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AGRICULTURAL Exmnmons. A Prize Essay by J. S. A. Lm‘dman, Bin- broolz, Out. What are agricultural exhibitions held for? This in n quentien that is at once luggelted by reading the above heading of this paper, ends. queetien that very few take the trouble to nnewer. Well, let us lee. Viewing the exhibition: on they are held and conducted at present, We find that the principal attraction in the trotting and hone-racing that have become as pre- valent at our shows. Meet oi the farmers who teke stock and preduo to the nhowu take them for the purpose of trying to win win a little money with the prize, and also to let their neighbors see what they have got. But it in not the farmer alone who in benefited by the ahew ; for up on viuiting any of our fair grounds, we find them elmelt covered with an innumerable number of jewelry and peanut etendl, while quack dOctore and noisy eide-lhew men make the air ring, again and again, with their jargon, u if the oxhibhiou had been planned aolely for their benefit. Show day is the time for the iarmern to get together and talk over the events of the next elec- tion, or deliberate on the good and bad points of a. neighbor’s hem. This seems to be whet the fair: are for chiefly, but we find a few farmers who really attend them for n nobler purpose~that of getting a. little iniormeticn concerning their businesl. But, strange as it may seem, there are only a iew farmers who go for the purpose of being educated, while the others get about as much benefit from them an a man would from the Farmer’s Advocate when he re- fuse: to read it. find a great deal among the fancy wofk to Interest and instruct them. They will as panama of fancy work that: they can look at copy when they get home, or they can nee name nice way of pufllng up fruit; or, perhaps, in :1 Che“ WEE} asme exhibitor 01 battle: they may lawn cf 3. béilh tar Way of treating their cream to make good butt-3r. There are many efihergwaye that the family may be educated it. the exhibition, but no more need be mentioned. Suppose a farmer wishes to buy a new reaper or mower and hue not yet decided what kind to get. Int him go out among the machinery and examine; the different kind! of machines. He will then form an opinion as to which one he wants ; and wlll Mk person: whom he meet: how such and such a machine works, and can make a. pur- chale to suit himself“ Or, if it be plews and harrown cm he requires, here in his chance to make u. aelectien. The agricultural exhibitlon [a chlefly for tho human but film fumin may 9.159 receive a. gram den} of benefit if they only will. The boys may follow the dlracfiona given to he fathar; and the wife and tha_ glrla may Whose fault is it that our exhibitions are not more ed non-tienolto the farmer? It is very hard to tell exactly whose fault it is, for it seems to be nobody’s in particular, and yet it is partially the fault of almost everybody. In the first place, it is the farmer's lack of interest in his business, for If he would only take the interest in his work that other people take in theirs, he would add great- ly to the success of the isirs, besides aiding himself. Ambitious jockeys and horsemen. who each thinks he has the best horse, are greatly to blame fer the present state or affairs ; and the way in which the prizes are distributed tends to lower rather than raise the standard of our exhibitions. For instance, we find on some of our prize lists that fifty or seventy-five dollars Is the prize given for the best trotting horse, while not more than two dollars fail to the lot of the man who has the best two bushels of wheat. Now, when this is the case, we can scarcely call our shows Agricultural Exhibtiens at all. for all the attention is paid to the animals, and scarcely any to the real agricultural part. It would be better to cull our fairs “ fat stock shows" and be done with, for the majority of them come nearer to timt than to nnythmg else. How might a change be made so as to make them more educational, and what would be the educational advantages de- rived irem them? In the first place, let every farmer take a deep interest in the exhibition and do his best to make it more beneficial to his fellows. Then, lose no time getting up a feeling against so much trotting, Why this has so much trotting. Why this has so much importance attached to it we can not see. Oi what use are trotters to tho average farmer? None at all; andI can see no reason why such large prizes are given to trotters and such small ones to draught er gcneral purpose horses. The method of giving prizes should be reversed, the large prizes being given to animals that are of some use in the world, lettingthe others take care of themselves. The general purpose horse is the one for the farmer, and should receive the most attention at our fairs. Then it would be better if all the quack doctors and side shows were banished entirely from the grounds and keep the people from seeing more important things, and, besides, the majority at them turn out to be frauds after all. Then let the farmer notice the peculiar- ities of the diflcrent breeds of horses, so that he can tell which would be the best adapted to his locality. A farmer on a stifl clay soil would not do a great deal witha span of ponies; and ii he would only notice the different breeds of horses at the lair, he could tell which would he hardy, easily kept and adapted to his farm. Again, when he visits the cattle he should take particular notice of them, so that if he had a good form for dalrying he might select those cattle which would be likely to give the best returns, and if he intended to raise cattle for beef he could also make a selection in that particular line; or if he wanted a general purpose cow, here is his chance to select, for when you have a large herd of the same breed of cows you can at once see their leading characteristics much better than when only a single animal is examined. Similarly with sheep and pigs. Let him notice the breeds suited to his wants and locality, and run into that line of stock as soon as possible. Now let him step into the hall and there look at the fruits and see which are the most profit- able for him to raise; and if he happens to see some oi the exhibitors about, he may, by asking a. few questions. soon get a great many hints on their successful culti- vation and preservation. Also, among the root crops he may find out what kind of soil is adapted to the difl'erent crops, and the manure that each one requires. “Ci‘hâ€"evnfizhexe are many ways In which our FABM‘ exhibition'me be imptoved. For inltnnre let prizu a given mere to ngriculiure pet, per, u for the bent gnin nieed by the use of lame artificial manure ; or give prison for cattle flattened on difierent kindl of food‘ He that the farmer mny see which is the best food to give to fatten 13l- onttie. Another thing that could well be attach- ed to our Ihowe, end one thet would have good rennin, would be for the director» ta get neme profeuor of agriculture to deliver e. public lecture on the evening of the exhi- bition, on some deperimenis of agriculture. Ii this were done and e. good npeeker were to deliver an address on some subject, asâ€" “ How he“ to destroy weeds," " flew to destroy ineeote injurious to fruit, or Caner (lien forestry,” we believe that Inch an im- pulle would be given to agriculture in this province that our iertile Oeterlo would at on“ go fer beyond all other oeuniriel and Iurpeea even her prmnt self an en agricul- al district. Agriculture “her all in the businen and the only one think thin Domlnlon of our- in to become yet mere famou- fer. We must have food md clothing. and thath madly all any person gems, and these come from the farm. It in the farmers that fault the World. It is on his bounty we muat rely. Then let us keep our eyes epen te his value, and snelnt him all we can. Let the farmer keep hie eyes open when he uttendl the exhibitions, and be on the aleri for every‘hing that will promote his cause. If he will do this and then make me of what he been and seen, he will receive an education that will be of more vnlue to him than allver or geld, for no one can take it away. The more sight of a shark chills the blood, so villainous is his look, :so rspaoiou the hideous leer which he casts up at those who look down upon him. Of sharks there are many kinds, most of them with a sort of flame beauty in their shapes and the marks upon then. Such is the fin-tail, whose color h cinerecus, streaked in some parts with red and dotted with small black spots. Such, too, is theses-fox, as it used to be called, to be met in the Mediterranean, and re- markable for the great length and ele- ganoe of its tail, the body being about seven feet and the tail six feet long. But the most substantial horror of the deep 1 the white shark, often thirty feet long. and of an average weight of stout 4,000 pounds, It is described as having a mouth furnished with a six-fold row of tooth, fist, triangular, sharp at the edges and finely serrated. When the shark is in a state of repose these dread- ful teeth remain fist in the mouth, but when it seine: it spray these rows of grinders rise like the fable growth of deadly weapons from the soil. It is not very surprising that out of this grim and merciless compan- ion of the mariner sailing under tropi- cal heavens many quaint and striking super‘ stitions should have been evolved. For ages seamen have regarded it as a creature of ill- amen. They believe it capable of wanting a victim, even though he should be perfectly Well and without suspicion of his dosth he- isg close at hand, and. that it would follow n ship that had a dead body in her for leagues and leagues. Of its Voraoity there is no end 0! stories told. A French naturalist ss- sort that it prefers white men to black, which we believe is pretty ‘well known 3 but goes on to pay us, as a people, a curious compliment, by saying that, of all persons, sharks like Englishmen most. The same man says that a shark cut open at Marseilles was found to contain a man clad In armor in _ lts stomach, while inside of another shark there was found a whole horse ! It ll comforting to read that the shark is kind to its young, taking its infant into its stomach in case of danger, One would think such an act of virtue entirely above a shark's moral nature, and that if ever it did swallow its offspring it would be rather to digest it. than to preserve lt.â€"London Very much out of puienoe, no doubt, with the luddon and unexpected rain-Itonn, the bee rubs off the tiny drops from its wings, trlas them, rubs again, and soonâ€" buzzl buzz! away It goon, uncemoieuly leading destruction and pillage; t9 hm happy heme. But the question now comes up, how is the cotton to be put upon the bee’s back? The gum is quickly foundâ€"it is on almost any tree ; the cotton grows right at hand. The bee, too, is found in almost any sweet flower, buried head first in the dusty pollen, drinking in the nectar, and showing quite plainly whether its honeyâ€"sec is full or empty. It moxes a little in its eager haste to secure the delioiens liquid, but perhaps a quick deb will fasten the cotton on its beck. Do not try it. As the little boy told his mother, the bee is a very “’qulok‘kioker." Watch the Australianâ€"and he is a very stupid fellow, too, in most things. He fill): his mouth with water, has his snewy tuft of cotton ready gummed, finds his bee, gently drenches it with water sported from his mouth,pioks it up While it is till in- digneutly shaking itself free from the water which clogs its wings, and with e dexterous touch he affixes in an instant the tell-tale cotton, Customerâ€"” Have you any arsenic 3" Druggiatâ€"“ No, sir, just out.” “ Any sfixychnmn I" “ Said the Iau’a fihis mornfing." “ Have you Puls green ‘1" “ None now, but I have acme ordetec‘i.” “ Well, what kind a} poison: have yen 2” “ I haven't any jun? new. You see there was an Ice-cream Inppsr last night down here, and there In no call for anything more In that line.” Bee-Hunting. The native of Australia adopt: a peculiar method for discovering wild honey. He knows that been never wander very far from heme, seldom more than two miles, and he also knows that when a bee in laden with honey it makes, nearly an panible, a. straight line for home. All that in necessary, than, in to finds. baa that is well laden, and follow It. But thathmere sadly mid than done. Any bay who has tried to follow the big and gay-colored bumble~boe to its nestk now: how great a task it Is. But: that is a. mere trifle to following the sober llttle honey- bee, which can be last against a gray- colared hillside. In order to be followed, the bee must have a distinguished mark that can be easily seen; and with Inch a badge the Australian provldeslt. He gumu a small tuft 6f white cotton ta the bee’s back, and thnl follow: it with comparative 8M0. Traci». Demons of the Sea. It Would Seem So. Edwnrd King lay: that Zulu]: reputation In on the wane In Fur-nos. Professor Wlnnecka, of Strasburg. the diaooverer of nine comets, has gone mad. Wu: it unlucky to atop at nlne 2 It In said that ovarybady in tha town of Yakutlk, Siberia, gets drunk on New Year’s Day. the bishop solemnly acting the ex- ample. There are thirty thousand Hebrew: who possess the right of residence in Moscow, and an equal number are residing there either with or without permits. The Severn Tunnel wu opened on the first of this montthor 090.1 tnffia only. The form- al opening will not take place until a deuble line ls completed for passenger trufia. Mr. and Mrs Glndetone have gone ts Germeny fer six weeka. I They will be the guest: of Lord and Lmdy Action, at their vxlla at Tegerneee, near Munich. A quiet day in the fine scenery and the bracing air of the Bavarian Highlands will doubtless prove hlghly beneficial to Mr. Gladstone’a health and apltlh. German photographer: have succeeded In photographing a. projectile in the ceurne of its flight, and some of these photographs IhG'W the head of condensed air which pre- cedes every shot. It {a said to be this “ head ” which prevent: even zkilful rifia- men tram hitting an empty egg she“ when hung on along thread. The air blow: me nhell out of the way of the bullet. The Qxeen took particular notion of Qaeen Mary’l tree, the fameua plane near Urnlg- mlllar, when she panned in tha other day, and expressed a wlvzh ta obtain a seedling and a. picture 0! It. These were presented to Her Majaaty next day, in the llbrax‘y of Dalkelfih Palace, by the: son of Calcnel Barth wick. a boy at seven, who knelt and klsaed the Queen’s hand as he offend the gifts; and be was allowed to rlde bank to Edin- burgh on hll [may just: behind tha Rayal carriage. When Lard Tem Brasacy, who I: new on his way be Amenoa, was in the B'nhamas, in order to mcertaln which way the Gulf Stzeam WM built, he throw overboard a. couple of hermetically scaled soda. water bottles, with a. little flag and button on top. Each bottle contained a netlce that the finder would receive £5 on forwarding ll; 1:9 Lord Tom; and, in oxder to fscllltzma the task of ldentlficaflon, Lady Brasney insert ed a he almlle etching of the two battle! in hex- new book. About a. week after its publication the fun commenced. Soda water bettlea came pouring in by rail, van, and parcel pout, until the backyard at Nor- manhurat became lmpauable and battle racks at a premium. The lot are new to be had cheap. Beavers. Every one knows that beaver: dam up streams, In order to term pond: for refuge, lute which thelr ledges open under water. It in not perhaps 50 generally known that they make an epenlng In the top of the dam to let ofi“ the ample-3 water, and widen or narrow this, as the stream ls hlgh or low, in order to keep the level of their pend as nearly an poalble the same. When the dam In very longâ€"lame reach from three hundred to five hundred feet In lengthâ€"tho pressure of water is eften very great, and then the beavers build a. second dam below the other, the only use of which is to hold back some of the overflew water, and so neutralise name of the pressure on the upper dam. The eenelu are nlmeet more wonderful than the dame. A's beavers live upon the young sheets and bark of trees, which they cut down with their teeth, it is obvious that in comm of time thew mut clear the forest mm their abode, VVhon they have done 0, they dig canals to the nested: suitable tim- ber, so we to be able to bdng home their cut- tings easily. Whom the greund rises, they make a series of welrs and gather the water from waist places above, building lnrge crescent-shaped dams which gather lt ln from a wide stretch of land and fill the canal. English sporting paper: did net predict the success ef the Gelatea in the recent match for the America‘s cup. The Bat, a Landon papor, says :â€"-The Galatea may succeed in winning the America’s Cup pos- sibly she will not. In any case, it seems very absurd that neither last season nor this has the best boat been sent across. There may have been a reaaen for this learning want of discrimination on the part cf these who have had the matter in hand. Both the Geneetz. and Galatee were built from designs ef Mr. Beaver \Vehb, an enterprising gentleman, whe appears to have been chiefly inctrnmental in getting up the challenges. Mt. Webb has now annc'moed his intentien of taking up his abode in the United State! with, I presume, the intention ef carrying on his bushels of yacht-designing. On. the face at it, the whole buainess looks like a. very direct and ingenious advertisement. So long. however, as We retain such designers as Richardson and Watson, we can cheer- fully spare Mr. Beaver-Webb, and if the future designing of American racing crafts be left solely in his hands it will not be very long before the America’s Cup will be brought back to England again. The physicians of Paris have been greatly interested in the case of Eudexle Adelonin, who recently awoke from an unbroken slum- ber of nineteen days' duration. She had had a. slumber ei fiity days early in the year in the hospital where she now is and has been for many years. While she was on both occasions sleeping relays of medical men kept watch by her bedside. Some hours before her second period of semnolenoe ended she showed great nervous agitation, often started, and had intermittent fits of trembling. She at length opened her eyes in the midst of a loud burst of laughter, which continued for about ten minutes during that time she stared fixedly, and ap- peared, though laughing so hard, as if under some painful apprehension. Then she spoke as if she were addressing her mother, who was not with her, in an endearing manner, and on being handed a glass said she only saw her mother’s image In it. She has since become quite cheerful, but seems to have hardly any ideas except those suggest- ed to her by the doctors. Contrary to what is observed in most hysterical subjects, the sense at taste remains while she is under the influence of suggestion. Thus, if she is given aloes and told it is sugar, the will swallow it, but makes a wry face to show dislike. I! told t2 drink water from a champagne glues she shows exhilaration, and“ a packet, which Doctor Voisin says contains an emetic. is put into her hand, she has violent fits of nausea. FOREIGN FLUT’I‘ERINGS. What a Woman Should do When lies" Clo- hes Catch I'm. A girl or woman who meets with this no- cident (.vi setting fire to her clothes) should, lmmodutely lie down on the floor, and sci any one who goes to her assistance should. instantly, if she still be erect, make her lie! down, or ii needful threw her down into s‘; horzzxntal position and keep her in it. Sparks fly upward sud flames ascend. Ig- nition from below mounts with feariul rop- idity, and, as a. result well known to ex- ports, the totality of disfigurement in these lamentable cases is due to the harm is fliet~ ed About the body, neck, lace, and head, end not to irjarles of the lower limbs. Now, the very moment that the person whose clothes are on fire is In is horizontal position on a fist surface the flimes will still ascend, but only the air and net the flames encircle their victim. Time is thus gained for further action, and in such a crisis in a fight Igainst fire a. few minutes are precious, nay, priceless Once in the prone position, the person sfliictel msy crawl to a. bell~pull or‘ to A door so as to clutch at one or open the! other to obtain help. The drought from an open door into the room would serve to blow the flames, ii any, may from the body 3 or again, still crawling, the sufl'erer may be able to secure a mg or table cover. or other article at hand, to smother any re- maining flames. I say remsining fismos, for us soon as the horizontal position is as- sumed they have no longer much to feed upon, and may either go out, as the phrase is, or may be acuidentally or intentionally extinguished us the person rolls or moves upon the floor. In any ones not only is time gained, but the injury inflicted is minimizeds In the event of the conditions not being those of self help, but assistance from another, if it he s man who clmes toi the rescue, having first and instantly thrown: the girl or women down, it is easy to take ' (:3 his coat and so st fla the diminished fl\mes with this or some other suiteble cov- ering, the flames playing now upward from the lower limbs or the lower port of the' body of the prostrate fellow-creature. If it be a women who rushes to give old, this lost named condition suggests that the safer mode of rendering it is to approach the sui- forer by the head and fling something over the lower part of the body,ior fear of setting fire to herself. If, in these fearful accidents, the heriz )ntsl position be assumed or en- forced, there could be, in shert,compurstive 1 immunity and limited injury. If not, what must happen? The fire will mount ; the i flames (and it is those which will do the in- jury) will envelop the body, inside and outside the clothes, and will reach the neck and heed, and then, indeed, they may be; smothered by a cost or wrapper or rug, ‘ while the victim is frightfully disfigured or ‘ doomed to perish. For many years I have urged these views while lecturing on inâ€" juries from burns, and once I had an occas- ion to illustrate them practically, though in s. compsrstively trivial accident. Some dressings of a very inflammable character caught fire at the bedside of :7. patient In one (If my surglcsl words. They were prompt- ly seized by a. student, who threw them into the middle of the word and endeavored to stamp out the flaming materiel. But this _ containing psrs ffiae and resin adhered to his boots, and his legs, or he danced about, were getting uncomfortably hot. To his astonishment and to the undoubted surprise of everyone in sight, I caught him by the collar of his coat and tripped up his legs. Instantly the flames became harmless, and were extinguished by a nurse throwing a. jug of water on them. You can be nicely cremated in Paris for the trifling aum ef $3, Expense to Paria about $100. The Pall Matl Gazette explain that “Galventm, Texas,” In on “ a Western prairie.” Brooklyn's free baths are used by 25,000 bathe” every week. Ex-Prealdent Arthur has gained fofly peunds since he went to New London. Conn. The Niagara whirlpoal la rushing busi- ness. Another crank haambaen hustled through, New Seuth Wales has just lucraaxed her public debt by $27,500,000. It is estimated that the Iowa onion crop will fall 100,000 bushels shorci The month 9} J nly was the dryeat on re- cord In Iowa for twentyfive years. The bullet of the Paris Opera comprises 1,027 women and costs 3900‘0005year. Half rate aemetimen manna half Hreight, the railroad company keeping the eshar half. Prof, Wiggins announces that a terrible windsterm will nweap through Iowa Sepa- 27th. Phantom boats are seen upen the waters of Devil’s lake, Dakota, and peeple are nervous. Charles Stewart Parnell has a brother [11 Alabama. He is running a largafi peach plantatlen. The ninth century of the introduction of Christianth Into Russia will soon be cele- brated at Kiefi. Pomatum was Introduced In 1586. It was oempannded of the pulp of apples, lard and rose water. Mrs. Swaflz, of Three Rivers, Mioh., [a charged with heating her three-manths’ old babe with a rawhide. What annoya not a few of us who are really growing old in the conviction that in our youth we must have missed a. whole world of delight new open to the children of these incomparable times. Agentâ€"” Kilieti in the war 1 Why, the bemla’t ,6 WWW !" _ 01d L1dyâ€"“ Hh father perished In the war, Itellye. He had the oenaumpsiou, too, and it is now cropplu’ out; in the bay. J ehnny, show the gentleman how you cough." If you gib advice at all, agree with de Ideas 9f the pusnona askin’ It. Old Lady ((79 P'enslon Olfioa Agent)â€" “ ther, I wmt a psualon for my bay.” Agen‘sm“ 0a what grounds I” Oki Ladyâ€"“ Hi3 fucker was killed in the A spouting spring Lhas been found near Bay CLty, Mich. Wanted a Pension for the Boy. won't]! KNOWING. BREVITIES. their eyes. We reckon that Kass is right. W’heu a number of women are canvorsimg {at the same time It In all that any one é them can do with her earl t9 hear ash g‘ talk. E Kate Field nayn mat women bear with of thjalr ourlagu. The lnltlula 6f 1113 name, C V., IN painted simply on his on- ringa. Sir Rabem Nicholas Fowler, BAronet, M P. tor London, and Lord M‘yor a! the Bdtuh metropoillln 1883 and 1885, in in Toronte, noonmpsnled by his son Mr. Thou. Fowler. Thay are making a tour of the American continent, Six Rabert in a success»- ful bankar in London. Mine Curie Suydem, at Philadelphia, 1111-» derwent a severe fright, under very peanllar- circumstances, not long ago. The fright breughb er niokneu, and she was compelled to lie in bed for tweak or two longer. When she arose. her eyebrows. which, like her hair, had been raven black, were found to be new white. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was for mere than two years the faithful and tireless nurse of her hulband, Prefeuor Calvin. Stowe, who died at Hartford, Connecticut, hut week. The professor‘s malady was» Bright'l dlaeele, and It killed him by lu-‘hen. Toward the end he was quite helplflhl. Pre- ieuor Stowe WM In his elghtyfiffih year,” end he had been muted. to Harrxet Bumb- er Ilnoe 1836. Cornelius Vanderbilt Is one of the few very rich American! who do not make me of English one!“ and mfg-toe! 9n_ {he p_$l1_8!l A: the sheets cf Dr. T. Sherry Hunt’n forthcoming work on mineralogy have baen passing through the press, the author has matured a must improer generalization in chemical law. which he uendensel into n. brief postscript be his volume. Thin genâ€" eruliution la hashing lens than the inclusion withln the loops of the law of constant vol- umes, of both wiida and liquids. Guns and vapor: hove long been known to osnform to thin law; Dr. Hun: provoa that: all matter, conforms to it. Mr. William Gooderham, the mllllonaire philanthropist of Toronto. is abrond. SAyl the Isle of VVlght (Ryde) Times : A Cm:- dian gentleman (Mt. Geoderhlm) has been lodging at Humour: Home, on the Strand, durlng the past [aw weeks, and we regret he did not stay longer In the town. 0.1 Thursday he gave a. m». as ,the Gassiet wheel-room, Ohkfiela, 1:9 400 of the working clause: at thenelghbmhaoa. G311. and Mrs. Carr Tate kindly lent the building, am" were present. Addreuna wore delivetidy, by Mr. Grendel-ham and M 1'. 'Whiakara The Duchease do Luynea, who in at prev sent in Newport, [a a daughter of the Prlnm cease Yolanda Da Pollgaaw, a. famous bean- ty In her day. Her father is Comta d8 13‘ Roohefouoauld. The duohaase lo a. wide w, and h“ two children, anon and a. daughter. The latter la cue of the Iovaiwnt girls in. Paris. The ducneme lives a very quiet Me... has simple tastes, makes me dizphy in he!“ dremau, and is a. thoroughly dbtiuguhhed, amiable, and attractive gemlewuman. She in H.159 namething of an artist, A utever pu- nil of Cat, anti sigma 1101' pfiumrea “ Yolanda Dilbert." “ I'm in favor of new at all. I am the: enly man whom pasltian on the tariff mm be understood.” ” Are you [n favor of direct or Indirect taxation 1" In the highest. holiest type ei wife-love there is always a. large proportion ef mother» love, that kind which finds deeper pleasure in watching ever, shielding, guarding, ward- ing ofl' trouble from him in whom is centred a woman’s holiest afiections than in being watched over and shielded herself. Te spend and be spent for him is her chief joy. To watch and nurse is woman's holiest work, not to be pampered, patted, and kept from care and responsibility until she becomes the meat useless thing on earthâ€"a helpless baby in a woman’s form. Sir William Dawson is thus referred to in the opening of a «hatch ef his life in the Pall Mall Gazette of Aug. 18. written by Rev. E. R Hmwole: In 8er William Dsw- «on the British Awooia‘aien has secured as President this year at B'm iaghsm one oi, the mast ssgsoiaus, lemma]. and perueneliy estimable scientific men a! the day. Sir' VVlllfam early accepted his vacation. As a. boy at Pioton college. Nova Seetln, where he we: educated, be we.“ devoted to the Study 9! Nature, «and was famous for his'ex- tensive collections sf such minerals, stuffed, creatures, and skins of animals as belonged to his native prevince. He net only accum- ulated, but he early assimilated his knew- ledgn. He loved it, and one of his great educational mlusions in life has been to mske others love It. Neediese to say that he. soon branched out into fields of original ex- ploratien and kquiry which have made his» name famous throughout-the civilized world. He was born in 1820. At the age of tuna» ty-twa he fell in With Sir Cmrles Lyell, and. in 1842 he had the geod fertuno to be his travalllng oompmion rinsing a. scientific tour in Nova. Scetis. They devoted themselves especially to the carbonlferous 'reoks and such vestiges of the animal Greetien as were to be found in them. In 1846 we find him, at the Edinburgh University studying chem- istry : and in 1850 he returned to Nova Sootiu to apply his experimental knowledge to geology. His name is associated with the fist Narmsl snhnei there, the New Uni- versity of New Brunswick, and. ince 1855. with the McGill College and University at Mentreelâ€"over which Sir \Viluam presides as Principal, and Professor of Natural flie- tory. Illustrating a Contribution Box. Rev. Moaea Black’s remarks at the clone of bin sermon last Sunday night were very toacflngi " No, bredrau,” said he. “ yer Laint ex- peo’ ter enter de gates eh hebben unless yer pay: fur to g“ an. De bookkeeper of do Lawd am taklu’ down whut eb’zrey membah of dis congregation put In der oonterbutiom bat, 311’ what ebory one than put la. Dam what pays glts in (la luaide ob do gate, an‘ dem what dean pty stays on do outside 1111’ um shouted down into eberlaathx’ hellfire an' damnation who dere'a weepin' an' wnilln' an' thin’ ob teeth. Bookkeeper ob do Lawd, gfit: ready ! Bruider Webster will now pass around do oonterbutlon hat.” Woman's Holiest Work. MEN AND WOMEN. The Tariff Question.