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HE BATTLE OF THE TALU| NOTES A vee COMMENTS. Mr. Grant ‘alters | last™novél. “The we oman aie ae Dore dase much sharp riticism by i and radical treatment of ea, pr diiiny va marriage. how: the tree ? ‘The heroine of Mr. Allen’ sought to regenerate humanity aod benefit her dex by stepping outside thé custom of society and the rule of all civil- ized peoples, She would not have a lawfull nd husband as the father of her child. she sought to train up her daughter to share her own principles and aspirations. | dat becaute they were noble-natured, becaue they were. reapect-worthy. The difference went deeper, The diver- pa gence was complete. The daughtsr when | Mo own denounced and abandoned her mother and broke her heart. Whereupon | tl e is no more silly and persistent error than the belief of parente that the any appreciable extent 7 the fool ing. ‘Train up child in the way that Sietatoulllgo,/aad > ten he is old you find soon enough he ee ee How true ie this? Is heredity riueea far can we really mould our children? France has recently repealed the provi- sion of the code Napoleon that marriage to fathers and mothers on both sides ; failing an that, of their grandfathers od THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. THE VERY TEST F ALL OVER THE WORLD. cee 39 im a sweat shop at | [0W- jtimore. orkid ek pas me tolpad when it an tar of the cone, casaeacag at | cl ried for Easy Read! wi The ‘ogee hezrepeds Board will ask for eh i e World's Pair pine "The dediation of ph Kingston 5, e er prospec wate} rareed, aaa as more than fair ey Test basinsen pion ope brea of Bat, Quebee, sided $30,000 o| te South Wales proposes to adopt free le. tions of he treaty of peace be- Dinriog of ripiinh o succeed the and Japan have been txchang- on. moral a ay certain les for stor support. vices Pied ey Yokohama from the bsid- 1 The public revenue of Canada for Apri oe ch anish Government sas decided to | j, Sarena lee ee oe seereceiinn ante i year, ig There arelnow on the registry books of 7,245 Dalsas of thats Shildceas thiage: have jiieie’ springy ini ei racter ; they are the flowers of individuality ; and Sey cannot: be altered Indies, in iaabiced saan ie turtles, some of tempts havebeen made to establith iia Ma icakD for, e vessel uanally'| h lier. Representatives of the Toronto Board of will. hel th payer “great alae nsepding, to use the ting of tes interior, th thcatralia sry te his name and, writing rapidly, fiaished up ‘of places. |in the middle of “John Wats Pa Aigeran tacos haste pa cteyanimag mal ese welt, should water ae Sree Court, has dismiseod the mothers ; ii of the oldest members of the families to which they belong. The provision was a vexatious one, as if consent was refused a man, of 25 anda woman of 21 were com- pelled in that case anerw to go to law 1 them to show why the marriage ahold ae ak place. with all their kin Under the present law refusal of parents or family in the case mentioned no longer sete ata bar tomarringe, The new law is interesting as showing tendensy in acoan. Leo XIII.’s dae. are | nearly use" hb h yb pia hrc, 9} 6° ie Pa Beira “entitled aK" faut for the perio teokot us trent ive sjuare azo wien sh popular gian he Central te tin St. "Petersborg learn Russi tey fa which be population, until withta the city nearly one-half of all the divorces of Franceare granted, If duration of marriages | be taken as. an evidence of at least one of the sounder qualities of civilization, Fr: tween the fifth and tenth year of married Kife the significance of the above figures as to constancy in the marriage relation is| ‘° evident, ——_-____ Going to Extremes. “sth by ieen, eo mee wt, omens I wish to test Then, pice Thing apologized for suggesting on ordeal 80 drastic. Rough on Himself. Invalid—Doctor, I should not fear death, raid of being buried alive. n—You need have no fear o} at wide seni you, Hard Pressed.. Husband—These millinery and mantua- Wife—No, my dear ; Iam simply en- deavoring to be « little patlaxt dremed than Three Degrees. Teacher — (grammar. class)— Correct. Take ee mext. Bright Pupil—Positive, envious ; com- ve, socialist; superlative, anarchist, The Dake a Connanght bas given orders mm ae Aldershot shal eal themaelven to be rolong the Siberian faired to Seeatte The Fearfal Cost ms fase and Money To A highly inreting als of what a hun- e cost France in hu- prea ite ad just been made public by Dr. Langneau, member of the Academy of Med- ance is not only not in the lead, i not only te. lend, but distinet}y | sort of prehistoric trie is found to mi nose before the opening of Parliament, iets ng 800, the refed apes ui — imlin the moth year of the repablio there Bautzen, ra r tl Philippe to| and the he second depuis ix pita of saatves ), conquest of Al; na tissby and ‘he takioy ing of Antwerp, “Fran The that t veg Spoplain of the ae rem Buffalo is co The United States Postoffice Department | secure and destroy all e counserfeit rel i postage stamps From the tenor of telegraph despatches Whe touches business centres throughout the fact that thing an put it ourselves, —George Eliot. fer le. who thinks ted | meaaly “aod “contemptiously ‘of Bimal, in-/ snd no man can te) thinks first and only of himself.—Dollin; The direct relation of ideas, but to emotions—in the works of luring | greatest it is se arms | in: Pf the Phili to th bared ands and to erect elaborate fortifi- | Colton. franca towards the prises forthe pedal beame! and orseless carria; ge TACC, | exercise of z Paich. il take place on June 11 “and | Soot m The Paris ee of recent sont ie i 5 iP riManetes nature leaves a hol ie ee he vouch long ears; was little the better for it. Carlyle, aa Not s day pastes over Abe act Dat men women of no no wrest great words and cof einai lee Reade. the nerves of motive, whatever shift’s man’s moral posit tier ia steam, oF calorio,or lightning, —E. H. Cha; When men fit take up a opinion, sad mn for must be ar, | contented with euch such ‘as the abeersiey of it will afford. Sout r of mi 01 life comfortably priscam a little blindness to the One day, some years ago, at Eas the pay — Bho lark narrow for friendship, love, too rug; ‘ounced | for Smeaton and too dark’ for’ scleaomet rae las longed fur argu eo oc) it so that id and he leeds, a by- a toa cot eee ‘we may come which, Galen calls nature's board the | Po¥" me h nets that jndolence is sly considered the a st Talienwanjon the moe Iii fui Some People bid Were Abie to do Oda Things. | the hcp THEORY OF HEALTH, ;| PROF. CHECKLY Th td pa Mey ‘S INJURIOU: Some Startling m the Subject— Soap and se Not - Bid cag! jot ‘wnat ‘They Are “Bathin, a the use of soap,” says Prof, Checkly, “a 40 per cent, more injurious to the juman race than any other form of sted in the bath-room, If men would preserve the health there are three things they ust do ‘rst, leave soap alone ; second, bee un kin loose from the tissues of the body ; third, get rid of the idea that regu- larity in the matter of sleep and meals is necessary to physical well-being.” “What are the objections to the-use of soap?” asked a reporter of the New York Tribune, to whom the professor's original views were a revelation. the reply. The skin, it is San tidasds Dears.a most mel sae to seats: First, it acts as protective agent, cover- ing the sensitive tissues of the flesh. ‘Second, it acts as the agent of the mind, conveying all sensations of heat, cold, phe and the like. Third, it directl all to organs of the body, taking f the work of ther ceolute, self-denial, Walter hops pent pel ta get riot oanoge barenoved yy foap. Some other chemical ointment or BATHING I8 INJURIOUS. is __ People who do not feel tired from bath- ee oe sigit-Va_ Leal ang thlalpy heres etoee ct man, in the one she has nev it to her once, backwards withest heaton. ei i ‘years in Belgium, on the Sambre, tha| fireplace, an ine, the Alps, the Pyrenees here were! Thy Femarking that ‘ the first was a very one”. To the surprise of the onlookers, the a fair, round hand. Watson said ‘* he could not write so 8 to| bee es read unless he did it in his own way.” le can move their sealps free scleatist, , who was mu accor ent, asked him one day if any | > 0 = rate, " able ver met, and he did imilarly gifted. | }* g position is in the color of the skin ; the Somplexion becomes is and unlovely, sister Tell her a eee | Heard belore—asd ape Seppe ie madeao throat, Gente the| t purpose, The lungs I gard for the brainy just as the sober tomach rovides exerci not dotmnata aby ihe tells i distinc ct, and at the whistling sound in his th same vane as kne oe gs master ey his wifo riot any attention an ere! on those frequent 0 hen it was desirable to exchange marital confidences im e of an unconscious third 3 | party. The vigorous le rement of the scalp wise it across the | © eouliar oe pa a. ike, and the older rr divin, ae We is impervious to water, hold~ degree of vitality in the body. Some of ions pee sige this antipathy of kit moet as pearl Eis rie iatanee ag cos. the body, with an oll like olat= a3 the aualight, the lr and other ‘God-given othe skin should not adhere to the tis- sues of the body, as it does in nine cas of ten, among my pati ald be loose from the flesh like that of a cat or og. , elastic, smooth, is i that condition on the body of a normally ithy pereon. When es cold, the skin gets n thickens, becomes, addy isoniage instead of in bh tightly would the outer coating adhere to the tissue beneath. HEALTH THROUGH INTELLECT. << What about the breathing movements tomac! sib ny body. Eerie tis he hody instead of a help, ion ae fanent benefit, even if” it apparep builds up the tissues and smprov never live lon; e most, flexible gym~ nast cannot ii his agility without con- stant practice. Strength ea a me Babes in the City. irderous A hope a some arsenicy enough tk lite reggie im against the law to ‘Sthere is a fruit-stand around. {f| One swallow docs not make a Summer — ¢ | but one frog can make a spring, His Bust Measure. Ac- bay is a magnificently devel- ‘aphic| He who has no peas esi oo will be mae — the? Do you ‘Gnow his bust wit-| often wroug it and seldom of in his actions, No, but I think it is about —Lavater. instead of by the Pacific, because a rewa ‘of $5,000 had been Goes by the Tasca service on the Chen Yuen. A nuambet the men under him had been trained at the pane. the battle of the Yalu, Commander McGiffin, ‘‘ that hes not been ‘understood on this side of the water is the | | fact pace a. were eee by the cts. furnished with solid shot only, Which parsed through the as Bale i were furnished witl shells. ‘the Japanese tyuadcon could. read nots CAPT. wolrFIN “OF THE CHEN ir YUEN igs aus THE STORY. ese ies eencuviren the Chb and Had Better Gu and Peaseialice cue McGifin Came ing into contact wi Near Being Killed by et one of Ills Ow Guns, ‘Capt. McGiffin was in ‘actual command ofl i poe ‘ bee he the ship Chen Yuen during the five hours’ test ing to his gods, He left China five weeks | grec. ago on a six months’ sick leave and he will tay in America indefinitely in the hope of He ise naval school. ‘The war began Aug, 20 and on Sept. 17 «One thing about that battle,” said ra were soon so that ee ‘eres were kept tthe; they mand seater ener PRACTICAL FA nf eee of the Chen Yoon wore pabjeoted at the al sao etude & Coot eae ibe are decide ay fan tai helped to build several barns and ol seen and examined plans of many | In many cases it wil pote confidence a dl writes a I have (uh sible number of sag plows harrors i to bay new machinery; just asin Santa dead yject a study for a sae of re |years, but have never yet seen anything| wider thah the ur cree that equals the accompanying plan, It | dr: hey requires very little explanation. The Inia A di ens0l Of Fite ge it advisable to deptestate the The than the soldiers, st pe ‘iscpined of s iced 13 fot inthe cle They didn't At thay aid whag you ot I both the builder. ‘ind mi re tly su] pap se a by goin; basin re ire op ets ie 4 ers about the‘food suitable for live stock: “ ta emanatin from the Japan- Teor i thatewe ran away fo int adron as & poe pe as 124 knots, while ner Te ig an actual fact that ay. the erd, we | sorrow RAO ~~aiove the Japansse be sback,-and remained in | ry Ri imiral Ito, commander of the tim incl yincert Ae served it as pie Shorty stterward iis abdomen was cut aa another fra; A. shell ceeded under a wood ladder, and a piecs of the Sot staking stances under which he was wounded by one of his own guns was described by him last nie ship was on fire at the bow,” extinguishin, Ee moe not go forward without ‘cer, andas none of the Chinese officers in between my hands and then between my legs, just grazing both wrists and carrying away the tails of my coat. “The be ‘swan; ‘eed ph aeead to return the Fr each loaded with 222 pounds of iter fowd = fe. projectile | ix feot 0 ses side of us, ol the and ete seep ae to Hy pal ever; Fee eee nid ok also i ing by the concussion.” Commander McGiffin was asked whether jen had ee rie the easy victory of the ‘o = " ENo 3 h ogi I did not expect the Se pals be Pau. I] ictorious at pelea ips | taking up collections, ag - that never herd for cones CENTRE BENT. have it free from odors. Tt is nevesary thet you be able to con- trol ti jo use. If t! posts in centre are left out, then Baty in bracs, Be shown by dotted lines. Oey END BENT. barn is 49 feet pe oe 20 feet high, ‘Too little concern is manifested by farm- often thrown out to thi Senda) wis only ie plod ing | throughout ee seasons as been m. cin or dahon nesty. cf rt, a view of the fact that ibe mai winter pasture in the form of permanent the diet of his animals, if he expects the fall profit to be derived from breeding and feeding. chance granger, who leaves all to A pale little lad in oan ae train vines ee matter?” he asked. ‘Have |risks of hi in| | ¢Yea,I have a little left, and I’m not so ae tett ae fad paneisatnd abot tae awful bungry.’ Aire isitthen? Tell me ; perhaps I warming-up vette lena and. there's abe the grazing te oa : “greater proportion of it may Tf the use of the meal seems | Ré ton ee ‘ovoke “scouring” the quantity should an iy increased agai Some such pe faa t food as oats or} po wheat straw snould be brought in to aid in uate Jou he shall in no wise lose his re- pint larities. in this form, If} offic es reader brushed his hand across his | correcting irregu! Tres, constipation .d | as well as aid, hae his ies to the ‘mother and ae ae bivc d of salt to eg pie Hen oe anges are to be avoi feeder does ingpt to ae three days for a correction than 01 act Don’t neglect = get in the line of im- provement by rupning pure- bred sexes in all Sepertmsti ‘of live stock. It is econ- | fore om fed Lele motherless George, had uo lack o! ing.” og im alierating he goods a Hoa tray scraps st [of food rt the vigilant animals chance to ‘ ing ps weight in spring than when they left the ne starved ines st ad will fit them for Avvasiety of cor, oats, (rye and wheat in small proportion) and pate d to the} and ‘apes ie ‘cates eal—at firet about 10 of the mixture, to be, gradually The quality of the linseed meal is to be If quite dry of the natural reduced one-half, and only’ very gradu: ly will aid Me hie line. corn 01 nich can with a good ultivetor will make the price of a good cultivator in one year. Cautions for Butter Prods 2ers. pastures must be eds. es Do the milking in a quiet place and make n't bre ak Sine nes, Pd five fa build you" for The total population of the Gaeiue of ~y Niesings is put by the be | | i wor S a Solininy of Senatt Mt Fopulation and Size it Rich ure dl ack ities at = ensus just xe eae being but few in number. ‘The area of the republic is only about] D: 49,500 English square mil ere few towns, and all of them, with two ex- ceptions, are small and rude. The popula, tion of Managua, the capital, is 18,000, and that of Leon, formerly the capital, 25,000 ‘The town of Corinto is the principal port aco]? a B®) mixture of white and Indians)’ predomin- ‘can bemade tosuit|atesthere, The most important industry of the inhabitants of Nicaragua is the rais- —- ing of cattle, the hides of which are export- Varlety in Food. ed; and among the other exports are coffee, bananas, sugar, indigo, cocoanuts, oa Brazil wood, and cedar. The head of cattle e greater part of the importa are from England, and the greater part of the exports are to the United States. ‘American companies, in neatly all of which gold is fouud mixed with silver, and | ina few silver mixed with copper. is pie rich in valuable woods, “a illo, and| The sham is cut the length wanted, allow- Nicar- ronron, Fs medicinal trees, besid commercial trees, including the eet SIRGN ad sficd as the ood) alloc al ae is made ;) much again for the fullness and for haa few of whieh are still aoeize! matt most of i er cent.—will prove an} is ni as ot “nine, who are| tind jelly which we prepared ist sect of 10,000, banlas to do so, as greater gains Pam eg 8 oo The Purchase of Farm ndshtnney\ One may easily go to either extreme on| h almost any question. This is certainly true | into, jn the matter of buying farm implements rie and machinery. A prominent place in the causes of failure of not a few farmers should be given to their habit of recklessly buying farm machinery when not and of neglecting to care for it after it is bought. When onc hasa, implement or see agood it is folly to throw it aside and pur another becaute o! nis Ch "ce improvement. On the other hand, it is at| fy least equal folly to continue to use nearl; rncout or inferior tools, foe eda i it is to The | reduce hand labor to a minimum, "Tis not only attempted to ah aed al parts of e yore. are about 100 miles of railway country, which b vars bull built at a}rather flat plate with a sprinkling of flour fi aver as they have ‘pad, and I think China di macbinery, ails rae ie in by mallest | THE HOME. Courtesy- All mothers are anxious for their children to appear well in the eyes of others, to * our chilirea to observe the torms of polite ‘We [society when company is present or when "1 | away from home, whic e to result in bashfulness and awkwardness from their inability to remember all things required at them, they should be taught these things f ti he more free a child’s ind aaa be apa frome the thought ‘What wil pes ople think say?” the less self- teacl d “Thank jezything, bo matter how trivial tbe. Weshould teach our bays to remove their hats as soon as they enter the house, then to say of courtesy by saying ‘‘Taank you. We shoal teach our sons pe! daughters to properly a a pase? acti ns, to g pardon” if necessai AtGie fisiieroe to made-an interruption, Soi to obser’ ithout « thought and there is no chance r awkwardness. If our arly grown it may not be so easy, but if one is really desirous for better manners in e family it is not hard to a1 an inter est by talking the matter over together and each agreeing to help the other—father mother as well as boys and girls working for a more genteel bearing. Pillow Shams. _ There is nothing about a bed dressing that is harder to keep in place and looking neat than the pillow shams, The two-piece fixtures which are used throw the sham out dered, one folding up of the sham fixtures spoils its freshness. ‘There is a new kind of sham not widely used as yet, which is the most sensible and serviceable of any we have seen, and may ‘be made as pretty as taste di: it is ade on the draw-curtain principle, an material to match the bed fing, or any other preferred good: e chosen, and gather to width of bed, PaLigiive nd, | heading, MTo fasten on the bed use ® small, brass’ ante. peaks, | bed sgein in the morning. which to make a Tf wi showing through the open work, snd sulphur: aives the des Vga el elie make these for her- the| their construction. principal sod of the eee very prolific,} e tables grow in Some Seasonable Pies. aie ‘The form of gorarnment is constitutional] Apple Pies, Now that the few remain« ing apples are getting dry and tasteless,wo put into each pie a (Mia oe of tama- ith Pitan bea ina ittle pies will have a much fresher, more nataral aste torpreted with until a knife comes out clear, Pie—Roll out two crusts a little rei thicker than for ordiuary pies, place ona yolks of 3 egge and abit lies on|| into deep plates lined with crue Make a meringue by Boating th the whites of the eggs and adding 9 tablexpoonfuls of sogar. ‘Spread over ples paves cnn oven to pp vin RS At the Euchre Table. Let me take yourhand, Miss—— Bhe=OHl shia ao pudden: If blueberries are not sweet- ened until they are taken from the can, the Castard Pie. —Fill a good-sized, deep plate ropean | with a custard made of three well-beaten eRe in two pies wet 4 in| tablespoonfuls of corn starch with a little