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<^'S^-' _THE FARM. OABE OF PASTURE LANDS. It ia a gpod plan to stock th& pas- tuTRa pretty heavUy, so as bo keep the food eaten rather close, and then sup- plement what the pasture furnishes with e^een soiling orops or with grain. In this way the mo«t is made of what (fraas grows on the pasture, says Am- eriran Cultivator, while if it is light- ly imiituTed, especially in spring, the gra^ will grow large and coarse and have but little nutritive value, it in a common mistake to suppose that wet, boggy land ia good for pastures Ijecause it is generally filled with rank, coarse berliage, for which stock must be par- tially bla^'ved to oblige theui to eat it. The very best pasture is that which \b kept eaten down so close that the cow caonot get a full bite. If mucli of the field at any time becomes over- grown, mowing it down and making it into hay will disiK>3e of what has at- tained it<s full growth, and ia begin- ning to deteftiurate. If this grass is cut eajly. and a slight sprinkling of salt is Ihirown where it grew, the new grass that will spring up will be sweet, ten- der and uuiriiious. It is usu-illy lack of mineiral elements of pla.nt food that makea course grasti unpalatable, and causes it to be left uneaten. The salt •cts aa a solvent im tlie fertility which the soil contains. It decomposes the vegetable molteo" whi<h the soil con- tains, tliUB liberating some nitrogen- otis feirtility. If this does not cause the herl)age to be eaten down close, a dress- ing uf jjotash and phosphate will do the wotrk required. We have often seen when phiiupbate waa drilled with grain, that the guiiss growing on land that WAS phoaphated was eliten close to the ground, while that on unfertilized ground would be left uneaten. Some- times where the drill failed to distri- bute the phoepliate there would l)e a atrip the width of the drill through the field of thin, poor grass, while un either side would be a heavy, perfect so<l, which always shows where there is nutritious grass. That pasture land neeils to be fertile snd eepeoially that it requires mineral fertility, is far too little understood, English faj^ners use their very best land for posturing. When they secure a perfei-t sod they are very loath to allow it to be plowed. Aa stock thus pas- tured is usu:tlly fed, some grain while at poisiuire, the laud constantly in- creases in fertility. In this country, wherever cows are pastured, they are usually driven to the -barnyard to l>e kept up at night for convenience in mitkinif. The r uu^l^ is that much uf their excrement falls in the barnyard, and su faj- as the pasture is concerned this manu're is lost. Uut the excrement voiided Ln the pasture field.s does little good to l.he soil. It remains usually aa it fell, until all of it tli.it can He- compose is dissipated into the aijr. the run«equence is that the old pasture in this louuUry is constiutly growinK puor- er, until the time comes that its min- er.nl fertility has been so far exhausted that it will only produce mosses and the kind of weeds that require neither nitrogenous or mineral fertility. It is always the comment of fanners when they plow an old sod, that the crop gnywn on it is disapQointiug to them. There is a general belief that land, while it is being pastured, must be in- creasing in fertility. That is only true for the two, or at most three years while the newly seeded land is perfect- ing its sod. If the land is seedexl with clover the second year sees it as its best, and if the land is kept longer in gtaaa It is at th" expen.se of fertil- ity. Quite often the remeily for run- out gmasa land is to plow it and reseed with clover, adding enough phoe*phale and potash fertilizer to give the clover a start. This is espet'ially true of land that has a fertile subsoil. Grass roots soon exhaust the fertility near the sur- face .while there nuiy he stores of min- eral pla.n( food in the subsoil which only clover roots can reach. With a heavy subsoil the part below the usual depth of the furrow often becomes too hard tor rool..s even of clover to pene- trate it. While there is nothing bet- ter to deepen soil than a clover growth over it. there ia often a necessity to use the subsoil plow to break the way, and maJce it possible for clover roots to penetrate the sul)eoiI. It grass seed is sown with clover it will hold the grass much longer in the soil than « hen the field Ls seeded with gross alone. This is true also of many places which have always been too rough or stony for tilled crops and have, therefore, never been seeded with clover. There is much sunh land which for lack of clover and mineral fertilizers has l)ecn run down -so tint it produces only inossen or weeds. A strong harrow run over such land, followed with clover .and grass .-Jeed, will often get a g<xid seed- ing wh««re nothing of value has grown for years. It will pay to use .<H>me sta- ble (*â-  bdrpyard manure <o reclaim â- uch land, fotr when re.seeded it will furnish sweeter and more nutritious pmsture than will the land on level surfaces which has been exhaust e<l by long-continued cultivation. MAKIxVG TIMOTHY HAY. At what stage of ripeness shall Tim- othy hoy be cut and what is the best method to follow i'n securing and band- ling the crop are the questions which confront us in considering this quea- tioo. The value ixf Timothy hay de- pends upon its composition, digestibility •nd relish, or condition. The composi- tion or relative proportion of the food •leuients change with the growth of the plant, and to secure the most de- sirable combination of the nutrients in the hay it will be necessary to cut the groM at the particular time that ex- perlTnenta or experience shows the plant to contain the desirable proportions. The digestibility also varies with the different stages of ripeness. If we were to seek the best time for cutting to secure the highest percentage of di- gestibility we must select the period of growth in the plant that shows the highest coefficient of digestion. Exper- ience is the best guide as to the time to cut to secure the hay in the condi- tion which will make it most readily eaten by the stock. IBut these three questions must be considered together and the moet desirable combination .se- cured. We would say, make the hay when the bloom is almost entirely shed. It is true tliat the composition of the plant at an eariier stage possesses a belter combination of food elements and a le-ss degree of crude fibre, but these advantages are more than coun- teracted by the increased difficulty of getting the hay th'jroughly cured with- out wetting of burning. In the earlier periods of growth the plant po.ssessea .in excess of water which necessitates long exposure to the sun in curing, and we have found by experience that it is imiMissible to have as bright clean hay when it ia cut while in full bloom. This is a very import.ant matter, es- pecially when the hay ia to be baled and sold on the city market. Hay that Ls bright, e^ab if overly ripe will sell ix> much better advantage than if the leaat colored or containing the slight- e-st dust. The other extreme must be avoided and the hay cut before the aea^ ripens. Uigestibilily is decreased with the growth of the plant beyond the full bloom beiuiu.se of the hardening nf the fil>re. but this is more than ovc lome by the increased value from the improv- ed condition oh enumerated above. The per cent of crude ash, crude fat and crude protein decreases while the per cent, of crude fibre and nitr<)gen-tree extract increases, but the relish with which the clean Ijright hay Is eaten by the stock more than oompensjites for this change In comi)osition. The in- i-reased yield of water-tree substance may also be mentioned. While the weight of the hay may deorea.se after the first full bloom, the yield of the nutrients increase up to the ripening of the seed. Following the experience we have had in making Timothy hay l)oth for home consumption and for the market, we cut ;is near the shed- ding of the last bloom as the weather will permit. In handling the hav our practice is to secure the crop well cur- ed with the lea.st dampness from rain or dew, and without needlej»s exposure to a .scorching sun. We like to cure (mr hay, not burn it. The detail.s of hand- ling to secure these desirable results are determined largely by the weather. With modern tools ithe crop can be handled very rapidly and the work held well in hand. If the day Is drying, the grrasi mown during the forenoon or in the previous afternoon is ready for the rake in the afternoon. Kven iff not dry enough for the mow when thrown in- to loose windrows by the side delivery rake the warm air can circulate freely through it, and it will also dry during the handling. ,But tljore Is a digree of greenness in the hay whu-h is lenrnetl by Hxpfr:ene thit will inevitably result in musty hay If put into the mow. As soon as it loses that heavy, grassy feel- ing it may be safely loaded, and not be- fore. WHaT is aOINQ ON IN THf . FOUR CORNERS OF THE QLOBE. Old and New World GvenU of Intcrctt Chraiw Icled Brieflyâ€" lat«rutliig Happcalng* ol Recent Date. HJiiooTm>t«rs are devices to measure tine amount of iiJr a man lireathee through hia nose in order that his doo- l«r may compare it to the amount he .•ihould take, in that way. 3Ij:. and Mrs. Jdhn Urinsmead, of iho great London pianolorte making firm, recently celebrated their dUumund wed- ding and the sixtieth anniversary of t.he establishmeiit of the firm. Xnxanity (a increasing in Ireland. K^lish siatisticiu,us say that one seri- ous cause of lunacy is che abuse uf tea. ajioilier an over-indulgence in alcohol a tiird the disappointment of having tried emigration and failed. I Berlin lately pos>e-8.Hl a ten-year-old I l)oy with a high sense of hut own dig- jnity. At bia older sister's birthday ' party he reoeive<l a piece of birthday caJce a little smuUer Chain hers, where- upon he went to the next room and hamged himself by a string to the door latch. The young Marquis olTWaterford has be<xnne engaged to Lady Beatrix Kitz- maurice. youngest daughter of the Marquis of LaIlBdo^^"Ile . .'should he di« without childnin the title would go to his uni'le. Lord Charles Beresford. the must popular officer In the British nnvy at the Von Tausch libel trial in Berlin. It seems that certain' aristocrats at Kaiser Wilhelm's court turn lu the gossip they hear to aa editor, who prints off a limited edition of the news thus collected, for the contributors and a very few; other persons. To get at this chroniijue scamdaleusp a member of the necxet police forged, with full acquiescenoe from Wfl sujieriors. the name of a nobleman high in court cir- cles. M. Berthelot. the cJietniftt, who was Foreign Minister in. M. Bourgeois's Government, reports to the Auadeinic dea (iienoes that the copper objects found at Nega<lali and Abydos in Egypt by M. de Morgan are of pure copper and not of bronze. Among liiem are an aiehead a .-uriously shap- ed pair of scissors aiud some needles. TIhe inscription found on the tonubs ,are so old thut they have not yet been de- ciphered and are believed to date from the First Dynasty or earlier. M. IJer- thelot thinks that the evidence for a copper age i£ conclusive. A PECCIIAR CASE. DISTRESSING RESULTS FOLLOWINQ VACCINATION. HOISTING GUNS ON BIO SHff^ Tbr .Vew FrrBrk Rultlr i^hlp â- ereirlac tUt -irtUMiiieat. The new French battleship, the Qou- vet, has this munth entered into he» final stage, that of armament. She m Ohe motit recent and the must powerful l)attle stop in the French navy. The ertr(*me delicacy of tier water lLue«»â€" • nece,s6ity In order to insure tihe speed of 17.5 knijia promised l>y iho builder^ â€"gives to this great mass of steel of 12.U00 tons displacement, a rare stam^ of elegance. it iB more especially during this peri- od of armament that the vessel, llo- Itallaated, rising high out uf the wat;* er. shows the beauty of her outlines, and iJiB immenae strength uf her de- teinsive powers is more clearly seem. This system of defunoe is carried to th« greatest degree of perfection in the llou- voi, wimse belt arimur, more than two metres wide, extends entirely .irouud the v«ssel from bow to steru, .lud la forty centioietrea thick, enclo:.iug th« immeuiie hull. This formidable wax e>nglue is iurtJuitf protected from a torpedo ilhocik or snaf severe strain by Its duuble bottom auxd the multiplicity of itk airtight oumpurt- uientii. The ship is ejutreiy encased in a protect iive deuk. At the Kiel fetea foreign officers were filled with udmir- atiim at this extr«ine beauty uf ths French ships, i>ut crlikised the doingeR presented by the 14-ceni metres Ijaitor* les of the Hoclie amd remarked hown A Veanc Baathlcr ul' Uavid HrHnrdy, ef VtTfiu, (be TIrtln-Ha* Kntfrrrd (he N»>( Iau-a»e Aiunyâ€" Dorlont Failed to Help Her. From tihe Fergtm News-Record. Nearly every person in this section is acquainted with Sir. Uavid Mc- Harily, the popular leader of St. An- 1 -i .i, ,, , i, , j 1.1 drew's church choir. Fergus. Our ie-'f^''>' ^liey^coulJ be aunUulated. Tha A^hduke Franz Ferdinand of Aua- i Porter called upon Mr. McHnrdy at his f«"0 *>»« ''een profnabla. and on tha ArcMUKe frani ^erdinand ot Aua- j^^^^ .^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ recently andl """X**- «\«''y B"" ^ protected aiid lao- .,..!.. t^ „-h^„K.„ fhof 1... ,. ~^..„r- from him and his estimable wife a talel I '»'^<1- Ihe pieces of twenly-.ev«n ind of terrible suffering was elicited, suf- I 'â- ''"^' y. centunctraa, which form tha fering tJiat has brought a once excep- ! â- """'^ important part of the armameat. Francis Joseph, is said to be the "rich- j tionolly strong and healthy child to j *^ ^«»«^''**"i '" turret*. ;eat royal wr.sonu^e in Kurope. The the verge of the grave. The subject 1 ^ ancestors would oeria;nly b« »»- ; la*t Dufce of Modena bequeathed $15,- I of the sketoh. Lena McHardy, is four- U»n."Jied could they see wiih waat ra- ! OOO.tlOO to him. teem years of age, and her parents say I'l'^^y t-hese unmemse guns, weiglung ! Dover House formerly Melbourne «1« ^^ "«* gxown any sine* her illness *i'^. ^"'F^ ^e ''*'***, '^fi deposited la uo%er House, formerly Meiuourne , ,^^,^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ j,i„^ ^^ i^^ ,^ ^„, ^,y ^^^^^ I House, Whitehall, is proposed for the , jj^ terrible buffering dates frmn the "' ^^ powerful ste<im hoieiiag enginea. official house of the First Lord of the I time she was vacclnate<l in June. 1894. '"^ '^ mt-re child's play for the huge en- iTrea.sury, wiien the Downing street and wtiat hhe has since undergone has «'">« '<» '**^-.« "!«"> '»d enormous gun ol .house IS torn down. It was built in ' aroused the deepest sympathy of all ™«"ty oentimetrtis calii<r«. fourieoo 17.=54 for St. MaiUiew b'eiaherston- i t he friends of thefiwnUy. In con- t^i^res long, as liiough 11 were a quee- i haugh and was afterward occuiwed by veraation with Mr. McHartIv and '•"«°f * simple little old fashioned gua ^ Lord Melbourne, by tine Duke of York, ' his «afe. the following facU were <""" '•"*«»• turning oianplai-ently. ad- and by Lor.l Dover. , elicited:- 'Two years ago l,u,t JU«t the cannon vis-a-vis to the narrow i "AD [nvifiible Klevators â- ' bv which J"""'" ^"^ *-^ tathe.r. "Lena w a» "pen.ng of the turret. . 1 A, U. InNtsible l-.levators. tij wuicn ^.^^.i^^ted by a doctor In Fergua. The T^^e f faaJ nperaiion of fuing tne gua a m«n might add four Lnisbea to nia jjj,^ ^^^^ very Sore and swoll(>n all io p'ace iJe<-omes original at this point stature, was thi' man.s bv wh'ch a I^n- summer, and became bo bad that it was as it is neoessiry to move tie ship it- ' a mass of sores from t he shoulder to self, tjias emcurmouB bulk of li.UtW t ons, tria-Este. w-hD nBw that he is recover- ing from consumption, has again as- sumexl the {Ksition of heir to Emperor don swindler started in to make his for time cork im inch thiik pu the elbow. In October, 1894 a large until t lie breech of the gun enters the iver one ' of her lungs. The doctor who vaccin- ' The elevators ^ere P.^es of ,„^j, „p,^a:re<l- on h«.r " b«.*.- over oHe . turret I in tne neeis 01 . ^f ,,_^, r,..™„„ to,. j„.^,._ .. u,. :_ : The batter of tlie Bouvet w:ll cxjnswt NO APOLOGY NEt'KSSARY. That Mir. Barkley is a mean, hate- ful thing. Bald the first pretty girl to the sec<md. Why ! asked Ihe second pretty girl, wondering how much the other's new hat coHt. I He kissed bie in t'lie d.^rk last night. »nd then agiolugized fclr it. How foolish of him I F..VJMILY TIES. I presume, said the talkative man to his scatmate In the railway train, from your manner and conversation that you have family ties. Yes, replied Mr. Meekton : I s'pose you might a^ well lyjl 'em that. I buy 'em for myself: but my wife ;ind the girUs all wear 'em whenever they feel like it. ENGLAND'S WAR IN THE SOUDAN. ;sh«>e« which were bought^ «,%7 ,. ,!^ r =''*<1 ber. treated her all that summer, of two 30.c«itimetre and two 27-c.ntl|. a dozen pairs and sold for $1.37 a ^^^^^^^ frequently, but Uhe medl- metâ„¢ guns, eight 17-<^«ntlmBtre rapid He had made over $4.1.011 « hem arretted , ^^^,, ^ ^^f^ j^^ ^,.^, ^^ ^^j ^^^^ ^^^ (i,p g^,^^ ..,j,j „uriy .smaller pie<-es scat- Prince IxMiLs Napoleon Murat. son of ^-^.s growing weuike.r and weaker tired here and there. She will huv» tlie late Prince Achille Murat and | When the luini) broke out on her baok tw» torpedo tulies. «er crew will ba 1 great-graod«>n of Joa^'hln Murat, was ' '^n'.lher doctor was con^mlted, who c^>mp^d of thrly-one officers and sis , I . .A. .-i. i. f ^» _t »aid she was in a vferv l>ad state hf , hundrea men. , married recently at th« t huroh of samt , y^^^^^ ^^^ conslitul ion aj.peiired to ' Augustin In Pari.s to Mile., .\gne8 de ; i« comjilfttely undermineil, and her Rohun-Chnbot. second daughter of the! a,ppetite had completely failed. The Due de Kohun. It la a union of Orlean- 1 last dotrtor called in gave .-Hime out- ists and Ikmiiliari ista both the Due de ' ward applications, and lanceil tlie Churires and I'rini* Victor Napoleon ; gathering, but it did not give the being represented by officers at the | patient any benefit. Nine such gather- wedding, ings have appeared since that time, hut Ncojiolitunn have had a bad reputa- 1 eac.h broke and disai>peared of its tion for ill-trealm»*nt of :inimal». and "":" , a^'cord, only, however to ...uiii u. .T-».»uir-u ^ child became verv puny, ,-uid little or t.h» -Naples. fc».P.C.A. seems to have | „(, f,^^ would remain <m hur stoma^lh. plenty to do. During la«t year its I At night she would fairly rave with I agents sioj-.ped 44,3l'1 carts for carry- the pain in m-r arm and bock, and con- ing too hieovy loads, and in nearly one- .sequent ly her trouble was :iggr«vate<l half Ihe ca^ee had the load reduced; by a loss of slenp. She had the besU tibcy confiscated 11,011 sticks usi>d of attendance, t>ut to no avail, and .sh» for liealing aniliiuls aiitl H87 spikes used was slowly Init surely sinking. Friends on curb ohains ; 'l.lii convictions for | advi.-»d a treatment with l)r Wil- liams' Pink Pills and as a last resort tluiv were tri«»d. To the .surprise oC Ihiili .iKirent« and friend** Lena began to improve soon after beginning tlio use of the pills. Her appetite returned, she betume «trong»'r and" her general health much improved. The sorea have not yet jeft her tm/rk and arm, but her ronstitution is ^teing s» very CATARRH CONQUERED. IT IS A BLOOD DISEASE. MOOF POSITIVE THAT RYCKMAN'S KOOTENAY CURE rHOROUGHLY ERADICATES THIS WIDE- SPREAD DISEASE. Of all the diseases that have been exploit- ed by charlatans and quacks Catarrh is one that has received more than its share of attoiillon. Snuflfs, .sprays, doiacbcs, inhalations, etc., have all had their day, and after their u-tt the Catarrh has remained as bad as before, so that now many sufferers have become convinced that they are possessed of an incurable affection that must remain with Iheiii to their dying day, .sapping their strength and rendering them miserable and disgusting to their iVieiidK. Let's tell you that Ryckman's Kootenav Cure gets at Catarrh through the blood. It destroys the germ that is the immediate cause of the trouble and sends rich pure blood to the part, so that all offensive dis- charges cease and a rapid cure is elfcctcd. Here's a case in point, Mr. W. O. Cox, who conducts a flour and feed store at j;4 King Street West, H.amiltoii, was troubled with Catarrh for ten years, tried nearlj all the catarrh remedies advertised with- out success till he began taking Ryckmnn'^ Kootenay Cure. • He says the results have exceeded his most sanguine expeclatlons. Mr.s. Margaret Sovereign, living at 376 King Street, in the same cit), under oath makes a declaration to the effect that het daughter Lulu, aged 14, was troubled with Catarrh for two years and had poor health. The doctor said she had inflam- mation of the lungs and Catarrh. She became so run down that until she com- menced taking Kootenay her mother was alarmed about her. After she had taken a bottle and a half of this wonderful ramedy and the " new ingredient " bad a chance to g^et in its work, the Catarrh disappeared, her cheeks became rosy aad she gained eleven pounds. These cases ought' to be enough to convinca tha moat sceptical, but if you are dei Irous of more proof, send to the Ryckmao Medicine Co.. Hamilton, Ont., and sworn »tal^ents of cures will ba sent you free. O j-<. ; . One bottle tBat9>over a McmiJi, cirtielty were ulitaimed Capt Sverdrup intends to go up Smith Sound with the Fram this sum- mier work h«6 way aUmg the northwest cll>a^t of Greenland and spend the win- ter in. sledge explorutions on the .4m- eriran side uif tliie North Pole. He has given up (he idea of exploring between Franz Jo.-*f Uiiid and Spitzl>erKen, lie- mui* improved undPr the treatment with Dr. Williams' Piin'k Pills i.hit her tmrents lire Icniking for at conmiletn frure Mr. and Mrs. Mc.Hhrdy tihtinik Pi'nk Pill.s for t.he pri>sent unproved <^)«idi<um of t.lM>ir child, a.s they havu done her more good than the .scor<'^1 uf >K)4tle8 of doctor's medicine which Jibe tocfi Dr Williams' Prnlk Pill.* are a blixxl ^ hm. hi, --«• .itU^. with that ol. X^ â- ^^:!J'^, 'ut'i^.Ji^Z^t C..;n/:!l.,i,r.±;^.I.."'iJTrrH^;,":i;«-ingproper1ie.s tn^ driving disease cauKe Mr. Ja<:kson> with the Uarms- worlh i'X|ie<lition exploring that re- gion will remuin out aiiotlu'r year. H«avy deatJi duties are leading to curious attempts to avoi»l them on the part of the British aristo<:racy. The Duke of Hichtuoud and Uordon is about to disentatl the tJordon estates, which m view. Ilbe Karl of I.even and ^•Iville asserted receinlly in the Hou.>^b of LordH that pictu^e^ valued at $17,- 5(10.0110 hnd Ijeeti s«»nt out of Ungland to be sold in order to free imheritances from tjir William Harcourt's cru!<ihing taxes. riinoe 1797 (here have been 1,11)0 thea- tre fires, with lU.OOU fatalities, accord- ing to Blr. Sachs's "Fires and Public Enlertiinments," just publisihed. Of thf.si' 4t)2 took phu-e in the I'niteil Stat*.s, 139 in Great Britain, and lUl in G»Tnmny, France liuving nearly the sannie number. London has hud ihirty- five firefi and Paris Iwenty-eigiht. Out of 343 theatre*; destroyed by fire, one- half were l)urn«><l within ten years af- ter they were constructed, forty of thean within the first year. An interesting feature of the yacht- ing exhibiiioin now being held in Lon<lon, Is the net of cups won by the old Arrow wiiich comiketed with the Aimer ictt iu 1851 for lllie tiucen's Cup and improbably the oldest British yacht in (ommiiksion lieing originally buili in 18:;2. It litis l)een practically rebuilt several times without losing its iden- tity. Amoaig Uii? prizes are a later Queen's Cup, thu first and last cups given by tihe Prince Consort, and the first one given by tilie f rinco ol Wales. Paris, after raging iinpot«.ntly !>«>- cauae the City Council has allowTpd street railroads to cross the Avenue dee CliBiniw lilysees, is now horrified at the plan proposed for the teenporary quarters to he used for the two Siilons till the exhibition buildings are com- pleted. Onie-story Iniildiings are to be erected around tihe little gar<lens in the Liouvre, that extend from the Gain- tjetta monument to the galleries of Egyptian antiquities. The sheds will l>6 let for other shows when not used for the picture exhlbitionci. A strange newapuper w hioh many persons will b» «ager to olitain had its frinu the system. There are numerous pink coilore<l imitatiim.s. .igainst which t;he public is wariie<l. The genuine Pin'it Pills can l>e hid only in Inixes the wrapper around which twars the full trade mark. "Dr. Wijliams' Pink Pills for Pale People." Refuse all others. ENGLAND'S GAS BILL. Knormuuit PntMln Made by Conipniileo Oprraliuit !â-  lite lalx^d Klnctloin .^iiiiilMT of <'iiiiNiimer%. Recent stotiBtics gathered in Great Britain prove l.hu gas ousts the aver- I age KugliKh citizen an amount next to I wihtu he spends for each of the items I of food, rent, idothiing and drink. Near- ly SIUII.OOO.OOO iti every year paid over to the gas com|>anio<s. Tlie Expense of producing and dis- I rilniiing the illumlnant that bring.s in I this sum Ls So coiii|Kiratively small lliai .in annual profit of alKiiii $2fi.l)(IO,lM)(l i> earned. Gas is used by ;!,060,000 houses, .vnd by only 527.000 public lamps. No fewer than 12,1)00,000 tons of coal are carbonized, and, as each ton gives over 10,000 ciil>iL' feet. t;ho tolaJ quaiu- tuy of gas made amouinis m IJ2,1)II0.- 000,000 cubic feet. If it were piil into giood-sizcd, three-story houses it would taJke ;i row of them 25,000 milles lixng to contain it. The cost of each public lamp ih $15 a year, .und it taikes' a lit- tle over a ton and a hnlf of coal to sup- ply it ; while each privaite consumer uses tbie g'ls at tout tons. <ia« shareholders gei, with very few e.xc«|>tiuns a profit of from 10 per" cent, to 20 per cent. Borne of t.hein ought (o ba millionoire.-^: t.hose at Menal llridge or i« KirTjcudbright, for in- sljince, where the pcHir consumer pays to thp tune of f 1.7.'i per 1,000 feel. I'iNUii for the Mamiucr Advanre br Ik* AiiKlo-KR.vplulii Foreea AgalBal Ik* khiilllH. All the British officers in the Kgyi>- tian ariuy now on le«ve in Kugland. says the Pail ilall (iazelte, have re- ceived orders to be at their posts by the end of June, iu readiness for this year's Soudan advance. .V great con- centration of tlie KhaJifa's foroes ia taking place, and there are no fewer tluin 10.000 camels at Onidurmau. Thera is every indication iha,t he means to fight to the death. The only doubt in whether a final st.and will be made at Uiiiiluriuan or \v4iolher the Kgyptia-n advance will be opjKvsed en route. A) great louncil war waa held at Omdur- uian alK>ut ihe middle of June, to de- termine the plan of campaign. Ihe de- cisions then arrived at will be known by the Kgy|)tian Intolligence Depart- ment a fortnight later, and until ths details of the advance cannot be settled. Meanwhile, it i-s knou n that the Der- vish .army from Uurfur. which the Kluilifa lately withdrew fi-om that pro- vince luus got back .is f.ix aa Kl Obuid. and has been onlored to move 10 Oni- duruian by the curliest date that the river rises â€" ilul Is to .saj . about the first week in June. The Egyptian troops mnv in Dougo- la are oclieloiinnd along the left bank of the Nile so as to iominand all the approaches to Iho river from Omdur- man. Mtptammeh and IJerber. .\s soon as half the length of the Wady Hallia- Abu Hanied desert railway is com- pleted, prolittbly by the middle of July, an advance will be made from .Vllerawi. While \h\i Hiuiied ha.s been fixed U|>on as the iinmediato objwtive. an advance to Berber is in contemplation, but this has not been finiilly decided upon. There is little doubt that the IChalifa will strengthen the garrinon at Aibu Uaiued f<jr the purpose of preventing the completion of the railway. This will entail the ne-e.ssity of capliirin0 -Vlyu Hained when the railway hu.s reached a i>oinl at whii'li the dervishes could interfere with it. A TEJ1B1.BLE PRICE. I gue.ss Jim can get .-iway for that fishing |)arty all right. What mnkes you think so? 1 Wills Ti|i to his house last night, .i.nci wliait do you think ? His wife used lo he an auiatear elocutionist befors ihey wrtre married, a!nd, by George I lie iisked her to recite I .•shell i fuse him inow. never rs- FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YElARfik DUISiNS BAKING POWDER FHECOOK'SBESTFRtENB UROCST SAkK IN CAIIAB4L