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LIVE STOCK NOTES. In. many cases where a farmer or mechanic keeps one or two pigs and they die suddenly, or the best one, the heartiest feeder and most rapid growâ€" er dies and the other gets well. the dis- easel is pronounced1 to be hog cholera, when more frequently it is a case of poisoning and nothing else. Similar cases of cholera among fowl may be traced to the; same cause. Both pigs and. fowl like salt, and we have no doubt they need a little every day, or Occasionally, as much as cattle, sheep and horses. But it is easy to give a poisonous dose oil, salt to the h0g- or the; hen where -they- do not have it regularly. The appetite for it be- comes such a oravingl that they eat it greedily, and to an inJurious extent. we do not feed the scraps from the table to cattle or sheep, but to hogs and hens, The water in which salt meats or fish is cooked and the waste pieces are saved to put into the swill barrel or to scald a mash for the fowl. The salt from the bottom of the beef or pork barrel or the pickle tub are turned into the manure heap, which would be a most excellent use for it if the hogs and hens were kept away. «Butt if. they are not, and they chance to have a craving for salt, they will eat enough to cause diarrhea, cholera and often death. We know a man who always salted his morning mash: for his hens about as he would have salted food for himself, and we saw him empty. it half bushel or more of coarse salt on the manure heap .whére the hens were scratching. After picking about one grain each they wantedl no mere. Bis neighbor, who never salted hens‘ food, tried to dis'- pose- of the salt from his pork barrel in,,the same. way, but befone night a large part of his flock “were dead. Therefore be cautious in leaving salt where hens and hogs can get to it un- less they have it. regularly, and do not save salt liqulor from the boiled meats or fish to feed out. CHANGE THE HORSE FEED. On the average farm the hog and the horse are the twp animals that are fed with the least phange in their rations saysa. writer. The work horse gets hay and oorn,or oats, month aft- er month without variation, until it is noti a matter to wonder at if he gets off his feed occasionally.‘ Bread and meat are both good for a working man but he eats with a better appetite and his food does him more good if he has chicken and fruits to go with them. Sotit is with the working horse. He must work very hard during the grow~ ing season, and will appreciate a change of feed occasionally. I usually give my Work team some dainties every few days. It keeps them on good- terms with me and makes them feel better. For a week our teams lhaVe been doing very heavy work and have been ' fed an extra. allowance of cats or 0.11.»; and corn ground together. two ago one of them refused to eat at night, merely sniffing at the chops in hen manger. I tried sprinkling the feed with salt, and then tried dampen- ing, it, but she would not eat. Then I [went into the garden and got three i ears of evergreen sweet corn, which was just in the roasting ear stage, and gave them to the mare a piece at a time, and she; ate them greedily. This- showedl that she was not sick, and I went! out of the stable for a few minutes. When 1 came back the mare was eating the ground feed with a, good appetite. My .ihorses get green corn, corn stalks cut green, bits of melons, cabbages, carrots and other at I). time, and they keep in good condi- tion without resorting to condition powders or other medicines. THE CREAM. demove the cream before the milk is sour. A good oozv‘ is always an economical feeder. I It is the excess over the that pays the dairyman. The best butter is m ripened uniformly. In! marketing hath-r up in neat packages. Th: quality of the product counts for more in the dairy than in any other industry. The ripeneSs of the cream has much to do with the loss oi fat in churning. The buttermilk should (be washed out wth the butter is in small grains. Nervousness and vicinusness are on- gendered in the ill-treated cow and are; transmitted to her offspring. The more docile the cow, maintenance ads from cream, it pays to put the more A day or! are her energies likely to he devot- ed; to the dairyman's interest. As a dairy animal tho value of acow depends as much upon the quality of her milk as the quantity. ‘ With proper management u..i.'ying keeps nearly or quite all of the fertil- ity on the farm. lf butter laka color add a little color to secure: the desired change, as it will add to the value. Foaming of cream in the churn may be‘ due to a. too high or too low tem- perature or too long keeping. There is no management or appara- tus that can. get more butter fats out, of the milk than the. cows puts into it. “hen the cream is perfectly ripen- ed before churning, the. churn gets more of the fats and the butter- milk, 1035. The producing of fat varies greatly in milk, but it varies more with the poor milk of poorly fed scrub cows than with any' other class. GIVE THE IlOGS ROOM. Repeated experiments have proved thab hogs fatten better ,when they have the run of. an acre lot than when confined in a close .1391), Moreover, a hog pen is an unmitigated nuisance. it is reasonable to sup-pose that cholera. and other diseases are. intro- duced into the swine herds by their being compelled to eat and breathe filth while eating so lmuch during the dry season, also by being deprived of plenty of good drinking water. Cattle will proclaim their thirst by constant bowling, but the pigs will endure it with’ amuch greater degree of silence, and for this reason they should have more watching in this ‘dircction. when it is wet? Put in a feeding floor. It is one ,of the best investments you can make. lDo not say that you can‘t afford it, for would better sell part of the feed and lge-tl sOme plank to make it with. The {balance of the feed will make better and healthier hogs than if you ytinue to feed in either dust or mud. SCAILDING A LARGE HOG. It D tn hipp us that “here a farmer does his own butchering he has not at his command a caldron ‘large enough im \V‘bltch to dip the ani- ‘mal. for scalding. , Where this is the can he is forced to resort to one of, several ineffectual means. The best ,method is to thoroughly saturate old, fine hay and cover the dead animal lwitht it, packing it closely, Then pour the boiling water over it, leaving it until. sufficiently scalded for the hair lto slip easily. This method is much better than using blankets. While it may not be quite as effectual as dip- ping into the water, it eats the advan- ,tagt' of saving much heavy lifting. *“ GRAINS OF GOLD. No swurd bites so fiercely as an evil tongue. The greatest of all faults is to be cen- ‘scious of nenc.â€"â€"Carlyle. l B;tter a little. chiding thanagreat ,deal of heartbreak.â€"â€"‘~‘hakspeare. ! Svlfâ€"respect is the corner stone of all ivirtue.â€"Sir’John Herschel. l Tl];- more we. study the more we dis- OOVer 'O'ur ignoranceâ€"Shelley. llepentance is the golden key that “opens the palaCe of eternity.â€"Mi1ton. I Fire and sword are but slow engines ,of destruction in comparison with the ‘babbler.â€"Steele. :Reserve is the truest expression of respect toward those who are its ob- jects.â€"De Quincey. A man who cannot comm-Ind his {temper should not think of being a man of businessâ€"Chesterfield. He who forgets his own friends or degree is a snob.â€"’l‘baekeray. Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are blessings only him who makes them a othersâ€"Fielding. Bogus are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will not use wolf; that is the most certain of all things.â€"Fontaine. to blessing to n~â€"â€"~â€"â€"->â€"___‘__ AN lMPROl'l‘jD YER-JON OF AN OLD TALE. He had refused to throw away his cigar when she requested him to dis- plS‘ of it. It. was on the hotel piazza with the cigar was an unusually good one. Do you know what I'd do, she snap- ped, if I were your wife? Something atrocious, of course, he answered". M'hst would you do? I‘d give you slaw poison. The man smiled. If you fir-giro my wife, he said, I'd ask you to change that slow poison for the fastest kind known to the drug profession. And he went on smoking. Do you. feed your hogs in, the dust in: dry times and in the mud ' con~‘ 800d things. always in small quantities imcanly to [0110“. after those of a high" Nun :iISTORY 0F OU.. LULDIERS IN THE SOUTH A?"r lC-‘iN WAR. -_ ucncrnl filalemrul .u IIH‘ llrllllanl and Heroic III‘IuDi INIIII- Ivy Soldlrrs of III-- llomlnlou~s Inn-Inna ' be "full" of. Reviewing: the history of the (‘ana. dian cooling-ants in South Africa, the Tum-s, London, publishes it as fol- lows: Th: Canadians have always been eager to help bear the burden of the mother country's military difficulli Is. In the Crimea, a Canadian contingent joined in the operations, while in the earlier Nile.camp.1ign a detachment of hoatmt-n was furnished to aid Lord Walsh-ivy in the navigation of the cataracts. As soon as it was evident that a peaceful issue to the South African trouble was impossible, an organiza- tion was set on foot, in Canada with volunteers for service in South Africa. Volunteers came forward in such num~ bars that the. raising of the Royal Canâ€" adian Regiment of Infantry became a matter of selection.-~ The regiment was composed of territorial companies. Al Company, Manitoba and the, North- IWt-st; B Company, ‘Dondon, Ontario; '0 Company, 'l‘oronlo; l.) Company, ‘Ottawa and Kingston; E Company, iMontrcal; F Company, Quebec; G Company, Fredericton and Prince Ed~ lward Island; and E Company, Hali~ ,fax. The command was vested in Lieutenant-Colonel \V. D. Otter, Can~ adian Staff, A‘.D.C. to the Governor~ .General, and the regiment sailed from lQuebec in the steamship Sardinian on ‘October 30 last year. ‘ SLCOND coNriNanJr. .Almost immediately the offer of a Isecond contingent [was made. This kwas accepted and consisted of artillery and lst and 2nd (Canadian Mounted ‘Rifles (Royal Canadian Dragoons and 2nd Battalion C.M.R.;) about 1,000 ‘men in all. , Later Lord Strathcona equipped, and despatcbed raised, a corps of special volunteers, 540 strong, known‘ Ias "Stratboona‘s Horse." This brought {the whole strength of the Canadian Contingent up to about 2,000 men. The [various units arrived in South Africa on the following dates: 1st Canadian Contingent, Cape Town, November 29; 2nd Contingent, Cape Town, March 24; "C," “U” and Batteries h‘ielil Ar- tillery, Cape Town, February 18; "C" Battery, Beira, April 23; and Slrath- .oona’s Horse, Cape Town, April 12. l WORK OF THE FIRST. l The, work of the first contingent is perhaps the best known; it is certain- ly the easiest to trace, as the regiment was brigade with the. Gordon High- landers, .Shropshire and Cornwall Light Infantry under BrigadierGen- ,‘eral. Smith~Dorrien, and formed part .of the now: famous 19th Brigade. On arrival in South Africa it joined Lord Methuen's command, and took part in the battling before Kimberley against {Cronjeh One hundred men of the Tor- Iontn company accompinied Coxonel Pilcher ‘in his expedition to Douglas and Su‘nnyside, and it. will be remem- blered that it was to the Canadians that the rebels surrendered. But it was on the banks of the Modder River that the Canadians earned their great distinction. They took part in the terrible march lfrom Ramdam in the pursuit of :Cronje, and crossed to the north bank of the river in the futile attempt to ,reduce the Boer laager by direct at- ltack' on February 18. It was a heavy Jduy‘ for Canada. They lost in casual- ties t‘U men, and stood only just below the Scaforth Highlanders, Yorkshire Regiment, and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the ghastly list which ‘r.-cords' the tenacity of a particular 'unit. in fighting of this nature. But thosi- who witnessed the Canadians and Cornwall Light Infantry snatching position after pusition from under the v-ery muzzles or magazine rifles speak of the incident with bated breath. CREDITABLE 'l‘O CANADA. Nor lwas the final act in the Cronje drama less creditable to Canada. The picture or the night of February 26, when "G" and “H” Companies adâ€" vanced to cover the Royal Engineers in their attempt to throw a parallel almost within a stone’s throw of the enemy‘s trenches, forms one of the most dramatic situations of the war. There is no. more stirring incident reâ€" corded than the digging of this sap under fire, when the enterprise was discovered, and the retreat of part Of the force, only to be received upon the bayonets of their) friends. Such an en- terprise in war is generally only given to the Oldest, most staunch, and experâ€" ienced troops. It was given to Can- ada. And then the climax at dawn, lb ‘ surrender of Cronje when he found nothing out of: it. the Canadians intrenche 'rhin a few yards of his ouiter line! Tl, the object of offering a contingent Ofl After the halt at Bloemfontein the Canadians still in Smith-Dorrien‘s briâ€" gutter accompiuied General Ian Hamilâ€" ton thr u,:houl his :lank murclms {rim 'l‘habanehuv to Pretoria. They pp sent at all 11.1m lion‘s engagements, and at Israel's l’oJI't their gallant commandant, Colour-l 'Oltvl‘, was wounded. They marched lhr.;u::h the capital with fixed. liayoneifis after the official occupation, but they did not take part in the engagement at Dia- mond Hill. Smith-Dorrieu‘s Brigade wus relegated to duty on the line Of communications, and the Canadians behaved most gallantly when their position has attacked at Springs. CANADIAN CAVALRY, The Mounted Rifles and Strath- cona‘s Ilm‘se forms-(ll part of (‘olouel Aldcrson's Corps of Mounted ln- fantry. Now that the question of farm raziug has been brought into promi- nunce, it is interesting to notice that lh.) first reprisal of this kind, after the tide of war had changed, was made in connection with the Canadian Mounted: Rifles. At Lecuwkolp, where General Pole- Carew was operating, with the view of relieving the pressure on Dewetsdorp, the enemy made, use of a farm at the foot of Leeuwkopl to attack the Canal- dians. ’l‘he farml was flying the flag of neutrality at the time, and was therefore destroyed. CANADIAN BATTERIES. “C” Battery went to Beira and joinâ€" ed the Rhodesian; Field Force, and en- tered Mafeking with Colonel Plumer's column. The mounted men have fol- lowed General H'u'tton through the ymany intricate movements after De- }Wet. When Botha, 'on July 16, closed lin. upon Pretoria, the Canadians be- haved with signal gallantry and lost two brave and promising officers in Borden and Birch. On the' line of com- lmunications a detachmth \Vt‘ l’l' under lwarded off an attack by the com- imando which had failed to reduce the ‘Honingspruit' post under Colonel Bul- ll-ock. ‘During Sir C. \Varren‘s operations against the rebels in Griqua and the ‘Cnuadian batteries confirmed the high opinion. in which the troops from the Dominion. were now held; Throughout the. campaign the Cana- infantrymcn, have proved themselves brave and trustworthy soldiers. While in the face of the enemy they have never lacked any of those qualities which have marked the contingents from other colonies, one misses in them the impatient reckleSSness of the Australian and thh uncertain temper of 'thc African-bred colonial. Canada may well be proud of their behaviour, alike in field and camp. *_ IMPROVING My small nephew was ready to start ona long-promised week’s visit to his grandfather's, in the country. There was an exasperating delay in the ap- p aranuoe [of the carriage be take us to th: station. The young man worked Otff his impatience in various annoying ways for half. an hour; then suddenly he was seen to kneel beside a chair in the corner and bury his face in his hands. After a few minutes his mother said: Well, Kenneth, what are you doing? Just getting my prayers said up for while I’m going to be out at grandâ€" pa’s. There’s nothing to do here, and I spect to be pretty busy while I‘m there. AS TOLD. Alice, I do hope you are not getting to be too fond of that young man who livas next door. But, mamma, you know we are told to love our neighbors. And Ido. A SCIENTISTS PRECISION. Does the climate agree with you? Yes. answered the weather prophet. It agrees with» me but not with my predictions. W'ELL ENOUGH. Didn't ,I tell you, to let well enough alone? said the. doctor to the convale- scent who had disobeyed and was suf- fering a relapse. Yes, doctor whined the patient, but I wasn't well enough. TH E OTHER SIDE. Motherâ€"But, my dear, it isn't a]; ways the prettiest girl “he gets the best husband. Homely Daughterâ€"Perhaps not; but she has thel most chances to. MISA-CPPLIED CENSURE. Pastor severely â€"â€" Ylou brought nothing! into this world and can take Miserâ€"“’9”. don’t blame me; it isn't my fault, I‘m sure. Lieutenant W. M. Inglis gallantlyi dians, whether gunners, troopers or, TH E OPPORTUNITY. ‘ SAVED BY "5 EYEGLASS- h--I .Iow an Engllshumn .‘lllrar-Ioqu [-29- mined the .hlinnfl Ell-1:23. There has just arrived in London {ruin the Gold Coast BIT. \Valter L U-nnett, a gentleman who had an .‘xpz-rience during the Ashanti rising \\lllcl1 recalls Mr. Rider Haggurd‘s story of "King Solomon's Mines" and the magic eyeglass of Captain Good. Mr. Bcnnett is a land surveyor by profession. and in May of this year was at Bibianiha, a place on the boun- dary. between Sefwi and Ashanti, two and a half days to the west of Ku- masi. The only white man near him was a young mining Ill‘ofipcctofl at Akro- kerri, a mining camp. These two Englishmen, far apart and yet feeling themselves to be neigh- bours, learned of the Ashanti rising by the wholesale desertion- of their black men. The mining prospector went to Ehezthin for protection. It- was pro- mised him by! the chief of the village, who gave him a bountiful meal of chicken. v When dinner was over the villagers rushed in and battered the Englishrmin into unconsciousness. Then they cut off his head. Mr. Bennett heard this terrible story as he was about to move. lie was powerless for reprisals and expectant of a similar fate. 0m the advice of an educated na- tive, he. went to the head village of ;th:- chief of the Dunkoto, and made a dash for the chief's but. He Was well received and fed, and promised pl'otvctitin. But so was the other {Englishman at Eheiahin. VVhi‘la the situation was still cri- ‘ticul, Mr. Il.:uu:tt, who is inseparable ,from his eyeglass even on the Gold Coast, put in his eye to think matters over. The "glass ‘eye" highly amused a shiny little black boy, one of =the chief 5 sons. He roared ,with. laughter. Mr. Bennett grinned .at him, and lot the mio‘necle dropi, l The effect was great. The Dun- kotos made a circle round the Eng- lishman, greatly mystified by and de- lighted: with his extra eye. "I had to do some monkeyâ€"tricks with that Leyeglase," says Mr. Bennett, rather ,shamefaeedly, “and I completed the loonquest by managing to screw it in 1 jthe eye of one of the lchief’s wives, iwho, strutted round proud of her dis- tinction." i Mr. Bennett was saved by his eye- glass. It became a sort of fetish. The chief entertained him as an honored guest, and helped in the search for the assassinated prospector. Mr. Ben- nett was given an escort, and, after many days of privation, arrived safely at: the coast, where he gave informa- tionlbothe Officials which led toa punitive expedition to Eheahin‘. â€"-â€".v‘ THE DOLLAR’S POWER I may go to mah Malindy when do hulkin work am done Wit a song of honey lub to cheer her hysrt, I may tell her of de pumpkins lollin ynller in da sun An de golden cars of corn upon de eysrt. But she ncber smile so sweetly, An she neber dance so neatly, An her eyes dey neber twinkle in dere glee, Lat: day do when l'ze got money, An I tell her she‘s mah honey; Den de shudders {rum de cabin up u: fleet Twill be frosty in de mnwnln, en de nbet Mlk' his track; “PM” he possum time, an, swingin down (Is hill, may bring dc fattest teller hangin heavy on mall back An call her far to ’xamine of mail kill, But she'u tu'n her hade away, An she won’t have much to say, An she lussy, an she grumpy, an she queer, But when l rattle money Den she shorely am mah honey, Au her smile jest fill de cabin \vif its cheer Went an won a turkey gobble at de raffle down 08 read, I An I tuk him home in triumt jest to see How dem eyes of mail) Malindy wid dere raptor would 'xplode, . But sht- only gab: a cuy'ebs vlance at me; Nebcr chuckled at de behalf Dat my luck had brought upon huh; Aiii‘i noihin fer Ila‘indy I can do , ’AI will 5e: her eyes to flssliln An her lips Iil lauglilu fashion Lnk de dellah wil de sunlight driltin throng It’s de sunlight or de dollah dat can turn do cabin walls Into jasper like (is castle of s king An can wake Malindy’s laughter; W: de sperrlt, 53h, dat calls Her hyart upon llPI' honey lips to singl It can scare de gloom completely, It can set. her dancln neatly, It can msk’ her black eyes twinkle wit dam glee, An it's when I bring her money An I tell her she’s mnh honey But do shadders dey jest rlse right up In fleel .‘ -. Preposteroul. Heâ€"Did you tell that other fellow you were engaged to that you loved me more? _ Sheâ€"Yes, and the horrid thing, he wanted me to return the ring! IT MADE A III” FERFNCE. No, he said. I will not pay you for that quart of milk. lify wife thought it was chalk mixture and gave it to the children for medicine. Then, replied the honest milkman, the1 bill will be $1.25. I used to be a llruggint, and prescription work costs EMOEQYO