re- < ntly gave decision in the appeal against the conviction of the Kev. K. Casey, who, i'h six others, w.i sentenced U> imprison- ment for complicity in the recent NVaterford riots. Mr. Casey's room-lion was quashed, but decision in tlie remaiuisg i;ases i* held over. Tne I'arnetlite* are to make the most of the memory of thr dead chief. The Christ mas cards sent out liy the I'aruel lite members consisted of apoitrait of the late Mr. I'arnell, with hi* " last word* " printed beuea'h it. I'a'.i 1. 1 Donnelly. of Tullyvallen,. \rmagh, one of (he legatee* of the miser. .lameii Mnrpliy, who died uf starvation, allluxigh !>.... rv. I uf t' 10. 1100, has become insane owing to the sudden acces* of wealth. A report on county government for Ire land hM been adopted by the Kxecutive committee of the I later Liberal Unionist association, in which various suggestions are made. llailic MacPherson of Kdmbnrgh lately pronoiinivd a verdict parallel to the faiiitm "not guilty, but don't doit again." He mid in a case of theft : "I find thr charge not proven but remember, if you are brought I*, k tlm will stand againit you a* aoonvic lion. " The It. % Dr. Philpott, formerly Bishop of Worcester, whu uied last week at the age of 88, never left the work of his diocese to Uke his seat in convoca- tions or in the House of Lord*. II- had other work than lawniaking, anil he kept away from convocations for the reason that he i mil.! not stand "theological jabber." One of the last profnssion* to receive so- cial recognition in KngUnd ha* been the physicians'. The doctors have emerged very lowly ainl gradually from the condition of being looked upon as below trvlesmen, until there i* now heard a protest against the de lay in tending some great meilioal man to the House of Lords. The Ballmasloe Magistrates have rum milted for trial a man named Kdward Kail Ion for killing his infant child and assault- ing hi* ill- The prisoner nworc he woulil cald hi* wife to Uoalli, ami when chasing her round the room with a kettle uf Ixulmx water he stumbled over thecraille, the lull sleeping inside being scalded to death by the water spilling over it. A shocking gun accident occnred near Dundee the other ilay. Two yniiiii( men, named Koe* and M'Lean, went out shooting on the farm of llraulson. In clearing a stilo the gun carried liy Koss went of and shot M'l/ean dea<l on tin- spot. In drawing back the weapon the other U.irrel exploded, and the content* lodged in ROM'* face, ihatter ing hi* jawbone and chrek. The Mi.imiian of the London Tramway* Company snorm at the social nostrum* for arresting the depopulation of t he rural di* tricts in favor of the cities, with the very practical statement that a man can earn thirty shilling* or forty shillings a week in I.oiufonaiid only ten shillings in the country. The far i is that, in spite of the constant change from country to town, then- are still too nmiiy men in the village* and too few regular workers in the cities. dreat Britain's army, according to the r.- cully published i. p .it for Is'i i. is JiMi,-. 1 -.'! strong. There are 7..V-'7 mli -er*. N'.ll warrant ollieers, and .''Kl.sc,-, MMII '-'iniiniiniiiiieil olli, -I'm and privates. The cavalry numbers IH,H4tl ; the artillery, :t."i..T,'<l ; the infantry, train, am Imlanre corps, Ac , 117,7**. In Kngland there are station ed 105,noH : in Sc..tlan.|, 3.049 ; in Ireland, J<i,.ii ; in India, 7'J.iilH : in Kgypt and the colonies, 3(J,KTi5. In the last twenty years the strength of the British army has varied considerably. In 1S7I it wa l!U,C6.'i ; in IH76, 1K4.433 ; in 188.'!, IHI,I(7.> ; in IKS*, '.Ml,- In... The infantry has 70 regiments and one chasseur brigade, containing together I > A Tlt.m III MIM. IN. 111! M fke Tiger I. Tsje Bele f Ummlrr '' Did you ever see a cat play with 'is prey baf'ire killing it?" asked a gentlcinMi, the other day, who liad hunteil big game in alraoHi .-very land where big game can be ; the cavalry, Bl regiments ; the I found. " No doubt you have, and you re "" garded it with nothing more than curiosity. Perhaps you have also seen her instruct her kittens bow to shake and worry it ; and terror and dread were the thing* far- thest from your mind at the time, a* yon looked with an amused smile at the clumsi- ness of the kittens when they let the prey getaway from them, and the big cat had to pounce on it and bring it back to them again. Nothing about that to make >on tremble, eh ? Of course not, but I once saw the same thing, and I wa* sick and faint with the horror of it, and I am no coward, either. It took place yean ago, but 1 re- member every Hl.ool-< I KDUM. INCIDENT of it, a* if it h id happened yesterday, acd I would never forget it, if I lived a thousand yean. "You don't understand, eh? Well, my cat wa* a bigger one than yonn. She was a man-eating tiger and it all came about in this way. I was hunting in the jungle lor bird*, with one nalive gun-carrier, and as the day wu broiling hot, we halted by a little stream, to bathe our heads and hands. U,- were nut expecting soy big game, a* none had been seen in the neighborhood for some time : so we laid our guns down on the ei posed roots of a tree, and we went perhaps a <lo/.en paces from them to bathe. Suddenly, withoul a moment'* warning, a dreadful snarl came from behind us ana at the same moment big blacft and yellow streak shot from the underbrush and lit full on the back of my man, who stood apart from me. " He sank under the weight of '-he big tiger, like a rag, and she prepared to spring en me ; but I, heing perfectly defencsless, had darted for the nearest tree and quickly *cran.bled into ihe branches. Shs did not follow. Then I noticed that the big cat was followed by three of her cubs. She took my man by the cloth which was tied about hie lions, and carried him, as gingerly as a good retriever does a bird, without setting a tooth into him, up the bank of the stream, and set him down before her young. Then she drew a little way and watched me in the tree, while her cubs smelt at their prey and began to paw him. One of them scratched him, and HE KI ;AINED coswiorcxaw. I saw him throw the whelp* aside and spring to his feet. In a jiffy the old cat was on his back again, and he was down. He seemed to reali/e the situation then, for the artUUry, 1 10 batteries, as well as 72 com pan ie* ef fortress artilleiy : the engineers' >rp*, 4.". companies, a* well as nine Jepot companies, one pontoon battalion, f.o tele- graph divisions, and eue balloon division: the train, .'17 companies. Tiir UUHK r aeJeMe. Dr. B. W. Rir.hiv<lson, ID a lectnr* in London on the "Anatomy of Suicide," said there were living on this planet 1,440,000, 000 of people. In the course of a year 33, 000,000 die, or ,V2 per minute. Of those dying, 100,000 die as suicide*, or at the ate of ft per 1000 death*. Kaoe bad a great deal to do with suicide, the Teutonic race being more disposed to it, while it was rare among Jews, among tiis coloured African races, and Turanians. Among Scandinavians il was high. With regard to countries, it was lowest in Portugal, being It) per 1,OOU,0"0, and highest in Saxony, where it was 460 per 1,000,000. Kngland had been mapped out into three sui- cidal fields London, Midland, and North, and very remarkable figure* had been ob- tained with regard to different town* and inties. London showed one-third more than any other town in proportion tu the population, and Miildlesex gave 1OA cases, to one in Merionethshire. Climate seemed to have very little influence, while season mads a marked difference. Summer showed most suicides, anu winter fewest, the maxi- mum being attained in the latter part of June, and the minimum in February. With regard to religion, Protestants stood far above other sects, a* shown, by figure* taken from the year 1*4 to IH84. Then as to education, it wa* a strange faet that sui- cide ran with education in allcountr ies where facts had been collected. All occupa- tions of a competitive character, inducing excitement, increased suicides, which Were also frequent just after a war. Krance showed that wealth and competency did not prevent suicide. Women more often com- mitted suicide on Sundays and men on other days. As to a( e, males generally averaged from 30 to 40, and female* from 20 to 30. Late in life th tendency passed away. Ths nervous and lymphatic temperaments were most disposed to suicide. Widowers were more prone to il than widows. Then as to the causes. There were the insane, those who killed themselves in a delirium ; the melancholic, who hail the tedium viur ; those who desired to die, the monomaniacs ; others , first time, and he lay still and rolled his with a maniacal impulse ; while heredity abou ' t jn ^^ , |ne i houU a en Tas a strong predisposing cause sometime*, j coorm lnent when there were the sane suicides who showed no insanity, were carried away by a sudden impulse, or made a deliberate choice of evils ; or who, belonging to tl.e pessimist school, argued that they had a right to end their life if they chose. Among determin- ing causes were alcoholic excitement, relig- ious doubts, and a variety of other*. The best remsdies were temperate life in all de- partments, abstention from distracling dog mas, and moderation in the scramble for education. I hr K I.I .. f a I .... I hi- . I 1 1 ln.l.r. The Jawi 1'eranakan reports ihe gallsu , rescue of one Chinese brother by another from the jaws of an alligator, the death of the rescuer, the finding of ths body strange- ly uninjured, anil the explanation of this on the linal-ciuture of the *uppo*ed culprit, as follow* ['wo Chinese who are brothers rage men t to him. and he spied me. He ed me to shoot and not to fear hilling him. I UKI him our guns were all under the tree wsre we had left them, and that he and the ligers were between me and the firearms. " He was a brave man, an old banter, so he said no more, but lay very still. And lying still was no GUT thing to do, for the cubs had grown more lively and were cratch- ing his face and chest and gnawing at his leg* with their short, snd sharp teeth. He endured it a* long a* he could and then he gave on* cub a blow with his clenched fist on the ear, that sent it rolling over on th* ground. orii w AS v n.vn it* mother darted at him and bit him one crack on the ami that made it tall limp and bleeding by his aide. Then be lay still again and the hips resumed worrying him. Pre- sently I noticed a slight movement in hi* went to bathe in the ri>-er at I'mbai (Mai- {body. He was wriggling little by little away acca), when suddenly one of them (the ' from the old tiger, toward a tree. The cubs younger one) was seined by an alligator, t hi did not notice it, a* they tumbled over him soring this, the elder brother immediately swam to his rescue, with the result that his brother warelea*ed and he himself caught, "n gaining bis free. loin, the younger broth- er swam ashore ami shouted for help. He and over one another, and the old devil did not appear to be aware of it either. " By and by the poor fellow got within ten feet of the tree and, jumping up, made a . dash for it. One of the cubs hong to his could then Hse hts brother Iwmg taken away, i ankle and he stepped on the little brute and .Several people came, >>ut nothing could be stumbled. The old beast was up by this done, as lioth alligator and man had disap i,eareil under water. On report t>eing made to the stafnn there, a party of police came, headed by the corporal. Knur or five men got into the river and Mart-bed for the liody and time, but I made a move as if to com* down from my tree and she hesitated a moment between me and him. That moment gave him time tu clamber up the trunk of the tree, about six feet, to the first branch. They fell fmm the limb in a heap, and then for the first time the man's courage deserted him ami II K SHItlRkrO T.. MB three houre afterwards they found it conceal- i There his wounded arm failed him and h* ed in some grass, life being extinct, just at ! hung, unable for a minute to get higher. Ihe spot where deceased had plunged in ; but I Tigers do not climb tree*, but their jumping strange to say, there was not a single injury power and wonderful. The big cat left me on the body. An inquest wa* held and the u ,t ln two bounds was at the foot ot the body buried. The same day some ptwangs tree. The third took her right up in th* (medicine men) threw a bait to catch the air, and she lit on my poor Ahmed again. alligator, -lull then the alligator rose to the surface. The corporal shot at it but missed. Tin* some* hat frightened the beast and it did not appear again, though the bait was shifted to several places but failed to attract it. O > another day, however two women, who had gone out fishing, saw an alligator in the channel of a creek, and shouted for the people in the neighborhood m come. Several came with various kinds of weapons, and by some means they ' managed to catrh Ihoalligator When taken | to the station it measured lift long, and ! what war most surprising, it wa* loothlees. K\i-ryoiie, therefore, concluded thst it wa* ' the alligator which hvl cvight the Chinaman and that it hail killed him by gripping him in its jaws. for help and to bis gods for mercy K very cry of the doomed wretch went through ins like a knife : yet what could I do ? Shs could kill him with one crunch n' her jaws or blow of her heavy paw, and the lay me out long before I could reach the guns. " Then followed the most horrible i-c-ne I ver witnessed. The tiger began to give MktJ A III WHS! III.I..I- . . An Australian pris >n hulk called Success is. or presently will be, on its way to Kng land. The vessel w.n built in 17'.' I, ami hju been purchased for exhibition purposes. She Contains sixty-eight prison cells, and has been titled up with waxwork casts of noted prisoners, bushrangers and othtn, at tired in their original clothing, manacles "d then a* iho wa* evidently hungry, *he and all, among them being the notorious i l<k Ahmed by the neck, threw him over Captain Melville. Althonghlmili mure than j her shoulder like an old bag. and walked off a hundred year* ago the hull of the ship is >t the jungle to make a meal on him in said to l*> as a* Urong as ever it was. She , <"'> si!** spot, turning for a moment to i* coming to Kngland under sail in charge of give me one long look that aeemnd to say : Captain Jenkins. The) old ship wainriginal her whelps a practical lesson. She sna that poor fellow by the neck and tossed him about like a cat doea a mouse, while his creams almost broke my heart. She threw him high and let him fall so often, pounced upon him so hard and sank her teeth in him in *o many places, that his ciiesgrew weak- f r and weaker, and finally ceased altogeth- r. He had fainted or had died, ana she lost interest in him at once. Leaving his limp body to the whelps, she came over to my tree and walked around it with her hor- rible old ejes fixed on me, and I expected her to try a jump for me, so I clitnbVd up higher. She watched mi for a long time, ly employed in the Knst India merchant service, but was purchased by the Victorian Government in Ix.VJ lor use as a float ing prison. tH.ilhrr irv, .f II Wealthy Parishioner - " Doctor, that ser moil of yours last Surday from thn text, "A ri.-h man shall hardly enter into the king- dom of heaven," was a little tough nn us fellows that pay shout $'.'.*< for every sei num we hear you preach." The Rev. Dr. Kourthly-"Yee, but think [''How me it you dare ' The whelp* trot teil along beiide her. sniffing at Ahmed's heel* as they dragged on the ground. 1 was too much unnerved to follow when 1 had got my guns again. Kven when I think of that scene now, I shudder, and I can see Ahmed's limp body IK-HIE shaken to and fro, and can hear his strangled yells mid cries for help, w Inch I ilaie ii..| give." Henry Irving is likely again to receive an offer of knighthood. Almost a>iy place in the Sahara Desert one can find lasi sticks or tubas from one my dear sir, of the immense comfort thnre is to three feet in length caused by lightning in that text for the fellows that can't afford I triking the pure saud instantly c inverting to pay twenty -aveueuls." Li, into that fragile substance.