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FARM AND GARDEN. How to Manage and Galtivate a Garden Plot. TJSEFrL niNTS FOR FARMERS. ♦ i Small Frulta In Oardenr. SmsU traits caa be coaveniently grown is » K»rdeu with but little I086 uf room. Corraats. raapberriea and gooseberries may be planted near the fersce. oat of the Wiv o( the vegetables, and wi;l thrive better in â- neb let '^tiona than anywhere else. Straw- berries may be ^;rown in clotje roa.'a. acd will give a f»ir vielii on a small cpaco. A lew Kfipe vines oau be allo*ei to trail •loot; the fence, or un arbors, ai.d even a few peach trees may be grown, bat it is better to have no trees iu a garden, aa the trees will largely appropriate the plant food and sbaila the plants from the warmth of the sua. Calils Stile. Borne years at:ij I was deairor.j of allow- ing my cattle the ran of my ^lo^ p»tiart, bat did not want the bogs in the cattle pasture. How to do this was a â- jaery. I finallv arranged a contrivance and it worked admirably Make an opening in year division fence ao that the posts utacd three feet apart. Twenty two inubes from the ground place a roller, which shou.d be fear or live inches in diameter, straight, mud of any bard wood. The journals may be left on the roller, or the tvAs may be cat smooth and round, and smooth bolts in- serted in the ends, with staplt.-^ in the posts to receive them. If the forme uian ia ased. 1^ inch anger boles in the poet-i will answer. Care sboald be taken :hal the roller may work free and easy fi^r it answers a doable purpose. t ows passing in and out will not injare the udder, but when Mr. Bog goes to j amp into the other field he will land en his bark on his oa-o premises. Last tunuuer 1 had a hog that would jump the roller twenty two mjaes bigh. Not wishing to make it hi^:brr, 1 placed a board, teu inches hiuh, eigb'.eoa inches from the roller, on tbe hog pasture side. This preventea ihc hog from facing tbe roller, and be could not jump ; at tiie same time it did not interfere with the cattle m tbe least. As 1 have a nice grove in my hog paiture and no ehadt^ in my cattle pasture, 1 would hardly 'â-  now bow to do without this convenience. Hanille Milk Carcfullr. Milk s'nouid be disturbed as liitlt' as possible before it ia set, and should be â- trained directly into the creamirt; v< ^sel •iter milking. It is bad policy to sfaiu milk into a large pan and aipii thence into other vessels (or creaming. The ai::ilation and eiposara to the air ocoasioneii pro motes the clothing of tbe fibriLS and ure- veots a thorough separation of the cream. The creaming vessel ihoald bav.< a suooili aarface and should be a good coruiujior 01 beat. Tin is the best material. Wixxl. earthen and glassware aro all po<ir com. n.' tors of heal. A l«r>;e can that ccoU uiT •lowly will cream as well or better than a •mall can rapidly cooled , as in such ths siit'S may bo kept cool enough to prevent chan;:es in the fibrin while the mass of milk IS still rnoderately warm and atTi rds the best pbyaioal conditions for the Septra tion of the cream. The oreauiiog veesel should have a shape giving asliitle snriace of milk m proportiou 10 the amount cou- taiiieil as u is iwseible to have This con dition is best f iiU'illed by a spherical veeeel. but thi-i form \i incoDVeuienl. The next best form is cylindrical. The ratio of â- arfacD volume diminishes as the ai^e of tbe spherical cylinder increases. A shallow â- etticg furnishes lsri;e surface exposure to the air and the bottom and sides of the vessel. The conditions are very favorable to the co»KiiIation of tibriu. and it would be expected to get a slow and iuipe-rfect oreaniing. In reality this is the case, as milk set la ibis manner is not uaaally â- kimnuti until after .'li boars. By this time â- ome acid ia developsd which has a ten- dency to neutralize the effect of the tlibrin ololH, so that a fair creaming is obtained. This, however, is not as good as may be obtained in ten hmrs by setting under the most favorable conditions. •laly Hints fur FMruierd. It will pay to shake off a large proper tion of the fruit from trees that are over, loaded. But few plants will thrive on a wet soil. A good drain is sometimes better than manure. Bulls are very treacherous. It is usaally tbe gentle bull that injures his keepx. The older they become the more dangetous they are. WaKgons and carts that are Dse<l daily •boulil have tbe a.\les well greased at least three limes a week. It lessens the work of tbe horses. Uorses shiiild have at least twu hours rest at noon- On very warm days horses suffer xjverely. They should bv watered often, iind at night should be swabbed and wijwd dry. Filthy i|narters cause lice on all classes of •took, ana at this â- teaeon the vermin mul- tiply very rapidly. An anitnal that is in feeted with vermin cannot be kept in good condition, even with the beat of feeding A /ig/^ag rail fence ia supposed to be one of the cheapest that can be built, bat unless the ooroers are kept free of weeds it is tbe muxt oipeusive fence that can be used, •a it increases the labor of weed killing. Dogs that become addicted to sheep- killing do bo from pure viciousness. lu a majority of oaaes the dogs do not eat auy portion of the carcasd, but will kill a do/^n or mote sheep for the dxlifibl of so doing. Denmark expends $55,000 yearly for the maiuienance of dairy schools. The result ia ao immense improvement in the ijuality of the dairy prwluct, and an increase within twenty years in I>enmark's butter export from »3,100,000 to »l;i,000,00O an- naally. Before farrowing sows are the better for an abundance of exercise, and should have all they will take ; and aa soon after this event as they want to let them return to their accustomed exercise. Bui do not make a sow take exercise by compelling her to forage for a living. The best time to nse the cultivator is en warm, dry days. All wi-eds and grass will then bo luickly killeil by the sun. an 1 will have no oppoitunity to take root and grow. If the ground is damp when it is cultivated the weeds and grass vtiil net be entirely destroyed, and the work may have to be done over again. Tomatoes may be trimmed of the lower bracoQea and made to grow somewhat in the shape of a tree. The maia stalks of the plants become stocky and are better able to bear tbe weight ot tbe fruit. Bv supporting the vines on posts or arms more air and aanligfat will enter, thus ripenin the fruit more perfectly. A gain in one cirection may sometimes entail a less in acme other ijnsrter. The bountiful raiES cf this season have given the crops an excellent opportunity, eepe- cially corn, bnt rains al^o benefit weeds and increase the labor of cnltivaticn. The work is necessary and should not be neglected, aa it may entail greater labor next eeasou. i When it is desired to cut two or more I crops of graes from a deld the grass should I be cut before the aeed heads form, aa the 't:rat:s has performed its mission when u , has seeded : hence if the lirs! cutting is i deferrt d uniil the seed is ripe there will be I no second crop of importance. Such crops as Hunuarian tirass and alfalfa may be cut every live weeks. I Tbe windmill is an implement that coats I very little cooipared with the advantages [derived. Wat?r pumped into a tank can I be conducted to tbe barnyardorto the pas tareihrou:;h pipes, thus saving the expense of pumps ana tue labor of pumping. Where there IS no racnirg water troughs can be arranged for stock and may be kept full without difficulty. Ihe season has been damp for potatoes. bat if Seeded now a late crop mav be put in. as July is usually a dry monlh, the fall rains beginning in August. Ise plenty of lertiiiiitr and make the rows deep and hro\d.-.,-The seed should be of the best, and eoine o»re should be exercised in cuitint; the Heel, ao as to have strong sprouts, and good cultivation should be given. The way to prevent s.-ft-shell eggs ia to feed food rich in litre. The grains are deficient in that mineral. If you feed too much griiu you sive too much starch, and scon the heus will b.- over fat. They can- not lay unlfsa provided with material for e«!g9. Fat IS useless on a laying hen. Uer ti:isin?3s IS to convert tli; prc{)er materials Ttieat. milk and clover into eggs. Those who patrouii^e creanieriea cannot dnrive full prciit therefrom unless awine breeding is mac. a pursuit. The whey and buitjrmilk is sold to tde patrons at a very nominal price, and can be put to excellent use if made a part of the rations of hogs. Very often tbe only profit to be made is from tbe hogs, the milk about paying the expenses of tbe food of cows and awine. In order to avoid paying high prices for binder twine, many western farmers d:;ci led before harvest to ad.pt the plan of handling the grain unb-'urd. ,-!jme inteuaea to use Iheir binders without twine • 11 1 leave the sheaves on tbe ground, just as they were Jropped from the machiue. for a day or two, or nntil the i;rain was sufScieutly cured, and then thresh or stack it unbound. MK. KLl-E'S REPORT (Ml the Live $li>rk uiid Dairy Trade i.f th» l*r»>vtiife. Tbe following is an extract from the report cf the Ontario Bureau of Statist us The conditiot. of live stock threuuhout the Troviuce ia most gratifying. The pastures have been and still are in exceileiil cocdi Hon. Ill conae.iuence of the abundant supply cf rain, although there are a few initanoea where ihey have suffered through flooding, and by the cattle baviug been turned out too early upon them. The milk yield has been much laruer than uaual. con<-e>iiiently butter is plentiful and iiood, while the cheese factories are working well in most localities. There s?eni8, however, to be an impression among many that the milk n of inferior >iuality this year, which IS attributed to various causes, but primar ily to the cool, wet weather. To this cause may alto be attributed tbe fact that fat cattle are not making tiesh as rapidly aa might be desired, and are stated to be aotnewbat poor and thin. more particularly in the northwestern coun lus. The fact that ao much stock was disposed of durinn last winter is being very naturally regretted by many, especially in the eastern part of the Province, where it ia believed the dairy supplies will be consider ably atYecied. Sheep are reported in some localities aa poor in condition, owing to damp pastures and cool weather, many having been sheared too early ; but horses are in Une condition, and, like all other farm animals, they are exceptionally free from disease. The condition of stock in the spring of tbe year, although much bet- ter than anticipated, was not all that could be desired ; it is gratifying therefore to find how ijuickly they have reached their prts><nt favorable condition, and that the freedom from infectious disease reported in our May bulletin still oontinues. Over the larger portion of the Province the dairy prosiiects are more promising than they have been for years, and the tenor of tbe reports in this regard is of an exceedingly cheerful character. Cheese and butter are of good quality and command very fair prices. ^ How to M»n>i;e a I'lot. The work in the garden is mostly done in the spring.and theeeed is carefully plantenj, the ground kept clean, the early crops taken off and the ground abandoned to weeds. Oae of the most unsightly objects is a plot of ground overgrown with weeds; and as the garden plot is usually made rich the weeds grow very rank and soon mature. As they are allowed to die down, and the ground cleared off the next spring, the re- sult is that the ground is so covered with seeds that it ia almost impossible to eradi- cate the weeds the succeeding year. Leav- ing the garden in such condition also affords excellent opportunities to inaecls of all kinds, and tbe drawbacks are, there- fore, multiplied. The proper way to man- age a garden is to keep some crops grow ing in it from spring until the frosts appear late in the fall. Several objects will be gained by so doing, among tbem tbe deatruotion of all weeds, a finer condition of the soil, and a supply of fruits and vege- tables for the ,(able, as many vegetabTes grow <|uickly and give a supply in a short time after the seed is planted. -Thie is the season wh(n people are drowned as a result ot trying to change their seats iu tow-boats. AN ARHLES8 GROOL A Ulme-Museum Freak Weds a Rather Pretty Ciuclnuacl Girl. A very nniiiue marriage was celebrated in 'Squire Hauser's office yesterday after noon, the Squire officiating. The bride was Miss .leasie Troeger. who lives at the corner of Main street and McMicken avenue. She obtained some celebrity two years ago by leading a etrike of the wait- resses in Kjckweli's restaurant. She is 20 years old. Tbe groom was Charles K. Adama, better known in the dime museum world aa the armleaa wonder. He was born without these useful membera 0! the body, and, in lien of a better and more protitable means of livelihood, hired himself out to dime museums. Adams is now about iO vearg cf age, and, barring the lack cf arms. ia a tine specimen of physical beauty. The absence of arms is Uitle felt by the Won- der, however, for he baa become very ex pert with his toes and mouth. lie can thread a needle or write a neat letter with Ihe former, while with tbe latter he paints dainty little pictures, decorates china.vare. etc.. holding the biueb between h-s teeth. When the couple entered the .-^.luirea cdice yesterday and said they wanted to be united in wedlock, that official was per- plexed for a while. 'â-  How can you join hands .' he asked, blandly poialing to Adams. â- â€¢ nb. that is eas;. enough, said the pretty bride, who stood fully three heads shorter than the groom. And she reached up and grasped the siuaip of his ai:de- vtloped left arm with her right hand. " See, she eaid, aa she stood amilicgly on her tiptoes. " But the ring. How can ho put ihe marriage ring on your tinker ' •â-  In this way." said Adam?, and the astcniehed cffioials in the 'c^juirt's court wrre thunderatruck to see the circlet of t;eld between the armless man's teeth. Bending his bead he deftly slipped it over the girl's tiniier. SatiatieH that the couple understood their business, the 'S.iuire went ahead atd per- formed the ceremony. After being made mac a!:i: wife, Adama aat down and, slipping the ahoe ctf bis right foot, d:scloaicg a stocking with tbe front cf the foot cut off, be reached into hia veat pocket with bia toes and brought out a roll of bills, .-^electing a S ' note he tendered it aa a fee. and iiuttirg on his shoe, went away, hia little wife sticking close to him, â€" Cincinn.id i.'" ; jire,-. TUB OCAINT AMD DROLL Ao*wrn* .tpproprlate and Dtlierw l*e. Occasionally some really amusing an- swers are given at e\aminations. and thes; lote none cf their point by th. abaclnte innocence of the pupil who perpetrates the witticism. Who was Esau ' was asked an Kuglish school pupil â- â€¢ Ksau. " said hi , with great promptness and confidence. " was a man who became famous aa a writer of fables, and who sold his copvright to a publisher for a bottle of poiaah," • Write an account of ('ordinal Wclsey ' broui;ht tbe answer : " lie was a famous [general who fcu;;ht in the Critneanwar. and who, after being decapitated several times, remarked to Cromwell ; • .\.h : if I had only served you aa you haveser va^ me. I would not have been dt serte.l urfp' old age." "What is tbe Axe of Reason.'" evoked the reply ; •â-  Tbe time elapsing since that persons birth. A not too de voted indent was asked •• What are the letters of Junius ' and his mentor almost fainted when be read the reply : â-  Letters written iu the month of June.' ' What do we understand by the expression • The year of Jubilee',' ' was asked of a tfirls class in an English Sunday School. ' Leap year. " waa tbe prompt response, given with manner born ot assurance cf absolute cor rectness. " Why do we stamp on our coins â-  In God we trust ' was aeked of a Weldon, N.C., claas. Cf course this was a pu.:/,ler, and after wrestling with it for a few minutes a sharp liiile girl put up her hand, saying " Please, sir, that waa a loni; time ago. It has always struck mo that there was a good deal of point in the naive answer Like the physiology pupil who described the bone cf the upper arm as the " humorous," • because it is the funny bone," she got very near tbe truth Tlie faliileNHTieHH of Death, The act of dying, it is now ascertained. ia abaolutely free from sotferiug : is really unconscious, insensibility always preceding It. Any anguish that may attend mortal illness ceasea before the close, as thousands who have recovered, after hope bad been surrendered, have borne witness. Sudden and violent death, shocking to the senses, may not be, probably it ia not. painful to the victim. Drowning, hanging, freezing, ahooting, falling from a heigDt. poiaoning of many kinds, beget stupor or numbnesa of tbe nerves, which is incompatible with sensation. Persons who have met with such accidents, ana survived them, testify to this. Records to the etTect are number less. â€" Fnim, The v'ueen Regent of Spain is an expert embroiaerer and has done some remark, ably beautiful work with her needle. Many sf the dresses of tbe infant King are the product of her hands. And now the Syracuse S(.i'i<i,ir<f;gravely asks : " la marriage a crime?" A LUV FH S COMHINATION. Sweet. lay your head upon my breast. .\a Miunie. len^ aso . Tell me. like Maud, you love me best Ot all Ibo men you kuow . Turn ui>. as Lilly used to do. Tbose ey- s. and look m mine ; Bwear, as I have often sworn to Leo, That I alont* am tluue. .\ radiance tilts about thy balr That onee framed Mollie's face , .V soft, seductive, baby air Once loved 90 much iu Grace. A (raurauce as the violet, Keuiiuding me of Kan, Comes from thy balmy lips, my pet. And makes tue tbiuk of Nan. Uut do not call me ticllle. sweet. Kor my lest .lulia » Rske t This ver'y moru. at Flora's feet, 1 swore you t<iok tbt. cake. Tlien hiss ine liear- veil kiss like Sell - Your true love darliuK call . To-morrow I shall t'era tell i love you beat of all ! Wife.erophatioally â€" " l>id you say marri- age was a failure .'" Husband, humbly â€" 'â-  No, my dear. 1 did not. A married man doesn t have to sav what he thinks, does be ?" The woman who hesitalea ia lost or de- serves to be but. unluckily, the world has never been able to lose her permanently yet.â€" SomciiilU Jimriml. THE GHOST OF CAMEBON P.1S8. It Turned Oat to be ,1 Wild Girl uf to, Dressed ia SblDs. la tbe summer of Isa'i W. C. Hart, the geologist, and two other ectbusiaatic col- lectors of specimens were encamped near the lava beds between the head waters of the Cache de la Pcudre River and North I'ark. It was a rough, broken region, and the desolation waa heightened by ihe proximity of tbe crater cf an extinct vol- cano, while bare rocks and dead timber were everywhere. The hops of Sicuring rare formations for their cabinets atiractca the gentlemen to the uncanny spot, for every oae averred that Cameron Pasa was haunted by toe spirit of an emigrant'a | daughter. Joe Sbepler, a well-known | mountaineer, who was piloting iho parly . through tbe bills, had ofien seen the ghost, and premised his companions that they should View the strange apparition before, returning to ttieir nomee. He said liie | spirit waa a thief, and frequently stole food and furniture from ihe campa of hunters 1 who ventured within her uninviting do- main. At dinner on Augnsi 'lad. i^^'J, .-•hepler calmly announcea that the spirit ' of Cameron Paea waa appraac'::i-:o, and pointed to a stranue beiLo whica was swiftly moviuo toward the camp. The I marauaer came wiihiu 500 yarcs cf the men. and sei-'-ing ahauncfa cf venison which had been placea on a stone, ran ct? with it. Hart picked up his rid-, and, call;::,; on 'nis ! comrades 10 follow started in pursuit of the thitif. She â€" ihey were sure u was a '-vj. man â€" led them a^l a lively race j;recti_' to wara the lava beds, Beini; close pressed j the huated creature .iroppea the meat and sped onward t." tlie upeuiag of a cav. , ' 'ihe pursuers ei-ti reel the ca.ern on toe heels of the dtrai.ie rubber ana found the warm Dcdy of a dead woman. The frifjht and exertion had killed her. The • jrpse was that of a woman aboai 2,3 years oid. Her only clothing » u a red.' gown, faehionod of skins. Her hair was very looi; and she was sunburned and barefooted Tbe remains wereburieu decently. An ex ploraiion of the cave ilii-clesed the fact that 1: had lor some time been used as a habita- tion by the alleged spirit. The ground was covered with boiies. and. although mere were cooking uien^i.s about, it was ev;,l-,-nt that they had never been used. Tbe un- fortuiiaie girl haa subsisted on stolen meats, recta a::l leaves. Sne had jru.i meat for winter u>e For several \tars sbe was thought to be a spin;, â€" C ..,â-  17 ii,"i.',i. t'.j U' t^li'p ^ rri»fc;n--... When a young ^irl detects the signs cf a mutual attachment between herself and a mau whose tastes and pceitiou lu hfo are suited to hers, she caa co no better tiian ool:: ie her thougbta on the" su'rj-.'ct to li-r mother or if sbe be motherless, to some woman who is muchol.ler than hoisjlf. and upou whose sympathy and wisdcoi she -.'an rely. If the older person approve, there are many ways of »rraot<iug cpportnmties for the pair to become better acquainted, and to aiscover whether their tirst impres- sions of each ether were correct. A wire mother can easily arrange tiie social setting of her children. If she gathers about her only auch young [> jple as she deems ti:tini; .â- jmpanions for them, the most natural oonse juence is that ties are formed which will be satisfactory to parents as well aa children. The young man I'mda easy and natural waya of e-\preasini; his re>;ard for a you m girl, and by a kind cf intuition she can usually -satisfy herself from the first of the nature cf bis fcelinga toward her. He will ahow coosiderateness, deference, and a pre'erence for her society at all times, and yet he will >,'arefuily avoid anything that might convey to others the impreasiou that he believes her to hold the same attitude cf preference toward him. He will always accept her society aa a courtesy which ~he h»s graciously con- ferred, aud apart from which he haa no claim Indeed, in all manly and chivalric ways he will testify his admiration for her, until he feels a sutlicie'at assurance of her iutereat in bim to warrant him in putting the vital question to her. If she be an ingenious and his;h-minde 1 girl she will admit or deny with kindness and candor that she values as ho wishes his devotion to her. If her oonseut is ob lamed be will then seek the approval of her parents or guardians. If her family ob jecta to the proposed alliance it ia the ^irla duty to reserve her tiaal deciaion, out of reapect for them. If time and opportunity for knowing each other better only deepen their regard, and parental diaap>proval cou tinues. the girl has two alternativesâ€" patient waiting and an unhappy assumption of the conse<iuence of disobedience. Each girl must determine this matter for herself, remembering, however, that no one can have a more unselfish interest in berbappi- nees than her parents. THE .SCIENTIFIC WOKiD. Items uf Ciility and Curio-ity for Every- body. j The second elevator in tbe Eilfel Towef baa been accepted by the committee. Tbs four hemp ropes tempcranly used to auatain the load of eleven tons were cut simultanecualy in the test, allowing the load to drop eight inches, and the safety wedges were found to stand the strain. A discusjiou of the mythical ' joint snake ' is goii:g cii ai^ain in berpetolot>ical circlep. the popular lUea being that thera exists a snake which, when broken to pieces joins itseif toi^ether again. Thera la, cf course, no auch reptile. The delusion owes its origin to popular credulity, and so much of fact as is found in ..-oncection with the hnbita of tbe â- ipiiifiiiirus ventralit. a species of s.ake lizani w.ih a mere rudi- mentary C'Velopmenl of leys. It is very brittle and a slit;bt oiow breaks u into Iragments, If only the ttil is lost a new one ia sprouted, but the self-mending powers are purely mythical. Kecent testa at Manchtsler. by burning in oxygen, shows anthracite coal to give the highest yield, emittiig > o4U Centigrado UDlta of hrllt J. E. I'hickaton, Metucber, N J . pre- dicts disaster from the escape cf natural g»« in the Alleghany retiion. beside which the Johnstown calamity will appear trilling. Uia theory is thai tho escaping i^aa IS not. us in the ease of -il deposits, compensated for by the irdix of water, ana he aniLcipates a collapse or an ex- plosion. The mannficture cf stan-h frcra tha cat-iiiva. which frequently. ui.der cultiva- tion not the test, vieliisfortv tons per acre, is becomi!':^ an important iim istry in som» parts of Florida. The Egyptian F\r loratijn Fund ix- pendittires sice I?,"";) have been a'acut ?8 000 per year an.: have yielded rich restiits. • Kapid dentrid 'i-s " art to be eacsewed, a^ t'ne basis of all are acids, whoso action ca the enamel and tony struoture of the teeth IS tnos: deietericus. Precipitated chaik. tliv'.red with powoered cms root, a little tow i. -red mj rrh adacd. and rubbed with rice Castile soap, ia as oood a dectri- tice as can be had. UeijtiUr and careful brushing, with the ueeo; agood quill touth- picn, 18 safe dental treatment always pre- suppoe,:!:: a dentist has lirst put the teeth 1 , jixid condition. Ihe beat cement for ^Is^s is ,;lue. When it fails it falls tbrouifh the action of mois- ture. Tt..-. may be obviated by treatiuij the glue With bichromate of po'nsn. adding do a dirk rooir 1 one tenth the weight ot the dry j;lue to the solution . apply in the dark When exposed to Ugh", the tl'i- will.hardeo and eilectually reeist the action o mois- ture. The V S. GoveruTient recipe for per- manent whitewash is : Hi!f bush-.>l lime, slaked uad. r cover, strain aui add one peck salt dissolved in warm water, and three pounds rice dour boiled in water to^a thin paste ; half pound Spanish whiiiiig an i cue pc-iud clear »:lue oiseolved lu warm water. I'hii should ataud .ievtral days and then be applied hot. The cleanly bomew.fe wU tiud an almost odor ess liquid iioveblackini;. cheap and etTectivi' in tne following M'X two parts of c:ppers8. one of bone black one pulven.'.ed tiraphite .vith encu-^h water to make a .'reaoiv paste. Iranna was lu perihelion m ItM^.i and will not be again until i.'i'.ii. At perihlion It is distant from the sua l.r,,'<l :-ii;.l.0OO miles. Neptnne's next perihelion will be in â- .'01,> when it will bo J. T."),!, 207,000 milea distant from lU.l Sol. Farmers « ill fi'i i ilv following table of (insiiie) dimensions convenient : A box t-.t-iS ic. and 4 111. deep hnlds halt a peck ; one Txil 4 in, and Vl m. doep holda a peok ; one r.'xll.'d Id, and S in. deep holds half a bushel , one liWlJ in. and 11 d 1:1. deep contains a bushel. A UltHculty Atwut Wltueiases. "Mr. Smith," aaid tbe electric light manager to his foreman, ' we want some men to testify to the absolute harmlessness of the electric lit(ht current as used by us. You might send Roberta Foreman â€" He was killed while fixing a wire last night, air. "Well, JacKson will do then.' " He accidentally grouaded a wrong wire last week, and ia scarcely expected to live, sir." "Such awkwardness' Send Williams." "Sorry, sir, bnt he was paralyzed while fixing an electric lamp on Thursday." " Ueally. It's most annoying. Employ some new men at once and send tbem to testify to the committee before tbey have time to get themselves killed." â€" AVw Y.Ti lleraUl. ^ The Kty Crop. Tbe common dy lays more than 100 egga and tbe time from egg-laying to maturity ia only about two weeks. Most of us have studied geometrical progression. Here we see it illustrated. Suppose one dy oom- menoea " to multiply and repleuiah tbe earth " about June 1st. June I5th. if all alive, would give IJO. Suppose T.i of these are females : July 1st would give ua, sup- posing no cruel wasp or other untoward circumatances to interfere, n.'2j'.l flies. Suppoae 5,i<2,"> of thcac are females , we mixht have. July 15th, S43,7'.J0 dies. It might cause bad dreams if carried on further. PitUburg Dispatch. Some Lilerarv lloii M,»tii. The following, sa.d to have bi en copied i-.'r')ii(im <T -',,' -r.if, 'H from a sign at Baruel, Ft g. a found in a tile of the Caledociao .V'l-iiry for IT"''.' The macnpiou ahowa thai b'laineaa was net ao (uboivided lOO veara ago as 11 is tc-.iav : ' John Nual, (.Operator in Ordinary and Eitraordiuary, Mtuler of Soles, Uuiter of the liisutjiied, Uestorer of Order and Harmony though of ever so long and wide a separation. N. B. â€" (.'lives advice gratis iu tbe moat desperate cases, and never pockets bis fee till he has performed a cure. " Uean Alford tolls of a certain set of in- structions posted by a railway company for the guidance of Ha^ineers. which read aa follows : " Hereafter, when traiiia mov- ing in an oppoaite direction are approach- ing each other on aeparate lines, conductors and engineers will be required to bring their respective trains to a dead ball befuro the point of meeting, aud be very careful not to proceed till each train has paesed tha other. ' Newspaper literarv blunders are plenti- ful, but none familiar with tbe circum- stances under which mailer for the daily press is prepared will be hypercritical. Taken all round it is creditable to Its pro- ducers. One reflects on this when ho thinks of tbe sad blunders of eminent authora, whose work haa ail the advantages of careful revtsion. A notable instanco occurs to me, where Mr. John Morley tella ns that " Carlyle teaches us that silence ia golden in thirty six volumee." â€" Lord Tennyson ia to receive Jl.OOO for the poem he is now writing. His first accepted poem brought him tbu muoilioent sum ot 10 shillings. K;inieaM Ptill«>Mupby. Man is ambitious to kill a lion until h» meets one. About all some men are gc<od for is- to marry and make a woman miserable. When man economi/.es he buys lesa clothes 1 when a woman economises sh» buys less to eat. \ it is not tbe good who die young, baft only those who have not lived long enaugh to be bad. Tbe most unfair thing tbat happens to women is that eugagetnonts are so short and marriages 90 long. â€" " Hurry to tbe door. Mary, aud let Mr. Smith in. He haa rung twice. ' " That- isn't Mr. Smith, it is the other young- gentleman." " Well, wait a minute,' then I must change the photographs on tha mantel.' -Mrs. Phunnymanâ€" If that Eiffel tower should fall the damage would bo irrepara ble. Mr. Phunnymanâ€"Oh, I gueaa not; there are too many newspaper correapon dents over there. They would soon writ©, it up.