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Lot one, consisting of six bullocks, received daily perhend three pennds of decorticated cotton cake, three pounds linseed cake besides swedes and hay. The second 101;, comprising six hulloeks, had half the quantities of cake, and (LS inneh swedes and hay as they could eat; while the third lot had swede and hay only. During To prove that white flour does not meet the requirements of the 1)f}11_\7, Magendie fed 1111111111131 to a number of dogs, 111111111; the ('1111 (.1140 days t1 10v 1111:11. Others to which he gave the who.“ 1119.111, at the end of this time were in 11131â€"011155 1101111111111 More than half the (111111re11 undez wh'e gems of age 11 me decaved teeth, owin" 10 insuf- ticient 51111111,! of the 119111111011 111111er111 111y10~ dieiits, 111111 11113 deficiency 15 011111 =e11 as 11 rule 11y eating \\hite 11101111. Dyspepsia, 0011- stiput-inn, loss of nerve pewer 111111 many other 111891§CS 111-13 produced by improper feeding. 511111111111 is required for growth of the 11ai1',V‘et white flour does not contain :1 ti 11cc: the p110,,]71111tes111'e111m110111111V11v-11111b, 111111 these substances 11m 1111511111101V necesmry in 1111im111 economy. \\ hen flour is 11111110 of the \111010 g1 11111 of wheat .0 11111131111 article foo-11 which contains 1111 the c1en1ents the 11ry1y 1111111103 for support;111111 this 110111‘ 811011111 he universally 1119011 in spite of the “11115111: 1115th that (101111111113. .1 “ white 111111.\Vh11t1 the body requires 5111111111119 the touchstone, rather than \Vhflh 111 “11.1205 the eye of the unthinking housewife. There are (certain soils which have been limed till all the organic matter has been reduced and spread (thread in the crops grown on them ; these soils are totally bereft of humus, and have no heart, they are super charged with lime, and are lime sick. To all intents they are barren, and must be rebuilt. They inusthe tilled anew with humus1 or such organic matter as shall under the influence of the element decay to that, point when the natural course of natm 0 will hiing almut :1 feed for mops in gene Ll 'lhe only way to supply this luck Is to apply :tuhle compost at the rate of fifty lends per acre. It must, he at once plowed under out of sight. To enable the barren soil to “take in this fowl, the mixing with the earth must be thorough." It, must he understood that. this Operation is not merely lnzmuring for some special crap, hut it. is munuring to give life to the dead soil. (,‘onsequently there must he 11 grout super»{rhun‘hun‘e implied; enough so the ufteru crop has thL-n its needs out, the luml shall still hm e a “l em t of its sewn. ” If this course is (mried 011 for Se \ ernl \‘L urs 11 W1 ill result 111 nmkinvr so good and quick a seed lICtl, and produce such «reed (:r ops :15 to show that ()th‘I par ts of the fu11n, “‘hiehhud notheen heretofore ruined byliine, would pay well hy siniulur treatment. The action of chemical fertilizers alone on such “lime killed” soil will never be as profitable 110 days, the time allowed for the experiâ€" ment, lob one averaged per head 40.18 lbs. of roots, 13.75 lbs. of hay, 6.071le of cake, and 59.613 of water. This lot made an aver age gain in live weight 2.121113. per head per day. The second lot of six bullocks conâ€" sumed 44.29 lbs. of roots, 15.41) lbs. of hay. 4.33 lbs. of cake, and 53.75 lbs. of water each day, and gained “2.54 lbs. per day each. The third lot, four bullocks, were tied up in a covered shed, while Lhc other lots were, loose in boxes and a yard. This third lot consumed 48.41 lbs. of roots, 17.03 lbs. of hay, and 37.96 lbs. of water each per day, and gained 1.36 lbs. per day. So it appears that those fed the. must cake paid the best, and that roots and hay fed alone, although light in cast, do not pay nearly as well. 2m in cases where the land has lead some stamina of its own. AGRICULTURAL. Bringing 0151 Soil Up to Grade. Feeding Shorthorns for Beef. A Cellar for Storing Roots. F311 Plowing. Whole Wheat. ’as’mr: “T can‘t mldr ‘simxd WW some members of my choir don ‘ Hing; as \‘wll as the others.” ~Frienll : “It; 1s sti‘ungc. They all I 'c the same clmnts.’ grate the elods and put the soil in the best possible condition as a seedrhed for next year‘s crops. The thriftiest farmers speed the plow in autumn. It is better than 1-0 spend the time in town, whitthng dx'y goods boxes, talking about the burdens of agricul- ture, and devising great schemes of finance for the Nation. “ls mu 1 final-mud a very genomus man 7” â€"â€"“Iudcu(l hu You x‘emvnfiuw 111080 nieo cigars I gave him for a hlxthd y present? \‘fell, ho smoked only one, and V0 all the others m 'uy to his friends.” until utter 1'111'115 have well S‘OI‘Lde the Soil, 1:121-11115011101‘114 511111110 penshcs 1'11 water. If11eis1ig'211 £11 0\ cry puticuim‘ it “ill p01- 1131113110111thepmver of 111C Cultiv 1101- to mitigate 1 m v 11111011 if not stamp 011117: ' bidious disc “ON/l 11’1‘111 h In {Luz Prices of the necessaries of life will this year be high, beermse of comparative sho '1'- ness. This will be the year of boom Lo the producers, who have. food to sell ;bui it will of necessity be hard on ihe wage-earning class whose daily stipends are not increased proportionately to the cost of living. There has been no way devised that will give the farmers high prices for their products and the consumers cheap food, at the same time. But the eounLry is most prosperous when farmers get, good prices, and laborers, meâ€" chanics and all classes of wag, earners are so Well paid that they cam afford liberal rates to the tillers of the soil. prepai'erl for the shhmbles, if not already fit for this purpose, as they ought to be if they have 111111 11 good 11111 of pasture As a. 111le, it \1 111 not pay to keep \1etl1e1s afte1 they hm e attained full “'10“ th, as the only return f01 111011115 \\ 001, and the lonwer they 1'L1e kept the poorer mutton they Ehneke. The “700111? current prices will hardly pay for keep. But with ewes the case is different. So 1011113 its they are healthy 111111 st10ntr lu'eed, well and make good motheis, they 111e 1110- i‘1t11111e to keep. lliey have been known to do well until twelve to hiteen years of age. Very few will fail to be profitable until s1 01' eight years of age. See that their udders are all right and they are in goodhtrulth 111111 let 1110111 r1111. Of course a. young flock of ewes 111113 in it more of the elements of life 111111 endurance and makes '11 fine appemunee, lmt good ewes ought not to be hastily smc1i- heetl to1 any foolish notions about age. home me 111 Letieally yo1111ge1 at eight than others 1111: when four 01 they 01115 0111. A "0011 con~ stitution is 11 safe thing to depend on. Before cold weather .ets int! 10 flock should be gone over care fully 211111 culied. All weak- lings, ewes :11 crago and all that are def active tiling 111 any 11 (1} should he Iemm ed 2111(1 Producers and Consume What is Rust in Wheat ? The Sheep Fold. It is said that the process of dyeing roses is hecmiiinga. renniiiei‘ative hmneh of in- dustry with English horticulturists. Instead of growing new varieties of roses, which isa, process of years, they simpiy grow oi'diiizu'y white roses '{Llld (lip them in ii chemical solution which in a single hour converts them imo the most magnificent yellow ten. roses, the rare ‘rlet l‘E’d or the peculiar shade of hhiish Y 0ch which has been one of the i’zu‘ni'i’ of the season. In a similar way pink roses are turned into blossoms of the (leepos‘i roll Some years ago, before this hi'uimhof “floral chemistry” was developed the first 0);} ei'imeiits were successfully made in France with the popular pink hortensia, which) by lJE‘il Watered with a Solution of iron, assumed ii blue shade. Potato Salad, No. ‘2.â€"â€"1\‘licc ten or :1 dozen cold potatoes, not too ‘l1111. Make 1 salad dressing (1f (-1'Krl1t tablespoons of 1111011111, four of butter, :1 little crispetl parsley one 0111011 chopped \ ery fine ; :1 teaspoon of 8:113, mixed well Pour over the potatoes :1 little while befmc using. Potato Salad, N0. I.~Stczun one dozen potatm-s, c001 and chop fine ; chop the yolks of th-ee hm'dJmiled eggs, 112fo an onion, two Shut“ teaspoons of salt, one teaspoon VVea] NszdWCook veal until very tender, then cool. G‘mp or out with a. knife, fine; clmp IL little solid cabbage, or a lettuce head, and mi); ; then put in a deep snladdish, and pour over it any nice. salad dressing. Garnish with eeler r or Ie‘ctuee leaves. Fish Suladeoil a white fish, 01* trout, until done, then take the bones out, 0001 and out 10 pieces nit}. :1 knife. Chop celery 0r (I-Lbbzwe, and as much as vou 111L\0 of fish. Season wii h salt :Lnd butter. Use any good salad (hcssing and mix \\ ilh Salt. of 1111165121111 and :1 piece of [1111191 as 121 m; an 0 13.1111 the (heasing boil five eggs 1111111 (about 1110 111inutes),take the \‘ClkS of three and mix \-.1t11 the 5:11 Sula-<1 Dressingâ€"The yolks of eight eggs, one-half pint of sweet cream ; cook in a double kettle, add one-half teaspoon gi‘ound mustard u-nd stir until 000], so there will be no crust form on it. Beat the eggs with an cg r-bcnt-cx‘ well. Shrimp Saladâ€"Take canned shrimp and chop. Add {in equal quantity of celery. Cut the celery with a sharp 1<nifeon a, board. To every pint of salad add lwo or three whiospmmfu‘xs of Vinegar. M'x part of the dressing with the salad, and keep the rest to (h' it with when served on the table. Good housewives 1111 who daily war Against Kingr Dirt and General Muss, Should always be in dustâ€"vâ€"in dustâ€" Should always be industrious. And we, though toiling busily Through sunlight or through gloomy hours, .Jhmxld not neglect our menâ€"our menâ€"â€" S 101110. not neglect our mental powers. Chicken Salad N0. 2.â€"T\\'0 chickens, \\ ell cookeil :1 ml cub 111 shxeds, six heads of celerycuin with aknife, cabbage chopped, and, when mixed with celery, enough to double the quantity of chicken. Dressingâ€" Two iahlespeons 01 mustard, one saltsporm of red pepper, two small tablespoons of salt, twelve y elks or 1; whole eglrs beaten 1x ell: chicken oil and butter the 51/8 of imo eggs , hea' en to a CI‘L’E‘ 111, one cup of vinegai. Make the LllC‘SSlllg, heat the eggs light, add the Vinegar, mix the mustard and pepper smooth with a little vinegar, and cook until the thickness of cusiard. \Vhen thoroughly cold, and just before sending to the table, stir through the chicl'en. Chicken Salad, N0. l.â€"~A simple rule for eliiekc 1 salad: Cut up and 1 ‘zush one chicken, put in :1 kettle in cold 1mier,eoeki11g until \e1y Lender. After it 1103 been on an hem, salt it and put in a piece of butter, unless it is very f;1i'.\\'l1en (lone. cool and take out all 11 1e bones (111301111 but the gizzard, slain and heart), cut up with :1 knife. Measure 111111 put in 2111 earthen dish; 1.11911 wash and cut up "cell white celery (111 {b board in small pieces \(lo not chop it). If vou '11‘0 fond of it, you can use 111a 311119 I umm'ity that you do 01 chicken. Some prefer a. little cabbage, eut fromru hard head with a knife, instead of all celery. The proportions of meat and celery 01111 be varied according to your plen- sm'e. Salt to taste. The dreSsing used for C‘Ll)l)£LgG salad is very good for chicken salad. Mix the dressing with the salad, audit is ready for use. Will keep in a cool place several (lays. As mere militm’imls :10; BuL we should conâ€"should conâ€"should “’0 should not use the goods of earth 0011â€"â€" Should con-template earth’s beauties, too. If we have toiled beyond our strcngsh, And stolen hours from sleep away, “'9 should make restrimako restâ€"make restâ€"â€" Mala: rm -ituti0n while. we may. Now housewife, pray tax-kc this advice, Its wisvlrmi you’ll perceive at length, Delft he a foolâ€"~a foulâ€"-â€"a fool; _ A fool-i511 waster of your strength. Now, blessings be on housewives all \Vhosc steps in duty’s path are bent, And may they march beneath the ban-â€" The bemvihe bmlvner of content. It is said Llicre are so few who know the secret of making good salads. that; one who understands it well can ulx 'ays be employed. Raise parsley in your garden to garnish your salads with. It is equally nice for cold meats. After your su'md is prepared, keep it in a. 009} placg. :Tis hard to live without the pale Of true success and toil 2L1“ av; Y on should get illâ€"get inâ€"~gct inâ€" Get 111 telest on what you pay. \Vash lettuce, cross, etc., in cold salt water, then drain in a. colander, and wipe with a soft cloth. The tops of French turnins 01‘ rutabagas can be utilized in winter for lads. (iaLher Iet‘ nee, parsley, etc., when the dew is on in the nmrning, and place in a refrigeratm or cool cellar unul ready for use. Ti‘oAcook eggs for salads, put them careful- ly into cold water, boil ten minutes slowly after the water begins to lioil; Lhen take them out and put into cold \ 'ater until they re cold, which will prevent them from turn- ‘4‘ 111;: (ull‘1( Colored. VVmemmss should be kept in very cold \\ ute1 1111Lil Ieady for the table, then s].:.ke (11y 01 \\ ipe, and some 111 a fancy dishâ€"â€"L0 be eaten with salt. Housewives Duties. Dyt-ing Hoses A Scotch minister, in mm of his parochial visits, met a cow-boy, and asked him what o’clock it, X'as.»7“About twelve, sir,” was the reply. â€"“\Ve11, ” remarked the minister, “ I thought it has mme. ’5 “ 1th ‘ man; here ’ S aid the boy, “ it just hegms -t, one again.’ “ Isn’t it strange,” said (L short, foreigrr looking man the other day to some compan- ions while lunchingr together at one of the restau "ants in Chicago, “ the 4 met one cock in fifty, nor housekeeper either, knows how to boil an egg 1 And yet most people think they know this simple matter. They will tell you to drop it into boiling water mnl let, it remain three minutes, and to be sure the water is boiling. Here is where the mistake is made. An egg so prepared is imligcstible and hardly fit for a well person, let alone one who is sick, to eat. The moment it is plunged into boiling water the white hanlens and toughens To boil an egg properly put it in a vessel, cover wiLh cold water, place over the fire, and the second the water he- gins to boil your egg is (lone. The white is as delicate as a jelly and as easily digested. and nutritious as it should be. Try it.” Little watches of oxidize-J steel have a gold monogram on the back. The Rev. E.li‘.M. MaeCarihy, who is one of the latest victims of the passion for moun~ tain climbing, appears to have had an almost miraculous escape. Mr. MueCarthy, who is the head-master of the Five \Vays Grammar School in Birmingham, was spending the summer holidays in Switzerland, and was induced to climb the slopes of the Jaman Hills, near ({lion, near the north-east extre- mity of the Lake of Geneva. The ascent it described as not particularly difficult, but the unfortunate gentleman lost his footing on the steep spur of the hills. covered with slip pcry grass, and rolled down the (leeliviny into what is called a “ eouloir.”. Thence he continued to slide till his fall was checked a a. depth of between 400 and 500 feet below the eomradeat whose side he had stood but a moment before. For more than an hour he lay there, bleedng and insensible from injuries to the head, before. assistance reached him. On removingr him to (ilion, thence to Montreux, it was discovered that, besides a severe shook to the system and a broken collar-bone, he had sustained no grave injuries. The reaction against foreigners in Japan, which 1111:; (lining the past few 1110111115 shown itscl. 111 many ways 111111‘ 11119 caused consider able nppieliension in some quarters does 110- appeartohnve mtly 1111 ted L's-1151 advices 110111 \ 0110111111111 state 11111! ‘ at 11 pnhlicmeet 1111* held here :1 111111111011 of J.1 1111105espeakers denounced the 1'01 9"11111911 .1 101 according to foreigners the 115111, of trial by judves other than nitive jn (lges. T110 sentnnents of the speniieis 11101 c :1 ”Handed by their hearers and threats were made to kill the oxâ€"censnl of Grew Bi'itian fer the part he has taken in advertising the granting of pi'iviIeges to for- eigners. Popular excitement over the 1113.:- tei‘ runs high.” It; is to be hoped that; for- eigners will see the wisdom of anting very pimlent ly and that no lash not w .. be com- mitted 11111011 inigght 10 Lemon as 21 pietht for :1 popular uprisinw against the new (30111â€" 013.1110. 11119103155 01' the western woxhl in the Sunrise Kingdom, and 01 the various hianch cs 01 the Christian chinch, me too gicmt to saeiifice 11ght1y.By lefraininrr fioni gi1 in" unnecessary oiience time niav hea trust ed to mneliomte the present unale: Lsant c011- (litien of 11111108. One has heard of :1 good many extraordin- ary suicides or attempted s. aides, and of good many people who, Llespising such com- mon helps out of life as the rope, the river or the pistol, have taken pains to shuflle off this mo $111 coil by means not generally used. RELI'Lel ' howeV er, we think, has any one adopted the plan of running up and down stairs as fit-St as possible in the hope of ter- minating his or her existence Such a course was, 110 1'0 1d resorted to lately in 'lerlin by a young lady whose 11211110 is not given, but “ho for some unsuited reason, was desiro 113 of going over to the majoritv. She was sull'ciing, it unpears from heart disease, and possihl) this may lune been the origu of her SlliCltlILllllCflS. In any case, having been warned by her medical attendâ€" ant that (my great emotion or exertion might prove fatal, and having also been specially iorhidilen to go 11p and clown stairs: she profited ly the instructions to (lo pre- cis_ly what she was told not to nlo in order to kill herself. lELii 1;: 10:1 alone one (lny 111 home, sl 1e bevmi running 1111:1111l1l011111l1110 fli'jl 1ts of s_airs, (0111111111115 1l1ee\(1':' '90 1‘01 an 11011131111011 she 15 1'11‘1; 11111111 1'1 111 1l1e door quite exhausted. n'he (ml 11(1‘1, l1()\V'L"1(31, (lie, 11s, according; to 1lie doctors, she ought to have (lone : mnl after restoriiticos hml hoen mlrninistrred she was: as ,1e11 {L53 0‘ or, much to her distress, as she really believed she would have 21cc:1111plis'he(l her 111 1113050. IL is to he hoped that llllS foolish "oung lady of Berlin will, hawin ailed in her 'Liteinpi resign herself to 1110 11111 d” 1 oi living. Miraculous Escape of an Alpine Climber. “ A year (we I so (1 {01 a, (rieiul in San Francisco a lot of land in a then unhuill’v \Vestern suburb," says Thomas MugH e in The Forum. “A Chinaman had been using it (as a garden. The land was sandy and had not 111(1re390 by 250 fem $111fziee.'l‘lie Chinzunan tl1e1eio1e had the full use of but about?) acres. 101‘ 111i, speck ei gxonnd he ro'vulmlv paid $75 :1 1110111“ and li\‘E‘{l on it 111th 2111 assistant. lie 111 the land to grow vegetables, which he sold 110 Uhlnnmcn to be paddled through the city. ])I§‘%pll.0 the high rent he was making money. ,iev. Mr. Vrnoxnan, new Chinese interpreter in the California courts, who was for ‘25 years :1 missionary at Canton, 111111 \VP 8 suhseauently ill'lOllg J1he Chinese in Melliomne, informed me .luib he knew of two Chinese 111 the luti/ei PliLCC who 11121th 11 living for themselves and 211101150 from {L quarter (1f an acre 01” land. in addition to thus suppertinvr themselves and the horse, they each sent 0 yearly to their relatives at home. Chinese now rent at least, 50,000 acres of fruit, and bottom lands wiihiu 11 radius of 100 miles of San If‘mneisco, for which they pay from four to ten times what a white lessee could Mind to Pay fur the same. Land in iheir hands is farmed in "LI‘IIOSI, and \Vi‘l them its 1'ieh11ess in» menses rather than (leeiezise " F\lr10"(lnar) Sui:- In} 1.“:an flow to 120“ an Egg. "1101's in Jupm (‘lliucsc as Fm’nu‘ ' There is :1, feature of the Newfoundland difficulty which may yet, involve the parties ' to the dispute in very serious trouble. It appears that the French government has e11- l:u'ged the meaning of the concession grunt- 1011 to French iishennen so as to embrace 3 the 110111 of jurisdiction over its own subjects '3 to theQ exclusion of any interference on the 31);:1t of the Newfoundland authorities. En- 3 CUIU‘iLgOIl by thi. interpretation of the 1101111 1' 1e11ch skippers have been 1(r1101 111g '3 he“ hmndlmid law and law court . The claim hmxever is 111313th by the Newmund- ‘ 121ml govex'nnmnt which hasy enforcml its laws (\‘cn to 1111111i5011inu' the Flenehmen. Evi- "(lmutly the1eis mute i211 l1e1e fo1w very un- 11le11szu1t tangle. About a year ago twenty families of -Memmnites who had settled in Manitoba, iaeting under the enchantinent which dis- tance often lends, left their brother colâ€" onists at Gretna. and proceeded to Oregon Where they hoped to enrich themselves at a rate impossible on the Canadian plains. Their experience has disillusionedthem, and, disgusted with the country, they are return- ‘ing to the land whence they went out, if not richer at least wiser men. Probably I they Were deceived by the glowingaeeounts l of unscrupulous land agents whose living is gainedhy duping others. This game will I soon he up, however, for intendin settlers are finding out that the Canadian North- west is nothing behind the most-praised regions of the territories to the south. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, has been the scene of a tragedy in which a man died The 01on is now kept in the cathedral of Monm. The outer circuit; is composed of six. equal pieces of beaten gold, joined 1: ygethu‘ by 11111003, and set with 1111 go Jubies. 911161- :11ds and sapphnes 011 :1 ground of 111110 gold enamel. \\ 1thin the circuit 13 the 115011, aid to have no speck of rust upon 11, 211111011111 11: has been exposed for 0101 fifteen h 111(11ed years. Cabbage as a l-‘zu-m l‘rop. “ \Vhenevcr,” says 1mm and Farm, “ we have seen a man dev Led to cabbage \‘c have watched his progress with interest, and have known quite a, number to becmne rich. From three to five hundred dollars from an :1ch is not too much to expect if the land is kept fertile. For profit it, beats fruit grow- inu." The harvest in Great Britain is likely to turn out muca better than was at one time expected, especially during L‘1e monLh (1f Awrust, when the almost 111ce951111t rains 11111110 the outlook very gloomy. But, ac- cording L0 a. recent report, all the grain Crops are likely to yield 111) 10 111' emge or above it nearly 01 quite 7'20, 000. 000 1111511618 110111" expected. Of L1 .is 21110111. (10', 000.000 1111:. hels will be 11111rkete1l.11'.‘1110 about 146,â€" 000 ('00 11111 1equil‘e LLo be 11111101 ted in oxder to 1111 up their lack. ‘The farmer who neglects his garden, and fails to grow a large patch of cabbage, is un- wise, to say the least. It is EL safe and reasonably certain crop to gmw, and for clean profit there is nothing that can be pro- duced 1'01" the same labor and on the same area of $011 that is better. If the movements and professions of S11 Henry Tyler, M. R, president of Lhe ({rand 'J runl; railwa ', are to he consider as of any i111portanee it is eVident 1111111 enter- prising company is contemplating an exten- inn of their line-both east 11“. west During his recent visit to Winnipeg, S. 1 He'n' V wave the e , zens of the prairie prm inee to under- stand that before long the road which he controll ed w ouldlm at their doors. On the other hand leports l'r0111_1{11if11.):, \\ hieh city he has just \ isited, state, that he has been interviewing eastern ELF. ’5 and urging them to bring pressure to hear upon the guvern- 1119.111; to grant a. subsidy for the extension of the Teiniscouata railway to Muneton which would gi1e the Grand Trunk a. short line to lialifux ox er Canadian soil, and make it, in- (le pendent of Portland as a winter port. In that evei1t,Sir Henry is of the opinion, the Allan, and other lines which no \ 11111 to I’orleLnd, Boston and Baltimore wiil make their winter terminus at Halifax. Not satisfied with enforcing agrx‘in‘a’c the Jews the edict of 1882 by which at lease: The crown mkes its name from the narrow iron hand within it, which is about three- eighths of an inch broad and one tenth of an inch in thickness. Tradition says it \ as made of one of the nails nSed at ihc crucifix- ion of Jesus, and was given to Constantine by his mother, Helena, the discoverer of the cross, to protect; him in bzitile. A fun-ward it was used at the coronatimis of the Lombard kings, primarily at that of Agiluifus, at Mil- an in the year 591. million of this greatly persecuted penplo will be deprived of their homes and cast fmtli as w 1111an 01’s 011 Llieca1"l1,1lie Russian ziutl101ities ELIC prep: 11 iug to fro to still 1" 011‘ er 16114118 0f cmelty and l1ui'1'lui1sm. According to a. St. Petenlnu‘" correspondent, the Russian Ministm of the 111%, 101’ is 1nepu1ing a law author 11g the deportation to Siberia, without, trial or formalities of all feieigners who 11:1\ 0 [Ken expelled from their own countiics, whose y m urmncnts 1‘6‘ fuse to recognize them. 'Jliis law, the cor- respondent says, is directed agniurt the 11iuss of Rouinunian Jews W110 come to Russia. It is Clear that R1 izL intends to be a law unto herself, and has n disposi- tion to heed the protests 1:1" othm civilized nations against her cruel tyranny Little wonder that every few days wm’d comes of an attempt to assassinate the 1111111 who knows not how to pity 01' to spare. 'VVhen Napoleon I. was crowned king (21 Italy V at Milan, in 1805, he placed the iron 00“!) of the kings of Lombardy upon his head with his own hands, exclaimin ;: ‘ ‘Dieu mt, [ a (10mm, gaze at qui la tour/w 1" (“God has given it to me, beware who touches 5"] This, according to Scott, was the motto at tzu-hed to the crown by its ancient owners. regions of the tErritm‘ies to the south. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, has been the scene of a tragedy in which a 1111111 died hy his own hand. 'lhe eire 11111511111013 has raised the question, whether, in \iew of a suicide having been 001111 Hitted within its precincts, the Cathedral must undei go anew con. iation? '1 his is, it seems, tlie tiadi- tional law in such eases, instances being on record where after a suicide within it. the Cathedral has been closed until the process of purification has been performed That any good reason can be given for the traditional usage, does not appear. To many it will he a puzzle to understand how the building has been rendered any less sa ‘ed by the tragic event, or how ifs: sacred- 11ess would he increased by a renewal of the cerenmny 0f consecration. But in (11938 things perhaps it is not well to 1-0 Leo ex- acting, seeing that a severe appliw {ion of reason would demolish many an idol now sacred” cherished. The Iron Crown of Tumbnreiy. LANFAH'S.