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Dimensions 01 Heaven. The following curious calculation is based on the Book of Revelations xxi. 16': “ And he measured the city with a reed, twelve thousand furlonge. The length and breadth and the heighth are equal.” Twelve thousand furlongeâ€"7,920,000‘ feet, whioh being cubed is 943,0BB,000,000,000,000.000,- R 000,000 cubic feet,_and half of which we will reserve for the Throne of God and the ~Qourt of Heaven, half of the balance streets, "and the remainder divided by 4,096, the cubical feet in a room 16 feet square and 16 high, will be 30,843,750,000,000 rooms. We will now suppose the world always did and always will contain 900,000,000 of inhabitants, and a generation will last 303; yearsâ€"2,700,000,000,000 persons. Then suppose there were 11,230 such worlds, equal to this in number of inhabitants and duration of years?then there would be a. room 16 feet wide and 16 feet high for each person, and yet there would be room. Mr. Parry. of the firm of Perry & Mills, of Chicago, L'Sn". iron in Toronto during the past few days transacting business in con- nection with the works for the manufacture of pig iron which his firm is about to open in Cuuadn. They .hiwo leased for 21 years, on a. royalty from Messrs. Bhortiss, O‘Brien and others, the Snowden iron mine in the Township of Snowden. County of Elnlibur- ton. A hot blast furnace of thirty-five ton capacity is being erected, and it is expected to be in readiness for smelting ore early in June. The furnace will ‘be on the most approved principle, and the machinery of Jaha best description. The charcoal to be used in the smelting will be burned on the spot, and about five or six thousand cords of hardwood have been got out during the winter for this purpose. The mining of the ore will be commenced almost immediately, and a. large number of houses for the workmen are being built. The works at the start will employ about fifty. or: sixty men, sud as the works expand this number will be very largely increased. It is also proposed to have in connection with the works a. large establishment for the . manufacture of car wheels, for which pur- pose the iron of that locality is well adapted. 1 The Works are about six miles from Kin- mount, from which point on the Victoria. Railway abrnnoh line has been constructed. Mr. Mills is a. Canadian, and Mr. Perry is a. Welshman. Both gent‘emen have had wide experience in mining in this country and Grant Brit-sin. | A eatiefactoxy rehearsal of “Pinufore ” was haldrin the Central Music Hall - 131.917 evefiifig by the amateurs who are to produce it for the benefit of the Boys’ Home. Mr. H. Brown Wlll probably be the Dick Dcadt‘ye and Mrs. MoGulloch the Hebe. We): -“_Sh& was recently- tendered arregep- Wfi‘fu entree] ‘in a red satin affiernoau ‘drees, trimmed with Chantilly Mae and bonnet to match, Mme. Albuni looked her fairest“ She more no ornament: expegg the pea.” ’ cross, a. gift of Queen Victoria}. While en route to the Windsor her sleigh was filled with flowers. Her next recep- tion will be this afternoon at the Convent, wheree~he<reoeived her early edgcatiog. (in a.‘ recent issue of“ Temple Bar” Lady Pbllook draws attemion to the fact that, Whilst thirty years ago all the great operatic singers were Italians, the rule is difierent to-day. We have Christine Nilsson, a. Swede; Albani, a. Canadidn ; Adelina Patti, auAmerioan; Maria. Roze. a Frenohwoman ; Trebelli, a. Parisian ; Madame Msruncis, a. Parisian ; Madame Patsy, an English- woman; Sims Reeves, English; Ssutley, English ; Faure, French; the only Italian name which ‘ean claim distinctib‘n"being that of Csmpanini. A Montrezfl deepatoh my; Madame Albani, who ia much pleased at bging home a. w tfih‘g ne'cgption given ha, hi‘a donated $5 'no‘fihe poor. . ‘ fibglafld‘s .readinesa to introduce to rubliu notice every fresh utterance of a representative German composer is re- garded as evidence of musical progress. The musical matinee in the Ladics’ Col- lege to morrow afternoon will be wail worth attending. The best talent ‘has been secured for it â€"including Mr. Waugh Lau- der, the pianist. In an article on the decay of population in France the London Times sags: “ Before fifty years are over, France will,et her present slow rate of increase of population, have sunk, if‘ not to the level‘of a. second- rategat least." to the bottom cf the list of the great powers. French peoyle are in the habit: of speaking of a. family of five children~the average number in England and Germanyâ€"~aa a. large family, while families of from eight to ten children, eommon enough in former times, are now élmost unheard of, except among the oorer classes in the poor departments of reuse. It is reckoned that the daily sale of The death of the Archduchess Maria. of Austria is {eyorted._ It is reckoned that the daily sale of pg)th flowers in Paris realizes about $20;.009. ‘gThe flowers most in fashion at present are the gerdenia, which Bella at five francs each flower ; the lily of the valley, worth ten frames the pot ; the queen roee and‘the purple rone, the Spanish carnation 8.116 the violet. Of the latter a. large num- ber come from Nice; but they have not the perfume of those grown around Paris. The camellia, at one time so much prized, i‘a now'quite‘out of fashion. tfie mama. Norfiqes the sod rob nearly as well when thebreaking" is done lute. My al'dvice to a. new settlerwould be to tent at put; upa‘ rough shanty until he has got through breaking; he would that: have July and August to go on with binding or other work; the breaking would not be ready to backset before the Int; of Septem- ber; the lenger the breaking is left the better, so long us it can be done before the frost Betsiu. ' - ‘ Proposed New u'mtm ut llnllburton. Potatoes do well planted or ploughed in on the sod, requiring, :0 further cultivation after planting, but as to bowing grain on sod I have not seen an ‘excepciou where there W215 u. fair crop. My opinion is that if a, new settler centres his entire efforts on breaking and backsettiug the first yew: he. will be finan- cially further ahead than the one who endeavors to get a. crop the fivst yqar. Many new settlcrs miss the first: ueasuulby building when they nughc to be banking. Usualiy breaking cannot be omtiuued later than the 10th duly; the land by this date {3 hard, and d‘Ey, flanking very_hard wor‘k fur Rod Fyfe, I think, is the best, being the most‘Oertain crop, also commanding fihe best pride. Last season my seed was not as pure Fyfe as I would have liked, yet I End 28 bushels 33-60thper acre. I consider black side oats the best, giving the best yield. I had an average this year on over 300 sexes of fifty-eight bushels per more, weighirg thirty-eight pounds per bushel. I do non think the grass should be burnt, but ploughed in. Your question as to cats being sown first ploughing, I suppose refers to sowing on breaking without buck- setiring‘ I dc: not think that the chance is even {six for :m menus \5 i, not w.» my as good crop, unless" uh?! lamiie‘bnck‘ob. I? travelled over- a. lapse portion of hillfi,0(lilfli§” last scubm, also the previous Henson, bub; did no: see anything like an average- crop Where the grain l.le been sewn on {he sod. In response to a. series of quostiona sent by the Nefwcsi Farmer to Mr. Charles WhiszeQmad, onenf the largest farmers in thé‘vioifilty‘of Brandon, the following anawera were received : PIG IRON AND CAI; ‘VIIEEL‘I'. ADVJCE T9 NORTHWEST SETTLE“. ' 0 Wsw'Mu-r'» F. W i1 mum» Ira-w *{smmmg \M. Brasâ€"king. m; .' sax, \ l [11 response 50 a. series of quostioms sent l the Nefwz'si Farmer to Mr. Charles 9.3.6.1 ad, oneaf the largest farmers in ) vmln‘lty‘ of Brandon, the following Bwera Were received : .. Rod Fyfe, I think, is the best, being the Mn Milffll] Notes Such .prize will fling the treasured hoafrd away. Such aim will overstrain the best-tried owers, Such air will blight to death the lain at owersl What 1103's it m‘a ,er ? Wis but for a. day; Resign the'hop for one short while, they say. Wait, bear, work, trust; the next time will be Ppurs. , And just that‘lmuse takes El! lhesull from life, And just that fits makes all the future naught. - The war-cry silenced in the sudden strife, The world all cankered by the gnawing thought, I. “B11th '11“ " My bout’hm; Eggs __.1_... Henvg the task-work, dreary dull the hours, 2‘ Qt payt too 111px! for hfyad 9r heart go play} There is a shadow standing by the cradle, Where sleepeth softly a. beloved child ; It waiteth anxious at the gayest feasting And Infiralm our laughter with its laughter W1 ; It standeth by our bedside, by our tabla, And with in} touch the Eyeugm is flawed, It jecrs our faint attempfia to be forgetful, Slantingi a fieshlesa be at thensnce ; ~ Joins Ml aur‘ pleusureg; shading them wlth promise ’ " ' That soon its claims it will in truth advance. We date it for awhile I then pray in anguish Thatic will haste to throw ins poisoned lance. And yet it doth defer its blow 'Ahl surely Those have the best that follow it the first. 80 shall they never see their dearest perish. Gbing 0119‘!) Self is surely not the Worst ;" {Tia those who live beyond their best and dearest Who really feel that death's a. thing accursed. Polytechnié Institute, opened? fihé-tu day,“ {rem Huntsyqndg withrmoo; The will of the late Sir Hugh Allan has been filed in the Surrogate Court of On- tario with respect to the; property he had in Ontario amounting to over $100,000. George G. Tarbell, of Boat-on, has given $50,000 for the Icuuding of a. public library in Igin'coln, Mama.2 of which town he is a. " Where Ms than when I laid the foundations of the earth ?"â€"131'ble. Who tamed th lawless Tartar blood '9 What David earded in her den The Rust-nan bear in ages when 1_'013 ptrqde your bluc‘kkunbrldled steed time. _ TEE manuals on THE snomn'qf. Gaul-age and hqpe, true . H >5 - Summer i§ coming Lho'fi )1 late the'spflngfi Over the breast, of the quiet mold, With an emerald shimmerâ€"n glint; of gold, Till the leaves gf‘the regal rqse \gnfold At the rush of the swdilow's wing. oéurage 5er hobq, trup hezyrt l ' 'sh’fii‘hie as Edfiai'ug {1&6th ’s’priug be late ; Wishing is weary and waiting long, But; sorrow’s day hath an even-song, And the garlands that never shall fade belong To the. soul mat is strong to wait. Qhaupogy _Ro§e»= endawed_ thy, 131059 Go sing to athers all the songs . That angels sing to you. The voice unused will‘lose its powerâ€" Ibs tones will not be true. TransFose for Weak and unskilled hands, In a 1 the easy keys, ‘ ‘* " '- The cheering strains, the soothing calm,‘ Of heuvenlv melodies; And then how soon the World will learn The songs that haunt its dreamaJ And read at sight hard harmonies 0f life‘s exalted themes 1 Who girl; the thaws of your young prime P Why. who but Moses shaped your course And bound your fierce, divided force United down the grooves 01' time ? Your mighty millions, all to-day The hated, homeless Jews obey. Who taught all histories to you ? The Jew, the hated, homeless Jew. \Vho taught you tender Bible tales or honey lands, of milk and Wine 9 0! happy, peaceful Palestine ? 0f Jordan‘s holy harvest voles ? Who gave the patient Christ 7 I Boy, Who gave you Christian creed ? You, yea, Who gave your very God to you ? The Jew! The Jewl The hated Jew I A smuggled savage of the steam-1.2 b Whyflme who now sits, 10w andmweope, Why, one who now waila out to ouâ€" ; The Jew; the homeless, hated ew. - ‘ And thus from all the race ascends Earth’s myriad sigh and song and prayer Of hope, of anguish, praise, despair; * But gathered into one descends ‘ Divineâ€"not Echo, not reboundâ€" One answer from the blue above, 'Tis love. While loud ‘ér lawns flo’wS the breeze Comes spng of birds aim: and nigh. And. sheaved into‘ the ofie‘rebouud, One note on Echo’s lip isdound As if from one poetic brain, The strain. Behind mq is the m'lzzfimumm sigh {9:911 gugtliyg o; e (order trpeq. ,With song cm, about who ' 4,3 I Yet all the babIfiSOf their has? Melts into music-id rebound, Confusion into tuneful sound, One heart of overflowing cheer ‘ Where curves the lake’s green crescent coast Eggflshcrs flo_0k_ with up: and 130m, I call across: the rolling plain, ,f,‘ 0 mouutains, from your sleep awake, O stupid rocks, youmslumber break. Hear and give back my words again I ” .And hark! the Echo doth rebound in accents made thesoullaf sound, Leplying to my laughing voice, ‘Rejoice I " There Ioitereth by a flock of sheep, Above whose clumorous blaming swells The tinklimz of their hundred bells. In sympathy with men the steep Taken up the Wild pell~mell of sound, Mnkesjm‘gon human in rebound, Compels uproar to flow along In song. Thais is a farmer Midis Y’bh Enough to take‘his E'a‘ An_d qtufly _Na.t_urp Wiph 111’s I's He hears the chatter of the J’s ‘A‘a the flch 031mm,,iwéfiwg And 2‘ ‘ yhen u_ trgg D K”: ._ Well, she sang of hope and honor, 0f ationce and of truth, Tiii, .mckfergcc, «no Walked within The sunlight of his youth. And all thershining present Dimmed the darkness of the past For golden hair es‘ r~tie Than fire cigzp'veg' cag‘t. E: ~- A air of oxen he will U'a 'ith many haws and G’s. And their mistakes he will X Q‘s While ploughing for 1118 P's. In raising crops he all X L's, And therefore little 0's, And when he hoes his soil by spells He also soils his hose. The golden rays of morning Touched the silver of his hair, And crowned with sudden glory A life made dull with cure. There came across his pathway ~ A woman with a; song :2.‘ ' - ' It was so full of gladness, So pure and passion strong, That his soul woke into living, And his heart begun to long For the words that filled the music, The music of her song. And thfnk of what; he 03; It mukfiefi home foifi's.‘ VOL.XXV. Vniade l " ALPHABETICAL FARMING. (Pram the Independent.) Procmsllnnal‘ou; In. the Suhllaht. I hear. A COMMISSION. 'l‘o Raisin. Echo Snug. POETRY. DEATH‘ 4 .JQAQWN Mmmpn â€"-Good Words .er g'There' are fifteen Baptist seats in the mother country, and one of them calls itself the Unitarian Baptist denomination. Of course many of these are emalland obscure; and they are not included in the statistiog o! the English Baptist Handbook. The English Bhptist Fundeea, a. society formed in 13th time of George 1., received last yeam $15,000, of which over $14,000 were, expended in - assisting country churches, students for the ministry, etc. I The Moravian Misiron, on the Mosquito coast, Central America, reports a. wonder- ful religidua aWakening among the Iudmns. Over 400 persons have united with the church thus far, and others have applied for admission. In Miles City, Montana, the Methodists believe in receiving contributions from anybody, whether good or bad, who is dis- posed to give. They place contribution boxes in the drinking saloons, and some of the patrons of those establishments drops. coin or two in whenever they take a. drink. . The oensumf missionazto be taken next year will, it, is eatlmated, show an increase of 200.000 native Christians in India, Cey- lon and Burmah for the last ten yearsâ€"- 500,000111 all. ‘- The Queen of Madagascar is a. devoted Protestant and has her own chapel in the Palace of‘ Tananarivo. A missionary describes her as a. faithful and earnest helper in the mission work. In the Episcopal Church at Dent, York- shire, two 105g “fihglves Me filled every Sunday with loaves for the poor. which they’catry aWay with them after they aerâ€" vico? This‘ is solid religion.» Agaéndon clergyman is eééid to‘have told his oon’gregktion that there was still many a. one who, while engaged in singing appar- ently Wm: all his heart the lines : Were the Whole realm of nature mine, That were an oficring far too small, was diligently engaged with one hand in his pocket scraping the edge of a threeâ€" penny piece to make sure it: was not a four- penny piece. The Grocére’ Comvmnyz. London, uses before its feslsts this grader :‘ f-‘God pre- serve theChmab,-the Queen and the Wor- shipful Companyof.Gmrth The past win'té'r gave us eight stormy Sunday ' sucogsaion. Nothing like‘ the 118.3 occur (1 sincé 1852. ' quing 1881-“82 in the colleges of-‘bhe‘ Jeflfl‘atherariu-‘ther Um-ted States there we? , 17 stfideuts. - The " Big ” of [he Alleged Revolution nry “'irepuller. O‘Dondvé'n Roses. is said to be the laugh- ing ashtin of the people of his adopted country. A writer in the Brooklyn Eagle regards the terror of the British emplre as a. camparatively harmless person. “ If people could go to his room," remarks that indlviduel, ‘f as I did, in the seventh story of a. rickety old buildingin Chambers Street, just on“ Obntre,'and see the pntrint sitting in a. 35 cent wooden chair, and writing on a. dry goods box, they would come to the conclusion that his mfluence and power is: the wit against Great Britain were cansid- ernbly smaller than he represented {item When I called he was busily engaged in countingwup eleven or eight dollars which had come in for aubecriptions for his paper, *‘and felt in high glee over the attempted murder of Lady Dixie. ‘I am saying nothing.‘ said Mr. Roam, ‘but I know a thing or two that would make the British Government tremble like an aspen lead it it were aware of my knowledge and plane.’ Thereupon he winked shrewdly and wagged his head. He vie-a. heavy Bet} man‘ with rather a kindly fece,etra.ggling chin whiek< ‘ ere nnd‘mouetache, soiled linen and eleepy ‘ eyes;n representh abqtigiuqs of Igdim; 4,18,; 834 Buddfiatsvilflii'zfifl Christians ; £53,- 426 Sikhfi ;;hnd'1,2215896 J lining, f Out of all tfi'sse hundreds of millions on‘lv 203,000 persons_apeak English. A young Dem ried tpok f9: hi4 well." The Catholics of Spain n’ugiber 18.000,000 and have 40,000 magfifioenfqyurches. The population of India numbers 253,891,- 821 persons. occupymg 1,372,588 square miles, and inhabitmg over 43,500,000 dwell- ings. It is massed in 714.707 towns or villages, and is made up of 129,941,851 males and 123949370 females. Religxously, the population in divided as follows: 187,â€" 937,4503Hind09s; §0§12L585 Moha me- dans‘; 6,426,511;na.tivé worshippere; who Recently Professor Blaokie preached in the Workingmen’s Church, Grassmarket. It was crowded by tho working classes. The Professbr said he “ could not look quite grave or assume a. pulpit tone, but he would give them good common sense." Serjeaut Ballantine is home now, and thus speaks of American interviewers whom he was lately anxious to gee: “ If the Angel Gabriel should come dowu‘they would guy him, interview him and desorihe his horn in the papers.” ‘ ' ' Au explorer of the Merv Oasis, in the Desert; of Sahara, has discovered seven Jewish families who have been established there for an unknown period of time and who have preserved intact costume, religion and language of their ancestors, who were probably Chaldean. There are many stories of isolated Jewish communinies in Centra Asia; » ' Dr. Gatling, the inventor of the famous gun, is ‘a. Southerner, but looks like an elderly German. The most important religiousfloeremony after he coronation of the Czar will be the inauguration of the church consecrated to the Saviour. The foundation of this church was due to a vow of Alexander 1. during the French occupation of Mos 10w. Begun in 1817 on Monks Hill, the only eminence in the neighbarhood which breaks the dead level, the works, after having cut an im- mense sum. were brought to a standstill! after eight years, by reason of the Lliscovery that the foundations were gradually sink- ing into the sand. A new site was then selected not far from the Kremlin. The Work was begun in 1839, and is just on the ‘ eve of completion. It is in the purest ‘ Byzantine style. The material is as far as possible Russian, worked by Russians, the only fureigu matter being certain marbles. 4 Queer iniaInke by 11 I'lurgymnn-‘Blslckir on fl'm-hinnaurnâ€"hulinu Beiigious. A country oinrgyman who moantly preached in an Ausuin church is a. great admirer of the Writings of Charles; Dickens, and quotes from ‘hn novel’s almost as often as he does from the Bible., Ha xiii-"prized his congre- gation by winding up a. gorgeous petomtion With : " In is thua you see} my brethren, as the Scriptures say. ‘ Barkia i5 willing, but the flesh is Wc'ak.’ ” AMONG THE CHURCIIE§. O'DONO VANv 8085A. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, APRIL 2.611883. newly mm:- pleaseth‘ me It is repOrted that the farmers near Portage la Prairie began ploughing opera.- tions at week ago. A Ixhble ahead of Ontario that. Winnipeg's water supply is to be in- oreaPed by the smking of six public wells in various parts of the city. An a. depth of 100 feet or over flowing veins are struck which keep up a. constant supply, the Water pouring out) at the top through large spouts. The floods in Manitoba. carried awéyua.‘ temporary bridge ’of the Canada Pucfic Railway over Swift] Current Creek. The Winnipeg Sim gives} a list? of, the buildings projected in 1" acity for this year, wmeh Ioote up; inc"; .dmg‘tbe (Jammie. Pacific Palace Hotel, costing $450,000, and other buildings begun last year, to nearly $4,000,000, or, three-fourths of the amount actually expended last year-â€"the year‘bf the boom. The greater number-offlie buildings are for business purposes, the most costly bloek being estimated at $250,000; The most. expensive private dwellings are to cost $70,000 and $60,000 respectively, and the coat of public build- ings amounts in all to $800 000, the most expenaive being the new post-office, at $200,000. . .The first School has been opened at Regina, the pew Capital of Aaeinihoia. Spring has fairly opened in Manitoba. The boy Manes, who shot the girl Emma. Paul. has been committed for trial by the magistrates at Stonewall, Mam. A lVlonn'enl Lady Fatally Allncked by an lnmriated Anlmnl. It has been the custom in Montreal to allow cattle to be driven through the streets to market. and often accidents of a. serious nature have occurred from the animals becoming infuriated and attacking people. The climax was reached Thursday by an immense beast rushing at a. Mrs. McEnroe, who was crossing the street. and, getting the lady firmly caught on its horns.- tossed her up and down in the air. The victim’s clothes were so firmly held by the animal’s horns that there was no release until the police and a. crowd of men came to the rescue. when the beast was caught and held by the aid of ropes, when the poor sufierer was relieved. ‘ She was then, how- ever, unccnsoious, end when taken to the hospital was found to have sustained fetal injuries. The scalp of the head is nearly torn off and her body seems paralyzed. As the sufferer is aged and has been in bed health there are no hopes entertained for her recovery. The local press has: been calling loudly to stop the dangerous daily practice of taking cattle through the city, but the civic authorities tools no action. A talegmm from Portage la. Prairie states that; Joseph Martin, M. P. P., admits that the Portage la ‘Prairié election is. void by reason of bribery by agents. 'Au a tee- ment declaring the election void‘ had een signed by Martin & Cooper as counsel for petitioners. , ‘ At Rapid City On Morning MnMulbmy, 75 years of age, While feeding a horse was knggkagilowin a.an tramplgd fatiglly. _ Among the whimsical bequests’ of Eng- lishmen none is ‘queerer than that madeby a, Mr. JyUhu K1111). collector of the port: of St. has, who died in 1811. He dxrected (From the Winnipeg Sung, V‘. W. F. Km}; inspector of Surveys, is in this city, and will make'this his headgear ters for the next eix‘ weeks. His ofliee ibm room No. . 19, Spencer Block, Portage avenue. Hereafter hie»hcadquarte'rs_§will be at Medicine Hat Crossing, He saidth a Sun‘ reporter : The. operations, for:r ,,the v season will commence almoist immediate _ . Over 1,000 me win be plating-the field: There will be 102 partiee'lofvite‘n‘m'en i’n‘ ' each. Ten of these willbe block surVeym 18 township outline surveyors, 70 contract subsdivieion surveyors amt} 4 examiners of contracts. The Work to be done wil be inthe railway belt, lying between the Qu'Appelle Valley ,and the Rocky Menn- tains; 5 A good ‘ “deal of surveying - will be donein the fertile belt toward the North“ Saskatchewang. W9, expect; to get» eight hundred townships subdivided and 10,000 miles of block and township outlines run.’ The seventy contracts will be let within the next threeL'of 'fom‘ weeks.’ They are let ate. certain rate per-mile for each town- ship. The . rate varies according to the locality, the amount of brush prairie and the nature of the surface of the country generally. The sum of $600000 has been put as the estimates for this work. Owing to bad workmanship some of the surveyeof last year will have to be gone over again. There are about .twenty townships near Moose Jaw to'be reisurveyedi‘v About 20 per cent. ’of the work of last year was worthless, and will have to be done over again. The work was carelessly. done by the contractors, ‘but it was notraceepted nor paid for by the Governmentl. The reason the land south of Regina is‘nét now open for entry isbecsuse the; plans of the surveys are not finished and. consequently, r not in the hands of the legal agent. The block and outline parties‘will start next week. The sub-division parties will not, of course, start untll after the contracts are let. Some of the parties will go to the mountains. The Bra-y anti Fawoett parties will start at once; They take supplies for Eleven or eight months. Each arty takes twelve horses and carts and a ouch-board. They obtain their outfit at the Government stables near Moose Jaw. .A number of parties are now out and have 'been out all winter. They are at Fort McLeod, Bow River, Carleton, Edmonton and up the Peace River. “12.1: (:2 (‘4‘ in fin; ycurevtwo old women and ten little'girh under 10 yea’reof age, dressed in white, should walk in procession, with music, from the market-house of St. Ives to a. pyramid which he had erected on the summit, of a lofty hill near the town. mid which he had designed for his; burial place. They were to (image round the, pyramid singing the Hundreduh Psalm, and for the purpose of keeping ug thiecustom he made chargeable en annuicy'on certain freehol'd lands, the trustees being the incumbent of the parieh,"the Mayor of St. Ives end- the collector of the port, who were allowed £10 for a dinner on the processionel day. Whether the effect of the process-hm and the Hundredth Psalm has been what the teats/cor intended or not, it appears from a recent address before a tempereece con- ference, Vthet with a. Eopula‘gion of more vthap Bevan thoueend t ere has not been a Bifiefle case of drunkennesé before the local bench for more than two years. One Thonunnes Surveyors lo (:0 into (In; EI'il~ld~Eig!:I [lament-v: 'l‘ou'uoghips to be Hub-divided nuul ' ; $600N00 Expcudod. - A press opinionâ€"Thafl’a good cider. An Extruoruinnrily Odd Be quest. (BORED BY A NanTnWEST SURVE YS‘.‘ Other No) thweat Newly. BULL. Dr. Sargent discussed yesterday the question of the importance of: rest and sleep for men in training and for students. A distinction should be made, said the lee- turer. between rest and what is usually called sleep. Rest-may be termed a local sleep. Recreation, in the sense of “ build- ing anew." is rest. So often a. mere change in local condition is better for a man than complete rest or sleep ;,a change of activuy is in itself rest The Indians, when tired of walking, rest themselves by running. This principle is too often disregarded by students and by men who are training for any particular object. Boating-men many times fail to recognize the importance of general training, butthink their whole duty lies in the direct exercise of rowing or in absolute rest. The value of indirect training is not to be over-estimated. It is noticeable that men who do not devote themselves exclusively to one branch of training, but aim at a general physical development. often excel in their own specialties men who only train for one branch of athletics. The best examples of such facts, said Dr. Sargent, were to be seen in the superior' physical condition of the men now in training for the general excellence prize. The same rule holds good in matters of the intellect. Variety of studies is an excellent thing. A man who devotes himself to onl: one, or two subjects can hardly be said to be worthy of a college degree. As to the matter oi sleeplessnessâ€"muecular exertion, if not excessive, induces sleep. Thus it is often a good plan for men troubled with sleepless- ness to exercise in the evening before retiring. Men should be warned against the use of drugs to cure sleeplessness. The sleep thereby induced is not a genuine sleep. After any violent or unusual exer- cise awarm bath is to be highly recom- mended before retiring. The practice of bathing the feet alone is a doubtful one, however. It is, in general. best not to be dependent upon any artificial condition to secure sleep. One should aim for a com- plete mastery over himself in such mat- ters, so that he can command sleep at will, and thus economies time and force. By such a course the usual average of his sleep can be reduced to'soven or six and a half hours with sa'ety. The habit of read- “.IEthout of the way,»then, for they seemed, to be. a. lot of loose maniacsr When they returned to the ring they all stood up in a. circle, the old ‘ ohieeero ’ dug a. little hole in the centre and :eftar'somev-‘more singing aged. stamping the , ground,z pulled one of the bundleepfi feathe - fromwhie head; and gbing around rubbe it ageihet each person. ‘ From time to time he returned to the hole, and seeming to suck some juice'irom them he ‘epht it into the hole. ' Then be filled it again stamped the ground down, and with fear ulwlyeUe the some wild beating of the groim'd ‘follaWed'.’ in which over} old Vicente took part. "This concluded the ceremonies. and everybody went home feeling , satisfied that he was the one who a had .hit‘ or. killed the ghost and nonho're diiik'nese was ' going to pmv‘nil'in the village. “ The whole made a. picturesque sceneâ€"the swert‘hy 'old 2buck! with-their awaetythaeé illuminated W‘ex- citement em; flaming ;_ the huge, the hem ing in tha,mlddle,»of which once in a. while a kick would send,the flames‘and apa‘rke away tip to the tops of'the trees, the stern‘ face of the captain sitting on, a. chair With along rod in his hand and theaudienee with anger wexpeetution sitting on r the ground; the ‘fair eex"doingtheir pnrt io ‘einging.’ Then owls would fly overhead through ‘the' branches 'of the dark, shadowy oaks, joining in with their voices and add- ing to the awe; of the whole, while fair Luna‘s face rose, shining in its ,soft splen- dorsabove the mountains to illuminate it all.” ' ' ing 0116’s Half to sleep is to be deprecated, since it may become a troublesome one and interfere sadly with serious study. It; is doubtful whether the sleep gained before 19 o’cmck is 9! any more yqlge than fihat after- ward‘ The conditions favorable to sleep then are not. usually so mauy.â€"Harvard Herald. * uâ€"The latest fashion in feminine gear is known as the “coxcomb 'bow,” which can be worn at the throat, on the skirts of dresses and. even on bonnet’e. It is ‘a mih- bow-Ilka affair. made of marrow ribbon. with a. dozen loops and soda of War ~(aolor imaginable, the énds having what ia, mm: as the "‘fi‘shtail out,” so‘mlled'lrom’the manner in which they are «notched. This is the Way in Germa'n papet'trana- lataa an American paragraph ; V "An Ame- rican publisher seeks‘ on the' Way of advertisement an assistant under‘ following conditions: He must young and muscular be himself not; fear knife stabs to deal out or receive. He must at his own expense 9. horse. a. revolver 3:16 a. bowie knife pr0< cure.” ‘7 From time to time he Went outside of the ring up on the hillside, and looking up in the airin all directions called in a. decoy- ing veice for,the,ghoet. When he returned he always explained in a. few whispered words how diflioult'it wee and how‘ danger- ous it was for him, and/ that he was very much afraid. At last, when he came back again from the hill, he danced threetimee around the fire,‘when he was seized with heavy convulsions, which brought him, under fearful moans (and seemingly he suffered terrible pains), to the ground. But he had still force enough left to pull out the bundles of feathers from his head. With these he rubbed his chesfiand this releasing him from the poWer of the demon he,jumped up and with fearful yells every- body follewed him in 9. wild tfimult. men, Women and children crying: ‘ Matalo, matalo,’ (kill him, kill him), and beating the grOund with the sticks they had ready for the occasion. - Howiemn Luis Rey Indians Drive the Evil flue Away. A coxrespondent at San Luis Reylndian Agency gives the following description of 1 the‘inannet in which the saNages drive the evil one away: "‘ The Indians do not like rho make medicines; but they-held a. flaw days agaia fiesta for three successive nights for 'the purpose of decaying thehDemOn of Sickness and if possible ‘to catch ’and'k‘ill him: 1-11: was the best I 'have yet seen in the: many years of my acquaintance with the life and cuatpma of these; Mission Indians, I After a lot of bucks, naked but fixed up with paint) and feathérs, had bxb'auated * themselves’ by dancing and stumping the'groun‘d‘about an hour-around a. bigffire andygot hoarse from grunting and howling, afield, gray buck, the ‘ohisaero,’ stepped into'fihe centre of the ring and began, in a lqw,‘ moutnful vowe, to sing. He was dressedâ€"or rather undressedâ€"the same as the others, with the exception that he held a. rattle made out of the tails of mttlesnakes in his right. hand, while on bus head was a. tiara. formed of three bunches of plumes. ‘ v EXORCISING THE DEVIL. flow lo Rent nnd'alcep. WHOLE NC). 1,294 N0. 47. “Herring Against 'Snlvaflnnists. A Syracuse, N. Y., telegram says: A crowd of 500 boys and girls gathered in front of the hall in which the Salvation Army were holding their meeting to-night. The special officers at the entrance were pelted with mud and otherharmless missiles The crowd sang“Rollthe Chariot Along” end “Paddy Duffy’s Cart.” The exercises of the Presbyterian Church in the vicinity were closed abruptly on account of the disâ€" graceful proceedings. The police dispersed the mob after three arrests were made. Small 5;“ innsâ€"Small Losses. The man who saves somethingevery year is on the road to prosperity. It may not be possible to save much ; if not save it little. Don‘t think a. dollar or a dime is too small a. sum to lay by. Everybody knows how little expenditures get away With largesumm But few seem to know that the rule is one that works both ways. ltadime spent here and a dollar there sonn'makes a. large hole in a man’s income, so those dimes and dollars soon becomes. visible and respectable accumulation. In this country, any man may make himself independent, or keep himself under the harmw for life.» according as he wastes or spends small change. How many things do individuals and families buy that they do not need or cannot aflord. Think twice beforeyou Spend"that small coin. Don't be stingy or mean, but also don’t be foolishly Belflndnlgent. The self-indul- gent person is far more likely tobe ungen- erous than the self-denying one. The money wasted on hurtful things aloneâ€" the drugs and medicines we mingle with an diet in the form of tea| tobacco, alcohol and the likeâ€"stand on the very threshold of prosperity, and bar the wayof thousands to a; home in their old age. Don’t forgetâ€"â€" “Economy is the road to wealth." A cynical old bachelor, in a. controversy with a witty lady, said: “At all events, madam, you must admit that woman was one step in advance of man in original sin.” “ Yes." she re lied, " that is so; but man soon exhibits his boasted ‘supetiority,’ 2mg having'oaught up.witih woman he has never since' labored under a simllqr disad- van tags." ' ' vant e." ' In 1; school of C _ .Abetdeenghire. one 'day,,a’di1}l boy was making his‘wsy to the master for the third tune with an arithmetical question. The teacher, a. little annoyed, ezulaimed, “Come, come, John, what’s the matter now?” "I oanna get ma. questin richt," replied the boy. “ What's wrong with it this time 7” “ I’ve gotten uuchteenpence ower muckle.” “ Never min‘," said a smart boy in a. loud whisper (with a sly glance at the master), “ keel} it_ta.§ yergel',,:Jock.” Qurmg' last night’s debate in the House of Commons on the Irish emigration scheme (says a. London cablegram) Mr. Trevelyen embed that offers of a. most interesting nature had been made to the Government respecting the emigration of Irish.‘ fer_mere,- which the Government believed' inVolved comparatively Small exfiendifihre. "Should a. large number of families geflwy might be settled where they were much wentedr and in circum! stances absolutely. insuring suggests in n very short time. This statement donfirms my message of three weeks augmenting that a scheme-of'this‘ohermeber, promoted byeompenies interestedjn ghe settglement of'the Canadian Northviest,-wss re’eei‘ving the careful considerablo’n of the Minlsury. No decision has yet been arrived as, but the detailsof the proposal are being closely examined; ’ 7: EDrh-eâ€" 1;;85’; AifiYE‘évgéod ’ remarked a. punstar, at the same time pointing to an infant sleeping in its cradle. AQuebeo despatoh says: The exodus from this quarter to the Northwest com~ menced to-day, when 250 farmers left by a. special train for Winnipeg. It is eipecbed that: additionmto the number will take place along the line at the Grand Trunk. The passengers shut their goods in advance by_freight trains. ' Arrivals ln‘Cahadhâ€"‘Eenlemenl 0t Irish Farmers. ‘There arrived in [the Dominion during the month’ of March 8,598 "immigrants, and during the' first three months of ‘the year 20,646, against 20,191 in 1882. There remained in the Dominion during the first’ three months of this year 11,690 immigrants, agqmpt 9,844 in 1882. A Sulphuroul Acrolue which Astonishe Run-ullhvsidrnte. » ‘ «One dsy last month some peasants work- ing in a. field near Breseia, in italy, were startled by hearing a. loud report like thun- der. Looking up, :theyfisaw the clouds torn open end, a large body followed by a. train of bluish sm’oke hurtling through the air over their heads With the noise of tin express train. .The aerolite buried, itself in an adjoining field, ‘the fall causing a shock like that of an earthquake.‘ The report was heard at Verons and Piaeenza, many miles distant.‘ 'When they 'had recovered from their inhabit, the peasants hurried to ,the spot end found a clean hole about three feet deep running in' an oblique . direction from north- northeest; and on digging down they came to a. solid block, in the form of a. truncated cone, Weighing from 400 to 500 pound'sl The surface, which was still hot and emitted a ’sulphurous smell, was covered with a. greenish black crust, full of small holes, such as, would be made by finger tips in a soft paste, which may have giveu'i-rise to the report that one of the fragments bore the impress of a hand. The proprietor of the clover field in which the serolito fell flew into arsge at his crops being trampled down by people coming to see it, and broke it up, when it was carried away piecemeal. So he gained nothing but damage to his fields, while those who picked up the pieces found a. ready sale for them, one man getting as much as 7,000 francs for slump that weighedtwenty-five pounds. A is the Angel ell blushes and smiles; B is the Been in the latest of styles; 0 is the Courting with Candies and Cream ; D's the DevOtipu displayed in the Dream. E's the Engagementâ€"enchanting or course ; F is the Father opposing by force ; G is the Groom rushing blind to his fate; H is the Honeymoon; Husband elste. I is the Infant with colic at night; J is the Joy of the parents at sight ; K is the Knowledge that always comes late. L _is the Love that is turning to hate ; M’is the Mother-in-lew who appears ; N is her Nerve which the son-in-lew fears; 0's the Obedience which he must show; P is this‘Picture presented of woe. Q is the Quarrels 'tween husband rind wife ; 1 is the Reins that he breaks in the strife; S Separation and Sorrow we see: '1‘ is the Transport. of husband now free; U is his Union anew with a. bride ; V. is the Vixen he finds by his side. W's Wishing for freedom egsin ; X is Xperience purchased with pain : Y is his Yielding once more to the Yoke if. is the Zany who laughs at the joke CANADA’S NEW POPULATIION. Alphabetical Story of the Slates. Teef‘y FROM "THEE ‘leRLDS. Mr. Farrow gave e’ome particulars- relating to the improvement in the con; ditiou of the manufacturing rinduatriee, and he claimed that thereby the farmer; got higher prices for produce. Referring to the increase in the price of Belt he con- tended that it was not owing tothe dut . He urged that since the N. Pg the hens lard more eggs. (Laughter-J They might laugh. but use. practical farmer he would tell them that it Was the case. (Renewed laughter.) Previously the farmers kept poor preelis of hens. ‘ - A' Memberâ€"“ They had no confidence in‘t_h_e bieed." (Egughber) Mr. Farrowâ€"They we're half star-vet}, and they did not lay as many eggs or as good eggs as now. The hogs grew latter and the cows gave more mllk since the N. P. (Laughten) He was a practical farmer and knew what he was talking about A Dlflerence in smoke. A Frenchman finding himself in a rail: way carnage with anEnglishman and his wife, says politely to the lady :' “ Will you permit me to light my cigar 7” “ No, airâ€"by no means l” replied her male companion ; “ the smoke of your cigar would be very offensive to my_wife Ti “_ Do you think, doctor‘” asked en anxious mother, ' “ that it would improve little Johnny’s health to take him to the springs and let him try the water ‘2" “ I haven‘t a doubt of it, madam." “ What springs would you recommend, doctor?” “ Any springs, madam, where you find plenty of soap." ‘The Frenchman, with & mddafiifioly bow, puts his cigar back into the case, and finds cogsolatign i_n sfleep. _ Presently he is aTWakened by a. sensation of suffocation, and finds the Englishman blowing'a whole stratum of clouds out of a villsiinpus s_h_o;t_pipe. “I thought,’ He-gusped,“tha.t you said only a. few minutes ago that the smoke of my cigar would be very ofiensi‘ve to your wife ‘2” ' To worry about any Liver. Kidney of Urinary Troublefispecially Bright’s Disease or Diabetes, as Hop Bitters never fails of 39 cure where acute in possible. We know this. Mr. Benson read a. letter from a. land owner and partner in a. manufacturing conâ€"- earn in England to the effect that humans- was dull and free trade a. failure in the Old Country. As a. manufacturer he congratu- lated the Government on their protective policy. and expressed his preference for specific over ad valorem duties. England had been made great by protective duties almost amounting to prohibition, which! were enforced by stringent penalties, such as cutting ofl‘ the left hand for the viola- tion of its provisions. He thought that? the English people were becoming tired of free trade and were; disposed to “ bark: back ’-' under the schemes of “ fair trade." Mr. Farrowâ€"I do deny it. Mn'McMullen spoke a. few words more in further condemnation of the N. 1’" and endorsing the idea. that it protection was to be law let there be protection all round, and let the farmer have an export bountv on Wheat. " So it would, sirâ€"your smoke would; but she quite enjoys mine; don’t you, dear- est ‘2” In the list of Irish landowners is Fred: ariok Kennedy, 298,349 acres; value $4,215. Nothing is more simple than greatness indeed, to be simple is to be great. He who lives to no purpose lives now had purpose.â€"Nevim. ‘ Mr. Bracken Enid it could not be expected thatvPrinqe Edward'Islgnd should benefit) to [the extent that other Provinces did tin-bug]: the NMIODEJ Policy, for the peolge Wards firming and maritime people. a contended, howaver, that the people there were-ad comfortably ofi as those of any othgxpurt of the Dominion. 5 ’lhe subscriptions raised in Great Bri tain after ealamxties are often astonishingly large. That for the relief of the fami- lies of the 167 fishermen who perished in 18820£f Eyemouth amounts to over $250;- 000. Mr. Campbell praised the Government for encouraging the mining industry of Nova Sootia by putting a tax on coal. The bounty on shipbuilding also encouraged that interest, and the fishery bounties gave a; needed stimulus to the fisheries. The Opposition did not say a. word now about“ the Canadian Pacific Railway. and when it was finished the people would look back with disgust to the speeches the Opposition had made. Six years ago the people had no confidence in the Government ; oepitah ists looked up their gold and silver, and the public lost confidence in everything. When he went into politics thirty-one years ago as a, hey it was just the same. Liberals were always opposed to program ~-Inoor'porating the Cumberland Goal :3 Railway Company. _ Incor'poratifig tfie Qu‘Appelle,Long Lake & Saskatchewan Railway & Steamboat angpagy. Incorporating the Quebec dz James Bay Raliiway‘pomp_any.___ Amefiding Ehe' Charter of the Great Western & Lake Ontario Shore Junction Railway. In the House .of Commons Sir John Macdonald introduced the Franchise Bill. He explained ‘that the measure was intende to equalize the, franchise of 'ele‘otors ‘ for members of " the "House of Commons in all Provinces of the Dominion, and, upon the whole, was intended to enlarge that franchise. .It was proposed after a certain date to enact that every male resident of cities and towns, of '21 years and upwards,aBritish subject and not specially disqualified, should have the right to vote, provided he was owner of real estate worth $300, paid a rental of $80 per annum, or was in enjoyment of an income of 8400., ; _In lcountry districts each voter would be required to own real pro- petty to the value of $200, or be the occupant of .‘lease’hold property paying a rental of at least $20 a year in money or ‘ kind; ’It was also proposed to extend the franchise to persons who may have handed over their property; to their children, but who hays taken mortgages on such farms for maintenance, etc., provided such mortgages were for $200 or upwards. The qualification ‘ot ‘farmers’ sons introduced some yearsgago in Ontario would be ex- tended to the whole Dominion, and the sameiprivilege would be extended to sons of persons in similar circumstances living in towns and cities. I Unmarried women possessed of the necessary property qualifi- cation would also be entitled to the franchise. He further said revising ofl'ioers would be appointed to each constituency or group of constituencies. In Ontario and the other Provinces, expept Quebec, county judges would be appointed, and in Quebec the Superior Court judges would be invited to act. The Government did not think judges could be compelled to act in this capacity, and if any judge refused the ap- pointment would be given to a barrister of not, less than five years’ standing. The tenure of office of these oflicers would be during good behavior, and as this Franchise Bill had nothing to do with the other branch of the Dominion Parliament, they (the officers) would be removed on an‘ address of this House, not of both Houses, as in case of judges. The revising ofiicer would be judge as to mat- ters of fact, but in matter of law an appeal gould be allowed to a judge of the Superior curt. The following private bills were read a third time: r%:;flflMlN10N PARLIAMENT. Useless Fright.