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THE VERY LATE Interesting Items About Our ( Great Britain. the Unltcd All Parts of the Globe. C Assorted for Easy Raiding. CANADA. of“ TI night caun.‘ 3‘;qu Au‘n: y __,, 11 is announced in Ottawa that the command oi" the Bisley team will go 10 Lieut.â€"Col. Stark. and mm Major Bruce. of the Royal Grenadiers. of To» mnto, will be adjutant of the team. Mr. Louis Frechette. the Canadian poet laureate. is writing, by special or- uer. a play for Mme. Bernhardt. It xiv-31$ wuh llalian life in the seventeen:- m m-nfuI‘V, and is to be finished on deg‘in g pn 50m young Mr. J. E. Qmok nas 1x Genera] Baggage Agent ‘ Trunk in place of Mr. 8211 Mr. Quick’s headquarters Toronto. tie Wh‘?2 A: The meeLing o: I tion Committee of the Church in Canada. held \Vednesdzy. the Rev. D1 .Rénfnzw,» was apppinte A: the meeting of the Augmenwr tion Committee of the Presbyterian) Church in Canada. held at Toronto, on \Vednesdzy. the Rev. Dr. Campbell, of .Renfwi. was appointed chairman of lhe committee unui the meeting of the General Assembly. when a successor to the late Rev. D. J. Macdonnell will be appointed. Lady I in Lond< A lab ficttingl 1L is r London ed a Lre DJ km coll Kru $1.0m] an [I] .1198 A meeting of the Grand Trunk share: holders was held in London at which President Sir Charles Rivers-\Vilson exprede the hope that the rate cut- ting which had done so much injury to the company had been stopped. In the election on Monday for a mem- ber of Parliament to succeed Dr. J. Edward Kenny. Parnellitc, who recent- ly resigned, in the College Green (li- Yision of Dublin. Mr. J. L. Carew, Par- nglliLe, was returned without opposi- £50m. , In G'rc ed every of malt l and 4,501 Mr. David Cope, one of the oldest re- ,ems of South Dumfries, died ax St. (urge, Ont”, on Friday, aged 94. AL Strathroy the by-law in favor of 2 furniture factory bonus was (tax- -1 by a large majority, 502 votlng in war and only 9 against. The towns of Essex, Amherstburg‘ d Harrow will be supplied with m).- I‘ll gas from the South Essex gas horst Cana wad of aplan ycle riders to . the payment 01m Williams, :25 at the sum 1 on Friday» .! Eras. 3.111 b‘fi‘ ng Hunt y 23rdf 119 Government of )lr._Chan1i)erlain « regmwnt for serv 1. The offe_1j_ Greg not (a '9. kind] the churches v have use, for their n.)\\' ach for them. LT'U- uperintlendant \Vhyte of the CF.- estimates that 9,000,000 bushels ‘of at L\' in Manitoba and western eleâ€" 01'5 wailing the opening of naviâ€" iL-ii. A good deal 0: it is still held ‘ohdml. Ilahar conference is in 5955ion at unghzun. _is rumoured in finapcial circles in (101] that Greer; Britaip has cpnclud- L treaty of alliance wnh Spam. hv- British Board of i‘rade returns the first quarter of the year show ibstanual mun-Ase in both exports imports. 1:0 Duchess of Fife is said to have a wledge of cooking such as would mish a. good umuy middleâ€"class dy Mounts'mphen died in London *rday morning. Until. five years she had spam, most of her married :11 Montreal. 1', Chamberlain stated in the Brit:â€" House of Commons that President ger had not replied to his invitaâ€" to visit England. 10 of the most complete and valuable whinns of hymn hunks in existence lid to be that which Mr. Gladstone accumulated at Hawarden. r Juli-1n Goldsmid, \‘vho left about 00,000 to his daughters. has done so I)» footing that, ii any of them marâ€" :L Gentile the share is to be re- ati to halL rVVu. ‘ Dominion Artillery Association 1 Montreal and considered a. plan inding a team to compete at uryn'es‘s. angements have been made by all the Cree Indians. the. wards maria will lw deported tram Mon- to the North-“'est Territories. Controller of Customs has a1!- 1 of aplan to allqw United States N rmnrq m tour 111 Canada with- m Mayor of Galt 1‘ $50 for fly.“ r: )Iorran Mammba, 7 farmers. SL. George's (a '9. kmdly churches 88 the)~ 112We *noral meeting at Ll * in Toronto, hcld on ' resolution was passe 10591‘ trade relations Country. 500,000 mum iverpc and E. Quick has been appointed Baggag9 Aqenrt of the) Grand .. ‘r AA..~\ Q-vmnn: Moimtstephen st Club is being LATHTIFROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. GREAT BRITAIN titer London th year about 45 Lquur, 8,900,000“ McDonald's inf ncd to death at graduates of remained the I r of Galt has offered a re:- for the conviction of a mu- assaulting young ladxes in tuberlain offering a mm , for service in the Sou offer created a. good im L will not probably be at About Our Own Country. . the Unlted States. and the Globe. Condensed and £11m. gland quarantin‘ mt out, of to allqw United tour 111 Canada of custom dun while feeding I] hing works In ] was overcome me help arrived ] on a charge 01 annah Button. on the Iann of was arrested qt H01 Mr. Samuel Symoqs. uarters will be m S Society of London r to the recent move ,gainst Sunday par- secured the Opera annual sermon. and far a minister to lid, \‘vho left about 1ghwrs. has done so if any of them marâ€" share is to be re- 11g of th hcld on '1' the degree formed in Ham: Canada cahlgd infant daugh' at London. )f Manitoba is seriously ill T9 are consumâ€" ‘0(J0,000 gallons gallons of wine, ardele spirits. lers are. rife in l 'u) the Brit:â€" hur President In hls invitaâ€" ‘ for imported one hundred upot forty are 19 Board 1'hursday »d advo- with the in Londox 01 mud- n. T119 he fup mul- th( the hold on an uptu afterwa. It is cent me and his sister, Mrs, Booth-'lucke sulted in a compromise. by who Volunteers will continue as a di body for special work among the with General Booth nominally i preme command, and with Balli Booth the permanent local head ( new force. Ohio has adopted capital punishment by electricity. The State Legislature of Ohio has passed an anti-lynching bill. The Cuban resolutions have passed both Houses of the United States Congress. Grvaduates of McGill I New York held their first [181' The A. P. A. have declared war on Mr. McKinley in his candidature [or the Presidency. The Mayoms of Brooklyn and New York are opposed to the Greater New York bill. ‘ Bishop Ryan. of the Buffalo diocese. who was born in Almonte. Ont.. seventy-one years ago, died on Friday. Senator Sherman thinks that the stronger Democrat. as a Presidential candidate would be ex-Governor Campâ€" bell. Gen. Benj. Harrison, 9x the United States, and Scott Lord Dimmick were New York. A startling story c‘om Francisco of. a. conspiracy the Vanderitllt special firm Falls Mia, has had {1. severe attack of whooping cough during the. pasl week. and 1S slowly recovering from it. In the elections at Chicago for town officers and Aldermen the Republicans carried all of the seven towns by ma- jorities ranging from 1 to 4,000. The New York Senate has passed a resolution in favor of co-operating with Canada for the protection of fish in the Niagara River and Lake 0n- tario. Francisco of a. conspiracy to the Vanderhilt special train an Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt. _At Ogden. Utah, an expl‘ mant powder occurred at a q giant powder 4 which seven 11 three more had A 70-year-o Falls Me., has whooping coug and is slowly Col. Peter Glen. of New York, the highest officer next to Commander Bal- lington Booth, has deserted the Volun- teers and returned to the Salvation Army. In the All'any Court of Appeals on \Vednesday a decision was given in the Adelphi Club case. to the effect that a club is practically a man's home. and is not subject to a license fee. At New York a monster welcome demonstration was given by the Salva- tion Army to Commissioner Booth- Tueker and his wife at Carnegie Music Hall. Fully 6,000 persons were present. 'Sulllefl KIN DUB 1diF-“L‘filmfl ‘SJIE [on Booth had a long and codial interâ€" view on Sunday night. After the com ference Commander Booth expressed his determination to adhezre to the policy he. had outlined. Commander Booth-Tucker. of the Sai- valiun Army. appeared on Thursday be- fore the Naturalization Bureau of the New York Supreme Court. and declar- ed his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. An exhibition of electrical appliances is to be held in New York in May when electricity generated at Niagara Falls will be used to operate some of the machinery. The distance of the transâ€" mission is 462 mikes. The New York State Assembly has passed the Andrews Mercantile Estabâ€" lishment bill, which limits the labour of women and children to sixty hours per week, and pubs all establishments under control of the Board of Health. In the Second Baptist church in Chi- cago, while the Rev. Dr. Lawrence was preaching. a burning brand fell from the ceiling. and created 0. panic. In the wild rush of the congregation for the doors several persons were injur- ed, Samuel 1’. Langaon. me weauny mu: operator of' Philadelphia. who was held on a charge of having caused the death of Annie Mchth. the girl with whom he was living. has been discharged for want 9[ evidence connecting him \vixh the crime. In the United States House of Repre- sentatives on Thursday a bill was in- troduced, providing that yachts belong- ing Lo a regularly organized yacht club of any foreign nation \xzhicl‘l'spal! ml... u. u", a" _,_, extend like privxleges to ,the United States shall have the privilege of en- tering or leaving United States ports wiLhouL enlering or clearing [It the Custom-houses or paying tonnage tax. Commerx-ial advices from the United States continue to be of by no means an encouraging: nuluru. 'It‘ may he as well In remark that Ihese weekly state- ments are prepared by the lwo lead- ing commercial agencies of New York, and that: while endeavouring to be as [air as possible, they would not natur- ally present the worst aspect to View; so that when these trade, reports are unsatisfzu-tmfy, it is safe 10 com-lurk- that. there is not much very favorable to be advanced on the other side. The. week just ended has been a broken week. as some United States and sev- eral English markets have been closed, but: the average of ‘Lrade has not in- creased, while prices Show no promise of advancing; and the prices of many leading lines are now the lowest on record in the United States. Bad weather. overâ€"production, strikes, and financial unrest from political causes have resulted in a. general emnmercial idemoralizzition. of which, if is to be feared, the end has not yet been seen. 9'“ mg UNITED STATES Lang'don. the wealthy icon! GENERAL njure citize on L] tallin )0th-’. comes the President of. Mrs. Mary married at niversity _in annual dln- qua 1in from San ) hold up nd kidnap SW'OI' 1n 3! tier}, ownmg 1 Thus, however, any of 1115 R05 Kh the Chur The son 0 Painful Speflm‘le Recently “um-35rd In Morbid lumlon Audlenres. L‘IOl‘llifl sentiment has apparently readied its height in England in a re- C‘ent hypnotic exhibition at the Royal Aquarium. at which the subject was lit-A erally buried alive and allowed to re- main 5.) for six days. The hypnmized man was sualed up in a stout casket, ing, the. Duchess man was sealed up in a stout (‘aixeu and, in the presence of the speiuaiors. lowered into a grave 9 feet deep. The lid ot the casket was furnished with an aperture, and this connected with a shaft which led to the 'surface, making respiration possible, and also enabling spectators to View the face of the buried man. At least seven feet of earth were shovelled on top of the cot- fin, and for the period of six days it was not disturbed. On the seventh nay the casket was dug up in the presence of a large crowd. The man when uwaxened was apparent- ly none the worse for his experience. w Tfié_t0h:ibn Léncet, which pfints the account of tlps di§tressing spectacle, comments on it, saymgzr "It is difficult to imagine a. more reâ€" volting experiment than this. Even granting that these trances have any use whateverâ€"which we ourselves fail to admitâ€"there can be no possible ex- cuse for making them more horrible than they already are by burying the man. “Any experiment it was desired to perform could have been done equally well by sealing the man up in the box without going through the details of burying him and digging him up again Moreover, under such circumstances. it is imposaible to give him aid quickly should he need it. and although ac- cidents may be rare in hypnotism.tlwir possibility is by no means to- ho heg- lected." . l'olnh M“ l‘liqunle \mmrz [hr smokrrw of "mama. Cubans of the upper class are extreme- ly particular about preserving the aroma and fragrance of their cigars by keeping them in wrappers or oiled silk: and it is zfsight to behold with what unction and ceremony they are produc- ed at a gentleman's table, like the ush- ering in of old wine. There are, something over 15.000 to- bacco planters in Cuba, and the annual crop of the island is estimated in value King \V There are somex bacco planters in ( crop of the island at about £5,000.000 Havana. InighL k; cigars. [or it. alone contains more than 125 cigar manufactnries. All the to- hucco of the farms, Whvn duly prepar- ed and dried, is packed in bales and ship- ped to Havanaâ€"the distributing mark- et of Cuba for the. world. Most. of the. small shops turn out inferior grades~ for some of the vii-est cigars on earth may be bought by the lmsophisticated in Cuba. Advi‘ Thar, are many little poian of etiâ€" quette practiced by Cuban smokers. You can tell :i thoroughbred Cuban gentle- man by the way he handles his cigarette, us by the way he draws on his glows. They have. what is called tenacina (tongs), of silver or gold. in graceful design. and small enough to carry in the \‘vuistcuat pocket. It has tiny claws at one (and with which to grasp the cigarette, and a ring at the other to slip over the finger, and it, is 11.3 useful ILI r at one end with which to grasp the cigarette, and a. ring at the other to slip over the finger, and ii; is as useful as ornamental. saving both fingers and gloves from unsightly stains. The candela. is another much to be commended institution of Cuba. It is a little silver vase. filled wiLh wood ashes in which some live coals are buried.and at a. gentleman’s table is served at meals as regularly as anyt other plate usually coming in just after the fruits; and as a. lighter of the weeds that accompany ii. is decide-iv more pleasing than the odorous march." BURIED WHILE HYPNOTIZED. [vices from China. 5 strong anti-foreign hing-Tu. Several p / against the Canal: Ku-Cheniz district Iiiâ€"C be] ,e Khali )ul mth for six days. The s sen‘ied up in a 51 the presence of the Lalifa says that he “‘ submit to the. autho 3f Egypt, but he wil of any expedition fr 5 the British occupy Jgh ’r m ah: CITY OF CIGARS. ran baptised m the annes on Thurst ce of VV'ales and t1 Mecklenburgâ€"Schw 1‘00 n apd Japan: munpes, an st dady. natur frie DI. rand Duke k9 Michae called DIEN'I will ed the (tin ains morn th mullan Germa hwer litt 11 ussian $4,000 )D 1n cream in any given quantity is by weighing it. This is the way it is usu- ally determined in creameries and cheese factories or in transactions where large amounts are concerned. but the retailer of milk or cream measures it out by the pint. quart or gallon.“ A gallon of milk weighs 8.60 pounds, or 2.15 pounds per quart. A gallon of cream containing 20 per cent. butter fat weighs 8.46 pounds, or 2.12 pounds per quart. If cream has less butter fat it weighs a trifle more and if more but- Lcr fat it weighs :1 trifle less. AG RIC U L EU RAL [STEEL Z? J ieterminin than mllk pr fit Percentage of Butter Fat in Milk.â€" This varies greatly. depending upon the breed to which the cows be- long and also upon the capability of each individual cow. Average milk tests about 3.69 per Cent of butter fat. but the range of different herds will run from 3to 5.5 per cent. There are individual cows that average for the year less than 3per cent. and also those that average more than 5.5. To come up to the legal standard in ‘xVis- cousin milk should contain not less than 3 per cent. butter fat. It is not lawful to sell milk containing less. The Yield of Butter from Milkâ€"This is alout 1.15 pounds to each pound of butter fat. It varies somewhat, depend- ing on the closeness with which the skimming and churning are done and also upon the amount 01 water. salt and other matter, aside from butter fat which the butter contains. But this adding of 15 per cent. will he found in most cases, where good work is done. to be not far from right. Thus 100 pounds of 4 per cent. milk should make 4.6 pounds of butter. Yield of Cheese from Milkâ€"Y "1th ordinary milk the yield is about 2.5 pounds of cured cheese for each pound of butter fat in the milk. The per cent 'of butter fat in different milks very nearly determines their relative values for cheese making. Prof. Van Slyke found by a series of careful experiments that with milk ranging from 3.4 per cent. to 4.4 per cent. the amount to each pound of butter fat was 2.72 pounds of green cheese or 2.5 pounds cured five weeks. It was found that 5 per cent. milk made but 2.4 pounds of cured cheese for each pound of butter fat. but the better quality of the cheese from the richer milk was thought to compens- ate for the slight difference in quantity. It will be seen that 100 pounds of 4 per cent. milk made ten pounds cheese and 100 pounds of 5 per cent. milk made twelve pounds of cheese. “‘ei The Value of Skim Milk and \Vhey. â€"â€"I have found by carefully conducted experiments that for feeding hogs 100 pounds of skim milk was worth as much as one-half bushel of corn and that. whey airy cow, -nst. 5.000 was worth oneâ€"half as 1] milk. Now when corn 1: a hush91 skim milk and h worth 11 cents per cw: worth 7 cents. \Y hat Shall the Farmer Do \Vith His Milk ?â€"Shall he sell it outright? Shall he separate the cream and sell that and keep the skim milk, or shall he take it to the creamery or cheese factory and bring home the skim milk or whey? These are often very pertinent quesâ€" tions. A consideration of the data I have given in this article may enable him to do some rational figuring. Let me give a sample. Let us suppose that butter will bring 16 cents a pound net, after paying for making and market‘- in}:r at the cremnery. Suppose he has 4-per-cent. milk. One hundred pounds of milk will make 4.6 pounds of liutter. ‘ iiringimr;r him 73.6 cenls. Besides he will have 13.4 cents worth of skim milk. ‘ making 87 cents which he should get for his milk if he sells it outright. If he, takes his milk to the cheese factory he “ill get back 6 cent's worth of whey, ‘therefore. the factory should pay in divâ€" idends 81 Cents, or cheese should bring besides the pay for making 8.], cents a. pound. If he. skims the cream off and sells that he will have 1:! cents worth of skim milk and must look for 75 cents in the cream, of which he will have, if it contains 20 per cent fut, 2.36 gallons, and if he gets 32 cents a gallon he will come out even. Let me recapitulate. Start with 100 pounds of 4-per-cent milk worth 87 cents. Take it to the creamery and get 73.6 cents; or take it to the cheese fac- tory and get 81 cents; or separate it and make 2.36 gallons of :ZO-per-eent. cream and sell that for 32 cents a gal- lon. and there will be. no difference in the amount of money you get out of it. whichever way you do, provided you have equal facilities for doing each of these. ways, and provided you have the, proper animals to feed the skim milk and whey to. Now. I say farmers, do your own fig- uring. Find out some facts and ltase your figures on them. The time has come, 1 :im afraid, when the farmer who does not figure. and figure closely, too. will he left behind. £17) quarts. Some, cows produce more gm this. Oceaslonally some very large llkers produce double this amountbut cow that. produces. less cannot be. at ‘esent prlces of dulry products. apro- nhle cow. unless the. milk is excep- mally rich in butter fat. Percentage of Butter Fat in Milk.â€" nis varies greatly. depending upon Annu urmg your come. who ( letermmed 1n factories or in 1m0unts are I r of milk or the pint, qu A( 11 )V ER. Milk 1 , well [lees Milkâ€"The the )unds II â€"The simplest way of amount of milk or Id of milk ot a L‘ow.â€"A good ought to yield at much as skid) is woth 300ts. huttm‘ milk are and whey 131'}; A good )IT QC through which it ahsorbes nitrogen fro the atmosphere and especially its effic ency as a. sul‘soller. Every farm: understands thigt_a.ha‘r51pan under h farm means grief to him and his un- less it be thoroughly broken up. How to do this cheaply and effectively has been the trouble. Suhsoil plows have been invented, used a. few years and, for the most part ahandoned. Deep plowing has been tried with the result of a crop failure for one or two years, or until the lower soil had been sweetâ€" ened up by exposure to the rains and frost or by heavy manuring. The best and at the same time the cheapest sub- soiler we know of is clover roots. The hardpan may be so near the surface that clover Will not grow. but in ordinary, farming sections where there is suffi- cient rainfall to grow clover there is no subsoiler as cheap and effective as the roots of the clover plant. Not only that, but it fertilizes the air space and thus tempts downward the roots of other plants and grasses. “'hat subâ€" soil plow runs so easily and is so cheap in its construction and efficient 'in operâ€" ation? All it needs is clover seed sown early and covered in time. ‘xV‘atch the process going on next summer. examine the clover roots a month old, two months, six months and eighteen months old. Dig down for qourself and see how deep they go; find out in what kind of soil they go deepest; compare the ex- pense of this with that of the subsoil. plow and the labor, and remember that the subsoil plow can go at best but a. few inches. while the clover roots reach downward one, two, three feet, and even further, in the subsoil. There is real danger that fine sewâ€" ing will become one of the lost arts. and that it will be with women as with men. only those whose sole profession it is can handily hold a needle. As wo- men grow more and more like men in their attachments and professions, this may be a necessity of the change. Ready made clothing. and even mending and darning, done in the shops, help all. this along, as well as the multifarious other duties which press upon a little girl’s attention. which absorb her later years, and which leave her, as a wo- man, scant time and little knowledge to “take a stitch" for herself or for others. She, in turn, is not competent to in- struct her children. and so the evil ex- tends, and has even now extended, un- til one sees comparatively few women any more who can do the exquisite sewing which was common Before the days of the machine. Yet there a. e certain things which cannot be done -y machine. and which coast enormously lif one goes to the city headquarters for them. She who is a. perfect mistress of felling and hemming, tucking and gathering, should be able to turn he; talent to account. ~; hot only may she establish a sewing class for girls and impart to them‘knowledge which she possesses, but she may also make a specialty of doll's wardrobes, of babies’ layettes, of chil- dren's clothing, and 0'1 bridal outfits. There is in a Southern city a woman whwe whole good income is derived from the infants' fine wardrobes which she prepares. There is no reason why her example should not be followed else- where In this case. as in all others of ama- teur work, the general rule should be enforcedâ€"conscientious work at a mo- dest sum. An one who can sew well is able to do ine mending. Likewise one often wonders that she did not turn her thoughts to making up the countâ€" less pretty things which .1. deft pair of fin ers find so easy, and which most of us ave to go wimout. A village dry goods shop would sell these on a per- centage. Do you ‘\ iow it is almost im- possible to obtain r ldy made a widow's mp? If one could make one, one could make other such dainty gear as well. And one should do it. are by Often gather if he c Little 4 wading i1 her hmm "Now." declared her mother. led her into the house by the am going to whip you first it send you to bed. and you can't again till to-morrow morning, cause you disobeycd me and w side in the mud.” After a deal _of prepfu‘mggn i \VORST 0F PUNISHMENT 4-yearâ€"old Florence was caught in the mud puddle in front of A LOST ART HIRED L‘EAUX nodul ELII fin‘ huh and his 1i! 3 well r01 out nnk HOW' 1y has 5 have ‘s and, 1'0! that arm. "I nd then ; get >up 5'11 be; 1t out she