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0n the morning of the 25th a melanchon accident occurred on the Hamilton and North w stern Railway, at the junction of the L-zke Erie and Georgetown dwis-ions in Hamitton, resulting in the death of William Higgin botham, an engine driver on the latter (1i- vision. At the coroner’s inquest subsequentb held evidence was given from which it appears that the deceased was & steadv. sober. industzous man, well liked by all who know him; that he was in his usual good health and spirits when he bil good-bye to‘ Fri 2 A few short yem‘s â€"uucl than ~thwges Time hath wrought! So‘strange they seem, We source can deem The world, our life, ourselves are aught But one long fltful dream. . r I The clouds that fly - Across the sky, . ‘ ' Waves tossed upon the sea, Shadows that pass Defers mglass, , ~ g. , _ Our fitting emblem be. A short yearsâ€"and-then Where are the hopes that shone When youth with fl’owereenwr'eathed the houa's, And earth had but one mLsic tone * "‘ ‘59f‘joy'tol‘ us and ours? The Dnnkin Act campaign in Wellingtor has opened ; the County Council having sanctioned a vote being taken the friends and opponents of the measure are marshaling their respective forces for the conflict. Th. liquor party held a large meeting in the Tow: Hall;Guelph on Tuesday 16th inst , and organ zed “I‘he Anti Durkin Bill Association In the County of Wellington ;" on Thursday the 18th inst. the temperance men hole a iarpe meetinr in the same hall, for the purpose of advocating the claims of the Dunkin Act. The Anti-Dunkin meeting was addressed by Mr. E. King Dodds and others ; and the temperance meeting was addressed 1);» Rev. J. Handford of Toronto and others The friends of the Act have sent out Mr. J A. McMillan as organizing agent ; he i visiting each municipality in the County, organizing the friends of the Act in every part of the County in o w- rking committees ; so that every elector shall be canvassed, anu urged to record his vote in favor of the Act. The general opinion among friends and foet is, that the Act when voted on will be car- ried ; but there will be a heavy fight to pre- vent it. More anon. J OrEPH RYAN. 0n the 24th instant a. large number 0‘ ladies, representing the valions W. C. U’s, throughout Ontario, assmched in Toront in}: the purpose of forming a Provinoiu Union. After an interchange of opinion, 'i‘ Was unauimeudy resolved that such a. Unio' be formed, and thereupon the necessar work of organization was engaged in. Darin; the session several papers Were read by re presentative ladies, discussing most inte) est'mgly various features of the temperanc enterprise. Mrs Youmons, of Picton, Wu. elected President, with a. vice president in eachcity and county; Miss Puelps of St. Catharines, Corresponding Secretary; Mist Allen, Kingston, Recording Secretary; Mn Judge Jones, Brantford, Treasurer. The annual meeting of the Provincia Grand Lodge of Ontario, of this temperanc organization, was held in Hamilton on th 23rd, 24th and 25th October. Mr. J. B Miller, of Goderich, President, presided ove the deliberations of the sessons. The re p rs presented by the officers indicated a healthy financial position, and show then although the numerical progress has no‘r been as great as in some previous years stil some advance had been made. A delegatim {tom the Grand Lodge of Canada I. O. G. T. presented the {internal greetings of tha‘ body. Subsequently committees representing both organizations mat. to consider tln subjch of their union. A basis was agree to by the joint committee, to be rcporled s. their respective bodies for consideration or approval, The difference between the t\\'( bodies as at present existing do not appear t. be of so material a character as to rendm union impossible, or ever improbable, an thepommitteo seem hopeful thatwi‘thin tm 61“ three years the long sought-fiat .union wil‘ be accomplished. After the transaction of r large amount of important business the Gran- Lodge adjourned on Thursday evening. UNITED TEMPERANGE ASSOCIATION A few short yearsâ€"and than Where is the mighty grief “That rung the heart with mrture’s art, And made it feel that its relief ' Time’s hand could ne’er impart? A storm that‘s burst, And done its worst. Then left the heaven more clear 1/1: A- . A night-mare dread, ‘ With morning fled, These sorrows now appear. ,. THE DUNKIN AGI‘ IN WELLINGTON. fife?! mom years-and {Eben ‘ "'W'ie‘m ifs An'bition's pile, I but rose so high against the sky, O'firshndowing all around the while, 11 ifh its proud beast might vie? ~ A shudow’s shade, A card-house made By children for their play ; The ni: .‘Ilown bells That-folly swells, May vnuic u surcr stay. WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPFRANOE U NION . Where is the ad’mant chain ‘ That passion wrought, and mndiythought, 3,1901: tim‘o'nox' change could ever strain. ‘I‘m‘lfie’s l'ast strife was fought? ‘ ’ ' “ ~ A rope of sand, A goss'mer band '; , T136 filmy threads at ee‘n 3; .- _ {N > ' The spider weaves ' Amongst the leu'ves A firmer bohd had been. A few short yearsâ€"and then What of our life remains, The smiles and tears of other years, 0.’ passion‘s joy. of sorrow’s pains, meition’s hopes and fears ? - A faded dream To-day they seem, Which memory scxm‘ca can truceâ€" But seals they've set Shall time not yet Eiovn'ty efl'acel A few short matsâ€"and than MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. CORRESPONDEN CB. A FEW SHORT YEARS. The minbow’s hues, 'The morning's flaws, The blossoms of a any, The trembling sheen . 'On waters se'e'n' ‘ More‘stable axe than we". I The Royal Commissioners on Grocers’ [Ramses have examined more witnesses in iz‘. imbmg :. Donald Muthieson Mackay, qx supermtmndeut; of the burgh police, Dun- dee, was opposed to the present system, and declared that the law was systematically evaded; grocers sold drink over the counter, ito be consumed on the premises, and there was no means of checking the plzacticet lu‘ Dundee, to which Mr. Mackay’s evidence referred, there are nfi present 190 grocers, only 30 of whom, he believed, do not allow drink to be sold for consumption on the ,1 Ah Lungâ€"his bedding, furniture, ihc. i‘ne clothing, it should be mentioned, was uterred in tile coiliii along with the corpse, is well as a smell stachel full of trinkets and me or two small idols. 'l‘his procedure, 01 Jourse, was not due to any fear of Contagion, using simply a nutter of tradition. In the ant cab came Sam Ching, Wall Lee, Chi ieng, and another of their countrymen. The iir'y seemed somewhat astonished at being wde whether they would not preier the ser- ces ofa clergyman at the interment, reiter- a55ng, “We no go to church at allee” in theme. Arriving at the grave the collie was oworod, and above it were placed the rest 01 he goods. N0 demonstration was made at he graveside of any sort, and . the onll uemorial of Ali Lung is an upright board, .nscribed with his name in Chinese charac hrs, at the head of one of the “single graves" in the cemetery. According to one of the delestials a service Was held over the body in Wah Lee’s house, but all that could be gleaned was that the care and blessing of the great “Jess” were invoked to attend the dis imbodied spirit throughout its wanderings, tnd that the same deity was implored soon to grant the corpse a resting place in it: native land. In further reply to hisintcrlo cuter, the Celestial answered that if deceask ed had any money, even that would be buii 01 With him. But, he continued, he had none. All (Jhlnamen, he stated, are return 3d at some time or other, whether dead or ilive, to their native land. It is probable that in the present case the Chinese am- simply waiting until a large enough Data‘- has been buried to send the bodies home. It is said, indeed, that in San Francisco Trans- Pacific steamers do a profitable business on 1 the freight on celestial remains. Another custom amongst this extraordinary peopl~ § is that none of them will live in the cham- 1 Der of death for at least two years after- , wards. The spirit. it is said, will return new and again to the scene of its last earthly experience, and is indignant if it be occupied .iy another. Had the proceilure practiSLd in Ghinese obsequies at home been adhered to, the friends and relatives of tho deceaseo would have walked the streets all night howling to their deities to take compassion in the soul of the departed. Happily, how ver, both for the Celestials and the public, this part of the programme was not carrieu out. ‘fJohn” does not find much difficulty in adapting himself to the circumstance:- wherein he finds himself placed, and it is perhaps to this feature of his character that his financial success gained as it is in th I midst of a community so diametrically opt losed in all its traditional and interests to his, may for the greatest part be ascribed.â€" Globe his wife at 6.10 in the morning on leaving! for his day’s work ; that the cause of the 1 accident was in his undertaking to assist the brakemen to couple two cars together and getting caught between them when they came together. He was so jammed that he icould not move until the cars were separated, which of courise was done at once, but the mischief was accomplished, and with one agonizing shriek the poor fellow fell beekâ€" zlead. Mr. Rodgers testified that the deceas- ld was not required to couple ears, es-he was loinr, but now and thou,it appears; engine .nv‘erd do so to facilitate the making up their ’l‘aiiifi. The Verdict of the jury Wes there fore that die doe used came to his death on the morning. of the 25th inst., by being elusth between two cars I on the Hemilton ztnd‘Northwestern railway; The jury are of of opinion that no blame can be attached to he employees 'of the said railway. A wife 1 and one child are left to mourn the sudden and awful fate of a. husband and father. ungumm'ly uigu one may be judged how '18 openma question, “How mucu you wk u cute him y" Tue docLOr having cxpl'ajueu man. his success was not proport onnl to his fees, Chi hang seemed somewhat astonished, out. nevertheless invited him to attend. A11 Lung survived till buuday last, when he Lled. His friends proceeded next day to Jesus. Turner :55 Leaman, from whom the) ntdered a hearse, a. waggon, and a. cab. In he hear: 6 was placed the body of the deceas- d; in the second Vehicle, which,, as 3,1193 n terwal‘ds determined, was simply a. cab, veto placed the whole of.the personal effects “Senex.” the rl‘oronto correspondent of the )rillia Packet, has something to say about Hamilton in his last week’s letter which is. .iot without interest to llemiltouians. He says :â€"'l he (fleets on trade, of the Hamilton ‘ cnd N. Western railway are beginning to be Vern. Already it has produced a competition route from Toronto to 13qu 1.10 per ‘G. T. R toillhwards, 21 great business is being cstab relied in grain, fish, coal, and lumber via. i‘eyt Dover. The Providence Bay Mill 00.. Hake Huron: which owns much well timber d land, on Manitoulin Island, has determi x- .d to make Port Dover its general de; 03 and listributing point ; while as for cool the local INDEPENDENT is satisfied that sullieient can re done in that article alone to keep the H. 1 55 N. W. running from January to Decunber. ‘ L feel sure Hamilton will receive an immens. und altogether ‘legitimate’ expansionâ€"to uer u phrase current here from this railwa3 , :speciully when fully completed northward» The inhabitants of Toronto have beconn o; late years pretty Well familarized with tho ppearance of Uhinemeu, and little astonish (Ilent is now created by the appearance oi “John” in his uncouth dress and turned-up (wooden shoes. There are now some scores if Celestiels in the city, all enugged in the .eundi'y business, out of which it is under teod, they are making a considerable profit [They are, on the Whole, good and law abiu og citizens, although, as has been found on more than one occasion, somewhat prone tr 1.58 the knife in quarrels amoi-gst them elves. As far_as can be learned, all thi Jhinese in this city cling to the faith of theii outliers, and the scheme has been mooteu tmongst them of erecting, if not a. temple, tt least some sort of edifice which is to be \edicated to the worship prescribed by Con ucius It is seldom that outside barbarians get a. glimpse of the social or religious prac was of the Celestial Empire, but on Mon ay last these were rather curiously cxompli ied in connection with the death and ob A qiues or a Chinamun named Ah Lung. The eraon referred to was in partnership \Viti. aam Uhiug, \Vah Lee, and Company, doing usiness on Adelaide street. He was a nu We of Hong Kong, and resided in st. Low» or eight yours, previous to coming to thir wty two years. For a, twelve month he her :een in a slow decline, and one of the firm, u‘hi Hang, at last getting the better of his. “judiccs, repaired to Dr. Cassidy, in ordei o outthi medical assistance. That his opiu on of the “Medicine man’s" pOWer must b» EXTRAORDIth l HAL CH] NAME)Y IN TORON T0. RAILWAY COMPETITON. GROCER‘S LICENCES. AT THE N ' CROPOLIS Cordelia. Howxn'd, the original L’ua in the play of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” in a miss now, with two children. A petrified mastodon, sixteen feet long and nine feet high, has been dug out o! the earth at Galesburg, Ill. Home has 365 Catholic, fourteen Protes- tant, and four Jewish churches. A Iimbarger IucLory flab Wed nigh depopu- lated Hendricks county, Ind. Shortly after supper the guests leaveâ€"it there is not a throng, then with formas adieux ; but; it is not necessary for the whole number to assure the hostess that they have had a delightful evening, as that is one of the things to be taken for granted. A cal; is to be made upon the hostess within the week. -Buzar. It is quite within the possibility of or din- iiry families to furnish themselves with all l4th is necessary for the supper of an even- ing party, and to lay and ornament the table. 1’; more glasr and china. are wanted, they are easily hired; but if the whole arrangement is given over to a. caterer, he will furnish the supper and all the accessories needed. Tnis however, is a needless expenditure; and if a .ittle management is brought to beer, and perhaps but one or two dishes ordered from the outside, and evening party is by no means an expensive entertainment. Ices may be oflered during the evening ; and the supper may be handed on a. tray. when scalloped oysters, chicken or lobster salad, ice-cream and cake, or other equiva- lent, together with Wine or coffee, are all that is required. But, on the other hand, a, table may be set, if one fancies, ornamented with flowers, glass, plate, and china, on which a. portion of the same dishes as those prepared for a bell supper may be set, and around this guests may stand in groups. or they may be seated at it. In some cases the ladies first sit down at this table, waited on by the gentlemen, and afterward leave the room to the gentlemen, for whom the table is renew- ed; but there is something disagreeable in custom not to be respected even' for its age, and where too many are inv1ted to 511‘. to- gether, it is better not to undertake to seat any. As the guests enter the drawing-room, the footman announces them, the hostess greets them, and after a few words they pass on to greet others, and to participate in the muse ments of the evening, whatever these may us. One is at liberty to speak without in- troduction to any one sitting in one’s neigh- uorhood at an evening party; the feet of a pal‘e‘OLl’S being present there in a friend’s house is sufficient Warrant for general eon Versation, and 11. sort of introduction in it- self."‘A hostess will exert herself to make people acquainted, though ; to bring her monious people together ; to stimulate eon versetiouâ€"which must be entirely free from personalities in order to be under-bred, for there are few peoyle that have the genius so to serve up scandal with sauce piquante a.» not to seem intruding among their [uttersâ€"â€" to seat people at the card tables ; to pro mote their pleasure in every way. Fortu- nately baccarat and roulette have hardly yet crossed the seas and made their appenranc it our evoning parties, as they have made it inroad. There shown no a. couple of dressing- cooms open to the guestsâ€"that "goes with out saying.” Sometimes in an adjoining 1001].). to them atahle will be laid wnh tea and coffee and light cakes, at which the guests can refresh themselves before de- scending; but this table is not obligatory. In fact, there is nothing to which more laid male is afforded than to the entertainment of an evening party, and one may have it al- most as one will. l‘he drawingâ€"rooms are, of course, to he messed With flowersâ€"mot 1n the profusion of ball-room decorations, but gracefully. Il mere is to be music, a. harp and violin wil. uave to be engaged, with an aeoompeinist on me piano. In any event, the piano will be open, ready for any amateur among the ruosts who is able and willing to give pleas are with it, or to accompany a. singer; ta iles furnished with counters will be set for cards; books, photographs, etchings, curiosi area. will be made-mseiblefaud those min )1‘ objects which we put away safe from or iinary use wm be brought out for the even- ing. Seats will not be arranged iotmuily but as if people had just occupied them, or were about to occupy them, or were about to occupy them again. The hour for evening parties varies some what with their chargcter ; from nine to half- .rasn nine 18 the usual one, although they are wmetimes as early as eight; supper is sorv ui at half-past ten, and they break up at midnight. premises. License to sell whiskey should be withdrawn from groceries, who should only be allowd to sell wine and beer -, other- wise not less than a pint should be sold. Rev. Dr‘. Thomas Smith spoke against the system; while Drs. Miller and Menzies pro- isolated a. protest signed by upwards of seven- ‘ty medical men in Edinburgh and Leith. condemning the facilities for obtaining spirits by the grocer system as having a mostinjurious-tendeney. ‘ The incentive to drink was all the greater that the trade was Virtually removed from police supervision. and could not be brought under the checks similar to those affecting public houses. I‘heir protest was based on moral and medi :al grounds ; and Dr. Manr stated that secret drinking among females of the upper Ulfllb‘bes was now getting mare common. Pro vest Lewes, of Hawiok, who thought that grocers should close their shops at eight O’clock, stased that in his burge there was license to every 351 of the population, or one to every seventy families. Mr. List, Chief Constable of Berwiokshite and East Lothian, said that licenses had decreased in the two countries, that evasion was common in some 'of the houses, and he expressed the belief that the. police should have the power to enter grocers‘ shops a~ wel. as publichouses. L‘he penalties for drunkenness, he thought. ought to be increased to the same amount as in England; and he would punish a man who was found drinking in a grocers’ shop. Mr. James Cowan, M. P., quoted statistics to show that drunkenness was not increasing in Edinburgh. ' He also supported the licensed grocery trade against certain allegations which had been broug'it against it. Besidc 3 Mr. Crowan a number of grocers were ex imined, who declared in favor of the law ‘ 1.3 it at present stands, denying that grocers’ i women had the effect of increasing drunken Jess, and expressing the opinion that the «ailing of spirits in pints would, so far from lessening the consumption, rather extend it. Fire Commission will next sit in Glasgow, An evening party if less splendid, is a. more lignified sort of thing then a ball; and al though festive, yet of a different order of festivityâ€"a more moderate and quiet one, 1935 flowers, less music, less supper, and un ess there is dancing, very appreciably less toilette, for handsome demi-toilette, except in that contingency, is proper for evening msrties. Many people whose friends are nu merous and whose parlors are not large, who have no ball- room attached to their houses, and do not feel themselves justifiel in build- ng a temporary one, are unable to give 3 mil, or have dancing at their evening par. ties, on account of tue impossibility of secur- ug space enough. But quite as much pleas. ire of a more quiet nature can be had with- nut dancing, and the evening party affords a very welcome variety. Conversation, cards, :hess, music, give every Opportunity for the -njoymeut of acquaintance, and perhaps ratner more for intimacy. An evening party is a. very different thing m ball, even if accompanied by dancing. Tm nour mentioned on the cards of invitation Vill tell whether the entertainment is to be u ball or a simple dancing party ; but it is best to specify the nature of the amusement â€"dnneing if there is to be any, music if that [S to be the especial feature of the evening. LADIBS’ COLUMN. AN EVENING PARTY. “ “In the first place, if you make 50 acres do the work Of 100 acres. you have 50 acres left for something else, or you may let it lay idle. Where you now sow it all to wheat under the change I propbso you could have 50 acres of wheat an‘d raise just as much, "He then explained the advantage and pro- fitrthgt would qriqe from}; such a. cpange. " ‘We must,’ said he, ‘escape the - mistake made in Ohio and New lork by exhausting our lands of the material to grow wneat. Wr must not only keep up our soil at t-he stan- dard at winch we found it ; but we must do more than thisâ€"we must add power and fer tility to it. Where we produce 20bushels 0* wheat we must produce 50 bushfls, we must make 50 abres do the work of 100 acres. That is the main ohapge t9 which I refer. Mr. E. 0. Humphrey, President of th: Michigan state Agricultural Society, was nately interviewed by the editor of the Michi- gan Farmer, with this result: ‘ to feed and thrive. It is hopeless to attempt to fatten chickens while they are at liberty. They must be put in a proper coop, and thus, like most poultr appurtenances, need not be expensive. To fatten twelve fowls, a coop must be three feel long. eighteen inches high, and eighteen in- ches, deep, made entirely oi bars. No part of it solid, neither top, side her bottom. Dis cretion must be used according to the size of the chickens put up. They do not want- room; indeed, the closer they are the bet- ter~providing they can stand up at the same time. Care must be exercised to put up sucl. as have been accustomed. to being together, or they will fight. If one is quarrelsome ii is better to remove it at once. as, like other cad examples, it soon finds imitators. A diseased chicken should not be put up. The mod shouldvbe ground oats, and may either us put in a trough or on a flat board running running along the front of the coop. It ma; be fed With water or milk; the latter is bet ter. It should be well soaked, forming a pulp as loose as can be, providing that it does not run off the board. They must be well fed three or four times a dayâ€"the first as soon after day-break as possible or con venient, and then at intervals-of four hours. Each meal should be as much and no more than they can eat up clean. When they have lone feeding, the board should be wiped, anu some gravel may be spread. It causes them After a fortnight of thi treatment, you will have good tat fowls. If. however, there are four to six to be lattened, they must not have so much room as thongn there were twelve. Nothing is easier than tr. allot them them the proper space ; it is only necessary to have two or three pieces of W001- to pass between the bars, and form a parti tion. This may also Serve when [owls arr put up at diflerent degrees of fatness. Thi.~ requires attention, or fowls will not remau rat and healthy. As soon as the fowls is cut ficiently fattened it must be killed, as other- wise it will not still get fat, but will lose flesh. If fowls are intended for the market of course they are or may be all fattened at once ; but for home consumption it is better to put them up at such intervals as will suit the times when they are required for the ta.» ble. When the time arrives for killing, whether they are meant for market or others wise,..they should be fasted, without food or water, for twelve or fifteen hours. This on ‘ ables them to be kept some time after being killed, even in henchmenâ€"London Cottage. ‘ Do not build a. fire that will cost five cents in order to can tamatoes that are worth only six, for your time is worth something. Do not spend half an hour looking over the vines for half a. pint of peers. Do not turn over a scrap of linen twenty times in order to save in cutting what is not worth two cents. [‘he difference between the rich and the poo: in this country lies much more in saving and planning than earning, but it is no of the kind that “skins a flint to save a six pence.” That cultivates narrowness of son instead of the economy that saves for th« sake of giving more freely. Do not econo mize time from reading to put it into tack; and ruffles: Do not strain your eyes t‘ economize lamplight. Learn to choose the things that economize force, and then lay iut your force so that it will generate mor. force. This is the true economy of forces.â€" Julia Col/nun, L'IzquerLological Journal. I The very profusion of our markets seems ito confuse our housekeepers, and they think 1 the table niggsrdly unless ah the vegetable» in the market are put on at once. Variety ‘is very agreeable. but it is far more highly tppreoisted if we can have it at different meals. If a. vegetable is well prepared and we relish it, we would prefer to be helped to it at second time, but usually there is so lit. tle of it remaining we must take another dish. And it costs you twice the trouble to prepare the two that it would to furnish a ~u1’ficiency of the first, and you have pre- pared neither of them so well as you would either slime. Another point is, if you how one dish that requires much labor in thy ~repsrstion, let the others be especially ‘imple. Keep this in view in planning thr- imners. Here, too, you will find it a. great help to know What you have in store and its conditions. If you plan for a, tomato pilau and find your rice out or wormy, your plan for the harmonious dinner is spoiled; you must get up something else in a hurry, anu the annoyance coming just when you are hard at work in the heat, is for more of a tax than it would have been to make a study of the situation beforehand. ~ l Many women get themselves all heated up land overdone every day with the preparation ‘of the dinner, and they cannot, for the life jyoi them, under atund the wonderful stories 01 1 ladies preparing eegant dinners and then I presenting themselves, all cool and smiling, at the table to serve them. To tell the truth ‘en ordinary big dinner, with soups and meats null vegetables and entrees and pies undpu , dings is a big undertaking, and it cannot be prepared easily without help. The economy of forces here must come in with 0. reduction in the number oi the dishes by substituting a. delicate simplicity of preparation for the complicated sauces, soups, and grevies ; by having those dishes which are served her momze so perfectly that all shall seem ne cessary, and, therefore, none of them be sent away untouched, and especially in servmg fresh fruits and nuts at the dessert, insteeu ofg‘uddings, pieshtea. end cakes.‘ . . The fact is that with all the “modern im- provements," a great deal of our housework still requires time and hard labor ; but it dees make a world of difference how you take it, whether you let it drive you, or you do the driving yourself. All your work should be more or less definitely planned be- forehand, for a week or a month. And if you bring in some one of these active duties for every morning, you will soon dispose of them. Say if you have washing for Mondax and ironing for Tuesday of every week. and thus have only Wednesday ‘and Thursday for extra jobs, lot the examination of the» dried fruits be on Wednesday, and the putting away of your furs on Thursday of one Week. your examination of the meal room and of the cellar for the next week, and have it all in your memorandum book and understood beforehand so that there shall be no delay in getting about it in good season. I know some housekeepers would have all these extra jobs going on some one day, but that sort of thing does not belong to the noiseless, do lightiull ousekeeping. Such a woman make.- grand disoomforts for others, and probably makes herself sick besides. But if you take some of the hard'work. for- every day. and some of the rest also, then you keep regular habits, you get your hard work done with comparative ease, and you have time for other pursuits. ' DOMESTIC MATTERS. FARM AND GARDEN. HOW TO FATTEN CHICKEN S. WHEAT AND SHEEP. ECONOMIZE FORCE. One pouud’of rice goes as far in satisfying bunker and in nutrimenu as elght pounds oi flgur, and two pounds of potacoes are equal to one pound of flour. Constantinople has been; having a. big show lately, the chief attractions being a part of Mahomet’s heard, one of his teeth, and the hoxy standard. New York has 85,000 gin mills‘ A bee tree near Waldo, Fl: eight feet in length of solid 001 low ranging from 51x to nine inc eter. In an English experiment some grape vines raised under bxue glass grew 1n tha pru portion at 85 no 52 for vines raised under or- dlnary glass. l The London Telegraph, noticing some sta l tistics oi the airport trade of Canada for 1876 lsays zâ€"“Though for several years universu ‘ mercantile depression has operated in ma serialiyaedueing imports to Canada, her stap.. lexpurts appear to have augmented in a note» i 9 ratio. The proportion of the latter sent to this country was 52 78 per cent, to the United. States 36 95 per cent, and to all othe: jcountries 10 27 per cent. The culture 0' l oHl‘eais progressss satislactorily in the Domin ‘ion, and the total value of breadstuffs ex ,JOl‘Led in 1876 amounted to $19,804,33L showing a- large increase on 1875, Who: the boundless prairies of the Saskatchewan valley are brought under cultivation, tn. I .upp y of wheat, corn, peas, oats, and barle from that region, together with Maoito‘oa and the provinces bordering on the St. Law rence, will be practically unlimited. The re cord of exports ()1 dairy produce indicates 2; state of market prosperity. The princlpu 'llSLOmHl’ for Canadian butter is Great Bl‘lt ain, which importh from the Dominioi; last year 9,572,177 lb., and there was an in came of about 83 yer cent. over the ship- ments of the same article in 1875. Of cheese 46,787,566 1b., were exported to this country, and the shipments of the same commodity last year amounted to 14 19 p(r cent, more than those of the previous year. One of the enterprises of the future in the Dominion it cattle, in which an increase is shown of 1. 484 head; and it is expected that 1877 Will Witness an extension of the meat trade on ; scale greatly in advance of any precedint period. When we take into account the un i'ivalled physical advantages of Canada in rich and varied resources, and vast natural and artificial waterways stretching into the remote interior, and. her situation in the .ine of shortest route fi om Engiand to Japan and China, a brilliant destiny may be regard ed as assured to her. There is a classgol larmers, says an ex change paper, who are constantly on the ookout for a better place to go. 'l‘heil harm the always “i'or sale,” and they dream 0 =uxuriant lands, in some other part of tin country, which can be'bought “for a song, where they imagine they would be more pro:- peaous and. enjoy life better than whei they now reside. Many of these men o'wn mortgaged farms ; and for such men to de- Ser to remove where they can own a free term, though it be far, far away, is but a naturaimanlfestation to better one’s condi- tion which the human mind cannot resist but where can these men go after 5811111.: their farms, and be contented? This is » serious question, which no man can ansml or his own knowledge. Suppose they can:sel out, and command a thousand or fifteei hundred dollars after paying all their debts, and they start forflthe West,” Kansas, Mir- soun, lowa. or some other 'Ststc. Elgm_, M5168 oi laid, With a comfortable house up; cabin on it, can be bought for from $5 I $10 per acre. The land is all right, as guy: as "lies out of doors ;” but alas tor the em roundings. Neighbors are scarce, society 1 a myth ; and the poor, frail housewife, w'h« iollows her husband without a murmul, glues for friends. The children have to g two miles or farther to school ; and in tn .vmter season they cannot attend much oi the time in consequence of storms. Churcnes are “felv and far between,” and tho peopl. are generally a mixture of various nations , and the result oi all is, that many an East ern farmer who goes West is unhappy an wishes himself back on his old homesteau So if one goes south, or anywhere, he Wit. not find things just to his mind. If on thing is better than on the old place, anothe. is Worse; and taking all things into 'consm- eration, but few farmers change their 1‘061 iences, who are able to make a living on th old place, that better themselves by removmg to a disant State. One may obtain rici. lands at a low price where there is no mar set for what he grows ; and he may get inu an unhealthy locality, and soon he may bur ,- uis Wife and children, and. what then ?â€"--a gloomy world for him. [ “Ho ca!culated to feed all his course fodde I to these sheep; did not feed much nay. Bu' unis intentions was to convert all his foddm I xnto manure and his corn on his farm. Suct- ‘ wheep should be fed not more than fort) in a- pen, and he dwelt particularly on the propn‘ ety of keeping one attendant, who won! oon be known to the sheep, and in keeping the sheep quiet 1n their pens. where the) uoqld have access to water. They nature. I; Were a quiet animal, and under this metho- ut feeding would certainly increase 111 weigh! of came-as. He laid much stress on keepin weir troughs clean. Thus he gained the manure, he sold his co tree fodder, and mm- ke’ted his grain on his farm. He got ah the profit there was in the business, and he nev- er had lost It cent feeding sheep. Of course he had to watch, and never rush his sheep into a glutted market.” "He believed there was more profit in feed- i :3 sheep than in feeding cattleâ€"at least, mat was his experience; but he had had more experience with sheep. l‘he reason why some lost money in feeding sheep was because may had failed in the practice. They did n01 feed right. They kept too large a, number 114 a. flock. He bought. usually during the last- mOutu of summer, turned them into gem; (bed and was careful not. to let them run down, but kept them up in flesh. Commenc- ed early to feed them a little grain, usuah) corn, in order to get them accustomed to it. Sheep must be broke to such feed. Fm gradually until they w ere put upon full feed We asked himyhet he meant. by “fqu feed." “Three busiels of corn to a handred shoe} 081‘ day, mixed with a. little bran, fed dr‘ awice a day regularly ; or one and :1 ha ‘ bubhels of corn to each feed per one hun- .Lred head.’ and 50 acres of corn, outs, or barley. But. if you cultivated only 50 acres and got as man? bushefs from it as you previously am from 100, there would be a great saving in expense of labor, sewing, and reaping the crop.’ ' “But can this be done?” we asked. “ ‘It must be done,’ said he, "or ’ the wheat system will fail. It involves better methods of cultivatlon, a. proper rotation of 'c‘i‘ops, fertilization by clover, and other methods, as by keeping and feeding of cattle, swine and shear? "This brought us to his bractiéqpf feeding sheep. He had Just brought about 320 wetn- ers.‘ He usually fed about 350 head, and this nracLice he had followed for at least the past 12 years. He usually raised say from 40 to' 50 acres of corn per annum, and he thought mat every bushel of it 119,6. brought- him a dolig‘l“ per yushel by feeding it. “These sheep were separate from his flock keptlor’ \vool, which “em marinas and now averaged seven to seven and a, half pounds 01 fine wool per head. The foundation of this shearing flock came from the farm of Hon. Uha‘rles E,Stuart. and he had kept them up and imploved them by the usé of improveu bucks and by the practice of sorting and so- lection. f‘His averaged wheat had been» fygrp 20 to 25 bushels per acre for the last 20 years, though this year it was very poor,. from the ravages of the ins»»ct. Much could be done by aggqctéon of feed. CANADIAN PRODUCE . BOVING FARMERS. Fla., contaiiled comb, the hol- inches in diam- Abnmet Eyoub’s appointment to the com- mand of Erzeroum has been uOLmtermwadedu Six thousand provisions (flirts Life now ' on the road to Pievna. Osman Pasha has‘or- dered all Circussian irregulars, Bulgarians, and non-combatant Mohammedans to quit Pievna. The Russians attacked the Turkish posi tiona at Solenik Monday. The result is un- buown. At the first attack the Rounmnians were rt pulsed bexore they gained the redoubt. Al the second attack the three foremost battm £0213 leaped into the trenches and vainly en ttcuvored to carry the redoubt. They re- mained an hour in the trenches, which gave rise to the premature report of its capture. The Roumzmians then withdrew with a- loss of two oflicers and two hundred men killed, twenty officers and 707 men wounded. The News states that 18,000 men and 40 cannons were captured by the Russians in the recent Victory. The Turkish reports o1 part of their army holding out in fortlflen positions on Aladja. Dugh are unfounuud The Russian loss in carrying Aladja Dngh, officially reported at 1,441 killed and wound ed. The losses on the other parts of the but- tle field are not stated. The Russians have contracted for u. serie> of railway in Bulgaria. The mainline Will run from Sistova to Gorney Studen, witl‘ uranches to Pxevna. and Tirnova. The pa:- sugfa of the Danube will be by ferry boats. 15 Is denied that 001. Valentino Baker and nther English officers have been sent to CUL- mannnople. Mukhtur Pasha is safe. Ho occupies :. .u‘oug position at Yemkoi, west of Soghanlu D.tgh. Ismail Pasha’s retreat and junction with Mukhmr is seriously mennccd. The Turks are activer constructing a new interior line of formidable defences. Sick-- ness is comparatively rare. Provisions haw never failed, but it is impossib‘o to provid. fodderfor the oxen and horses. Russians from Melkilia are making dur- ingl‘econnissuuces as far as Bazarjiek am Suistrxa. Russia. has ordered the mobilization of a1. dousacks not in acnve scrvwe, amounting to ninety one_re_giments. The Forte charges that the Cossacks and Bulgununs sacked and burned the Town 01 1‘01} and subjected the lunabxtams to cram treatment. A detacument. of the army has a-rriven here, but the penitions at Soenik and Kud- 1koi are retained for the present by tht lurks. It seems evident, howevca, that 1-. retrograde movement has commenced. suleimun Pasua. has gone to make a. persona. aspection of the fumficamons of l‘uusnchuk. Genuml Heymann is advancing o1 ultzeroum. Kara is surrounded and negotin June for its surrender have been opened. L‘he Russian headquarters are now at Vezinkoi, General Luzaruif is marchimh against Ismail Pasha. The Turks evacuated Kwdikoi for fear tln Rur sinus would block their cummunicatiom \mh Rusteuuk, and returned to Rasgmd. .0116 Russian cavalry from the Dobrudscha vulvauced as far as Karvaruu. A telegram from Shumla. receiwd in (Jon .mntinople wmost admits this. It sag.» Sukeiman offered battle on several occasions, md the Russians, however, dech‘ned tu accept the challenge, wishing rather to lun- gnu Turks to unfavorable ground. Sulelmun, owever, prudently avoided the snare, and. :u consequence of the scarcity of water mm rad. condltion of roads, winch hinders tram ~port, the army of the Danube on Friday In- .ited upon Rasgmd. Itis reported the Itoumaniaus recaptured be second Grivitza redoubt on Saturan at this is not yet confirmed. It is evidonl but as the redoubt was taken by the Ron nanians and recovered by the Turks 0 Friday, the losses of the former must 0‘ much heavier than ofliciauy stated. A Russian official ties-patch detailing VFri~ say’s attack upon the second Grivitm ru- ‘oubt >savyks :â€" Suleiman Pashahas entrenched himself so us to cover Rust-chuk. Aurifi Pasha, the new Turkish Ambassadou ohms, is instructed to state immediate.) m his arrival the terms on which Turke) would make peace if the Powers wish to mediate. Achmet Eyoub Pasha. will go immediately Lo take command at Erzeroum. A member of the Red Cross Society say, :rdors have been received to prepare for th- eception of six thousand wounded. Thi widentully is a. gross exaggeration. Tu‘ ass is probably about eight orvnine hundred. a is said the Turks had mined the redouu ud, waiting until it was full of ltoumauinns. xpluded it and then made their assaun. u. hi thought the fighting is still going on .ud the final result will be the capture 0fthl e ‘oubt by the allied forces. General Teirst, formerly in the American u‘my and now corresp ndent of the Nan '{orK Times, has been expelled from Ron uunia. by the Russian authorities because hv wrved in the Turkish army during the Cri nean war. In consequence of Mukhtnr Pasha‘sdisast 1 «11 the troops in Constantinople are being went hastily to Trebizond. Suleiman Pasha is about to send Co}, saker and other English offlcors back to )L396tantfinoBle. Russian official accounts report the Ro- unnianloss on Friday at five officers and 168 men. Another account says 50 won liked. and 200 wounded. Suleiman Pasha telegraphs that thc Ltussmns incorporated 18,000 Bulgarians into ‘ueir army. and that he expects to be atsack- It i5 reported a portion vof the Turkish ltrmy has broken through the Russian 1mm and rallied at Kara. ’l‘uo Runsians have 70,000 before Kars. \IIIlihtaI‘ Paslm’s army at the time of th¢ lame contained only 40,000, including tour wen battalions from Kars. The Ottoman field wrmylost a. third of its strength. After I-ne garrison of Kara is completed, bun law bactalions will be left to form the nuclear -f a relief force at Erzeroum. The Gram Duke Michael can safely leave 40,000 befor: Kai's, and With the remainder push towuru Brzeroum. An Imperial ukasé was Bromulgated order- ug the foot and horse artillery of the 150:0er to be‘plaoed on‘ a. war fopting. _ Osman Pasha telegraphs that the enemy attacked his position on the right wing on Friday. The attacxing party, which con- »sistcd of only one battahon and some suppers, was repulsed. This afl'air seems of itselt to have been utterly unimportant, but it was was probably a. feint to draw Osmau’s atten- tion from Grivitzn, as the Bucharest semi- oflicial paper, the Romamll. of Saturday uvoning announces that the Roumanlans Lhrice heroically attacked the second Grivitza -edoubt, but were repulsed. qutails are wanting. ’l‘o-day forty Turkish soldiers, chiefly Anatolimus, deserted Osman Pasha’s camp, and. came here under escort. They docum- =hey deserted bucuuse there is so little food m Plevna. that the men only got u. pound 01 bread in twenty-four hours. There were 180,000 men in Plevna who could only a nude to surrender by hunger. The unmuniaus captured- the redoubt Friday after. three vigourous assaults, but during the night the Turks, collecting all their forces, recaptured it after a most san- guinury co'nflict. It; was expected the fight ing would continue on Saturday. Rum is 110w falling heavily with every appearance of continuing. The roads at? 31111051; impassable. cherunything like it n Baiaklavn. In one of their assaults on Friday the Roumaniaus occupied the second Grivitza, re‘ (10,13.th W‘yich wag recaptured by the Turks. 1 despatch from Vienna 7571in the bom- bag‘dment 9f flung is plioceegiiugh l‘he siege operations at I’lovna continue. l'heRoumunian batteries have considerable flec§.. The Ruumanianfi have not occupieu :16 second Grivitza. tedoubt, which is 1'0 :ugted evacuated by the Turks. THE WAR- The seven wonders of the world are among the traditions of childhood, and yet it is a. remarkable fact that ninety-nine perspns out of one hundred who might be asked the question could not name them. They are mo pyramidsâ€"tho mystery of the Eustâ€" the enigma. of the presuutcund the enduring monument for the future ages of the world. I‘m) temple, the walls and hanging gardens ‘ of Babylon, the most celebrated. city of Assy- lriu, and the residence of the kings of that country after the destruction of Nineveh. The chrysolophuntino statue of Jupiter Olympus, the most rouownod work of I’hid- .as, the illustrious artist of Greece. The statutr was formed of gold, and was “sitting on a throne almost touching the summit of the temple, which was 70 feet high. The temple of Diana utEphe‘sus,1which was 220 yours in building, and was 425 feet in length end 220 in breauth, and supported.- by 127‘ ‘ marble columns of the Ionic order, sixty feet high. The Muuwlcum at ~illuliounms~ sue, erected to tho momory of Mausolus, the at Carin, byfnis wile, Artomesiu, B. 0., 353. L‘he Enaros, at Alexandria, a lighthouse erected by Ptolemy Soter, at the entrance of the harbor at Alexandria. It was 450 high, and could be seen at a distance of 100 miles, and upon which was inscribbd, “King Ptole- my, to the gods, the saviours, for the bene- fit of sailors." Lastly, the _ Colossus at Lthodes, a brazen in'lago of Apollo, 195 Gre- cian feet in height, and which was to be lo- cated at the entrance of one of the harbors of the clty of Rhouus. ‘ ‘ The Daily News thinks "there are sighs hat the extremely unpleasant development it mankind known as the London ronfihs mii Before 1011:: require to be put down with 1. firm lmnd. Pel‘unps the most diaquieting ymptom of the aggreSsive rough is that he syoung, so young that there is no imme- lmtehope of his race dying out. To ill- .186, even to her death, a. wretched woman vho falls into the clutches of his gang“; to uelfliillnpoorolxlmrm, and leave him to take his cnaneo ol oeing found and cared for, u excellent fun to the London rough, and s cone only to the! supreme delight'of run- mug over somebody. 1'0 the gamins dc Paris he is It plli‘ compared to a. trout, mthout agility l .t .ur m mind. or body, With- ;ut \vitorhumou~ . .u‘ eel-3 conception of fun Jumg the destination of something or , the misery of sommimg. Purhups he is more ike the old race (at ‘u‘hoys’ with which New York was infested untilfirst the war and then tVigorously administered police helped to hn their numbers. For a time the ‘b'hoy’ strove to hold his own, but the Amefican ioiieeman do: s not understand a joke. ' He eni‘riese navy revolver, and is prompt in risingit, as the ‘b’hey’ found to his cost, md also his cougeners the ‘blood-tubs’ of Baltimore and the ‘pluguglies’ of Philadel- phia. We are hardly inclined to think the London rough has yet made so much head- way that it is necessary to arm the oliee with firearms a guinst him. A little addi ionel iorce ap'pded to the right spots would prob- ibly rout him were it not that the police ,tl‘O generally disinclined to exert their newer in making him ‘anVO on.’ Tne'prin- ltl[.le of treating the people gently appears to we generally recognised in the force, and probably has a. certain value ; but this man- ‘uetude is surely thrown away in the ease of “he hobbledehoy rough. He has proved at [slington and elsewhere that there is only one kind of reasoning he is prepared to yield to, and this should be firmly applied. 1 It is :utolemble that any portion of the Thames Embankment should be made dangerous, if .sot impassable, after dark, by gangs of rufliuus, whose sport is the injury, if not the Jeztth, of others. A little of the vigorous treatment occasionally adopted by the police towards those unfortunate persons who may be drunk or may be dying would be well bestowed on the young roughs, who only requireindulgence to become the terror of any neighborhood they may choose to in- fest.” in is aiserted l’rinco Govtsohako‘fi, in a communication to the Russian. Ambassador new, emphasized the dotm‘mination of the Uzm‘ to continue the war until the condition o. qhe Om-istmns of Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Bulgwrm is definitely Improved. The Grand Vlziur cannot agree with Mah. mouuDamad PULSLID. on the question of‘an runsticu. Dwmud urged the armistice with 111 his influcuco Tue Grand Vizior recentâ€" lyt'lldel'b‘dbub afterwards withdrew his re- signation. 5EVEN WONDERS OF THE _ OLD WORLD. The Eg)1)tians,bcfore their removal to Var- nufiufl‘en d dreadfully, 300, or 400 going into (.1: e hnifpitzxadzlilx with dyaentery. « The Turks commenced a. Bombardment .1gzuust the Russian position in the Shipka L’ 's, and silenced :11 Ruagsigu battery. RegardingGromko’s victory, Chevkeh Pas- ‘na’u oflicial da~putch from Orchanie claims fine attack on '13:.10110 was repulsed, but ad- ..uits that thu Russian cavalry posted itself at Dubnik and destroyed LL19 telegraph lines. Four liussiuu divisions attacked the Turk- Suqliue on the Law from Jvaucift-Iik near Kosova, on the right, to Solenik on the <It, and were repulsed with a. loss of 800. Turkish 1055 194. Kuis has' been bombarded, and part of the any is on fire. The plus: is provisioned for four months. Suluimun tha telegraphs to-day twelve Russian bnbtmions thh cavalry and artill- l'y attacked the works of Rustchuk. The Turks made a, sortie and forced the Russians to retire into the cntrcnchments at Pirigos wish a. loss of 450. The Turkish Minister explains that the) societies of the Red Cross and the Red Or 8- scem are idomicstl in object, viz., to relieve the sufl‘ering in time of war, and in the view of the Russians learning of the American society of the Red Cross recently formel Jere, he claims that Turkey is one of the countries in the world. where religious Liber- ty is most extensively practiced. 7 An inspect-ion of the; Umrewitch's posi- ion convmces a. correspondent that 8. Wm- Ler campaign is impossublu “nth the existing 1 hmnspuljn syst m. ’ On Oct. 19m the Iiussians Ahng bgforu Kars, but weyu repulsed. A Russian « flicm‘. despatch from Tutcheni tzm, buxom l’wvuza, wnys yesterday, after a. desperate engage: g of ten hours, “Gong,- dourko’u detachi A“, with a. portxon crithq Imperial Gumm,‘ “cur-Eda. strong Turkish. posxtion butweex Jr 14le Dmek and Tehchpi dourko than Mande himself on; tb’qj Sufia road, atre). :zlwniug his position with). new Iortlflcatio us. This engagement also" resulted in the capture of Achmet EWai Pasha. with the chief of the statf, many other [‘urkish officers, 3,000 foot soidiers, and a regiment. of cavau y. Four cannon. a. quan- uty of rifles and ammunition, were also cap- cured. Our loss is unknown, but; must have ' been comma-able. I A despatch ~from Erzcroum says the Rus- sians have been repulsed in an attack on Fort Thames. A renewal of the attack is expected. ‘ All means of transyort have been mafden reqmsitwnedat l’mhppopolis and Sofia for ’v cuuvqiug three mouths’ provision; fink: Plevna. Surgtous of the English gmbu; ,. nuce at l’levua report. on October 13th 4,500’ wounded them. l’rivabo houses ut‘e coxn‘eflffl ml into hospitals. The want of lint and medlcines i~ granny felt. ‘5 The Servianfikuptschina will not rmeetw before December. The question of peace cannot be sooner decided. The Turkish troops on the southern frontier newebeen sent against. the Montunegl‘ins. - A dosputch from Constantinople says Moukhtar Pasha telegraphs that he is hope- tulef‘ retrieving his fqrmer position. ~ Prince Suigius, of Leuchtenburg, aide de- camp of the Emperor, was killed in the re- cent. reoonnaisance of the sz‘ertch. The Russian lossee to October 18th are 0111:in statedgt 60.100. A despatch fiom Giurgevfi says. the bom- bardment. of l‘ulsbcuuck continues. ' ‘ ' LONDON ROUGHS. W