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Summary of Foreign. Domestic and $Vau‘ "om, ‘onoiso. l‘ilhy. nld Pointed. N0 opposition will be ofi'cxcd tu the return of any of the members of the N. B. Govem- ment. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL- Mr. Robson, Minister of Finance, lmsbeen reae‘lected at New Westminster, B. (3., ‘by acalamation. LieutuCoL Campbell, of the 57th Battal- ion, was buried with military honours at; \V‘zi’cford . The Dominion Alliance for the suppression of the liquor trafiic continues its business at Ottawa. The Commissioners of Public Charities at Halifax are advertising for plans of a poor asylum to replace the 0110 (10.1210de by fire. 7 All the evidence of popularity is mum's. takably in favour of Mr. Rulmer, for the Montreal mayoralty. A young girl named Mary Ann Sinnott, of Montreal, threatened to shoot her faith- lesa lover, and was arrested and held for trial. C. P. Sclater’a tobogqan ran ofl'the track .of the Montreal Tobogganing Club recently and Mr. Sclater went against a. tree with force enough to injure him greatly. Application is to be made to the Grand Lodge for a dispensation permitting the formation of a Militaiy Masonic Lodge at Kingston. . The Montreal police made a raid upon a garnbhng hell on Craig street, and arrested fitteen respectany dressed young It is reported that money is so scarce in some of the smaller banks at Montreal that one has had to mortgage its building for a. temporary loan of $50,000. In the Senate the Turifl" bill proviso for the refund of the duty on imported salt used in curing meats and afterwardsexported was agreed to. The United States Minister at Constanti- nople baa mrauged for a setmlement of all American claims. Ancient Turkeys. We read that “the Spaniards saw ini- nense numbers of turkeys in the domestica- ted state. on their arrival in Mexico, where they were more common than any other poul- try. There were found wild, not only in New Spain, but all along the continent, in less frequented places, from the North- western territory of th: United States to Panama. The Spaniards call the turkey the gallopavo, because it resembles the peacock.” The Mexicans ate many tur- keys, long before they (the Mexicans) were convertedâ€"01‘ rather cuffed rinto Ulnist- ians. The annual allowance of turkeys for he imperial palace was 8,000, so that an derives a. melancholy satisfaction lroxn thinking that “the halls of the Montezu’ mas” must have been uncommonly jolly places, particularly at Thanksgiving time, when there could have been no stint (here in turkeys in all the mules that such noble birds can be servo! Thos. McNeil, a paralytic resident near Quin Village, not far from Pontiac, was left alone in his house a few days since, and was burned with the dwelling. ' Eugene Cuedret, a. St. Louis jeweller, has been mulcted in $7,000 for smugglmg jewel- Jew. Recently a girl 17 years old, dressed in bay’a clothes, was picked up in Detroit; by an officer and confessed to have passed as a but] for five years A strong earihquake shock in Southern fem last month created great excitement. A steamer has succeeded crossing in the Peninsula. of Florida through 'the canals and Lake Okeechobee. The Assembly Committee on ways and Means has given a hearing on the Niugma Falls State Park bill. During the trial 01 a. woman at St. Louis, on a. charge of dcfaming a priest the law- yers, McBride and Lodge, quarrelled and fought. Twelve thousand dollars has been sent to Ireland by; the Rev. Lawrence Walsh, of Watcrburg, Conn, to be used in the famine stricken dxstrict. The authorities of Bayreuth have unani- mously decided that W'agner’s funeral shall be at the expense of the town. De Brazza has been promoted to a lieute‘ nancy in the 1*‘rench navy. He will sail for the Congo on the 20th inst. The Ecuador Dictator, Veiutimillae, is oncentmting his forces, and'threatens if de- eat'ed to plunder and burn Quayaquil. At a meeting of l’arnellites a letter from liwa was read complaining of needlessly irritating prison ruhs to which he is sub- jected. The U. S. steamer Essex, two English vensels, and a French nmu-of-war have been ordered from the coast of Peru, to Guaya- 1nil, Equador, to protect the foreign resi- dents. It is reported that the reqistcd mail pouch was cut open recently at Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa, and $11,000 abstracted. 'l‘hakombay, the Figian king, is dead. In the House of Lords, Bur'on \Voisely took his seat amid cheers. It; is reported that M. Lepelleticr. direc- tox' of the Credit dc Finance, has been ar- rested in Paris. The German Reichstag has confirmed nearly all the reductions previousiy made in the military estimates. Harding and Greenwood. the men accus- ed of the murder of \Vm. Mahar at Sand- wk‘h, were arrested at Lomsville. Three men were probably mortally injur‘ ed by a. collision at Chicago between the «Imago. Burlington and Quincy and Mil. wankee and St. Paul trains. George Pfar, a Ganadian, from Brockville, Ont. fell OE the Brooklyn bridge a height of sixty feet and alighted on the roof of a house. He will probably die. FIVE MINUT ES’ SELECT RE ADI KG U NITED STATES DOMESTIC O 4‘-v> 091 GEN ERA! Hints for the Housewife and the Cook. PICKLES. 7- Pickles ought to be kept in a. dry place, an '1 the vessels moat approved of fin: keeping them, are wide-mouthed glass bottles or stone jars having corks or bangs, which must be fitted in with linen and cov- ered with bladder or leather. \Vln’ce wine Vinegar is the best for p‘ckles, and it: is essential to the excellence and beauty of pickles that they always be com- pletely coverei with vinegar. PRBHHRYES, JAMS, and JELLIES keep bet- ter if the pots into which they are put are sealed up While hot. because if exposed to the air until cool, little germs will fall upon them from the air and retain their Vitality, and will soon fell to work decomposing the fruit 0n the other hand, if the jars are sealed while hot, the germs are destroyed by scalding. SALT meacs should Imbe be not three-1y boile n. LI'ILEBY SALT is mule by grating dried celery root mixed with oneAfourth its quan- tity of salt. Scalded skimmed milk will go nearly as far as fresh milk. SLOW AND 1.0m: 000mm will make tough meat tender. Your fat should be boiling when y( u put your meat into it to fry. VEGETABLES should be cooked, if possible, in water in Which meats have been Looked. A small spoonful of molasses added to buckwheat each morning, will make the cakes temptingly brown. To B11011. CHchst WITHI)U'J‘ BURNING TlmM.â€"Remove occasionally from the fire and baste with a gravy prepared as fol- lows : Simmer together one half cup ol vin- egar, a piece of butter the size of an egg. and salt and pepper L0 the taste. Keep the gravy hot. To DRESS POULTRY.â€"Take a knife and sever the artery or jugular vein in the neck, or take an axe and cut the head off; let it bleed so as to draw all fever from the fowl, in case it may have any. Dip the body in boiling water, then pick quickly. Vi hen through, dip the fowl in hot Water again. then iLto a. pail of cold water, let it re, main three or four minutes ; this will make it swell out plump, and it will keep twenty four hours longer than if it: was not thrown into the cold water. IN BEATING THE WHITES or Ecus in warm weather, choose a cool place, and a. pinch of salt; added greatly hastens in bringing them to “ snow.” To FILTER WATER quickly for immediate rse, employ the following method: l’uta quart of clean Water over the fire and bring to a boil ; remove it and strain it two or three times through flannel; cool it and keep it {or use in a, covered jar or pitcher. AMMONIA (aqua) will restore colors in fabrics from which the color has been ab- stracted by acids. ' AgTAanroom-‘m. or AMMONIA in a gal~ lon of warm water. will often restore the color in carpets ; it will also remove white wash from them, restoring color. VVISE STAINS of any kind can be removed effectually from linen, by holding them for a. {LW minutes in boiling sweet milk. This must; be done before the linen is washed, or it is of no use. “HM A l’INT 0P MUSTARD SEED put in a barrel of cider will keep it sweet for several months, and make it more wholesome. 0x uALL will not; only remove grease from carpets but restore the colors. One pint of gall in three gallons of warm wat- er will do a. large carpet. Table and floor oilcloths may be thus washed. (Mm. Smr.â€"-Cut finely three pounds of common brown soap ; put it in an earthcrn pan with four beef galls, and place over u. slow fire, stirring irequenbly with a stick until dissolved; then remove from the fire and put; away to cool and harden. Take it out of the pan, out it and allow it to dry on a b ard. This is excellent for removing grease and stains trom carpets and similar fabrics. The vessel in which it has been made cannot be used for any other purpose. TURI'EJTIM: will remove ink from white woodwork. USEFUL RECEIPTS. Fashions in Dancmg. ggins simmered and LATEST NEWS NOTES. The News says that, owing to the bad weather, the crops will be short. The Campagnie Generale du Gaz, Paris, has failed; capital 8. million and a half francs. Four thousand claims have been pre- sented before the Cairo Indemnity Commis- sion. Two fishing smacks have been lost afYar- mouth. The crews, numbering fourteen per- sons, were drowned. Grecoff has been beaten severely in the street at Sofia, A conflict has occurred between the authorities and populace at Sliveno. The troops refused to assist the former. M. Hulleot, an American. who narrowly escaped masacrae at Madagascar,bas arrived in London, and will proceed to the United S‘ates, to lay his case before the Govern- ment, and claim damages against Madagas- car. A Socialist pamphlet has been published at Altona. Prussia, abusing all sovereigns and challenging the Democrats to liberate their country so oppressed by their rule. Eleven Socialists have been arrested and a number of seditious works seiz 2d. It 3 stated that the Government will in- troduce to the House of Commons a lull for the registration of the Irish voters. In the Queen's s eech she referred toques- tions relating to the Danubian Conference, the recent event in Egypts.the restoration of Cetewayo and the diminution of the crime in Ireland. it shows that the Government is determined not to allow Irish subjects to occupy almost the entire attention of Parlia- ment as heretofore. The remnlninq portion of the address has reference to reforms in the Home Parliament. At the preliminary meeting of the Irish parliamentary party to consider the action of the Irish numbers of the House of Com- mons during the session, over twenty perâ€" sons Were present. Mr. Parnell was re- elected chairmzm. It was decided that an amendment should be made to’ the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, dealing with the operation of the Crimes Act. Regret was :xpressed at Mr. Healy’s arrest. A further amendment to the address was also resolved upon dealing with the failure of the Government to propose adequate remedial legislation for Ire- land. The King of Bavaria has telegraphed £0 Wagner's relatives, ofi'enng comhlences and begging them to await his wishes re- garding the removal of the remains and the funeral. A Venice despatch says Wagner was suf~ fering from disease of the heart. He had on Tuesday a. severe attack, but resolved to make an excursion in a gondola, when he had another violent seizure. In the afternoon doctors were summoned, but found the case hopeless. He died in the arms of his wife, sun‘ounded by his children. The Peruvian Gvovex mnent has presented In claim before the Alabama Claims Court for two cargoes of guano, destroyed while sail- ing under the American flag. . Efforts are being made at VVocdstock to stringently enforce the Scott Act. Consxderable inconvenience has been caused through the country about Wood- stock from the effects of the drouth The lack of rain, so long continued, is remark- able. The wellsin nmny plums are dried up. and springs that were never known to fail are now in the same condition. In some of the back settlements the scarcity of water has been disastrous to the health of the domestic animals. Another effect of the continuous dry spell is the (losing do great number of mills. The Apps! du Peuple, 'l'rince Jerome’s new organ, has appeared. It contains a protest signed by thirty Bonapm‘tist mem- bers of the Chamber of Deputies against the arrest of Jeromei It advocates a plebis~ cite. -lt is understood that the interview be- tween Eugenie and Napoleon during the brief visit of the latter to Farnborough was most cordial. The Prince started for Paris the other day. The committeof the Chamber of Deputies unenimiosly rejected M. VVaddington's pro- posal to banish princes guilty of endangering the State, and M. Baxbei’s measure rendering the princes liable to expulsion by decree of the President. M. Flequet's motion prohib. iting the presence in France or Algeria of members of'former dynasties was adopted. The majority of the members of the Cham- ber oppose the action of the committee on the expulsion bills in adopting M. Floquet’s motion. The Radical Left, Democratic Union and Republican Union decided in favor of the passage of M. Barbei’s pro- posal. In the Commission Court, Dublin, recent- ly, Curran, charged with the murder of a. farmer named East in June last in the pres- ence of his wife and eight children, was ac- quitted. The Judge’s charge strongly favor- ed the prisoner. Arrangements are being made for a public funeral for Wagner, which will take place at Bayreuth. ‘ M. De Freycint has had an interview with President Grevy. Replyingto a. depntation of merchants representing 20,000, 000 francs capital, M. Grevy promised to endeav- or to relieve commerce from the results of frequent crisis. General Portirio Diez has been elected President of the National Supreme Court of Mexico. James Garry. one of the prisoners m Kil- mainham, ia very ill. THE ALA BAMA ULAIM COURT 1;“ PER! A L PARL] A MEET. THE FRENCH URI-S V. I OF lKELANlJ. TBA NSATLANTIG‘ ST. .1011 N , AUERICAN . “AU The following interesting paper on Navie- ulm‘ disease, or “00115:: Joint. Lameness,” was read at the last weekly meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association 01 the On- tario Veterinary College, by Mr. S. S. Dick- enacn.‘ This disease, probably one of the worst, in the shape of lameness, the horse is liable to suffer from, was first brought into notice by Mr. Turner, some 50 years ago ; before that time, however, nearly all afieetions of the foot were attributed to the shouldr, but I am happy to say that since Veterinary science has made such rapid strides shoulder lameness is decreasing rapidly. This dis- ease, since it was first breught into notice, has caused almost a panic among Veterin aries of this and older countries. and scarce- ly can two he found in the same opinion as to the cause, pathology, and treatmentof the disease. m) of the naviculnr bone, and if produced slowly it begins in the bone or bureau, but if suddenly produced it begins in the tendcn, for we find after a punctured wound in the foot (as is the case some- times) the animal remains lame afterwards from nnvicular disease ; it is then in most cases the result of inflammation in the can- cellated structure of the bone which extends and interferes with the nutrition of the ar- ticular cartilage, giving rise to caries ; the bursm is destroyed and the tendon becomes united to the bone ; this is brought about in two ways. lst. Its fibres become lacer- ated and present loose ends ; these are im- prisoncd bylvmph thrown out from the ex- posed interior of the bone and are united to it by a new connecting fibrous tissue. 2nd. By a formation of a fake membrane, which is very vascular, extending from synorial fringes both on the inferior surface of the bbne and superior surface of the tendon, creeping by slow degrees over the whole ar- ticular surface, destroying their smoothness and becoming a bond of union between them. The union of the tendon to the bone ac- counts to some extent for its giving away after neurotomy. l’rof. Dick, in his day, advocated very strongly thntthe disease began in the tendon‘ Whilst Messrs. Turner & Percival believed that it began in the ‘synovial burs-me, and Prof. \Villiams saysthat it begins in the cancellated structure and articular cartilage of the bone. Prof. Smith says that it may commence in exther the bone, tendon or bur- CAUSEs.â€"â€"One of the great causes of this disease is a. rheumatic diathesis, and the liability to suffer from this cause originates in hereditary predisposition and accidental circumstances ; therefore, one very prolific cause of the disease is from 'breeding from animals afl'ected with the disease, and I think it the duty of every practitioner who may be called in “to see breeding animals thus afl‘ected” to explain the character of the disease to the Miller M such animals, and thereby eradicate the disease as much as possible ’J‘an'i'm-xx'r.»»~1‘he treatment of this dis- easeis generally unsatisfactory, although you occasionally meet a case In the first stage before any alternation of structure takes place that you may make a perfect cure lwy giving the animal plenty of rest and the judicious use of cold water and poultices with occasional pni‘gatives and a cooling diet. There are manv other accidental causes of this aflection, as stone bruis s immediate- ly below the bursue, punctures, and allowng the toe to row too long, in egular exercise, and Prof. aw says it, may be caused by impaired nutrition with inexeased elimina- tion of phosphatesn'om the system, or an extension 0! disease from the digestive organs asin mover-feed of grain or as drink of cold water when hot and fatigued. ‘ r ‘1‘ SYMi’TOMS.~v()ne of the earliest symptoms of this disease, is pointing the foot, sudden lameness without any apparent cause, which may disappear suddenly, and then reappear» either in the same foot or its fellow. The! rheumatqid form is thus manifested. Whenfirstbroughtoutofthestablethehorse is lame, then it disappears, (short steps he takes) and after a time he becomes very lame, and the foot is pointed, although pointing may be a. habit, yet it is suspici- ous of navicular diseases. 11' both feet are affected, and he is suffering pain, men n; throws the weight first upon one foot, then the other, and when _brought from the stable, it goes with a kind of groggy action, hence the term gmgginess. Another well marked symptom is atrophy of the muscch of the shoulder and limb ; there are other changes, as atrophy of the foot and contraction of the hoof. Pain is evinced if you tap with a. hammer over the region of the naricular bul‘sl‘, and also if you press upon the tendon at the back pang, and close to the frog, this will assist, but it is not conclusive evidence of it. You may also see redness in exceptional cases. There isanice clean limb generally in this disease. The shoe is generally worn at the toe in this disease. Then you must judge by negative symptoms also. The animal should be encourang to lie down to take the weight off the feet. After the inflammation has been reduced a blister shoqu be applied around the coronet, 11ml It is also brought on by concussion (and certain conformations predispose the animal to concussion, as ashort and upright past- ern with narrow heels) and in the unnatur- al alteration of the relatvie position of the navicular bone: and weight bearing bones brought on by improper shoeing and mutila- tion of foot by those who do not: understand the functions of the parts properly. A . - r .5 r 7 "V Mr. Percwal says a foot w1th a sound and prominent frog is a condition to receve the disease while one with a. shrunk, shrivelled enjoys a sort of immunity from it. He says the foot predisposed to take it is the strong, round, short-wed, or cluhby foot open at the heels. with a sound fro , jutting prominentlyout between them. litre is a frog exposed to all the pressure, and indis- posed to yield, and itself liable from its very exposure to become, in the warm stable hard and dry and incompressable. Pressure from the ground upon such ail-0g must ren- der it in effect a fixture; it cannot, will not expand ; and at the very moment pressure from below would force it upwards, the weight from above it, is With m ore or less violencevpressing on it, and the tendon between the two pressures become inflamed, This is Mr. Percival’s idea. of one great cause. GOFFIN JOINT LAMENESS. Mrfl’ercival recommends the shoes to be“ removed and the sole of the foot to he pawn out, the wall rasde down, aftel'wams im- merse the foot and leg in a warm bath m- seveml hours together, and poultice with bran and linseed meal, He also recommends bloodletting in the mfla'mnatory stage, aml a, so eating blister upon the coroncb and paw tern. if any structural change has takenplncc the disease is incurable, but the symptoms- may be relieved to a great extent by using the animal for slow work, and attending carefully to the shoeing. A shoe recommend- ed by 001. Fitzwygram, is, I think, as good as any for this disease : it consists of 1; common flat shoe with the heels made a. lit tle thicker and the too turned up so as to give a rolllng motion to the foot and lesson the work of the flcxon perlorans. should this prove of no avail a frog settm must: be inserted through the frog. t is ad.- visable to nail on a shoe to take the weigh-t off the frog while the seton is in. The Seton is usually kep‘. in for three weeks to a. month. After it is removed the parts should be carefully examined to see that no matter is lodged between the fissures. After all other mctholds have failed to lieve the animal, an operation, termed amoral/om); is scmetimes resorted to it con» sists of removing a portion. oi the plantar nerves which convey the sense of feeling to the foot. ru- ms operation was first introduced into- Vet. Surgery somewhere between the yeam 1800 and 1808. by Mr. Moorproft. It wasnot until Mr. Sewell announced himsell to be the discoverer of nenorotomy for the remedv of lameness that Moox'croft, who had left England for India came‘forwmxl and who cated hls claims to that honor which he did in 1819 in a letter to the Calcutta .Ionr'naZ. (GLH‘. Cavendish.) There are two methods of performng this operation, fix: The high and low operamsil. The high consists in dividing the nerves above the fstlock ; and the low the division of the posterior branches only, but unfor- tunately the pain is not entirely removed by the low operation, lst. Never operate on a very heavy thickâ€" legged cart horse. 211d. Never operate where the feet are thin, weak in the heels. full in the sole 01' otherwise exhibiting a predisposition to laminitns. 3rd. Operate only where the foot; is strong and the animal’s action not too high and the larxxenegs otucrwise incurable. uvu. quv- The untoward results are fracture of the navicular bone, rupture of the tendon, sloughing of the heof, and a. peculiar gelat- inous degeneration of the bum» tendon andsm'ronnding structures along with the formation of a low form of fibrous tissue. Some persons seem to imagine that almost any plant ought to do as well in a. basket hanging in a window as it does in :1 pot on the plant stand. Acting on this belie-t they use whatever thzy take a, fancy to fora basket plant, and generally meet with fail- ure. The reasons are obvious to anyone who has had much experience with plantâ€" growing. In the first place, a, plant hanging as high as one’s head gets a much warmer, drycratmospherc to breathe than those four feet below it. In the next place, a plant hung up is more difiicult to, get at when water is being given to other plants, and generally such a. plant gets an inadequate supply or is neglected, and on account of the dryness of the zur about it it soon suffers and the leaves drop, If the fact could be borne in mind that such plants need more water than those below it, and this need was properly attended to, and with regularity, there would not be so much failure with basket plants. Once every two days in summer is often enough to water plants on the stand, but plants in baskets should have To operate successfully, l'rol'. \Villiums recommends the following rules : lst. Clip the hair ofl'overthe course, of the nerve. 2nd. Let the animal be made to stand in cold water for an hour before operating. 3rd. Cast the animal carefully. 4th. Feel for edge of tendon perl'orans, and out down upon the nerve without ,dis- seating t11e_ argolar tissue. RESFLTS. Unfavorable results of the operation are many, even in a well selected case. In determining whether it is judicious to operate or not the following rules must be borne in mind. water every day, and enough to thoroughly penetrate the earth in which they grow. In planting anything in a basket I aJways leave a. hollow in the soil around the edge of the basket. If filled evenly with earth the water applied to the surface of the soil will run off, 01' considerable of it, at least, before the crust is soaked enough to xeuder it; ah- sorbent. In putting up hanging baskets I would advise you not to have the cords 01' chains attached to the basket extend tothe hook in the ceiling (if the hook to hold the basket is fastened there) in one piece. I would have the three or four chains 01' cards attacked to the basket meet about a foot above the basket and there hook on to one chain den pendent from the ceiling.' My object in do- I11 . Eng this would be to fixgilitzatev How}: the basket whenever occasion demanded. You will need to take it down quite often if you would have good success with your plants. .J uhnny and Tommy were playing out in a street where there was much fast driv ing, and where they had been forbidden to go. u “ Hello,” sand Johnny, “ there comes a Spanking team.” “ \thx‘e 2” replied Tommy. “ Right acroas the street there : it‘s your mother and mine, and we’d better cut sticks and get out of this,” which they did, with their mothers after them. 5th." Divide the nerve at upper part of the incision and dissect an inch or more 0! the nerve out. The after treatment is the same as that for any ordinary wound. A Kentucky 1mm had a. grand chance to smuggle over a. lot of diamonds in a pocket flask, but he did not do it. He could not in- duce himself to make such a waste of the flask. Plants in Hanging Baskets. A Spanking Team.