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AGRICULTURAL. Poultry and Plums. Fruit grower* who are troubled by depre- dations of curculio may largely decreaie the penU by giving bena and chicUeui free range of the orchard. A good plan is to place lieu coop* under plum ami cberry trees very early in the spring, aud the ohicki will take the young beetles a t'ley emerge from the ground before they are able to ascend the tree*. Poultry and plums do well together if the young poultry is hatched before the bugs begin their work. Diseased Swine in Britain. The following table shows the totals for Great Britain of the number of outbreaks of " swine fever," of swine slaughtered, aud of compensation paid, for each of the last three years : 1888. MS!). 1890. Outbreaks 6,449 4,841 5,076 Swine Slaughtered. 28,804 21,240 21, 863 Net Compensation. 12,078 8,700 VfcH) The numbers of animals slaughtered in- clude both tbxue which were actually dis- eased, and those which were healthy but on infected premises. Healtbfulness of Mutton. The flesh of sheep, says llaleu Wilson, offers the greatest immunity from disease and fiith. These animals do not thrive in the mire, nor wallow in the trough they feed from. They do not comaume garbage, ver- min, decaying meats or rotting vegetables. Their dean IMS never been known to impart scrofula or trichina 1 to those who partake of it. The sheep is a dainty feeder, and clean- ly in all its habits ; it can not subsist on filth, nor will it survive long within it en- Tirunieiit. Sheep are subject to disease .surely, but, unlike cattle and hogs and 'fowls, when they are ill they make a busi- ness of it, aud either soon recover or lie right dowu and die. As soon u attacked by serious ailment they giveoccnlar evidence <>l the fact that they are unfit to slaughter for human food. Not so with the other animals named. Mutton is wholesome, nutritious, anil easily digested, and those who partake of it may have reasonable as- surance that it is clean and free from germs of disease. A piece of muslin fresh from the bolt is more attractive over a package of butter than a piece ot cloth with one or two button- holes in it The early care of the calf has much to do with the milking Qualities of the cow. Stunted in early life, the calf can never make a cow of the best. If you milk in the stable hot evenings why not turn a part of the cows in at a time? It will be more comfortable tor the cows even though you sweat uo less. Remember, pasturing takes five acres to each cow for six months ; soiling feeds a cow on one acre for six months ; ensilage feed* a cow on one acre for a whole year. Butter makers want the best price to be had for the beat butter. We caunot afford anything else. Our labor should be skilled, and it should command a good price. If you expect to make your cows profitable during fly time see that they have a cool, dark place to stay during part of the day, and be sure they get plenty of pure water. If you are shipping milk for retailing or are delivering it to a factory cool it to 00 or leas as noon as possible after drawing from the cow, aud have it shaded while on the road. Do not compel the cows to wade in mud and slush to their bellies to get a scanty sup- ply of stagnant water. See that they have plenty of fresh water that is easily reached. Care in salting the butter will remove all trouble from "mottling" and pay for the time in better prices. The remedy for mot- tled butter is a second working after the butter has stood for twelve hour*. Don't be surprised that you do not get a* much cream as your neighbor though your cows are the same breed as his, if yours are on slough pasture and his are on tame grasi, feed hay and gome grain. Feed has much to do with the quality of milk. In Nora Scotia We have received from (!eorge Lawson, LL. D. , Secretary for Agriculture, Halifax, N. S., his report far IS90. Tbe local agri- cultural societies Dumber HI, with 4, 1.VJ member*. Subscriptions paid in, $.~>.-.">7. Total amount of government grants, $u'..'ll!1 Total expenditures were $ 1 3,227. Report of the Antigonish cheese factories (six) shows an increased output of 30 psr cent. Total cheese, -27ti, I'-Si Ibs. ; receipts, *.'4,h7iX Forty varieties of apples were shown at Edinburgh last November, and an equal number at Jamaica. Kxperiments show that seed grain may be freed from spores by dipping in water at l.'to' ( F. ) for five minutes oral l.'tT far fifteen minutes. An interest- ing address on " Saladings," by M. H jury L. de Vilmorin of Paris, is reprinted from the Itoyal Horticultural Society's Journal, London, giving the French methods of grow- ing and using vinous salads. Experiments with sugar beets give favorable results. The school of agriculture at Truro, six years old, had -J."> students in 1890 A farm of TiU acres was added in 1888. Prof. H. W. Smith is principal. Reports are gi von from three provincial veterinary surgeons and from t he various county societies. Utilizing the Old Umbrella. A very pretty piece of ornamental garden- ing, not too difficult for beginners, can be done with an old umbrella or parasol and some plants of cypress vine, maurandia, sweet- pea, or anything that is not of too aspiring a nature. Such climbers as the morning-glory, canary bird vine, and other twenty-footers, are better left for unsight ly fences and buildings. Plants are better than seeds, because more certain, and they do not take so long to catch the kua> k of twining and spreading. Umbrella ribs are not decorative, and to seo such an object standing there week after week, waiting for its clothes, does not give people a plea- sant impression of a garden. But 5rst find your umbrella ; and this may not be so easy, for " retired " umbrellas that mi- no longer fit for use are seldom seen. Some members of tbe family, how- ever, may be able to produce one ; and thcu it should be immediately stripped of tbe few tatters left to it. The next step is to p.unt the frame and handle brown, and when quilo dry, plant the end of the handle firmly iu the ground, with the frame fully opened. If the handle is rather short, it will be an impiovcniciit lo add a piece of wool i to it. It is now ready for Ihe vine*, which should have made some progress in urmring ; and when they once begin to do their lat, the j old umbrella fran." makes such a lovely green bower mnddi d wilh MoBSomsof rx-d or purple or white or all together if the vines are mixed -tha' cvt ry i no exclaims over its beauty. A ;urasol with thn name treatment i M|iii'!lv pretty on a smaller scale, and it would IM very ornamental in the centre nf'a ' sd with -, .^it-colored phlox j pre or candy-tiilf. W th u ' .. n ; >p mt.-d water- 1 ing-pni tiie 1 haxe a daily drench- MV i v.aim wcath. r, when the sun i-i not shining on tin in, from their roots to their hightrt, green ups, arid this would kiep them iir-li. Bash. " Strawberry Rash " is the name given to anepidenii'j which has appeared this season to an unusual extent, says the Philadelphia Retard. Physicians claim that while the disease, which takes the form of a rash, has in previous years made its appearance at this season, niver before has it been no pre- valent. The rash attacks the skin, which breaks out in large red blotches similar in color to the berry from which it takes its name. It is no respecter of age, attacking young and old alike. "There is no known cause for the ail- ment," said Dr. J. C. Wilson, when ap- proached upon the subject. " I, myself, am subject to it, and in consequence am obliged to refrain from eating strawberries. I don't know why some people are subject to it and others are not, any more than why some people are liable to catch rheumu tism or any uther disease, while other people, under the same circumstances, arc exempt. I only know that the rash exists, but I don't know why." All over the city people are suffering from the effects of the luscious berry. In several cases whole families have it. While not interfering with the general health it is ac- companied with an itching sensation that renders it annoying in the extreme. Many peoplo are ignorant of the cause of the suffering. Others, having heard of the existence of strawberry rash, have tattooed the berry, and tind themselves benefited by abstaining from it. Physicians unite in saying that the r<tsh has never before appeared to such an alarm- ing extent. Nearly all the doctor* in the city hive several cases on their hands, and there are many instances whiuh have failed to come under their notice. In every in- stance where the patient has stopped eating strawberries the rash has greatly diinimsh- ed or disappeared entirely. Whether there is any germ of the diseases in the berries which nave come to this market is a matter o f conjecture. to When a lot of cattlo are gathered up there is always danger of a night stampede, and if this occurs it is a very serious matter, for not only will the herd Iwcome greatly scattered, but also many of tliu steers will die, ays a New Mexico cattlo man in the St. Ixmis Globe- frr mni-ral. More timid ani- mals than stampeded cattle it is dime ill 10 imagine, and once thoroughly stampeded scores of them will run until they drop dead in their tracks. The signs of an approach- ing stanif cilo are familiar to every man who has been much on the trail. First few cattle will begin to low, or rather to utter a sort of roar. All throi'gh t!ie herd single animals will get up and begin to move around. The other* become rent less, and if something is not dono to check them the whole herd will within a short time be rush- ing headlong over the plain. The most soothing influe uence that can be exerted is tbe human voice, ami when these ominous muttcrings are heard every one on night watch begins to sing. It may well be imagined that cowlmy music would have anything bill a quieting effect upon musical ears, but it utnp'y satisfies the cattle. As soon as the pongs arc heard the nervous ani- mal* Income quiet, one by one they lie down, and soon all arc. ut rest, fairly sung to sleep. A peculiar feature of the singing is that every i owbuy, uo matter how rough and lawlesi, knows a variety of hymns, and it is wilh ohurcll music that thesUmpedo is Cow; and Gul ves- i - ' 1 :i:ilk likca.lrink of water hot I* tliore any shade in your pastine" There should be. I'l <vide a regular supply uf sail for the *iws. Let them >-s!p tin in-.-l- . e If the cow's teats ^ct SI.T.UI i.< d -i i.n. kerl greix] them after ea< h milking. Wo believe a regular time foi milking is 1111. i important than n regular mi'ker. Cream that stands till there n a green mould over it can never produce gilt-edge batter. Ucmembcr that the cyo often condemns bl Hf- that would In- relished if put n)i in Dat packages. We have found a scant supply of milk fresh from the cow a never-failing cure for K-our.' in calves fed upon skim milk. If you arc selliin- imam he sure it is in good order when tle./vcrcd to the drivei >; HUvtUation, then insist upon full pay im-nl In Hrral.m uf 4 klld. the Kmlleinn Library at Oxford is a inoht (.mi liini; record of heroism and self- sacrifice on the part of a 'Mid. The lower door nf St. Leonard's Church, I'.ri'l.jcwurih. wns left open, and two young boys, wandering in, were tempted to mount to tliu upper pi t, and scramble from l>caiii to beam. All at once a joist gave way. The beam on which tli.-y were standing Wnme dis- placed. The elder had just time to grasp it when falling, while tliu younger, slipping ovor his body, caught hold of hia comrade's !r_;i. 1:: this fearful position the poor lads hung, crying vainly for help, for no one was near. At length tbe boy clinging to the beam be- came exhausted. Ho could no longer sup- port the double weight. He called on i<> the Ind below that they were both done for. "Could you save yourself if I were to loose you," replied tho younger lad. " I think I could," returned the elder. "Then good-bv, .ind Hod bless you!" vnd the little fellow, loosing hia hold. Another second and ho was dashed to |i:r( v.< on the stone floor below. His companion ulamlx-red to a place of safety. rilf iMMToir- UHAHTtftwBY. > rtllent, GlldlM Hpoek * '' "' KII.II and Noisy Cobbllu. Dr. \Vever, who lives in Screvan county Georgia State, was a man of high and unim- peachable character as well as of bravo and fearless heart. No one every doubted his veracity or accused him of being supersti- tious. He fought gallantly in the Mexic in war, belonging to tbe famous " Palmetto Regiment," of Sou'. n Carolina, and holding the rank of first 1 e'.ite-naut. And he hud in his possession iini.l his death of which he was justly proud a beautiful silver sword, presented to him by the citizens of Edgefield county for his bravery at Chapul- tepec. Buena Vista aud many other hard- fought fields of Mexico. He was a very interesting and entertaining talker, and when in a reminiscent mood U wan a treat to hear him tell of his experiences in war and of many hairbreadth escapes in the imminent deadly breach. Bui the most exciting story I ever heard from the Doctor's lips he Wild several of the boys one night when we were spend- ing the evening over at Ins hospital home, and the earnest and impressive way in which he related it made us involuntarily glance round into the dark corners ot the room, and marred, to a certain extent, the plea- sure of our ride home. When he was a young man, the Doctor said, be took charge or one of liis father's plantations in California. There was uo other white man on the place, and the negro quarter was about half a mile away from the old two-story dwelling in which the overseer had been accustomed to stay. The houtie was in a lonely place, and many were t) e stories told by those who had successfully attempted to live in it of the strange, my- sterious, unseen beings who would coma aud hold high carnival there in the deep, st H hours ot the night. In other words, the house was said to be haunted. There was an ancient and gloomy air about the place, such as usually gives rise to rumors of supernatural visitants, and to this the Doctor said, together with its lonelim and the cxnted imaginations, prih:ips, ol those who stayed there, he attributed all the uncanny thing* ho had heard. Anyhow he had never known yet what it was to be afraid, aud as he had i-oinn there for tho purpose of making a crop hi' intend- ed, no mutter who else might dwell there in the midnight hours to live in the house that year. The day he moved in the former overseer and his family were taking sway the- last ol their household goods. The Doctor U ! locate himself in a large room that opened on tbe piazza down stairs. But the over- | seer told him it w.v no use to do that, as he | would be compelled to move. " For," said ho, "they won't let you hive any peaoe down here." The Doctor laughed and told him he didn't care a snap about " they," and as that room was the moat convenient for his bu :.iess he was going to occupy it. The man iiaid he thought toe same thing when ho came there, but after the lirst night he and all his family moved upstairs and stayed there the rest of the time. The Doctor laughed again and fixed him- aelf all comfortably in the largo room. That night be read for an hour or two after he had finished bis supper, and then went to bed with his pistol and a I/ox of matches within easy ruoch of his hand. He had been asleep he knew not how long, when he was suddenly awakened by n most terrific daubing sound, us if the whole house was falling in on him. Then, right in the room where he was, the chairs were taken up and thrown furiously against the wall, the table was overturned with ftarlul violence and lira noise was deafening and terrific. Over him and around him, every- where ui tliu room, up against the ceiling and then down, as if it would go through the very floor itself, was the terrible bang- ing and crashing of furniture. When he first awoke so suddenly he had half raised himself in lied to listen, but he now found himself crouching down to es- cape, if possible, the kwful havoc that was going on around him. It seemed as if twenty men were in the room tearing every- thing to metes. For the first time ; n his life the Doctor said he was scared. Hia hair even begun to play fantastic tricks. But finally, the noise continuing with ten- fold fury, he reached out easily and found the box of inatclios. Taking one out, he struck it, expecting to see he knew not what. As the light Hashed up he looked, and lo : everything was in its place in the room- choirs, tablet, and furniture jnstas he had left it. The noise hod suddenly ci- uu-d when he struck the match and it was now still ; the air was so thick with iilciu u that it wai> absolutely frightening. He heard no more of it that night nor the next, but the third night he suddenly awoke as before with the furious noises in his ears. Again the chain* were seemingly thrown by ;iunl hands against the wall and broken to piece*. Again it seemed as if the whole army of men were in the room knocking it asunder. And again he struck a match and found everything in it-s place and the silence of the grave. In a week or two, the Doctor said, ho be- came accustomed to these strange tilings, .mil they did not affect him other than to rouse him iipand keep him awake until they mopped, which was generally in a few min- utes. Sometimes he would not hear it for a week, and again it would come several nights in succession. As to what it was hcwuxunabletosay. He could not account for it in any way ju u lu world. Me examined the house and premises thoroughly, but could get no cl'ie to the mysterious visitor. Oi.ce, and once only, In- In-. ml tho noiso up stairs, oral least he heard it going up the steps. It sounded like some one walking heavily with rh.iin.i dragging around him. Jumping from his bed, he atrnck a light, and thought that at least he would find out who his midnight intruder was. At tho foot of tho stairs there was a door, which ho closed and locked, so t hat whatever it was it might not escape that way. Hurrying up thostcps nhithcr the noise had immediately preceded him, he searched quickly in botli the rooms an I found noth- ing. All during the year the same thing con- tinued. One night his cousin came over and slept with him, and w is nearly frightened to drath when he awoke and hoard uio fear- ful noise. Immediately they got up and to- gether examined the whole douse and place, But naw or heard IMII lung that would tend to explain the mystery. The doctor said from that time he couW swver venture in there after dark. Tbe f iilo) in. '.i- of -i liltr. The real enjoyment of smoking comes through the eyes aud the touch. It seems to be commonly thought that the senses of te aud smell are those whuh are must affected by tobacco and those which alone nake it man unjoy tobacco, but this i> not correct. Of course, a man may table a cigar, list as lie may tusle a pie.<e of leather or a piece of wood, but, unleis lie chews, the tunte of tobacco is no more pleasing than tVe taste of leather or wood ; nither. on the contrary, t is sickening. Then, men think tluiy can tell the quality of cigars from their odour, but in reality they tell l.v their appearance and t..i'n feel. There are many men wno hold a cigar in their mouth and roll it around without smokingit. Some of them bite it and others chewit, but the number who huldit between 'ir teeth, or roll it around between their lips, is greater. That is usually the way with an old mnoUcr. When the cigar is lighted he ha i certain particular place for it, and certain teeth between which the cigar rests. With some men u is the front teeth, with othe'a tin- in.-inors, and Home men shift their cigar from one side to the other. It is seldom that two men hold their oigars in their mouths in just the same way and at the Hameangle. There are as many ways and ang.es of holding cigars as there are men who smoku < hem. lint -smoking .tpjieuls to the eyes to a far greater extent liv u> smoke in a dark room aud the enjoyment at once decreases, unil it la hard to t. II tiie dilferem'i' between t ind a bad cig^r. Il u hard even for a man who is accustomed to smoking to tell whether his cigar is lit or not, except by looking nt t'li- burning .-ml. If the man keeps ins ev.i closed and does not .-cc the smoke, it is easy to deceive him. This would not .ipjily to a man who h.ul never smoked before, but to a man who isoccustom- ed to smoking and to such alone are the joys of the smoker. A sight of the atnoke and the cigar is necessary to complete the fascinating enjoyment of the weed. It in the smoke anil the glow which appeal to i lie eye; the contrast between the different shades ol brown in tiie I'lgar, tliu cherry oi the burn- ing tobacco and the greyish ash, with the thinner grey of the smoke, changing into various shades of blue aud grey a it goes through tlu- air it is these that make the visions, the quiet, and the placidity which are the charms of smoking. As a proof that smoking in the dark loses all pleasui the smoker, w<: may call the fuct to the mind of readers that but very few Mind men indulge in tobacco. Some men prefer cigars with yellow s|iuts, others prefer a hard-looking cigar, other- a loose cigar, aud soon. When a select ion at:s factory tothe eye ban lieeiiinade, the slai t at least to a good smoke iaossured. Alwayelook at a cigar before lighting it. Turn it around in your lingers and Icx-k at it. It is going to give you pleasure. Then light it, not by sti'-kiiig it in a tlame, or by |>okiiig it in a small globe, but by lightinga piece of paper, sti. k, or rn.it. Ii, aud holding it up. Do not put the cigar in vour mouth and poke your lace into a tlame. That prevents the '.\i-- from watching properly what is going ou : but take a light and notice the flams as it goes to the cigar. The einokc begins to curl before the eyes, the lips fit around tbe cigar like a mould. I'licn au enjoyable ii'kc has begun. Tk Ni-mlsls sr ! N . r,. Death-damp, after exploding, loaves a re- siduum, known as choke gas, that vitiates ten times its own volume of atmospheric air, and thus entails an additional danger, which can often bu counteracted only iiy hours of hard work witu air-pump* and force-venti- lators, lleuci! tho ditliculty of immeili.it c succor and the spplomcntary sacrifices of human life when the zeal of rescuing- parties is stimulated by the wails of freti/.ied women. In the case of the Mammoth Mini' the survivors ha<l at least the satisfaction to know that their friends could not have died a lingerim; death, for nearly all the corpses Imre evidence of the unit ml. me. MIS action of tho explosion. Some of the bodies where crushed into pulp, oilier- . picked up in fiagmenls or found completely nat tun- ed against the walls of the galleries, tieoiogical lieinistrv has as yet not answered the quution why some mines re- main quite free from tire-damp, while in others it is developed in quantities, which .u i limn ly could be produced only under the inlluiince of a high temperature. As a rule massive deposits of bituminous coal soein specially liable to that danger, aud near Baku, on the shore of the Caspian Sea, a combustible secretion somewhat lighter tli. in "natural gas" and \ery similar to the fire-damp of our collieries is said to stream from tho fissure* of m;iv rocks and oc- casionally to burst into tlames that dart about the hills like the fitful flashes of an ^MMS-AfsjsJSi Still, it would he a mistake to suppose that science bos done nothing to diminish the perils of pit mining, liritiidi colliery statistics, carefully collected during the last eighty years, prove that the percentage of mortality has decreaned nearly one-fifth since IS'J.'i, when Davy's Safety Lump at last came into general use. In the exact terms of tho Inspector's report, the number of tons of coal raised for each life lost has increased from one hundred m.l twenty-two thousand t'p one hundred and fifty-eight thousand tivo hundred. In Belgium the ten-hour law has likewise done much to lengthen the average term of a miner's life ; but his chances of survival are, after all. less favorable than those of u sailor. Pluto still welcome few living guests. A -.i nrt .. "Illi Ike Unl., run n uf fOStle Bay. The persistent north wind, abnormally cold weather, uudlowseatcinpeniture, whiou prevailed during tho month of May, aud June, so Jura* it ban gone, seriously checked tbe work of the fishermen, ard the catch of herrings is discourageiiigly low. On two nights of the season only have the whole fleet ot Ixiata been at sea, and on several occasions when out, were all driven from the fishing ground by gales of wind. The total number of crans lauded for the eaon it only about ,'iOOO, while at the correspond- ing dale of last year the catch was nearly I'.'.OOO crans. The fishing ground in the earlier limes of the fishing was the Mincb and the stations North Bay and Lochbois- dale. Now, these stations and the Minch seai have been all but abandoned for the stations of Castlel>ay and Vateraay and the tithing ground the Atlantic abreast of the " Long Island, ' from Bura Head, 4O miles uorUi, the boats ut limes proceeding to within sight of tbedistanl mysterious island of St. Kilda. Immense sand banks stretch all along the Atlantic Sea abreast of Barra, and ihe fooilof ihe herrings is the sand eel, almunding in myriads there, the stomachs of the Herrings at times containing hundreds uf these fish from an inch to two inches in length. The eels found in the stomachs in May are from one to one and a half inches in length, but so rapid is the growth that by the end of June they measure over two mcbes in leugth. This tine clean food i gives tbe quality and flavour to the Barra ' herrings for which they are distinguished. Neatly all the Lints and lish curers come inim the Moiay Firth stations of (Suckle, -ie, Cullan. Burghead, Lossiemouth, iilhneaa, ami more industrious, aolwr, and peaceable men aie not t<> 1* found in any district of Scotland. About thirty years -i. "i ttiu revival movement, like a wave of lite, spread over tho tisliing village* of Banff ami Morayshire, working a complete refor- mation in the social life and character of the people. Since then it generation has pasted away, but tho good seed then sown leaves good fruit \eu to the third genera- tion. A Sunday at lurra is one of tin brightest scenes of Usher life in the High- lands. The Iraats are all tnooiod at anchor in the bay, aud in the curly forenoon of Sun- day a fleet uf small boa's may be seen ap- proaching the hore, ech with its contin- gent of worshippers. Tbe meeting bonne is a large wooden structure holding aUmt HW) persons, and on each occasion of service well filled with these hard-vittaged, weather- l>eaten sons uf the sra, who engage in the worship with characteristic y.eal and energy. The men are Square-built, sturdy, and strong. With tin* odour of ouean about them : and in their hninely garb, alter battling with the sta, meet in social fellowship to render thiuikgivii>gaud praise to Him who holds the waters of the sea in the hollow of His band, .ind can command the *ea to be still. I vpiit 'ex from the Free, Established, and I 'nited Presbyterian Churches, besides ot br evangelical preachers, conduct the services, which are in most cases, but not always, appropriate to the conditions of the audi- t-nee. It is hardly fair fir paid deputies of the ehurchts to come up to Barn, or any other station, with a set of old sermons, which they give half reading from manu- scripts. rViiinneii waul something fresh and stirring, Hith a little "go" in it* messenger hk. Peter, in sympathy with their calling, ami coming Ui them with his fisher's coat about him. Let the home secretaries of the churihes send forth such me. i, otherwise tho people will " drop the pilot " aud take n course of their own. The work is hard and hazardous, needing the sympathy of that love " which glows with social tenderness ''- Their iruldo and I'haron bo. and aavn from wreck Their boat, which labours In >.> deep a ma. Mil.- l.i- . t lllio.il I oml. A extraordinary and pathetic story is told by an old man naniud Hawkins, 7,1 year* of age, living at Tot HOB, Devon. He left his home for a walk by the river, uud bis leg* fulling him he was unable to reach home. Finding that he was unable to rise he craw I- ed to a harn, hoping that by rest he should IK- ab!" to reach Totiies, if not that night at least the following morning. On Sunday morning he WHS no l>etter, aud he again crawled out in the hope of attracting some boat iNWsing up or down tho river ; but it l>eing Sunday neither slramors nor buaU wore passing, and hu spent his second night in tho barn. On Munday he found himself too weak U> leave the barn, ami although he could hear tho steamers (tasting up and down his feeble ciies for help could not be heard. Hi'tlienlifg.in to suffer intensely from thirst, and be prayed curnustly for rain, in the hope that he might be able to catch a few diops to relieve his parching thirst, and there appears little doubt t hat to tho heavy raim. that have fallen ilui !iig the past week may lie attributed the fact that he is now alive. Passing his hard felt bat through on oponmg in I lie barn he caught the drops of lain, and that was all the sustenance he received since he left hii homo nine days a^o. A t borough sonrch Iwinn matle for Hawkins ho wan found on Monday, and receiving every a tent ion it is hoped he may recover. HpalB\ Bab} Tho Paris fi<;aro thus dcscrib s tliu young Kingof Spain : He is small, very small, but sinewy, restless, full of fun and precocious. He dreams of uniforms, lings and battles. He will not have toy hor.-es, but for two years has desired a live IHT-O, iu order lo run i aces. He says Mhon' to all people. He liko to nick-name tliu old i'cneral. I'.ir instance, Marshal V u-tinozCampos, Chief of tho Military Cabinet, is called ' Campilos' by the child. When he does not get what ho wishes at once he grows exceedingly angry and can be miioted only by tbe Holt words of the Queen Regent. He is stubborn. He speaks oxcellent Knglixh already. What nlTrnds him especially is the knowledge that hu is still & child. Hn would liko U> grow large at once, be s man with a groat mous- tache without delay. llui-aiiii<ii understand how the King of Spain OHII be so small. ' Rabbits nro damaging crops county, Georgia. Schley Opium 1-* ui i'u ,. In parts of tho Hankow djstrn t <>pinni is used as a medium of exchange, and the Consul there explains the curious circum- stance in thi* v.ay. Coimiirirr, i-vcept along tho wattr route*, is in a priniilivo condition The great weight of tbon'|'|"i coinage renders it unsuitable for .-vli.i:. !,-. Silver, which is used in the tnrge tow ii hulk by weight. It is melted into lumps of varying purity and weight, f'he most generally used vary from lis i"7n .ounces each. Tho iin'iim:iiiciiceof dividing it is a serious drawlvu ' to it* being ii.-nl in the country, as is also the difficulty of testing Ua purcness. The i rrdit of tho native bankers is not widely enough established to give on i- Mended currency to I heir notos. Under tins .mi, lit OTIS opium is fonnd useful, in addition to pure barter, which still prevails to some extent, in facilitating the oxclmnge of commodities. In this respect it has threo adv.il>; i is almost universally in demand, it is light u.ii portable, and it is casly divided into small quantities. The L'niou Pacific trestle bridge IIIMF Dalles, Oregon, o*J.") feet long, was utccntly ii-lnnlt in twenty four houia ,ctcr turned.