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Montreal is to have a new theatre cust- ing two hundzed thousand dollars. Bridge stre‘et Methodist; church, in Belle- ville, has the names of 1,000 scholars on the roll. An extensive physical laboratory is to be added to the science department. of the Ottawa. Collegiate Institute. A project is on foot to establish a. direct line of steamships between Montreal and St. John’s, Newfoundland. The Manitoba Government has made up its mmd to cut; off the vote for Govern- ment house expenditures in the tuture. Mr. Robert Blair, for years president of the St, John, N. 8., Gas Company, died on Friday. aged 70. The Department of Trade and Com- meme intends publishing quarterly sup- plemental reports to the annual report of the department. Secretary Strachan, of the Winnipeg Exhibition Association, has been suspended {or alleged inattentiou to duty. given 3. decision which makes life assurance companies pay taxes. Three companies had appealed against their assessments. The inventory of the estate of Sir John Thompson shows total assert of nine thousand seven hundred dollars, which Will be largely reduced by current household expenses. Uleomargarme ( New Jersey. VVAges have bee works, Homestead Only twoâ€"not lynched in Georgia The alleged ante City Council will E minster. Liverpool police have reported ths is nothing to warrant rumors of in Fenian acblviby in the city. But not apprehensive of danger, they at ing a. sharp lookout; upon all mov of a, suspicious nature. 'fvrtncrny 75wth , publisher , nf Chappelle’s almanac, dropped dead in Charlottetown, P. E. 1., on Friday. He was a brother of Rev. R. Chappelle, now a missionary an Tokio, Japan. Mr. Bsxterley Ross, of the Niagara Fall: electric railway. who was spending the holidays at Port Hope, was seeing a young lady friend off on a brain there, when he tripped and fell in front. of the Pullman car which was moving, and had his left arm mken 03 below the elbow. Mr. W. W. Ogilvie. bhe flour king, who has just returned to Montreal from D. tour of inspection in Manitoba. says that the cause of t-he advance in Lhe price of Manitoba wheat was because of It being scarce. In order to cope wit Australian comptitim being urged to make round. An annual international music trade exhibition is being organized in London. It will begin an the Agricultural hall next; summer. Mr. C. N. Armstrong, managing director of the Atlantic and Lake Superior railway, has returned to Montreal from London, where his endeavors in behalf of the railway had met with entire suc- cess, and he had been able to make bhe most satisfactory arrangements. On the final distribution of the Matabele war loot fund, the British soldiers interest- ed received $550 each. Three agricultura in Irelandâ€"one an Doneraile, near C< Summer-hi1]. near D second son of- the Duke of VVéstrsmiinrstrerxr‘ died on Saturday night at Eaton Hall, th‘ reaidence in Chest-Jr of the Duke of West The London Society for the Abolition o: Compulsory Vaccination has urged “all autiqvuccinists and all lovers of liberty to use their utmost exertions at the elections of guardians to procure the return of can- didates favorable to Lheir movement.” New experiments have been made in treating separately with lime and proto- sulphate of iron the sludge liquor at the two outfalls for the sewage of London. The results were so satisfactory thatit is intended to make arrangem ing the whole quantity of se way. Pittsbu oath of a! CANADA. Governor Schultz is now out of danger. Hun. Mr. Howell is improved in health. Severe gnles prevail on the Nova. Scotia coast. The Ninth-“Vest Mounted Police is to be materially reduced. The Bank of England‘s rate of discount remains unchanged at ‘2 per cent. The English money order system has been extended to Zululand. The London Times announces the death at Franz, Sussex, of Mary, wile of Gen. Palmer, of Colorado Springs. The London Daily News criticizes New- foundland for its short-sightedness in re- fusing to join the Canadian Confederation. Judge_Edv_mrd _E_.ll_iott, of Lpndon, has Thomas L. Chappefle, 48 years of age? The London munt )â€"-not sevenâ€"ne Seorgia on Sunday GREAT BRITAIN . UNITED STATES. IEK’S‘ NEWS dca. npb to ,1 reduced at lers are in troubke in >h New Zealand and 0, Irish farmers are but-let all the year avesti 0 reported that, there rumors of increased 9 city. But, while 1-. Sir George Wil- Young Men’s Chris- Dee!) presenbed with by the Irish branches :n bhr rup}; Chi wife of the VVesbminster, Lton Hall, the made in 1d proto- :1‘ at; the tha. tre mam with of th‘ of 1; even Apapu! decree has been made public forbidding Roman CaLholics to become or to remain members of the Oddfellowa, Knights of Pybhius, and Sons of Temper- auce. Gen. John W. Foster, tax-Secretary of State of the United States, has been re- quested by the Chinese Government to go to Japan and assist in the peace negotia- tions. Mr. Foster will go by way of Vancouver. Edward B. Carter, transfer and coupon clerk of the National Bank of Commerce in New York, has been arrested charged with appropriating $30,000 of the bank’s money. Carter is 44 years old, and has 5 “His and two children. Rev. Dr. Talmage will, commencing January 6, preach every Sunday afternoon in the New York Academv of Music. in the New York Académy of Music. The PAttaburg police have orders to arrest as vagranbs all prize fighters who have no Visible means of support. February 15. in June. Mexico and Guatemala. are going to fighL Core». will borrow 5,000,000 yen from Japan. The Turkish garrisous in Armenia. are being reinforced. Russo-German trade has been greatly stimulated by the recent; commercial treacy. Venezuela is enjoying a. return of pros. perity ; railway Lretfic is improving and confidence restored. Owing to allege the bxshop of t. Catholic populat Hungary, have in selves Protestants This year’s vintage in France is estimat- edgab 39,000,000 hectolibres,being 11,000,000 less than the exceptibnal yield of 1893, but nearly 9,000,000 above the average of the The arrested Newfoundland bankers n.1- lege that they owe their prosecution to political animosity. Victoria’s Legislative Assembly has yassfid a bill imposing a tax on the unimproved value of land. Jules Simon, the eminent French Aca- demician, who is in his eighty-first year, has been successfully operated on for catar- act. He is to be kept in a dark room for ten days, and must neither read nor write for a month. On January 1 the new passport system for the interior of Russia was extended to the clergy of all creeda and confessions excepting those of the Roman Catholic Church. The long-continued boycott of certain Berlin breweries by the Socialists has ended in a. compromise. Another splendid diamond, weighing 230 carats, has been unearthed M the Jngerof- onetin mine, Scum Africa. Adhow captured on cently by a. Brinish gun number of slaves IaSScue The Czar has reduce police charged with the his person, but. he ‘has cessmn [ms dignitary frc station to bh ‘ TheFraiil'ihh million dollars’ the Armstrongs police his p: secret A private letter from St. P mentions the m sLerious disappe‘ a. valuable diamond from the ( ewels. Ibis well known that; the crown of the Russian czar is sen guns number of very fine and l: lnonds. During the late Czar’s fu Charm-ajeu Ira. \Vadiar Bahadur, the Maharejah of Mysore. one of the most im- portant of the native Princes of India, who has been under treatment in Calcutta for diphtheria, is dead. A despatch from Calcutta. says that the \Vaziris continue to harass the British ex- peditionary corps, firing into the camp at. nights, and pouring a. hot fire upon the British force from the bushes when the column is on the march. Next summer there will be great military manoeuvres to the north of Rome, ending with a mock taking of the city, and entrance of the troops at Porta Piu, in commemoration Expulsion of Jews from territory nearer the frontier than fifty versLs has been atop- ped by order of the Russian Minister of the Interior, and an Imperial ukasa is ex- pected to abolian Lhe law prohibiting Jews from settling within the zone indicated. With regard to the proposed revival of mhe Olympian games, to be held every four years In one or other of the European coun- tries, It has been decided that the first series shall take place in the ancient arena at Athens in 1396. Religious Russia, despi the new Czar a circular meetings, am cue to Churc‘ ast ten years. The W.( und be alvet 1i the thentyfiffih afiniversary 01 that eat. man ost uring this time )st. Great set icials, but still {airy is known ‘rson, but. he police, as Wa: mg to alleged xshop of thc ic populatio .rv. have in tween Ill.) A Crown Jewel Lost T.U. petlbion to the United nmenc will be presented on and to the British Government persecution still obtains in We the humane sentiments of ‘ The Government. has issued prohibiting Sbundist. prayer :1 declaring the sect; “ danger- h and State." m aLerious disappearance the m ged unju-t treatment by the diocese, the Roman ation of Weidenthu]. in in a body declared them. the Nic‘ reduced th 'ith the duty he ‘has not I was reported G E N ERAL. ii 'est Carpet the VVaterIw ernmenb has ordered a. h of war material from England. Lake Nyassa re- nboab contained a ad in irons. d the number of duty of protecting non abolished the n that; the imperia nm the crown rumor has spread. have been ordered. presses the opinion :heen crushed into 3638 and might be rim and cheburple and large n"s funeral tersbc amber ii DIAGRAM 0F MOVABLE SEED. scantling 12 feet long ; distribute these for rafters, and nail to each end a 2x4 pine scantling 8 feet long ; place upon these Shingling lath or sheathing, and cover with shingles or other material in the ordinary WW. For the ends : The lower end will require 2 scantlings 8 feet long and 2 up- rights of same scantling 2 feet long. Hinge this on lower inside edge of lower end of roof so it will turn inwards. The upper end arrange the same way, only use 3 scantlings 8 feet long and uprights oi the same, only 6 feet long. The sides fit in with similar framing and so hinge that each side will turn inwards over the ends, and board up- right all around. The reason for this hing- ing is for convenience in knocking it down, moving it, and setting it up again. In testing it down carefully tip it over on roof, wrong side up, on a. sled, fold down endu and sides, then move where desired ; put up again and fasten at corners with a. spike or two, leaving the heads out so as to draw out easily, and it is complete. Often it need not be let down at all, only tipped on the end of a sled as needed. Such a con- venience Wlll many times pay for itself. It can be used sometimes for farm machinery or for storing potatnes or other roots until ready to pit or market. The accompanying A handy movable shed for brood news, or calves, or any desired purpose. can be made as follows : For the roof Lake 4 2x 4 pine more attractive to them than what they are pleased to term the humdrum and drudgery oi the farm. It is this mistaken idea. of what constitutes a “humdrum” life that takes so many boys to the city. To some minds it would seem a far more free and attractive occupation to plow and sow, ride the binder and even do the “chores,” than to work behind a counter day after day It is nearly always to the farmer’s advantage to keep his boys on the farm. They naturally take more interest and Will do better Work than hired help. But very few boys are content to work at home without a. visible compensation of some kind. While as said before, much depends upon the kind of boy, much also depends upon the kind of father. Boys will be boys, and the father who realizes this is the one whose sons eie content to stay on the farm. Many fathers expect too much of their sons, both as to their work and their judgment. Their failures too often call down quick and sharp reproof. No bright high-spirited boy will bear being constantly found fault With. If fathers would more often make companions of their boys it would be better. It is neither wise nor expedient for the father who would keep his boys at home to keep himself apart from them. I know of one instance in particular where father and sons are almost inseparable. In rides to town or on business, side by side in the field, or with guns and dogs, off for a. day’s hunt, they are always together. The fathers whom I have known to be most successful in keeping their sons on the form have early given them something to particularly interest them in the farm, a share of the income in some way. either of stock. or of money, was their own to do with as they chose. They were trusted with the best team, and learned to take pride in their work, to the mutual advantage of both. Our most successful farmers financially to- day are the ones whose sons work at home. It is not to be much wondered at that some boys depart us soon as possible from their father’s roof. Boys will have recreations and amusements, and if these are not provided at home they will seek them elsewhere. Some boys are not to be kept at home by any means, and it is better that these should go. They may be more successful in some other vocation ‘und should be given a chance to try. The lmujority, however, may become contented land well-to-do farmers with proper ens ouraqement nnd financial aid. tmfn inwards over the e] right all around. The re ing is for convenience in moving in, and setting tearing it down carefully wrgng siderup, on a. slel illusimbio-n will give an struccion. For Farmers With Boys. \Vhebher or not a. boy can be content to remain wiLh his father on the farm, depends greatly upon the chzracter of she boy. Many boys are iofid of excitement, and the amusements which a. ciny life affords are more attractive to them than what they are pleased to term the humdrum and The Use of Lime as a Fertilizer. Many persons in whose good judgment, and sense every one has confidence, insist that lime is not a. plant food, and is, there- fore, useless as a. fertilizer. Now, a plant; food is considerd to be anything that, being contained in plants to a. large extent, may be applied to the soil, to contribute Lo the supply of it for the crops. When we see that when such an element of plumb sub- stance is applied to the soil the following crop is greatly helped, we can hardly agree with the opinion that it is not afood for plants. If we study the composition of 'plants, we find that lime in the most important part of the minerai elements of nearly recreations and amusements, are not: provided at home th them elsewhere. Some boys m kept at home by any mean better that these should go. ’J A HANDY MOVABLE SHED )DE AGREWLTURAI. t the mmeral elements or nearly ne. The ash of a plant is made up ral elements, and, by examining the discover att ‘filt kinda .md If we put some lime on a. dead animal, or on any other organic matter, it will quick- ly decompose it and reduce it to its orig- inal elements, and this is one effect of lime when used in a. compost, the matters thus decomposed then becoming good manure and useful food for plants. And this same effect is produced in the soil when quicklime is applied, as it usually is in the {all when the [and is prepared for wheat and grass and clover seeding. But the chemist, may take some sand or other mineral matter a. nd mix lime with it, and then add water, and the lime will dissolve quite a considerable quantity of this miner Proposals for Peace Made Only m Gain Timeâ€"Harassing the Flank of «Snow bound Foe. A specxal to The New York Herald from Shanghai says : Private letters from \Vei- Hai-Wei atfirm that China’s fleet is in a. hopeless condition. The progress of Count Oyania’s troops has been arrested by the delay in the movements of the first army. Over 30 German officers and noncom- miss‘oned oflicers are drilling a. new army of Chinese troops. Foreigners in the customs service who have had military experience are joining the central army and manning the Chinese forts. The Chinese are plucking up courage in View of the climatic difficulties with which the enemy has to contend. In their operations by land the Chinese are following the famous Russian tactics of 1812 and harassing the flanks of the first army, which is stuck in the snow. The auction of the Chinese indicates z: a” the prOposals for peace are being made merely to gain time and let the Winter play havoc with the invading forces. Viceroy Chang Chi Tung is reported to be on his way back to VVu‘Chang, in order to start the construction of the projected grand trunk railway. Dangers of Standing in Street Cars A gentleman went to his pliysicen a. few days ago complaining of a. dull ache in his left arm. He had never had rheumatism, but. thought his pain must come from that malady. After describing it, the doctor said : “You ride to and from your oifice in the street car, don’t you ?" “Yes.” “You seldom get a. sent?” “True enough.” “You have formed the habit of holding to the strap with your left hand ‘3” “since you mention it I know that it is so, though I had not thought of it.” “That is the cause of the pain you feel. For an hour a. day, more or less, your deft arm is held In an un- natural, upraised position, and it has begun to tell upon you. You can relieve the ache with this ointment which I shall give you, but a cure can only be effected by ceasing to support yourself by hanging to a strap.’ There is a tree in western Ans called the jarrah tree, the wood of‘ is said to be almost everlasting. natives make nearly everything 0 timberâ€"pianos, work boxes, wh buildings and ships. It has never known to decay and is poisonous CHINA PLUCKING UP COURAGE. ilding :11 :CtIS‘ A Peculiar Tree. does. not burn ir makes it special Australi ofw Th: thi ‘rves bee) oul 1 There’s no use in calling a. stove man, I’llâ€" In the old Spanish-American days in the Southwest,mu.rriage was a. matter in which the connecting parties had little to say,the question of choice and fitness being settled by the parents of the couple. That practice has fallen so much out of (late in the pres- ent- generntion, that. it sounds odd to read now in a published account of a. recent marriage at Guadalupiw, Near Mexico, which a Mexican of 65 years wedded a. s n. orinaof 16 years, that, the compensation he was called upon to make for the dxtfe nee ln Hmh- roanentive acres was settled at hirt} in their respect. varas of land. apple trees, pre enbs. â€"fix the flue myself. Any child can do it, and At; the n â€"jusr. than a. leg broke. x19» I’d Matchmaki lph Bl!) AND HE FLEW. m g in New Mexico ators of America will have to 1P