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But though I have been near this flower-pot he time, I only know that one AGRICULTURAL. The Mystery of Growth- Who his ever seen anything grow ? It must be that one who could keep vigil long enough might do so, (or last night when I looked into this flower-pot there was nothing there but earth, and to night there is a slender stem or blade of something half an inch long. There must have lieen a moment when the green point protruded through the soil, or perhaps it was a white point, and it would have Been very possible for me to have remained in a position to watch it steadily for 24 hours. People have done things requiring more patience than that, agi meet of tne time, I sunset went down upon the mould, the next upon a green thing growing. Shortly I shall see a thicker stalk, a broader blade. If no accident happens, there will be a plant of some sort before me in a few weeks. But, though I vow to watch it, 1 shall not see it grow. I shall say at in­ tervals, "How it has grown!41 but never know wwen it took this new start or unfold­ ed that new leaf, at what instant the bud appeared or -it what moment it opened. Has anyone actually seen a rosebud open ? There is no record that I know of any such fact. The motion that is required is evident. We have seen flowers in every stage, and the process is brief. We almost fancy we have seen it performed, each one of us ; but, as I think, I know I never have--have you? I believe that no mortal ever u-atched a mushroom take its shape. The thing is usually done in darkness and secrecy ; yet, with a lantern, it would be possible to see w bat could be seen. And yeti am sure>hat if we should try the experiment, all that would happen would be that we should be aware at some moment that a mushroom had sprouted up--no more. As to the large plants--the shrubs, the trees, the vines--botanists can tell you how every stage of growth is arrived at ; but no one ever saw nature at work. At what hour does the baby begin to grow ? The mother who holds it in her arms for weeks is only conscious that it has changed. The wrinkles vanish, the red turns to pink and white, its eyes become intelligent, its ears curl up, its lips grow plump, its nose acquires a shape. With her arms about it, her $yes upon it, she would say every half hour : " Why, ol course, the baby looks exactly a# it did when I begau to put it to sleep." But in eight weeks there is a smiling little creature in a cradle that could not lie recog­ nized as the hour-old child--pronounced a very fine boy by the nurse ami the doctor, but to unaccustomed eyes, hideous enough to be horrifying. That fair baby, too, how does it change to the boy, to tiie strong man ? The baby never knows himself. To almost everyone it has occurred to come suddenly to a realizing sense that be is grown up--without having the slightest ed.--[>'idea how it has happened Ledger. -[New York Wash For Trees- An Ontario correspondent of the Maine Farmer writes as follows : Take lime, slake, ami prepare as for ordin­ ary whitewash, in an old barrel or I mix, enough at a t ime to make a bucket t wo-tliirde full--proper consistency for the ordinary whitewash. Now add one pint of gas tar, one pound of whale oil soap, dissolved in hot water, or one pint of common soft soap, or one pound of potash, or one pint of stronit lye from wood ashes, or box of concentrai ed lye, then add clay olr loam enough to make the bucketful of wash of proper consistency to be applied witli a brush. If the trees have had the earth lianked up " abound them, take the earth away from around the collar, and apply the wash to the liody of the trees from the limbs to the ground or down to the roots. Its advantages are : It will destroy the bark louse, or all scale in­ sects ; will give the trees a bright, clean, healthy appearance. This wash will drive out all borers that are in the trees, and the moth will not deposit eggs on or about the trees the same season the wash is applied. All who grow apples, peaches, dwarf pears, or quinces should not fail to use this wash ; don't fail to use because not patented and sold at a high price. I have known cases where peach trees liecame healthy anil vig­ orous with one application of this wash. Again mice and rabbits will not girdle trees ■where this wash is used. Apply in May for liorers and general lienelit to trees, and the late autumn as a preventive against mice and rabbits, lias tar wiien applied pure will kill trees. , Poultry Botes. The yearly importation of eggs in England amounts to the sum of 17,000,000. Young chickens that are just beginning to run about should befed regularly everyday. If the eggs shells are fed to the poultry, cwre should always betaken to crush them thoroughly before feeding. A hen pays in proportion to the number of eggs she produces ; therefore it is an item to feed so as to secure plenty of eggs. When desired to fatten rapidly there is ;ood oo !iat they will eat -egg udly nothing that will equal good corn meal. Fowls should be given all tli up clean. One can depend with close, careful pluck­ ing upon an average of one pound of leathers per bird from a flock of common geese per annum. In shipping young poultry at this time see that they are well watered and fed before cooping, and do not crowd too many into the coops. As a rule hens learn to eat eggs from having theln broken in the nest. In ar­ ranging the nests have them convenient for the hens, so that in getting in and out there will be little if any risk of the eggs being broken. Hens like seclusion. They do better when contented. It is best to darken tlie place selected for a nest. Kven though secluded a dark nest gives her but -little chance to see about her, hence she will re­ main more quiet. A nest made of soft cut hay or chaff is as good as any. In hatching ducks' eggs under hens, the incubation differs from hens' eggs only in the fact that ducks' eggs pip at twenty-five to twenty-six days, instead of nineteen, as with chickens, and also that they generally pip from thirty six to forty eight hours lie- lore emerging from the si oil. Where Dots I hr Opslsi «-• Te ? It is said that enough opium is made in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., in one week to satisfy the wants of British Columbia for two years. Where do the surplus ninety- nine hundredths go ? The Montreal Phar- ma-ou'.ical Journal says that they are smug- gled across to the United States. "It comes in barrels,of tieer, in women's bustles, in trunks, in satchels, under the loose shirts of sailors, in boat loads by night, in every conceivable way. By collusion with steam- boas and steamship captains and through corrupt officials in our own country the greatest profits are made possible." The opium imported into Canada comes in the form of sap and the shape of balls that weigh about three pounds, and are encased in àn envelope mad i by pressing leaves against the sticky substance. The Canadian revenue laws impose a duty of one dollar a pound upon this raw material, while the American impost upon finished opium is ten dollars a pound. The difference when the raw material is worked into the finished product is therefore very great, aud the temptation to smuggle is in direct propor­ tion to the profit. There are 30 or -01 firms of Chinamen manufacturing it constantly in Viotoria and Vancouver. It was reported from Ottawa some time ago that the <lov- ernment were inquiring into this matter. The industry of making opium is not one which should be encouraged. Tke ■■■•we fteetety. According to the last, report of the Amer lean Humane Association there are 250 societies in the United States and Canada. Statistics of the work done by 50 of these show that 18,393 complaints of cruelty to children were made, 4,303 prosecutions in­ stituted, and 4,117 convictions obtained; while relief was given to 20,250 children, There were also 19,139 complaints of cruelty to animals, 1,291 prosecutions, and 1,189 convictions ; and 38,542 animals were re­ lieved. If the 200 societies that failed to report did nearly ar well as these, the sum of the pain and misery of helpless crea­ tures in this part of the world has been very greatly diminished, and the association is to ne congratulated. On the cover of the re­ port is the picture of a horse, with this bit of history :--" Nine years ago this horse was valued at over f200, and because he ran away, the owner, for revenge, shut him up in his barn and has never permitted him to leave his stall. Strangers were excluded from entering the barn. Mr. D. G. White- head, agent of the Milwaukee Humane So­ ciety, found this once beautiful sorrel horse, with fine bony head, large hazel eyes, and intelligence like a man, covered with bed- soies, reduced to nothing but skin and Irenes, and the hoofs grown long and rockcr-sluped. When the animal was untied for the first time in nine years he hobbled out into the sunshine to nibble the green glass, ami showed his gratitude by alow whinny. The owner of this cruelly treated animal was only fined 825 ami costs." Snlfl Justler. A correspondent of the New York /If raid having cited, as an example of the «witness with which the wheels of justice move ini "an- ada, the case of the Belleville murderer, Kane, who killed his wife on March 23, was tried, convicted, ami sentenced on April 111, and i will lie hanged on -May 21, that paper says : I "In this State a murderer is rarely executed within two years after the commission of his crime. According to District Attorney Nicoll there are now more than twenty-five j homicide cases awaiting trial in this city j alone. Months have elapsed sinej^fhe mur- I decs were committed, ami the oHjeders have not yet lieen brought to trial.* Even con­ viction is but the starting point of proceed­ ings which may he drawn out one, two, or threeyears,apd when at last what is supposed to lie the final sentence is passed there is ne telling when the law will lie enforced. There has been but one execution in this State since the new mode of inflicting the death penalty was adopted, and there is no cer­ tainty that, there will lie another in the next twelve months.'1 An American who four years ago was the driver of an express waggon in Springfield, Mass., is now one of the royal physicians in Bangkok, having just been appointed to the position by the King of Siam. He was edu­ cated for foreign medical missionary w ork by the Presbyterian Church, and went out to the Kast last fall. Now he is basking in the royal favour, but he does not projiose to abundon Christian work, although he has resigned his position as Presbyterian mis­ sionary. The revived proposal of the Bender Dead Meat Company, that the Dominion Govern­ ment should allow American cattle to lie slaughtered in bond at Three Rivers, is a matter in which the interests of a particular locality ami of individuals may seriously conflict with tliosy of the whole country. While the operations of the company world be of great lienetits to Three Rivers they would inflict great injury upon the whole Canadian cattle trade, m case they led the British Government to schedule our cattle in British ports on the *a*r.e terms as American cattle. It is, in fact, reported that the Minister of Agriculture has been officially advised from Kngland that this would lie done, in which esse the duty of our Government is plain. During a period of ten years ending last December the number of Kuropean immi­ grants who landed at American ports was 5,246,<113, and if to this number were added the uncounted immigrants entering the Re- fiublic by way of Canada the total, it is lie- ieved, would be found It is stated that Mr. Curling, Minister of Agriculture, is adverse to the scheme of allowing American vaille 1o be slaughtered in bond at Three Rivers. to lie between six and seven millions. The immigration from Italy and Russia has become heavy, it is learned, only wituin a short time. The year 1882 was that of the largest immigra­ tion, the record showing 788,992 arrivals. T he New York Sun nays, however, that there is reason to believe that the influx during the present year will lie found to ex­ ceed that of any previous one. According to the Rev. Dr. Arthur Pier­ son, Christendom is in no present danger of spending too mucli of its substance on mis­ sions. He says that the whole church memliership in Protestant churches of the United States and Europe raise for this purpose il 1,429,588--less than 30 cents a member per annum, and less than one-tenth of a cent per day ami that v/takes nearly ti.OOO Protestant church members to supply- one missionary. At present the exact num lier of missionaries is said to lie 5,994, with 3.5,343 native helpers. He estimates that il Protestants would git e to missions one-tenth of the amount which they now spend on luxury and superfluity, the result would lie an income of 8409,000,(AX). TIT-BITS. The Thoughtful Widow- Mrs. Sillysole lost her husband during a prolonged stay ii. France, and she discov­ ered when opening the will that her deceased lord desired that i.is body should be cremat­ ed. The undertaker requested to know if she wished the Frisch or the Milanese fur- naae to be used ? " Oh, the French one, of course," replied the widow, with a. burst of tears. "My dear husband never could bear Italian cook­ ery." Died la He Lived- Quester--"So your friend Lambly is dead, eh ?" Jester--" He is, and he died as he lived, too." Quester--" How -s that?" Jester--" Why, ill through his life he hi»d a constitution! 1 aversion to exerting himself in any way ind he carried out this idea to the end, for his friends tell me he died without a struggle." Not Well Acquainted With Sammy. Teacher--" WilUt, suppose you have five marbles. Sammy, there, rays : ' I will give y eu seven more.' How many will you have then, altogether?" Willie--" Just five, ma'am. He lies like thunder. You don't know him as well as I do." Bo Spare Heure. Mr. Hayseed (arriving at city hotel)--" s'pose 1 kin hear the gong here whenitring fer dinner,can't I ?" Clerk--'* We have no gong. We have breakfast from 6 to II, dinner from 12 to 6, supper fromfl to 11." Mr. Hayseed--" Jehoeliaphat ! How am I to git time to see the city ?" * Unfortunate Question. " Boys and girls," said the nice old gentle man who had been invited to say a few words to the children, ** I should like to see how many of you expect some time to gc to a lietter, grander, more lieautiful city than this. All of you who Jo will please arise." Less than a dozen roar up. " Most of the children of this Sunday school," explained the superintendent to the old gentleman ins whisper, "reside in the vicinity of the boys' playing-grounds."' CASTORlA for Infante and Children. "Caatarla Isse well adapted to children that I recommend It as superior to any prescription known to r--." H. A. Abcdb, M. D., , 111 oo. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T. " The use of ' Caatoria ' Is so universal and It» merits so well known that It seems a work of supererogation to endorse It Few are the Intelligent families who do not keep Casterla within easy reach." ____ CaaLoe Mutts D. D., » New York City. Late Pastor Blooming dale Reformed Church. Casterla cures Colic, OonnttpaUon, Bout Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes * gestion, Without Injurious mellcatioa. * For several yean I have recommended your ' Casterla, ' and shall always continue Se do so as it has invariably produced bemdkdei results." Edwin F. Paanss, M. D., "The Wlnthrop," 125th Street and Tth Are., New York Cay. Tbs CsNTaoa Cowramr, 77 Muaaav Stbbbt, Nsw Yo AT THE COLBORNE TINSHOP. MILK CANS ! -o- MILK CANS M. A. KEMP Has a big stock of Milk Cans, Creamers, Aerators General Tinware, etc., which he will sell at prices to suit the times. Give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. Full line of Stoves and Hollow Ware constantly on hand» Eavo troughing and repairing will receive special attention* • M. A. KEMP, ConioKNf;. A.RNESS - - HA] EVERYTHING IN THE HARNESS LINK AT [? J. » W. « RQCKHEY'S, » WÂRKWORTH »JHe Had Got a New Profession-Young Mr. Inswim wn hurrying blindly ! along the street toward a drug store, with 0. , j rx vi l I r*i i mm • . a paregoric bottle in his hand, when young olllglc cltUl iJOllble HitmtiSS, OiailKCtS, Whips, LOIVlbs, L»rush<*S, De 1 rop haded Imn. _ ... Fly Nets, and everything usually fotuid in a tirst-class Harness Shop. Ordered Work, Repairing and Harness Cleaning executed neatly and with dispatch. Nothing but tirst-class trimmings * and beet material used. De Trop--'" Hello, lus» im. I've scarcely | seen you for a year. Where have you been keeping yourself since yo 1 were married ?" Inswim--"Oh, busy, hi sy all of the time." : De Trop--"I say. What you ihoing mostly ?" Inswim--"Got a new profession." De Trop--" No. " ^ Iniwim --" Veu. " ^ lié Trop--" What is it I" Inswim--" Humorist." ' lie Trop--" Yon don't say. 1 didn't think you were much in that line." Inswim--" I ain't u very glittering suc­ cess."' De Trop " What--eh- what--sort of work are you in mostly !" And then young Mr. Insivim leaned overs and whispered softly in young De Trop" ear : " I'm spending most of my time try­ ing to humor a baby that's engaged in tooth culture." And then he plunged madly on again toward the soothing wyrup shop. The Heed aergren HRS. D. M. CHRISTIE has commenced buriness in the stand lately occupied by \V. A. Hawkins, and intends to run a tirst-class Bakery and Confectionery Store, will keep on hand Lemons Biscuits Cigars Flour and Feed of all Kinds. Bread delivered to ah parts 0/ the town. 2-t MRS. D CHRISTIE, Colborne: where she Cracked Wheat Germ Plain and Fancv Cakes LL IM CHE lAT We aim to make it, you aim to save it. That's ill right. Your place to Trade Of the Lulren Medical Cotapanv is now at Toronto, Canada, and may be consulted either in person or by lettir on all chronic diseases peculiar to man. Mi », young, old, or middle-aged, who find themselves nerv­ ous, week and exliauated, who are broken down from excess or overwoik, resulting in many of the following symptoms : Mental depression, preuisture old age, loss of vital­ ity, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness of sight, p dpi talion of the heart, emissions, | lack of energy, pain in the kiudeys, head- j ache, pimples on the f. s or body, itching or peculiar sensation about the scrotum, js where the merchant is willing to divide profits, so that vou wasting qf tlie organs, dizziness, specks L<1 *>, 1 ,» 1 beforc the eyes, twitching of the muscles, eye lids and elscwhere.liaahfnltiess, deposits in the urine, loss of wilpower, tenderness of the scalp and spine, wek andflabby muscles, desire to sleep, fa.luret-o be rested by sleep, constipation, dullneBsofheanug.bwsof voice, desire for solitude, excitability of temper, sunkeneyessurroundedwith i.kade\ circle, oily looking skill, etc., are all symptoms of uervous debility that lead to insanity and death unless cured. The spring or vital force having lost it* tension every function wanes in conséquente. Those who through abuse committed in ignt r nice may lie per manently cured. Send you, add less for hook on all diseases peculiar to man. Ad­ dress M. V. LURUN, 50 Front St. E., Toronto; Ont. Books sent free sealed. Heart disease, the symptoms of which are faint spells, purple lips, numbnes-, palpitation, skip beats, hot flushes, rush of blood to the head, dull pain in the heart with lieats strong, rapid and irregular, the second heartbe.t quicker than the first, pain about the breast Irene,etc., can positively becured. No cure, no pay. Send for Wok. AddressM. V. LUB&f, ronto, Ont. 50 Front Street Kast, To- There seems to be no doubt that what our doctors and Health Deportments have to do in these modern days is to destroy prejudicial bacteria. Dr. E. 1*. Shirley, of lietroit, has been reading a paper before the American Medical zVasociatu-u at Washing­ ton in which lie enunciate» the cheerful sen­ timent that " man is an artificial animal assailed by poisons on every side. " He also says that 116 species of bacteria have al­ ready lieen enumerated. • WN>r Baby was sick, we save her Csstorta. When she was a Child, sm crise! v ««o i . iVheo the became Miss «* au.) s-'otm iVtiec me nac '.'midrib sm ^a"t .u-ic uixre/ savewhile he makes. That place Is at Our Store __ ----- We have adopted the CASH System and consequently give better bargain* I Groceries, *--. -- OUR | Strictfif \ Wines and Liquors .-- . 1 TERMS ) Q g O: ROBSON, WARKWORTH •pECIPBOCITY, PROTECTION, FREE TRADE GREAT CLEARING & INTRODUCTORY SALE AT P GALLAGHER'S NEW STORE, MILL STREET, WARKWORTH. The und -rsigned having fitted up and moved into the Store next to the Gnat Mill, will sell for 30 days, at give away prices Ins slock of Dry goods. groceries, Boots and Shoes, Ready made Clothing, gent's Furnishings, etc, GREAT BARGAINS FOR ALL--and a cordial invitation is extender! to call and examine the goods and prices and thus be convinced. All kind of farm produce taken in exchange at highest market prices. To meet the xiews of the Patrons of Industry in trying to introBne the cash system of trading at Ï2À pet cent, over cost, 1 propose to go 21 per cent, better, and will sell from this forward at 10 per vent, over cost for Cash or if preferred will give a discount of 10 per cent, on all cash purchases made at regular prices, which is still better and which will avoid aux l'is pute as te actual cost prices A LARGE SI RPLU8 SIOCK Will lie slaughtered. Do not fail to call anti get some of the Bargains. In conclusion, 1 lake this opportunity of thank ing tny numerous friends for the lilieral patronage accorded me during the past 20 years, in the old stand, and hope by supplying t lu best seasonable* goods, at the lowest possible prices, to merit a continuance of past favors in the new stand. Don't forget the place: Next door to the Grist Mill. P. GALLAGHER.