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TUB VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. tateraatlBS Itcau About Our Owa Country, QfMit Britain, the UnlU4 States, and All Parta of the aiobe, Condaaacd and Aa*orte4 lor Easy Reading. CANADlA. ArchbiBhoi> Langevin's health U slow- Ij imtn-oving. Tbertt Is talk of the erection of • new $5O.U00 oiiera house at Brantford by a syndicate. The Ilominioa Dank statement for October shows a remarkable Jump in tJbe ciroulalion of the banks. Mir. Wm. Miller, a Naijanee hunter, was loat in the woods near Plevna for four da.ya without food. , The C P. B» has reduced p«aaengar rates one cent a mile on a number of its western branch lines. The Canadian I'acif ic railway is now arranging a series of special excursions to the Klnndyke for the coming spring. It ia estimated that the amount of wheat delivered by western farmers â- inoe September 1 to date ia 17.000,000 bushels. The grading on the Crow's Nest ItAil- way la at preiient finished to Crow's Neat Lake, a distance of 72 miles from Ibnl/eod. Thomas Davidson, mesnenger in the Bank d'Hochelaga at Winnipeg, com- mitted suicide by shooting in the rooms ever the bank. Ottawa wants to be the metropolitan 'Anglican Se^ of Canada, instead of Prince Rupert's Land, which at pre- sent holds the honour. M^. George Goodwin, of Ottawa, the chief financial backer of the roller iioat, â- ays the machine will not be given an- atiier trial this year. Twenty thousand dollars in gold ar- rived ut the Custoons l)ui>artment in Ottawa on Afonday as duties collected en iiiiners' outfits at the |.ort of Lake l^gish. A jMirty of four Knglishmen, under the command of Capiuin K. H. Iternard, of the Indian Staff Corin, a nephew of th« Biironess Mlacdonald, loft Montreal, ' on riiuraday night for the Klonlyke. ' The DeiMirtment of the Interior hasi received a report from Major Walsh, | dated at Skaguay. He states that he i has got all his Hupplies over the pass ' and is now on the wuy to .'-'elkirk. | (Mr. W. A. Gren:er, who was sen- | tenni-d to hLz months' imprisonment for L.l;«llin.g Mr. Tarte. Minister of Puhlin Works, was released on Thurs- , day afternnon, liaving served one month of bis senitence. '1 !;<• ariaagemeiilH for the exten- sion <'( the Intercolonial railway into Montreal nvor the linos of the T)ru3n- mond County road are now completed, lifii\ ttie service ia cxi wted to com- | meni^ the first of I>ecemlier. 'IiHk Alontrt'al MarlH)r ("onimi.s.sion- •rn liavo finally ac't>pt«>d the plan of harl or improvements proposed by tha [department of I^ublic Wurka. The Goviirnnierit will do the work. %vhi('h will cost IS 000,000. The f'hat<'au de Hamczoy. Montreal, h(vs oMained a valiin'ile addili'in t<i its collection in a portrait of Gen. Wolfe, by (;. Con«ta'ile Alst n. the only paint- ing extant tti.Tt v as nxe<mted during the goncral's lifetime. John II' High S-l yearn of (n«c«, an in- mate of tho IldiLse of Trovid^ni e Dunt- das, wan lercd from the institution on Monday afternoon and his lody haa ' bei'ii louiiit in two feit of water in 1 the rear of Wardlaw'a Woollen Mills. I iMn.jor-(icn!Tal (iascdigne. on Thurs- 1 iSay hold an invostiptation in iMontreai i Into the disput<i existing in th" coni- mi.snionpd ranVs of the Uoyal Srots of Canada. T'le Commander-in-Chief censured It. Col. ,Strathy A.P.C, and ' Major Ilibritsnn and said if the bicker- I IniR did not cease be would dismiss ' both ofticer.t and disband the corps, i GREAT BRITAIN. j The temperature which was high la.st week In the Umit'sd Kingilonn. suddenly dropped on Sunday, and snow has fallen l.n Scotland and t.ho north of Kngland. riix bunilrod reindeer are to be col- ' leclfvd from the lInito<l .States Oovem- ment herds in Alaaka tn lake |)art in the sxpaidition to Im sent to the eight whalers lc*-l«)und in tJie Arctio. | UNITED STATES. I It has l)enn determined in New York , to appeal to tlin public at large for' sutv scriptione to a memorial lor Henry George. The first sliifMnent of five hundred rii'iia'a of potatoes, in; ,l«»ncl, from Canada to Cul)a, pawned through Sar- atoga, Jif. Y., on Tuesday, ' Tho first ,SlentiHt church In Chicago! and the iargpst in the world of that; denomination, wa.s opened on Sunday. It ' hits a seating capacity of two thousand, | i'residcnt KetteriilC, of Girard Col- j 'iH(" Philadelphia, has is.Hued an edict .igftinst footlall, and linnceforlh the students o:' that institution must keep off the giid-iron, • I It is stated that tho reason Mr. flove- ' reijjii resigned from tho office of Grand! Master Workman of the Knights of La- 1 lx)ur was tliat he might have freehands to run for President of the innitodl States at the close of Mr. McUCinleyfs ' term- I The Knights o fLaliour, at their as- > lombly in Louisville, Ky., have passed a strung resolution condemning the proposed Anglo-American arbitration treaty, simply because I')ngland ia a foldrcAinlng country, and a majority of the Knights of Labour are silver men, l''rpd R. Ketchuni. of Chicago, was fWen a judgment of |2I,66A in his suit there against the North-western lUilruad for f'^.'i.OOO damages. He was HIaokl'sted while a conductor for thai road. rtsf I>r. Nansen, who lectured in Wllwau- kee. Wis., on Thursday night, denied that any arrangements were being made for another voyage to the North Pole. In fact, he was not at all cer- tain that he would try again. According to reports from NeiwTork, the general trade conditions show! no marked variation, tn some lines there is a moderate improvement in' de- mand, as cooler weather in some di- rections has helped retail trade to a noticeable extent. Better prices have prevailed in wheat, oats, corn, hides and leather, syrup, turpentine, etc. The consumption of iron an> steel is Increasing so rapidily that an advance in prices is probable. Railway earn- ings for the third quarter of the year lead us to anticipate fairly satisfactory net returns, and tha rc4>orts of a large proportion of the railway! com- paniea in tha United States point to a more satisfactory general result. The commercial failures in tha'United States for the week just ended amount to two hundred and thirty-five, as compared with three htmdred and eight in the corresiionding week a year ago. GENERAL. ^eavy raima have caused floods tm. tha son'th of Frames. Elaborate preparations are being made for Dr. Nanaen's next expedi- tion in quest of the North Pole. A bill has been introduced' Into the New Zealand Parliament for recip- rocal trade relations with Great Brit- ain. I The reliellion in northern China Is spreading and fears are expressed that the insurgents will advance on Tien Tsin. . ' i Ur. Thomas W. Evans, the famous American dentist, who aided the flight of ex-Empress Eugenie, in 1870, died in Paris on Sunday. He was seventy- five years of age. The leak of French military secrets has not been ptopi)ed by the de- portatinn of Captain Dreyfus, and susiricion points at Comte Ester- hazy, who has demanded an investiga- tion. .Serious tension exists between Japan and Russia, owing to the latter's efforts to control the Coreon' Cus- toms, and some of the Jai)anese Min- isters go to the extent of ad- islng war. A Havana siiecial says thatJ nearly seventy-five per cent, of the four hundred thou.sand women, children, and non-combatants, affected by Gen. Weyler's starvation iioUcy are dead. It is estimated that about «one thou- sand eight hundred persons weref rf n- dered horaele.ss by the rising of tho waters of the Neva, the floofling of the canals, the sul urban i.slandsand tbp outlying iiortions of the 'City of St. Petersburg. The black soldiei-s of the first batta- lion. West India regiment, at Kings- ton, Jnmaica, began a lively riot, but .â- Vla.jor Buck, who was ca'led to the scene, bravely confronted the men, re- duced the majority to order and used them to overpower the rest. It is rtmiorcd that negotiations are on foot l)et\veen Au.>ftrla, France, and Germany, in regard to the opportune- neas of convenintr an international con- ferenie to wcurea genera' atrreement for the diminution or aliolition of the sugar lounties. AUTOMATIC TRAIN CHECKER. Tral or a XOTi-l Invenllou by a Belgian te Prrvriil Kiillronil 4rrl«Iriil«. A novel automatic train checker, in- venU^d by a Rolgian has just under- gone a successful test in k'rance. "Some little time ago." says a cor- re.ipomlent. "the French State Rail- way gave a public trial of a new In- vention designed to effect automati- cally the stoppage of trains with a view to preventing collisions, grade cro.ssing accidents, etc. Tho B.xperl- mentH took place under the direction of the inventor at lleaulieu le Cendray. Infore many railway engineers and a numerous gathering of scientists. Thoie present ^vero or>nviuced that the apiiarilus fully !>atisfled all claim- ed for it. "The point chosen for the official exiieriments offer the greatest pnsai- ble danger and difficulties. It was on the .single track line lH^tween t'ha- tros and Orleans at the i>oint of di- vorg<^nce of the branch running to Anneau and immediately over a grade crossing. "There at a distance otf ^0 yards, from the staUnin, tho mechanism was placed in position. The invention con- siuta of aja immenae hook, or catoh, made of heat iron, to which while rig- id a certain elasticity is given. It is- fa.';tened to tho rail.s and regulated by a wire and lever from the station. When lying ilat traiii.s |)oas it readily Imt when raised it catches a lever hanging from tho |>assing locomotive. The latter lever then automatically causes an air valve on the engin to causes an air valve on the engine to in action. During the trial the train came to a standstill before reaching the station. "Careful I'aloulationI has l>een made that the hook or catch on the roadlwd should have at the same time suffi- cient suppleness to insure its action. "Another ingenious arrangement connects the grade crossing gate with the apparatus In such a manner that the former cannot l>e opnned without the latter being in iwsltlun. BO that an approaching train must necessarily stop liefore reaching the crossing thm avoiding all risk of in- juring persons jMuulng at this time. vFnrthor ainjliances are said to ren- der the invention equally useful in the prevention of oolliaiona." COVERING BAY STACKS. Every winter there is a large loss In wasted liay from the tops and sides of slacks wliich have been left poorly protected against the rains and snow. We have known almost one-fourth of clover staclLB to be unfit for feeding when by proper protection there would have been no loss at all. It stems very unsatisfactory to lose suoh an amount of bay after all the work of securing it has Ijeen expended and the cost of raising it has gone into the crop. It means not merely a loss of the crop itself, but a loss of time and money as well. In what way can we provide against this loss when com- pelled to stack the hay Instead of put- ting it into the barn or shed? What is the best protection may depend upon the kind of bay and tlie means at hand or available for protection. In an or- dinary year Timothy hay may be stack- ed and left standing during the winter with little damage. Of course ttiis will depend upon the manner of stack- ing. We say it is impossible to stack Timothy hay without serious loss, al- though it is often stacked and topped in such a inauner as to require soma protection other than the hay itself. When swamp or long grass of any kind is available we would use if for topping Timothy, raking and putting it on the stack while still green. If properly laid well down the sides of the stack and then secured by hang- ing light weights to wires over the top of the stack th.s affords an adequate covering to keep ou* all moisture. When the long grass is not to be otj- tained wo have tound nothing better and cheaper than the hay itself proper- ly Blacked. %Villi clover hay or hay with any proportion of clover iu it, some artiXicial covering is al;8olutely necessary to insure aguiust serious lo^. We have in the i)aat stacked much hay and in all cases sustaiued a se- ious loss on clover or mixed hay when we were nuit careful. What- ever the covering is to te there is one rule tha.t must be observed and that is to c-over the entire stack. Not the top only, but the sides aa well must Ijo protected. How often «e see hta-ks partially protected by a roofing which come^4 iiartly over the sloping sides, licasuu should not need the in- dorsement of eiperiem e to show the folly of such a method. Such protec- tion is worse tlm.a none at all. While the center of tue stack is protected the constant action of the uccuiumlated water at the l«ttom of the cover. ivg soon sLurls water courses downward through the hay and the entire sides of the stoj-k are damaged. The cover- ing should e.xtend beyond the outer sides of the stack in all cases. Wh-re long griLss can le secured it makes a very Katisfai lory ojvering when laid iu sutlii lent thickness over the top and allovveil to lap over the sides. It is surprising what a water-tight roof con lie made with such grass when properly laid. When we could not use gra.ss wo have found a root of lioards to Ix) the next best covering. Iho easiest method of covering is to use rafters of l'x4 lumber cut long enough to project over tlie sides of the staok. Holt them tcigether at one end and hang them over the t;tack. Then he- ginning at tho bottom, nail on the boards lengthwise, letting oarh board above project an inch over the board Iwlow it. This may be taken off when the liay is used, folded like a l)ook and laid away for another sea- son. If we were stacking out of doors now we should endeavor to get some light metal for makinig a permanent covering that could tie painted, and which would lie light for taking off and jnutting on as desired. In one season we have lost enough hay to pur- son we have lost enough hay to pur- chase such a covering. And here let us urge the wisdom of providing some kind of protection. It seenjs worse than folly to leave the stacks exposed when we know lo.sa is iwrtain to fol- low. If a shed or barn cannot l)e built do the next best thing and provide some kind of roofing to prevent this yearly less. very naUch greater than the sound. Cedar apple fungus and apple rust as is well known, is connected with the rust occurring on the crab apple. By removing the kidney-shaped brows galls on the red cedar In the winter, the cluster cup foogus of the apple may Ije prevented. Of course, where the cedar gall is very numerous this may !;« quite troublesome. It is bet- ter not to have the red cedar in prox- imity to a hearing orchard. Pear blight may be ie.ssened by the exercise of a little precaution on the part of horticulturists. If all the dead and blighted branches are cut off in the winter and the trees wa.shed with a solution of copper sulphate the amount is greatly reduced. Plum rot attacks many varieties of the cultivated red plum when ripe or nearly ripe, and frequently when half grown. Some seasons it ia very severe during the flowering period, especially during moist and rainy wea- ther. Tlie fungus attacks the petaU stamens and pistil. Soon the whole branch becomes affected. In a few days not a single healthy flower will remain, and hence crop failure. Careful observation will show that it starts from certain parta of the tree where the old attacked plums are hanging on the tree. The object lesson is plain. Remove all the diseased plums in the fall. Rubbish heaps containing the spores of fungi are too often neglected. They should be burned. I have noticed for a number of years that spot disease of the cherry is very much more frequent in nurseries and old orchards and places where the dis- ease has lieen known for years. This certainly is an indication that it can I be prevented by removing the di.'--eas- ed leaves. This disease is so bad that the common variety of the cherry can- not 1 e grown from pits. Thus a lot of seedlings of Shadow Amarelle lost I nearly all of their leaves in July. The i diseaae should not only he treated with fungicides but the old leaves should be removed and burned. PRAR RLIGHT. The following is a treatment for pear blight: First, aim to put the tree j in a condition to render it the least â-  liable to attack. This means to so , manure and cultivate that the tree | will not grow rapidly. Thus the more ; a tree is fed the worse it will fare . when attacked by the blight. Trees | that are highly fertilized with nitro- I genous manures are especially liable , to blight. In short, overstimulation with manures ia to be avoided. Good Ullage in the same way, while it makes a tree tjear, also tends to increase the : susceptibility to flight. Anything that retards the growth is l)eneti.:ial so for as tne di.sease is concerned. The orcbardist must stimulate by manures and cultivate sufficiently to give a ; good crop and shun that which will do more. Soil and situation will de- j termine largely whether sod or culti- vated may be best to resist the blight. The second method is the extenjnin- ation of the blight germs, w hich seems to be the only direct remedy. This is done by cutting out and burning all blighted portions of the trees. Every tree of the pome family, including the apple, pear, quince, crab, mountain ash, service lx<rry. and hawthorn, should be; treated m tho same manner. I'articu- j lar attention should be paid to the ac- tive blight of late autumn, cutting it out and burning the branches liefore spring arrives. It is important to cut, out the blight whenever seen, but all i should be removed before the next | growing season liegins. | T^o put the treatment in small com- | pass, all blight should be removed as : soon oa seen while the trees are grow- I ing. A thorough inspection needs to | be made in the iate fall for any branch- es showing blight. After those are out out a stiarp outli«k should !« kept for the diiwase in the orchard the next spring. In connection with pruning and burning, the trees should not be Ctimulatod lieyond what is required for a fair growth of wood and the pro- duction of a profitable crop. WINTER OUCHARD WORK. Black knot may be held in check by proper treatment in the winter, writes L. H. Pammel. The work should not be left until growth starts, as the di- seas<^ may then spread to many trees. Cut off di.seaaed branches some dis- tance lielow the point of visible at- ta<^k, as the myoelium, or vegetative I>art of the fungus spreads through the tissues lieyond this p<dnt of appar- ent attack. Tlie winter spores are ma- j ture now. or apiiroaching maturity, • and thB.4e, under favorable conditions germinate and spread the disease. In ' pruning infected trees use care that i the blade of the knife does not come in contact with the spores. Thei-e is no doubt that tha disease la frequent- ly carried to other trees by prunign ty carried to other trees by pruning. I have occasionally otiaerved that tn .grafting the plum black knot makes its appearance where the aolon is put onto the graft. Bladder pluiu or plum pockel occurs on different species of the plum and is caused by different species of exoas- ous. It Is of annual reoccurrence In different species of the pltun. Tha swollen bladder, which is found on the Chickashaw and that ty|ie of plum, commonly recurs on the same tree. In â- ome cases the disi'aaad portions wera PROTECTION OF THE PEACH. In this latitude, winter killing of the fruit buds of tlie peach is usually due to the unfavorable effects of freez- ing, after they have been stimulated into growth by wai-m weatlier during winter or early spring. It is seldom that the temperature drops sufficient- i ly low to injure dormant peach buds. { Peach fruit buds may safely endure | a temperature of 10 or 820 degrees be- 1 low zero, provided they mature well in i autumn, are entirely dormant, and the cold weather cornea on gradually. Zero weather may kill fruit buds that have swollen during previous warm ilays, or that were not properly ripen- ed in autumn. The early swelling | and growth of the buds ia due to the warmth they receive from the sun on { bright days is practically independent | of root ai-tion, and may take place on worm, sunny days in winter, while the roots are frozen and dormant. "Layering" or liending down the j trees in autumn and covering them | with earth, has proven beneficial. Shading the trees with board sheds, en- abled peach buds to survive the win- ter uninjured, when 80 per cent of un- protected buds were killed. Trees pro- tected in this way, blossomed later, re- mained in bloom longer, set more fruit in proportion to tha number of appar- ently perfect flmvers and held their fruit better than any other trees on the station ground*. This is the most effective means of winter protection triad at the statioik, but it U probably too expensive for commercial arobards. CafiAP MEAT m AUSTRALIA. Meat in Australia is an inexpensive fowl, Mutton frequently can be pur- oha.sod tJiere at one iienny a pound. Flah is still cheai>ev. SOME PASSPOM stJLBa Tke Kxecoaliaa mrioneM ahacrved kj w Police Aatliorllle* or Kuala. ^ There are few countries in which tra- velers now require passports it) order to promote their convenience and se- curity. In Brazil and Venezuela a passport must be shown to the officials before one is allowed to leave the comb- try for a foreign port. This is a vexa. tious measure, enforced apparently for the sake of enabling a few officials to collect small fees. In^ Cuba pass- ports are produced whenever travelers arrive or depart. This precaution is considered necessary in view of the political condition of unrest prevail- ing in the island. In Russia passport reprulations are enforced with grept stringency. No traveler is allowed to enter the empire imtil he has obtained a passport and Convinced the Russian consular officers at the port from which he sails that ha is neither a Roman Catholic priest nor a Hebrew. The question ordinarily asked is, "What is your religion?" bub it is designed to provide against tha entry oC either of these two classes. When the traveler arrives at/ a Rus- sian port, with a passport which has been properly viseed and countersign- ed at a consular office, it is critcally examined by s police oifficen and duly registered. At the entrance of the hotel another police officer takes pos- session of the document, and, in the course of twenty-four hours, returns it with a permit forva limited resid- ence in the country. When the traveler departs for an- other city in the empire he must have the passport countersigned by the police. This proc«ss continues until he reaches the frontier, which he cannot cross unless the passport has been* viseed and stamped by the police. Not infrequently tourists are stopped at the frontier and sulijected td serious inconvenience, because they have neg- lected to comply with the police regu- lations respecting passports. All this red tafje causes annoyancf and irritation among tourists, who are apt to overlook the fact that Russians as well as foreigners are compelled to ofciserve these police regulations. It is the business of the [lolice to know where everylxwly lodges. A permit is required if a nativo removes from one quarter of a town to another. Every- body is registered by thef police when he arrives or departs, and foreigners when they are in Russia are dealt with on equal terms with permanent resi- dents. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE. Every man vs palnfuLly aware that a proposal is a ludicrous business. Proi bably none of tho sex was ever known to enjoy it, or to look uipon putting! his fate to thfe test as anything but a ghastljf affair, however delightful the ultimate conwqu«>nces of that testing may l)e. He writhes at tho thoughil of a rejection. Even if he la accepted, it does not seem to him to make the proj)osing it.S' .t anv more agreeable^ An act of the Ikeigi^iature that v«'Ould abo Seh proposals anil pu/t some pleasant- ter form of coiiri.shLi» in their stead wouiil have a ohnnce of being passed by both houses wiihout a voice raiseol again.st the bill. iBut inen. while quite aware of tha light in which a proiMHaJ appeals to tbetniMuAes, have a haunting idea thal> it has a different aspect indeed 1 1> a wo- man. They l»lieve that what ia aa impUeasant to themselves is a real Bouroe of joy to thei otlier side. It is al deepC^ -rooted conviotiou in their minda that no woman lives who does not take iBkeen a ra|>Uij« inlying proposed td as he himself feels In bringing down game he has been hunting. But that thin is a thorough mistake . be would he aw&r» if be knew mors about tba mind and oh^racter of wo-< man. Truja. there are aomo of tihe sex who may take a deCig'ht u> seeing a man atl their feet. Theoe are either woauem who have had a dinappointment in _, their own llveai aaxd revenge themselves Uipo(n mankind in generali by enjoying * tifaelr pain, or elae they are so devoured by vanity that anything that proved bbeir power of c<xmxa&nding admiratioD is a joy to thnm. aoid they care Little, •a >tmg lus their ruli'ig passion is grati-. fled, how other peo{Oe suffer. The woman wiho enjoys receiving a proposAl. she does not mean to accept) ya alvraya a lonr type of her aex. She is salfisu and vain, and shallow, and dervoid of tenderness and sympathy. No tniB woman and no really good wo- mab ever CeelK anyChiug but pain at inf'.totiug pain. When she has to r»< fuee a man the liove he asks for, no matter whether he is worthy of it oit not, the tadc is distasteful) to her, even hateful. That is why so many women unmerlt- edly gain the claim, iu men's eyes, to be regarded as flUrts. since tlhey avoid a pix>poBal t)y every meaos in tiheir power, and try not to let matteia oomA to a iwint. 'llhe unsophisticate(| male, seeing these cey retreats, sup' poBBS, they are only rueanh to lure him on, and his ardor liecomes tho greater Then, w<hen he ia refused, he accuses her of having encciiiraged him. and he re- Urea in the suiks. feeling himself deep- ly injured. Hciw uli|iilt«Banit it is to hav« to say "No," to a man who is urging you td take him, no man cau ever realize. He is <).uite weil aware, keenly aware, that? it IS horrible to be aaid "No," to ; hd doesn't for a moment suppose it id equAlly horrid to hav» to do the say- ing. Be thinks a girj refuaea him as ahe woukd refuse an invitatmn towalttf or a Biuggestion that she should take a chair. ^ A man, it may broadly be laid dowu< ftnds a proposali unpleasant w-hatever Ita issue 19 going to be. A wtMnan na- turally does not find the matter so diaagreeahie wnen she loves the pro- poeer. She haa this tremendous ad- vantage over her wooer, that shi^ knowa what anawer his pritposal* is going to have, and he doeeoi't. To a woiuart who tovM a man it is a delii;r«ful tbimg to hetoid that she has not given her U>ra ia vaiuâ€" that Ls. when it i^ all ar^r. ft* even if she <ares foo him. and mearaa to acvept him. it ia an a|>ein queaftiou whether tho proposal itaeJt ia all clear pleasure. V^