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AORIOULTUR 1L. To Zwp Tii FflTip Platform l)ry. The wait* pipa a i* an oblong box u broad as po lit ami about an inch wide, and may be arranged to carry water baok to tock or elsewhere. | A hinge at b f holdupout to took. The j wood at en<l j of ipoat at c i should becov- |*red withrub- | bar or leather, so aj to lit tight around the aperture in pump stock. A iprina at d keeps sp-rit raited to outer edge of watte pipe. Now hang your bucket on spout n 1 iu weight presses spout .gainst, stock, allowing w i--r so dow into bucket. Take off bucket and spring raises pji: and water Hows into waste pipe. There is far more use of tii.e wheat mid- dlings a* a corrective of the excessive car- bonaceous cor meal, and also as an aid to better digestion than many farmer* imagine Ground wheat i* a fine thing properly managed, and now is the time for farmers to profit by grinding their whiat instead of selling for SS cents a bushel. But wheat should be fed with plenty of coarser ali- ment*. Farmers that are fattening animals ften suppoM that the more concentrated fattening food they can get eaten, the better will be the re*ult. But skilful feeders know better. It is not what is eaten but what is digested and assimilated that benefit* the animal. With a well balanced r.ition and some bulky food to distend the stomach the fattening animal Medium-sized turkeys that are in good condition bring toe best price. Alum dissolved i n water is recommended dtarrhipa In the early stage*. The first hatched and shortest legged chickens in the breed are the easiest to fatten. Von can never rid your poultry houses of vermin if you allow them to remain filthy. A (iothic Christian bishop once trans- lated the Bible into the Gothic language for the use of his people, but omitted the Books of Kings, lest the war* told of there should increase their propensity for fighting. When cleaning the roosts, don't neglect to apply the kerosene to the bottom nf the Don't Enlar/e tin Farm There seems to be a very general desire on th* part of the farmers of this country to obtain a larger quantity of land. There are cases in jrhich this is a wise ambition, bat such instances are not nearly so common as is the wish to obtain larger farms. Under the present condition* of agriculture our farmers, as a rule, already have more land than they can cultivate to the bauutvant- H As things are now and as thing* are like- ly to be for a long time to come, the profits of farming are to l>e increased by securing larger crop* per acre rather than by till- ing a larger number of acres. Most of th* farmers who wish that they had more land, now own considerable areas which have not yet been brought nearly up to their limit of profitable production. In these cases the owners wi'l find it much more profitable to manure their preaent fields more liberally ami cultivate them more thoroughly than it will be to spread their work over a large number of aare*. The expense of conducting a large business, and the risk which it involves, will be much greater than will be the case with one of lens magnitude. !t is a popu- lar theory that the proportion of expense decreases as a business U enlarged. Re- garding some things, and even iu some lines of farming, this proves true, but multitudes of farmers who have tested it have not found the theory correct when applied to their business as a whole. The fixed charge*, such a* taxe* and fencing (and interest on the capital invested, should also b* included!, are eularge-l considerab- ly when th* size of the farm is increased. If all the land upon which these expenses are laid it kept highly productive, the charges may be paid and still leave a good profit. But if, as i* almost sure to be the case, a good deal of the land fall* far below it* pos*ibl* rate of production, the** cost* will bear very heavily, and, when added to those o! tbe original farm, may prov*> quite embarrassing. A great many men who can manage a small or a medium business profitably can- not be nearly as successful in conducting operations on a much larger scale. N'umer ous instance* might be cited of farmer* who have done well on small farms, but who,by fretting more land under cultivation, have increased both their expenses and their anx- ieties, while their profits have been reduc- ed. The exceptions to the rule that farms of moderate size are much more doeirable than those which are very large arc very few. In almost *very case the man who has money that he wishes to invest in enlarging hi* farm would use his capital far m ire wisely by putting it into improvements aiid render- ing more productive the land that he al- ready owns. The man who has a farm, but who has no read}* money, will take a great risk in buying the lam! Under such cir- cumstance* the purchase of a larger area will involve years of hard labour and a great amount of care and worry. It will subject him to the numerous inconvenience* and troubles which debt always brings, tml maycompel him to sacrifice uotonly his own Veterinary Note*. Load your team light and go often. Eternal vigilance is the price of success in raising colts. Bl hbita formed in yontii are burd to remedy iu old age, When training colt*, take your time and train them thoroughly. Extremes are dangerous ; avoid them in all thing* pertaining to stock. First impressions with the young colt, as with the young child, are most lasting. The value of a horse depends- upon the aggregate of all his qualities at maturity. Let the youngsters step along on the snow path. The only way to teach a colt how to trot i* to trot him. Nothing short of persistent care and scrupulous cleanliness will eradicate fiat wretched and insidious disease thrush. A well trained colt reflect* credit upon his owner, but a vicious horse is a hum ilia, tion to those responsible for his early education. The training yard is to the colt what the nursery is to the child. What he learns , will eat more and maintain the appetite I ES? I* * 1 } M **" ^P' Lice are lare to I which it will not do if fed only on the ""'I""" ther6 lf J"" 1 do - most carbonaceous food. V oung pullets notably lay small eggs. Moral : Breed only from eggs of hens of ill growth and vigjr. The same rule will apply to all domestic animals. Mat, milk, the cereal grains, with plenty of fre*h bone, cut fine, will make good poultry, if they are kept free from and have otherwise comfortable quar- ters. there he will formance*. Thirst is simply carry into hit public per- a sensttion by which a happiness, nut also the best interests of hi* family. Such a man may want many things, but if he is wise he wilt resist the tempta- tion to buy more land. Scientific Feeding- The point on which farming has made the greatest and yet least-noticed a Ivance ts the better understanding that now pre- vails ani"ngt progressive farmers about the breeding of domestic animals. The * i vances made in improved breeds ha* been partially due to a proper nutritive ratio. It is an acknowledged fact that the Col- linses, the Hoot.ru, Bates, and Kakewells, So whom the worli is indebted for the approvements in cattle and sheep, were udicious feeders, and the development waa is much due to feeding as seleotion. It is .rue that a largo part of the food that used o be given to stock was either wasted or ras positively injurious. It is yet, for hat matter, among the l%ri(e eta* who give lack of fluid* in the system is made known, and in a state of health it is a generally faithful indication of the wants of the body. The animal system uses up a certain amount of food every day, and if only that amount be given your animal he will only retain his existence, and not improve any in condition. An excess of a good thing i* no more desirable than an excess of a bd thing. Moderation should be adhered to. Feed with moderation. Exercue with moder- ation. Work with moderation. The best trained horses in this country are horses used by the fire department* in the large cities. When the gong sounds for fire, they rush out of their stalls and are in their places in a second. The man who has good judgment and breeds trotters as though he expected to race every one of them, will always make money, but the time ha* gone )>y to raise horses to fool somebody rise with. The ownership o' a good horse is some- thing which brings with it, to a man sus- ceptible of attachment to the equine kind, a fund of delight and unalloyed pleasure which few other paatimee can equal. Indigestion is one of the most serious dis- orders affecting all animals, and it gives rise to many diseased conditions that have no apparent cause to one who does not un- derstand how a disturbed digestion affects every function of the system. Whether you like pacer* or not, th* purest bred trotting *iru* and dam* are con- stantly getting them. There is one conso- lation, however, the trotting- bred pacer generally i* fast, and a fast pacer i* worth more money, every time, than a slow trotter. Never permit a check rain of the harness bridle to be hooked tight, a* some drivers will penist in doing. It give* the hors; great pain, es may observe tossing his head up and down, and from one side to th* other, seeking relief from the ntedles of torture. Domestic animals will sometimes eat so much salt that thsy will injure themselves, but this will only happen when the attend- The size of an egg should have something to do with its value ; but as a rule it is no! of so much importance to the buyer as a clean, pure white shell. The appearance ell*. If you are thinking about starting into the poultry business, let a* s-tgg-st that the fall is a good time for it. It is easier then to guard against vermiu and disease than it is in the spring, and these are me two drawlacks always encountered by beginners. IDUSL WITH A Moraous Tlw who t.orrii.H er a I U S>B mil .tn r. ,, mi j|.hiM. , X. .1. , January j. An en -11 has served OD the >torp* There c*.n be no -Joubt that- since 1890 lextraordmary drought has been gradu- ally overspreading tHe entire globe. Its dire effects were felt first in the old world and subsequently in Am.-rica. The Rus- Man famine of the year before last is fami- liar to all readers. But the crop- blighting - - -- ".in toroei of the draught which oocisione.1 this * 'P 10 ?** 1 "> the consUucVion of the .Vicar- dreadful famine have not been exhauted ! f ua Lttn ' and if. home on a sort of fur in Europe. M. Camille Flammarion a ' * ' t8 "' the itor y- f duel with a boa French savant, say* in a recently carefully . 'l :U ' r V ' fellow engineer. Life in prepared analysis that this yoar is " the driest on record." " The year,l.S93,"he lays, " has been remarkable for the draught which prevailed in every co intry, especial- ly during the mintlm of March, April, lune ami Auguxt," and "in France we lave passed through a remarkable period, which may be described as unique in the canal country is dreary, and various laheme* are retorted to in order to relieve the monotony. One of\he party slated one ' I'M in- r Hear ft 1 . i r The impression conveyed by the Duke of York's reply to the Australian invitation, a* officially announced leav little room for any doubt as to in; intniitmn of Prince George to visi tour fell >w-tibjecj upon the soonest available and suitable occasion that presents itself. That cirucmsiances will not permit him to undertake a long voyage, either at the present or in the near future, will bring no feeling of disa- oin'ment top the Australians or any otner branch of the British world ; on the contrary, when his absence shall be granted by the royal fam- ily there can be nothing amiss in hoping that there will then be all the mote reason liy the enthusiasm of the people should wist in constituting the visit happier and ore memorable. N'aturally Canadians have felt a strong personal interest in this Australian invitation. The visits ol pub- lic men which have been exchanged between the two great and, in some respects, simi- larly endowed dominions ; the efforts that have been made although so fur without that success which might be desired to bring about a similarity of oonstitutions ; the tendencies on thtir part variously he annals of meteorology. " Current wen- 'her ou this continent and harvest re- .urns fully show that the now dying year la* been one of most disastrous drought, he crops having been signally deficient in almost every section, with the consequent >recipitation of commercial panic and th* irofration of all business. Any turn, lowever slight, in the tide of climatic <y- lamiiy which has caused the general distress of industry should, therefore, be hailed in a happy augury of better times ahead, and hould be carefully noted. The winter of S9--' 9.') was one of the severest type through- out America nd Europe, and especially over Alia, the abnormal cold extending last January eastward to the South China coast even to the environs of Hony Kong (lying within the tropics), where the sight ot snow wa* so new to the Chinese that they gathered it to sell for medicine. While the Asiatic harvest returns of last autumn have not yet been reported, we m*y be sura they were far below the average. For drought in an acute an 1 calamitous degree it is an invariable concomitant and sequel of an in) tensely cold season. So long as the moist trade-winds which girdle the globe within tbe tropical zone can make their way freely into the great continents, rainfall is generally sufficient tor the farmer's needs. These fertilizing winds are never debarred access to the world's principal grain-fields save when there is a preponderance of the dry and withering westerly winds which are prolific of "cold waves.'' It is for this reason, among other*, that the failure of the icy anti-trade winds in America last week, though bu' temporary, is a favorable sign of relief from the long-standing drought, lust as the sun had completed Bis journey to the southern tropic, thus leaving us to a minimum of sunshine and to the inur -v of the North-western frost king, the dry westerly gales drew lck, permitting the genial, vapor-bearing trades to pour north- ward through the Mississippi Valley and to spread, fan-like, over the interior of the country. Brief-lived though this substitu- .ion of vernal for wintry weather may have wen, it may lie taken as an earnest of i u-iii p*M u variously | wvu, iu may ins uMrii M an earnest ot in- displayed to profit by our more active strug- Teasing moisture during the coming spring gle* for national ad*rantag, these thing* and of partial release from the power of t.le pscially < from seen when itanding, as all ing him constantly would in themselves conduce to much of common sympathy. But other more clearly defined mtresu now keep Canadian eyes turned toward* Aimrali*. Upon their pro- gre** with the pi oblems of settlement, and trade arrangement* impends to an extent well worthy of appreciation the advance- ment of Canadiatn- influence? along certain lines which our Government, our manufac- turer* and kindred interests are now follow- ing. The aplendid <liree*istemhip< estab- lished between Sydney and Vancouver are attracting many distinguished British trv. ellers and business men, who visit the int ipoilf* by the old route to return home by w*y of Cauada. Of oourse w expect : nut When Prince ( >eorge goes to Melbourne and Sydney he wiHreiurn across the Pacific affording Canadians one more op- portunity of, mrsting and greeting their future king. This aspect of th* royal drought. The most extensive record of great drought*, compiled by an Englith writer. Mr. E. J. Lowe, F. R.S., and running batk more than a thousand years, reveals the fact that these severe visitation* usually run their fall course in twe or three yearn. But a study of droughts in the Cnited S'.tes seems to prove that after a vcar in which the drought has been general and acute th* seasons of the following year are more propitious to agriculture. Tliun, HSI waa a memorable epoch for its very distiensiiiu irotitfht : wells and springs dried up, n I th.- rivers ran drearily low from the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast. Hut I HN2, while deficient in rainfall. Was more '. TO able to the fanning interests. In 107(1 our agriculture suffered greatly mil widely from the lack of rain, but in 1877, while the drought did not wholly disappear, the evening that he could k'i'l a boa single landed. The rest of the ciowd tried to convince him he wa* wrong, imt he stuck to the assertion. Finally a handsome bet was made that he could not dispatch a boa alone the deadly reptile was in its natural con- tion The young engineer promptly ac- cepted the term, o? the wager. The next Jay a gang of natives were sent into the forest to find a bos. They came upon a well-grown specimen, fully 15 feel long I had eaten heartily a few days before it was discovered, and, being torpid, waa captured without difficulty and taken back to c-amp t was deposited in a room, wrure it was T^j 1 ! boun<l '* Dd th "> 1H until its sleep should be over. The young engineer who was to meet the monster of the forest in a duel to the death probably repented of his rash bargain many tunes, but he never let anyone know it and was "dead game," as the ssying goes, from first until last. Boas often remain in tor- por for three weeks, and it was nearly a fortnight before tho pinioned an.ike showed signs of returning activity. The engineers theu appointed a uight for the combat, and the young man who was to face the serpent went into active training. It had been stipulated that his only weapon vas to be a knife, and the young man relied ou his clear brain, iron nerve and supple wrist to carry him through th encounter in safety. When work was over on the appointed day those who were in the secret entered the room and proceeded to cut the ropes with which the serpent was bound. Ithadbten coiled up and several bands pUced about it. These were all severed but one, and trip round the world gives u quite as muii 1 seasons wre more moist, amfin some concern as the people of England or Am stralia can fsl in it. Indeed if the bsifs to the thronx wf* not m the habit of pay* ant has betn so careless of their wants that they have been for a long time deprived of it. Keep the salt where they can help them- selves, and they will take only so much as is required to satisfy their actual needs. To raite good horses and keep them look- ing well and in good life we must not work the life "ut, of them, especially not load them too heavy. That is what makes old horses oat of too many colt*. Because they are willing ami walk right off w forget and put on a hea-y load. If we would just stop and think our jugdment would tell us it was wrong. The warmth of the body of an animal in the winter season is produced from the food. 1 he more warmth created the more food necessary. The mon- the animal is protected from the cold the less warm' h to be provided. To save food, therefore, the stoek should be provided with good dry quarters, the most important point being to guard against draughts of air from cracks or crevices. It might be well to think of winter shelter Tor the hogs and plan to provide something that will help save heat and feed during the in; such visit* as this, to which there is much looking forward, Canadians might be able, all in good time, to transport the Prince to and from Australia so quickly over all-Canadian lines that the natural anxiety which is fell in the Koyal Family , and throughout Kngland when the only son i against of the I'rinceof Wales is absent from the ' a recur ' soil of the tight little island would be very considerably shortened. Bat fond as, with our inherent commercial instinct*, we un- doubtedly are of advertising ourselves, we mutt gracefully relinquish so excellent an opportunity. At th - im time it is prob- able that the most advantage will bj ex- tracted from the visit. Look at it from whatever standpoint may be chosen and se f interest i* not she least comprehen- sible p*rt of loyalty. So feling of self respect a endangered by each an admis- sion. octionH the showers were unusually heavy. The very trying and quite extensive drought of ISH; was also followed the next year by weather, which, on the whole, was more showery, and more propitious for agriculture It woulti.be very premimptn- ous to infer from men facts that IHU4 will be altogether auspicious !. the farmer, who, as far as possible, should provide all the ills that might result from recurrence of last year s drought. But. there in apparently a positive element of encouragement in the late developments of the seawn, which he may profitably take for vnat it may be worth. win .er. Study out some cheap and handy method of sheltering the hogs. There i* no j Tgli'dely lawns and "grassy" Via! nY " My need of an expensive house : in fact, " hog I dto , r , riBn ,i p l ea ae anxer me as soon as you lalaiei do not, a* a rule, pay. Cheap- get th: letter Mv dear oft in sadness and ittle thought to their business and despise he teaching of newspapers and ex- erimental stations. The reasoning of '.i^. Booth, Collins and Darwin *h;'. good feeding required a* easly as possible a continuation of the ness, comfort and convenience are three seding which young auimals received from things which should J>c kept, in mind in heir dams, the amount fed being gradually j planning for hog shelter, acreased as the animal becomes stronger. Bad food, feeding and watering at an 'he digestive organs, like all others in the improper time or in an improper manner, ody, are strengthened by use, and weak- filth, want of ventilation, blows, and other ned or injured by abuse. What in called kinds of harsh treatment, and in some yspepsia almost always results from bad instance!) mistaken kindness, fashion, van- sedmg, alternately starving and pamper- itVi an a ft variety of other causes, all of ig, or the giving of food that is difficult ot which are under the control of man. combine bailey." igestion. Sometimes the trouble with di- ( to ru j n , |,,. health, destroy the usefulness, and even terminate the life nf the most nolle animal which ha* been placed at the service of man. , A Kafir Leve Letter. Some examples of Kaffir correspondence have reached the " South African Review." The latest is from a De Beers employe to a kitchen girl of colour, though a Hebraic name. It runs : " Dear Mis* Judea Moses, My dear, I am take the leotle time of write you this lew lines hoping that it wiU find yon in a good state of health as it leaves ine here compound. My dear girl, I am very sorry, that you do not. write my ansert back. My Dear MiSk Judea se*, be so kind and let me know how it is witn you my dear girl. I mean to say that y>u must call out and shout thou in the habitant) of /.ion. My dear Miss Judea estioa is that the food is not properly alanced. The natural appetite calls for the ind of food that the syme.ni requires. Th* i.klviis of food showing iu lirlerent con- :itu*nt* ha* only made moie plain thn :n MIS for ill* success of )!! old faahiou- *eder, and tiie failure of others. How is that if you give the same animals to dif- rent farmer*, the one develop* them and the other u a in illness 1 have watched thy ourrcti', glide till the bsanty ot it* stiilne->s overflowed me like a tide I (teal by law* and grassy places I slide by hazel covers 1 move the sweet forget-me-nots that grow for happy lovers my dirling Miss Moses. Here shall I di up writing with best loves geod by '_"J - J'J Kisses to youe. I remain Yours truly lovee Frumyrkr Tamalv, De Beer*, Kim- Poultry Ptrtntvi- Fewer egfcs will be gather -d if the bens are crowded. Fowls two years old are, as a rule, best fowl*. A little in- akes money, ami the other u a failure ? f or breeding purposo*. proper nutritive ratio doe* it. By show- I g what rations for growth, for fattening PsB* us* grease on ..I for milk require, it ha* made it possible sect powder on the head and under the writings wsre aooilentsUly dwcovered in an t ail to u* i-rffifih : y SUJCBM.'U!. throat will rid chicks of vermiu. ' advauoed stage of decay in an old chest. haa 1,0 of his Hinitle bullet from a imall bore r ered in bis forehead droppe 1 him dead. There has recently been disinterred among the stores of the loid chamberlain at Windsor Castle, a sedan chair belonging to Henrietta of France, wife of Charles L The work.of Aristotle comprise mere than 400 treatises on various subjects. The manuscripts which survive of his AX I >iri no AT I m PLOW < iinoii- Kilt-. Per orini-.l l ihr Kill, r ul < hiiia at Certain Interval*. In order to emphasi/.e the importance of the cultivation of the soil and to encourage his subjects to follow agricultural pursuits, the Emperor of China sometimes performs certain rites at the "emperor's field," and goes through the form of plowing ami other work of the husbandman. One day recent- ly, says the N. A. U. Cable, the emperor set out at daybreak from his place, with a numerous and magnificent trsm of courtiers and others. Befor* breakfast the emperor arrived at Uie shrines of the deity presid- ing over agriculture, and his majesty stop- ped to offer up hi* thanksgiving ami sacri- fices. After changing his dress the morn- ing recast wa* served, at the end of which the emperor proceeded to the field, at the four corners of which were erected four pavilions where the seed* of wheat and other cereals were plac ed. In the center were nuralters of magnificently attired courtiers, uach hold- ing aloft, a many -colored Mag, while on the side of li: passage w-rr score* of aged and white-haired frtm-r<. each having in his hand some agricultural implement. Plac- ing his left hand on the plow anil holding the wliip in his n.'hr, hand, th emperor began tlie rcrem"ny of the occasion. By prearranpement the officer* did their allot- :d share, some wielding th" agricultural implement.*, while others ncatternd seeds out of the baskets an if sowing, while the emperor was busied with the plow which was hitched to a ticlily caparisoned bullock, draped in yellow aim led by two of the emperor'x bodyguards. On the emperor finmhing his round a- ilie plow the three princes were ordered to go through the performance, and after them ujne high courtier* had their turn, aitm which the performance closed. .Having received the greeting of tin officers the emperor returned to hi* palace. thr snake's opponent entered while his com- panions beat a hasty retreat to aafe coigns* of vantage from which tn wa'ch the strange battle and to give sucor iu a last ex- tremity. The young engineer was lightly clad and carried in his right hand a long knife, highly ground and sharpened. The mon- ster, half-famished a* it waa, wa in a most angry humor, and its horrid head, oscillat- ing to and fro, with distenacd j.iw* and viciously shining, beady eye*,, must hav* made the young man'* flush creep, lie strode straight up to the boa, and, with a lightning stroke of his knife, cut tbe re- maining band that bound it. H jumped back tbe instant the stroke had fallen witk the celerity of a tiger cat, but uis swiftneu was snail-like compared with that of the serpent. Quicker than thougnt the boa le*. -ended upon his enemy. Before th* m in could scarcely move the *nake had fall- en upon his arm, had woumi it way up iu entire length, and was biting at his shoulder. The arm around which the snake had wound itself was the young fellow's knife arm. Luckily the hand and wrist were free. He did not wait to transfer the knife to his free hind, but summoned all his power and cut at the ooil ot the aerpeut nearest his pinioned hand. It wa* a splendid stroke a backward cut and it wa* clear through tn* body. The upper portion of the !imy ooil dropped to th* lour, and the ininpid engineer had won lis bet. The entire- contest lasted hut a ew mcond*, and *o quickly did it pass that the breathless onlooker* scarcely realized what had nappuned . The young man wa quit* badly lacerated by the teeth of the snake. The strangest part of the episode was that the young man's arm was lame for weeks, and all up its- length wa* aspirnl black and blue mark where th .make had encircled it. W 10 HI s ,>i> P**iT. sirrptkr Knee* Imrml. Lea*) Forward Un tke >.-i Very tllthll t Physiologists and lovers of athletics may be interested in recent experiment! and re- . searches of a' French artillery cap'.ain, M. de Kaoul, who, some fifteen year* ago be- gan 'o try and find out the most economical and leact trying way of walking. There are many manners ol walking, says the Popular Science News, some of which are much devoid of grace, but it .may lie sup- posed that as far as efficiency is concerned one must be better than the other*. M. de Raoul has come to the comtlasion that, as far as fast walking is concerned, the best mm hod is that which he calls marohe en- flexion. The principle is to run without leaping, to raise the body above ground a* little as possible, to keep the knees bent, the upper part of the body inclined for- ward, so that practically you are always running after your center of gravity. The fet must be raised only very slightly. M. de Kaoul, who has now some years of ex. pel-inner, says that he can now lake any man between JO and IK) and teach him to run as long M his legs can carry him without get ting out of breath. Some men can, on tin- very first trial of the method, run seven or eight miles without stopping, while, with the ordinary tactics, they could not have run over one mile. The first kilometer (a knmeter|is five-eiuhths of a mile) i* usually coveted in seven minutes and a quarter, the second in six minutes, and th* third in rive minutes and lorty-five seconds. Ap interesting feature of M. de Raoul'n r- srarrlie* is that > en after a long run, ac- cordinir to hi* method, a stiff walk is no ON :< jit H : I.,,,. miic.Je which work in jih caea do ni>t belong to the same set, and while one oxer-ine is performed th* muscles which minister to the other rest. The giraffe ba* a tongue a'.mest eighteen I .,, . , . i. . ferll* ml Lifr in India. The Olticial Gazette of India print* some interesting statistics on the lives of men and animals which annually fall a piny to savage beaat* and venomous reptile*. In a.ivage animals allied v!,!H>:< persons and I'.l.lW.") persons Here idle. I by nerpents. Savage animals and poisonous unftkes de- stroyed S|, (MIS head of sheep. In th* war that is mode upon thil life .lest roving i-ourge 1.5,988 savage animals were killed at a cost of l()7,-!74 rupees. The verpent hunters tilled ,S4,79 snakes, lor which they paid", 74 1 fnpees. Thirty-two thousand ranetits of good* are made from wool. I