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VOL XIII.

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NO. 650.

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ahf i'od's €ornn. AGATHA. •j Bvihrl In foldi nf^lo. .|dan.l„r . seemed .hr'inw r.pln^Blf t= Kkadra of darkaraa— almrlna of ntsht ■ in tl.nt pair nlsl.l tka atari ahonr brl(kt ; Ai they saved In the fare of L.dy Lanora, j Twilight ih.vdovaa kt-ard the n.evttnwa: 1/n «.e bin* dalilea hid their haadi j / I ... the nightly breath li odd. ^ V selling iwaat on aU biluw. Yat one waa and— -twaa Udy Lanora. Aa barbed with woe, aha whliprrad lowAgatha. Gent') liumi a rottaga ai.ldan ; SoDly ataga thr whip-poor-will. Plrr-fllaa aparklr on tha arbor ; | Lowing hrrda go plodding homeward, For the p nature Heidi are ihut. But hark I adown the walka a elgh la heard, I A itlfllngilgh from Lady Lenoro, Who lupa a won! — one malllag word — Taara are trickling down har ehaak ; V Blanched aad butnlng nrama her brow i j | Bowing mildly— weeping ehlldly— IWisrrUanroas. THF. MOTHER'S I. AST GIFT, " OR Tax Valvrop a HufOLB Frsrt'. \ I Thirty yaara age thrra was seno to eo- • Inr tbw city of (.ondoi., a lad of aboil fourtarn yaara of b|(h. He wa» drrated io a dark frock, that hid hie under apparel, tnd which appeared to have brro made . lor a pervon atideolly taller than the wearer. Hi- bonti were coerred with j ' dual from the high road, lie bad oo no : old hat with a black baud, which contraitail gtrangrly wilb Iba colar of hit bead, j A email handle, fattened I? tha ead of • > I ilick, sod Ihrown over the shoaldar, was l liiw wkola of hie aqoipmanl. At ba ap- ' proacbad tba Mannon iloata, hs paused j look at tba bui'ding, and saalad him- - ielf ua the Heps of ona of Ihsdloort. lie was nbnnl lo test awhile ; but the coming i id and eoidk out ol kalf-a-duxao persona, : Oelore lie had time to finieb aalying hie | bundle mads him leaaa that spot for 'the ' next open space, whera'lhe doors wars in ! part cloned. Hating taken from tha handle a large ! <|aaotil)r of bread aod ckawa. which he termed lo eat wilb a ravenous appetite,' i j he a inured himeelftiy looking al Iba botld. ivg before him with all the eager cariotity ol one eoaccaalomed to fee similar objaeta. The appearance of Iba yoath aeon attracted my cariosity, aod gently opening ibe door, 1 elood behind him wilboet hie "ring the leant coacioaa of my pretence, j I He now began rsmmaging hie pockela, 1 and altar a deal of trouble brought oat a | I rull of paper, which be opeeed. After ! | ialiatying biraeeir that a large copper coin > , was tafe, ba carefully pol it becjf again, i - Haying lo himaalf, io a low aoice, ''Math ! er, 1 will remember joar laal words:— 'A 1 : penny aaced )• a two penes earned.' It j .hall go bard with me before 1 part with I you, ory old friend.'' | Cleared wuh hia remark, 1 gently ' j lunched the led oo hiaabeulder. Hettartj -d and was about to moea away, when 1 •aid : "My goad lad, yoa teemed tired, and i likewise e stranger ia the city." i "Yee, air," be answered, putting hia ' hand to hia bat. Ha waa about again lo maaa forward. "You need not harry away, my boy," I obeereed. "indeed If yoa are a atran- | ger. and willing to work. I can, perhaps, help to fiad what you require." The boy atood mute wilb aelouiahmeot; •od co'o ing to tacb an extent as to ihew 1 all the freckles of a •sabarnl face, atammered oat : "1 w»h to know," I added, with all the kindness of maaaer I could asaame. "whether yoa are auxiona to ln,l work, for 1 am in w,3| of a yooth to aaaial my coachmaa." The poor boy twitted bit bundle about | and after baaing daty placed hia band to > bit heed auaagod to utter at awkward | k.od.of answer, that be woeld be aery ihaokfal. I mentioned not a word aboal what 1 ! had overheard with regard to Iba penny. but inciting him ime the botue, I seal i for iba coachman, to wboae care 1 eatraau Nearly a month bad passed after Ibit I resolved to make same icqniriee of the coachman in regard Vekb* ewadeel of tba 4 lad. ! »'r ; acd J fur waeiiag^anytbiag. j ; iv..%,o^gU -K hit rr-."y*WalD..k^ woeld eeaaMer M aaia if a# did BM giae ] , the cremba .1 bread Is Ibe (tor bird* j eeeey mare jag." i

"1 am glad to hear io good aa accouot," j I replied. "Aud at for hitlfoed nature, air, there j . ' ia Dot a aeraant amaagat na that doesn't , tptak wail ol Joseph. He reada t* or , while «« sup, and be write* all our letters for at, Ob. air, ha ha* got mora learning | ( than all of oa put logglher ; aud wbat'r ; more.. he docio I mind work, tnd naaat j ulkt'aboul our iacrata after be wnlea oar ; , ; letter*." ' i lletermioed io e»# Joseph mjaelf, I re- i ^quelled the ccachman to »rad lvim te the , i ' "1 undertiend. Joaeph. that yua can , rend and write. " "Yea. air: thanks to my poor, dear ( mother." I ' Yonbaaelalelyioityourmother.thru.' , "A mouth that very day when you ecrr ; kind enough to take me into yoer house, • , an uuprutected - orphan," amwered , ! Joaepb. i •Where did yoa go to school «" "Six BlV mother haa »>o-ti a widow ever . ei.ee I can-reinemher. .Ska was a daughter of the Tillage ecbeoltanvUr. and h*v- , ; ing to uiaiutain nie aad beraelf with her , needle, ehe took the oppotlunily of her , : leisure momeula te leech me not only hew . to trail and wriln, but to cnat ap nc- , "And did aba gira you that penny. J which waa in tba paper^lhal I aawyoioo.loaepb flood amaxed, but at length le- ' plied with emotion, and a taar atarted Iroui hit eye. , I "Yea, air, it waa lb* _Tery laat penny . ! «he gaae me." "Well, Joseph, so iatia&ed am 1 with ) | your cooduct, that not oniy do I pay you , a month's wagra willingly for the time yon bate been here, bat I moat bag af you | to fulfill the duties of eolleeting clerk to I | : our firm, which situation haa tni-onie va- | : cant by tha death of a varv old and faith- . lul ...lil.nt," , K Joseph thanked me in tbn most anasturning manner, and 1 wat asked to take I care of hia mooay aioerl promiaed to pro- ' , i ride him wi^b aaitabie -clothiag for hia j '• new occupation. | 1 1 will be unneceiiary to relata how. | ! «tep by itep, tbil poor lad proceeded to i ! win the confidence of myself sad partuer. t | penny ; aad wheneret bia ralary became i ■toe, he drew out of my liaode no more | | i ban ha absolutely wanted, eT*n In i i peony. A l length he bad eared a audi- I i cieut sum of money lo be deposited it, i the bank. I It ao happened that one of our chief ■ customers who bad carried on a success- i 1 lul buatneM requiro d aa actire partner. I | The person est of eccautric habits, and • j considerably adTanred in years, hern- i pnlnualy jost. h* looked io erery penny. ' and invatiably ditcharged Iiih workmen if i I I hey were not equally .crapuloOs in their 1 { dealing* with him. . 1 Aware oflhiv peculiarity of temper there i j was oa person I could reeonitnend but , Joseph , end after orrrcomiog the repog- I nance of my pan tier, who was aowillinp i to b* deyriTed af an raluable an'aaeiatani. j i | Joaepb waa doly received into the firm of < I Richard Fairbrolhera It Co. Troaperity i aiiended Joseph ia thl* oew undertaking. ■ and never aniferiag a penny's dilfereare ■ lo appear in hia transactions, be ae com- i pletely won the confidence of his aenior partner, that he left him the whi le of his ! businees, as he expressed it in bia will, "evno to tha very laat penny.' - — Wv, — , ( astlRfonl Detils. Wehnve a friend,* Methodist preacher, j i ' and a jolly fellow be it. lis bat a large ■ maacular frame, with eorpoleoca. lo correspond ; sis hug* hand, witlfa pewer- | | ful grip— aare ua from giving him strioaa , • offence if be were a common sinner 1 — haa inexhaustible vitality, and woald not be I over-tfelicate in penetrating a jake, even > if ipahould baa little rough, aad has withal • a hom< lines* which bia complexion does ' I not greatly relieve. Thl* frieotl of our* ' j is an earned worker, aad haa a well carted I reputation aa a revivalist. Soma year* I ago ha waa haldiag a meeting at which t , quilt an interest was awaaoo-d. A number of persons had com* to the mourner's I seat, and some had been converted. One I eveniag a group, ronsietiag of two or I , threw yonng men, and as many young la- < diet, ware preteol. whoae object in com- I Ing waa to have merriment. Oar friand I I th* minister having anticod thair maour- < avrea for a while, and thinking it waa tiase i I they were checked, fnond hia way to them, and" addressing himself to tha youog men. kindly reqaested them lo abeerve the decorum bebtting th* place. One of than, . whoae idea* of politeness wore hardly op to th* mark, factored in a rather ungracious manner t* reply that they "bad understood that miracles <s*r* walked there, and they bad come to see them performed." ' Upon this nor rebast friend, the minister, coolly look tha young man by the coat , collar, deliberately lad him down the aisle. . aod, opening tba door, without farther ceremony landed bin outside, quietly re- j taarkiag, " Wo do not work miracles here, , bat w* co sf osst dtvils ' How the Sweet Morsel is Made. ! A great many American girls at well ae ( boys have acquired tba particularly diss | grseabla habit cf chawing gum. We will i tell Ihea) bow gum it mad* : The great- 1 est gum manufacturing establishment is at * Podunk, Maaa., 'and th* fame of the rum 1 (aod the gum itself} is 'in th* mouths *f ' many. One of the employees of that •*- ' tablistameot, who has become thoroughly initialed into the mysteries of the menu- ' factum of the gom, waa recently dticharged from the astahliahmaot, aod ha* divalged tha mod* of making tha gum . which these young Americans manifest* ' with sscb velocity and apparent ealisfae— 1 ! tino. The gum Is mad* af certain pari* , of gomarabic, gam-tragaeaalh, a small ( quantity of resin aad fat. Th* fat used , is not lard (that being loo expensive), bat , it la a tabataoce expressed fro* tka hod ics of bogs, eats, dogs, aad al bar animals roand dead in the street* ol eltiea. After ; lb* vsrieu iogredieau are malted lo- , gather ia a hag* kettle, a certain kind of , j alkali ia pal ia.for tba parpee* at whitenj lag Ue gam. Thta alkali ia tka asm* that ' is aaed by dyen with indigo lo give a deep and permanent bias to fiaaaels." || -Tha BpnagSel'l (Mare.) fi^st/.c®. | has realised more osooey By tba making i j af photograph Atbwms tha iret tew yaare , I tbaa by its regalar bastaaw.

A Good Jadge , of Baltimore, is an able ! judge and a pinna man. He knows fat ' whltaji* island at Jamaita is chiefly celebrated! aod tnlnks wilb Lord Byron Ibai . j -Tha two things null consolatory to j tnao are turn and trn* religion." Disdaining to imbibe perpendicularly l in bar-room>. h* keeps a d*mijoho ol (Itard in his oilier, and there slakes as ' thirst or inclination prompts. The Judge a son who kuwtrs bia fathei a habits. ; anil emulates ttiem with filial ataldtiitv. I On a cicxday Brorning the Judge would "Wall, llufos. going to the- First Preswitu me this iiioiiiiiig : I "No. father; I reckon I'll go down te the Second Method!-'. " ISut on his way io that edifice Kkfus 1 uniformly stopped at lh» oflir*, unlocu,-.-1 indulgcdliuiiself with ple-vsul lluid. peuled 'bis lau'dible iaqmry. bui ilqliis preferred the rtecoud Methodist. The Judge soon begun to notice a marked d. miuution in the contents of llie demijohn. 1 and rightly suspected who was the culprit. Tba Judge emptied the remaining liquid into nnotlier vein. I. und placed It ttt u secluded pise*. N*xt Monday morning ••Doing witb'itie thia'moruing Rnfus? "No father; 1 reckon I'll suck to Hi* ' Second Mnthodisl." Oa reaching the office and taking b»ld i of the demijohn, he not only saw with dis | goat the empty jug but noticed a small I pioca of while paper attuched lo tba han- ; die, ®n which was legibly inscribed these' : words : -Sfr.w.1 J/elWvst rlo.yl /or ! After church father and son mat. aid ! looking curuinv'ly at each other smiled, J but said nothing. The "repairs" on that ' Methodist huilding hare not yat been j completed. .So Unfa* avers. I Aflec-ircl Locomotion. ! tiracc leads a fascination to ao ordinary figure which the most symmetrical pro- j portions cannot^.tsrcis* without it. Hut. the poetry of motion. Neither the do- i monstrevre swing nor ibe high tragedy gait with which eom* of our Hroadwav | ■ Hebss and Juuo* rndravor to show of!'.; ; their difl'.n nt atylaa of person, approxi- I main it at all. Tha ta!: and stately croa j with trailing garments, wbo moves, . or triea to mora, as if she trod tin oacl,*. . and liked that sort af pavement, ia not nearly so Juan like as she may thicl; ; aire on Flie other hand, the plump and pr.'i'r ! maiden who makes h-r looped up sk.ri: ' describe the segments of aiircls at every step, is more apt lo provoke laughter inuu j of "going" are afiectations : and afi'-rfa- , ! he people of correct taste. A lady siinuli' nan iieram ale iior -irut. nut g.ide along lug nl bar. W :s I k 1 1 g ahoold be an nnvlu I died act, not a jvrfornHinee. All the world j ia not a stage, in the common acceptance • of the term, nor is it necessary that ladies should tread it# streets like tragedy queens ; or genteel comedy mines, or ekippiny Tlic Mechanic's Wife. [ "1 noticed," said Franklin, "a me- ; cbanic among a number of •tho.re, al work j io a house erected but a little way from I afiiee, who always appeared to be ia merry humor, who had a kind and cheer- | ful amil# for every one be met. Let tbv day be ever as cold, gloomy or sunless, a i smile danced a sanbeam nn hi- : coaotenar.ee. Masting him one morning. . I asked him to tell me the secret el | constant happy Bow of spirits. 'No i secret. Doctor,1 he replied, -I've got one | of the best wives, who, when I go to work, always has a word of eneouragetnent for tne. and when I go home ahe meets me with a kiss ; and sba is sura In be ready, and ehe ba* done so many things daring th* day to please me thai I cannot fiad it in my heart lo speak unkind to any body.' " What inflaence. then, bath women over the h«art of man. softao it and make it th* rouotala of cheerful sail pnre emstiuns ! Speak gentl then ; a happy smile and a kind word of greeting, alter th* toils of tha day are cost nothing and go far toward' making a home happy and peaceful. Buaj'-BodieH. Many a man has mada a fortune by 'minding his own business," aad many, another has lost a fortune by attending to everybody's business hat hi* oil. And yet. tbougb the teres phrase "wind yoar basinets" is commonly called "the eleventh commandmjnt, " oambera persist in the rniooas practises of tha busyThey will leave not only their bat their families, in neglectyes, even ia partial want— and go banting abost for "aotnethiag lo do" among their neighbors, namelbing load rise abom in tba spirit of "busy-bodias," or to meddl* with ia the spirit af miscbief-mskers ! Thai they render themselves perfect am- ; aancae. Leery body dreads thair approach. II a neighbor gets into any difficulty they either tarn "Job's romfertrr's" and thus increase the effect apoo his feelings, or ga aboal "pitying him from the bottom of their baarts," in the hearing of others, aod thus increase tbd original difficulty many fold. InfstT Secured im Riding Behind Horses. Some ingeniont chap hat inventad and patented aa article that will eavs many _ iisey that would otb'rwtaa be lost by b*roni;cg frightened and ranniog away. The article ia aa attachment to a carriage, baggy, or other vehicle, which, is a momaot, releases the animal or animals from lb* earring* io caag- of their mooing away, or any accidtnt. (,ik* all great aad useful inventions, It is atmpir eaoagh ahea mad* known. It ia merely arrangement which Ul* frew tba trace* ' attached to th* bar or shaft* *r a wag or.. \ If yoar hone* take fright *rd ma away. ; aad there ia a chance that yoar caerlar* load yourself) will be dashed t* pier**, you hav* only tw pail a small haadi*. rua- j venitotly placed near tha driver's a#*', i aod tba bora* may dash ea but you remain quiet and aafv la th* aareiagu. Tba i palest** it a baasfaetar, aad his larsotlen oaghi lo ba applied U all vahicUs '

(Br AcTtt.iR.Tv.) r ProcrrtliiagN of City Council. ,. i A staled meeling of I * City C ouncil , wa. held this evening. „ Present— Mayor Magonagle, Recorder Hughe*. Alderman K-naedy, couoc. Irani. , W. S. NcheUeoger. Joseph jjcballcoger. i Tha II, mules ,.| li,* last meeting were „ read and approved. The Finance t'oinmillee reported pro- I ij bonds. Tba report of the Mayor in reference It. . collection* Hum etuies. harks, fines. Ac.. w». tiieti tend ami ordered filed. j ' , A II ordinance wa. presented entitled a£) "ordinance i* auilinrisc a loan (i.r are Alt-'tViili....* fim.ved" that tlw'tilHuf '"winch was agtW'lb Mr. Ware mniWtl that the nrdinanc I bo taken up ou Its second reading, be read t 1 "Which, was agreed t-. ' ' Mr. .leseph Mcballuugvr mii'vad to atrikout Vj-tg!" thoasaiid" and insert five . thuuaalid," Which was agreed tn. 'J'be aacuod sec Hun was agreed tn i T he third section wa# agreed to. . to. t* Mr. Hagbes moved that UtOTge W Smith, keeper of the vtty <■! ,k. be sud repair the city clack, " j ° William llelieotbal was ooanimooalr I sleeted* i Several lulls were presenlvd'aad ordereil , v paid. Mr. W. .S. Schallenger movad that the i sum ol twenty dollar# be paid tu th" ! '• Mayor fsr making collections. Which was agreed Hi. ' j Mr. Williams tufted tlutl tb* clerk l„- > of Mr. Neeuian's bill. Alderoiaa Kennedy, chairmitn of- tin I" ; Hoard of Haallb, presented aud read bp j report. '■ • Mr. Ware moved th .' tha report b" ' • accepted, and the . u"„., ituu on Protec | " Don ui Properly anil in.-., ovemant he ren. " an red by tne coenc-l. '■ On ti.ut ...u ci uncil a. -turned lu im: i •* i Caps 1st. and, Ofcl. Id. DftiT. <; f .ui,(. i.iei .. hec.il nl II,. Major. •' 1'res.yi — Mayor Magonagle, .Recorder r Hughes Alderti. m Ksnns-dy. touDCilinv, l- W. a. r-cbelleuger, Joseph Sehclleng.. , 1 ; Ware and Wiiliams. j On motion H.e rauiiing of the minute '* ; ol the last meeliug wqs dispensed Willi. " Mr. Ware moved thai lire ordinance f fur the purpose ol erecting a building fot ! school purposes in the city- of (,'ap* Island, end fur funding the Boating debt id sain city," ba takeu up en its third and turn.' k Which was agreed Io. and upoo the li | question shall this ordinance pa's, it wa ' i decided aa follows : Yeas— Messrs. Hughes, Kennedy, W. j f I ri .Scliellrngrr, Joseph. Schellenger. War- | ami Williams, i- Nays— Nona. tin isotmn coancil adjourned. H JotitPR B. Hruiiaa, City'Clark. ; r Tlic Mystery of Puuc Itjatiou. i- ; An old cumpoaitor tella tbia anerdute ir - j a New Kngland paper:— '• Wa remember, a number of years ago. " ' whan we were at work io a book offic- .' near Hoston. the copy waa received fur # '' aciaotlfic work. Tuo copy was aiaoh'scripi '• with every letter w, II Inrined, with every '• j capital in it* proper place, uv4y letter : '• ! dtatioct and punctuated. It waa the bes | >f| manuscript copy they had evsr saea.— i This copy was giveu out to the compost>r i tars a few pages al a lime, who set it U| r { and punctuated It aa (bay bad been in tb habit of doing, each as ha thought thsense required. The proof-reader rea, i lb* proota, marked a few changes to tb I panclaatton, a< ba did in moat of tb. ! < | proofs, aud the matter was corrected j ' Another proof waa taken aod corrected. - and whva thirty orfary pages were read) ,, ; they were sent to the uuihor Tor bis in' , spection. In a few days th* proofs cam r | back, with the punctukiioo marked fmly I It was corrected, of course, and tb* com. positors then got orders to "follow copy j" r in punctuation." They did aod an- i other lot was forwarded to Ibe author \ panel sated exactly according to' copy ; In due time these proofs cam* back, anu j , with th* pnuctoation marked mure thai. 1 . before, if that were possible. 'I bit irrita- . , tad the proof reader somewhat, and h- .' sent the scientific antbor a very pol,t"note, saying, "If I can't poncluau thi- , , work to salt you, and yon can't paucinalc „ it to salt yourself, what are you going to r do?" In reply, the author said ha wasn't , ,1 aware he bad bean sorrccticg the office < punctuation, out if tka proof-reader woo hi , ' see to the punctuation be woald be greatly obliged, aa it waa sontMhing he knew nothing about. After that there wa* o„ • mora trouble about puactnation oo that , '' — Th* simplest contrivances are oflai: | j ibe last to come into general ase. Thr , i I. on, Ic.u Bailrter ofiVra a aocgesHoa aboa> . k- 'h. wrodoea ef our houses which ia aenai- i a hie. bat which nobody haa theagbt ol , , applying. Its* this: 1 -stead of aattiap , - the window frames seas' iches withid tbr , r eater surface of the wall (l,v which the | i wail ia mwie lo absorb 'ue greater part ol e < he light), set it flasc e ita tb* external' y | fare, and let Ibe peart of glass be roust !; i a ! rroaae su tka outaid* arise*. By tki* , . jtiennv the light from the whole of thr , . ! risibi - skrand t>a remclset ].arU c' the I a .pr..»:'e walii' '-i'.riie' 'Uls Jue-O Tatr, Ike . >. < room, i r Heeled from lb* i*nam*r*t>|e I- I small face's mad- by gnadng Ike g|*ai , . | sarfec*. Tb# window will appear as W - j (be sky na- dirwrllj beyowd la, aad rays a af light Will radiate from eeery pots l of | i. Ik* limlaea# sarfaea lata all par.* of U, , 1 ckaator . ' ' i YC

3,ciriritlturaL Hoar lo Reut a Farm. The correct way te arrive at a fair price for both partial is the following: Add th* ' vale* of th* cultivated land and baildioga to tb* value of the slock and tools. If a reotsr has on benefit of woodland, th* growth of timber, aod increasing valaa of • itie land, will b. an sqairaUnl far tb* interest on it. Now, if a renter agrees i# pey the proprietor, annually, six, ssvrn. eight, nr more per cent, on th# aggregate ^ of stuck, implements aud farm, aud keep Hi* sell li: a good stats of Fertility, and make certain improvement* avnry ytnr. I he proprietor Will raaaire a better eete|iensation then the renter. A renter oould : nut mak*4<i" snt pretal aa many farms W,.|« he fu lute them at tit par cent.; while u n otbrri he^rould afford to pay cusnl. Then. Ik* peiceutng* must be lessened, in proportion aa a reotsr makes impiuvemenls that will ineisas* th* value ul I ta» (aim. II li* rents a faroi nn a farm *'"1 ''"i"0 l"i|"i"*m«Bls will one slinnld share In th* expeuae. should require the renter I* adept a relation of r,„pt auaptrd lo tlia soil ; tu allow ueihius to be catriad oil the (arm that would make manure ; te allow an manure t.. be wasted by jeniainiug ibji**|te Hum a«e|i all tin, Is, implements and buildings in good repan. making all, .waned far their ornamental ir*»# iu any way. The prices locaiiti,*# render n quire incobsiiUot to do anything further than simply make ! suggestions on important poiol*. by which a lair contract l#r both parties may be fuaad. \i bau a farm ,t worked on shares, ilia 'thai hay, straw, cornstalks and other coarse material shall sot be carried off the fill; and be who works it should makn o tally . If foreign lertilixers are applied th« proprietor ought lo sustain a small porlion ol the expeuae, il ha receives a ehuro of thtgiaio. The contract should not allow a n.au to plow up ll.e solir* mMdoV-'HW^Vom" '0r P"ln'* °f Weeds, This i" nut tho #ea-on far needs. >.a know, bat il is * very proper season to i,l , a few tncts Which may possibly induce farmers to pai ou their thinking', apt. j Fit I I all then, the presence of any ennsniereblt qusotily of weed# is sa nolailing indication of careless /arming. No good larmrr will uderat* ibem. neuter will be be pestered with theui lor toy considerable length of tune, il he will but as* the proper menus for their extirpation. Io-t every tanner adapt lb* lollowiog a* In* motto; "No weed shall bo allowed to perfect it. seed oo iny preuii.as." Tba moat Iroahlssoni* weeds can he got rid of by Ibe adoption of this plan. Kvan the Canada Thiallt, one of the most difficult of all these pests lo eradicate, will sous perish under this trsstmeol. j Few persons bar* any idea af lb* ex- : Iraordiaary lecuadity of weeds, or of th* 1 immense number ol weed seeds thai are I purchased with clover, timothy, aod other grass seeds, "i'rureaaor Uucbmau discovered T.filKi weed seeds in a pint of * clover seeds; 12.6011 in a piot of caw grass seed ; 32,440 la, a pint of broad clover, aud in two pint* of dutch clover tverally. 2.i,a6|i, aod 7(1,41)0 weed seeds. ' A single plant of black mustard will produce 8,0(111 seads ; una of slinking camomile, 26,011(1; and lbs seed of a single plant of (ha common duck, -baa' bean knowo in preducs 17,000 lrltf» dock*. The dunghill is ea* of tha vary best and aiosl common ineaas af spreading Weeds over the farm. Many farmer* pursue the practice of cutting or pulling steed plant* aud pulling them on thair dung heaps. Th;# it well eaoagh if done before the reeds bare ripeoed ; bat ir after that time, the matured aeeita are mixed wilb ' tha duog, and acAtlered hroadratt orer the field when Ibe dung iaapplieti. Where Raw Huae I'hosphale ia uaed there is na danger or weed seeds. VamrTixs or th* TnNaru.- -The large red tomai* ia ibe variety most commonly to be Inaiui us th* market. Hot there are .many other*. These are the small red I tomato, on* kind of which is sometime* | styled tba cherry tomans, from its tic* | and sprightly acid Barer, funning an ax- ) client pickle ; the pear tomato, vary tao- ; d*r, bat r,p*oitig vary eloalj ; the large yellow lotnato, which differ* litll* from the large red ; the fig temato. which whan dried il prepared as a "weetmoat ; and th* perfected tomato, with a large jury frail, nl either a scarlet culor or a crimson tinted with violet. A species denominated tb* llomboidl tomato, wa# brooght to Kurop* some years ago from Paru, which ia said bem perennial, but wbirb baa not yet mad* iu way to our garden). Hunk- roa Poultry.— Kaateo piscot of Wide board* on three side* af a bard sDm*. aod with a hammer break the bones from tba kitchen in small rrsgmeau, not larger than peas, gylteae that are laying will aat them with avidity. Uonea froqi fresh meet, if broken fina to thai beat will swallow the pier**, are excellent to make them ley. Poultry of all kinds should be eell supplied with sharp gravi I alto at hi* time of year. Poasded eweter eh* I a where they can be *btain*d. aOurd oa* ol th# beat mean* of aaffplviug lirue. — A French chemist aaya that thirl v uoond" ol dash, thirty. two pc-sds of tab ., vt, d aixty-iwa pounds ofcbon*. oatai as oiaeh niirpgen as en* Ibsauui poenr ■ *f " farm maeare ; and haste that :b# taicas •f » d-vd iron* ia ewtkb more Una a . sss J tb" beat farm yard manure for lb* peraf vegetaliea. - Hraae hstag aa beaey aad bed ae "•del. beef aad matlae oegkt ta ba aa abnadaat aad cheep Ml hit ami wjaK#