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it bagged cows may, and often do, fall short in two very important points. They may 5 give a great quantity oi milk for a short . time, but after being again in calf,thcy may, Table For sorting Beans- , and many do. go off quickly. And, again, The culture of beans is rapidly increasing, lithougi‘irgiving a great quanttilt?t off imi‘lr1i e u it ma so r a , or a. they 8mm", commd I “06“”. otherqpurpgees ezcept mifir‘ioselling, they are Pm:e "3 the m"k”- 1" ‘hn‘hmg "fd lees thrifty than many of their neighbors' winncwiog the beans it is almost imposai- with 3 Him?- mn: record, , h am pod. “d yin“, An al t ese t ings r uire mnc more we w “move “I p 0‘ careful attention than thegy have yet had. The hayhazard way cow-owners have hitherto arrived at an estimate of the values of their cows has been most unsatisfactory and unbusinesslike. The evidence of those owners who have gone in for simply weigh- ing each cow‘s milk invariably goes to show that the top common system of depending no. 1. VIEW ur Buss soa‘nsc TABLE FRO)! upon mime“, "women, .3 to g cow’s ABM-g. milking powers is a very uncertain one. . If we are to settle down to the belief and the shrunken or diseased teins. hence “I” to get gm“ milk,“ produce” we have hand sorting is necessary to put the beans in to depend upon narrowwhuted, yukly the clean condition which secures the beetlconatitutioned cows, the outlook is dark prices. An ingenious table on which to enough. If, on the other hand, our strong sort the beans isshown in the illustration. wide-chested cows._are less valuable than they ought to be, simply on accout of neg- lect on the part of breeders, there is a glorious prospect and a wide field open to every breeder of Shorthorns. Honest Labor. We have very little respect for the girl who is so lacking in selfvrespect herself as tobe ashamed of honest work. She who endeavors to do whatever work her hands rm. 0 SIDE view or any sourixc TABLE. ’fiud to do in the best and most thorough m manner, as by God's law, makes that and Fig. I presents a view of the table from above. showing tho sieve and the spout. the action fine. It is not so much the work as the manner in which it is done that en- A side view is shown in Fig;e 2, with the nobles the worker. A well-scrubbed floor drawers for refuse and bad . ans, beneath the move. This useful contrivance may be is a much more useful work than a badly executed oil painting in which much valu- be folded so that it can be brought into the house on cold, stormy days. The legs are bolted to the sides with one bolt each. The height of the table can be varied by making the legs slant more or less, and then fastened by a wooden pin in holes bored to suit. A slide keeps the beans from pour- ing into the sieve too rapidly. made in portable shape, and the legs can able canvas and other material has gone to waste. Intelligence and faithfulness tell in every department of work. Respect your work whatever that work may be, and remember that the best, brightest and wisest of men and women will respect you. Conformation of Dairy Cows. A prominent dairy authority claims that the English idea of a cow is based on the outline of the Shorthorn, and hence is more or less of abaef form- Answering mil“ strained the gravel is put in a hot oven, correspondent writes as follows to the that any germs that may possibly have London Live Stock J Oumal- ‘ been strained from the milk may be destroy- Care of Milk in Berlin. At Herr Bolle’s famous dairy in Berlin Germany, the milk is strained through wire sieves covered with a cloth over which fine gravel is sprinkled. After the milk is There is an increasingly common belief ed. The graval is thus used for filtering that an ideal dairy cow ought to be, what the "Mk any number 0f t‘mes- For the . . butter made at this dairy both sweet and may be termed’ wedge Shaped’ w'de behind sour cream are used, that made from sweet and narrow forward. This, of course, cream commanding the higher price. After means narrow chests, and narrow chests the compartments filled with a particular means weak cattle. Granted, for the sake kind °f milk are filled! the W33” ‘3 l°°ked’ of argument, that such is the proper con- and the milkman who delivers it has access formation of the ideal dairy cow, it may to the supply only through the faucets on be well to consider what this leads to. We the sides of the wagon. ‘ all know the story of the ending of the experiment to get a horse to live on noth- ing. How well it succeeded up to a cer- tain point, and would have been entirely successful had the horse lived ; but, as luck would have it, the horse died when only one straw stood in the way of com- plete success of the experiment. If we are to breed cattle to be useful, we must breed them with strong constitutions and, after all, it is not yet satisfactorily settled that we must breed cattle with narrow chests if we are to have high-class milking sorts. How does the matter stand, at present? We have the Channel Island cattle: essentially milk breeds, and we have the Ayrshires and Kerries. With regard to the Channel Island cattle, we have in them cattle whose milking qualifications have been most carefully attended to by generations of breeders. These breeders, with their circumscribed boundaries, but favorable climatic situations, have produc- ed a class of small cows that give milk of greater richness than that- of any other breed. In the Ayrshires and Kerries we have small-sized cattle, small food con- sumers and yet, comparatively speaking, great milkers, “'hiie both the Ayrshiree, and the Kerries are expected to live on harder fare, and are subject to greater climatic hardships, than the Channel Is- landers, the experts in dairy cattle judging are, and have been, insisting upon having the Ayrshires and Kerry cattle with the same narrow-chest development as is found in the Jersey. All practical cattle-breeders know where this must end. Sorry tales are already told of the constitutional weakness of one of the breeds, and it is only a matter of time, and that a very little ltime, when the effects of such a system of breeding will show themselves. Is it necessary to have narrow chests in dairy cattle? How does the matter stand with Shorthorn cattleâ€"cattle that, after all that is said or can besaid for other breeds, are the dairy cattle of England? Every one who has had experience ofa stock of dairy Shorthorns can look back upon many a wide-chested, deep-milking cow. They can quote many a cow as giving I four to five gallons of milk a da , milking steadily month after month for vo or six months, and gradually settling down till she was dried off after being in milk ten months. They can tell of a lean cow after ten months' milking and a cow full of flesh and substance at next calving time, so full of flesh as to be mistaken by many for one of the beef-bred sort. Such is no fancy picture: it is one that tens of thou- sands of dairymen and farmers could, and doubtless would, willingly attest. And. with regard to Shorthorns as dairy cattle, it can be confidently asserted that, as they at present exist, 1(tihehy areh pheno- menaily better than can ave een ex- . . ' v . pang «32mm egnsigugs w,“ my huge illitrmtszassisting; can re in we a a scar way, so ar » v . ' . v' u we“, dairy upwmgi“ "e concerned. \kou need hate no anxret) at air about the JEWELS OF THE CZARINA. Peculiar Interest Attaching to Sonic Gems Now at ller Disposal. Among the Russian crown jewels there are some which the present czarina must regard with a peculiar interest. During her engagement to the Czarowitz N icholas,says the New York Journal, he was allowed to give her some very valuable ornaments from the family treasury as a foretaste of the splendors she would be able to assume later on. When his death put an end to the betrothal a delicate intimation was given to the disconsolate fiance’s parents that it would be greatly to her advantage if she returned sundry jewels, almost regarded as heirlooms, to the czar, and. his majesty forthwith arranged to settle £10,000 a year on the princess. As she afterward became the bride of the next czarowitz and is now empress of Russia most of the crown jewelry is at her disposal. The czarina has also a considerable private stock,entirely her own, as the late empress divided her diamonds among her successor, the Grand Duchess Vladimir, and the Duchess of Cobourg, a third to each. A Woman Hater. Liliauâ€"“ Ain’t that your brother 2” Maudâ€"~“ Yes i" Lilianâ€"“ Why don't yer interdo oce me 2” Maudâ€"“ He’s a misant'rope ; he’s been crost in love an’ he’s giv’ our sex the cold shake l"-â€"Life. Love in Winter. There is happiness in clinging To a garden gate and swinging On a balmy summer evening with the maiden that you love; But in winter it is sweeter In the sitting room to meet her And hug her to your bosom as you nestle near the stove. In such a situation You are safe from observation, And you needn’t dread the falling dew or damp malarial fog, We may all look forward to a much more dog‘ systematic and carefullyworkedoutmanage. meat in dairy cattle-breeding in future. \\'e have improved appliances- by which, with the least ible trouble, not only the quantity of mi k a cow may give can bode- terinined, but a de“nite“estimsto of the quality of such milk can be at once obtain- ed. The tendency has been to overvalue a class of cows that, at calving, or soon after, have an extraordinary bag development, when in everyday experience these big. â€"â€"â€"â€"».â€"._ An Ancient Town. Kempen, in Germany,wili soon celebrate the six hundredth anniversary of its exist- ence with a festival procession representing the history of Germany from the German warriors of Cmsar's time to the soldiers who fought against Napoleon . In the procession will be represented Thomas a Kempis, the writer of the “ Imitation of Christ," who was a native of the town. SWORDFISH ARE FIGHTERS. It is aGress Battle When Two of Theirs Come 'l'oxether. A short time ago the attention of the passengers on a steamer ad the Southern Pacific coast was attracted by what was evidently a fight between twosea monsters. What appeared to be a mountain of foam first caught their attention : then an enor- mcus tail was seen tossed into the air. Then the monster breached and rolled over and over, beating the water into foam with re- sounding blows that could be heard a mile or more with the wind. Nothing but the great black mass could be seen, and for twenty minutes the strange sight continued, to the wonderment of the voyagers. If the steamer could have approached they would have witnessed a most unequal struggle between a large whale and a foe of insignificant size. Beneath the water several swordfish, or possibly one, were literally prodding the large animal to its death, running their sharp swords into its unwiedly form until the creature was in a perfect fury, and could only fling its huge tail about in impotent rage. Such incidents are by no meins rare at sea, and the pres- ence of the swordfish as the cause of the trouble is often disputed, but in nine cases out of ten it is the oflender. Enraged for some reason at the presence of the whale, it dashes repeatedly at it, sending its sharp sword into it, and in some instances produc- ing its death. The unrelenting and ferocious nature of the swordfish is not generally known, but the latter may be set down as among the most. dreaded of all fishes, con- sidering the damage it does and the havoc it plays among other fishes. It may be said that the fish is utterly without fear and will, like a Cape buffalo or a rhinoceros, charge anything that offends the eye, in this way often doing an amount of execu- tion hardly to be believed did not the evidence exist. The combats with its own kind are most interesting, and may be compared to two expert swordsman who have rushed to the contest, not with falls but with rapiers, and fence for blood . Sucha contest was observed in Pacific waters not long ago. Some fish- ermen noticed two big fish leaping out of the water and dashing along at the surface. Soon they saw that they were swordfish. The season was when the fish are supposed to be pairing, and the males are unusually ferocious. They had made several rushes, and when observed were at close quarters, striking each other powerful side blows like cavalrymen. This was unsatisfactory, and finally they separated and darted at each other like arrows, the water hissing as their sharp dorsal line out through it. They evi- dently struck head on, one missing, while the sword of the other struck just below the eye and ploughed a deep furrow in. the fish, partly disabling it, so that it turned and attempted to escape. But its advorsary, now thoroughly aroused, also turned, and with a rush drove its sword completely through its body and, despite its struggles, held it fast, only wrenching its weapon loose when its enemy stopped swimming. This one lunge had finished the battle, and the victor left the field. The vanquished, floating on the surface, was picked up by the fishermen. The writer later observed the wounds, which gave ample evidence of the ferocity of the attack. The force with which a swordfish strikes has been various- ly estimated, but that it is equal to that which drives a twenty-four-pound shot from a howitzer can be believed from viewing the results. In the waters of the Pacific at least three kinds of swordfishes can be seenâ€"Xiphius gladius, Tetrapturus albidus, and Histop- phorus gladius. The two former have been observed by the writer. The fish engaged in the battle described were of the kind first named. It is the ordinary swordfish found on both sides of the Atlantic, in appearance trim and shipshapeâ€"a verit- able privateer. It is a piratical cousin of the mackerel. The striking feature is the sword, which is a continuation of the upper jaw into a sharp, bony sword. The jaws are toothless, the lower one being hard or horny. The eyes are large and prominent, the tail sickle-shaped and powerful and the whole appearance of the fish denotes speed and activity. It attains a length of from five to nine feet, and, when working at full speed, can pierce any ship with wooden hull sheathed with copper. Many remarkable instances of this are known, and ihere is hardly a week in the year but something of the kind is recorded by shipping agents. One of the most remarkable cases on record is that. of the ship Dreadnaught. One day, at sea, the crew felt a sudden shock, and soon after that the ship sprang a leak and was obliged to put into port. It was found, when she Was drydocked, that a large swordfish had struck her. One of the finest specimen of the Tetrap- turns albidus ever seen in Pacific waters was found recently by the writer in a little bay on one of the islands off shore. It was a magnificent specimen about six feet in length, the body massive and powerful and remarkable for its shape. It did not taper to the tail, as many of its tribe do, but continued large all the way to the tail, which was a powerful organ. It had a long dorsal fin almost the entire length of the back, and its sword was short. Evidently it had been partly broken in a fierce combat with another of its kind. The head was large, as were also the eyes,l examined the fish for the cause of his death, and found that it, too, had doubtless: succumbed to a fierce thrust from an enemy, possibly a Xipbius, or long-sword fish, as it had a single out Ell inches wide that penetrated the entire bod like a knife. The defeated swordsmanh apparently been carrying on an unequal fight. Armed with a shortsword or dagger, it had been simck by a cavalry- man of the sea, whose keen rapier had kill- ed it, the fish being blown in shore to the amazement of the fishermen of the island, who had never seen a fish of the kind on the Pacific coast before. "When it came drifting in." said an old sea dog, “I thought it was a porpoise, it was so big :but when it got in shore I see it was somethin like a swordfish, though I never saw the if so of it before. Its sword was short,but it hada body like a batterin' ram, and if it struck anything it would have to give in sure." A singular thing in connection with the swordfish is that little or nothing is known in regard to its breeding habits,and a young swordfish, so far as known, has never been seen on the Pacific coast. The young are curious creatures, with enormous eyes, and the bills, upper and lower are equal in length. MODERN PROVERBS. Soft snaps help to make hard times. In diplomacy lying becomasa fine art. Value depends upon quality, not price. Truth and falsehood often seem twins. Study does not necessarily imply obser' vation. Theory without. practice is always left handed. It is easier to make a congregation yawn than yearn. Men will abandon principle to die for a sentiment. The biggest fools do not commit the greatest blunders. The premature is always in danger of being irostbitten. A good newspaper is the poor man's cir culating library. A patriot is apt to feel lonesome at polit- ical headquarters. It requires considerable originality to state an old truth in a new way. Never indorse as a partisan what you would not do as an individual. It takes a truly wise man to respect an opinion with which he does not agree. It would require a separate weather bureau to record the changes in public opinion. THEY ARE MEN AT TEN. Boys llnve But a Short Childhood in Cores In Corea, the tiny little kingdom over which China and Japan are threatening to have such a dreadful row, the boys are called men as soon as they reach the age of ten. They receive their final names- at that age, and assume the garments of full- grown men, all except the horsehair hat, which they cannot put on until they have passed through a period of probation. Per- mission tc wear the horsehair hat is the final act of transforming the small boy into a real sure-enough manâ€"though he doesn’t look it. Sucha short childhood may, at first thought, possess acharm for bt ya in our colder climate. But it will be quickly un- derstood that making boys into men as soon as the are old enough to feel that they woul like to be men is not a wise idea. The Coreans, although possessing a certain degree of a queer kind of civiliza- tion, are not a people to be patterned after. In Cores, if a young man's parents are not rich, he can never hope to become so by his ' own efforts. And, if he is not a member of a noble family he can never hope to reach PURELY DANADIAN NEWS. INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. â€"- Gathered I‘ve- \'arions Pei-Is I‘m- the Atlantic to the Paellr. W'hist is Chesley’s popular pastime. Sarnia is now lighted by electricity. \thooping cough is prevalent in Listo- we . Henry Horsey has been drowned at Kingston. James Purvis, an old citizen of Brant- ford, is dead. Typhoid fever has been prevalent in Chathsm. Kent county's bean crop this year will be very poor. . St. Catharines paid its taxes $4,000 in advance daily. Rich finds of petroleum have been made in Athabasca. 'l'hamesville citizens have had an epide- mic of influenza. John Murphy, an old resident of Hamil- ton, is dead. A new carriage factory is to be establish- ed in Kingston. Rosemont is talking of organising a lacrosse team. Last year Brantford invested $60,500 in new buildings. ‘ Robert Currie, an old settler of Glenoo, died recently. The C. P. R. station at Ayr was recently robbed of $37. Mr. Archibald Forsyth, of Gait, died suddenly last week. A Newmarke‘. young man slept 63 hours without waking. Isaac Seeley, a well-known resident of Thorold, is dead. Montreal Junction wants its name chang~ ed to Montreal west. A sea serpent has been reported ofl‘ Port Stanley, Lake Erie. The Niagara. Central Railway wants $125,- 000 from Hamilton. Peter Ferguson, of South Dorchester, an old pioneer, is dead. The handsome new church at Centreville has just been opened. St. James’ church, Stratford, is to be en- larged and improved. The Brantford House of Refuge will be lighted by electricity. Birch’s dwelling house and barn, Ballan- tree, have been burned. Mr. John Dyble, the well-known ship. builder, of Sarnia, is dead. The Seaforth Collegiate Institute Foot- ball Club has been re-organized. All the Public school children of Sarnia must submit tovaccination. The New Catholic church at Newark will be dedicated in November. Robt. Cornyu came to Wingham, from Dayton, Ohio, on his bicycle. Stratford locomotive engineers want an all night electric light service. A new brewery with a capital of $10,000 is to be operated in Prince Albert. ‘ Chatham Gas Company has declared 3“ “fined Posmon- A3 for courage: the a half-yearly dividend of 45 per cent. Coreans have never shown much of that. The Corean men are not in themselves a good argument for a brief childhood. .___.â€"â€"+â€"â€"â€"- London’s Big Tortoises. The largest, or nearly the largest, thing in tortoises has just been added to the collection of animals in the Regent’s park. These two creatures come from the Island of Aldabra and are of most colossal size, as living tortoises go. This small island, some way from Madagascar, and the Gala- pagos archipelego, are the only parts of the world where large tortoises nowadays exist; and it is hard to understand how tortoises weighing 700 pounds got there. in other days it would have been suggested that the reptile, like certain genii and fairies, changed its form for a bit and then 'on arriving at the islands waxed heavy and fat again. More prosaic but more likely is the view that a former land connection enabled itto get there. Once arrived, its bulk would be lessinconvenient than where competitiin was severer. But otherwise the presence of these unwieldly tortoises on islands apparently inaccessible to them is a problem before which the proverbial fly in amber pales. Falls Heir to $2,500,000. Neil Morrison, aStJohn, N. B., stcvedore has received word that by the death of Wm. McKay, his mother’s younger brother at Kimberley, South Africa, he has fallen heir to $2,500,000. McKay, who was of a roving disposition, drifted to the South Africa diamond fields, where he accumulato ed $15,000,000. Neil Morrison has three brothers who now reside in the United States, so they too will become rich, while a sister of his mother resides in Shelburn county, Nova Scotia. Mr. Morrison has has letters from Mr. bchcown, of Young- stown in reference to the matter. Mayor Robertson has written an official letter to Col. _Cecil hodes to find out something about Wi . am McKay and his alleged wealth. There is a feature in the will which shows that \Vm. McKay had an eye to business and did not want his last wish frustrated by the courts of law, as he left $50,000 for legal expenses and a million to his executors to carry out his wishes. ______.._._____. The Strength of the Lion and the Horse. If a lion and a strong horse were to pull in opposite directions, the horse would pull the lion backward with comparative ease ; but if the lion were hitched behind the horse, and facing in the same direction, and were allowed to exert his stren th in back- ing he could easily pull the one down upon his haunches, or drag him across the ring, so much greater is his stren th when exerted backward from the hind legs than in forward pulling. Oil wells are still being sunk on the eighth line of Enniskillen and with suc- cess. Martin Myers, of Charlottetown, P.E.I., committed suicide. He was aged 70. The Lachine Canal is to be uniformly deepened 15 feet at a cost of $250,000. A company of Americans is investigating the hedge fence industry about Stratford. A rich deposit of platinum ore has been discovered in Denison township, Sudbury. Brampton thinks it has one of the finest and best equipped libraries in the coun- try. The Winnipeg Conservatory of Music has been granted letters patent of incor- poration. Galt's drainage system has been con- demned by Dr. Bryce, public health officer. The C. P. R. will soon experiment in the North-West with irrigation on a large scale. Sandwich forbids bicyclists riding on the sidewalks and cattle roaming on the streets. ' The new Separate school at Walkerville has just been consecrated by Bishop O'Con- nor. “Fire Masonry," is the name of a secret order among the Chinamen at Kamloops, *B C. A man wheelinga barrow from Chicago to New York passed through Sarnia last week. Archbishop Fabre, of Montreal, has ex» pressed himself strongly against Sunday ex- cuqsions. I Several hundred men have been thrown out of employment in the C. P. 8.. shops at Montreal. Aaron Musselman. for 20 years proprietor of the Hutshinson House, St. Thomas, died recently. ~ A number of Ayrshire cows from a moun- tain farm, Hamilton, have just been sold at $250 each. The hotel Brunswick, Moncton. N. 3., has been fined $50 and costs for violation of the Scott Act. ' Bishop Sweeney, 01f St. John, N. 13.. has just celebrated the golden jubilee of his priesthood. A Barrie man has offered 82 2,000 for the steamer City of London, put down at Lake Couchiching. A prohibition plebiscite will be taken at the next general election for the North- West Assembly. Frank Hill, the convicted bigamist at Sarnia,has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. | The Ontario Natural Gas Company is willing to sell out to the Standard Oil Com- pany for $2,000,000. Rev. Mr. Kelly, of Owen Sound, is to take the chair of mental hilosophy in L’Assumption College, San wich. Three prominent Indian Chiefs came into v Winnipeg to welcome Mr. Laurier during his recent visit there. -_._....... an... M»... _.â€"....._...- -c... ............ ..w...«.,... . ._. man"... u. . _. _ h ,____._.___.._.___,..-