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Caponiiing FoaltrT. Chiekm which have \trrn capont/d fatten better ami tell for higher prici h cause tbeir fleih a hrtu-r. The following; points on caponizing are by Mr. George K. l)ow, anil deserve the special attention of all farmers who raise pmltry, In caponiz ing hia chickens one is not obliged to do the work at any particular moment. lie can aelect a time that best suits his convenience as the chicken can be caponir.ed as well one time as another, to the great benefit of the owner, provided the binl has not about matured hii growth. The bird can be cap- omzed when full-grown, but one does not get the benefit bo would if he canonized the chicken* when younger, when they were growing and forming their frame and iiize. Caponi/e them from the time the) weigh one pound up to when they weigh three pounds. Thu will g. re you nearly three month* in which to do the work. I rather prefer to do the work on a cloudy day, as there arc no shadows then and you can see the inside of the bird very plainly ami work to better advantage. It is absolutely necessary that your chicken be deprived of all food and water for at least 3(1 hours before yon begin to canonize. The object of this is to h^ve the intestines become as empty a possible so that you can readily get at the testicles. It it almost impossible to caponize a chicken whose inleatino* are full, for the reason that they completely till all the space in the bird. There is no chance to move them, a* there im n > room, and one cannot get at, or even see, the testicles but after fasting for .16 hours, things are very different, and it be- comes* very simpleandeasy matter toseeand eitract the testicle*. The reason why tome people fail to canonize is that tiny do not allow the intestines to becoms infficimtly empty. It is the most important point about canonizing and one eimnot be ton careful about it ; for when they are well emptied it become* a very simple little piece of KOI k, and can be done by a hoy. After the work is done, let your chirkens have all they want to eat of soft feed and plenty of clean fresh water. I prefer to keep them in a house or pen for a week or so, until they become healod up, and then let them ran with other chickens. Fiih Caltare by Farmers- The raising of t'nh is an industry that every farmer may engage in, or all farmers who can have access to fresh water supply. Of course, very flat lands are not suited for this purpose, but most of our prairie coun- try is more or lew rolling and can have a water supply from a spring or small stream, and tUh ponds can be constructed at a small lipeuse Like all other enterprise* connected with the farm, it is best to commence in a unall way and increaae as you become better ac nuaiDted with the work and management, ruh pond* tmist lie so situated ft* to collect ! nothing but pare water, and not receive the drainage from stables or refuse and decay- ing animal matter. Mud will collect in these ponds, but this is not considered detri- mental, in fact it nerves a* a safe resort for the fish during very severe, freezing weather. The dun must be built solid and secure, so there will he no liability of breaking (with the weight of the water that it is designed to hold, or leaks starting from deficiencies in material used, or work in construction of the dam. A small dam covering an area of one-quar- ter or one hirf an a.'re will tie ample to corn- nciice with. An outlet or waste gate ihould be built in the dam so as to accom- modate an oversupply of w-tter and to let off the water when taking fish. The tub sop- ply ihu* famished for the farmer*' table will more than compensate for all labor and expense m preparing and maintaining the pond, aay nothing of the hundred of dol- lars' worth that may be marketed among ths fanners, who depend on buying every- thing they eat, and the citizens of the conn- try town, who always look to the market for their supply. It is troe that onr little streams are being locked with fih, but this is no market sup- lily and never will serve this purpose. NVInle it may serve the lone fisherman a pastime to while his idle hours awny, it never will be anything of great public im- portance to any other class, except the schoolboy and the neighborhood tithing party. Full ponds are being limit by the onlcrprisiac and progressive farmers aJlover Iowa and Nebraska. The lime is not far distant when a farm without a fish pond will be regarded as in- complete in the necessary fixtures and im- provements for comfortable living. The care and attention nc<'ssary m the cultiva- tion of fish is such that any attentive, in- dustry fanner can bestow. This is an industrious worthy the lonsidciation of our western farmer*. whether our soil should l> ploughed deep or shallow for corn, or wheat, or potatoes, what varieties are best adapted to our soil, and what tillage is needed. Root pruning, may U> a very bad thing, but if a *oil is so inclined to pack that air is almost totally excluded, it may be beat to give deep tillage All depends upon the soil and the weather. \\ hile we cannot foretell the weather we can know our soil*. How many farmers do ? Just when doe* it pay to cast asido a tool and buy another ? This is an age of prog- ress, and grain cradle is worth nothing on many farms, no matter bow new it may he. How nix mt other implements that have cost a neat sum, but do not perform the work an well or n<i rapidly as later ones ? Some larmeis are erring on one side, and some on the other. It will pay in actual cash to find the golden mean. A man can make fair wages at least half his time by stopping ordinary farm leaks. Strange that we do not see them. Men will work in the hot sun ten or twelve hour* to save $1 in wages when they are losing 92 by inatten- tion to the wants of something on the farm. A good farmer is an all around mac, one who plans, reads, works, and thinks. Just now few olh-rs can win. Head Work in Farmin;. America has fnrnishml a grand field for expensive fanning. We have spread onr selves until profits have He. I. Intensive farming is the .irr for tli.n condition of thing, anil progressive men arc finding it out. The average yield of wheat per acre for th- decade ending with IHJtO was twelve bushelfl. The average value per acre was a little \rn than $. It cost that much to produce the whaat. lint the man who has th* habit of producing thirty to thirty five bushels (>er aero pocketed a fair profit. How Is it done? liy intensive farming. Fifty acres of land lying near a good mar- ket 100 miles will Ho, if freight rates are half fare can fmnmh guod men with all the mental riii|>lymenl they need. Manual, too, but the mental in inont important. A man may live if he ha* n head, even when his hands are gone, lint hands without a head arc worth nothing. \Vhalcrops will pay beat on the farm ? In whatclnmenlsof jiUnt food is each field lacking for a max- iuiuin yield of oa?h kind of crop to \K- grown V In v hat way can that pUnt food lie supplied most cheaply ' \\ 'h- n, h-iw, and what vari- eties shall we plant ? Tin: markets, the soil, the weather, and the f armor must be studied. Have you the grit to do right, letting other* do ug they may ? Can yon take time to pre- pare t he soil properly when all others are pushing their planting and leaving you ap- parently behind h.iii'l ? It takes a man to farm right. Farm test* are worth more than all the theories, says the /' "i , > /'u< .;>, Uc must read and study,, ami t lien use u"" ', hard it-use in the application of what we learn, Hut we am sure of winninV only we determine hy field experiment Spraying Fruit Pay t That veteran agriculturist Orange Judd is a firm believer in fruit spraying. If e sayi : "For example, suppose you have ,reee enough to yield IUO bushels of good perfect apples, without punctures or worm holes which depreciate their value for sale, if the insects would only let them alone, which there in little likelihood of their doing if you let them alone. Rememlier that an apple having only a small puncture is much de- teriorated in flavor and htalthfulness, to *ay nothing of the percentage of loss in what must be cut out for some distance around the hole to get out the dark colored and hardened and unhealthful portion, when the fruit is used at home. Also re- member that buyers, if at all expert, now look at the blossom ends and elsewhere for bits of dust, etc., indicating defect* within, and that they will pay from '25 to Mi per cent, more for fruit all perfect then if partly punctured. Also remember that unpunc- tured apples grow a good many per cent, larger. Also remember that it take* just as much time for picking an 1 barreling, and marketing, and costs jutt as muck for the barrels for a lot of defective apples as it does for perfect ones. Also rememl.er especially that nowadays in all localities, most probably in yours, on the average at least half of the apples in an orchard are pretty sure to be affected by insects. "Now reckon the apples worth on the trees only .'I ) rent* per bushel if perfect or untouched by insect*. You must knock off at least half of this for the defects in amount of crop and loss of valu* for home use or marketing. That's $!.'> gone, or more if the apples are worth over 30 cent* a bushel. (These are 'bottom fact*' and not fancy or imaginative talk or figuring. ) "Iveckon further thus: To spray the trees that will grow 100 bti!iels, so as to destroy the insect which will produce the $1.1 damage or more, will take not to ex- ceed two halfilay's time, which we will call $2. Add another $1 for the coot of the spraying material to put in the water, which costs nothing. This make* (3. Now we must add the cost of thesprayin^ appar- atus. Vou can buy a very encellent forcing prayer, which cau lie useil on a hundred or a thousand trees for $.'."> to $40, either hy paying cash, or on credit, or borrowing the money if necessary. A* the machine will do good Hervice for many years it i* fair to reckon 1(> per cent, on it* cost, or say ${. Vou thus have the total cost for a season f7, and you have $s net gain on the 100 bushels of apples. This is about 27 percent, profit, or net gain a year on only 100 bush- els reckoned worth only $30. " If yon and a neighbor unite in getting a sprayer for joint use, or one buys it and rents it* use to the other, that will take off ?- and lift the profit* or net gain to .'I.'IJ per cent. Or if three join or rent of one the profit will rise to ,Vi percent, a year. Men. : If farmer* and fruit-grower* looked after the 'per cent*.' in their business just as mer- chants, manufacturer*, etc.. , do in their busi- ness, the former would have by far the most profitable calling, on the average. Reader, apply the above 'tiggering*' to your own case whether you grow a few or many apples or plums, or an}' fruit which is liable to insect harm. Mem.: The 'hand sprayers' or knap- ark sprayers, etc., answer for one tree to a hundred or st, more or less, and cost only 91ft to 20. " l.'-t no neighborhood where any fruit i* grown ! without an insect killing npraying implement, owned jointly or owned by one ana rented to others. Such sprayer* are now itlniiiil mily made in greatly improved forms, and at greatly reduced price as com- pared with a few years ago. Do you ask what sprayers to buy? To anrwer that question would give a suspicion that thi* writing i* a puff or ' write up' of Homebody'* husines*. It is the fruit grower's business we are trying to puff up to higher ' percent- vgo' of profit^ or into 'piofit' where it has been a I***. " .. i M in > and i . .in . On the. asirfane it is all sunshine and peace Mil (let many and France are really stand- ing on a volrano, which nt any moment may IxMch forth ruin and desolation. To see this clearly, it is only necessary to read the latest despatches almut the fetes at Nancy next week. President Carnot haa signified his intention to be present, and M 'I Frpycinet who was not consulted, has taken ground against the proposed trip. 1> Freycinet is of the opinion that Kaiser Wil helm will lie certain to depute the 1'rince of Ilohi'iilohe-Schillingsf iii-si., the Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, to greet the French Presi- dent aa he approaches the (ierman frontier, and draws the deduction that the Prince's reception by the French President wonM I,,. a virtual recognition vf the inviolability of the Frankfort treaty, which gave the covet- ed provinces to the con<|iicror in fie great war. President Ournot, it seems, haa accept- ed this, view of the situation, ami the French Minuter nt Hi-rlin hits Keen instructed to intini it> to the (lor man (iovernment that it would be agreeable to France to have no notice taken of Carnol's visit to tlio danger- ous frontier. This is a diplomatic blow and i .iiuiot fail to leave the mark of a diplomatic wound. A few words precipitated thf great conflict in wHu'h the Third Kinpin- wi-ni down foiever in the greatest war of ni.i l< , i. times. When the issue of |>eace or war ile pouti? -n diplomacy it ii Jaugeroua ground. AM i \ . 1 1 IM. BACK. A EaIUhsMBBj's Filial frani a rur- -.1 1 ii. n. i. .ii Mr. Caryl Clyde, the young on of a wealthy London, England, merchant, has just returned from a trip of adventure through the northern part of Ontario. Mr. Clyde left Knglancl three months ago. Dur- ing the earlier weeks of December he visit- ed friends in New York State, but the last two months he has spent entirely in the north- ern pal t of Ontario. He has skated over the inland lakes, stalked moose in the up- lands, and hunted panthers in the dense forest around the (Georgian Kay, and during this short time he has met with some in leies' mi; adventures, and has hail not a few exciting encounters with end escapes from some of the ugly wild animals found in that region. Of his adventures, perhaps, none is more thrilling than the story he tells of his race for life from an overgrown and rav- enous wildcat. "In the northwestern, part of Muskoka," said he," I found a body of water that ex- tended through the fore*t for many miles. The ice on it wo* very smooth, and entirely free from snow. One evening I loft the camp for a skate up this frozen stream. Thu moon was bright and full, th* sky was clear, and IT WAM HITTER fo'.D, but a few strokes over the smooth and hard- surfaced ice soon set my blood to tingling, and then I was a* warm a* though nuugly covered up and asleep in my bed at the hotel. As I skated deeper into the forest I would stop and listen, and the stillness was BO profourd that I could almost hear the blood coursing through ray veins, and the beatings of my heart sounded to me like the marching of infantry. In my hand I car- ried a (mall stick, which I used as a eort of balance a* my body swayed with each stroke ' took. In thirty minutes I had gone over five miles, and I stopped to rest. Some birds fluttered over my head, and I heard the cry of a distant screech owl. Then came another cry, and one that almost made me cease breathing. "It was a harsh, unearthly scream, and so clone was it that it rang in my ears like the l*at-ng of a gong. With a sudden nn pulse I dashed forward. There was a rush- ing, scrambling sound behind, and then a wicked imarl. I gave a frightened glance over my shoulder and saw an animal about the si/.: of a Newfoundland dog, and it had KYEM THAT i.LkAMKI) like glowing coals. From descriptions I had heard and road I recognized it as a wildcat, but I did not stop to make any critical examination. My only thought was of escape, formore than the little slick 1 carri- ed in my hand I had no weapon of defence. The stream itself wound in a sinuous fashion through the forest, but before it had been frozen it h ul evidently overflowed its banks, for the ice extcmted on all sides as far as I could see through the woods. The bed of the stream was clear of trees and brush, and down this port of lane through the woods I dashed at my best sjioed. The wildcat gave un angry snarl of disap|minleii rage as it saw me glide away. Without a* linn Ii as a pocket knife about me I knew that I would not be able to wage any sort of sue- ejsful combtt with the hungry brute behind me. " Ordinarily a wildcat will not attack man unlew it in hard pressed for its life, and ,licn it will make u de* pcrate resistance. It * aUo a very succesifnl fighter, for it is as |uiok a* chain lightning in its movements, ts body ami limbs are powerful, and each MM of it* paws i* armed with long, sharp laws that can cut through the flesh like a tnife. An infuriated house cat will whip the largest dog in short order. A Canadian wildcat in probably half a dozen times as large a* one of the domestic species, Mid in the same ratio it ii as much more rapid in its movement* and as much more powerful. A Full gi own black bear is hardly a match far one of them, and when one is starved into nadnes* an unarmed man stands a mighty poor show for hi* life. Kxert, as I did, my [est speed, the cat gained on me easily. Then I tried dodging tactics, ami with great success. A* I glided away down the stream the animal stood M.AKINi; AT MR with amazement. But this WHS for an instant only. Realizing that its prey was fast getting beyond iu roach it came after me like a snot from a gun. At every bound it took its sharp claws cut the ice, and I could tell by thin how much greater was its peed than my own. W hen I thoughl that in about one more bound the animal would he upon me I gave a slurp turn to the loft and the cat went on, pawing, snarling biting, and scratching, over the smooth ice. I started back at a (lower rate of speed so as to be able to regain control of my breathing. The cat wa soon again in close pursuit, but with apparently renewed effort and snarl- ing and ipitting much the s ime a* an angry house cat would do at a dog. " Again I dodged with ease, and his cat-' ship slid up stream, while I went down as fast as I could. I could hardly help laugh- ing at the discomfiture of the li.tll.'il wild eat as it would slide put me when I dodged, wholly unable to help itself, but the dodg- ing business was pretty hot work, and I noon began to find myself getting winded. How long this odd chase was kept up I do not know, but it seemed to me a decade. I fancy I must have '(one about two mile( down the stream, but to gain this I must have skated alxmt ten. By this time I was ready tn drop from exhaustion, and had 1 done so I would have been an cany victim for the hungry animal, whose unsuccessful attempt!! to overtake me seemed only to tiiinil.it> ittogreater effort. Many thoughts flashed through my mind. 1 wns not quite sure that wildcat* to human flesh, hut I knew they killed birds and smaller animals than themselves for food, and as this one was as lank and bony as a starved wolf I felt that it would be poor policy to encour- ago his advances. ' Click ! .v hi !' one of my skates ran over a small twig, and I went sprawling. The cat wa close behind me and went on over my prostrate fotm. " 1 wan on my feet again in an instant, but I hail lost some valuable tim*. I began to feel weak. THR VEINS STOOD OIT on my forehead and felt as though they would burst. I made another doiTge snc- eessfully and started down stream again. The moon was directly in front of me and a about half way in the heavens, and from it seemed to stream a silvery path that came down fi inn the sky to the ioe some distance in liont of me ami th**j to my feet. The porsjiiration o. < I into my eyes, and this silvery ribbon of light was all I saw. I heard a confused round behind me, and knew thai the pursuing animal was gaining fa<t upon me, but I didn't care. ' What would it fel Ilk* when h* wan tearing ray flesh ?' flashed a thought through my hi at ed brain. Then I heard a low murmur like running water. The silvery ribbon from the moon (lanced in wavelet* before my eyes, and I gave a tremendous jump. I reached the other side in safety, but the cat was leas fortunate. There was a splash and a plunge, and the water wo* danced over the ice. I fell, and my trousers were soaked. The cat went on down the stream, but under the ice. I soon comprehended the "ituation. An uprooted stump w*>* in ihe centre of the Mt ream, and such speed was added to the current by its striking this obstacle thai it did not become frozen. There wa* an open space of alraut five feet. I jumped without knowing why, and landed safely on the other side, but the animal went under. I thought it was a narrow escape. I got back to camp as soon as I could, and the cat ? I suppose some woods- m in would find its '->ody in the spring, and wonder how it got in the water. ' Fast Earlds; ! I . . i.,o.l It will surprise, many people who have been accustomed to think that races are run in much faster time in America than in the old country to learn how fast some of the Knglish races have been run. Fast lime in Kngland is militated against by the differ- ent system of starting that prevail* there where the horses break slowly from the starting posts, before the hones have got into their stride, instead of wilh a flying start several rod* distant from the starting pole as in America. Notwithstanding this disadvantage some remarkably fast time has been made on the Engliah turf, and a discussion in The London Sportsman, which has lately been showing a disposition favor able to the inlroduclion of the flying start brings out some interesting and surprising information, as rgard( time records in England. Rcndigo won the Lincolnshire Handicap in 1.36 4-5 sec. Thi( mile is faster than anything done in a race in Am- erica. Sal valor with HOIbs. up made the mile on Monmouth Park's straight track in I.:C>J, but that was in a single struggle against time. The fastest time made in a race in America for the mile was Kaveloe's at Monmoutn Park in 1890, with 107 !bi. ip, when Ihe distance was done in I.. 'JO}. Itendigo ran his race with 1 17 pounds on hi* back with a field of 21 starters to jostle him, so that his performance is immeasur- ably superior to anything done yet on this side of the Atlantic. Again, Lord Ports mouth'* Buccaneer ran the Salisbury mile in 1.39, many years ago, while the (ame authority says that Lucerne ran n mile at 1 Deibyin I.. Mi. Long distance racing of late years ha* " gone out" in America, but the English record* of years buck also outclass any American record. Robert the Devil, for instance, in his Ascot Cup race covered -H miles in 4 min. 12 nee. The best American record is 4.274. Sheep won his Ce*are- witch -I and 28 yards in S nun. and 54 sec., yet the best time recorded here for the 2} miles is .'i .">;( by Preakness and Springbok in a dead heat in Saratoga's halcyon days of 75. Speaking of this same Preakness, The Sportsman's correspondent says : " Year* *go I *aw Mr. Sand ford's Preak- neis establish at Saratoga at 2] mile rc- j ord (.1 min. "18 sec. ), and the Mate a 1} mile record (3 min. 6 sec.); and in conse- quence both were shipped to Kngland. Neither, I think, ex'er won a race here. I know m the Goodwood Cup an old crock called The Hear won, anil the great Prcaknen, as well as ever it wan, was beaten, the time, '_'! miles, being "> min 14 sec. The Rowley MileandtheOoodwoodCnp course are one thing : the American tracks | another." All these little fact* go greatly ' to disprove the popular fallacy thai prevails ', among American horsemen a* to the super- i iority in point of fast time their horses have ! over the Knglish racers. In every compari- son, too, it mult he borne in mind that in Kngland there are no record-breaking, lightning tracks like Morris Park, no very light weight races as in America, and no flying start. K , II,! ,11 111 III. I oll.-tl M.ilr.. It is widely feared that the excessive rainfall of last month in the United States will lie followed by a small crop yield of ' the cereal*. Some light may be thrown on the subject by reference to the statistics of yield in other years which were marked by excessive rainfall in May. The fall this year wa* A inches.diatribuled over '.'1 days. In IS8< ti.'JJ inches fell in 20 days. In 1883 the record *howed a total of 7..'!-' inches in IS days, acd for 1X73 the fall was 7 inches in 16 days. Stating the crops in round millions of bushels the case may be thus presented: For 1S7.1 wheat, VIM, being larger than the one preceding, but much mailer than the next following year ; corn, !VW, much the smallest of any year since ls(',;i, with the single exception of 1874, the crop for which was S.V) ; oats '270, or a fair average crop for those days: potatoes 1 1 Hi, which, with about th same quantity iu 1K74, constituted much the smalleot record of any year since 1 Mis. For IRS3 ihe wheat record stands at 4-M, while tho crop next preceding and the one following each exceeded 500 ; corn !,">."> I, also below the average, but hardly so much so as in the case of wheat ; <>ats.'i7l, which was above the average, and potatoes 'Jus, which was the largest yield of many years. For 1SHS the wheat record was 410, preceded by 45ti and followed by 491 ; corn 1.9SS, which woi a good yield, being much largerthan that of 18S7or IS.%; oats 702, also a large yield, and potatoes 202, which was the largest crop since Isv'l until we reach that of last year. It thus appears lhal excessive rain in May, with the low tem- perature usually accompanying it, haa been three times followed by a wheat crop con- siderably below the average, twice by an unusually large yield of potatoes, and that the result has not been so unfavorable to corn as i* feared by many will be the case this season. It may be noted that in Issl! and 1SSS the exports of wheat and flour showed a decided falling oil in volume from that of the year preceding, a fact which may be considered in connection with the theory that the weather condition* in Europe are generally the opposite of those prevailing on the continent when the latter are abnor- mal. It should not be forgotten in discus- sing the probabilities for this year that May was marked by an almost utter absence of sunshine, while in the other years named th* sun sliono frequently between clouds and showers. it K I HI I. n in is A KiK Africa* Klsia: Welcomes ike flrsl fn... i from ihr .. ,.,,,. , r . About two years ago the Congo State sent Lienl. Dhanis far up the Kuaugo Kiv*r, one of the largest affluent* of the Kasaai tributary of the Congo, for the purpose of occupying these new territories in behalf of the State. He has recently sent a report to the Department of the Interior of hi* pro* gross, and has given some curious detail* about the great native King of the Kuango region, whoee mime has long figured on tho map*, though no one has known much about him. He is the Kiamvo Muene Putn Ra- songo, and lives upon the right bank of the Kuango River about 6' 30* south latitude. It is about forty years since the warrior* of the great central empire of Lunda march- ed northwest into this country and took is for their own. They were led by a brother of the powerful Muata Yamvo of Lunda. The present King i* one of the successors of the first conqueror, and he still holds abso- lute power. The chiefs of all the village* are always named by him. The Kiamvo gave Lieutenant Dhania a mod friendly re- ception. The Lieutenant established on* of the Slate posts at the King's residence, and secondary post* have been scattered up and down the country. Steamboat* con- nect this region with Leopoldville, on Stan- ley Pool. The King heard that the white man wa* comine several weeks before his arrival. While Dhanis was yet a week from th* King's big town, two chiefs with forty men, who had been sent to meet him, suddenly appeared. Many of these men were musi- cians and singers, and as they inarched along they chanted the praises of the; Kiamvo and sang of Ihe greatne** of the white man. One of the chief* aid the armed men bad been sent M a personal escort in honor of the visitor. To please them he had his Zanzibar attendant* march in the rear, while he advanced sur- rounded by the warriors of the Kiamvo armed with guns and spears. The chief* acted a* intermediaries in Ihe white man'* relation* with ihe nalives Ihey met. At all of the numerous villages the chiefs ap- peared with hospitable presents of paltn wine, fowls, goats, flour, and eggs. On arriving at the King's lown Ibe whit* visitor was allowed to rest for thiee day* Imfore the ceremonies in honor ot his arrival began. On the fourth day the great drum summoned the warriors, and on the fifth day DKanis wa* introduced to the King. The Kiamvo was seated with his legs cross- ed upon a little platform three feet high, covered with a panther's skin. In his left hand he held a modern improved rifle, and at his right was seated a masked fetich doc- tor. In a semi-circle around the King were about SOO men armed with guns or bow* and arrows, and within the semiciicle were dozens of secondary chiefs seated upon skin* or woven mats. A down musicians played on a sort of string instrument made by stretching wires over hollow gourd shells. All the warriors fired off their guns in honor of the stranger, and after a short talk with the Kiamvo his dusky majesty was borne on his platform by eight men to the royal huts. At the second interview the King asked I in.inis if he did not wuu to see the war dance. The while man said he would be happy to witness this interesting spectacle, and at once the drums began to sound and the warriors were soon engaged in a frien* zied dance. As the music became louder and more rapid, they shouted at the top of their lungs and indulged in the wildest con- tortions. They would rush forward bran- dishing their spears al the Kiamvo, and when il seemed as Ihough Ihey were about lo t rani- fix him, they would bury their spear points in the earth. They made the aame demon- stration be/ore 1 Hi.tnn, ami one of hi* Zanzi- bar altendants suddenly appeared before Ihe astonished white man and placed his gun in his hands. " I believe," he said, " that these men are so crazy thai we shall all be killed un- less we have the menus of, defence in our hands." lUianii says that very likely there wa* ground for hi* fears, but he lent Ihe man back lo his place in the ranks. The King, perhaps, Ihought there was danger, for he abruptly ordered the suspeusion of th* dance. Since then one of tho warrior*, during a war dance, in a moment of perfect frenzy, fired his gun directly at the King him.ieli, who fortunately escaped injury. Since that day no war dances have been performed in th-; country. The King U judge, without appeal, in all oases of dispute between the chief*, and he inflicts ail penalties for wrong-doing. Half of the prize* of war belong to the King. Kvery big animal killed is the personal property of the Kiamvo. All large boast* that fall in the chose are brought to him, the hunters receiving in return small pres- ents of cloth and powder. If auy one kill* an elephant and does not give both it* meat and its tusks to the King he i* fined three slaves. He h it to pay two slaves if he keeps the body of a hippopotamus for hi* own purposes. e> I .il'.M In I ill ..;i. Sir John Oorst, one of the commissioner* to the labor convention at Bei liu, recently made an address lo an English labor confer- ence, in which he pointed ot't thai, as ihe result of the comparisons made at Uerlin, il ws found thai the English workingmen received much higher pay and worked a considerably shoiter period of hours each day than the wage earners in iny other put of Kurope. It was furthermore demon- strated thai in most respects the labor cost of production under these conditions wa* lower in England than it WAS elsewhere, and this he held to be due to the superior character of the average English working- man. 1 1111:11; further, he pointed out that Ihe scale of wage* paid seemed to he determined largely by geographical Factors. It was found that the farm ,il Hirers in the south of Kngland were ohuinini; but eleven shilling*) per week, while in Lancashire and Jhenhire the scale of pay wo* twenly shill- ings per wtck, this possibly in each cost including food and lodgings. Furthermore, the high-priced labor, even in Kngland, wai said to be more productive, in proportion to the money spent, than the low priced labor, and yet the districts referred to wer< hardly more than 200 miles apart, am) could be reached by a railway train in ( few hours' time and at relatively small e% ponse. A similar stale of things exist* if this country, for official statistical stake incuts show that there is in different p*rb of the country a u Me variation belweei the daily wages received by those empicyet substantially the tame occupation**