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CLOVER THE BEST HAY. x'bejre can be no quMtion but ^^hat dovex is tte best â€" yes Lhe vary best hay tor dairy stock of all kinds â€" Lbie calf, tliebeifef and the milci^ cow (re^ or dry. says a wrLter. Good clover 'hay id almo3it good emoutgb without grain to keep a cow ia milk ami in guod oooiditiom It will keep the beifexsand dry .stock very nicely. 0£ course if we bave BO clovex bay oiher kind."* of hay or forage may be .statiaiituted if pro- perly balanced wiklh grain.. 1 once brouglU. a bunDh. of heifer') through the wi'Qter to early Kpring calving on two- year-old wheat Btraw, but 1 fed very lit>efully wiiAi oil ni«al. Tlhe oert bent liay for cows uhat I havie found ha:i beeo very, early-out Tii'moth.y, tut w'hiile it was vexy greein) ajid just com- meiaoiDg to bloom. 1 once had a few loadis of Hungarian millet that waa « g-reot Bucceaa. 1 bad town it early in June but Che weatluer and ground wa.s mo dry Itixt it did not sprout un- til we Ijiad bud a guod rain in July ; tlbie<n it came up and grew nicely. It begaai lo Iji^od Wiuen itwur was danger of tronH, i>o X cue it aswi put it away m very good condition, well cured ; it retained H.% brigfcit greem color until fed out in tie winter, 'llhe cows would fairly gorge thenwelves wiLh it, and tlhie Ibuitei from the milk they gave hB.d the June flavor and color. Sume- tiimes toving but a abort crot> of clover I ihave tried nuun^y suitwtitutes. Outs CUL green did fairly well when well curetl but I found Uiitun ciuite difficult to cure. Mine grew very rank and coiKUjned no mudb tap and were so tihiixdt on the gxuund that 1 found it quite uoijjuiSBiibuj to diry Uhieni. 1 liave also cut wheat and rye for hay but tibo cow ale vexy little mf it, it wis nut mucti better ttxun straw. 1 onoe htbd un experience wilih peas. Per- Ibtapis my poor Bucoefia was partly due to uiy inexperience. I planted them on quite ruii ground and ubey grew very luiunaniiy, and vrere yrobably four feet tall before they fell down. 'nb<ere wiw loij great a growtlK to cure a^ they whouid ; howweir, I dried Ihem a« well as 1 could and put them in thie barn. Tihe ma^n who beliped me tell the bam. Tbe outn who beliped me tells me yet it wa« ttB haLrdeet work he ever did, tor thiey were »j long and taingled that a wJjoJe wixKlrow would liaog LogeLhex. They proved too strong m food to be ted as libeirally aa oiiher bay. TIbat ioforxnaiion 1 gained at thre cost of a registered Jersey heifer wad a colt nearly llbiee years old. 1 have grown pe«.s wiiitibi oats with better Mxccees. If tbe iieos ripened at the aaaae time as tine oata 1 think itwT>uld be a good idea to sow Uhe two together but lim peon that 1 used became over- ripe beiore the oats were ready to cut. Cornf udder doeis fsiirly well as a «i.*j!rtilute lor cXov«r if cut early and well cured. It i«i, peitl*ipa, if eoonomi- oally bandied, the chea^je* forage that ca.li be rown. OuV Miiilo tlie difftr- eoDt substitutes belp when we cannot get tbat wbU-h U the beet it is always better to make tlb« maim de^jemdence on clover laiy, u«a«ig Vhe otheira only when coDHJvllt-d by nt-cesoiity. Cloitsr is uo dxjubt the be«t haj- tor dairy stook in fegard to Its wortS» as a milk-mak- loig food but it is probably the most ohjfoply produced of aniy kind of for- age planiBd e'*pec.i.illy fior Uhat pur- lose. It id eoaity grown, it cleans the kund of many kunuis of w««d.s, it en- riohiM the land and puts it in ideal niechanic:il couidiiliuui for growing otb- •r crop«», and Us vield ra/nlks among Vhe first In jjotnt of quantity per acre. Two crops are lUmosit always out and occasriooally a tlur',1 ; otherwise it gen- arully furnitbea good patAurage after the second crop its harvested. GRDWIJfG CALVES. Our calven are bred amd raised for tlhe dairy, and lo have guod calves it ii* of great impoirtainoe Uhat they be from good weJi-deveJoiped aires aad daans, tays a knoiwuig wrii-ex in Breed- eir^' Gazette. Wlhien our coiws drop calven if the uddeirs are in goud oon-- dilion the calf is taken away when one or two days old ; if tihe utldor is badly awolleu the caJf is left with the cow longer, as I bave found uutluing that Uiktn the piloce of the calf to reduce a c-oked udder. Wtiia takew from the cow Miey are put in a dry, light box atAll and kept separate, so thjey can- not suck eaclii other. We tommenoe feeding warm wlhole milk three time,s a dtiy for one or two wveks au(i tben we get uheim on two feeds a day ajid btgiu giving tihtm pajt wiiiole milk and part warm separ- a.toir, and keep Bctue wliusat bran, whole «a.ls and a very little caku meal w'i^ere they taU; get it, with, a little of the be* bay wx; bavo, audi it Ln aurp^riaiug to ijee hjuw Eocwt thwy will comiuence eating thio feed luid hay. When about four weeks uld â- we ge;, them oui ;.he i,ej>- oraLur milk etUirely and coiuinuu to jpive L^m milk twice a day iu suoh quaittLities ttat th|ey are hungry lor imut-e eacSx time. \n- g,ve l.heui a lit- tle water eachi day altur th.By are t»o or tteee weeks old and coutiuue to give tAuem the nkim milk uui lung as we have tt foii' lbem„ say aux to suvem mouths. I dw nai. put youLlg colve-i on grouts u«til nearly a year old. After they ar« largv! enbuglh lo get along with- out tbe milk they get all the coarse fodder tbey WBui, with some wheat bran and cake m>.'al. 1 like to see tihem ea'- plenty of ituuise toikler, for it ex- teiuW tbie btouuich amd niaJkes them large, barreled and round ribbed, and a cow with a Iarg3 i!u.imacih has the cmmcity to eat aji'l diig>eist 'more than «ine witb a small barrel. Calves that aire in/tenili'd uw (ii> iliiry ^bould not be fed beatinK foxl like co^ meal or coittin neeid mieial, aa Uhiey should not be madie fat, but require Itgihit feed, miirihi Ri9 wheat bran and oats so that tftiiey develop good size aind good diges- lion. One veiry easenjlieil poinlt in raising calves is cleonlinesB and fresh air. It is aeldom you find a nice pen of oalvea Vbui. do not bave a wanm, dry and well ventilated stable. Hhiey sfhtiuld be carefully wntched and kept growing ttho coming fall and winte'', .su that tji»y du not get stunted â- \iu\ lose w*hia,t they have gained as calveji. We try to have our heifers come in at about two years old and prefer to have thena calve during the spring, ao that uhey can have grass, which seeims to ihave a tendency to develop the heifer at a milker. A heifer afiter her first calf flbould be miilke<l Juat as long as possible so as to indiuue her to be a long milker. Greait care Bboald be taken not to overfeed young calves, and tJue pailn that they are fed out of â- jfanu'ld be thoroughly deatned. EGG FAitMING. la thiMe days of specialties, farming Is mudh more divided thoin formerly ; We have fruit farming ,dairy farming duck farmiolg and egg farming. Of those wiho have attennpteid the produc- tion of eggs on a large scale a few have succeeded. The chief cause of fail- ure with those who have not been suo- oesaful faas been tibat they seemingly undertook it with the idea that all they had to do wai^ to multiply the .•small fifxi with which they did well by 100 or 1,000 to g«t 100 or 1,000 timea an much proQt. M,ultiplyinlg the num- ber of hens i» the very smallest factor oi .sucoeas In egg fiajnnang. The first eleoaenit in successful egg fajTuing is email florlta ; tbie seoond la economical housing ; the third, facili- ties (or handling and cdieaply caring for the flocks. The flocks being small each one can be cared for and treated as though it was the only one on the place. The bougies should be warm and convenient for the birds aiid the atten- dcknt. It will be muah aheaper' bo lim- U, the range of the flocfcs by their own free will instead of by fences or runs. Tb do this, place the houses at â- iiort intervals npartr-ten or twelve rod'sâ€" and have thtin of different colors aind with different surroundings so each may be readily dlsiinguiaih^d bjf its occupantai wlu-n they wish, to seek "quarters" ttt nJgftut or for laying. One of the mo«t succwssful egg farm- ers arranges the bouees of bus hens along the W-reeU, ten rod's apart Ubirough bis farm. Ualf of the ii» ajire tarm is uaed as a hen yard one year and the other half cultivated, lhe next yeaa- the bousea axe moved over to tlhe cultivBt6<l half, a'nd the hen yard used for cropping purposes. Fhe hou.'ses are built on sills which form runners and a good team la used for moving them in the spring. During the summer they are moved their length every week; in Whin way the hoiues are kept a|weet. as the soil where they ore to mtajwl is plowed be- fore the houses are moved. The object Of thiis is to keep the bosses healthy with trefib awl as an abaorb- en.1 of the droppings wjiiich renders the air pure wUfccut labor and expense of a daily fleauing. and also "fixes the fertilizing elements in the drop- pings and enrichee the so*l for next year's crop. woMS rrtttf iwro thi systcm. The Insidious ^faJ.ure of Kidney Dis- ease.â€" Whilst paini will sometimes ac- company kidjiey trouble, this Is not always so. It may obtain*' a strong grip on the nyatem before the victim knows he is under its spell. What numbers are dying* of Bri«*|fs di-sease and dia- betes, apparently in good health, and yet the Kystem onttermined. Security is found in t'he use of South American Kidney Cure, which purifier the blood of all poisons, and unlike pills and pow^ ders ,ispeedily dissolves the hardened substances that locate themselves in the (system, an ouboome of kidney di- secLse. Fhjyslcians will aoanietimes say thiMe cannot be remove*!, but South .Vmerican Kidney Cure does it. The Rev. Jiis. RDurdDck, of St. Johia, N.B., was cured of this troiible by taking only four bottles. Sold by W. E. Richardson. A EEIAEKABLE CASE. DOCTORS COULD NOT AGREE AS TO THE TROUBLE. LONG HUNT FOR A MURDERER. A MiiB Arrestetl la Mexico ftr a Crlaie Coai lulltcd la Vmaee Twelve Â¥ean Ax*. A peculiar arrest has just been made in Mexico City, Mex. In 1885 Ludovic de Virvett murdered his father in To- losa, France, and was condemned to transportation for life to the. penal set- tlement at Cayenne. After five years he escaped, and no trace of his where- abouts could be obtained by the French police. It is now asserted that he went to MexL o City, where he has re-b'ed tor seven years, having embarked in the l»u.sinea» as a house painter under the name of Emilio Thorr. The French i)olic« have never ceased their search lor him. They set a watch on his re- latives in France and discovered that one of them occasionally posted a let- ter directed to Antonio Pablo, in IMexi- co. The French Governiaent at once noti- fied the Mexican Government that An- tonio Pablo was an escaped criminal, Ludovic de Virvett. A detective w-as put on the case, and for five months his search was hope- less. No one called for letters address- ed to Antonio Pablo, although several were advertised during that time. Fin- ally a letter came so addressed, and when a man called for it he was promptly arrested, de.spite bis protests. Hte easily identified himself as a Con- siDl of one of the South American ro- puiidlcs. l)n Saturday last a person called for a, letter addressed to Antonio Pablo and was Immediately arrested. The man who was taken into cuutody by the police denies that he is Virvett and, although the descriptions of the convict and Antonio Pablo, or Thorr, do not exactly tally, the authorities are determimed to hold the man until they hear from France. The French Consul sent cablegrams acquainting his Government with the above facts, («VHJ.\T IT IS FOR. Mr. Winebiddleâ€" Well, thlat takes the patm. Mr. Gildersleeveâ€" Wlhat doeat Mr. W(,upebiddleâ€" 'Bhie glove. A New Braaiwlck Ladjr lhe Vlellai - Haf- fered tor TlUrtr V«an â€" The Attack (Waited Partial BllodacM aad a rerlluc or »eBU-Paraly*lii. From the Woodstock, NjS., Seffltiinel. (Mrs. E. P. RoBB, of Riley Brook, NJJ., says: â€" "I have been a suffered fur thirty years, and I am sure I would still be in the Home lamentable condi-* tiotv had it Dot been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. 1 was married at the age of twenty and am now fifty-one years old, I had always em joyed good health until after my first child was born. About a month later the illiie.« at- tacked me which has since made myi life miserable. I conisulted different doctors but they did not agree aato the natuire i>f my trouble. One said it was a species o^ paralysis, others said ,y)'mptoina oC fits. I would l^e feeling very well when I would suddenly have a sensation of partial blindness and everything before me wwuJd sparkle. Theai my hand and arm on one side would become humb, and aJlter about ten minuten ihis sensation would pass to my lower limljs. them my tongue would become afffctted as would also my hearing. Voices, n*o matter how olnse tt> me, would' aeem dim and far away. These isympitlomS would U«t for about fbrty iminfutea, I wxMild have a violenA, pain over the eyes, which wtiuJdi clanlttnue for twelve \ hours or more. Nol*nihhstajuling all that was done forme, these spells were coming more frequenitly. and at last I wxNild sometimes have two attacks a day. I was atlao troubled with bron- chitis, which added lo â- my misery. I could not isew or knit, or do any work that required close atteotion to it. All this trouble had never left me for years, and at the age of 48 1 consulted another doctor. The mediiine be gave me, however, made me worse instead of better. Then I waa advised to try Dr. Williama' Pink Pills, t was using the third box before I found any bene- fit, but then there iwaa a de«'lde<l change. By the time I lujed twelve box^ I feut aa well at) I did in my young days. Every syniijtom of tha trouble thai, had .so long made my life miserable had disappeared For eigh- teen months I did not use the pille and waa as well aaever Z had lieen in my life. Then one morning I felt a slight attack of the old trouble and determin- ed to try Dr. Williajna" Pink Pills again. I got » txix and took an occa- sional pill and have never since had a symptom of the trouble. To say that Dr. Willtama' Pink Pills have done wonders for me is putting it mildly, and 1 strongly urge tlheir use on all who may 1» ill. Pink Pills were also of great tjentfit tn a nie'^ of mine. Miss Effie J. Everett. Her mother died wtien she was quite young, and naturally much of the care of the household developed upon her, and as abe grew U4> ahe> beccune weak, easily tired, subject to headaches and her com,plexion mras pale and wax-like. A young lady tea<;ber who was boarding with the family, and who :had used Pink Pills Iwith great success,, urged her to try them. The result was that ahe soon iwas enjoyinlg the best of health and ia a fine robust young lady who shows no traces ofi her former ill- ness. Dr. Williama' Pink Pills cure by go- ing to the root of the diseoae. Theyi renew and build uj> the blood, and strengthen the nerves, thus driving disease from the system. Arvoid imita- tions by insisting that eivery box ^ou purchase ia ent-losed in a wrapping bearing the full trade mark, Dr. Wil- liama^ink Pills for Pale E>Bqpla. I«rEW ODORfi FOR FLOWERS. It is a fad in Paris to perfume flow- ens artificially. Experiment has prov- ed that it is po|3sib|le not only to taJoe away this natural odor oif a flower, but also to ma^'<e it yield a, pemfume derived from some other vegetable pro- duct. Some vloletsi; for exam^ile, ore perfect in form and coloring, but without fragrajuce, while others, very insignificant to look at, emit a de- licious (ragrance. The transfer of the odor from one sii-iciiab to the other has been acccmplisbed. Those who have been most successful iu this branch of horticulture refuse to tell their secret. It is said tha^ the African marigold has been robbed of its disagireeable odor and endowed with a perfume that makes it much sought. The fad has been carried to the extreme of giving to the sunflower the odor of the rose and to the chrysanthe>mumi that of the violet. DCAD WITHOUT A WORD OF WARNINF. Left home well in the nioruing to be carried home dead a few hours later. There is no fiction in the suddenness with which death U coming to many people in the present, day. Apparent- ly iin the best of health, an hour later they are in the throes of death.. Heart disease has obtained a terrible grip upon the men and women of this day. No greater duty u'nder these condi- tions falls upon one tbun to proclaimi to the world that Dr. Agnew's CureJ for the He.art is a medicine that abso- lutely cures this disease. Mrs. John, Jamieson, of Tara, Ont., suffered ao sev- erely from heart trouble that it did; not seem possible that she could live. This medicune was brought to her no- tice, and at a time when she waa suf- fering intensely. Inside of 20 minutes after taking the first dose relief was .^wcured . She continued its ii.se, iind .says: "It was the means of saving my life.'" oold by W. B. Ricbardaon. IT CALLS THE FAITHFUL. MOSLEMS EAGERLY RALLY TO THE GREEN BANNER. It Nesaii the Derlarailoa of a Holy War- CarelallT tiunnled for .tiearlr Thirleea t'ealnrlcH la a Jeweled Repoitllory la the MulUn's PaUee â€" The Slanal For r«aailr4tl Mnmshler. Treasured in a jeweled repository in the " Chamber of Noble Garments," in tlhe moat secret quarters of the old Ser- aglio is a small green banner. Forty silken coverings surround it. The jew- eled box is sunk in the center of the flooring of the great apartment, only portions of its ornamented top being visLble. Axmed men guard it ; not the ordinary soldiers in tihe employ of the Sultan, but men whose lives have been dedicated to Mohammed. That banner has t>een guarded by men of the same stetmp fof nearly 13 centuries, night and day, year in and year out. Of all the great riches of Abdul Ham- id this ancient banner is the moat val- U/ed. Its power ia mightier than the command of thie mightiest potentate in tihe world. Once removed from its cov^ erings and placed at the head of the Imperial army it would draw soldiera from every quarter of the world where there are followers of Mohammed. Al- most in a moment an army of five, or ten, or fifteen millions of men from Asia, Africa and Europe, would rise up, each human atom in the whole mass willing to die, and anxious for the op- portunity to prove his faith in the green banner. Small wonder, then, that Ab- dul Homid should cherish it aa HIS RICHEST POSSESSION. Recent reports from Constantinople have more than hinted that a holy war is brewing, and that the sacred edict proclaiming it is in preparation. Per- bapB before this reaches the eyes of readers the edict will be announced and the green tionner unfurled. Should that calamity happen the world will be treat^- ed to a ^)ecta<;le unsurpassed in bar- barism even by the wars of the cru- aodee. It will be Uhe final effort of Islam to exterminate Ohristian Eur- ope. The green »»nner has been unfurl- ed several times In the post dozen cen- turies, and with each loosening of the wild fury of its followers death reap- ed a rich harvest, in the Turko-Rus- sian war Alxiul Homid twice thxeat- ene<l to announce a holy war, but was prevented by Great Britain's counter threat of hurling combined Europe at the Ottoman Empire ana obliterating it. IS THJE TURKO^REEK WAR Of 18*21 a" holy war," was preached against the Greeks, the silken Ijanner was brought forth. a<Qd for the next few year^ EuTope had an opportunity to view the power of this e«iblem of massacre and bloodshed. Thousands of helpless men were put to the sword, women and children carried into slav- ery and villages and cities burned. Mit>- hammed's doctrine waa obeyed liter- ally. Ln 1843 a holy wax was Instigateid against the Neetorian, or Chalean Chris- tiana of KuTdeslan, and in a few mootha 10,0U0 men were m-issacred and three timea that number of women and ohjldren carried off as prizes by the blood-crazed Turks. Bedr Khan Bey. chief of the Moelein Kurds of that re- gion, led the forces of the holy war. and made a conspicuous place for him- self in the history of the vilest mons- t«rs of the world. In one village the people of Ashita took refuge ou a lofty platform rock, where they defended thomselvea against thousands of a.ssailant3. After three days fighting, when they we<re face to face wiui staj-vation. a capitulation was arranged. Bedr Khan swearing on the Koran to .spare their lives if they would give up thieix arms. , The villageore agreed, but when their aims bad been delivered, the Kurds swarmed up the rock and THE MASSACRE BEGAN. The place soon Iwcame ao slippery finom the constant spilling of blood that Bedr Khan ordered that the oth- ers be thrown into the river Zab, flow- ing hjun<lTedB of feet below. Not even the yuuiigest child was spared In this slaughter, the young and the old meet- ing' the same fate. In 1870 the green banner was again unfurled against the Christians of Mt . Lebanon in Syria. This only progress- eid a. few days when the allied powers of Europe put a stop to it, but even ><ii that time the slaughter done Nt-as frightful. Summarized, the results were: 11,000 Christians massacred, 100,- 000 sufferers by the war, 20,000 deso- late widows and orphans, 3,000 Chris- tian habitations destroyed by thetonih; 4,000 Christians peiislied of destitution .â- vnd wounds, and $10,0(t0.000» worth of Christian property destroyed. This wos the last time the green banner was un- furled. The green banner formed one of the eurtai.nis of the lied on which Moham- med died. His chief wife. Ayesha, re- moved it from the l)ed. and. giving it to his successor, Omar, the first of the Caliphs, Ijade him carry it in the front of tlhe army ; that whe>rever it was borne conquest was a.s8Uired. Upon it is embroidered the words "Nasroom min Allah." meaning " Our Help is in God." PEART^S OF TRUTH. They that know no evil will suspect noneâ€" Ben Jonson. The retro8pe.ct of life swarms with lost opportunities.â€" Sir. H. Taylor. The first step of knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.â€" Cecil. No communications can exhaust gen- ius; no gifts impoverish charity.â€" Lav- ater. The moat utterly lost of all days, is that in which you have not once laugh- ed..â€" ChaJnfort. Neither a borrower nor a lender be; tor loan oft loses both itself and friend. â€" Shakspeare. The best portion of a good man's life is its little, nararlesa, unremember- cd acts of kindness and oC love. â€" WoiUsworth THE VALLEY OF PAIN. HOW ONE WOMAN MADE SCR ESCAPE. A LIFE OF TORTURE CHANCED TO A LIFE OF COMFORT AND HAPPI- NESS BY KOOTBNAY CURE. Of all the Intense and persistent forma ol p^'tn one can scarcely conceive of anything more agonizing than Neuralaia. Its victim i« one of thoso that draws forth our syoi- pathy and pity as all efforts to efTect a cnrt with the ordinary remedies signally (ail to do anything more than give the merait temporary relief. Unbouiidod joy should till the hearts of neuralgic sulTerers at tba announcement chat in Kootenay tba " now ingredient " is effecting miracles in tha wa^ of banishing the excruciating agony which has rendered their lives a c«n€^ perhaps for years. % Mrs. William Judge, of Crumlio, P. O,, in the County of Middlesax, went bofora C. G. Jarvis, a notary public of Ontario, .-ind made a solemn declaration (so (irmly did she believe in Kootenay) to the offeck that for many years she was an lalooaa sufferer from Neuralgia. She says ttsw the pains in her bead and neck were tt severe she thought she would lose bar reason. She has taken Ryckman's Kpotenay Cvrf md witliagry testifies it ha* been hcf andt (ion, and believes that without it she wouM tiow be in the asylum. This lady has ha4 the daep shadow oi suffering lifted from her life. She ht$ been transported from the Vattey of Paio o the Hill Top of Healtbâ€" and all tbraugk !Cootenay. Mrs. James Kenny, of 30 York SL, HamU* on, Ont., and many cttkfrs testify aa^M laiA how they were relea«<i(l from auHcrinf iirougb the ageacy of Rychman's {^aotaoy "ure. Full particulars of theao cases will bo lailed you by sanding your address to tha vyckman Medioine Co., Hamilton, Ont The remedy is not dear, one bottle last* month. FOR TWENTY-SEVEN TEAR3. DUNN'S BAKING POWDER THECOOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGEST Sale in Caivaoa. A GREAT TUNNEL. Vlcaniic EntlareriaK Veat Jast Aeeoa- pibki-d Xrar Londoa, Baslaad. Blackwall Tunnel under the Thames recently opened by the Prince and Priaceaa of Walea with imposing cere- monies, is the greatest engineering ac- complishment of its kind ever under- taken. It is situated a mile and a halt below Greenwich and three miles above Woolwich, England, and will bring these pla<-es into communication with Poplar anil the £ast and West India docks on the North Side of the Thames. Its commercial value is regarded aa very great, fuily justifying iU total cost of £1,250,01)0 or |7,250,000. But this cost, great aa it ia, ia re- garded by eogiueers aa very cheap, con- sidering the enormous and unusual dif- ficulties in the wiay. The total length of the tiuiiiel is 6,- 200 feet or a little more than a mile, Uf this, 1,735 feet is open approai^h on either side, while 1,382 feet consists o( cut and cover work, or tunnelling from the top. The remaining central por- tion, of 3,083 teet. is amt iron tunnel. The Thames at Blackwell is> 1.200 feet wide, with a depth of 4ti feet at high water. The lx>ttom of the tunnel is W feet below the surf:u'e at high water. I'he tunnel is rylindriial in shape, uith a diameter of 27 1-2 feet, ao that tho diatanco between the .top of it and the t>ed of the river is only 8 feet. The cylindrical covering is lined with! Port- land cement and faced with white tiles, so that its effective interior diameter is only 24 feet. The tunnel carries a wagon roadj six- teen feet wide and two siue putliH each a trifle over three feet wide. Under the roadlied is an arched subway, five and a half feet high, to carry water pipes, ele<trio wires and the like. The whole will be lighted by three rows of inoanileacent ele<.'tric lamps, placed ten feet apart. There will be uo gas admitted. SMART DOG. Ool. jr. W. Bnrnett, in New Orleans, told a story of an unusually fine bird dog that he onoe owned, the liest dog, he said, that ever was in his possession. He had trained the dog with great tare to know a bird by the feathers it drop- ped. Did a piirtridge drop a feath- er the dog would t:ike the scent and find the liird's retreat. One day the Colonel hit (i wild duck, but only knocked out a few wing feathers. Th« dog sniffed them and started away. After 3. little his master called him, l>ut got no response, and ait the end of an e.xhuustive search of the ueighiwr- hood tvent home, expecting the dog would come along later. But the dog didn't; conic home until a week after- ward, when ono day he appeared, thin and bedraggled, just al>le to trot slow- ly along the road. I)ut carrying a dead dui.'k. lhe Colonel had saved the wing feathers which he naw the dog last sniff, and ujpon comparison, found that tlwy l)elonged to the riiuk the f.iithful brute brought home. Ajiparently tha dog had followed the quiirry until he foutnd its rooMting place laiid nabbed it asleep. OCT tWILL IN THREE DAYS. t>ouMi Americon IRbe,umaiiic Cure, for rlipumalirsm onH neuralgia, rtidically cures in 1 to 3 days, lis action upon the uystem is remarkable and myster- ious. It removpis at one* the cause, -mdi the di«(ea®e inuncdiately disuppearst The fir-Jt dose grtatly benefits. 75 cents. Sold by W. a, iiiobardaoa.