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ASEMICOLON BEFORE A SUPREME |

COURT.

A legal Treatise on Punctuation Changed Method Necessary.

ora

It appears that, if the matter had been corre tly re porte 1, the force of a law tefore the Supreme Court for con-

struction cepends

That mi

semicolon.

upon a ark of punctuation may change the whole tenor of an important Act in the Legislature. It is not the first time that the semicolon has made trouble in

laws. A semicolon in two or three sec- tions of tariff laws has led to decisions hostile to the revenue and to home in- dustries. It was some trouble of that

nature in the Morrill Tariff Act which gave the tin piate industry to Great Britain It was a which eaused thousands to be refunded to the

semico! a | importers of women’s hat trimmings, though the intent of those who passed the law was perfectly clear.

In these instances, and probably in the law of Indisna colon the Supreme Court is said to be

trouble

over W hose semi- i cogitating, th: from an inabil the semicolon. In the rules of punctua- tion in the old Webster’s spelling book

seems to arise

the comma indicates ‘‘a pause long enough to count one,” and the semi- colon ‘a pause long enough to count two, the colon ** three,” and the p ‘riod

“rour,” with a fall of the voice. If those who have been writing rules for panctuating

compositions had stopped

there, we would not have had all the trouble, but these teachers have been going on making new rules for years, until no one can undertake to follow

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them. bu his pleasure rather than his familiarity with rules. Many writers have adopted the plan of punctuatingas little as pos- sible, le aving the reader to gather their meaning from their clearly constructed

each punctuates according to

sentences, rather than from the inter- |

jection of commas and semicolons. Un- fortunatelv, the verbosity and intricacy of the language and construetion, or lack of construction. in which statutes are written, render punctuation neces- sary. This being the case, it

that so much trouble comes from the

Seems

indiscriminate use of punctuation marks that there should be a legal treatise on the subject defining the

feree of the different marks as they are scattered thr :

lf this cannot be done, why should not those who must construe the laws consider them with a view to ascer- taining what was the design of the legislative bodies which enacted them ?

ugh the statutes.

Why not have judges take the laws without a punctuation mark, except

periods, and punctuate them in-a man- ner which will enable them to be con- strued so as to carry out the intent of the legislators who enacted them ?—a fact which could be ascertained by inquiry if it was not declared in the titles of the Actsthemselyes. Why wake an indefinite semicolon, which an engrossing or enrolling clerk might have substituted for a comma or some other punctuation mark, so important as to annul or change the meaning of a

law ?—Indianapolis Journal.

A New Boiler Compound.

Some very satisfactory experiments have been tried with a new boiler com- pound, This substance, in the form of a powder, is placed in a cup attached to the top of the boiler. The steam enter- ing the cup condenses, and the mois- ture is quickly absorbed by the powder, which then gradually dissolves and passes into the boiler. The basis of the compound is metallic mercury, which, being set free in a finely divided state, impinges upon the surface of the tubes and plate. where it works its way under

"id the scale 3y the combined action of keat and pressure it mechanically breaks away the scale and forms on

the clear steel an oxide, which forms a very thin coating similar to enamel. It isclaimed that this enamel coating in a short time so fortifies the 6arface of the tubes and shell that cor-

iron or

rosion and scale become impossible.

His Way Out.

- The zeal of certain commentators, who “hold their farthing candle tothe

sun” with so much learning that they everlook plain statements of their text, is well satirized by a story of a certain actor, who brought **Hamilet,”’ with many erudite variations from the

out

usual customs. For one thing he dressed Hamlet in a red cloak. “Why do you do that?’ he was

asked,

“Because red was the mourning color of the royal house of Denmark.”

“But howdo you get over this pas- sage in which Hamlet ‘Tis not alone ”

Says: my inky cloak, good mother ?” The Shakespearean was equal to the emercency. “Don’t you suppose they had red ink in Shakespeare’s day ?”—Youth’s Com- panion,

Assured Income,

Little Tim had been taken ont into the country by a good-natured woman fora week at Christmas. He was a pretty ragged and disreputable-looking Specimen of the genus gamin when she took him, but seemed to think he had ehout everything that was necessary to his material well-being. His would-be benefactor had a little girl who sym. pathized with the poor urchin. She told him she was sorry his papa was 80 poor he could'nt afford to give him a Santa Claus for Christmas. Papa was ing to give her one.

{is independent spirit instantly re- belied at being patronized by a girl,

"Dad ain’t poor,” he said, ‘‘why de Ol woman does a washin’ every day.”

Anxious to Assist. The professor believes in simplicity and clearness. He said: “You should have written on this Subject, sir,so that the most ignorant your readers could not fail to under- Stand you.” And the sophomore re-

plied : “What part of my paper is not clear you, sir?”

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ity to fix the function of |

goes a long ways now-a-days.

be.

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CRANBERRY CULTURE. An Addr>ss by His Honor Licutenant-‘iov eraor Howla, Delivere l at Miscouc'ie, March Iilth, 1896.

the land inany country adapted to the growth of the cranberry—whuch takes its name from the stem and petals which re- semble the neck cf a crase; hence uame “Craneberry” or Crauberry. The cranberry grows iu bogs and marshy lands in Britain, Germany and other European countries, slthough the draining of the bogs has now made it scarce where it was once plentiful. The berr.e: are an excellent autiscorbuiic, and hence furnish an ex- cellent alditioa to ship’s steres. Wine is made from them in Siberia, and a b- ver- age made from it is sod in the étrecis of St. Petereburg. Although the Cranberry is indigenous to many parts of North Am-~ erica, there are comparatively few locali- ties where it has been cuitivated. The most importantof these are Cape Cod, MassacLusetts, West New Jersey and Wis- consin. Other New England states, New York, Michigan and Minnesota tiave cul. i:vated it more or less.

J. J. White, in his excellent book on Cranberry Culture, to which [am much indebted for my information on this sulject, says: —

“Fifty years ago one embarking exten- siuely in the culture of the cranberry, would have been coinparable to a creft putting to sea without Cuart or compass.” Bat now it is locked upon as a legitimate -ource of income, and the State ef New Jersey alone has several miilions ot doi-

lors invested in cranberry property. The lands in this neighborhood, Mr. Dickey

and others have proved, are suitable tor cranberry culture, and, from what I cau jearn, our cracberries are worth from one to three duliars a barrel more in Montreal than those from the United Staces. No seed is as good as the native, as it grows further north, and is freer of insects, etc. Prof. Favilie, the Directur of the Nova -eotia Horticultural Associetion, at Wolf- ville, to whom Iam much indebted, writes me that there are now over two hundred xcres under cranberries in Annapolis County, alone, and all doing well. — Io his etter tome of the 24th, uit.. which con tains full and valued information on this

There is only a very smali percentage of

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subject, he was pleased to say: “It will take from three to four ycars fura bog to

produce an averrge crop. i am interested in & bog myself and have gone thoroughly into the

details of the work, and 1 shal be most plased to answer any questions you, oF anyone else, may desire.”

There are several methods of cuitivaticn. [In a paper by Mr. Henry Shaw, of Bur- wick, N.S, read before the Horticultural Association, he says: “The first tinie | that I commenced to make a living out of tuis business was in the winter of LSSlL. | I Lad a worthiess swamp tiat was or 10 earthly use fur anything. It may have been a shallow lake at one time and pos- sibly through the course of ages it may have been drained cff; it was covered with spruce and also had mud over it to the depth of from two to three inches to three feet. Idished the mud out in June, | chopped the wood down and burned the stumps up and with very little expense I bad it fitted forthe plow. This was in the fall. In the next spring I constructed a dam, and made connections with a brook so that I could flood it, two feet deep, when occasion required. In the month of June I went to the head of the Four Mile Lake and got my vinoes—wild stock, Aud I may say here, do not import any vines f-om the United States, for they are in- fesied with all sorts of worms and insects. { plonghed two acres; on one acre the | p'ow brought the sand to the surface; on

the other acre the mud was too deep to’

reach the sand.

“Well, in the following spring I set vines in the mooths of June and July and [ bad no further work to do for about four years after. They grew finely on both for

| four years, and I had no further work to do. Inthe fourth year I had a fine crop on that part which was sanded; on that part which bai no sand, but was mud, the vines grew enormously, but there were no berries on them. I waited year after year for sever years and got nothing. I found they would not grow on the mud. The winter before le=t I sanded one quarter of | #n acre, and in the following year [I drew } the water off acd I found the sand had settled down out of sight. Last winter I gave it another coat and when I drew the

with sand, but much of it was all right. Gentlemen I need not tell you that the cranberries were piled tier on top of tier. On that one quarter of an acre we gather- ed 27 bbls. of cranberries. Fortunately, the fall frost did not touch that spot. In respect tothe size of them, they were | small, if they had been of the usual size they would have bronght me one dollar a barrel more. I have got the evidence here and will compel you to believe it. This quatter of an acre produced 27 bbls. This qliarter acre heretotore ,h.d never raised anything, and it was like walking over a hay mow, the vines were so thick. The three quarter which I did not sand, which had twoor three feet of mud, did not bear anything. We got 108 Larrels to theacre, and to get on the inside of all possibilities

we will get 100 barrela to the acre. We sult these to the Montreal market for $7.34 per bbl. net. Let us strike cff $1,34—and that will more than pay for

barreling and hauling to the station— which will give us $6 per bbl. net; and 100 bbls. to the acre will give us the sum of $600, which at 5 per cent, will be the interest of $12,600. Let us reduce the number from 100 barrels down to 50, and at the rate of 5 per cent. this will give us the interest on $6,000. oe eS Now, gentlemen, the returns from 1 bar- rel cf cranberries in the city of Montreal to-day will enable you to purchase two bar iels of flour, and a barrel of cranberries can be raised on a piece of land that would not raise wheat enough to keep a hen ard a flock of chickens alive for 20 minutes. (Laughter.) And the great advantage of cranberry growing over all other berries is that when they are ripe they may remain uninjured, if not picked, for four or five weeks; and then again they will keep and carry in good condition aud ship as far as the Baldwin apple. That, gentlemen, is the advantage of growing crauberries. * Toe best soil for cranberries isthe deep black mud swamp covered with sand, and flood it if youcan. J.J. White says they will not grow on clay, loam gor <drift formation. (Applanse.)

Mr. White says: “The soil best. adapt- ed for the production of cranberries is an equal mixture of coarse sand and muck,” whilst all writers on the subject agree that the conditions necessary for culture may be stated as follows:

1. A good peat or muck bog. 2. Drainage.

3. Sanding.

4. Flooding.

In Massachusetts cranberry bogs are valued at from three to six hundred ol- ars per acre, while in New Jersey they are valued from six to fifteen hundred dollars per acre.

In a valued letter from Col. Blair, the Experimental Farm at Nappan, says :

“It is not necessary to lay down any de- finite rule for the clearing of a swamp for

of he

Some Sudden

Pa

paths:

SPRING WEATHER CHANGES ARE THE CAUSE.

O31 People the Severest sufferers—Prevent danger by the use of Seott’s Sarsaparilla —th: greatest of Spring Medicines.

LaGrippe, sore throat, bronchitis, pneu- monia, inflammatory rheumatism and heart disease in the spring get in their deadly work

When the system is not cleaned out and

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wepared beforehand for coming climatic changes disease in some form or other — sudJen and fatal or lingering and certain—is almost sure to follow.

One dollar will buy a bottle of Scott’s Sarsaparilla ; one bottle is a sure guaranice izainst the diseases of spring ; every reliable iealer keeps this king of blood purifiers 4 ask for it ; don’t take anything else. If you can_ not get it in your own neighborhood write ts the manufacturers, Edmanson Bates & Co,,

45 Lombard Street, Toronto,

Gr to PF. W. L. Moore, & licitor, in wild i: g. oct

IF YOU DOUBT the efficacy of Scott’s Sarsaparilla write any of the following before purchasing :

J. D.Todd, druggist, Queen St. W.Toronto ; Miss M.J.Gould, Lioydtown,Ont.; J. Morrow, merchant, Fullerton, Ont.; Wm. T. Thomp- son, Zepher, Ont.; Geo. Denham, druggist, Petrolea, Ont.; W. S, Bond, merchant, Lloydtown, Ont.; Joseph Duncan, farmer, Petrolea, Ont.; Miss Hattie Delaney, 174 Crawford St., Toronto; M. N. Defoe, mer- chant, Zephyr, or Wm. Cornish, Fullerton. Over 5000 other names on application.

Old people, and young and middle aged as well, should fortify themselves for spring by

enriching the blood and purifying the system. There is only one palatable and effective taedicine for thig purpose and that is

cott’s | illa

TRY Scott’s skin Soap.

| roots are removed.

water off some parts were covered too deep i

a cranberry bog, as the nature of thie | growth upon it requires one’s own judg- ment as to the best anl proper means to | clear it of all woody growth. One thing simply is required, viz., to clear it off, s that the laurel, small brash, stumps and roots can all be piled and burned, taking care thal the fire does not get into the turf and spread, as it is almost impossible to get it out without flooding the bog. Too / much care cannot be taken in clearing the swamp, a3 the ultimate success of the cranberry bog depends very largely on the thoroughness with which all brush and The removing of the surface turf is strongly recommended, al-

though gool success has attended the culting of the turf in 18-inch square

blocks, turning them upside down and carefully grading; others have simply ploughed the turf up, after a very vareful clearing of all rabbish, with good resu!ts.”

Mr. Edward Hersey, who has cultivated

| cranberries for fifty years, in an esray on

cranberry culture, real before a farmers’ meeting in Boston in December last, said, as reported in the Massachusetts Plough - mao :

“fo secure success in this busines, it

PLANTING.

Mr. J. J. White says: The best mode of planting cranberry vines, is * point upon which “doctors disagree,” therefore to en-

ble each one to select for himself, we will { describe the various methods in use, and cal] attention to those which have answered best.

lst. Sod planting, consisted in taking from their native marshes, sods containing cranberry vinez, moss : rf, ete. and de- positing them at reguiar or irregular dis tances upon the prepared or unprepared meadow, as the case might be. If the meadow wae prepared, holes were made to receive the sods; if not they were simply thrown upon the surface, among the grass, ete., and left to take their chances. This was one of the earliest plans, originating perhaps from a desire not to disturb the roots of the plant. Bat there aré many and serious objections to this method, an! it has long since been discarded.

Hill planting was an improvement upon the sod system in one respect, viz.: bunches of clean vines were used, free from the roots of other plante.

The ground was marked out in about two feet apart each way,

drills and a

is necessary a Log should be selected that | handful of vines planted at each intersec- can be well drained, at a moderate ex-'tior; but large bunches af vines have a pense; it should have on its borders a good tendenty to dry up and become too dry sand bank, free from loam or clay, and thus seriously injuring the plantation. there should be a good supply ef water This difficulty induced seme cultivators that can be kept under full control at all ito adopt the expedient of planting in fun- seasons of the year. Without goo! drain- nel shaped holes, made by rotating a sharp vege, whatever may be said to the con-!stick or dibble; the vines are placed in trary, the cranberry cannot be grown with 'these holes, and scattered around, so that success, in fact, it cannot be grown at all | when the centre is filled with sand they in water. Itisa fact that is vow well- will be spread out pointing in all direc- koown by observing cranberry growers, tions; dead bunches are thus avoided but that they will grow best on thoroughly the plan is not generally adopted, it being drained land, with the water 12 to 18 more expensive and less gatisfactory than

inches below the surface during the sum- mer months.”

LAND AND WATER. |

“One of the principal advantages of covering a bog with sand is to furnish good

drainage and more heat than can be ob-!}

tained in a natural bog; while a cranberry plant set in sand where the drainage is yood will frequently grow four feet the first season; it will not grow one fvot if ret in sand where the drainag? is so poor | that the water will stand in pools twelve! hours after every shower. Water is im- portant to success, but it must be under the control of the grower at all seasons of the year.

** Ditches should be dug eighteen inches deep,, eighteen inches wide at the bottom, | and thirty inchesatthe top. These ditches should be seventy-five feet apart, running at right angles with the centre ditch, and } trom it to the border ditch.

“ After the ditches are all complete the! bog should be graded until it is as level as/| itis possible to get it. In grading, the! level must be run in such a manner that itcan be casily flooded with water, and’ arrangements tor the flooding of the bog! as quickly as possible should be provided now. Bogs should be so arranged that they can be flooded during the winter, and if necessary during the late spring frosts, or to protect against insects.”

Another writer says: “ Withont flood- ing in the summer success may attend our labora, Lut our variable seasons reuder this not at all Lkely.”

The sand used on acranberry bog should be absolutely free from either clay or loam,

‘

for if it contains either it wi!l in the one case, under the action of the sun and water, form a hard sur- face in vhich the vines will not

thrive, or in the other, if there is much loam intermixed it will be apt to conta:n , weed seeds, which will prove a detriment | to the bog; sand should preferably be | crurse rather than fine in quality.

In taking vines from old bogs, it is bet- ter to take vines not more than three ar) fuur years old. Ia sorting these cutt- ings care should be taken to remove all deadwood, and use only the bright clean cuttings. IJtis e-timated that about five varrels of cuttings are necessary for an acre of bog, as from 4 to 6 cuttings, are used in each setting of about 18 inches apart each way in rows.

The third year, Mr. Hersey says ifthe bog be a good one, but little work will be required except to weed and cnt away eeedling trees and shrubs that may come up. The vines will cover the surface enough to keep the grass out —

“Tere are cranberay bogs in Plymouth County,” he saye, “that have been in cranberries for sixty-five years, and etill produce good crops, although vothing has been cone tothem but to keep the ditches open and keep out the bushes.”

And Mr, White eays: “But of these facts | feel assured that a guod peat bot- tom, pure sand, thorough drainage and prop r flooding, will ensure success; L have never known them to fail.

Mr. S. H. Shreve writes, “A good rich muck, entirely free from loam or clay, pure clean white sand, good water, and first, Jast, and all the time, drainage, drain- age ‘thorough drainge.” I sometimes think you can almost produce any effect upon a cranberry bog by proper drainage. He says: “My bog is seven and one-half acre ; the largest crop I bave had was two thousand bushels, and my average is 200 bushe!s per acre.”

some others.

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,above the surface, after which the ho2 is

; winds,

i more easily forced into the soil aud

\pendicn’arly, for the reason previously given in drill planting.

3rd. Planting in drills. Upon all soils which require no standing but are suscept- ible of betng prepared with the plow, tne best method is to “strike out” the ground with a plow in rows :hree feet apart, -anid scatter the vines thinly but evenly along the furrows, putting one or two in a place. They should be leaned up against ihe “ Jandslide ” projecting four or five inches

required to fillup the furrow and thor- ough!y cover the roots. Care should be taken to pull a portion of sand upon the vines in order to bend them down upon the surface. This causes them to tucker up and grow more luxuriantly than- when Jeft standing upright to be swayed in the The labor of planting vines js

enerally performed by ene woman taking a bundle under ber arm and droppin: the vines in the drills while another follows after her with a hoe. In striking cat cranberry ground with a plow it is impor- tant to have the land-sides of the furrow as nearly as possible the same way ; and this may be done by going down one side of the meadow and up the otber, striking it out in “ lands,” le:ting the plow run out atthe ends. The object in doing this is to obtain a uniform distance between the rows. If the furrows were made in the fame manner 88 for corn or potatoes, and the vines dropped on the land-side, the wors when finished would look very irre-

ular.

Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov’t Report

Real

ABSOLUTELY PURE

Baking Powder

people to venture on this to us, new in- dustry. I have no doubt on my mind, but a very few years will pass before capital ists may be induced to aid this enterprite

which has so well succeeded in other

places.

NEW DOMINION DAIRYING COM- PANY,

The annual meeting of the New Domin- ion Dairying Co. was held pursnant to notice in the factory on Tuesday, the 3rd March, at 2 o'clock, p.m. :

Notwithstanding the extremely bad con- dition of the travelling, a very gool ai- tendance wa3 secured. The meeting was called to order by the president, F, A. Stewart, Esq.

The report of the directors being sub- mitted to the meeting, was unaninously sustained. The directors, with one ex— ception, were re-elected, George Wilson be- ing elected instead of Thos. A. McLean, Esq.

Several gentlemen spoke on various Fubjects in connection with our factory, particularly on the advisability of receiv- ing milk by quality instead of quantity, it being, howeyer, decided that the milk for the ensuing season be taken by quantity, strictly subject to monthly tes’,

Althougi the price obtained for our cheese this season was much less than that anticipated by our farmers, our com- pany is determined not ty be discouraged, and is therefore making preparations to ive the industry another trial.

A motion was proposed by N.S. Me- Kenzie, seconded by Allan fivingstone, and carried without a diissenting voice to the effect that our directors Le authorized

to approach the officers of the dairy com- missioner and earaestiy request that our factory be stili controlle{ ty the Govero- ment, under the supecvision of Prof. Robertson.

The various sub‘ects consected with the management of onr factory, being ably discussed, the meeting, after singing the Nationa! Anthem, dis versed.

Groxce WI son, Secretary New Dominion, Mare: 9th, 1896.

GHATEFUL—C.OMFORTING.

EPPS'S COCOA

BREAKFAST —- SUPPER,

“ Dy a thorough inc wledge of the natural Jaws which govern te.»perations of digestion

4th. Planting by pressure is, perhaps, the best mode of putting out vines upon all soils prepared by spreading sand over mack. This is accomplished by first marking out the ground fourteen inches apart with a small sled having three run- ners; the vines are then dropped on thrée marke, about two in a p'ace, and fourtees inches apart, and pressed into the ground with @ spade-like tool p'aced on the vines about one-fourth of ihe distance from root

and nutrition, and hy x careful application of the fine properties of well selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately fla’ored beverage which imay save use many he wy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may’ be gradually built up until strong enough ts, resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us res dy to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified {

to top; we have used a_ forked stick for the same purpose, but the blade is an improvemen', it benz when removed it leaves no hole areund the plants to dry their roots. It is important that the vines should be pressed in at an inclination, thus bringing the tops near the ground, and causing them to sucker up better than when pressed down per-

tee A 2 ec

Prof, Craig, the Horticulturist, of the Experimental Farm,:ays the best time for plauting is in the spriag, early a3 pos- sible, but operation may be carried on up to June Ist with fair results. They may also be set out in autumn, between Sep- § tember and the middle of October. Where | plants are eet out in autumn on soil liable | to heave with frosts, the plantation should be flooded deevly in order to pre- vent the “sets” from being thrown out. F.ooding is now considered by all com- mercial growers to be indispensable to success. White, the authority on ¢ran- berry growinz, says: ‘Flooding not only prevents injury from the cold blasts of | winter, and destroys imsects ani their eggs, but the water has also an im- portant fertilizing effect which is particu- larly valuable if the plantation is deficient in muck.”

I think I have presented such facts as may arouse those interested. I aim quite of the opinion that in not a few places in this ] fv nce may be found land which can be mate to afford a further income to our farmer-, besides attracting the younger

or says er nermemameereee es oe

with pure blood and a properly nourished fame.’ Civil Servic. Cazette

JAMES EPP.> & CO., Ltd, Homeopathic Shemi ts, London, England.

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that une place to have your WATCH RE-) PAIRED PROMPTLY |

and as

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Great George Street, |

NAR QUEEN :;QUARE.

Seea Wheat.

Campbell’s White Chaff and White Rus- Sian, grown one y ar from Imported & -ea un the “ Warren farm.”

JOHN NEWSON.

i it should be. done is at

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FIERCE FIGHT WITH AN OWL.

A Massachusetts Man Has a Desperate Experience at Night.

Colwell Smith was passing througha piece of woods one night, and without hearing any sound or premonition his tall beaver hat received a_ terrible thump from behind, which knocked it off his head to the ground. He heard no sound, no flutter of wings—for the wing feathers of this bird are especially adapted by their downy edges to noise- less flight. He replaced his hat and proceeded, and wondered at the cireum- stances, which he could not explain. No limb of a tree, to which he naturally turned for an explanation, could have brushed his hat off, for it came forward. While he was deeply absorbed in thought thump two came, and off went his hat again, and in front of him as before. He again replaced his beaver, and then, with every sense on the qui vive. proceeded and awaited results. Again, as before, his head covering was unceremoniously removed, but the keen- ness and activity of his fully aroused senses enabled him to detect a slight flutter of wings. He was convinced now as to the source of his singular ex- perience,

But he outwitted the bird in this way. He had a stout walking stick. and held it in front of him horizontally, firmly grasped so as to strike upwards with it should he again be approached. He had walked but a short distance when the time came for the sudden stroke up- ward, and his owlship—for such it proved to be—met with an obstruction that was *‘ not on the bill ” in one sense, hut was in another, and that a strik- ing one. The owl’s antics were ended, agid he paid the penalty for his con- timued attacks upon what he deemed an intruder upon his dark domain. 1 have known them to pounce down upon dogs in the same way.—Springfield Re- publican.

Money Needed at Pompeii.

Is there no “‘loyal European "—to adopt Pallevrand’s phrase—who is rich enough and sufficiently public-spirited to furnish substantial aid.to the excava- tions at Pompeii? The, operations which have now beew in progress for nearly a century and « jhalf, contributing so largely to our kmowledge.of the public «and private life «f the Reman,peonle, sare interesting not todhe Italian nation enly, but to the whole world ; yet Italy leears the cost, and she jhas but little money just now to spare for objects that ame of prime necessity. Mr. Fitzgerald Marriott tells us that all the Italjan Gevernment is now contributing dg alkout 8,000 lire—equal to £304 a year— ami that the receipts at the gates of the amtient city do not go to the place itself lmet to the Central Administration in Rewe, who distribute it to different centess throughout the kingdom where similay excavations are going on.

The lettest of the houses discovered in buried Pampeii is as yet only partially unearthed, Hut the clearings have al- ready bromght to light a remarkable number of painted fresco panels and pictures, together with friezes orna- mented with teautiful designs. The most noteworthy of the art treasyges revealed are three pictures, each more than three feet in height by only a trifle less in breadth. One represents Jove watching in astonishment the infant Hercules strangling theserpents. Ala- mena looks on from behind the throne. The subject of another is Amphion and Zethus binding Dirce to the bull, and that of the third is the death of Pen- theus, the young King of Thebes, slain by his mother, sisters and aunt during their Bacchanalian orgies,in revenge for his resisting the introduction of the rites of Bacchus into his kingdom. The coloring of the latter picture is said to be very delicate. To the effective mass- ing of the figures and the striking vigor of the composition in general photo- graphic reproductions bear testimony. —Collector.

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ON SECTARIAN APPEAL, (Montreal Gazetie.)

One passage in Mr. Dickey’s really able address on the Manitoba Remedial Bill is worthy of special mention. The Govern- ment, he declared, made no claim for Catholic votes on accountcf its action. The Ministry sought the support of these Catholics who believed that its course was in accordance with the Constitution and in the best interests of tLe conntry. But, on the same grounds, i: exp cied to receive tue votes of Protestant electors. This is the proper position to assume. It is un- fortunate, in more ways than one, that a sectarian aspect has been given to this question. Earnest, but unthinking Protes- tants have jum ed to the conclusion that because separate schools are demanded for the Romau Catholics of Manitoba by the Roman Catholic clergy, the matter isa sectarian one, and that torefuse what is sought is a blow at the old enemy of Pro- testantism. There is nothing suf prising in the existence in Canada of such a spirit. It has ehown itself in all - eoun- tries and at all times. On the other hand there has been evinced, in some quarters, a desire to work up Roman Catholic feeling in favor of the bill, as if its adoption would be a triumph for Roman Catbolicism. Neither one of these positions is right. The question at issue is higher than any involved in a conflict between two divisions of Christians. It ie one of what is right and what is wrong, of the interpretation of the funda- mental law of the country. The religious ideas of the Manitoba minority should have nothing to do with the action of Par- liament, or the judgment thereon. There are minorities in other provincer, with privileges guaranteed them in the Consti- tution, who differ radically in their re- lig-ous beliefs from the minority of Mani- toba. The precedent set by Parliament's action in the present case may yet be used for or against a Protestant minority.. The question to be decided is purely constitu- tional in its character, Pestiaient de- sired to secure to the minority in Mani- toba certain educational privileges. It enacted a law with this object. The Legislature of Manitoba, which this same law created, disregarded its provisions, and took away the specified privileges. Parlia- ment has the power to restore them, in a measure at least. It reserved this power for use in ex ctly such an emergency as has arisen. The only question is whether, in the circumstances, 1: should be used. Tnat Catholics do not all think alike in the matter, Mr. Laurier’s speeeh has plainly exhibited. That Protestants are not agreed, the s,eeches of Sir Charles Tupper and Mr. Dickey make quite as evident. It is much better that this should be the state of affairs, than that all the Catholic voters snould be one side, even .f the Government suffers in consequence. The Government has a right to expect, as a result gf its action, the support of all Roman Catholics who consider its course the proper one to take, not because the action is in the interests of a Catholic minority, but because it is wise and just. For the same reason, and to the same ex- tent, it should receive the approval cf all Provestant-, whoze study of the vitrelion convinces them that the greatest good to to the whole country will come through 2arliament’s maintaining, as far as it can, the operation of a law which itself enacted with a epec.fic object in view. The Con- stitution is as much the concern of the Protestant majority as of the Catholic minority.