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Austria and Germany have arrived at an Wing "guiding the measures to WTfiélieirin'viewV of Russia’s military pre- parations. ‘ ‘ ' ‘ - Transatlantic Matters, and Other Late Newsy Afi‘alrs. At the funeral of a native chief at Lagos, on the West coast of Africa, an outbreak occurred and twelve Europeans were nus- sacred. Baron Rammingon, of Innsgruck, ms been convicted of swindling and sentencéd to seven years imprisonment with privatn'l of title. The Spanish Government is everywhere successful in the elections for the Counc1ls- General. Edmond Slattery, who recently retumed from America, was arrested at Tulla, on Monday evening, under the Curfew clause of the Repression Act. Mr. Cunningham, of the Freeman’s Jom'n- (Ll; Mr. McDermott, of the Central News, and a reporter named Barrett, have been ar- rested at Loughrea, on a. charge of having participated in the proclaimed League meet- ing on Sunday. They were remanded for a Week. Mr. Bigqar's speech at \Vaterford. in which he denounced Earl Spencer, forms the subject of universal conversation. It is stated in Dublin that the Government intend to deal instantly with Mr. Biggar, on account of his attack on the administra- tion of justice in Ireland. and on the char- acter of the Viceroy. The storm on the north-east coast of Scot- land continues. Three vessels have gone ashore and all the crews were drowned. {I'SSIA AND GERMANY. The only topic engaging attention in Ber- lin is that of the relations between Germany and Russia. Russian exchange was never lower on the Berlin Bourse, since the battle of Plevna, than now. Hundred rouble notes of the nominal value of 320 marks were quoted on Monday at 195 marks ofiered. The panic seems mainly due to an article in the Vossichc Zeitlmg concerning the echelon- ing of the Russian army on the Galician frontier. This is regarded in well-informed circles both as Berlin and Vienna. as absurd, but its effect on business shows uneasiness has been raised in the mind of the public by what is known as Prince Bismarck’s news- paper campaign. This consists of various ar- ticles recently published laying stress on the pure dual defensive nature of the Austro- German alliance. A Berlin correspondent says the press continues heatedly to discuss the relations of {.ussxu with the German Powers, but the excitement is beginning to abate. There is nothing to Sh0\V that the Czar’ssenti- Inents towaid Germany and Austria. are hos- tilei The Berlin Kreuz-Zeltung says :â€"As all kindsof assumptions and rumors‘were report- ed from Russia of a tendency opposed to the amicable sentiments of the Czar and M. De- Gicrs, it was deemed expedient to throw out a. reminder that the policy of Germany had sufiicienbly provided for all emergen- cies. The Austro-German alliance is approved of by the entire Gevinan press. The Berlin Germania says the prolongation of the treaty will effectually bar panslavist intrigues, Russia’s expansive aspirations, and French plans for revenge. AFFAIRS ON THE NILE. All the political prisoners at Damietta have been released. Circassian guards were recently ordered to search the_Cairo haremu for prisoners con- demned 13y the gourt-martial whose property was confiscated. The women were gfossly insulted,and the proceedings caused so much excitement that the Khedive revoked the order. In a riot at Da Temuledfl?) between French and Italian workmen, an Italian was'killcd :1an four other workmen scri- ously mjurer}. Seven Maliath were ar- rested. The Council-General of the Seine have expressed a. wish that the Government pro- ceed with the Sunplon tunnel scheme. in order to stop German unnufacturcs being substituted Tia St. Gothard tunnel for those of Frame. The Budget Committee on Tuesday de- cided to vote 23,000,000 frames {01' mainten- ance of the army of occupation in Tunis, but declined for the present to grant 8,000,000 for fortifications, barracks and military sta- tions. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Professor Frisby, of the Naval Observa- tory, \Vashington; has completed a. calcula- tion 01 the orbit of the great comet. The period occupied by the comet’s revolution is about 593 years. The comet is probably identical with the very large one seen 371 B. C. and 363 A. D. The heaviest earthquake in ten years 0c- at 5.20 p. m. on Tuesday in Contoomok, N. H., and lasted several seconds. About 5.15 p. 111., on Tuesday, two slight but very perceptible shocks of earthquake were felt in Dover, N. H. The disturbance lasted ten seconds, accompanied by a rum- bling noise. Shocks were felt at Rollings- ford, Rochester and other towns. People rushed out of their houses bewildered. At 5.24 on Tuesday evening one of the se- verest earthquake shocks occurred ever felt in Concord, N. H. The shock was like a. heavy explosion and shook the buildings, from which the people rushe'l into the streets. In one builfling the concussion ex- tinguished the gas. The movement was cast and west. FRANCE (:ETTIM: INTO TROUBLE “I'E‘II CHINA. The Chinese ambassador in Paris states that the party of resistance in China, may compel his Government to declare war against France. He says the Chinese Gov- ernment is desirious of observing neutral- ity in the Annam matter, and Wishes topar- ticipate in the proiecorate of Tonquin if THE AUSTRO-GE RMAN ALLIANCE. ANCE. THIS R TBLIC 0F F EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. SCOTLAND. IRELAKI). TH E COMET. the French Government insist-s 1n creating one. The Government will present a credit bill for the 'l‘onquin ex edition before the recess of the Chambers. 'the French representative in Axmam has been instructed to assure the Emperor of the friendly disposition of France, but her determination to execute the treaty of 1874, establishing a. French protectorzite. Michael Davitt. at a. meeting in Staiy- bridge on Tuesday evening, said the land question has assumed a feverish phase. The English mind has become excited in conse- quence of renewed outrages and muzders. Grime should be swept away, whoever was responsible for it. To it was due the death of the Land League. Michael Flynn, the last of three men ar- raigned for the murder of the two Huddys at Lough Mask, was, on \Veduesday, sen- tenced to be hanged on January 17th. The jury in the case deliberated an hour before bringing; in a. verdict. Flynn protested his innocence, and after he was sentenced said to the Judge: “Thank you,sir; I am as will- ing to go there (looking upward) ; as to go home. I wish you all good day.” Forty young farmers have been arrested in connection with the proclaimed meeting at Ballymena on Sunday Bail was refused. One hundred young men and women have been summoned to appear at the sessions. THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE. A bulletin on Wednesday evening un- nounces that M. Gambetta will probably speedily recover. r Altogether fifteen persons have died of injuries received In the cartridge factory ex- plosion at Mont Valerian. 'Bontoux, President and Feder, Manager of the collapsed Union Generals, were each sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and fined 3,000 francs. Bontoux, tax-President, is absent, and it is doubtful whether he will surrender. He will appeal against the sen- tence. M. Bacdif, the French agent has resumed his functions as Comptroller. Hassan Moussad Aked, Suleiman Daoud and Said Gandeel, have arrived at Alexan- dria. - They will be tried by court-martial on charges of complicity in the massacre and incendiarism here. It has commonly been made to appear that ostriches are so stupid or so 'greedy as to be totally indiscriminate m the matter of food; but this is a mistake. When two kinds of food are placed before them they will prefer the one, and are notably fond of certain kinds, such as mealies and prickly pears. Many of them even show delicate choice. But a hungry bird will eat almost anything. His system requires food in large quantity, but he always prefers the suitable kinds. It is a fact, however, that the ostrich often (lies a victim of over-indulgence. On the farms birds also the by the score from apoplexy, brought on by their keepers stuffing them constantly with all they can eat. An incredi- ble number of pebbles are sometimes found in an ostrich’s stomach, Where they serve the same purpose, "in triturating the food, as sand in apige ’s gizzard. Mr. Tillbrook, a farmer of thefiraafl’ Keinet district, once found a carcass, the gizzard of which con- tained some nine hundred and thirty stones of sizes varying from that of a pea to that of a walnut. Most of them were bright and hard, and all more or less rounded by con- stant rubbing. We may see the reason of that instinct which prompts an ostrich to stretch his neck over the fence and pick 0110. gold stud or a diamond pin from the breast of the unsuspecting visitor, or in default of a jewel so attractive, to attempt to pulla but- con 03 his coat.â€" 1‘}. B. BIGGAR in the Janu- ary Century. Fur muffs are still fashionable, but ladies like better the dainty little creations of sat- in, plush, and lace, and generally they have :1. 111113 to Dutch each and every full dress costume. Lovely muffs are of plush broche vel- vet, mambouh trimming on satin, birds and birds’ plumage nestled in frills of lace and every sort of fancy material, tied with bows, GI‘ ornamented with fancy pins and buckles. \Vith a brown costume the. mufl‘ is of pheasants’ plumage, surrounded by brown lace, with a bow of brown satin, while for a. dark-green suit the mull is of green cock’s feathers, with dark green lace and loops of gold braid mounted on green plush. A muff of black lace and satin, with head and tail of a bird of paradise, can becarried with any and every costume“; Some quaint man are of patchwork in two colors and two materials, such as satin and velvet or brocade and plush, in gold and gar- net. blue and gold, crimson and brown, with other combinations. The pieces are in any shape, but toleratny small, and are laid par- tially over each other and worked over with filoselle silks of the shades in feather stitch. A border of marabout feathers in a corres- ponding color, with a. fall of lace, finishes the odd mull“. Bag muffs are pretty. Some open to allow the hands to pass through, while others are real bags and the hands pass in at the back. On such muffs a bow is placed in the centre at the tap and another in the left corner, as a. cluster of silk fluffy balls from the cen- tre bow. Tuese balls are in every color, such as cappcr, term cotta, blue, green. and red. Prince Arisgawa, of Japan, visited N lag- ara, Falls recently. Afifioneymoon that Called for Money Soon. They had only been married a short time. The other-day she slung her arm around him and “rambled, in a low, tremulous voice: “Do you reallze, Adolphus, that now we are married we are only one 1’” “No,” replied the brute, “I can’t believe it. I have just paid €577) millinery bill, and a. lot more of your bills, with several outside precincts to hear from, so I am beginning to realize that as far as expenses go, instead of being one, we are about half a dozen. I can’t take in that idea about our being one just yet, not by a large majority.”â€"â€"Tcxas Siflings. The Digestion of an Ostrich. AFFAIRS ON THE NILE. STATE OF IRELAND. 4o..>o¢ muffs NOTES ON WORK FOR THE MONTH January opens a. new year and each farm- er should naturally look about. to see where he may improve upon old methods, and in- crease his income. The important point 5 to make the beginning, after which the changes from the old to the new may go on as rapidly as it is seen to be safe. How do your Accounts Stand? â€"â€" The merchant finds it necessary to inventory his stock of goods at least once a year, and every farmer should do his work in the same business-like manner. Now, during the comparative leisure of winter at the opening of the year, is a most fitting time for taking an account of stock. With this record as a basis, the rofits 0! a, prex’lous year may be determine with sufficient accuracy, es- pecially if a. cash book contains the money transactions of the farm. Fill the Ice Hausaâ€"If there is no house it is an easy and inexpenive matter to erect one. A building that will hold 40 tons ought not to cost over $30 to $50, and Will last for many years. When the ice is six inches thick the harvest should begin ; any delays are dangerous. JIorses.â€"This is not a. busy time for farm horses, but they should not therefore receive less care. Horses should come to the heavy spring work with a. good accumulation of stoxjed-up force in the torm of flesh, and not spring-poor as is too Irequentlv Lune case. The stable should be kept neat and clean, with an abundance of litter to absorb all the liquid excrement, so valuable as a quick fertilizer. A plenty of wholesome food and pure water are essential to the profitable winterifi'g‘ of all farm animals. Horses often suffer much injury from exposure to cold winds after being driven briskly or other- wise overheated. Blankets should be used at such times; if the sweating horses are taken at once to a warm stable the blankets are not needed ; in fact, frequent- ly are of positive injury, making the animal more susceptible to chills and colds when out of doors. Cattle.â€"â€"â€"The same neatuess in the stable and abundant supply of foot and water are necessary with cattle as horscs. Milch cows and their stalls should be kept specially clean, or otherwise the milk will be tainted, and only a. second-rate product can result from it. The cows need brushing before being milked. Farmers who are neat in the dairy will have a quick market for their milk and butter at the highest prices. All farm stock should be fed regularly; the quantity and quality of the ration may vary, but whether all hay or a. mixture of cut straw and roots, it should be given at the same hours each day. Szvine.-â€"-There have been many thorough experiments testing the value of shelter for swine with but one result ; pigs. to winter well, must have a. Warm, clean bed, and as much wholesome food as they will eat. Store pigs are not to be fattened and need only enough food to keep them comfortable, Sows'goupled now bring pigs in Mayâ€"«an excellent time, when the weather is warm. Porkers should be slaughtered early in the ' , asglater keeping is expensive, besides renter room fori‘th‘é‘store pigs re- ; r breeding. ‘ S ,cep suffer greatly from exposure and heed to be well housed, especially during;r storms. Throwing fodder on the ground is a wasteful practice. Racks can be made at small cost and they will more than pay for themselves in a single winter. Lambs that come this month need special care, and may be very profitable when ready for the early 1 market. Ewes that are to drop lambs need separate and warm pens. In very cold weather it may be necessary to place a. lanket on the young lamb or even re- move it to a heated room and feed with hot ginger or some other warming liquid with its milk. Odds and Eulaâ€"See that good insurance ‘ is on the farm buildings. Keep out the cold from all the barns, stables, and the home, by banking with earth, manure, or even snow ; double windows are a great saving in food and fuel. It is a mistake to think that severe exposure makes animals hardy ; they are far better ofi' under cover during storms. Plaster sprinkled on the stable floor will aid in keeping the air free from bad odors, and save valuable materials that would otherwise escape. ‘ Use the curry~c0mb and brush freely ; they will help to keep horses and cattle in a healthy condition. Growing animals need compara- tively more food than those fully grown: their future size and health depends largely upon present care. Water at the freezing point is not so healthful as warmer water, and requires extra food consumed to heat it in the animal system. A shivering calf ap- peals to the pocket as well as the sympathy of its owner. The hen with warm feed and a comfortable house will pay for her keeping, while one with no home and little tocat will be winteredâ€"if she lives throughâ€"at a loss. Small matters make up the sum of all comv forts, and constant attention to them brings a. great reward. Every farmer should be con- firmed in the habit of looking after the little thingsâ€"A mm'ican A gricultm'ist . Emperor \Villiam keeps a. diary which may serve to amuse his descendants, though it will he of doubtful value to the historians. The sheets are of folio size, each hearing at its head a date and at verse of scri ture, and every morning one for that day is aid out on the Emperor’s desk. On it he notes the most important events of the twenty-four hoursâ€" as they appear to himâ€"political and person- al items, discussions in matters of moment, a list of visitors, abstracts of conversations, etc. This labor has been executed faithfully by the German monarch for manyyears. He has at the time preserved an immense num- ber of albums containing pictures of the most notable events of his life, many of them expressly made for the collection by artists of repute. These are to become the exclus- ive property of the Crown Prince on the Em- peror’s demise. Seven samples of quinine pills made by the leading Philadelphfa. firms have been annalyzed by the Medica News and only two were found of full weight, the rest being deficient from four to nineteen per cent, and the difference made up by adulteration. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Kaiser Wilhelm's Diary. In a. tower in Nuremberg, writes a travel- ler in Germany, is a room where there are preserved a number of very curious instru- ments of torture used in Nuremberg hun- dreds of Fyears ago, before the days of jails and penitentiaries. There are thumb-screws of the most approval patterns, and helmets for goss1ping men and women. A singular- ly cheerful piece of furniture is a large, sharp piese of iron. In the glorious days of old an offender who had to be punished with the wheel was striped naked and firmly bound to a plank. face downward. The piece of iron on the wheel was heated hot, and the wheel was rolled up and down and across the victim’s back until justice was satisfied or the victim was dead. Inasmuch as the spike was long enough to go half way through the man’s body, and was always heated red hot, the Victim generally (lied, and justice was entirely satisfied. It was not an expeditious as the guillotine. but it was just as certain. The only man who ever survived it was adjudged a magician be- cause he survived it, and was promptly be- headed for being a magician. That set- tled him. He didn’t bother Nuremberg any more. There are also (lislaycd switches made of fine threads of steel, which were laid on the bare back with great elfect. A little of these things go a great way, but on beingr told that in the adjoining tower is the “ steel maiden” yo; get over your qualmishness. Your party is taken in charge by a guide, who shows you alarge assortment of hor- rors before you come to the chief one, as a sort of preparation. There are stocks of all kinds, gags 'for trttlers, handcuffs. anklets, and a cradle, the bed of which is filled with spikes, in which old-time offenders were faithfully rockcl to sleepâ€"a sleep from which there was no awakening. There are long tables with a screw at top and bottom, to which men are strapped by the hands and feet, the screws then turned till the un- fortunate man was torn apart. In those cheerful days when a. merchant, baker or butcher, was found selling his goods by false weight or measure, he was placed in a cage and carried all through the city, with his name and trade fastened conspicuously in front. After making the grand tour he was taken, cage and all, to the river, and (lucked again and again, till it was thought that his lesson was sufficient to prevent re- petition. Perhaps some such form might be advantageous in these days. \Vife-beat 1's in those times were severely punished. T icy were furnished close-fitting helmets, from which heavy weights vx ere suspended. They were given a conspicuous place in the public square, appropriately labeled, and placed in stocks, with heavy weights attached to their arms and feet, and there they sat the live long day, subjected to the jaws and ridicule of the town. Scolding wives were put in cages, with gags in their months, and exposed in the public square. You are shown all kinds of behead- ing blocks and gallows upon which noted villains had gone to their reward, while the walls were covered from top to bottom with pictures of the practical operations or the various instruments that filled the rooml All this preparatory to the steel maiden, which is kept in a room above, prccxsely as was in the days of her usefulness You are shown what appears at first si ‘ 11:6 be'n. rude statue of a woman clumsil hewn out of Wood. The guide noiselessly opened it, one door swinging to the right and the other to the left. The statue was hollow, and just the size of the average man. In- side were straps by which the offender was bound so that he could not move a. single muscle. Both the doors were lined with long, sharp steel spikes, strong and thick. ‘Vhen the victim was firmly secured, the door on the left was slowly but firmly shut, and the long spikes went into his body, two being so arranged as to pierce his eyes. Then the door on the left was closed in a. similar manner, and he would receive anoth- er complement of spikes, the closing of the doors being done very slowly, that the tor- ture of the man in the embrace of the maid- en might be prolonged as long as possible. The very last spike pierced the heart. After remaining shut up for a. while, the straps were unloosened from the outside, a spring was touched, and the man fell fifteen feet into a. cleverly constructed machine that ground him up as fine as mincemeat and dropped him into the river below, making food for fishes. ' Instruments to be Seen in Germany. The Ostrich Kick. When a farmer goes into a. savage bird‘s camp he takes with him a thorn pole, with v a branch or two of the thorny bush left on the end. This is called a. “ tuck,” and when the tuck is applied to the ostrich’s neck or head (his tender points) he is almost invari- ably subdued, and, after one or two efibrts to escape, bolts furiously off to the other side of the camp, where h e races up and down to vent his baffled rage. If, however, the bird gets near enough to his opponent to give the so-called kick, he hits his bony leg as high as his body and throws it for- ward with demoniac grotesqueness, and brings it down with terrible force, His object is to rip the enemy down with his dangerous claw. but in most cases it is the flat bottom of his foot which strikes, and the kick is dangerous as much from its sheer power as from its lacerating eifects. It is a movement of terrible velocity and power, at all events. Several instances may be men- tioned of herd-boys being thus either wound- ed, maimed, or killed outright. One case occurred near Grafl‘ Reinet, in which a horse had his back broken by a single blow. In this case the bird had endeavored to kill the rider but missed him and struck the horse. Many persons have been at upon by birds when there was no shelter not even a tree to run to. In such a case, if the pur- sued were acquainted with struthious tac- tics, he would lie down flat on the ground, where the bird finds it impossible to strike him. But even this is no l‘ght matter, for some birds in their rage at being baffled of their kick, will roll over their prostrate enemy, bellowing with fury and trampling upon him in the most contemptuous fashion. One man who thus attempted the lying- down plan found that every time he at- tempted to rise the bird would turn and stand sentry over him, till at last, after creeping a distance he got out only by swim- ming a. pond that bounded one side of the campâ€"“Farming for Feathers,” in the January Century. ANCIENT TORTURES. LATEST. A Toronto constable arrested a. large dog one afternoon last week and -brought it to the western police station. As it had no vi- sible means of sunport it was locked up on the charge of vagrancy. The animal was a. fine one, and had on a chain collar with acity license tag attached and numbered 1,180. Captain McGregor, of Sarnia, received a. token of his skill and bravery on the steam- er “ Manitoba” last fall. After that time the passengers passed a resolution express- ing their warm approval of his efforts on be- half of their safety. The resolution, signed by a, number of the passengers, has since been handsomely framed and engrossed on an illuminated scroll. A little boy five years of age, son of Mr. Joseph Kenny, blacksmith, of Mill street, had a remarkable escape from instant death on \Vednesday evening. He had either been on the back of the sleigh and was get- ting off, when he was struck on the side of the head by one of the horses of a team be- hind, and the runner of the sleigh passed over his chest. It was thought that the injuries would prove fatal, but Dr. Heggie, who is in attendance, cannot find any injury to the body nor fracture of the skull, though one side of the body was par- alyz:d, but is now recovering. Philip Christie,a crippled and dilapidated looking man of about 60 years of age, hail- ing from the village of Caledonia, was sent to gaol last week for 30 (lays as a. vagrant. He had the option of paying a, fine of $20, but thinking it too much, preferred im- prisonment. He was in a. wretched filthy and dirty state, being overrun with vermin, and the gaol authorities had quite a job to get him cleaned and purified. Upon search- ing his dudsâ€"not a very pleasant and agree- able taskâ€"over$2,260 in gold, silver. and bank bills, some of the latter in a. b.\d state of preservation, was found stowed away in different portions of his clothing and about his pereon. He appears to have made a regular profession of begging. having been tremping about the country during the past nine or ten years. A young bear was shot in the city of Sher- brooke last week. The animal wastreed by a. Newfoundland dog, while,Mr. McDougall drove to the Albion Hotel and got a. rifle, with which he shot bruin. The Granby Rubber Co., will have 3. ca- pital stock of $100,000. The Great North-\Vestcrn Telegraph Com- pany are about making great improvements in their office in Quebec. They have obtain- ed architects’ plans, the adoption of which will secure very much increased oflice faci- lities for their patrons. The improvements Will necessitate :1 large outlayof nxoney. In the Copper Mines on the Allen Miner farm, at North Pinnacle, work is being carried on vigorously with fine prospects of paying results. A correspondent of the C)wansville Obseer says it is quite possi- ble that there may be an Eldorado there. The print factory at Magog, has stopped work till the spring. Thieves are reported to be numerous m Shcrbrooke. The Beet Root Sugar Factory at Farnhan has worked up all its beets. The building has been greatly enlarged, and new machin- ery added, the intention being to use it as a regular sugar refinery for imported sugar during the remaining: months when tha mu gar beet is not to be obtained. An accident of a. very peculiar nature happened lately to a. little son of Mr. Wm. Thompson, near Brigham. It appears that the father having just come into the house and sat down to partake of a little refresh- ment, the little fellow wishing to par- take with him started lot the pantry to secure a knife or spoon; on his way tlither he fell upon the floor and split his tmgue a full inch from the tip backward. The divide 1 member has not yet completely healed. Thirteen hundred and ninety-two cars laden with fat beef cattle were shipped since Januarv last over the Northern Pacific from Miles City. The G. 1’. R. well at; Regina. was down 2'20 feet yesterday and no sign of water. It is said the railway authorities will go to a depth of 600 feet, unless water is struck sooner. Owing to a storehouse giving way under an immense weight of coal, about 100 tons of that valuable article were xecently deposited in the water at Prince Arthur’s Landing. Mr. H. M. Rowe, foreman of the iron gang at the C. P. R. station. Emerson, states that 564 cars of rails were unloaded at that station during the month of No- vember being an average of eighty-five cars per day. At Fort Mcieod last season cucumbers and tomatoes were ripened in the open air. Cabbages, beets, turnips. potatoes, onions, and other garden produce did exceedineg well. Cabbages have been grown weighing sixteen pounos. It is estimated that three and a half cars of butter, aggregating about thirty-five tons, are disposed of in Winnipeg every week. Most of it comes from Ontario, and costs about 2'2 icnts per pound, laid down here. This would representa trade of about $15,400 each week in this commodity alone. What is known as the Chenook winds in the Bow River district-is u very strong warm wind almost liks a. tornado,ha.ving a velecity of, perhaps, seventy miles per hour, which blows from the south-west through the pass- es of the mountains. So great is the heat which accompanies it, that falling upon a, covering of snow 2). foot and a half deep, it causes the whole to disappear entirely inthe course of twenty-four hours. This wind blows night and day for in length of time varying from two days to a week, and when it calms down is succeeded by a week or two of beautiful May weather so mild that men can ride without theircoats for a whole day without discomfort. This experience is, a a. rule, repeated two or three times in the course of the winter. CANADIAN NEWS. MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-“128T. QVEBEC.