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L. H311, of Med'rord, Mass.VThe report stated that in 1881 there was one society, newthe number is 7,670. A vast band of under ul lmanu. l ‘m'tcd “Nice. ’l' W A tennis in territory ,-~ Lao-Am swaths ago it had encircle ‘ we globe. Everywhere along the ro-zd it has gained in numbers. Single societies of last year have multiplied and increased. England has made a great ad- vance, and to-day sends greeting from thirty-seven societies of Christian Endea- vor. The foreign mission field is also awakening, and about fifty societies are aiding the hard-working missionary in all its foreign fields. In our own country New York still holds the banner, with 1,387 societies, as many societies ina single State as the whole world could show a few years ago. Next comes old Massachusetts, with her 742; then Illinois,with her 541 societies. New York, with two national gatherings, has held the lead for two years, and now Illinois, from the effect of last year’s oon- vention, jumps up to 541. One of the most noticeable growths of the year past is that of Ohio, which has increased from about 200 to 465 societies. California has also doubled her lists. Two thousand one hundred and forty-one societies report that there had been 15,672 young people come from their associate membership to acknowledge Christ. The Secretary covered 25,000 miles of territory and presented the cause on about 160 different occasions. Utah is not ready to be admitted as a State, nor can she have representatives in a national congress, but she does deserve a front seat in a National Endeavor Convention. The work in Washington Territory is gaining a stronghold,although it is yet in its infancy. The Secretary did not know when the cause has had a more generous hearing, as regards all classes of listeners, than it received in Tacoma. The Convention sermon was preached by Rev. George H. Wells, D.D., of Montreal. A London cable of Thursday says : Upon John O’Connor’s refusal to violate his Fenian oath or to tell anything which he has promised to keep secret, notwithstand» ing his hostility to the extremes to which the secret societies had gone, Sir James Hannen, after reproving the witness in somewhat strong language, asked him Whether he were a Protestant or a Roman Catholic ; and then whether the Church justified him in refusing to answer all ques- tions in giving evidence on the ground that he had taken an illegal oath. O’Connor replied that he had not studied the theologi- cal aspect of the subject. “Nor the moral '2” asked Justice Hannen. “ No," replied O’Connor; ” but I know my own code of honor." Everyone in the Court room thought that something serious was about to happen, but the matter was dropped. The presiding Justice exhibits a disposition to give an ultimate judgment unfavorable to the Parnellites if he can, but he tries to be careful not to be unjust during the evi- deuce. The General Secretary Presents a D10“ Interesting Report. A Philadelphia despntch sajs: At the Christian Endeavor Convention yesterday the report of the General Secretary, Mr. Georgi)“. Ward, was {eyd byflxe Rev. J. A Chicago deepatoh says : A paperhere says that young Mrs. Carlson will swear when Cronin’a murderers are brought to trial that she saw the doctor enter the cottage on the fatal night anfi heard the struggle in the house. There has not heretofore been known to be any direct proof that the doctor was murdered in the cottage. For his own part, he thought that the formalities and technicalities in the law of extradition should be very much simplified, and it would seem to him that the fact of an indictment being found by the grand jury of his countrymen should be suffi- cient to warrant a judge in sending the prisoner back for his trial. In considering the evidence, he regarded his position as somewhat different from that of sitting as a judge trying the case. He thought it proper that any leanings he might have should be in favor of extradition, and he was pleased to find he was supported in that view by the learned Chief Justice of Ontario. On the evidence adduced he could come to no other conclusion than that the evidence raised a strong presump- tion that the prisoner was an accessory to the murder of Dr. Cronin, and that being the case he had no alternative but to remand him for extradition. He accordâ€" ingly held the prisoner for extradition, stating that the matter of extradition rested with the Department of Justice at Ottawa. Ho committed Burke to the jail of the eastern district, to await transference to Chicago. He notified the prisoner that he would not be delivered up for fifteen days, and that he could in the meantime apply for a writ of habeus corpus and have his case reviewed by the full court. Burke was then sent back to jail. It is not likely an appeal will be taken as the prisoner’s counsel refuse to take the ease further until funds are forth- coming: The receipts for 1888 were 07,000,000 fr. and the expenses 7,743,000 in, or only 111} per cent, though including 400,000 fr. for the working of the night service. The expenses have only increased by 2,500,000 fr. since the opening of the canal, for canals, unlike railways, do not use up rails or coal, and increasing traffic requires but a very slight increase of the staff. The dividend, including the sum paid on account, will be 84 fr. The reserve being already above the obligatory amount, will not be increased, but 300,000 fr. is allotted towards the new works ; 3,440 vessels used the canal last year, the passengers number- ing 183,000; 1,080 vessels passed through by night. The average duration of the transit was 303 hours, which shows a steady reduction of time. The woman who hesitates is lost or de- serves to beubut, unluokily, the world has never been able to lose her permanently yet.â€";Somerville Journal. A Winnipeg despatch of Wednesday says : In the burae case to-day Judge Bain, on the conclusion of the arguments. summed up the case, making a most able review of the evidence, and showing how the links of evidence fitted into each other and formed a complete chain. As to the depositions, he had to take them as being properly authenticated. He had little doubt as to their admissibility. It only remained for him to consider whether or not the evidence was sufficient to justify him in committing the prisoner for extradition. It had not been questioned that the crime was one for extradition under the Act. All the pro. secution sought to show was that the prisoner was an accessory before the fact. Clause 25 of the Act provides that a man can be tried as a principal, if accessory be- fore the fact. There was no question, if a presumptive case was shown that the prisoner was accessory to the murder of Dr. Cronin, that he comes under this clause of the Act. He was sitting, not for the purpose of trying the prisoner, whether he was guilty or innocent, but just as if the prisoner were brought before him as a magistrate. With regard to the spirit in which it seemed to him the principles of the Act should be administered in our courts, he agreed with the expressions of the learned judges that had been cited by the lawyers for the prosecution. Judge Bain Remands Burke for Extradition. CHRISTI A N ENDEAVORERS. The Last Suez Canal Report. TO BE BXTRADITED. O’Connor’s Code. _ as was of the Mississippi. The fiddditlon of the crop is only medium. It i is lower than usual at this period of its development. Excessive moisture delayed planting, and low temperatures and a saturated soil retarded growth on the Atlantic coast north of South Carolina. In the Ohio Valley the condition is lower than elsewhere. The extremely cold weather of the latter part of May and the first week in Junewas very unfavorable to germination, and the frosts of that period injured or destroyed that which was above ground. The replanting was slow and the plants are therefore small. In Michigan there has been some loss of area by plough- ing up. Gut worms have been very destruc- tive in the west. The crop is late and dependent on July weather for improve- ment. West of the Mississippi, in the sub- humid belt and border of the arid region, the crop is generally in fine condition. The general average of condition is about .90. lhe condition of winter wheat is well sustained, notwithstanding injury by storm and flood, the general condition standing at .92. In the heart of the west the harvest is generally finished by this date. It is entirely completed in the south, and threshing is in progress. The straw is generally short and unusually well headed and plump in grain. The general average of spring wheat is about .83, which is very low at this stage of growth. Rye main- tains its condition, and barley declines to about .92. A falling off of the area in tobacco of over 23 per cent. on both cigar ,and manufacturing leaf is reported. The total value of exports of mineral oils from the United States for the year ending June 30th was $49,420,817, against $46,585,551 Interesting Reports From the Department. ment of Agriculture. A Washington despatch says: The June crop report oi the Department of Agricul- ture makes an increase in the area planted in maize of about one and one-third million acres, find the total over 77,000‘000, This Kelly’é crime was the murder of Eleanor O’Shea, a woman (35 years old, house- keeper for George Kippen. alarmer residing near Geneva, by Whom the murderer was employed. It IS said Kelly was unduly intimate With his employer’s daughter, a half-wilted woman. The housekeeper up- bmided the pair, and in a. fight, Kelly struck heron the had with a hammer, killing her. in the previous year. A London cable says: George Lewis, solicitor for Mr. Parnell, in an interview Friday professed ignorance of any inten- tion of Mr. Parnell to withdraw his case from before the Special Commission. The Dublin Freeman’s Journal asserts that counsel for the defence in the Times‘ case against Parnell have subpoenaed the Secretary of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union to produce the books of the Union before the Parnell Commission. It is stated, morever, that counsel have also subpoenaed the members of the commission who advanced money to Houston, including Sir Rowland Bennerhasset. Yesterday’s evidence was little more than a dull pro- cession of Irish Mayors and Town Council- lors, the tone of whose evidence was only a. repeated confirmation of that which every one is already convinced, namely, the innocence of Parnell and his intimate associates of all connections with the crimes with which the criminal set of Irishmen have soiled Ireland’s struggle for justice. Sickening Scene at 3 Rochester Execution â€"-Kelly Pays the Dread Penalty. A Wednesday’s Rochester despatch says: John Kelly, convicted of the murder of Eleanor O‘Shea, near Geneva, November (5th, 1888, was hanged at Canandaigua. at noon to-day. Kelly passed the time from 9 o‘clock in his cell. At 10 o‘clock there was a scene in the room, this family being there for the purpose of bidding him fare- well. The loud Wails of his daughters could be heard out in the street. At 11.45 the condemned man was escorted from the cell to the gallows by Sheriff Corwin, of Ontario county, Sheriff Hodgson,of Monroel‘nfher English, of Canandaigua, and n Ullmbkl' of deputies. He walked firmly, and mounted the scaffold without assistance. Father English said a brief prayer, and Sheriff , Corwin asked Kelly if he Wished to say any. thing. The man said “ Yes,” and com- menced a rambling speech, which lasted seven minutes. He said he was sure he would go to heaven, and hoped everyone else would. “1 did not intend to kill Eleanor O‘Shea, and I am not wholly to blame,” said Kelly. He finally said : “ I have only a. few words more to say. I am sorry the crops hereabouts are bad. I give you all my blessing.” Sheriff Hodgson, of Monroe county, then adjusted the cap. While doing so the condemned man said, “ I am going soon, good- bye. You are too slow." At 12.05 the drop was touched, and down fell the body. As soon as the rope straightened out blood shot out from the neck, and then a perfect stream of bright red blood flowed down the outside the man’s clothing and formed a pool beneath his feet. The spectators were horror-stricken and every one save the doctors turned deathly pale. The physi- cians at once took charge of the body and listened for the pulsations cf the heart. At 12.14ghe was pronounced dead. He was cut down at 12.15. When the cap was re moved it was found that there was a great gash in his throatjust as if it had been slashed with a. razor. The blood flowed from this gash even after the body had been cut down. The face presented a hor- rible appearance, being distorted greatly. The body was at once taken to Geneva. A Chicago despatoh of Friday says ‘ Judge Horton to-day, after hearing the arguments, refused to issue a writ of habeas corpus looking to the release on bail of John J. Beggs, the chief officer of camp No. 20, Clan-na-Gael, indicted for conâ€" spiracy to murder Dr. Cronin. Judge Horton held that the indictment was suflL oient presumption of guilt to warrant hold- ing the prisoner without bail. He did not require the State to disclose the evidence on which the indictment was found. It was said that the application was made partly With a View to obtain this evidence, that it might be used to assist Burke in his fight against extradition at Winnipeg. Rutherford Stuyvesant, the wealthy land wear of Abamuchy, some time ago Hot 4,000 English pheasant eggs under hens and now has hundreds of little birds running about his place and the number is increas- ing daily. He will set them free on his large reserve some time during the summer or £9.11. He employs regular gamekeepera. VOL XII Breecflng English Pheasants. CROPS IN THE STATES. Parmell Will Not Recede. Placed Behind the Burs. A GALLO‘VS IIORRUR. “Not much, Miss Kajones,” he replied, haughtily, as he rose up and took his hat : “ you can’t prevent me from scoring a 'home run." The Provincial Sunday School Conven- tion at Portage la. Prairie closed its pro. ceedinga today. A resolution was passed condemning the Provincial papers for pub- lishing reports of the Sullivan-Kilmin prize About four hundred Orangemen went from this city today to celebrate the 12th at Brandon. A demonstration was also held at Rapid City. Bishop Uiute, of the Diocese of Mac- kenzie River, arrived here toâ€"day from Montreal to attend the meeting of bishops to be held next week. Bishop Clute has been living in Montreal for two years owing to ill-health, but will return to Mackenzie River in a. few weeks. Immediate npplicatfo: will be made to the Department of Justice for authority to extradite the prisoner Burke, but until the appeal is Settled action will be deferred. It is practically settled that the writ of habeas corpus in the Burke case will be applied for next week. Burke has no money, butafew citizens who desire to i. - 4.112 . ,a ; am»; the Lust u; Iain. play have intimated that if his lawyer will appeal it will be seen that all disburse- ments at any rate will be paid. This is sufficient to satisfy the lawyers, and there is practically no doubt an appeal will be made. It will be made next week before one judge. it being quite impossible to get it on during term. The lawyers for the defence think they have a very good fight- ing case. In fact Mr. Perduevie quite con- fident that the date flaw in the depositions will prove fatal to them. If it does, the whole business will be dropped, as without the depositions Cronin’e death is not proved, and there is no crime upon which the prisoner can be sent back. Showers of rain fell throughout the pro- vince to-duy. Nr. John T. Moore, of Toronto, managing director of the Saska- tchewan Land Company says the damage by drought has been greatly overestimated. A good many cried before they were hurt. Detective Broderick has received definite orders for himseli and John Collins to wait in Winnipeg until Burke is surrendered, as it is most desirable they should bring him back with them. Something Li ke a Blaze. A Ruthven despatch says : During Tuesday night a miscreant or miscreants partly removed the capping from Costa well No. 1, near Ruthven, and set fire to the es- caping gas. The flames melted a portion of the iron stoppers and piping, burnt down the frame building that rose above and en- closed the well, and are now spreading far out on all sides, rendering near approach impossible. As the gas well has a yield of 10,000,000 feet per day.the terrible violence, heat and deafening roar of the flames may be imagined. All day yesterday was spent in vainly endeavoring to devise means to extinguish the burning gas. It is now thought that a cannon will have to be brought on the scene in order to shoot a ball that will break the piping and out off the flames. The roar of the burning gas can be heard several miles distant from the well. figpt. Sir John Lester Kaye is having made 44 sprinkling carts in Winnipeg. These he intends to use on his Wastem farms with a. view to overcoming the effects of drouth. -St.”l’aul and Manitoba people are re- ported to be behind the scheme for building a. 13inqu bgtween_Winnjp§g 9nd Duluth. A Mt. Pleasant, Fla., despatch says: Tuesday Frances Cooper, colored, invited three other negro women to dinner. After dinner the guuats were taken with convul- sions and one expired in agony. Investig- ation established the fact of poisoning. To-day Frances confessed that she had a grudge against these women, and had placed rat poison in a dish of beans for the purpose of poisoning them. She said her husband had urged her to do it. Austin Cooper, her husband, confirmed his wife’s confeebion. The two surviving victims will probably die. Bishop Fumnd, from the Athabasca region, has arrived for the purpose of attending the Catholic Council at St. Boniâ€" face on the 16th inst. He says a good many Indiana died from starvation last spring; _ _. u The bodgr of Willie Bf'yant, the boy who was drowned in the river yesterday, was recovered this morning near the place where the lad sank. PROF. SmmoLA, of the University of Paris, in an article published in the Gazette Mediâ€" calc de Paris, says: “ Dryness of the skin, imperfect digestion and transformation of albuminoid food are present at the be- ginning of chronic Bright’s Disease.” Warner‘s Safe Cure removes digestive dis- orders. Why? Because it enables the kidneys to perform their functions in a healthy manner, when both cause and re- sulting symptoms disappear. There have been light showers of min in various puma of the Province last night and to»dzi.y. The indications are that harvest- ing will begin about August lat. The Plum Creek Lacrosse Club visited the city and played matches with the city clubs. The Winnipeas defeated them four to one last night, and the Nineteenth with the same score mo-day. LIL-Buchanan, General Manager of the Bank of Montrenlfla making a trip through the Province. After “'hich Be Probably Struck Out. “ I am sorry to give you pain, Mr. Fer- guson,” she said to the kneeling youth,” “ but your score is a goose-egg this time." At the Baptist Convention of the North- west to-day the report of the Edmtionsl Committee was presented. It recom- mended the erection of a. college at Brandon, providing that city gave $10,000. the college to cost $25,000 and have a staff of four first-class professors to begin with and have fine arts and musical depart- ments. Steps, it was said, would be taken to secure an endowment of $5,000 a year for three years to carry on the work. A committee in connection with the scheme was appointed. The Indian Agents of the Northern Treaties have left to make their annual payments. Dr. Orton left yesterday with Commissioner McLean to attend the Indiana in the neighborhood of Cumber- land House, disease having broken out among them. Mr. JamesuFisher, Liberal membér for Russell, was given a banquet at Russell village tg‘nflirgbt. The promoters of the Winnipeg Transfer Railway, that is to connect the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific roads by a line along the river front, says it will be in operation in a month’s time. “A Bryant boy, aged 13 was drowned wigge blathingjpfihe R359 Riyer to-qight._ A Highly Spiced Dinner. NORTHWEST NOTES. RICHISIOND HILL THURSDAY, JUL Y 25, 1889. A Johnatown, N.Y., despatch says: Rain here during the night raised the Cayadutta Creek and shut off the search for thebodiea. Only the bodies of Alfred Coakley, Charles Frear and Albert Stemdwell have thus far been recovered. but Willie Myers, aged 10, and R. G. Simmons, aged 35, are also known to have been drowned. The most careful inquiry fails to reveal that any woman is missing. There were five men rescued from the flood. It is estimated that the loss by the flood will reach $200,000. An Albany despatoh of Tfiiffs‘d’d'yi‘saye . Superintendent of Public Works Stranahan and his assistant, John E. Ashe, have just returned from the region of the. flood at Johnstown and Fonda. They give the following information as 1') the extent of the damage done: At Liten, three miles west of Amsterdam. 400 at, of the Net." lurk uentrai's xvi-aim ‘n‘a_ 7 Washed away. At Fonda the highway bridge span- ning Cayadutta Creek is gone. The New York Central bridge adjacent to that village was also swept away. What was known as Segroff’s bridge, midway between Tribes Hill and Fonda, together with the four tracks of the Central Railroad, was carried away. The water stood three feet deep in the streets of Fonda. Cellars were flooded and much damage was done to the plank road leading to Johnstown. Two miles west of Fonda the Central‘s tracks were carried away for a distance of 500 feet. At Johnstown and in its immediate vicinity nine bridges were destroyed. Between Tribes Hill and Fonda the West Shore Road is accommodating travel and. is be- ing strained to its utmost capacity. Several miles of freight cars are stranded between Amsterdam and Johnstown. The only damage done to the canals is on double lock 28 of the Erie Canal, the bank on one side having caved in. Navigation is not suspended, as the other side of the look was not injured. A Greensbnrg, Ps., despatch says: A destructive storm passed 'JVBI‘ the northern end of this county last evening. Crops of wheat, hay and oats were carried down the streams. Every bridge from Crabtree to Saltsburg has been carried away, and two or three hundred yards of the Crabtree Branch Railroad has been completely washed out. No livea reported lost“ All along the Loyal Harman Creek the damage is great. The Crabtree Railroad is a branch of the Pennsylvania Road. The water is now falling rapidly. The virtue and intelligence of the popu- lace, using the words in their highest meaning, have not been generally consid- ered essential here to the greatness of the city. They are not generally considered essential now. Perhaps when we shall all have become rich, no matter how, we will pay a little more attention to those things. At present the poor are striving for the dollar, the well-to-do for real estate, and the millionaire for the earth. There is no time to spareâ€"no time to be wasted upon Virtue, intelligence, and other immaterial thinga.â€"0/11'cago Times. It is said that Mr. Arrol, the leading contractor for the Fort-h bridge, will be knighted on the completion of the enter- prise. The Duke of Argyllhas resolved to fen the Rosenenth estate, and through his agentsis offering sites on that part of the estnte extending eastwards towards Kil- creggan, and embracing the Gallowhill heights. Mr. Ian Mucphereon-Grant, eldest son of Sir George Macpherson-Grant, was mar- ried in St. Mark’s Church, London, on June 26th, to Miss Mary Dennistoun, youngest daughter of Mr. Alexander Dennistoun, of Golfbill, Lanarkshire. Mr. Gladstone intends adflressing his constituents in Midlothian in October at Edinburgh, Dalkeith and Mid-Calder re- spectively. He will be the guest of Lord Rosebery at Dalmeny, and willprobably thereafter go to Aberdeen on uvisit to Lord Aberdeen at Haddo House. As to our intelligenceâ€"is it necessary to particularize? What sort of literature finds the readiest sale in Chicago ? What kind of news is devoured the soonest? What sort of newspapers do the masses of the people demand? What sort of men are most certain to be elected to oflice? What sort of men are, generally speaking, the most popular ‘2 Where is integrity of the cast-iron stamp held for less, and where is dishonesty of the genteel kind held for more? \Vhere is the money getter asked fewer questions as to the manner of his getting it ‘1 Where is talent without means a. less desirable or a. less profitable thing to be pose-seed of '1 Where on God’s footstool is genius without a bank account likely to have fewer admirers ? For indigestion, the external application of something warm to the stomach, a piece of flannel, or anything to keep the stomach warm and promote a supply of blood, is sometimes of great benefit. In taking hot Water internally, it is best to sip it by spoonfuls, waiting a moment after each for an eruotation of the gas disengaged by the hot water from the fermenting contents of the stomach. â€"" What business are you going to put your son into, Mr. Slocus?" “ Well, I don’t know. He is not quick to apprehend anything." “ Not quick to apprehend? I’ll tell you the very place for him.” “ In- deed, where is it ?” “0n the Chicago detective tome." As to our virtueâ€"is it necessary to par- ticularize 7 Where are there filthier slums? XVhere is there a. more open and brazen dis- regard for common decency than our down-town streets present after nightfall? Where are concert halls. dance halls and dives of every description tolerated to a greater or more shamefull extent? Where are blacklegs permitted to follow their calling with more freedom? Where are gambling hells run more Wide open? Where are the police on more intimate terms with thugs and thieves? Where do the divorce urts present greater attraction for people 0 depraved tastes? Where is there a. more reckless disregard for morality among all classes? v Here is a solid chunk of truth, well aimed, 12th hits ue squarely between the eyes. A Vlvld Picture Thereof Painted by a Home Artist. The truth is not always palatable evento us Chicagoans. The greater the truth, if it be a. disagreeable truth, thu deeper it cuts. The New York Sun sayz: “What Chicago needs is more virtue and more intelligence in the hearts and minds of her people. Mere bigness, a. million and a quarter of population, will not suffice to make Chicago grant" , Great Damage by Floods. Notes From Scotland. Cure for Indigestion. \‘VICKED CHICAGO. We have had a severe lesson in the rav- ages of this epidemicâ€"one that will not soon be forgotten. Two thousand out of a population of 30,000 have been attacked. Death has darkened many a dwelling. The amount of suffering, sorrow. anxiety, who can calculate? The mere loss of moneyâ€" the disturbance of businessâ€"the public expenditure in meeting the visitationâ€"the loss of time and laborâ€"have been immense. The lesson will be thrown a‘way upon us if we do not adopt the most stringent and efficient means in the future to improve the sanitary condition of the city, and guard the community from the invasion of infec- tions diseasesâ€"St. John’s (Nfid.) Mercury. 0n the Live Stock and Dairy Trade of the Province. The following is an extract from the report of the Ontario Bureau of Statistics: The condition of live stock throughout the Province is most gratifying. The pastures have been and still are in excellent condi- tion, in consequence of the abundant supply of rain, although there are a few instances where they have suffered through flooding, and by the cattle having been turned out too early upon them. The milk yield has been much larger than usual, consequently butter is plentiful and good, while the cheese factories are working well in most localities. There seems, however, to be an impression among many that the milk is of inferior quality this year, which is attributed to various causes, but primar- ily to the cool, wet weather. To this cause may also be attributed the fact that fat cattle are not making flesh as rapidly as might be desired, and are stated to be somewhat poor and thin, more particularly in the northwestern coun- ties. The fact that so much stock was disposed of during last winter is being very naturally regretted by many, especially in the eastern part of the Province, where it is believed the dairy supplies will be consider- ably affected. Sheep are reported in some localities as poor in condition, owing to damp pastures and cool weather, many having been sheared too early ; but horses are in fine condition, and, like all other farm animals, they are exceptionally free from disease. The condition of stock in the spring of the year, although much bet- ter than anticipated, was not all that could be desired; it is gratifying therefore to find how quickly they have reached their present favorable condition, and that the freedom from infectious disease reported in our May bulletin still continues. Over the larger portion of the Province the dairy prospects are more promising than they have been for years, and the tenor of the reports in this regard is of an exceedingly cheerful character. Cheese and butter are of good quality and command very fair prices. From the returns compiled by that able and intelligent Health Inspector, Head Constable Winslow, who has rendered most valuable services throughout, we are now able to give the etatisticspf the, epidemic since its fleet appearance, with a very close approximation to the facts. Altruigné‘wr. there nave been, upâ€"rwmryresenrnmc, 2,000 cases of diphtheria in St. John’s and the immediate vicinity, and 360 deaths. The death rate has thus been 18 per cent. This is considerably lower than the death rate of other places. where diphtheria has been epidemic. The average or death ranges from 20 to 25 per cent. This lighter death rate speaks well for the skill and care of our medical men, as well as for the efficient energy of our Board of Health, especially in their efforts to aid the poor with medicines and necessaries. 1 From that date a change began. The number of cases began to increase. From a foul locality at King’s bridge, where a num- ber of families were infected, it spread into the cit and appeared at various places. The e orts of the Board of Health ’were baffled by the concealment practised in too many cases, and thus intercourse with in- fected houses where it was not suspected to exist, diffused the germs of the disease widely. Still, during the fall months the extent of the disease was not very serious, and did not create much alarm. It was not till near Christmas that its proportions began to create a panic. Just before Christmas, there were 76 cases and 10 deaths. The increase went on, and in the first half of February there were 124 cases and 24 deaths, and in the second half 91 cases and 6 deaths. From March 14th to the 25th there were 124 cases and 18 deaths. The returns from that time showed that cases ranged from 47 to 69 each week. May proved to be aparticu- larly fatal month.‘ For the week ending May 5th there were 70 new cases and 14 deaths; in the second week 55 new cases, 11 deaths; third week 83 new cases, 11 deaths ; fourth week 69 new cases, 9 deaths. Since then, there has been a gn.d{"“ abatement. Wm. Roberts, M.D., Physician to the Manchester (Eng) Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital and Professor of Medicine in Owen‘s College, says: “ Deep sleep, nervous or rapidly failing eyesight, dropsy of the lungs, or a violent inflammation, any one of them, is a symptom of kidney trouble." Warner’s Safe Cure is the only reliable and guaranteed remedy for kidney disorders. â€"Lord Tennyson is to receive $1.000 for the poem he is new writing. His first accepted poem brought him the munifioent sum 0! 10 shillings. At this stage we may glance backward at the history of the epidemic and the ravages it has wrought. There were but few cases of diphtheria up to the let of July last year, and these were in the sporadic form. The disease presented no symptoms of becoming epidemic. On the 28th of June, 1888, the Board of Health, from the medical reports, were able to affirm that “ St. John’s was more free from infectious diseases than for a great many previous yearsâ€"more free than ever in their experience.” _ Diphtheria. Claims 360 Victims in a Year in St. John’s, Nfld. The returns for last week show that diphtheria is steadily though slowly abat- ing. Twenty-three cases only are now under treatment; the number of new cases during the week was thirty-six, and there were but four deaths. It is thus evident that under the vigorous and judi- cious means employed the destructive pestilence which has deeolated so many homes, and Caused such an amount of suffering, is fast disappearing. That it will linger for some time yet may be expected ; but its operations are curtailed, and we may reasonably hope that it will decline more and more till we shall at no distant date he delivered from it entirely. There must be no relaxation of vigilance for some time to come, for we have a treacherous foe to deal with ; but we can now breathe more freely, in the hope of entire deliverance. MR. BLUE'S REPORT THE BAND OF DEATH. M Teefy WHOLE NO 1,615 N0. 4. Some years ago I was desirous 0! allow- ing my cattle the run of my hog pasture, but did not want the hogs in the cattle pasture. How to do this was a query. I finally arranged a oontrivance and it worked admirably. Make an opening in your division fence so that the posts stand three feet apart. Twenty-two inches from the ground place a roller, which should be four or five inches in diameter, straight, and of any hard wood. The journals may- be left on the roller, or the ends may be cut smooth and round, and smooth bolts in- serted in the ends, with staples in the posts to receive them. If the former plan is used, 1} inch auger holes in the posts will answer. Care should be taken that the roller may work free and easy, for it answers a double purpose. Cows passing in and out will not injure the udder, but when Mr. Hog goes to jump into the other field he will land on his back on his own premises. Last summer I had a hog that would jump the rollerâ€"twenty-two inches high. Not wishing to make it higher, I placed a board, ten inches high, eighteen inches from the roller, on the hog pasture j side. This prevented the hog from facing ‘ the roller, and he could not jump ; at the same time it did not interfere with the cattle in the least. .As I have a nice grove in my hog pasture and no shade in my cattle pasture, I would hardly know how to do without this convenience. Handle Milk Carefully. Milk should be disturbed as little as ‘ possible before, it is set, and should be strained directly into the creaming vessel after milking. It is bad policy to strain milk into a large pan and dip it thence into other yessels tor oreaming. The agitation and exposure. to the air occasioned pro- motes t'ne “thing of the fibrins and pre- vents a thorough separation of the 'cream. The oreaming vessel should have a smooth "2 Mg; 3...; gin“ f 1 ho r. gnhd "Mano-th n‘ . Tin is the best material. Wood, earthen and glassware are all poor conduc- tors of heat. A large can that cools off slowly will cream as well or better than a small can rapidly cooled; as in such the sides may be kept cool enough to prevent changes in the fibrin while the mass of milk is still moderately warm and affords the best physical conditions for the separa- tion of the cream. The creaming vessel should have a shape giving as little surface of milk in proportion to the amount con- tained as it is possible to have. This con- dition is best fulfilled by a spherical vesselI but this form is inconvenient. The next best form is cylindrical. The ratio of surface volume diminishes as the size of the spherical cylinder increases. A shallow setting furnishes large surface exponure to the air and the bottom and sides of the vessel. The conditions are very favorable to the coagulation of fibrin, and it would be expected to get a. slow and imperfect creamiug. In reality this is the case. as milk set in this manner is not usually skimmed until after 36 hours. By this time some acid is developed which has a ten- dency to neutralize the effect of the flibrin clots, so that a fair dreaming is obtained. This, hoWever, is not as good as may be obtained in ten hours by setting under the most favorable conditions. l It will pay to shake off a large propor- tion of the fruit from trees that are over- loaded. But few plants will thrive on a. wet soil. Agood drain is sometimes better than manure. Bulls are very treacherous. It is usually the gentle bull that injures his keeps. The older they become the more dangerous they are. Filthy quarters cause lice on all classes of stock, and at this season the vermin mul- tiply very rapidly. An animal that is in- fested with vermin cannot be kept in good condition, even with the best of feeding. A zigzag rail fence is supposed to be one of the cheapest that can be built, but unless the corners are kept free of weeds it is the must expensive fence that can be used, as it increases the labor of weed killing. Dogs that become addicted to sheep- killing do so from pure viciousneas. In a. majority of cases the dogs do not eat any portion of the carcass, but will kill a dozen or more sheep for the delight of so doing. Denmark expends $55,000 yearly for the maintenance of dairy schools. The result is an immense improvement in the quality of the dairy product, and an increase within twenty years in Denmark’s butter export from $2,100,000 to $13,000,000 an- nually. Tomatoes may be trimmed of the lower branches and made to grow somewhat in the shape of a. tree. The main stalks of the plants become stocky and are better able to bear the weight of the fruit. By Supporting the vines on posts or mm more Waggons and carts that are used dnily should have the axles well greased at least three times a week. It lessens the work of the horses. Horses should have at least two hours rest at noon. 011 very warm days horses suffer severely. They should be watered often, and at night should be swabbed and wiped dry. Before harrowing sows are the better for an abundance of exercise. and should have all they will take; and as soon after this event as they want to let them return to their accustomed exercise. But do not make a Bow take exercise by compelling her to forage for a. living. The best time to use the cultivator is on warm, dry days. All weeds and grass will then be quickly killed by the sun, and will have no opportunity to take root and grow. If the ground is damp when it is cultivated the weeds and grass will not be entirely destroyed, and the work may have to be done over again. Smell fruits can be conveniently grown in a garden with but little loss of room. Currente,raepberriee and gooeeberriea may be planted near the fence, out of the way of the vegetables, and will thrive better in such locations than anywhere else. Straw- berries may be grown in close rows, and will give a fair yield on a small space. A few grape vines can be allowed to trail along the fence, or on arbore, and even a few peach trees may be grown, but it is better to have no trees in a. garden, as the trees will largely appropriate the plant food and shade the plants from the warmth of the sun. USEFUL HINTS FOR FARMERS. How to Manage and Cultivate a Garden Plot. FARM AND GARDEN. July Hints for Farmers. Small Fruits in Garden:. Cattle Stile. ' Answers Appropriate and Otherwise. Occasionally some really amusing an- swers are given at examinations, and these lose none of their point by the absolute innocence of the pupil who perpetrates the witticism. “ Who was Esau 7" was asked an English school pupil. “Esau.” said he, with great promptness and confidence, “was a man who became famous as a writer of tables, and who sold his copyright to a publisher for a bottle of potash." “ Write an account of Cardinal Wolsey " brought the answer: “ He was a famous general who fought in the Crimean war. and who, after being decapitated several times, remarked to Cromwall : ‘ Ah 1 if I had only served you as you have served me, I would not have been deserted in my old age.’ " “ What is the Age of Reason ?" evoked the reply: “ The time elapsing since that'person’s birth.” A not too do- voted student was asked : ” What are the letters of J wins ‘1" and his mentor almost fainted when he read the reH‘Ti‘i-i written in M â€"â€"The St. Mary’s, Pm, Herald states that a Ridgway minister who had “voted Pro- hibition was saved in the late flood by a beer-keg that opportuner floated to him, and he thereupon decided to vote again“ the amendment. The Fly Crop. The common fly lays more than 100 eggs and the time from egg-laying to maturity is only about two weeks. Most of us have studied geometrical progression. Here we see it illustrated. Suppose one fly com- mences “ to multiply and replenish the earth” about June 131:. June 15th, if all alive, would give 150. Suppose 75 of these are females ; July let would give us. sup- posing no cruel wasp or other untoward circumstances to interfere, 11,259 flies. Suppose 5,625 of these are females; we might have, July 15th. 843,720 flies. It might cause bad dreams it carried on further.â€"Pittsburg Dispatch. year of Jubilée \ e ‘ class in an English Sunday 5%} 7' year,” was the prompt response, given with manner born of assurance of absolute cor- rectness. “ Why do we stamp on our coins ‘ In God we trust ’ ?” was asked of a Weldon, N.O., class. Of course this was a puzzler, and after wrestling with it for a few minutes a sharp little girl put up her hand, saying: “Please, air, that was a long time ago." It has always struck me that there was a good deal of point in the naive answer. Like the physiology pupil who described the bone of the upper arm as the “ humorous," “ because it is the funny bone,” she got very near the truth. The ralnlessness of Death. The act of dying, it is now ascertained, is absolutely free from suffering ; is really unconscious. inseneibility always preceding it. Any anguish that may attend mortal illness ceases before the close, es thousands who have recovered, after hope had been surrendered, have borne witness. Sudden and violent death, shocking to the senses, may not be, probably it is not, painful to the victim. Drowning, hanging, freezing, shooting, falling from a height, poisoning of many kinds, beget stupor or numbness of the nerves, which is incompatible with sensation. Persons who have met with such accidents, and survived them, testify to this. Records to the effect are number- lessâ€"Forum. Last Friday afternoon a district tele- graph messenger who was speeding along the street with a telegram valued at 15 cents a minute, was run over and seriously injured by a blind man named Standiast. Standfast is a cripple, having a wooden leg. He had taken his leg off to rest it, while he sat by the wayside and begged, and some mischief-loving boys had taken the leg and hid it. Standfast missing it, was groping along the sidewalk feeling for it, and in- advertently moved right in the messenger boy’s wake. Several persons, seeing that he would run the boy down. shouted to the latter that the blind man was after him, and the boy. realizing his peril, made a desperate sprint for his life, and for a few feet gained on his pursuer, but before he was far enough ahead to turn out with safety the cripple was upon him and ran clear over him before he could be stopped. The boy's injuries were very serious. as he fell upon his wrist, spraining it so that it Will probably be two weeks before he can hang on the steps of an omnibus going in the wrong direction. It was reported late that night, owing to his inability to utilize his favorite ofiicial time killer, the boy had. delivered one message nearly on time, but the rumor was indignantly denied at head- quarters, the superintendent offering to prove by the books that such a thing had never occurred since the invention of human speed. At a late hour this morning it was feared that the boy was recovering his inertia. which had been severely dis- turbedâ€"Robert J. Burdette. In order to avoid paying high prices for binder twine. many western farmer! decided before harvest to Idopt the plan of handling the grain unbound. Some intended to use their binders Without twine sud leave the ahenvee on the ground, just as they were dropped from the machine. for a day or two, or until the grain was sufficiently cured, and then thrash or stuck it unbound. Those who patronize creameries cannot derive full profit therefrom unless swine breeding is made a pursuit. The whey and buttermilk is sold to the patrons at a very nominal price, and can be put to excellent use if made a pltt o! the rations of hogs. Very often the only profit to be made is from the hogs, the milk about paying the expenses of the food of cows and swine. The way to prevent soft-shell eggs is to feed food rich in lime. The grains are deficient in that mineral. If you feed too much grain you give too much starch, and soon the hens will be over fat. They can- not lay unless provided with materiel for eggs. Fat is useless on a laying hen. Her business is to convert the proper materials -â€"mest, milk and cloverwinto eggs. The season has been damp for potatoes. but if seeded now a late crop mny be at in. as July is usually a dry mouth. the all rains beginning in August. Use lenty of fertilizer and make the rows eep and broad. The seed should be of the best,nnd some one should be exercised in outtin the seed, so as to have strong sprouts, In good cultivation should be given. The windmill is an implement that costs very little compared with the adventegea derived. Water pumped into a tank oln be conducted to the barnyard or to the pus- ture through pipes, thus saving the expense of pumps and thelnbor of pumping. Where there is no running water troughs can be arranged for stock and may be kept full without dimeulty. A gain in one direction may sometime! entail eloss in some other quarter. The bountiful rains of this season have given the crops an excellent opportunity, espe- cially corn, but rains also benefit weeds and increase the labor of cultivation. The work is necessary and should not be neglected, as it may entail greater labor next season. When it is desired to out two or more crops of grass from a field the grass should be out before the seed heads form, as the grass has performed its mission when it has seeded ; hence if the first cutting is deferred until the seed is ripe there will be no second crop of importance. Buoh crops as Hungarian grass and alfalfa may be out every five weeks. air and sunlight wili enter; thus ripening the fruit more perfectly. THE QUAINT AND DROLL. Sadder Than Death.