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AGRICULTURAL A Homemade Fruit Evaporator. The proceM of evaporation is the cheapest known method of preserving indefinitely, for futur* use or lor market, su<-h fruit as mpberrie*. blackberries, cherries, apricots, plums, or apple*; and in aettoa of plenty, it enables one to preserve in a condensed and rvadily available form, fruit iliat would otherwise he sold at a low p ice, or allowed to decay. S.ime excellent furms of evapor- ators aiv upon the mtrket, and may be ob- tained (eady to ael up for imaieJial* use. However, when several acres of berries are to be evaporated, or fruit it evaporated for other parties, it is bait to put up a building especially for the purpose, and to a person skillful with toolt :he expense need not be great. A convenient and cheap form of evaporator is shown in per- fection :n Fig. 1. Thit will evapora'.e one bun J red busliel* of raspberries every twenty-four hours. The l.uiMiug is right feet wide and twenty-two feet long. The ides and roof may b simply boarded up nd down, or finished a* elaborately as desired. If possible, locate the fr, lit drying house upon a tidehill, ami atone end of the build- ing lay dp a cellar wall nearly rive feet high, the w.dth of the building, and about four feel wide, inside diameter. At one end a apace is left for a door. Within three inches of tbe top of the foundation wall a stove- pipe 11 inserted. In the lame wall sections of five-inch pipe, a, are inserted to admit fresh air to t!.e furuace room, and if the air i* discharged oear the centre of the cellar, r immediately over the stove, so much the better, as it creates a better draught than when admitted along the side*. In con- structing an evaporator, a novice nearly always makes the mistake of allowing loo little ventilation about the furnace. If a proper amount of fresh air i* not a (milled the fruit it simply steamed and often ruin- ed by the cooking. Alwavtadmit the tre-h air from as near the ground as possible. The ventilators should be of ample dimensions, and il made with a forced draft, better and quicker ret'llte will be obtained. When the work :> rushing, all these little things are very important . Small fruit is bet evap- orated on (he samd day it is gathered. Hcii'--, whrn doing a commercial business, aim to nave tl.e frti.t delivered inly as fast a* the capacity of the evaporator will admit. For A liuil.itng of tni< size a common box l-ir>>ii stove, one foot square and two and a half feet lung will, with dry wood for fuel, furnish all the heit necewary, but it require! almost consUnt attention, and the heat will not be uniform. Hence, il po'i.h'e, put in one of the low-down, anthracite coal, basn burners. The legs in iy IMI removed ; the object being to have tbe store a* far below i he fruit shelves as noatible. One ton of hard coal will evaporate a sufficient cf fresh fur a pound of dried fruit. Risp rerry plan m. if properly attended, will yield five paying crop* before being removed. A yield of fix hucdred pound* per atre i* Husband and Wife. about '.he average crop. An active picker easily gathers one hundred quart* per rtay. Only a few men and womeu understand liy the use of an improved harvester one the complications of their own natures be man will gather! welve bushels per day, and, Jor e assuming th dutiet of married life. It by activa work, several bushels more. Machine-picked berries of course contain leaves, broken branches, and other litter, but are dried in thU condition, then run through a fanning mill, whi;li removes all the coarse and lighl rubbish, when wom- en and children will look them over at their own home, at the rate of tifty cents per linn- di ed pound*. The latter method of harvest- mi- is one-half cheaper than hand-pic'iiu^, and is becoming more popular each year. In the busiest season, put in the fresh ber- i ii-i at the top, moving dnwn a poiul or two would be (oily to try to convince thete skeptic*! crea'.ure* that the emotioni of be- trothal clayi cannot lal forever. They every hour, taking .nit the properly dried ones at the bottom ; they should be dried ji.tt to m.ich that in grasping a handful with considerable pressure they will fall th I"""" 1 hwt of a varying mood ; that If are so firmly convinced that the spinl of their dreams will remain unchanged, that the slightest deviation from th. rules thai were* religiously adhered lo during the sweet days of courtship brings on the most dis- iressing paroxysms of distrust, and for the time being they believe that happiness it at an end forever. If such people could be convinced that apart when laid upon a level surface, too dry they will' again abaorb moisture from the variable atmosphere. If allowed to become too dry, they are liable to damage from scorching, especially thote on the lower Iray. Dairy Granules. Cow* of different live weight* will yield milk and fat 11 -r unit of weighl in inverte proportion to their lize, the (mailer cows producing the largest quantities of [pro- duett per l.ii") pound* live weight. A large monopoly properly managed on belter afford lo sell new milk at four cents a quart, than Ihe hundreds of (mail dealer* crossing ea;h other's routes iao afford lo ell ilat six cent*. The most successful dairymen are most careful a* to the condition in which the young animal* are to be kept which are to be used in the dairy when they become old enough for being thus uted. Never use hot water upon milk pailt until they have lint lieen thoroughly rins- ed in cold water. Soap should never be used about any milk uteotil*. It it un- uecettary and enlirely oulof place. Always train milk through a fine wire ttrvncr and then through cloth. A single trial of the cloth strainer will convince any one thai it* use is imperatively necessary in order lo have all impurities removed. Four thicknesses ol butler cloth fastened to ihe under lide of the wire strainer by a tin ring which t'lp* over it holding it in place i* a very talitfaclory (trainer. When a manufacturer found tl.at tome competitor was reducing the coat of mak- ing an article, he never s'.o|>,e I investiga- ting until he found a new machine or a method ti at would enable him to meet the competing price. Th. average farmer does not do busines* that way. L<et me *ee, for example, that farmer* elsewhere are mak- ing butler cheaper than he cat make il. Doe* be al once start in to obtain better cow, cheaper food and more accurate too s ? No, as K rule ths. things musi 1m torcd UJKIII him. an 1 that is where one creat dirt- rein e between the farmer m.d tie manu- facturer itnei in. I'lll. I. RXTKKInR VIKW or F.VAI-nitATllR. quantity to make at least a ton of dried raspbrmet, ami if the wnod liai to be pur- chased, coal willoften be the least expensive. To utili/e all tlie heat (KMmble, let the pipe orcies and recrois the furnaco room several times. An interior view nf the evaporator is given in Kig. '-'. The evaporator chutes are buill iluectly over the furnace room, ml should I* of si/ corresponding to the sue of sieves or trays, the largest size of whi-h is fiv.ir frel si|uarr. When these are uniformly covered with a Imshel of berries each, it requires a considerable strength to hindle them quickly, as the li'.tle drop iluors should not renitin open longer than >i aliaolutely neccry, or too much lirat will escajw. 1 he drop 'i ours, are Hve inehes wid. and each space will admit two sieve*. The strip to which the doors are hinged being one and a half inches wide These dimension* .MM lie. changed to suit the fancy. For inslance. a door may cover the spc' for threo or fnur aieves, and be retiui" I by a catch untc i.l of wood- en button. Two chutes are shown in the kelch. Oden ihree aro erected side b; 1 aide ; the dimension of the size* should be determined upon before the building is commenced. The wire fur a lour- foot square sieve, if the be*t galvanUod irater- ial. lostsaoiut seventy-live cents, l! come* in rolls o/ diuVrent widlho. Where women are to handle the sieves, those three by four feet in tit) will provemost convenient, henoe make threo rows of chutes three feet wnl.i nd fnur te*t long. A long ho< about one foot deep will prove convenient to throw the evaporated fruit into direct (mm thi aieves. irom which it is readily -hoveled into lugs, boxei, or other r*)oepiacl*s. This "KEVEREND. lien Ike Title Wit* i i .1 I .. I by I i.;' J.I. ler). Th* till* wa* an honorary appellation given by common content to the clergy alout the middle of the teveuteenth cen- tury. In au Knglish parish register the minister is first styled "reverend" in lrt.*>7, occMionally afterward, but regularly after 17-7. The title wail hen claimed ai the exclusive tight of the established church, and il was made the subject of a curious .Ii-i imion in I'.ngland, the point being raised a* to the right of a dissenting mm isttr lo astume the title. The gentleman concerned was Kev. Heniy Keet. A daugh- ter of Mr. Keel died *nd wa* buried in thn grounds of the parish church at Ows- too Ferry. A slona wa-t erected over the grave, and an inscription was about to be placed upon It wherein the deceased was McrlbM as the daughter of Kev. H. Keet, Wesleyan minister. The rector objected to the use of the word reverend, anil refuting to allow the stone to be put ui>, an appeal lo the Courts followed, which was finally c*/ried to tne highssl trilmiml, and here all the decisions ol the l.'Wor ('juris winch had sustained th* action of the rector mint refusal to allow the erection of the stone containing I he objectii .nabln word were reversed. Tne Lord High Chan-i-llor said that, in the tudgmmit of the privy council, "rever- end' n no' title '>f honor or courtety, hut merely a laudatory epithet. H* *aid : " It has i.i-.-.i n I not lor a long true by the clergy of lh Church of Kngland. Il w.n used in ancient times by person* who ver* not clergymen at all. Ills uiei in common parlance of social usage by mini* ters of denominations separate fiom the Church of Kngland. It is, therefore, in- to treat it a* an exclusive pones- it it like the ocean with itt norms, its dead dims, its ebbing and flowing tides, they would realizn the importance of avoiding the trivial misunderstanding* which so often caute serious quarrelt and life-long es trangementi. Th. vowt which bind two people to- gether "a* long as they both shall live." are too often atiumed before the mind it *uth ciently disciplined lo cope with disappoint- ments. Both husband an 1 wife are exact- ing and at time putet on itubbornly hold fat to the error thatdettroyi their peace of in'.nd. They know thattometiiing is wrong, bui instead of taking reason for a guide, they rash r to folly a* a distraction, thu* bringing the deatl of domestic nappmess. K ir.y education ha* a powerful influence over men and women during the yean that follow tht breaking of t.es that bind them to lh home where father and mother rule for good or evil. A sensible mother will teach h.r children that the practical si lo of life is by far the most substantial and re- liable. Young men and women who have had this sort of training know intuitively that romantic demonilralion* of affection cannot last forever. A* Ihe year* go by they are happy, in- deed, for they realize .very day of their lives the priceless value of tne tweel peace and comfort that comet to the hutliana and wife who rest upon placid and enduring de- votion. Potatoes. If they are new, they are of court* beet p'.am boiled. If aomelhing a litlle better than best i* wanted, select tho*e that are mall, and after bo.hug roll them in a cream auce, and then in chopped parsley. Old potatoes are much improve! by cooking them in the same way. Soac them in ice- water after they are peeled and make into ball* with a vegetable cutter. Serve these with a boilel or bk*l fidi. Potatoes browned in the oven iu a cream sauce are excellent. With a broile 1 fiili. I or two very large potatoes make h .if a pint of aauce. Cut the pota'oei in dices and pul them la a butler- od baking dith with iuyer* of theur.c* S vter with tine ureadcrum! t and hro'wa. M ike the white sauce by blending a tabl* lioo.if :l of butter and Hour, a Id halt a pint of milk, stir until smooth, and season with alt and white pepper. Potato puff may I e enl io the table in the haking dish or baked in shell*. To make ihe puff lake iwo cupfu'* of mashed potato, either hot or cold put them in a saucepan, itdd the well beaten yolks of two eggs, three labletpooufula n cream and salt and pepper to taste Stii over the lite until smooth and well mixed take from the fire and add the white* o the egg* beaten to a froth. Fold them 11 lightU, put in a buttered baking dish or hells, and I rown. Duchesse I .oaves are simiUr lo thi potato puff. The potatoes are heated, mixei with the yolk of an eg^. seasoned with sal and pepper, shaped like croquelte*, brushed with the wh<te of an egg, and browned. Potato croquet Ir* involve more labor, and are made from mashed potato. To loo oupfuls add four tablespoonfuls of cream, the beaten yolk* of two egg*, a teatpoonful it on on juice, a tableipnonfu! of cnop|*d parit'.ey. itit toaite, and a dash of cay- enne. Heal tbe mixture and tir ii until I*, clings togelher in a ma**, shtpe, ami when cool enough lo handla roll in egg* ami fine dry bread crumh* and fry ir. very hot deep fat. Potato bouletle*, at present a fashionable 'orm of potatoes served with liahorwith chicken croquette*, are 1'ke the croquette* except lhal they are shaped like little balls. warm, add it and the yeast to th* baiter; llr well while adding ; then knead for fif- teen minute*. Lei rise over night. In lh m>rning mould into two loave*. Place in greased pan*. Lei rise until light, and bake one hour in a moderate < ven. Another way to make rye bread it to set a sponge for wheat bread, adding in the morning rye meal instead nf wheat floor. Lei it rise again. Mould into losves. Raise and bak* M above. Spinach Salad. Cook from half a peck to a peck of spinach in a (mall amount of boil.ng salted wator until tender, about thirty minutes being neceaury at thi* seas- on of the year. A small amount, of soda added will prevent il from losing its green color. Drain it thoroughly and chop fine- ly. Add two tftblenpoonful* of n,el'ed but- ter, with salt, pepper and lemon juice to tait*. Pack them into amall cup-shaped moulds, buttering them slightly first, and chiU. Serve on thin slice* of cold tongue, with a garnith of *at:ce tar tare on the top of each or of plain mayonnaise, and garnish also with parsley . The (auce tartare i* prepar- ed in tbe tame way a* a plain mayonnaise, substituting tarrigon vinegar for ihe lemon juice and vinegar generally used, and add- ng chopped caper*, pickle* and olives. An Old Straw Hat- If yo u have an old straw hat that you want to make do, take the trimming o!f he hat and -lu*t th* itraw perfectly. Take a half cup of clear cold coffee an i a clean >!ack ciolh and wath the straw rubbing it rigorously until it seem* to be prelty well wel through. Then Ky Ihe hat on a flat nrface with a dark cloth under it and another over the brim, and witn a moier- ately hot iron preti it till it i* dry. Fur h* crowu select a tin paa or bucket that u about the same size ai the crown, and >rett it over that. Tnen pat your wire tack in ihe edge of Ihe rim if it had one and liend ihe hat in Ihe shape that you di- ire to have it. You can change the th\pe entirely if you PURELY CAJADIAH NEWS, INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Fressi arlsw P*lsil4 tnm ike ilUnllr ! Ike rariflr. <ieorg Legz, a S-.rath.iHen boy, is miss- ing. The school bout* at P. useau it to be en- Uigeii. The dragoon bind of Winnipeg it to 6 disbanded. London will buy an Ohio (team roller at a cost of $3 The Colorado beetle is injuring poUtoe* about Winnipeg. London assessors are at work on next year's valuations. A raft of l.Vi.iXK) feet of logs hai been lost in Lake Winnipeg. Flowing well tests in Winnipeg are pro- gressing satisfactorily. The water in the St. Lawrence at Brock- ville is falling rapidly. Winnipeg is giving $15,000 at its indus- trial Fair thi* month. ( .real quantities of binder twine are daily being brought into Chatnam. The Masons of Wyoming have rejoive-1 to build a Masonic tempi* there. A fair looking hone was *old the ether day in St. Catharines for Js..>>. A bicycle relay road race is proposed be- tween Winnipeg and Miuned.it L. The health of the city of Winnipeg la- batter now than it ever has been. The t.entral Methodist church, St. Taon a*, is to be thoroughly renovated. The Diocesan Synod of Frrdericton, X. B.. will he held in Moncton next y*ar. The first barge of coal this ssnoo hi* arrived at Bro.-kvill* far the railways. Mrs. JonUhan Martin, an oM and we.Il- ike. If the crown i* too high, take out a 1 known resident of Woodstock, it devJ. lew rows of draw close to the brim, where the trimming will cover it. And if the crown is loo low for ihe present fashion, :>.it in a few rows of straw taken front mother hat, or a pieoof buckram : it will t>e covered by the trimming.. Then get some good shoe polish that is all the aver- ago puiish is good for and give th* hat threo coa's ol th* liquid blacking, waiting for ea -ii t-. dry. You will be astonished lo ee tr.it you* straw look* like new. This is a good way to freshen old hats during the summer : Brush and apply t .e polish with- out removing the trimming. SOME MAGIC CURE. "'in ii.. r.iiii.Mi Ird Umy reeple i . .1.. In I ..i in. r Ttemrv. The superstitious people of meJi vs'. times had some very odd remedies based upon superstition. Among other absurdities of ignorance, it wa* held that a chip from th. (allow* on which several persons had been hanged, worn in a bag around the neck, wa* a cure for ague. A halter by Four burglaries and rob >;nea were com- mitted one night last week in Chatham. The farmer* of Talbotville complain be- cause tr.eir roving cattle are impounds 1. Robert Coleman. a highly respected citi- zen of Seaforth, died su idenly hut week. St. I'eter'i church, Winnipeg, was opened Ust S in lay by the B.shop of Rupert'* Land. It >s reported that specimens of gild have been dug up from a farm in Cuatham Town- chip. John Hollingeworlh, of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, lluelph, died last Sat- urday. The S^niri ige Council has paue 1 a by- law to prevent luriout dnvinft on it* publio stree'.. Lewis Wigle, ex-M. P., of Leamingtoo, ha* twenty acres of tobacco pUni unler cu l:i\ ati.'ii. The World'* Fair Ks<(tiimaux passed through Winnipeg last week eo route to Labrador. Frank .1. Curran, son of the Solicit >r- which ome criminal had been hanged was ] n | . ha* been admitted to the bar of bound around the te'nples a* an infallible cure for headache. Tumore of ihe gland* were uid to be "driven away "by nine blows of a dead man's hand, while Ihe hand of a man who had been out down from the Callows was said to work similar wonder*. A ring made from a coffin wa* applied for the relief of cramp*, which were al*o aid to lie dispelled by a rusty sword hang Quebec province. Winnipeg's Board of Trade hss elected Boards of inspector* and a general gram committee for the yew. The 17th annual convention of the Ameri- can Flint (ilaa* Bl-iwert' A**ociation wa* in session at Montreal thn week. George T. McPherson, barrister-*! law. > Stratford, has bee,, reappo.nt.d a licen*. ,ng over Ih. p. 1.1,1 . hea.L If any on. had commlnoon tor Xorlh ^ the toothache, lie wat lolnvto go and drive *ea>Ding marjoram. and have an additional half Kaspoonful of sweet go nail* into an oak Iree, which, it it true, would not kill ;he pun, but was a ture preventive against a future attack. A stone with a hole in it, hung at the head of a bed, was ture to crre nightmare the cause of that evil being thought 'o be witchc*, who at on the patient'* chest : hence the pend- ant and stone wa* called * "hagstoue. The ' hagslone " wa* used generally a* a aafe- guard against all the ills which are ascribed to impish interference. k is sitruishmg to find many such old pnclices the relics of superstition and gnoranoe still kept up by people who ought to know better. It is, for instance, a cus- tom to this day for people of a certain class to steal meat frim the butcher, rub it on arts, and then bury il, the warts being expected to vanish as the process of decom- position sets in. Pricking a wart with a ;>'n till the blood CMII* and then throwing :he pin away wa* also said to drive wart* away, thn warl* living promptly tranferred to t:ie hand* of whoever picked up the pin. A potato carried in the pocket is still re- omm.nded for rheumatism, and hundreds <f like practices are in vogue at the present MI.. room should b well lighted, and rack* may lie place.) along the wall* (or holding pick- ing trays, baskets and olher thing* when not in use. In the greatest *vaportd-r upK.rn producing teclion of New York . . band picking cott* two centt per quart, requiring, on an average, nearly three quart* aion ot the Church of Kngland. With a Proviso. A certain judge who il Messed with a trem endou* head of hair, wnich is generally in a stale of wild disorder, wa* questioning a youthful witness, to make sure llial he comprehended the chaiacterand importance ol the oath he w about to lake. " Hoy," he said, with hi* severest and most magisterial manner, "do you feel ure thai you could identify me after six months? Now Iw caieful. Think beforeyou peak." " Weil, your honor," replied the boy, alter a prolonged survey of the judge's p ! Iy lignie and lunged feature*, " I anil *ure, I'lit T think I could if you wam'l to cjmb your lia.r '" Mr*. I 'anon "I hear it was a runawty inti.li.' Mrs. Vokes-"Y*a. The bride and her father caught up to him with a preacher when he was trying lo escape." You may do your figuring with uncle when you put up your watch for a loan, but when you com* to gel the limepiece back you'll find that it's a case of anle. I'.nggs -"While I was on Ihe piaz% with Miss Lingerly lasi night her little brother threw a firecracker right into her lap," liriggr "He wa* aiming at you, I tup- pot*. 1 Useful Recipes. A pr.ity way to serve cake for luncheon or tea, is to cut in even slices, two or three different kinds, and tie together with baby ribbon. Salted Almonds. Blanch them, then brown the n in a little salted butter over a low fire, shaking the pan constantly ; then dry them in a quick oven. Salted ground peas are prepaied in the lame way. Oxtail Soup. Have one oxtail separated t thd joint* and dredge with flour. Fry out the fat from a dice of bacon in a pun remove the bacon, add th. tail joint* well dredged with flour and brown them slightly. Then turn them into a soup kettle : add one sltoiti onion, three or four clove's, three pint! of cold water and Dimmer for two hours. Take it from the tire, let it stand ti'l it i-rv.ilK slightly and tl.e fat rites to the top. Skim urt as much as you like. In the meantime, have one small carmt and two potatoes cut into circles and part o I". I : dram, turn them into the soup and let it simmer fifteen minutes longer. Then add on- cup of bouillon, nne tcaspoonful of salt u-i I .me .['. irter ir*sp lonful of pepper. Kye Hrea.l Slit two anil halt cuv> of i \ " il i.ir, add one ta*poonful of salt. Put into the flour one large tablespoon ful of shortening. Distolve a small teasnooniul of soda i-i lukewarm water, and add ont- half cup of molasses. Mix this with the Hour. Scald one pint ol milk, dissolve one- half a yeast cake in half a cup of lukewarm water, and, wlien th* milk is agtiu luk- Making Paper Horseshoes. When paper horseshoe* were first intro- duced into the cavalry service of the German army a tew year* ago they exited a good deal of interest. Several cavalry horse* were first shod with ihe paper shoe* and th* effect observed. 1 1 was found that not only did the lightness and elasticity of th* shoe help the horse on the march, making it possible for him to travel falter and far- ther without fatigue than hones shod wrh iron, but that the paper shoe had the pro. prrty of bein^ unaffected by water and other liquid*. These new ilieet* of paper are pressed cloiely together, on. above the other, and rendered impervious to the moisture by th* application of oil of tur- pentine. The sheets are glued together by a son of paite compoeed of turpentine, whiting, gutn ml limned oil, and th*u "tibmitted to a powerful hydraulic pressure. I'lpi'i- horseshoes art aleo made by grind- ing up the paper into a majs, combining it with turpentine, sand, gum, lilhirge and certain other tuhstkncea, pre<vi\g it and nfterward drying it. But these thai><i are leti lough >! I elastic t'mn th.>" r.i\.le of thin sheet! of papsr laid on. upon an >'h-r. Thee shoes are fattened to trie horse's feet either by means of nail* or with a kni-l of glue made nf c >\1 'ar an 1 cto'i-.cn M'i'her " Why do you slay at home all e time? Have you no fnecds to visit?" l.aur t " Yet, one, but I cannot endure her. Il 11 supposed that th* fashion airo-i.- women of re i irig th* final pag*s of a n > . -i first s due to tr.e:r pr.dilec'.ioj for the Uit . r :. The St. Thomas street railway n uidr tei/ur* by the sheriff on an execution for *!* u due it* manager AS salary. Tn* body of John Haw, jr., who wa* drowned in Lake Ni(i**tDg la*t fall by the Kraier ditatter, was recently found. r' nu ^ration to Canada through Bri:t*h portt declined i> pe. cent, during June, a* compared with th* tame month last year. The Brantford Cardag* Company will resume operations, tne Council hav.ng reduced their aiieitm-nc from jr.' vxN) $',000. An old Indian named McnoquoUitabbed himself to death Weduet.lay night 01. Wai- pole Itlaud. He was tired oi \.\:af on charity. Hrockville Bicycle Club ha* a Camming and a C>oiui{ on it* list of membership, and i* prepared to race both way* with any club in existence. By a violent hailstorm which pissed over the southern part of McGillivray the Pres- byterian Church at Ailsa Craig wa* com- pletely i haltered. Kincardine elector* have voted in favor of by-law* providing for th* purchase of the water- work* system and of a municipal electric light plant. In a recent family re-union of the off- spring of the lau Gtortre Hallard, at Hawkesville, there were SO present who count as descendants. Under the contract system now in force in Lindsay the construction of udewalk* shows a saving of over fifty per vent a* compared with former yar*. Acomrer's jury findi that Kerry llalla- gh*r, of Chatham, was accidentally drown- ed, and call* uuoa the corporation to pro- vide public swimming place*. At the recent firemen's tournament in <-uelph the Wingham brigade won first and second prizts, and alto the pri/e for being the " best-look log " company. Th. remain* of Jessie Van Z&ndt, who was drowned in Mount I lemens, Mich. under suspicious circumstances, were buried I her home in Rodney last week. The city grocers, butcher* and dry goods men of Winnipeg are uniting to give their employes every Thursday afternoon during July and August as s half holiday. The exhibits of grains from Manitoba and the North-west Territories at San Francisco m:d winter fkir, have received lh<> gold medal bwmg the finest samples on exhibition. 1; is stated that the Dominion Line ha* ordered the construction of a r.e w*teamer foe tr.e Montreal and Liverpool service. The com i act calls for a speed of seventeen knot. Mrs. W. M. Nichols, widow of Sohol la spector Nichols, who iosl hi* life on th ('.air River by being ruu down by the ateamer Arundel. hai sued the owner* ot the boat fur $10,000 damage*.