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 FOR THE FARMER. t 1 Telloir com ii ti^ejioreat f^.cold J»iid. Better leave:" lung Ufuiot^ W; i^ou- tonn. Teal your com 8M befbre pUntiog, especkl^ U It baa been kept iiraBy plaee ezoept aa hoog op in braida on the raftera of a warm store room. A Qorreapondent is confident, from hla own experience, that better reanlta are obtained bj top dreaeing with maniue than from plowing it under. On every farm, more or leas apple aeeda will be scattered in aeasooa when apples are plenty, and coma np in ont-of-the wav places. These trees should be saved and top-grafted when of suitable age. The early varieties of potatoes should be planted in good season, becaose the eyes are stronger than they will be later, and thriftier planta and better crops may ordinarily be anticipated by giving the aeed an early start. Present indications point to a shortage in grain crops in Europe. This and two or three wars on the other side, would oaoae hanctsome returns bo agriculture on this side of the Atlantic. Truly, i is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Wheat come out better in the spring when it has been In the drill furrows through the severest weather. The ridges aligbtly protect the plant, and as the for* mer are broken down by freezing, the fine soil is excellent manure for the wheat roots covering them whan partly lifted out by frost. The small strexms which often flow thronghf Arms are almost invaluablesoBrcea of fertillity, if the mud which accumulates in them is every year cleaned out and spread upon the land. All the lesvos, together with the fine mold from culti- vated fields, find a lodgment in the bada of theaa streams. The first year after setting apple trees, corn is a bitter hoed crop to grow among the trees than pottcea or any roots. Is makes a shade for the ground and f r trees themselves, beisideB insuring thoroagh cultivation, which, however, should be given with Bp«'cial care not to ibj are the trees by wh.ffl jtrae and horse cultivating implements A horticuUurht siys that grape treUises made entirely of alate are not desirable, as the tendrils cannot clasp the wood. While brush supports the vines uicelj, it dose not last long, and ia inconveuient to pick from. The best trellises are made •f large wires eight inches apart, stretch- ed horizontally from post to post. The tendrils clasp the, wires readily. Harrowing winter wheat in the spring does not injure or destroy the fall-sown timothy to any great extent, although some farmers belie ve the contrary. A f d w of the timothy plants may possibly be up- rooted, and this is true of the grain, but the remainder will grow so much batter that the sod will be thicker the following year where the harrowing has been most thorough. One of the best manures for the garden is mada by mixing two bushels of fine bone with a wagon load cf stable manure. The bone makes the manure heat more quickly, and manure softens or dissolves the particles of bone. If water with which sulphuric acid has been mixed is poured on the heap, it will prevent loss of ammonia. Most stable manures are deficient in phos- phate, which the bone supplies. No two roots are more valuable for stock feeding than carrots and parsnips. It Is important tnat they be planted j aat as soon as the ground is in condition. They germanate slowly, and it is an im- portant aid, especially with carrota, to put the seed in water and keep it in a warm place until ready to sprout. Then •over lightly with fine soil, and the young plants will come np in advance of the weeds. This is a great help, aa every one who has grown carrots can appreciate. Potatoes call for hard labor, but in pro- portion te what they take from the soil, there is more money in the crop than in any other, provided the land is adapted to them. It would take a crop of 150 bush- els of potatoes to remove as much dry matter as in a crop of wheat of thirty buidiels. The important difference is, that a large part of solid substance in the potato is of v^ry small manurial value, and is taken from the air, while a large part of wheat is nitrogen and phosphate of lime, both valuable and costly plant food. Imperfect compact of the soil around the seed, in which is included nndu? hardening cf the surface by rains, is the chief cause cf failure in seed germination. In planting seed com we have often f onnd a difference of ove or two days in the time for corn to come up in favor of that where the seed was pressed into the groond with the foot after being covered. ±u a very dry time some of the com not stepped on never came up, and the oiffer- encs of one or two 'ays was there ccndl- tlons were apparently favorable. A ker- nel of com is large and swella totwioe ita bulk before the seed shoot starts to grow. The smaller grain seeds are more liable to iojury than com. Bvery farmer ahonld have a workshop in which little, jobs of wcaik can be done on plied with a good aeleetion of tools osiial- ly required, bat alao with a material snch aa are likely to be brought into ase. Tne room need not ot neceaeity be large, bat of tuffidwt siKd for convenience. It 'â- faoald be Bysteoutically arranged so that all tools should have their apprupriate places. These should comprise saws, chisels, aogers, bitatofoki bite, hunaier, axe, shop itatohet, planee, .wrenelw files, and mausr otbeis wUeh it is nnnecessary to mention. In the line of stock there should be a supply of a variety of nails and screws, b)lta of various kinds and sizas, tacks, wire and leather, and various kmda of lumber and pieces of wood as would be called into ase. With these ab hand the faraaercan many times save, not only, a journey to a mechanic, 'but a bill which, with each addition in the oourse of the year, would be oonriderable. Fre- quently the loes of *a nnVor the breaking' Ota bolt necessitates. a journey to the blacksmith shop if no supply ia at hand but if the farmer has a supply, he has only to replace che miaaing or broken part and his work progresses un- disturbed. If time is money, then the faimar is benefitted in avoiding unneces- sary j 5urneys for repairs. At all events, he can if he will sp ni the time so savt d in rest or reading for the improvement of ius mind, a thing of great advantage to e\ ery tiller of the soil. During the' winter the farmer should examine his implements and see that all repairs are attended to. THE LIME-KILN CLUB. Hints to ll'eacliers. Teachers shouM be very careWhow they punish pupils for what they do or say away from the school premises, and should never undertake to punish for such bi havLour unless it seems necessary for the preservation of discipline in the scViool. The teacher who would be euccessful mush win the confidence of his scholars and be in sympathy with them he must know their niiure, their turrcundings, and their neeCs. In no way cin he bet- ter do so than by visiting them at their homes. He therebv shows his interest in them and win their love. Is It not a fact that the progressive spirit of the times d i-mands that, in the education cf bo;s and youug man, the pracdcal must be held above the theoret- ical, and the useful must supersede the merely ornamental Hence the necessity for institutions where students may be fitted to their places as active workers immediately upon leaving school. In order to be a successful teacher of boys it is necessary to ba their friend. It ia necessary not only to take an interest in setiing that their lessons are properly recited, bub to ba sure also that they understand t( hat they are doing, and take au interest in it make them teei that it ia their business now, and that their fu- ture success in business depends on their doing their work well in the present. Bovs like a friend â€" not an overseer. E lucation is well. Draw out of a soul all you can. There are some inspired teachers who can draw out of tha blossom sweetness and light. Nob one in a thou- sand of teachers is inspired. These other nine hundred and ninety-nine cannot draw anything out of any soul. Lst it content them to furnish food whereby the soul may grow that is, by becoming instructed. Such uninspired teachers may, in their hap-hazard, or dull, plod- ding way, assist some ravenous soul in finding his path to the tree of life, al- though they themselves have never tast- ed one of Its leaves. Effect of the War on tbe Wild Beast Trade. The effects of strife between nations are more far-reaching than most ^ople ima- gine. Among those who are adversely affected by the pride, pomp and cTcum- stance of glorious war are the desdets in wild aniinals, who are dreading lest sup- plies should ran short and wild beasts become unprocurable.' The passage of an army drives the creatures away. "The r3w in the Soudan is going to play liavoc in the animal trade this year," a prominent dealer lately rrmarked. "Ais long aa there is a war, of course no animals can ba (x- ported from that part of Afrio." Lions are reported as high, though the lion market i) dull. A good pair of African lioni are set down as now worth nearly £500. As for hippopotami, " if all the hippopotami in the United States were to die, we cculd not get any more for a long tfma," a Philadelphia dealer sorrow- fu'lysaii ;andtheBameaathcritystatesthat giraffes are very scarce. There are only four giraffds in the whole of Amerfct. A couple if ycuog giraffes would be worth s s much as a c )aple of i f rican lions. AU tins is bad enough for the wild beast trade. L'fe withoat an adequate supply of hippopotami and giraffes, and with a doubt about African lions seems to purveyors of such fearful wild f awl to ba a sorry waste; and on the top of all this comes appre- hension of war in Asia. That will ** cab off another wild beast producing country," the authority quoted sadly remarked. The fewer wild animals there are the arreater will be the cuiiosity to see them. devoted friend of the olnb, believe me â- Incerely jPiPir -^ c^«*m If or eome time past there has been iU- feeUnt between, Pika Boot Perktoe and the Hon. Justified White, caused by a diannte over the query ' Is Life Worth theliviDK." As Ui» meeting was ready to open Brother Gardner called the pair to the head of the hall an said " One reason why some people decide dat life am not wuth de libin' am be- kase dey make life a burJen to deir- eelves an' werry onpleasant to oddera. One real mean man in a community kin make five hundred people doubt if virtue »m rewarded on airth. One canting hypocrite in a town kin keep a slander- mill grindin' night an' day. One infidel in a county kin cause 5,000 well-meanin people to kinder doubt If dar' am a Heab- en or a hereafter. »' Bekase yoa two differ in opinyun yon go at it an' help to make life onpleasant to each odder. It doan' strike you dat anybody else kin be right, or dat you may be entirely wrong. Brudder Perkins calls Bradder White a fule bakase he can't agree wid him. Brudder White calls Brudder Perkins a bigot bekase he won't accept his opinyons. Each has his friends an' aupporters, an' dese supporters divide off an' feel aigewise towards each odder, an' before we know it de quarrel has in- volved 200 people. Gem'len, de pusson who argufies dat life am wuth de llbln' must prove his argyments by his ack- shun. He who feels dat life aia'n wuth de trouble of hangin' aroaa' on airth can't do better dan to walk down to de wharf, hitch a grindatnn to his reck, an' jump into w*ter twenty feet deep. " You twobrudders take each odder by dehand. Now shake. Now goto yer seats. Bach one of you has a right to his theories an' beliefs, but neither one of you have de right to denounce de odder. De world am big 'nuff to hold all de the- ories of all de inhabitiants We have plenty of room far all de beliefs we kin believe in. Dar am acreage fur all de argyments we kin argy. When we re- alize dis we mua' feel how siliy it am fur de Hon. Centrifugal Johritiirg to ciU Judge Jtterriweather Tompkins a charla- tan bekase Mrs. Johnsing had thirty two pussons to her high tea, and Mrs. Tomp kins cruldn't count but tJiitty-one at her low coffee." LAID ON THE TABLE. Giveadam Jonea sent to the secretary's desk a postal card beating a message froin Prof. Ssralghtout Williams, of Mobile, to the effect that he was in ]«1 in Illinois. The Professor was headed for Detroit, and had been makine his tirenty-two miles per day right along for saveral weeks, tu'j after travelling almost across the State of Illinois he had the misfortune to leave a farmer's barn about ten min- u:.es before the building took fire. That explained why he was in jail, and he look- ed to the Lime-Kiln Club to send him its legal adviser and at least $25 in cash. ' Does Brodder Jones desi %h to niake a moshum or present a resolushun in de matter ' asked the president. " I duuno, sah," was the dubions an- swer. ' Den de subjeck will be considered laH on de table till de Parfesaor manage to dig his way out an' furaisli furder per- tickletfl." NOT GUILTY. The following communication irom De- troit not only explained itself, but was very favorably received Brother Gardner, Officers and Members of the Lhne-Eiln Club Gentlemen â€" I trust yon will take no cffanse -at me sending this letter to yoar honorable body, which, if it did not exist, would De a great misfortune to the race it represents. Hoping that your grace will see fit to kindly allow this humble letter to come before your society for consider- ation, I proceed to say A few days ago 1 was very maob start- led by reading an ao»-unt of a recent meeting held by the club in which it was stated tliat I was an aaplrant for Brother Gardner's position. Also tliat a gentle- man residing in Syracase, N. T., had sent a letter of inqairy to tne dab to ask wnetheror not my papersâ€" the British Lion and the American Hagle â€" were or- gans of the Lime- Kiln Clnb. Being a very modest man, gentlemen of the club, I beg leave to say that I will not say any- thing farther relative to my papers, only this If the dab would speak kindly to Brother Gkffdner and ask him for bis photograph so that I might in some way produce the same in the next issue of my paper, I am certain the people of Canada and the United States would ba very much pleased. And now, gentlemen, I may state to you that I have felt very mach embar- rassed since t learned that I was trying to obtain Brother Gardner's position. Believe me, gentlemen, sndi a thing naver entered my head. I have to much respect for that gsod old faithful man, Brother Gardner, tlian to ondermine him from a position wlilch he lias held with so much satisfaction to the dub and the oommanlty. No, gentlemen, I am the personal friend of title dab, and though I say it myself, gentiemen, diere *s nothing mean aboat me. I have been prompted ,«( !â-  Editor British J^ Bamflton, Ont. FOHEI«N NEWS ITEMS. Queen Victoris U editing the speeches of the Puke ot Albany. A widow in Wilton, Conn., says she never intends to marry again. »ne is 104. The Earl of Selkirk, who died very rich ktely, left a year's salaiy to al • em- ployed on his estates. Fruit trees are so heavily laden in places on the Pacific coast that hundreds of laborers are employed thinning cui the fruit. It may interest those who discuss RuBsian affairs to know that the name ot M. de Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is pronounced "Greech. Jenny Lind is coming out of her retire- ment, for the first time in twenty-two years, next summer, to sing in aid of the Children's Itfirmary, in Norwich, Ecg- land. Mr. Cameron, the spedal correspon- dent of the London Standard, was, when killed in Egypt, receiving a salary of £2,000 a year, and the Stanc aid has pro- vided for his mother. Gen. Aizpum, the rebel leader who raised so much trouble in Panama, is a mulatto who, a few yeaas ago, was a waiter in a billiard saloon. Gen. Preston was one of his aubordinate officers. Sir Mjees Montefiore has written, with hla own hand, a letter dated April 20 to the Rev. C D. Bradlee, of Boston, thank- ing him for his felicitations on Sir Mosea' attainment of the centennial anniversary of hie birthday. In Wantanga county, N. C, Mrs. Mary iVIcNeeley has just diea at the age cf 111 years. She was born in that county in 1774 on land then owned by Daniel Boone. Bha preserved good, health until two years ago. Her age ia perfectly well authenti- Cited. The Dochess of Cambridge sent a me- mento oi PrimroEc Day to the Queen at the Viila Mottet, at Aix-les-Balns, on Saturday, in time to reach her on the foUowiDg morning. It consisted of a pointing of a wreath of primroses on an ebony panel, framed in violet plueh. It is t ffiially announced that, the epi demic of tricamiasis prevailing from Sep- tember to Decembar last in the district of Madgeburg, Garmany, resulting in 403 cases of aickness, f which 66 proved fa- tal, was-caused by a single pig. Careful invest igati'U proved that death was in every case due to eating the fl ^sh raw. A year and nine months ago the disap- pearance of the Rev. Merton Smith ex- cited much interest thronghouti England. He was tcuring in the Pyrenees with a friend, and left his hotel for a walk. He was not seen afterwards, and the most anxious search, stimulated by a reward of £500, failed to discover any trace cf him. Mr. Smith's body has lately been discov- ed among the mountains. The first South African diamond was found in 1867. It was the' toy of a little Boer girl who had picked it out from among the roots of an old tree. A few months afterwards the bed of the Yaal river was known to be a profitable dia- mond region, and within three years it was discovered that the diamond deposits lay in circuclar patches of yellow, and, below, still more diamondiferons blue, earth, on the great plain or "veldt," which stretches on all sides around Kim- berley. Her Majesty the Queen d'^ring her month's scjoarn on the Contiant attend- ed the confirmation of her grandson the hereditary Grand Duke, and the christen- ing of her great-granddaughter, the little Princess of Battenberg. Ab the ccnclu- sion of the confirmation service the Qaeen is said to have been deeply affected, and repeatedly ki«.«l her grands(n. The in- fant daughter of Princess L ^usie of Bat- tenberg received the names of Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie. Her Ma- jesty lias greatly benefitted by her rest and change. Mr. Charles Yilliers, member for Wol- verhampton, the colleague of Peel, and Bright, and Cobden in tibe anti-Corn-Law struggles, is now 83 years old, with snowy hair and whiskers, bat hale and vigorous. He lias represented Wolverhampton in. Parliament for 50 years withoat a break. Bat he seldom is seen in the House now except on the most important occasions, and still more rarely does he spei^. One evening recently he made a speech on the Reform bill, and it was his first after eight years of silence. A new volcano has been developed in Russia, 12 verstsfrom the town of lelna, in the government of Smolenak. On the top of a hill there it was noticed 10 years ago that snow never remained for any length of time. Tliree years back sub- terranean noises were heard in the neigh- borhood of the liill, and smoke was seen to issue from its summit. Lately flames have shot up, and melted iron, cinden, and sand haTe been_thrown ont of a fresh- ly formed eratei ing. rdliog, burning and other «» « Uw extermination of the dmS^I ployed. **^| One of tiie pleasantest thbg, l I nection with the imprisonmettof j "^l ous charaetera in Claervanx by thli?^ Government ia the faithfnlnHNl^ wife of the Nihilist, Piinse K*5 She has visited his prison di^?% out his long impdtonment, and T* his appearance has changed, her .ff" has not. One day he appeared »iJ?' a tooth in the front of hu mouth ** had fallen out. His gvms wereln butic from damp, want of air, and " that they fell out as be was eatic»*^ of bread. He writes scientific ^J: Nature and other journals, \nd°J^" been allowed to take them out of '"' after the Governor read them.*^ ^^ No less than £5 OOO.OCO, out oiU total value of £7,500,000 exported 1? South Africa, is accounted for by w I feathers and diamonds, the latter Ihd of oourse, by far the most important^* Twenty years ago the annual yield of^ mends obtained f^om all tourjes did amount to more than £50 ooo » Now even the native population m2 Kimberley earn every year more fv £1.000.000 sterling in wages, and dn^ the last fifteen years some £40 qqq of rough diamonds have been eent i from this district, which hava hoenZ including the cost of catticg. Eettbg «! distribution, for nearly £100 00o'(^ These figures will give, as much as can, some idea of the enormous deT^^ ment of the diamond c rade. Dress Reform. Speaking of unseen features of „ ine toilets, Boston hag evolved sonl I thing In that line, says Ciara Belle. Tin dress reform committe of that city ate the authors of what they call the corset. abolishing underwear. One. cf their ea. thnsista, Abby Gould VVoolaon, Inl brought some of the articles to Kew Toil for mieionary purposes. She showed them to an invited sratherijig, yesterdsj I and I noticed that, very adroitly, the ^i who acted a? a figure-model en which tc exhibit them was a slim-waisted criatniB who might as well go wiihciut corsets a not eo good were her natoKil cutlinej. The outfit consists oi thiee garments- viz a balmoral skirt, composed of a deep pritcaase waiat reaching to tha kneeiand joined there to a broad, straight flounce then a suit o: white cotton cloth, or mm- lin, shaped loosely to the iorm by vertical seams, and terminating in sleeves snd drawers. With one thickness cf smootli cloth the latter garment covers the entiie body from chin to wrists and ankles. Fi- nally, beneath this, a woolen undersoit, woven upon the same model, and, like the chemiloon, buttoned down the entiie front. An underskirt of fitting mske may be buttoned either to the bilmonl or chemiloon, and to the inner sids o! the latter the stocking supporters are at- tached. Thus equipped with fo3rga^ ments â€" a union undersuit, a princesie petticoat, and a princess dress â€" yoa hare not a belt in your whole nttire nor a bit of gathered fullness, save what is fomid in the skirt flinnce. A lift of the ehcul' ders meets resistance only from the topi of the stockings, so loosely worn and con- nected is your entire garb. Summer dis- cards the flannel understdt and redncei the number of garments to three. Whit I am waiting for is to see some rolypoi; girl pub herself into that bind of an w dersuit, expecting to present the same natty appearance that the slender modd did. What will happen 1 Why, she will slump quiveringly down in a mass like i lot of too soft jelly removed from iie mold, and the experience will teach hei not again to show herself withoat coneti on. That's all. Goiiue to GiTc Him a Rest. The NihiUst congress held in Russia re- cently resolved to " let up" on the Car for two years in order to see if he viU accept the constitation which itianot said the late Czar actually signed on tbe very day of his assassination. The Nihil- ists havmg seen a copy of this conitits- tion are ^uite satisfied with it. A copj was furnished them by the Princess M goroasld, the late Cear's morganatic wi- dow. If at the close of two years thepn* sent Cur will not grant the conititatioOt assassination and terrorism will be inHo- duoad on a scale never before heard oL It Is a little singalar that they shonlil resort to this weapon again, when, accord' ing to their own showing.they would, but for assassination, have been living to dif under a satisfactory constitution. Bo' can they knov but tliat they will ssix sioate another Czar just after he i" agreed to a c institution which his i» oaasor will suppress as the present Ctf has done? When Hamlet found his oBOt at his prayers he refused to kill himM- oanae he would then send him ioto tv other world with his sins yet ni-forgiw"' The Nihilists seem to have taken there? moment when Alexander waarepeD^. to dispatch him. Tills may have be* a good thing for the Czar, bat it vtf "*^ for the Nihilists. lolseley's Admi |It nas never beei company a force c mmand of L3rd "V lerefcre, under so I expedition whic Jta to Cyprus w I the British adm Qd was at leas: racter, and the ktching his metho pnder, as a civil ator. His leaiinj as equanlmlt] aptations to irrit uniasariat arran{ Stic obstructive |thority whom we 'b hazy indefinitei iierally, but Wola dve when occasloi kyed a sign of tei ^etic one could c %t his powers c iitfulhard work- pre was no gustin [slid through his Tght dexterity. H ver entangled hit Itriflaa. The absa; ladmhutrative n [ior paltly by h Wyâ€"a phase, ind ^•â€" because of th( 1 thorough Inten â- svelledout fron his staff. The] together hurrie |tf blended, ant â- ^n carriage bet^ t they had steppi rtaient in whicl Trating for yean Jor points of det ne slept serene! orwioe based on owinates would "d desire they i *•* clear to me t •Mon but grew ^J^WMthen 7^ the eentc •» and that he i aentof hia be] Mtt he could rely exaoutaats, i heoooldandf • assigned to ei a^^!^*.nnhami I'lt^.forthr