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jGRIGUIiT UR. AL. Methods That Do Not Pay- 1 have recently been the recipient of two object lessons in the marketing of farm products, which may not be without value to others. They are lessons which strongly bwr out the truth of the ho ner proverb that honesty is the best policy. I give this prelude as a note of warning, so that any who think the lesson Wlll be of no value to them may skip what follows. _ This is the first, and is a personal experi- ,.ence. A box of peaches was purchased from a local dealer. The box was apparently packed with the greatest care. It Was so full that every separate peach was held in place by the juxtaposition of its fellows. Good full honest measure, and there was no chance for the fruit to bruise by rolling about. But when it was opened it was found that the only good fruit in the entire box was that about the edge. The center of the box was filled with small hard peach. es that were absolutely valiielessâ€"evident- 1y windfalls. The grower had wisely rc- frained from placing his name on the pack- age, or he might have been the recipient of some free advertising. As it was, the local dealer took the matter in hand, found the point from which the shipment came, warn- ed his commission dealer to be on the look- out for fraudulent packing from that place, and himself carefully refrained from making any further purchases from that place. So that one man’s dishonesty not only has pro- bably had its effect upon its future sales, but has disturbed the confidence of a larger dealer in everything that comes from that section. This emphasizes the fact that a fruit grower who means to be honest, and is willing to abide by the results of his own work, should stamp plainly his name and address upon every package. This is in the nature ofa guarantee as to the contents, for‘no man will willingly advertise himself as a fraud. It is just as dishonest to pack a box or a barrel in this way as to put a stone inside the roll of butter. Sharp practice does not pay. Neither does carelessnessâ€"and this brings me to the second incident. A family of my acquaint- ance have for a iong time been buying their entire supply of eggs from a certain farmer, some twelve dozen a Week, right; through the year, and at an agreed price always a few cents above the marker. or store price. The buyers were quite willing to pay this for the sake of securing a regular supply of eggs which they could depend upon as fresh. And a. cash customer who would take about one hundred dollars’ worth of eggs a. year, paying for them more in cash than the stores would pay in trade, was a very nice thing for the farmer. For along time everything went well, and every week saw a. basket of clean, fresh-looking eggs delivered. But after a while signs of carelessness were olserved. The shells were not so clean,and the basket did not have such an inviting look. There were occasional grounds for suspecting the absolute freshness of the entire contents. And then an occasional antique egg appear- ing on the breakfast table utterly destroyed remaining confidence, and led to an abrupt termination of the contract. Now the egg supply from that farm goes to the grocery, and is exchanged for sugar and coffee, and no fancy prices are allowod in the exchange. So carelessness does not payâ€"-any better than sharp practice, and if there is any place that it emphatically does not pay, it is in handling the products of the poultry yard. â€"-[J as. RKReeve, in PrairieLFarmer.fi How Horses Sleep. - “Did you ever notice how horses sleep Y” asked a Maine horsemin the other day. Receiving a negative reply, he continued : “Well, they don’t all sleep one way by any means. Some, in fact a good many, sleep standing and rarely lie down. Such a one you may approach, and almost touch be- fore he wakes up, if yOu come at the right time and without much noise. Others lie down, but not all one way. Usually they will settle back and drop over on one hip first. In rising they will put out one front foot first and then the other,.bringing up the hind parts last. “But some horses get up and down cow fashion, that is, they will get on their fore- knees first. Such a one may always be told by the dirty condition of his knees. The strangest horse I ever saw in this re- spect was one I owned for some time. His first movement was to pull back on his halter as if testing its strength. Then holding it back taut he would sit down on his haunches exactly like the trick pony at the circus, and in that attitude he would sleep, snoring like a manJI thought he was afraid to lie down, fearing he would not be able to get up, and Look this queer fashion as a substitute.” Fallon The Farm- Turnips, parsnips, carrots and beets may be stored in pits outside of the barn or in mounds. One of the methods that has been tried with success, is to store them in bins, using dry sand to fill in between them. This method permits of using them at any time, while, if they are stored in pits, they may be scaled up by the frost. The usual mode of storing cabbages for winter, is to bury them, heads down and roots up. A better method is to place them close together in a. furrow, roots down, then throwing the dirt to them, and adding another layer of dirt until a compact bed of cabbages is made. Now cover with straw or hay, and place cornstalks on the hay. \Vhen wanted for use remove a portion of the hay. cut off the heads desired and leave the stalks. In the spring remove the hay and the cabbage stalks will produce early sprouts or greens. All that is neces- sary is to keep the cabbages from thawing two suddenly. If buried head down they soon begin to rot after the frost is gone and tlfe rains come in the spring. Regarding the poisoning offruit by spray- ing with arsenical compounds, it is estimated that a man must eat several barrels of apples at one time in order to get a fatal dose. In storing away onions for winter, spread them in thin layers, first allowing them to become thoroughly dry after harvesting. Do not disturb them afterward. If onions should become frozen during the winter they will be but little damaged if left uii~ disturbed. Fruit that is shipped to marketiii barrels> crates for large boxes may be made to give a. larger profit if shipped in neat baskets or small boxes instead, and the cost of tho b:skcts will be but a small suin compared with the increased' prices secured the more attractive. appearance of the fruit. " «pulling expectation“. A young colt is an animal that seems to meet With morefaccidents than any other, and should be carefully looked after until weaned, Farming is a. business which dependsbn many little details and conditions affecting each farm. The frost may appear on a plot of land, while but a hundred feet away its affects if any, may not be noticed. One plot will be more difficult to work than another adjoining it. and the exposure of the land to the sun, its drainage, its near- ness to timber, the texture of the soil, the kinds of crops previously grown and other matters,'make a farm entirely different from the next, each farmer being govern- ed by circumstances affecting his farm only. When a hogis compelled to eat a portion of his food in the shape of filth he will not increase as rapidly as when fed on clean and wholesome food. Many supposed out- breaks of hog cholera may be traced to overloading on corn exclusively and lack of cleanliness. Feeding Oows Grain When on Pasture- Tlie experiment station of Cornell univer- sity has conducted three experiments carried through as many seasons, for the purpose of determining whether it is profit- able to feed grain to cows when on good pasture. The first tr 7 experiments were made at the station, on lots of three cows each, the cows being in good condition and running on good pasture. As some objection was raised against this test on the ground that the pasturesuscd Were too rich and the cows too well fed to show the best results from grain feeding in the summer time, the ex- periment of 1891 was transferred to a herd of 16 Jerseys and Jersey grades, belonging to Messrs. C. M. and W. L. Bean, of Mc- Grawville, N.Y. This herd had been acâ€" customed to only a moderate grain ration in winter and never had any grain in summer. It was divided into two lots of eight cows each,the division being made by the station on the basis of weight, length of time in milk, length of time iii calf, yield of milk per day and percent. of futin milk,and was indorsed by the owners of the herd iii the opinion that “the cows were as evenly divided as it was possible for them to be.” The experiment continued from May 23d to October 23d, or 22 weeks. One lot of cows received each day four quarts of a mixture or two parts corn meal, one part bran and one part cottonseed meal by weight, fed in two feeds, night and morn- ing when the cows were brought in to be milked. The general results of the three years’ experiments are summarized as follows: In 1889, iii a season in which the pas- turage was very luxuriant throughout the whole summer, with three cows in each lot, the grain-fed lot gave considerably less milk, which was so much iicher in butter fat that the total butter production was practlcally the same in two lots. In this experiment, the grain feeding was com- menced about a month after the cows had gone to pasture. In 1890, in a season in which the pastur- age was luxuriant, except for a. short time in the middle of the summer, with three cows in each lot, the total amountof butter fat pro.luced was almost exactly the same in both lots. In this experiment, the grain-fed lot continued to receive the same ration on pasture that they had been re- ceiving during the winter on dry feed. In 1890, in an experiment on soiling with jgra=s alone, with grass and grain, just about enough more butter was produced by the grain feed to pay for the increased cost of the grain ration. In 1891, in a season in which at no time the pasture was very luxuriant, with eight cows in each lot, the grain-fed lot produced just enough more milk and butter to pay for the increased cost of the grain ration. In this experiment the grain feeding was , begun about two weeks after the cows went to pasture. wh- A Countess‘s Dlamon . For many years the rumor of a magnifi- cent diamond, said to be in the possession of a tribe dwelling in a far-away region vaguely indicated by the expression “ up country,” had tickled the ears of adventur- ers. Many had gone in search of it ,- none had come within measurable distance of ob- taining it. About this time, however,(1889,) a Dutch .... . I17». . EMIN PASllA’S MURDER. A Circumstantial Account Given of His Death- lmpllcilly Believed in By .1” the Arabsâ€" An Account of His Lireâ€"At Khartoum Willi Gordonâ€"Jixploration of Ike Vlc' loriu Nyunlzi. All doubt concerning the death of Emin Pasha now seems to be removed by the circumstantial account of his murder given to Mr. A. J. Swarm, in Ujiji. This gentleman, who for 10 years has been work- ing on the London Missionary Society’s staff on Lake Tanganyika. iii Ujiji, has just. reached London, accompanied by his wife, the only European lady whohas ever visit- ed that country. Speaking of Emin Pasha’s death, Swami said : “ As to the death of Emin, there is no question. In the interior it is accepted as afact, but some certainty prevails on the 1 subject at the coast. Personally I am as Certain that Emin is a dead man, as I am that 1am sitting here. The report of his death came to me at Ujiji in consequence of a letter which had been received there, asking what should be clone with Emin’s eli'ects. I at once made enquiries, and was told that he had been killed in tlic Munye- ma country by Seyd Ben Aned, and that his following of 30 Nubian soldiers had been killed and eaten. “ This report, which was of a most cir- cumstantial character, reached me from four different sources in Ujiji, and to my mind, , is as conclusive as anything canbe in Africa. Itis implicitly believed, by all the Arabs who seem very well pleased to have at last, got rid of Emin. “One of my informants was an Arab who ' had been travelling on Emin’s route. This Arab not only described Emin’s journey, but, although he had probably never seen a map in his life,sketched on a piece of paper the various places touched by the German explorer, and related how he had been tracked by the Arabs, who had made up their minds to kill him. Emin passed through Ruanda country, and had followed one of the rivers flowing into the Congo, until he came to Seyrl Ben Abcd's residence, where he stopped. Shortly after his.arrival a number of Arabs went out and asked Emin where he was going. Emiu replied ‘I am going to the coast.’ Another Arab 'then went forth and said, “ ‘You are Emin Pasha, who killed the Arabs at the Victoria Nyanza. I will kill you.’ He then took a large curved Arab knife from his belt, and, brandishing it aloft, struck off Emin’s head. His body was at once thrown to the Manyema, his Nubian followers being afterwards killed and eaten. “ In taking into account the credibility of this report,” said Mr. Swann, “ it must be remembered that Ujijiis the nearest spot to that where Emin had last been heard of. Emin was on his way to the West Coast. So much impressed was I with the account that I ordered Rumaliza to get any papers or letters left by Emiu, and he promised to do so. The greatest uncertainty is felt on the subject at the coast, but the fact that Emin has never been seen or heard of since he reached Tuanda speaks volumes.” Emin Pasha was born in Neissc, in Silesia, a little over 58 years ago. He was of Jewish birth, his real name being Isaac Schnitzer. Mr “ THE FAITIIFUL." In the Gymnasium at Neisse he received his elementary education, afterwards pro- ceeding to Brcslau and Berlin for the study of medicine. In 1864 he obtained his dip- loma. From his earliest youth he had mani- fested a strong desire for travel, especially in Oriental lands, and as soon as he had passed his University examinations he shook the dust of his native land from his feet. In 185.3 already we find him established at Antivari, in Albania, as a quarantine do:- tor. 11y reasons of his remarkable linguistic attainmentsâ€"lie is said to have spoken fluently at this period not only his native German, but also French, Italian, English, Turkish, Albanian, Arabic, Persian, and a variety of Slavonic dialectsâ€"lie became ex- ceedingly useful to Hakki Pasha, who took him with him to Trebizond, where he was transferred to the Governsliip of that city. With Hakki he travelled extensively in Arabia and Armenia, and when in 1874 his friend and patron died he entered the ser- farmer named Van Neikerk got upon the track of the diamond. He wandered from tribe to tribe, and from village to village, one day hopeful of success and the next disappointed. At length he was directed to a medicine man,or Witch doctor,re3idiiig in a certain Kaflir village, and, sure enough after a good deal of palaver, and plentiful libations of jowala, discovered him to be possessed of a pure white stone of ex- traordinary size and lustre, which he had little doubt was the diamond referred to. The witch doctor, liowever,was extreme- ly unwilling to part with it. A high price was offered, then a higher still ; but he remained immovable. The Dutchman now became excited and offered him his whole span of oxen. To this had of necessity to be added the tent wagon which he had fitted out for his journey, together with his apv purtenanccs. And, at last, stripped of all his bclongings save his gun and ammuni- tion, he departed with the gem safely con- cealed somewhere about his person. The bargain, nevertheless, was a good one as the stone was found, when brought to the frontier, to be a beautiful flawless diamond of the purest water, and worth £25,000. This diamondâ€".which is now in the possession of the Countess of Dudleyâ€"- may be called “the foundation stone of the diamond iiidustry.”â€"â€"[G'ood Words. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"oâ€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" Tliere has been little improvement in the commercial situation of the United States lately owing to the uncertainty still prevail~ ing regarding the silver question and mat- tcrs affecting the tariff. The business failures during the past nine months reacli~ ed the enormous total of 11,174, or 51 per cent. above those for the nine months a year ago. The liabilities of failing traders this year have reached the unprecedented total of 51321,000.0L’0. In Canada. the failures, in- clu ling Newfoundland, for nine months ofj this year were 1,373, only 36 more than in the nine mpnths of last year. The total liabilities are $313,000,000 an increase of about ~11 por cent. lelt‘l’albl‘ndfl iii Oiifario la rcpmtcd to be of moderate proportions; 2 throughout the Provmce of Quebec it ", :le If l vice of the Khedivc Ismail of Egypt under the name of Dr. Emin Effcndi. Ismail, at this period, was striving might and main to extend his southern frontiers, and for this purpose be was anxious to enlist the services of Europeans. Vci‘y shortly after Emin entered his service he received orders to the Soudan. AT KllAllTUUM \VITll (lOXDON. The Governor of the Equatorial Province was Charles Gordonâ€"the famous “ Gordon of Khartoum ”â€"and with him Emin was soon established on the friendliest footing. Gordon stood in no need of Emin’s medical assistance, although the latter had been appointed to act as his body physician, and he found other work for him to do in mis- sions to the surrounding tribes. He sent him to Uganda and Unyoro, and the Ger- man doctor, through his reiiicrksble knowl- edge of languages and some subtle sympathy with the native character, proved a sing- ularly capable aiiibassudoi'. In Khartoum itself Emin distinguished himself by the rare self-alliiegation and devotion with which he visited and relieved thc sick poor. \Vith Gordon be explored the Victoria Nyauza region, and in 1877 ascended the Nile from Ludo to Magungo, and crossed the country of the )laguiigos as far as .\leruli. In 1878 Gordon gave up the governorsliip, and on his recommendation limb) was appointed to succeed him with the title of Bey. For 10 years he ruled the Soudau provinceâ€"an area as large as Germany, France, and Australi combined â€"and, in spite of uiiexampled difficulties, achieved the most fruitful results. In April 1883, the Mahdist rebellion was preached throughout Equatoria, and when Emin at- tempted to return from Ludo to Khartoum he found his route cut off by the hostile dcrvishes. THE RESCUE FRO)! \\'.lDELA1. For three years liinin tried inefl‘eetually to get out of the trap in which he found llllllle, and had he chosen to desert his companions he might easily have saved himself. Junker, who was with him at the time of the revolt, managed to reach the cousi. Tm: expeditions were sent to rescue “"2 failed to reach him, and in _. ,. ., , 2.1m if: 1.3.9-, ... the following year he concentrated himself at Wadelai. His position here in the heart of Africa strongly appealed to public sym- pathy in Europe, and at the instance of Dr. Felkin and the late Sir W'illiam Mackiiinon, the Scotch geographical Society fitted outa [strong expedition for his relief. Perenniary support wasobtained from a number of capitalists and the Egyptian Govcrment, and the leadership was confided to Mr. Stanley. In February, 1387, the expedition left Zanzibar, and after terrible trials, the ' story of which is still fresh in the public mind, found I‘lmin Pasha at the Albert Nyanza in April 1883. To Stanley’s surprise Emiii was not anxious to leave his fort, and only after considerable persuasions, and not afcw quarrels, he consented to proceed with his "rescuer" to Zanzibar. His deci- 510“ was hastened by a mutiny of his own troops. He arrived in Zanzibar almost blind and much shaken in health and then proceeded to Cairo. After a short stay in Egypt be resolved to return to Central Africa in command of another exploring expedition, and much disappointment was caused in England by his taking service with the Germans for this purpose instead of with the British East Africa. Company, who had made him tempting offers. Since then his death has frequently been reported, but until Mr. Swann’s detailed account reached London these reports were discred- ited. Eniin, who married the widow of Hakki Pasha, leaves one daughter, Fcrida, who is now being educated in Germany. ~â€"â€"â€"-.â€"-â€"â€"~ A Daring Navigation. If Dr. Nansen’s provisions have been fulfilled, he is at present driftingfiivtheice- beset Fram towards the unknown circum- polar regions. Some months ago a summary of his arting letter was published in the Times. On the 11th inst. it appeared in full, being dated Yugorski strait, August 2. 0n the Qist of June he had lifted anchor in the harbor of Vardo and he watched Nor- way slowly disappearing under the horizon with mingled hopes and fears. Pushing on through the fog for four days they crossed the Barents sea (between Lapland, Spitzber- gen and Nova Zembla) and on the 25th had the satisfaction of once mei‘e beholding the sun. \Vith the clear blue sky above and the calm blue sea below and around them, they caught a glimpse of land, which they recognized as the port of Nova Zembla, between North and Smith Goose Cape, and they had begun to promise themselves some capital sport and an appetizing addition to their bill of fare when the fog closed in again and theyrccorded tlieirfirst disappointment. 0n the 27th of July, after two days more of fog, they came upon ice, slight at first, but ere long heavy and difficult to navi- gate through. When the fog grew denser and the fines tightened round the From, Dr. Nansen and his companions felt them~ selves in asore plight. At last, with caution they reached open water again and they had reason to be grateful for the ice-bat- tling qualities of their good ship. On the 29th of July they anchored in Yugorski strait, outsidea small place tenanted by a few Samoyed families and known by the name of Chabarowa. This strait, as may be seen on the map, is between the island of VVaigat and the Siberian mainland and is the gate from the Barents to the Kara sea. There Dr. Nansen found the man whom he had commissioned to purchase sledge caps for him and to whom, after he had delivered 35 fine animals (out of 40) in good condition, he gave King Oscar’s medal, as the prize of his despatch. Nansen and Capt. Sverdrup, after reconnoitring the Kara sea in the launch, and finding it as to ice better than its fame, set to work making preparations for the passage. The plan was to steer along the Siberian coast till the mouth of the Olenek was reached. This print is a little west of the Lens delta, when) Nordenskjold was in 1878. Having received there another supply of dogs, and let two depots of provision on Kotelnoy or Kettle island, which, as the map shows, ‘1: the largest and most westerly of the New Siberia group, Dr. Nansen will coast along that island and continue his course to the north of it so long as he finds open water. When he has reached the limit of free navigation, he will allow the Farm to be beset by the ice and to be carried whi- thersoever the current may take her. It is Dr. Nanscn’s conviction that a. northerly to northwesterly current must run in these waters, and if his theory is justified he will ultimately reach open water or some coast, after solving a problem which has been a puzzle for ages. Should his course be due north to Canada would come first the news of his great discovery ; should it incline to the northwest, he would emerge on the east- ern side to Greenland. Should he find it wiser to turn back, while itis still possible, he will find on Kettle Island provisions which will prevent a repetition of the De Long tragedy. No quest more daring has defied the perils of the Arctic wastes, and all civilization will hail his safe return, whatever tidings he may bring from the regions of cold and mystery. (‘urlons Showers. M. Peltier has put a. frog shower on re- cord as having happened within his own exocrionce. He speaks of seeing the frogs fall on the roofs of the houses and rebound thence on the pavement below. A mud shower occurred along the Union Pacific Railway at Onaga on the 4th of April, 1892. The rain, we are assured, commenced early in the day, and soon the south and east sides of all the houses were covered with yellow clay. A Union Pacific train which ran through the storm had its windows covered, and the ,lieadlight was so completely plastered that the light was shut in and the train ran in darkness iiito Rossville, where the mud had to be scraped off. As far cast a: Topeka the Windows showed that the edge of the mudstorm had extended this far. It is said to have been even more severe fifty miles northwest. Blood rain and black rain are only va- rieties of this phenomenon. Of the latter we hear nothing worth speaking of nowa- days, but an almost historic shower of this sort fell at Montreal in the earlier part of this century and enveloped the then youth- ful city in a black pall, Which must have been worse than a prime London fog, seeing that it gave the inhabitants the idea that the last day had come, or was, at least, on the point ofooming. "Blool" rain is caused by the presence of infinitely little plants, aiiimacules, or minerals in the globules. In one instance of a shower that fell at Bristol and in the Bristol Channel, the analytical examination showed that the red color was due to ivy- berry seeds. KlLAIlEA'S FIERY FOUNTAINS. ( a Grand Display in the Crater of . jvl‘rlm cipul Hawaiian Volcano. By the arrival of the Kinau, says the Hawaiian Star, the ncWS has been received. of the overflow of the volcano of Kilauea. The following details are obtained from Philip Peck, the Hotcl-strcetimporter, who visited the volcano on Friday last in com- , pany with Superintendent of Public \Vorks \V. E. Rowell. The volcano had been constantly increas- ing in activity for a Week past, and was- particularly lively on Thursday evening, when as many as fifteen magnificent fount- ains of fire Wore sent up at one time from the bubbling and seething mass. These fiery columns were so high as to be seen from the veranda. at the Volcano House, two miles distant. The sight from that place on Thursday night was indescribably grand; and is said never to have been equalled in. former years. On Friday evening, when Messrs. Peck and Rowcll made their visit, the fountains were still playing, but were not so high or large as on the previous night. Both gentlemen went to the very edge of the burning lake, which at that time was more than full, the molten lava in the centre being fully two feet higher than at the edges. Mr. Peck describzd the immense lake as being in a similar state to a glass of Water which is more than full and yet does not overfio w. At times the burning mass would slop over in places and flow into the main pit ten or fifteen feet below, but a new crust would soon form and the flow stop. Mr. Rowell had a narrow escape from one of these sudden overflows but got out of the way in Lime. Both gentlemen speak of the scene as most magnificent andindescribfii‘hlo in its grandeur. ' On Saturday night the volcano was in the same condition as on the previous one, but lava commences to overflow in a steady stream. On Sunday about 7 p. m. the entire walls fell in, and the lake itself has spread out to the full extent of the pit, and now forms a molten mass about one‘half by one-third of a mile in extent. After the break down the lava was very active, tht fountains and columns being more violen than ever. The view from the hotel wa then marvellous. 3 From another source it is learned that a sharp shock of earthquake was felt at the volcano on Sunday night, and more or less throughout the entire island, although at Hilo it was scarcely perceptible. [The .vlr Peck referred to'is a. Canadian, whose parents live in Toronto.-â€"ED.] _._.__â€"_o_____. Imported Heat in Great \Brltaln. A select committee of the English House of Lords has made a. report on imported meat, and this report will benefit the Can- adian trade in that important food pr'o- duct. primarily because it shows the meat brought. into the Unite'l Kingdom is better than the agricultural interest in that country supposed it to be. The opinion is even ventured that had the English farmer known the report wouldbe conveted into an advertisement of the virtues of Canadian and foreign beef he would not hava been as eager as he was a few months ago to have the investigation carried out. It is even asserted the British producer of beef has been hoisted by his own petard, and instead of disclosures calculated to injure the busi- ness of importing beef and thus create bet- ter prices for the English former, the report is likely Lo send up the prices of cod Can- adian and foreign meat, and to re uce those now paid for home-killed and home-growl: beef and mutton. The repott of this select committee of the House of Lords in relation to Canadian and. foreign meat is similar to what was brought out before the select standing committee on agriculture and colonization at Ottawa in the matter of the Canadian beef trade to England. Prof. Robertson in his evidence showed that in England so-callcd “ best English” beef is often really the “best Can- - adian,” and for which the Canadian ro- ducer was getting about 50 per cent. on yof his English competitors. The evidence of the British Parliament- ary committee goes to show that chilled meat of the best quality, such as best (Jana- dian beef and New Zealand mutton, is in- distinguishable from British meat except by experts, and often with difiiculty even by them. The difference in price, how- ever, is material, for “ Whereas home- greWn beef fetches ‘25 4d to 53 1d per stone, imported fetches from '25 6d to 48 4d ; and while home-grown mutton fétches 23 8d to 53 4d, imported fetches only 2s to 43.” It does not appear, report the committee, that retail butchers inform their customers of the source of origin of their meat. At five shops in Kensington, which professed to keep nothing but the “ best Scotch,” four samples were declared to be Canadian. or American. In another large West End establishment, professing to sell nothing but English and Scotch meat, only six sides of Scotch were sold during a whole year. All the rest were Canadian or American. Generally speaking, about three-fourths of the beef sold as English in the city and the \Vest rind of Lon- don is said to be from Canada and the United States. “ In all these cases,” says the report, " it ap- peared that the prices charged were those which would be justified only had the meat been purchased wholesale at the price com- manded by the best home killed meat. Some misrepresentation appears also to exist in the mutton trade, but owing to the wide difference in the appearance of the meet it would seem to be less prevalent than in the case of chilled beef.” Never- theless, cases are cit-ed of New Zealand mutton, the retail value of which is 7d. per pound, being sold as Welsh at 10d, and also the River Plate mutton being sold as New Zealand, and “it was put in evidence large quantities of animals imported from abroad and slaughtered in Scotland were till rccciitly dressed in the Scotch fashion and sent to Smithfield to be sold as ‘best Scotcli.’ ” The fact that the average excel- lence of imported meat is higher than that of English, Scotch or Welsh grown meat must be encouraging to Canadian producers an :1 very disconcerting to the English farm- ers, who no doubt had a hand (as in the pleuro-pneumoniu scare) in investigating this special “ imported meat” report. There is still an Admiral Tryon. This is Admiral Robert 'l‘ryon, a brother of the law Sir George. Admiral Robert Tryon. however, is on reserved half-pay. Hi! rank, though he is so little known”: high- er than was that of his (loo-mu .’ V rib-0:15 since he is a. full Aduiifi"