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V Bones as a Fertilizer. Clem-y Stewart sets forth the value of b as as a. fertilizer in a very plain man- ner. They consist, when fresh, of 63:} per cent of mineral matter (of whlch 55 per cent“, of tne bone, is phosphate of lime); 311; per cent. or organic matter, chiefly gelatinafind fat, and five per cent. of water. The organic matter contains 3% per cent. of nmogen; the mineral matter contams from 26 in 25% per cent. matter contains from 25 in 251- per cent. of phosphnric acid, and 30 to 155 per cent, of llme. The phosphoric acid and the nitrogen are the Valuable elements, the former being worth, at six cents a pound, $1.50, and the latter, at 25 cennsa pound, _.n-~, -VV (-, condition to be available would be worth $2 37. But bones when whole are only slowly soluble in the soil. In moist soil they wdl decay and wholly disappear, only in so many years that it is necessary to re- duce them to a. fi no state of division to make them useful. This is done by re- ducing them to powder or by burning them to ashes. The latter method is the cheaper, but the nitrogen is lost, and if the bones can be reduced to powder for less cost than the value of the nitrogen, the most costly method in the better. But in many cases it is impossible to grind them for want of mills, and then the burning lecomea the only practicable method. This leaves the phosphate of lime in the finest possible condition to be as available for plant food as in the raw bone or more so, because it is not held in an undecompoaable condition by the gelatine. 87 celits ; 100 poundsAof bong,_then, In a. It is well, during the latter part oil this month, to revxew the past in all its difl'erent phases. Where mistakes have been made. they can and should be cor- rected, and to enable the farmer to do this more knowingly, the greatest help he can have is a well-kept diary of farm doingsandasystematicaccount book.These are great helps, and no farmer should neglect to keep them, and properly. It ls very often the case that a careful re- vlew of the past may save as well as make many a. dollar for the farmer in the com- ing year, and those who go altogether by guess can never count on anything, and are very likely to repeat the same mis- takes year after year, We well know that the prices of the past year have not been as high, on most things the farmer produces, as they might have desired, though they should remember that the same has been true in nearly or quite all other branches of industry ; the price of clothing and other things which the far- mer uses being new as cheap as ever it was, if not below any other prices we ever remember. This equalizes matters, or nearly so. We hope the year to come may bring peace and plenty to the army of workers in agricultural pursuits, and that prices may be such as Will please all who strive to produce first class pro- ducts. Yes, it should be seen to freq iently, for a tew decayed or decaying ones may soon start the whole pile to rotting and much loss be entailed. Where the root crop is stored in the cellar underneath the dwelling house, the rotting of pots.- toes, etc., may not only entail loss by be- coming unsalable, but. they may make several large doctor bills, as scarcely any- thing will do more towards causing ill- ness than being compelled to breathe the noxious gases arisiu g from decaying Vege- tables. And this is much worse in win- ter than in summer, as during cold weath‘ er the house is kept closed up so much, the fumes are kept confined in the dwell- The mode of preparing the butter, when worked and salted, depends on the market it is intended for. Near large cities good butter, made up in small, fancy pats, commands a. very high price, if sold directly to the consumer. These pats will not stand any rough usage; they are taken to the market in boxes fitted with trays for alternate layers of butter and ice. For the ordinary market, one or two pound rolls, and square or rec- tangular ones will pack closest. Each pat should be covered with a clean, white cloth, wrung out of pickle. The proper place for a root|cellar is un- derneath an out~kitchen or other build- ing, or under the part of the barn not used for the horses or other stock, though in such places they are apt, often, to be much neglected, causing consider- able loss. If a. side-barn is built, con- veniences should be made tor the storage of roots, where they can be kept free from dampness, be kept dark and cool, and still not be where Jack Frost cm get. at them. Conveniences should be made for unloading and storing as well as load- ing easily and quickly. Butter in'tended for keeping should be packed closely in well-glazed earthen- ware jars ; free from cracks, wimh‘m an inch of the rim ; a cloth is then put on, and the jar is filled with salt. ; the jar is then secured so as to exclude the air as much as possible. ing, and the family compelled to breathe that; day and njght.‘ Major Pallebt's plan of improving wheat is simply to find the beat plant of a va- riety, in a given crop, then its best ear, and, finally, the beat grain in the best ear; and with this ultimate beat single grain to re-atart every year. It is a question worthy of careful teats cell Sprinkle a. little lime (air flaked) over the potatoesin your cell'ar. It will tend to prevent rot, and punfy the air of the Take a Look at the Root (011:1 VFOR THE FARMER. The Past and the Future. About Butter. Notes. a 1'. whether Lima beans will yield best if trained to ball poles or short ones. In the latter case, the vines are to be pinch- ed or cut off as soon as they reach the top of the poles. This question presents itself in differ- ent. forms. Many think that raspberries and blackberries yleld better if confined to the height of three or four feet. We must then cut ofl" the laterals as scan as they are a. foot. or so in length. No stakes are necessary. Ancient writers suggested picking out the largest grams, and also those from the middle of the ear. Major Halletb also states in the Ag. Gazette that nix- and-twenty years ago, in 1858, be planted 18 earn in such a. manner that the plant.- mg of each grain of each ear correspund- ed exactly With its puamon when In 1119 ear, and the larger grams wexe noted on the diagram of each planning. he found no relamon whatever to exist; between the best plant produced and the size, or posi- tion in the ear, of its parent gram. To rise from the table able to eat a lit- tle more Is a proverbially good rule for every one. ‘There is nobhlug more Idiot:- 1c than Iurcmg down a tow muuthslul be- cause they hflppuu Lu remmu on one's plate after hunger is satusfied, and be- cause they may be “washed” u left. It is the most serious waste to overtax the stomach With even half an ounce more man 15 can take care of. The great ocean 13 in a constant. atzte of evaporauon. It glves back what in re- ceiws. and sends up 1t: waters 1n mists to gather Into clouds ; and so there are ram on the fields and storm on the moun- Lains, and greenueaa and beauty every- where. Buu there are many men who no not believe m evaporation. They gen all they can and keep all they gen, and at are not. fermlxsers, but only stagnant miasma- tic ponds. LlFE.â€"Y0u will find existence full of sween savour if you no not expect [rum it. what. It cannot. give. When people com- plaln 0t lile, it is almost alqu because they have asked impossible things from 16. Upon this believe wholly the Leaching of the wisest. There is but. one fonndeuion for a. happy lifeâ€"Lhe pur- suit of the good and 0: me true. You Will be well pleased with existence if you make fair Use of n, and if you abide well pleased wmh yourselves. A noble sen- tence is that which says, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteous- ness, and all Lhese things shall be added unno you." FALSE lDEALS.-â€"Fa.lse ideals of happi- ness haunt. Lne ways of men and lead them on to danger and destrucmon through the slren song of fantasy. One makes hls of wealth. He has enough LOW for all the purposes ot refined living ; but he wants chat extra, mat margin, hy which enough may be broadened out mao excess and refinement may be made to in- clude frentlc luxury and msolenu ostenta- Lion. “When I shall have so much, I will be content," he says co himself. But he is never contenb. if he gets a hun- dred thousand pounds, he wants two ; 1f mo, three; and so on, till he covers a milnon, which then, when compassed, shall positiver be the term and boundary of ms deslres. But the nulhon spreads out and xolls on, as th( hundred thousand had done before it. TRUTH.â€"Truth comes to us only by glimpses. There some who refuse to re- ceive a partial truth, who insist upon havmg a clear idea of the whole, or at least upon persuading themselves that they have it, before they yield assent to anything. They will believe nothing which they cannot understand, they say, forgetting that, although we may both believe and understand many things to be true, it is only by occasional glimpses that we can ever discover how they came to be so. For instance, we all believe the wonders of the natural world, the ex- istence and motions of the planets and stars, the changes in the earth's surface, the marvolous growzh in the vegetable world, and the still more wonderful de- velopment of the animal creationâ€"of cun- scious life and human intelligence. In believing toese things we understand that they are so; but how they came to be so, how they perform their several func- tions, what are the laws which uphold them and the forces they obeyithese things we do not understand, eaoepa as study or thought, or participation in au- other's thought, give us a glimpse of the truth. “Yes, brethern,” says the clergyman who is preachmg the funeral sermon, “our deceased brother was cut down in a single night~ torn from the arms of his lovmg mie, who is thus left a disconne- lote widow at the age of 24 years." “Twenty-two,if you please,” 5003 the widow, m the front pew, emerging from her handkerchief for an mutant. As age peetlea his brow mit goot know- ledges of der vorldt, Tommy goes out to pnttle it. From early nhildhoot oop, he van Bhuck full mit merriments, uud he vaa wnde all dis things down. He v3.3 gone on (161' newspaper pishnesa, und many of dhem wood hafe found a grafe yart out, ofer it don’t vas been for him. The Lord Mayor of London is a. Metho~ dist lay preacher, and recently delivered a. sermon at: the opening of a Methodist Church. “Hello, there; what do you want?” «sked a Brooklyn parrot of a. burglar the other night; thereupon the burglar left quick. cents GRAINS 0F (HDLD. .raon's Pulmonary Cough Dr @ every family in Canada; ij at cough n. medias known. The l’aragruphe r. A Correction. In large fldk Throws Aside Illa Doubts and Bears Strong Testimony to the Inn]: . Laminu Ailwrrtism'. Skepticism is a deplorable thing, especially when it leaves the mind on a stormy sea. without an anchor or hope of havrn. It does not probably pri- vail any more in these days than it dld m the past. but we hear more of It because of the publicity given by the secular press. Some minds are so constituted that they cannot accept anything without proof, and yet they do not necessarily demand that the proof shall have the stamp of highest authority. They recognize merit for it- self, and accept itAgladly, knowing that eventually it must gain general recogni- tion. The legal and medical prefessic us as well as the ecclesiastical are slow to adopt what may conflict with their no- tions of self-interest and right. New ideas are almost always disturbing, but eventually they become assimilated and are warmly commended. The case of the Rev. Goorge Water» man, a talented clergyman of Berwyn Lodge, Bredstone, Winborne= Eng., sug‘ gests these observations. He got into a, desperate condition, which thoroughly unâ€" fitted him for ministerial work. His mind sympathizing with his body, became very much depressed. As the mind is so the thoughts are. He fiE sally put himselfnn- do!‘ the care of the best London special- lsts. For several years he puisued the ever fleeting phantom, but at length they told him his case was beyond amendment. Still more thoroughly depressed, he grew skeptical to a (league and believed him- selt doomed. Carnrrhâ€"A New Treatment. Perhaps the moat axtrerordinery success that has been achieved in modern screnca has been attained by the Dixon Treatment of catsrrh. out or ‘ 00 patients treated during the past six mant s, [ully ninety per cent. have been cured or this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not two per cent. or the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benentted, while the patent medicines and other advertised oures never record a. cure at all. Sturung With the claim now generally be- lieved by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living psrssites in the tissues. Mr. Dix- on et once adapted his cure to their extermination; this accomplished the oeterrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned. ee cures effected by him four years ago are cures still. no one else has ever at. tempted to cure csturrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured ostarrh. The application or the remedy is simple andpan be done at home. and the present season at the year is the most favorable for a. speedy and permanent cure. the majority of cases being cured at one treatment. Sun'erers should cor- respond wrth Messrs. A. H. DIXON 8c SON. 306 King-street West. Toronto, Canada. and enclose stamp [or their treatise on oemrrh.â€"Montreal alar- A New England company has secured 8,000 acres at land in Huston County, Ga.., and is moving a. colony thither. Yes, you can get something to stop that cough “Pec‘ bod)" wm do": In no shun. I‘Iy Pauton'n. Ibnever fail: Tm, great 25 sent. Uougu and cum Unre. 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The steamers of the Glasgow lines sail during Mats between Portland and Glasgow. and Boat-on and Glmm Ilbernately; nnd dunng summer between Quebec our Glasgow and Boston sud Glasgow every week, For freight, passa e. or other lntormatlm apply to A. Sohumac or 8500., Baltimore; 8 Cunard 8500.. Haulax; Shea. 8:, Co. SL John's N.F.; Wm. Thomson 8c 00.. St. John, N. B. Allan 61 Co. Chic 0; Levo J: Alden. Nev York; H. Bonnier. oronto - Allans. Rae a Ca Quebec; H. A. Allan. Portland, Boston. Mos Allan Lina Royal Man Steamsnma CAUTION ! MYRTLE NAVY 1 THE EMEEIDEN mm 092 NORTH-WEST’l GRAND DUCHESS i'éffiafifi' Tifififl'ffs'fifigfiua'rg co. ALUABLE SEmp'Efivonh $5 ifiuly’m Adi dren J. E Pmoxs. Gloucester Mass; Mention NONE" Effâ€"[Elf GENUINE. V New York. Meriden (CM, Chicago, San Francisco, London, (173%.). BRANCH FACTORYâ€"Cor. Cannon and Wellington Streets. Hamilton, Ont. GURNEY’S STOVES. fiimt (Elmira, (1311111 mm; film gm», COAL AND WOOD COOK. 1 wnn on wnnum FOR SALE BY STOVE DEALERS HERE- [11 Bronze Letters. II. WILLIAMS, Each Plug of the IS MARKED UPTURfiâ€"nuAlV'B IMPEB IALTRUSS with O Spiml Spring the best ever invented. Took ten yearn to portect. Cure. every child 8 out. of 10 adull'a. Holds the worst Wanted. See The Sun. Copy free‘ SUN. Box 2083, Kalamazoo, Mich R. U. AWARE WOOD COOK And get. A sample copy at TRUTH .tree. the beat 28-plge Weekly Mn ulna . pubnzhed See the big in of reward. (or nnaweglgg ilglgfgphle‘qu._ ti imam" wx'LééN. 33 e an Adel-ids Street. West. Toronto, Glands. ! ‘irculnis IM PERI Lie ac. E35 porlect. Cure. every child 10 adults. Holds the worn! during hndest work,or money i 25 years practical expat I'irculns tree. Address TH}! IMPERIAL TRUdS (304. 2: WEI} Tommie; HEEL f RUBBER Many purchasers having through u milnrity of umpes purchased other area under the Impression that they _menca.. 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The saloons and staterooms in sienna" marks4 thus: ’ are smldships. where but. lime motion felt. and no cattle or sheep is caniad on them. For fur ther particulars apply to my Grind Trunk Bull's, Agent or local agents of the Company. or to [DAVID TQRISANCE a £30 Uorhihibflirie’of’Steamships} to Pastor, Parent, Te BEST HOLIDAY GIFT Supplied at small extra cast with DENISON'S Best Divtinnary of the Ian; G. G: C. MERRIAM & (10.. Put Weighs but 6 pounds. Can be curled In a mall “lilo. Illustration shows Machine in boiler. mus-om. guarnnbetid or money refunded within 30 days. TORONTO BARGAIN HOUSE. 213 YONGE STREET. TORONTO. om: 31300-90 flfifla‘o .ré‘n' fifi‘ss‘zfinm Washing made linht Ind any. The clothes hue Elm pure whiteness which no othar mode of washing on par duce. No mbbing required. no friction to injure the fabric. A 10 year old girl can do the washing .5 well II sn_oldgr person. To pln [1 every household m: r310: m an! REDUCED to $2.50. and if not. found antinhobory. mono, refunded. See what the "Canada Preabynerinn.“ In about ibâ€"The Model Washer and Bleacher which Mr. . W. Dennis ofiere to the public has many and val bl: ndvaucnges. It, is a time and labor suing In. a. subateunal and enduring. audiavery cheep. From MI in the home-hold we can mum to its excellence Delivered to any express oflice tn the Provinces o! 01: mm: and Quebec. Charges peld $3.00 Send for oiroulul It in. the onl preparation of the kind which containsAan z euuzritious. together with the atimulatmg. properties of beef.and the only one which has me ower to supply nourish- ment for brain, and one. and muscle. JOHNSTUN'S FLUID BEEF G. W. DENNIS, PATENT REFERENCE The latest editinn hzw 3000 mnrr Ill! I’lpom Chimney Tops. Water Lime. Fire Bricka‘ Burn. An iuvnl A WELCOME GFT. HUGH MILLER and 00.. AGRICULTURAL Gunman. 167 King 8% Eat. Torah“. For Elle h) Dmnllu avemhere. COUNTESS BASE BURNER {OR Fattenlng and brinsz into condition. Rona Cows, Calves" Sheep and Pigs. The Yonxsnm: ‘TLE FEEDER is used and regommended by. firm: latest edi .Ilary than early 3 fit & F. P. Currie & Co. Eden. Milk Cattle produce more pilk In}! lg kitten! in one-fourth the uaual tune. tad AGENTS WANTED. COAL ' AND WOOD RANGE “'ll‘ll OB WITII‘JII'I‘ 0V“. Waiher " BLEEéHER 1847 Rogers Bros. A1. Gufiévsl Akin“. Modfimnl. TRADE LARK. THEL MODEL gé.â€"L¢mdon Timas. Springfield, Mus more Words in its y otherAm. Dict’y ‘ of Engravings. every library and BEST Child, Friend. AVD INDEX.