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Enterestlng Items About Our Own Country; Great Britain, the United States, an; All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. i CANADA; . ’A‘ flinchâ€"needed min has fallen afi many points in the Northwest. THE NEWS If! a NUISHEH tA freight war from Chicago and the west is the probable result of the Can- ada Atlantic fast grain line’s competi- tion with the G.T.R. A report from Pakin to \Vashington smiles that n. contract to build a railâ€" road from Ham'ka to Canton has been awarded to exuSenzxtor \Vasbburn, of Minnesota. 1 Mounted guards have. been introducâ€" ed at the Kingston Penitentiary. r The British Columbia general elec- tions will be held; probably in the early part of July. Two men and two variety actresses tell through the ioe ‘below Lake Ben- nertt on the way to the Yukon and were dr’owned. (Greenwood, B. (3., had a narrow escape of destruction by fire recently, but the volunteer brigade fought nobly and finally won. ‘ Reports at Victoria, B. 0., state that two Japunese have been arrested by (the Russians at, Port Arthur with sketches and maps of fortifications being erected there. Four jewellery factories, occupied by sixteen firms and valued at $750,000, were destroyed by fire at Attlehoro’, Mass., on “"ednesday. A. Baker, engineer and .T, Smith, fireman, both of Moose Jaw, were kiliâ€" ed by the wreck of aC.P.R. freight, {train near Dunmore, N. WV. T., on Fri- flay. Robert A. Laurie, aged 23, who died of Bright’s disease at. Regina recently was the first white child born aux Win- nipeg; after the incorporation of that wince as a, city. »‘ Ernest Sandberg, of Victoria, rush- ed into a. saloon with his throat cut and complained that he had been as- saulted and robbed. The police believe that he did the cutting himself. Mr. Timmermann. general superin- tendent of the Canadian Pacific, has been in Kingston negotiating with Mr. Jamiesoln in reference to building a, million} bushel elevator for the C. P. R. alt St. John, N. 13., this summer. Dr. J. R. Dicksun. of Ogdonsburg, N.Y., has sold his island, Robx Roy,Chip- Iowa Bay, (‘0 John Englis, Brooklyn, NHY‘ The consideration was 83,000. Dr. Dickson rurchawd the island ten years ago for $200. Thie p-opiulafion of \Vaterloo is 3,485. an increase of 222 since last year. 'J. I}. [Allenby of West Londox} was killed by lightning while asleep in had. The military contingent for the Yu- kon sailed from Vancouver on Sunday morming. ’ A London lad named Corp fell against a barb-wire fence, destroymg the sight of one eye. The Governorâ€"General’s Foot Guards, bf Ottawa, are expected to visit Quebec D11 Dominion Day. The wholesale hardware firm of Let- ‘ng, Letang, & (70., Montreal, has gone » to voluntary liquimation. Mrs. \Vetm‘ore, Brantford, dropped dead at the grave side», as the remains of a friend were rlming interred. Prof. Farmer of McMaster Univer- sity was elected President of) the Bapâ€" tist Union of. Ontario and Quebec in mession at Hamilton. James V‘Vishart, ason of fhfi late Duncan \Vishurt, of Welland, was kill- ed in a, railroad accident; at St. Louis, 2M0” on Saturday. “tar is having a. bad effect on the sale of Rat Portage mines. A numi‘rcr of deals that were under way when the unmoasuniness commenced are yet in aheyance. Street Commissioner McGovern, of Part Arthur, has a young and hand- some wife who Looks after the conâ€" dition of streets and sidewalks when he is out of town. At flm‘treal Archbishop Bruchesi re- ceived a, deputation representing the Dominion} Alliance, which asked his Grace to give the assistance of the R0- man Catholic Church in the plebiscite struggle. His Grace replied that While he favored close rastrict‘ions on the sale orf strong infloxicants. he thnught beer and wine should not be prohibited. Barnhon is of universal use in China. The windows are delicate lattice work of bamboo and the furniture is of slenâ€" der bamboo, bent and curled and platit- ed. The water bucket is a good big stalk, sawed off just: below the joint and made as deep as is needed above It. For a. bottle a slender piece is taken and treated in the same way. If a knife is mlslaid a good sharp edge of bamboo is taken, and it does just as well for everything. except cutting bazm‘boo, as if it were steel. Hunger is kept Offf by cutting the little tender shoots just as they peep from the gnound and cooking them like aspara- Charles Warren Spalding, president on? the Gloihe Savings Bank, Chicaglq was on Saturday taken to Jnliet prisâ€" on‘, Where he will serve an indetermim nte sentence. Ills crime was the emâ€" bezzlement of $40,000 worth of bonds belonging to (he University of Illinois endowment fund. The wheat harvest of Queensland amounts to 1,009,000 bushels. UNITED STATES. GENERAL iAgricultumE HINTS TO HOME CHEESE MAKERS A person who is in good butter maker and used to handling milk, will usual- ly ha've the best success in amateur cheese making. In the first place, a proper heating apparaiuis should be employed. Slush can now be secured of the leading dairy supply houses, heated on a plan similar to large cheese vats. One of the most common and yet 26613101113 mistakes of an amateur is to employ in cheese making milk that is too sweet. To insure success the. milk should he ripe, thth is, in the summer it should be kept in m 000]. atmosphere until 12 hours old, and in the spring wnd fall, 24 hours, It is often mow convenient to ripen the milk quickly, which may be done by using 21”siiart- er,” adding to it a‘small quantity of o’vierripo milk. This starter, however, should never be so 310111i as to be lopâ€" yew/id. WVWEWWWIWN mwmwvmwvmg Through the whole process of home cheese making, extra care. must be taken on account of the small quanâ€" tity of material involved to keep the curd warm. In summer it should go into the hoop to 1m preysed at (L tem- perature of 70 degrees, While in spring and full 75 degrees is better. Guard agruiywt the 0th1‘ extreme, for too hm? L-lurd. pressed will resulL in off flavored cheeso, Use a fin? soluble Hall: such as you employ [or bulLer, and if you deal 'e colored cheese, 21 re- liuble brand of butler color is none tun good. MILlure your curd mnough so that it will rewull. in firm, close grain- ed cheese after curing. SUCCESS \VITH CHICKS. Assuming that you have chosen good stock from which to raise; your chicks, give them untiring care, nourishing [00d and plenty of it, and careful 0V- ersight, until they are several weeks old, or large enough to withstand 0r- dinary chill or wet, changes in the weather. and coarser food, says a writer. ies have to be. Do not, apply rennet when the temperature of the milk is under 84 degree-s, and keep it at, that heat by covering your little vat, un- til the coagulated mass is ready to cut up. Do not scald the curd above 100 degrees if you can help it If 3011 do, the life of the. rennet is injured, which is nepded later on to properly cure the cheese. Remember that ini- tial milk maturity hastens the, cook- ing process of the curd at: a lower temperature than would otherwise have to be employed, and at the same The first food after the chicks have been out oi the shell 24 hours may‘ he soaked bread crusts, or a cake made purposely [or thom, and moistened with‘ milk or water. {l‘his cake is made from the mixed meal fed the hens (corn, oats and fine feed). A little salt and saleratus are added, and it is then wet up like a, mush and thorough- ly baked. The uncooked dough, so often fed is not fit for small chicks, and in its raw state it is far harder to digest. This cake should he fed certainly twice a day for six weeks, but after few days the hill of fare may he varied thus: Moistened cake in the morning and at noon, \xith the ad- dition of mashed small. potatoes at dinner time. Morning and afternoon lunch, oatmeal moistened with milk or water. This is the real article bought of the grocer at 21â€"2 or 30 yer lb. It sounds very expensive and in a way it is, but; itis also economi- cal because it is the most complete single food known for chickens. AS a. Genorally in the sprikhg :1 slight Show of avid, 1â€"8 to 1â€"11 inch strings by the hot iron. is sufficient, while in sum- 111991‘ 1â€"2 in is better. Test every point as you go along, and let nothing go by chance. That is the way the fac- tory makers do, and it is the main reason why they turn out even quai- ity, high-grade stock. Last but not least, do not skim the! milk but make full crpam cheese and you will be amply repaid for its superior quality. LDO not try to prepare your own ren- net. Buy a, reliable brand of extract, or rennet tablets, and you will alâ€" ways know its strength. Do not use your finger for athermometer, as ex- perience never makes it as reliable as mercury. Be thurough in all detail York, just asrmakers in the big factor- ing process of the curd at: a lower temperature than would 01 herwise have to be employed, and 31 the same time in<ures a better and firmer qual- iLy for the accruing chvese. "well balanced” ration by itself, it pro- motes growth in flesh, blood and bone. After a.‘ week wheat. should be fed at night and in another week the diet may be still further varied by chang- ing the 9.30 feed to cracked corn. and after six weeks I substitute a special poultry feed for clear oat meaL If fresh bone can be obtained, give this as soon as the chicks can bear it; if not. mix a. liLtle animal meal with the soft feed. The next matter of importance after proper feeding and housing is the war against lice. First, powder your sit- ting hen liberain and powder again before she leaves her chickens. Any good insecticide will do. Powder the chicks again in a few weeks and pos- sibly yet again before they are. wholly feathered 011i. If your chicks 100k ragâ€" ged and droopy or as if the moths had suddenly gone to eating feathers, look [or lice. They Will ruin the chicks if you do not get: rid: of them. Kecp their coups as clean as pos- sible, look out for soaking rains, sup- ply plenty of grass, fresh air, pure water and sunshine, and if, as before mentioned, your parent stock was xMMVMmlfiflg hardy and vigorous, your percentage of loss should be small, except it, be through devastation from vandals outâ€" side the poultry yard. The swellings upon the branches of the. plum and cherry trees, to which the name of black knot has been givâ€" en. have been found very destructive. \Vhile in some seasons the growth is but slow, in others the develop rapid- ly and destroy entire orchards. The development of the knots begins during May and June, when, upon the bran- ches that are one or two years old, a. slight swelling will be noticed and the outer bark will crack, showing the green layer beneath, which will soon take on a russet appearance. Upon the surface an olive-green mold will soon appear, which is due to the de- velopment of summer spores of the fungus. These are borne about by the wind and serve to seamen the disease. The developmént of the spores con- Linuves and, by uuLuinn, the surface The Altitude of Al‘ghmn's Ruler Duringth Late “'ar. A representative of Reuter’s Agency says the London Telegraph, has had a. conversation with Sir '1‘. Salter Pyne, C.S.I., who has just arrived in EngJand after two years’ absence in Kabul. He was detained in the Afghan capital in consequence of the Indian fron- tier troubles. Asked regarding the situation when he left Kabul, Sir Sal- ter said: “Everything was quiet, and all the various factions thoroughly un- der control. In fact, I may say I never knew Kabul to be more tranquil than during the time the Afriili risâ€" ing was in progress. There was, it is true, some anxiety at first as to how it could affect us, but so firm is the Ameer’s rule that the people remain- ed passive. There was some attempt atarising among the Loghmanis near Jalalabad. At the moment it became known the Ameer sent down a force and. nipped it in the bud. The abortive movement was a direct outcome oi the frontier troubles, the Loghmanis de- claring their intention of preaching a jehad. Within a Very short time, however, the leaders were brought back into Kabul. and Abdurrahman succeeded in so overawing the other ‘tritesmen that at no time was there any disturbance of order.” By carefully examining the trees during the early summer, the knots can be detected in the early stages of their development, and if at once out off and burned, further spread of the disease will be stopped. In removing inierted branches, the cuts should he made, if possible, a foot or more below the knots. in order that the diseased portions may be destroyed, \Vhen the knots are upon the trunks or main harnohes of small trees, where it would he impossible to cut them off without destroying the trees, the diseased tis- sues may be cut, away and if. the wounds are painted with linseed oil, or tincture of iodine, the danger} of stop- ping further growth will be preventâ€" ed. “'hile the removal of diseased branches is the only remedy that can he depended on to prevent the spread- ot' the disease, yet if the trees are thorougth sprayed with hordequ mixture. it will he impossible for the spores to obtain lodgmvnt iupon the healthy branches. will be of a) black color, covered with innumerable minute pimples, in which the winter spores of the fungus will be developed. These will ripen in Feb- ruary and thus the disease will secure another start. The old knots are dry and hard and each year extend both ways along the branches, until they reach a considerable size. I am glad to have had the opportunity of seeing for myself how true an ally to Great Britain his Highness has proved himself to he. When (he Afridi deputation came to solicit the Ameer’s assistance, Abdulrraqhman kept them at Kabul until after the war was over.” Asked as to what was really the Ameer’s attitude towards the British Gouzinment in connection with the frontier war, Sir Salter said: “I am very happy that my prophesies of past years with regard to the Ameer’s at- titude have proved to be true, and Sir Salter told. the following story of the Amcer: “A few days before leaving Kabul, the Ameer, picking up a. small knicknaok which happened to be on his table pointed. to the words, "Made in, Germany,’ which appeared on it. 'Do you know What this means? said his Highness. ’Your country is deg-1‘ncmting,y he added. ‘Englund has been sending out bad things for many years past, and so, to protect them- selves, France and Germany and Rus- sia decided in future to mark every- thing that they manufactured.” Mr. Smithâ€"Yes, and while you are writing you had better write Dr. Kur- em to cal’l on the let. Mrs. Smithâ€"George, may I write and accept Mrs. Brown’s invitation for Bobby to attend her boy’s party on the 20th? The Sussmann electric miner’s lamp, recently tried with success in Belgium, C(JIHSiStS, of a small accumulator of two calls, with an incandescent lamp autâ€" tached. It burns for twelve to six- teen. hours and gives :1 light from two and a. half to five timas brighter than the ordinary miner's lamp. It keeps alight in any position and is not ex- tinguished by a current of air or an explosion q THE ERIADICATION OF BLACK KNO'l‘. THE AMBER FRIENDLY. HE \VO‘ULD BE NEEDED. TEN GAPTAIN GENERALS. HOLD THE HIGHEST RANK IN THE SPANISH ARMY. Character-BIle oi' Dominguez, lbe Rivera and (Jassolaâ€"Nmu-ly Nine Hundred Generals on the Rolls. However delirium; Spain may be in naval (:[ficer-s, of whom She, does not possess a sufficient number to equip the fleet of auxiliary cruisers which She proposes 1'0 put into commission, she is certainly not lacking in field officers {or her lauxl forces. There are nearly 900 Generals, some oi them be- IOIlging to the roserVe forcos, but most of them on the, aciivo list and draw- ing full pay. In fact, Spain possesses a sufficient number of Generals to command the combined armies of all Europe. There are Colonels, Majors and Captains, in proportion; and, in fact, there is no power in the world, not even Germany, that; possesses such an extraordinary number of commis- sioned officers in relation to the size of the army. At the head of the list are ten Cap- tains Generals, Whose rank is equiva- lent to that of field lil'il‘s‘hdi in other foreign armies. In several instances this grade is of :1 purely honorary character. It is held by the young King, who is a boy only 12 years old, and likewise by his grandfather, the old ex-King, Don Francis of Assisi, the hushand of Queen Isabelle. He is a dwarf in stature, and only a little taller than his grandson, King A1â€" fonso XIII. Indeed, it is difficult to conceive anything; less warlike than the spectacle presented by King Francis, when arrayed in the gorgeous goldâ€" embroidered uniform of a. Captain General, his squeaky falsetto voice be- ing quite as much out of keeping with the military proiession as is his apâ€" pearance. As regards the boy King. the Queen Regent, who is a. sensible woman, has turned a deaf ear to all the suggestions lo the effect that he should appear on stat-3 occasions in the uniform of a Captain General, and, instead, she has him always garbed in the trim, natty, and exceedingly simâ€" ple uniform of :1 cadet of the military school of Sun idulfonso, which has not an atom of gold lure about it, the only emblem of his royal rank being the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, which peeps forth from the col- lar of his tunic. Among the other Captain Generalls are Gen. Blanco, Mar- quis of Penn Plate, who is now in chief command in Cuba, and Vs ho is too well known to need more than passing mention; Martinez Campos, wh‘o, as one of his predecessors at Havana, is equal- ly familiar to people in this country; Gen. Primo (le Rivera. and; Gen. Lopez Dominguez. It is Gen. Dominguez who is gener- ally regarded at Berlin, Paris, Vienna and other military centers as the clevâ€" erest and strongest of all Spain‘s genâ€" emrlsy and who in any grave emergâ€" ency is likely to be invested with the chief command of the Spanish army. or else with the portfolio of Minister of War. He has been justly described as a mixture of the celebrated Rusâ€" s1an General Skolxeleff and the French General Chanzy, and like them he is the idol of lh". rank and file of the army to which he belongs. He is a. nephew of the late Marshall Serrano who rose from the hrumhlest beginning to be Dictator, Regent and President of the Republic of Spain. He has been the author of nearly all the reforms that have taken place in the last twen- ty years, and in consequence has come to be looked wpon as the soldier’s friend. If he has been kept in the background of late years it is because Ministers and even the court dread his popularity and his ambition, and fear that the latter in a moment of crisis might lead him to avail. himself of the former to secure such dictatorial powâ€" er as that repeatedly possessed, by his uncle, Serrano. THE INTRIGUING PRUVIO DE RIVERA‘. Infinitely less popular in the army. but more liked at court, is Capt. Gen. Primo de Rivera, the very type of the polished scoundrel, who by his smooth tongue and talent [or intrigue has managed to win to a marked. degreel the confidence of the Queen. Indeed. she has apparently forgotten the cir- cumstances which led him to be shot at some eight years ago and severely wounded by one of his officers, 3. Ma- jor who had been suhjected to perse-v out ion of the most incredible characâ€" ter at the hands .of xthe General at the instigation of a demiâ€"mondaine Whose anger the Major had incur red. and who had the General completely under her sway. The Mlajor, who was driven by desperation to the act. was sentenced to death and exeeu wing a wife and children in a mmss condition, while the Queen seems to think that the General was shot at and severely wounded while in the performance of his duty, and therefore, possesses a claim upon her good will. Even W‘eyler, with his brutality is preferable to Primo do Rivera, for while \Veyler will have a man Hanged or shot, giving the order for his execution with‘ a. gross oath or course gibe, Primo de Rivera will order the most fiendish tortures to be inflicted, couching his instruc- tions in the most courteous, sauve and gentle language, smiling genially the SPAIN’S FOREMOSTL‘ GENERALS. while. Only those who have been out in the far East. and who have know- ledge of the atrocities committteé by his orders and under his very eyes when he was Viceroy of the Philip- pine Islands can realize the true Chur- a‘cter of this man. CASSOLA. THJ'J DISCIPLINARIAN. CASSOLA, THE DISCIPLINARIAN. Another Generle Who is likely to make his mum» known abroad if the present war lusts swfficiently long is Cassola, one of the few officers who have never been implicated in any pro- nunciamcnio. He has sometimes been called the Spanish Moltke, owing to his ceasnless and indefatigable activi- ty and to his remarkable silence and reserve. This peculiarity in a Country Where loquucitty and gesticulation are the order of the day is sufficient to cause people to look upon him as a. kind of rara aviH. He is a stern and upright soldier, who, to quote one of his own rare I‘E‘L'DfLI‘kS, “wants to make the army loyal to its King and counâ€" try, with its face to the enemy and its back turned upon political strug- gles.” Cnssola is so strict a disciplinarinn‘ that while hfimster of \Var he actual- ly placed old Capt. Gen. Martinez Cam- pos under arrest, besides severely reâ€" primandng him. for having refused, in his capacity as Captain General of Madrid, to take the countersign from the Princess Eulalie in the absence of the Qupen from the capital. Martinez Campos tonk the ground that, inas- much as Don Antonio, the husband of Princess Eulalie, was Eu mere Capluin of cavalry, forming part of the Ma- drid garrison, it: was ridinufloud to ex- pect him to make his daily report and. to take the coiulntersign from the wife of one of his smllaltern officers. Mar- tinez Campos, indeed, 111-in9. such a fuss about the matter when the Queen returned that Cussola had to resign. greatly to the sorrow and dismay Ofi the army, over 10,000 officers of which thereupon joined in a, subscription to present him with a‘ magnificent sword of honor as a testimonial of their cs- .teem and regard. Since the infirmilies of Queen Vicâ€" toria. of England made it necessary for her to use a x'leking stick, she has been the recipient of many canes. Her friends, relatives and subjects have seized upon every possible occasion to present her with a new cane. One entire room in her private suite is stocked with these special gifts. When- ever she expresses her intention 9f at~ tending a. function, like a. royal wedu ding orchristening, interested parties consider it fitting to send her anothâ€" er cane. Every anniversary she is forced 'to acknowledge a score or so more. Men of the same type as (‘assom are Gen. Curran, the present Minister of “hr, and Gen. szcarragu, who be- mme Premier on the assassination of Canovas. Azcarraga, it. may he re- membered, while Prime Minister, had the rank 01' Captain General, to which he was oniitied by seniority, pressed upon him by the Queen. But he declin- ed to yield 170 her arguments, taking the ground that, it was not in mm merits of a national crisis, smh as the Cuban trouble, which Spanish firms“ had fuiied to solve. that one wuwhi, 1:: think of creating new Captain Gena eralB. The story of tha prank played upon her by the soul of lhu Duke of York has never appeared in print before. The queen, who is not fond of. court cere- monies when she is in retirement, was at \Vindsar, and had dismissed her at- tendants, who had withdrawn to an arbor near by. She, was. very much interested in her favorite pastime, knitting socks for the Prince of Wales. when that small embodiment of mis: chief, her greatâ€"grandson. slipped away with her cane and "played homey" wit: it over the lawn. He had to he captured before th( queen could enter the house. There her majesty proceeded to teach him that even the future King of England cannot tamper with the dignity of the present powers that be. Here is a. collection of priceless There are soiid gold s1icks, sticks, exquisitely engraveé; that are a marvel of the curve and sticks that contain jewe w'c'mld move even a. New York patron to envy. Queen Victoria. has leaned more heavily on her stick of late years, usâ€" ing it to cross the room even, instead of only on long walks about Windsor Castle, and after a long, tiresome cereâ€" momy. She always places it against her chair, and when she rises it is the duty of the highest court official preâ€" sent to hand it to her. OI recent; years her subjects have hoped in vain to see her use their gifts. She has used only one cane. It is one of great historic value, having been presented to King Charles II. by one of. his merry court. Very properly it; was cut from an oak tree. - When Charles accepted the gift it had aplain gold head, which was round and apt; to hurt the hand. if the cane was called upon to sugport much weight. It was whispered about court recentâ€" ly that her majesty used no longer the historic stick. This is not true; only the top has been changed. An idol, which graced the temple of an illâ€"fatâ€" ed Indian prince. has been added for a. handle. This is an exquisitely wrought affair in ivory, on an infinitesimal pedestal of alabaster. The eyes and forehead are jeweled. and on the tongue is the rarest of rubies. Askingâ€"How is it that. Slicksmith' seems to make an instantaneous hit with every lady to whom} he is intro- dumcL? Teller~0h‘, he calls the married ones ‘miss’ and the Binge ones 'mrs.’ HER BIAJESTY‘S (‘ANES HIS LITTLE GAME 59,1085 value. Helm, silver weé; sticks carver’s art; jewels that York 01101),