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 ^â- . :," :*i^vva:». ' ^-'^W7???^PFSP?fSP!^:p?!!e^P5gg|||j(^ '^/L^im NOTES. •.â- ^' â-  of 1 *oad be, •"gal, fire I *4St Tbe Triple Alllanoe ExblMtioBâ€" ;jews Items. 'j se" '8 'y fort^ ih, dcei •B, tug po» pat tence will probably be com- i3Bg servitude. " t has proclaimed a trademark i"'tlie United States and Spain. "" rominent member of the ' Ijas been remanded for trial ^i^'t'J'testify at a P"^*^ enquiry. ^^ president of the Irish Na- il""' waited upon Cardinal Mc- '^^'rArdinal warmly endorsed the l.lfphiladelpbia ConTention. ttiTeConncil. Fredericton, N. B., ** i the GoTemment bill to author- â-  of a popular vote on the ques- â- ^Ifrion of the Legislative Council. j3 Eugenie has renounced her Chateau presented by Mar- 'the Emperor Napoleon. The ffill pay the costs of the trial, ivlvania Senate has passed a bill ^j^itrattt-nipt to personate or re- ' geijcT recognized as a Divinity â-  '^fXewTectament in any public lice. il Civic elections on Truro, Bent was re-elected mayor .jjty of tliree over Cyrus Eaton. "jjjyor McLeod was re-elected ipo.-iiioD. fernment receipts for the past ten ,jrc over five millona short of those ,nrrespon'li'-:g period of last year. ,,is :ur April were eight millions • lOse fur April last year. banquet of ihc National Me „ Liberal tiVeinesJav nif^bt, Mr. Gladstone ijuverniiient had met the danger le nnsten ager.^'y t f secret societies :ily. Lrv Lincoln's refusal to grant per- .•o'the Catholics to erect a church Lp_ on the military reservation in g-iico fcas given great offence. It j.;enzeil as an ungracious quibble [;vuf a Cabinet Minister. i.H. tlie Princess Louise composed a [eitv mcrceaux to polka time during ,3:'3tay in Bermuda. Bandmaster jireparing the production, which is :;ie "Calabash Folka," for the Foot criestra. iHan'on, one of the prisoners await- Jaa dnally bjen accepted as an ap- He will confirm the evidence of the against thirteen prisoners in feiian gaol cliargcd with conspiracy koverDiiieLt of Xew York have sent (ieoate tlic names of Congressman Dorslicimer, J. Hampden Robb, iirewH. (ireeu, Xew York, Martin lierscn, Kocheater, and Sherman S. 1 Baifalo, as commissioners for the litiou of ihe scenery of Niagara Falls • bill recently parsed. iiiL'eo: U'ulea, receiving an address I'.u. ou the opening of the Indian t;c, aaiil manitestationa of loyalty lare acceptable when the entire d world was shocked at a series of itle and cowardly outrages which, '.are most unprecedented in history. jiTangements of the exhibits in the laa department of the Universal p Exhibition is nearly complete. [itadied cases for the United States ::!iexjellent condition. The perish- bits are not yet unpacked. The fcia department is very backward, al- :ail the exhibits have arrived. astenii crisis is shortly expected in There i? much discontent because kermr.ent faiieil to fulfill its promises. piiiered likely that Senor Herrcra. ptof the Caamber of Deputies, will pi npun to form a new cabinet, con- ' aiefly or Monarchical Democrats sbersof tl-.e dynastic left. trim corresponilent says the Xorth 'jt.'Cj' has reproduced Minister ps repor: on the pork question to 'l!at its atta.-k on Mr. Sargent was ' a an incorreci translation. The i'llsopublishel what the correspon- I'^cterizes a weak and transparent '"13 an excuse for an unwarrantable He says the general opinion is that f tae apology is humble enough it is [•y inadequate, since it convicts the •'"â- gross misrepresentation, I'i'egram from fJuysboro, N. S. an- ^:iie death of Hon. R. M. Cutler, a f JiemLer of the Xova Scotia Legisla- |;""=cii, at the advanced age of ninety- h~^' L ' ^^""' y^'^i's ago he slipped and T* 3:3 house, and since then had been F to bed, Mr Cutler sat in the As- \i u '^ysl:o.-o from 1819 to 1821, F'^e House was dissolved. In 1838 he minted a member of the Legislative .^i held a seat in that body until 'onof ISSl, when, "owing toincrtas- â- sand ill health," he resigned. ^°^^^i=istag, Ilerr Kichter introduced 'Jeclar.i'.g against the execution of te g^"*^"' '" military workshops. £ '^°*^'"-K protested in the name of r M^' V"'""^*^ ^^^ assumption that the oe r£i|uired even to receive a ^p.-wminen,]ation from the Reichstag. ^â- ^â- nter then altered the motion. Its "swere addressed to Prince Bismarck V,? '° the military administration. i^;3ter of War declared that the mo- mi a direct invasion of the powers " tmpsror, j^ Minister of Foreign Afifairs in the 4«UoM,^%"° Tuesday night, in reply He (v" ^6 rircglie regarding the position 1 hrl^^r""'" ' *o *lie triple alUance, ia^.,-^"«7ed in the sincerity of the 'tlieH '°' t^he Italinn Foreign Minister f«aio7°^*"" Premier, that no idea of He f.,^^§^Dst France was entertained ^ed t^"n° of the triple alliance. He L ne alliance would not in any way Nr^ '•^ 'â- elaticns of France with the N'ished^^^' must be prudent, for the ttgtti aL °°^^^^y which is regaining fcsjivjf condemned to -maintain a large *lf ej ' " "ii8t not be surprised to find l^'iplvnf u. " Jealousies and distrust. i '0 d° '°^ Minister is favorably receiv- »lio '""ament ci-cles of Vienna and -stable. nfflSiffir^'^r °* "*»»»« clamps of tired hSS^lkd?E h^^^T^ which proceeds thereft^Jl iS*^* ^o^ level oAhe foolliA^«7!L^«»'!l»r«« of the stace ^^^J!? ** " ^« ««i« mg an exlerior, an intt r 1 V^^^V^ atrpot TV, u • '""-^ ^^ a wood, and a stl^e i, oif """"•^'•k at Ihe back of the TZ^^^^""^^^ represent a JandEcaw 3 fSfwi^r "' "rr' I'"' 'he prtxceni^^ lei with thV* T^ «ld«-b«B« fixed paral- t on to the actors m their entrant aid ex- ita. Ihe musical element was sparsely re- presented; one instr^m^nt ur.;yirv!3in- const.tuted the entire orch^.tra li^ 7, course, was unavailable, and candles ;,„ r^oStolT*'.*'.^ •°*^°""' *^««""e resorted to a fearful compound of grease and 01 the fumes of which were suax^atbg were ^n^H'°JtPt^" ^^" S"*^"° «^"«" Tw/ • Y'^^ ,*^*" precious liquid and placed at mtervals along the edge of th« platform to dodutya. -Lts."!^ Jtime: the busmtsa of the drama required a nisbt etlect; this was managed by means of a lomr slip of deal fastened to the stage by hinges^ but lying flat thereon. untU the appearanc; ot the blood-stained spectre or the pallid ghost called for darkness, when, by the aid of a cord attached to each end, it was raised and the necessary result followed. It should be mentioned that there aie three " houses" or performances nightly, each of which lasts about an hour. The reader is supposed to be present at the first of these, t,ay at 7 clock. By this time the audience has in- creased in number to at least 300, and the noise they make is deafening. "Stop it old catgut ' " Pull up the rag " •' I^ow' then, look alive " c. Before the curtain rises, however, it may be as well to mention a httle peculiarity attaching to the dramas enacted here. To-night we are to have "The Highland Cateran;" to-morrow, per- haps, " The Outlaw," and the night follow- ing "The Freebooter." Thus with va- irations â€" harping on the same old stringâ€" we at last arrive at " Rob Roy," s.-. that in reality the "change every evening" is a de- lusion and a snare.â€" C/iambers Journal. Stranse Coincidences. Ill the small town of Zeitz, in Prussian Sax ny, lived two women, Fran Schmidt and Frau Feustel, occupying adjoining rooms in the same house. In February, 1881, each was made on the tame day the mother of triplets, all boys. This was a decidedly curious coincidence in births. The Rev. Mr. Busch, of Winona, Minn., whose five children were all born on Sunday, has been the subject of some newspaper paragraphs, but his case is less noteworthy than that of a resident of Middletown, Conn., three of whose four children h»ve the same birthday â€" -Nov. 16. A less remarkable coincidence is noted in the case of Mrs. William Min- ning, of Mount Auburn, 0., who celebrated on one day the anniversary of her birth, of her wedding, and of the birth of a grand- child. Why should accident have ordained that the same company of minstrels should have visited Washington on the day that President Garfield was inaugurated, on the day that his remains were borne in state to the capitol, and on the day that the oration was pronounced upon him by Mr. Blaine? An odd coincidence was reported rot long ago in these columns. In 1862 a fire destroy- ed the city of Kingston, Jamaica. On the day of the£re Aaron de Cordova was bom. Aaron dc Cordova's grandfather was the first man on the island who erected a build- ing. After the fire, three months ago, in the same place, the present Aaron de Cor- dova was the first man who erected a build- ing. It was a carious fate which ordained that the son of the Austrian Baron Carl von Hofer. and Andreas Hofer's great-grandson, should perish by a bullet rischarged during a rifle-match, being the fifih member of this distinguished family slain by such a wound. Three years ago one Le*is Hiltz, of Inde- pendence, Mo., killed Josepn Melody, but was acquitted on the ground of insanity. Two years later, on the same day and at the same hour, he received a fatal sunstroke on the same spot where he committed the crime. Coincidences relative to deaths are numerous if not always very noteworthy. On the 19th of April, 1882, Edward Goss was buried at Troy, in this state, from the same house at which, in 1870, the same clergyman had buried his brother James. Both brothers died on the same day of the month at the same hour.â€" A"ew oik Word. Altoa and tho Alligator. There wau quite an excitement near Fras- cati recently owing to the killing of a large alligator by Capt. P. F. Alba. Tne alhg.tor havinc been discovered somi dntance from the shore, Capt. Alba, who happened to be passing, procured a pickaxe and waded into the water toward the monster, which was 10 feet long. Not being able to get within striking -distance, the Captain procured a KunanI fired several shots at the saurian, Sounding him in several places. The Cap- tain by this time was over his waist in the ^er Suddenly he saw the alligator Sppear, and soon after felt something under his feet as he was taking a step for- ward. It didn't take the Captain long to find out that this was the head of the "eator,"who seemed bent on ho«fi»"^^- Can Alba pushed the head away with tne mLltof his gun, and awaited developments. The alligator aor 1 came to the surf ace again but showed no disposition to make off. On the contrary he opened wide his ja^ " !^„rIiatPlv in front of the Captain. laK Sg adv-ta"e of this gap Alda put the Sin in the allegator's month and sho. him ^the throat, kiUing him instantly. The monster was then hauled on shore. Cap- Alh*waB0f course Very wet, but a^â„¢^ wrtid voung lady lent him her buggy Ut. MEWS JN A NUTSHELL. i^cimroTBB BBAOnfO. " aaAfoiated. Ro^ if u *o ^n**' np the ice at Cape aouRe have been tuisacoeufal. Iv^2:,5i"' ^^* ' ^* England short- »y after the pror^tion of Parliament. The Niagara FaUs fire brigade are making ^0^4^°°"*° ^^* *«' celebration on deSr^^"'*J^°J°"'^- ^•^- " ^°^^ aecUredvoid by consent of counsel ia the protest. n^^^^"'"**"?^" Legislature has be«i prorogued after three weeks' session. t^^/o^",^-- ^â„¢?hell, registrar of the coun. *y of Peel, IS dead, suddenly, of apoplexy Several piers of the bridgo across tho Gl tmeau nrer at Maniwaki has been swept away by the recent break-up. Ths annoal returns of the Grand Trunk just issued for 1882. show an increase on re- ceipts of U 7 per cent over 1881. y. R. McRae. one of Kingston's oldest and most respected citizens, was recently presented with his portrait by his friends. The B. C. Government has been informed from Ottawa of the intention of the Do- iiimioa Goverament to assist European emi- grants. " The Old Junction hotel at Prescott junc- 1'°?; ^^°ed by Mr. Wilkinson of the G. 1..R Toronto, hrs been destroyed by fire. The city pblice of Montreal is to be grad- ed into thrte classes. The first wilf get «10, the second $9, and the third $8 per week. A most enthusiastic and successful quar- terly session ot the Grand Division, Sons of Temperance ot Nova Scotia, recently closed at Stoney Beach. Yarmouth. An iron bridge, after an American model, has been constructed in England for the Ca- nadian I'acific railway, for placing over the Fraser river in British Columbia. The franchise bill, the factory bill, and the liquor license bill, the three most im- portant measures promised in the Governor- General's speech, are to be dropped for this session. UNITED STATKS. A despatch from Lincoln, Neb., says ter" rible prairie 2res are raging in the adjoining counties. A terrific hail storm at Milwaukee recent- ly greatly damaged crops and property. The total receipts of the United States in- ternal revenue since June. 1S32, are §121.- 285,000. Troops have captured eighty Canadian Cree Indians in the vicinity 01 Bear Paw Mountains. Mr. Tho3. Huehes, the patriotic founder of the Rugby, Tenn., colony, is about to visit that place. The saloons in nearly every town in Illinois are closed, as the proprietors refuse to pay the high license. It hasnot been decided whetherany criminal prosecutions will be brought in the case ot ihe Battle Creek railway disaster. The bill preventing tho consolidation of competing telegraph lines has been lost in the New York Assembly by 39 to G2. An Austin, Texas, despatch announces that there is considerable apprehension ou the lower Rio Grande regarding yellow fever. The Lighthouse Board has decided to in- stitute experiments with a view to determin- ing the value of electric light for lighthouse purposes. The Michigan Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting the practice of dentistry by any person who has not received a diploma from the faculty of a reputable college. At Petersburg, Va., on two nights at- tempts were made to bum the houses of the fire department, by throwing balls of yarn, saturated with oil, through the windows. The suit of Agnes Robertson Boucicault against Dion Boucicault, author, for absolute divorce has been discontinued, Mr. Bouci- caultagreeing to allow his wife §5.000 a year alimony. GENERAL. Fifty Irish members voted against the Affirmation BilL Two Chilian murderers of a German cap- tain have been acquitted in Ciili. The Austrian Landwehr measure in- creases the military budget by 1,000,000 florins. The Reichsrath has fixed the minimum force of the Austrain Landwehr at 139,000 men. In the House of Commons the Affirmation Bill was refused a second rtading by 292 to 289. The disabled steamer llapsburg, from New York, was again spoken on the 20th April, all well. Owing to the rejection ot the Affirmation Bill Mr. Bradlaugh intends to administer the oath to himself. The i/ews says of the rejection of the Af- firmation Bill "The forces of bigotry and intolerance triumphed." At Brussels, the anarchists. Didier and Federsaher. have been sentenced to three months and seven months respsctively. The German steamer Africa, Captain Buchhollse. which left New York, March 27th, for Leith and Hamburg, is considered lost. The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, approve the annexation of New Guinea to Queens- land. Ghow, an African chief, has invaded British territory, capturing Bamyah, on the Boom river. A force has left Sierra Leone to expel him. The Times says it is to be regretted that the prudent and couclosive solution offered in the Aflrmation Bill was not supported by a majority of the House. Five handrei agricultural and other labourers, mechanics and domestic ser-^ vants recently left Liverpool for Canada' under the auspices of this Samaritan So- ciety. :e came hume one nlgbt brine* small bundle in his arms. " It's a printing press on which I expect to do all my own printing heteaftar," he said. " Oh. bnt isn't that lovely " flnttered Mrs. Spogpenkyke, drooling the stork and mahing to her husband's ai " and oaa't we do thelbveliest things with it It is the kind the Herald and Svn and all thobe pa- pers are printed with." "Oh, yea, Mrs. Spoopendyke," growled her hosband, " yon've hn it exactly. This is the vary kind. I got Mr. Bennett to kind- ly try it on, so as to get it the same size as the Herald is printed on.' " And you will print pipers with yours like Mr. Bennett and the other editors"' continned Mrs. Spoopandyk* timely. "Oh, bnt won't I tbough " yelled her hus- band. " It needed a dodgasted femalj idiot to think of that yon've struck the proper plan. Think yon can print 50x60 show-bills with a 3x4 press Well, I tell ye that ye can't. Can you get it into your measly head that this in a card pnsj. and can only print a oard three inches by four inches " "Oh, it's acaidprees, is it?" ventured Mrs. Spoopendyke " then we can print those beautiful Christmas cards on it, can't we?" " Now you've got it," yelled her husband; " that's the idea, it prints in thirty-five different colors at one impression, and any design, from the picture of an old crank with a sealskih^oV^rciiat' toMng round some- body's chimn^ wit"h a gSlij^bag full of jumping- jacks. rto the New Tfear, 83. re- presented by a hrimp-backed baby^^e^sed in a broad grin, with a napkin tied ar^pd CoUpd tnm Provlaoa Zx his waist, driving otfti^he old year, dresse'^* tained at the same time and as an old tramp with a mowing machine and a gallon jug of whiskey under his arm. That's the idea exactly. Think you can print chromos and lithographs on it, don't you Well, you can't. You can only print one color, and that is black. Think you grasp it now 1" "Well," said Mrs, Spoopendyke. " I suppose you can print visiting cards on it '" "Yes, Mrs. Spoopendyke. lean," said her husband, in a solter tone, and he grew in a much better humor as he proceeded to show his wife the press and exhibit his dexterity in the use of the type and the press. At last he got his worthy helpmate's name set up in type, and proceeded to put the chase on the prees with a graud flourish. But in an evil hour he had foigottsn to key it up. ani at a touch the whole business wenc to pi, and at thenext fell in a confused mass all over the carpet. "Why what makes it do that?" said Mrs. Spoopendyke. laughing. "What makes It do inat, Mis. S.? 'sneered her husband as he hit bis head on d. corner of a table in a maa dive after the type. " What d'ye s'poee makes it do it? Wnat makes anything do anything if I had your talent lor asking idiotic questions I'd get a glass of beer and a three-inch paper collar and live out as a prosecuting attor- ney." By this time the worthy g;ntleman had got the name set up and securely fastened, and was printing with great gusto but he had, unfortunately, set the type up in wrong order, and the first eight perfumed visiting cards came out like the following .ekydnepoopS srM When Mrs. Spoopendyke saw it she set up a little scream. •' Oh, isn't that funny, though? What makes it wrorg side up " "Funny " howled her husband, with hor- rid derision, as he grasped the situation. "It's a perfect thunderbolt of fun. It's the most delicious humorous thing of the cen- tury. All you need is an advertisement of liver pills on the cover, and a joke about a goat on the first page, to be a comic almanac. With your appreciation of humor, all you need is a broad grin and $3,000 worth of stolen diamonds, to be the leading come- dienne of the American boards. Can't you see the measly type's turned wrong Tney have only got to be turned round the other way." After half an hour of diligent labor the types were again in position, securely keyed up, and put on the press. When the final arrangements were com- pleted Mr. Spoopendyke turned round to wink at tho baby, and incautiously left his thumb over the edge of the press. As luck would have it, Mrs. Spoopendyke, in her anxiety to show her husband how well she understowl and appreciated the press, brought the lever down, and the press closed on that gentleman's thumb, making him jump four feet high, and utter an exclama- tion that would have made the second lieu- tenant of a company of pirates blush. "Dodgast the measly printing pres ' he shrieked, as he smashed the base burner with it, and then he threW it in the alley. "Haven't ye got any sense scarcely Why didn't you go on with the entertainment The measly thing only got as far as the bone. Why don't ye finish the chapter " and Mr. Spoopendyke danced upstairs, five at a time, with a parting injunction to his wife to hire out as a slaughter- house. "W^ell." said Mrs. Spoopendyke, as she picked up the baby, and put a pitcher of water where her husband would be sure to fall over it when he went down stairs in the morning, "if we have so much trou- ble in printing one word, I wonder how Mr. Bennett (;et3 along with a whole news- paper to print?" â€" Drake's Traveller 8 Maga- zine. ill! I â€" » 1 1^ Submarine Cablea. Over 80,000 miles of submarine cable have been laid and are now in successful opera- tion. Tke capital employed in establishing the cables is estimated by good authority as being $150,000,000. A fleet of nearly thirty ships is kept in service, laying, watch- ing and repairing the various cables, of which nine cross the Atlantic. A writer weU versed in the subject says that the type of cable vanes little from the first one laid, bat the character of the material employed has greatly improved, so that the breaking strain of the homoKeneons iron wire has reached 90 tons to the squara inch. The methods of laying cables have so greatly improved that last year a cable was laid across the Atlantic in twelve days,â€" only a little longer time than that required for a quick ocean voyage. onr Pntlrjia The Birtle people 'krQ or^Sniz^ng a band, and4300 faaa b «n^8atocribed towards the object. The Winnipeg Commercial has lieen en- larsed by four pages. This is a satisfactory evidence of prosperity. Tendets are now being received for the grading of 21 miles of Manitoba North-west- ern Rulway from the Beautiful Plains I0 Minnedosa. to be completed in August. Farmers in the neighborhood of Manitoba City are preparing for spiiog se-ding. About three timef the acreage of wheat sown last year wiil be put in this 8ei%on. The P. W. K. W. Railway Company are having trouble WSh their line at the Westboume marsh. A break has been tem- porarily repaired, and another is feared soon. Miss Olive Henderson took a pencil sketch of Edmonton town and fon a few days ago, wluch is to be inserted in a forthcoming pubhcation of James Campbell Son To- ronto. Business at Brandon has been very good, the fine weather has removed all the snow and dried the streets, and dust has been fly- ing. Building is being pushed forward ra- pidly structures o{ all descriptions beinc put up. *^ " It is stated that a land syndicate, formed under the presidency of Lieutenant-Gover- nor Dewdney, has secured all the Hudson's Bay Company sections along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. They were ob- on the 26, same upon -tenns as the celebrated section WHiph Regina has been located. The Winnipeg ConsoLdated Mining Co., have had a host of callers to see the bricks recently brought from the mines. The ef- fect produced by these bricks was very marked and m consequence many hitherto sceptics have become firm believers in the future of Kecw.atin. The Winnipeg Free Press is responsible for the statement that the Grand Trunk Railway Companyhave purchased the steam- boats from the proprietors of the Goodrich Line, of Chicago and Milwaukee, and that during the coming summer these will ply between the terniiual points of the Com- pany's lines in Ontario and Prince Arthur's Lancing or Duluth. The directors of the Portage and West- bourne Railway £u-e pushing ahead their work, and are determined to tap the Sas- katchewan at the earliest possible date. They have already secured ample terminal and depot grounds at Goachen, in Prince Albert, and Messrs. Brydgesand Scarth and otht-r capitalists interested in the enterprise will shortly visit Prince Albert in connec- tion with it;. This road will penetrate this country by the way of Birch Hills and the Carrot River couQiry. The stringing of the wire on the Go- vernment telegraph line from Qu'Appelle to Touch W;Ood Hills was successfully accom- plished in sixteen days by A. McConnell, of the former place, and three Indians, al- though the suow on the plains was two feet deep. Poles are being got out for the gap between the hills and Humboldt, and there is a prospect that the through Hue will be in operation in two or three weeks. The Lake W^innipeg Mining Company have received intelligence that Supt. Bor- den, who left the city for their mines on Tuesday last, hadsucceeled in reachiuiC the ice on the lake in safety. As the ice iu the lake a short distance from the shore is per- fectly safe, Mr. Bordon and his men have reached the mines, most probably by this time. The latest reports from there are re- assuring and a demand has sprung up for this company's stock in consequence, but hitherto none of it his passed into public hands. The Hay Island Mining Company sent out a gang of men to open a shaft and develop- ments will be henceforth vigorously prose- cuted. Work would have been commenced on this Company's property long since had not the snow prevented the possibility of locating the shaft. As the location is in the immediate continuation ot the well-known Keewatin, but little time will elapse before the Hay Island will take rank with the best companies in Keewatin. Bread TWaklng. If flour be worked up with water it for.ais a sodden, insipid, indigestible mass but if heated to tho temperature of boiling water the starch granules burst and it is thereby renderei a little more digestible, although ttill forming a close, stiff, and not very palatable cake. Such is the character of unleavened bread, and of sea biscuits, a slightly different form of the same thing. To be fit for digestion starch must be die- solved or softened by boiling or bak-ng hence the reason why raw nuts are so indi- gestible as compared with the lavorite roasted chesnuts, and hence one reason for cooking food, which mankind has been taught by experience, ages before chemistry could give a scientific explanation of the reason why. Cooking is, in fact, a partial digestion and the same is the case with baking, both being preUminary aids to the changes which take place in the mouth and stomach before the food is in a fit st ite for the preparation of the blood. Accordingly, we bake our bread and we bake it in the way we do because a soft, spongy loaf is more readily moistened and acted on by the saliva and the juices of the stomach. A Monster Fishing Cratt. The three masted schooner Hera, now taking in stores at Washington street wharf, is the largest vessel ever fitted out for a cod fishing voyage in the United States. Her crew consists of twenty-four fishermen, who, with the captain, Miters, splitters, dressgang, two cooks and four boys, make up a total of forty men. No mwe expensive and complete ouUlt has ever been put on a fishing vessel, tmd is only justified by the large catch her owners expect her to make. The fishing grounds are in the Okhotsk sea, 4,000 miles distant, and the voyage will last between five and six months. A full cargo will be 250i^000 codfish, whid^ will weigh oat 400 tons or more. ;i r • t i i !â-  ii I- -- I â- iilii i â- ' !! i|-!- M. â- : i- 'i;;:! ^; I I '« â- fi ;.. -=M/' ^9. I