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 ^^ v':l'i«R-'f5'J!!.f3H'MB»Ji • •.: â- ' â€" 'wpgitt '"â- ii»w;^i"^r^- ' JUHWNj..,y,,in.,-,;j PS£lQs^ York trical e: le e e s e^perieace IL fl e bar, rear tk. bootblack't^ ' 'tbeirnetaettjr -doneinaiaoS; ^^bleneoroin!? !dthatre%oqrk prominent remarked, ««i ^^ but it seems tokj"' atenedaahoeirtii, gnt danced wi4 oftenedstrainirfS ore touched hinflLS )f hia umbreUaTrf lack boots or ct.sir.IdobotL',. out a particle ii, onpluased, bntheK of inquiry, ang ;al sequence. 3d as he withdrew 1 n pedaL J'ather, sir," waa t i thj paymaster of tM •k men never strike fj dividend of love « norning sir. It,en t, lifts the cloud ns the heavy bn nd began to whit imind. The old ua had bent himself] with a brush in eaq ing both brushes iM an rod. Thei other break. ' said he, «I suppâ„¢ tvhen you're allaloj ct, sir, I never wag 1 â-  response. you pretend to ha truth,' Gillnioi ^3 th d you, B.c,' the neg uth, means to lie,' I know anything abo3 was drowned in thj lu't knov- that it iook say t was i heart, bir.' Gillmore continue cing me. Come that you were nevd lie Every man i ect, sir, I told you t or answered. I Iways with me. S| ence. He is alw eachers wouldn't see tlie pjd,y, sir.bJ 1 might not have aeej !very night, sir. you better than E| he Brooklyn Theati ut a final gloss on thj stood, brush in han^ religious fervor. ^ry exhortations upd )re sat as though spa r, metaphor, wanntij ;o he had never hesi from the darky's eyej ger, in pleading tone( to come. It was pn ensed revival senno( i. The whole plan i in less than five miii iralyzed. He seemej sophistry of theneg lad a man more cod The sinner was faiil tction and contritiq !ts from the heart ' !pell. Satan had pi^ k, and Gillmore of sin. He driftej ever. f dollar tome,' hes in the old man's palij ut waiting any polia 1 I met Henry Cla if the Metropolis e said that the boot| rrdained minister e is the Rev. E. j :hurch, as Clair putil t man in the citJl i makes enough is church and snpp" nost pious man I e' even a bit of cher" and he is day long. Thomas a day or t lim whether it apiest man in theci^ plied, 'if I could obT the- soul of 'bit. G'" altpeterof salv»ti«' erful bad.' " a Mall Gazette Uii royalties from k-er £1,000, or $5,0 i under hop-culti^ orld is estimated ' svhich nearly a fou of £10.000,000 SB the custody of on«1 b House. They««l .ers about 2,000,OW| ny Uttle fellow, f 5 like a man. does he, wh«» "Oh, no,"»w:. a he takes his in " consumption of J jarly in France i»a ving doubled " being to a gf^* jJ ine. The re^^^* sioned by wib« toxication 1*°" aining t^mP^^, dues are al»o "j introduction » RYORDEROFTHEtMm â€" â€" â€" â€" ijia^mn .*!;,: ;h 'i- A r h hi CHAPTER II f fhe city walls, Ifidden by the fl-ithoat t" jjj^ from those seclnd- ,breU»P'T'e young Rome takes its walks «n y^^ Salvarino, almost "THe shade o' the waUs. and hard by J the s"» pancrazio. In the more g»**. ^.vi of the Eternal City, ttjni P' tne 5^)3pei rons day* it and indeed was, the resi- ^^S^^^Tlme great Roman famUy but deuce of .^°' .gciJiie and famihes pass away ""' ^-r no means ish pounds .verse »^"|^"'°"any traveller who had the ^^f 'tlughtv owners were by aadt'^l^.^liaKingafewEngli from maKin; bv letting i^Jclinatiou or „ths there had known alter in«,B'"'rr;as8ed ^own the long line the mean? to spend a few The present tenant at this Sir Geoffrey Charteris, "^rrnsv'^nor Square. London, VV^ and "'â-  V. Tvark in the county of Dorset, ff*' *neDUty-lieutenant, and Justice of B»r'°**' was a man of long descent. The •he Peace. -^ .^ j^.^ ^^j^g .^^g ^qJ; ^h.^ "^Tms poor mortals; his life-giving blood 01 r^ transmitted through suc- s^«* Venerations from a long line of gal- eeeding g" and gentle dames from fear- "°- lltnn who followed their sovereign 'â- ^^\* Tl ?o arms, marched with Richard *^f rtnhelr to the Holy Sepulchre, »'â-  f^a^e crossed swords with the doughty jnl n;»y"' ,f rpijg title, conferred upon "'â- ^^.^ter rby the Black Prince in person Sorious field of Crecy riuh as it passed down t "^Tld good men, soldiers, statesmen, ° Sines to the present worthy represen- "' ^7S these honors. Not that he had 'shed himself in any field, a short-lived where he had made a most incompetent in- r mIi" ever appointed to office, though he vieJeiy subsequent event and prefixed "^;yafer.diauei- story by an a lusioa to S time when he was in the Earl of Mud dkton's Ministry. The rejeption rooms of the vrila crowded whea our friends arrived, kind of informal after-dmner reception, "ended by most of the English visitors liir-erine 'after the Cirnival. with some fflrnkliag of the resident aristocracy for si'GeofFrey "l^ei *° gather people round birth and genius being equally wel- Sir Geoffrey looked every inch an aentleman, standing there among tative „eitlydi3tingtiii live as anUnrte^ inglorious Mmistry, " name as the Uarter-secretary in were It wam him, come. English his guests, years shapely feetraa yet untroubled by the fami lv'out. His eyes were pale blue, and imewhat weak his face, clear-cut and re- nii°(l with au aquiline nose and a high|white iorehead, but the whole marred by a mouth weak and nervous to the last degree. A connoisseur of art, a dabbler in literature, ffid last, but not least, a. firm believer in ipiritualism. j ux j Enid Charteris, his only daughter and h'iress.a girl about eighteen, must be tak- ea for granted. Imagine in your dreams of Yort fair women what a golden-bronzed-haired â-  girl should be, and you have Enid, with all her charms of manner and person, with that perfect expression without which the most classic features are cold. She smiled bright- It as the new comers entered. It is not giv- i en to every one to be able to disguise their likings and antipathies, and it did not need a practised eye to see her cold greeting for Le Giutier, and the instantaneous glance for Maxwell. i "I really began to think you were going to fail me," she said " and this is the last of our receptions too. I shall always have pleasant recollection of. my visit to Rome." "We have been dining with Maxwell, Miss Charteris," Visci explained. " Could we forget you, if we tried And now, be- tore you are so engaged that you can have no word for poor me, I want to ask you a favour. We are going to my country retreat on Fridey, and my sister Genevieve is dying to see you. lo persuade Sir Geoffirey to come." I "Here he is to answer for himself," she replied, as the baronet sauntered up to the " Really, Mr. Mazwdl, yon ate too mys- terious. If I coold tmderstand yon" "I think you do wtdecstand me; I fer- vently hope you doi* For a moment, a little wild-roae bloom trembled and flushed on tbe gurPa cheek, then she looked down, played wiA her fan nervonaly. No reason to say ahedid not un- derstand now. Maxwell did not follow up his advantage some instinct warned hiin not f and aiuoitly changing the oonver- satiw, he told her of his life in Borne, each passing moment linking his duunt the firm- er. Gradually, as they sat talking, a group of men gathered, roonid, br^iJcinff in apon their tete-a-tete, laughing and talking after the most approved drawing-room fadiion. In a distant comer. Sir GeofErey had but- ton-holed Le Gautier, and was apparently deep in conversation on some all-absording subject. The Frenchman was a good listen- er, with that rare faculty of hearing all that was worthy of note and entirely ignoring the superfluous. He was not a man to talk much of himself, and consequently heard a great deal of family history details and in formation that astute young man had found valuable on occasions. He was interested now. Maxwell thought, as he idly speculated upon his face. "Yes," Sir Geoffrey was saying, "I am firmly impressed with that belief." He had got upon ois favorite topic, and was talking with great volubility. "There are certain gifted beintrs who can ;call spirits fr«m the vasty deep, and, what is more, the spirits will come. My dear sir, they have been manifested to me." "I should not wonder," Le Gautier re- plied, stifling a yawn in its birth. " I think you are quite right. I am wbat people call a medium myself, and have assisted at many a seance." " Of course you believe the same as I. Let unbeiievers scoff if they will, I shall always believe the evidence of my eyes." " Of course," Le Gautier returned polite- ly, his thoughts wandering feebly in the di- rection of nightmare, and looking round for some fheans of escape. " I have seen ghosts myself, or thought I have." " It is no imagination, Le Gautier," Sir Geoffrey continu^, with all the prosy ear- nestness of a man with a hobby. " The strangest coincidence happened to me. My late brother. Sir Ughtred, who has been Doyoatidnklahoaldbe dhaiaad hen thfa tfjrtOB iMCMttv did „_„„%!„ ,!,„„+ fiffE ' dead nearly twenty years, manifested him- of a^e'^taTranTstraXtho^rou'^Klfelf to me^he otU night. Surely that frilJls'st^ff gray half, to the B-all â„¢P^-^ --« -^^^^ -^. o' --« duty I " Perhaps he charged you with some com- i mission," Le Gautier observed, and pricking up his ears for any scrap of useful informa- tion. ' " Not that I remember indeed, I did not see him for years before he died. He was an eccentric man, and an extreme politician i â€" in fact he got into serious trouble with the authorities, and might even have been ar- rested, had he not removed himself to New New York?" queried Le Gautier, wondering vaguely where he had heard of this Ughtred Charteris before. " Was he connected with any secret society â€" any Socialist conspiracy?" "Do you know, I really fancy he was," Sir Geoffrey whispered mysteriously. "There were certainly some curious things in his effects which were sent to me. I can show you some now, if you would like to see them." Le Gautier expressed his willingness and the baronet led the way into a small room at the back of the house, half library, half studio. In one corner was an old ebony cabinet and opening the front, he display- ed a multitude of curiosities such as a man will gather together in the course of years. In one little drawer was a case of coins. Le Gautier turned them over carelessly one by one, till, suddenly starting, he eagerly lifted one and held it to the light. " Where did you get this " he asked abruptly. Sir Geoffrey took it in his hand. It was a pold coin, a little larger than. an ordinary sovereign, and bearing on the reverse side a group.-" I'apa, you must promise to take curious device. "That came with the rest me to see Signor Visci's country-house on of my brother's curiosities. -But why do Iriday. Do you hear?" (you ask? You look as if the com had burnt "Anything you say is law, my dear," you." • l j 4. 4...^ SirGeoffrey aMweredwith comic resigna- 1 For a moment, Le Gautier had started tion. " Anything you desire.â€" Le Gautier, back, his pale face aglow with suppressed Iwish to speak to you," he whispered quiet- exciteinent but as he noticed the baronet s !y:,"come to me presently. -Salvarini, wondering eyes upon him, he recovered him- â-  â-  forsworn self by a violent effort. " It is nothing â€" with a smile. " It is only the coincidence which startled me for a moment. If you will look here, you will see that I wear a sioiileu* coin upon my watch-chain." Sir Geoffrey looked down, and, surely enough, on the end of Le Gautier's pendant was the fac simile of the medal he held in his hand. .,. ,.i " Bless me, what an extraordinary thmg i the startled baronet exclaimed. " So it is me where you hear? I thought you had forsworn Saieties of all descriptions. Glad to see you are thinking better of your misanthropy." Le Gautier turned off with the baronet wmewhat impatiently, leaving the rest together. Salvarini, looking on somewhat thoughtfully, almost fancied there was a look of relief in Enid's face as the French- "lau left certainly, she was less constrained. " We shall look forward to Friday with jreat pleasure, then, signor Visci," shesaid. • j x n- "I have heard you speak so much of the Perhaps you do not mmd teUmg ^ula Mattio, that I am expecting to see a yon procured yours ?^ P«rfect paradise. '• 1 not fail yon." "Iamveiy«orry,"tnbBi npUad ngnt- fnllv, "becKoae this is tiie last time, in all probability, ear friends will meet tosethsr for sometime." "lam sorry too, Caato, but I caniwt kelp it .Good-ni^t." Le Gantier watched Ua f risnd along the moonlit street, a smile upon his face not pleasant to see. " Ah. yes,' b* mormnied "it is quite impossible. Genevieve is a good little girl, but good little girls are apt to cloy. It is getting dangerous. If Visci should find out, it would be a case of twelve paces and hair •triggers and I cannot sa^- fice myself yet â€" not even for Geneviev*.* (TO BE OONTIinTED). â- ad tonQoesa's enridanoe if j fraai VUIETI£S. The experiment of turning cats loose in Australia to destroy the swarms of rabbits is reported to have proved eminently suc- cessfuL Ghee is much used in India in a way similar to our use of butter, suet, or lard for cooking purposes. It is made of boiling fresh milk in earthen pots for an hour, and after it has cooled adding curdled milk. Made pure, it will keep for years fresh, and is higldy prized in every class in India. In 1842 the depression of trade and^ agri- culture in the United Kingdom was' even greater than that of the last few years. In that year pauperism and crime reached, not their reuktive, but their actual maxima, till at last one person in every eleven was a pauper, and one in every five hundred was committed for trial. The fur-seal has been many times con- founded with the hair-seal. Two animals more dissimilar in their individualty and method of living can hardly be imagined, although they belong to the same group and live apparently upon the same food. The hair-seal, white or grey in colour, common on every marine shore, has no generic af- finity with those seals with which it has usually been associated, the fur-seal and the sea-lion. It no more resembles them than does the raccoon a black or grizzly bear. In Chunking, the capital of Se-Ghuen, China, it is usual to see in the streets, after the shops have been shut, a number of street preachers, arrayed in full clerical garb, expounding the teachings of Confucius. They are employed by a benevolent society and the custom is prevalent all over China. Another benevolent society devotes itself to collecting waste paper. The Chinese believe that, as writing was given to them from heaven, to devote paper bearing writ- ten or printed characters to vulgar pur- poses is desecration and so all the paper the society collects is burnt outside the city in enclosures erected for the purpose. Mr. J. G. Barbour tells the following queer story as to the origin of Athole brose, a peculiar mixture of honey and whiskey. There was once a terrible wild man of the woods who was a great nuisance to the lovely heiress of the honours and lands of Tullibardine. Accordingly she let it te». g^^^^ known that the slayer of this monster shouM "„„i. „„ J be rewarded with her hand. At the par- ticular desire of the lady a handsome young man in humble life entered the lists and this was how he succeeded. At a certain hour in the day the monster was accustom- ed to resort to a hollow stone in the forest to drink. This hollow stone one day was filled with whiskey and honey. He drank it, and fell and easy prey to the [handsome young man, who won the heiress; and ever since the particular mixture in question has been know by the name of Athole brose. tinnes to aqiisr f»4gr*K^y froqi ili-healthas to aeriooahr lu ia ilei i r ii W l i 'A performanoe •f paUio nmetional It is repwted that he â- wovidhmn rss^^pedsorae tine •«» l«Kt for the presratg soUoitatiods rf. Mr. Ibnner. It is mmoored that Mr. KosB(,^-pTemier of Qiiebec, and Mr. CortwaO, ex-IJeaten- aut-Goremor ci Britidi Cohoabia, wiU be appointed to tiie Senate to fill 'the Tacaasies caused by the death of Mc Chapais and the appointment of Mr. Nelson to succeed Mr. Cornwall in British Columbia. The contract for the nutfonry work ol the Canadian Pacific railway tnidge at SMilt Ste. Marie has been awarded, ami the work is to be completed by November 15th. The contract price is ^260,000, which, with the ironwork, will bring the total cost of the bridge up to 1400,000. The London Times, commenting on the appeal of the members of the Newfoundland Legislature for compensation for losses sua tained by the disallowance of the Bait bill, says the suffering complained of is real and serious and might have been already remov- ed but for the dilatoriness of the Colonial Office. Recently a cow belonging to Mr. Richard Coad, of South Ekfrid, save birth to a double-headed caU. The heads were per- fect in shape and size, and each had a separ- ate neck which united at the shoulders. There was also two btkckbones, which united in the centre of the back. At birth the cedf weighed 103 ponnds. Mr. Cormier, M. PP. for Ottawa County, recently received an intimation that the wife of one of his constituents, Mrs. Luke C. Ryan, of Stagsbum, on tiie Gatineau river, had given birth to triplets, and as it is understood the Queen's bounty is no long- er extended in connection with such events, Mr. Cormier headed a subscription and raised $100 for her among the members of the House. Mr. John Sanagan, a veteran of the war of 1^12, died at^St. Thomas recently, at the advanced age of 04 years and five months. Deceased was born in Montreal in 1792. He enlisted in the Canadian volunteers when the Americans invaded Canada in 1812, and secured his discharge in 1815. He took part in the battle of Fort Detroit and Chrysler's farm in 1814, serving under Col. Salisbury, and was awarded a medal for his bravery. The Snssia. Empire of the Czar is so vast in its FABM. HOME AND GENERAL NEWS. it was given to me," Le Gautier replied, with an enigmatic smile. "It could not help you, if I told you.â€" Sir Geoffrey, may I ask you to lend me this coin for a short while? I will tell you some time what I want it for." „ -r i-. i.- " Some other time, perhaps,"â€" Le Gautier threw the coin into its place.â€"" You see, 1 regard it as a valuable curiosity and relic, or perhaps I might part with it. You will pardon me.-But I forgot aU all about our spiritualistic discourse. As you are a medi- um, I will ask you" „ ^, 1 " At some future time, with all the plea- sure in life," Le Gautier interrupted hastily. " Meanwhile, it is getting lateâ€" past eleven °°L they walked back to the salon, the FrenchmMi was busy with his thoughts. " What a lucky find " he IS "â- ^Mth two Eves," Maxwell whispered in English. Visci was not a man to misunder- "^d the meaning of true company, so, with a ooff and a little complimentary speech, ^turned aside, taking Salvarini by the »f^. wd plunged into the glittering crowd. i do not understand the meaning there," J^^anni remarked as they walked through »e rooms. " If Maxwell means=' "f.^'ige blossoms," Visci interrupted la- «uoally; "and right, too.â€" Let us get pU " "iiisic-room. Le Fanu is going to »i^*h**F '«°i*"ied by Enid's side, toying laiisra • ^^^ discoursing in their native Son^^^v" ^°^ voice. From the exprea- ,oi J".â„¢ ^ace and the earnest ring in his «, there was no doubting the power of nnen do you leave Rome. Miss Charter- â€" o ,«„, • :. „;„«, hnfa Uln^Mf ^?-P% ch-gi-g the con- ill-fat^ ^/iSde^^Tci^ S ouTo! ^,r- -This IS your last reception. I ^^r^TherrTu^tTX something in it, WeeS '"-^^ le^ve in the middle of next with a feeble-minded »^J^i° iStaluS^ " for certain j ghall be very sorry for spiritualiBm, Umjbux^ has not lost its cun muttered. It the missing insignia, sure enough, a^the *-x-j TT~u*-I5^nii«.rteria IB mme hosts for I have been happylierei" ning. Nous verrons. *ell ni!" P'"°bably return with you," Max- j^observed. "I ha.ve defer^ my de- It would be pleas ^too long already. ..^^^^f together." ??ld ^r"^g.,e^«'7thing showed nothine of h« thoughts how- ever, as he parted from Emd with a smUe ®^Y^'_r:^i„ J^-«i «nmnliment. It was get- teach that Rome «iZ pJ"'" .E'dd put in archly. '»= Wioj ^â„¢*^ ^ity ^^ no more artis- "Y^.7|etounpart?" ll^eU t^7.^^®*?^®^ some lessons here," **»»dl' V ^«*rned •'^I^ «* with a tender inflection. â- ^ *e uS^*l° °"e8- I have been leaam- Am T 1:'^* *â„¢ "lever likely to for- presumptuous, Mias Enid " as Salvarini and neatly turned compliment. Sg°ate now the street, were empty the friends turned homeward, bidding the others pood -nightand turning off Si the direction of hi. apartments "You had better change yjmr mnd, and corned ns on Pridiy^*otor/» Vism nrg- Tlc Gautier. "T^« ^^^^ "4^ d^mditer are to be of ti- P^" ^T*^ wotT to the dogs for the day, "fd »me. ^My dSr cSlo, the thing fa imposrible. Ploughing was commenced on March 15th in Lethbridge and McLeod districts, N. W. T. It is reported that there, is a suspicious vessel off Yonghal, County Cork, waiting to land a cargo of dynamite. Tippoo Tib, appointed Governor of Stan- ley Falls by Mr. Henry M. Stanley, is to re- ceive a salary of |1,800 a year. Fifteen to twenty miles of snowsheds will be built by the Canadian Pacifao railway this summer in the vicinity of Donald, B. C. Measures for the development of the black cod fisheries of British Columbia are expected to be adopted by the Government this summer. Pirates are roaming about Tonquin in powerful bands committing all kinds of out- rages, and the French troops are too weak to cope with them. With a view to protecting the fisheries of the province the Manitoba Fish and Game Protection Society is trying to get the ex- port of fish prohibited. Two Mounted Policemen at McLeod nam- ed Johnston and Toomey, who got intoxi- cated and resisted arrest, have been senten- ced to twelve months' hard labor. It is reported that Lood Balfour of Bur- leigh and Lord Dunraven are drafting a scheme for Ireland, which wiH be submitted to the next session of Parliament. Unfounded reports are circulated at Pesh- awur to the effect that the Ameer of Afghan- istan is dead, that Kelat has fallen and that Cabul and Candahar are in danger. It is expected that the aiOFairs of the insol- vent Exchange Bank, of Montreal, which have been in liquidation for three years and a half, will soon be finally wound up. M. Barthelmy Samt Hilaure has published a work on British India, in which he advo- cates the formation of a league in Western Europe to check the advance of the blav- empire. « ii. The plans and preparations for the new station of tiie Canadun Pacific railway in the west end of Montreal are completed, and contract. wiU be let and work commenced forthwith. It is reported that nMotiations for the transfer by the Michigan Central radw.^ of the entire Canada Southern hue to the Can- adian Pacific are inprogress, and are likely to be soon completed. It appears nowl^t Major-General Krock, Russian commandei: at Warsaw, who was aaid to have been murdered, committed suicide on leamiag tiiat Mssmi had been wr- restedonsnspicioa of bd^ '^9^'^J^ the recent attempt to sasasifiiate t^ C«ar. Joseph Badaa, tiM allsged oouiterfnitar, whowSved from a Moatnal detective re- Mntly. has written from Paris to the Mont- rela cW ol Police offining to come back Jf'HTIIiJS iMWll'll" r'TT" I " 1" V ' liiii '" No PonuD F005 Fob Cows. Many pq^ ^t^; a va^ idea that "milk is BB^^ BO ii»tlwr^«a»t flort of a oMr it.lM«ioeaiJ|4iFMP,,«r m ii^afcJood tlie oowfa^b^l!!^ miiJMb great miMake, and soineti i iies a very sorions one, as th* Nat onal Livt Sto k Jimmal poiats. «v( in the foBowiag ao^cle There is no test so delicate as the inat stomach tP settle the question as to whether a cow, or a herd of cowsin milk, are being fed unwholesome food. The inftmt's stom- ach WiU within a fow hoon after partaking of the nulk of sows fed upon brewers' grains, rebel against the irritatmg properties ooa- tained, the stomach rejectingit uv vomiting, and the bowels getting rid of it in the form of frequent evacuations, offensive, green, and sometimes frothy, in which aire lumps of undigested milk. The following case is Ulns- trative, and sujh occur frequently: An in- fant was bein^ raised by hand, and special effort was made to piocnrie select mi from a neighboring cow, rath^ than to depend upon milk shipped into the city and hauled around by milkmen. On the milk of this cow the infant took on a very bad condition from which it would improve upon treat- ment for a day, but immediately rdi^ise, and after several weeks of this experience, a watch was put upon ttie woman who own- ed the oow, and she was detected in gathering refuse from the alleys, vegetebles and decay- ing food thrown out from kitchens. Upon this information a change was made, and the infant b^an at once to «[row better. It would be as unreasonable to expect good bread from flour made from damaged grain as to expect pure milk from cows that had their rations made up of damaiged food, such as had become tainted by age or soured through exposure to heat and moisture. Those who are raising valuable ' high-bred calves need not look for health and wrift in these calves except the best of fresh food be given to the dams. The putridity contain- ed in decaying food enters and poisons the blood, and it is from the blood that the milk is extracted in the udder. Let no man flatter himself that the digestive organs can separate the putridity, casting it aside, tor they cannot do this; but, on the other hand, the damaged material goes wher- ever the blood goesâ€" to the lungs, liver, kidneys, and udder, and in the latter, enters the milk. extent that it bewilders the mind to attempt to form a picture of it. Sweeping from the White Sea, the Polar Ocean, at the north of Europe, eastward .to the Sea of Japan and the waters of America, where she haa ceded to the United States a domain in the New World larger than France embracing the vast realm of Siberia border- ing upon China on the south, and touching A^banistan at the gate of India flanking Persia, and hovering like a dark cloud over the whole of the Turkish Empire, while on the extreme, west she faces Germany, Austria and the new Kingdom of Roumania, Russia in one compact mass a territory such as no earthly monarch has ever before ruled over. To the people of the narrowed kingdoms of Europe, who wateh jealously every move ment of Russia, the Empire is grand, mys- terious and fearful. They knowite mora than eighty million people include many races, all of whom seem willing to serve their Emperor. He has at his command a standing army of more than six hundred thousand men, and could call under arms two million soldiers. The vastness and mystery of the Empire make it even more formi4itbIe than do the figures which represent its armed men. The distant camps of the primitive Aryans, who still worship the sacred fire the Iran- ians and their ancient enemies, -biarbarous Tu ranian, at peace at last under the flag of a foreign mafSter; Tartars of every sort, faithful in their allegiance to their white master Georgians, Circassians and Armen- ians rude Samoyedes, people like Esquima- ux in the extreme north troops upon troops of Cossacks, the organized "Cowboys" of Russia and^ then the great mass of Euro- pean Russians, with the Lapps and Finns, and myraids of Jews all these diverse peoples belonging, with all their goods and their very live, to one man, and one only, the Great White Czir â€" all these make up a vague but formidable whole. It is no wonder that the statesmen of Europe have Russia seldom out of mind, and that they sometimes attribute to her the strangest and darkest purposes, some of them the most unlikely for her to entertain. The nation whose people are most jealous of the power of Russia is the English, |for it looks upon the Czar as the greatest if not the only danger to ite possessions in India. But Russia has another rival in Austria- Hungary, for the intereste of the two na- tions in the countries which have been from time to time sliced off the Turkish Empire, are constantly clashing. Toward Germany Russia is friendly, and the German Government seeks to maintain the best of relations with the Czar but there is jealousy between the two countries, which are, â€" and because they are, â€" the two greatest and most commanding powers in Europe. The people of France are most friendly toward Russia, because they see the rivalry with Germany, and they have a proverb " My next-door neighbor is my natural en- emy, but my next-door neighlwr but one is my natural friend, because he is the enemy of my enemy." ,. • *u The power of peace or war lies m the hands of Alexander IIL, Emperor of Russia, but he is not likely to exercise it liehtlv. Although he is an absolute monarch, he could not govern long against the wish of hispeople. ma power is not limited by a parliament, but he feek none the less the influence of the thought of the people, and no^ absolute sovereign was probably ever more in sympa- thy with the inclinations of his people than is Alexander III. They desire peace, and it is pro1»ble that he also desures it. But he is a warlike monarch, and the Russian people have he- come ussdto war, bo that it is almost a second nature to them. A small event may precipitate a great conflict Plaster of Paris is not snitable^r moulds for brass. Any fine sand, wet with water Pertaining a little clay, can be made a fafr moulding Mmd. Um as Utde dav aad water ua irilljart make the sand hold together when aqueensd in tiie hand. Notes and Suogestioks. An eastern farmer says e does not know of anything finer than a good ox team, and that wherever you see one you se» good crops. Should spring open early.and the graiss start, do not be tempted to allow the stock to graze on it until it is well under growth. Trampling on young grass does more damage than grazing it closely. Whenever it is noticed that the hogs eat gravel it is a sign that something that they need is lacking. A few pieces of coal, or charcoal, will probably be a cur.;, while the food should at the same time be varied. The four-year-old steer is now known no more in the advanced^circle of cattle feeding. All of the big steers, which used to tip the beams at ISOO^to 2000 pounds, were four years past, but now they do it at three years past. ' Mr. Gregory says he has never see^ water running in drains he has built fo^- nnderdraining land after the first year* His theory is that after the accumulations of many years have been removed there is but little water running in the drains. Charred wood from the stove, or charcoal in any shape, is excellent for hogs. It is best to keep charcoal in the pens where the hogs can always have free access to it. Rotten wood is also relished by hogs, and they are very fond of burnt bread or other charred substances. More and more the active, prosperous men of the city are turning to farming, but there are lots of foolish ventures in this line and thousands and tens of thousands of dol- lars have been wasted after the absurdest fashion, and yet city people with money to spend keep trying their hands at farming. The fruit jellies of commerce are fittii^ly ciUed Hortictdtural Oleomargarine by Or- chard aTi3 Garden, because they are such a compound of adulterations. For instance, alleged " currant jelly" is composed of Water, glucose, tartaric acid,gelatine, aniline red and dried cores and skins of apples, the refuse of evaporating establishments, often sour and decayed before drying. Well brought up dogs let sheep alone, but a dog's education is not ended before he is two or three years old. Many a valuable puppy if left at large at night, which he never should be, is enticed off on a maraud- ing expedition by some little cur he accepts as a playmate. It is usually periectly safe to let old dog's have the range of the prem- ises young ones never, if there are sheep witldn several miles Farmers should not forget, in the hurry of spring work, that a good kitehen garden is " a handy thing to have " near the house â€" " especiaUy in the country," as Mr. Spar- rowgrass would say. Plan it out now and plan it so as to permit the use of a horse in cultivating as much as possible. Allow plenty of room, run long rows, and allow for a good variety of vegetables. Their use will promote health, give pleasant zest to the daily meals, and lighten the worry of the good wife in providing palatable food for the " men folks" and children. In the case of trees which bear in alter- nate years, judicious thinning will often le- sult in considerable fruit in we off year. A breeder of poultry says â€" "Every spring I procure a quantity of cedar boughs and scatter them plentifhUy in and around the hen-house. The odour of cedar keeps away yermin. The remedy is simple and effective." The forest-products of Canada constitute one of her most important sources of wealth. The export Under this head in 1886 was £5,- 303,873 the annual output in timber and logs for the same year was 111,633,862 feet cubic of different kinds of timber, 48,350,-. 091 pine and other descriptions of Ijgs. 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