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 FABM. ^CTicultnral Notes. !e Becipes. 11 one cup of buttCT â-  i-quarters of sugar. lips of flour, one-half I e t^aspooniuls of baka teaspoonful of extraof patty pans in a qi^ ;k anil wa i one er.g deep eart en dish i and a littlt salt ' n the back of the 1 lay gradually cook' iig. If the water shij e the rice is done^ )ut tender care h.u grains remain vh^ become tender puti cold water over it u separate drain it 4 dish. Then add ««â-  eds to be very swee lie and thejmceotl )u the stove and l«] e minutes then pou 1 when cooled offP« Turn ouk like a bU r.,„t dowers in New York city ;-,;;;,te.i to s3,ooo,ooo. '• ,,' vuted in thoroughly prepared ••"'i^;;r:ilizedaiid unsparingly culti- ;; ".,,'l,„.e abundant crops. " ritl"" of farmingâ€" make it 'J uiid study it as you would "-^I'cUwor medicine, '-,r,erw..uM keep his soil in the ' " „f feitilitv, he must conaider -;:f ,„ost valuable crop and use his rk and steady work are neces- " farmer if he would obtain the l"' But drjii't overwork. Better â- "le while sometimes than pay a tv,r'=l'ill. uM have his home look attrac- • trces, dowers, and shrubs around keep the yard and walk free from ".; I'ut the briars which disfigure the ".j front fences. ., price of wheat of the last two 'i^eeii uot an unmixed calamity to .... It ha.s lead to an intro- " ,,ur wheat in many new mar- j. .„[)« ami gained for it a firm ni-riineiits in the cultivation of ' ' V'li' eountv of Kent, England, are .!• been quite satisfactory thus far, i",. curiiii; process is likely to " .riiiii-ertaiii than the raising of the ;,,,, rmp i)f the countiy is not large It i-' e.-pc'-ially deficient in the !,i„;,i.riis will be shipped westward .â- â-  .istwiird before Winter is past. â-  Jn-ailv hi.:,'h and a further ad- ,J,y l.f lookeil for. ,: til.' ti-ndtr flower roots do not :: i: their leaves have been killed by iiif liuina i.-i one of these. Dahlias 'â- : ,1: .sli'iuM reiniiiii in the ground • kavus arc dead, but not long • r the runts to sutler from freezing. .:^ ,niilil speiiil a little time each ..ii:!.' verv [irotitably. Reading will •I a tlie iiiiiid by bringing; it in con- !::, uthrr'.s thoughts. This is the one k ..f Canadian farmer.s, their intel- n..t .ultiviited enough. Let us ..I'f "f it. ;,~ti 'U 'if 1)1.1 ntiiig fruit trees in sod r .1 ili.^iUs.sifin in the agricultural .- i;i~t now and the preponderance of ,: i.iiii.st the ])ractice. Most fruits :.,st in Well tilled soil. The pear is ;iri'in, hilt (icars should be kept in !.•.â- â€¢ k or iiiiidifatc their growth and .r.i(.li'the blii.'ht. K'.p.iii-a Fanners" club discussed the k -lit fir salting cattle. It M"a3 • t!:;;t ' ]iiecu weighing eighty lihii; iu boards, stones, or any y !ip]i.)rt.-;. would l)e a "sutficieiit • :• I •:' iir twelve cattle through the a at asturo. It _should not be ':;.• •^'miiiid. 1 .! 'Mwers will go through their ;-v.'.rv Fall ai!(l examine each tree ;.;. will tind upon many of tlieni .., fiHiii the trunk near the ground. lia.' av. ,iy the gum a small white .:' I i'laek head will be_ found dril- • â- â- â-  ,y thro;i;,'h the bark. Kill all of -N .111,1 the trees will not sutter from Tiir, arly part of Oetolter is the -â- -. Im]- iloiii'4- this work. i'.iiy .-iay.N that milk varies very r.,-.,u.ility f.'rliuttor-niaking. The iii.ikr a ji.imd of butter from '"::il-- "r ftT.rjccii ([uarts of milk, /â- '"M't .skitn it closul}-. A fair, ;â-  .;i..ility ..I milk will make a pound â-  :â-  ei-h twi'Iv.' (luarts. The best â- â- 'â- 'â- l â-  ' is a pound of butter to four â- ;;â- . t:;.!t w.i.s an extraordinary cow. â-  '"â-  lioulii iniike a pound of butter â- "â- '--:'â-  'iiiarts. â-  want yoiir boys to stay on the â- V it intcn-.stiiig for them and let â-  "1 â- â- oiiK'thiiiL;- besides a dog's life. -» tun loving aniinal and must have ^riiient or ho will not be content- .^ "Ut for this and let the old home ' pkasant he will have no desire â- ' The return will repay the out- â- -Miy to brighten up a little, and â- - i'l'.-iurprisi'.l at the corresponding â- â- â- :â- -;:; yonr:self. â-  :-- "'rniir whovo information relative to â- "•- -o.s 11. furtlicr than his own ex- â-  ' I'ui: ,ir his neighbor's, is far â- â- â€¢â€¢;~ "';• man he inight l)e. (io home, ' â-  'â-  e;s. iTiiil Vdur ])i)oks and seek ' y 'i.r sto.k of knowledge by every â- ;â- â€¢â- ;!;. .^ Ho not take some one's "â- â€¢ HUM. but use your brains in ' 'â- â€¢ "".: and adapting it to your o.wn • -lytlioils ,if L-ultivation. In this â-  ^â- â- I'a 't M-!;:;t you should, and in no EHTEEPEISIHG HTDIAlTS. I :iv tiio French government to ascertain the proper yut for dilTercnt dotncstic aui Ill I. at, made up and con- i""'-t!ial and scientific men, â- â€¢/ :i\id upon as a minimum ^â- ':i_ o\- ,ir milch cow 2 ounces; â- ~ in tliL- .stall. 2 1 '2 to 4 ounces; "• 1 ti 2 ounces sheep (double â-  i--ti2-o ounce; horses and •â- e o;i;tet of fall plowing is to ex- 'i,-' "'"i'"Ugh pulverization by i "^^ It done early is not important, i "^^'â- 'e IS sometimes a gain in leaving :•;-•? s'.irtaeo is slightly frozen. This '{l' '.^' ' " '""" P^ ^^1^ furrow holds it |C\vV,v^""'^^'"i'^* required to pulver- â-  „'-^J'i-.raa.ss. But if a hea^-y sod is I ,."",P;."^*;«"li;^^^-e the work down early I â-  j.'j 'lat the sod may partly rot this. -•* :.it vvill be a bad piece to put Jy~ '11 next season. j • v,^;;,"!^' '•"i*' when the careful sheep V..1 1,„* "'lining !vlwut him to find '-.i'"|5*'^^'ith which to increase the rp "'" "'^- -^ buck should 'serve "' hiiii'" ^^""" "" ^^"^*^ some care in "• rii "r" ' *^' "^^^y once, this .: i^^;, " increased. The buck 'Vofpi' •^^^-â- '^^b' on oats for some P:ile «"' '"â„¢s*l in W'ith the ewes, 'â- â- " a '" ' "'" Sheep grade up rap- Jtr T' ""'â- â- ^' "nd it neetla but 'â- ;aW,'i'?„" '^^ progeny to make lifted anunal soon pay for itself. Colas lato • tiesenil Tm«9p*rt«U*ii BaslMCM oa Thetr Wwa Hook. The Northern Sioux Indians have under headway an entei prise which is at once novel and importaut. It has beMi determin- ed by the councilmen of the Sioux Nation, as well as by general assent among the people, to establish mail and transportation routes throughout the frontier region which shall be conductetl exclusively by Indians and as an Indian enterprise. The principal part of the work w^ll be done by the young men of the nation, while the older ones will supervise, counsel, plan, and manage. All the labor connected with the transportation of mail, passengers, and freight, will be per- foi-med on foot, and the athletic young Indians are now in training for their part of the enterprise. The mail carriers will travel by twos and the freight and passenger carriers by fours. It is intended to have the routes embrace every place that is con- sidered a frontier town. Several hundred Indians will be employed and all must be men of sobriety and honestj*. The loads for mail teams will be limited to 200 pounds, and those for frieght and passenger teams to 1,000 pounds. The mail carrierd will travel at the rate of eight miles per hour, net the passenger carriers at the rate of five miles. The men w^ill be harnessed to strong but light vehicles, made especialy for the work. Boarding stations â- will be established every 25 miles, and this distance is to constitute travel for each team. Every runner will be requii-ed to make three trips per week. A term of 90 days is to be the limit of a j-ear's work for one individual. At the expiration of each term the Indians who have been in service are to return to their resers-ations and their places will be filled by a fresh lot. The whole business is to be conducted on the co- operative principle. Every member of the Sioux Nation will receive a percentage of the earnings after the men wiio perfoim the work have been paid their salaries and all other necessary expenses have been settled. Night Life and Character, j One night often destroys a Avhole life; The leakage of the night keeps the day forever empty. Night is sin's harvest timie. More sin and crime are committed in one night than in all tlie days of the week. This â-  is more emphatically true in the city than the country. The street lamps, like a file of soldiers with torch in hand, stretch away ' in long lines on either sidewalk the gay colored transparencies are ablaze with at- tractions the saloon ami billiard halls are brilliantly illuminated music sends forth its enchantment the gay company begins to gather to the haunts and houses of plea- sure the gambling dens are afiame with palatial splendor the theaters are wide open the mills of destruction are grind- ing health, honor, happiness and hope out of a thousand lives. The citj' under the gas- light is not the same as tinder rod's sunlight, j Night life in our cities is a dark problem whose depths and abysses and whirlpools make us start back with horror. All night long tears are falling, blood is streaming.. Young men, tell me how and where you spend your evenings, and I will write you a chart of your character and final destiny, with blanks to insert your names. It seems to me an appropriate text -would be " Watchman, what of the night " Police- man, pacing thy beat, what gf the night What are the young men of the city doing at night Who are their associates What I are their habits Where do they go in and when do they come out Policeman, would the night life of young men commond them to the confidence of their employers? Wouhl it be to their credit ' Make a record of the nights of one week. Put in the morning papers the names of all young men, their habits and haunts, that are on the streets for sinful pleasure. Would there not be shame and confusion Some would not dare to go to their places of business; some would not dare to come home at night some would leave the city some would commit j suicide. Remember, young men, that in the retina of the All-Seeing Eye there is nothing hid but shall be rpvealed on the last day. â€" â- * 1^ ' â-  " The Plying Dutchman, It is a fact not generally known, that the Flying Dutchman was a real ship and its cap- tain a real character. In the early seven- teenth century, when competition between the Dutch and English for East Indian trade ran high, one ship, plying between Rotterdam ami Java, was known as the Flying Dutch- man. Its captain and owner was one Ber- nard Fokke, whose name deserves to be ex^ liunied as that of the first man who used iron in the construction of a ship. Sheets of iron were visible in many parts of Fokke's ship, and the populace, knowing w^ell that iron naturally sinks, grew suspicious when this one, instead of sinking, surpassed all others in swiftness. It seemed " uncanny," as the Scotch say. Wiseacres of the wharf shook their heads as the big taciturn captain passed to his ship which so defied the laws of specific gravity. With what dark power of the air or the wave was he in leairue When from one of its voyages the Flying Dutcliman never re- turned these suspicions organized into the seed from which grew the well-known super- stition. It was whispered that, in trying to round the (J^»e of Good Hope, the iron- bound ship was repeatedly driven back by storms, till at last the Captain cried, " I will round ihat ape if it takes me till Judgment Day " Then a voice of thunder echoed down the skyâ€" "tai Judgment Day " So the Flying Dutchman was believed to be doomed ti) try and round the cape till Judgment Day. â-  -â-  â-  What it Oosis to Keep a Man for Seventy- five Yetffs. I met one of our old citizens on the street the other day, who is in the 76th year of his age He said "Do you kuow that it costs between ?6,000 and $7,000 to raise a man of my age " I answered no. He continued "Well, sir, in the past seventy-five years I have nartokenof 8i^l"26 meals, consumed 6-' 595 pounds of solid food, drank 51,100 cups of tea and 18,250 cups of coflFee. I have not lived extravagantly and my meals have cost me on an average eight cents each. Therefore, the 82,125 meals have cost me «6 570." "^Tiere is there an octogenarian who can figure closer than this? LAIB DOmntlOS HEWS. The chestnut bell has been introduced at Salvation Army services. ColUngwood's mock I*arliament has de clared in favor of manhood sufferage by 3i majority of one. Gilbert Craig, of Carleton, KB., is be- ing tried for assaulting his f om^een-year-old daughter. Rev. Mr. Qoinney, who was one of Big Bear's prisoners, has resigned his position at Fort Pitt and is on his way to England. The by-law to raise SI 8, 000 to extend the water mains of the city of St. Thomas w^as defeated by a majority of 88 out of a total vote of 442. On the farm of Mr. Peter Shields, of Mon- tague, is a vine, seven feet long, attached to a potato, on two separate places of which are w'ell formed seedings, which possess all the vitality of a new potato. During the present season 2,500,872 bush- els of American grain, representing 5,005 car loads, have been received At the port of Collingwood, and it is expected that 3,500, 000 bushels will be received for the whole season. Mr. A. F. McLean, teacher in the Balac- lava-street tchool, of St. Thomas, has been censured by the Managing Committee of the Board of Education for chastising a pu- pil, who, it is alleged, called him an oppro- brious name on the street. An Indian tramp was observad to hide a package in a hedge before he entered Chatham on a begging mission. The pack- age contained S70 in silver, §400 in green- backs, and a certificate deposit for .?300. This wealth was unearthed and was handed over to the tramp, who decided it to be the part of prudence to move on. The council of Victoria, B. C, desired to elect a street superintendent. Tw^o candidates were put iu nomination, and the vote re- sulted in a tie, four ballots being cast for each. The mayor refused to give the cast- ing vote, and there is a deadlock in couse- quenee. The mayor claims the right to vore or to tlecline to vote as he sees tit. A Fort McLeod ilespatch says â€" The most reliable information to hand is, that there are no Bloods in Montana. Eight returned the other day and reported six Bloods were killed by cowboys for shooting a steer and "not Gros Ventres. It is reported that in consequence of this a council was held and decided not to go south. On Friday last ayoung man, about twenty years of age named Frank Webber, son of Mr. John Webber, of the 12 concession of East Zorra, was helping a neighbor, Mr. Har- wood, to thresh. He had been cutting bands and in the temporary absence of the feeder he stepped upon the feeder's platform and began feeding the machine. By some means he lost his balance and fell into the cylinder, stopping the machine instantly. He was taken out horribly mangled and died in a few moments. Mr. Matthew Sedgewick, of Dummel-, had a j-ear-old calf which he believetl died of hydrophobia. On driving it to the creek, which runs through his farm, the animal, seeing, the water, appeared to become mad, frothed at the mouth, and run ami tumbled violently aroiind the field,' showing all the symptoms of hydrophobia. Mr. Sedewick secured his ride, and after firing four shots, succeedeil in killing the frantic animal. He believes it was bitten by a mad dog that was seeu in the neighbor hool a few days previ- ously. A rich mica mine has been discovered in the township of Methven, County of Peter- boro, and has been acquired by Mr. Wil- liam Martin, of Kingston, and Mr. Seth Welch, of WoUaston. About two tons have been blasted, and one piece of pure mica weighing thirty pounds,- has been ob- tained. This has been sent to New York fcr examination. It is pure and white, and the jiromise is very good. Six feet of depth has been explored, and the mica is found to be better as the workmen go down. The mine is believed to be ten acres in extent. Catharine Jeffreys, of St. John, N. B., thirteen years of age, while stopping at Moucton met a little girl named Rj'an, ten years old, and persuaded her to go to St. John. On arriving there the Moncton girl was taken to a house and was persuaded by the Jeft'reys girl to remove her clothing. The Jeffreys girl then donned the clothing and left the house. This left the Ryan girl in such a state that she did not care to go out on the street, but she succeetled finally in attracting attention, and was at length taken to the police station, where she explained the particulars of her loss. The Mono Mills shooting case was heard at Brampton last week, by .Judge Scott. It is learned from the evidence that the prisoner, Thomas Kidd, is a man of consider- able means, owning some SOO acres of land, besitles notes and cash. He is eccentric, and it is alleged that at times he keeps his money hid under stones and stumps in the rie'ds. Not long ago his father when very seriously ill, made a will, leaving to Thonias another farm in Albion. But the old man recovered unexpectedly, and Thomas then wanted to occupy the farm free of rent. To this the father objected, and rented the place to his son Henry. Thonias refused to leave the place and a series of quarrels resulted. The judge found the pi'isoner guilty of common assault, but on his engaging to leave the farm in dispute and binding himself to keep the peace for a year a fine of onlj' §5 was im- posed. • The verdict of the coroner's jury in the Plum Hollow tragedy iu Leeds is that A. L. Carr was wilfully murdered by R. H. Carle, Daniel Carle, and H. C. Carle. The scene of the murder presented a terrible spectacle the moniiug after the deed was committed. The body of the murdered man lay on the road untouched from nine o'clock Wednesday night until ten o'clock on Thurs- day morning. The house was wrecked and the door-yard filled with bedding, broken c!iairs, and crookciy. The sitpposition is that Richard Carle, being at one time a volunteer and having a duplicate key of the armory, which key has since been found, took the volunteer equipments, and after fitting his brothers out int. uniforms which were turned inside out, started to raid Mrs. Day's house. Mauy of the neighbors also blame Stevens, who owns the house. He is an uncle of the Carle boys, and is reported to have ofi"eretl §10 cash and a gallon of whiskey to have Mrs. Day put out. The three Carles have beeu arrested and lodged in gaol at Brockville. Cosmopolitaii Sugland. England owns more ocean-going tonnage than all the rest of the world, and her trade .with fH'eign lands is more exteusi%'e than that of any other country. Her merchants and her ships are iu all ports. The traders of London seem to have the most intimate Connections with merchants in every quarter of the globe. A glance at the general advertising col- umns orthe London Times will give one a clear idea of the ramifications of her com- merce. Here one will see iu a single page an- nouncements of the sailings of ships of every class and bound about everywhere, and offer- ings of merchandise in any quantity and of all types, and the products of all lands. But a look at a few of the special advertisements will give one a clearer idea of England's out- lyiug business connections. Here among the wants are calls for men to fill situations in all latitudes, and also notices of persons in need of places whose addresses range from the pole to the equator. In the "for sale"' columns are offerings of coffee plantations in Ceylon, sugar estates 'in India and Cuba, chateaus in France and Spain, ranches and mines in the United States, barional halls and deer forests in Scotland, iron mines in Russia and indigo fields in the far East. Just below an advertisement in this Lon- don paper of situations wanted of London footmen and coachmen I find this notice which is from far Bengal REQiriRED IMMEDIATELYâ€" A FIRST class stud groom, to take charare of the Stables of a native chief in Bengal. Good character indisiiena able. Must be a good horseman and understand veterinary work. Age between 30 and 40. Unmarried preferred. For particulars applv H. St. JOHN KXELLER, Esq., Oriental Club, Hanover Square, W. As incidental to the subject it is interest- ing to note that England's mail service, do- mestic or foreign, which is of the best char- acter, gives every facility for postal com- munication betsyeen her home and distant people. And this postal interchange is rapidly on the increase. The annual growth of England's population is about one per cent. The increase in her coiTespondence has been going on in the last thirty years at about the rate of six per cent. Thirty years ago the average of letters to each person was fifteen, to-day it is forty-two â€" a larger average than that of any other country. De Lesseps and His Canal. M. De Lesseps is the Napoleon of this co- lossal enteiiirise, and, it is to be feared, he carries out the parallel in a certain indif- ference to the saciifice of human life. He looks beyond to the object, and he sees the i"oute to San Francisco shortened by five thousand miles, the route to Canton and Shanghai by ten thousand, and the route to Calcutta b}' thirteen thousand, as*" against the old passtige l)y the Horn. A whole army of labor perished to make the Panama rail- way and another army, it seems, must follow it to the shades to cut this trench. Most of his stamp do not count the cost, either for themselves or others, and his example seems to have proved infectious with his subordi- nates. The chief engineer of the company. Mho imprudently took out liis family with him, has seen every member of it die around him, and noM- remains. a lonely old man tf) finish his task. The scheme has suiwived every discouragement, even that of the re- port of the distinguished engineer lately sent out by the French government to enlighten public oijinion. M. Jlousseau's misgivings, it was thought,, would check that tranquil flow of millions on which the scheme has hitherto pursued its easy course. It did not. M. De. Lesseps called for another loan to fill his almost exhausted coffers, and the money came in from every city and hamlet in France. The French know no measure of confidence tliej' give all or none. It has pleased, them in the inscrutable workings of their minds, to believe that nothing is im- possible to the projector of the Suez canal. If they were obliged to recognise an exception, they would still be prepared to say with TertuUian that the very impossi- bility is but certainty's crowning proof. The canal will probably be finished, because, in the first place, the French peo- ple believe in M. De Lesseps, and, in the se- cond, because M. De Lesseps can not suffer himself to die with this giant labor unachiev- ed. It is the only ocean canal of the first magnitude still left to the enterprise of mankind and M. De Lesseps and his coun- trymen can not leave it to another individu- al and another race; Suez and Panama ex- haust the gi-eat possibilities of the planet in this particular line. M. De Lesseps has ac- complished Suez, and, as a consumate artist in ambition, he owes Panama to the rounded completeness of liis fame. FOlEiaF NEWS. They all Have Gone Away. BV II. S. KELLER. There was Kit, as fair a lassie As ever you did see, A merry, wijisonie mai.ien With a heart as pure and free From guile as Summer tiowei-s On a rosy Summer day â€" She's left us in our sorrow .And she's gone away to stay. There was .Jammie, noble hero, A la' â€" our heart's delight â€" He marched away in uniform To enter in the fight. We watch the rising sunbeam And the closing of the dav, But no more we'll see our Jammie, For he's gone away to sta\ There was Xed, our boyish darling. Our roguish little elf, He always thought of others But never of himself. The sea it took our laddie And buried him away. We never more will see hiui, For he's gone away to stay. And so we're sitting lonely, My poor old wife and I We're building phantom fancies From shadows passing b}' We're waiting, only waiting The da^^^ling of the day When we shall meet again and keep The loved ones gone away. " Cat-tails boiled for ten minutes won't drop off," says a florist, but won't the cats object to waiting while they are being boiled? "And shall you try to break his will?" the caller wanted to know, after the widow had told her how the "recently deceased had fixed the property and rather left her out. " Try " the widow echoed as she smoothed out her, dress complacently. " I don't think there rill he much try about it. I didn't have aiiy trouble breaking his will when he was alive and I don't think it is going to ttouble me any this time." .Miss Welch,, of Bnfiilo, has been dining at an hotel iu Edinburgh, ami describes a festirity known as "an ice-cream effect" in thb way " Iiuteatl of being brought upon the table in a brick or pyramid, the ice- cream was cut in ^;ood-sized slices, which was laid around a circular cake of ice a foot -or ten inches high. This was hollo-wed out in the middle, and illuminated by a lighted candle inside. The effect was very brilliant. " The Princess Wilhelmine, heir to the throne of Holland, has lately celebrated her sixth birthday anniversary. On that occa- sion the Queen invited to the royal palace all children bom on the same day as the Princess and treated them to a banquet and presents of toys. A surprising number re- sponded to the call, and though the Queen welcomed them all, she was heard to remark that the 31st of Aug., 1880, must have been the greatest day for births on record. Some crafty Hindoos have invented a cun- ning dodge for making money. They catch a goodly number of snakes, and then tell their pious fellow-natives that they are about to take the reptiles and give them up to the Government to be killed, thereby gaining a reward offered for poisonous snakes. The shocked Hindoos instantly of- fer considerably more for the serpents to be released, which the fellows accept, and then go off and transact the same business some- where else. Cheltenham, England, is a very enlighten- ed town, especially noted for its many excel- lent schools. And yet the whole totrn is worked up over the alleged appearance of an old lady's ghost who wants to show some- body where she buried .€500 before she died. The municipal authorities, under the advice of the ghost, have offered £50 to any one who will find the treasure and regular " ghost trains" are run in from the suburbs for the convenience of those who want to see^ the old lady's shade. A new tricycle cab or "three-wheeler' has just passed the usual London police in- spection and is now duly licened for hire in the streets. The new vehicle is comfortable and roomy, ladies' dresses cannot get .spoiled by coming in contact with the muddy wheel, and the driver can be communicated with without dislocation of the neck. All that is needed for its success is, it is said, that pas- sengers should be satisfied that, with its odd- looking single wheel iu front, it is by no means dangerous. Out of about one thousand students who presented themselves for examination from the Liverpool centres in connection with the Science and art examinations of South Ken- sington upw^ards of two hundred were wo- men. Two young ladies passed in magne- tism and electricity, twelve in inorganic chemistry, and two in agriculture. One lady, -Nvho passed the elementary examina- tion last year in machine construction and dra'.ving, was again successful in a -more ad- vanced stage of the same subject. It looks as if the Revolt of Man will have to be orga- nized for the beguining of the twentieth century. On the door of Prince Bismarck's study at Friedrichsruhe, are notches indicating the height of all the members of the family. They are as follows: â€" Pi-ince Bismarck, 6 feet 2 inches Count Herbert, 6 feet 1} inch- es Count William, 6 feet A inch Count Rantzan (Bismarck's son-in-law), 5 feet lOi inches Princess Bismarck, 5 feet 8i inches^ and Countess Mary vou Rantzan, the Prhice's daughter, 5 feet 8 inches. This gives an average" height of 5 feet 1 1 inches for the whole family. But opposite the name of Princess Bismarck is a note scrawl- ed with a pencil saying that when she was measured she stood on her tiptoes. Archdeacon Denison lately macle a vigo- rous onslaught on the ladies, for wearmg back buttons on their coats. He had always thought women cared greatly for the grace- fulness of their appearance, but having watched them lately in London, he began to doubt it, and he felt so strongly alxmt their back buttons, that if he was a little, younger,' he should start an anti-button society. He amused his" audience by explaiuing that gen- tlemen originally wore buttons on the back of their coats, when they travelled much on horseback, in order to fasten up their coat- tails, but he did not suppose the women of the period proposed to fasten up the tails of their skirts. ' El Groniata. de Morelox, a paper published in Mexico, avers that it is customary among the Indians of the Jonacatepec district of that co-dutry to exchange wives. Occasion- ally these trades are permanent, but more often they are for a stipulated length of time, at the expiration of which each woman returns to her former husband, and the event is celebrated in each family by a feast, at which the pulque flows freely. When the wives cannot be traded even, a dog, cat, or pig is added on one side to make the liarter fair. In the district of Tenango, at Tesca- liacae, the still more novel custom exists of selling or trading off mothers-in-law. A very fair article of mother in law can be bought for a lamb or sucking pig. A Spanish shepherd killed by lightning recently -was made the subject of a scientific post mortem to discover how the electric bolt had done its fatal v.-^ork. His eyel)rows and eyelashes were burned off, his 'e}-e)alls were dried up, all his left side was scorched and burned in spots down to the ankle, while the right side of the 1x)dy and right leg were uninjured. Serious as these in- juries were, none of them appeared sufffi- cient to have caused his instant death. But as soon as the breast was opened the cause of death was apparent. The lungs were frightfully congested and the heart was enor- mously dilated and filled -with coagulated blood. With all this damage to the man his clothing w-as very little injured, the only traces of the lightning upon it being a small hole bored through the rim of the hat and a slight singeing of the shirt collar. Mr. Potter Palmer said recently to a friend: "I liked Mr. Vanderbilt 'because he was geiierous to himself. Most rich men are stingy to themselves." The ReVi Dr. Lorimer, the well-known Baptist clergyman, tells this storj' on him- self " When in London, a few weeks ago, I visited a market, and asked the name of a peculiarly ugly fish that lay on the counter. ' We call them Baptists,' replied the dealer. 'Baptists ' I rejoined 'why Baptists ' ' Because,' he answered, 'they go to the bad so soon after they come out of the water.' " • ' :(.! •I I ^*i i il si i: