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During the past Week the deaths [Pom the bubonic plague at Bombay numbered 851. From all causes The City Hall at London, the scene of the recent accident is being repair- ed, bmt there is an agi-tatidn in the city for the erection of a new “hall far- ther mart/h. The investigating governors of the Royal Canadian Humane {Association have award-ed the silver medal to Al- bert J. Cummer of Hamilton for saving Miss Amelia. Hall from drowning. The lwnua! commemoration of the dent-11‘ of Prinqe Hemry of Battenbeng took place on “'ednesr‘aj,’ at Whippingâ€" ham- church, where his remains are rest- ing. The ceremony was attended by Queen Victoria, Princess Henry of Batbenberg, Princess Christian, and the Marchioness of Lorne. This proposition now before the New York State Legislature to legalize Su‘n- day theatricals in New York city has evoked a. storm of protests from the theatrical profession, who dislike the idea. of losing their one day of rest. Yl‘hey will ask the clergy to assist them in: a. crusade against the proposal. GENERAL. . Yellow fever has disappeared from Jamaica. Disastmus floods are Departed from Perpiginzm. on the Spanish frontier of France. One Catholic priest: was shot and three wounded during vespers in a Catholic church, at Corfu. Island of Corfu, Greece Since the beginning of the year thir- ty-nine faqnilfim from the United States have taken up their abode in Toronto. being of the opinion that the future at that city is brighter than the out- look in the Unilted States cities. The suiL against Lady Sykes in Lon- don, by Jay,a. money-lender, has fail- ed. the jury fin-ding that the signatures to the notes were forged. This puts her Ladyship in a rathen worse posi- tietn than before. Manitoba farmers are shipping large quantities of shook to the Yukon. The Spring Hill Coal Company, (ff Nova. Scotia will operate the SOUI‘IS coalâ€"fields, where they have secured tracts of land. An agent of the Dominion Govern- ment is at Copenhagen securing Lap- lamdnrs and reindeer for the Yukon. The Marquis of Lome has wepted the posiition of Hinrnorary Colonel of bhk! 15th Battaliom Argyle Light Infantry. The Departimianit of Inland Revenue effected 215 seizures during the past flear, a. large number being illicit whisâ€" ey stiills. Her Majesty's sh-iip Phaeton» and for. d£stroyer Sparrmvh‘awk are at Esquimalt. B.C. There are now seven warships in that harbor. Owing to the heavy drafts made on the Mommbed Polioe for service in the Yukon, the remaining fume find it dif- ficult to attend to the calls made on lt‘hem. UNITED STATES. The city clerk’s office and post-office at Black, Verm vln't, have been destroy- ed by fine. Them is a. big strike among the cot- U‘ton operations at New Badlford, Mass., and other New England towns, over the Deduction in wages. Messrs. Hickie and Prmnty, who es- caped the massacre of the British sur- vey party which was attacked by 118,- tlves at Mekram, on' January 12, have reached Ormara, on the Arabian Sea. There was a, severe earthquake shock On Monday at Argenta, Italy, eighteen miles southâ€"east of Ferrara. A church and several buildings were wrecked, and some persons were injured. FIE. VERY LATEST FROM ALL THEWORLD OVER. It is said in London that the Govern- ment will ask Parliament to sanction an increase of the army by 15,000 men, Alarming rumors regarding Mr. Gla-dstone‘s health are again current in London, but reports from Cannes state that there is little foundation for them. The very Rev. Henry Géorga Lidâ€" dell. [he former dean of Christ church, Oxford, is dead. He “as Lorn in 1811, and “as at out: time chaplain to the Prince Consort. Events in the far east are forcing again into prominence the Pacific cable quesLion. The influential journals all point out thia urgent need of an allv British cable. Eight men were killed and four seri-~ ously wounded at Sandy Forks, Ky., in: a. fight which arose over a game of cards. All were colored. GREAT BRITAIN. " Countess Russell, widow of Lord John Russell, is dead at London. 'Ilhe Cleveland Music Hall, which was built in 1885, at a cost of $60,000, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. It had a. seating capacilty of seven thou- sand. "Gray Gables,” this summer home 01 air-President Cleveland. at Buzzard's Bay. has been. visited ‘by burglars, who ransacked the house from attic to cellar amid. made good their escape without leaving the slightest clue to their iden- tity. Great Britain has again declined to reopen: the sealing question in answer to a request of the United Stakes. At the annual meeting of the Boston Chamber of Commerce the resolutions favoring reciprocity with Canada were unanimoust adopbed. zntcrestiflg Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain, the Unlted States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted tor Easy Reading. CANADA N #1 NUISHHL nant. Considerable surprise has been naus- ed at Berlin, by a. despatch, from St. Pebersburg, to the Cologne. Gazette announcing that Russia. has formed a. new army corps on the German and Austrian frontiers at Vilna and Kidf. “ ” \thn there arose in the household 3 question as to the expenditure of money for a purpose that to me seem- ed a. luxury we could not afford and should not indulge in," said Mr. Genâ€" tleby, "I opposed it vigorously. I am noL so sure but what some of my vigor arose from the fact that the money to be spent would cdme out of my own pocket: but I was right about it, anyâ€" way. It would have been an unwise and unreasonable’ expenditure for us to make, and I knew it, and. I resisted it to the extent of refusing to make it. "And then I made a great mistake. After I had got it all settled for good reasons. and finally and distinctly had refused to spend the money, then. mov- ed by Mrs. Gentlebv's continuous dis- cussion and by my own desire to please her. I said all right. we'd spend the there were 1,540 deaths. The exodus is increasing, and business is stagâ€" Again. the car can' be used to trans- port large compahies of invalid-s from place to place at certain seasons of the year. The interior of the car is divid- ed into a main compartment, a corri- dor 011 one sida and two small rooms at the end. A1 wise woman); never looks a. bar- gainr gift bookflon the, price mark. momey " ‘ Well,’ said Mrs. Ge'ntlehy, ‘ I think they ought to put you up on that pole!‘ and she pointed to a. flagpole on a. build- ing within sight of our domicile, upon which there was once a. weather vane. which we often consulted. but which has now been removed. Rallwny Hospital (‘ar Io I‘nrry “'oundrd I “N‘ Venrm‘l (‘lly. In Belgium they have what is known as the hospital car, and when a serious railway accident occurs the car may be run to the spot, where the wounded may be picked up and carried to the nearest large city for treatment, in- stead of waiting hours {or the arrival of surgeons. The hospital proper is in the larger compartment; it contains twenty-four isolaied beds of steel tubes hung from powerful springs. Each patient lies in front of two little windows which may be opened or closed at will. Each bed is provided with a little movable table to hold all objects required. The natives of the Sandwich Islands are said to be the laziest people on earth. Nature gives them enough to eat without any considerable labor, and they seem contented with what they thus receive. weakness, prompted by kindness though it was, I had knocked myself down from my pedestal. " Hereafter when I kick I kick to the end." 0n the outsidle of the hospital chamâ€" ber the corridor leads us to the linen closet and the doctor's department, in which there is a huge cupboard used for drugs. surgical instruments and a folding bed. Various trap doors in the floor o-pe'l imo receptacles for ice, a provision cellar, etc. Arrangements are made for an operating chamber and there is even a small chapel for relig- ious worship. FROZEN BUTTERFLIES. Mountain climbers frequently find butterflies frozen on, the snow and so brittle that they break unless care- fully handled. When thawed the but- terflies recover amt fly away. ‘ All She world’s: a. stage. but most of it isn't fitted up with foot,- lights- The car @111 be used principally to carry invalids from Belgium to the miraculous cum at Lourdes, France THE SACRED FIRES OF INDIA. The sacred fires of India. have not all been extinguished. The most anâ€" cient which still exists was consecratâ€" ed twelve centuries ago. in commem- oration of the voyage made by the Parâ€" sees when they emigrated from Per- sia. to India. The fire is fed five times every twenty-four hours with sandal wool and other fragrant materials, com- bined with very dry fuel. This fire. in. the village of Oodwaxia, near Bulsar. is visited by Parsees in large numbers during the mouths allotted to the preâ€" siding genius of fire. shapes. Their irregularity serves a. most important purpose.‘ W'heu a. gale is blowing the branches will be seen to sway in all directions. and their movements tend to balance the tree. Were they to sway in the same direc- tion. the [Itree would be uprooted or broken. off. A naturalist poinbed out the reason for trees growing in their irregular shapes. Their irregularity serves a. most important purpose. ‘Wheu a. gala is blowing the branches will be e Reallzos In Hls Own Experience Some [Ling That In "ad often Rem! Alum! I: nooki. MR. GENTLEBY CHAGRINED AN IDEA FROM BELGIUM. TREE IRREGULARITY THE LAZIEST PEOPLE SIDE LIGHTS Perhaps there is no building the cost of which cam be so well adapted to the farmer's means as the ice house. For a. few dollars invested in cheap lumiier, says a. writer, and two or three days' work, he can have an ica house that will answer his purpose nearly as well as a. more expensive one. or he can hire a. carpenter to build the house, use good material~ paint and shingle it at a. cost of from $50 to $100; but one will keep ice about as well as the other. The first; ioe house I built was a, cheap one. It was twelve by fourteen feet, I think, but large enough» for our p'urpbele. |A few old boards I had on hand, some two by four scantliing for the frame and a. few nails were all the material used and a day's work for my- self and hired mam built it. The saw- dust was obtained at a sawmill near by, and the ice from the milkpond, costâ€" ilng nothing except our own work. For several years we were supplied with ice with little or no outlay in cash. The. old ice house was not very ornamental to the place and we bore in; dowm a.an erected a. more costlly building; but the old building kept the ice nearly as well as the new, and I mention it to show the small cost for which 109 may b epvut up so that no farmer who has the time to attend to it need be wth out ice. Five to ban twoâ€"horas: lnndn nf as follows: lUSe two by six studding and cut them about ten feet long. 0n the outside use good, planed siding and pairnt it. The inside of the atuddlug can be boarded up with rough cheap lumber. ’Whem boarding up fill in the place between the boards with sawdust well tamped down. On a building of this kind I “would shingle the roof and put a. ventilator in it. I would also put a. good wall under the building, and level the bottom by fillilng in with small stone. A location should be Ich‘oscn with good drainage ,to carry off the water from the melting ion, for the water should not settle and stand under the building. When filling the house with wen as the new, and I mention it to show the small cost for which ice may b eput up so that no farmer who has the time to attend to it need be wih~ out 'nce. Five to hem two-horse loads of ice are generally sufficient for both dairy and family use, and two or three loads of sawdust wiilI pmk it. If any one wishes to invest about $50 in an ice house eighth by twelve feetâ€"which holds about twenty tonsâ€"Lt can be built as follows: Mae two by six studdi‘ng and cut them about ten feet long. 0n the outside use good, planed siding and paint it. The inside of the ntnrlflinn‘ ers in a. neighborhood will combine in purchasng an irce plow, the cost to each would be but small, and with it the labor ofd cutting the ice is much less. With suitable ioa tongs the ice is quickâ€" ly loaded from a chute laid from the pond to the loading place. I like to draw the bee an sleighs, and with a man to help me load and pack the ice; a day‘s work will put in all that] I need, and then half a day's work puts in the sawdust. There are many luxuries and conveniences possible to the fianmer with a supply of ice for family use. During the hot weather none can make ice cream as cheaply as the farmer, for he has all the materials, if he has ice and an inexpensive freezer. A refrigerat- or placed in the. pantry is a great con- venience for the housekeeper for pre- serving meat, fruit, etc, in summer. Passing over many other uses for 1m This is always an interesting subject, much easier to write about than tobring about. Our experience leads us to be- lieve that nothing but warm quarters, variety of feed, plenty of meat and many pallets will bring many winter eggs. RV. T. \Vittmam. gives this ad- vice: To start with the house was built for comfort, cost about $1.50 per run- ning foot, and was so situated as to catch every bit of winter sunshine. Roof and drainage were given especial attention. The ventilation was mixed. with common sense, plenty on warm, sunny days and none at all on cold nights, no draughts anywhere. Doors were made tiiglhlt with woolen strips; no air could enter except at ventilat- ors at ’bottom of sashes. Scratching sheds were filled with fresh garden beamo whilch‘ was My all winter. Pulâ€" lets were April and May hatchi, all Brown Leg'horns bred in Line for qual- ity and eggs. They were raised on free range, Wheat, barley, oats and clean water. After October lst were kept in moderate confinement, were free from having a supply of do without it. I will Buly say AG RICULTURAL HO\V TO GET EG 'ITHE FARLRIEBS' ICE CROP. without male birds amd were [ea . . ~ â€" = for the housekeeper meat, frmt, etc, 111 over many other usn e housekeeper for pre- fruit, etc, in summer. any other uses for ice, hhat one accustomed to of ice does not want to GS IN \VINTER in] the morning two quarts of mash.1 composed of two bushels a bushel com. ground very fine OOI'D ed me a. profit of Poorly farms half invested. goods gold far beltiv marke}. 15,ng be- cause put up carelessly or in]. unsuxtable or__uppopular packages. ’ Stable manufe, fr-esh from the stalls of domestic animals may be hauled and spread over the roots of trees. shrubs. canes and vines. of perennial plants and upon ground designed to be plowed and planted in this spring. There is no bet- ter time to apply manure than when it is made, and no better way than upon the surface in winter. Provided theland is not so rolang that the strength of the. manure is not carried off by the spring raims. A small Iarm well tilled much better that a large one ed. dependent upon, 1, the (haracter of fruit offered, 2, the kind of package used. 3. proper grading in packingj 4, the con- dition in which it is received. _ Limbs of trees broken by snow andlce should be sawed off neatly and the wound wvered with thick spaint or grafting wax. Trees gnawed by.rab- bits or mice plasbeled with a. poulth of clay may live, if not girdled. than for men very The aggregate sum yearly paid to railroads and steamsth for carrying farm products which on arrival prove to be unsalable no one can estimate, but it must foot up enormously, to say nothing of theireight charges paidion ry acre 01: Ian 1wu more than The rallroada Not an Authority.â€"Customer, in re- staurant-“This beefsteak must be at least three weeks old, isn’t it?” VVait- erâ€"“Don’t know, sah; I’se only been heal: two weeks, sah.” \Vickwireâ€""I like Timmins’s stories. He has such a. light touch.” Simmins â€"“Yes, that’s one thing in Timmins’s favor. He rarely strikes one for more than two or three dollars." Not Sharedâ€"Margaretâ€"“Mr. ,Pent- ameter poetically descrlbes Edna, and Tom Shallow as two souls with but a. single thought." Jack Bluntâ€", “Yes. Edna. has the thought." Ba man 16yâ€" b'lnanrlu you do if the world, mels with give 0th way hauling The on The cardixna Inds of mod- “Men‘s promises," the young wife said zetween sobs," “are like pie-crustâ€"" That’s tough," said the young hus- yand’, and then she got angry enough to ry.’ ‘ \Vork ads of produce as, Cleanliness I‘he assessor w I‘h â€"‘ ‘ He doesn tur avoid cult yer 'â€"“Bent is a. Braceâ€"“In W . never passe .’t borrow (L NVINTER \VRINKLES y way to prove ster she FARM N Many farmers do to arry hug ~Johnnyâ€""And does the asure the quantity ofgas apaâ€"“No, my son; the have to pay for.“ â€""Dread.fu1 almut Mrs. .11 death.” “‘Vhat! Is she just going over to sell land you can pay E: are continually )f and un Times in preparing all for bundr you o= )1] L40 OTES‘ 11 our markets is character of fruit hundre diI 'efully’ (:93 g extensiw of our fru 1t irket 11 lled will p34 one half farm 3.1 )ld at |D€ froâ€"m ity are neat generous est?" Bag- ;gar that on ,, fifty pounds :ent per aylighzt, 1 for the find 0V er not trying 11 Mat arm 0116 only It 331' an ar At [oral Charles Borenfurd Honndi n Lord Charles Bieresford, a. gallant sailor of the British navy, mntly startled a. London audience by making: an earnest protest against the sordid tendencies of social life. He declared that rich men were able to buy their way into the highest social and. politi- cal positions, and that the money pow- er was eating away like' a. canker the many rich as there a.) who have a sponsibilitie ex; There is a. word which is constantly used by ambitious people in England, whether they have much or little money. That word is “smart.” There Is no magnet so strong in London so- ('iety, as what is known as “a smart set," who know the right people. dress handsomely, and set the fashions of the day, and whose names are constantly appearing in "society journals.” There are rich people who desire ad- mission into these "smart" circles, and are eager to buy the privileges at higli r‘ost by entertaining extravagantly and lending money to spendthrifts. There are company-promoters and stock- speculators who are willing to put the leaders of such sets in the way of mak- lng money easily, and their services are accepted only too often in payment fol! social introductions which could notho otherwise obtained. Lord Charles Beresford probably had the follies, lax morality and selfish- ness, of this fast, "smart" society in mind when he sounded his warning against the corrupt use of money in the fashionable world. The moral, however, is good for ev- ery age and country. It is not a high ambition to aspire to belong to "smart" sets, which make a. great show in the world, and by the very conditions un- der which they live are led daily to be supremely considerate of themselves and wholly indifferent to the needs; 0! humanity about them. 1ft whole game of sea. warfare has not been radically changed, and the battleship made as useless as the old galleys of the Roman Empire. There is much in” it, too. For the price of a battleship 15 or 18 of these 30â€"k1wt destroyers can be built. and they can be manned by the crew of one battleship. Such a force attacking a. Slh‘ip, even in broad: day light, would make things lively. I have not recorded on the map the faci- lity for constructing thiesa craft. Twalve yards nave laud memselves out: for the work of building til-em, and it must be remembered that, while in all other cases the admiralty submit draw~ mgs for hulls. the builders :Lrethem welves responsible for design amlspeev other cases the admiralty 51 ingws for hulls, the builder Halves responsible for desig of thbse craft. Immense are involved, if there is m [variance to draw upon. of these vessels have been. iang, constructed, and, 0.1a could be built within a. yea] occasion. arise. Had Lt building a. new type of cra manded in any other can premiums would have been essary, but these are unkn taim. In the Unite-d Statesm hand, much has been ear. way. I have taken 17 ves 'ay into the highest socia 3.1 positions, and that the r was eating away liké a. irtues of English characbe the \Q'orse for, th The beak of‘ a. tool box whe six miniature : perfect workin instruments ar the surgeon’s with a doubleâ€"1 is a. needle of l and a. pump go plement 10H 11' Note Against the Corrupt Use of eat, in. ottl t is all t1 inns comp‘ vork, for i .pproval of air 21D no magnet s‘ by. as what I,” who know udsomely, am y. and whose pearng in "5 [‘here are ric' ssion into th‘ 'hat Lord Charles Beresford’s audi- > could not understand was the mo- which had inspired so eminent and lie-spirited a man in his sudden )reak against the sordid and demor- ing influences of money. If the sch had leen nude two years ago, n the South African millionaires inized their raid against theTrans- 1. they would not have needed any lanation. The abuses of money pOW- .vere then a. public scandal. Bu re seemed to be nothing in recen its to justify his solemn warnin inst the corrupting influences o Hsh fashi 1n aimless and find bl ums equuh MOSQ UI zedle of exquisite fineness, . pump going to make up the narles Beresford, is, however, rank and social prestige, who at 1,; going on in the world of “SMARTNESS.” TORPEDO BOATS. sta'n are ti 130‘ the m He was 11 the air mt m 10 idmir IOOL BOX inst not firing \Vnrulng Money an iff: num icultie me ex his 1( 1t