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Singular Story of the Mysterious Cure of an Unknown Disease. A Findlay, 0., despatch says: In Marion township, this county, a. young daughter of Henry Searfoss, a prominent farmer, had been ill for several weeks with a disease of which none knew the origin, and which completely bafiled the skill of the attending physicians. Her malady was such that the body would at intervals grow as cold as death and be covered with green spots. On last Monday she lost consciousness, and for 36 hours was in a trance, the warmth of her body being the only indication of life. Tuesday night she was aroused from her slumber, and told a strange story of what had occurred to her during her period of unconsciousness, in which she said a man appeared to her, and with a. buggy wheel showed her how her injuries came about ; after which he brought a sheet, a bucket and three bottles containing wine, whiskey and alcohol,and explained how these might be used to effect a cure. If they were not used he warned her that at 7 o’clock on the morning of the next day she would begin failing, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon death’s approach would borealized, and at 9 o’clock the next morning she would be dead. The family physician laughed at the whole thing and bade the parents pay no heed to the spirit injunction, which advice was followed, and at once the predictions of the vision began to come true, and the girl grew rapidly worse. The family, thor- oughly alarmed, hastened to apply the treatment prescribed in the trance, and an immediate change for the better made itself apparent, followed by a steady im- provement. Yesterday Miss Searfoss was able to be up and around, and is now as well as ever. A Balkan Chief Captures :1 Pretty Girl and Has 2. Mock Marriage. A London cable says : A large portion of Turkey and the Balkan States isinfested with brigands, and their number is rapidly growing. These outlaws, taking advantage of the absence of railway and telegraphic communication, become bolder daily, and the consternation of the better class of inhabitants is increasing to such an extent that many of them areleaving their homes, and taking refuge in the large towns. Recently a band of brigands invaded a small Roumelian town, and captured the daughter of a peasant, a young girl famed in that localityf I her beauty. The chief of the band, wishing to make the girl his wife, had a mock marriage ceremony perâ€" formed, one of the band personating a priest. He then sent a messenger to the village authorities informing them of the marriage and demanding that it be formally registered upon their books, a proceeding that would render the ceremony valid. The authorities refused to comply with the demand and the chief sent the messenger back with his ultimatum, which was that he would sack the village if his demands were not immediately acceded to. The officials are now endeavoring to gain time by parleying with the chief, hoping mean- while to be able to recover the girl by stealth. Shufeldt is just 34 years of age. He is tall and wiry like his father, and is posâ€" sessed of an iron constitution. He pro- posés to bear some part of the expense himself, but a. portion will be contributed by persons interested in the results to be obtained, and Shufeldb will utilize his ex- perience in book form. A Lieutenant of the U. S. ’Navy Organizing an Expedition. A Washington despatch says : Lieut. A- Mason Shufeldt, of the Navy, who has re- cently returned from China, is now here arranging for obtaining a year’s leave of absence to go abroad, and will leave very soon, probably at the end of August, for Europe en route to Zanzibar to organize and lead an expedition in search of Henry M. Stanley. Lieut. Shufeldt is a son of Rear Admiral Robert W. Shufeldt, who made the treaty with the King of Gorea, and is ‘ possessed of the same spirit of restless love ‘ of travel and exploration that has charac- terized his father. After accompanying his father in the cruise around the world at the time the Corean treaty was made, Lieut. Shufeldt obtained leave and went to Madagascar. which he thoroughly explored for the first time. His operations in that neighborhood took him to the Zanzibar coast also, when he became familiar with the language of the people of that part of Africa. In his researches there he was materially aided by Sir Henry Kirk, the British Consul-General on that coast, who is himself a well-known African explorer, having been a member of Stanley’s expedi- tion at the time the American found and brought back tidings of Dr. Livingstone. Sir Henry and Lieut. Shufeldt are firm friends, and the latter will proceed first to enlist Sir Henry’s aid in organizing the proposed expedition. It will be necessary for Lieut. Shufeldt to be at Zanzibar in the first half of November, for during the latter part of that month the trading caraâ€" vans that have come down from the in- terior to dispose of their skins, gold dust and ivory in exchange for goods are getting ready {or their return journeys. The caravans that reach the coast go only to the western boundary of their own country and there turn over a share of goods to other care- vans that have brought products across their own country, and these transfer again to tribes still further in the interior. By taking advantage of this annual trading custom Lieut. Shuieldt hopes to be enabled to make his hazardous journey at very much less expense than other such expedi- tions have done, and will utilize the return of the caravans next summer to enable him to return safely to the coast. Certainly 2 Bold, Bad Man. Eugene C. Mosely, a currior, wood and married a girl of 16 with and by her parents’ consent. while not many-squares away lived his Wife and three children. Mosely was first married in Philadelphia in October, 1878. He brought his wife here and lived very happily until he mar- ried Florence Riley, who is petite and very pretty. The girl fell desperately in love with the currier, and the latter played his cards so well that he succeededin imposing on the old folks. After finishing his day‘s work he would go to his home, eat his sup- 1 per, kiss his wife and children and then go to court the girl. April 17th was the day fixed for the wedding. On April Nit-h, the day previous, he sent his wife and children to Philadelphia, promising that he would follow on June 1st. The second marriage took place at the appointed time, and the bigimist lived a double life until July 2nd, when his mother-in-law number two came across some letters from wife number one, which‘he had left in his coat pocket. When Mosely‘ returned in the evenng he saw that the jig was up and skipped. Two days later the girl wife followed. Since then the pair were not heard from until yesterday afternoon, when Mosely ventured to return here from New York. The police had been watching for him, and at once took him in custody. Moser has been committed.â€"â€" Baltimore cor. New York S'Il/fl. The King of Denmark will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his reign on Nov. 15th next. Recently he learned that n. subscription was being promoted among all classes of Danes to present him a magni» ficent jubilee gift in the shape of a country seat in Jutland. He has written a letter in which he states that when helooks upon the existing economical conditions of Den- mark 3nd sees the hard struggle for exist- ence which his people are carrying on he feels obliged in conscience to refuse to “accept any gift so costly. WARNED IN A TRANCE. TO SEARCH FOR STANLEY. A BRIGAND ROMANCE. A Professor Charged with “(stranding the College Uni of £520,000. A11 Auburn, N. Y., desputoh says: The destruction of the main building of Wells College at Aurora last week turned public opinion towards that institution, and a. dis- cussion of its history and future prospects followed. This sudden interest has revealed the feet that .i’rofi Edward L. French, the registrar and instructor in physical and natural science, has defrauded the college out of $520,000, and that the college had secured a. judgment against him for that amount. The judgment was filed in the office of the County (Ilerk in this city on June 9th last. The judgment has been re- turned unsatisfied. As Registrar French had the handling of all moneys received from the pupils in psyment of tuition fees, is was his duty to deposit all receipts in the bank to the credit of the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. For several years, it is said, French hsd appropristed $500 or $000 each year of this money to his own use. We lmd no di‘lhtulty in deceiving President Frisbee and the Board of Trustees, as there was no record kept of money received from the pupils. About A your ago French reâ€" signed and went \Vest. In a short time he came back and “Quin resumed his duties at the college. Ilis dishonesty was accident- ally discovered about _six months ego by President Frisbee. French’s wife is the only representative of the Wells family livingY and out of consideration for her the trustees refused to prosecute French. When his shortage was discovered he was allowed to resign and g0 West. Mr. Silva. was speaking; of the suicide of a German gardener, wha mod to work for him on his place in Morgan Park. The only name Mr. Silva know him by was Adam, and that he once lived in Engla- Wood; that he was presunmbly an unmarried man, and that he drank a good deal, are all the items in his past career known to Mr. Silva. Mr. Silva, of Morgan Park, Chicago, Runs Across a Suicide. “ There were plenty of other apple-trees in the neighborhood,” {mid C. 1’. Silva, indignanhly, to an evening News reporter to-duy, “ and 1 don’t think it was right in him to come and hang himself in my door yarr .” He had gone back and forth from his house to the chicken-coop several times during the morning without noticing the corpse under the apple tree, and it was not until Mr. Silva started for the train that he looked back and saw it man apparently kneeling under a tree. He turned and found it was Adam, with a clothes-line around his neck, and fastened to a. limb of a tree, the body partly resting: on the toes, and the clenched hands almost touching the ground. He had probably hanged himself during the nightY as the body was cold and rigidâ€"Chicago News. The insane department of the jail was a perfect bedlam yesterday for a Iew moments, and the mndmen conlinod there shrioked and gibberod like frightened monkeys. They startled. the attendants with cries of “ murder” and all was in the utmost confusion. Two of the crazy men were rolling each other over the floor and they were covered with blood. The only reason they did not murder each other was because they had no weapons. It all hep~ poned becnusc four patients were placed in one cell for lack of room. They got along very well together until Edgar Simpson began to make one of his stump speeches. He has the idea that he is e :rnat stump- speuker and that he must denounce every person he meets us it politician who is inimicul to the interests of the people. He delights in “ waving the bloody shirt," and began a Vigorous tirade against the south- ern confedemcy and all who were in its service. This was more than the military spirit of “ Gen. Stonewall Jackson” could brook. He is a lunatic who claims to he the great gencml himself and he was ready to resent the personal insult given by Simpson. lie Waxed hotter and hotter, and when u colored patient and Charles Hobonreyser were introduced into the cell he was in. a. dangerous frame of mind. He made a rush for the stumpspcaker and the two were soon pounding each other until their noses were fountains of blood. The colored lunatic became very excited and pushed Hobenroyser into rt corner and held him there and butted him with his ‘ head. The noise cruised all the other lune.- tios to become frentic and their shouts drowned the din of the combatants. At- 3 telidants, with great difficulty, separated the men and placed them in different cells. â€"â€"C'hica_r}0 Times. 1 Albert E. Krahe, Arrested in Montreal for Forgery, l’leadanilty and is sentenced. Albert E. limbo, who forged a. cheque for $52,900 on his employers, Messrs. Kilaeh it (304, of New York, and who, it will be remembered, was captured in this city re- cently with his pretty young; wife, and went back volnnmrily to New York with the detectives, pleaded guilty on \Vodnesâ€" day before Judge Martino, of New York, and asked for mercy. Judge Martino said that for the sake of the young man’s wife and mother, who were in court, he would give him a chance to reform, and sentenced him to the Elmira Reformatory. It will be remembered that Kmhe confessed his crime While in Montreal and also stated that his infatuation for his young: wife, whom he wished to load with handsome presents, had led him to make out a cheque on the firm of which he was cashier, of $2,900 instead of $5900 with which to pay the omp10yees.â€"~Montmxl Gazette. Crowded hito One 645]] Four Madmen ‘L‘ry tn Kill One Another. Numerous complaints reach the police here from the Eastern Townships anti from farmers in the vicinity of this city about Yankee ewindlers, who, if the report be true, have at least fleeeed thirty or forty tillers of the soil out of a good portion of their savings. it appears that these men Bell to the farmers i'rnpere and mowing machines and other farm implements on the instalment plan. Part of the money the farmer pays down, and for a part of it he gives a note,Whieh theYankee copies,f0rgcs the signature and returns on the day when the note is due with the cleverly forged note and receives his money from the unsus- pecting farmer. Three days later the genuine note is presented to the farmer for collection. The swindler had had the genuine note discounted and of course the farmer has no means but to pay the amount. A detective was engaged this morning by one of the victims.-Montrnal Starr. mummy Lmvmmmmxmmumm THE END OF THE (,‘HAP'E‘ER‘ HANGEI) TO AN APPLE TREE. VOL XXX]: W ELIAS COLL [CG E SCA N DA LUNATICS LET LOOSE. Analer Swindlingr Game. Third Oflieer Peterson told much the same story of the occurrence. He saidâ€" The fog was very dense. Through the night min had fallen at intervals. The first we knew of the Geiser's approach was when she appeared on the starboard side, right upon us. The Geiger was struck opposite the engineâ€"rooms amidship. The Geisor being heavily loaded was low in the water, so that the Thingvalla carried away her own compartment. The upper part of her bow run over the decks of the Geiser. The Geisor’s deckâ€"houses were carried away and the stateâ€"rooms smashed in and the occupants killed. He first heard a. bell ring in the Geiser’s engine-room, but could not tell what the order was. He was on deck at the time. He then heard the bell again, this time to back, and the steamer had commenced to reverse when the Thingvalla struck her. The Geiser’s whistle was blowing at the time. One of the Goiser’s passengers was picked up with a. broken leg. The Geiser left this port on August 11th bound for Stettin. The Thingvalla was on her way to this city, and was advertised to leave here on August 25th. A very heavy sea and a dense fog were experienced through the night and early morning of August 14th. It is said an object could not be distinguished 50 feet away. The Thingvalla struck the Geiser on the star- board side amidships about 4 o‘clock in the morning. The ships then parted and within five minutes the Geiser sank. The crew of the Thingvalla did all they could to save the Geiser’s crew and passengers while still in doubt whether the Thingvalla was not dangerously disabled, but owing to the heavy sea only 31 were saved. No other vessel was near at the time. The Wieland, on her way to this port, was 100 miles away. At 11.30 o‘clock on the morning of the 14th the Wieland was sighted. Signals of distress were made and a transfer of passengers began. The sea was heavy, but no mishap occurred in the transfer. The officers of the company were unable tonight to give a list of the lost. CAPTAIN AllllEItS‘ STORY. Capt. A. Albers, of the Wieland, tells the following story: At 1 o'clock on the morning of the 14th we passed some wreckage floating in the sea, and suspected that an accident had happened near us. A little later we sailed through a sea ol‘: oil, and sighted a broken boat of the Geiser’s. About 11.30 We sightedasteamer to the northward about eight miles oil", and seeing she had a flag of distress up we ran down to her. It proved to be the Thing- valla. Captain Lamb,of that vessel, came to us in a small boat and begged us to take off his passengers and those he had saved from the (leiser. He said his own vessel was so badly injured he expected her to sink at any moment. 1101' forward cem- partment had been carried away from halfâ€" way above the dock to below the waterline. I sent the boats and the Thingvalla lowered two boats, and in five hours we had the saved passengers and crew of the Geiser on board. The sea was very rough, and the work of transferring the passengers was very difficult. The immense hole in the Thingvalla’s how was patched up as well as possible, and she started for Halifax. The collision, so far as known, was caused by the fog. The chief officer of each vessel was on deck at the time of the collision. As soon as the VVieland arrived in the lower bay Capt. Moller, of the Geiger, left the steamer on a revenue cutter. He went to the office of the company, where he was closeted a few moments with the agents. He only left word that the accident was due to the weather and went away with» out stating where he was going. The rescued crew of the Geiger were taken to the Hotel Denmark on the arrival of the Wieland. Climate aml Peculiarlties of 0111' Pacific Cozmt. (Corrnspondonco Mon Lrozfl Witness.) At Valdoy Island, south of Seymour Narrows, it; rains frequently; north of that it rains generally; in Alaska. it rains always, so people say. But we could not afiord to lose the clouda on the momn‘wjng7 and the grandeur of the humid sunsets beggars description. A last (Thursday) night‘s New York dospatch says: The steamship Wieland, Cam. Albnrs, from HamburgAug. 5th, via, lIavrc Aug. 71-h, with merchandise and 113 cabin and 455 stoumgo passengers, reports that on Aug. 14th, thirty miles aomh of Sable Island, at 310011, she Saw the Danish steamer Thingvalln, Copenhagen for New York, with signals of diatrcss. The Thing- valla had collided 011 the 14th, at 4 a 111., with the stmmnr Gvisur, 0f the same linn, from New York August 11th, for 0011011â€" haggon. The Geiger sank in about five minutes. Fourteen passengers and sown- teen of the crew, among them Capt. Mol- ler, are saved. Sevz:nty»tw0 passengers and. thirty-three of the crew worn lost. The summer VViulzmd brought 455 passer» gets from the Thingvulla and those saved from the Geiger to New York. The Thing- vulla will endeavor to reach Halifax. The Wicland is at Hobokcn. At Victoria, whose twelve thousand people are buried in profound repose, are all the sweet flowers and old-time institu- tions of the mother country. There are hunsom cabs, a few bad smells, gradu- ated society, and ivy and daisies, apple trees, oaks, elders, sweet clover and holly, broom and bracken. Its thick green grass, and all the little nameless weeds familiar to English eyes, bring back to English people a. thousand reminiscences and ten- der thoughts. There is dreamy quiet in Victoria. Sybarite villas and cottage gardens, delicious air, cheep fruit and few mosquitoes. It ise place to dwell in; a place in which to rest and be at peace. CONDUCT OF THE GRAZKD PASSENGERS Arrival of the Steamer Thingvalla at Halifax. Over One Hundred Persons Sent to the Bottom. DANISH STEAMERS COLLIDE. Young Frenchmanâ€"“ A11, oui. Eet eea fix by custom in l’aree, when a young man marry he get certain number francs from the father of the girl.” Young American ~“ It isn‘t so in this country. Here you must not only be able to support the girl but very often the rest of the family into the bargain. Say, What’s the {are to Paris ?” Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher will be the guest this summer of the founder of Sage College at Illinois. AN OFFIOER‘S ACCOUNT. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1888. OCCURRED IN A FOO. . The reasons why agriculture has not re- ceived more attention at the hands of our educational authorities are not far to seek. It has been sought by those who need it mostfitho farmers. Hitherto they have been so largely absorbed with the work of removing physical obstructions on their farms, and getting bread and butter for their families, that they have not given due attention to the nature of the mental food they should get at the school. They have not clamm'ed for the introduction of an agricultural textbook, or it would have come long ago. They have been content with bread when they could have had the butter for the asking. This Province has many thousands of Common Schools, and High Schools by the score, and these are not too many, and yet it has but one school virtually where agriculture is taught. Though the Guelph College were brimful of students, only one farmer in ],500 could send his son there. The sons of the 1,499 must go withoutinstructioninwhat is to be their future life-work, or get their instrucâ€" tion at home 7 a sweeping reflection this on the ignoble content of the farmer. Thus it is that the flower of rural communities are drafted away into the cities, that in the governing voice of the country the farmer gets a place amongst the thirty rathcrthan the first three, and that in the social scale he is pressed tightly against the wall. We are without a text-book. Why ‘i‘ Book- making is a good deal of a trade. It is largely governed by the law of mlpply and demand. Now that farmers olvmor tor it, it will come. The old not . nsories of school books come from Britain. A book adapted to the wants of Canada cannot come from Britain or any country but Canada. The soil of Canada forbids it, the climate of Canada forbids it, and the honor of Canada forbids it. It must be written by a Canadian. The reasons why the study of agriculture should be introduced into our rural schools are not far to seek. There is first its relative importance to the farmer, whose children almost exclusively fill the forms of rural schools. It is to him both meet and drink, and clothing and money. It is the steed he rides from the cradle to the grave, and the funeral car that conveys him to his last resting place. Why shouldn’t he be taught this from his earliest infancy ? W's know of no study so well calculated to stimulate the perceptive faculties at a tender age as the study of agriculture. Then there is its relative im- portance to the Whole community. The prosperity of every one is largely bound up with that of the farmer. The number of the spokes in every wheel of business, the number of Wheels and the number of revolutions are largely determined by the success attend- ing the operations of the farmers. About two~thirds of the population of this country are farmers. I believe they own more than two~thirds of its property,and theyfurnish more than twoâ€"thirds of the brains that stock the professions. The part they play in the commonwealth is nearly all in all a twoâ€"thirds’ factor, and therefore they are surely entitled to a two-thirds’ considera- tion at the hands of our educational autho- rities. A boy who, to the practical training he gets at home, adds sound theoretical in- struction from a school textbook will beat the boy at farming who has only the first. Whatever, then, tends to improve farming should be countenaneed by the whole com- munity. There is no doubt in my mind as to the best mode of introducing agriculture into our Common Schools, though I am not so clear as to all that the medium of instruc- tion should contain. It should be intro- duced through means of a text-bookworthy of the name. I do not in the meantime favor the erection of any additional schools of agriculture, but I do favor the wholesale utilizing of the rural schools we have for teaching agriculture. When this is done the want of departmental instruction in the higher schools will force itself upon public attention, and these for the time being will become nurseries for the Agricul- tural College. Thc l’rvcsident introduced to the conven- tion Mr. Thomas Show, Secretory of the Control Farmers’ Union, who read a paper on “ Agriculture in Our Ruml Schools.” After complaining that agriculture was not taught in who public schools, Mr. Shaw went; on to speak of the coming text-book on the subject, dealing closely with what it should contain. The following are the prominent thoughts advanced in the paper: Ido not know who the writer of that text book will be, but I can tell you, as already more then hinted, that he will be a lsnadinn, and I may add that his hands will bear upon him the marks of hard and honest menus] toil. As to the style of this book it will be written in the plainest Anglo-Saxon, its language so simple that a. child will understand it, and in so pleasing a manner that both young and old Will love to read it. It will be rather under than over scientific, bearing upon its every page the stamp of the intensely practical. The strong meat of science is rather for maturer minds, though, if finely minced, some of it is good for children. It is almost impossible to con- vinee the average farmer of Ontario that in cattle beast, during the first year of its life, when properly fed, will gain two pounds of flesh per day on 11 less feed ration as readily us it will gain one pound durng the third your of. the same. But there will be no difficulty in convincing his boy if taken in time. It is a. hopeless task to endeavor to convince the farm metrons of Ontario that their methods of ‘msking butter are defective, but their daughters may be easily convinced if taken young. These truths, simple as they are, mean millions to Ontario every year. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK. It will treat of the soils of Ontarioâ€"v their formation, composition, and more The following officets were elected for the ensuing your: President, R. McQueen, Kirkwall; Recording Secretary, R. W. Donn, Toronto; Corresponding Secretary, 1). H. Hunter, Woodstock; Treasurer, W. J. Hondry, Mimico. The twentyfiighth convention of the Ontario Teachers’ Association was con- cluded yesterday afternoon at the Normal School, Toronto. The President, Mr. J. H. Smith, occupied the chair. Mr. Thomas Shaw on the Great Want of the Dam. Agricultural Education in the Common Schools. MINISTEE DRURY‘S SENSIBLB IDEAS- THE TEXT BOOK REQUIRED. BOYS ON THE FARM. A TEXT» BOOK NECESSARY. WHAT IT SHOULD BE. DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS. In the general directions of the depart. mental regulations I find the followingr in reference to the use of the authorized text- book: “ Special attention should be given to such points as how plants grow, and what they feed upon, how farms are beau-ii tiiied and cultivated, the value of shade- trees, what trees to plant and when to plant them,the relation of agriculture to other pursuits, the effects of climate on the habits of people, poetical selections on rural subjects; talks on natural history, should form part of the instruction of every Friday afternoon.” I don’t know who wrote those regulations, but with all due deference to the gentleman .1 fear he was a. “ book farmer.” It is very well to know “ how plants grow and what they feed upon,” and something of this should be embodied in tho text-book. Nor is it unimportant to know how to beautify farms, but less so than to know how to make them profitable. The relation of agriculture to other pursuits is not of little moment, but the study of it is certainly better adapted to maturer minds. “ The effects of climate on thehabits of a people ’ might proves. profitable study for pupils in the High School or the Agricultural College, but it is surely more important for young persons to know the effects of climate on the habits of plants by which life is sustained. The poetical selections on rural subjects I would relegate to the farmers’ wood fireside, and leave the “ Talks on natural history ” as part of the Friday afternoon exercise. In the compila- tion of our text-book it should never be forgotten that the large majority of those who study it will never attend a higher school, and therefore the overwhelming importance of having it filled briin-full of knowledge that is intensely practical. CONCLUSION. It is quite possible that all the land.- marks that fix the limit of its claims upon other classes may not be very easily pointed out. That agriculture has claims upon the favorable consideration of the whole community has already been shown, but the extent of those claims has not been defined. The forest of the vision here is so thick with underwood that I frankly confess i can scarcely see the light on the further side. Agriculture in Canada is unquestionably the first mustard tree, and ‘ the fowls that reposs in its branches should ‘ be encouraged to do so, but how far they should be compelled, to eat of. its fruit is an open question. The lawyer of the city might not wish his son to spend time in the study of agriculture, while the member of the school board might choose differâ€" ently in the ease of his son. But the ob- scurity that hangs over this part of our subject will be dispelled before the advanc- ing light of the expression of public opin- ion, Which will ultimately make knewnthe desire of majorities, as to how far the landmarks that mark the limit of the use of this text-book shall extend. In the meantime let us have the book at the ear- liest possible moment, and may it be a worthy forerunner of a magnificent Cana. dian agricultural literature that is yet to be. The farmers of this country are soon going to ask that agriculture be taken down from the shelf in our High Schools and given a. place among the first three, and when they ask it it is going to be done. But it is infinitely more important to get it first‘into the common schools, where the masses may be reached. When these got into the iniryland region of agricultural study they will extend their explorations, which shall soon reach the higher schools. where their hunger must be ministered unto. FARM ARCII ITECTURE , with plans and drawings. We have good models of dwellings and outbuildings now A description of the most guitablo modes of fencing would be valuable, and so much at least of forestry as treats ol windbreaks, and the trees most suitable for reforestin-g this country with the best modes of plant- ing them. Horticulture will come in for its share of attention, including the Ile‘eful varieties of fruits, adaptations and outlines of management, with the principles of sucâ€" cessful gardening. The farmers’ garden with a diagram will serve an excellent pur- pose. There might be room too for the statement of the general principles of bee keeping, and the beautifying of home 3116 surroundings. and insects, their habits and the best means of destroying them, with plates of the most dangerous of the intruders. The methods of destroying them must have a due regard to locality, for those almost din.- mutrically opposite succeed best in differ- ent localities sometimes. A goodly section will treat of live stock and products, pos- sibly of their origin, certainly of their utility, characteristics, and a sumnmry of the principles of management. [especially the crops they are best capable l of producing, hence the style of farming to which best adapted ; will give the different modes of draining, and the benefits that follow when this is properly and judi- ciously done; also the modes of tillage most suitable to them. noting in a general way the allowances to be made for the class of farming adopted, whether mixed or special. It will treat of a rotation of crops, having a due regard to variations of soil and subsoil, the disturbing influences of climate, and the resources to which recourse must be had when this rotation is interfered with, through lack or excess of moisture, snow or frost, causing: failure to one or a number of crops. The principles that underlie successful farming will be made prominent. Here we refer to adapta- tion of animal and plant life to locality, having reference to market facilities as well as’to sustainlng them in rm ever inâ€" creasing vigor; the proper utilization of labor and labor facilities, and the great wisdom of being forehanded in everything. It will include the wide subject of ferti- lizers, and the deep subject of the princiâ€" ples of feeding animal and plant life. The right treatment of this section will throw fircbrands into the scrub stock system, and l thin the ranks of land robbers, who are ruining the agriculture of our country, and it will slay the intruding Weeds of Canada by the hundreds and the thousands. There will be a Hon. Char] m; Drnry. Mr. Drury, Minister of Agriculture, who came in while the paper was being read, was called upon to address the assooimtion. He said he had come to the conclusion that there was something wrong in the system of education in looking at the effect produced upon the young men who pass a step beyond the Public Schools. He regretted to state that the young men who attended the High Schools, Collegiate Institutes, and universities seemed to be imbued with anidea that labor with the hands was undignified and unbecoming to a gentleman. The result had been that those who had been looked forward to as TH E FARMERS, DEMAND CHAPTER 0N WEEDS VVIIOLE NO 1,568 NO. 9. The Canada Thistleâ€"Haw 5,0 (la-1 ,x'ixl of Them. Almost every onelmows something about this Very troublesome seed. I L .n rumrsm» bet the time when 1 hm! never seen one of them. The’ I am not engaged in farming: at present 1 will try to tell those who are so engaged and are trnuhlcd with thisgroa‘i pest how to get rid of them. Soveralycars ago i sent an article to the Globe on this subject, which. I have good reason to know did some good. I. shall now, nos rlv as I can remember, repeat what I then 3, simply related my method and how Well it succeeded. l gave two examples. I had one small field in which spring: wheat en- tirely failed and the thistlcs {grew up vary thick and rank. I allowed them to get full size and when they were fast beginning: to blossom 1 took a. okimn‘ior plough and turned them nearly um... ‘ 21' and let Mom he till they completely rotted. Then I ploughed thciicld and sowed it withlall wheat, which yielded a mognilicentcrop, and we were able to bind it all without gloves. in smother field there was one large patch of thistles which had troubled me for years and seemed to gain every year. I summer {allowed that field thoroughly, using both gang and skimmer freely; the result was that we had a good crop and could harvrst nearly all Without gloves on that place where the thistlcs had been. About five years ago the thistlos had accumulated in one corner of the wooded pasture Where thetimher had been taken off. I went down one day when rain was falling very gently, and with a scythe out thomall off. ‘l‘hrce years ago I sold the farm. About two weeks ago, being in the neighborhoodfl felt a. little curiosity to ,qu and see if the thistles had rcapppearod on that land to any ex- tent, and found that very few had made their appearaiizite after the lapse of five years. Now, Ithink it is quite possible and easy to write prohibition and annihilaâ€" tion in regard to the thistle and. got rid of them. When they got to the full size and are then ploughed under, I think the crop is equal to a good coat of: manure, and it?! I told the random of the Glulm, in this way they can be made to pay their way. Let it be this motto of every farmer, “ Keep the thistles down and cut.” United action is all important; give them no quarter and triumph is sure. 1‘). TOPI‘ING. The total number of stars one can 500 will dapeml very lm‘gnlyllpon the <310m‘n(:35 of the atmosphere and the kmnmfiss of the eye. There are in the whole celestial sphere about 0,000 mantra visible to an ordiA narin good cyo. Of them, howavnr, we can never see more than a fraction at any one time because a. lmlf. of the sphere is alwa} 3 below the horizon. If we could Rm a star in the, horizon as busily . in the zenith, a half of the wholn number, or about 3,000, would be Visible on any clear night. But stars near the horizon are scan through so great It thickness of atmos- phnm us greatly to obscure their light, and only the brightest (men can there be seen. A8 a result of this obacumtion it is not likely that more than 2,000 stars can ever be taken in at a. single View by an ordinary eye. About 2,000 othar stars are so near the South Pole that they never rise in our latitudes. Hence, out of 0,000 supposed to be visible, only 4,000 over come within the range of our vision unless we. make it jour- ney towards the equator.â€"Cvmury Mugaâ€" zinc. H WMEWHM’TT ' EJ n“;"’23".1é Nix After passing various votes: of thanks the association adjourned sine (Ha. Mr.G. W. Ross, M. R, Mir “mm of Education, made a. brief addmgfl, in which he assured the asmciabion Hum! 1m \vm always glad to receive thrir advice. 'i‘hv position of Mix‘xistm‘ of J‘Idnmxtion was 1mm witihont its dil‘lirmltivs. He was pmud of the system 01" education in Ontario, and knewofno honor systmn in the worm, though of course it was capable of much improvement. He adviaed tho. associaâ€" tion to act with amnion and prudence, (Applause) [the hope of the future of agriculture in this l country had gone into other pursuits. There had been a: measure of disappoint- ment in the effect which education had had upon the tastoa and inclinations of the young men. He had always looked forward to the time when tho farmers of this country would be well educated men in the broadest and. most liberal some. He saw no reason why the farmers should not aim to educate their children, but he had known many instanct-a whom. after farmers had had thvir sons educated in the high sohoola, they refused to roturn to tho farm. Ho did not know where the fault lay, but this was a great matter of disappointment in the educational system. If the introduction of a text book upon tho subject of agriculture would meet the case it would be a boon to the country. All of tho profcaflions were at pw- out over- crowded. Canada could [urnich unlimited 1 means for the employment of. tens of thousands of our best man in tho field of agriculture. There was a feeling abroad that for a man to spend his life upon a farm was to “waste his Bchtncss on the descrt air,” and that if a man was in pos- session of suiliciont moans to spend hialifo as a gentleman {armor ho emism to be a gentleman when lll‘ is obliged to work with his hands. Ho had once heard a clm'gymmi say that he had been a farmer, but thatlm had got above that sort of life. (Lauvhtr‘rd He was not cure but that the same Y Eiitlc- man would have been a better {tumor than a preacher. Whatever could be done to promote a. better judgment as to the true dignity of labor, and whatever could be done to educate our young: men to believe that there is it field of IlilL‘flllllDBS for them upon the farm would he a lasting: benefit to the community. He trusted that the Minister of. Education would at an early day see his: way clear to place in the Public Schools of the Province a textâ€" book upon the subject of agriculture. (Applause) Snakes Among; (319 Nutmog‘s. Connecticut snake hunters urn aston- iahed at the grant number of mttlommkos abroad this season. Until a [row years: ago in rattler was. :1 curiosity in Connecticut, but since the hill towns began to grow Up to brush they have come in. In the beam tiful town of Farmington rattleré are especially plentiful. Ten have been killed in that town Mince Elm sermon ()pifl’K‘d. The other day Jason Peters, of .E‘n‘rmimzton, killed the {011th mtblor jnfit ma it was ap- proaching his doorsz on rm errand of in- vestigation, apparently, rcspccting the in- terior of thc house. “ We don’t want any poetry, young man," said the edi'uor; “ we have enough on hand to last longor than the paper.” “1 am not a poet, sir,” replied the young man, in- dignantly; “I am selling a. soap warrant-(d to remove nil, tar, pitch or stains! of any kind from the finoab fabrics of the loom down to thromply carpets. You do me a gross injustice, sir.” “I beg your pardon,” said the editor, contritelymâ€"Li/b. How Many-Stars are 'l‘lmra in Eight? To the discredit of Port J ervis hoodlums, and also some older but equally ignorant people, we must confess that the Langtry party were used most discourteouely. Comâ€" ing here on a. mission of mercyâ€"40 care for their injured employees ~they were in- truded upon in a most outrageous manner. Their car was switched near the German- town crossing for the night, and the occu- pants hoped to obtain a. much-needed night’s rest. Instead of that the car was surrounded by a gang of women, men and boys, who insisted on climbing; on the plat- forms, and even went so far as to throw stones and lighted matches through the open, but lace curtained windows. In ad- dition the most vile language was indulged in, until finally the party were compelled to walk down town and take quarters in the Delaware House until their car could be brought down to the centre of the yard where police protection could be obtained. The goodness of Mrs. Langtry’e heart was exhibited by her travelling so far, un- solicited, and by her subsequent conduct in visiting nearly all the injured. This morn~ ing, hearing that Mrs. Sarah Slater, one of the injured, was liable to lose a. portion of her beautiful head of hair, by reason of the scalp wound she received, and which was filled with matted blood, glass, etc., she spent upwards of an hour in washing and combing it out. This was another act of kindness, and one rarely exhibited by women worth $250,000 in their own right. All who came in contact with Mrs. Lnngtry acknowledge that she ia a most accom' plished and courteous lady. A physician of one of our prominent; cities, who had arrived home in the wee, sma’ hours of the morning, having been enjoying himself with some convivial friends the night previous,reeeiveda rather urgent call from an aristocratic lady before he had time to recuperate from the effects of his night’s lark. Nothing loath, how- over, he proceeded to obey the summons as best he could in his semi-inebriated condi- tion, and proceeded to the mansion of his new client. Upon his arrival he was ushered into the presence of his new patient, and proceeded to examine her con- dition in the customary manner of the medical fraternity by taking her pulse. But the task, under the circumstanceg,was an heroulean one and a sad failure for the physician. He gave up his efforts in despair and departed from the sick cham- ber in utter disgust and self-mortification, with the remark, A “ Drunk, by Jingo I” The next day he received a sweetly Scented epistle and a cheque for $25. The writer was his patient of yesterday. who begged him politely to accept the inclosure as a giit and say nothing more about the matter. Discourtouusly Treated by Port Jerle I!oo(11mns~»ll[rs. Laugh-y Washing an Injured \Vonmn‘s lizli1'~rAll Errand of Mercy. Fred. Goblmrd, his cousin, Frederick Blane, Mrs. Lily Langtry, her femmc chambrc, Mr. Gehhurd’s valet, and the (:1er de cuisine of the party, have come end gone, says Wednesday’s Port Jervis Gazette. They arrived in the handsome palace coach Le Lee, owned by Mrs. Langtry. on Tuesdfiy morning, and although they originally intended to return the some night, they concluded to wait until noon today. This was done in order that they might take with them Mr. C. W. Aby, the superintendent of Mr. Gebhard’s California Stock farm, who was so badly injured in the wreck nt Shohole last Sunday night. Mr. Aby is suffering from a compound fracture of the arm, a severe out in his wrist, and sevoml had bruises on his back. He wee able to walk to the car, which was switehed in front of the Delaware House, and will, no doubt, have a pleasant journey to Jersey City in one of the finest palace ours in the country. Of the horses in Mr. Gebhard’s lot the four beat known were E010, Eolist, St. Savior and l’alnncm.â€"â€"N. Y. World. Mr. Buck, editor: of the Spirit of the ’I'inms, received ndeapntch from Mr. Gel)- hard yusturduy morning informing him that he was going to the scene of the accident at 01100, and asked him to have Ovarything in readiness for the care and cmniort of Mr. Aby if it was found possible to remove him to this city. Mrs. Langtry, Mr. Gebhard and a party of friends were to leave to-morrow in the “ Lily’s ” special drawing-room ear for her farm in St Helena, 08.1., but at a late hour yesterday a telegram from Long Branch was received at the Twenty-third street home directing that the arrangements be delayed. It is thought by friends of Mr. Ucbhard that he took the precaution of insuring his horses. The loss of the homes named does not by any means exhaust his stock of. racing material. Ho lme several fast ones left, all of which have been entered in Monmouth Park races this season. Among these may be mentioned the buy filly Sweetheart, by Spendthrift ; the bluek 3-year-old filly Her Lilyship; be y gelding Volunteer, by Mortimer, and a chestnut gelding by Owast Sir Chsrlcs Synge Christopher Bowen is acknowledged as one of if not the best lawyer among the English Lords Jusâ€" tices. He is a grave, pale and almost melan choly looking man, and his manner is gentle and apparently timid, and has a pecillinrly gentle voice. All his utterances have on academic ring about them, which peculiarity he has possessed since he made his first forensic speech. Off the bench he is a. rather shy man. Strangers on meeting him would scarcely credit that he is agreat equity jurlge; indeed, he is generally no credited with being rather “slow” for public man. Some of the Notable Animals Lost in the Corning Smashâ€"Up. Quite a stir was caused in sporting circles by the news of the fatal accident to the valuable horses owned by the firm of Langtry & Gebhard. Ten horses, of the aggregate value of $100,000, were killed in the collision at Corning. The horses were shipped on Sunday afternoon by the Wells- Fergo express, at the owner’s risk, the company being released from all liability. ' The car was expressly fitted up for their occupancy and was to go directly to Englaâ€" wood, 111., where the horses were to be given a three days' rest. The horses owned by Mrs. Langtry were St. Saviour, Pauline and two black tandem horses. Pauline was a French thoroughbred and had been the property of Mrs. Langtry for several years. ,An oil painting; of the intelligent-looking i nnimal is hung conspicuously in the draw- [ ingreom of her Twenty-third street home. , Orphan Boy, one of those killed, was a \ trained polo horse and had been seen often at the Newport meets. Mrs. Langtry’s five-hundred~doller white English bulldog, together with several young terriers, wore also sent with the horses. The bulldog, curiously enough, refused accom- modations in the car and insisted on ae- companying the fireman in the cab. The dog could not be induced to leave his new . friend’s side and was crushed beneath the engine, while the fireman was frightfully scolded. The trainmen who came into the Erie depot from the west yesterday told interesting stories of the peculiar actions of the knowing dog and the attention he attracted along the line. When the train was in motion he occupied the fireman’s bench and lay with his head on his paws, gazing ahead through the open cab win- dow. Neither the tooting whistle nor the clanging bell disturbed his repose. At the several stopping stations he jumped down and ran. about, but when whistled to before the train started he would leap into the engine and resume his watchful position. The do;r was a great pet of Mrs. Langtry. THE LILY AT THE WKECK FAMOUS HORSES KILLED. Drunk, by Jingo!