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ll Ill THE VERY LATEST FROIV? ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Owr Country, Great Britain, the Unitcc States, and All Parts of the Globe Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. ; Mr. E. P. Flynn. ex-M.P. for Rich- mond, N. 8., is dead. Earl Harker, an 11-year-old boy, was drowned at Kingston. The Standird Bank has Contribule 31,000 to the Patriotic t< und. bIr. C. Stan Allen, a wellâ€"known western Ontario journalist, uied at Lorain, Ohio. Grants ofl $503 to the National Pal- J‘iotic Fund have been made by the County Councils of Welland and Du. deriu. The. western railways, wilhuhe ex~ caption, of the C.P.R., have decided to abolish all commissions to, passenger agents. . I York County Council asks the Ontario Goverunleot to appoint, a tomimiss'ion 09 control electric railways/operating in the Province. / The Canadian Engine and Loeomoâ€" tive VVOirks,.of kingston, Ont., have gone into liquidation. The works will continue running. The Frontenac County Council has decided to petition the Ontario Legisâ€" lature to so amend the law in relation tq the summoning of jurors as to reâ€" duce the expenditure without lessen- ing the efficiency of the service. Chancellor Bui'wash, of Vicrtoria University, Who was stricken with . heart failure, while preaching at Ann Arbor, Mth., on Sunday night, was brought back to Toronto on Tuesday. He is very much better, and no serious results are anticipated. “ Jack" Freeborn, Who played cen- tre scrimmage for the Granite Foot- badl Club, was fmed $10 or 30 days at Hamilton Police Court for assaulting his wife. Grave fears are entertafned for the steamer Ashanti, which lett Moviile Jan. 6 for Halifax, with mails. She has no passengers. The Hamilton Horticultural Society has decided to give 6,000 young plaan to school children next April, the plants, to be shown in competition 101‘ prizes at the society’s elulbltlon in June. Mayor Teetzel asks the citizens oh Hamilton tomake all the demonstra- lion posstble by the ringing or bells, blowing of whistles, etc, when auth- orllative news comes of the reiief of Lauysm'ith. - . ITHI: thirteenth annual provincial convention of the 1'. iii. 0. A. 01 On- tario and Quebec old he held in Vi oodâ€" stock, 0ni., from ly’ebruary 8th to the1 11th. Mr. J. K. Osborne ol‘ the Massey Harris Company, Toronto has reten- ed a cable iron: the War Ulfice stac- mg that his son, Lieut, J, \v Usbome, of the Scottish. Rifles, Gameroaiuns, had been killed in action in the Tu-gela (1erch on January :4. Herbert J. Somerset, Operating manager of the \iinnipeg nluctiic Streei ltaiiway, has received and ac- cepted a position as general manager of the tramways, Berta, West Aus- tralia. he is a. son of Mr. W. B. Somerset, business manager of the Winnipeg liree rress. , _ The Canadian Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons paid a visit to the Michigan Grand Lodge at De- troit on Tuesday. The Visitors pre- - seated to the Michigan Grand Louge a silver lowing cup, on which the Mars and Stripes and the Union Jack are engraved together. An important deal was put through at Montreal, “hen the Mascouche Lumber Company mm a portion of its valuable timber limits in the Counties of Berthier, Massinongl, and Jo.ieue to Mr. A. A. Larocquc, 0i' Montreal, for 372,0,0. BMTID‘Hl iAt' Sydney. N.D‘.W., a wharf laborer has been stricken with the LIL-(lulu ~ plagua. and the attending doctors are of the opinion that the was inoculated with the disease through the bite of a flea. Col. Gough will not be tried for a- ‘- leged disobedience of orders, General Methuen not having pieferred accusaâ€" tions against him. L‘ol. Cough him- self is reported as denying ih.ii he re- fused to cider a cavalry charge at the ‘ K[gutllr of Modder River. A woman at Northampton died from grief for her two sons, sevenly wounded in the war. , The American ladies resident at Cape Town) held a reception on Tuesday. in boom of Lady Churchill and the en-t tire staff oi the American hospital shipi Maine. Prof. Max Muller has suf cred u 11;. 1 and his condition is causing ‘ anxiety. Al memorial service in honor oi Mr. Ruskin was held in Westminster Ab- hey this morning and was largely an. ‘ tended. ‘ 'Al request by ILe lisun of Westmin- ster Abbey that John Ruskin should be buried in \VesLminsier Abbey has been declined by Mr. ltuskin's rela- tives, who say in their reply to Dr. Bradley [hit ii was the professor's own “15h in sleep in l‘ouision cliui‘i-li~ yard, where his remains will be infor- red on Thursday. The transport Cymi‘ic has, been sent from Cape Town to search for the. dis- abled transport Manchester Cori-ore tiocn and low her here. ’ Momagu While, former Consul~Geii- on] of the South] African Repyblir in, v.1 Vi London, had a conference with Secre‘ .ary Hay, at Washington, on Tues- day. The Australian colonies have declar- ed Adelaide a plague infected port. According to a. spei‘ial desinlch from Pretoria, it is reported there that iourlccin fold cornels will be exchangA ed for fourlron British officers. A l‘t‘giml‘llll of cavalrfi was kept idle or De Aar for It fortnight, because the. War Olfice had Saul no brides wi.h the horses, but had despalched ihum somewhere else. The scheme proposed by the Dom- inion Governmmi for ibis lolliill'l..l»UD of the 100th Regiment is vroiiimenlcd upon by the St. Jami-5' Gazetlcg The Gazette says that the repatriation proposition should meet with no (lies couragemvnt in Britain. U ‘lTED STATES. Manager Rain. ay, of the Wabash Railway, has promiacd a definite and . early reply to the demands of the emr‘ ployes for higher wages. - l ll/ is announ .ed in, New York’_ ihat William 1". Miller, of Franklin Syndi- l (1816 tame. has been located in Lanzida and is under policegsuiveillauce. Alter deliberating for over three hours, the jury, at Albany, NY. In the case of William N. Clemiinshira and Moy Loy, charged with alleged cou- :plral'y in smuggling Chinese into the. U. .lled Slates irum Canada. returned l a verdict of not guiiiy. Judge (Jolie thereupon discharged the accused. «News comes from Presque Isle Lounlty, Mich, that J. hn Smith. a “and estimater, formerly of betrmt, \stray- ed away lrum a logging tampland was attacked and eater by; wolves aftera de.:peraie struggle. The success or the negotiations ln~ stltuted by Secretary Hay With a_view to irirure the "open door"for Ameriâ€" can trade in China, may now be re- garded as assured. Every one- oi the Powers that,pvarticipaled in the neg-o- tiations has. returned to the'SLate .lJe- Dartment this written agreement with the exception of Japan; and .ltaly, and there is not thejslightest' doubt in. these cases. A report from Frankfort, Ky., says 800 men, armud wiih ritles, reached ,that city to day and have been sup- plied wl.h badges bearing the portrait cl Governor ’layior. A fight between this Taylolr and G-oeibel, political sup- porters is feared. Representative Roberts, of Utah, ac- 0113611 out practising po.ygamy, was ex- {pelled from the House of Representa- Lives at Washington, the repcri of the committee recdllnlenulllg this. act on being adopted by a. vote 01 2'7ti to ho. To olfset the Proâ€"Boer meeting reâ€" ce‘nily held at the” Lyceum ’lheatire, a number of prominent Buifaionianls held a meellrng at the ’l‘iffi House, and adopted resolutions of sympathy tor the British. A mind was startud for the rebel of the widows and orphans or British so;dicrs. Circulars calling fair subscriptions to this fund are bu- ung sent out. Among the bills introduced in the Senate was one by Senator Ellsworth empowering the Buffalo 8; Niagara Falls Electric Railway Company, when authorized by the Province of Ontario or the Lominion of Canada, to acquire the property of any railway Operated in the Province of Ontario. , John .D. Rockefeller will give the IUliiv’ersiiy 01 Lib-icago 3350,1400 as a re- ‘suii or the recent'acquisition of the {Curley paleontological colit‘Cllun. 1.1m Curley. spemmens include 7uo,0o0 Mis- SISSlflpl Va.li.y lossiis. The collision was \a.ued a. $3,000, and its gather- er agreed to contribute $5),0.0 of the sum, the rest being paid by the .Uni- versuy. Mr. Rockefeller has oflered to pay $59,0J0 of the $75,000 necessary tel make. up the required amount, if the rest is raiSed by l'rcsident Harier. GENERAL. Denmark continues to negotiate with the United States for the sale of her: possessions in the West ladies. The case of Pastor Sarins, thhe Ger-3 man misSiouary, arrested in Natal last‘ lmonth for aiding the Boers, continues unsettled. The Dutch cruiser Zeehond sailed for Delagoa Bay on January 25th. ' Official reports giving details of the recent inundations in Japan show that ‘property valued at over li,t00.t0ll yen was destroyed. Thirty-five towns were devastated, 7,288 houses submerged and 189 lives lost. Arrangements are being completed lfor the establishment of :l ltussian consulate in Canada. l 'mules. but it will not get them. \NI‘WWVI‘M‘IW fi’v'v'M’I‘IMWflMWI’r/L Agricultural mmwmwmwuw‘l DISTRIBUTION or SAMPLES or SEED G ltAlN. Under instruction of the Hon. Minâ€" ister of Agriculture another distribu- tion of sample pzirkages of the best and umst productive sorts of cereals, etc, is now being mride from the Ceri- lral Experimental Farm, Oll:l\\’:|. The distribution will consist, as heretofore of samples, of cats. spring wheat, bar- ley, field pease, Indian corn and potaâ€" toes. Each sample will weigh three grounds. The quality of the seed will he of the best. The varieties true to name, and the packages will be sent free to applicants, through the mail. The object in view is the improvement of the character and quality of the gralnhetc” grown in Canada, an ef- fort \Vldt‘ly appreciated, and the choice of varieties to be sent out will be confined to those which have been found to succeed well at the Experi- mental Farms. These samples will be sent only to those who apply personally, lists of names from societies or individuals cannot be considered. Only one sam- ple of one sort can be sent to each applicant, hence if an individual reâ€" ceives a sample of cats he cannot also receive one of who-it ‘or hvarley. Appliâ€" cations should be addressed to the Diâ€" rector of Experimental Farms, Olt‘aâ€" wa, and may be sent any time before the 15th of March, after which date the lists will be closed. so that the samples asked for may all be sent out in good time for sowing. Parties writing will please mention the sort of grain they would prefer and should the available stock of the variety nam- ed be exhausted, some other good sort will be sent in its place. Lelters may be sent to the Experimental Farm free of postage. ‘ extended probably to the Dover-Ostend boats, too. A Thracian. triumphal car has, been dug up on the slope of Mount Rhodo- pus. near Philippopolis in Bulgaria. All the metallic fittings of the chariot. lilt‘llldlilg‘ bronze decorative figures. and the harne<s [on one horse, were found together with human remains. The (-ar belongs to the fourth! century after Christ. IIIIIII‘I lllllM-l l -b...____ AMERICAN MULES MAKE TROUBLE “any of mo “I'lll\ll l'urrlixueii lilo on UN hwliai- Io 'ulllll .Urlczi. \Vhile the British Government an- nounces that it is perfectly satisfied with its investment in American mules. and will buy 10,000 more men who have returned here from Cape Colony declare that the mules have caused a great deal more trouble in South Africa than has been reporled. Five British ships 'are on their way here, all of which will be loaded with mules. Nearly half the required 10,- 000 animals have been already pur- chased. and so heavy a purchase at one time has sent the price of mules up $20 apiece. England having to pay some $2.0 000 more than expected. The British are buying one special grade known as small mules, The large animals used on the sugar plantations in the South are. their veterinary surgeons say, not so vig- orous and tough, although able' to haul larger loads. The small mule bought by the British are tough and wiry. with more vitality than the large ones. and less liable: to disease, All those bought in this country have been greenâ€"that is, they have not been broken yetâ€"and they seem. to have caused some of the trouble in Africa. From the day the shipment of mules began the British have had trouble with them. They packed them too closely on one of." the vessels and a considerable proportion of the a..imals died in transit. Another lot developed glaiiders as soon as they landed in Africa and either died or were killed; and quite a number of others die-l from the climate and in- sects of South Africa, to which they were u accustomed. But the heaviest loss was on the Corinthia, which landed 500 of her cargo of mules at Port Elizabeth. No sooner did ihe ani- mals find themselves on shore, after being cooped up for thirty-one days on a vessel, than they made for the interior, and the entire lot escaped with the exception of eleven. A re. ward has been offered for their re- cap-Lure by the British auLhoriLies, but without result, and a herd of some five hundred American mules is now wandering somewhere in the interior of Africa. These losses render it quite certain that the 20.00.) American mules shipped or to be shipped to South Africa for the use of the British Army will not suffice. but a fresh lot will have to be ordered. 0f the several huudred American mule drivers who went to South Africa, all, with one or two excep~ tioas. have returned. They went to Cape Colony with. the intention of re. maining‘ there, believing that it offer- ed opportu ities to energetic and pushing young men. They found the situation there very bad and no pros- pects ahead, so they all took advan- tage of their contract with the.Brit- ish Government to be brought back home; and they would unanimously dec'are that they were harshly treated on the voyage, ge ting in uf.i:ient and u satisfactory food, and being worked far too hard. The British Govern-1 ment has expressed a preference for American drivers as well as American OILING WAGON \VEEELS. Oiling wagon wheels to preserve the fellocs and prevent the tires from be- coming loose has been practiced by many for a. long time. It is better as a preventive than a cure for loose tires. Stop the swelling and shrink- ing of the felloes, the rusting of the underside of the tire next the felloe by a coating of oil. Fill the tenons of the spokes also with the hot oil and you have at least doubled the life of your wheel. will never have to be reset. The tenons of the spokes cannot swell and split the felloes. The mistake made is that people do not begin with their wheels in time. Treat the wheel while it is sound. Have it well dried out, give it time to absorb all] the oil it will take. Use the best boiled linseed oil, with about oneâ€"half pint liquid drier to the gallon. Devote at least one hour to a wheel. The oil should be kept up nearly to the boiling point and the slower the wheel is revoluted the more oil will get under the tire where it is most needed. Two revolutions of the wheel is about right. Revolving slow- ly heats the wood through. This drives out any moisture, the pores readily drink their fill of hot oil, and by the time the wheel makes its sec- ond revolution some of the last coat- ing will remain upon the surface. A portion of this will gradually be ab- sorbed into the wood and the remainâ€" der will dry hard upon the surface. The oil should not boil, but must be quite hotâ€"hot enough to expand the the so that the oil will get under it freely. CULTURE OF VIOLETS. Violets to be be successful must . girorwn entirely from cuttings. Young ELEPHANTS CAN KEEP COUNT’ offshoots taken early in the spring ~â€" give the most satisfactory results. In some cases the old plants are allowed to! remain year after year, but this is unsatisfactory, as each year‘s crop shows a decrease in the number and size of the flowers. The best results are obtained by replanting every year. A start should be made every spring with young offshoots, baby plants, planted in small boxes. As soon as they make good roots they should be transplanted directly to where they are to stand all summer. It is at this time that they should be carefully Watched. Dead leaves and runners They Display Alums! lluman Intelligence in Their “’ol'k. 0f the elephant’s marvelous matheâ€" matical precision and ability to count no doubt can exist in the mind 0ft any one who has ever visited Mandalay, in Upper Burmah. There large forests of teak are cuLtivaled by the government for building purposes, the squared timbers are placed and secured one above the other. till a raft. is formed to float down the Irrawaddy for easy If it is well done, a the “la Slgmltures ‘0 “1‘9 “illiQUal “d' conveyance to various other stations. dress prepared at a mass meeting held - y in Brussels on Jun' 4, which asks Pre_f Llephants do the whole work. They mdcn‘ McKinley L0 imerveue in Lhe‘coaivey the enormous logs down to the South African war numvi-er nearly 100,â€" water's edge aad pile them. one above 009‘ 1W1“ “5 “way are William“ m a another, both lengthwise and ElCI‘OCS, i no hi. h ll - ‘ . . . o 0 lg ' w en ‘8 dddlLSb will be.tlll a perfect cube is formed, ' They in forwarded to \Vashinglon. , i I A second load of, beef rm, the us‘ruf ,‘show an izitulligence and interest ' their work that seem human, as any should be taken off and the plant made to contract, each forming a bushy Cli‘oM/ll. By Sept. 15, if properly treat- ed, these plants should cover the en- tire ground. By Oct. 1, they begin to blossom. At first the flowers are very small and consequently of lit- tle or no value and are thrown away. By Oct. 15, they are sufficiently large. however, to send to market. â€"_ ‘the Boers is being purchased at Chi- ;. ,- H , ,ff» ,h h Lung,” by an age,“ of [he Transvflaljeye “liliess can a inn 1“ o _as Government. 0“ accoum of recen“watched an elephant a: his loading seizures by Buns), “d, “558,8 orgaiid then has seen him: move a few jships. braring supplies destined for the Transvaal. packers have refused to St‘ll the beef for delivery beyond Chi- sag . and negotiations for ll‘uuspol'tuâ€" tion ai'i penling. The sleauhhip Yuluuri i'cporis ihit when sllc Willell fi‘uul Bocis dcl Turn the Norwegian warship: Ellidn was at thai perv ill the w.) to Blufields to investigate ilie seizure of} :l, Norweg- ian sit-winning: for use as a irroliship by the Nicaraguan authorities. According to ill” Tleglische l’lundes. cliau. the German Emperor is planning to reform the higher schools of Prus- sia according to the demands 00 mod. erll practicll life. ed M w: c on the Doverâ€"Calais and the \Virrlu-s‘ [elegrapliy is to be nniploy- Fulkl’r‘il‘l‘Q-Boulogllf' hours from :1 central station at Di,’\'el',-\\\ here 31min will be erected, 'i‘hs» masis of the biill< will Nuifl‘W‘ for the other. end‘ of the circuit. The system will then be CUTTING FORELOCKS. The foolish and expensive habit of cutting foa‘elocks is becoming a great nuisance. It is foolish because it does not add to the looks of the horse, and expensive because it detracts at least $25 from the value of the horse. A large number of the best horses in ihis country, are bought for export. and there can be no greater "crab" tor a good export horse than to have [is forelock cut off. Country dealers an many cases have this done themâ€" selves, and the young man in the coun- try who wants to take his girl out thinks that this is one of the necessi- ties. This practice should be stopped, ind dealers who buy in the country should try to educate the people to the fact that this ruins the sale of the house. This can only be done in one w :y, and that is to buy the horse for less money, as he brings less on the paces to o.ie side in order to judge of the effecz of his work. if the appvuraMEe of the heap is not quite symineirical two elephanis force the logs oae way or lhe Olhl'T With their trunks till they get the desired result: and the perfecr even- mess and symmetry of the finished cube are astounding, They never miscalculate the number required for each cube. and never overw‘eigh ii in a..y degree. -_+__.. is THIS TRUE? 2 "I take it." said the man who had been reading about one of the fights in South Africa, "ill/ll this real, genuine British viciory." “\\ lint in :ki-s you so certain i" ask- ed the oilier man? “Why, the cable is siill working A British dcfeai falls on the cable with a dull, sickening thud and breaks it." \V a 3 fl market with his forelock off, and if the producer finds he cannot sell hls horses to advantage after their fore- locks have been trimmed, he will very soon quit this nuisance. THE F0\VLS IN \VINTER. Keep your nesting and scratching material and your bathing dust per- fectly dry. Supply fresh material as soon as needed. Have the dust box wide and deep enough. Put. all table scraps, vegetable par- ings, meat scraps. etc., in a kettle, place on the stove, while cooking supper with enough water or broth to keep from lvul‘llJlg. Leave on the stove until rather warm in the morning, thicken with wheat bran until it is crumbly, Uan feed in troughs. Give all they will eat up quickly, then set them to scratching for grain that has been raked into their litter. Give milk or water to them warm. ’epper is agood thing for l-iiyln hens if fed judiciously; too much 'wil result in harm. 11' no other way presents itself, buy rabbits of your neighbor’s boys and chopl them fine with the ox, after re- moving skin and entrails. Feed all they will eat at one meal twice per week. -_ -._-._ WHAT HE SAW ON THE COFFIN. .ln lixprrsfimali's story About Carrying. (‘orp-‘o on HIP I‘ronl l‘ln'lform. "I do not believe in ghosts, nor am I particularly nervous," remarked the express messenger. "but I once was so positive that I saw a spectra that I was troubled with insomnia for many nights and I thought I never would be able to quiet my nerves again, "It was back in the 80s when I was ruining. We made a small station one evening about dusk and found on the platform. as I had been advised, the grewsome pine box, telling its story of some u.ifortunate who had gone to the mountains in a vain search for health. It so happened that my car was full and plan as I might 1 could find no place for the box. The train conductor came up to find out what was the cause of. the delay. I told him of my predicament. He was equal to the emergency in an instant. f"Put it on the front platform,” he said. The suggestion was a good one and in another moment. our dead pass- enger was aboard anl we were miling over the prairie. "It so happened that Ihad a car with a door at the end. About 10 o’clock SLOW began falling and 1 tell you it came down thick, lt was mid- night when I thought of the corpse. It would never do to lose 'it and the jolt OfJ the train might jar it off the platform. The night was clear. I opened the door. As it swung on its hinges I looked out. Then I slammed the door with a bat :g tlnl jumped back ii the car. |I was perspiring from every pore and trembling like a leaf. "What had I seen? Why, sitting bolt upright on the coffin, with his hands clasp'ing his knees was the whitest ghost any man ever saw, ;I stood in \JLI ceucre UL, the rar. irreso. lute. I looked at my Winchester, then 1 realized it would be of. no use against a spook. "suddenly the door opened andthere stood my ghost. It was a tramp cov- ered with snow from head to foot, He stood there blinking at ,the light for a moment and then said: "Say. Willie, you’ve ketched me, any. how. can’t you let me get warm afore you turn me off?” Did i let him ride? Well. i guess. If I’d been going to New York he could have gone with me .l'm the last man ibl ihe world not .to show appreciation and gratitude.” â€"â€"+â€"-. ' DIFFIL‘ULTIES Oi“ ARTILLERYMEN Although many wonderful range- finders have recently been invented, they cannot always be trusted, and the gunners have often to trust to their judgment of the distance. But the same distance seems difâ€" ferent under different circumstances» When the sun is at your back things seem ne'arer than they are; when it is in your eyes they seem farther. Looking over level ground, water, or snow, they seem much nearer than when looking over broken ground. In misty ~weaiher and in the dusk of evening they Seem both larger and farther than they really are. Here are some of the distances at which certain objects can be seen with good eyesight, as meas-- ured by the military authorities. On an ordinary clear day you can distinguish : Roof-tiles ct 250 yards. Window-panes at 500 yards. Singleâ€"posts at 1,170 yards. Chimneys at 3,500 to 4,000 yards, or Z to 21-2 miles. Men’s features at 300 yards. Soldiers’ head-dress at 600 yards. Movement of legs and arms at 1,000. A good ariillei'yman ought to be able to judge accurately how far any of these things are up to 4,000 yards. â€"â€"__.â€"_.- THE C0\V AND THE GOAT. I have the best cow in these parts, said Braggs; she gives a pail of milk twice a day and the cream from each Vail makes two pounds of bullvr. An you think ihat’s pretty good, do you? Guess you never heard of Mary’s goat? No well, it turned to butter