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The Exeter Advocate, 1888-6-7, Page 6YARN. HIN1s ox I'ns�rrucp Ceasaoa,—one had better buy the few plants he will require for the early crop thaw attempt to raise them from seed, unless he has hot heals or chooses to raise the planta for the pleasure of growing thorn, They should be set . in the ground about the 2011 of April. Winter cabbegea eau be raised from seed sown in Epee ground, between the 1Qtle and 20th of June; Tai; '1'48iATo, —'.l omato ,Manta should be getout about the first of June; the ground should have been made very rich, and if ft le kept free from weeds no further attendee will be required. -Just before frost the viae may be taken op with all the earth that can be kept adhering to the root, and transfer- red, to the cellar, where all the full grown tomatoee not already picked will ripeo. Poem on RUNNING BEANS. --These emmet be planted until settled, mild weather, say from, the 20th of May until the let of dime. Four Plante in a hill, with hills four feet apart each way, is as close as they should be grown, as they require plenty of light and air. L'intaa and sieves being very tender should not be planted before Jnue lst, For shell beans, the best kinds are large white lima, and pole bortieultural. Either the black wax pole or Indian chief is au exzel- leut snap or string bean. The dwarf kinds are superior for the latter use to the pole Tri Bnsr* It requires a deep, ean3y loam ; should be sown as early as the wetted is in good working order, and the plants es 4004 lie well up, elimild be thinned to eight or ten Inches apart fear the early crop. S > lug for the winter stop Omelet be %beet July let or a tittle earlier. ' Lees thinning oil: be proper than for the early crop. Pear to Ave i cheawil be a w h b u l n rxo enou The ear• t est'.and u° ,. fi � 13 tau las ivata early turnip are atanderds for both early and late •sofas.. Beet tops used as greens are by many pre -1 ft reed to dandelion or epinach ; the Swiss chard ur silver beet le graven entirely for tide purpose, It eenafa out fresh sprouts vontinuoueiy a + dunes the eeaaan no matter how oftent cu off. CI.ASSIFICaTiO:z 01 GASSES. The grasses, for conveuience, may be ranw,edin two general division. The Prat; diviatoe comprzeea all the true grearea or Fleets with long simple, narrow leaves and a tau; sheath divided to the base which Steele to clasp the stem; or, rather, through which the stein appears to pens. The artificial grasses are meetly legumin-" one plants with a few steins whi«h are cavitis sated and used like the grasaea, although; they do riot properly belong to that family. The clovers of all varieties, the alfalfa, etc., belong to this latter class, In general, eeragses aught to be cut not long after the tme of dowering, for although 'there is a greet deal of ,nourishment in the ripe geed, at is hardly enough to mato up for the lose in the atatka and leaves, which are moat valuable before the eolu'*le materials, euch aa etarab, gum and auger, are gradually chauged lnio woody titer. The beat known remedy for the currant worm, which. iufeste bath currant aud gorse• berry basho a is said to be white hellebore. Now, white hellebore is au altogether differ- ent drug from black hellebore, eo remember and use the former. The cheapest and east- eat mode of application is to mix the helle- bore in water. Place a hoeping tablespoon- ful of the powder in a dish ; and. gradually a quart of boiling water, stirring all the while to make omen that the helleboto le thoroughly aaturated. Tem tide mixture Into a pailful of cold water, atir well and apply with a garden ayzinge or ordinary watering pot. 'rho object is to wet every leaf ; 'make two applications, a foo days apart. While white hellebore is poisonous, there is little or no danger from its nee, as above directed. The chances are that before the fruit ie ripe enough to eat the raina will have washed off all tracea of the hellebore, and should any remain on the oluatera the fruit will present a soiled appearance and bo rejected in con• sequence, SzztAwl:araty Ctrxt'unx. Strawberries do not anymore seem to bring the large prices of former years, says the Orchard and Garden. Wo must econo- mise someway. But the attempt to eave in the manure account is like trying to make the dairy business pay by withholding the grain rations from the cows. High cultiva tion end high feeding is the only thing that can make i trawberry culture profitable in at dull market. An English strawberry grower uses oil Meal and woodashes spread about theplants and worked into the soil, and recommends it as a clean fertilizer for strawberries. No weeds in that manure. The composting of coarse manure, even for a period of one or two years, will not destroy the vitality of half the weed seeds in it. Considerable heat in fermenting manure may kill most of the weed seeds in it, but it also and always impairs the value of the manure. NOTES. Prone any time the weather is fit and keep the knife sharp. For fertilizing purposes there is no more valuable form of potash than wood ashes. Be sure andplant good seed potatoes even if the seed be costly. But do not plant too many acres. Good roads are the most obvious marks of advanced civilization, and are essential to general prosperity. The hen that is active, scratches vigorous. 1y, and seems anxious to be always search- ing for food, is usually the one that is a good layer. Dwarf pears and cherries often yield a good crop the second year after planting. but for the after good of the trees such early bearing, in large quantities, should be dis- couraged. ture in drilla wider apart, ao as to cultivate with horse one way. Running beans are planted in dills two or three: feet apaxt- The Poultry Record gives, this method of liming eggs for long keeping; To one pint of salt and one pint of fresh lima add four gallows of boiling water- When cold put it in stone jars. Then with a dish let your fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish after it fills with the fluid, se they will roll out without cracking the shell, for if the shell be cracked the egg will spoil. Put the eggs in whenever pee have thein fresh, keep eov- ered, in a coot place and they will keep fresh fora year. Keep your cows comfortably housed Keep salt before theta at all times. See that they get all the water they want at least twice a day; Water warmed to 55 at 69 deg will save feed and increase the milk supply. Feed regularly both as to time and quantity, Mild regularly and with no ea• one haste or rudeness. Strain the' milk away as anon as possible ie a +toot place. Skim after .about twenty-four hours, and put the cream in a moderately.warm place to sour ; stir thoroughly three or four tithes a day. Churn at 60 deg. The fanners, in the Easters Staten are ap, plying themselves more and more to dairy- ing. ,According to the third volume, jest issued, of the Messschuaetts census, taken in 1883, that State produced fit that year aerleulenrel produeta of the value of 750,000 flay is an important, erop. Be- tween 1&75 and 18$5 the quantity of milk produced rose from 35,695,159-ta. 72.523 728 gallons, very nearly doehleme. Tee pro- ductien of butter in the same period inereee- ed merle* 2 00 000 peuude. The egg crop' Was mere .tap doubled between 1675 and 1t;S5. The increased atteutioa giw:ei to fruits Is marked feature lei the cha a fie, The opple crop of 1855 was nearly 1,30Q - 000 buaheta greater than that of 1875,. while the product of oranberrles more than doubled. Tae grab. farmer, +says au agricultural writer, no matter bow fete his acres, eau minc _� m_� bykeeping afcoahee , Acro eT is always own for them somewhere, and they consume and turn Into money food that otherwise would be waisted. To illustrate: suppose a farmer cultivates auly eighty acres, raising grain uhtefte*. Ile Meets a few cows, and the ueeeetery teams. One sfth of his farts fs in pasture, one fifth meadow, eua planted, one sprieg grain, sad este wheae. e thiukss bo baso asp ennui; aatrclt. a9 he cart profitably keep, bat if he putt one sheep to every five acres, be gill feud their products elver gabs. In the spring early they can run on the end which is to benpanted aud will. izot hurt the land, hut will live well. After that they can go into the pasture, aud will glean after the cows to advantage. A run en the etnbbles afterharvest st'i.Unet be felt, and in the fall there is plenty of feed. And through tho winter they eau he kept on whet the otheretock wouldnot eonennie, with the addition of a little in. :A deer's Curious Misadventure. A, correspondent writes the :Fier as foUowa from Steekpole, Perebrokeeliire ; Satire of your residers may be interested to hear of a: curious misadventure which happened to a deer at this place a few days ago. Harty one morning the herd. of deer were noticed to be very muck disturbed -- staring about *emend *materially darting off in all directions, taking refuge in wood and water, aeveral swaimmangeecrosa the lake width hounletholnarlt on one aide— in .fent eatherreminding oiled thelie rdofswine, ate, Battoeevilap]rtt in tbiscese was one of thein comrades in sore distress. IIo hail been rambling about the keeper`s limo the night before and had got entangled in a ohildren's awing, consisting of a wooden awe, erasers *trig 19 inches by 9 inches, and a sufficient length of rape to fasten it seourely to ane of bis horns. With this acquisition he careered about the park, and evidently appearedate toniahed that his associates should look upon him with suck awe. Keepers were sent out to try to secure and liberate him; but ho managed to evade them by hiding between a fallen tree and a pigsty wall, In this se - eluded spot he remained until early next morning, when heves discovered and pursuit recommenced. He went away as if mad, jumping a park•guto 5 feet 9 inches high— handicapped, remember. with 5 lbe. of lum- bers about hia head ; makine for the village, he was headed and turned back into the park which he crossed, and then went straight at the boundary wall, 6 feet high, which he cleared 1 After swimming another lake he was overtaken, ane finally shot, in an exhausted and mnoh-bruised state. IMPRISONED RV THE TIDE., The l'erlfons Experience of a Party or'Dar. hag English, Boys. Eleven boys, ranging in age from 11 to 14 yore, had a most extraordinary adventure on the beach at Seaham Harbor England, recently. At the south side of the town there is a rock projecting from themainland known as biose Point, on the top of which is built the Vane and Seaham blast furnaces, Underneath is a large cavern, looally lumens. as the "Smugglers' Cave," which, at high tide, Is filled by the sea. Among the boys referred to the exploration of this cave and the unearthing of treasure of donne bue- ea, user of the past had long been an deject to be accomplished, and adetermination was at last come to carry out the prof yap at the first fitting opportunity. A certain Saturday was fixed upon for the day of search, and they started oil•, head- ed by a trusty leader, and provided with caudies, lanterns, torches, a pick, and sho- vel. Entering the cavern at low water, they commenced work, and soon were so in- tent upon the object of their labors that they neverheeied the turn of the tide, and it was only when they,found escaps front the rave by the way they had entered impoeeible that they realized their poaftion. The wa- ter drove them further and further back Leto the ewes until at length they found it impossible to recede further. To avoid the rise of the water several of the boys climbed an high up the wells of the cave as possible. Othera had no alternative but to stand preseed up eganast the end of the cavern and allow thewwa;er to gradually creep to epee theme. Higher aud higher rexe the water, and deeper and deeper the lads became immers- ed, until sonde of them.were,covered up to the ebouldere. T~ei all managed, d however, er,to keep erect, aaotwithetatudiug their weakened condition, produced by ahoutiug for Help and numbness from being compelled to attend in the water. Now and then a broken wave would dash in among them, rendering their position still more penitent, Moreover, the 9 cavo was liearly dark, all the Lada' if hes hem - lug beenput out eztceptune, which bad eseap ed the wash of the waves and cousinued to give forth its feeble illumination. One of the boys at last, front sheer wantof strength, was washed front his bolding ; bee soon anotherlad Standing/40r groped in the dark, And , with nothing but the eaten of his cote - ride to guide him, succeeded is evateriug tum to his feet, In the meantime the lads had geek amine - ed from their homes, and their conduced absence caused inquiries to be made. Thfa resulted In their whereabouts becemiu knuwe. A rumor then got thread that a t the bays had been drowweed, and seen fartin- era, muthere, brothers, sisters, and a large body of other men, Rotten, and ehitdren ruahed oft' in eager haste to the top of the cliff. There was no way of reaching them from the shore, nor was there any poasibilt• ty of goiug down the precipitous face of the cliff with ropes. nothing could therefore b3 dune by ttae hundreds of people who had !, collected but to wait until the fall of the tide would admit of access to the cave from theehore. Meanwhile the imprlaoned boys passed a terrible time ;bet just when they thought the worst hacl come the water stop ped rising. Slowly the water left the cave, and in °short time they felt themselves in comparative safety, although in darkness. It was howover,10 o'elack ar night before they were rescued. Itis Will Was a Short One. They are telling a little story on the street about a well-known real estate man of con- siderable means who is a little careless in his business habits and has allowed t. large number of unpaid bills to accumulate in var- ious parts of the city. The other day he took it into his head that he would have a new will drawn up, and to that end he sum- moned a legal friend who was acquainted with bis little peculiarity. The lawyer put down the imposing clause, " In the name of God, Amen, I — —, being of sound and disposing mind," etc. Then he looked up at the real estate man. " I desire," said the latter, " first, that all my just debts shall be pail. The lawyer wrote, laid down his pen and asked him to sign. "But I haven't finished yet," said the astonished real e,tate man. " Oh, yes, you have," replied the lawyer. " That's all that's necessary. By the time that desire is complied with your estate will be taken care of." Sow more clover. Sow it a ith the spring grain where you do not intend to lay the field down for mowing. Clover will smoth- er other weeds that would otherwise mature their seeds with the grain, and will make a good Drop to plough in. Beans like a dry and rather light soil, though they wili do well in any garden soil if not, planted too early in the spring. Dwarfs are earliest and moat hardy, as a general rule. In garden culture beans are generally planted in rows, 18 inches apart, and 3. inches apart in the row'; in field cul 'Undecided. The Danish Exhibition at South Kensing- ton, London, will, it is expected, be inaug- urated on the 14 inst. In order to be in keeping with the verbal atrocities of the "Fisheries," the Heal-heries, the Col- inderies," and the "Inventories," this is to be called the "Daneries," and the Italian ex- hibition the " Remausies." By the way, what will they call the Irish exhibition, which opens on the 4th of June? -[Mair. Very 'Forgetfa1. Anatole (to De Jones, who has been trying to make himself understood in bill -of -fare French)-" If ze gentleman will talk ze language vot .he was born in I'vill very mooch better understood."' Mr. DeJones (to friend)-"neer;ain't it, how soon these Frenchmen forget their own lingo when they get over here ?"—[Puck. Gatnbetta's Dog. Some ten years ago, M. Gambetta was re- turning front Pada to his home in N—. He was in his buggy. The night wan very dark, He wont very slowly, for he could not sea his horse's head. Suddenly, his bora° reared. Aman who was lying on the road had felt the bone's nose touch his face, and had started up. As soon as Gambetta saw what had occurred, he said " You stupid fellow! You Caine within an ace of being killed." " I wish I had been." " Why so ?" " I am a poor workman, ?Ay master told mo to go to N— to collect a bill of two hundred francs. I was paid in gold. I put the money in my pocket, 1 did not know there was a hole in it. All the gold bas fallen out. I cannot hope to recover it again in this derkncse." " Have you one coin left?" " Yes, here is the only one left me." Gambetta untied his pointer that was underneath the buggy, held the coin to his nose, and said: " Go fetch, Tom." Off Tom bounded, and every minute came back with a louis dor in his mouth. In half an hour the workman had all his money again. His master was so well pleased that the next day he bought Tom a new collar, and had the date of the incident engraved on it. An Archduke's Narrow Escape. There was a tremendous fall of rocks the other day upon the railway line between Vienna and Trieste, near Gratz, and there was just time to stop the express which was then due and in which the Archduke Otto was a passenger. If the rocks had come down five minutes later the train must have been loat, aud the disaster would have led to important results, for the Archduke Otto, failing the Crown Prince Rudolph, who has no sons, is the next heir to the throne of Austria. The sweating system in London produces fearful reports. Mr. Lakeman, one of the Factory Inspectors, met a woman in the East End working for sixteen hours a day making waistcoat button -holes at the rate of five for twopence. In fur -cape making a woman said : " I work from 8 to 8, and earn five shillings a week, sometimes less. I have nothing to do for six month. -tl the year." In the East End, and ever, • ,:r-ntrai London, for the lowest class of lean • shirts, sold wholesale at eleven shillings a dozen and retailed at thirteen shillings and sixpence, the worker's remuneration is one shilling a dozen by machine work and threepence a dozen for buttonholes and buttons. A woman by close application may make a dozen shirts a day, and thus painfully earn six shillings a week ; the finisher must be content with three ahillinge. tut worse even than all this is the 2I I. paid for the making of a gross of match -boxes. Tee expeditious worker in this line oan only turn out three thuusand boxes a week by labouring sixteen hours a day, and oan thus earn the magnificent wage of four shillings a week. Is there no work for the large- souled emancipationist : and antislavery philanthropist here? We rather think so. DEAD OUT TO SEA.. Some day, when you are down by the sea, take a long steady look at one of the Nova Scotia coast captains, He is a captain in this case, because he iaowner, eetonmeder and crew of a catboat -...a craft used by fishing and excursion parties. Yen will find a crowd of these men aud boats at Ter Bay, Whitehead, and at other points, and in the past five years not a singlelife has been lost from one of this fleet of boats. There are young men as well as old, but you will find them all bronzed and weather- beaten, grim, silent, taciturn, Some faces can be read. These cannot. Yon will no• tire, if you .look keenly, that there is a ahade of anxiety over all, It is there by rights, These mea study the sky—the clouds, the set of the wind, the rising up and the going down of the sun. Their doily life is a combat with treacherous currents, insatiable tides—the fierce demon who lurks at the bottom of the sea and reaches up to pull down his victims. In summer they are captains and masters. In winter they are banded luta life-saving crews. It is peril--alway speril. You hear rhythm in the lap !lap 1 lap ! of the waves against the sandy beach. They hear a men• ace. To you on the sands a change of wind is nothing. To these men it may mean the clutch of death. A barrel gem floating up or dawn the shore, you may wonder why nt daea not drive in, but the thought comes and goes, To ;hese men it signifies a new channel —a wash he a new spot—another danger to en- eoanter. Never a ?uau of theft but has lost father, brother or son in the vengeful waters; never a twat bat can telt yon how hard he hoe fought to ewe hie own life. Do you wander, then, that they are grim end .silent! Da you weeder that their breezedace f sn wear a hunted look and that their lips swmet gimes move as if wblspsring to themselves , .Ie may wine tomorrow 1 We had been liehieg near the bar of the inlet for two hours• --a grim old captain and I. Hardly ten wards had been spoken. I understood him and would not try to br eek throeh hia cruet, while le I myself f felt a bit nervous over the outlook of the weather and the Wavier of the sea. It was a tale, mid- summer day, bur here and there an ugly dead, showing ragged all around the edge, sailed slowly abotan There was a at llnese which ,startled me. If a voice reached ua from the where it was tinged with melan- choly, as if the owner evoke in grief. Tete sea had beat calmetf'trst, and. a babe could hese kept Re seat an ops of the' thwarts. By and by there carne a SUL of 'shudder, ells the bast lifted her bow high in .air anile Bank down with a crab to throw the spray a tore of foot away, "Groundswell," orphaiaed theeaptaiu as I hailed up inquiringly. You read of a Trot sea, It is never quiet, In its calmest moments is trembles and shudders like a womau in the dark, and Caen call these tremblings and abudderinge the ground ewell. There le no foam—no defined waves -but the eee lifts up as if to throw off a burden. There is malice in it— there is aomothing sinister in every heave. The roan looked out to sea, unbroken and unfettered for 3,000 miles long, and then at the land. I watched his face, but it was like a atone. Just then a shark etruok our hook gent- ing out abtern, and forth° next ten minutea we were busy. All of a Budden we lest the sunshine, and at the same moment I heard a noise afar up the inlet like iron shod horses galloping over a eobblesstono street. Tho ragged clouds had floated together, joined forces, and a white cquaU was thum4ering down upon us. " Squall 1" acid the captain, as be out the lino and lot the ohmic go, and motioned for mo to creep under the half deck. It was upon us next moment. We were at anohor with the sail down. There was nothing to bo done but ride it out. The first rush of the squall acomed to drive the boat under water, and the scream of the wind bad :something ao devilish in it that I was .forced to forget all elan for distillment, .For five minutes the boat tugged and strained and heaved, like some terrified ani- mal in the face of appalling danger. The downpour of rain ceased as suddenly as if a valve bad been °losed, and then the wind seemed to gain additional force. The cap. tain stood In the etern•aheete, looking straight ahead. His face was as unreadable as a stone. 1 crept back to him, and just as I pulled myaelf up beside him the boat swung her head right and left in a vicious way and be shouted in my ear : " Gone adrift 1" The cable had parted and we were driv- ing dead out to sea—out upon the angry waste of waters which had no check be tween that inlet and the coast of Spain. The bow fell off until it pointed out to sea, the captain gripped the tiller and eat down, and we drove ahead like a live locomotive. In a gale on land you hear the roar of the wind, but its vengeful shrieks—it fierce screams—its voice of triumph as the great seas leap and dash and threaten to over- whelm, are reserved for the sea. It is a lion which has long waited in ambush. It is a tiger which has had neither food or drink for days. I looked up into the face of the captain. There was anxiety there, but there was also sternness and determination. The eyes stared straight ahead into the dark storm - bank. The fingers which clutched the tiller had grown fast. Had his time come ? If so he would meet it as others of his blood had done. I looked over the gunwale at the leaping, whirling, boiling waters now showing their might. It was the fateful whirlpool of Niagara magnified a thousand times. It was as if a great cloud burst had set a thou- sand rivers flooding the world. The fierce wind caught the foamy crests and tore there off and hurled them through the air until it seemed as if the black sky was alive with great white birds. I saw the faces of drown- ing men as the waves heaved them up. I saw s':iffened arms, dripping locks and gaunt bodies. It was a sea of the dead—a mael- strom in which the corpses of generations were floating and whirling. The night came down, but I could see a while face and compressed lips above me. The storm grew fiercer, but the fingers of iron never ler go their grip. The darkness shut out the corpses, but it brought moans, and wails, and shrieks, and I stopped my ears to keep out the sounds. Did you ever hear the shriek of a woman when the steam- er; which has battled so long, suddenly goes down to her grave ? Did you ever hear the, one loud, long` cry uttered by a strongman as his strength suddenly leaves him and the waves wash over his head ? Did the shrieks of children ever oomo to you as an awful death stared them in the :face? I heard them all—over and over again—heard. theuk more and more faintly, and Anally not even the voice of the gale sounded in my ears. It was morning. Our little boat was under the lee of a great, black -hulled liner, and I was being hoisted aboard. The sky was clear, the windhad dropped to a gentle breeze, and the crests of the waves no longer foamed. In the stern•aheets sat the breezed faced captain, only at that moment surren. dering the taller. Ali that wild night—dur- ing Every minute of that mad race over a hundred miles of beiling"ocean, his eyes had never closed and his lips never opened. There was nothing to read in his face-- no more than if he had slept at home in his bed, His time had not yet come. As he belped to lift me up ho spoke for the first lime: "Thank trod 1 I feared be was dead 1" Hake Tour Daughters Indepen- dent. From an "Open Letter" in y'hs Century fer May —" Would it not be wilier for to induce young girls fa thousands of happy, prosperous homes to make ample provision for any and all emorgeneies that the future may have in store for thew ? Could *better sloe be found for some of the tyeare that in- tervene between the time a girl leaves aelams1 and the time she may tea -weakly hope to marry? The field for woinsn'a work has been opened up of late years in ao many different: directions Haat a vocation eau easily be found, outside the grofcsaion. of teeehing, that will be quite as eougental to retcuee tastes sued cousiderably more lnerative, Beehkeeping, typewriting, tele- graphy, eteuegraphy, euy,raving, dentletry, medicine, nehmen and A dcexen other aee4- at'o s a t i u m b be mentis n P „ nod. Ten, too, industrial eehoola might he established, where tho .;blighter* of wealthy parent* could be trained in the practical details of any particular ianduatry for which they displayed a epeeist aptitude. If it is not leo- math the sons and daughters of a monarch to learn a teede, it ought not to bo beneath the sons and daughters of republican Ameri- a to emulate their good example, provided they weenie the requisite ability tee do so, "Two years will office to make any bright, quick girl eanversent with all the mysteries of the art of bouaekeepkag, wipe• tinily if the be wise enough to study the art practteelly as well as theoretically: The management of eervaute and the are of the sick and children will be incidentally learn- ed inn most homes, and can be soup lemented by a mere extenled study of pabysialo y, hygiene, ete., thanwaa posalbte at atleool. Sewing need .not he neglected either, while leisure will readily be found for reading or any .other recreetieu that may twit iadivi- dual taater. Another year, or longer, 'may be added to the time devoted to Mee pur- suits, if desired. But, shave alt, let two or three years be cons. ientiously} sat apart for the express rupee of acquiritee a thorough experiuwatnl knowledge of some art or vo• canon which would router its possessor self-supporting and, consequently, indep.nd ent, "If tao tido of public rhinion favoring mach a eouree would but net in, many a one would be aimed untold antl'eringand misery in after life, Let the rich sot the example in thin matter. They can uffard to do what- ever plea9es them, aud, therefore, have it in their power to mold public °platen. Be not afraid, girls, that yen will tied your self- imposed task irksome. Remember that ea - mention is necessary to happiueas, and that there is no reason why you ehauld not dream while you work, ' The cry will be raised that there is danger that such a plan un the one advocat- ed bere will tend to give girls a distaste for the quiet retirement of home, but there is little cause for fear. Not, one girl in toren; ty will voluntarily ohooae a business life in preference to domestic happiness. Indeed, it is ab;o]ately certain that happy marriages would be pramoted by this very independ- ence among women. Not being at leisure to nurse every teasing fanny, girls would elect to wait patiently until the light of true love came into their lives." A Literary Horse Dealer. Anderson, tho famous Piccadilly horse dealer, is dead, and figures, curiously enough, as a patron of letters. This man, who was very wonderful in many ways, honest among other things, although a horse dealer, read every day in the :dforning Post the sporting articles of "Pave." These he much admired, and Pave receives alarge legacy. Anderson was one of the moat successful as well as most trustworthy of London horse dealers. In bis old age he was assisted by George Rice, about the smartest horseman in Eng- land, with a perfect figure, and admirable seat and the best boots and breeches that could be bought. A practice of Anderson's which may be of use to American horse dealers was to put Rice on the back he wished to sell. Rice would make the ani- mal show off as no one else could, and then Anderson, with a smile like Bret Harte's Chinaman, would say : " Gearge Rice is a good fellow, but he doesn't know anything about riding a horse. When you are on that little animal it will look very different indeed, sir." This usually effected a sale. The Poet Pope in His Old Age. Alexander Pope had not, to use De Quincey's words, drawn that supreme prize in life, "a fine intellect with a healthy stomach," and his whole story testifies to that fact. As yearn went on his little fig- ure, in its rusty black, was seen more rarely in the Twickenham lanes, and 1 he took the air upon the river it was in a 'sedan - chair that was lifted into a boat. When he visited his friends his sleeplessness and his multiplied needs tired out the servants ; while in the daytime he would nod in com- pany even though the Prince of Wales was talking of poetry. He was a martyr to sink headaches, and in the intervals of relief from them would be tormented by all sorts of morbid cravings for the very dietary which must inevitably secure their recur- rence. This continued strife of the brain with the ignobler organs goes far to explain, if it may not excuse, much of the lessad- mirable side of his character. His irrita- bility, his artifice, his meanness even, are more intelligible in the case of a man habit- ually racked with pain, and morbidly con- scious of his physical shortcomings than they would be in the, case of those "whom God has made full -limbed and tall," and in the noble teaching, of Arthur's court, his in- firmities should entitle him to a larger celerity of judgment.—[Austin Dobson, in "Scribner's Magazine" for May.