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AQRIOULTQRAL. Oanada I food Rwaonrcet- At the second nnal convection of tlis Rusilags Stock Vet-ding Astociatio" of Ccn- Ual Canada, held recently in Montreal, 1'ro- fess.T Robertson delivered a must interest- ing address on " The Food Producing Resources of Canada.' In the course ol his remarks th*> Professor Raid Iu two resuects the Dominion of Canada ha* undisputed supremacy of position among all countries in the worM, yet, Cana- dians themselves are less familiar with the extent and possibilities nf the natural re- sources of Canada in it* min'ngand agricul- tural interests, than sre Grangers who com* among ui, and from their ki.owleilge of these matters in other ouptries are com- petent to estimate something of iheir enor- mous value. It is the pride of our public men to dilate upon the vast natural re- sources of this country, in its fields, its for- ests, its waters and its mines. I "hall make it my privilege to-night to confine myself to pointing out some of these resources which can oe developed to the mutual ail- vantage of the people. Iu a very large measure the welfare of the people of Cana- da in every sense depends upon the pros- perity of the rural communities. The growth of the cities and towns ill Ca.iada comes from and depends mainly upon the manufacturing and exchanging of products which are cither wanted by or provided by those who litre in the country. In the |>ast, the a>:qui*ii '? o' wealth In some cases has been ersivr n o: upations pursued by city men than uoni t le business of farming, but it doss not follow that the city people have created the most of the increase of wealth in this country. Kren this city of Montreal the commercial metropolis of our Dominion owes most of its commercial pros- perity and stability to the lahors of our farmers, who are developing '.he food producing resource* of I lie country. The large ware-houses which line th* business streets, the extensive wharves, which during the shipping season are crowded with the food products of Can- ada, in trai.eit, to feed the city populations of Kurope, th splendid shops and even the imposing railway buildings, have been call- I'd into existence for the purpose of facili- tating thn distribution of farm products and carrying lit* excels in quality, that of any othsr place. I n the present and still more in coining years it will Income lens profitable to expoit the primitivu, crude and bulky uoducts of agn- culture, but the finished and concentrated food products from the (arms can be obtain- ed to the most economic advantage only by the growth of crops having a large yield per acre at the loweit possible cost of labor. The result of one series of experiments at the Central experimental Farm, Ottawa, will illustrate this. Kxprriments have been carried ou to discover the relative results per acre by sowing the same variety of grain in the same soil, during the same season, at different dates. The results for the season ->t !M)i show the following facts: Spring wheat, sown April -I, yielded at the late oi 47 Inisli. 5" Ibs, per -.ere, against 19 bush. 1O Ibi. when sownon May 20. Oats yielded at the rate of .V.I bush. 24 Ibs., when shown on April 21 ; 84 bush. 4 Ib. sown on April .'.', and 10 bush, per acre when sown on May -t>. Barley yielded at the rate of itt bush. 10 Ibs. sown an April '21, and 37 bush. 14 lf> when sown on May uti. In many other parts of farm work improvements may be made in the production of cereals. Kxperimental work in the feeding of cattle has also a very im- portant bearing upon tin prosperity of the country and the relative position of Canada as a producer of food for her own and other people. At the present time there are kept in Canada only some 4 full-grown cattle and 4 young cattle upon the average farm. By the growth of Indian com fodder and the making of ensilage every farm is capable of carrying on an average at lout twu-e as many cattle with increased profit to the farmer. Besides, farmers should be dis- couraged from marketing the primitive products, which iu the fo-iu of plants take from the soil large stores of its fertility. They should be encouraged everywhere to sell animals and their products, which en- able t him to realize larger income* with- out the exhaustion of the toil. At the pres- ent lime at the Central Experimental harm at Ottawa, experiments are bring conduct- ed in the feeding ol "leers on corn ensilage as the main part of ths fodder ration. l'[< to Ibis dats they have been costing at the rat* of less than !) cents per head par 'lay and gain slightly over 21 pounds per day. lireat Britain imports cattle and beef annual- ly to the value of some j,WH,H>. Of that sum Canada has sent cattle to tho value of meitic animals and freedom from all dis easel of a ssrious nature. It has been re ported that pleuro-pneumunia wan found ii some cattle which arrived in Great Britaii from this country. If by some supernatur.t or sub- natural interference the dreaded dis ease was found in cattle which arrived from our shores, it is quite certain that it wa* acquired aftnr the animals landed, and not while they were in this country, as it i- not known and has not been known to exist amoug toe herds of our Dominion. l)m customers in other countries everywhere .^ay depend upon the healthful, wholesome ana nutritious character of the food prod ucts which we supply. References were mads to ths trade in apples and other food products which at- tain iheir highest quality of excellence un- der the influence of' our northern an 1 brae ing climate. The quality of the food prod- ucts upon the people themselves ran hardly be overestimated, and in the coming years when the competitions incident to improved conditions of society make the struggle among nations for supremacy, the greatest odds will always be ou the side of those people who am well-fed, well-clothcil, and who enjoy the comfort* of life through the excellence of the food products which they consume. In the one ifntlity wl.ich gives food products super-excellent value, the resources of Canada are being in lome meuure rapidly developed. The quality of skill in agriculture imparts to products that flavor, finish and attra:tive appearance which gives them their highest value both in cssh to the producer aud serviceability to the consumer. u wi) IU H tuv necessaries and luxuries,. of life back "o the homes of those who till i *7,5W.OOO. By the cheaper method of feed Uic fields. If the quantity .Mid value ol th j In 8 C4tlle -. ll **. for I anadian fsr food products from tin- farms can be multi- plied in quantity and increased in value, every person even remotely connected with the distribution of these, in fact every business man, will have a better chance to enlarge his operations snd increase his profits. Mm in financial circles will know that if ths remittances from the country districts come in slowly, a good deal of stringency ami difficulty ar* experienced in carrying on business with success. The importance of agriculture to the rial enterprises of our country is easily seen by observing bow sensitive 1 they all are to the condition of the fanners, the food pro- ducers. When hard times prevail in rural districts, dopiension follows in every centre of manufacturing and commercial endeavor. A* the farmers sru able to exchange more f their products, which really arc the em- bodiment of newly created wealth to the country, the money, which facilitates tho en-hange of these things, will ebb and ITS to tend to tjreat Britain in tne not very distant future at least one-half of the cattle that the buys from outside countries. Canadian farmers have exceptional ad- vantages in providing cheap fodders for the f reduction of beot. The new "Robertson ombuiation" for eniilag* was fully ex- plained at ths recent Convention In the frowth of this excellent feed for cattle nditn corn, Knglish horse beans and sun- flowers Canada is better adaptc 1 than any other country, except a small portion of i snjral Kurupe, whose people will not be our keen competitors in the markets which we supply. In the production of cheese Canada has n ado great advance during recent years. The value of the exports for the year to June .10, I SJ, wholly the prod- IMS of Canada, was ?1 1, tit I >.>:. Th* Imsinesftis being rapidly extended in all the eastern pro\ mce of Canada, (treat Britain imports on an averags K'.\U *>,'> worth annually. Hi .ad anil cheese fora longtime flow more regularly and in so mu-.-h larger ' was a synonym for a perfect and complete all lefllti- ' ' 1 ' ' or *" Pp''- Canada can furnish volume that it will float and benr all legit mate enterprises connected with the devel- opment of the country's resources to most successful issue*. The interests of the city and the countiy, if i.ni ijiiitc Identical in our lioiiiiniiiii, should lie always h u- IIHIIIIUII*. It is thn object" of all farming 10 create wealth by th production of food and the raw material for clothing. With the single exception of fish, the articles of food which susl%iu our lives wholly come from farms. In a study of the relation which the production of food sustains to ths condition of human society which wu call highly civilised life, it mii't b* remembered that the farm* furnish most of these thing", which outwardly distinguish and differentiate the civili/ed and cultured mien from tin in tii'-ir.i>!ii.'ly Urge quantities. During the Ust financial year Canada sent twice as much value iu butter as during the year previous. Through the extension of the winti r dairying movement In Canada, i HI \i n 11 OMI . i i 11. i i i> llunni fer I r< r.l.m frem Their PrrtrBI t>t*l KltaMlllle*. IB the play of Aristophanes the ladies of Athens formed a league to resist the endear- ments of their husbands until they had wrung from them a promise to live at peace with their neighbors. The feminine league iu prance has not adopted the same tactics, but its members seek by le** tender means to vindicate their rights, and In free them- Helves from the disability before the law by which they consider that they are oppressed Th' ;r AMociation numbers some very able i wom-n, who arc firmly convinced that they , will obtain their demands by the same means whirr, men employ to obtain re- form*. In the course of last summer we had an opportunity ..f judging the oratori al pow- ers of these courageous ladies at their con- gress, and of forming an opinion of their administrative talents as chairwomen and in other official capacities for which the Knglish language doss not provide feinini- /alions. It most be admitted that, if their logic was sometimes at fault, their speeches, delivered in a curiously strained voice, were not by any means dull or uninteresting. They conveyed the impression that there wss a certain basis of truth in these femi- nine claim* to emancipation, although they were scarcely formulated with sufficient prei-iaion to admit of very serious discus- sion. The French advocate* of women's rights do uot niuvh resemble their "unieied" istcra in England ; they effect no eccentric- ity or austerity of dress, and we remember on osc occasion seeing it chtirwr .nan who wore a bonnet which had certainly nl from one of the best Parisian modisl Rut they were none ths less in earnest for all that. Thn fact is that the thing* which concern men concern them also, in their opinion ; ami they resolved not to relinquish their e (Torts until all the liberal professions, ex ll KIX.I.KI I U l-l MK still larger quantities of this valuable food cc _, ln( military profession, for which they to Creat n , kiiowlrlge themselves unfitted, are open- No food I e j to them ) practice as well as in theory, tad until th<y have gained the right of vot- j ng al elections, as well as of becoming par hamentary candidates themselves. Thr fem.la Demostheneses of the league %r , Mme, Roulade a lady who e excited plousno* savors somewhat of fanaticism : Marie Deraismes a lady possessed inexhaustible product can be pro.lui.-rtl ami sent to Creat llrilain and other countries). product, nf which the farmsrs can ilis- pose, takes less from the soil and leave* them a larjri- margin uf profit for their Isbor. In 1SD1 tho Dominion tiov*fB1 Mlabli.hed two win'er dairying stations in Ontario, and during the past winter six of these stations in i 'anada htse bvenouerat- ed under the . mang'iin ul ol th Dairy . o f a K<XK j voet \ O rgn and an I Commissioner. A a direct result of their , 1<x ,fc { argument* ; and well within the reach of all ths whsn a i-ommunity is wsll fed even to its poorest members, it is strong in the activi- ties, claims and aspirat ioim of our modern life. Ni country in the world has more favorable conditions naturally in soil, tun- shine, water, and atmoiphen> for th* pro- duction of tino food products than Canada. C* alto has vast arcs* of the beat arable and pastiirn land* awaiting to be awakened into fruitful ii-rvioe by the hands of skilled farmers. From thn atmosphere and water come more than 9.1 percent, of the constitu- ents of all our food products. Our climixtia liiionstrs such as to permit the grow- ing of such plants and crops as enable our lai mrrs lo obtain these at thn lowest possible cost to themselves. One olijert of the Kx- I" ii-nial Kami systvin of Canailn in to 'i to il,,. fnriupiii information a* lohow to make tho most of these n.itmitl conditions. I'hr i angn of tho Kxperi.nciil il Kami work reaches from experiments iu thn cultivation nl ilm SMI! in xperimenis in handling <>( the _,_ _. _ . Mine. Astie At | influence not lest than ISchoese factorieii iu | Valsayrr the secretary of the league, who candidate at the perfect tnents and work, equal capable of per- forming ilm work of legislation, and they intend to exert themselves to obtain the enrolment of their names on the list of elec- ton in iheir respective wards. and from it come* also good ' du !; iD 8 th winl f r - 'H" 11 Krit *'" .,- ost other sen.es When an ! ' ll " iu ' 1 "" " lllc """' * IMWi Of swine products, the farms of Cana grosser seine, living in most oiner senses. >> lien an abiinilance of nourishing and palatable ' , - , foo.1 at a low coat tor production comes 'a still furnish only a tithe of what they the reach of all ths people, fi.nihed i sbl.'* of our own people or for export liirti which rs Intended li>r the lo |.m f on foreign markets. The whole of Kui.ipo is only about one- twelfth larger in aiv than the Dominion of u, nhn h has a land *urf*ca -Jil times a* largn an that of tlin 1'nitnd Kingdom ot liioat Itnl.iin and Ireland. A* yet thorn ate only some l!'>,OOt>,<KK> uf anes under mil i\ .1 iio i. and of these IHJ million! of a.irri me nndei i inp nvrry yeai. In the, ono article nf wh' .it wliii-h rnny be tal;Mi as typical of our ordinary cerrnl i r p., I itnxU ha . of nliiimt *i liinlipln per sorn larger than that of UK- I n, i-,| Slut,,, although she tt.ll Us a yield on th* average of loma II bushels per aurs lew than Ursal Britain I sources of Canada anil the nsturitl Ailap- i of tho (unit iv "i"l e'mwle "' loss wall AdapU.I for large ii ar* rn'.t parts of < I'r-l luiidinn f.u in- : i i n "hi. with i\i inn ;h >*'. "kill "'! K ,.irnl a> d., tin K.ng >. no mason why ii',.- wl.ru in ihis country per I notcxivj,,,! | U quantity, us it now are capable of supplying. At our expcr mental station at Oittwa ws have Men carrying on experiments in the fattening of .win* .ipon the coarse grains and alsou|>on fm/i-n wheat. The results from the feeding of i> fro/en jrhsat have been very gratify ing and piominr to furni'h exceptional help '> those districts in Canada where wheat is iu danger of being damaged from unfavorable weather. l.arge numbers of swine have l>cii fed rvrlu- ivriy ii|H>n fm/rn wheat, ground and snaked. The gain per bushel of wheat of course has varied n great deal, according to the kind of twine to which ii was fsd. The increase af weight per bushel of wheat lias varied from nine pounds tn over 1.1 pounds per bushel of grain. The iwenig* fur i ver ,VI swine will show o\, i II pounds nl in ream- in thn live weight nf swine per bushel of wheat fed. CM-.II l.ni ain imports over 9.V),000,<>00 worth of swine product* mutually. The quality of Canadian fed and 'Junadmn cured Won is U-ing so highly appreciated in Ci eat Hi it mi that it stands now almost as high in reputa- tion and price as the products fioiii Ireland -i I Denmark. The poultry interests of Canada have been a tu-jjli, >.,! liranrh nf our food-produc- ing rtsourom. \\ hen the farinera give tin ii htliil aCi-niioii in thi niikttur, the hens of Canada will do their part in iin-rsas- ni._- the food supply of tho people. Crsut Hiil.iiu impoiii poultry mid rgun to tbe value of turns f.'O.OOO.OOli nnnually. I psitant faimein of Kiam- liH'.e amassed thrii eiinipeien. e, whii Ii in thn aggregate forrnn the bniis of imtional wealth. Isrgsly from their poultry and tugs. In this, which hns been islleiln minor inteieit, Oaaada lias great t nialiililicn of sorn. v for in.Teas- . . I'ii of her people, through fur- nulling uitirlis of fond e,-g* anil |UMI|HV which nrc cumiug into IM, I,'.MII< :\. I) i.i Ii' , >tesidei> the I've farm |.rn.ln -lii.ns tn wi.i. h I have nindn rrtfveiiL-e, limit I'.iil.iiu Milus of nnme !a is the n.itiu il lini eat'.ln. \\nliherfcililo soil nnd lirKrinH climate 'he gives \i t i tout lie ill h to the do- K.i.lruml tt. in -In.i In Ihr lr| While ! A C^iMgo, despatch says : The railroad ktrikers and their sympathizing friends are getting dangerous. On Mondity ni^lit. while John Kayborn, un Hgrnt for the Chicago A Uii'ein Indiana Railroad, WAS sittini; In a switch shanty at 4lith -stnvl and Siwait Hvcime. he was shot in thn leg by noine ons on a Fort Wayne train that wa* passing At th* time, About the same titno Willum Crothert ugsnt for the same company, WAS assaulted, at Root street and Stewart avenue l>> nn known persons and wit badly hull. Jacob Sells ami Itcnjamin H*eafyb*rnr, two non-union switch teiulern employrd by the Western Indiana licit Lino to take the of xtrikers, wer* assaulted Tuesday night at ThirtY-ninth ntret and thr \\e-i eru Indian* tracks, while engaged in tend ing the switches at that point, by two un knnurn mon whn are upposcil to ha\u l<oen union men. Sells and Reooryberry applied to the polios for protection, ami two olhcers wsre seiitout to Meekham to investigate. Neither of tho assaulted men were badly injured. Nn trace of '.ho auailants could lx> found. (,>'>rrii.UmlUnot uloiio in hermisfoi 'HIM :. nlmnst as Merlon* a* those that have 'n-liaiie liavo devastated | of the IVansvaal. They have bnen especial- ly sevm-B in tho district of Pretoria. 'I lie ner hanki have born wanlied away at evrral places, aud great damage has been caused. Many nntiir huts havo been car- i iiil off, icvei-iil of their (v>Mi|ikiits being ilm ned. Ail vice* from the connliydio trlot* show that the storm hit* Iwrn gtneral . i-\ .ul. The Kami In, ..iilfered severely. Several houses htvo liUTil to ruins, aud many niine Imvn been flooded. In some p!n.'s the railway has been wuhetl *\vt> un uipenili -il. M*lrr. 'a*r4 br f Earlh<|siake In /-air The island of Xante or Zancy nlhui, whi'.-h is f>affsriug repeated shock* of earthquake ind whose people have been reduced to a iitiable condition of want, is the third in xtent and the first in productiveness of the Ionian group, stretching along the west and outh coasts of Greece. The chain include* ibout forty islands, Xante being not far roin the middle of the line. It U about -wenty-tbree miles long and twenty broad ind is some fifteen miles from the west coast of the mainland. It consists chiefly of a plain covered with vineyards] which produce the small grape* known as Xante currant*. These ara tne chief crop of the island, but olive oil and win* are alto pro duced, and there are tome manufactures. Most of our newt of suffering comes) from the city of Xante on the south east coast, which has a large harbor, the best in the chain of islands except that of Corfu. This harbor has been practically deserted by iinall vessel* as a consequence of the tidal waves which have accompanied the shocks oi earthquake and have sunk a number of small craft and have smashed other* against the seawall. About twelve miles south of the city are petroleum wells which have been known since the time of Herodotus. The population of the city is probably leu than 'JO.UDO and of the whole island not more than 50.000, so that half the people of the city seem to have fled from it, while nearly 4,000 are reported encamped on a plain near by, and suffering from the severi- ty of the weather. The island has shared the fate of the others of the chain in having had many mas- ters. First an ally of Athens and then of Sparta, it fell under the sway of Macedon and was occupied by the Romans during the second Punic war. Upon the divitian of ths Roman empire it went to the eastern em perors, aud in the fifteenth century *** ac- quired by the Venetians. France became the possessor of the entire group in 17:>7, and two years later the Uuasian emperor created of the islands a republic subject to Turkey. France got them again in I HOT, but two years later /ai.te was on* of those sei/ed by Croat Britain. The United Slates of the Ionian* Islands, under the protection of Great Britain, existed froi- lsi.1 to 186.1, but insurrections were constantly breaking out, and th* feeling of dissatisfaction was so strong that, upon the accession of the present king oHirwece, Mr. Gladstone con- sented to the incorporation of the islands with the kingdom, though he had reported agaiuit giving them up whn he vuited them in 1858 as a special commissioner to ree what could be done to satisfy the people. There was a series of earthquake shocks in February, 1867, which caused great loss of life ana property. C/ephalnnia, Xante's nearest neighbor, was thin ths chief suf- ferer, the two leading towns on that island being almost destroyed. Idrat *f I ))mrBi. You must not think, my son, to regulate others' ideas by your own. Because, for ex- ample, your notions as to personal enjoy- ment lead to a certain line of conducting yourself, it does not follow that othcn notions may pot tend in a directly opposite direction. The man who monopolizes with his body and his' bundles an entire seat in the rail- road coach does not strike you as a lovely object for contemplation, but you do wrong to judge him harshly. To make a hog of hini*elf may be his idea of personal enjoy- ment, and surely you should not wish to de- prive him of pleasures. The lady at the theatre with the monu- mental headgear is, from your point oi M-M, an unmitigated nuisance. But re- flect ; while you came to the theatre to see the play, she came to display her millinery. She is making the best ot her opportunity, anil U, presumably, supremely happy. If you will but view the hat from her standpoint you will think more kindly of her. Ths small boy whote whis'le outrages your ear and sets your nerves vibrating, and who make* life hideous to all about him, is, no doubt, a brute with the gift of speech ; hut it is his pleasure to be a brut* and n torment, and it is not for you to in- terfere with his delectation. Do not think evil of the man who goes almut sulky and grouty, with not a good word to throw at a dog. To b* perennially in the sulks is, perhaps, his idea of terres trial bliss. Then why should yon seek to dash the cup of happiness from his lips by censorious remarks ? The young wo'iian who presumes upon the amenities extended to her sex to say impudent things to a man old enough to be her father is not exactly the model of fem- inine amiability : but she probably tikes pleasure in her course, and it should ever lie your thought to defer to ihe weaker ves- sel. Ths husband who upends Ins evenings at the club and looks upon his wife with no warn.er emotion than ha vouchsafes to a curtain fixture, might, according to your idc.i, make home happier ; but human capahilili** are limited. Ho ir.ay be sup- pitted to make himself happy, .therefore, he doe* hi* part ; let hi* wife do the r*tt. The wife who greets her husband each etcning with her tale of woe, thereby m.tk in< home quite the antipodes of heaven to him, should not bo judged censoriously. HIT ideal of jnynusncss is different from that entertained by you or her husband, but the ideal she has is her owu and should lie respected. The man who starves himself through life that he may die iirh, and who never gives a cant in charity, or otherwise, except upon compulsion, is a sordid creation in your eyes, but no course h* could adopt would make him happlur. Your gsnerotity, nmyhiip, is quite as much an annoyance to him as is his close-fisted mean lie.' to you. There may lie men who take pleasure in prooUiinin^ iliMiviolves asses ; others who find enjoyment in boring their friend* aud iirquainlancca to the verge of iutauity, and others again who are happy only when there are other people's calamities to rejoice at, This is a world of diversities, of many men of many minds ami there arc almost as many ways of being happy, or of t to be happy, as there are inmviduaN iKlurc, my son, b* happy iu your own w.i) . and let others be happy in theira. Nulv ithstaiiding t lie fact that th u tet n I'n'.-n Telegraph Company has over 7:Hi,(HV) miles of wire and neti'.v -.'l.ioi ' an average of tint) new iiinually. THE BLACK PLAGUE This is BONUS Lait ud Wont Pwtileac* A *! tftrfml - ..r- !. rl. In addition to other misfortunes which have of Ute befallen Russia, he u uor called upon to struggle with a terrible epi- demic of what is commonly vailed " black death," which ha* recently appeared in the Caucasus. Thence it has spread with fright- ful rapidity to all Southern Russia. Th* number of deathi is increasing daily. All ineasurei to check the frightful calamity have 10 far proven useless. Accordingly, a special session has been called of the Mmietry of the Interior, which, according to the word* of the Noroe Vretnya, will en- deavor, with the art of the medical depart - T.ent of the Ministry of War, to invent tome means of staying the progress of th* dread disease. Meanwhile the chief medical inspector oi the Department of War, A. A. Kemmert. ha* been dispatched to the scene of the plaguo to investigate as to its chief cause* ana to find tome way oi checking its rav- age*. What is most terrible about this ills- ease U the fact that it is very easily con- tracted by human beings, and Russia ia certainly in no condition at present to struggle with sucli an epidemic among her people. It is hoped that the theory, which has recently lieen propagated, that the dis- ease is not so liable to spread in tuch ex- tremely cold weather asisat present preva- lent in Northern Russia is true, as it would be a terrible calamity, indeed, if the fell plague were to spread up to St. Petersburg and Moscow. Meanwhile the Department *bf Finance has not been idle, ana has already assigned 10,00.) rubles to pay the expenses of M. A. A. Kemmert iu his preliminary investiga- tions. A larger sum will be assigned as soon as called for by the Ministry of the Interior. The Bir/bevaiaCazttta reports a general falling off of stocks in the principal ex- changes ot Ktiisia of late. On au average the various stocks have been lowered during the last three .months no less than Jl>. 14 per cent, of what their selling priot) was previous to the above mentioned period. Government tper especially has felt severely the var>oas financial shocks to which it lias been subjected of late, and has shown the effect* of them by correspond- ingly large tumbles in market prices. The I'orte has sent its decisive answer to this (jovcrnment, positively refusing t* entertain any idea of allowing Russian arnieil vessels to paw the Kosphorus. This would seem to pur a stop to all ideas of Russiian war ship* on the Black Sea, but. from certain remarks gathered from official circles and hint* recently dropped by some of the leading semi-official paper*, it would appear as if there is soras scheme on hind which will soon be sprung ou the Sultan's government, and which will alter the state of affairs cons.derabiy if not altogether so. Aa interesting case is the one at Nij.ni Novgorod, where a Prussian by the name of Polotoo has just been given a heavy sen- tence for having changed from the Orthodox (ireek to the Jewish faith. The story of the events which led up t j this reads more like a nore 1 than a story/ of facts. It seenu that Pololoo is the son of a properous peas- ant ot an adjacent village and was hired out as an errand boy some twenty years ago to a Jew, ArnaUin, who kepi a store iu this city. Polotoo proved to Le very bright and intelligent, and was promoted step by step until hs became the confidential clerk of his employer. Meanwhile, his employer's eldest daughter, who was born some three years afterhecame to the store, had giown up into a beautiful girl, and had in some way fallen iu love with him. Although neither Polotoo nor the girl knew it. the father was aware of this love affair, but said nothing. Finally, eight month sago, the old man died, and ou the reading of the it will was found that he had beuueated half his entire fortune to his confidential clerk, on condition that he should embrace the Jewish faith and marry his daughter. Polotoo therefore let seven months go by in order that thing* might quiet down, and then weut through '.he neo- essary ceremonies of embracing Judaism. Arrangements had just been completed for the marriage to take place, when 1'olotoo wasi arrested ou the above charge. His trial was short and conviction speedy. Mr. It. V. H'ett ft 1 0- uwallts. Nova Soolki. S2OO Worth Of Other Medicines Failed Kn( I liolifrs ./ Hou... sunn j <; OWV* U U with pfeasur* that I tell oi the pra bnnetli I derived from II, ..~l- s^ruparllls. jesrs I have t>a badly afflicted wiili Erysipelas out with mining sores (luring h.t moniln. I u re SOL tipvn i use ! rlrnl' - ' 'v.> nxmth' at a time. i IK. oauteooed astac i so nmeh t- look ttMtMM the sun ier, was able to Uo my Walk Two Miles whloh ) d;ul not doi P for -i\ yt*;ir^. Thluk f un i ur- -I c-f *i AsiircU 1 *, JUKI rccoouneod *uf it x v >n so ufflic'eil i Hood's Sarsaparilla Noitlcn has Aant more (01 mi- ' of other medicine. I thin* U Ibs/b**! .1 (uiitllpr known" MI:H. II D. WiST, i lu.reh itrsek, CbrnwalB*, x H. Hooo'8 PILLS Hon. tnuouiusit. >a*a>s*, -' k h