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FARM AND GARDEN. Points that Every Agricoltoriit Should Know. ENSILAGE FOR FEED. i ^llorr Brood Mane Oeran- lo n. Growlnc Fertlllure Health* Klvluc Suufl.iwrr. A Mo. Killer >U (or Horn-. The M.nur. HeapOther Ensilage would probably be an impor tent article cf food on every farm bat for tbe fact that the farmers who own small farms fear the cost of constructing a silo, and labor under the supposition that it is lacking in nutrition. Ensilage is nothing more than green food preserved in a m :cn lent oondition by excluding tbe air (as i* done, in a certain degree, with canned good* of all kinds). Ensilage has been preserved in msny waya. tbe farmers of France hav inn simply buried the material in trenches. In this country, where corn can be grown in every section, ii is found more eeono mical to use it for ensilage than any thing else, but clover or any of the grasses may be pnt in the silo if preferred. A silo may be a pit, a strong bin or any kind of a receptacle that will sustain great pressure and that i* air tight. A barrtl in a hogshead, the barrel surrounded by earth or any material thai excludes the air, ii one kind of a silo, tboagh a small one, and the corner of the barn or cellar, boxed and made strong an i tight, answer* the pur pote. Or tbe silo may be a trench in the ground. Ii i* whatever may be used, ao cording to the device of the farmer, pro- viding il answer* the purpose intended, whether for preserving large or small <|santities of treen fold. Corn, planted tnickly in row* and cultivated nclil iheears begin to gla/r, \n usod on most farms. Il is col in Ibe fields and tbe stalks hauled to the barn, where the stall* and ear* are passed through a cutter (in the same man ner as, when culling cared|corn fodder), the talk! being cul into sbort lengtbs, tbe hotter the better, and than packet closely in the tilo. When tbe silo is fair heavy weights are placed en the material in order lo firmly press the ensilage into a olid, compact mass. The weights, which may be of stones, or anything suitable, are laid on board* which cover the ensilage As the content* of trie silo b-gtn to settle the weight cause* the material on tbe to) to settle down more oloeely to tbe lower portions, ana ail the spaces become filled until the mass is as compact as it present with a mechanical prese. Hydranh. presses are sometimes used instead o weighis. As en-ilage may be grown cheaply it will be found valuable lo ibe farmer in winter, even wlnn be has plenty of hay o gram, a* il affords succulent food to stocl at a season of tbe year when dry food onl; oan be obtained. It promote* tbe thrift o Sock and increases the d )w of milk in cow by reason of us succolency. and serves a dietary purpose thai renders it all the mor important. Where properly construct** solos oan be built there will b but few opponents to ensilage In fact, opposition to il seems to have ceased, and it onl remain* for farmers to give n a trial to be convinced of its advantages. Th* Culture of .4 >pe.rmcu. A paper read tefore th* Michigan Slate Horticultural Society by Charle* W. Get field gives ibe bent practice at the present time for Ihe culture cf ibis table vegetable Tbe great improvements made by ihe Argentuil gardener* in France, snore Iban twenty year* ago, which have been gradually extending since that time, are fully adopted in substance in this em-ay. and instead cf the four feel distance* be- tween the plant*, both ways, of tbe French gardener*, a single row, with tbe plant* three feet apsri, extend* across tbe garden. Five (evl btitg allowed on each side, a strip j( land ten ftel wide is given to the row. A large crop of some other vegetable may oooupy a pjrtiou of ibis strip. The plants in a few years will form crowns a fool in diameter, with shoote an inch or more iu diameter. Thu accords with our own ex- periments For planting, a wide and deep trench is plowed, so thai when covered the crowns of Ihe plants will be six inches below the level of ibe surface The depib will admit | lowing over them in either di- rection. Clean cultivation is to be given, instead of the oommonly recommended application of salt. As tbe plantation will Jast bslf a century, care sbonld be taken be well done at Ihe corn- that the work oement. Mr. Garfleld ha* used the refuse sail from a bide- packing establish meat, ibe large amount of contained am mal matter adding to its efficiency the sore the amount of tbe animal matter and the Use of salt, the better. Oue of tbe fertilisers IH barn manure Two years i rc.iuired from the planting to the first moderate picking. A knife sbonld not be need for collecting the shot*, bat they shoald be broken off with tbs band. Among lhi> enemies of this crop the oatworm is rottujed in numbers or de- stroyed by clean and cooiionous cultivation in spring, and by autumn plowing. Value of tlooil Brood Stair*. Good brood mares are a fortune on ihe fan:' Keep all Ike good marts and ton tinuti to grade up, thai each succeeding generation will bu belter bred and rai*e belli r cells. 1 fie mares can do Ibe farm work aud rai*e valuable colls, while a geld- ing or a male i* a useless expense oo a farm. >V ben all our farms are stocked wuh brood mares and greater oare given to breeding the beller class of horses farming *ill be more profitable, for ihere i* no product of tbe farm thai stills for beller money than good barses, sJbd tbe brood marts work for their keep besides. - 'uter AgnaUttaritt. i ultltlu Ueraulnuie. Geranium) must have any leading shoot* jot back to make them throw cut lateral* verbenas sbould be pinned dsrwn until they bav* covered the bed, and any faded flowers or rusty leaves shoald be removed. A bed of Verbena* should be kept very free from weeds. Colens being grown for their oolor, massiveness and evenness of surface must be ep-isd at, and any shoots tbat show a tendency to run beyond tbe others must be pinched back severely. The more xnohiug a coitus receives the better it wiM erUUaers far the Fawna. The value of manure or fertilizer* de- wnus not only upon the amount of plant ood they domain bat also upon the kmd nd quality. Commercial fertilizers con- tain plant food in a concentrated form, while manure contain* nearly tbe same substances in a balky oondition, and they may be nearly alike in composition or vary widely. Every pound of available ilant food in a ton of manure can be laplioated by the chemist, and in smaller bulk. Sunflowers Healthy. Sunflowers planted about a drain or oo portiocn cf land from which imparities krise will absorb noxious gases, and thereby prove very beneficial to the health of the people about. Besides being useful, those plant* are exceedingly ornamental if trranged to from a dense bank. At tin rear plant a row of the New Primrose " ariety, next a row of the ball shaped und known a* ylnb-^ui, then a row of the alifornia, and lastly a row of Miniaur " sunflowers. Bow to Kill Lire. The Rural Hat Yorkfr has nevar found anyltmg better to kill lice on cattle than tobacco water, to which a little sulphur bas been added. Keep the tobacco and sulphur in water near the boiling point for 'elve hoars, stirring it occasionally. Apply tbe decoction to the poll of tee head, along tbe top of tbe nick and spine, on the brisket and under the legs. Of coarse the animals mast be kept in a warm place when treated in tbi* way. 8eJt for Honee. A piece of rock salt shoald always be kept in the box of the manger, *o that the bone may lick it whenever bu appetite prompt* him. Salt u as necessary for animals a* it is to human being*, and this way of administering it is fsr preferable to the universal practice of putting a handful once or t iae a week in scfl f*ed. la fol lowing hi* in*ticcts the horse will take neither too much nor too little and will get it just when he desires it and needs it most. Looka/trr Hoed Crop*. No farmer can afford to nepUct the cultivation of hi* hoed crop*. Ii pay* to begin early in tbe season to do the work thoroughly and to cultivate often. Such a course will cau*e the plants to grow more rapidly, hasten the msturily of the crop, and canted a marked increase in the ) ielj. It will also destroy tbe weeds, and tb as tend to get the laud in good condition tor sowing when the hoed crop has been removed. The Manure Uep. The farmer's progress may be judged by bis manure heap. Xbs careful and jidi cions farmer lakei advantage of every opportunity, not only ti have and save a* much manure as possible, bat he aims to prevent loss of vclaiile matter in thai which he has accumulated. Upon thi management of the manure heap depend* Ihe profit or loss. To CMtl Cream ID Churn. The temperature when churning is abou lilt y- three degrees, though some cburu degree cr two bigher or lower, according K conditions. To cool tbe cream in tb ohurn apply toe or cold water on the oat side of tbe churn, or cool il in can bcfor chorning instead of adding cold water t the crtam. HlaU Mil Help'.. The " points " for a Jersey cow are now merged into one test : How much balle oan she make. Butter commands a higher price the; any other product of oaltle oed for foo< purpo*es in proportion to us balk. Peonies in large clump* should be divide< and new varieties set out a* soon as ih weather allows. Do not sow small seed* too deep in tb grouud. Une of tbe mauy causes of th failure of carrot and parsnip seeds to pnsl through the groand is that too much earli I* placid on them. Tb* lighted of cover ing wul answer. Never keep a poor milker a* long at there i* a possibility of getting someinm better. Is is just as important to replace a poor cow with a belter one as il is to ke rici of a balky horse for one more service able. Sheep are also used as dairy animals in some countries. Tbe celebrated Kochsfor chvse i* made from the milk of sheep and in many portions of Canada sheep ar regularly milked, and profitably. Milk from oows that have recenll calved is asnally ropy, ysl n is freijuentl mixed in the oan with the milk of otbe cows. Ropy milk i* not in a proper condi lion to be used a* food. The bronze gobbler shoald be ased fo improving the tljck of turkey*. May i* an excellent lime for hatching young turkeys as they will ihnvr belter than whe batched earlier. The large Lima bean ha* been made t assume the bush habit, and this willgreatl aid in tbe annual production cf a laige crop tor consumption. Sail is frequently applied to asparagu beds, but soapsuds are belter. Celery i also benefited by liberal applications c soapsuds. Peas and cats are sometime* sow together, and col as green food tor th cows as soon as the seed foJs of the pea are formed. To make new rope* pliable before nsio them in the siablesbcil them and Ihen dr them in the sun. Early turnips may be planted this moot for table use, bat the main crop shoul be later. KSUIXLJCK Wl-iT m*. is Only Vacation Mow le Who Will Kaecute Him. A Washington despatch sayi regarding he Ksmmlsr case : Tbe court says il is rued in Kemmler's behalf that ibe 14ib mtndment is a prohibition on the Slate f the imposition cf cruel and unusual nnishmeul. The origin of the phrase, tbe ourl said, was in ibe English Act of lettlemenl of loox, and meant thai bar- >arous methods of punishment sbould not oe indicted. It meant lhal a man shoald ot be sen tec id 10 death by torture, but id not mean lhat the death penalty itself wa* cruel. Tbe change in form of death a* within Ibe legitimate spnere of ibe egislative power ot ibe State. Tbe Lrgi*- aiure of the State of New York determined bat it did not inflict crael and unusual unishmeni, and its courts have sustained bat determination. This court cannot see thai ibe prisoner uaa been deprived of due irocess of law. In order to reverie tbe odfcmenl this court would oe compelled to old ibai tbe Court cf Appeals hJ com- Billed ao error so gross as to deprive the irisoner of hi* constitutional rights. Th* ourt has no hesitation in saying it cannot "o thi*. An Albany despatch says : Ihe next tep to be taken in Ibe courts in tbe iemmler case will be the argument of tne ppeal from ibe decision of County Judge Corielt, of Caynga county, denying a writ f hdteai carftu, asked forou the groand of be anoonstiiaiionality of ihe power con erred on Warden Durstoo in the execu icn of criminals, which power i* claimed o be vested in tbe sheiir! of tbe county herein the conviction is had. Ths appeal rill come up before the General Term at Budtlo June 3rd. This appeal does not fleet ihe deaih penally itself, or the crime, r manner of Ihe execution, and it is t x wcted tbe General Term will dispose of it n time to allow it to* be earned to ihe Jourt of Appeals at Saratoga June session. Another iseae in the case will be the re |uesl for Judge Wallace lo vacate ihe writ o habta* earjna grarted by him alSyra use, bul on the oondition ibai be would revoke ihe writ in case ibe United Slates Etapreme Court denied Lawyer Sbtrmau s application for a wnt of error. Tbis writ s returnable before Judge Wallace at ^anandaigua Jane 17th. People Who Kslit on rills. Recent investigation has shown that Ih people of Great Britain swallow ov* 5,500,000 pill* daily, or ons pill a week fo every person in the population. The pi consumption for one year would weigh 1 tons, and would fill 30 freight oars, whic it would take two powerful locomotive* t pull. Placed in a row the pill* would reac nearly 6,500 miles, or from Liverpool K New York and back again. Mr*. Homphry Ward'* new book dei with a young man who settles down to th i]niei contentment of the Klsmere brother hood alter tiriug of the fad* and craze* o tbe thought of lit* and finding them of th iadiitinol order. May is on* of the dalle*! month* fo wedding oake sals*. a4 by a Uaf. Aboot 4.000 anecdote* have been pub lahad under the above title, in which dogs lave figured in preserving humau life. Ws ad a dog onoe noted tor saving things, at then ween t a life among them. He pi the thing* be saved onder thssummsr itcben, and hi* biding place wasn't Ji* ovured for a long time ; not, indeed, until became necessary to tear op the kitchen r to find a good place to deposit noride of lime during a cholera season , nan we found what bad been " saved by a ." There were a oouple of kittens, a cat, wo or three rat* and chicken, all very ead ; a large assortment at bone*, tbe emnaut* cf an ottoman, for the theft of biota Ihe beat hired girl we ever had wa* iacharged . a tomato can, a couple of tea- pooni, a torn volume cf Ho>le'* game*, an id hoopakirt, a canary bird, a nutmeg rater, a p,a*ter of Pari* pigeon and a cook ook. It is rarely that there is so much aved by a dog, for they are generally impro- ident. Texai Siftuiyi. Blood In tbe Kody. The amount of blood in tbe body is one ,-iiriieth ibe weight of the body, or five or six qoart*, or eleven or twelve pounds. The average man die* when be has lost one nftb of bis blood. Tbe heart with each contraction eject t six ounces of blood from eaefa ventricle, ai a pressure in Ibe left veo tricleof one fourth cf an atmosphere. Tbi bean sends all Ibe blood around the body of the average man once every thirty sec onds, or in about thirty -five contractions c tbe organ. A deadly poison injected inn Ibe vein* kills in fifteen second* on the average : injected under ihe skin in abcn four txinutea. A cubic millimeter of blco>. contains '.000.000 blood cells in the averag man, and about 4.500.000 in the averag woman. There are 300 red cells to ever one white blood cell. The red cell* bav an average diameter of 1 3'JOO of an in tbe white cells of 1 35000 cf ao inch. Tb specific gravity of blct-d is 1.05."> Tbe f re I lency of tbe pulse in tbe new born is 150 in infant* 1 yaar old, 110 ; at 1 year*. '< from 7 to 14. 85 ; in adult man, 73 ; wo.ou 80. Tbe respirations are one-fourth a rapid s* ihe pulse. St. Limit Flrvt (ilass Factories In Auivrlca. The first glass factory in what is no the United Slates was erected in tbe yea loO'J tear Jamestown, Va., and Ibe secon followed in the same colony twelve >ears later. In 163<J tome acre* cf ground wer granted lo glassmen in Salem, Ma**. Tb first glas* factory in Pennsylvania wa built near Philadelphia in 16t<3 under th direction of William Peon, but it did no prove successful. Tbe first west of th Alleghanies was set up bv Albert Gallalin and his associates, in 1785, at New Geneva on ibe Mononnahela river. A small fao tory was established on the Ohio river near Pitlsborg, in IT'.'J. and another in 1795. The earlier attempt failed, but th last was quite successful. la 1810 there were but twenty. two Uses factorus.with a output of less than $1, 500,000 annual > A Ibe present lime there are hundred* of fao lories, which ytarly put over $100. 000. OC worth of glassware on the market. St.Lcui How Tttev " Remove " Them. The following table shows ihe stancio of tbe different ooantrie* of ihe globe lo day on Ihe capital punishment question Australia - Tbe call Bavaria.... .._......._. .........The guillotio llelftiuui ... Tile (ulllotiQ I'hioe _ Tbe sword an.! . r I 'en mark... __.... The sjuill, tin France ....The icuillutm Hanover Tbe guilloiiu Holland ... ......................... ...Tbe g*ll ' ' ......_............... The sworv I'ariufral Tne .! Hwit*rlaad TOe sword acd guilloun Spain. u .....,- - M n . The garr^tt I'ruMia . Tbe swor KuMia _........slukt. knout acd lallm Turkey _. _SwordanJ bownni Japan -. _. Tbe tr >.:, Klephaat*. Ore and two: India.... ._ Ouu; Java Tbe. *w< Talk i. Hot Expeiulve. " L'oolitile is a very elc<iueni man. Yo know he stumped Ibe agricultural district for Harrison and Protection. He did splen did work in the campaign, and his speecbee tickled the farmers." " Ye* ; 1 know that. Bat bow did h make all bit money '.' He's very rich. Ob, he made most of it by lO per cen loans on farm mortgages." 8he Coaldu't Oet Him to Treat. Mary Jane (while passing tbe ioe-creai parlor) Oh, 1 feel so thirsty and hot iba I am almost fainting John Henry Wsll. let us take a tar through the park. We can get a nioe coo drink at Ihe fountain and then we can s: in ibe shade for a while. A baked haddock with the same herbs chicken. A French mechanic should be stuffec and things as by tbs name o Bollie has invsnter a calculating maohin which adds, multiplies, and divides wit astonishing rapidity by the simple tarnm of a wheel. KulM for Care of the Brmln. First, systematic exercise and regular mployment. Tne brain aiaad* most base of any organ in the body. It* best tonic and stimulant is sncceaa. Tbe worst nd most depressing thing to it isfai.ure. The most injurious effects come by uaing timulant* in early life ; young people honld use no liquar, tea or anything of hi* sort. They act mostly on the brain and injure it* growth very materially. Abundance cf sleep is necessary. I am nclined to think ei^hl hours i* not more ban enootn. Sleep in the time of reia- ively lowered expenditure and increased epair. Learn to think straight and allow no morbid fancies to remain in your mind. They soon gel an obstinate f jot- nold and are hard to remove, and may make ycur whole life unhappy. Dr. H. L. io.bruok. leoos Combtuilou of Mac. Dicken* has been very muoh criticised or bis apparent acceptance of the fact of human spontaneous ixmbuslion, but the ale Sir William Gall testified to a surpris ng case before the committee of tbe He cue of Lords on intemperance during the sum mer cf 1386. A large, bloated man. woo was suffering from difficulty cf breathing and great distension of the venous system died at Gay s hospital. A*, tbe post mcrtem of the* following day ihere wa* no sign of decomposition, bul ibe boay was .intended wiu what was thought to be s. When punctaree were made into tbe skin," said Sir W.i.iasn. and a lightec match appl:e1. the gas which escapee burned wiin the blue dame of carbnretlec bydrogen. As many a* a dozen cf these little dames were burning at one time." St. Loiu* Canteen Him Before Meu. The following will appear in Henry il Stanley s paper in Suriboer " for Jane Constrained ai the darkest boor t humbly confess tbat without God s help wa* helpless, I vowed a vow in the fores solitudee that I wooli confess His aid be fore men. Silence, a* of deaib. wa* roan b_u. me : it was midnight . 1 wa* weak eued by illness, prostrated by fatigue, an wan with anxiety for my white and bia companion*, whose fate was a mystery In this physical and mental distress besought God lo givs me back my peer- 1 Nine nours later we were exalting wiin rapturous joy. In full view of all was tb crimson dag with the crescent, and bentail it* waving folds was tb* lang-lost rea olurnn." Head Latin and Urvck at Four. Concop Thirlwall, afterward Bishop c St. David's, oould r:ad Latin when 1 year* old, and at Ibe age of 4 read Greek will an ease that astonished all who heard him At 7 he composed an essay, " Oa the I" a certainly of Human Life," which wa afterward printed in hi* " Primn:.r." o First Frails," published when the boy was only 11 years old. The history o literature perhaps does not contain tb name of another whose first book was pub lishen when ihe writer was not yet in hi teeos. This bock contains about fort sermon*, together with several essays am pcem*. Sfv 1'jri Lt-i He Had Long Memory. Ai a recent examination of the divinity students in England, oce very doll candi date wa* so ignorant that the bishop woul only consent to ordain him on condition that he would promise to study " Butler Analogy " after ordination. Ha made ibe promise and was ordained. He was the gne*t of the bishop, and so on has depar lure next morning the bishop shook him by the hand, saying : Good-bye, Mr. Brown don't forget ibe Butler." I haven't, m; lord," wat the unexpected reply ; " I havi just given him five shillings." .Vnc l\f varieties of KtM**. Acocrding lo Amm,.: there are eigb s, rt* of * use* mentioned in tbe Bible viz : Salutation in I. Samuel, xi., 41. Valediction in Ruth, i , 9. Reconciliation in II. Samuel, xiv., 33. Subjection in Tsalms, u., 12 Approbation in Proverbs xxiv , 26. Adoration in I. Kings, xix., 18. Treachery in Matthew, xxvi., 49. Affection in Genesis, xiv., 15. 1 he Laifent Kn|llhman. Thomas Ccngley, of Dover, England, i said to be the heaviest of ber majesty' many subjecs. He is an intelligent an respectable citizen, 43 years old, bavin been born (of parents not above the norma *!/.!) in lS4.v A* a baby be was considered small and not over healthy. His preeen weight is 40 stone (560 pounds) ; height, feet i inch ; measurement of waist, ( inches, and of leg*, 35. St Louu Krpuiiii For the SP-. Teacher And now, children, you bav heard the story of Ananias. Wbat lesso sbould we learn from his fate ' Tommy Never to gel caught. Stanley'* chosen bride wa* th* inbjec of the famou* painting "Ye* or No? And it happened oddly tbat be didn't B t the " Ye* until hi* second proposal. A skirt- lifter lor muddy crossings i oat. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. store- An ear.l.'iaake shock occurred at Bil- ngi, Mont., en Friday. Attempts ire being mad* in New York to vive tb* old American Salt trust. John O. Carlisle i* to lane Senator Beak's) ace on the Senate Finance Committee. It is believed the German Army Bill will > passsd in the Reicnattg by a vote cf 245 ) 15.1. Emperor William will start for Peterbof ugnsi 14. He will be the guest of the C zar x>at lea days. Dobson Brothers store and other shops nd offices in Bowmanville Buffered from re yesterday morning. Herr Richter estimates that the German eace effective will before long be 614,000 men instead of 164 000. Ssutereau is said to have cabled to anarna that he has contracted for the ompleiion cf Ihe canal in ten years. The Oaks cf Connaaght and party rrived ai Banff, N. W. T.. on Saturday fternoon. and left there at noon yesterday. Prince William of Sexe- Weimar had Oeen declared a bankrupt. H.-i debt*, neriy doe to gambling, amount to -43 000 ark*. The negotiations between England and ermany re^srdick! territorial rights in ast Africa an not making satisfactory regress. Chancellor vcn Caprivi is favorable to a ontinaacce of the English occupation of -rypt M essential to Ibe prosperity ot lhat country. There is said to be a oonspirac , with i centre in Berlin, far the organisation a rising against Russia in the Baltic rovinoe*. Tbe Biancbi Company's ingar oases at Cardenas, Cuba, have urned. Tbe company has an insurance f 9340.000. Emperor William, a* if desiring M mark be strength of tbe enitntt with England, elebrated the i-^ieen'i Birthday with on- isaal effusiveness. Tbe Italian Government has appointed a commission t.> enquire into tbe Ravenna tote, during which a camber ot peasant women were killed. Tbe Turkish ctcer and nve student* who osulled two Russian lad'es in Constanti- nople have been sentenced lo six mouths' mprmonmeni with perpetual banishment o Tripoli. Rev. Father Stephen M. Barrett, of Chicago, who was ibot on tne steps ot his church on Friday evening by a maniac ntmed Pstrut Keady. died on Saturday morning. Marioi* i Lgaro and Coant d'Areo [ought a duel Saiorday with (words, at Kome. Tbe count was wounded in tbe right band. The affair wts tbe result of a political inarrel. It is stated Emperor William is highly incensed because Piince Bumarc* has al- lowed himielf t} be interviewed by foreign correspondents. His Majesty says ihe Prince is OL!> fit for a lunatic asylum. Charles SbeUiogton, laborer, Si. Thomas, fell from a scaffold to the groand, a dis- tance of eighteen feet, tie was unoon- icioos for au hoar and is seriously injured internally, ihoa^h no bone* are broken. The boi-y of an unknown man was found t-oaluig in tbe river yesterday below Longne Pointe. It does not correspond wuh lhat of any one missing the past tew mcnibe. and the police are wholly without a clue. The burial groand of tbe Indian* of North British Columbia, that i* ibe forest where they bang ap ibe bodies of their dead, has been destroyed by fire, and the nati.ed are terribly incensed against the wbites. The British freight steamer Bayswater, Ctpi. Taylor, which left New York March 10th for Lisbon, is reported as missing. Tbs Bayswater was owned by E. H. Watts, of London. She was of iron, and had a crsw of thirty men. Il is stated that tbe Czar ha* declared tbat in the event of a Franco German war be will not en any account interfere by force of arms, and that be wilt neither attack Germany himself ncr snter into alliances with France. A young man about I'l year* of age, named James Heale. a West Toronto Jonction grocer, whose parents reside in Goderich, was tlrnck on Saturday morning by a train and nsiantly killed. The acci- dent happened beiween High Park and the rollng mill*. The body will be sect to Goderich for burial. Saturday night Detective Slem.n, To- ronto, arrested Jame* McGinn, son of the late Jamts McGinn, Adelaide and Bay streets, on tbe serious charge of seducing and abdnctmg Nellie Uowell, aged 15, daughter ot Mr. Howell, who keep* a barber shop cer tbe corner of Bay and Adelaide streets. McGinn i a married man, and it is charged tbat he took the girl to a certain well known boarding bouse on Lombard street. Mr. Michsel Davitt has written a letter in which be expresses disguil at the treat- ment which a number of tenant farmers in Ireland accord tu laborers in their employ. Tne Ashbcurn Aot, he says, has implanted in ihe farmers even more than the usual selfishness, and an attempt to settle the land laesiion by transferring the ownership cf land from the landlord) to the farmers would only perpetuate and intensify agrarian discontent. Elder The Holy Kl. I.uiwig. pastor of the Christian church at Whitewater, wa* observed to kia* one of ihe lady members of bis congregation goodbye in the presence of her husband on the public street, and the gossiping wa* everr. On iba following Sunday be dis- cussed ibe subject of kissing in his polpit, and explained that tbe kiss given tbe lady was of friendship, a sort of holy kiss, and that in all hit lit* he had kissed but five women. After the close of his sermon, he called for a rising vole of hi* congregation on th* sinfolnees of hi* kissing, and the audience arose en masse and voted him innocent of sinful osculation. I*dian<ipolu A pint of cream poured over a shad that is baking contribute* much to its taooeti.