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Three hundred doz. parasols to be sold at less than cost price. Nice parasols for children only 10c. Ladies, if you want a parasol to protect your children from the sun or rain, visit Eaton’s new store. See the black satin parasols Eaton is selling, lined and trimmed with lace, 500. Very nice parasols, black satin, fancy handles, only 75. There is a special line in brocade and check dress goods, at 50. per yard. worth 12%). Every lady should call in and see those goods before they are all sold. They are a. bargain. Every lady should guard her complex- ion from the burning rays of the sun and the showers of rain which fall so numer- oust this time of year. T. Eaton «5‘; Co. will help you to guard against the sun and rain, as they are offering for sale silk parasols in black, brown, and green, at $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2.50 up. These goods are warranted the best London makes. Letter orders promptly attended to. Sales for Cash and only one price- The first cotton exporbsd from America was a lot of eight bags sent to Liverpool just ten years ago, and the customs authoritizs detained it a while bec “.156 it was reckoned impeasible that so mgch could have be u r 1,,L ,,A, -_r-__.-__ raised in Agéfloa. The or op of last year What a beautiful assortment of Amos- keag, Westbrook, and Gordon Ginghams, at Eaton’s in all the new shades and pat- terns, 15, 20, 250. yard. Eaton is showing a very nice line of Pacific lawns, organdie, muslins and Can- ton chambrays in all the newest patterns, just received a few days, at 12%, 15, 20c. yard. These goods are beautiful for spring and summer dresses. Eaton is selling new Melange sateens in checks, l2éc. yard, worth 200., new check washing silks, 20 inches wide, 35c. per yard. If you want; new buttons, new fringes, new braids, and all the latest novelties in trimmings, call at; Silk warp dress goods, 250. yard, orien- tal brockie dress goods, 25, 30c. yard up. Ladies, visit Eaton’s dress department and see the beautiful new goods they are selling at net cash prices. T. EATON & 00., 190 to 196 Yonge Street Berlin has a population of 1,226,392. as appears by the osnsusiof 1883, including 20,- 587 soldiers. The figure was 419.720 in 18 50, including 17,547 soldiers. Au increass of 806,672 in 33 years would satisfy even a Chicago man. The consumption of water within the metropolis of London is at the rate of about 31 gallons per head per day. Of the total quantity, 60 000,000 of gallons are ob- tained from the Thamesjaud 71,000,000 from the river Lee, the New River, and other sources. In the boot and shoe department Eaton keeps a very nice stock in ladies’, misses', and children’s wear. Great variety of corsets. Dr. Ball’s telebrateflcorsets always in stock. Full lines of skirts and bustles in all the differ- ent makes. Eaton is selling ladies’ rubber circulars in all sizes, from 50m 60 inches, at $1.15. Children’s rubber circulars in all sizes, from 36 b0 48 inches, $1.10. In 1882 the London gas companies realized a net profit of £1‘170,590, equal to 10.42 pn- cent. on the stock and share capital raised. In 1881 the net prufit was £1,105,601, equal to 9 96 per cent. on the stock and share capital. Philadelplia spends over $1,000 000 an- nually for cut flowers. There are over 150 shops that deal in them, and (ne of these shops does a business 0t $200,000 per year.- In twenty years the sales of single pacif- sgea of patent medicines in Great. Britam have increaAed from 6 661,647 to 18,457,‘ 990. Since the year 1860 sixteen buonetcies and thirbv-four knighthooda have been con- ferred upon the physician: and surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. Brazzil’s navy consists of 3,000 men and 50 vessels. A About 195,000 ohants are annua slain in Africa to an y the ivory trade. The Europeans. or white man, in China, numbn- fewer than 10,000, or one to about every 25,000 natives. In India. the natives have boarded $1,000,- 000,000 in gold, which cannot be got into circulation. TRIMMING DEPARTMENT. EATON’J FACTS AND FIGURES. PARASOLS. T. EATON & COS’ T. EATON 8L CO. T. EATON & CO- T. EATON & CO. T- EATON & CO. ohanta are unqually Pretty, neat and cheap, made of fine Maltese lace, 20 and ‘ 25c. each. Made of fine Guipure lace, 35, 45, and 500. a pr. Oriental lace collars, 50, 75c. Oriental lace fichus, 75c. $1, $1.25 up. Our boys. What sort of a. suit shall we get for them? If we get them a Tweed suit they will come in from the play ground with a torn coat. We will get them a Jersey suit, to be had in all sizes to suit boys up to ten years of age, at $1.75, $2 and $2.25 for complete suit. In the north of Lanarkehire lived a well- known character of the name of Sandy B , who lived in a turf house, the roof of which was badly in need of repair. This, however, Sandy was too lazy to do, and on a wet day the neighbors used to laugh at Sandy. who sat inm-le with an old umbrella over him to keep off the min, which came in by several holes in the roof. "Man, Sandy," said a neighbor to him one wet day, “you should mend the roof; you might as well hue a big riddle for a. roof as that." “Toots, mu." said Sandy, “it’s far ower wet to mend the roof thr day, and on a dry day I have as good a house as anybody.” Fine Mousquetaire Gloves, in black, brown, myrtle, grenat, tan, white and cream shades, in 6 and 8 button length, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2. Eaton’a special 2 butt. Josephine Kid Gloves, 500. For a. nice, light, cool Glove, and one to keep the colour and hold the wear, ask fora. Taffeta Silk Glove, to be had in black and colours, 4 buttons, for 350. a. The number of French-speaking inhabi- tants in British North America. in 1.298.929 of whom I 073,820‘31‘5 in the Province of Quebe, 102,743 in Onfario, 56,365 in New Brunswick, 41,219 in Nova. StOtlfi. 10,75 in Prince Eiward Islond, 9 949 in Manitoba, 2 896 in the Territories, and 916 in British Columbia. The French population in the Province of Quebec continues 10 incretse, while the English-speaking pfipulation is de- creasing. The Glove has become an indispensable article of dress. No costume is considered complete unless it has the Glove to match, and there is nothing that improves a dress so much as a nice fitting Glove, whether it be kid, silk or cotton. The leading style this summer is the Mousqnetaire Gloves, in 4, 6 and 8 button lengths. We show this week a. special line of fine Mous- quetaire Kid, 8Button length, at $1.25 a. pair, actually worth $1.75, to be had in black only. Ladies’ Black Undressed Kids, 75c., commonly sold at $1.25. palr. Pure all wool, two ply, good patterns, 75c. a yd. Very good tapestry carpets, 30, 35, 40c. Choice carpets, 50, 60, 70c. yd. Brussels, 75, 85, 95c, $1.10 yd. Lisle Tliread Gloves at 10, 15, 2( In 5‘ yd. Syd. 1, 1}, 11;, 2 yda, wide, beat English makes, 20, 25, 30, 35c. square yard. Room: measured and carpet cut and matched free of charge. Linoleums, in all widths; 65, 75, 90c square yard. It is stated that during the past five year: 897,000 pigeons have been purchased in England for the purpose of sport, at a. coat of £80 261. In one county alone it is esti- mated that over £30 000 Worth of pine-on! are reared and sold annually. When killed, the pigeons are supplied to the poorer chases at a very low priceâ€"viz, from 3;. to 45. per dozen. amounted to 6,949,756 bales, of which 4,- 766,597 were exported. The output of coal in the United Kingdom last year is stated to have reached the high total of 163 750.000 tone, or an increase of more than 45 per cent. on the previoun year’s total. According to the late Professor Jevon's estimate, the quantity mined in 1883 should have been 178.100 000 tons, ‘50 that the actual output was 14,350,000 tons less. Vull assortment of black and coloured CARPET DEPARTMENT. GLOVE DEPARTMENT. LAGE GOLLARS. JERSEY SUITS. Sandy’s Comfort. OILGLOTHS T. EATCN 8:. CO T. EATON 8: CO- T- EATON & CO 200 up. lye... r..._ ,, swearing you feel ezsier. and vorr intel'r‘c’r nal stature is increased by a foot. Just ob serve this, my boy. and see if I am not right. But you will rip out sometime; oh, yes. in some way you Will. I know some good menâ€"some of the beat in the worldâ€"â€" who will "confound it,’ and in New Eng land even a deacon has been known, under a. terrible strain to “condemn it.” But an a. rule, my son, don’t do it. Don't swear. It isn't an evidence of smartneee or worldly wisdom. Any tool can swear. And a great many fools do. I, my son? Ah, if I could only gather up all the useless, uncalled for, ineffective swears I have dropped along the pathway of my life I know I would remove mumbling-blocks from many inexperienced feet, and my own heart would be lighter by a ton than it is loday. But if you are go‘ ing to be a. fool just because other men haw been, oh. my son, my son, what an awful, what a. colossal, what a hopeless fool you will be! Tropical Africa contains what the world wants. It is a country of exhaustless re- sources. This will lead to humane inter- course wIth foreign lands, the introduction of improved agricultural an i manufactoring implements, steam engines. railroads, print- ing presses, machines, “and the thousand processes and appliances by which the com- fort, progress and usefulness of mankind are secured." Growth and development will come from within, not from without. The spirit of modern progress will be Afri- canized. People of the same blood, dwell- ing together on the same soil, having the same aims, aspirations and interests, will unite and move (‘11 in the same lines. A great mind will be the product of the changes and growths that are even now taking place in tropical Africa. Influences will go out of Liberia and Sierra Leone that will give shape to such a political possibility as an African Empire. Perhaps the great African general and statesman may come out of one or the other of these two coun- tries. Many a man has been laughed at as “a dreamer" whose dreams have come to pass in living realities. Truly it has been said, ‘ ‘The evolutions of fact a re sometimes stranger than the romance of fiction.” The Bible contains the prophecy, “Ethiopia, shall sud- denly stretch forth her hand unto God." We believe that this prophecy shall be fulv filled. Influences will work as leaven in a lump until an African Empire shall sudden- ly arise amonu the Ethiopians, and men will cry, “A nation is born in a day." Suppose you are given to a habit of pro- fanity. You enter convereetion with a man who never swears ; in other words a gentle. man. By and by you be in to perceive that he in the superior man. our remarks have a tame, flat, feeble sound in your own ears. Your cheeks begin to bnrn with a sense of your friend's excellence. Your pert little damns sound rough and coarse and vulgar, as they are. They begin to drop out of your sentences, ashamed to remain in the company of good, honest, English words. un- til, as you discover that you are carrying on your part of the Convert ation without swearing you feel ezsicr. and vorr intel'r‘c* ,AL Prof. Swing on the Uselessness of Pro- faulty. It is a common belief that the dried fruit sold as "Currants." or “ Zante Currants,” is really a. current. and we are every now and then as d how currants can be preserv- ed, so as to e like thoue sold in the shops. It is not possible to prepare the currants of our gardens in this manner, for the reason that the imported fruit sold under that name is not a. current,” but a very small grape with- out seeds. The dried frmt was originally brought to England, from Corinth, and call- ed “ Corinths," a. name which was readily changed to currents. This minute grape is very sweet, and has no other preparation than spreading the clusters upon the ground and allowing them to dry ; they are after- wards removed from their stems and trodden down in large casks for export. They are mainly produced in the islands belonging to Greece, where they form the principal crop. The annual importationinto England is over twenty thousand ton, and a. large quantity is l longht to this country. Currants are to some extent used in domestic cookery. but the chief consumption is by bakers. Being dried upon the ground, currents require csreful washing to fit them for use. House- keepers, who are obliged to buy a consider- able quantity at a time, wash them until quite free from sand and other foreign matters, dry them in the sun. and puck them in stone jars, pounding them down to make a. compect mass. About a. month ago a cow belonging to Mr. Henry Matthews, who lives on the Chattahoochee, Strickland ferry, was bitten by a. rabid dog and subsequently went mad and had to be killed. \Vithin a short time three of Mr. Matthews children were taken sick, and one of them, the youngest, has been lying totally unconscious for three weeks, and died last Sunday. The other two are very low and it is hardly probable that they will live. It is generally believed 1n the neighborhood that the sickness of these children was caused by drinking milk from the cow while she was affected with hydrophobia. At the time that she was bitten and before the family suspected that anything wes the matter. the cow was milk~ ed and the chlllren allowed to drink it. and it Wu probably used by other members of the hmily. It is a little remarkable that only the children were affected, but from the fact that they were all taken about the heme time| and are similarly afl'ected, and the peculiarity of the disease, the conclusion is pretty well settled to the public opinion that the disease was produced iron: the con- dition of the cow. "I see the newspaperl any a good deal nbout confidence men," remnrked old Mrs. Juneberry, "but I never need an . end I don't believe there in aioh man. i haven't put no confidence In men since my date! married. There ain't no Iioh thing an oon- fidenoa men.” The normal force which grows 3 mm'l heard in soon exhausted when he Ihnvea frequently, and then the entire Iylteln l- tnxed to supply the deficiency. This in probably what render: the dude such a mel- ancholy wreck. A fellow [crews his courage to the sticking place when he Ma a postage stamp on u writtan propou of mmiage. About the Currants of the Shops. Hydrophobia Through Cow’s Milk. A Dream of an African Empire. N») army c ~iilrl mt s‘mcl t: dash-in t l'he olgucu SQSulé ' “uh .LX‘ l, Wl-A be, propelled by an engine located in its inti rior, and will be run on very lirge broad wheels, with rubber tiers. The machine will be fed with petroleum from tmks. Its hide or shell, Will be of the best tool etael and of suflicient strength to resist the finest field artillery. Tne monst r will be steered by apparatus placed in the head, in be controlled by two pilots who will be sheltered from sharp shooters by a. thick bmd of steel. In the tail of the tur.le will be a machine for throw- ing dynamite shells of twenty five piunds each at the rate of twenty a. minute. These shells can be hurled with such force as t) pms out of ramze of the turtle itwelf, and :heir alien on t e emit iwork battery would be terrible. Tue gentleman wh) propoaes to construct. such a machine appear. t) be in the full p05 session of all his semenâ€"Boater» Herald, How to Kill a Craving for Alcohol While it is true that many who at one time indulged in ardent spirits have abstain- ed later in life, it is not believed that there is any real cure for the thirst c'eated by al- coholism. But a person that claims to have cured himself gives a. remedy that there would be no harm in trying. We 1' produce it in the rescued person’s own words. “I was one of those unfortunates given to strong drink. When I left if 03 I feltahorrd want of something I must have or g) dis- tracted. I could neither eat, WOI‘K. nor sleep. Explaining my affliction to a. men of much education and experience, he advised The “War” Turtle. A leading mechanical engineer, connected with the Hinckley Locomotive works, of this city, is at work upon a plan which, when fully matured, may revolutionize the meth- ods of land fighting in war. Be say; he has been at work on his machine for ten years. and that it is in the form of a. monster steel turtle, which is t) crawl over the ground at a rapid speed. Its lrlction will be so great that it will be able t) ascend steep hills, and even make his way through a bushy country. while during its progress there could be ejected from the bomla of the momtir a shower of shot from machine guns, which would bring dv'srnsy to tie ttlukfli hearts. N.) armv 0 MM “it s‘mcl 't: deem” t PETLEYS’ of any other house in the city. SECONDâ€"Our stock is entirely new and consists of this season’s goods only. THIRDâ€"Our stock is purchased direct from the manufacturers. FOURTH£We carry more best quality Brussels Carpets than any house in Canada. FIFTHâ€"Our stock of Tapestry Carpets is superior to any on this continent. SIXTH---We buy only from first-class makers, such as Henderson, South- well, Templeton, Crossley. Brinton, Hughes and Firth. SEVENTH-Nearly all our best pat- terns are made especially for us and confined strictly to our house. EIGHTH---Being direct importers and cash buyers we are in a position to sell carpets retail at andfibelow wholesale prices. NINTH---All the newest designs are reg- ularly forwarded to us by ouro Mr. J. W. PETLEY, who is a resident of Manchester, Eng. TENTH---We do not profess to be in the Carpet Trade for Forty Years, but we profess to supply our Pa- trons with all the Leading Styles which the best foreign markets can produce, and at prices with which no house can compare. Oursisfor manyreasons the LeadingGarpetHouse FIRSTâ€"Our pricqs are Lowe; thgn those â€"â€"'I'HE-â€"â€" LEADING CARPET HOUSE ! PETLE.YS Note the Address. and when makimz your purchases be Inn and visit LEADING UARPET HOUSE 1 TORONTO, Tne committee 0n migration of the Ameri- can Ornithologiets‘ Union have in View some- thing like a bird-census. They are organiz- ing. throughout the thirteen districts into which they have divided the country. a little army of observers. These are to send to the sup rintendents of the r respective districts c Il'eilll notes of all that they observe in the habits. appearance and movements of birds. In this interesting work we may expect to find even thousands enlisted,â€"woodsmen, hunters, larmers, every one who can give an intelligent repor; of what he has seen. They shal' tell whether this bird or that is a per- mamnt, a. winter, or a. summer resident, or only a. transient visitor; and whether it is “ abundant,” “ common " or “ rare." They are to note its arrival and departure, with accom pmying obser rations of the conditions of the Weather and all othir “correlative phenomena." Why shoul'i not some (four boys and gull tike to such a. work as this? It would not only encourage healthy, out- door life, but the developmentit would give to their much neglected powers of observa- tion would help to supply WhatJhe school rOom iaiIs to accomplish. 'l'nere is a. b'mh tree in York, Me., only about forty feet big 1, two roots of which have been abl: to hta, so.ne twelve inches, 3 b1 wk of granite compute] to weigh twenty tons. The tree is still growing, and the rock continues to be raised and pushed sideways at the rate of nearly an inch 3. year. me to make a decoction of ground quassia, a halt ounce steeped in a pint of vinegar, and to put about a small teaspoonful of it in a. little water. and to drink it down every time the liquor thirst came on me violently. I found it satisfied the cravings, and it also gave a. feeling of stimulus and strength. I continued this cure, and persevered till the thirst was conquered. For two years I have not tasted liquor, and I have no desire for it. Lately, to try my strength, I have handled and smelt whisky. but I have no temptation to take it. I give this for the cmsideretion ef the unfortunate, several of whom I know have recovered by means which I no longerfirvquire.” Observing the Birds -o<â€"..>om