The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

AGRICULTURAL. A Horse Barn. OBNERAi. PLAf, SH.4MtniM5TS AMD TOTAL . Oar illustration i of a hone barn for the ordinary farm. It ii made of good lumber and the frame is of heavy, substantial tim hers. It ii 44 feet long by 30 wide. The corner posts are IS feet high and the roof ie well pitched. The whole U well lighted with windows %nd proper ventilation is pro- Tided. Hy is taken into the mow by means of a fork. In the ground plan A u a work- shop J-.M4 feet, ft B . re J ouble horsestalis 4 feet from front to rear an 1 eight feet wide. C ia a feed and driveway running through the middle between the icalli and is eight feet wi-le. At one end are double doors and at the other a single door. F is 3 h f r ) P i . i I I A GOOD HOUSE H.\RN. a passage way leading from the interior to the outside. In this the stairway to the mow is placed. In the mow above the stalls and extending across the feed way are two bins, I> and K, one for oats and the other for corn. These are connected with a covered scoop box on the tint floor l>y means of a chute. I he grain is thus always htmly, and as th- bottoms of the bins slope toward the opening in the chute, the contents all run out and are easily got at. The stalls, partitions, mangers, etc., are made of hard wood. The stalls are floored with 'J-inch white oak lumber. Tne bins, siding, floor- ing, e'c., are of ship lap. This barn will cost between $900 and fl. OOO and holds IS horses. Feed is near the horses and every- thing quite convenient. A Few Thoochtsv I have just been looking at the roof of a barn, belonging to another, which points a moral. The roof was evidently shingled only a few years ago, and, in the main, looks fair and smooth to-day, but in count- less places, all over it, there are small open- ings, mtny of them directly over ihe cracks, between the roof boards, so that from the inside, one can see the light in manv places while from the outside the rain finds no difficulty in gaining entrance. The trouble does not appear to have been so much in a poor quality of shingles, as in the fair that they were hurriedly and im- properly laid. Some one was undoubtedly kjtft<l to do the work, and no oversight wat given. As a consequence, the particular Tom, i'u-k or Harry who did this shingling slighted his work, di.i not take care to properly " break joints," and in many shun- glm put but one nail, and the result is a roof, that from now on must be continual- ly patched and tinkered, until these shin- gles ars stripped off and new laid, when very likely the same programme will again be followed ! A few years ago, a neighbor built a house at considerable cost, and to save some expense used a poor quality ol shing- les than he could have obtained by paying a dollar and a half or so extra, when hie roof would have stood sound and whole for fifteen or twenty rears. As it is, the roof is now in need of repairing, and these re- pairs will, undoubtedly, have lo be contin- ued every year or two from this time on. Economy is desirable in all tilings, but there is a so-called economy that is the rankest kind of extravagance, and " pity 'tis, 'tis true" that a great many people are practising that kind of " economy " who really cannot afford to do it. Th*re is another characteristic implanted in a great many persons, who are forever "tiling thinirs up kind of temporary like." If their ctltle break down a piece of pasture fence, that fence is propped up at the ex- pense of a half-hour's time, and left to await a second attack. A second break and twenty or thirty dollars damage to their corn, or other crops, do not, unfor- tunately, very often lead such persons to sse the error of thsir ways. A piciet is off the hen yard fenov.and as hammer and nails are not at hand when discovered, the picket is propped in its old place, and the next gentle /.phyr, or oow.that passes that way, loosens this temporary support, and the hens do irreparable damage to the good wife's flower garden. A dozen and one other things, th\t need business- like and thorough repairs, are treated in the same way, until things are cooiantly at loose ends in all directions. I suppose there is small hope of turning an old temporizing sinner from the error of his ways, by the ordinary arguments, but I have one that ought to secure a good leverage in this dirertion. Such shiftless habits are foi the most part contracted in youth, and the know- ledge of this fact orght lo lead anyone who has such a characteristic grounded into his own nature, and who bae also some growing hoys and girls, to make a desperate attempt to get upon a new basis, for the sake of the children, whoss childhood habits are likely to lie the habitsof manhood and womanhood. A great many people are not able lo place very much money, or other properly, in the hands of their children when they leave the farm to work out their own salvation in life, but it i a shame that young people should go out handicapped not only by lack of means to establish themselves, but also by habits which will be a continual draw- back to success. It is not essential that a vouna man should have money at the start, in order to make a success in life: but it is sssential that he be well-equipped with business-like, painstaking habits. * ji About the Ohurn- Some, persons are ever saying that the churu can decide th* sMtit of a cow's value as a producer of butter, and nothing else is practical in ihe assignment of values. Rut this is a matter that is fast being recon- sidered, and ths test for butter fats is now. as a rule, placed above in accuracy, cream- ing or churning. Of ronrse the churn makes commercial butter, but it is being proven that the churn is variable in its accounts, and the man who uses it needs to be guided by the accurate fat-test in advance. So accurate has the test come to be regarded, that even onr English cousins at the London Dairy Show just closed used the fat-test in awarding pre- miums, and gsve out "Cups" by its de- cision. Al the Chicago show, so convinced were the superintendents of the bree<U thai the test was more nearly correct than the churns to give credit to individual cows, that they accepted the Pabcock test as tlie arbitrator. So the announcement that such a cow made one, two or three pounds of butter in 24 hours, was the total of the fat test. The sample was taken of a cow's milk, and then the milk of all the cows ot a breed was massed in a vat, and all individuality was obliterated. The butter I of no cow was churned by itself to find superiority. Later on even the churning I was suspended, the tests were taken, an i the milk sold. The time hss arrived in the testing of a cow when she should be I credited with all the fats she pnts in her! milk, not what the churn may happen to " bring." Tht man is at fault if the <:hnrn does not practically agree with the fat test The buying of a run-down farm, at a low price, is always a good speculation for a man who knows how to bring the land np, and who has the patience to wait for the outcome. For an intelligent young farmer there is almost no more certain way of ac I cumulating valuable property for bin later years. Kep Cattle Content -d- The writer for several years has made it .matter of practice to have every cow | v *y Ur 8 P r <ntage of the losses A Bael Kear fr lneraaee < pastes. The year just drawn to its c'.ose has been a most disastrous one for fire insur- ance companies, not only in Canada, but the United States. While the managers of in- surance companies and unfortunate stock- holders are discussing the extent of fire losses and devising sssans to stay the ravages of fire, the general public, to all appearance, is quite indifferent lo to* cause or consequence of the tremendous national waste of capital from this canst from year ear. Nothing will arouse ihe public , it seems, unless it be a direct tax on e-ery man's properly. The loss by fire is an onerous indirect tax, for it is t,he public that has to bear it. The notion that the insurance companies bear it all is erroneous. The rate of insurance is based on the united experience ot fire insurance associations. The greater the lose by fire, the higher is the rate of premium required to be paid fcy the public who insure bi meet fire loa.es. I here is one phase, however, of the insur- ance question which will never be bettered until ihe public conscience is aroused to the r...rmuy of the crime of incendiarism. In this sen .e. certainly, th monl *qn*e of a great number of insurers must be blunted. If we ars to believe insurance sta'utics, a by ery way 6 *>* .incendiarism by . and make Parties wishing to obtain the insurance have a stall of het own, and in make her quarters home like, the matter of contentment prominent. money. The Monetary imes o The ow is largely a creature of strong in ! "X* : -"Incendiarism has been very pr-v- The Monetary Times on this point loo and comfort, are, as a rale, notice PARCELLING THE SOUDAN. England GeU the Lion i Share- Wrumrr (*; rral I rd. A few weeks ago the representative, of the British and German Governments met v.ry quietly in Berlin and prepared a little surprise for France. They drew np and signed a convention in which they divided between them the entire region of the Lake Tchad basin. They did not leave an acre in all that wide domain for France. That country has been very much engrossed by her internal attain for some weeks, and the (iovernmenl, apparently, has done nothing except to sen 1 (,'apt. Nionteil and M. Haus mane to Berlin, duly accredited to look into the matter. A part of the Paris press asserts that France will never agree to the proposed freeze-out, and that she will as- sert her right to a fair share of the ricn central Soudan. Some of the newspapers say the matter must be submitted to arbitra- tion if England and (ierroany are nol lis- posed to render to France what should be- long to her. As fr as France is concerned, the acres- men: l>flwei lirest Britain and (Germany u indeed, a sorry outcome of ihe fine rec- or i s - made ir. the exciting race for Lake Ten. i. which began over two year* ago. In all mat superior part of Africa, where semi-civilized governments exist, where substantially built cities, with "O.tHHi or tii 1. 1 HI i inhabitants, are. found ; where manufactures are eonsiderao.y advanced, and where horses are reared by HI NDHIl* OF THOr- . v..i_A*r> * to Bornu is based upon this treaty, and she has not been at all disturbed hy Man- teil's brilliant journey. As tor A lamiwa, France was simply nradr ndiculoos there by the rnmarkai>. doings ui her agent Mizon, who has been recalli-l in disgrace. | Of course ih*e big couulrieit have not the faintest idea of the importance they have suddenly acquired. They ,iave sin-ply been parcelled out 1'ke spoils among the victors with this .Inference, that no victory has yet been won. England aad i .er.ianv have simply agreed not to tre-ui on one another's toes while carrying out th work of making the coveted !*nds i heirs in taci as well ss ua name. Is Wkwal. Wheat it appears is just much a se- eessity to tne speculative requirements of the life. i as to the susienan- e of hu And tne extent lo which -povulatioa is indulged in by merchants in almost all lines of business was amp a demonstrated on Tuesday of ias? wek, wnrn the prices of May wheat in Chicago unexpectedly ilu^ked nji'ler. an.! sold down tu i>7i cents) a bushel, or witnm a cent ..r the lowest price reach*! a hort tun. since. Divers reasons were given f'..r tha decline and it wan -lear that -ryone was a bnll on | wheat, mora on a >unc ol extremely low | prices than anyt .ing .lae. Available eup- I plies siill i increase in pne of repeated asfcr'^mt to tne ."feet that far- i ...,-, , n t h r,...,,; N- %t e< would stop de- livering, that the Baku ports would cease \fj-if.iuf. .,! ne Indian thipments won! j tall elf. In 'a -e of all tnsse reasons, how- not a white mau was living t w. years ago. ! ev ' r - lor thl! decrease in s-ipplies.lhy keep on augment. 04. For instance, the exports mm in i. a last week increased from '.'411.. riVhir ''* in some place, during t,,e pas'. year, had been ihere since Nachtigal. in H71. I ""' 'bushels the week previous to74o,.> Perhaps Sarni. ha. been more noted m th., | The first European power .o reach Kuk. |"hels. an increase of half a million European influence has not pruet rated auy part ol the ceutrai Sou.ian. N > white man HI* togetiier. One fra'.ure is not prominent in too many barns : Cows in the stables more hours in ihe Winter, especially if the cow is in milk. Su -n an animal needs very little out-door n:c if the stable is light, warm, and with pure air. When the cow oomes to know that her stall is the most comfortable place in the \\ inter, content ment becomes her habit, and she desires very little cnange, and it will be a very pleasant day in.leed when allowed her way, she will uot very so >u return to her stall. It is Ihsee contented cows that give th. largest aiid most profitable messes of milk. sble in an unfavorable way. and such respect tl.an any other town. \\ unde-- abrupt change, should be avoided. In th I "i th ' tn classification of Sarn:a has statue, comfort ihouid be the object next to >> temporarily lowered until the town feed, and contentment is attained in having authorities succeed in stamping out this ihe cow associate comfort and food feeding ' foul crlm w e >* rn ' rom the * papers that th municipal council and Board of Trade of that place* are taking most energetic steps with that eud in view. The incendiary fires are as mysterious and inexplicable as anything of the kind. Most of them take place on a Saturday night or a >unday morning. The noted village of l.ucan is another place where incendiarism is rampant. It is sincerely to be hoped that the energetic measures now Well vs- Poorly Balanced Ration*- From a late bulletin of the Maryland Agricultural Station, on data u between a well-ballanced vr. a poor balanced ration, we give a summary of conclusions as follows . For fattening steers, a well balanced ration is very much more profitable than a poorly balanced one. Steers fed on a well balanced ration mads an average daily gain of 'J. 7"> pounds : those [iven a poorly balance*! ration, made an iv.rage dally 'gain of 1.70 pounds. The increased profits from this test show- ing a difference of $7.*5 per steer, were in favor of the well balanced ration. With a well balanced feed, ninety days is ample time in which to prepare an ani- mal for market. Where the more nitrogenous foods are used, it is believed nearly as good daily gains can be made by mixing the grain with cut corn fodder as though bay were used. being taken will soon put an end lo this specie* of vandalism." The editor of the New York Chronicle estimates the yearly Visni by fire to exceed the cost of all the Pn!>. ic Schools in the country. Xo doubt Such a this is equally true of Canada, ta'ementshoald real >v. the crim nil apa- thy of the public to this enormous waste of wealth going up in smoke week by week which every man i his brother's keeper in 10 far as lie is morally bound to conserve his neighbor's property and his own by neani of precautions against fire which ex- perience Has shown u> he n*--lf'ii. . >1 Mere- TkrSB. It is astonishing how ordinarily shrewd and intelligent persons allow themselves to be imposed upon by anything coming through the mails. Ii appears to be useless to tell a certain class of people that there is no legitimate method by whioh a fortune capital of ine 'inpire of Hirnu, western shore of Lake Tcn.ii. w to reap advanugts, and so the race gan near tne '""hels, and the visible supply in as likoly L'nited Slates and Cinada maile Almost simultaneously the ihree Govern- , 9oor now on Pg Europe menu put their .xped-tioos in motion. The , v lhle '"PP 1 ? wb * t on tn ' the made a further gain lat week of 1)94 IKK I bushels. The total amount of wheat and with the continent has increased tu about lliKsi.min bushels, against ln.>,i' ! liushels a year age. And yet, oaring to the abnormal depth to which pri .** nave .iropped, the crowd of *p*cu!ative operators are naturally on the ."ii: side waiting for the promised advance. British consular reports from ditfervot parts I of Russia <io not in any way .-o'ltirtn the | recent official estimate <>f i;..- -\ - - 1 .r linary abundance "f the spring whet- .-r >p in that country. Con.nl ;*nral \V...>.i>v>iie. at (Mesas, points out iha' th. u:i-'inrly ratiis Kngiisn, un-irr Macdonald, itarte<i from the lower Niirer ; the Fren ,h, under Mon- teil, from the upper Niger ; an.i < .ermany s two expeditions, at an interval of some months, started from the Cameroon.. In the language of the turf, the drraians were never in ihe race. Hoelile trine* brought their expeditions lo the tleepesl grief be- fore iheir journeys were a third completed. 'Ihe English got to Kaka first but :ic corda ; to \la.-J nald * own story, he met with a very cool reception. In 'act, the Emir vo.d him he wanted nothing of the * tn uweqnnt heat at harvest, sxcept to be let alone:and he advi.. riously atfecied both th-co or and natur e.i T.IS sooner ,/ within the confines of Bornu hu Highness wou'd not be answerable for the hardly compatible wi'a the abundance and year by yAr.' This is aphaw of life in | coose-iuencrs. NUcdonald still has a v*r. * Russian D spurn i- A;-..-ul poor opinion of Born.iese hospitality. ! tllre wo " 1 ' 1 * <" belisvs. \\ ith regard Somi months later. Monteil am red on ^" the luiv.rnment measures for assmung th. scene. According to his story, he was welcomed with open arm*. He says the British ma.i- the fata! mtsttke of trying to guest fi go about h busines*. the ' ' weight of the crops. It is. m ireov.r.Uy tne better, because if be lallied on ! tn " tlme w ;i known tha: much of this ihe way within the confinesof Bornu his year's wheat is of poor Duality, whi.-h may be realized m a day, one sys hs can do it for to regarded as a crank or a if any he should thief. This is aeeommg a serious matter, for there is an enormous amount of money lost every year by simple-minded men ami women, who allow themselves to be impose.! upon by The use of cut corn fodder, instead cf , n( j ei ,i out communications promising them hay in feeding cattle, may make the differ- ence of a profit instead of a loss. Fifty percent, more manure was made from the animals receiving the well bal- anced ration than from the poorly balanced one. those receiving The manure is also much richer in plant untold wealth, if they will only follow the writer's advtcs and carry out the very simple conditions imposed. And this is how it is effected. They receive a letter or circular announcing that the "subscribers " impress the people by a dazzling <iiplay of '* cases, gilt buttons, redcoats, an.i firearms. "He wjpiying that the Emir and the notables pledged to France tn-ir KTEKVtl However that may be. it is certain that Monteil prolonged bis sojourn at Kuk% for more month* tnan Mac.lonai.l did his for weeks. \a>\ ihe Emir finally sent him. under safe conduct, to Alceria, where .eived as a conquering nero. t" the <iovernmnt measures for Russian growers to hoi I their stocks. Mem to have had no b-uo(k-ial effect, and > II-.B taken a irttitag* of in only a owing to tie .iitfijul'.y of with the conditions under whicn th- a-Uin;a< ar< nttd*. Tie great majority of ths small urmers have in fact been iorceJ. to sell at t.i_- ruinoui prices current ilsvr Van la rielaad. A regular slave m i-t st-.l! exists in maay n was re- | eotaatas/ districts at Fiaia.nl. O.ice a year ! such panpars. aged people, an 1 lunatics Meanwhile France had started Mizon up as cnnl support theonelves are put up 10 the great B.-nue tributary of the Xiger to public auction and consigned to those peo- ple who will board them at the IKT.--- price o.Tered by the parish authorities. to a French protectorate over Adamawa. The helpless creatures are made to work The Knir Jen es it, and he probably speaks | as much as possible by the owners, who the truth, as ih<-r<! are various reasons f.-r have the right to chas'ise them, and who twlievmg that M. Mizon is gifted with a are usually most inhuman in their treat- vivid imagination. But another Frenchman ment of the wretched lunatics. Ths seed Maiiire. has made the most notable j folk are physically unable to perform much food. Practical Pointers- The rhubarb and asparagus beds should ; the plan in detail. There is be well mansured now, so that the fertility ' ance of frankness about the < can be sinking down to the roots as ths I meat which proves irresistible, snows of winter melt into the soil. Th. more generon. you are with the manuie the more profitable will you find these items of your garden. Fertility tends to make fertility. Good crops grown from the land, fed to good stock upon the land, and the by-products returned to the land with due care, will have discovered the method of making of ' rwnl ,. lU rneys in Africa by advancing . hard work. but. the lunatics, though money rapidly without incurring the snght- Qor[h f rom tne Congo into the southern tally deranged, are often bodily captMe of eat risk. To thosa wnoare interested they ; ^ Q J Bsghirmi and then west through undergoing a great deal of strain. Cinse- undertake to show their books and explain ^,f. m4W)k> revealing much new country, quenrlv ihe farmer snows little mercy to- and accompanied m the last stages of his ward then, hvrn-fws thm to hu plough i.v by hundred, of native riders. and thrashes them with his wh-.p as if they agreement between England and j were oxen, while the piteous appeals and s the result of give-and-takecom- driveling wandering* of the i.hots da thing is put in an appear tire state- The whole the nuwl plausible shape. The and those who are prsparin^ always fail to see the bait tnat neath. They never tjmk ot consulting a friend in the case, assuming thai they can see for themselves. and sendon their money. ^ .', i-ermanv is the result ot give-ana-taae "to bite" i p ri)mlie . t an d a considerable sop is thrown tend to soften the blows. "*' to France, which, however, has nothing to : - do wilh the great basin of Like Tchad, for a share of which she has been struggling. I'.y lha ireaiy of 1SS.'> between (.ensny The Blight of Cloud* Prof. Mnller, of Carlsruhe, has made which H is needless to say they never lay d >y nglan7'th'north'era~bcuiidar of the om interesting obssrvi'.iois on clou.U. eyes on again. In this way i'. happens lhat i( . jrman - ilomain WM to be a straight IIDS The highest cloud*. > reur o e , r , make hetter land, bigger crops, and enable | tne thrifty | and I hard working men or worn- Ci)nnMtl % c , ruin po m t , n her Cameroon. rata, re on an averse to* hht . Fhen on hae >. "turally desirous of increasing their rt , W nh Yola on the i enue River, nearly .M.'liX feet. T>ie mull clouds y the feeding of more stock. Then you 1 more manure again, and the samo ronn I goes on and grows more money as it does so. It is foolish business to plant seeds with- out testing their germinating power. It is so easily doas that there in > excuse for omitting it. 1'lace them between two cloths and keep them damp and in a warm room for a few days. Prooably more will germinate thus than in the earth, but if ninety par cent, prove good you may safely plant them. . Ule store, are mduc.1 to send th. greater it to sharpers, an 1 keep at from about 1 .-:..i'<i feet in height, while th lower cloud* reach has repented of her generosity. portion of it to sharpers, an 1 are alinoul f ""Yoia'is~th. centre of a large trade, and in height, while tb- lower clou.U reach -.o heartbroken when they discover lhat they . WMJW ^ ^ Germany has relinquished between 301 H) to 7'HMfeet. Tn-viamulus have ben so weak minded as to trust in . wno i. o j th. Yola district, au.l Englan.i clouds float with their lower surface ai a 'e they h.vl never known or seen. An- | . . , oowessiou of '.ne entire navigable height of from 40.'0 u> *JD feet, while part of theKenue. the onlv river in Africa , he.r summits rise to I6.00II feet. The top affords uninterrupted communication of the Alps are often hidden by clouds "f steamboat from ihe sa to the far the th-n! class but the bottom of clouas of Sh. now add* Bornu and the 'be second case and especially ot the ere of thunderclouds often enfold them. The having vcrti.-itl .iemensions of a clond observed by * - , sxcluvlvv luiiuwu^w. ..... .-..-. ^ by the manufacture of axle grease and had , assured hold upon Sokoto, the Pror. Moiler on the Netelburg were over beeu knighted by 'Her Majesty, the en , lr / WMWrn half of th. central <ou.lan 1 "(^t: he stepped out of is at a height the scheme takes the form of a representation that an im- mense sum of money is deposited in the Bank of England waiting for some one to tha by , * 3 inienor. *?! claim it. A certain ^ohn Smith, or Brown, che . t _ O j Adamawa lo i>er ph or Joaes, who had acquired a yast, forlune Mclu . lv VT nt l 11 nc e. In other words. 1 | Qwsen. in oonsequenc., has died intestate from tne X,ger River to Lakfl Tchad falls "f -1 "'e'ni highahove the mountain Decaying matter ot any sort, even piles of rotten wood about the pren-isen, i. a con- ^ ,., _-. - slant menace lo health and a breeding place u,{ th. " American heirs" of lhat parlicu- * he r U s hre*under' The 'new agreement. no-ued clouds of the middle class, while for inseots that will do damage lo your Jar name are requested to sail 1 theii- name* veils of mist lay on the ravine* an.i clefts. crop*. Do not think that because the enow to the Uw-firm of Grab-all aid i'o., who ( The estern pan of the ct-ntral ! MM Th- upper -louds were growing thicker. coven then, up that it prevents them fro.n are prepared to take cars of ineu interest*, including pan of Adamawa. tl i while the lower ones were dissolving, and it. doing barm. Hot all such things clearsxlap X K. A sum of J5B) must be sent as a guar- shore of Lake Telia.!, the large count before you consider yourself reaiy for win antee of good faith, which will be returned , Baglrrnii and Wadai, ana < ter. . in case the claim is not made good. The yand 10 '.he ea'lern limit < * I Kallo*. riaiiorM. There i, one thing that mas' be avoided ! money i. sent by several potj" r,t or Lake Tchag basin. A Montre ,, 4 , Mv$ _ A c , ln(U , 1JM1 in buying a run down farm. That is. the i cousins of ihe lamented deceased and that preserve 'ma: ir ag ess not to ^o MM , tn - e pl ..v-l ', : he \V,,rWs Fair e.Tort to make it y.eld goo-1 crop* at once, is the last of it. It seem., to be useless to of the >har, hssm .In , o.ber i ^ ,, , g ^ bee WM nta nom . an-l to improve m con luion while doing it, | warn. uch people as th-y evidently belong '",ntr, ,, n 'th- r-, r -r .u, WM:.:I, mft Chicago on Su-h a course will only makethe land poor- 1 to the great caravansary who take pleasure *fSl.^Ta/aaTsl i, - !'. .an Friday evening. H. l.:i thj tram at^ttle er. Be oonten. to do on. thing at a lime, , in being imposed Bp .m. , witttt^l m lat.'b:es,. ' C.k. Mich. . to g.-. some rv..re,hmnts,a < i and let the first be the buildme up of the j ssr>j m pi, , (examining her new Christmas soil. Then the good crops will com. in , j oll) _.. Buddy, how do you s'pose S.nla - iheir own good time. < cot ji -c..< just like mamma's wrap- When the boy is grown up and married to m a ke dollys dress T" Buddy "I and wanting a farm of his own. do uot send J^ , n >w, 'less maybe Mrs. Santa Vlaus him a thousand miles away to look for one. ,, remnants." to r:n ami now. the France is to enjoy a more ino..<.-.-. ~. . For % long time the .n'erpnsm* IV Awards walked out. to the end of i been piisiimg up th.- i;r, , - .latform. as oontemplative traveller. ^ of tho Congo and its northern i x>meliiiies ... He waa just at the u. planting a line of station, almost to the borders of Adamawa, and evoking energetic language from the Berlin preM, '! I I I l_ i_ II "**J tv**mmm Pl\TlIV\-\l. IHniTUtet*? I I Will Vll^ I" I ' rm W"w^ fake ihe measurement of the home place i i;eorile . }oknttoat ( Highgate, Ont,. was hj K h ,, ^ UM ,,i |,im of poaching upon the carefully and see if it is not large enough to fouml A<ftt{ in a d'tch Wednesday morning. HlnterK nd ot the Cameroons colony. Ac il i. not now it may be m.,l j , t iuppoM(l th .i he fell there while get- r dmg to th. map showing the English- reached wleelges ion of S3 by increasing the depth of the soil, man- ' llllgou { f ,he way of an approaching trim, R"";,*, ~ r "mioiu which ha", i-t. rea^- urmg more heavily, and giving twice as ^f ., ng iulo , lc ,.e.l. was strangled. h J? a(r .. ,;. rinMlv .nowW goo,! cultivation a. you could do if you keep j Wednesday wa , declarat ion day in Prince JJ^JS supremacy m ihe > the whole of if alone. I FCdward Island. There i. no material "*, , activity- " change in the figures, the parties standing twenty-thne lo two. In the plebiscite the vote in favour of piohibition was more than three to one. Fortunately not many farmers have suff- ered by tne present finacial depression to such an exten tthat they must sacrifice their farms. Yet there are occasional in- stances of this, and other causes contribute toward throwing a good many farms on the market. Our advice to young farmers, and to others who want to buy more land is to buy these now at the ruling prices, with- out fear. They are boun I to gro m value. activity on the whole, France appears to in greatlv outgeneraled. S'o mat- t arrangements Monteil may bave made with the Kmir of Bornu, it was dis- Miss Fowler, of Kingston. Ont., an old du(inct | T lU pulated in the treaty with lady of considerable means, died on Sunday. I (.-, n|< | nUi by which practically the whole Five y.ars ago, when asked for a subscrip- of lhe Sahara was assured to France, lhat tion for the Young Men's Christian Associa- | r - r a :|0e ' ( interests in ths neighborhood of tiou buildings, she donated $300 in gol.l, j^ks Tchad were to stop at Barrua. on the first subscription received in cash. 1M north-west coast. ^ oi tne tram, in security, as anyone would imagine, whan he was ordered to hold hishai.ds up by one man, while two cover* e ! him with revolvers. He con 1 1 only comply. They relieved him of $110, which he carried in an inner pocket, am! his gold watch. They even took i gold ring off hi tinker, and held him iintii ihe train waa moving olt, when th>yoi.lered him to get upon the platform of -he rear car.and covei - ed him until they made sure the train had carried him off. Th. men are doscribed as burly, smooth -shaven, an 1 desperate- look ing- characters. The preliminary arraugeirenle for the Queeu s visit to Florence are completed. After a stay of three or f..ur weeks she will proceed to Cobourg, where she will be the guest of the Daks and Duchess at th.