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On Sunday night: the Canadian chlfio short line to St. John, N.B., was opened, and Mondnv the first train started over the 'Soo" bra nob from Montreal The net profits of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for the four months end- inc April 30, 1889, show an enormous in- crease over the corresponding period of the yen: previous. Judge Gill, in Montreal recently dia- miaaed 511 action to recover the value of a. commerciai traveller‘s trunk lost; on the Canadian Pacific railway, on the ground that the ticket had been issued at a reduced rate, with the express understanding that the company would not be responsible for the loss of baggage. The Pope has ordered that on the day of the unveiling of the monument to Giordano Bruno, who was put to death as a heretic in 1600, all the papal guards and gendermea shall keep within the grounds of the Yeti- can. Judge Church, in opening the Montreal Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday, drew attention to the alarming increase of the crime of forgery. The regular annual meeting of the Bank oi_Montreal was held yesterday, at which a. dividend of 10 per cent. was declared and accepted. the shareholders agreeing to post- pone the usual bonus until the condition of this year’s crops in ascertained. f The Sb. Peterburg police have discovered a number of societies whose object is the assassination of the Our. CANADIAN. It: is stated that the prop ed summer carnival to be held in Hamiltoggwill be the glzentest anmmerfcla ever celeb: ted in Can- Premier Meroier has announced that a new prison will have to be shortly built in Mono- real, 35 the present one is too small. The fishing season on the Atlantic will open next: week. It: is said the Dominion Government have good reason to believe that the American fishing fleet this season will be larger than for many years past. Messrs. Crease & Blackwell, of London, have discovered that a Montreal firm has glanced upon the market; a. quantity of Cana- lan pickles put up in bottles with forged 1313313, and passed at? as the genuing article. Mr. '1 1‘npper, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, does not know anything oflicially of the movement of British warships in the Pacific,bnt if they have been ordered to Behring Sea, he doyes not; regard in as an ofi‘ensivge demonstration on the part of the Imperial Government. A big flow of natural gas has been struck twelve miles from Milwaukee. An illicit: still. which wan supplying the surrounding farmers and taverns with whis- key made from “ black strap ” and potato peelings at the rate of 100 gallons a day, has been seized in the township of Cornwall. Thurs has been a decrease in the United States public debt during May of $8,000,000, notwithstanding the disbursement of nearly $12,000,000 on account of pensions. A committee has been formed in London to arrange to: a national memorial to John Bright. The Montreal Collector of Cugtcma ac- knowledges the receipt: of $101 40, sent to him as conscience mpnay. ‘ :- Thé mortality in Montreal for the first three months of this yeal was 1,219, or 171 less than for the same period last year. Five suits, for an aggregate of $97,000 damages, have been entered against the Grand Trunk on account of the SD. George disaster. Twelve thousand invitations to a confer- enca to be held in Hamilton in August have been issued to Ontario merchants by the Hamilton Board of Trade. Impox‘mmr mer- cantile subjects are to be discussed. Phillippe de Sailliers, the ex-Trappiat monk who came to Toronto some time since to found a mission for the conversion of Roman Catholic French Canadians to Pro. beetantiam, has recanted and gone back to the Church of Rome. Joseph Roseberry, aged" .5, shot his wife t’MmlIyp and suicided in Philadelnhis. last week. The pair had long been separated. Dr. Cronin had his life inlured for $8,000, the larger portion of which goes to his sister at: Sb. Catharines. In is stated in Duluth, Minn.I that a new company proposes he put; twelve mammoth steel steamers into the water as fast as they can be built. Andrew McGregor, of the extensive sheep- raiaing firm of McIntosh & McGregor. of Albuquerque. N. M., committed suicide on Sunduy nigbv by shooting. Six members of the Douglas family at Kearney, N. J ., are seriously ill from eat- ing canned corn beef. John Rodel’s f 1mily an South Orange are also in from the same cause. _.._. -.. V“... no.-- ._ ~_~JV One huna'red exp-mus, a. large number (f them girls, arrivedlat Scratford house from England, yesterday. fir. Mei-cier has received a photograph of Cardinal Rampolla, the Papal Secretary of State, with the Cardimflh eubograph. Rev. Dean N orman, of Quebec, has receiv- ed $5,000 from the city of Montrea), and $500 worth of goods from Mr. S. Ciraley, dry goods merchant, of Montreal, for the SD. Sauvour sufferers. Charles Velte stabbed his mother fatally and shot himself dend at Grands Rwida, Mich, on Monday. He was out: of work and became insanely despondent. 0n the application of the London Tfimes the Parnell libel suit has been postponed. Commander Gordon has left Ottawa. for Halifax to nasutpe command of the Fisheries Protection service on the Atlantic coast. The famous McGnigle, of Chicago, has been fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to a. charge of conspiracy‘ The fine and costs were paid and McGarigle is free. In the Bishop inquest; Dr. Briggs testified that. a portion of the mind reader’s brain was diseased, and that. Bishop had Bright‘s disease. Eight companies of troops have gone from Chicago to Braidwood. 111., to look after the striking miners, who are acting belligerently. Severe storms throughout: France have done agreat deal of damage to crops. NEWS OF THE DAY. AMERICAN. FORIEGX. Heavy storms of rain and lightning have occurred in the midland counties of Eng- land, doing great damage. The Germans in Em: Africa have pro- claimed active hostilities against the insur- gents north of Bagomoyo. Counsel for the “ Times” and the PM. nellites have begun the impaction of Mr. Past- nell’ 3 letters, some 5,000 in number, and ex- tending over a period of six years. The new harbour of Calais was formally opened by President Cirnoc yesterday in the presence of a great throng. Earthquake shook: were experienced on Thursday not only in the Channel Islands, but: also in the Isle of Wight and portions of the mainland of England and Fiance. It is stated flush the Princa of Wales is desirous of having a royal residence in Dub- lin, whlch he would occupy from January to Macrh, and would have long since carried out the idea were it not for the opposition of the Queen. The London magistrsoe to whom Mr. Sims, the dramatic author, applied for a summons against) the Duke of Cambridge for assault: having refused to grant it, Mr. Sims has ap- plied to the Court of Queen’s Bench for a mandamus to compel hun to issue the sum- mans. The Dublin I ri:h Times, Conservative, says a Government Commission of Experts, having no connection with politics, will be anpointed to enquire into the present system cf local and Imperial Government, with a view to drafting an Irish Loci] Government 13111. Th9 military preparations throughout Russia are more (Kaensive now than at any tune within the past seven years. Thirty-one cflicers of the British army qualified in Russian at the recent official ex- amination in foreign languages. A conspiracy has been discovered among the military otficers stationed in St). Peters- bm‘g to assassinate bhe Czar, and a large number of conspirators have been arrested. Very serious riots are reported in Belgrade. Several eueoumera have taken place between the mob and the military, and many on each side have been injured. Several London ladies, including Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Lecky, and Lady Frederick Cavendish have signed a protest in the E‘Nineteenth Century” against female suf- rave. Adespntch has been received in London from Gen. Hippolyte, the insurgent leader in Hayti, saying he has defeated President Legitime, captured Port au Prince. and pro- claimed himse‘xt provisional President. A London deapatoh says it: 15 stated that the Vatican authorities are alarmed at the reception King Humbert met with in Ger many. Ex Premier Gamsbanln. of Servia, has been mestea to save him from being lynch- ed on a. charge of murdering a. youth. Mr. Viztelly, the well-known London bookseller. has been sentenced to three months‘ imprisonment for publishing ZJiB'B novels. All meetings of strikers have been prohibited by the German Government, and all money collected for the strikers has been confiscated. A hurricane. extending over an extensive rang e of the New South Wales coast. lash- ing gfor four days, destroyed much property and many lives were lost. The betrothsl is announced of Princess Miletzs, second daughter of the Prince of Montenegro, to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia, cousin of the Czar. A letter from Naples says : While some re pairs were lately being made under a house belonging to Baron di Donate, which is situ- ated in the northern quarter of the city, to- wards the slope of the hill of Cape di Monte, where already many ancient catacombs have been found, a doorway (over which there is a marble relief of the head of Medusa) was discovered leading into a subterranean cham- ber. Along the cents-e of this chamber runs a Mosaic pavement, and on each side there is a double row of sepulchres hewu in the rcck, the fronts of which are stuccoed and painted and decorated with terra cotta and marble reliefs. Within the tombs were perfect skeletons, vases, and other objects, the antique lamps being in such good condi- tion that April 18, when this new find was inspected by a party of German archaeolo- gists, the workmen made use of them to light up the vaults. The manyfivell preserved in- scriptions are chiefly in Greek, with some in Latin, and prove that the epoch of these tombs was about 1,000 B. C. Other tombs in a second chamber have not yet been exca- vated. It is probable that this subterranean dwelling of the dead may extend some dis- tance and prove to be a portion of a large necropolis. The subscription raised for Mrs. Garfield through the instrumentality (f Cyrus W. Field aggregated, when invested in Govern ment bonds, about $312,000. General Garfield's life was insured for $50,000,rrhe payment of which the companies, for the sake of the extended advertisement it would give them, for no other purpose, promptly made. Congress also voted the emainder of the salary which would have been due Gen. Garfield for the first year of service as President. which amounted to $40,000. The litte estate which Garfield left ag- gregated some $30 000. This was all that he had been able to accumulate after a lfie of unusual activity. This makes her total estate, in round numbers, about $450,000 in monev well invested. From this an income cf probably 316.000 is derived. In addition to that she has from Congress an annual pension cf $5,000, which is now voted to the widows of all ex Presidents. This fortune hasn't decreased since J umes A. Garfield's deathâ€"[Cleveland Plain- dealer ‘ In the elections in the Netherlands on Wednesday for a member of the Provincial assembly the Liberals lost: sixteen sea ta. Extensive preparations are in progress at Hawardon for the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone on July 5. The Cunard Stenmship Company and the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company have secured the contract: to carry the onward British mails. The London Daily New; is requested to announce that, owing to causes beyond his power to reaisb, Mr. Gladstone is unable _to visit America, Entombed Three Thousand Years Ago. Mrs. Garfield's Fortune. “SIR,-â€"In consequence of an interview published in your journal, several cones- pondente have wribtcn me asking two ques- tions: let. Why Canada's Nurth was: has nnt increased in population as rapirLy as the United States domain '2 21d, Why the farmers of the United States as a body, are in less prosperous circumsmncee than the farmers of Ontario 2 And this a good time to learn, and to prac- tice a score of other practical lessons, which you will never learn when the products of the farm,nre extravngmtiy high. Thousands of families are made unhappy by recklessly contracting debts when times are flush, for matters of mere show, which add little or nothing to the comfort. convenience or re- spectability of the family. Then sccspb of the present: time as the most favorable op- portunity to seek practical Wisdom. and to instill into your family those true lessons of economy, and to learn from whence true eon- teament comes. I did not bargain for so much additional work when the interview was published, but the questions are important: ones, and it would ill-become me to ehirk them, in the circumstances. Will you, therefore, kindly give mo space in your next issue to discuss the first question? ”Nod, what has Canada. done in the nine- teen yeare of her possession of the North- west ? Taking the population in 1871, we had wihhin our borders 3 600,000 soulsâ€"four hundred thousand fewer than the United States when they began colonizing operations in their outlying public domain. The 3,600,- 000 persons have secured for Manitoba. and the North west in nineteen years a white population of 180,000 souls. In a. word, we have managed our colonizatlon plans so well that we have in nineteen years beaten the United Saetes, record of twenty-three years, three to one. Where they planted one set- tle_r, we have planted three. Now is the time to learnâ€"and to learn it so well you will never forgetâ€"that one hundred bushels of corn can be raised as easily on one acre as on three with one-half the labor. It it a good time to have the fact ground into all the senses, thabthree hundred pounds of pork can now be made fol-half the cost: in eight monohs that: your father took thir ty‘years ago to make in eighteen months. First, {ask is it so? Now, how shall no go to work to find out? Well, the proper way, it seems to me, is to examine the re- cords. These show that the United States formed a Union in 1787 ; that by 1789 thir- teen States had ratified the constitution and secured a President. These thirteen States had their mates and bounds. Some of them cast off portions of their territory to form new Statesâ€"as Massachusetts, out of which Maine was carved, and Virginia, out of which West Virginia and Tennessee were formed. Other outlying regions were purchased, or otherwise obtained, as California, Louisiana and Texas. The remainder formed the un- organized territory, to which settlement was to be directed. just as our Manitoba and North-west Territories have constituted, since July, 1870. the region in which we Canadians have had to try our hand at col_oni;ing. A (‘ompnriwn Insulated Between The Dominion Statistician writes the lowigg lettfr to the Ottawa I“ Uibi’z‘ep : To find out which country settled its out- lying territory the more rapidly, we may take the first 23 years of the United States’ possession of their outlying domain and the development of that domain with the deve- lopment which has taken place in our Northâ€"west during Canada’s nineteen years possession of her outlying territory. This is hardly fair to Canada because it gives the United States {our years longer for their efforts than it gives Canada. But we have the record, supplied by their own hand, of the population in 1810. We will give the United States the advantage of tour years longer record than we can give Canada, and we will any nothing about it. At the end of this first 23 years (from 1787 to 1810) Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Mic. higan, Florida. Missouri, Arizona, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, \Vash. ington, Wyoming, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska. Nevada, regon, Wie- consin and Colorado (which States and Ter- ritories comprise the unoccupied domain of the original States at the time of their union) had a population of 62,409 all told. The four million people in the original State, had managed in twenty-three yearsto plants colonies throughout their outlying domain, aggregating a population of 62,409 2301113. In the face of _these facts I cannot agree with those correspondents who, by asking why Canada has not: increased her North- west: population as rapidly as the United States' outlying regions increased, imply that she has not. We have been very much more successful than our neighbors, and there are the records to show it. Yours, etc., It is not generally the best policy be bor- row money to buy more land, and give a mortgage on the new land and the old farm. Interest eats like a cankerâ€"it devours day and night ; it rests not, for cold or heat ; it: spares not: the high or the humbleâ€"in eats on forever, and cries for mere. He that is caught: in its meshes is not: wise. Then let our readers recollect that a man is happier in his old house with cramped conveniences, than he can be in a large men- sion with a heavy mortgage on it. Or a family can go to church in». farm wagon as easily, and worship moredevoutly than they can with a fine carriage with a mortgage on the carriage and horses, especially if it be just after harvest and the chlnch bugs have taken all their grain. If in the farm wag. on, they would not be embarrassed if they should meet old Silverhorn, who generally has the chattel mortgages on fine horses and carriage e. Stick to the old house and wag- on, and tea clear conscience. and a happy mind, until you have the money and spare cash to build and to bruyt Trials are seldom without their compensa- tions. When the farmers’ produce is high, and prices flush, carelessness and extrava- gance inevitably results. This is the time when msn’s judgment is warped and his vision blinded. He is thrown off his guard. He indulges in extravagant bargains and carelessly contracts debts. Then when closer times come, large debts have to be paid with low prices for labor and produce. The present time is favorable for calculating economy and enforcing a moral. _ NORT H‘WEST SETTLEMENT. l'nlled Slates and Canada. Learn to Economize. GEORGE JOHNSON. the fol. The Mormons ars, it: is said, flocking into the North West in considerable numbers. They have purchased large traces of land from the Alberta Railway and Coal Com~ pany. From what: is too well known of the history of this people in Utah, it is doing them no injustice to suspect that their inten- tion is to evade the lawn of Canada and in- dulge their polygamous propensities at plea- sure. Mr. Stenhouse, formerly a. member of the Legislature of British Columbia, who has joined the Mormon Colony in Alberta, is said to have declared openly that they will ‘ practise polygamy if they wish. This. it may be hoped, in incorrecb, though it has been often repeated. and, so far as we know, without: contrsdlction. Mr. Steuhouse, unless we mistake, gave assurance of a very diEerent kind to the Canadian Govern- ment. The duty of the authorities is obvi- ous. A strict: Watch should be kept upon the proceedings of this dubious colony, and every clear violation of the laws oi the D3- ‘ minion should be visited with coudign pun- , ishment. A little “richness and severity at the outset may save the country from hav- ing a great: evil, and one hard to eradicate, rooted in its soil. A-Sleenin' in do Shadder uv de Tree. We‘n de bloom is on de chvcr, Ea do bees o-bnzz'm’ over. En do chimbly pwafler skimmin’ 1‘ he Heritage. The Rich Man‘s Son inherits lands, And piles of brick, and stone, and gold ; And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh than fears the coldâ€" N01- dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The Rich Man’s Son inherits cares : The bank may breakâ€"the factory burn ; A breath may burst: his bubble shares, And soft; white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn. The Rich Man’s Son inherits wants ; His stomach craves for dainty fare ; With sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling binds, with brown arms bareâ€" And wenries in bi: easy chair. Farmer Ontoake: Well, Matildy, you wanted me to git one 0’ those New York Sunday papers, and, b‘ gosh that's all the grip would hold I" Wham doth the Poor Man's Son inherit)? Stout muscles, and & sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a. hardier spirit, King of two bards, he does his part In every useful toil and art : A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. Whnn doth the Poor Man’s Son inherit ? Wishes o’erjoyed with humble things ; A mnk adjudged by toil-worn merit, Content that; from employment springs, A heart that in his labour sings I What: doth the Poor Man’s Son inherit}? A pabience 163mb of being poor ; Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it: A fellow-feeling that is sure To make the Outcast bless his door. Mrs Oatcake (to her husband returning from the city) : Good Gracious, Abner 1 Why are ye carryin’ all your clothes in that bundle, ‘stead of the valiae? Oh 1 Poor Man's Son, scorn not thy stai; There is worse wearineas than thine, In merely being rich and great ; Toll only gives the soul to shine, And makes real) fragrant and benign ! Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, And equal in the earth at: last: 1 Both children of the same great God I Prove title to your heirship vast By record of a well-spent put. A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. Oh 1 Rich Man’s Son, there is a boil That with all others level stands; Large charity doth never soil, But: oniy whiten soft; white handsâ€" This is che bash crop from thy lands. A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. Thou de air. “"61: de dandelion’s 0111:, En de bobolink’s about, En you bear hisKmeller tinkle - Ev'y whar ; Oh, den'a do time to rea' En de way I likes do bea‘, Is a-aleepin' in de shudder Uv de tree. “"21: de robin’s on do grass, Eu you see him make or pass For to ligptruppn do nimble Fiahin' worm ; W'/en he takes him by do snout, Ea be sudden yanks him out Fum de around ’fo’ he has de Time to tqairm, 0h, den ’3 do time to tea‘. En de way I likes do bes’, Is a sleepin’ in de abndder Uv de tree. We’en de gobbler goes a struttin' En (la yearlin’ calves a battin‘ En de little pig a-mrnin' To a shote, We’ n de l: zzard on de rail Watch de fishin' hawk nail, En (la black snake a- sheddin’ 08‘ ha coat, O‘n, den’s de time to res’ En da way I likes de bea’, Is a sleepin‘ in de shudder Uv the tree. “"en de flea bug’s a skippin’, Eu de ’tgter bug's a-nippin', E: de cnt-worm's a hidin’ Dinner ho'n, 0h, den’s de time to rea' En (18 way 1 likes de bea', Ia a-sleepiu’ in de shadder Uv de tree. Und' de clod ; W'en it’s time to hoe de beans. En to cook do jowl en greens En (la Matter-fat pea. is In de pod, 0h, den’s de time to res’ En de way I likes do bes‘, Is a-sleepin‘ in de shadder Uv de tree. W’en de mulleta in de stream Hear (19 j iy bird scream, En de crow seas de farmer Plantin’ co’n, \Ve’en de sun shines hob, En de dumplin’a in de pot, En de mule laughs to hear de A Bulky Investment. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. In comparisons of area with that) of the previous crop, 100 represents the acreage of the previous year. As to products, the question may be in reference to the present yield as compared with that of the previous year, or it may refer to an average yield. 100 being the basis in each case. In re- ports of “condition" of growing crops, 100 is the standard of full condition, represent- ing perfect healthfnlness, exemption from injury, from insects or dronth, or other cause, with average growth or development. Condition of crop can never go above 100, 1 except from one cause, unusual or extra- ordinary development and vigor of plant which more than counter-balances any do- ficiency in stand or other loss. Any injury from wnatever cause, is estimated as such a per cent or part of 100 and is subtracted from 100. To illustrate: If 8. correspond- ent estimates that the wheat crop in the section far which he is reporting had been injured by chinch bugsfiso that the condi- tion is not so good by one-fourth as it would otherwxse have been, he will, if there is no other injury, report the condition as being seventy-five per cent, twenty-five per cent or one-forth below what the condi- tion would have been had there been no in- ury. If other causes, such as bad condi- tions at seeding time, winter killing, drouth, etc., have affected the condition so that a result of all the injuries it is, only one- half as good as it would otherwise have been, it is represented by fifty- At Sb. Jacob‘s, 011b,, the other day some boys of 14 and 16 went out shooting and Lane! Snyder was accidentally shot: with a rifle, but is not seriously hurt. AKmaaa man is in Manitobn looking over the land. and says he and fifty neigh- bors will remove .o the Prairie Province next spring. Eiward Haulan has reached San Fran- cisco on his way to Toronto, when he intends to reside. The store ofS. S Dickson, at Packhum, was b_urgar 231 of $60 early on Saturday morning. A G. T. R. brokeman named May, in at; tempting to gee on a moving train in tha Barrie yard onSamrduy, slipped and tell, in- flicting a severe scalp wound and injury to hia thigh. The surgeon doesnot consider the injury serious. Finally, the lady, with some hesitation and confusion, mid: “There is one thing that 1 am sure you cannot have forgotten. My husband had driven over from the next: town. In his absent: mindedness he had left every centAoi money at home. A little daughter of James Moore, of Mal- don township, was shot by In): elder sister, who “didn’t know it was loaded," the «the: day. andjclxe liatla one bled to deach, Same of the shot also struck a little brother. “ But don’ t you remember, we came in while you were at supper. and you asked us to wail: in the parlor a few minutes. 9“ “ I don’ t remember it. " “ Don't you recall how my husband was very much embarrassed, and during the ceremony knocked a vase ofi the table near which we were standing 2 An! then he apologized right in the middle of the service, and we all laughed about it afterward? , “I don't: r'e'member even that. 0thar things like it. have happened since. Can't: yog gnmgsqmeylging else 7" Other little things were mentioned, and the clergyman hunted up all his old letters and journals in hopes of discovering some- thing bhat would recall the ceremony, and enable him truthfully to identify the widow. But all in vain. The instructions to local reporters, as given by the Statistician of the United States Department of Agriculture, are as follows : One hundred is made the unit of measure or basis on which estimates are made, and any increase or decrease from that is represented by percentage. An in- crease of one-tenth means a ten per cent in. crease and is represented by 110. A de- crease ot one-twentieth means a five per cent decrease and is represented by 95. _ _ Richard Bickle, of East Zn‘a, has a four- year-old hull with a third horn attached to the tip of one ofjta earn, and John Nichol, of North Eaathope, is the happy paueaaor of aduckling hatched without feet, while James Doherty. of the same township, rejoice: in the ownership of a goaiin with four test. “ Now, don’t you remember that After the ceremony he come up to you as if to hand you the regular fee. and then, instead. of doing that, he atammered and blushed, and finally asked you to lend him five dollnrl with which to pay his hotel bill, promising to return the money the next day. Surely you must remolpber that l” ' “Ah,yes, indeel, I remember that very well I ’ exclaimed the minister. And he could not help adding, “ I haven't seen the money y_eh.” “ Why, you must remember that evening. Iwore a travelling suit), and my husband was a tall man with black whiskers. " The widow received her pension shortly afterward and not longafner thati, the minis- ter received a ten-dollar bill, with the words: ‘ P3ymanu for a good memory. " Now that: the system of gathering crop reports and making estimetes, as used by the Government, is being ndopbed by the several States. giving uniformity throughout the country, it may be interesting to those who read these reports from time to time, to know on what basis they are made. A clergyman in Iowa relates the following anecdote, which, as he auye. ought. to he a. hint to all couples who are going to be married. Alady called upon him and an- nounced her name as Mrs. Mâ€"â€", a widow living in a. distant part of the Slate. Her husband had been killed in the Civil War, and she had applied for a pension. But: in wee necessary for her to prove her marriage. This she had no!) been able to do, as her marriage certificate was loan, and all the witnesses, except: the minister himself, were dead. “I have min-tied a. great: many tall man with black whiskers.” “ But. I do not remember anything about it, madam," said the minister, after listening carefully to the woman’s story. ”1 have married hundreds of people in the last twenty years, and I cannot recall your case at all. " She had come a long dishanoa to gab the minister‘s evidence, insisting upon its that; he was the person who had performed the ceregxonx. 7 How Crop Reports are Made. TELEGRAPH“) TICKS. Jogging His )lem ory.