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on the Farm. RELIEVING CHOKED CATTLE. Choking in cattle is usually caused by swallowing a potato, apple, or piece of turnip or carrot. No matter in which part of the gullet it is lodged it causesgreat distress. The animal coughs, saliva runs from the mouth, eyes bulge out. back is arched and bloating also takes place. If it is in the upper part of the gullet the ani- mal soon dies from suffocation. If it is in. the middle or lower part the ani- mal may live for several days. If it is in the upper part of the gullct give‘ a little oil and then. rub the hand up and down the throat to scatter the accumulation. fit may be necessaryto give a little oil several times, and con- tinue the rubbing, as it may take some time to overcome the choking. In case no oil is at hand a similar at- tempt may be made by pouring down some water. 1f the obstruction canr not b: forced up or down by oiling and rubbing the gullet. use a probang,y which is made of spiral. wire covered' with leather and which will bond with the neck. There is also a gag to put in the mouth, with a holet in the cen- tre through which the probaug passes. Oil the probang and let. one man take hold of the animal‘s horns or cars, while another passes the probaug through the hole in the gag and back into the gullet. Press gently until object is felt, then by steady pressure it will pass into the stomach. Too much force should not be used for fear of rupturing the gullet. No unyield- Lng article should be pressed down the . fullet, as it is almost sure to rupture t. It a probang is not convenient take a piece of rope about three- fourths to one inch in diameter, fray out a Little of the end and tie a piece of string around it to form a soft knot, grease this well and it will sup- ply the place of a probaug. In cases where an animal can not' be relieved by this treatment, out down on the guLlet with the knife, making an in- cision and removing the material. Clear. the wound and bring the edges of the gullet together firmly and sew . with silk thread or catgut, letting the ends hang out of the external wound, I bring the edges of the skin together, put a bandage around and keep it wet with cold water for twenty-four hours, I and it; will usually heal. ,Give the animal soft food for some days, and if' s probang was used and the gullet not cut give soft food two or three days. CHICKEN Coors FOR WINTER. .Winter eggs are the most profitable, but hens will not lay unless treated properly. The most essential thing in profitable poultry raising is a warm ooqp in the winter. Many farmers cannot afford to build a suitable coop. There is the material about almost any farm for making the most open coop one of the warmest. There is no expense attached to it except the lab- 01'. At each corner of the coop and about 8ft out, set a post that will extend well above the eaves. 1 If the coop is large enough to make it necessary, other posts of a uniform height and at the same distance from! the walls of the coop, can be set in the ground. The posts should not be more than from 6 to 8 ft. alpart. Then about Gin. from the ground, staple a smooth wire to the posts, and another about 2ft above, and so on to the top of the posts, requiring five or six wires. Then fill in between the posts and wires and the coop with hay and straw. Small poles or pieces of waste boards can be woven in the wires to keep the hay in place. \Vhen the caves are reached, some material that will lead off the water should be put on top. Long slough grass has been found good for this. By setting a post each side the door frame, and one to correspond with each in a line with the outside posts, and boarding up each side and fixing the top to be covered with hay, the door of the coop will be guarded from ‘ the cold. Of course an outside door of some sort will be necessary. The windows can be provided for in the, same way or a box of some rough lum- 1 her be made and set in as the banking! up is being done. ‘ ‘Aside from a place reasonably warm to roost in, chickens, to do well, should have a warm, sunny place in which to‘ exercise on warm days. Such.| a place‘ can be made each side the coop in the shape of a leanâ€"to facing the south. Set a line of posts the length desired to make the lean-to and spike ~2x4‘s across the top, from one post. to an- other, 6 to 8 ft. from the ground. Then out poles of a length to make the de- sired pitch to the roof and lay one end over the in’s, in is well to notch the under sides so there will be no danger of slipping, letting the other and rest on the ground. Lay fine- limbed brush across these, and upon this put the hay or straw covering. In, this place can be pun up nests and a' dust box fixed and filled. for them to wallow in. The chickens, too, can bet fed here. As most of the winter 1 storms and cold winds come, from the north, there will be but a few days at a time when the fowls cannot enjoy» the open air in these sheds. .A c00p fixed in. this way will be found warm- er than any that can be made with lumber. â€"-â€"- GOOD PLO\VING. What used to be called good plow- ing, the turning a furrow over TWO: smoothly and leaving the upturned ‘ surface perfectly level, is not thought as important now as it was when We were young. The plowing match at agricultural exhibitions does no: draw the crowd it once did, even when there is no counter attraction of trotting horse, bicycle match, or base- ball game to draw the people away, The improvements in barrows, horse- hoes and Cultivators enable the farm- cr to pulvcrirc his soil, as it could not have been done by the plow, and to leavo it level if he wishes, though it may have been but poor.y plowed. And many of the fdlluvl‘S are beginning to think that the. best plowing is what our fathers would have called a poor job, tllu furrow sst on edge in- stead of turned chr,-.1n.l thcn “orkcd mellow afterward. The. land so hand- lutl gin-s a butter crop than that which has been turned upside down. 'UST CREDITIBLE. i“ some Astonishing I’cnls Performed by Indlnn I-‘..Iilr~'. The‘ apparent miracles of Indian faâ€" kirs have long been a favorite subject for travellers stories. " Slay-at-homes“ have displayed pardontble incrmluloty at descriptions, of jugglcrs toss.ng a rope ladder into the air, and then run- ning up it hastily before it collapses. But it is not necessary to insist upon tales of this stripe. A gentleman late- ly returned from India gives the folâ€" lowing description of tricks performâ€" ed before him at close quarters: ' in one instance the iakir took a small, empty jar of metal. Then, plac- lng a copper coin between his teeth, he began to blow, and smoke soon isâ€" sued from his mouth and nostrils. The jar, which was held aloft all the time, was found filled with water, which be- gan to boil furiously. Casting it aside, he opened his mouth, and blew out jets of living flame. Indeed, the whole cavity of the throat appeared to be filled with fire, which ignited anything which it came in contact with. \Ve. all saw the empty jar, the filled jar, the boiling water, and the fire. but the fire never ap- proached the jar. Another trick consisted in causing a dead and dried-up cobra to come to lifeâ€"or so it appeared. The fakir plac- ed it not three feet from our circle in a basket, which was then covered with a lid. . The man’s costume consisted of one garment of the shirt order, the sleeves of which were tucked up at the shoul- ders, affording a scanty opportunity tot hide anything; yet, when, after afew' waves of a. cloth held at the corners he removed the lid of the basket, and the dead snake was gone, and in its place rose the majestic hooded head and neck of one of the largest of co- bras. , The last trick was a display of ap-, parently wonderful strength. A boy ten years old was tied up in a large scarf, with its ends attached to two strong cords. At the ends of these cords were hollow brass cups about as large as an acorn. ‘ The fakir raised the upper eyelid oft each of his eyes, inserted the cups un- der them, with the hollow side next to the eyeball, after which he pulled the eyelids well dew n. Then with hands on hips and head well back, he rose to his full height, lifting the boy an foot and more off the ground. andl swinging him from side to side, the' entire weight, of course, falling upon. the brass cups. ‘ It seemed a marvel that the eyeballsl were not destroyed; and yet this man was but a common street performer. â€"â€"oâ€"â€" RISEN FROM THE BANKS. Major-Gen. lllscdonald “’Iio Is to ('om- nmnd lhc lllgllland Brigade. General Hector A. Macdonald, who has been appointed to command the Highland Brigade with Gen. Methu- en's forces in South Africa, succeeds Gen. \Vauchope, who was killed in the Magersfontehn engagement. He is a “ranker,” having risen from private step by step, to his present position. He served in the Afghanistan war, and was twice mentioned in de- spatches, was promoted to a li.euten-‘ ancy, and received the medal with three clasps and the Afghanistan bronze star. He served in the Trans- vaal war of 1881, and was present at Majuba Hill. In that fight he lost his sword, which was afterwards re- turned to him by Commandant-Gener- al Joubert, who. on hearing that Mac- donald had won his commission from the ranks, exclaimed, "That brave sol- dier must have his sword again," and kept his word. He fought in the Son- dan campaign of 1885, 18%. and 1:91, mcntionedin despatcbes, promoted to be major, received the medal and two clasps, the decoration. of the Distin- guished Service Order, the third-class Medjidie, the third-c'ass Osmanieh, and the Khedive‘s bronze star with dis- tinguished service clasp. in 1806 he was to the fore in the Dongola cam- paign, and for his services was men- tioned in despatches. promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. and award- ed the decoration of Cd}. in Kitchen- er‘s expedition of 1897-98 he com- manded the Soudnnesc brigade at the battle of Omdurmun. He was once more mentioned in despotches, raised to the rank of full colonel, two clasps were added to his many decorations, and he was made Honorary A.D.C, to the Queen. He is 47 years of age. _.__._.9â€" THE FINEST WARDROBE. The German Empress, it is said, spends In re upon clothes than any other roya lady. 1 , ‘ them. HOME. It is good to have a corner Just to ca'.‘. one’s own, Though it be a nest in branches 1)) the. west winds blown: Though it. be. a crooked window under mossy eaves, Known but to darting swallows anr‘ to autumu's drifting leaves. Though it only be a little room of four bare walls, Caught in ‘mid smoky chimneys and the city's noisy calls; The heart may rcst awhile, soul may be alone, if yet one has a corner one's own, and the just to call The busy world is beckoning and lures us away, And life SL‘I‘dnS all lo-morrow, 'tis leaving us to-day‘, llut there’s nothing half an rare. in the golden days to come, As a little roof, (1 low roof, that We call Home. though There is nothing half so precious in the wide world and free As the dear hearts, the near hearts close to you and meâ€" Oh, when the dream is broken, and a- wandcring we roam. \Ve’ll find no other shelter like one called Home. the. Fa'mc may be awaiting us, and glory on the way, . But the humble things, the sweet things, are ours everv day; And for loss or for gain, there is no- thing can atone, Like a heart and a corner just to call one’s own! CARE OF LAMPS. A great many people injure their eyes by reading or working with a poor light. Kerosene lamps should give a clear steady light and emit no odor. There are so many styles and sizes of lamps that it is not a diffi- cult matter to find just what is want- ed in that line. A medium sized lamp is preferable to a very large or very small one for general use, and a glass bowl is better than a metal one, for there is little danger or running it over when it is being filled. Some lamps have an opening near the cen- ter on top so the burner need not be removed for filling. Be sure the wick fits, and do not: sew or pin the new wick to the old.one. The wick acts as a sort of pump, and there should be nothing to disturb the flow of oil. The tall standard lamps in such common use at present are dan- gerous unless the base is bolted to the floor. Having secured a lamp that is sat- isfactory, a little intelligent care will enable you to secure good results from Fill the bowl with oil every morning ifit has been used the night before and clean the fines until they are bright and shining. Trim the wick daily, cutting the charred por- tion off with sharp scissors, even with the top of the tube. The burners are apt to become gummy and clogged, and cannot give a good light while in that condition. Put them in a strong soap suds once a week, and boil them ten or fifteen minutes. Polish with dry flannel, and it will be like a new burner. Keep the wick turned low ‘when not lighted to prevent the oil from oozing out over the top. In putting out the light, do not blow down the chimney. Turn the light down and blow across the tep. E. J. C. NEEDS OF A GOOD HOUSEKEEPER. If you are a housekeeper, and if you desire to save yourself many steps and much vexation of spirit, you want to have certain tools always where you. will know where to find them. In the first place, you want a ham- mer always at your command. Not a family hammer, which everybody about the home uses and drops where nobody can find it. Your hammer, to be serviceable, must be your own especial property, and you want to guard it as carefullyl as you do your diamond ring, else it will not be any- where in particular when it is want- ed. And you cannot afford to search all over the house, or the farm, as the case may be, and spend a dollar’s worth of valuable time and two dol- lars worth of energy, and lose your temper into the bargain, hunting for a fifty-cent invariably lost when you are in a hur- ry for it. Your husband has had it, or the boys have had it, or the girl wanted to drive a nail up somewhere, and each and all of them so]: mnly pro- test that they haven‘t seen it, and didn’t know there was such a thing as a hammer in existence. You want a screwâ€"driver right where you can put your hand on it at a moment’s notice. Screws are al- ways getting loose, and a little turn with a fifteen-cent screwdriver will oftentimes save a fiveâ€"dollar carpen- ter's job, if the turn is given at the prOper time. You want a good, strong awl that can be depended upon to make a hole in leather. or any other hard subâ€" stance, and a pair of shears that will cut oil cloth and pasteboard, and a gimlet, and a pair of pincers. and a small handsaw. and a chisel. and sev- eral papers of assorted tacks and some large and small nails and screws, hi‘mmer‘ A hammer ‘5 anese officer, says a writer l l A Woman, if she will set herself lbOUl’. it, can do a great many needed lobe of repairing about a house just is web’ as a man, and it will be easier for her to do them than it will be for her to induce the average husband and father to attend‘to them. It requires a great deal of time for 1 man to make up his mind to do a job about the house. He hates it,and he puts off the evil day as far as posâ€" sible. He‘ll find a score of reasons why that door which has stuck at the bottom for a year, and tried the life almost out of you. should not be fixed to-day. It will be so much more con- venient at some future time. And, in his way, he is lioncst. He fondly belicvcs that at some other time which is coming, he shall have mort- courage. and feel more like tackling the disagreeable job than he does toâ€" day. About a house, or :1 "place," more properly, there is always some little job to he done. All such jobs are “little,” though oftentimes they exoke Ellâ€"temper. If a woman has the proper tools, she can hammer down the. tacks in the carch which have stnrtcd out and al- lowed that carpet to trip up every- body who attempts to cross the dan- genvrous spot. and she can drive in the fastening of that loos.) blind, and so Secure the sleep of the household on windy nights, and she can bore a hole in a mopâ€"handle and so give Bridget a t‘hztncm to hang up that useful :mplcment instead of Ioss'ng it out into the woodshed to mold and mildew. She can glue the broken chairback and put a needed screw into the kitchen table and stop its uneasy wabbling', and she has been known to put up a curtain fixture so that the shade rolled true, and (lid not go up like a rocket every time you looked at itâ€"and she did it without breaking any commandment, either, But, mind you, all these tools must he. kept sacrcdly to yourself, or when the time to use them comes they will be among the things that were. There is unlimited comfort to the good house-wife in having the thing she wants to use right. where she can be sure of it the minute she wants it. No direful uncertainty, no doubt- ful questioning, no having to run all over the place and ask everybody, "Where did you put that screwdriv- er 2‘ and of course receive the indig- nant answer, "Screwdriver? I haven‘t had your screwdriver." . You want a box to keep your tools in, and you want a lock on it, and you had better keep it lockedand keep the. key in your own possession. You may pound your thumb, and knock the skin from your knuckles, and saw into the cuticle now and then, at first, but if your persevere you will soon learn to avoid accidents of this kind; and there will be an immense measure of satisfaction in being able to do these little necessary jobs, in- dependently of that man of vours, who always has some awfully pressing bus- mess to attend to when you want a spring put on the window or a hook put up in the closetâ€"Kate Thorn. ._+â€"â€" DON’T WORRY. \Vorry is the father of insomnia. Worry is forethought gone to seed. Worry is discounting possible fu- ture sorrows so that the individual may have present miseryl. lWorry is not one large individual sorrow; it is a colony of petty, vague, insignificant, restless imps of fear, that become important only from their combination, their constancy, their irtertation. Worry is the traitor in our camp that dampens our powder. weakens airm; under the guise of helping us to bear the present and to be ready for the future, worry multirplies enemies within our mind to sapl our strength. Worry must not be confused with anxiety, though both words agree in meaning originally, a "choking," or a. “strangling,” referring, of course, to the throttling effect upon individual activity. Anxiety faces large issues of life seriously, calmly, withl dignity. Anxiety always suggests hopeful posâ€" sibility; it is active in beng ready and devising measures to meet the out- come. . , Worry is the dominance of the mind by a single, vague. restless, unsatis- fied, fearing and fearful idea. The mental energy and force that should be concentrated on the successive duties of the day is constantly and surreptitiously abstracted and absorb- ed by this one fixed idea. EUROPEAN WIVES OF JAPANESE. Much has been said about mixed marriages in Japan. On rere oc- casions they are a success, but this is not generally the case, especially if the wife be the foreigner. l was much interested in a European lady I knew who had married a Japâ€" in the Cornhill Magazine. They were avery united couple, and, had it not been for the hueband's mother, all might have been hell. But in Japan awife is entirc‘y in subjecrion to her mother- in-iaw, who makes the must of this flu'llhrlly, in some cases reducing her arm’s wife into a sort of upper servant. In lilt- present instance as long as her hu bind remained at home his wife wzts ub'e to do pretty much as she p'lni~t'tl. \Vhen, however, the war '0" ~k~ out and he joined his regiment in t";inn. the mother-inâ€"law entirely “primal the upper hand. The un- fortunate daughter had to abandon tut: lint-upturn customs. to adopt Jap- 'tnvse dress for hersef and her child, l0 >ll on the four and live principally ‘ on Japanese 1" ml. So great \ the old lady's power and influen: it the western woman did not (ll disobey, but had to submit in - until her husband's return horn .â€" Willlllll “HE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. oterestlng Items Aboeek Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. Sidney Silr‘ox, of Londcnt. has been a.m.omted principal of the St. Thomas L’ublic schools. George Mulholland, about 35 years of .‘lg‘e, of Hamilton. dropped dead at his residence on Monday. 11- nry Benrc, a Hamilton bakt~r,r-orn- mitted suifidc by cutting his throat will!) a razor on Monday. A lot of brick unloaded from the stcainb'irge Owen at Sandwich caused. the collapse of the town dock, and the bl‘lt‘k fell into the river. The tax rate this year in London was the highest in the. city :1 history- 22:5 millsâ€"but in spite of this the de- liril-ncy amounts to $10,000. The Lie ‘il‘lt'. Light Stooge Company of Hamilton is plating Sixteen storage batteries in tl.e Waterloo & Berlin Electric Street Railway system. or Mgr. lc‘ulronio, the Papal Delegate, has detidcd to make his headquarters in Ottawa. He has been Occupying rooms at the Ottawa University. F. C. Lcmicux, late accountant on La Basque, Ville Marie, has been sent- enced to three years in penitentiary for presenting a false return to the Cov- ernmcnt. ’.l‘h_~ McLaughlin Carriage Co. will rtbuild a time-storey brick factoryim Oshawa on the town lending them $ 0,0 0 .“ithout interest. repayublo yearly in at; years. Mr. Howard Douglas, Superintend- ent of the banff National Park, who is now in Ottawa, reports that the buf- tulo and other live stock in the park are thriving and increasing in numâ€" bers. The agreement between the Mont- real Harbor Commissioners and the Connors syndicate has been finally settled and guarantees enormous ad- vantages to the St. Lawrence route and Montreal harbor. 'Mr. J. W. Van Dyke of Grimsby has begun an action against Grimsby Township Council to compel the Coun- cil to carry out a by-law, for the pur- chase of Mr. Van Dyke’s waterworks system, and for $1,000 damages for not having done so. A successful experiment was made with the electric plant and lights of the Soulanges canal. The line will furnish light and power to open bridg- es and lock gates. There will also be a telephone line connecting all the locks, bridges and offices. " The joint Court House Committee have decided to renew the arrange- ment between the City of Hamilton and the County of Wentworth for an- other five years, whereby the city pays ’70 per cent. and the county 30 par cent of the expenses of the court H‘ouse. [K Mr. Edward fr ,3: -,‘-:t .. ernment /‘.;'. v. r 1: . i d bago, he: w r ment 0f '1‘! if 1451:} .. . 111:. ing the 5:. .5 lt'ti‘tlll ..»:.1 li‘. tn l‘ is!) Wrst i s. a: the pi'lript' . 0 improved steamship service teiwcen Canada and use islands. ".-.:‘AT BRITAIN. Bernard Q..aritch. the well-known bibliolphilr' and book dealer. is dead at London. England. {The War office has placed an or- der for another 3,001) tons of hay from Canada, for. use in South Africa. There are rumors that the Duke of Connaught will succeed General Lord Roberts as Commander-in-Chief of the Irish forces. The Government of New South Wales has decided to send a Field Hospital Corps and a battery of] artil. lery to South Africa in addition to the mounted. contingent, The appeal affecting the interpre- tatiou of the Dunkin Act in Rich- mond County. Que. was argued before the Privy Council in London. and judg- ment was reserved. UNITED STATES. Mr. Samuel .Gompers has been un- animously re-elccted President of the American Federation of Labor. Dan Noble, a notorious bunk rob- ber, was released from Auburn, N. Y., prison on Monday, having served his term. An old woman of the Bowery bodily kidnapped a fourâ€"yearâ€"old boy in the streets of New York on Monday, and was arrested later with the child in her poesession. ' C. S. and E. F. Karaly, Chicago elec- triciants, sons of Dr. S. Karaly, of Albany, N.Y., are reported to have inherited an estate in Hungary worth over $4,000,000. GENERAL. A despatch from Trinidad says that news has hoen received there that 5,- 000 troops have b-en sent by France to Guadaloupe and Martinique. _.__+._ A HORSES MEMORY. A correspondent tells a curious story of a mire \\ bit-h was accustomed while fut-ding in :i lit-1d. to stand un- der a lmv-:.5.r‘.- ding tranch of on elm- tree w'nJ-h ju~L touched her Lack, and to sway her body 11; and fro in order to enjoy the brushing. One winter the branch was removed, but the next spring, wh-xn this mare Was 1 urned into the fiv‘ld, she placed herself tiny after day on the same spot, and swayed backward and forward, apparently at menu I am glad to 5335 , a loss to understand what had become life once more became bearable to her. lof her fan, ;