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THE REASON WHY. Two little girls were heard conversing the otlier day afoont tlie Baml of Hope tea that was shortly to colue off. One said to the other: I "Alice, bow is it they are«going to charge 6id. thrs quarter; it has always been sixpence before ?" "Oh," replied Alice,"I suppose they are | going to charge 61(1. because the bread has gone 2 up."

A QUESTION OF DEFINITION. Ilave you beau fishing i"1, caid his father. The boy was silent. The'cwas evidently a great; struggle going on within him. ) You must answer tue>Jiay sou. Ha?e yoa j been fishing?" » Well, father, win yon tell meoae tIling first?" I "Yes. W bat It, it, ? I Do you can it going fishing wlieu you dont catoli ailythiilg

DOROTHY" DYMPLE. She was ft..r.t JHttJe mnideuof six yeurs, with an irrepressible vitality. I. Otte < £ ty^heir mtrntna was more than usually tried, and exclaimed "Dorothy Dymple, yon ought to go to your I room and ask to forgive you for being so ¡ naughty." Dorothy disappeared for a little while, then returned with a most important air. Mrs. Dyiuple, noticing this, said: Dorothy, drd yoirask God to forgive you. "Yes, I did, mamma," said DorsMi-y with a toss of 'her head, and God- said,' Great Scott, Dorothy Dymple, I knowlots of Utile girls teu times- worser than yew are.

DIDimi GOOD. Mister," said the small boy to the druggiat, "gimme artother bottle o' them patent, pills I you sold fatlier day bet ore yesterday.' "Are they doing him good?" asked the clerk, lookiiig pL-Awwl. "Id'no whether they're dom father good Of not, but they're good. Tiiey jes ht my new slung-shot." Visitor: "Johnnie, do you ever get any good marks at school?" Johnnie: YM, but 1 don't care to show 'em."

THE MUSICAL INFANT. Next to a difference of taste in jokes, an incompatibility of musical appreciation is surely the greatest strain upon the affections. Here is a story to prove it: It is the story of a musical daughter and an unmusical mother. The daughter is barely j more than three years old, but lias already shown every sign of the keenest musical liking. The mother, on the contrary, cannot sing its tune. The othet evening the mother wanted I the daughter to go to bed. The daughtei ] didn t want to go. I "Come, Ethel," said the mother, by way 01 persuasion, if you will go to bed like u good girl, .[Ili undress, you, and sing yon to sleep I myself." 01011, no, mamma," the daughter hastened ta add; "you can undress me if you like, but II please let nurse do the singing." Z==

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CYCLING NOTES. -:0:- Self propelled water-carts are in use in Liverpool. The world's hour record now stands at 45 miles 1GG yards. A body of local cyclist volunteers escorted Princess Henry of liattenburg to the railway station when she opened a bazaar at Maidstone. Trailers are becoming more popular in certain parts of the country, where the roads are good and comparatively flat. In hilly districts, as might be expectect, the trailer does not catoh on, except when used in connection with a motor cycle. I Efforts, are being made by the Middlesex section of the C.T.C. to obtain accommodation for cycles on tram-cars. It is proposed to have stands provided for two machines, so that those wishing, can skip the town streeta by means of the tramway. Upon payment of a subscription of JE3 by any of its members, the Cyclists' Touring Club of France will erect rustic seats at some view-point in the country for public use. Upon the seat will appear a plate bearivgtth-a name of the.donor as well as the name of the club. Vanity will, no doubt, induce many to subscribe. t. < i How did you eome by that bicycle ? asked the magistrate of a man charged before bim at the Belfast police court. I got it up the road," was his naive reply. It appears that being a little, the worse for drink, he had coolly taketr the machine from outside a shop. He was only bound over in tlO to keep the peace. Jucfcging by the interest displayed by cyclists in the Birmingham Clnb House, this institu- tion should have a good future before it. The premises were formaily opened:on June 13th by a dinner, followed by a smoking concert, and numerous members were enrolled. Bir- mingham is a centre -where a club house is most likely to succeed. A. S. Ingram of the Poly C.C. was riding with all his old dash at the Feinting and Allied Trades Sports at. the Crystal Palace. On his Dunlop tyred safety he won the half mile scratch race for the Corporation Cup for the third tirae, thus making the trophy his own property; He also won the half mile open handioap at the same meeting. "I Between sixty and seventy pounds for a bicycle This is what a machine realised in a dra'w held in connect ton with the Birming- ham Charity Sports last year. It was one of £ be high grade cycles; sold by a leading firm who have again genefourty presented another for this year's competition. Tickets for the I draw- a-rw oMy one, penny each, so the chance of being the fortunate winner isreaiote indeed, j Why is it that the police authorities do not I gwtsp the advantage of mounting more of the force/on cycles? We are constantly hearing the complaint that the police force is shock- ingly under-manned, and that he public cannot be pfopefty protected in large cities. But a advaatage is not taken of the cycle, which in a large measure would overcome the difficulty inasmuch, as a cycle-mounted police- man would be able to cover his beat far more often. For night use a cycle is just. the thing, it is silent and rapid, providing means of covering a large district in a short while. The London citizens were recently shocked at a brutal assault which occurred in one of the principal streets at two o'clock in the rm>r»iotf. Two young fellows returning home after the Peace rejoicings, were set upon by four or five raugfaa, and one, the son of a prominent city merchant, was so severely wounded as to be rendered unconscious, dying soon after admisaion to the hospital. No policeman put in an appearance till after the gang bad decamped. The London police are a fine set of men, but they caanot pvoperly patrol the streets because their number& are so few. If ooliv they were cycle moumted at night, the above tragedy might have been prevented. The Melbourne Inter-Club Association has prohibited the use of free wheels and two-spwd gears in the Victorian road championships during the coming winter. We believe this action will meet with a lot of criticism from the Australiss) road riders and the cycle trwlo in ge11ettal, for it is undoubtedly stra-tiglidg the advancement of soientitic bicyole coneiru«tif>n. For years past, cycle manufacturers the world over, have been spending large amounts of monev and utilizing all their mechanical skill, with the object of reducing the labour of pro- pelting a bicyole. If their devices are to succeed, what better plan is there of pr-ovimg their worth to the cycling public than that contestants use them in prominent road rafce*. We are glad to see, however, that the Bunlop Company of Australia, who organize the great road race from Warruambool to Melbourne, give the competitors perfect liberty to ride any new gearing device they choose, so long as the machine is propelled by the rider, and if any competitor is fortunate enough to have any device by aid of which he can win Australia's classic road event, let him use it, and cychng will be the debtor. The proper and severest test that can be given an invention is to try it in a road race, why, therefore, debar its ose. and thus lose the possibility of testing its merits. If restrictions had been placed on-the Dunlop tvre in 1888, it would have taken years longer before the public would have properly reoognised the great advantage of the pneumatic tyre over the old solid.

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YANKEE JOTTINGS. ANOTHER CARELESS DRUGGIST. The drug clerk was examining his moustache Closely in a hand mirror when the thin womaa iu the patched gray shawl came in, and said Sharply; "Did a red-nosed man, 41 years old last January, with a scratch on his forehead and a lot of soapsuds running down his back come in here about fifteen minutes ago?" Yes'm, he did," said the drug clerk, twisting hard at t,lie end 01 his moustache that insisted on turning down. "Did he call for a dime's worth of arsenic, and run on about his life being a failure, and sorter grit his teeth and say that death would he a relief alter living fourteen years and three months couie J11I3' with some woman ?" Ile fttt&iiily did. Those were just about his words." "1 thought so. Did he get what lifl wanted ?" Don't, you suppose I'm onto my job?" said the drug clerk. Of course he didn't. I jtist. l' "Gave him a little harmless magnesia or powdered chalk instead, I supposed." Yes'm," said the drug clerk with a knowing look, "YOII needn't, be afraid, ma'am. What 1 gave him \Vollltlll't- "Young man," said the thin woman as she started for the door, I've a good mine to slap you." The drug cIerI, stared a moment and then weut on rubbing a little violet pomade into hie I moustache, AMBIGUOUS. The following rather ainbiguons advertise* nient appeared in the "Personal column of a western newspaper a short time ago Wanted—In formation regarding the where- abouts of Ebenezer Jones, who is supposed to have died in this city lUbl, yttar." A still more ambiguous personal appeared in a Chicago paper a year or two ago. it was as follows: "IE this should meet the eye of Lewis J. Smith and he will send his present address to his old home he will hear something to his advantage. His wife is dead." SUBDIVISION OF LABOUR. How unfitted mutry southern* slaves were to earn their-own Hvhig after enmncipnlioa is ecomically illustrated by a story printed in The Southern Bivouac. It was- related by a lady living in a village to whom-tw-t)- negro girls, 18 and 20 years old, applied for work. fliey had formed part of the establishment of a large plantation. Cau you cook? asked the hidyof one of tllem. No'm; we aiut never been cook llone, riiii ttlltis cook." Citil Yoll wabil ? N o'm, we ain't been wash none, neither. Aunt Sally, she wash." Can you clean house then ? No'm; least we ain?t never beett clean loiie. The lady asked question after question, with the negative results. "Well," she said at last," what liave you been accustomed to do ?" Lucinda's dusky face brightened. v 11 Stiky, liere, she hunt for ,uaesa s specs, au 1 keep de*ftie» (off 018 Ulibb 11 REMARK BETRAYED HIM. lie sat. in the smoking compartment of the parlour car complacently puffing-perlecto. His easy manner and his polished language proclaimed him to he a man of the world. Of one thing 1 am certain," he said, and that is that I understand women thoroughly and completely." Ilis feH«w passengers looked at each other uneasily and made various excuses to leave the compartment. Two keepers hoarded the train fit the next station and took the solitary smoker into custody. He had escaped (row an insane I UYIUIH that morning. A TEST OF GOOD WHISKY. A group of drummera was seated in the Sherman House. Among them were two Irishmen, it" far-down," representing a Belfast linen house, and a Dublin "Jackeen," who sold hish whisky. They had paid sundry visits to the bar and the conversation turned upon drinks. The Belfast stiliti.exproosed sur- prise that Irishmen, after a few years' resi- dence in America, evinced utiteitied prefer- ence for Auieriean Whisky over the product of the old sod." "Coming offthe steamer in New York the other day," he said, "1 met a 'longshoreman from my pari; of the country, and thought I would warm his heart by giving him a drop of the native.' I took a flnsk of 'L.L:- which, you know, mellus 'ralwhlll.tj '-fr01I1 illy pocket, and handed it to him. He took a long swig and, smacking his lips, said I've no doubt it's good shtiiff, gir but it doesn't get a lioitit, on a man's throat like a dlirol) o' bGiirl)oii. That's not had," said the Dublin Jnckeen," i woriiiiitg- itt) to the defence of his native land, [ "but f can [Ieat, it. 1 went" into a roadside public house in Tipperary last summer. The Sunday closing law is in full furce there and the-shutters were up, so that J couldn't see very well. I walit to touch the whisky without knowing something about, it. I gllw a fellow sitting, on a barrel, swiit-ging his body to ami fro., and I whispered iu his ear: How is the whisky, neighbour ? "•It's fille, thsnr.' he replied between hic- coughs look at, the state I'm in on eight pence worth. yoti.l,ake ttliy more than that, thsnr, you'll have to be Otrred home on a door. GOING TO GAOL IN A HACK. One of the most surprised men that, ever slept a night in the city gaol is a resident of a nearby town, lie came to Helena not long ago, and startlug out with a considerable sum of money soon became utterly unconscious of his surroundings and laid down to sleep in the middle of Main Street. An officer found him there, and cullill a hack put him into it and I took him to the city gaol. He was searched and nearly 200 dollars was found on his person. Out of this the hackinan was paid, and the visitor given a bed in the gaol. The liext ¡ morning lie was duly sober,and after break- fttst he was told he could go, 110 charge being made against him. w ii,tt 1 did with my money?" I queried the num. How much did you have ?" was asked. "Tholast I remember I had 167-dollars," ha replied. replied. "Well," said the court. clerk," her is 165itols. 50 cents, and counting the 1 dol. 50 cents you paid the hacltman that makes it all tight." The man took the Illoiley, coiiiilecl it, put it in his pocket and stood for it moment or two apparently in a brown study. Finally lid turned to the clerk and asked Did 1 COllI" 10 gllol ill Ii. hack ? Yoii did most assuredly," said the clerk. Well," said the lodger, "I have heard of a good many fools in my life, but. I believe I am the biggest. The idea of a man hiring a hack to talke him to gaol!

li i. il A 1J LIFE. I BY A SON OF THE SOIL. A FA-ITEII-,G-PrN. J roult-ry-koepors will agree with me that it is j ve: y difficult indeed to hit all the best method of •a(toning1 up poultry in the shortest time. Many I'A/rei's, and very successful ones, too, swear by he' craumwr,* and where early maturity is h'sircd there is perhaps no better method than adopt'd the greatest poultry-feeding dis- • ict in cruntrv, round Heathfield in Sussex, lore bt- learnt during an afternoon visit "here than by study of any treatise on the object, MR! I would strongly advise any of my !it Ii-country readers interested in the subject run dawn to Heathfield some. q%iet holiday i'i si-c for themselves what has been done by poultry farmers. I guarantee them a •••as nit surprise. Still, cramming is not popular ;1:, everybody, and in one of my American '•iniais I recently came across a very well A SUSSEX I'AT TEN 1NG-PEN. itten article, replying to the statement that ••■inning by machinery is cruel. Not having • Mie t hrough, the process myself, I cannot, say •■bother or not cramming is painful, but, judg- iiff by the way most poultry take to it, I should illk it is lIot. For the benefit of those who refer to use an old-fashioned fattening-pen, the one of which I give an illustration is about as od as any in the market. It, is made in three .IZl'S, for throe, four, or six birds: is provided w;th a drawer underneath, movable trough, and is mounted oil 4-Ain. iron wheels. A very excel- lent adjunct to any poultry yard. O.sTEn-SjumLLS. Broken oyster-shells are beneficial to fowls, as they aid in the formation of the shell. Do .,)t burn the oyster-shells; it simply converts them into carbonate of lime, equivalent to common chalk. The best way to prepare them is to purchase some unslaked" lime, and, having r':iced the oyster-shells in the centre of it, in a galvanised iron pail, sprinkle sufficient water on tjje lime to slake it. Throw an old Sack over the pail, and the heat generated in sinking the lime will burn up any decomposing animal matter adhering to the OJSt'iX'Sbolls^ and purify them without volatilising the valuable chemicals they contain. Let them remain in the lime for a day or two, then expose them to the action of the atmosphere until they are required for use.- The lime can be saved- and utilised for lime-washing. A grit-crusher will asist greatly when breaking the shells. The broken shells should. be placed in a small box at. a convenient height in the run. so that the birds may help themselves; the box should be kept constantly filled. GRKF.NHOUSE STAGING. During the past few years the use of wrought irfln as ma terial- for staging in greenhouses has largely increased. It does not take up so much room as the ordinary wooden staging, and is quite as ornamental,as is shewn by the appended if hut-ration. Another thing in its favour is its IRON STAG IMO. I durability, and although costing a little more than the staging generally used, but which cannot be-keptf-so neat and tidy as that which I am now advocating, it is cheaper in the long run. This has been my experience, at all events. It is made- with nat or round bars, the latter being a. little cheaper. FLOWERS FOR AUTUMN CUTTING. We often go to a deal of trouble to make our gardens look smart in summer, but do not arrange for autumn-blooming plants. I have heard people occasionally express regret at being I so late with asters and zinnias, and have seen them being pushed on in heat in April, as if everything depended on their being planted out the first week in May. Few think of sowing sei-d so late as May, but, if we want a bright show on our warmest borders in October, then that is just the time when seed should be sown. We have, of course, some flowers that we always look forward to. There are, for example, out- door chrysanthemums that bloom in October, and which may be planted out during the present month. Where cornflowers are grown, one is I sure to haviy in a sunny October, plenty of blossoms; and the coreopsis, an annual which produces an abundance of gold and brown flowers, is a most persistent autumn bloomer. Sunflowers keep us company far on in the season, and some of the miniature sorts are excellent for cutting. Perhaps the best flowers we have are the Michaelmas daisies. Few plants stand the frosts of autumn with so little harm to the blossoms as these. Autumn, too. brings us blossoms that we call everlasting. We may keep many flowers later than we think if only we plant a little late, as in the case of annuals, and shelter the rest on the warmest borders. AN APIARY NOTE. Bee-keepers continue to write to me for information respecting various appliances, and, following what I said a few weeks ago respecting an extractor lately introduced with considerable success, 1 now give an illustration of one which has the merit of having stood the test of years SWISS WAX-EXTRACTOR. It is used for melting down old combs when of no further use in the apiary; the use of the extractor does xwav with all dirt and trouble, such as is causecf by the old-fashioned plan. It is only necessary to place the combs within the inner receptacle" and the water in the lower; the rising of the steam causes the wax to ™eit, which can then be drawn off at tbe spout below. LrrrF.ii 1011 STRAWBERRIES. LITTEn FOR STRAWBERRIES. In the littering of strawberries the following is a wriftkfe often adopted by growers, and has the merit of economy and-at the same time benefiting the laiHd, two points ever uppermost in the strawberry cultivator's mind, says a, writer in Gtirdeniny Illustrated. rsually, the: ordinary straw litter has to be removed jrom the gKHind after it is done with, and this tonus an item of expense. Some growers employ what is termed dung litter. This consists of moderately long straw manure fairly dry and free nom an excess of droppings. This material is spiead up the rows and under the plants in the usual wav. To avoid all risk of contamination to the

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TIII3 GOOD REMAINDER. She (sadly): Well, if we must part, let. us part friends. Good-bye, and may all that's good go with you." He (decidedly): "If all that's good weilt good go with you." He (decidedly): "If all that's good went with me, you would not remain here." I Then she smiled and laid her head upou bi4 llioulder, and lie remained. <

READY RECKONING. Natural witticisms are always repeating themselves. The story is well known of the I Irishman in Loudon who, meeting a stranger, isked: Can you tell me how far it is to HampsLead Ileal b ? "Ten miles," was the reply. The Irishman turned to the friend with him: 11 Foive moiles apiece!" said he. "We cau jasily do that." It was a little girl who made a similar ;alculation. She and her sister were one morning 80 long in dressing that their mother llme up. "What have you been doing?" she called. I beard you up half an hour ago." Oh, we don't know Everything is wrong lide out," answered Elsie despairingly. 11 iveii, how much longer will it take you Dersisted the mother. Five minutes," called Maud, the datiful. "I want ten," said Elsie, so that makes lfteen."

KEEPING THE PLEDGE. A Bradford IIUIU, who has been drinking too linch liquor for his own good, was iuduced to ngn the pledge the other day. His wife Was lelighted. She took-the document and said "You must let we have it. 1 will keep it ;or you." So the paper was confided to her custody. On the next; day the mail was driukiiig 1 gain as freely as before. "How is this?" asked a friend. "You rigned the pledge yesterday, and now you are guzzling whisky again ?" .It's all right," replied the pledge-signer in unsteady tones, I don't have to keep that pledge. My wife says she'll keep it for me. f hat's the kind of a wife to have, old fellow. Let's take a drink."

EXPLAINED. So that young man said he would lay his fortune at. your feet ?" said Mabel's father. "YeM." But. lie hasn't done so." N-iio." And perhaps yon can tell why ?" » I guess, father, that lie hasn't had it told Vet"

A FIRST-CLASS JEWELLER. New York Jeweller (to new boy): Did you sell anything while I was out, John?" New Boy: Yes, sir, I sold att those plain gold rings, sixty in all." Jeweller (very much pleased); "Good, my ooy, we'lIlIlukea first-class jeweller of you one 3f these days. You got the regular price, of r,e ? I New Boy Why, yes, sjl-) the price wns r marked on the insides, 18c., and the gentlemau took all there was left at that price, sir." The youngster hnd actually disposed of sixty 18 carat gold rings at 18 cents (ninepence) each.

IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. I There had been a little family iar and she was sulkHlg. "Yon have no right to refuse me," she said. "Wlten I promised to marry you I told you that ] always wanted my own Way, and you said that made 110 difference." "Well, it, doesn't, does it?" lie retorted. 1 mi don't get, it, do you ? Thus it happened that she called lJÍm a mea. I thing.

WOOD VERSUS IRON. While npaseetiger train on the L. C. and D R. Was passing over a bridge, a country bumkiu kept putting his head Out of the window. Keep your lieud inside," shouted the con- ductor. "Wha'for?" 'J "JFor fear you'll damage the ironwork of the bridge." I "Why is Witeon always looking for trouble?" "That hia business. He's a priminal lawyer."

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IT WOULD BE THE DEEPEST WELL IN THE WORLD. ITere is another drought story told by a traveller: 1 was driving across the country to a little town in West, Australia, the other day, when I met a farmer hauling a waggon load of water. "Where do you get, water?" I asked. Ui) the road about seven miles," he replied. "And you bring water seven miles for youl family and stock ?" Yes." Why in the name of sense don't you dig a well ? Because it's jest as far one way as the other."

WHAT ng ASKED FOR. Sam, can you lend we a sovereign that yon have no use for?" said Jim Webster to Sam Johnson one day. "Certainly, Jim; I shall lIe pleased to accommodate you," said Sam, handing Jim a sovereign. Jim was surprised at his luck in getting the money, that he bit the coin to see if lie was awake or merely di-eiiiiitig, iiiit] iii doiiig so discovered that the coiu was made of soft metal. This is a bad one, Sam! I didn't think )'olJ'd cheat-me that way." "I InlOw il,'s a had '1111, Jim; yOIl 118]<el1 me for one 1 had no use for, and I gave it to you. What more do you want ?

TAKEN DOWN. A Manchester horse dealer, together with a coach proprietor from the same city, went one day last year to Worksop. After transacting their business, as the day was a lovely olle they went for a drive through the Duke of Newcastle's estate. As they were going along they came upon a party of girls sketching. The coach proprietor, as soon as he came opposite the bevy of fair damsels, suddeuly pulled lipIds. horse, and putting on his most fascinating air, said: You can put us in your sketch if you like, ladies," upon which the apparently younger of the girls tooked up and quietly said Thanks; but as we are not sketching tropical scenery we don't require any monkeys to paint in." The drive was continued in an awful silence. I

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FRANK DAVIS IWCiGET SPORTING AGENCY, riDDELBDRG, HOLLAND. I- A MY GREAT STEWARDS' CUP CIRCLXAR. -U" f T E, DOUBLE & TREBLE EVENTS ,i all Races during the Year. cil Z~ LIST, issued daily, giving Latest Market •aSHfcSO, I' n »n receipt of address. ALSO A WEEKLY CONTEST. Jint Particulars, and Rules, and Telegraphic Address, vn\ ?: 1'. the above address. KAYPAI I* TP A mrP0LEOlDAmY Co, Ltd. ffiiM I rylLJa 8 fafl at 351 Branches. IpLE AGENTS WANTED in open districts to sell •* £ %» old-established BOILKU 1)T>TNCKUSTA^T. Engineers or with zaeeluhnical experience wwll.known among )f8a!ler pr^f^rr^d. Botltor." :Ii. Sll'- t)'(f(.l_ T TV -m. AL. CHARMING PREPARATIO?D. cr, ,j, A f^SRBorGHL'R ANTISEPTIC. Whitens the Teer.h. Perfumes tne Atttona*. heaxes a dtllithtfal Bcn*atit>u of Freshnes* and Cleanli- aesa in the Mouth. ABSOLUTF.LT HA KM LESS. I, OF OIL CHEMISTS. 1 • IN LARSE TUBES. i~ "Nl I Wk GUARANTEED CURE. 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MOUNT MORGAN CONSOLIDATED—A 'I PROMISING QUEENSLAND MINE. I have already mentioned the Mount Morgan Consolidated Mine, and now give some further in- formation. Tlie chief point of this property is that it adjoins the famous M.,uut Morgan )1inc, which is stated to now be working within ten chains ft\ HTI the boundary of the Consolidated on a large reef which, t:e Australian experts consider, is trending towards the latter property. In fact, the cap o. the lode is stated to have been cut in the shaft of the Consolidated at 300ft., assaying 9dwt. of gold, which is payable, but should get richer as depth is attaiaed, this being the experience of the Mtxmt Morgan itself. The of the Cotnjuuyis highly respectable, the legal in dinger in the CuLour being Mr. A. J. Peacoek, Premie: of Victoria. The capital is i'3-)0,030. i'.i shares, fully pad, and, under the circumstances, the shares have c<>:>v into some deuiaudat 7s. 6d. to Ss.—From MOSK.v JVIOSS" of THE CITIZEN, May 31, 1802.

li'slii CS«Y r* £ s;jia;:u:r« &! Rv TP<"ilTT* A 'ndon. M W. nsnlng \v V- h Is j'- Tnr^r- ^f -f"| *T—^ 'fl'OT WATER INSTANTLY BKIIi: OR in '• AtJiiuty-1'. A itliouc- Hi n r: L-' i. .••vims V.at«r m a 'A'i.'i.e \u iro-rt. iiKi H.-JD oV -WATr.ri ii" £ vu \V,.V j. 5» •JL,ri7M.XN\KC-" Gr.YHji.ii iV.r •, ,iS '.c u. w tQ Lt SfOV i.n T.°ND'^X._l'noi'_U;^ wr" I- iTiussiiri HOTEL f^ETnOFCLE ana j FilO^OPOLC- t On the principal Prome; Every ronMort an<3 a i good table ia gi!ar.i::ie'?d «t .ii'c.k'r.-ue pvicts. Lift u;;d j, all modern iu-:p:cvc-i.iest?. Tariff pa:,t r. cs or: appiicatiort. 0" j f/f< ,1-,) TNDIARUBBER Cald) piire-iaacti for CasTi.— -» Jauies AVard A; TQ.. In.V ivuVil^er C^tnenfc M^.mficcur<ics» Pleasant Grove, Yorlc Koad, Kingfs Orus-i, Lorido.i_# N.

DIDN'T WANT TO GO THERE. 1 Teacher (wererely to pupil who lias been I guilty of telling it falsehood): Do you know, George, tlicit it you do not speak the truth you will not go to heaven." George (tearfully): If you please, ma'am, I I (lo-on't want to go to heaven—oo—I waut to go home."

WHY lIE WAS AFRAID. ¡ WtittV* tha, %)otter, Joli is?"' I ain't dond nothing, fetRen" w Well," what MeYOtl crying for, then, you ltiblier ? "I was afruid you'd whip me." "WfisC t wttip yott, wtie" yott linveti't done anything?" "Yes, sir." "60 into the houØQt you booby." John went into the house, and his father went down- to the farm. Very soon his father Clime back in a rage, and, laying a cowhide ofer'the urchin's back, sar<T, Did I not tell you, when I went awny, to hoe that corn?" "hw" siir,, but you told nre just now I that you wouldn't whip me if I hadn't done nothing."

A LARGE ANIMAL. In a western town there lives a woman who lifiri a genius for large stories. As site is accustomed to sity, she "scorns petty details." At, a tea party site entertained the company with a description of a hog which her tat.tened to the enormous weight of 5000 pounds. Oh, my dear!" ejaculated her husband, it must have been 500 pounds." "U'liy, Edward Jiabhitt!" exclaimed the I narrator, with evident disgust, "the skin weighed that."

WHERE SHORTHAND IS WEAK. It was an hour or more after midnight. There was a furious ringing at the door bell A few minutes elapsed, and tllell a Ilead WUI thrust out of a second-storey window. What, do you want?" This is where Mr. Speecher lives, isn't it ? Yes I am Mr. Speecher." "You delivered a particularly interesting address before the advancement of' Mankind Club this evening 011' The Dead of '96'?" I did." "Y Oil spoke of a noted man named Alcibiadea McGihbeny ?" Yes." "I want, you to tell me whether he was & Protestant or a Roman Catholic?" He was a Protestant. What "That's all I want to know. I'm the short- hand reporter that look down the speech, and I couldn't tell from my notes whether that at the age of twenty-seven lie entered the ministry or a monastery. Ever so much obliged to you. Good night

.Tint, tne -.vnr,c :;110111G oe unaiir.iKeii in goou time. The peiiod when the blooms are first opening is very suitable. The litter gets washed by rain in the ordinary course before the fruit has formed to any size, and the nutriment will thus sink into the ground, and will reach the roots of the plants and form a useful stimulant when the fruit commences to swell. Berries grown under such circumstances should gain both in size and appearance. After the crop has been picked, instead of clearing off the litter it is worked into the ground in the autumn at the time when ordinary cultivation is taking place. The important points to bear in mind are that the straw be not too long nor too fresh. If partly rotted so jrhich the better, as it will then more readily work into the soil later on. It is sometimes difficult, to obtain a sufficient quantity of the right kind of dung litter, but, when judiciously used, it gives excellent results. How TO MEASURE A HAYSTACK. Like everything else, the process of measuring a hay.-tack so as to arrive at its cubic contents is simple enough when you know how to do it. Hay merchants and many farmers have a rough- and-ready way of their own whilst those Who have studied "mensuration have also no difficulty in arriving at the measurements of a stack, although their methods are rather too com- plicated for the general body of agriculturists. With a little practice, howevor, any shaped stack can readily be measured by following the instructions I append: For circular stacks square the average girth, multiply by '07958, and then multiply Wie product by the perpendicular height—all in feet—and the result will be the contents of the stack in cubic feet. In the case of a stack having a conical top, take the area of the eaves, and multiply by one-third the perpendicular height; whilst the cubic contents of oblong stacks with perpendicular ends may be arrived at by multiplying the length by the average width, and the product by the height from the ground to the eaves. For the top, multiply the area at the eaves by half the height to the ridge. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "J. L." (Bedford).—The address required is Scaynes Hill, Lind field, Sussex. The Albiou fowl can be recommended. Inquiries concerning appliances illustrated or referred to in this column should be addressed to "A Son of the Soil," care of the Editor of this journal. Replies will be given in "Answers to Correspondents," or, if a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed, the required information will be forwarded by post. I