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AGRICULTURAL. Prsal-Proer Cellars. Whiles perfectly frost- proof cellar is desir- able we find many undercouutry farmhouses which are not so. This Is more generally the cose that cellars are not frost-proof when snow is late in coming to remain on the ground, and the weather is so cold as to freeze the ground to a considerable depth. Many people, especially farmers, find it necessary to bank up their houses iu the Fall tj prevent the front penetrating the cellar. For this purpose various materials can be used, ranging through quite a list, from earth to evergreen houghs. Tbe latter are of some benefit as a protection against frost, but their main use lies in holding the snow after it comes. Damp sawdust, like moist earth, freezes solid and is a poor non- conductor of cold. Forest leave* pressed down in nuon titles against the underpinning are very good for the purpose of keeping out the frost, and better than either of the above, but entail considerable labor and trouble to gather in sufficient quantity. I have tried all of the above, and can give a method and material far preferable to either, and far more efficient, besides being neater and cheaper in th end. This ia banking the home ith beards in the following way : Form sum-: panels of matched boards in length convenient to handle, wide enough so 03 to reach from an inch or two above the underpinning to the ground on a alant of 45 degrees. Have the panels mitered at the corners of the house and the joints covered by a cleat beneath, so also the joints at the ends of the panels where they join. A set of these binkmg b >arda, well put together and painted, and housed during the Summer, will last a lifetime. The protection against frost this plan affords is superior to any other, as when all . . . 1-11. w J SOUK Vti*-ll tCi 1111 111* .111 U other materials used m Unking up the house in the i^t baring the sk have failed to kejp out frost from cellars, oat o f the . O i utio = th , p the board bonking formed a perfect barrier. Tbe boards are secured to the clapboards over the sill by small, slim screws, which shows no disfigurement on the painted clap- boards or other finish when removed. No matter how cold the weather iu W.n- tcr, or light the fall ot snow, the grass will . . w*a swauita SSMBU n s<sa*7nuiii<j av LUC cms vi IT grow in t ie space enclosed if the boards fit I mon ths asthey are when first dug. It strikes cloaelv to the turf, and :ir w,-l m-fctrOtml. ' - L_. .1 _ ., , .. , thirty-twodegreesCentigrade, dnnng which time it assume* a crystalline condition. The product now consists of oleo and ntearine, and these are separated by mssni of hydraulic presses, the oleo being pressed out and the stearine remaining in the press cloths. The olen is then placed in churns with certain proportions of new milk aud oil and some pure but ter, and the ingredients are churned fcr fifty minutes. The contents of the churn are then removed and co jled in iced water, and the margarine is afterwards placed in mixing machines. Here it is salted and thoroughly incorporated, and afterwanlu packed in boxes aud baskets forthe trade. The cooling apparatus and the general machinery are driven by a horizontal compound engine of eight horse power nominal, which also drivea a dynamo, the works being lighted by electricity. The factory is well laid out and every precaution appears to have been taken to insure the absolute whole* )meness of the product, scrupulous cleanliness being every- where observable. fABI WKMTKB* KUI.BUtUI'C. ] 4nlm il I.ir> aaSeeai from IBjr L~-*Biotlvr alssawpbere lUal Meeelvrs. Many a strange story the locomotive en- gineers lull of their experience with animals on the prairie* of the far West, says the Rocky Mountain New*. Between the Mis- souri Kiver and the Rocky Mountain* are killed by the engine. Quail also meet a similar fa'. Thousands of snow bird* are also killed. An engineer related an inter- esting incident of a meadow lark that wa pursued by a mouse hawk. The frightened lark took refuge on the running board, hav- ing lean fetr of the engineer and fireman than its enemy. It remained with the engine till safe from the hark, and then left its perch on the running board. Owls the great plains, spreading out for hundreds j n j mouse hawk* are sometimes killed by rtf ml IMU T'pnlkuK) v tt, nf\ run t. it( t liu i>< ill ti I rw ' I. l_:_ - . i _L . L _ I : 1 ... I . I. .. > ti, . Petals**. Kveryb-idy knows how ditffcult it is to keep common potatoes from sprouting and spoiling in the spring so as to render them until for the table. An American experi- ment atatiop call* attention to a French method of preserving potatoes for a year and a half in a condition fit for food. It ha* proved ao effective that it has been adopted of miles. Probably in no pnit of the country do the engineers come more in contact with animal life. They have taken the place of old iehus of the overland mail and express in the more modern days of rapid tranapor' tatioQ. Often the old stage* were in great danger of the great herds of stampeding buf- falo. Tbe driver, express agent, anil pas- sengers, all of whom were 'Veil armed, only found safety in the shaip crack, crack of the rifle. Thia would either turu the buf- falo, rushing with almost the roar of thun- der over the plain*, or would split the herd, so that it would pass in two drove* on eith- er side of the stage. It required men of nerve, for sometimes the buffalo would hard- ly swerve from their course until almost The rear of on the lead era, made it a difficult task, testing tbe courage of the men who faced them. The buffalo, or bison, more correctly named, still roamed the plains after the rail- roads came. The old engineers oi the Union Kansas Pacific, and the S-uita Fe upon the stage and passengers. the herd, crowding and urging . * Mt-lul, AVAI19OB lil*.IUI , mill VIIC O'AUMft IC by the t reach war department forpreserving U sed to cut their way through the herds of potatoes for use by the army. The i-rocesa i,, lt f ,],,. The blow of the whistle and the is essentially as follows : Plunge the tubers, | Jj^harge of firearms would make them before storing them, into a two per cent. scampor away . Sometimes they would if commercial sulphuric cid i i blockade a train, but often raced with the 00 parts of locomotive, giving the passengers an easy or 10 hours, chance to slaughter them. Trains were also armg this time the acid will penetrate the stopped to give tha passengers a chance to eye* about one fortieth of an inch, thus d K JH tb eln . The stroying their germinating power, but not m. When taken] BACIS<! " T1IK ""^o'"- potatoes must be v >tn the wild horse and the buffalo is a thoroughly dried before storing. The same tnin ' l " P Mt - The buffalo is al- solution may be used over and over again. mo ' <">ct and the wild horse I* rarely any wooden tank or vessel being used for fol "> d - Roping the wild horse used to be a the operation, as the acid so diluted in no| rarei P rt industry. A few are still way injures the lex lure of the wood. Chemi- said to roam the Laramie plainsand remote cal analyses s ow the potatoes to remain a< nutritious and wholesome at the end of 14 closely to the turf, and are well mitclied, and good joints are made where the endd of the panels join. The dead air space tta arrangement affords is the secret of its suc- cess. After a set of boards are once titled and properly marked, so aa to be placed back again in the same position in the Kail, after being taken up in the, Spring, a half-hour serves to put them in place and the same time in the Spring to put them away. There is no clutter of boughs or other material to clear away, but a carpet of green graao to greet one when the Linking boards are re- moved. us that tliis method is worth knowing and putting into practice where potatoes are needed for long keeping. But it strikes ns that great care should be taken not to break the akin of the potato before it ia soaked in '.he solution. Th* Cr ,T! rarpour CoL John -Steven* , in aa address before ' *i. \J UalLS, jn; TWtJ^ , in '" ' * BIB Uljmi BtUI IVlldB, Ail 1 ! IIIOIIV sll all'. McLeod County, Minnesota, Fair, said the' waa related that Sunday afternoon of following about the general purpose cow : experience on the great plain*. J. S. owing about the general purpose co " And the general purpose cow. t sections of country. lint notwithstanding these changes there is still much of interest to the engineer, as well a* to guard against, on tbe great plains. Recently at Holyoke, in Northeastern Colorado, near the Nebraska and Kansas line, I wa* detained over Sunday. It is in the heart of the plains country, and is the division station ot the Burlington branch that extends from Holdredge, through western Nebraska, northeastern Colorado, to Cheyenne. Wy. Locomotive engineers are good story tellers, and many an incident I their breaking through the glass windows of the cab. Kngineer Willard again resumed, saying, " 1 think the swift ia one of the moat inter- eating animals on the plains. I saw one at Akron, CoL, that was about eighteen inches long and ten inches high. It was reddish in color, had a white belly, and a bushy tail. It is very fleet aa its name signifies), and can outrun a deerbound. They teed mostly on birds. I have seen meat held out to this one, but the swift would not touch it. But turn your head, and the swift would grab the tne.it in a second. I never heard of a swift being KILLED BY AN K<:lNK. Prairie do.' Well, they are pretty thick, but they nearly always get out of the way of an engine. " The prairie dog, " said the engineer, philosophizing, " is being driven weatward, like the Indian, by the march of civilization. Tbe cultivation of the soil is gradually driving the prairie dog from the plain* to the mountains. " A story waa then told of Engineer Hurd and hi* pet mouse, when laying the tract; from Holyoke to Cheyenne. The mouse found its way into the engine and mode its home in the vaste box. Two or three times a day it would leave its cosy neat and feed on the grease >( the swab of the piston. The | engineer and Qreman made a pet of it. The mouse was with this engine about three mouth*. It woulu run and play around the cab and then seek its place m the waste box. As the railroads on the plain begin to near tli't Rocky mount-una the light atmosphere extends the vision and you can see further TIT-BITS. JuTenile Generosity. Mrs. Urayncck lohuuy. I am very glad to see thai you gave your liiUr the larger half of your apple. Johnny Yek'm, I waa glad to give it t her. " My little ion, do you know how it de light! me to hear you any to. " " Yes'm that half." e'm ; there wan a big worm hole in She Succeeded. Askur " I've often wondered how Mrs Etna would make out in her married life. She's been married about three years uuw, hasn't she?" Talker " About that, yes." " Well, I've often heard her say, in day* gone by, that it she ever had a husband he'd make him stand around." ' She'i succeeded. She'* made him btand around the tavern barroom in preference to enduring too duly anathema* she breeds for the home atmosphere. A Good thing Hexxmimentied. " (iood bordig, lirowde. I see yuu (till have that bail cold. " " Yes ; I'ba pretty buerable. " " You ought to try Sbituers's ldfiuedy.a Buture. It gohpletely cured be. " Too Much of a Show. Jack I know Kthel loved me. Tom But you had no show with lather, eh ? Jack -Oh, didn't I ? cus with him. That's came in. her I had a regular cir- where the trouble Insuring a PenuaL Fangle Whit are you cutting that piece out of the piper for ? Cnmao I'm going to take the paper home and I'm very anxious for my wife to read than in the murky, mout weather of the ' the article, as it is on economy in dress. If Kant An engineer from an Eastern road ia J I merely take the uncut paper home she at h'rut greatly deceived aa to distances. At j won't see it. experience on the great plain*. J. S. Wil '-on ,, ir .|, who then pulled a freight train lie- ' ' 'ran Land Br.c V\ hen a country is new there ia no defi- tended long for my favorite blooded Dates' ' tween Holyoke and Cheyenne, I found on Shorthorn, A combination for milk, butter, interesting talker. cheese, beef and stock. In fact, an unadult- Sheep," he said, "cause more trouble I crated, genuine simon pure general purpose than uuy other sleek. An engineer always ' cow, not only for the fanner, but for every- tries to guard againat killing stock, but if I plains, in mistaking the morning star for a one section of the Burlington, in eastern Colorado. a headlight can bo seen forty miles. A tenderfoot would think it was not more than two or three milea away. " In thia clear atmosphere, " said an engineer, "when it seems that I am close to a headlight I look to see if the reflection of the opposite light is on the rail*." At Stonhan, Col. a station on the Chey- enne branch of tin; Burlingtuii, there is a> straight track of eight miles, where trains meet half way for the side track. It took some new engineers a long time to get used Faugle liut I don't see how she's going to see it if you take the paper with the item jut out. Ciimso Well, when she sees the place where the article was she'll lie so curious to know what was cut out that she'll aend anil get another copy. True Philosophy- First Chnppiu Deali boy. are you ill? You are on that couch must of your ti"i . ml Chappie No, Cholly. N'.it ill. to it, for at first they would slow up their I Oniy me bwain is so beastly wigowouu it ' ires trains long before they were near the on- me out, and I muat always lie down ciency of fertility even of the lightest soil. lu advantages of easy working and quick response to tU.- manure make it preferable over the slower ana Uter soils of heavier tex- ture. Then as the vegetal, matter of clay land become* exhausted it becoii_ >t jjj \^ ltll and harder to work. It loses its tori.... ca . body. My esteemed friend, t ',-. i-rnor Hoard. of Wisconsin, took issue with me ; so di 1 Prof. O. C. <JregK, superintendent of the Minnesota Farmers' institute, so did a large majority of the prominent writers and dairy men in the I'nitcd States and Canada. I. ' hail my choice 1 would rather run into cattle, horaea, liotf*, or any otlur animals, rather than sheep. Many thousands of nheep are iu the great flock* that aometimea cross the coming tram, which at first seemed so near. Storits have been told of bow new engin eers have whistled down brakes on the tracks of the western railroa-is. Where there .are lit f<'iices, a quick turn in the rood I persevered to the best of my humble ability, through a cut may find the locomotive mow only to be defeated at every corner. Wo IU g right through them. It is well k headlight. There may be more truth than romance in it. .,ir. I 'lover i* a richer manure, containing more of both nitrogen and mineral fertility Than did the humus composed of fallen loaves ot which the fertility of virgin soil mainly con lists. Kvfti in early days, however, there we-s many lapses from the careful policy i to keep sandy land in good tillable condition. These showed that when the sandy soil waa exhausted it was in less> hopeful conduit n than was the heavier soil which was harder to work after its vegetable matter had been ixbausted. In the case of clayey soil nature 1 l|i.-l> Tu " Did you ever see a wolf?" asks a friend of mine. " Yes, more times than onue. The tirattirst time waa m this wise : We were boys together, Johnson and myself, born in the same neighborhood, strapped with the w ame piece of leather in the red school - house that topped thu hill, behind which was a pond iu which we bathed and swum togeth- er : L r i'. h-'t-fd beecl.nuts into the Damn rly days of Minnesota farming, nro- j have been killed. But the wool gets lnl ""^*~j!'J';i. "t" 1 - i*: f rd^-* m tlie same wood*. C table ou the farm, but not so mu:h ao now, the running gear of the engine, nd this . '"^ > " li > - r vA^wutv m.1 t as those which h.ivc t>ei.i tried exclusively cauae* the engineer more trouble than tho " lne * * *m4\ . by which all kinds of wood can be cut. search is also m-iie for wool that may have th'vmk. Kvewy day I paw-invely envy the common fellahs who ciu iliwmk standing up. Too sti!l for Description. Beauty : 1 . nice simple little boa- net ; dn ' \ " i think so, John .' The Beaut : It is more than simple, my dear : it is idiotic. for milk or beef." into veneer* or boards. The logs are cut into suitable lengths, steamed in a close box thrcugh which a current of electricity IS sent, and finally placed in a, lathe, where they are rotated against a knife. The I bin attention of the en,,,er ,n h,s examination. He Oared it ! A country gentleman employed a half- witted youth to do odd jobs alxiui the house and garden. One day he gave him half-a- . Town, and watched to see what be would do with it. The boy hid it under a stone in the garden. A* soon as he had gone away ' .ein.ui [>ut in its place a shilling. The IM (I diy the l>oy went to look at it. U- look i' in (UN hands and said : "Shies? His master too a sixpence. On the following day the boy went again, and took it out. and aaid : " You grow less every day !"and then re- Yes, we have a good deal of experience One "Mind. iv morning, after Johnson had with wild animals, he continued, " but not put. in a veto againat auch thorough exhau. | ""* sre afterward nipped at tho edges tion as was possible with land whose texture ' nd can be used to make barrels, pans, Ac. , 1 - from one stave. is mainly sand. The latter interposes) no obstacles to passage of roots through tt . and what it contains of plant food the plant can more speedily exhaust. In a clay soil fertil ity after vegetable matter is exhausted is locked up in clods, t'liderdroiuing and tho An electric device for clearing a track of obstructions is among the newest idea*. It consists of a triangular steel folding frame, over which a net is stretched. Tlnsia plac- ed on the front of a locomotive, and can be made himself ready for church, he thought so thrilling a. that of the engineers on the examine one of hi. trap, set , th, U ester,, roads when the , buffalo was com- , rf b ^ M Jg^ . y inon on the plain. I.ut there I, enough , 1 * fc h ^ , h left of wild animal life to make it interest- 1 ,. uiioi axci he ^^ ,.. ,.,.,_ we '7-' **.. th'* ^ti.. **t k~ leiL OI WI1U lliiiii ||V vu IU..AV iv iiiivivab- i ing. The eyes of the wolf, coyote, wildcat, > ft His master then put a half sovereign be- neath the tU)u< ,. Ncxl (Uv lnc . Ix , y wen , to tbe itone ^ ia> ^4 wnen h e saw the gold he took it in his handn and said |','-.rold chap! You look at if yon ^ ;])_ m j htt(1 ^ lter take i iu i > i .i , 11 b I " <-'" nei " lne sP *! lne ruining oi tne ck rabbit polecat and other animal, look chaini , whion ^ Wiu>fa8 tcned otnck- like a red light when ^^ ^ ^j JgoU, a , WP \f WM KACISU TUB IIKADI.IOIIT rough cultivation break up these clods, but I opened at will.^ ^catching the obstruction in any case the clay always retains more of mineral plant food than the sand. It may, however, bo better helped by the commer- cial ferli'uers. mainly because these are partly composed of sulphuric acid, which doubtless helps to make part of tht soil more soluble, and thetefore able to give its fertil ity to crops. There i* no reason why, with fair manage- ment, a clay soil, well drained, may not be cropped forever without decrease, but rather increase, of fertility. If clover seed is sown once in three years, and allowed to grow until nearly two yean old before plow- ing the sod under, the manure made on the farui, with phosphate whenever the clover is sown will keep it in good heart for all gram crop*. Fruit and garden crops re- quire . heavier fertilisation, partly for the reason that they are always aolil from the farm and return less to the land. But it is < r to grow frtiit and garden vegetables a iVheu near the spot, the rattling of the you away ror I shall be losing vou altogeth- hich the trap was fastened 11111. 1. ' :e ; and, behold, a large wolf was in the trap. term of years on heavy land, {rained, than it in the same tune Knglish ntly tiTidy Thelatter ie<|\iirciiiiu-h mmi M, uinrc, 1 is, after all, Itttle, if any, <.u t crops than ia a well-drained soil with <} texture. K'lll.tl It M. Hiille: . rnrrespondent *ays ' There .... l>een introduced into this yet another substitute for butter hape of a substance said to be ie, as well as economical -kuowu Fesent as " Le Uaiuk." M. Atiguste ' Paris, is the piom ei . unufacture of " Lo K.uitk" has been l-;4i at largo works at Southamp- ton. : -s ii.tsi* is tho fat obta:n>-.l from freshly siuKMcred cattle, which is liist convert^ \,tu oleomaigcrine, and after- ward* tnvsfl and made into " Le l>ausk." The prc-vii. vonaiats in first reducing the fat to sm.i . ikvis of uniform size iu special mocMues, -Hi then melting it at a tem- perature oi V.W degrees Centigrade. It is then tronaMKib in a liquified condition to water-jacki M . ttkiiks. in which it is kept for about u-sjnl one-half hours at the *Ainc tempe > le. After this i: is drawn olf into shall Vessels, where it r-> for thirty-si- l.wra at a temperature of upon it. An additional arrangement is a aco<<p to drop on the track. The recent tests were very satisfactory. To cut sheet l>n ing method meet.-, with gre a strong solution of bichloride of mercury in aljohol. With a quill pen draw a line across the brass where it is to be cut. Let it dry on, and, with the eame pen, draw over this line with nitric acid. The brasi may then be broken across like glass cut with a diamond. '.v ^ ^j oU, a , WP the trap. Johnson saw at a glance that he was slight- by the end of his paw. Xow, he Uid not the animal* quickly undeceive us , elm by turning their heads, an engineer might I ^ u , ized j . .. If t go back'for the gun he think his trnin was being nagged ^and stop may . uccect , in ge tt,,,g free before mv re- his engi.ii- here are peuty of wild, , its * , th b WM makin f ; IK between \\ellrleet and Kiwood, Neli. On , er," and so he picked it up and put it iu his pocket, and walked away. Litt'e Johnny Tells a Story. One tune there was a young gote which felt butty, and there was a ole ram wich lay in t ie road, hat a sleep, chunc his cud. The chemically the follow- ?T u " efforts to free himself. The bounty $IO, skin I gote he had been shot up m a paster ol his hgr'ta, M ke *' M "">^ k they tr ap , b r . T t ^^ ^ ^ ^^ A J ^ J ^ bi?nlor,'e of mercury -" lo^'f'vorite tishinKplace for beaver Ho e athlete. Johnson mode a bound for the hi* sister, the gote did. Vou jest .tan y and coons Yes coons will Ifiah fhcy have } wo , f caU . nll hlm , lhe - hltle paths down to the edge of the stream. mean t|me th) f wolf , 1U 5 clca and there, secreting themselves, catch tiaii with their puws. " Wolves and coyotes are numerous, but are rarely struck by an engiTte. Near the ranch, east of Cheyenne, 1 have A valuable hnd of skeletons belonging to seen a coyote on a wire fench, which seems the fourth dv nasty was recently made in F.gypt. This is the earliest known date of Egyptian remains. The wife murderer, Loppv, who was ally killed at Sing Sing. Sew York leg lust to have IX.M-H thrown there by an engine. The wolf of the plain* is caught in traps or by sportsmen closing in ou a pack in a drive. Sometimes t !. . 'n- killed by ranchmen put- ting poison on the carcasses dhccp. Wolves hamstri throat. In the stil an ;e me whipe that frcck off the face It had cleared himself from ' of the erth. " the trap. Then came the tug of-war in that Ho the goto ho went up before the ram two feet of snow. The struggle was short an' stomp his i<-et* an' ahuke his lead real and furious. triteful. but me nun he dident git n|>. i<ut Johnson held his death grip, sometimes on ' only jes kep a chime his cud and wutched top and again underneath the brute, both out between his i lashes. Kline by the gHe so covered with snow it was difficult to dts he backed of and tuko a run, an then arose tiugtiish wolf from man. The wolf at last ; up in the air an come down with his lied on was overcome, kicked and choked to death | the ram's hcd, w*ck '. The gate's lied was l, y hia powerful ant*,j..inM. .|.,|,N,OM ,l,,l *. week, mas the sixth person put to death in "ck. Coyotes suck the blood of she< p. Th that Sute uinlcr the new capital punish- ' olf drive is a Hue sport on the plains. The m?ut statute. Conflicting reports oa to how ! lf. wildcat, and coyote are quick, and thi* man p:issed into eternity come from the J''p from the track. But the jack rabbit is leas fortunate. The headlight has a strange fascination for this animal, and often nun ..tten 1 church that day, for his Sunday uses of cattle and , , n 4 utters; besulea, there were ug and then kill, ,,,, lv s ri , t death chamber. On the one hand vru are told that his sufferings were horrible ; that the spectacle presented iu the death chair when the awful current w.n turned on was it is killed." A story was told on how a wolf caught in j pathway of tbe murderer and send him out of the world piinlessly it should not torture him. Is electrocution torture ? This is (he question, and science should bo nhioto fur- nish the answer. If it is, then electricity as a death penalty instrumentality should bo abandoned. If it is not, we should adhere* I-, it. Let us have the cold, clear light of science on the subject. The doubU must be dispelled or the Uw repealed. shocking to every feeling and instinct of tel '!' '>'' escaped with the Imp. but humanity. On th.-othei han 1 th.- . wat again caught l.y the chain becoming is given that there was no undue miftViing ".'"tangled m a wire feiu-e. Tho en and that Hie new method of execution i* an j "topped the train, and the express messeng- improvement on the old one. Thia was the objective point when the ancient system was swept away that when it waa necessary to take life it should be done as humanely as possible. Science camo forward and offered the remedy. Is it or is it not an improvement'' Owing to the secrecy thrown around electrical exccu lion* I > the law no satisfactory answer oat- he given. In this respect the law is fuulty and should lie amended. \V lul- the State is no obligation to make smooth the tnc awsof the now .lea.1 game. " I will never try that ag?.in. Mack/' In said tome. " I thought myself a mat -.-h for cud. bnstcd, but the ole ram he never wink his eye. Then the ole. rum he smiled with his !ii"vith, an' sed to the butt gate's sister. Pears to me, miss, that kangaroo of yum is mity careless where he litea, he come gum do*ti d near making me swoller my almost any wild animal of these woods, but this fellow was a bigger job than 1 reckoned clerk tr ed to kill it, but failed. Thu engineer called "time," rang tho bell and the live wolf was left, still tangled in thu wire fence. The antelope still wanders, sometimes down into the section of wire fence*. Be- ing unable to escape, this licet animal run* from the train, making one of the prettiest races in the West. One engineer told a story of how iu eastern Wyoming a pet antelope wit* kept on the ranch of a stock- man. The owner had TWO FINK DKBKIIolNHS, but they and the antelopo were great friends. Oitcti from his cal> window the engineer had seen the ontulopc and the hounds playing together. Incidents were related by some of tho party of the slaughter of Uirds. In tho spring tunepiairic chickens, on a wet mom The Leiilature of the North west terri- tories, which met for the transaction of business on the loth mat., will for the tiisl time in the his'ory of the territories IM\> authority to expend a connidcinhle propor- tion of the money vited by tho Parliament of Canada for territorial purposes. One-half of the financial year will have expired on January 1 and, subject to all expenditure m.idr or liabilities incurred up to that time, the following sums have been placed at the dwpoaalot the Assembly or to any commit tee it may appoint fur the purpose of dual ing wich the subject of finance : .''! :l.'i Travelling expanses of officials ........ 1'rob.i - . M it .nil. -IV, teli-nnirns etc ....... Siili-. Til'tion-. t ' lie-|>.l|'.'r>. ---- eineiit ol woll-bormij iii.u'liiin--. SrliooU. Sl.m.l(Ul le< llcss$5,IKI riif to C..VI-1- -riuil in -np|i i "f -.-lioo^itl iitin-pre-enied territory i ui.i l.i i-U-i'-i rnntiiiK i'l'il advsrilalna, in. Io. I nun at ion and publl*hii<K of ordni ilion of inntci-'tratVH' retnro-i ing often sit on tho rails and are sometimes ' Hooks, Norih wc-t Uuvvrnmeni libra rj . 1.600 sop With tbe Chill Off. A wolf who was taking a constitutional through the forest one day before breakfast cimc across a nice young kid, and prepared to make a meal of him. " >nar*> mo '." said the kid : " I'm such a li'tle one : I'll only make you feel hungrier than before. " " I certainly regret you aren' binnt-r," replied the wolf, with tears m IMS " but we cannot expect to gel all wn WOBra like on this side tho grave. I must juat get along aa beat I CAM with a light breakfast and an early dinner. ' " l>o let me off this time !" aaid tin- kid ; " I'm i poor, friendless orphan, and my aged parents have no other IIUMIIS of sup- poit hut myself." I resemble your a^e^ parents," answer- ed the wolf, looking round with a In -i\ v ugh, "lor 1 don't sev that mean* of support but yourself eitli>-i . ' "Then. i the unhappy kiJ, " I'm u helpless stranger." .' ite so," interrupted the wolf while a h. s|nt,il>!e Himlc played around his expres- sive lips, " you are, :>ml I will take you in. Welcome, little strung And he took uiin iu.' \