The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Mrs.Cendace Wheeler voices a pret- ty thought of the flower lover when she says: "There are some flowers whose manifest destiny is to be giv- en away. Those which reproduce them- selves quickly, like roses, pansies, honeysuckle, sweet peas or nasturâ€" tlums, seem to grow for the giving, but when it comes to breaking the one supreme effort of a plant like astalk nf ascension lilies,â€"with the concenâ€" trated sweetness (if its whole sumâ€" mer put inbo its cluster of flowersâ€"I confess I feel like taking the bulb Lnto the conference. I want it to consid- er that to stand in a room preoccuâ€" pied by pain oir bereavement or dis- appointment is to go out of its own land upon a. foreign mission, and I would like to be sure that my lilyis capable of the true mission spirit." H‘OW‘ true it isâ€"that there are some flowers one cuts without the slight- est dompuction and others to which one cannot bear to touch the scis- A NORTH WINDOW’ IN \VINTER. Don't be discouraged because you have only a north window for house plants. You can have nice specimens £ampasi plumes make a pretty win- ter decoration. Those with long stems are preferable. And do not dye them; they are much more pleasing to the eye when left their own feath- ery white. They should be thoroughly dried before being taken into awarm Said a young and tactless husband 1‘0 his inexperienced wife, "Yf you should give up leading Such a fashionable life, And devote more time to cookingâ€" How to mix and when to bakeâ€"â€" I‘hen perhaps you might make pastry Such as mother used to make." And the Wife, resenting, answered, Fur the worm will turn, you know, "If you would give up horses .And 3, Score of clubs or so, To devote more time to businessâ€" 'When to buy and what to stake, Then perhaps you might make money Such as father used bo make." Window. boxes dry out rapidly and require much water. Unless given freely the plants suffer. They are ex- posed to heat and evaporation on all sides. A large pailful every day is mod: too much. Failure is due to un- quficient water supply more fre- quently than to any other cause. met, you cannot expect to have them in winter. If you want them then, keep the plant at wmk during the summer season in getting ready for winter work. If given proper care you will have a. plant in the fall which is bushy. compact and covered with growing points, and it will be ready to begin blooming as soon as given a. chance to do so, but a plant which has been allowed to bloom through the summer will be in a condition reâ€" quiring rest. FLORAL NOTES. The Japanese have given us some Very flne things from their abundant island g'rluwth. Among them are the Hydrangia, Panaculata, the Japan Snowball, the Salisbury tree, the Crimson Rambler. the Yellow Ramb- ler. the lily, iris and Xanotheras. Because a geranium will blesmm so freely and constantly during the sum- mer season, most persons seem to think it ought to keep on doing so the whole year, but unless special preparatioms are made for it in ad- vance, you cannot expect satisfactory results from geraniums in winter. You must grow your plants for winter flowering, and, in order to have them in proper condition for this,yq_u must begin with them in spring. Take plants grown from cuttings the year before; these are in every way pre- ferable to young plants of the pre- sent seasom as a geranium cannot be made into a good flowering plant the first year. It must have age and size; cut it back well in order to secure as many branches as possible, as the am- ount of bloom depends largely on the number of these. If a plant shows an inclination to "straggle," keep at it, pinching ME the top or the ends of its branches until you force it to put forth as many branches as you reâ€" quire. If the plant has vigor it will have to grow, and it you refuse to (at it put its growth into one branch, it will have to throw out other branch- es in which to find a channel for the expenditure of its vitality. If you are patient and persistent, you can force the plant to grow to suit you. Keep all buds picked off during summer. Your know the old saying, " You can't eat your cake and keep it too,". If you have flowers from a plant in sum- THE KIND FATHER USED TO MAKE WINTER-BLOOMING GER F loriculture. AN‘ IMS The bumping handicap is a form of cycle racing- mow very popular in England. -The riders are placed five or ten yards apart from scratch to limit. When the pistol is fired each man tries to catch the man ahead of him, and keep from being caught by the man behind. \thn caught a rider must drop out of the race. In such a contest there can be no Joafing. The riders, of course; «1" not actually bump against each other. The name was probably suggeste lish boat races, where bump against amather described in “Tom Buc- The Danes export the best and high; est priced butter in the world, and for their own use buy cheap butter from the United States. TEA» [S POPULAR- IN RUSSIA. Tea was first imported into Russia in. 1638. Tan-day each inhabitant con- sumes on the average nearly one pound annually. The hotal consump- tion is 100,000,000 pounds and the to- tal cost about $88,000,000. Tea and sugar together crost Russia about $265,000,000 per year. For brandy, beer and wine the country expends annually about $560,000,000, so that something- like a. Quarter of the whole revenues of the state are annually expended on tea, brandy, wine and beer, with sugar. Exact statistics are not forthcoming, but it appears that the! use of tea is increasing rapidly relative to the alooh011c beveragesâ€"~a consummation devoutly to be wished. TEE “BUMPING” BICYCLE RACE HER PETS. Grimesâ€"Is your wife fond of pets? Harumâ€"I should say she was. She is almost always in one. A post card with your name and address will bring you free sample of In 1895 a. steel rail on the Great Northern railway in England broke into 17 pieces, causing a serious acci- dent. A committee of the board of trade appointed to investigate the cause of the breakage has only reâ€" cently made its report, after four years of work on the subject. The committee ascertained that the par- ticular rail which broke on the occaâ€" sion described possessed certain ab- n-olrnml features the precise origin of which remains undetermined, but the investigation led to several discoveries of scientific and practical importance. Among; these is the surprising effect of cracks in the upper surfaces of rails. It was found by experiment that a. rail nicked with a chisel to a depths of a sixty-fourth of an inch broke under a weight of 600 pounds falling from a height of 12 feet,while the same rail not nicked resisted the fall of a ton weight from a height of 20 feet. just» the same, only you must suit your plants to the situation and not try to grow roses and oar-nations and other sun-loving plants in a northern exposure. Ferns will do splendidly in a north window, and the best of them all is the Boston or sword fern, It has long, drooping fronds, and makes a handsome appearance. Two varie- ties of asparagus are valuableâ€"the usual climbing asparagus and A. plu- mosus hanus; the latter will thrive finely where other plants would die. Cyperus is a good north window plant. It is an annual, a. native of southern marshes, and after it has produced its. bloom and seeds it dies no matter what you do for it. The only thing is to cut out the flower stalks as fast as they come. Palms do vmell in the north window, despite their tropical home, they can get along without much sun. And the Chinese primrose does better there than in a south WindUW. For vines, what do you want better than English and German ivy and smilax? " I think for a. winter bloomer there is nothing prettier than the different kinds! of primroses; as you can get so many different varieties and colors, they are a constant pleasure all Winter. I tried a new bulbâ€"«or, rath- er, new to me, last winter: Chinese lily; grew it in pebbles and water. It was beautiful, filling the room with fragranceâ€"MED. QUEER STATE OF [WHY STEEL RAILS BREAK. OBJYLON GEEK TEA WINTER BLOOMS. “Sa lada," Toronto the aim is boat ahoad, H) at Oxford AFFAIRS t actually The name the Em:- IS There are at present in Germany 296 great industrial concerns which employ mC-re than 1,000 persons each. The total number of persons employed by them amounts to nearly £00,000 and the machinery in use represents puny, which I see. and land. Bibl'e- DIckermanâ€"There's one thing that Wâ€" ’ puzzles me. INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS IN GERâ€" Rawleyâ€"And pray what is that? nearly 700,0J0 t most important \VOI are employe Hamburg-A The term "abbot" comes from the Word meanmg “father.” It was orig- inally given to any aged monk, but afterward more strictly applied to the superior of a monastery or ab- bey. 3 The names of the letters of the an- cient Hebrew alphabet were also the names of material objects, and the letters themselves were at first, in all probability, ru‘da outlines of the objects. “Aleph,” for example, means an “ox,” and the letter was in its origin the outline of an ox’s head. None of the nations of Europe can properly be called "free trade nations" except England. The Afridis am said to have no sense of honor. They are the greatest rob- bers among the Afghans of British India. The vast swamps of the Aair-ondacks are almost impenetrable with the thick growth of cedar, tamarack and hemlock. Some time ago in India an officer who was parched with thirst was travelling with his Indian servant Where water was scarce. It was evelning timeg and in that country the moon throws a peculiar light 11an many things. The officer saw at the side of the road a pool of water that looked very clear. He was stoopimg down to drink when his servant called. to hi‘m, Nay, nay, Sahin lend me your sword. Going to the pool the servant put the edge of the sword isnto it to stir it, when up came the head of a. cobra, the most danâ€" gerous serpent in India. The ser- vant then brought the weapon down upon the reptile and. out off his head; Had the officer drank of the pool, he would have been) a dead man. There was death in the drink. How many the serpent drink is destroying every day in our great cities! Let us be servants for them, and show them the work of the serpent. At last Lt biteth like nserpeut‘ and stingeth like an adder, says the Bible. in 1809. Nearly every Chinamnn can read.but 90 per cent. of the women are unedu- cated. The general tendency in all nations is to increase their public debts. except in. the United States, where there has been a gradual reduction since the civil war. MERE TRIFLES. Snow-blindness is ’very common among Eskimos. There 15 a pearly white mineral, hard enough to scratch glass, found im the vicinity of Ephesus. It is callea Ephesite. To get clean GREEN tea use tea of Ceylon and India It can’t no sticks, no willow leaves==it’s In Alaska a native jast 50 years of age is a rarity. Ono-fifteenth of the inhabitants of Spain are nobles. Russia secured Finland from Sweden Spain has a national debt almost twice as large as that of the United States. Barcelona, owing to its geographical position, has long aspired to be the first commercial city in the Mediter- ranean, its formidable rival having been always the neighboring French port of Marseilles. ‘ The cavern of Agtelek is one of the most remarkable in Europe. It con- sists of a labyrinth of caverns, one of which is 96 fee-t high, 90 feet wide and nearly 900 feet long- in astrc Lght line. The term "algebra" comes from two Arabic words SLgnifying the putting together. of broken things. GREEN OR BLACK. GLEANED IN FOREIGN FIELDS. The same DEATH IN THE DRINK ),0J0 tons horse power. The ortant com-era is the Krupp Essen, where 44,057 laborers vyed. Next to this comes the -Am;=ri-can Steamship com- ch employs 14,643 persons on MANY is true of BLACK. The Brideâ€"Nov like u“ married The Grocmâ€"A back that fifty. Condensed milk wafers are going to! be used an connection with the emergency ration test in Oklahoma. It is thought that condensed milk food will give better success than chocolate, which has been found to be of little service during the first test, which. has just been completed. The milk food IS made up in the form of wafers. When dissolved With water it} farms a kind of soup. MUNYREAL HOTEL DIRECTORY. _-\\,V\.-V\, V W 'f_h_e_‘_‘ figimoral,” Free Bus 3132:; AVEHUE HOUSE__MCL‘-â€"iU_â€"VCOIIVEE07 "Menus h‘nnullu "nunl rut-- kl Pm The London correspondent of The New York Sluu says “that the most pramisiug market is offered in the United Kingdom for American furni- ture manufacturer," and also adds that “by sending good furniture en- terprising manufacturers will find a. trade awaiting them which will pay handsome profits." The Canada Furâ€" niture Manufacturers, Limited, which came into existence last week, with a capital of $3 (100,000, is well equipped to do a very large export trade. It has absorbed the Furniture Manufac- turing Exporting 00., of Berlin, and Liverpool and also the Anderson Furâ€" niture Co.’s English organization. This will give the new company ample fa- cilities to compete with the United States factories successfully. In conâ€" nection with this we migiht add that the Canada Furniture Manufacturers affrr a, portion of preference stock to the puslic. It IS one of the best in- vestments offered. les laxative Bromo Quiniue leleu. All druzgisu refund the money It it fails to cum. I. W. Groveo' lunotm In on emhbox. fio Dickermanâ€"How it happens that the new woman is generally not a. very young one. The Chateau Bel Oeil, the castle and summer residence of the prince of Leigne, near Brussels, dating from 1456, has been destroyed by fire. The paintings and mnfsft o: the principal works of art which it contained were saved. WQW...” BQGD’S , | KEDNEY PELLS I ESEASE CARRYING 0U [‘ THE CONDENSED MILK 1N WAFERS‘ Visitorâ€"Do you love your dolly? Little girlâ€"Indeed, I do. It's a girl dblly isn't it? ch'm. Why don’t you have a boy dolly? Oh, the lime ones is nicer. LUDELLA HISTORIC CASTLE BURNED. [‘HE BIYSTERY OF THE AGES. the reward of merit. For To CURE A COLD IN 0V8 DAY The New Fm-ulmre Company. Ever Increasing Popularity for is the deadliest and most painful malady to which mankindis subject. Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure any case of Bright's Disease. They have never failed in one singlecase. Theyare the only remedy that ever has cured it, and they are the only remedy that can. There arc imitations of Dodd's Kidney Pillsâ€"pill, box and nameâ€"but imita- tions are dangerous. The original and only genuine cure for Bright’s Disease is Dodd's Kidney Pills are fifty tents a box at all druggists. :he machine made ins no adulterants, ll tea. HER LOVE. All McGiUâ€"Uollege Avgnua Fumlly Hamel nu. HM per day. dea we must act DISGUISE CEYLON TEA purity, strength and Flavour. it. has no equal. Lead Packets. 25. 30. 40. so. 60¢. Dawson Ccmmission Co. Limited ' ‘ Books Roaarleo cru- Catnoilc Prayer mg“. swam, Rx‘ll.’if)u5 Pictures. Statuary. and Church Ornament- 'uuanioml Wor_ks.n Mall orders receiv_e pfgmp} “in. Cleaning and Curling and Kid Gloves cleaned Thou can be sent by post, 1c per 03. the best place in Atrm pack-gs of Con Poulti" Curator lees will be sent free «a any addres- on receipt of two cent stamp. No lmile, nu greasy snlve. Address. THE HUTCHING munrcmm cow Toronto, om. ' TGRGMTO CUTTING SGHOGL I Will!!! i I5 I10 I I III“ vvllvu- Yong” at Latest. uywdnte, reliable system: taught. for gums men’s gnu-menu's Term moderate. Wriu (or Purim) Inn. Mr, 931' ro_:k;â€"I ’5: a heaVy defalca- tion and perhaps. I’d better keep it quiet. ’ BRITISH AMERICAN DVEING 00. ifiusuc Yeachers Wanted ,iou‘ ‘VANDERING JE\V. The botanical name of "Wandering Jew "â€"Tradescantia zebrina~is given in honor of a. celebrated florist, John Tredescant. gardener; to that unfor- tunate monarch. Charles I. Trades- cant was a Dutchman and was call- ed Tradeskin by his associates. Hess- tablished a botanic garden in Lam- beth, England. as early as 1639, which was then a. rare thing. He also col- lected a botanical museum, of whiol Flatman, the painter-poet, said, Thus John Tradeskin starves our won- dering eyes, By buying up his new-born rarities He bequeathed this museum to hil triend, Elias Ashmole. His wife con- tested the will, but failing in her suit. and not willing to be resigned to the loss of the museum, she foolishly drowned herself; this tragedy so af- fected Ashmole that he did not care to keep it in his possession, and he presented the museum to the Univer- sity of Oxford in 1677. It would be interesmi; tn know whence the plant derived its common name, "Wandering Jew,” which seems to have been be- stowed sans rhyme or reason. 'Mrs. Solidrooksâ€"Oh, no! Let the world know how easxly you can afford it. Sheep 'aud Ameâ€"rican Hog Casingsâ€"reliable [Goal II right prions. PARK. BLACKWELL h C0,. Toronto. it WEEENPgay You LIBS WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP hu been used by molhenfor their children teething. It. moths. the oh‘ld. softer"! the gums, mlayupnm, cures wlndco‘iu “(i I the but. remedy for dinrrhoen, 250 I bottle. Sold by .1] dm gist: throughout the world. Bo Inn And All {or " n. imlow‘l Soothing Snap." figuoage paglngpâ€"Ngfv lnlpormtiolw finest Englllh FEATHER DYEING A WORK-A-DAY WORLD. Then you place industry before genius? Yes; industry can get on without genius; but genius can't get on with- out industry. The readers of this aper will be pleased to learn that there is at club one dreaded disease that science has been Able to cure in all ice stance and that: is Cntarrh. Hall's Catarrh‘ (are is the only positive cure now known to the medical iraternity. Cumrrh being a. cone- titucionel disease, rrquirea a constitution Li'eauienf. Hall's Cabal-r]: Cure is fink n inter nully, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby dee- Lroylng the foundation of the diseaae, and' giving the ratient. strength by building up th constituniyn and as‘ixtlug nature in doing it. work. The propriebous hnve so much faith in. its curative powers. that; they ofl’er one Hun- dred Dollars for any case that it falls to our . Send for list of testimonial-w. Cor. Colbome and West Market St u ill get. you highest possih CALVERT’S CARBOLIC OINTMENT. For all skin ailments. J. c. Calvert & 60., Manchester. England METAL ROEFERS Sold by druggisfiffia‘ _ " fl ‘ Hall's Famdy Pills are the hash E‘Ppg’S GRATEFUL- OOM FORTING. THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. BREA KFASTâ€"B U PPKK. to consign all your Prodzce to the FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS $100 Reward. $100. o. a JISA’DL’I'En' no..'ufiw.£ F; J; can:va & 00.. Toledo 0. HER VIE‘V‘ W P 0 I059 bIe To send for our Complem 0am- Iogue of Sheet Nu sic and Book. with Spoolal run of dlsoount. Isl Vongo 5L WHALEY. ROYCE 8: Go. Douglas Bros.. 12-! Adelaide SL. Texan-rid; ONE. mo. The, Ila