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 greaaeciipa^ minutos. e cnp of u. of flour, Ub^â€" 'Q of eoda.Tffli oon of clof^l tineg. ?«I two cups of I J thirds of a cup' J| pjee^eggsand ^i Yotn^G^oi IDU two cups of Mi.^ I thirds of a cupJI Ihree eggsand ^\ powder. Pi*2l rais is a very *^' L â€" One cup each w I p, on^-haif cup ^1 boiiful eachofsofc I Ind three heu^l onfula on a £2| I wo caps flour jl â- baking powder' ~:2 1 if not desired a» Beat the egg agj I â- i add the flour ai^ K or water. [ad. â€" Two cups o( Ti meil, one cup c{ lila of yeast. Mix Jver night. In th« 111 of soda and ateaai 1 It iu the oven foe IS ie a crust as f or bh thick. First fifl sliced tine. Then I 3ve. Put the crust the crust to let |t eaten with sugar f y remnant of boUed the same amount of Imilk also two egn J butter season mft [d parsley. Bake in s. cup of molasses I :up(s of raisins chop. r cup of milk, 1 tea- iaspoon of soda, one ves, 1 small teaspoon 1 egg. Boil or steam hree cups of sugar, 1 8 of flour, 1 cup of of 7 eggs, 2 teaspoons )oonful of soda. One fiuient for both cake ting first and cocoa- ty large tomatoes, 6 3, S green peppers, 12 10 tablespoonfuls of Chop the onions boil all three together rly boiling put in the AL PrrjDixcr. â€" Two pint of Indian meal, salt, two-thirds of a )n with cinnamon 1 nilk then stir in the lilin^ point; then add indbake. Nice with ^u order Jias been is- forbidding manufac- to sell nickel-plated i stated that vinegar mces dissolve nickel, ons of one-seventh of ng, and is even more a Joke. ull of mischief, is as •t, as a French one is jntiment. Years ago :e of public resort at lite Conduit House, vere after the style of entertainment being vere respectably fre- last century they of Oliver Goldsmith, 3 of their existence â€" ill in IS49â€" the com- About 1820, when ot so common as they ouiiutic machines was ;roni this place, and witness the feat was 1- the noted sports- a party of male and )f people assembled, the ascent came, it whole tiling was a balloon, and the pro- had bolted withthe he mob knew not their wrath, until, vind of private box, ;ked that Sir George them " furriners," was " werry likely jang that's cheat«d h hoots and howls, began to assail tie Sir Cieorge expostu- ad been as much » IS tliey. A cabbage by way of reply. nous vegetable, he " Perhaps the gea- " will chuck a bit of isn't good without f laughter followed 'â- as turned in a mo- fl attempt tomolaMb' )assed out, their a»- 5f ore raised a cfaeer attack slapped Sir id pronounced him Them, n is becoming quiti, id*" k: ig some very cred-,, 3 thought highly rf Lve more than one* he would ma^jllN^ seen any of 'ius seen his naipef' o you tfainK of ki^i danyof.the^C^] t. Good^ at I write be Ooj Who Set A Snin Fof lia faa. AS ISDIAS FAIKT 8T0BT, â-²t the time when the animals rei^mii in L earth, they had killed all the peoplelMit Irirl and her littie brother, and tiicAa two \ete living in fear, in an out-of-Uie-wav^ IThe boy was a perfect little pigmy, and eTer grer beyond the size of a mere infant; at the girl increased with her years, so Ii4t the task of providing food and shelter til wholly upon her. She went out daily get wood for the lodge-fire, and she took ler little brother with her, that no mishap liaht befall him, for he was too Uttle to ave alone. A big bird of mischievous sposition might have flown away with him. je madu him a bow and arrows, and said » him one day • ... " My little brother, I will leave you be- ad where I have been gathering the wood; a must hide yourself, and you will soon the snow-birds come and pick the worms it of the logs which I have piled up. Shoot he of them, and bring it home." UBe obeyed her, and tried his best to kill ne but he came home unsuccessful. His jster told him he must not despair, but try gain the next day. She accordingly left him at the gathering- jlace of the wood, and returned to the lodge. Toward nightfall she heard his little footsteps crackling through the snow, Vnd he hurried in and threw down, with an tir of triumph, one of the little birds he bad killed. ' My sister," said he, "I wish you to tkrn it and stretch the skin, and when I ave killed more I will have a coat made out of them." I "But what shall we do with the body?" khe said, for they had always shp to that feme lived upon greens and berries. "Cut it in two," he answered, " and sea- son our pottage with one half of it at a ame." It was their first dish of game, and they telished it greatly. The by kept on in his efforts, and in the course of time he killed ten birds, out of the skins of which his pigter made him a little coat, and a bird-skin spare, " Sister," said he one day, as he paraded ap and down before the lodge, enjoying his lew coat, and fancying himself the greatest little fellow in the worldâ€" as he was, for there was no other beside himâ€"" My sister, re we really alone in the world, or are we blaying at it? Is there nobody else living? Knd, tell me, was all this great broad earth tnd this huge big sky made for a little boy ind girl like you and me " She told him by no means, there were aany folks very unlike a harmless girl and oy, such as they were, who lived in a cer- iin other quarter of the earth, who had dlled oflF all their kinsfolk, and that if he ronld live blameless and not endanger his llife, he must never go where they were. [This only served to inflame the boy's curi- losity, and he soon after took his bow and I arrows, and went in that direction. After walking a long time and meeting no one, he became^tire 1, and stretched himself upon a high green knoll, where the day's warmth had melted off the snow. It was a charming place to lie upon, and he fell asleep and while sleeping the sun beat so hot upon him that it not only singed his bird-skin coat, but it so shrivelled and shrunk and tightened it upon the little boy's body as to wake him up. When he felt how the run had seared and the mischief its fiery beams had played with the coat he felt so proud of, he flew into a great passion, and bebrated the sun in a terrible way for a little boy no higher than a man's knee, and he vowed fearful things against it. " Do not think you are too high," said he " I shall revenge my sell. Oh, sun I will have you for a playthins; yet." On coming home he gave an account of his misfortune to his sister, and bitterly be- wailed the spoiling of his new coat. He would not eatâ€" not so much as a single berry. He lay down as one that fasts nor did he move, nor change his manner of lying for ten days, though his sister strove to pre- vail on him to rise. At the end of ten days he turned over, and then he lay full ten days on the other side. When he got up he was very pale, but very resolute, too. He bade his sister make a snare, for he informed her that he meant to catch the sun. She said she had nothing but after awhile she brought forward a deer's sinew which the father left, and which she soon made into a string suitable for a noose. The moment she showed it to him he was quite wroth, and told her that would not do, and directed her to find something else. She said she had nothing â€" nothing at all. At last she thought of the bird-skin that was left over when the coat was made, aiid this she wrought into a string. With this the little boy was more vexed than be- fore. " The sun has had enough of my bird- skins," he said "find something else. " She went out of the lodge, saying to her- self. " Was there ever so obstinate a boy " She did not dare to answer this time that she had nothing. Luckily, she thought of her own beautiful hair, and pullinsr some of it from among her locks, she quickly braided it into a cord, and, returning, she handed it to her brother. The moment his eye fell upon this jet-black braid he was deltghted. " This will do," he said, and he immedi- ately began to run it back and forth" through his hands as swiftly as he could and as he drew it forth he tried its strength. He said again, " This will do," and, winding it in a aossy coil about his shoulders, he set out a Ettle after midnight. His object was to catch the sun befor»' he arose. He fixed his snare firmly on a spot just where the sun must strike the land as it rose above the I earth, and sure enough he caught the sun, so that it was held fast in the cord and did I aot rise. The animals who ruled the earth were im- I mediately put into great commotion. They [had no light, and they ran to and fro, call- ling out to each other and inquiring what Ikad happened. They summoned a council |to debate upon the matter, and an old dor- tonse, suspecting where the trouble lay, oposed that some one should be appointed I go and cut the cord. Thfe Was a bold ag to undertake, as the rays of the sod onld not fail to bum whoever sbodlS ren- |tnre so near to them. At last the venerable dormouse himself indertook it, for the very good reason that »o one else would. At this time the dor- »ouse was the largest animal in the world. "^en he stood up he looked like a- Bn«onn- Jn. It made haste to the place where the Imn lay ensnared, tmd, as it came nearer and with th* heat, and bpljfwkslvnriidii a very short time to em- 'oikmoffii fiJMf'j^ liihes. It succeeded, how* t«^ ih batkqg'tife cord with its teeth and fipMing the son, which rolled up i^gain, as round and heantifnl as ever^ into tfa? ^fi^t blue sky. But l^e donnoole^ or hBn($wi»- man, as it is caOed, ^as dmm|fc aw»y tor a very small size, and tibat is thti ^palou why it is now one of the uest crettlafes npwi the earth. The little boy returned home when he discovered that the sun had escaped his snare, and devoted himself entirely to hunt- ing. " If the beautiful hair of my sister would not hold the sun fast, nothing in the world could," he said. He was not bom, a little fellow like himself, to look after the sun. It required one greater and wiser than he was to regulate that. And he went out and shot ten more snow-birds, for in this busi- ness he was very expert, and he had a new bird-skin coat made, which was prettier than the one he had worn before. The Farmeis' Song. XT Aaacaauxim, W» are the jolly fannen. We till the teemini; eartb, yfe gather in our harveei With jolUty and mirth. We feed the poor meohantc Who toils the whole day long. And, when the evening oometh. We sing the Farmem' song. Obosbr. â€" Ah, happy are we farmers. In winter and in spring. In summer and in autumn The self-same aong we sing To us the city merchant Looks for his daily bread. The titled lord and lady Ily us are also fed. The lawyer and the statesman. And all the motley throng. Depend upon Ui wholly. Then raise the Fanners' song QaoBWi. â€" Ah, happy are we, etc 13ie doctors and their patients. The mouarcha on their throne. All look to U3 for sustenance, â€" What power the farmer owns We feed the poor and needy. We feed the weak and strong. And while we toil and labor. We sing the Farmers' sonsr. CiiORSB. â€" Ah, happy are we, etc Who would not be a farmer. And cultivate the soil t How happy in our freedom Are we, despite our toil 1 Tis we who guard the nation From tyranny and wrong, â€" Then join us in singing The sturdy Farmers' song. OnoR»8,â€" Ah, happy are we, etc Bomtuff^ Winter, the King of Fair Canada's Tear. BT NOKA LACOHBK. Tura. â€" " Ye Warwickshire lads'and ye lasses.'" Canadian brave lads and fair la.'ses Qaily welcome each seatton that passes They're proud of the charms ot their picturesque land Where nature has lavished with bountiful hand But proudest of all, Spiiug, Summer or Fall, .\.re t'lei ot the drear Winter, the King of fair Canada's year. When sQowflakes silver the' bare maple trees, Happy voices float on the icy breeze As merrily down the steep toboggan slide Many stalwart lads and pretty maidens glide For foremost of all, Spring, Suiumur, or Fall, Scands winter the drear. Winter, the King of fair Canada's year. Nay t who will deny that winter is King 7 List to the sleigh-bells that merrily ritag; As they sweetly tinkle thro' the frosty air Seems each merry tinkle to firmly declare That foremost of all. Spring, Summer or Fall, Stands winter the drear. Winter the King of fair Canada's year. The Sunny Side- True it is that cloud and ooist Blot the clear blue weather True that lips that once have kissed Come no more together. True that I have lived alone With my pale dejections True that I have learned to moan Over crushed aSeotioiiS. True I loved with right good will. Mourned my hopes departed. Dreamed my golden dream, and still Am not quite broken-hearted. BtU comes and evil goes. But it moves me never. For the goodâ€" the good It grows. Buds and blossoms ever. What has been can be again. Love to love returning. Sunshine always follows rain I Bright my hopes keep burning. Tain regret to mourn the past Be hopeful, never falter. To-day your lot 'mid sorrow cast. To-morrow things may alter. The sunny side of life should be Our first consideration. And it it is, our lot shall be Content's continuation. .» ril^ffy usea, a a iiemedy taeiamf ilii^.BgijWiilly mattoBS and «*BUigK Hm mr) titeir ajfrapriateuses: â€" :.*;, ^^..-i. Always poaUioe a boQ as sboiri»-itr char- acter is detected. Changs poultice oftot enough to keep hot until the boil is soften- ed. Then hare the boil opened, and con- tinue the poeltkiogt chaqgiogless frequent- ly unless discharge is free. Poultice a felon in the same way, but do not wait for the swelling to soften. Open as soon as coDvinot^ of its character. Wait- ing often causes death of bone. Apply a poultice to any angry looking, hard swelling, if grattful to the feelings of the pa.tient. A joint swollen and painful from a sprain, is often wonderfully relieved by a poidtice changed every hour or two. In pneumonia sod pleurisy, after the acute onset of the disease has passed, noth- ing gives the p:itient more relief than a hot poultice changed often. Other deep seated inflammations, as in- flammation of the liver, chronic gastritis, and inflammation of the bladder and other pelvic organs, are often relieved by poul- tices thoroughly applied. In some cases of chronic dyspepsia of long standing, relief ia most speedily obtained by the use of poultices applied over the stomach almost continuously for several days or weeks in succession. The efficacy of the poultice is due to its warmth, moisture, and emollient proper- ties. There is little special virtue in the particular article used. Bread, linseed, and slippery ^m, are the most useful in-the ma- jority of cases. It is seldom necessary to apply the ma- terial of the poultice,' directly to the affect- ed part. It is much cleaner and more con- venient to put the poultice in a bag of thin muslin or cheese-cloth. Poultices should never be applied to the eye. J Ta, moB^j.^ «» m wsctt nr a ' 'feir'ttiaatesi' lilMeidtir g«t^ ettt Wtte' hath. Mi isasnal^ dmetod. Xlpa. fartter n^^iod geaerally s^idsopw^teadloiy; to the floor. An Earthly Heaven. BT JACnTA JA4BS. LoTe is more boundless than the sea or sky. Deeper than depths of ocean or air Freer than all the wings of birds which fly. Than moon or stars more beautiful and fair. Love sweetens labor. At the close of day The weary plou^^man to his home retires. The laughing children meet him on the way. And cheery glow their humble hearthstone fires, Oar«s come, and sorrows with their bli^tiag breath Sickness and famine spread their tearfuU pan Strong men bear down before the reaper Death, And one by one home's cherished idols fall. But love sustains the heart and strengthens to endure Bends o'er the couch of grief with words of cheer, Soothes with its tone the p*in it cannot cure. And on its breast the dying feel no fear. It dignifies the lowly heart and softens pride Brings comfort to the soul by sorrow riven. With lore a daily dwellor ait the fireside. Your cottage walls bind in ah earthly heaven. â€" tmâ€"^m^^ ^1 Time Present. I»ay after day our span is shortened and our powers are lessened but those who de- sire to do good have always time wherem to eSeci it, and love and virtue do not per- ish. Esfcmple and the good we do m life are our- truest immortdity. For one life Uiat wo have rede«ned by our own, one im- petus that we have given to the ball of pro- oress, we may woU give years of personal KROw; and no time » lo^ thi^ shows a Vwave front to pam, that bears dis^p^int- maxi with equanimity, or that does one hair's-breadth of actual go od, Eligible young bach^or (making a call) â€" WeU, Master Ered, you don't know who 1 am. Candid young hopefulâ€" Uhl but 1 do; though. You're the chap ma says would be such a good catch for our Mary. How to Oqre a Cough. First of all, stop coughing. Three- fourths of the coughing is from sheer force of habit. There are thousands of people who spend an hour every morning of their lives m unnecessary coughing. A little ir- ritationis felt.intbe throat. Acoughis set up, and habit keeps it going until the irri- tation provoked by the cough, produces a really serious disease. Coughs are some- times contagious. Some old lady who has a pet cough which she has nursed for twen- ty years or more, sets the ball rolling in church just when the minister begins to read the hymn. Another auditor takes up the tunej another and another from all quaiters of the house, until they fairly tnake the arches ring with chin miisic. The minister continually, raises his voice in his .effort to drown the jioise, but he is no match for a hundred people, hemming and hawk- ing and interjecting chest coughs and throat coughs, and chin coughs, and every variety of this sort of vocal exercise for the high- er he raises his voice, the louder grows the din. Bye and bye, he gives up the contest in sheer despair and stops reading. Now observe what a change, â€" a silence like the " stilly night " begins as soon as the last cougher has time to get breath and clear his throat. No sooner does the speaker open his mouth again, than the coughers take up their dismal refrain. Is not this fact as good evidence as one needs, that coughing is an act under control of the will in a very large number of cases, and that a little ap- plication of the " mind-cure " is appropri- ate The writer has cured many chronic coughs by simply ordering them stopped. Try it. A Winter Tonio. People who shut themselves up in a stove or furnace-heated houses during cold weather depriving themselves of the delicions, crisp, winter air, with its dense, pure, life-giving oxygen, are preparing themselves for a not mysterious "dispensation of Pro^'idence" in the spring in the form of a spring fever, or " biliousness," or some other well deserv- ed punishment for their cowardly fear of one of nature's most efficient tonics. Nothing is more really invigorating than a walk in a keen, frosty atmosphere; How the cold air makes the nose and the cheeks tingle I How sharply the air cuts as it is drawn into the lungs in panting breaths ' and how the cheeks glow, and the eyes sparkle I and with what increased energy does the mind apply itself to its tasks! and how the clouds clear away from the mental horizon, under the exhilarating in- fluence of pure, cold air, when one returns to his study or his desk after a half hour's vigorous tramp through the snow of a win- ter's morning with the temp^ature away down below nothihg Artificial Digestion. The modem craze for predigested foods, has created a new and immense industry. Scores of firms are competing with each other in the production of novelties in the line of digested foods. By the delusive de- scriptions of the merits of these prepara- tions, many people are deceived into the be- lief that the digestive process to which these foods are subjected, is a real substitute for the natural process of digestion within the body. l%at this is not true was sl^own by the experiments of Sir Wm. Roberts. This eminent jAysiologist made an experi- ment with two healthy' kittens. One "he fed .digested food^ the othw upon milk. The first named soon fell behind the other in weight, sbowii^g the superiorify of food in a natural state as an ordmaiy diet. ' Hieuti^ng Against Colds." ' According to Dr. Brown Scq^^i^" sx- perimenta, colds generally result om ex- posure pf .thfisol^ of th^^leet or iJitTkiacki of the neck, which are the most sensitive parts oitiieJyody.. Bq advi«esas)apare.y«DBtat£Te, that the feet and neck be hardened by ex- {!P|(ir0to cold. The fe^. arv dailfj^aced in cold water, for a few minutes, and cold %ir is blown upon the |^k of^eneek with a bellows. The same effect may be obtained in the old fashion^ wa^ of bathing the neck with cold wato' every horning) oh ris- ing- .^-,:;/ :i-0 Y-- -^^ "--â-  If â-¼on feeljlaiirt, 'get itltp a hw^zontalf o- eitian as Wan is pOsisUeb If ^ssi le, ^et the head lower than the rest of the body. Apply hot water, if it cm.hf'alt once ob- tained, to the top and back of tho head. Hot water is much to he oreferred to cold. Snn-Bofunds. This disease of the finoer nails, techni- cally known as "paronychia," is now de- finitely shoira to M a contagions disease. According to a recent repcMrt, an epidemic of the disease whi*^ broke out in a school in southern France, originated from a single case. Children suffering with this i^ection should be kept out of school, and not be al- lowed to mi^e with other children until cured. Carbolic ointment or a solution of sulphite of soda is a good remedy. For a Felon. Don't waste time with plasters and poul- tices, dipping in lye and " smart- weed tea." If you have a felon, goat once to a good surgeon and have it lanced deep. The knifis should go down to tiie bone, then healing wiU be prompt and much mischief may be averted. He Always Lost His Load. Waggish Clerk â€" " I see you've hired Tim Dolan to drive one of the wagons." Express Manager â€" " Yes. Isn't he all right?" Waggish Clerkâ€"" Well, that's for you to And out. Where he was employed be- fore he was all the time losing his load." Express Manager â€" " Why, he came well recommended. What did he haul " Waggish Clerk â€" " He drove a sprinkling aart." DoYouSee» " Is it not a pity that Watson's arms are so short " said Walker to his friend. "Be is so handsome, and well-formed in other respects." "Oh, it does not make any difference," re- turned bis friend, "he always chooses a girl with a verj slender waist, see " Walker saw. Do You? Miss Chillingly So, Mr. Robinson, you kept a diary for four whole years and then gave it up Mr. Featherstone Robinson Ya-as. And it's weally quite interwesting to look it ovah and see what a fool I was then. Miss Chillingly It's a pity you gave it up. Only think 1 In ten years you might read it over and see what a fool you are now The Ck)od Things of Life. " That's what I call a good dinner," re- marked Bobby as he leaned back in his chair with an air of repletion. " Bobby," said his mother, " I am ashamed of you." The minister of the chapel, who was duiing with the family, laughed heartily. " Bobby ap- preciates the good things of life," he said, " like all the rest of us." " Don't you think it was a good dinner " Bobby asked of the minister. " Yes, indeed," he said " 1 enjoyed it very much." " Ma said she thought you would, because she didn't sup- pose you got very much at home," remark- ed Bobby. The Bnle for Determining Time- Mr. Skane â€" " Why compare your watch with that time. Miss Coco One can never get an idea of the time from the clock's in a watchmaker's window. You must have no- ticed that." Mi iS Coco â€" "Oh, of course. I was* only going through the calculation the watch- maker goes through to determine the time." Mr. Skane â€" " Indeed Do you know it. Miss Coco " Miss Coco â€" " Certainly. Add up the time of all the timepieces, and divide by thenumbe f clocks." She Onght to Enow- Mrs. H. " Great heavens, Cranston Don't deny it I saw you kiss her " Mr. H. (stiffly) " You are mistaken. She kissed me." Mrs. H. " But why did you let her " Mr. H. "I couldn't be rude to a lady." Mrs. H. " But why did she want to kiss you?" Mr. H. "I can't imagine. You ought to know." Classioal Item- " Have you got a copy of Milton's Para- dise Lost?'" asked Gilhooly of Hostteter McGinnis, one of our aristocrats. " What in the world is that " replied McGinnis. " It's a book," responded Gilhooly. " No, sir, I have not got such a book. W^henever I find anything that is lost I re- turn it to the owner. When did Mr. Mil- ton lose his iook What reward is he of- fering for its return " He EJiew Them All District School Examiner " So, njy ^*' tie man, you are quite a student, eh? Well, tell me what you have learned " Young Canada "Learned my letters." District School Examiner " Very good, and now tell me v^at letters you- have learned." Young Canada "Letter "a," letter "b," and letter go GaHagber " Dr!, Johnson once, speaking of a quarrel- some fellow, said â€" " If he had two ideas in his head they wonld fall ottt with each other." ' A correspondent asks how to serve a din- ner. If it is a good dinner, and you are hungry' just eatMu Thafs the way we would serve a dinner. ^^^, Edith â€" Ma, tixalb new maid is dreadfully stupid. Hi^mma-^What is the matter? Edith â€" I- wanted td practice a little, so I sent her to the music room for "The Lost Chord." Mammaâ€" Well? Edithâ€" She brought me the clothes line. I'he fasting men are grumbling at the amall amount .of money their exhibition brings than. We shooldlike to know what they want with money. The whole essence of their bulsness is to prove to us that we can live without it. new story 1 Ids little advtiiCnNfrv^-^^CSMl' f n ^eir boat into aa. East African river, titmrfqind on «h* bank « mdl of atoM that had evidehtfy ' Men a aoudly constructed wharf hi some remote period. In a foot note he josfiflcls tliia oonoeit by alluding .to the ruins of a very ancient cil^ on the ooast^f Kilwa, soath of Zanzibar. It happens that 500 miles nearer the region in wmch he has placed his story their are evidences of a past civilization that are incomparably greater than those he Dientions. Some way toiith of the Zambezi riv?r there is a large region extending from the sea neariy 400 miles inland, and 30O to 400 miles toward the south, in which ruins are constantly being discovered, proving that in prehistoric times the country was inhabited by a civilized people. To-day only the rud- est black tribes inhabit this land, save in a few places where the Portuguese have es- tablished stations. The littTe beehive huts of the natives are seen among massive ruins betokening a degree of architectural skill which rivals that of the ancient Aztecs. Our knowledge of these ruins is still far from perfect. Our earliest records of travel and trade on the East African coast, extending back to tiae beginning of the Christian era, do not mention them. Only in recent years have the travels of Selous, Erskine, Mauch Baines, Mohr and O'Neil revealed to us the monumental evidence this country contain?. The coast town Solalv is shown on a'l maps of East Africa. Near that town Carl Mauch found extensive ruins, remarkable for their endurable nature and strange shapes. There are partly ruined walls, still 30 feet high and 12 feet wide at tiie base, built of small hewn Mocks of granite. In these w-tCs sometimes 15 to 20 feet from the ground, are embeddid one end of blocks of stone 18 to 20 feet long, which were evi- dently used to support galleries. Here and there, built in the walls or standing by themselves, are round stone towers which evidently rose to heights of 30 to 50 feet. Similar masses of masonry are found as far as 350 miles inland and a little north near the coast. It is not positively known yet who built these ancient structures. No trained archae- ologist has visited them and no search has yet been made for inscriptions, though O'Neil says he has no doubt from what he has recently heard that there are numerous inscriptions on the ruins about Manica. All the ruins are surrounded by surface gold mines. It is believed that all this country was occupied some time before the Christian era by a great Colony, probably of Phoeni- cian origin, and that its chief occupation was gold mining. Mr. O'Neil says that these numerous ruins are nearly as well preserved as those of an- cient Egypt, and better than those of As- syria. Some day, no doubt, they will be systematically studied. Their existence shows conclusively that a large region in inner Africa, now given up to savage men and. wild beasts, was subject many centuries ago to the control of a people who were con- siderably advanced in the art of civilization. â€" â-  Trees and Blizzards. Prof. Chas. E. Bessey Writes as Follows â€" The blizzard in its purity and perfection is a native of the plains of the North- West. The. name is now applied to severe .storms in the East, but the genuine blizzard never leaves the treeless region of the Far West. When a snow-storm .sets in, m ith the wind from, the northwest blowing %t the rate of twenty, thirty, forty and even fifty miles an hour, with a lowering temperature which rapidly approaches zero, with the snowflakes filling and driving horizontally through the nipping air â€" that is a bli/ztrd. On the plains the blizzard demon finds every crack in the eather-nbarding and every loose joint in window and door, and through these the snowflakes drive with a persistence which soon piles up great masses of snow within the house or barn. The cold blast drives along the surface of the earth and actually scours it as with a monstrous sand- blast. 1 have seen plowed fields from which the snow and fine earth haA been blown, un til they were left as clean as if they had been swept by some giant's besom. The horizontal blast of freezing air filled with frosty flakes, sweeping the face of the earth, ' is characteristic of the genuine blizzard. I have been much interested in watching the effect of tree-planting upon the blizzards. The blizzard drives along the surface of the ground, and it has for ages upon ages found no tree to halt or veer it. The settlers on the plains planted trees, however, and these trees now stand as obstacles to the full sweep of the ice-laden wind. A few days ago, as a blizzard swept over the country, I passed through a loosely-planted grove of trees, cotton-woods, silver maples, green ashes, etc., and noted with pleasure that among the trees the violence of the wind was greatly reduced, and the flakes of snow dropped lazily to the ground, where they rested as contentedly as if they had fallen upon the tree-covered hills of Ontario. As soon as I passed out of the grove I had to face asain the furious flakes, driving hori- zontally in their mad career over the earth. As often as I passed through a little grove of trees, i found that I left the blizzard but as soon as I emerged from the sheltering trees, the blast struck me iagain in all ltd fury. This bit of experience is duplicated thousands of times every day. npon the plains. The tree-planter has routed the blizzard wherever he has set his Uttle army tre«8. Wherever a grove has come into ex- istence there the blizzard's scepter has been broken. True, he rules as fiercely as ever outside of the groves, but as these enlarge his dominion contracts. When once the groves are approximately continuous, and when once they have grown to greater, heights, the blizzard will be a thing of the paxt. The settlers upon the plains need not fear the blizzard for more than a half dozen yetrs, if he calls to his aid the friendly cot- ton vood, maple, ash, and elm. They alone ca.ri vanish this terror of the Western winter. I ,e- every prairie settler's motto be " Trees rather than blizzards." "Well, goodby, old friend, you will never see me again." "What! never?" "Ach, then, Gustavus, would you mind lending me another sovereign " It is not an unfair sarcasm that is em- b'Klied in the story of an organist wbu was ake4: â€" "Are you not a regular attendant •" '.i church " "Oi' ve*"said he. 'And ae v.. u a Christian?" Oh, no" was the reply, '-.L iu the organist. "