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The complete returns of the Irish County Council elections are now to hand. and Show an overwhelming vic- i'ory for Nationalism, the Nationalists having elected 544 candidates. as against 119 Unionists. England's delegates to the disar- mament conference will be Sir Julian An important engineering firm at Sheffirld has just: placed a large order for heavy machinery in the United States, the British makers being unâ€" able to promise sufficiently quick de- livery. Mary Ansell is charged at London with the murder of her int-lane sister, Caroline Ansell. Poison was sent to her in a. cake. her life having been previously insured by the accused. late Mr. T. E. Ellis. The Albatross, a new type of tor- pedo-boat destroyer, just built atlhe yards of Thornnycroft & Company at Chiswick, has attained a speed of 33 knots on her trial trip. late Right Hon. \V. E. Gladstone, has been appointed Chief Whip of the Lib- eral Opposition. in succession to the latn Mr. T. E. Ellis. G R. Birt, the defaulting manager of the Millwall Dock Company, London, has been committed for trial, bail be- ing allowea’ at, $60,000. hIr;.forb§_1rt Gladstone, son of che 6‘ S. Gladstone has been appointed Governor and Augustus Provost De- puty Governor of the Bank of Eng- land. A London syndicate is reported to be after wiréless telegraphy rights ICI‘OSS the ocean. It is reported in London that Lord Rosebery will reâ€"enter political life. Sir Monier Baden, professor of Sans- krii at Oxford University, is dead at London. A prediction, made at Winnipeg a gentleman who claims to know situation, says Lha‘lr this year will 17:: AAA 1 x v [J Winnipeg is asking the Dominion Government for better equipment at the East Selkirk immigration building for what is understh to be a check quarantine. It is announced that the main line of the Northern Pacific in Manitoba is to be extended northwesterly to Birtle, with spur lines to Rapid City and Brandon. Kingston City Council has increased the salaries of the City Clerk, Treas- urer and Assistant Treasurer by $100 each per annum. The Manitoba Legislatures has ad- journed until June 15, after a debate upon the administration of the school system. Kingston will invite Lt.-Col. Roose- velt, Governor of New York State, to spend the Queen's Birthday in that city. The Deseronto Smelten Company has received an export order for England of ten cars of charcoal iron. It is said that 90 per cent, of wes- tern Ontario peach trees have been killed by the frost. Another party of about 1,000 Doukâ€" hobors are expected to reach Mout- real in May. Kingston’s tax rate: is 18- 1-2 mills. Vesselmen are anticipating good freight rates on that lakes this season. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Brimin, the United States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed ard “snorted for Easy Reading. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. CANADA. tde at Winnipeg by Claims to know the see Ungrateful persons are about as rare in proportlon as benevolent ones are uncommon. Never give upâ€"unleSS it's in a lone- ly spot and the other fellow has a sanding or a revolver. When a. man marries an heiress he isn't very anxious for her to retain her charms. Tim» may be money, but it's hard for a man to make his creditors be- lieve it. The shadow of the family tree ao- couuts for a good many shady reputa- tions. Hope is a pleasing acquaint- ance. but one you can seldom depend upon. The toast of the evening is taken from a bottle. It's as hard to hide indifference as it! is to conceal love. When money talks the cream of the conversation is rich. Every time you forgive a. man you lower him in his own estimation. One seldom has the price of the man who is really worth buying. {A compiete overhauling of all the Russian arsenals anld supply depots has been ordered, the St. Petersburg authorities being ignorant of the ac- tual amount of the reserve supply. LieuL.-Col. G. F. Browne, military “(130118 of the British Legalion at Pukin, was arrested for refusing to remove his but while a religious pm- cession was passing. He was afLerâ€" wards released. It is the opinion at army men in Manila that it will require the. pres- ence of 50,000 American troops to orâ€" cupy the territory taken and to keep open communicatiom tion. The British steamer Kingswell re.- ports at: Malta having collided with the Greek coaster Maria in the Med- iterranean. sinking her. with the loss of 45 lives. ' Three fishing smacks were wrecked and twentyâ€"one members of their crews lost their lives during the re~ cent gale off the French coast. The University of Tomsk, \Vest‘ern Siberia, has decided to send ibreb of its professors in search for tlu2 re.- mnins of the Andree balloon expedi- The Argentine Republic Inst year imported 4,500 bicycles. of which 2,560 were of American and 500 of British manufacture. A Paris story says that a centenâ€" arian there has cmmitted suicide. fearing he would never die. Vienna courts are trying Michael Szoery. a former millionaire and 1ead~ ing financier in Budapest, for bur- glary. Monuments to the late ; ist, Baron Hirsch. Will be Budapest and Lemherg. The plague is reported to be spreadâ€" ing {hroughout Asia. A Paris physician is said to have discovered a cure for cancer. Hon. James Service. ex-Premier of Victoria. is dead at Melbourne. Armed bandits practically own Sicily. according to reports from Messina. out and radical changégwfiivll Tagufiiégi; in the staff departments. GENERAL. An exodus of Finns to America is beginning. The King and Queen of Italy are visiting Sardinia' An order has been prepared at the War Department for a reâ€"orgnnizatmn of the army on a peace basis. Most: of The general officers of the volun- teer establishment will be mustered Directors of the Maurice Grau Opera Company at New York have ratified the dividend of 35 per cent. The comâ€" pany’s profits for the year were $100,- 000. on a capital of $125,000. Claude A. Thompsan, an Englishman, gave himself up to the police aulhori~ ties at New York last night, charging himself with the embezzlement of $2,- 500 from a company in London. He had spent the money. Daniel Kelly, of Hill County, Geor- gia, has just married his third wife in ten months, the first two dying a few weeks after the Weddings. W'ednesday morning James Doyle. a. detective, shot and killed Martin Carey. and slightly wounded August Miller, in a Brooklyn bar-roam. The Gleal. Northern and the Northâ€" Vern Pacific Railways have been badly dammged by floods. It is said at Niagara Falls that the Gorge Road may be abandoned this summer, owing to the landslides. Mr. Bellamy Storrer has been ap- pointed United States 'Minister to Spain. North Dakota courts are said to be granting divorces at the rate of about three per day. Balfour, chief described the principle and ties." The House of Commons on Wednes- day by a. vote of 167 to 69 rejected the bill introduced by “'illiam O’Malley, ami-Pmmllite, providing for the com~ pulsory reâ€"Lns‘mtement of lush ten- ants evicted since 1879'. Mr. Gerald ‘At a. meeting in London on Tuesâ€" day in celebration of the Church Misâ€" sionary Society's centenary, the Right Rev Geo. Rodney Eden, D.D., Bishop of Wakefield, created a sensation by attacking the. Sunday newspapers ls- sued for the first time here on Sun~ day, las‘t. ister at The Hague, with Vice-Ad~ miral Sir John Fisher and Major-Gem eral Sir John Ardagh as naval and military experts. Panacefotgiand_7Henry Howard, M‘1n~ POINTED PARAGRAPHS‘ UNITED STATES nce 1879'. Mr. Gerald secretary for Ireland, bill as being "bad in mischievous in prac- the _l;1_te_ philanthrop~ h Legalion at for refusing to 1 religious pm- He was afLer- erect ed it It is resolved, therefore. that this 5011' House appoint a commission for lholDUha proposed enquiring into and (1) deler- can“ {mining- the original cost of the C.P.R. enue ; yCumpany‘s main line and the equipment bacco thereof; (‘2) the original cost of all the or 0“ branch lines constructed and at pres~ 3'91? ent owned and operated by Ihe Com- “"10» puny in Canada; (3) the original cost Dec, of all lines acquired by purchase and Swed‘ at present owned by the company in r8001“ » Canada; (4) the original cost of all the ably lines at present owned and operated 3"”! by the company in the United States The C of America; (5) the rentals or other to do consideration paid for all lines leased ‘1 1m“ and operated by the company in Canada; (6) the rental or other con- sideration paid by the company for all lines operated by it or operated, subject to its control in the United States of America; 'I the revenues and expenditures of each of these railways as aforementioned in sepa- rate form in so far as such separation of accounts is feasible, that this comâ€" mission be given full power to examine witnesses under oath, to demand proâ€" ductiOn of books of account or cor- respondence and of all documents re- lating to the subject matter of this 1 resolution. I k x The stition will b: of tin or doc ladder A sic worth *iu cusn, Lind. constructed railway, and in others forxus, i0 21 very large amount, in order that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company might be able m in 111511 transportatim 10 (‘11: wesLL‘rn ‘selllers at rates which need be cal- ,‘Culuted to produce little beyond lhe I‘cust of operation and maintenance, and ithat the 10! per 09m, provision is emâ€" :hudied in thu :ch incorporating the U. P. B., Company; r 'l'hut {harp seems to hn nn umll an- That there seems to he no well deâ€" fined understanding as to whether the gifts and grants ufui'ementiunud were nut to he considered as :1 part of the "capit‘ti expended on the construction of the road," and that thereseemsnot to have been any mpt'hud or process provided or indicatt'd by U)» Charter Act for determining the actual amount of the "capital expended on the con- struction of the road." and ‘Alt‘il'Elt ‘l HE C. P. R. Robett L. Richardson, ALB, has |movetl for the appointment of 4 Comâ€" lmission of the House to ascertain the ’amount of capital expended in the constt'uc.,ion ot the C. P. R. His obâ€" ject is to try to abolish what is known as the ten per cent clause. This clause enacts that. until the C. P. it. earns 10 per cent. on the capital actually ex- pended on the road the Government is not permitted to control the rates. What Richardson wants to know is ‘how the subsidies voted by the coun~ try to the road are to he consideredt ‘in estimating the cost of construction.{ The motion reads thus: â€"â€" That the? Parliament of Canada has provided aid‘ in c;tsh, Lind. constructed railway, and‘ in others forms, to u very large amount," in order that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company might be able to‘ {u nish ti‘ansportathn to the westtirnl settlers at rates which need be cal-j culuted to produce little liflvnntl .tmt recommendations to this House. RAILROAD ’l‘O DAWSON CITY. The standing Orders Committee considered the petition of \\'i1- linm Mackenzie, D. D. Mann and R. J, Mackenzie, praying for power to construct and operate a line of rail- way from a point on the Stikine river in British Columbia, thence by a pracâ€" ticable route to 'l‘wlin Lake or there- abouts, thonoe by a practicable route to Dawson City. also a line from a point on or near the Stikine river by a southerly route to a point in Bri- tish Columbia capable of being made an ocean port: also a line from a point on or near the Lynn canal, via Fort Selkirk, to Dawson City, and branch lines along the creeks. The lines are ‘to be known as the Canadian Yukon Railway. There is a rule of the com- mittee that all bills applying to this' section of the country must be adverâ€"l tised in Dawson City papers. It was: pointed out that though several comâ€"i ponies applying for charters have con- formed to this rule at a very great ex-{ pense, this company had not. The petiâ€": tioners by their solicitor, stated thatt they had mailed their application from‘ Ottawa on December 3rd, but that ow-‘ ing to the delays with the mails nol paper had come out later then De- cember 7th. The Clerk of the Council,, in rebuttal, produced a copy of the: Yukon Sun for February 14. The bill‘ was repofted, no motion to waive the rule being submitted. ‘ What the Legislators of the Country are Doing at Ottawa. DOMINION PARLIAMENT. “capital ex7p9nded UHIECQ-on- 1 of the road," and resolved, therefore. thzm. (his I0 well deâ€" vhetlmr the innml were of a comâ€" rtuin the L1 in the His ob- is known tzlrio, and from several parts of Que~ bec, will be large. Specialists in Sweden, Denmark. and Germany have reported, it appears, very favour~ ably on several samples of Canadian growth. which were submitted to them. The deputation want the Government to do something to help them to find a market. A single fine Russian sable skin is worth from $100 to $250. It is atiny thing about 14 inches long by 8 or 9 inches arnund. The Siamese have so strong asuper- stition against even numbers that they will have none of them. The number of the rooms in a house, of windows, or doors in a room, even of rungs ona ladder, must always be odd. sou, professor of agriculture; M. Duhamel. and Meow, De Salaberry. called on the Minister of Inland Rev~ enue on the subject of home-grown to- bacco. It is thought that the export of Canadian tobacco 10 Europe lhis yea}- from Essex and Kent, in 0u~ Messrs J. A. Powers, A. B. Calvin, J. ‘4'. Hm‘berc, and J. L. Hees are seeking incinrpurutiou as the Niagara, St. Calharines. and Toronto Railway Com~ puny; with power Cu acquire the old St. Catharines and Niagara Central D“-.. VVLHAu; railway, and Lo éxteh‘tâ€"l‘ \he line to H.1millon and Toronto. M93513. J. A. Powers, A. “'. Hm‘berc, and J. L. Hees incorpurutiou as the b Calharines. and Toronto R A deputmion composed of Rev. Dr. Rose, director of (he. Agricultural Col- lege at L’Assomption: T. G, A. Mur~ sou, professor of agriculture; M. Sir \Vilfrid Laurierâ€"I mus the gratitude of the Goverr my right hon. friend. of might have expected it. for what his vieWS have been. I l in future when we bring in measures we will receive the 5 port frucm my hon. friend. Sir Charles Tupperâ€"Hem‘. NIAGARA AND TORONTO \VAY. satisfied myself that the of the cable will invoh tion upon this country \I am satisfied the time distant when it will be revenue. _.. tuv A-lxuuulll], aspect of the project. Their report shows that after the first year the cable would pay expenses. and that from time to time, as business in- creased, rates could be lowered. Thus the cable will become an integral fac- tor in the prosperity of the countries which will be its part proprietors. Sir Charles Tupper said: I would like to take the opportunity of conâ€" gratulating my right hon. friend who leads the Government upon the anâ€" nouncement made in the preSS with re- gard to the arrangement which has been arrived at concerning the con- struction of the Pacific cable. I regard that as a most important matter, and I think the Government and the coun- try are very much to be congratulat~ ed upon the matter having been fin- ally, as I hope it is, and satisfac~ iorily arranged, I have long Since satisfied myself that the construction of the cable will involve no obligaa 3110.000, and at the outset only a p??â€" centago of this will be called up. The Gavernment believes that it can be made entirely selfâ€"supporting Lord Strathcana and Hon. A. G. Jones have reported on the financml nu“...- u.“ vn years! after its completion the cable will be successfully operated as to yield a. substantial income. so sub. stantial that dividends will be paid on the several contributions of the Various states intergsled. The estima- ted cost will not be mare than £1,â€" 500,000, and at the outset only a per. centaao of this will hn Mum: .... rm” TO SPAN PACIFIC OCEAN. The lung-talkvd-of Pacific cable will shortly, according to present appear- ances, be an accomplished fact. The cw-nperation of the Ausirzilian and the Imperial authorities is already assnred. and within a fortnight it is expecwd the Dominion Government will intro- duce a bill which will declare W11at Canada is prepared to do as its share mfigrging this great link in the im- perial Federation scheme. The Government's bill will provide for supplying funds equivalent to five- eighteenths of the: cost of the con- struction of the nrminqod nnhlo an CANA DIAN }RO\VN TOBACCO Application has been made to the Dominion Parliament for [he incorpor- ation of the Canadian Inland Transpor- tation Company, those inLerested being Messrs. Wm. Christie, J. K. Osborne, Geo. H. Bertram. M. P., of Toronto; Alex. Lumsden, M. P. P.. and John Mc- Rae, of Ottawa, and Hon. Senator For- get, of Montreal. The company pro- poses to have a‘ fleet of ten solid steel carriers, 276 feet in length, by 43 feet beam, with a capaciLy of 78,000 bushels of wheat, with a fourteen~foot depth in the canals. The promoters think they can carry cargoes to Mon- treal from Lake Superior cheaper than the present 6â€"cent rate to New York, {and in return do a profitable business In return cargoes. The carrying of one from Lake Superior to the blast furnaoe at Hamilton, and to the proâ€" Dosed one at Toronto, is also contemâ€" Plated. The capital stock of the comâ€" pany will be $4,000,000. TO SPAN PACIFIC OCEAN, SIAMES E SUPERSTITION NEW LINE OF STE SABLE SKINS commission to be apâ€" e Imlperial Government. ting colony nominating 3 on the commission in the amount contributed. d that witth three completion the cable :fu_Uy operated as to _untry whatever. a'nd Vthe Governmént opportunity of conâ€" ight hon. friend who nment upon the anâ€" in the preSS with re- ngament which has concerning the con- )d. Of course I i it. for I know begn. hope that must express the financml Their report .st year the is nat far a source of AMERS‘ as good 1 me supâ€" hezu‘ R A ILâ€" : chrpor- Transpor- sted being . Osborne, Toronto; , John Mc- r h‘or- 7 pro- L steel by 43 Where closed drains flows dairy or creamery. they st flushed out occasionally with tion of crude carbolic acid foll‘ hot water. 7, .. “Auuylvkul All wooden utensils and vessels should be scalded, cooled and dipped into cold water before they are used. Small wooden utensils should be kept: floating or immersed in cold water. Where closed drains flows from a dairy or creamery. they should be In the washing of churns and all other vessels for milk or cream, they should first be rinsed with odd or tepid water. The addition of washing soda, orasmull quantity of borax to lhl' waâ€" ter will increase iLs cleansing proper- ties. They should then be washed with warm water, and scalded with "water boiling.” The use of a brush for the cleansing of utensils is much preferable t_o the use of a dishglolli. SETTING A STRAWBERRY BED. The selection of the plants is very important, to have good, thrifty plants of the previous seasons growth. You don‘t want plants from an old bed that has borne fruit, but from a new plan- tation that has never borne any fruit These plants should be trimmed of all dead leaves and runners, and if it is a little late the new leaves should be cut back to leave about two leaves. and the roots should also be shortene to about jhmee and a halt or four? inches. Our rule is to take a bunch of plants in the hand, what we calm whold handily, say five or six, and even i the crowns up in your hand, shut your lhand and cut the roots off at the heel of your hand, no matter how long they are. Then the plants are slushedâ€" that is, dipped in water and put in a basket, ready to be taken to the field. In setting the plants, we don’t want to go and drop a lot of them along in the row, ahead of the plant- er; they should not be dropped any faster than they are set. Professiona growers use a tool, but if your groun l is in proper condition you can set wit your hands, or you can take an old ax with a short handle and strike it down in the ground, making 21 wedge- shaped opening. You take the plant, give it a flip to make the roots fly out, and set it so the roots will spread out in a fan shape. Let the plant set no deeper than it set before; if it is set too deep it will rot the heart of the plant, and if it is set too shallow it will dry out. the brin ~ ,u ........ v- w“...- wmb and brush. the not only sup-A plies the family with milk and but' Let, but in addition there is, for half) the year, a surplus of butter whicti ham." A- “L,” . mop With Ills Loam at evening near the pasture gate, lead out the cow, tie her by a rope around her horns to the rear end of the wagon and start off at so brisk‘ a pace as to keep the heavy udder cow on a trot all the way home. The other cow has good usage in sum mer, but. generally oomes through the winter "spring poor" and plastered from hip Joints to heel with stable filth. Fully one-half of the useful- ness of any cow lS destroyed by such treatment. ()n the other hand is a farm laborer whase yearly compensaâ€" tion includes the 'keep' of a cow. He has a grade Jersey, whose place iu‘ summer is in green pastures. in col?) weather she has a snug, well-bedde slall, with plenty of food and watér and the daily application of curry-, hnml\ nag ents a sound constitution and ca city for a large yield of rich milk. 'crub cows are unprofitable stock every- where. but especially for familyg' use. for it costs more to keep a cow i/h the village than on the farm. Abovfe all, if a cow is to give profit and satisfacâ€" tion she must have proper care. This includes comfortable shelter. good and plentiful food and water. regular hours of milking and feeding. with in- variable kindness. 1 have in mind two cows kept near me. ’lhe owner of one of them has repeatedly been seen to stop with his team at eveninrr nam- uf them are grades out of native ws, sired by pure bred bulls 0!? high in- dividual excellence. Such ac is not eligible to registry in any erd book, but inheriting good blood rom the paternal side and from bOLh par- eats a sound constitution and no nn‘O-w ‘ Official statisticians take no note of the family cow. In quality the cows kept in villages and at summer home: of city people for the supply of milk and butter to the owners are presum. uny somewhat above the average of dairy herds, writes Geo. A. Martin. Still the desirable points are alike in both. A cow in perfect health, docile and free from bad habits, yielding a good and lasting supply of rich milk is equally valuable for the dairy and. the family. The Jersey is popularly regarded as the ideal family 00w. Guernscys share the peculiar excell. enoies of Jerseys; the Ayrshires, Hol- siein-Friesians, Red Polls and Brown Swiss have all proved highly satisfaov tory, and in England the milking strains of Shorthorns have for year: been the standard dairy oows. But Even there the diminutive Kerry cows have become quite popular and ar seen on many gentlemen's places. But it is by no means indispensa In that the family 00w should be p re bred. This does not mean that she may be a scrub, but some of the SSWNMWHWW WHEN-WWW CLEANING THE Agricultural; WWW 88 an extra price out occasionally with a solu- rude catholic acid followed by to have good, thrifLy plant; vious season‘s growth. You plants from an old bed that 1‘HE FAMILY COW UTENSLLS. (‘hurns and all or (Team, they the plafit sefi fure; if it is the heart of 11g properâ€"- )e washed alded with of a brush