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FOR THE LADIES. Hats and Cloaks- for School Wear. picturesque hats for small girls have u lew, I H.I ii ted cruwn, with n-nic I. inn HI. In -il in front and turnc.l up in the book, ay* Iliu-ptr'* Ilirjir. These hatinrcof fell, tlie color of the cloak with which iliey re woru, and many liav fleecy, heaver I. run-., called fur fella. Their trimmingi* asmglc, enormous bow aiidenili nf changeable velvet nli'. on igt in front, hnWmi: mine still quills that point upward ami Iwk. Stin ni, l,oii two inches wide i also used for the largo bow and for a ruche winch edges the )>rim of the hat, and nonietmie> for a cluster of three rosetUs, each of differ- rut color. I lip|>ed cjiiilln u.nlcrt'l or stud- ded with jet or with spangles lire in pair* or m i -lusters amid the loops of the l>ow. Miff wings are let aboiil irregularly, lyre- shaped fea'lirrt and aigrettes are ni^'h in front, and small tips are at the hack; Init new hats ure not so laden with plume* a were those of last winter. ItUck satin riblx.n.. trim rose-colored, tun or yti-cn hats effectively in n box-pleated ruche on the l.riin, amis fly-away bow in front holding two quill*, with perhaps* twist or two ex- tcir linr; to the back of the crown. A qiumt novelty is the Mothei Hubbard hat, with it* only trimming a huge Imw tied through slits in the crown high on the left mde i (1 holding two quills. The l.tiin is waved in six deep curves. Lame vi-lvei hats have full puffed crowns and shirred brim, .n else the crow u in of light cloth, with dark vchct f..i the bum. Large girls of twelve to sixteen years wilt use ihe Alpine felt hat for ili( nl and travelling. To match their ulsters are cloth turlianh made of sweeping fold* on tl:e right siile, and a high, wide loop on the edge of the doth, edged with plaited felt gallonn and velvet. The brim is partly of galloon, partly of velvet. Thr Virot sailor hat of black felt, with curled brim and very low crown, will also be worn by then- young girls. Other closer shaped hats of felt havu Mercury wings of black thickly spangled with gold, and loops of bia velvet. (iirls of two to five years woar large bon- nets with ile.-p curtains, some with stiff fronts of Quaker gray velvet, others with idiirrrd pointed front of surah or faille. All have full loft crowns trimmed with satin til l.i,ii liHipn, ostrich tips ami an aigrette, Cloaks fur gills two to four years old are of (Bedford cord tan colored, cadet blue gray or cream white -warmly interlined t Inn lined with block sateen, whi'-h n w. .d Mitli:t sat m xiirface. Triple capes super- posed fall over the full sleeves, and cover the short waist to winch the long skirt is gathered or box -pleated. Fleecy camel's hair clonks in olive gn . a, pl.iidc-d with black, are very stylish with a short black velvet waist embroidered with green medallions, the full sleeves and small I with black ostrich feathers or long >-r nkleil M. irk fur, and the full skirt lea lung to the shoe l<>|>s. A novel cloak for girU of four to eight years is a cashmere coat waimly wadded, ami entirely < \er-d by adeep circular cape tiiiiiinfd with t wo narrow rows of fur. < InnchilU cloth cloaks in iir.es for girls of six to twelve years have a Inuv belted c...it with a deep capr to the waist edged with Astrakhan hir.iling; gray and tan are the rol'iiH for these garments. l'IT-y lcdinr;.itestot riilinf cicllt tof.nir- . curs re of old-roue or grey II. -i c\ cluth figured with large black leaTdesigiis. 'I hey arc close tilting in the luck, with pi. <t.-.| fulnesj below the waist, und have straight (runt- opening to show a facing nn.l . I Im k moiilllon fur. I 'ouble bluck frogs und tiopN close the front, and diiuiiond ^li.i|-< ': . in. ln-ii-il buttons define the waist line in thr back. Other very handsome long coats have a iliep imliUiy i.iji., vtith K|M. three short capes about the shoulders. These are of the |M.|.iiUt blue, tan, or gray clol hs, willi lining iif.haiigriil.le silk. Large plaid i apes and dunks ure (or school wear, also blue reefer jackets like those of last year, and lung ulsters with a belt und deep cape. Inex]ngivp Gowus. Cheviot plaids ofd.ik Inuttled shailes at fnrty cents a yard may surely come undir tin he, ni of inexpensive gowns. They need only a silk iiunp al eight cents on the edges, or have velvet* en accesscnes nt seventy -live cents or a dollar a yard. Shades of brown, t:y, navy, and dark tan are seen in this line. S. rge will probably be worn a great deal, und a most excellent quality is seventy live cents, if forty two inches wide, and ninety five cents if a trifle finer and six inches wider. The material trims well with gimp or velvet and affords u change to the long- worn cashmere. The " dip" in the buck Is i. '.une,l fur skirts in spite of the outcry fn.in all sensible people, aud the latest I ini.li skirls having but one seam, H b as one at the . .1,1.1 I., k. are lined without any facing to make them of a light weight. Many skirl* will lie finislien at the top wnh a narrow gimp in place of a belt and H over the bodice, falling loosely around Ihe waist-line. A luimll silk cord will finish the edges of gowns as a change from the lavishly used silk gimp. Square jacket li.mls are over a blouse cr pointed vest I'll. n cloih vests in figured gowns are inex- pensive andstriking. Corselets, collars and ihe flaring uauullel cuffs are of bongaline, bifci.ce, velvet, velveteen or faille. The ist vests are long, open below the witist line and have flap puikets. Then a jacket square fronl turned back in refers Mini long coal side* and back finishes a stylish A light bn.wn camel's hair ha* the usual plain skirl with a ten inch binder of \eHcl edged, top and bottom, with half-inch silk (.imp. The coat basque has a velvet in.. I g nutlet cul!, Mitli gimp on the edges. A gray serge opens on tin H.in to show panels of ailatkcr faille, which also answers for revers, collar and lit tod licit limn the nide seams over the coat. All of the edges pf the rutire costume lave a silk cord fiuuh ing them. Hints for the Household. ni.liiuuy lubber ink erasers, it is said, will remove rust from polished cutlery nitl. In cooking beets leave at lesst twoinchssof i- ,- an. i iii. not break oil the lillli fibres <n ih. juices wiil be lost. A tight uline m.ty lometin.es be made easy ' ..i.e.. i cloih >! j:i hot water across | In i. changing several limes. . . -i will nil ip Hte'l to the fool. An easy method of removing mildew is : I i . me aiticle in a warm oven for a few m .un niit and then brush il. , The proper way to put salt Ash to soak is with the flesh Mile upward. In this way the salt settle* at lh>- bottom of the pan. To clean i.ilr fur, rub with flannel dip IM d 111 hr.i'i-'l but nut browned bran. Out- ! meal without busks i* preferable and dry J flour will d". One of the most agreeable of dentifrices jit to be found in s f>-w drops of tiiicMrr ..f myrrh in Imlf a glass of water. It not only cleanses the mouth, making it fresh and sweet, but it U an excellent tonic fur the gums and arrests decay. It also lias the n.. -rit .'I Ix'ing very inexpensive, as 10 cents [ will buy enough to last a year. I This is virtually the beginning of the sea- son for colds, and a good enough sirup is i made of one pound of tigs, one pound of i raisins, three lemon*, one-half pound o! I rock candy, one-half pound of loaf sugar and one quart of cider brandy. Split the fruit and slice, the lemons, and put them in a Mason jar, in layers ; divide the sugar and rock candy evenly 1*1 ween the layers and pour over the whole the cider brand y. Allow it to stand three days before using. Take a wine-glass full three timesa d ty. SI.MKTIIIMI Al: .1 r Ki.nrn. In these days of high grade patent Hours some housekeepers regard U as very necessary to have two grades for family use one stiong and rich ' in nitrogenous matter for bread, the other light and rich in starch for pastry. The different brands have nothing whatever to do with the quality or gralea of various flours. One hundred grocers, all purchasing Hour from the vame null, perhaps from ihe. same bin, may each hrvve their individual brand put upon the barrels. Thi* is done, perhaps, to save confusion and the grix-cr feels confident that he has always the same grade of flour under the came name, liny a spring wheat Hour, or a mixed flour, tor bread, and an all-winter wheat for pastry. Bread Hour may he slightly granulated ; pastry flour must be soft and smooth aud easily packed. The housekeeper who missed making jelly in season will find ample opportunity \ei to secure a supply of the desirable bone- i.i.i.lc article. The very best of jelly can be nn.le of fruit skins and cores, such as are usually thrown away. There is more (gelatinous matter around the core and skin of all fruit than in any other part. The skin of |.. . h- -. with a few pits added, boiled in its lit tic- water as possible, strained and made up with sugar, pint for pound, yields a mutt deli- cious jelly. A delightful jelly may even l~- made of apple skim and coirs, though it i* improved in flavor and jellies more easily if a small quantity of the cores and skins of quinces are added to it. A very eji-elb-n' jelly is rnadeof grnpe skins and qninceskm* in about equal <| uaiitit !<*. Tear itkiiii "ii tain less gelatinous matter thin any other fruits, but if used in connection wuhquiucc skins will make a fsir jelly. AGRICULTURAL Taking Oare of the Wagon. T. 11. Terry, in the 1',-artiral Farmer, has thm to suy about the care of the wagon, es- |x-.-i;il!y its w In tin. Keplying to the iem.uk of a correspoinliint in u former IMSIIU of the Jiaper, he lays : " Why not Hx the tire* ao anaot slip off? It U easily done. IJolt them mi. 'I liey may slip off with a load of hay on I lie wagon and crush the wheel be- fore It la not ici;d. U'het'l spoiled, load of hay to he hamllvdover, some delay perhaps to get another wagon, all for want of four or aix bolts, costing but atntl.s. When J l.a-1 my wagons made and the lires bolted on, some laid. " \I-H wilU|xjil your wheels. The lire* will get loose and be.iug bolted w> they cannot run off you ill neglect to get tl.&... .... " 11". .tr I r _ 1. _ them idiot. the test yet. Tires have rot got loose. We souked the rims in hot linseed oil before they set." Well perhaps I am such an I' .n't know. Haven't been put to ledge of hi* mike* it neceuary for u* to deal with others, who are not so well pouted, and, consequently are untblc to command such price* a* he get* for nearly everything that he has to sell." Mr. Smith, co-nmenting on this, says : Why should I or any other cultivator, who liax good articles to sell, not know where there i* a demand for them ? Two years ago 1 bad a splendid crop of potatoes. They were almost worthless in our market, but there were places in the Kail where they i wanted. I found out nc of them, and sold my crop at & price that left me a nice profit, instead of loan upon them. Last season I haxl a splendid crop ot onion*, and found they weie wanted in St. Loins. I selected a good and reliable firm, snd sold them nearly my entire crop, at nearly double the price that I could have gotten for them in our home market. I can now see that th crop of this season will lie much larger than is needed in the market that we generally supply, and I am were ptr. on, nn 1 keep the wheel* well paint I looking outside for a place where I can dis cd, and that is thu end of the matter. One ' pose of mine, at a better price than I shall has been in use some 'JO years. It has | be likely to obtain at or about home. worn out one set of tires, but none have ever got loose. alino.1t as ever. The wheels as good In fin: l a stranger would think them almost new. Not even a new spoke has ever been put in. This care pays. N'o water can ever get to the wood. It is me that a nun, who has th-in to ...mtequenily almost everlasting. The cost almost inexcusable if he does not inform ol taking care of them in time nt nota tenth , himself a* to both railroad and water rates, of the cost of lepiiiH. In these days when newspaper* are so cheap and reliable information about crops, both farm and garden, is so readily obtain- ed, the cost and time of reaching any givtn point with our produce learned, il seems to II. CURIOSITY COLUMN. The Division of the Hoar. Why is the hour divided into sixty min- utes, each minute into sixty second*, ttc. T .Simply and solely because in Itabylonuv there existed, by the side of the decimal system of nations another ay-item, the sex- agesimal, which counted by sixties. Why that number should have been cho:en is clear enough, and it speak* we 1 ! for the practical sense of those ancient Hubybnian merchant*. There is no number which ha* so many divisors a* sixty. The Babylonians divided the sun'* daily journey into *J4p*ra- sangs or ~'M stadia. Each paraaang or hour was subdivided into 80 minute*. A J>ara> aang i* about a German mile, and the fUby- loiiMn astronomers compared the progress made by the sun during one hour at the time of the equinox to the progress made by a good walker during the same time, both ill accomplishing one paraiang. The whole course of the rum during *Jl equinoctial hours wo* fixed at .4 para*angn, or 720 stadia, or ,'ttiil degrees. The system was handed on to the Greek*, an.l Hipparchus, the lireeks philosopher, who lived about 150 K. ' ' , in- troduced the Babylonian hoar in Kurope. , Ptolemv, who wrote about I.'HJ A. D., whose ii I name still lives ia that of the 1'tolemaic sys- tem of astronomy, gave still wider currency to the Babylonian way of reckoning time. It was carried along on the quiet stream of 10 cents' worth of paint now and then, aud work for a leisure hour. Again the wagon- maker put a coat of paint on the new wood- work of these two wheel*. Will they get any more' IY.d..il,ly not. That little will soon lie- worn nil aid the wood soaked up very wet spell and due I out between. The life of awheel is short uiiler these circum- stance*. Said a smith to me, when he was putting new tires on my wagon : " Now, if i r, it will more. be worth thousand* of dollar* I Wits at the shop if there are both, to all points within hi* yesterday when a farmer look away two | reach. If he does not know of good and re- traditional knowledge throughoot the mid- wheels that had been there for repairs. They liable men at any given point, they are <*' g. *, strange to say. it sailc-d down had put in five new spokes and new rims, ' easily found out. Such information, in the safely over the Niagara of the Freiu-li IU-vo- and set thu lires, of course, and the charge- >ear* gone by, hat been worth thousands of lution. For the French, when revolution- was *V<.u:.. None of that for me. I prefer dollars to me ; but if I live a few years long- 1 'ng weights, measures, coin*, and dale*. I........... .1. - :^. .. j.i i j . . > ' and subjecting all to the decimal system of reckoning, were induce.) by some unex- plained motive to respect our clock* and Winter Dairying. watches, and allow our dials to remain sex- agesimal, that is, Babylonian, each hour Prof. R.,lM>rtson. of the Kxperi mental consisting of sixty minutes. Here you see rarm, Ottawa, addressed a meeting of dairy- ^fa lhc W()n ,le r ful adherence of the world. ii,.-n -it \\ oodslock Onl. on ihe subject of . and how wnat we cM knowledge is the "Winter Dairying. Ihe meeting was a fairly representative one, quite a num- ber of the directors of the various will paint thosu rims well and get the l in under the t.res wherever there is any chance, before they get wet. aud then keep them in that shape, you will not need knew thin am I hardly here tor a long lime.' . . .... chxesu factories of the district being present. I'rof. Robertson's principal object in delivering this address was to im- 'J , press upon his auditors the advisability of ult of an unbroken tradition of a teaching descending from father to son. They Forgot to Dine. Shelley could not understand why people wanted more than plain bread He - a long tune. 1 ;,.,,,,,, ^ experimental creamery in "* n ' re P' l , n b , re ' those .:--*-' - "'- .*'. "' district To .Vow the necessity of such | csreless about hu meals thai he did himself charge of the wagon." Stick to the Farm. mis iiisirici. 10 snow in.- iiecrsm'. v of such ' .ose tires again, if 1 have M jn . tltution he n( , mA ^ lne m i rve ll ou . !?. ln J. ur >-. U h uu " n hl L"'" 1 "" A \vriter in Farnt'r'i llnnw give* the farm- growth of the cheese trade in Canada, stat lag tbat al Ihe present tune ihere were no lest than MOO factories in operation. The walks he fell hungry he would buy a loaf at the nearest baker's, tuck it under his arm and eat il as he went along, probably read- quantity of cheee exporteil to Knglaiid He Was Enirlish Y' Know. When a <'.*-kney emigrates to America and gets a job at teaching school, then biH tnnii.|i !>egm. There was me of the genii* tin 'I it ..n near Haml.ici, II., so the story goes, whether it I .true or nut. " 'Arry Madams, you spell saloon," lu- ll titti-il to the s|wlluig class. " 1 don't know how," whined lit lie Harry frightened by the strange use of aspirate* and "ait " 1'i.n'i know 'ow? Wbv, young hignor- airus, saloon is s|*llrd with u 'bean,' and a 'hav,' a 'hell, two 'hoes' and a 'hen.'" ll.-.rry v in worse at sea than ever then; so one ol i In- l..iy was sent to the Uud to write it plainly lor the class to see. Tin I. id could make huletlci-, but be did nut know bow In join them in regular running writing style, ami left ti.em unjoined, thus SB I o II II. The ten In i I. M>ked at it a moment :m.l then ni.ke.1, with some asperity. " Why don't you put H together right V \VI.\ don t ymi t.uien \IHII lei ten together 1 ! Why don't . |.in that 'bay' nearer thai 'In II Id. lx-)y' eyen miu|iiieil uud ho nnswrieil, like a flash : "Cause I was afraid it wi.ulil burn up The class was dismissed for the day. Hut the geography class proved another pitf ill. One of the Ixiys, while writing names of Ijii'.pean citiei, spelled Venice "V . n M I < I " What!" cried the tt-a. her on his rounds, " His thai the way you |K-I1 ' Venice V " Ves, sir," said tne lad. " Siiii|,oi.i- Hi was to tell you that there wan only one 'hen' in Venice, wht would you say ?" " I should say that the price of eggs would lw pretty high, sir "." Then there was an explosion, A Neat Replv. " Pardon me," said the young man when he stepped on the toe of a lady's slipper in the dance. li.m'i ii|xilogi/e,"isid she j "beHiix on the slippers are fashionable, aud we must stand aii) thing for style. " Preaching That Has Got Life In It. "Oh, yes," said Aunt Sary, "your city preachers will do all light tor you city folks, bin when I hear preachin' I want something that's got life in it." "Why." said a hearer, " w* hold that I '.n. I her I'linch isoneof tin- ^-luinlest preach- ers in conference. He's argumentative, but li'.l violent." 11 No, I should say not. Talk about urgu- ment : Why, when you see a man weighin' t.i hundred poundi with his coat off, hi* collar loosened and his sleeves rolled up, and p.. -iin dm' the desk like a new blacksmith s Striker that* intilluk, that's argument. Think o' the thunders o' Sinai comin' from a lit lie niiin with a stand up collar and thin side whiskers I Ugh !" And the old l.uly resolved to attend churcli no more in the city. Infant (Juriosity. A csreful mother had impressed upon her little boy the neccaaity of ejecting the ikius of grapes, and n few days afterwards she tuld him a fet'iry of Jonah and the whale. " The whale is a very large monstr,"said the in. .ili. -i , " and heiwnllowed Jonah." " Hid be swallow other men, too?" asked the Im Y b n " Well, 1 suppose he did," continued thr mother, who was somewhat in doubt ; and while she win hesitating about the contin- uation of story, the boy interrupted : " \nd, mamma, did he spit the sKJniont, tool" with which tin- "m>l f was kepi froin the ' ing a book and dodging the passers-by at from those factories totals a little .,v er 4J the same time. Mr* Sholley often sent food to his study, which in his abstraction he forgot, and then, coming out from his room, one-half of l'per' ne wou!J innocently ask, " M*ry, have I >ught abroad. The din ? d r " , Thi f reminds "ne nt by that country m butler is esti- P* tlon of Slr I c Newton, who is said not er's boy s cheering word in the followi-i K true bit of lust, ry an. I philosophy : I per cent, of the entire amount import, d in All the republican I'resideutsof the United England, while the amount of butter we il we except Arthur, who was ihe ! "t last year wan just one-half of 1 per, son of a poor preacher, were son* of hard- cent, of the butter she nought abroad. The I d ! . T . hl ? re"* one of the preoccu- workinjr mmi of them poor, farmers. These buy* one and nil testified to the vigilance sum SIM,- nut.-.l <i at about f4U,OUt>,UOU, so it will Ix.. seen that only a small proportion of this comes from Canada. If ihe dairy business Ii di . of Canada is to be increased Prof. Robertson d"or of their childhood's home by thi- unit- ed exertions of father, mother, and children, as .oon as old enough to do the " chores ;" i said, il must be along the lines of butter, j """ * na l ''" lri of how edu. slion was gotten of nights by a not cheese. As to the quality of butler ! '? w " amu8c <? ' in the couniry t" >* produced, he thought it should be ' lon when he to have remembered whether he had or not, and of the practical joke ouce played by a fritnd, who a'e the philosopher's nd then leavi gs y a . *' t "tallow di|.;, .: a few weeks in the country 1 to I* protluced, he thoug school during the cohlen wi-ather, with a I of a uniform quality, not varying from time he h d not dluod - IHIIK summer of work between, for the " rule ! to time, an i* the -case under the present of three" to have ample time to Ix- pushed method. This class of butter could only be almost cntiich out .,| mind before the next obtained by the plan proposed in the ex- full campaign. And thus a country school perimental creamery. The utilisation of the dinner, a chicken, which was waiting for late, e un ' ; "" c ' ous '' : * o '"to the room that e.lii'-.ition twenty-five years ago wasn't a cheese factories during the winter month! for the manufacture of butter was, be The Clover Leat An enthusiast on the subject slates that each head of clover is composed of about sixty distinct flower tubes, and each of these contains sugar not to exceed the five hun- dredth part of a grain. The proboscis of the honey bee must, therefore, be inserted into itlmg courne for life's battle. How . -- well these men were equipped we all know, thought, a plan that would furlher the in but we can never know the energy, industry , terest of dairymen in every direction. \Vilh application brought to l>ear by them upon 'his end in view, he advised the prolongs- themselves. Tlmt wrought out the grand ! tion of the productive season of the cows, I ? * clover tubes Iwforc one gram of sugar can* results in character, in conduct, which led and the growing of corn as a cheap and ** obtained. There are ,,UUO grams in a us safely from the wreck of ihe most stu- excellent f< od for their cattle during the poun'I. sjid. as honey contain* three fourlh* psndouswarof modem times into the smiM.th ^ of peace, prosperity, and growth, liieso men were farmers' sons. These men fn. point to point was almost unknown as fall and wfuter months. Our climatic con- ditions, he said, point to cheesemaking in . summer and buttermakmg in winter. Al hid not one op|>rtumty where thu 'he conclusion of his address, which wai 1 boy of to-day has scores. Transit listened t.> with rapt attention, I'rof. Kob- ill-inn 111 oli- a iii.t-ti-il ptop .itit;..n t.. tin- dairy men present, in which he agreed to es- tablish an experimental creamery m this district and supply the neceasary apparatus for running the same, providing the requir- ed amount of milk could be guaranteed Pic proposition was very favorably receiv- ed by the directors, and ihe professor agreed to return to Woodstock to complete arrange- ments for beginning operations. In the evening I'rof. lioberuoii addressed a large wi !.M" ii now for young people. Hence their oppuriimitics were bounded by a near n Parents were not so generally in- formed as now, for then there was mu one pa|M i- where now there arc scores. Nor was there th- machinery to shorten the day'* work and give time to mind culture. The country sohnol has "grown up'* in these last yeoman I is uk ing on metropolitan methods. Ihen it was in its twaddling vlothe-i, and yet out of these log school rooms, with their gathering of dairymen at Mount Clgin, at slu.rt HI min in, cHinc this linr of I'residents. which |>oint another experimental creamery And still we hear of the farmer's boy desert- will be established, ing hit farm for lack of opportunity, for the narrowness of his life, and for all tlie allure- ments a city life holds out with the promise of success. Breeding stock. Professor Sanborn, the great stock experi- menter of the Tinted States, has published a |werf ul array of argument.* on the subject of economy in stock feeding. He contends tht ihe beit stock those with the largest ratioof choice to inferior m*M, which emiMes the owner to sell them J.l |ircent. better should I* used for breeding. Again, he srgnes that meat varies in individual animal* in flavor ami IssssssTMs*. and these .(utilities being hereditary should lie perpetuated by lh same cueful system of selection. He be- believen some cattle are wasters compared with others -falling to digest the.r food properly and, therefore, putting on less flesh than they ouht to do. To remedy thif he w.. ,,M lest the bulls in or. In to ascertain their capacity for consumption, digestion, and asiiiiil.tii.n of food. Again, he quotes mid Hiippo-ts the old saying that breed goes in at the mouth, very properly excepting form. If this be the case, it is qu.te clesr thai bail feeders those who spend little or nothing upon cake or -orn can not expect to hn-i-,1 anything very excellent. Shelter, says 1'rofessor Sanborn, when given in the climate of the North, reduces the food con- sumption and increases the vulue of the manure andthehay housed. He found, while I. 'I per cent, of hay was lost in the ordinary stack, only I per cent was lost in the mow. Study the Market*-. Mr. .1. M Smith is well known as a gar- dener. He if also a successful salesman, and it may be of interest to study his methods. A commission merchant in his vicinity, as reported in I'm, t I.M| Farmer, gave reason* why he had no dealing* with him in the following language : " "mil 'i i* .m upright, honorable man, and a gentleman ; he knows mnrc about the markets than we could find out. If there is a deficiency anywhere in the country he knows of it : he knows the rates of freight to such points ; he knows the names of the dealers at such places, this is that Mr. Smith The gets result better of all prices for most of his crops than we could possibly get if we had ihe MUM goods. This kuo.v- * 'I. III.. I,, I I ..lit r ,,||.. II. The Methodist conference at Washington, which li-.-. been a mixture of both congress an I convention, though il has had no legis lative function, did not adjourn without sending churches presses the sgainst the standing evils of the community as it dares to. All the great vices of the mid are stigmatized, gambling, over- out a pavoral to the Methodist n ' f( \ ro throughout the world, in which it man.hip of colom. le line of social reform as far out Inche 1 l of 8 , 1 " 1 ""' two reaching in Irade, intemperance, the waste ' '" ne limj<er . i . .. . . ...... ..I. of money, the use of churches to carry the ends of political parties and all kinds of reckless speculation. The Methodist fathers are very sharp on the practical evils of this world. They are equally clear that every system of national education should Ix- free from the dictation of any Christian church. It is stated that Wfore long of its weight of dry sugar, each pound uf clover honey would represent the insertion of the proboscis into 'J.jOU.OUO clover lie-ids. Some Clerical Slips. A clergyman in F.ngUud, in an earnest address to hi* parishioner* advocating the establishment of a cemetery, asked them to consider the "deplorable condition of .'lo.iKO Knglishmen living without Christian burial ' This suggests another clerical slip, says an exchange. " When do you expect to see Deacon Smith again ? " a gentleman asked a cleigyman. "Never," replied the reverend gentleman, solemnly, " the deacon is in Heaven." Tomahawk In The Tree. A rare curiosity ha* been found at Moree, Wisconsin, ill the center of a saw log 32 inches in diameter, in the shape of an Indian tomahawk. It H six inches in lenglh and has a Iwo and one half inch blade made of roughly forced iron, showing Ihe rough work- times. There were 10 l.cr over the head, show- ing the indenture of a portion of the handle iu the timber, which was of different timber from the tree. Judges of the grovth of . . . r". . . that " '"" **?" "' the tr * l WM *> <<** fro ' th ground. One of Wesley's Sermons- A farmer went to hear John Wesley preach. He was a man who cared little about religion. On the other hand, he was not what we call a bad mm. His attention _-.,. .,, . , . , *> uvi> .. >>!. nv v,. I MM, I 111411. Alia .vvct. null Methodism will constitute nearly a fourth of | WM toou exclte j an<l riveU ,, Wc sley said the people who use the Kngush tongue. 1 he hc , hould ukc three to jc , of th ' ht . future of Ihe Methodist chuich thut becomes | He was talking greatly about monsy. T?Iis quite as rnportanl as any other religious nrgt |,ead was " Get All You Can."' The 1.1,110 that may be named. In this country f . rmcr , )ud , neighbor and ;,, . .. T hit and even courtesy. They would have been quite juntifie 1 in refusing to rcceuo Kg&n asa/ro/ia HON i/rtWa. lint they did re- ceive him and treated him civilly. Far from being conciliated by this forbearance of theirs, when an attempt wa* made a little later by the President to overturn the Re- public in Napoleonic fashion, and set up a dictatorship in its itead, we al ouce, i* strange preaching. I never heard ihe like of ihis before. Thi* is very good. That man ha* got good things in him. It i* ad- mirable preaching. " John Wesley discoursed on "Industry," "Activity," "Living to 1'urposc," and reached his second division, " Skve All You Can. " The farmer became more excited. "Was there ever anything like this'- ' he said. Wesley denounced O, . . . , , . 11K< 11119 . IU- IMttU* TT TTsMTJJ ill IM * i i T i .rough every instrumentality within our thri(t l eMneM am | waste, and he satir,/ed reach, showed our sympathy with the , he wi i lf ,i wicke.lneas which lavishes in traitor, and treated him a rebel in arms as the lawful Chilian Government. When the willf.il wickedness which lavishc* in luxury, and the farmer ribbed hi* hand*, and he thought, "All this have I been . | . . sssUW UV VUVUKUVa aT&U *Mss* sKSsTVV -^-v u the men who were trying against heavy ,, ug ht from my youth up," and what w.th odds lo save Iheir liberty and laws. I t i ,, d w t lt with hoarding, it seemed and who represented al thai was lefl of the ;? hil * that .. 8a l vation had come t.. hw them almost with fury a* public enemies, and started one of the new cruisers, with great noise, to " blow them out of the water " for committing a misdemeanor. There is, too, evidence of the strongest kind that Kgan was the open partisan aud mouth- piece of Ualmaceda, if not hi* partner in peculations, and thai our squadron was by no means careful to maintain a neutral at- titude towards the contending parlies our flagship actually conveying to the Constitution tried to buy a few cases of ! hou8e . ^ Wc sley advanced to hi. third arms in the United Mutes, we pounced on , nead> whicn WM .. O ive Me All You I'un. ' " Aw dear ! aw dear !" said the farmer, " he has gone and spoiled it all !" Would Escape. Nurse "Keep quiet Charlie ; baby is very ill." Charlie "Will he die?" " We hope not." " Well, if he doe does he we n't go to the bad for he has no teeth fc gnash wtat Dictator ini|K>rtant information about move- ' our Sunda^School teac*.erw.ii teUin'abont, msuts of Ilia L'ougressioual amir. you kaow.