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NOTICE. One Door East of the Barrie Hotel. 4'2-tf andget prices. We carry a full line of best 5-1) If you want bargains call at the "COME AND GET PRICES. (Both late of J. Henderson.) MONEY TO LOAN. "iizhxa. _Clll Ugh; ucucagu, ||vuIc.- -' Tlzthe, Qattem seemed tohpd and grow I V "i! the fairies had helping 1)een- _ ' O_ne'nnall stitchywhicb could scqrce be seen, V .. `i Brit the one stitch dropped pulled the next stitch and- small life in God's great plan. .V Howfutile it seems as the ages roll, what it may. or strive how it can - To alter the sweep of the innite whole! Iinglentitch in an endless web. . drop in the ocean s flow and ebb, But the pattern is rent where the stitch in lost or marred where the tangled threads have crossed. 4nd each life that tails of its true intent"- llars the perfect plan that its Master meant. ' --SusanVCoo1idge. needles to be found`1n the United States. Within an hour they were`su1'- fering as much as if they had been stung by an asp. _ " rl1I_- .......L.-.5-J.-. guutn -urvnn l\\l\fIIIA nan` u any vnlu u--uuu V-own--- r u . . . - . . . . _ . . . . - . - - -_ week place grew in the tibrie steut, And the perfect pattern was marred for aye ,By`the one small stitch that had dropped that air :*g-:;*5*A-:<-AeAeeA-;-2:-A-2:-Aac-meg: U-sienna`;- After about 30 hours of drifting the wind changed in our favor. and one morning at sunrise we were making, shift to get on our course again when 'we espied a raft with 12 men on it close at hand. With the naked eye one could make out that they were clothed . in convict garb, and of course the de- duction was that they had escaped from the coast. There were two rude sails on the raft, and the clumsy struc-_ ture had had a fair breeze behind her A for a day and a halt. - As the raft was . '_:not easily managed. we could have _2-evaded it by putting up our helm. We 3`-were for doing this at once. all but` the {captain's wife. She knew they were .:=`c'onvicts and desperate men and that 4-gonceiaboard of us we should be at "_.their mercy, but she nevertheless in- `Msisted that we should pick them up; '~'.'_1 hey were 50 milesoff the coast. with the signs of a storm coming on`.'and she clared that it would-beva.cr,u_ei act` to leave them to `perish. Iiwasi ota Vmflndftolloclz her up in her stateroom and. dodge thelraft, but the other two `y;en' were against me. and ten; minutes . r-`the -oats was alongside andythea ts. were l.cilznbi_n,ig* aboiard.._,.l _.ex-g. g nothlngfi.less-itlian ~a r_p .lmmed|_ate ~ 2 r u to`r._1g`{toug'Vher'lookf-l_ `l: '~"e' 'eseon; `hut1'.tofQ 5 THE CAPTAIINTS V`.'IF1!Z AT THE WHEEL. .1: VII` .v `.=--.-5.`-.i-25% . }--By M. QUAD. v \-, w-._.y w--_w v-.-v__-.-_vp_ .. -_ -. r*w;n c 1 lool';ed=' mid '"`t i1.`eii- . Venn; faces, -1. -could not ;hel`p but fsnfspecta that they had agamettosplay-iandfwere only A delaying it, but it was policy. to" `them at -their` word. "As soon as the captain and `mate heard -of the arrival of thegarzg. they became almost panic ' stricken and advisedthis and that, and the wife was the only one who had the least condence in the promises made._ It was well that she, had and thather advice to trust them was followed,/_by. all of us. We could not have kept them from coming aboard with our feeble crew, and to have shown our distrust afterward -would have angered them. They tookvhold with us. atgonce after beingvgiven food." and before night [we had cause- to rejoice that they were with us. We got dirty weather, which lastedrthree days". and but for their aid the Nonesuch would have becomeia helpless wreck or gone to the bottom. We had to run off to the east during this spell, and it -was only when the weather cleared tliatthe leader of the convicts had a conference with the cap- tain and his wife and asked. that his gang be set ashore in Brazilian territo- ry. This was promise! him, and I must say that I never worked with a more cheerful and willing crew aboard of any craft. Seven or the 12 had been convicted of murder, and all were des- perate men. but they were as obedient as children and as good natured as you please. They were careful of their lan- guage, "respectful in their demeanor. and not once did I hear one of them grumble or complain. We ran into the Amazon and up that river for 40 miles to set them ashore. ln his gratitude to them the captain gave them sailcloth for` two tents, _a musket, a lot of clothes from the lop chest and all the provi- sions we could spare. With cooking utensils, shhooks and a few carpen- ters tools they were fairly well rigged out for a life on the banks of the stream for half a year to come, and atparting there were as much handshakings and as many farewells as if a band of old friends was breaking up. '1,`-heir escape from the colony was a desperate one and the autlidrities made an exhaustive search; but, so far as I have been able to learn, not one of the dozen has ever been retaken. ` V otter `harm`to"1'ariy*on'eL`a ` in-d.. We` may be robbers ang murderers, but we are also gentlemeq in a way. There in hn wpnflinr nrimino nriu \Vn lmvn" \Il V'\v\I \l\I KIVDII-I IQII I-I-a\v 3903-saga` He had applied for and obtained Va. position as `a reporter on a daily paper at a moderate salary; where he was treated preciselyiike any. other report- er. shirking no assignment that came in his way and puttingon no` airs on account of his wealth or social stand- ing. " v-1'--`_ -1--.: __a. 4|.-.-.._|_a.-u. _.....|.. _..|..n- ? - Not Above His Business. 1 Young Brodhead. scion of a wealthy 3 family, cherished journalistic ambi- `V tions and, like a sensible youth,Tha'd re- ` solved to begin at the beginning. , n__; ____12-: AL-.. _'_.`I -I..a.-I.}....8 _ v Iquvvychr u---cw u-,``v`v,up.y_c ":_QU62 _.. l is Lliadg wathef-R-Bib 3,; 935;; We `have? [arrived at " ah; `6ppbi`ttin moment.- Most of u are sailors, and all of us are at `your orders. ' ITYLA `I I-..I-...I i_.L_ 1_I_-).. _.!_I---- He had not thoughtit worth while, however. to acquaint the tamily serv- ants with the nature of his daily occu- pations; and-, when a fellow reporter came to the house one day with a mes- sage from the_ city editor -the unky in ` attendance at the front door took him i around the house and brought him up i to the "young man's room by a back stairway." ' us-1-n.'_ .1s.1_u. ____ _.L-_ n:_ r1....f_ --.. W'1'1?;1idn t you show Mr. Craig up by way of the front ball? demanded young Brodhead. urn-_o._ -_|_ _ ..-..'-_4...; n _L.u............a .51.- .' ````v_.-e '<.>;`l.3.r.;Lv-;"'eporte1*. ` whispered the butler. T - T ' . On '-n cl :- mi`1z;'gine the dignied `unky s horror when his master responded in unaudi- blevoice: ' A no-so v `company ``I m only a reporter myself; you don- key! _ -Youth s Companion. ` Webster and the Trout. With each increases of 'Webster I fame as a lawyer and an orator. writes Professor McMaster in The Century, friends and admirers grew more and more urgent that he should once more return to public life. Hegdid indeed consent to serve as-a presidentialelect-' or and for ten days sat in the Massa-, chusetts legislature. Many years after- ward in the course of a speech Web- ster referred to this serviceand told his: hearers a story quite characteris- tic of the_ man. "`It so happens, said he, that all the`public.service's which I haverendered in this world in my day and generation have been connect- ed with the general T government ' I think I ought to make one exception. I -was ten days a member of the Mas- sachusetts legislature, and I turned my thoughts to the search for some `good p object in which`! could be useful in 1 that position, and after much reectlon i_ I introduced a `bill which. with the gen- eral consent ofboth houses of the Mas- sachusetts legislature. passed into a -`law andpisvnow a law of the "state- whlch enacts that no man in the state shall catch trout in any other manner. than in the old waypwith an-ordinary ` p hook and line." _ Pickled Railroad Ties. -" - Pickled railroad ties are now being used to a great extent all over the country. A number of railroads. in- cluding the Burlington. the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacic, have plants . of their own in which the ties are '- pickled. How to preserve the ties and ` add to their life and durabil_ity_ has . been a `serious problem for railroad operatives ever since theearly daysot : transportation by -rail.-` The .`constant_: wear and tear of ties` has necessitated 5 their replacement assoon as they were ` perceptibly worn. A solution. of chlo-p : ride of zinc Is ,a9pI!ed` fl?'.;".9'53P91l1Y 1 i&rratxi3ed spraat:` DB9}!!! ,|.ti4!`?8"9,: $.`.59#;'1'l.`t18htt mtnrxersi `air `* 1-13 ct'rmved t"'and;%!397fi!*$vluf bet f!.1`b37`*3 , . . ,.?._ 'n"vt1 T"; ____ -w_. -a V I3ut, come to `the point, some! thing happened to remind me 01 our nationai vice-of untruthfulness as I was getting ,up yesterday, `and I deter- mined to `keep tab on myself and as- certain, if possible, how many actual, out and out lies -I put into circulation in the course of the day. I chanced to have one of_ the little counting ma- chines I have just mentioned, so I slip- pod it into my pocket and started out. lI"I`L_ .Q..._L 1!- Y A.-I,I _,__, AL `I - `.-_ _ _--v 1.`, :.'`.---.v- u---y. ...-.v.- ~\a\Q vau- door.. _ Smithson was passing and stop- ped to shake hands. `Hello, old man! said I.. `Delighted to see you. when as a matter of fact I was deuced sorry to see him, because I owe him ten. I gave the counter a` squeeze. and bur-' ried on, but before I got to the oice I had jogged it nine times. lK1'I71__A. J}: T _I,__ 9; AI,-_ jij _____ _...I_lI The first lie I told was right at the ` What did I jog it for, did you ask? Oh. trivialities, mere trivialities, but at the same "time point blank lies. every one of em. Whenever I opened my mouth out dropped some confounded hyperbole. I told Jones the joke he in- sisted insprlnging on me was the `best kl ever heard . and then madea double tally ineassuring his wife she was look- ing remarkably well when she was looking exactly like a scarecrow. I told another friend I never laughed so much in my life as I had at something or other. I don't` remember now what, and still another that I hadn t slept a wink for three nights when I had neu- ralgia lateJy--all lies, bald lies. inspite of their harmiessness. A n! 11,: vs you`... man... -....an..-.~-..--v-.-- When I reached the oice and.look- `ed at the'dia.l,`I was horried. `Good' heavens! I said to myself- `It seems to be physically impossible for me to speak the plain truth in the paltriest matters.` I'll just remain perfectly quiet for half an hour and keep check on Boggs. 1111-....- 1.. _-.`_. 1.--: 1....._`I-l-........._ ..-.3 Vt: aavbawu Boggs is our head bookkeeper and a pillar in one of the suburban church- es, continued the amateur cynic. He wears rubber overshoes in wet weath-' ' er, cultivates sandy side whiskers, car- ries a gingham umbrella, belongs to a building and -loan association. and has all the other marksof severe respecta- bility. I had supposed him to be the quintessence of cast iron veracity, but when I` satdown in cold blood` to put him on record I was astounded at the blase fashion with which he trivoled with the truth. I pushed the button on `him 15 times in 27 minutes; then he got into a, whispered conversation with a caller. and I" lost the thread of his `remarks. But:I amcertainp if I had been in earshot the counter would have had hard work keeping up with the- - procession. un\I.-4. ....Il..a..\.1 I-Inf! 9-nhn anrnntirhof `An investigator : Anlscgolverylootl 7 an Enormou's"Bonquet- or the Flow.- ex-`I of Fhjsle Adorn: the Daily. _ Speech ot the Ave:-"aces Mo`!-tu,_l.~ Do you know that the average Amer: ican is a hopeless and incorrigible and . unmitigated liar? said "an amateur I cynic of Baronne street. I don t mean -he lies `viciously, but suave mendacity glides off the end of his tongue as eas- ily as molasses owsfrom a spigot on a warm day in summer. Hedoes it un- ,4 A - 1ust_ as his lungs expand and his heart palpitates and his hair grows, without any special attention from the rest `of his system. `He does it because l he can't help .it. The thing has become u a second nature. ` ! ! I ! lnnsciousiy, habitually, automatically/E ! i had all brought home to me,. continued the amateur cynie, by a very simple little experiment which I tried on myself and a few others no`, longer ago than yesterday morning. Did you eversee a pocket counting ma- chine? Well,` it's alittle "device shaped like a watch. Whenever you press the stem the needle on the dial jumps 9. point. and it registers in that way up to several thousand on the principle of a cyclometer. They are used by any- body making long counts and arevery handy, because they never forget Where they leave off. ll 1 UI;CBUlVLlo That relieved my mind somewhat, ` and later on, when I made a quiet test of several of the other fellows in the oice, -1 came to the conclusion that I was no worse than the average, but the average was pretty tough. As tar as my investigations went, the invoice clerk held the record. He is a gnileless sort of chap, with modest manners and _a freckled nose, andl never supposed he had any imagination concealed in his peg topped cranium. but he forced me to push the indicator up` exactly 22 times in 15 minutes. During the last partot the stretch, however, he was trying to trade 011 a secondhand bicy- cle,- and that naturally swelled the tee turns. A. - ` -' .. ,._n_-.1 .LI_-L 1.1.- " THE`vTAS`T:1_0N'1$HING REsULvT_~OI=.f onwi .` j ; one DAYOF :COUNT|N_G. Llll I150 * Of course I soon` realized that the idea of keeping count on my own men- I dacity was entirely impractical and I abandoned the ettort, but the other; "data has furnished me with_ abundant food for thought. My" brother-in-law, by the way, insists that we would make a great mistake in trying to~ weed these owers of table `out of our daily speech. He says we lie contlnu-A f ally and systematically "because every- body else lies, and a man who would start out to tell the plain. cold,_ raw, rectangular truth about everything in life would be little better than an an- archist. He would upset all establish- . ed standardsof. value andmake it nec- ,~ essary almost to recast the language. i_ Besides, unnbodyp would believe ` him.` ', But my `brother-ln-law is a :`doctor,'f l i "added the `amateur: cynic zthoughttully, ; t` -`fandf maybe, that'fmakes'.a.adl!erence.'? , Chlneu Era. V L The Chinese era begins B. O. 2697. with the ac",-cession-of the Emperor. Yao,' 4-who first devised a calendar for -the Thlnese dlvidingthe year` `into 365 days ` gvgryv ton;-th;year..+ V I VIQIBILI5 Ila] KI DDLIIII-lac 55-Ivlllcl A Besides this luxury every great horse` nowadaysmust have a jewel case, and with age and 'success the collection fre- quently becomes very valuable. Inthe casket, which is a compartment of the trunk, are kept the various trinkets pre- sented by admirers. These consist large-' ly of articles of wear, such as bridles'n_- ished in silver and gold, silver chained i and mounted halters with valuable set- tings and combs and brushes mounted in handsome style. These things, although rarely used and often or great value, are never kept on view at the homes of the owners or trainers, but are invariably carried about in the horse's trunk, ac- _ companying him on his travels. When at tacles for them in the stable. home. there are cases and special recep- IIVL- `I. . _ _ _ _ L __. _,I I-QDICB LU` LI-ICILI LII Ipl-IC |-Cllllco The horses travel in parlor cars spe- cially constructed with a view to horse comfort, are tended as carefully as ba- bies -and are almost always loved by their trainers and the stable. boys, espe- cially when their dispositions are good, and the ugly tempered race horse is the exception to the general rule. When they win a great race. they are petted and attered to such an extent that were it not for their proverbial horse sense their heads would be completely turned. -Horseman. . `Q `_ `-;ii~`* [j c When: race horse distlngnishe himself: ;? by winning='so,m_e `im1"_iortant"Jcontests; one ; oi; .t_hef first proqvipionslmndeg for is .nn* "indi\`}'dhal trunk`, containing an outt of clothing and toilet- npp_liances ofall sorts. Besides this specidl attendants are select- god to look after-his comfort and cleanli- L ness. The grooming or the horses, on any ; first class track is one of the interesting ` morning happenings and gives. one a p clearer idea of the_ value of these animals ` ! than their performances on the track can & present. however brilliant they may be. 3 When one observes the care they receive T and the nicety with which they are wash- ; od, dried,zbrushed and combed and the watchful care which `is bestowed upon them as they are fed,` one realizes that up they represent thousands of dollars with- in themselves and in their possible win- nings ot the future. ` - Gnu-an A-F 4-Inn nun:-:4 uanA`Hrnoann I-noun a - 4 s." our Naval Olcers Study st:-dates?! Based on Imaginary Wars. Many persons have never heard or the Naval War college at Newport. R. I. This institution has a` president and a college staff on duty the year round and a class or 25 to 30 officers ordered in `at- tendance trom June to September in- clusive. The class is composed mainly of oicers of executive and command rank and is divided for work into com-. mittees of six to eight members, the sen- ior in each being chairman. The com- mittees are assigned separate rooms, with chart tables and desks. rrr_-,1_ p.,; 4 _ _I_ _ 2, _,_A _,_A n , 41,, IvII.I.l. yuan; l.l-IIIICB uuu ucunuo Work for the class is cut out by the staff during the winter. including strate- gic situations based upon imaginary wars between the United States and va- rious foreign powers. To make the Wording of these impersonal the United States is always designated as the blue and the foreign power as the red. The military and naval forces of the two countries are compiled and classied and all their bases and lines of communica- tion carefully studied before the situa- tion is prepared. ; f1.......... ..a .x.:... ..:a.....a:.... g... 4.1.... .3... lllll ,UI- I-ILV LKILIIICO Some of the great racehorses have a\- most as many trunks as the proverbial summer girl, but the average horse has only one` trunk, very strongly built, mark- ed ivith his name and provided with a special lock. Each animal hasits own basins. pans and pails for the toilet, his feeding utensils, brushes and combs. The pans. are usually of agateware, plainly marked with the horse's name, and are never used for any other horse. A race horse has many sets of towels or various grades and his blankets of various `weights for all weathers. These are marked and numbered and are kept beau- -tifully clean and aired. The belongings of a horse are carried about in his trnnll during periods of travel and while he is visiting in a strange stable. D-~2J-_ 4.1.3.. `ccuuocnncu A-an-..-n n-man` Lana-A LIUIJ A: p: cyan cu. ` _ Copies or this situation are then given tothe chairmen of two committees, one : being informed that he is commander in chief of the red and the otherthat he commands the blue," and they -are in- formed that the game is to be played on a certain day. A- .1... .1... ..........:......z o..-'u... ....._.- - `cl Ipllnllul (SJ- On the day appointed for-`the game a ` large chart table _is placed in a central room. Upon the table is tacked a chart at the theater of operations, and beside this are placed red and blue lead pencils,- rulers. dividers. duplicating notebooks and a record` sheet, while around the board are hung for reference telegraphic cable maps. consulate maps and coaling station maps. There is also provided a spmning arrow to decide the direction of the ,wind or nature of the weather when this is or impm-tamfe; also a tableot classes of vessels, with ghting values,` speeds endurance and visibility.- Lucky English Servants. Nowadays householders who wish for peace and comfort have to study their servants quiteas much as they do their family and friends. . I was hearing lately of a big country house where `the domes- tic arrangements are really luxurious. The bedrooms are really quite equal to the ordinary guestrooms in a country- house. and aset or rooms is especially allotted to them for their recreation, com- prising a--ballroom. a music room, a li- brary and billiard room. Card tables are arranged in the billiard room. and a bil- liard marker is especially kept.-for the servants." The music room is provided % Vquent.--London Onlooker. with pianos and violins.` and when the house is .tull-of ._ people dances are tre-_ The Sponge. The surface of a sponge is covered with little holes that are larger at the top than at the bottom. while the whole mass contains a system of channels. When the animal, is alive, water is kept owing constantly through these channels by means of minute, bait-like appendages which the little polyps agitate.` The wa- ter thus drawn in- bi-ings.4with_it the foods `required `for the sustenance or the V sponge. - -V Mada Elm Think. , Mrs. Keene--_There are times when 1 wish I were,a man. Mr. Keene--For `Instance? `Mrs. Keene`-When I pass a` milliner s window and think how happy I Could make my wire 5' viving her a newVbon- Inn` uvluc Ava. Hutu III I. ycu clue himuu.-At;hi:3:(}`iobu,\. 5- tant about 75 miles. shuns ug uu The captain's wife was aboard. and -of course sheidid all in her power, but `it was three or four days before the men could move about again. and then I163: -only the mate could return. to duty.. The captain had what seemed to be a \carbuncle appear under his righteye, -and for ten days he sutfered so acutely E thatat times he was out of his senses. ' We should have run into Demerara had ~ he not begun to improve. but it would have been better had we done so'an'y- `how. The two fellows we picked up at the Windward islands proved to be worthless sailors and bad men. and -they worked the bark an evil turn. _*one night as we lay becaimed, with the `captain and mate still suiferlng from the poisonous bites, they overpowered `and bound the second mate, provision- " ed and lowered a boat and induced four of the original crew to embark with them. We afterward came to know that they had been talking a great deal about a treasure buried on the Dutch Guiana coast, from which we were dis- with only three able hands aboard. and the` captain's wife had to take her `trick at the wheel while we headed for ` Cayenne to get relief. We had crawled 1 along to within 30 miles oil 'the4French' penal port when the wind headed us, and -we could do no better than drift `oi! to the eastward and wait for a change. ' 111.-..` _u_-__;.' on |'_-_-._- -n .:..aau..._ n..- i We were thus left V Every?' one cherishes the secret notion that he has an unknown, "trig-ndvwho will conie forward in it timeiot peril aqd de- ' Q`QA Inaanlf _A I-Alain..- ISIAL- BACE _ I -I`o RSE3 "'rRuN"Ks: SEA FIGHTS OI`! PAPER, [I J av Would you care to carry on a simple dairy herd test d'urin_g 190i `in con- junction,` with dairymen in different parts. of Canada and us here`! The only expense would be a spring bal since for weighing the `milk. We would furnish you with blanks each month for keeping the records. If A Canadian dairymen are to raise the average yield of their herds and make a prot it must beby first nding out what their individual cows are doing. If the cow is not paying her keep and leaving a good prot for the dairy man, either the cow is no good or the dairy- man is not feeding her properly. If youare really interested in the dairy business and care to go into a. co- operative test as mentioned above, I should be pleased to send vou further particulars re the same. In any case-,_ Ishoulel like to hear from you on the aforementioned points. Yours very truly, J. H. Gnrsnann. Agriculturist. The replies elicited` by this letter were of such a character as to indicate the advisability of making the matter more public. With such an end in view; the foregoing is given for publica- tion; V 2--Kind and quahtity of grain fed your milking cows in (9), Summer, (b) Winter. ' 3--Quan't1 ty of milk yielded per cow yearly. ' L nxpnntunnun mums. Uniform ob}-operative" Dairy Herd Test D. .._-I 1 i .;sie,;aae:ni:;1:.i development of Gun`- *ng 2P gIeat'e'st iiindustrial `factor; the fnaiyry Herd. is` am. to the following letter._ recently sent out to a few farm : OentraliExperimental Farm, ` a at _ Ottawa. Dear Sir,-Your name has been handed tome as that of a farmer who is urticulurly interested in the produc- tion of milk. It is a well-known fact that the great majority of dairy herds, if we may judge by cash returns alone, are losing investments. It is, how .ever, certain that this need not be the case if suicient care and intelligence are exercised in selecting and "feeding the cows intended for milk producers. So, in order to be able to work more effectively toward improvementslong this line, I am desirous of securing some exact information as to the "fore, be much indebted _to you if you would write me briey upon the fol lowing points: `era in each province of the Dominion : methods of. feeding followed in differ _ ent parts of Canada. I should, there- 1 1-:k'ind and quantity of roughage ration fed "to your milking cows in winter. It was a queer chapter of accidents that-overtook the bark Nonesuch on the South American coast in the year 1870. jweewere bound from Philadelphia to ' Pernamhuco. being a wellfound craft and a willing crew, and we lost a man -overboard before we had.been. out 24 `hours. Off the Bahamas the second mate and two men pulled away in the - dlngey to inspect some wreckage which seemed to proveithe loss of :1 steamer, -and as they_we1'e arc-tux-ning a small `whale rose under the boat and smashed - her to match wood. and then two sall- ors were drowned. This left us three men short, and we put in at the `Wind- ward islands to replace them. After much trouble we got two men. but as we were leaving port the captain was bitten on the cheek and the tirst mate on the hand by a ying insect some- what resembling the so called darning 54---'Wha.b use do you make of by products (whey, e'oc.), it you have any `t (I? 11 \4-'-Do , you use_ pure~bred bulls? Wb`at. breed I. _ It is hoped that many of our dairy farmers may see the importance and necessity of keeping such records as areeuggested, and that they may think inadvisable to join in this Co-operative Dairy Herd Record or Test. T I Any farmer interested may obtain full particulars by addressing :-The Agricnltnriet, Experimental Farm, Ob- tawa. _ All lettereao eddressad axe carried Post Free. ` Cooking Suggestions Salmon G1-atin-A very _nice breakfast or supper. dish is made thus :---One. cup cold boiled salmon aked ne with a. fork, mixed _?with' one half cup cold, drawn butter, pep- per and` salt. Nearly hll little earthen `dishes with the mixture, cover with ne bread crumbs and b`i"6wn in thefoveu. . Creamed Codtish--Flake very ne one pound salt codsh. Wash in two waters and squeeze as dry as possible. Put into a saucepan with one and one-half pints sweet cream,` or the same quantity of sweet milk may be used, adding a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Rub two tablespoons oi cornstarch, or double of flour, smooth in a little cold milk, add to the sh and let come to a boil. Remove from the re and stir in quickly a well beaten egg.` Do not boil `after adding. the egg, as it will curdle. Have ready as many hard boiled eggs as there are persons to serve, place on a hot platter. and pour the fish over them. Baked Eggs on Fish Toast--Toast slices of bread, butter while hot. Minoe eh re- maining from some previous meal, season to taste. add a little butter and spread. on toast. Allow one egg and one teaspoon butter to each slice. Place the butter in the baking tin, melt it, break the egg.in a. cno.`slip it from the cop into the tin anti bake three minutes._ Serve an egg on each slice of toast; sprinkle with salt and pepper. This is a niee dish for` a-wintersnpper. To Bake Fiah-A sh weighing from 4 to 6 pounds is 9. good size to bake. Clean the fish .theroughly, wipe dry and salt inside. M,i_\ke['d r`enin g oi bnfead, crumbs, but.ter,_ salt V ";:~'{-: `EH. ".-J_'_- ~ `_ "as the r weaver. drove . ignimble shuttlelo and fro. -and out, beneath, above. ` `T -'?-min n.- ....u-...... .........,,,s n. |...A .{...I (Ion and onion, if desired, and mix all with an egg. Fill the body and conne by passing 1 Vcoarse thread around it a suicient number oi times to hold it rmly. iPlace in the roasting pan witha little water, sprinkle with pepper and lay thin slices of salt pork on top to season it. Bake an hour and a half. Baate frequently until nearly done, then sotp to allow the outside to become crisp nude. delicate brown. After taking up sh, thicken gravy amllpour over it. This recipe will answer for all kiud of fresh sh. Private funds to loan at 5 per cent. on tarm pru- pe_rtv. Terms to suit borrowers. No connection With any loan company.` Apply personally or b letter to HARRY MARR I I`hAl'!I'\Il" Farmers Attention. Cross-bu Saws Chopping Axes and Handles. Ca.nt`- ooks and Handles, Chains, Horse Shoes and Horse Nails. Bar Iron and Steel. A large assortment of Granite and Tinware. Poultry Supplies. Latest and best in Ball Bearing Chums. Copp Bros. Stoves and Ranges. A great reduction in price of Coal and Wood Heat- :na Sfnvnc l Baked Eggs-Bu-uter a shallow baking dish and break into it as many eggs as will cover the bottom without crowding. Sea- son with pepper and salt and put a bit of hotter on each. Bake until well set, re- ` move to a warm platter and serve immediate ly. The -eggs will look nicer if baked in patty pans. 130 I 1': OI I II I I `I Creamed Fish--Boil a three lb. hsh pike is best, in salt water until done. Remove the skin and bone,` ake it until nely minc- ed end add Juice of one onion, salt, pepper, one tablespoon butter, one and one-half cups milk and one tablespoon our. Put in small dishes or tins, and sprinkle top with bread crumbs which have been stirred in u well-heated pan with butter. Putin oven until light brown on top. Serve hot. General News Notes. Mr. Mulock s Australian trip is to cost just $10,000. 0 1- II E I _ - .l 'l'd'A'-V-WJWn'v\'n'~~' awn GENTLE 7: 3 it 177 1EN' CONVICTS " The ree`ig-u::t.ie1-lief Mr. Harry Corby, M. P. for 4West Hastings, has been received bv the Speaker. 9 1% I,, maw HARDWARE STORE '~~~~ v-- China. formally refused to sign the Manchurian treaty. nu: r-v rs 1 II '-' `T Dr. '(;;c']-liout. member for Beauce, has been appointed Senator. in succession to the - late Mr`. Paguet, of Quebec. ll \1 _,.. _It.iia .in'oiw rumored tha China and Japan _will form an alliance to resist the encroach. meat: of Russia. in Manchuria. . could be iirrgsed. An attempt has `been made on the Czar`s life bv one of the ofcers of his own house- hold. Afier firing at his Majegty, and miss- ;ing, he shot and killgd himself befre he Frank Rutletige, Thomas Jones and Fred. ihee Rico, charged with breaking into the Parkdale branch ot the Standard Bank and `with a series of burglaries at Aurora, have been brought from Chicago to Toronto for trial. V L , Throegold ba.ra,. valued at $60,000, were `stolen _from the German steamship Kaiser Wilhelm Der'Groaee, on the route from New York; Although the closest scrutiny was made, . no `trace of the missing metal could _be found. A ' j_entativea,. . . A `James_ Stephens, the noted fenian agitator, has been buried in the martyrs P105 f Glesnevin cemetery, Dublin. The Nation- alintffrartv vaa represented at the funeral by some of its leading parliamentary reP" rs !A.l..In lCl.IUDIllVUHe The question as to whether the British Cabinet Ministers should not have been 1'9` elected to Parliament, when they resigned at the time of Queen Victoria's death.` i5 eauaingjeoneiderablee discussion in Egmh ;p,erlinien_tery f v*"* circles. It is intimated that. _ 3 cornxmrr, 1900, BY c. 3. LEWIS. 0V-x-V-:eV-x-Vac-V-aev-xvosvezfV-xv-x-Veevaevo