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HINTS FOR THE FARMER. FT'I.L-BLOODKD CATTLE. Il does not coxt any more to raise full-blooded stock thnn half breeds and Inferior iirrube The only dif- ference in the post is (be in ilia I pur- chase. The full lil. 1'-<I naturally easts several times as much as the Inferior animal, but in the end one such annual may prove cheaper I him three, or four of the < i ">'S The farm- Si who starts in with the ide;i. and buys only a few bluodwi stock as be esn afford It, increasing his bord (radii illy, may find in the end 'hat be is in a much lielter poeition than bis neighbor who buys, any kind of cattle simply because lh*y are cheap. The reason why more do not start In with thl idea is beciiuae thryhave the erroneous belief that it cootimore to maintain the bloo-led stock. This is not true at all. for th fine rattle do not require more foo-l nor lielter urjoundingH than Mhould be given to every farm animal that is north any- thing. If the farmer's style of keep- ing cattle is to neglect thm nd let them practically afaift for ili.tn-flv.-s the scrub stock may be better suited to his purpose, for the half-wild ani- mals are undoubtedly Irirdier than the well-bred ones, and (hey will be sble to pick up a living 11141- h better on a cold, cbesrlees and almost food- lens range. But where the animals sic kept carefully according to mod- ern Kieas of cattle raising with suf- ficient food to nourish tbt-uu, and pro- per shelter and protection, the blood- ed animals are just as cheap tu sup- port at the poorest scrub. This using the c.-uie. no firmsr can feel that he is not able to keep few and in time to sutietitute them entirely for his inferior cowi, pigs, sheep, and cuttle. Let b in begin by weeding nut gradually all the puoi eat of Inn flock, and make every addi- tion b* of fins blooded animals. It in liritei lo do tb> even if! only un or two can be purchused a year. The flock .ll mcre.ir* in the natural wsy, and a it multiplies the owner will realise thut be possesses eaaielhmg that mirk* the cream of the trade. Kvety .ii in ii that he brings into the world bus, its price, and u price r li<i fluctuates much, less than that given for inferior block. Such, wc>l I" '! stock can alwuya be sold. There u> scarcely a nerd of good pigs, CUWH or sheep that cauuvt find .1 good i us- ii>iur even, in the midst of dull and deijueivtHl times. This is the finan- CM! difference, in the letuins vl tbe two heids. Oun add* an uncertain and varying inuuoie. the other brings an aimutauce of certain definite an an assurance ,,f reriain definite profits sod valued ibat win be depended upun st all times. The luau tit Lumnnas sense ran rendily see which will prove the moat |uofit*ble lo Lnu in the rnd. f SKT.WTINO OOOI) COWS. .1 is bard work for the most ex- perienced to select a goo. I cow mere- I ly I y her appearance, though erne liuay t ii i.k- he k I../M> i n i In- in. 1 1 k that in- dicate u large milk production or a good (miter cow. She may hiive them -II -i nd yet >>y improper treat- ment when \IIIIIK KU ui.iy have l>ri-n o uptiiled as lo fall fur short ol what be -I -ul. I b i - 1! l.ci-ii She jn.iy bavr liei-n fed no tint she acquired tbe h.ibit of turning ber foo<l into fleoh or tallow instf.ul of milk or luit tei fat, liefure she ever rme lo milk- iiig and if so, (t i <loutitful if hetedi- taiy influence can counteract the ef- ffi.s t>( c\.l ii lining uy uiore than It always does with tbe hitman race. We nearly ull know of iimtnce where urioundinga have been unfHV<ii.ilil>, and have maile thoae go wion who were naturally good; an. I wbilr there are wines of n-liim it lake- mitch tun* and trouble to t-ffe. t a cme b oh is doubtful at tins l*:,t The i>uie>t way fur the duirjmui in gt a good twid ia to iHise t h<iu lnuielf. In lueed fr ii, k, to ff.l for milk .in. I to UM very method that he knows of TO de- velop* the nnlk-ptodui IIIK power. When tbui ha* heen done after the eow i* in n.ilk we lielieve it is pohsilile to so feed as lo tiring up t li percent- age of butter (ill, not perhaps ln-\..i, i bei natural rupatnln y. but up to that, * i .nh Is a point thut veiy few mws vei rrach. \V f .to nu' tbmk a gooil Jsisey has reused her full percen l- ge ol butter fat until alie makes a pound of butter from five quarts of milk in months after sbe drops her eslf, and a* this may seeio tu be un extrarxgant sttitemnt to many peo- ple, we will say that we know of a eeae more than 9i yeiars ago in which a man won a wager of $-"iO hy four Quarts of bin r\iw> milk making o>er one |iuiind of tmiter, the milk being cared for and tbe cream churned by .1 perfectly dismteieoted p. my. AMOUNT OF SEiKD TO THE ACRK. There are enough grains in a bushel .)f good cloverseed to furniub plants for twenty acres of land if every seed grew and thrived. But this does not occur. Ten to fifteen pounds an acre i about right. There are sixty pounds in a bushel of seed. One bush- el to five acres suits mr. though' on old land many farmers iiow sow one peck of seed an acre. If timothy was sown the preceding fall, and the al- leged clover-field is really to be a mea- dow largely timothy, it may be a waste of seed to ue more t ban eight poujid-s UUJKl fiel.l I like the use of very little tiuiolby- seed, and want il to go oa tham in the spring with tbe clover, thus giving tbe clover pretty full swing When seeding with oats, use less than the usual (mount of beed-outs, and thus give tbe clover a cbanoe if good clover is really wanted. A heavy growth of oats kills out tbe tiny clover-plants or else retards their growth so that the sunshine after harvest finishes the job in hot and dry summers. ABOUT HANDS. The hsnd, in the light of compare- A NEW KIND OF AIRSHIP, IT WAS INVENTED IN HAYTI PROFESSOR PICKERING. BY vylijrrl nf <|iir, n Victoria Ikr lii<-nlr II i-rr. Wiik ll* O. Air rer Ar raasenimi f !< l>..ri. A new airship of remarkable design ' : has bueu invented. Scientists and men who bave devoted their live* to the conquest of tbe air for man's flight say it ia practical and will succeed. li inventor ia u man well known in tbe lists of those w bo have devoted : time, money und brains lu thu great problem hnht.no unao'ved tbe nub.; jet lion uf the lightest and vsatesl of the elements to tbe nerds of the uian of the future, ill's la John J. Puker- ing, Miiijt-ri of Queen Victoria, and <t i.-siili-iii of tbe Island of Hayli, Went Indies. l'i"i. -~M.r 1'iikeriog repreiients tbe younger school of students uf aeron- autics. While be recognizes the value tu science uf tbe exhaustive re. searches of Professor Langley, aud to a certain extent uti- lizes the results of i'roft-ssur L-mg- ley's work, he bas in the inventiun of hie air*hi|> bruki-n > illy away from Pi "traitor i. methods Ue dues noi believe LI. . - leusibls and wiae iu .uteuipt to oteicoiue the immense force of gravity ia so light tire anatuny, most significantly Ian element as the air by forcing a marks tbe distinction between man heavy budy tbiuugb it. and brute. Its complex apparatus I Ue argue* that, while it might bs and tbe relation between its preform- possible to snoes and tbe mind are so remarkable t OIU'K AN AIRSHIP that familiarity alone pr.r.nt. their I of v \^ ^ ^ ^ being observed with wonder. 1 to sustain u by tb aeroplaM metbod. In sristocratic portraits tbe shape a araoUeal snacbine can l> belter cun- ot the band Is remarkably elegant, lauucled a ong diffeient linen. A hip and Byron was undoubtedly correct In . tint vails on tbe air rather tban one regarding the beauty od this feature that is [greed on tbe air follows, in as an indication of penile blood- One hi* opinion the natural line for in- IXHUIS to the fact i hi i, consciousness of 7be hnnd^aVobviou. '. *" il U I" 1 *" 61 " to na " a " ub - Ignoriinc, of what to do with them. "'""> l> " il1 *^ h " **** l ln " B In southern countries, kissing the * "'" in wh " h ll '"'* " '" luurh band is a loyal salutation. Tbe prae- "" lo fu " u ' v lhe ""' b-n-ured tioe is recognized In serei-al of Shake- custom of l, u .ldn.g . boat which is speares dramas" Why, this it he who I'gbier lhau the water aud wUI sail klsMd away his band in courtesy ." ov " lt surface. "You kiss your toand," says Colin to j U accordingly deigned and Touchstone, "that courtesy would be constructed an airship along tbe lines unclean at Court if courtiers shepherds." And what picture of t troubled loui simplicity which go to tbe m-ik- eonscience bas ever been imagined ing of all nucceAsful inventions. It is equal to tbe night-walking xcene in novel in outline and design, and "Lady Macbeth I" She had been used the g.-imuidi.--,-. uf t hi invention is to"lave her dainty bands" from child- attested by the fact that tbe exper's bood ; but, baving once stained them of tbe foiled Srite-t Patent UIU.K, with human blood, it seemed to her .who lake special delight in knocking reproachful heart that the spot would out inventions that are not genumr, of the most common .n> of want ; of breeding is a. ori of uncomfortable'" 1111011 - were indicated. Ii combinas tboe rrquis. jilea of extreme ingenuity and marvel- never wash out. have JUHI granted letters patent lo There is something irresistibly pa- rruftut.tor Pickering for his uimhip. thetic in tbe moaning whisper. "All: Viewed from tbu outside there is tbe perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little band." It is the glorious boant of tbe patriot to csst "With un|iri li.i.-ed band The vote that shakes tbe turrets of tbe land." The han.l/i sre. by the very instinct of humanity, raised in prayer, clasped In affection, wrung in despair, press- sd upon the forehead when the soul U "preplexed in tbe extreme," drawn Inward to invite, thrust forth objec- tively to repel, tbe fingers point to indicate, and are snapped in disdain, the palm U laid on the heart in in- vocation ol subdued feeling, ami on tbe brow in benediction The. mere offer of the hand Is the readiest sign of voluntary courtesy or forgiveness, and its non-acceptanre the most civil and yet meaning of re- pulses. Hbakinft bands is a mode of greeting tbe onmn of which Is lost in obscurity, and individuals display character in their manner of doing It. Who cannot at once feel the anta- gonism between the touch of a prude and tbe cordial grasp of a friend I Who knows not tbe sailor's grip of candid heartiness from the conven- tional "paaaive giving of hnmlsf" How perfectly does the graduated or ling- ering pressure cause the mercury in love'a barometer to rise or fall by the scale of bops. What sympathies and antipathies are demonstrated by the various decrees of kindly, irresolute, vivacious, careless, fond, or earnest manners of shaking bands! It is this relation between temperament, feeling, consideration, aud the Inatino live action of the hand which ban given rise to palmistry. nothing particularly remarkable about the Pickering airbip Sjnuoth run- ners on the bottom serve tosupportit when resting on the ground, while a BKOAD KCNNKK AT Till. KUAit as-intN in guiding it moiilinnv f It is elnugaled and oval in ->h.i| f. hav- ing smooth sides, which offer Utlla resistance to the air. Hi- interior ine> hanUin, however, ls of entirely original pattern. Tbe ship ship to be raised or lowered to Its native element as may be desired. Ka. cape valves and safety vales com- municate with the. outside of tbe ahip. H-luw the balloon section and fill- ing tbe lower compartment of tbe shi|. are living room* for its occupants storerooms for various tools and ne- cessities and the driving and guiding in. ii i in -in of i in- ship. The first models, and perhaps all model* of the Pickering airship, will use electricity as .1 motor forc. The entire top of the vessel will be constructed of rub- ber on light aluminum frames, and throughout in every case possible tbe lighteat metals and materials will be used. In tbe middle of the lower compart, meut will stand tbe dynamo. This will furnish- POWEU FOR THK KNT1RK SHIP 11) a Bucuession of accelerating wheels or by means of multiplying gearing with ih.i double driving wheels at the rear of the ship there will be no diffi- culty in causing these paddle wheels to revolTS at a rate inconceivably fast, thus causing the ship to shoot forward thruugb the sir toward its destination at any desired speed. A a matter of fact the Pickering sir-ship is built with a rudder, but, as was stated at>uve, this is only an accessory and could be done away with entirely if desirable. Prior to Professor Pickering's in>entiou inven- tors of airshifM have inyariably tried to steer their vessels by means of an elaboration and combination of rud- ders ai tbe rear. Any kind) of a rud- der is all right for pi nu sailing in a straightforward direction, but all methods of guidance up to tbe present bave failed when sn attempt was made to raise or lower the vessel in tbe air. Tb* Pickering airship is operated by the charging of the balloon or gas dome until tbe car is lifted. C'LKAOl OK TMK GHOI'.VU. The engine is then started, and this sets in motion the fans and tbe pro- pelling wheels. If it is desired to run ! Ii.- fans tbe 'en tub-- sre tu ne 1 S" thai they project rearwardly, and the blast through them aids the ship in its forward motion. In case the u^rra tor wishes to cause tbe ship lo rise and run on a higher plane in the sir tbe v:ilves are set in the air tubes si that a current of sir is forced t\n\\ award through th.-ru. .Vs. this goes .I .\ u l be ship ris. On the other band if it is de*irtj to lower tbe ship the valves are re- vcr-.-l. the fans are turned and a cur- rent of air is forced upward through tbe ship. If tb ship is to bs turned about the crooked tubes are set side- wise and opposite nne another, and the U .-Li 1 motion of tbe air as il leaves tin- vessel causes it to lie propelled around lo either side aud at any desired Thus uo difficulty is afforded in guiding rhn ship iu an even more complete fashion in tbe sir than is discovered in managing and dnecung oui great ocean liners at sea. III.-, POSITION. Like himf snone-d lhe Old Codger, iflerring too neighbor whom he mil not In any wise u|>pre< tale I ii.m- mi mine use for linn ib.ui 11 man wiih dyed whiskers bas for another u. n with dyed whiskers. That's huw I feel toward Heavy J Sv. -ink con- fuuud h>uJ THK COUMKV 1JANO. What kind of mslruiuaulii bars you ui tbe new band! Mostly greenhorns. and lower upper Hi-dio tonv u is ia to into n ' m. .in-. The Known as the ballon section aud .liable uf 1 1. ni un nu enough gas final the entire- ship in midair. Tbe (aa with nbich the diff.-n-in meuts sre filled in aupp'ied from the n-ar of tin; slip. K.I. h . i. 1 every cumpartmt-nt can be filled or emptied at tbe discretion or pleasure of the engineer ; thus allowing the TOO STHKXUOl'S. Di is s mighty busy world, said the philosophic hobo. l>at ain't DO joke, i e uined hie c< lupanioc It's gittin ie i be hurder work ter keep from woikia' dan il is ter work. HIS CONVKKf ATION. Mm dabby. Freddy Ke'bered re- minds me (4 s buiomeier. Mas \\ undei. Why! Mies UaMiy. Ob, be can't talk of anything except the weather. The Inspector of Steamboats For the Dominion Government was unable te find a ours for Itching Piles After 9 years or torture he wae positively cured by Dr. Chase's Ointment. Mr. O P. St. John, the Dominion inspector of steamboats, residing t No. 346 Shaw street, Toronto, was for many years chief engineer on the lake steamers, and is a prominent citizen. In the following voluntary letter Mr. St. John tells of his efforts to rid himself of the misery of Itchini; Piles, and ot his final success by us- ing Dr. Chase's Ointment. He says : I vifln i-il for nine year* trom itching pile*, at times bring; unable to on *i lounl of the aHnovatuc causrd by itu-in. APtrr Irving almost all remedies in vain, I Ivy. in thr usp of Dr, I'li.ise s Ointment, which en- tirely i-nred me. I cannot -.pr.iU inn highly of it. I have recommended il to never*) of my friend*, all ol whom have been cured by its use." Or, Chase's Ointment is an absolute cure for piles. It is the only remedy guaranteed to cure piles, whether blind, itching, bleeding or pro- truding. It is the only pile cure having the endorsement of eminent phvsK i.ms, and of lhe best citizens in the land. At all dealers, or KJ- I 1 , ui". & Co., Toronto. HERO OF MAFEKIBG SIEGE, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BRAVl COL BADEN-POWELL. Th* N**l > ,-jillr Mae ! IB* Brill. k 4,1.1 it,- I* r....r,.r,i .f Marveliej i Mil..; InMln. I. As Lord Wnleeley was walking along a crowded street in London ten months ago, he met a young man. spare in frame, and sinewy, energetic in hia movements, with a fare that spoke resolution and self-reliance from every feature. "Hullo I ' called the British comman- ds -in-Chief, to whom especially of all Englishmen war with the Boers was an imminent problem. " Why aren't yoi< in ;-<iuih A/ru-a f Two days later the young man sailed for the coming field of war, where he wa to make a name for himself as the defender of Mafeking. Colonel Baden-Powell, who was the man. stands well-nigh along among the present British leaders in South Af lica, because of bia uniform and un- questioned success against the Boer foe. With barely a thousand men, and with few of bis officers trained to military service, he held at bay five timea his force for nearly eight months. Sortie answered attack. For every blow the Boers have struck he returned a harder one When feigned retreat lured the eager foe far from their wo r Its, the sudden opining of Maximo and toe thunder of lyddite mi nee under the on-rushing feet taught the bloody lesson that this English wesanl is not to be caught asleep. II All U TOWN' TO DEFEND. Had he a walled town to defend, or s place naturally defeasible, hia ex* ploit might even then seem not in- considerable. But Mafeking lay on al- most a flat plateau, with few hills to break the monotony, and only the low miaiiMM bush to afford a slight covering and no protection to the warrior. The town itself is an ugly collection of galvanized iron build- ings, with two or three brick and stons stores and office* Valueless in itself. having neither diamonds nor gold is commend it to a man's fancy, the lit* tie place U still of vast strategic in- portsnce from lie location ta the rail- way nnd the Molopo river, and ill proximity to the Transvaal frontier. '1 hrrpiore, said the theoretical fight- ers in far away London, let Mafeking be defended, and defended it wad. Fortunately for Mafeking and for- tunately for BJ den-Powell, each knew the other of old. Three years ago the gallant colonel mae preparations there fer the expedition of Sir Fred- erick Csrrington. which crushed the M;':,ib*le>. Baden-Powell knew this country through and through. LIKE OF A SOLDIER. Even before that day Uadeu-Powell had remarkable experience as a sol- flier. A Huesar, and then a heavy Dragoon, a staff officer of the orna- mental type, aMe-de-carnp. a member of the General Staff, be showed strong qualities in each position. It was ia the Aehaniee War, however, that he evidenced hie grent capacity by his Imideithlp of raw levies under Sir Francio Scott One gets a keen innight into bis character from the wordfl be once penned, "Don t flurry ; patience wins th day." While fiuhiisg the Ashantis lie UuHhingly adopted a bis mntto thu native saying, "Softly, softly, catchee monkey " lie has further set forth hia idee, of success in a report- ed remark that " a smile and a stick will carry a man through altiioat any difficulty." Liitle wonder that bia power ti> get bard work out of hia followers is almost limitless. A cavalry officer by training, he has vi-t accomplished feats that would do credit to an engineer or an artil- lery expert. In many avnses he is 'be rough-rider of the British army, I i nil' il, ready for emergencies*, fer- tile of rnMourcen, and insistent on discipline only so far as it means greater military efficiency. His abso- lutely novel building of s circular i.iilwiy track round Mafeking, on which to run bia armoured train, il- ! unlived his swift application of rucin- to urgent need. A CLEVKH 8COVT. Most suggestive of all hU qualities a a soldier is hia ability as a scout. He Ls, in fact, the authority in the liiituh army on scouting, and revis- ed the lost proof-sheets of a book on tin- subject while the unemy were cWlug in upon Mafckiug. The story uiny be apooryph.-il, hul it i* aid that v.lu n one of Crouje'e lieutenants cam* with a white flag to uocertain wheth- er the lowu would surrender, Bdi-n- Towell calmly finished bis revising of proofs, and then apologised for the delay by oaying thai printers were always in such burr/. PEN PICTURE OF A BATTLE DEATH REAPS A HARVEST IN THE DARKNESS OP NIGHT. nuirk.blr lli-.rrl|>.i..ii >l < ey War urr<->iti>iiilr>[ . rill. .11 ! Ml. II.-... 11 w. One of tbe most graphic writers among the m.iny correspondents in South Africa during the war, bus been s representative of th London Dally News. For gome time his n.-inm was withheld, but latterly the arti- cles are signed "Al Hples." A recent letter from his hninU under date of Springfontein, given the following de- script ion: It W.-IM dark dark as the inside of a dog, not the heavy, sullen darkness of a brooding, storm, but the black blanknesa of a night thut looksd as if it never hoped to nave a dawning. Our r-inij) lay ia a hoJIuw, like ibe hollow of a wocuaji's bund half close 1, there were no hullo around worthy ot the name, the veldt simply nwe gent- ly upward oa all Mi.lea u us like tho bust of t damsel in her teens. Our tents were pitched in tbe very centre of tbe hollow. In the sunlight they bad sboue white against the brown earth and blue sky, but now lby ' were lost to view, merged in the uni- versal frown which had settle. I oa tbe (ace of all God's creation. There were no camps fire* to enliven Lhe gloom not one solitary spark of (lame broke with- re.i nmil the eter- aal wilderness of shadows. We knew All Japan teas are colored. SALADA CEYLON GREEN TEA is pure and uncolored. tbat all tbe time and glory in the world would no be big enough- to plug a tiny hole a Mauser ballet makes. And so the time passed on until our nerves were strung to that high pitch which in a woman leads to uiauiao laughter, half-drowned in imrs, and foolish wringing of ' li- hands. Then from the outer circle of the belt of blaokmeMa <*uneu sound we knew, a sound that for a spaoa caused eacb heart to stand on its edge, iheii leap again until the lihud flooded the head and filled the ryes with crimson fire. It wan tbe sound of guna the dnep-mouthed dogs of war baying defiance to the couchant lion on t h vldt. The mtence fled before the sudden sound 1 ki- sonic poor shivering soul towards the Day of that the enemy waa hovering around u; our scoui. -i hd ridden near enough, to count the formidable array of their frwly guns, and every movement of lh foe be-tokened an attack during the still watoiuw of the night. fllli SOUND OK STIiBL ON STKKL. THE WAIL OF 6UKLLS. Then came 'be shells, shrieking and wailing through the horrible c.louda of night like devils driven for ever in hopeless horror from thu gates of the eternal city. We know not whence they came nor whither tbey were going. We only kuew, and uared to know, tout tbey were m i*le of iron while we were made >f something no*, uiuchi lui'ler than mud, and u voice within us told us tbut ifi there were a collusion it would not d.i-uiuge the shells. Yet wa the gmiiltMuen i>f tbe Fourth Estate, nou-ambatants The daylight had faded into twl- and peaceful scribes, stuck tooui posts light, and twilight bud panned ulth like heroes, pnrtly because we had run, and pnrtly because we did not know which w;iy to run fleet footsteps rnto night, and then! no time lo the order had pwsaed from lout lo tent in low -toned whispers thai we Ihould stan. I to arms to give the if we had limn ind to spure. Ohl the sighing and the sobbing of 'bone irs ot the veldt a welcome worthy <""' damnable sheila! Tbey seeuie<l of the laud whotte flag we fought ti- weepi as they sped toward un liike under. There was no sound of tbrub- women who h.-ul been widowed through bing drums to quioken tbe pulse and warm the blood; no but ah, metallic the deeds <f evil men. They lifted up tJieir voices in the night aud scroamed ring of, bugles on tbs air, no cheery " I have hird ahorse scream iu the word of bigh rouimamd to tell the sol- quicksands. Tbey laughed us s diers that their trusted Isadsr held drunkard laughs when delirium nas tbeir deetiuiea In baud. nothing WHS possession of bia brain, ibey howl- beard excevt' the low, sharp sound e<1 wolves howled iibrough the uow- of feet on tbe African soil, or the covered forests of Canada; and we whutpering voices of men mingling : tried to scoop holes in the earth, to with, the whisperings of the wind. All else was still. The horses, tired with the journey of the day. stood motionless within, their lines. the transit mules forbore to Uven put our heads in. BURSTING OF SHELLS. We were not afraid, but no m.in who knows any thing concerning sh.-U.i break wants to atop one with his heuil tbe solemn silence with their devil- y<> u wouldn't get a modal if you tried ieih eriea, whu-b. ire a mixture ol teurlem sob aud u joyless laugh. BACKED BY BRITISH HEARTS Then we who listened with to do so. You would not even get a funeral, because (her* would not be lu.utfh of you left lo make uuy itort of decent funeral, and people are loo busy war time to go round a battle- field with a broum looking for odds and ends of war <-<ji respondents to m.iko a burying. Tumi ibe shells burst, and it seemed to me tb-ut some wanton devil in Shwol hud lifted the lid and dropped something dreadful fell upon us where we la.y, face down- Ut f lortnellt - Kor * mt "" l t u*" 1 ears breuied burst iing with Bounds 'ike our Hearts in our ears caught alow com- mand, and men moved past us, tread- lug as lightly an armed men can tread, out on to the open veldt to girdle the camp with rows of steel, backed by Hrltiab hearts. Then ooce again, the stillness, as of death. the riving of limbers when some storm-todsed "trader," driven in the teeth, of a gale, strikes the rock- ribbed coast-line. Then a glare uf yellow light, with awhile and 011111- wartis on the soil, waiting we knew not what, it might be wounds, or tbat t range passage oif the immortal soul which men call deatb. And In the blackness where, no eye but the eye of Ood could reach* we each man stood f.-ioe to face with his own soul \* Mi h6arl ' lben '' a ' k " ei "' shriek. ' w were there who did not wih * m{M ' * ur *' in orv . burned pages of his past bad never ' rU<vh "* ' ""''bi'i'-bearers, a pause. beu written iu tbe book of life. ' '"'** bearers return and lay something down haaide me, something hii .1 few mioulea before had been .1 mm I hear a sound such as a ui.tu makes eloquent tbat every soul was stirred ' w ' ieu trj ' n * todr'nk water in a west- Some of us. thought of home, of wife el " lle< "" ' l '<> ; ><-h 'ut my hind and child; others let their f;mcy rove '" '^" s blackneas, .ind draw it ay to her whose girlish lip* had clunit "U 11 '" 'f I had touched fire. and few souia A SKKMDN IN S1LKNCK. It was a sermon in silen. ce, yet nu to. theirs when the dear home lies were broken by the rude huad of war. -Others in that grim perio.1 thought londly of a large ,nd Imahby i o> k to hd bebiod, aud he whose h.nd traoea these lines owns readily i||.it he was one of them Kor it had sawued upon bva iu that evil huur TIIK. AIKMOK.Y 01-' A I'KAYKK What is it I hnve tim<-ht.l >m- thing broken, ri u,-.u.t.l, m iiigln.!, w 1 1 m HE KXPLAIN3 THK U1CTURH. This, said the artUt, is a battle scene time, say the year 2000 A. D. The defending force is oa the extreme right of tbe oanvai I oan't see them, observed his friend. Certainly not ; they are strongly an- t reached Can't see any entrenchment. Of course you can't. The entrench- ments are skillfully concealed from view. I ahould think you'd show some big guns or somelbiug. Nonsensu ! The guns aie disappear- ing guns and they have disappearod. Well, how about tbe attacking force I Over here on the left all under cov- er. You oan't expect them to expose themselves to the spectators any more than the enemy. Well, your picture is a mere land- iicape. Yes; but I take it that's how a bat- tle will look in the year 2000. SOftXE NATURAL Gil- TS. To ui accomplishments as a soldier Col. lluden-l'owell adds a remarkable number of natural giftn. Ue is a good artist, chiefly in black aud white, und had the rare ability uf drawing- with aitUer hand. Ue is an excellent ama- teur actor, an adept stage manager, a keen nportsman, a yachtsman when be baa time, and withal aa author of novel al books, which reflect in their MKOIOUS language, the healthy pul- ouiintf activity of his mind. With ln bold, adveniuious spirit, hia strong self-reliance, his alertness and careful watching of the enemy, his cheeriness and never-say-die con- fidence in victory, his absolute fear- lMness and devotion, to his men. his versatility in the arts of war, Colonel Hiilrn-l'ow ll is an example not more to younger officers than to older ones. WHAT OF THB OTHERS I Temperance Lecturer Who was the gentlnmtin just here f Resident Ab, that was Dr. Skidds. He is one of our must liberal contri- butor* to tbe cause. Tempe-runoe Lecturer He only gave a quarter- Resident I know it. LOGIC. Mother Didn't I tell you not to touch the preserves without my per- mi.ssionf Son Vne. mother. Than why didn't you, come to, me and ask mef Because I wan tail eome. Wisdom In buying tea consists in buying the best LUDELLA OBJXJUOJST V.EJ.A^ sia^SBsssise^aa^sssiissssssssssaii1 ->^ %*,-*.%.>%.%.*. Summer Painting. LMd Paefcesi**. n, as, 40, Mane se* Summer aurrounriinga are greatly marred by buildings shabby for want of a little paint. The hot sun opens seams and warps and cracks the boards. Protect your bouses and barns with RAMSAY'S PAINTS tbs well known sun and weather fighters. Set a color oard. Select your oolor from a wide range and rest satisfied TOU have th best in the paint making line, of pure oil, tur- pentine and pigmnt. v i ?nn i "- ;,*TPII i i i MONTREAL. A BAD KAU1.T. Medlln muken me think of a borne I used to have. llvr sol Ue interfere*. Haw* You Neura'irta ? If you suffer its agoiue*. and tail to get a remedy, we want you lu try Nurviline. Its iiotlou on nerve pain is simply marvellous. Nervihus Is the most pleasant and powerful remedy In tbe market. Trv it. THKRK ARE OTHERS. Weary Wat kins I see by the paper* that the Prince of Wales is looked after by the police all lha time. Hungry liig(,'ias Yes. an' be never works, neither. I guess we ain't the only ones. POR OVRB FIFTY YEAR* MRS WlMSI/lW'g HOOTHINO SVHCP tot te M* b; irolhrr. far th.lr hiMroo IMlhinf. It tnt hw Ib* ehlld. u(UM ih. IUBM. !! P""- glto.Mi4UtlulMMr*m.ar f ..r li.rh>. M by ll .tmsgM<a tkruuibuut th. or!4 1 Ad Mfc for " Sti*. Wlafcow' A QUESTION OF UEIGUT. Then you don't love ma any longerf she. moaned. No, he mildly repliml. I think y >u ' are quite long nnougb. The Arnprlur pmtoffion Is being rgnovated, at a cost uf fll.UOU. WPC 10 CALVERTS Crollo Ol.lnf.ot.rM. S,.n u Oln- front. TeetH r"owr. to. hav hMS awarded 100 nill ud dlplamM for upn icsltenav. Thf-tr le^ular u prev**! infMM. on.. (ItacasM. Ak yor dialer U> obtais a epplf LIHa BiallMl fr* on %ppHcattOB. P. 0. CALVERT A CO., MANOMMTBM INQLANO. MTTINO MNOOL ofm wMlal ad of ttMiulrum * Ui -rough to. paillMlan. , rass Band IraaMet*. Hrum. L'nilrm. etc. Every Town can have a Band fxiWMt I'l-fM *V*r lllfilrvl Pint te4 |Ur M tnutoiM oevil<l fr* Will* us fur a*fthln ID Muslo or Mu0lo.il lnttrumnU. Whaiey Royoa A Co., ** LAW Mllle. MIHe H.I.. r,t ier B in,,.,, i 8k W . Brnir,to. . raawvel idM-TRioE . Tomie, BRIQHTS DISEASE is the deadliest and most painful maladjr to which mankind ii subject. Oodd's Kidney Pilli yll cure any case of BriKht's Oitaaie. They have never failed in one single case. They are tbe only remedy that ver has cured it, and they are the only remedy that can Thwa are imitation! of Dodd'i Kidney Pills pill, box and name but imita- tions are dangerous. The original and only genuine cure for Bright'* Disease is Avooo* PHOTO LNr.RA.viNG *J. L.JONES LNCC9 6 A IO 4DEIAIDI VW TOKONTd" Prnuar rrmyer *'' eerise. o. (&ru ,,,. ,| .!, ,| t . pro m|.l ulte, 0. J. lAuum * to., Montreal Is more ILL TEMPER rapidly improved by relief | Dyeing ! Ulean.ng I F*r tilt . r rf t Ml if M 1 y >ir T fc I Ii "SRITIIN AMERICAN DVIING CO." ! nun o in|fiujy IIU|JKUTI*U ij i-'ii-n Lwok fw M.al in four fcurn. at M*4 tlr. frtuu pbysiuial suffering thnn in any Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec. other way. Stp on your friund'sj r! ouru, and the impulse to strike is POULTRY. BUTTER. ECCI APPLE9. utnam's Painless Corn cdou,., PRODI.'UI. *. .1...L. bT,.wi. o.m," \I quickly and painlessly The Dawtor| Oommiision Co., Limited, i. insures guod nature. Ow WMt.MarkM OellMrn* It., Taroet*, KIDNEY PILLS Dodd'i Kidney Pills are II fifty ceats a box at all I I te onf us tfcelr Horn* sddrots APPARKNTT.Y l.l'fll) INTI-JIIVAL. This, said tbe man who was driving the visitors through the grounds of the lunatic nsyliim, is tin inmate who Ul incurable, but perfect ly harmless. Il ifl peinilitR-d ti> w.indnr inyuhtu'e he chooses inside the incloHiim. A i U a I h- tin unless Inntitic. lit I ing on the gr-is.s nndnr a true, with i Ixiok in his hand, looked up mil saw them. Throe lug iin-n. he railed out, and one poor horse to pull UUMII! And its Sunday, tirtd (teuiloniPii, I'd rnthur be your prayer book than your horse. It isn't worked is hard! And aa the party drove on ho re- sumed his book and Ins ordinary con- and strongest. I'utnum's Painless Corn Extractor, by iHmoviug them I'ift.v imitations prove its value. Be- w.ire of substitutes. "I'm imin's," sure, safe, painlusi. NOT INVITED. Daughter Shall we invite Or. Big- fee to tbe reception Mother I think we'd better not; has cha 01 on I., Michigan Land for Sale. HTA I.UC4B ( UIS I Y. I KKAMK J. ( ll EN IT mk oklb 'hat he ! i. nior parinerof in- Arm uf K. J. CHKNSY ft i ii.. doing iivi-nir-. m : i. I'll; of Tii.Mlo. <!u,. nty nnd s; H i riforMnid, unrt tl,: id Irm will pay in. .mi of u K llUNllltKli HOI, LAK.- 'or e, .HI Mill awnr ' ot CAT*nu tiii , iMinui ii* oared bj Che UM of H U.L r ,, AVK j. CHKNB T. Sworn to twforo m mm -ulisarlbwl In in/ BMSSMS, SklStkB dSf Of llweuilwr. A.O 1888. A. W. ULEAHUN. : SSAI> : .\ittum I'uolio. ." VJTiJbaB.!' jjjagJ'&J i FURS. FURS. Importer and exporter of Haw Kun and Skins. Con- signments solicited. Hiuh- c>t prices paid for i lining U. JOHNSON. 4M 9\. Panl ttnet, Montreal- Hll'Olrrh far* In taken internnllr. and uf 'hu-u>in .-oinl fur m:nn..iiml. 'roe. f.}. CIIUXKY A CO., Toledo, O. *ild by l)nmius 7Ao. Hml'- Pmiiilr I'lll- :ir Die sin! wet. Mft with thu thirk, sii-ky 01. .mime I have fell it trim., ,.;i the Imft ol my Inini 11^ knil'.-.' 1 .,1-1 t ned to be told; I know I'liii is \t by I M i w I i ..iy find low ui.v IIBII.I. anil tnught me y.-.-ii.s ago at n inolh.-ri kn.-i- Once ngnin the hellish UIIIHIC of lhe guua .UIIMI.-M .- ami our guns jo n in the devil's oic.heHirM, i ml than, rattle, roll ui.l tattle, i In- rifloa on lhe veldt keep t am-, in. I t h death angels with nll-.si>eing i-yi-s u.<Ui-|i ],, fateful bulletH. mil on wings uf i lie ditiou of incurability. wind follow t lienu home to the licans of Boer and Briton, whilst , with shrivelled souls lie an the gruiny e.i i i ll and prny for t be ihiw'nnng ln< h xvi'iiis tot us to Ijwve ilepnrted from the world for ever. But H cmnea at laat, o>n<l as it conies slowly, nit if relurNtnt to open HA eyes on such n scone, wi* o. .toh 'Might tit tbe nl'l flag, tli- Knipire s , flag, floating, where om soldiers plaoe.l It just before sundown, whilst i far off. on the very lipn of the v..|.|i, | we i-nii jus' ilnsrry the list i i-inn nit* 'of the Micmy's rnar-gininl in they , move off defeated ana* undone. The new way of finmhnig the back at a skirt of thin material is to nbir the fullnnm onto three cords about an inch apart. MONTMAL NOTIL DIKIOTORY Loan and Savings Company. rhe Oldest and L irnnet Canadian Mort- gage Corporation, Paid-up Capital, $2,600,000 Reserve Fund - 1,200,000 Nead Off)**- Toronto it, Toronte. ranoh OfTIOM ntnnnlpK, Man.. ' Th. " Balmoral." AVENUE Bu RE(!BIVD. t. 1. J, orlrwn, iinlr 8T. JAMES' MOTEL..;5n lock ; ,,, o:>: l!uilwr. Plr cltMOonim.rolml lli.u... Modern IB. |irotDi.nu- Kftt.l miMl.rittn. tot turtbw ptrtlrulkn pplf to J. HHRHBMr MA50N. llr ctr. Torauto las. . ANMITT, Mknafr. JOHN 4. MAIN, Kupt. and T M1CAT HATKllS. Kx.iminalion of the benrts of the _. n vegei -iriiiii and the meal eater shows 1110 WcHI&UllUI th.it the nniiilier f ln-.it s to tbe form- j er tire 58 to the minute unl of. the ' latter 72. Heine Safety BOILER High Claee Water Tube Steam Boilere, for All Pressuree, Outlee and Fuel. BUD FOR DBFCRIPTIVK CAT .LOODB. Th. T. Kl..u To., 1.. Th. M...r, ll.inir, I,,,,,,., I Til. null. I'lr.-h. Kunbrr k M '. (V 'in. Wil,,n Pi.l.|ililn('o. l.imlMil 4lulTi*M>u>, whM. bl.tl>ii IWM> i,<.i kin*.