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3nd loin with WOT it 1: mai the: pra tho life Iha plea To nlo 01' Bil mi 'th J 3“ my rare for possession of the latter plare. have the better chance of reach- ing it flrat. But the fact that France has established herself at Fashoda. and is thus In position to challenge Bri- tish mntrol of the Nile. and to defeat the proposed extension of the Egyptian empire to the south. has produced a situation so grave that the British (owe in Egypt is being largely rem- foreed and preparations made for an humediate advance southward. T'rue. ”enticement is made. that the move- ment is due to a. threatened advance of the Dervishes toward Berber. and that. it does not imply any early ad- vanm toward Khartoum: but there is ”file doubt that the British author- !tiew intend to leave nothing to chanee. and so far as possible. to make their claims good by actual occupation. The real question is. however not whether etinal movement is to he made against the Dervishes. but whether Franee will insist upon ownership and control of the region between the French (.‘on- go and the Nile traversed by her agent. “Id that will he settled, not by ad- vance on Khartoum but by negotia- tions letween London and Paris. Temperance Advocateâ€"I see you have; high unease m your town. How does 't firm“? Pol. Runmose-~.\Iiseral_>ly. There are to few saloons that, you can't enter one without having to treat a dozen frinnds; and there being no competi- tian. the. whisky is vile. High license ‘5 a failure. Give me prohibition and plenty of drug-stores. Are you the manager of this store? "we. sit. What can I do for you? I want to enter a. commlaint. “'hat's wrong? I asked that; young woman over there If she had any ear muffs.‘ She said, " For yourself ?" I said “ Yes,” a'nrl she told_me to gn to the third counfer The third counter. south, sir, is the ave-mime counter. HIGH LICENSE VS. PROHIBITION Apparently. the From]: have won‘the m for the upper Nile. thus‘exter‘id- lng their Frenoh Congo territory eastâ€" ward to that stream; though the ru- mors that the )larchand expedition is amending the river in order to make good the French occupation as far north as Khartoum. is to he discredi- ted. as involving an allianre with the Khalife. regarded as wholly improba- ble. Moreover. as the British are at, Borher. and their gunboats patrol the river as far south as Shandy. within 100 miles of Khartoum. they must in If the report that a French expedi- tion has reached Fashoda, on the upper Nile. is correct,_ the contest between England and France in those regions promises pen to become acute. What England wants is to hold the whole valley of the Nile up to the great lakes. and through British East Africa to ex- tend her empire from the Mediterra- nean to the Cape, while France wants to control the upper Nile as a weapon with whit-h to force England to reli‘n- quish her hold upon Egypt in favor of the republic. The former bases her claim to the upper Nile territory on the fact that it once constituted a part of the old Egyptian Soudan. and al- leges that the boundary between it and the French Congo on the west is the water shed between the Nile and its tributaries and the Congo and Shari and their tributaries. On the oth- er side France insists that Egypt for- feited her right to the region when. in 1883. at England's advice. she for- mally evacuated it, that in consequence it reverted to Turkey as Egypt‘s suz- erain. and that with the latter'a as- sent. any power may occupy it. Acting the East African coast. to effect a junction with it. Attempt was made by this Brithh to head of! the former Oxpedition by advancing 5 column! from Uganda under Major MacDonald. but failed owing to the revolt of the Sundanese troops composing it. and it is now reported that M. Mart-hand has mcvmsfully ocrUpied Fashoda on. the “'hite N‘ile. some 400 miles south of KM! rtoulm. ' Twynpâ€"You addressed that man as General, didn’t you? Trivialâ€"Yes. How did he uquim that rank! ! contorted it on him. ' Wham. in“ Beam: ho is 3 general nuisance. Kim ' F “t “3b. Hos mming was. on this theory. a French expedition under M. Marcraml was some time ago dnspatx‘hed from the French Congo to the Nile to mcupy the territory for France. another column setting out about the same time from Check. on IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME. “:31. Iva long has young Spann- You «in til-hi I think that’s long 50723 AND COM HINTS. SIZED UP. HIS RANK. Then there is the: immeasurable ef- ,fe1-L of shallow surface cultivation in :forming a mulch won the surface of j the ground. a thin layer of loose, dry 1earth to cut off the rise of moisture ’ 10 the. surface and its subsequent evap- oration and loss to the. use of the growing plants. Water in a drouth is a g riceless boon to vegetables, and con- serving the supplies of moisture is one of the most: vital subjects “ith which : thy agriculturist has to deal. Tillage . is to a certain degree manure. as was iclaimed by Jethro Tull of old. TICKLE THE EARTH \VITH A HOE. The gumlner will always find abun- dant success it he will not neglect this tickling of the soil with a, hoe or cul- tivator. It is wonderful what tillage will bring out at the soil. Most men must till to keep down weeds. They do not realize that the benefits of this work are far above any mere weed kUHng. ed the garden being at. home. there are no transportation expenses. and at the present day, with horse-hoes. wheel- hoes and Other labor-saving imple- ments. the cultivation of a garden has been reduced to the minimum cost, but little hand lioeing being necessary. The farnwr who is careful to give his ani- mals iaslurage and green food. because by such methods he promotes their comfort find thrift. should do the same for himself and family. He should make a Leginning at some time. and first make it a point. to have in addi- tion to apples. pears, plums, peaches and cherries the small fruits, such as rasgilxerries strawberries, currents, and gmselierries. Establish an asyaragus bed. aml plant for an early supply on- ions, peas, lettuce. radish, kale cah- liege, cauliflower, heels. [amnipm sall- sify. and even early potatoes, later put- ting in more peas and also Lima beans. tomatoes. string beans. late cabbage. squash. melons. ct c. By persistent cultivation we get the soil loose and mellow, porous andlight, so air can enter and roots freely branch and distribute themselves throughout the entire mass otf earth within their reach. Furthermore, tillage is a break- ing-up process. particles of rock and organic mat ter being reduced in size and male available for the nutrition of (-ro;:s. First' it is necessary to have a goon seed bed. Soil that has been exhausted much by previous crapping will not do. Oats will not do weal it sown after wheat. neither will they flourish on sod ground; that is, land from which a crop of may was taken the previous year, especially timothy. writes John Jackson. Sod ground, well covered with barnyard manure, plowed early in the Spring and planted to corn, if kept free from weeds, makes an excellent met in: the fall. will dry off and be fit to work early in the spring. After the weather becomes settled, and the ground is dry enough to work, the soon- er it can be fitted and the oats sown. the better. Fall plowed ground will require more harrowing or cultivating than it plowed in the spring. On this account many advocate spring plowing for this croxp. But after years of ex- perience and observation, I am con- vinced that it is better to fall plow for oats, because they require a com- pact seed bed and ‘the seed can be sown a week olr ten days earlier. which of- ten makes a. gain in yield of ten or fifteen bushels per acre; LLLW'V.‘ Mun-av...â€" 1"â€" Good clean seed is necessary for a good amp. ND matter how clean oats may appear as they come from the threshing machine. it always pays to reclean them by running through a good fanning mill. The amount: of seed per acre often depends on the kind of soil. and ever-y farmer should be able to settle. this question for himself. On heavy land oats generally do best sown brroedcast and the roller should always be used to finish up with. ECONOMY OF GARDENING. If {arr-mere will estimate the coat of the things they pprchafse which they can gtrodilce, the sum will be a compar- alivefly large one for an entire year. it may be mrged that the cost of a garden. is too great when one is busy with com and other shawls crepe, hut there are hundreds of acres of corn and! wheat pfro'iluced which do not give a protfit of $5 an amine. while an acre devoted. to a garden will give ten times as much. The market for the product TO GROW A First make a. tight gutter of planks and out it in place, then fill in front of the gutter, where the cows are to stand. with ('lay. Place a two by twelve plank next to the gutter for the hind feet of the cow to stand on.. Spike this plant t1) the edge of the gutter. Fill with clay. well pounded down even with the plank in front of it. After this day gets dry it will make an ex- cellent floor. and it will stay good“ long“ it in hot dry, but if it gets moi-t when the front feet of thecow “end. there will be holes and depres- TO MAKE A STABLE FLOOR. GOOD CROP OF OATS. ECONOMY IN HAULING. When hauling a load it is better to have the horses draw as much as they can. mam the load! the maximum in weight. 1.3 the horses have traveled the distance, whether the lcrai is small or (large. and it is the time lost in trév- e‘ling that makes hauling expensive. If the roads are good heavy loads can he carried. If not than two trips must. he ynmle anfl smaller loads carried. Let any farmer estimate how much he loaes WALKING GAIT. \Valking is 0mm of tho gains that is nearly always neglected. and yet an active. quick, clvarcfnoted walk is a. valuable gait to the horse intended for the farm. for use as a roadster or for a saddler. A ham? broke to harness is generally trained for awhile at the side of some steady old animal. and the youngster. if inclined to walk fast, soon begins to learn that it; is not the thing to do. For that reason it is host. to hreak a. young horse in single har- ness or under the saddle, and train him- to he :1 Hood walker as well an good at other gaits. A three-year-old is gen- erally a. better walker than he will he at any other age if he is kept: as a harness home. unless Specially trained with a View to brisk, active movement in that gait. V- _._wâ€" w -v' I understand. aid this mthrâ€"ot-tuct chairman. We're not humin' you. You done the bet you could. TH’E MAN'URE HEAP. “Fine langing” of manure is de- structive and, although it is a. wellâ€" lnnown occurrence in manure heaps. some farmers do not try to prevent or suppress it. It is simply overheat- ing to the» manure, due to rapid de- composition. a large preportion of the to the heap in several places. and Pour in cold water. What, is better. wet the manure and turn the heap over. add- ing dry earth mud plaster. placing the coarse portions of the Mnure in the center. Cold wate-‘r absorbs ammonia and prevents its escape. and unbas it is used much otf the volatile ammonia will escame while the manure is being handled. The heap should not be kept wet, however, but slightly damp, which will promote decomposition; but over heating may always be controlled by cold water. cheese. is not relished until it is teem mg w1th organisms. Plants make use of micro-organisms and vegetation is immensely assisted by nitrifying organisms. All cold meats contain numbers of organisms large enough to frighten timid persons. Potted meats are sim- ilarly infected. Bacteria. in milk is frequent cause of enteritis in children especially during the hot summer months, and this af- fection destroys the lives of many infants. Oratory is a gift. not tn ocquire- meat. mid thp proud politician a he 83$» dawn “to? tn'jqqr's utm- __.. J.____ - sinus media. A short time ago we vis- ited a. large dairy farm. where one hun- dred or more cattle were kept. A pert of the stable floors were mede of clay. as. we have described. and e pert were cement. To our mind the clay floor was fully as desirable as the cement. They had both been used about a. year. There were some slight depressions 1n the clay floor. where the front feet of clay was thoroughly dry. These depres- sions can be easily filled up with: clay and the float:' made smooth again, and it wetuid remain so if allowed to get perfectly dry before the cows were put on it. again. Numbers do not form an exact cri- terion as to the harmful properties of a fluid or food; the character of the bacteria and the manner in which they were introduced are more important. The difference in the character of the germs in our food and their method of introduction are the factors in de- termining why one should be suppress- ed and the other pronounced harmless. as this tlifference in large and small loads, an'l loss of time in‘ the mud. and he will make 19:33 objection to road tax in the future. It is immihle to obtain milk free from bacteria. Sound food often contains large quantities of lmcteria, so that we hab- itually consume numherless micro-or- gamsms. It is important to avoid all dangers and risks by collecting and preparing food properly, by cooking it sufficient- ly and consuming no food that has heen kept too long. Oysters and cold game are also thor- oughly impregnated with bacteria. The only real danger with the former is that the beds may have been contam- inated with sewage pollution. The friendly services of the l’acteria. outweigh the injuries they inflict up- Sheâ€"Mamma is in the next room. Heâ€"Do you suppose she would know ital; I ‘ghould kiss you! Certain food, such as Limhurger MADE THE ALLOWANCE. Oh. no. She is {dry deaf. SAFE. LIFE. The Thirty-sixth Sikhs. well posted now, allowed the whole of the North- amptons to pass through them. and. when. they had given them time to reach the foot of the hill. followed them down, easily keeping the enemy at arm's length and incurring no casual- ties themselves. At the base of the hill they overtook the Northamptons. who, encumbered by their wounded, had been able to move only slowly; so Capt. Haughton. commanding the Thir- ty-sixth, again took up positions to cov- er their further retreat. At this point the ground breaks up into deep stony ravines. The Northamptons unfor- tunately elected to regain camp by marching through one of these which led almost directly home from this point. I say “unfortunately," because if attacked in such a situation the best and bravest mm must be dreadfully handicapped; tympani-es and :ections get broken up and separated. and re- gular control or united action becomes impossible. And something of this kind happened now. It was already close on. six o’clock and getting dusk. The camp was only a short mile dist- ant, and. slowly trailing its weary length over the difficult boulder- strewn bed of the stream. the head of the Northampton column was almost home. while the tail was still at the foot of the hill in touch with the cover- ing Thirty-sixth Sikhs. \Vhen Col. llaughton was assured by a report sent THE HOMEVVARD MARCH. Shortly after seven p.m. he reached cagnpnwith his _regiment. In the meantime a tragedy had been enacted in the centre. A body of At- ridis. who had from the slopes above marked the situation. swooped down on the Northamptons entangled in the re- vine. and. firing from the high banks on the western side, they shot down the stretcher-parties who were nobly engaged in carrying off and protecting their wounded; and though offirers and men battled bravely for hnnor's cause yet they were not fighting on equal terms, and tin desperate struggle went heavily against them. At_this jung- L-n â€" A â€"-â€"â€" STI‘LL PLENTY OF DAYLIGHT. and. en‘pport was close behind. At this time hardly an enemy was in sight; but as these commuies were gradually withdrawn the tribesmen appeared as it by magic, and. praising on their heels. delivened ahot fire at close range. causing many casualties in the rearmost comp-any. commanded by Capt. Parki'n. The men. however. rallied bravely round their officer. and with great courage and coolness kept the fee at bay while the wounded were picked up and brought along. Sergt. Lennon of this company distin- guished himself by his deliberate shoot- itng. and set an excellent example of steadiness in a trying situation Which had the best effect. The result was that the supports in rear were at least safely reached, and the casualties up to this time were only ten or twelve men wounded. to him that the Northamptonss were fairly started, assuming them to he in line with the Dorgets guarding their right flank. he withdrew, clear of the ravine, and eastward of the hill on which the guns had been in action in the morning, in order to fulfil the role assigned to himself of safeguarding the left. flank of the force on tum sampling at the Thirty-sixth Sikhs. under Lleut. Van Someron. not (me of those that had been with C01. Hanghton. but one that had previously been donohod to support the guns. ro- turmd to chair aid. and. “Rim: th- able of the ommltry beyond. So far so good. If only we could al- ways advance and never retire! So long as we front our foes and attack them and press them. no matter what the odds. so Icing do they acknowledge our superiority and yield to the inevi- table. But our first movement in retreat is the signal for them in turn to become the assailants. And so it was now. At two p.m., the retire- ment commenced. The Sappers and the Thirty-sixth Sikhs were first seat back to a position. in rear, followed lat- er by three companies of the North- amptons. Thus five oompanies of this regi men-t were temporarily left on the cnest by themselves. more than enough to hold their owtn against any num- ber of Afridis. for there was right. The enemy, as usual. gave way before this direct attack. and by eleven a.m.. the summit of the mountain had been gained with only trifling casual- ties. The survey party at. once got to work, and 511' William Lovkhart ar- rived later mud joined Brigadier-Gen- eral Westimnoott oh the crest of the ridge, whence a. fine view waa obtain- able of the omnntry beyond. of this London Times. The artillery. escorted by the Fifteenth Sikhs. climb- ed a steep hill our the right and. com- ing into action against groups discer- nible on the lower sIOpes of the moun- team Speedily dispersed them. The Domets were sent. to the left to make that flank secure. the .Northamptotn's Bravo Hell Placed at. a Disadvantage um Shot Down â€" Ila-Maillot“ (bu-try a Great Ilelp to the Afrldls - ‘l‘hrllllug Account on: Desperate Slrnfale. Thb troops breakfastei early and AN INCIDENT OF THE FIGHTING ON THE INDIANggFRONTIER. BRITISH TROOPS TRAPPED. Placed at. a Disadvantage and ‘thing he should pray for n. He had prayed long and varnv‘ 1" fqr a bicycle. but his father. Hiink'“¢ :hgm ‘00 young to ride one. had Luugm Shun a: tricycle. \Vlmn he awoke. nu 1h" 9m0rmng fit his birthday, anL fun!” ?the three-wheeler by his “015116. he was disgusted. f Them't the Lord know the 4.11“?“ ence between a bicycle and a trivyt‘l"? he whimperod. I Wonder Wile“ I can find that int“! i :1 8mm. All I said to him was that you we“ ope of tin Ingest honorable men and ”'0' udentg cough-1mm thafi; lever. lip": Lord Kelvin says that. “man " P world's. Bupplv of coal is ex}:au~“--1 :1? the end 0f 346511113, unankinw '- gll nnh‘ have Wood left for fuel. Moarmhiic», he ”VM.tes thb m at all (he INO\\Pr 0‘ Niagara Falls. Whifih he rah-”'34“ ’1‘ 4.000.000 horse-[:owor. \Vhile 11m NW or could be distributed by elm-H‘WM oveta radius of 300 miles :1: a gaer-AUH‘ (1 ”cm th8,. with a. 1085 of nnlv t." par cent. Lord Kelvin thinks' Man a” the factories which want 10 Min» ad- "n‘m 0‘ Niagarfi’s PO‘VOI‘ should lb! gathered within a ndius of {urlv miles. Huxley pointed out in a «‘awfniiv written article that. “ wanting «4: al’ the great toan 0‘ Lanvash'rv Ali‘i Yorkshire would vanish like a Arum. Manufactures would everywhere awn lrlaoe to agriculture and! pauiure MM “(’t “911 men could live. when HUM” are now unply supported." Richard P. Rothwell. who “EL" ”0" mining expert in the eleventh in “*4 Slates censuS. gives the coal ”mm-‘- tion of tin United States for WW a! 186241.271 short tone. and fi'ids 'l m m anlhracite mines of Pennsylvzm 1 m “91M “Duly worked out. Five-year-old Dickey had men in strucbed that. whenever he xx ntv ! w) ”Li!!! he should pray for in Ethrd‘ Run. a famous English :--0 logist. has calculated that the aliz-HIH‘ Out coal in Great Britain. which P\:~‘~ wt depths at which it up be mine-I EIGHTY THOUSAND MILLION 'l‘()\'.~‘ \V. Stanley Jevona. reasoning {rum these figures, calculated that the Brit- ish coal supply would he exhausted in 1975. Sydney Lupton. reasoning {ram anothet set of Futures, set down the oonsunmt ion of the In at pm: ml of British (30:11 for 1990. Mr Lupton. replying to a n1: section ‘h‘nt Great Britain might mt port. its supply of coal from Nam 11 \mâ€" erica. which now has forty timm :u much as the I’nitod Kingdom, after we own Stores were exhausted. figuru i am that it Wmmld {aloe 2.100 steamsiriw each making thirteen trips 9, year. :in'i each carrying 6.000 tons of «ca! a« sari!” {Arjuna Up England’s defiPiQm-y for any nun. her husband reinined with tn tfl'ocrmion of hauteur. .Dumpley. I hear that you have MM MPWfiBI me. said his neighbor ygdigmnuy. Bmzer told me all about 1 . Sir Hun-y Bessemer. the great 4.on manufax‘fumr. has made mm? «a? Na Hons thout call which will makv "we figures better underway]. On” nfil‘im tons of maul would. form a, mu 30;. feet square by 300 feet high. or ”‘91 would represent a bed of (-03.1 nno‘ :n'h- square by one foot thick. T‘n vna' mined in Gp-at Britain in 189‘. \w»‘!’." make 555 great pyramids. or “0'11 3 re build the great wall of China. with one quuter to sure. The British mum” of coal in 1983 would form a pilzar on» milq high‘ by 164 feet square. A fair cvongvo of tho growl h at "cm in the earth. Lord Kelvin said, “an Hm tows for each mum metro En a than- and yet". Dividing lbs fimnm al~ ready drthined, would give H10 «an M the earth Cinco plant life began .'l~' 1‘0- OMJNX) yearn. Turning to Gran? llri- lain. Lord Kelvin Still that Hm?“ “as still available in that country Mn Hm- sanld million tons of coal. or alum m- tenths of a {on pier square! melrv of area. Judging from lhp. present mm of consumption this su'muly might ‘m ‘0» years: or less. '0 Im Coal Three fillclrfll .«ml rum-4m Years From Now. In 846 you! than will not w a x 0mm of coal or 3 gallon of pet rolmum 1m in WthO “7th, according tn Hm Mans. menu made by Lord Kelvin hvt‘nr» u... Mothemnticnl and Physival Sou-Hun of the British Association at :h raven: meeting in Toronto. Lord Keh'in, um, his un‘rinned power 0f tmv'n‘imr His mathematical knowledge to Hm mint mg of practicnl questions. has n M» nu. startling mlculation very ran-{u‘iy «may 5 flunk and. near. ext tin Nortbunptm from their m 9%. at reading camp at “(In hilt-put oven. the roll “as 0.1, 01.1!“ it we: found that. Lieut. Wa addell 3“ six men were killed. Lieut. 'rre thirty-one men Wowundei and ”em W115 and fifteen men mixjing I may my here that these“mi~~1m_r we“ all killed. A search perm f» 1nd their bodies thb next day in the 1 n fine when thb fight occurred. Thu had 0‘ course, been stripped of . 2,”ng and arms and some of them .~‘ 'as ,9; with ”ONE. but their bones had 001 other wise been mutilated. The further casualties izmzrred "a the. 9th were: Doraetsâ€"Limm Inaham and Mamet and six men “"Unded; Fifteenth Sikhsâ€"Three mun MM and three wounded; Thirty-51x2}; Sikhsâ€" Thmo men wounded. U NSATISF‘ACTORILY A NS W F H 1'3 T0 UNCOV'FR. T'bGIp's I burglar in the homo»? she I have never yet uncovered my hvad LORD KELVIN'S PREDY :TION. FOOLING HIM. vv‘ She drew a. nil circled her thro. '1“ spoke and ki of silQer which “Put ho.’ m J‘Elifi. thct Io“ The uprimgt'u: ding duty was cl waning just bel lib went. to {ill tho rocky sprim Dumpliahed her pitcher to her I Id (or the oott: feet twinkling p pettiooat as she “one in crosail “roam. when m Itiflod cry and [m boulder. 1 pitcher hastily a her hand on be: all our. cm the threat Bell-is was Ii beyond the Hi. dim and fur 3*; man were no The autumn 4 (he cpringtime l with Squire Rel wife. {Whatever and basic. WI kirk Sahb‘th I! .9 pretty and ‘ "It’l hi- shale c. :‘Beuie,