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AGTM(mTURAL Dairy Gosslp- A uut i es.iia Jaat write* As in usual at this season W the year, there are many farm* which ao not afford sufficient water for the stock. I have known or mTar>oe* where cattl* and sheep have been shut up ia field* for a number of day* without a drop of water to quench tbeir thirst aad perhapa not a single (had* tree to afford protection from the scorching ray* of a mi i summer ma. To permit stock to suffer from thirst is sorely dragging down the luile prospect for profit that may exist, aad it i* poor eoonom y not to provide against such emergency when an abundance of the bast water can be secured by driving to the depth of tweaty to thirty feet. Serioo* as nay be the result of forcing other animal* to go without water, th* e! feet is more easily detected upon the milch cows, aad every possible provision should be mad* to furnish them with an abundance of pare water, where they may drink at their pleasure. Sometime* it may be in convenient to have every Held upon the farm wall watered, but when this i* the case the pastures may be so arranged a* to permit the cow* to go to th* barn or into an adjoining field for water. WLaa w* re- member that so large a percent of milk is water, the necessity cf a water supply clearly appear*. While other farm animal* may be per muted to drink from a pond or pool, milch cow* should not be permitted to drink such Water at alL If one doe* not enjoy the luxury of good spring* or running brook* he ought inrely to secun a good well i' this i* possible ; aad if a well is out of the question, as it Is in some localities, then provide a cistern of luch capacity that it my never fail to moet all demands made upon it. Forstock purposes I prefer a well to a cistern, belt ever o good, bat when the cistern is of such capacity a* to provide a summer's supply of winter rain*, aad not permuting summer rains t) enter the cit- tern, aad when all i* thoroughly filtered, the water U of good quality, though stock usually prefer well or spring water. In driving a well do not stop until a good supply of water is assured, and in building a cistern do not (top short of on* hundred barrel*' capacity: while much larger would be oeoeasary in many cases, and then drain as much roof as possible into it. While the shade tree* an out of fashion in many of the grain farming districts, and w* hoar farmrn argue that no tree* should be permitted to remain in the fields, 1 coaiaa* friendship for the shad* tree* and prove* about th* farm, and especially in the fields that are to be pastured occasion- ally. If on* practice* the soiling system and *table* hi* stock continuously, he may dispense with all tree*, but it i* usually at the expense of the beauty of the laadacap*. and that in itself is ao small item. Then again, to stable stock at all seasons i* so much like imprisonment that I have never fallen in love with the sjstem as yet Our pasture fields have a few shads tree* and aboat the spring*, to which th* cow* have access, an clumps of trees which not only afford shade to the animals but pro- tect the watering troughs from the sun's rays as well. Cool ana inviting as these shaded retreat* are, the cow* appreciate th* covend bsrnyard still more, for in its coolness and darkoee* (we keep blind* on th* window* during th* fly season) they njoy freedom from flies, and they have learned to seek admittance hy noon unless th* day is cloudy. Hen they may reit at their ease, with well water before them and the salt box within reach. Some knowing ones laughed when w* erected the barnyard in connection with the addition to the barn, saying it would not only be unprofitable, but al- together undesirable. However undesir able it may b* to such. I believe the sat- isfaction of knowing thi animals enjoy it* benefit* is sufficient pay for it* cost, but that the flow of milk i* better maintained when the cow* are not subjected to the torment ot the fliee i* a fixed fact, and for thi* reason it pay* well on the invest- it. tiee of grain should , if be desires to keep the ssed pore, take pains and thoroughly weep the floor when changing from oaa variety to snathsr If oaa has been esnaid- erau, the ripest and beet d*vetepJ por- tions of the grata was so placed in s certain part of th* building, or sa located by placing a little hay ot other fodder between it aad th* main crop, that th* pitcher* could distinguish it aad inform th* oaa who carries it away that it may be deposited separately and used for ssod . The great prevalence of foul stuff should cause the careful farmer to use extra precaution in having the thresh um apparatus thorough- ly cleaned before c-uning upon the premise* af:tr having threshed grain for a neighbor whoa* grain i* known to contain foul weed*. This is on* source of danger that bat few ol even the careful fanners have ever seri- ously considered. It i* an important one, as th* machine will have lodged aboat it* various parts many weed seeds that are liable lo become dislodged at any moment when in operation. Threshing machine* ar* a great source of danger in the diswm- mation of weed Moil, hence it i* well to be OP the guard and savs futun expense and trouble. CRUISERS IN BEHRING SEA. Ta* False* Mai** av.is. to Talnk That la* Palrel aer*s*e Is ***T Kxoentve The preservation of the far seal is a duty to which th* United State* long ago felt itself specially called, aad since the enact- ment of the Pan* Tribunal'* regulations it has been s* diligent in that duty s* if the reepon*ibiluy for it wen still undivided. When the spring season opened, nine United State* gunboat* followed the sealing Boot into Boh ring Sea, and watched t thereuntil th* last day* of April Whoa the close seeeon ended on the last day of July these nine cm leers were again on the spot. One lonely cruiser represented aad supported the majesty of British law. The nine American veassls probably deterred poachers, bat they only captured two. These two were froaa Victoria, in British Columbia, and both have been judged guilt- lees of any breach of the law. The United States begins to fsel that the welfare of the seal BigDt be equally cared for by a smaller poll?* force, and talk* of calling in torn* of it* cruisers. The patrol service comes high. YOUNG FOLKS. "PANSY." *r nu.a Bamem U'c. They calhwi her "Pansy, thoo* stern old wamora who had charged down upon the long, troac heron* lance* of the warrior* of Scinde, endured the dreary Krnggl* of the Crimea and hewn their way to the gate* of Lucknow, beneatn the burning sun of India. She wa* too frail and delicate a flower to be compared to the glory of England 1 * flora] emblem, the blusn red rose. The pansy with it* swe*t,modeet unt* aad frail, tender petal*, i* far more typical of that gentle, truthful life. The day wa* a bleated one to many of u* on which that iittl* bloeeom wa* waited from paradine along the highway* of the cloud* till in it*) descent to this inclement world it rested in the domestic garden of our brave, gruff, eld senior major. Bat a year before h had brought from her native oil of Jamaica a bail, beautiful flower that, longing for the sunny skies aad gentle breeze* of her occidental home, no sooner bore this bioeeom loan she faded away and died. Little Pansy then truly became a part of "our*." When the bogle would summon a* to morning parade she might be seen cours- ing toward oa, accompanied by her uuep- arabl* four-footed friend, "Bob, ' the dog of the regiment. Poor old Joan ! "Pope Joan," a* we called her. How she loved our little one. The poor thing'* mind had long departed and she ueed to wander through the bar- racks seeking "John," whoa* body wa* moldering in the du* far away beneath the palm tree* that (haded old Delhi'* somber gate*. But a touch on the hand from our little ene, a chirp of her childish treble voice, would cause ihe lack-luster eye to brighten and the wan, wrinkled face to light up with a joyoua smile. To me, the _ baby of the regiment, fresh from Sandhurst, with the responsibility ot but eighteen yean upon my shoulders. Pansy wa* particularly attached, often thi rod line, tippo-i with steel" broken. On the laar occasion the sable warrior who wae leading en hi* exultant followers dsah ed right toward where the eoiore were frouned, A handful of hon* dnahod for- ward bu etay hn program and give atr broken infantry an opportunity to reform. My horse, which wa* on the left Hank of the trooper*, fell, pierced in the breast by a well-aimed speer, and in falling onuhed my left leg beneath him, rendering rot seessl.ee for the time. They say that -tie nrat word I utiered on waking in the hospital tent was, " Pansy ' Anyhow the tear* were conning down toe face of oar surgeon, and, dear and kind friend of mine a* he wa*. 1 do not believe that the mere fact of my military career being forever termiratod by my injuries, ctuaed the emotion that 1 knew the name of Fancy would arona. No, little Pansy : 1 did not keep my lry*U ?ot from the burning sou of Africa, bat rather, perchance, from the border* of America's great inland tea shall 1 Mart in queet ef thy smile. Bat time file* on rapid jinions, and we long over the plain* of Par*die shall we romp a* of yore in that fair country where the little one shall feel naught of childhood's eorrows. and "ihe lame man snail leap a* a hart." cooling some J40.0UU s year. The ve* sols engaged in it ar* frequently wanted | '> llltl wh * <k. l off la on other duties, as Code 8am ha* no brilluntndbow, witnherblneeyeelitupwuh superfluous craft in his navy. When he wanted to make a big show among th* maritime squadron* despatched by the European power* to the East, ho had to call on s-.-me of th* vessels which had replaced the cruisers sent to Behring Sea. Th* vessel* thete aad those in t'onen waters left few I'nited State* warship* any when) else. Aad while the I'mled State* has thsss reasons, and also th* example of Croat Britain, for economizing it* force in the sealing waters, it may also be persuaded that th* damage hazard i* lea* when the police are fewer. If there had bean seven crmeen this sssaoa iastead ot nine, it ie likely that two Mis- takes that were mads woald not have been made. The Wanderer and the Favorite, Canadian sealing vesssls. would perhaps not have been erroneously seized. The owaen of theee vesasls wiU hardly fail to pat in their bill of losses, and ask I'hcle Sam to balance the same by hi* cheque. If *o. that item must in furnee* bo added to the cost of the Behrtng Sea squadron. Dairy Points. Perhaps you have your dairy up to a rertain standard of excellence, but how an you to keep it there ? Some of the cows will *oon begin to get old. Then they must go to the butcher. Bettor be railing and training some good heifen whoee breed ing you know, to take their place*. Do not wait until you have to us* them, and then boy when it come* handy. Soleot a bull from a good dairy family, and then breed the very beet of your cow*, feed the resulting youngsters well, and train them so that they can be easily hand led when you are ready to pat them in the dairy. Thi* feeding and training i* a neceeeary supolement to the breeding, in order to male a perfect dairy animal. 1H iry men should wake up to the fact that it i* quite as easy, at a well-managed creamery, to make goou butter in winter as well as in summer. When they rvalue tnis we hall not see so many idle estab- lishment* juit at the time when they should be running at their fullest capacity. Threshing* Grain. The modern tr-reahing outfit leave* noth ing to be desired, bat there are a few use ful hint* which may be of assistance to some fsrniers. Sufficient help should be employed that the grain may be delivered to the ma chine in a steady stream aad in ample quan titiee. It i* a fact that in every section are farmer* who are noted for boing ihor of help at threshing time. The men ar' cooM<(aently overworked. The threehen are diaaatitfied because they cannot make the usual progress, and a lourne** pn vail* oa all sides, beoauee one man desire to eooaomite to the extent of two or three dollar*. The fact is that he loot* many Um that sum, for men thai imposed upon will chirk their duly in more way* thao one. The farmer who raise* several varie A2E WE DEGENERATING? The British wrtllral Jearwal Thinks Thai If Enreo+an* arr Mml*iUhl*i la sal Power, They arr ! BHnlil-klac la H.-BMI Artl Mr- More than on* recent writer U endea- voring to prove that the people of Europe are degenerating mentally, morally and >hy*ically. Such views have been main- tained by some of each generation of our or r fathers since the time of Homer. Whether we are losing the delicacy of our uerary aad artistic taitee is too uncertain an enquiry, and if Kuropeans are diminishi- ng in mental power ttuv are certainly not diminishing in mental activity. The patience with which our studious youth submit* to the often unreasonable exaction* of exurinen is a proof that at least they are willing and sometimes eager to labor under very heavy load*. Bat, leaving such difficult enquiries, let us rather take the data which the more exact obser- vations of biological science have given us. Though the evidence is no doubt conflicting, the preeumplion that we are, OB the whole, not degenerating seems to be strong. The working claaees receive in the amount and purchasing power of their wage* twice a* much as they did fifty year* ago ; their food i* better and their houses healthier. In point of food, sanitation ami mean* of changing air and ecene it may be safely aid that every claasnow live* under better itary conditions than it did at the be- ginning of this century. Preventible diseases have much diminished ; some, like ourvy anil small pox, have well-nigh disap- peared ; other* are milder in their attack*. The registrar-general's report* also show a decrease in deaths from pn thins and scro- fula. Studio* in anthropology do not con- firm the legend* of giants in ancient time*. It ha* been inferred from the sue ot old srniour that the men of to-day are bigger than their ancestor*. Kroca maintained from accurate observation*, that the Pan sians of the preeent time have larger skull* than thoee of the middle ages, bat some of the ckeleton* of primeval man, especially thoee found in the south of Francs, have larger and well formed crania. IVntnts generally hold that the teeth are now more prone to decay than formerly ; but this may be owing to come changed in the nature of food, net entailing degeneration in other re* pec t*. ha* A Boy's Paradise. Sammy Suburb " Whoop ! Pop brought a new boa** oo the Muff." Neighbor'* Boy " Nice place T" Sammy 'Mus' jolly. The lawn i* *o steep tnat all I'll have to do will be to ivart the lawa mower at the top and rid* down childhood'* joyous laughter, and her golden hair rtrtiaming behind her, sne would shout in glee from her seat on my shoulder a* 1 raced from the officers' qnarten to the roes* room, then around by tus row of old oak tree* skirting the nver, and then on to the burnt, level parade ground. "On:" she would say, "yon are *o good to me. Papa i* so good tome! <<od is so good to mo! Thank you, (tod: tnank you, oh, so much." Ah, it is some consol- ation to remember thoee grateful childish expressions now. But a cloud fell upon us one day. We wen seated at evening men*. The chair of the senior major wa* vacant, also of the surgeon. Later oa the surgeon appeared. A cloud wa* on hi* brow and hi* voice wa* broken a* he (aid : "Pansy i* stricken wi:h brain fever All her gloriou* locks have had to 'e sacrificed to its pestilential sway." The evening meal was finished in silence. No laughing joke, no flash ot wit, no inter- esting reminiscences of hot days gone by that usually lit up the conversation around the hospitable table ot the officers' owe*. Bat 3 year* old ! Poor little Pansy ! And already in the toils of such suffering. On the parade ground the next morning it seemed a* if we were gathered for a funeral. The sharp, eagle eye that wa* wont to discern the unpolished button, rusty musket barrel, or sword bayonet of some luckleee recruit wa* dim that morning. Any faux pa* in drem wa* passed by unnotic- ed. Silence and gloom pervaded the barra -k yard tnat day and the next. On the third the blow had fallen. In the early morning, a* the ruing sun lit up th- heavens wun it* golden ray*, tl.e we*, gentle, trustful pint bad plumed it* wing* for Bight, sod wa* nating on the bosom of the frail plant that gave it biith. Shall I ever forget that funeral procession at it wound it* way amongst the yew* and willow* of beautiful Kensal <!reen on that lovely May morning ' The whole regiment wa* present, and tenrs Mowed down hard and rugged feature* to which such emotion* wen new. A* the earth fell upon the httl casket, a cracked, wistful voice roa* oa the (till spring air. "Ob, Mia* Pansy, Mi** Pansy ! Tell John I have boon waiting for him so long, Oh ! to long . " Poor Joan ! She, too, had accompanied u* ; she, too, bewailed the loss of our much loved darling. Had we seen the last of our little Pansy' So we all thought then. But since 1 have though l other wise. Who dare* to lay what mysteriee connect the spirit world wun our own * One year from the date of that funeral I lay in my tent under the midnight sky of Africa. Defeat had fallen on the British arm* in an encounter with the athletic, able warrior* of X.ululand. Now they were gathered around I'lundi to ad-nin>s tor, if possible, a last crushing blow to Lord Chelmstord's battalion* ano to drive the "bnckramen" from the land. I wa* half dozing, occasionally opening my eye* to gaze on th. camp fire some yards from my tont. In the distance rang the occasional challenge of the sentry and ever and anon a mounted meaaenger daahed by. Suddealy the interior of the teat wa* lighted by a light that wa* caused neither by the reflection of the camp tire nor by the twinkling of the dripping London rail- way lamp hanging on my tent pole. Ye* '. there in the ra.iiance, standing by th* tent door, was little Pausy, with her laughing mile, her bright blue eye*, her golden hail , aad her white muvlin frock, fastened by it* scarlet bow. There, a* I had last seen her ia life, the chubby hand* were outetntched tome. She coyly beckoned witn the art- lee* grace of childhood. Oace ! twice ! thrice ! Than the light faded. The figure seemed to melt into mill before my eye* and sn* wa* (one. Th* aex t morning th* tamooa hoi lo w *q uare of Katland wa* beset on all aide* by the dusky horde* of Afr ca, Twi.- was their IT IS THE CAT. (seal **llene i ie br lasaea-Tao Kxprr- '' ef astea Wna laacrweat the PaaHhmeal. ^ loltnt .-rimes aad th*ir pun.shment- have occupied a large share of public at tent ion in London. England, recently. At the same hour on Thursday afternoon, when the zreat diamond robbery .was taking place at Hatton Garden. a judge at the Old Bailey was sentencing four of th* greatest raffias* in London to long term* of penal servitude, coupled with liberal doss* of the cat. These rascal* have been leaden of s gang won* than any that ev*r mfes'ad New York. They made the Seven Dials district and Drory lane the most dangerous spot in London. For many month* they nad defied the police, and it wa* only after a desperate fight, following a high way robbery in broad daylight, that they were capiared. The judge announced hi* intention to make exemplary useot th* cat, which pat a slop to garrotting in London several yean ago. The leader wa* sen tono. ed to twenty-tour stroke*, and the others to a domen nch, besides hard labor for from sight to fourteen yean. The prisoners did not seem to mind the imprison- ment, but the sentence of the cat tcr ritied them. Their bravado disappear ed, and they whimpered and cr-.t-d like ihe cowards they an. The cat u falling somewhat in disuse of lal* m England, and th* severe sentences are provoking considerable d:jcu*sion. Most of th* comment :s strongly in favor of a drastic use of this mode of punishment. The Pall Mall liazelte even prints a dei'enc* of the cat from one of it* vic'.ima, yet he describee hi* experience :n the following strong language: "I cannot e< press tne agony i suffered, for it is indescribable. I thought after receiving three or four cuts that I most have died, and begged them if they were men to kill me outright. As strokes followed each other in what ap- peared to me fearfully quick succe*aioa* I area ROUID THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS GOING ON IN THI FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. 14 as* Hew Wart* Bvwats or lateral fmmlmft f Mrrral Brrlio i having it* doon numbered with luminous numbers visible at night. It is) rumored Germaay will celoarale the rictory at Sedan for the last um th is year. Dnukard* m tha Argentine Republic are sentenced to sweep the streets for eig ht part* of Dublin than noues for every twenty-Bv* da vs. la public boon for every twenty-five ether boa A new and raiuable method W coating a.ummum with other "r'^lt has bom per fected 10 Germany. Only citizens who are able to read Mid wnte have ibo powtr to vote in Bolivia aa i soveral athw South American republics. Tolstoi declares in a recently pwblisheJ pamphlet that what is called patriotism in our urn* is purely a diepeeituei of mod. A great bridge over la* ,>ine bearing theatre* and kouse* will be one of the chief attraction* of the Paris eipooition in 1MU. Total abstinence in the Btitmh army :n India is on theadvanca, the amber of ab- taioen having nearly doubled in few yean. At the caitl* of Simoaetta, in Italy, there la claimed to be angle in the building which re-echoes a pistol thot euty one timer. Tbe experiment* of flax (rowing for wed) and liber in South Australia hen pro red eminently tauefactory, far impeding ex- pectation*. A Inag-distaao* telephone line between! Madrid and Barcelona, a dutance of five) hundred mile*, will be completed in two or three nsoath*. Dr. Wishart, of the Presbyterian minion in Persia, ha* been invited to vuit the palacv of the Shah and to attend hie wire* in their sicknee*. A grand nephew of Robeepiert e ha* beea di*covered in Pan* in the peroon at Maximi- lian do Robespiern, a worthy, law-abiding Uie manufactarer. The alab tht i* to cover the (rave of Robert Browning in Weatminotar Abbey ie alnv-et completed and will be emit ehortly to Knglaad from Vanica. Tne Marquis of Lorn* i* a sympathizer witn strike* where the men have a rsesn* able complaint. He ha* often been: known to contribute hi* mite to a (triko fond. A winter palace ha* just been added to be attraction* of the Jardiad Accliasatauon Paria. The mam bail-ling ~^niirr a argc coacert hall that will accommodate 300 persons. In -he India Office Library i* the largest ollection of pruned Sanscrit beok* la the world, larger than the creamed my breath I yelled, I coned, ao far u would allow, and, arter the tiftenlh *trok*. I wa* released, a* my criee overcame thoee who wei preeeot completely. Then eome myitenou* mix- ture ol briny nature wa* rubbed on iry back to heal the cut*, which had (ton* into the rieah in rive or ix place*. The pain wa* fearful that night and ihe next day, the smarting continued :n a gradually reduced form for a week. Dur-ng tne operation I bit my Up through. *o tierce wae ray agony, that the mark i* observable to tbi* day." The cat mod in Engli*h gaol* i* a rod two fee' long, having nine whipcord laahe* with a few knot* in each. TLe prisoner i feet and han.l* are lied to a frame. Many men are unable to survive twenty-four itroke* at once, *o the chief ruffian (eaten cod on Thursday will probably take hi* puniahmenl in two dote* It i* believed that theee men. who hall killed old Speyer and despoiled him ol $1~>,000 worth of diamond* on the afternoon, are the aame men who. by similar plot, robbed a postman of hi* ba| of registered letter* in the aame neighbor hood two or three years ago. They hired a room next to the poet-office, so that the po*tnu came with a full bag. When he called they seized him, and after a violent struggle chloroformed him. Haitnn < -arden i* in the contra of the London diamond trade, and the rascal* who opened the office pietended to be in the same Dusinees. When Speyer called they treated him in the aame way a* the peatman, but the police are doubtful if they used chloroform. The men are foreigner* in appearance, but there i* no other clue. Mortality of French Soldiers. A* a corrective to the Napoleon worsbi| that has sprung up so unexpectedly under the Third Republic, M. Vartmien, Archi vist at the Ministry of War, publishes an ac count of the terrible losses among the otri cen of the Knnch Army in Napoleon i great battles. The moet dastruotive was the battle of Leipzic. where .V*7 r'rench officers wer* killed and I."*'? wounded. Nex comes Moskowa, with 4V"> officers killei and 1 , JIM) wounded. and afterwards Wagram with 41. > killed and 1 .-'44 wounded. Kylau come* fourth, and Waterloo only fifth. Is the last-named battle 'MS officers were kill ed on the Knnch side and t'l wounded At AusterliU, which comes sixth, the numbers wen far less, being ION and 48 ipectively. The total loss in officers ii those six battles, was -.',11911 killed and r>. 1 v >unded. In a space of ten yean, accord K to official accounts, no fewer than 10, 435 otticen were killed. A Helpful Relative. Mrs. Yonngman. " I with I knew som way to prevent the baby from sacking his thumb. Bachelor facie" Ham ! Let ma Then ought to be some way. Why, yee I've thought of a plaa already . " " Oh. thank yon ever so much. Wh hall 1 do ?' haw*" one in th* Briti*h many early and um, and comprising rare editions. Fran uville, one of the island* ef the <*w Hebrides, is the smallest republic if ie world. The inhabitants consist on >rt> Kiiropeans aad 5UO black workmen mployed by a French company. U\ s-ial Baiaiae'eson ha* lately return I fioat Mexico, where he tried in vain o obtain the restitution of hi* mother'* roprrty, confiscated by the Mexican tlov- rnrtient. The family is now in abject povetty. Lady Margent droevenor, who ha* Decome engaged to the young Prince of >ck Brother of the Uucneas of York), is Daughter of the Duke of \\ eetmiaeter, whoee income u claimed to exceed I6,OU a day. The grape and wine industry in Hungary s lurtenug greatly from phylloxera and biack rot. The vintage has steadily tie reaavd. year by year, that of last year teing only three -eight*) of the annual aver- age of fifteen year* ago. M. Bartbelemy Saint Hilaira, the dia tinguished French statesman of a bygone lay, who is in marvellous menial and physical health at tne age of JW yean, says "If you want to live to bo old work always and diligently. " Tbe publisher Hememaan has asked for subscriptions to a fund for the support of the late Major I-e Caron's family. The jroriu from Le Caron'* book concerning us work a* a government spy were email. and hi* widow is in want. Or. Edward Kmereon, a son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is to give two lee tare* oo the last two Saturdaya of the month IB Mr. Moncure D. Coo way's South Place Chapel. London, on Thoreau'* life and work, and on Kmersoo UtMr* te Ster- ling. Sultan Abdul A/.iz, the new young Sultan of Morocco, doe* nothing without coaeuh ing hi* mother, who is a woman ol tact aad talent. After the diaoovery of the recent conspiracy at Fex she peraaadod him to spare the live* of the culprit* of lower rank and to pardon hi* brother who wae involv ed. It i* *ud that owing to the cloae inter- martymu of the Rothschilds there u no one of the rising generation of the family who i* considered capable of succeeding to the manazement of the vst wealth ow controlled by thie houee, whoee tola! foi- tune i* estimated l>y competent authoritiee a* being over *U,OUU,00(^UOO. An increase of fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty. three members in its Baodi of Mops, and seven thousand six hundred and twenty-two member* in ita temperance societies, is the encouraging report of the temperance committee of the Weeleyan Methodist Conference of Kng- land for 1894. Sir. Benjamin Richardson ha* accepted the invitation of the lady cyclist* to occupy the poet of president of the newly inaugur- ated Cycling Clube Feiieiation of Knglaad. the principal object of which is to extend the paatime of cycling amongst ladiee and to advocate rational dree* reform for the feminine riden| The Mayor of Lyoa* has leaned an appeal to all the municipal head* in France ask iug them to open subscription lists for the pur peae of collecting money to erect a monu- ment to the memory of President Oroot. which according to a recent, reeolnlion of the Lyons council, will ornament one of the principal public *u > uaroi 4