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A number of our contemporaries have re- cently revived the threadâ€"bare subject of "walking horses,” some original, and others taken bodily, without credit, from: the source for which it was written. The theme of it all, however, is that the colt should be edu- cated in breaking into a good fest walk. This is all very well, provided the colt has the capacity for fast walking. Among other things cited as an inducement to educate horses to fast walking. is the assertion, éthat one of the most successful breeders of trot- ting horses in America has oftenremarked that he would not keep a. horse on his place that was not Mast walker, and that he had invariably found that the fastest walkers made the fastest trotters. We think the facts in the case will be found .to be, as a. rule, that fast trotters are slow walkers, and for the simple reason that they are urged to use all their power in trotting, and when brought down to a walk, they are allowed to i“»»saunter along at will. Another point made by these practical agriculturists is, that a fast walking team will do nearly twice the ploughing in a. day that slower walkers will. That is: at five miles an hour a. team will do two-fiiiths more ploughing than the team at ‘ three miles an hour. We wonder if the sen pient agriculturist who promulgated this voriginal idem-ever followed a. plough team ‘ all day walking five miles an hour, or even: Watching the furrow slice cleaoing from the mold board of the plough behind a. team making five miles an hour, or even cared for a team at night doing this work ! We think not. Nevertheless, let us not ignore entirely the value of educsting the fag]: team or the roadster to walk fast. Almos, any young horse may be trained to walk faster than his ordinary gait ; but while now and then a horse may be found that [may be trained to walk four, or even five and. a half miles per hour with a light loud, the aver- age team may not be made to do over four ; and further, with a good read behind them, three miles per hour is about the maximum that may be reached. But to the point, re- specting the training of horses to walk fest. To do this the team must be taken young, and encouraged to walk at the top of their speed, by using every encouragement thereto Brightly shines the evening stur On which I love to gaze, And watch its twinkling disk umr Gently full thyruys on earth Where cure and sorrow ul’c, \Vhore bliss too often (Les at birth Through night's ethereal haze. Brightly shines the evening stur, Shining over from afar. Softly beams that, orb of light In silence and in love, And lifts my soul through dreams 50 bri ght To happier homes above ! Softly beams that orb of light Shining ever, ever bright. In peace, in truth,und right~ Kindly speaking from afar, Brightly shining, lovely stur. Kindly speaking to us 1111, Through silence and through night, To live in love whatc'cr befall, roon L'oic FOWLS. A writer in the New York Herald says : If hens are rightly cared for they should pay from 200 to 300 per ce-nt. profit as layers. They must not be stinth as in space, nor too many kept together. If confined allow at least a square yard to each fowl. Imi tate as closely as possible the condition of the hen in Slimmer and smpply by artificial means the wants which nature supplies in warm weather and hens will lay in winter. Let the floor of the hen house be of dry earth, With a box of dirt and ashes for their sand bath. Keep their quarters clean by re moving their droppings at least three times a week. Give free ventilation. Supposing your hens to be in good condition and health when they commence laying, give them the proper iood to keep them so. Buckwheat andawheat are the best 53mins, although tel variety other grain must he g iven. Givi cooked feed in various ways every day. Mush is excellent, as also fresh meat and scraps from the kitchen. Two or three times a week give fresh bones and ground bones, with gravel and broken oyster shells, always within reach. Apples, cabbage, turnips and onions, raw or cooked will be relished. The later in lites. pullet commences to lay the longer she will continue to lay, and the greater will be the uniformity in the size 01 her eggs. A good Houdnn hen will average from 100 to 150 eggs 9. year ; but to average that a. flock must have good care. Thick sour milk or buttermilk is an exeellenl arti‘ ole of diet through the heated season. The Houdans are very prolific and Will stand a great deal of cold, but they must be kept dry. The Plymouth rocks are almost constant layers and bear confinement well. Their eggs are large and very even in size. Al, though their frame is not so large as the Brahmas they are more plump and fatten readily. Sweetly winning; are thy smiles, I feel entranced bythoe ; Thy presence oft my hemt beguiles Beluouned by thee, fair star ! Gently falls thy ruys on earth, Shining brightly from thy birth T1108 art a joy to me; Twinkling, twinkling from ufmfl Brightly shining, A writer in the Home and Farm says : I am thoroughly confirmed in my old faith that the only good farmer of our future is to be the high farmer. There is a widely prevail ing antipathy among the common farmers of our country against not only the practice of high farming, but against the use of the phrase by agricultural writers. This is all wrong and should. at once be corrected. Through some misconception of the mean ing of the phrase, and of its application, they have come to believe it synonymous with theoretical “hook farming,” “new-fangled notions,” boasted progress, followed by dis- appointment :md final failure. This is all an error: High farming simply means thorough cultivation, liberal manurmg, bountiful crops, good feed, and paying pro- fits therefrom. It is not strange that mis- conceptions have arisen in the minds of doubtful farmers who have been eye-\vilnesses to some of the spread-e agle experiments of enthusiastic farmers, hotter supplied with money obtained in a. business they knew how to manage than with practical experience on tho farm. Bountiful crops and paying pro~ fits” ofoourse, are what farmers who are de- pending upon the farm for an income are striving to obtain ; and every year as it passes is reconfirmng the opinion that pro- fits are small, and will grow beautifully less, where high farming is not practiced. FARM AND GARDEN. VOL. XIX. NO. 25. THE EVENING STAR WALKING HORSES I{MING . â€"~‘William Adolph us Ola i'l‘ TH and never allow them to trot. Thus, at tle end of a year’s training, they will he found to have increased their walking speed by about one third. Some teams will do even more than this. The fastest walking team we ever saw would make four miles an hour, with a load that might be easily handled. They would do five miles an hour with the empty wagon, the drive being 16 miles and back, to and from the market city. They were, however, never allowed to trot under any circumstances. Indeed it was not ne- cessary, since few teams would have made the journey loaded, one way in seven hours, , trotting one way ; for few farm teams are l driven over five miles an hour, to the farm wagon when light. What the horse raiser wants to pay especial attention to, in breed- ing animals both as respects sire and dam, ‘ is their natural walking gait, for the natur- l ally fast walking horse is always an ambiti- ous one. Then if they have muscular deâ€" velopment and style, they‘oontain a mine of wealth to the breeder, even though they do not contain the elements of great speed. We believe it will be found to be impracticable to originate afamily of horses that shall ‘ combine great trotting action with the abili- ‘ ty to draw heavy loads at a walking gait of l five, or even four miles per hour. This lneed not be looked for, but it certainly is a 1 step in the right direction to so educate a ‘draught team that they will move off at a 1 brisk pace, rather than at the snail’s pace we so often see. This, however, cannot be expected of a team illy governed, illy fed, land constantly loaded to the full extent of their power. We repeat, a team heavily loaded cannot be expected to move more than three miles an hour; but, by proper training, a horse may be made to walk, with a light load, from four to five miles an hour, if hehave the physical conformation thereâ€" for, and is generally driven at a walking gaitâ€"Prairie V armor. The question whether horses are injured by being fed. on new hay and fresh oats has neen made a subject of investigation by a French m"‘,itary commission. who have been experimenting upon cavalry regiments. The Kamcrad reports that the results of the ex, periments prove that the health of the horses was not essentially injured by new hay if they received the ordinary regulation rar tion along: with other fodder. Some animals were at first rather less active and more quiet, they sweated more freely, {and the excrements Were aomewhat softened ; bul All a short time this ceased. In general, the uorses ate the new hey more willineg than the old. They retain the same strength and corpulence as before. The hair kept bright, the health perfect. 01 150 horses from 4 to 13 years old, with which the experiments were instituted, 37 gained in fatness and 18in strength and endurance. Only 18 lost flesh, and 8 lost strength, while 79 remained unchanged. A second series of experiments upon 150 horses gave the same results. On the other hand, another series or experi~ ments were less successful, where 74 horses, from 4 to 13 years old, were :fed exclusively with new hey, the quantity being increased until it equalled the regulation ration of old hay, straw and outs together. On this feed there was no real sickness, but a general weal-mess, frequent sweat, loss of appetite, digestion disturbed, diarrhoea, relaxation of the muscles, weariness, etc. FEEDING HORSES 0N NE'W HAY AND OATS. Experiments were made upon 1,800 horses by feeding them on new oats, and were at- tended with favorable results, inasmuch as the animals nearly all increased in bulk and strength, from which ;the commission con- cluded that new cats can be substitutei for old ones with advantage, and henceitis use- less to wait two months aiter the harvest before permitting of the use of new oats. These experiments refute most positively the prejudice that still prevails in many places that feeding on new hay and oats is injurious to horses. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that horses, to which new hay is given, are frequently exposed to colic. The danger is only presented, then, when the horses receive no definite rations, but have put before them as much as they can eat, In this case they not only eat much more new hay, but they also eat much more eagerly and greedily, which can be somuch more inâ€" jurious, as experience proves that those very horses which are most inclined to the colic est most greedily.-â€"~Industric Blat tcr. The decision of the Commission was that new hay can replace old hay in the regul M rations without injury, and perhaps with ad- vantage, but that to feed them exclusively on new hay is injurious to the horses. A tthe recent meeting of the home contri- butors, we were so oftened questioned on the wise ways of training infanev, that our at- tention was naturally enough diverted to the wants and needs of the “little ones.” Their wants are few, their exposures to adverse influences are many. Over these little ones is the crying sin of mothers. The love for them is so strong, anddecision of character is often so small. that much illness and many sufferings come, that might have been pre- vented. The “little ones” need less food and more fluid. \Vhy not give them water, cool or warm, as con(_litions may direct? We Water pinks and roses, kids and kittens why not infants? They are composed of eighty per cent. of the aqueous fluid and in warm seasons of the year, and in the hot temperature of their dwellings are constant- ly exuding in various ways this very fluid of which they are so largely made. Even in moderate temperatures, insensible perspira- tion and exudation from myriads of secret» ing follicles are constantly occurring. in summer months, intents are easily dis- turbed. They have not been here long enough te well bear all the bad influences to which they are exposed. They are not inur- ed to the great and. frequent changes of our climate and the unwise management of many nurses. Therefore, mothers must take great care of the little ones, that are so weak and delicate as to be but poorly able to resist the many noxious hearings to which they are liable in our hot days and hotter nights. Ex- cessive heat even in their dwellings and in our winter months impairs the tone and strength of every tissue, lessens the use and function of every organ, but particularly the skin and the mucous membrane of the long canal. This mombmne, so liable to be dis- turbed by heat and undigested food is the inner lining of the mouth, gullet, stomach and bowels ; all properly enough called the alimentary canal, because all aliment puss- es through it on its way to supply the needs of every tissue, and. to strengten the force of every organ. Examine the inner lining of an infent’smouth; it is exquisitely beautiful. It has a rosy and highly polished surface, lend retains its delicacy all the “my. Mothers should use due care, lest they impair a pet‘- sago so delicate end fair. v To young mothers we ought to any, that Infants cannot digest so much or BO well in DOMESTIC MATTERS. AND YORK COUNTY INTELLIGENCER. “THE LITTLE oxE's" RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA, NOVEMBER 15, 1877. hot as in cool seasons of the year, so that they should give their little ones in summer days less food than usual. Always give them a. little less than they may want, for they usually want more than they really need. So§never urge food upon the little ones. Milk is food and should be given at regular intervals. If they are thirsty, give them cold water to supply the place of that which is passing continually away by the skin, mucous membrane and other ways to be specified hereafter. An hour after feed- ing when the infant may feel the want of somethingin its crop may be just the ,time to satisfy its needs and want of Water. Avoid all those drinks, so often given, that contains the germs of fermentation, broad, tens or infusions of starchy food. ' In moder- ate quantitiee no drink can keep the stom~ ach of infancy so sweet and its breath so pure, as water. If the natural supply needs dilution, if the digestive force is feeble. give the infant water to cool the inner lining of the gastric sack and prepare it for its proper duties. At other times be more generous. Nature will tell the infant when it has drank enough.~1’rairic Fur/nun Robert Holler, in one of his recent be- wildering performances, alludedto the “dark- ity” and "blacity” of certain proceedings of the “Ring” men ofithis city. It reminds us of the general turpitude that prevails in some of the frontier towns of Texas, and the hilariou’s character of the local jailer there uboutsâ€" let us say at San Antonio, whence comes the following sketch : Not long since a young man with blonde hair, a freckled nose, and other marks of personal attractiveness appliedt o;the deputy- sheriff for a pass to see his father, who had reason to suppose was an inmate of the county jail. All levity vanished from the face of the officer, whe was really a. kind~hearted man, and there was human sympathy, and pew Imps a tear, in his eye as he trunod over the page, and said in a 10w voice. “Worse than murder:J My God .' he must have stole a. pony !” “It was scum misunderstanding about a mewcl,” observed M’Snifter junior, punish- in;7 his cowhide boots with his quirt. “\Vhy didn‘t you say so at once? You mean that is his title at court. Why, oer- minly ! Just you come along, and I’ll pre- sent you to his royal Majesty. He is in the ground cell. Just come along: I want to see if the old rooster hasn’t been trying to saw his hobbles 011‘.” “Whibt’s your name ‘3” asked the officer turning to his register. “l’m Jim M‘Snifter, from the Arroyo, Colo- rado." "What peculiar kind of playfulness has your feyther been nmxsin’ himself atâ€" murder in the first degree?” “Wusser than tlmt,’T was the M‘Suifterian response. “There are none of the M‘Sni‘fters in jail Max'qe I’ve got _a cgpiug f0}: you.” “Ibleeve in the list indieâ€"talent the old man’s name was spelt Bob White. The mm at tlwfgit is the State ngin Whitefifi And buckling on his armor, the deputy- sheriff conducted the crown prince across the square to the castellated summer palace of his royal jparient.â€"EmTon's DRAWER, in Harper's Magazine. The followiné,Y lines were sent by a rhymâ€" ing friend to n young man who had asked what excuse he should make to his friends for marrying an old woman for her money : “She‘s glotnbziru 112ml where there usedto be iUl‘, And you sneer at my bride for being old, And but a few teeth in her jaws you declare : No matter the stopping is gold I" It is admitted on all sides that business is much better now than it was at this period last year, and yet there is less bustle seen on our principal streets than was exhibited a year ago. Fashion is to blame for this. Comma mom A CIVIC PEAS", humusâ€"In 9. discussion in a board cf Aldermen, While they were debating a prop )sition to supply a new style 0t lamp post, one member got up and innocently remarked that be, for one, had always hund the old ones "good enough to stand by.” Of a lady who, as everybody knows, spares. no 9110113 to repair the ravages of time, it was recently remarked, “How old and worn she looks 1” “Yes, poor woman,” was the reply, “she is beginning to look as old as her daugh ter.” tain. The whole to wind up with the celebrated monstrosity, the man who was always an ass. ' Robert Houdin acquired a comfortable competence by the existence of his amusing arts, and was able to build himself a. hand- some country house in the pleasant village of Saint Urervais, near Blois, where he was born. Into this house he introduced a numâ€" ber of curious inventions, which were not only of great service in the every-day work of his home, but were matters of never-end- ing wonderment to the peasantry round about. The garden gate was situated at full four hundred yards from the house, which was hidden behind towering trees, and could only be reached by a. winding path. Never- theless, the amazed peasant who came to the house found that he had only to raise a little brass hand. not as big as a baby’s, and let it fell on the forehead of it fantastic brass head. the rep making but a faint sound, when a real musketry of bell-pulling was heard to take place in the remote house, and the gar- den gste swung open of itself. Instantly t'ie brass plate on the gate, which bore the con- jurer’s name “Robert Houdin,” disappeared, and another took its place wheroon was en- graved the word “Entrez.” When the post- man came and inserted his 'mail in the box made to receive it at the gate, he also set an electric bell to ringing. He was requested to put in what he brought in the following or- der ; first newspapers, then circulars, finally letters‘ one by one. Each insertion set a bell ol'f. Thus Houdin, lying in bed in the morning, with his door locked and his blind down, knew that his morning’s mail would consist of one package (or more, or none) of newspapers, ditto circulars, and exactly so We are credibly informed that the proprie- tors of the Aquarium, fully alive to the imâ€" portance of providing the public with a col- lection of curious animals, have arranged for an exhibition at various times of the follow- 1ng : The camels that people swallow, The gnats they strain at, The cock that wouldn’t fight, The black sheep of the family, The wolf in sheep’s clothing, The old. man’s donkey, The weasel that went pop, The dead horse that was worked. And the mouse that came out of the moun- HIS TITLE AT COURT A ZOOLOUICJL COLLECTION- HOUDIN’b HOUSE IIUMOROUS. many letters. When he wanted to post lot. tors himself he was not obliged to go to the village with them. As soon as he heard the postman’s electric bell ringing, he set anoth. er ringing up by the mail-box, and the letter- carrier knew then that he was to come down to the house to get letters. He rang for himself, so to speak. These simple little contrivances created the greatest astonish- ment in the rural neighborhood where they were employed, and though no one was the least disposed to be in the least disagreeable to the conjuter, their neighbor, their curiosâ€" ity concerning them was rather annoying. One day the bell was heard to ring at the gate, the door-plate changed as usual, and the entire electric performanee was gone through staisfactorily; the family of Houdin expected to see a. visitor coming down the path. But no ; the bell began as before, the door-plate changed, etc., and so on again and again, until at last the gardener walked down to the gate to see what wus the matter. To his surprise he found one of the inhahir tents of the village who was amusing himself by going in at the gate and out of it over-and over again, quite regardless of the racket the electric bah was keeping up at the house. "Oh yesII know the bells m‘e ringing down at the house. I wanted to see how 1t worked. Don'tmind me.” The gardener was a man fond of his joke. That night, at midnight, armed with a dark lantern, he stood at the door of the inquisi- tive neighbor, pulling the bell till it pooled like the belfry of Notre Dame sounding the massacre of the Huguenots. The nighhcavp ped head of the neighbor issued from an up- per window, hia features aghast with dismay. “Why, What aré astopjshed ggrdgner. The gate and the letterâ€"box were not the only parts of Houdin’s house functions that were facilitated by the aid of electricity. Sitâ€" ting in his study, with his stableisituated fifty yards away, the jugler nevertheless was able to feed his horse himself, and to be sure that an exact portion of rations fell into the man- ger. Alllthe clocks on the place were reguv lated by the mysterious current the master had under his hand at his writing-desk. The breath of the lightning flesh hissed out of the iron black-log of his fire-place and whis- pered in his ear that his distant conservatory was heated too much for the geraniums, or that the thermometer had now been allowed to fall too low for the orangthrees. A little bench placed by the side of a ravine at a. re- mote part of his grounds was endowed with afeiry-like power of transporting any pasâ€" senger who merely sat down upon it anoss the gorge, when it travelled back of its own accord te take another person over free of charge. â€" “Mon Dieu ” he cried, \vvhat is the mattef? Haskzgny thing drggudful happengd 2’” “Oh 'no,” 'coolly mpr the gardener. “The bell is ringing in your room, I know. I want to see how it works. Don’t mind me,” The school principal has a so“; snap. Were we not living a. life of indolent ejase as a. newspaper man, we would be a school principal. â€" In 61'der that we would neither toil nor spill, The duties of the school principal are ardu- ous. (Fhis is scarcasm.) He sittcth in an armchair and smoketh good cigars, and draw- etthis salary at: stated intervals. Here's whine he has the advantage of the humble policeman, who draweth his salary not at all. The school-principal is an ornament to the publicachool system. He loometh up on dress~parade, but amounteth to nothing in act-ion. 0r words to that. effect. Occasionally he sittem behind a. deal. and glareth over a. pair of gloves, and amiteth the desk with a ruler, and snyeth : “The school will now come to order.” Then he wandereth forth and takcth a Emitter and talketh politics. And the marms doeth all the work. That’s because she doesn’t; wear pants. The school principal has much to be thank- ful for. He has a high smaried “sit” where no brains are required. And in the mituml order of things he would go down into oblivion were it not that he}? suscoreq by the institutes. And the principal of the first part answer- eth the principal of the second part, and re- marketh : “Let us go out and imbibe some beer." That’s what’s the matter. Owing to his onerous dutieu during the first part of the week the principal taketh a holiday on Saturday. As he loafeth in the superintendent’s of. fice and getteth ofi some imbecile witticisms, and he poketh his brother principal in the ribs and joketh with him about. the girls. Yum yum. And in the course of period the school principal croaks and nobody mourneth. Not Quaâ€"Pittman] Leader. “Why is it, husband, that whenever we send for a. pound of tea or coffee to the gro- cer, it falls an ounce short. ?” “Oh, its just a, weigh he has.” A bowder the other day, was vainly e-n‘ deavoring to masticate a piece of fowl, laid down his knife and fork, saying: “All the trainings, traditions and. teachings of my youth, my sense of propriety, and the corny mands of holy writ, compel mo to respwt old age; but 1’11 be blowed if 1 can stomach it when roasted or broiled.” While considerable anxiety was felt by politicians to hear later returns from ludi- ana, ayoung man, having a newspaper in hand, boarded “horse-car. “Anythlng fresh from Indiana. ‘2" m1uired a portly man. “Yes, sir; a mule fell over a. precipice and killed himself,” replied the smart young man. "Did,eh? Well. that is awful. Hudn’t 1 better go ahead and break the news to your family?" bluntly asked the fat. man. An nbstruse speech is his strong hold. The more abstruse it is the less danger there is of the assembly finding out that he doesn’t know whereof he speaketh. The man who’projected the teachers’ in stitute ought to have a medal of leather 0r tin_, 0; some plebian material. 11‘ there were no institutes we would never hear of the school principal distinguishing himself. But here he spreadeth 1111119615, and maketh himself numerous, and he thinketh, “by hgavgns ! I am an intellecmal Hercules.“ Such thoughts, perchauce, ‘twcre best to quell. And the schoolnfmrm cometh and listencth ang is qsteqsibly pleased. But in heart she curseth the entire busi- ness and wisheth to her goodness she were married. Such is life. And the school principal sayebh unto the school principal : “By éolly !â€" that was a learned and withal an>in§trtpctiv§ speeqh." V Thié is because He doesn’t desire to wear himself out with mental effort. H15 IDIOSYNCRASIES AND SO FORTH THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL yBu ‘doing ‘2” asked the 931 M. Teefv Fm. A meeting of the club was f :ld Friday night, at which Mr. Gonzalve Doutre read an essay upon the two greatest figures in French Canada’s political history. Louis Joseph Pepineau and George Etienne Cartier. The essayist drew a. parallel, after the manner of Piutarch, between the careers and principles of these two statesmen. The one was the great apostle af political Liberalism, and the other threughout his career was the living embodiment of Conservatism, and his guid- in‘Or principle was self-aggrandizement. The one was devoted to clearly defined princiâ€" ples, the triumph of which he labored un ceasingly to secure; the other professed no principles and his rule of action was expedi- ency. Sir. G. E. Cartier allowed the Ltir- ale to roast the Reform chestnuts and then he stole them and {3W0 them to his own par- ty to eat. The schools of thought represent- ed by l’epincau and Cartier could never coal- esce, and the idea. 3f a union of the two par- ties wns Utopian. The essayist believed that the persecution of the lnstitut (‘enadien by the Bishop of Montreal was warmly sec- onded by Cartier out of jealousy towards the growmg popularity of that institution, which at one time had thirteen of its members in Parliament. The principal acts in the lives of these two greet men were briefly sketched and judged. Mr. Doutre differed materially in some of his appreciations from the opin- ion ol'. Sir Francis llincks, and his essay, though less portcntious than the recent lee» ture of that statesman, Would be by many considered quite as just. In its litermy fea- tures 1t sparkled with wit and rung with apothegms, and at its conclusion the unani- mous thanks of the Club were voted to Mr. Doutre. The Club National has recently resumed its meetings for discussion and intellectual exercises. This organization, it will be re- membered, is composed of French Liberals, mainly young men, who pursue the laudable objects of self-improvemc 1t, anil of fitting themselves for the political are: The Club then procee-Jod to discuss the question of which the political parties 111 France merits popular sympathy. In an as- sembly of young French-Canadian Liberals there was of course but one opinion on that question. The NIL/[mm], having the fear of the Minerva and Nouvcuw Illonzle before his eyes, has not dared to say anything about that disciiSsion, but the truth is that the ardent sympathies of the young Liberals who spoke were all With the ltapubiicun party in France. A watch about *he size of an egg, said to have been made by a Russian peasant, is now exhibited in St. Petersburg. With- in it is represented the tomb of Christ, with a stone at the entrance and the sen- tinels on duty. While a spectator is ad- mrning this curious piece of mechanism the top is suddeniy removed, the sentinels drop, the angels appear, the women enter the sepulchre, and the some chant is heard which is performed in the Greek church at evo. A watch somewhat larger, still small enough for a capacions pocket, was shown at the meeting oi the Society of Antiquaries a few years ago ; it had an alarm, and showed whether the hour was morning noon, even- ing. and night, which presented themselves to View at proper times. Other figures told the day of the week and month, the names of the months, the phases of the moon, etc.; but the figures of this machine were not dolls, but were engraved on revolving discs. Awatch, at present in the Swiss museum, is small enough to be inserted in the top of a pencil case. Yet its tiny dial not only indi- cates hoursnninutes, and seconds, but also the days of the month. It is a. relic of the times when watches were inserted into snuff- boxes. shirt studs, ear-rings. brad-pins, and evun finger rings. George III. carried one of these little timekeepers, which was set in ‘ a ring like a jewel. It contained 120 different 1 parts. so that the parts averaged one grain each, the balance wheel and pinion weighing the seventeenth part of a grain. The king was so well pleased with the wonder that he rewarded the skilful donor with 500 guinvas, fiery, Queen of Scots, had a watch 1111th in theshupe of uclcatl'i’s head, The forehead ottlio skull bears gum symbols of death, the scythe and the hour hour glass placed between it palace and a cottage, to show thu impmtialily of the grim destroyer. At the hack of the skull is Time destroying all things, and at the top of the head mw: scenes in the garden of Ellen and the cut citixiou. The watch is opened by reversing the skull, placing the upper part of it in the hollow of the hand, and lifting the jaw by a hinge ; this pnrt being enriched by engrave-d representations of the Holy Family, angels, and shepherds with their flocks. The works 0f the watch form the brains of the skull, and are within a silvar envelope, which acts as a musical toned. bell, while the dial-plate serves as the palate. Hun.J. O. Bsaublon is dead. President M toMa‘uon will not; resign. E. II. Heywooi, prominently known as a leader of the free lovers of Massachusettau was arrestcl by Anthony Comatouk, charg- edmth cit-calming ouscaua mamb uro. The heirs of Thomas and Robert Young, early settlers of Kentucky, claim about, ten rmllion dollars worth of lewd in Vim-ions 1901'» Lions of Kentucky, includmg several town sites. There is much excmmonb on the subject. Henry S. Sanford, 01' Florida, has been appointed U. S. Munster to Belgium. General Geo.B. McClellan has been (lact- cd :1. Senator in Naw Jersey. Jean Baptiste Duncrgier, the distinguished Jurist, is dead. DowageriQuLen Amelia of Saxony, IS (lead. Bishop Failowes has been lecturing in Halifax. Joso Olozavga, brother of tho Spanish statesman Suiust‘iuno Olozaga and like him a l’rogressist leader, is dead. H10] A Dutchman, in describing a pair of horses he had 1051:, said: “Day was very much alike, spé‘cially the off one. Von lookt so much like [10th I could not tell tether from which; when I went after one I always catch the odor, and whipped the one most dead be- cause the other kicked me.” It was half-past ten as a Ninth street girl ya-wucd and asked him if he liked poetry. lie Suid‘ “Yes, dear ;” than she murmured, “Now I’lay me down to sleep,” and it so disturbed his judgment that he took the old man’s hat instead of his own. I‘APINEAU AND CARTIER WONDERFUL WATCHES PERSONAL ITEMS xe/WA 4m! Mr. D. Everardo, Registrar of Welland county, has returned from Saratogn much improved in health. Duck shooting is reported good thie season at the Bond Eau. An effort is to be made, at the next meet- ing of the Oxford County Council, to have the Duukiu Act resubmitted in the county. In St. Catharines butter still keeps up to twentyâ€"eight cents. The Kingston Council have cut down the Treasurer’s salary $500. Mr. Harry Nowell, of Springford County of Elgiu, has fallen heir to a. legacy of $5,- 000 by the death of an uncle in England. It is said that lumbering in New Bruns- wick will be prosecuted this winter on a large scale, extensive preparations having been made for that purpose. A Free Press Buttlofonl special says fifteen lodges of Sitting Bull’s band are oncampod forty miles from there. They came north [or fear of being handed over to the United Status. A heavy freight train from Moncton for Halifax got off the tmck near Folly lliver Wednesday, and blocked the road for some hours. Several cars were badly damaged, as well as flour and oil. In Montreal the other day, a pretty young girl of seventeen was handed over to her father by the Chief of Police. She was found in a. house of 1114111110 a few hours previously be Detective Laion. At. Branlford a numerous family of Engâ€" llsh sparrows are about the only signs of bird life left of all the summer visitants. The mud and rain and cold fail to suppress their cheerful twittering. Two workmen were killed last week on contract 15 of tho Canada Pacific hallway. One was stouck on the head by a derrick, and haul his skull smashed in. The other was blown to atoms by the explosion of a nitroglycerine can. The residean of Mr. George Burns, mer- chant, on Clarence street, London, was en- ‘u’ercd Wednesday night; by burglars, who carâ€" ried 011' a fine cooking stove from the kitchen, disturbing nothing else. The novel robbery causes much amusement in town. The Custom authorities at Montreal lately seized 1,000 white coney skins, 24 silver con- ey skins, and several seal skins which were imported from New York by rail and entered at 50 per cent. under value. The owner never turned up to claim them, and they have been confiscated. The origin of the fire in Blenheim village on the morning of the 7th instant having been clearly traced to the act of an incendi- ary, the Reeve coiled a special meeting of the Council to consider what steps should be taken, and it was decided to otfer n rewarl of one hundred dollars for the arrest of the perpetrator. William Wilih, who was tried at the late assizas for the murder of Josiah Bodfield in London township last July, and acquitted, died suddenly on Tuesday and was buried on Thursday. It is reported that since the trial he had been drinking immodemteiy, and took a sudden illness which carried him off 111 a few hours. Tho ONOD Sound Times says :â€"â€"â€"“The Treasurer’s sale of land for taxes took place at the Court House on Wednesday, (Oct. 31%,) and was largely attended. The keen competition for most of the lots shows that lands in this county are becoming more val- uable than they were. The adjourned sale will take place on the'15th inst." Ladies will surely have to give up the folly of carrying money in outside pockets. The other evening, while Miss Farrell, of Brant- ford, was procieding to St. Basil’s church, someone took her pocket-from the outside pocket of her dress. There was quite a. sum of money in the book when stolen, and she can ill afford to lose it. Atllellevillo, the other day, the sale of grain damaged by fire in the Farmers’ eleva- tor was begun. There was a great demand for the grain l'ur fee-cling purposes, and it sold very mpidly at prices ranging from 106. to 18¢. per bag, some of the barley being htly damaged. The sale continued to {in} at the same rates, all thth was of any value being picked up max-«lily. John Hammer, of Burfonl, had a horse stolen from his pasture held about; three weeks since. Although he made diligent search, no trace of the lost. property could be low l until two \veeKs had elapsed, when he found. the house tied to a. tree in tho Woods, a mere skeleton. About a year ago Mr. Hummer haul a horse stolen while he was at church, and that one was never found. Speculation in uhosphato lots in Ottawa county is pretty lively at present. 11. Pres- ton Sc Sons, an American firm, have been buying phosphate lately. Andrew Mann, of Ottawa, has also bought the mining interest in a couple of lots, and several other compeâ€" titors are preparing to enter the lists. The mining lots so far sold are In ranges 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 1(3 of Hull; 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Templeton ; and 1, 2 and 3} of Portland. Fully three hundred men are now employ- ed in gradmg and other works on the Surnia, Clmthnm, and Eric railway, from the rail- way track of the Canada Southern to Mr. J. Stewart‘s farm, Enniskillen, and something over two miles is now graded and ready for the iron. Mr. 13bister, of l’etrolia, who has the contract for three miles of the road, re- cently put on additional laborers and teams, and he has nearly a mile ready for the iron. At St. Thomas arrangements have been made t o incorporate a. company for the purâ€" pose of building a street railway from the Lisgm' House to some point on Talbot street beyond the Canada. Southern railway station, with branches along St. Catharine street to the Air Line station, and eventually along Ergin street and. across Wilson’s bridge. The provisional directors will be appointed at once. A mysterious discovery was made by Mr. Noah Mann, of South Yarmouth, last Sun- day morning, 4th inst. A good overcoat, containing a considerable sum of money, to- gcther with a pair oi boots and a pair of gold mounted spectacles, were found in his barn but by whom left there is utterly unknown. It is certain that they were no “leamngs” of a. tramp. The overcoat contained a. photo- graph, on which was an indistinct direction to some party in Uullodcn. Rev. Mr. Chiniquy writes to the Montreal Witness to say that on ngdnesday, at about 5 p. m., when one of his evangelists was vis- iting a Protestant family on Bonaventure street-two Irish Ctttholics entered the house, and having satisfied themselves that he was preaching the gospel, attacked him furiously, and struck him most cruelly in the face with their boots, till his face was bruised and cov- ered With blood. They then fled. Tho Presbyterylof Montreal in connection with the Church of Scotland met on Thurs- GENERAL NEWS. CANADIAN ITEMS WHOLE NO. 1008. day. Rev. Gavin Leing, convenor of the Synod’s Committee on Correspondence with the Mother Church, announced that the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scot- land had voted agmnt of £300, equal to {$1,500, for the home mission work of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connec~ tion with the Church of Scotland. The dis- tribution of this sum is to be under the di- rection of the Correspondence Committee. The Picton, (Ont), Gazette says :â€"“A young women, in the employ of Mr. 1horn, who was in the habit of carrying needles carelessly abeut her person, came 111 contact' with the railing in passing up stairs, causing one of the needles to pass its whole length into the body. A physician was soon alttr in attendance. who found it necessary to cut down to the needle, and after considerable manipulating was successful in abstracting it, to the great joy of the patient. and saving her, in all probability, from a life of torture.” Bartibogue, N. 13., must be a nice place Bears have been so numerous in this settle- ment that whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep have been swept 011 by them, this state of things being so discouraging that about forty young men from that vicinity have become disgusted and gone West. The character of the place has, however, been re- deemed somewhat by John Connell, who re- cently applied to the local authorities of Northumberland County for his eighteenth bear bounty this season. The l'nioa Advo- cate says he trapped sixteen and shot two. One carcase Weighed six hundred pounds; the others average three hundred pounds each. The Montreal Herald, (5th inst, gives the following further particulars of an affair which has already had brief mention in the telegraphic despatches :-“Last month Mr. Michael Hcarn, a well connected and respec- table young citizen, who has been in part- nership for the last 18 months with Mr. Charles Rodier, son of a wealthy citizen, died suddenly. On Mr. Hearn’s decease Mr. ltod- ier accepted the whole responsibility for the transaction of the firm, with the consont of the creditors. The late Mr. Hearn had in- sured his life for $7,000â€"in the Equitable {or $5,000, and in the New York for $52,001) ; and Mr. Rodier, as a friend and partner, fur- nished all the money for the sepulture, and took some interest in the affairs of his late partner. 0n the arrival here of a brother of deceased from New York Mr. ltodier handed to him two policies on the life of the deceas- ed, the premiums of which had been paid by the firm, and it is alleged that the brother wrongfully took the policies away with him to New York and endeavored to get the prem- iums paid. A statement of the affairs of the firm in the meantime had been prepared, which showed that the partners were in about the same position, financially, at the decease of Mr. Hearn as when they went into part- nership. Mr. Rodier, therefore, claims that the amount of the policies should be vested in the estate prior to a general settlement of its affairs. He has placed the matter in the hands of his attorneys, and a seizure has been issued for the amountâ€"37,000. The Japanese are fast progressing in the path of“oivi!ization.” The Imperial Gov- ernment has given a. large order for steam launch machinery suitable for torpedo boats ; and it is said that negotiations have been opened with Sir W. G. Armstrong for the supply of some of the monster guns for which the Eiswick Ordnance Works have lately become famous. The two youths from Portsmouth, namecl Hyslop and Dmham, who, in masks and armed with pistols, stopped a carriage on Blackheath inMay. and robbed Mr. Hodg- son, Assistant Solicxtor to the Treasury, of £17, have been severally sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude. Mr. George Macflonald, L l; D., the well- known novelist, is prostrated with over- work, and has been advised to spend the winter in a warmer climate. 110 is consti- tutionally very delicate, yet his capaciLy for literary work is extraordinary, and he over- Laxos his strength in spite of the kindly re- monstrances of his friends. He will start for Italy immediately. The reduction to be carried out next, year in the War office will have the effect of re- moving over one hundred of the present clerks. Letters are freely appearing in the Irish papers discussing pro and com whether Mr. Gladstone ought to get a welcome in Ireland feom the Roman Catholic party. The in- clination, on the whole seems to be to treat his Vatican pamphlet as an aberration, and remember, instead, his other supposed ser~ vices. Stuwaways on Atlantic steamers, am un. pleasantly numerous, affording striking illus. (nation of the "hard times" prevalent or. the American side of the Atlantic. Mr. Ramos, of Liverpool. has just: sentenced two to a. fine of £5 and costs or two months' imprisonment. They said they “could get no work in Americu, and were starving." Zoz, the Irish Punch, has a cartoon {ment Mr. Gladstone's visit. The Dublin Gor- pomtion, to the great disgust of the city people, have recently stuck some saplings along Sacliville street, in the hope that one day they will grow to be trees. Mr. Glad- stone, with luggage consisting of post-curds, speeches, pamphlets, and an axe, is repre- sented shaking hands with Pat, and saying, “Well, Pat, my boy, I've come to see you because I can’t get on Without you. Couldn't you think of some good grievance before next election? Is there anything I can do for you?” Pat smilingly replies, “Well, then, please your Honor, as you are here you might as well out down them trees in. Sackville stieet !" The first service in the new nave of Bristol cathedral was held on the 21st ult., when the sermon was preached by the Bishop of the diocese, Dr. Ellicott. The cathedral was well filled. The new nave has been ten years in progress, and has cost £16,000, besides which £13,000 has been expended on the restoration of the choir. The public, says the Scotsman, are to be congratulated on the appearance of a. new edition of Mr. Keith J ohnston's “Royal Atias of Modern Geography,” even more full, and well selected in its contents, and more handsome as to its exterior, thanthe original issue, which wasreceiv ed with so much well- descrved favor. The Morning Post learns f‘with astonish- ment, not to say alarm," that a, few influen- tial authorities both in Church and State are bent upon a. revismn of the baptismal and ordination services, as well as the office for the visitation of the sick, with a. view to the elimination of those parts which appear to sanction the doctrine of the :tpostolical sue- cession and auricular confession. The full effect of thus opening the floodgates of change at a. period like the present, says the Post, no one can foresee. One result, how- ever, would he inevitable, the ritualists would receive a large and influential accession to ‘their raDkS' BRITISH ITEMS.