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FARM AND GARDEN.
Seasonable Hints for our Rural
Friends.
(Compiled" by a Practical Agriculturist.)
Fruits for Canning.
Since the preservation of fruits by the
process of canning has become so general,
it is desirable to know which varieties are
best adapted to the purpose. As a rule,
those whose taste is 8weet or insipid are
not desirable, while those that have a
decided tlaver are to be preferred. Black
cap raspberries, sweet cherries and blue-
berries are El mong the poorest small fruits
fer canning, as their flavor is insipid when
they are in their best estate, and is impaired
by the operation of hotting. Strawberries,
though most delicious when fresh, become
somewhat iesipid when cooked. Red rasp-
berries are excellent when canned, but they
eheald, to preserve their fla,vor and aroma,
be t up es soon as they are gathered.
Blackberriee are inferior to red rasp-
berries, but if canned shortly after
they are picked they will come out in
very good condition and be well
relished. 1W and whitecurrants contain
too many seeds to be very -desirable. It is -
better to extract their juice and to convert:
iutujuuy. tu wilt; rt31/1511 1.014%;ft
when fresh 'Will like them after they have
been canned. They form an excellent
sauce withont further cooking, and are in
good conditibn to use in pies and tarts.
Gooseberries, if gatbered before their skins
become tough, are excellent after they are
_ canned.. They are especially desirable for
eating duridg the spriug, when the appetite
craves acid fruits .Early Richmond cher-
ries, all thiges considered, are the best of
• all the emalrfruits for canning; If managed
with skill they will retain the color, form
firts„ or and 4oma they had when freshly
picked from the tree. •Most kinds of phiras
are good, hilt owing to their • size - and the,
firmness of !their flesh they require more
cooking. OT/the sweettruits there is note
better thee pears. Even the inferior
varietiee are.exceIlett when canned._ The
• quince is. admirablY adapted for canning
purpose'.Veing altiost the -only kind of
fruit that Wiaatiireiad-bY cooking; Being
scarce and el-ipensiie, there is . economy in
putting- then in the; same jets that contain
apples Or Pears of inferior haver. , The
larger" varieties of cralnipples fotra a
valueble addition th the stook or canned
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grolT•11 th
process several times a day, or whenever it
looks dry.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Dynamite is a capital thing to blow up
stumps of trees. By careful handling a
little dynamite will send a stump sky-
wards. But we cannot recommend its
general use among farmers. It is too
dangerous. Dynamite requires te be deli-
cately touched. A cross look will almost
cause an explosion. It is worse than a
virago's temper. It sometimes goes off on
its own account, and it - might be iucon
venient forfarmers to find theirown limbs
instead of those of the stumps, taking an
independent excursion.
The best deodorizer in stables is ground
plaster. It may be sprinkled about the
stalls and over the manure heap_daily. It
will ' absorb the ammoniacal odors and
retain them, thus increasing the value of
the dressing.
Thousands of farmers with small or
moderate means have been seriously finan-
cially embarrassed by an inordinate _desire
to possess more land. Every acre of
land that a farmer owns that pays him
nothing, and is not increasing in value,
is running him behind, because the taxes
must be paid. •
Among insectivorous birds the mallow
is worthy •of great encouragement. An
examination of the stomachs of eighteen
swallows killed at different seasons of the
xpa.whomejlethat they contained an average
single grain of corn or aiiitki, drfa
least particle of fruit or a trace of any
vegetable.
Never allow any variation of time in feed-
ing stock. Say ludf an hour after sunrise,
feed and put auother load of corn on the
waggon for afternoon -feed ; then feed at 3
o'clock p.m. and put a feed on for morning.
In this way there is no trouble in feedingat
stated times. Let your stock have daylight
to eat in, then they will lie down and rest
and take on fat; •
To give a horse a nice fine coat feed him
on any nutritious food. ..keep. his skin clean,
brush and rub the hair thoroughly, -and
often; keep him in a warm, comfortable
stable, and in unusually cold weather
blanket him. Blanketing will. aid mater-
ially in giving smoothness _ to the _coat.
There is nq particular kind of food, drug or
• nostrum that will give a smooth coat to a
horse, in the absence of the ebove-namod
requirements.,
MemoryKnockedOnt,by a Blot*.
. . - .
: Dr.. Robert G. _Stanwood naysterioutry
disappeared while spending &vacation from
isT duties as the Principal of the Water -
bur); High . Scheel., . It was not untilai
Water -
The age Of horned cattle :linty generally
. be known hirings, on the horns till their - month age" that 13° - Wa8. heard- from.' ' lie
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tenth Year ; .afterithat tune they giiiwas at Brunswiek, Ga. Mrs.Stanwood
.no -
All.
indication lar ago further than thatesteiledgout'', .aed has beea with her
t' e
husband _ever since. Mrs.- Stanwood found
animal Lae -passed its tenth year. - The
• her husband -so changed - in 'appearance
first.. ring istneearse on the horn, after- the
. animal is 21years old7=Socin after, as a, gen- _ is gone,
_
tillit S11liand,. havinga,ppatently -:for-
erdly knew him.._ Ipsa
a galaiy'
•• - •
- eral Tule, tbaegh sometimes betoee that- age. gottea his learnieg, lie it at work in. a
During thelthied year. t. he ring igradliallY lumber yard. • trom all that •• can , be
increaSea, and_ at S years_ of age it is conu-. gathered - - from . his .disjointed Tecol-
pletely-foribed. , Tbe second ring appeais
lectiOns, on the - day whed he. diealn
during 'thee fourth year, and: at the fifth
'year it is ceMpleted. -After that period an
additional ring is formed -each year. .This
rule is suffibientlyplain and even -a- young
-.fernier heeds but little practice to enable
Iiiin to reed a_ Q.QW1(p ug e on herliorria. A
caw with threeringsnig, yeareold ; with
- . feat rings:tithe is 7 *years : old. - No new
. struck him on his head,- completely .pitrie;,
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rings are fermea after the -tenth year ; the ',seine him and Tendering him' -Senselese.
-deeper tinge; however, end the.worn appear- .7 '''
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anceof the- horns are pretty sure indica-
13rait fever mnst have, supervened.This
tions of old age: is the last that he temembere. -,The probit-
, . ' -
bility is that they robbed hini .end. then
-ei
- i D e -44 '-i:- v . -13utter. - . landed him4111.belplekis condition; , When
' Sayeaeotrespendent-: I beg to submit the he knew his identity and realized anything;
_ feilowinggureis as the relative cast and or, in other words, came to his right Mind;
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profit be wieen-deirying and fattening: - ' i he found himself in..Sayannah,.. as destitute
as_the- poorest tramp„ -living from)aand to
_
niouth.—Witeerbere American.
,..
a Age of Cows.
Tested from -Maine he .was out sailing
and, going further than he intended,
attempted to catch a, train.' While hurry-,
ing with all his might a yacht came round
from among the island and seemed bent on
•
running him down He raised his oar to
. •
ward. them off, when one of the villains
Beet side: Flirst,_ supPoso a fanner of 100.
acres tot have 5 cows to start with:. be -
then raittes 5 calves yearly, which wouls1-
-aggregatisal cattle, viz: 5 Cali/08,5 year- _ .-
Inigs,-5 --yeap-61-ds and 5 breeders. -Now,.. -
_ atter nie first three ye4rs he turns out'
5 beeves coming 3 years old; at
each.. Total........., . . ... -., . .........,....'.....„.$ 304
Now -he has lost three.--yea.ra to got .5,cattle
coming 3years. Worth - . •- '300
Therefore in 10 years he- has 7 sales of 5
- cattier -al $64. - Total g,100
_ •Tlicn ha lisi 'in - 5- calves worth ..i.35 '
each„ Total . re. r '
Fivn calves )... year OW -$15 each . .. .. .... - 75
Five calves p. Ts. years Old. S-30 each - .. i 150
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. ,. oT
- tal 82,310
,
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-Dairy side: !Take 15cows at an average . .
' vield_ of, S-25 „ per cow; ,-
for 10- years -
-equals i- ... . • , • . - • $3,750
- Deacon -skins of 15 calves yedily at 50 cts.,. 75
, 1-
TOtal,;„
Leavingt,bhlarice in favor of butter of_ -2.1,4l+5
_Suppose the beef : cattle bring --$.75 each,
-. then tho balance in fa or of butter
v.-ould bb , - 4 ' _ . - -' . 8 95o
want Rills Fruit- Trees. '
. . . ..
- ISernetirt!ie ago'_Jogeph Mopes`, in an
address ho' fere the Penntylvanie .Fruit
- Growers':4ssoCiation, made the folloWirg
_excellent remark; en planting fruitirees :
Deep -.plaalting- is one ..error—to plant a
`treexathet ithalleav that it fortnerly stood
, is really tlie right way, whilst many plant-
a tree as they Would a past. 'Roots are of
. ..... . ,
•
two kindsf-the Young andtender rootlets,-
*I...liter/aged entirely of cells, the feeder* Of
' the tree, always, found near the surface
getting 11.14 -and meisture ; and roots of over
-one year old„ which eerVe only as supporters
Of theetre4 and is conductors of its food.
- Hence thp injury, that entities when Op
delicate- rootlets are so- deeply buried in
earth. ,--P1 acing fresh or green manure in
` contact w th the, young roots.is,- he tellt U13,
another great error- -Tile place to put
manure al on • the surface 7 where the ele-
ments disintegrate,- dissolve and carry it
-
downward. -Numerous fOrmacif fungi are
generated l and reproduced by the applica-
tion -of su.41i manures directly to the toots,
.. -and they Immediately attack -the -tree. It
- • :Proving aNegailre.
Proving a. negative andl performing a
miracle are considered by most persons as
being -in much the same category ; but the
English. Lords Justices of Appeal have
lately ruled that one class orpersens at all
events shall be compelled to go through the
ordeal of proving a negative. A bankrupt,
ten dap; after -commiting an act of bank-
ruptey, executed a bill of sale. The trustee
he bankruptcy asserted, but did not prove,
that the holder of the bill of sale had notice
of the act of , bankruptcy.. The question
before the Lords Justices was, whether the
. trustee -*as bound to prove that the holder
'•'1•;425 of the bill had had notice, or whether- the
2'4'0 litter was to prove that he had not, and
they ruled that the appelant (the holder
of the bill) was bound to prove that
not had notice of the prior act of ...bank
ruptcy. This novel addition to the terrors
of the lam may reasonably give rise to the
question : within' what limits may judges
exercise a discretion in applying the prin-
ciples of law- and evidence in such cases as
these, and by what means rciay suitors learn
the principles upon which such eases are to
be decided? Once impose the necessity of
proving a negative, either in civil or ceimi-
nal casesand it is impossible to say where
it will end.
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC."
Our Emigrant Vessels Floating
Sinks of Iniquity.
MISS O'BRIEN'S REVELATIONS.
The Quef;tion to be Investigated
by Parliairic-nt.
Miss Charlotte G. O'Brien, daughter of
Smith O'Brien, of "Young Ireland fame,"
sends to the Pall Mall Gazette a letter en-
titled " Horrors of an Emigrant Ship,"
which creates a profound sensation, and
will be the subject of a question in the
House of Commons by Mr. O'Donnell.
.Miss O'Brien visited Queenstown in order
to examine the mode of life of emigrants
on a steamer, which vessel,- however, she
does not name. The following are the
main points: " It is unnecessary, to say
that wherever the foot of wealth trod in
this ship all was gold and silver, shining
brass, cleanliness, comfort and decency.
We had come on board, however, to
see the emigrants, and we were &tern:lined
te see their quarters hrst. When
we saw the quarters of the single men,
deseriptions of slave ships flashed across
Me. Below this place our guide showed us
eidiffraffiie, liririra...'iV,I.conld not takA.vroi
you see ; " but my business was with the
women's quarters, and we went there.
Between two decks, better lighted than the
women's quarters, was a large spaoe open
from ono side of the ship to the other.
From- either side of a long central walk to
the outer walks of the ship :were slung
three enormous. hammocks, one suspended
about three feet from the floor. What was
going on in the two other .hammocks above
I could not see, - but I presume they
were the seine as those below. I suppose
each of these heminocks would carry about
100 persons. They .were mede of sail cloth,
and being suspended all around. from
hooks were perfectly flat. Narrow strips
Of -sail cloth divided., this great bed
into bertha. These strips of cloth; :when
the mattraeses were out, formeddivisions
ebout:eight inches high,. when _the teat -
tresses are in it must, be alitiost in -a level.
Now.on these beds,lie hundreds of meirand
•woinen: Ally', man who .comes with .a
woman who is, or cella herself his Wife;
-sleeps as .a mitteer of right in the -niidst of
hundreds of young,wOmen who live in. liis
presence /ley: and, night. -If they remove
theirrelothefathey..mtuit do 80 multi his
eyes. . :If they lis down to test, it mniat be.
beside lifo. •Itis e shame even to speak of
these thiegie-bnt to destroy such an evil it
is: necessary to look at these; -abodes of
misery.. In daylight, and when openfor
inspeetion they- are empty, . Swept and
garnished; :but think opthe scene in the
darkness Of the night;Ithe ship: pitching
in mid ocean, Where a -glimmering lamps
Or, two mikes Visible to 'YOU. this rnass
of meaning humanity Lookat thatyoung
Mother -with -two or three helpless babesin -
, . , .
the:agonies of 'see- sickness, unable to
move but over the prostrate: bodice of her
iellew sufferers.
- Look- it this innocent
girlaahildlYing among dissolute -Men: and:
abandoned women half stifled with suffoca-
tion and sicknes&-ainid curio; and groans
of hundreds.-: If • she arises -Lap - fleesto
save her soil ‘whither Shell she go ?- egain.
she must tread onthewrithing bodies of
men and women But the picture is too
-horrible to be looked at. :the sound too
-dteadful telisten to: - This it no btutal. or
_ _
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impure dream, it is :the -truth. , is a. -
:living horror,, menacing. the lives, honer.
and .semle of hundreds_ axic the:aloe:As of
our _ fellow :eonntry-tvoinete- the ship in
Which. I saw thesetbings beipeesuppoted to
carry in this Meaner one thousand passen-
gers: She 'carried hitt year, on an average;
one thousand seven Imadie-d and seventy-
five emigrants. 1 was grievectto,:see the
American -• flag_ floating - over ii., "Whited
.sepulchre like that beautiful beat 'haunted
by the 'Memories Of sin: full of :wickedness
and all trieneet Of uncleanliness. •
Practically, it very experienced phy-
sician tells -us, " thins are for -people with
constitutional liability to .catch cold -.jtet
two efficient. remedies, and, as s. rule, unlege
really ill thek_will take neither:: - One is to
confine themselves for -fortaeeigb.t lionts
single room.- With 511 equably Warm:di-
n:late, and the other is to stupefy there -
selves with aininitie. Most _people reject
the former, because confinement 18 incone
vonient. or .irksome, ' and will not hear :of
the latter because quinine'disagrees with.
-thetre;" or ‘givegthetn.headitche.', or makes
them_ giddy;' or is :4 quite too disagreeable,
worse than the. Cold. Consequently, they
..ia very wall to ettrl0 th.e awl at transplant- bear the- annoyance or 'swallow rubbish
• deg, but Pie manure, if to he an contact until the cold has ran its coiree, andthey
` :with or • /ery near the roots, should be are. quite.readY, if circumstances are fever -
thorough' decoMposed.
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F ria_liatter Without. lee! _A EiessErArsii CENsus Montreel.
A -
*itt farm les:where' the- dairy,. ie.1411lall a deePatch-says-: From the eVidenee edd-aaed:
good pia to have the hater coiland before- the Recorder today; W.-111..-MooneY
firm with ut ice is by the process Of evapo•-;& Co. Seem. to have hall good reagens-for
. ration,. a practiced in India and other_ refusing 2information - to the cepsue_
- warm -co ntriee.', A cheap plan is to get a enumerators. It -appears one of Mooney's.
very_ lam -sized; porous eartheti flower -pot; -Clerks- had- no difficulty in finding out sta-e
:with a' lie ,e saneer. Half fill . the saucer tisties of a• rival establishnient trona' the
with wet r, set it ina trivet or light stand Census-- mala,.. and toncliiding, that others
—such ,as leused_for -holding hot irons will could in the same manner discover pettioicT
do; upon this Set your batter-; ever _the: larseconceriling the-wagogp44, capital and
whole in rt- the fewer -pet, letting the top profit eccoUnt of his own- establishinent)
rim of it est- hi- and -be covered by the .Mooney would give no anch-
- water; ti 011 clew) the hole. in the bottom A decision will 71/0- giii_pn in the ,naee on
af the -II -etepot eerkiAlien desh Weduesday. - - -
water eV
able, tocatch another."
AN AFFECTING RECORD.
The Illness and Death of Bor. Willi
Morley Putnam's, LL.D.
Rev. Hugh Johnston, formerly of Hamil
ton, writes a long letter in reference to tb
last illness of -the late Dr. Punshon. It i
a most affectingnarrative. It appears tha
Mr. Johnston had been travelling with DI
and Mrs._ Punshon. At Cannes Dr. Pun
shon spent two or three days with the Rev
William Arthur, and the communion o
these kindred spirits was a reciprocal bless
ing and delight. From Nice he, with hi
wife and son, stE rted to drive by carriag
over the beautiful road to Mentone, when(
the dreaded "mistral" came upon ther4
with great fury, in clouds of dust andj
blasts of wind, and they were obliged t
turn back. That night, at Mentone,
became alarmingly ill. His diary bears th
following:
March 23r1.—How little- we know what i
before us I Retired to bed restless and °tit of
sorts, vet no worse than 1 had been aforetime
but about half -past 2 in the morning was sujt-di
with a most severe a:,tack of difficulty of breath,
ing, with cropitation. which lasted in its severit
for nearly three hours. I don't think I euuldj
have lasted much longer, without relief. Got a
little relief about 6, but suppose I have not for al
long time been nearer the eternal world. There
was ;the doctor said) a good deal of bronchial.
congestion, and there was some 'blood coloring
the expectoration, acconipanied, as was the i
attack at Walsall, with heart disturbance and
intermittent pulse. Alaruied the whole part
lmiarg ZillligdO111101"_
and see the doctor at Geneia. Ile says :
" I found hip2 -very, very ill. His .night
were occasions of great suffering. Th
physician who wae called in said that h
had organic diseaseenlargement of th
heartand that the troublewas aggravate
by .dyspepsia. As there were .no signs o
improvement, his London physician wa
telegraphed for, and, on the arrival of D
Hill, he expressed hisgreat desire to star
homeward. He seemed to have a presenti
inent that he would never recover. • W'
endeavored .to persuade him that it *a
merely the .1peculiarly: depressing charac!
ter of his - disease, but his instinct
Wore true; and - he - dreaded to .13i"
it . a foreign land: .0n-.. Friday,-
first of April, :.we -- started for Thri
Ile -bore the five hours' .journey well _Id
one se -ill, buten reaching - Turin lie cO
Plained of pains in the hick of his lung;
His physician blade an :iertaMination, an
found; that there was -congestion. ther, .
Saturday and $utday he tested,. and We' .
,
quite cheerful in the _midst Of -_ his -Otte ,
lugs.' , On 's Sunday night he had. 'anotlie
'terrible peroxygin•-- 9,- thet.long, wear
suffering night', when 'the-- seconds lengt ,
eted into niinuteg; and --the-_- hours geeme
like days. -:-ln.:* the morning we assietefi
bun to dress; i but his -Whole - system wsja'
prostrated, and, 1 -shalt never forget h
Offering look at he turned to his beleire
iwife and said; ", 0;-'1:5111 se ill l"- 5011'
could - '. not give rip -._ the ' idea et:
Makin'
Alanother etage, homeward:. Ile longed .-f t
e eonfetts of hit much. loved `-Tranla .
and for nearness to ' his dearest' friend'.:
Heine was reached after a tedious:join) 1
and thanke-Weee'-giien to God for II
preserving °axle"- -Mr. Johnston aentinue I
Hie . !tibia at rest-. end surrounded
familiar; loved objects, fertile first -.day- ,
two syniptonis of improvement -• appeare
but the ;die -cage which Was :Manifesti
tself all &hang. (congested - pneumonia) ne
reeched_ate i eight Dr, •Radcliffe vs..s
Celled in as consulting physician, and ,,''e
was getting what he hienself styled." her, c
treatment. - All _this ttene, his -mind was . n
fUltaCtivity, and iii. -the intervals of:_re't
from hisieppeestivehreathingand extre a
nervous _depression r he :mitiobright:-a d
digit! ul. , Thete. Waii the glow of sympetli
the _flickering fired huiner, and he show
the ' kindliest interest in - . ,ell - - amu. '
He Manifested: the - niost„-delicate . co :
sideration for the conifott:and-feelingtt: f
others. :: Yet, withal; i theta was a de'P
leadeictitrept •of. spiritual feeling -.02t
turned-centinually heavenward apdChrf t7,
war& r. Theshadow of 'eternitylvas-UP 0_
his, . spirit, and he _ longed to rise 'above.' 11
doubts, and .questionings, and .naistitie s,'
into the'Unclonded light of C _God's Colin e --
mince: ...--'1'said-tehitn one evening, "W y
. . .- . .. --
do . you - talk so- despondingly - eb t
the future, - you are - not afieldto. die ,
"Wo,' he ensWeted,'" hut 1,hivea love - 'of
life-.":. "HBii.t•'- you have hall - the high t:
human . settiefaetion--e-. you -13115re- ,:had.: e
deepest Serretva, --why. should yen:With to:
live?" : After it mon:tents' pauee; the ch r-
adteristie reply Wat,:" It is rapture of
living do-nCit like to:think-that my w' rk
is ended." . Noble .4rien.l-s- He. bacteo e--
creted :aitthe energies • Of his great -in nd
and heatt. to -the serviceof'the...Chili h,
and to the:glory of that Lewd and Ma er
who bad joined' together sce trieny.gittg",ip
one life-, and -lent that - life tothe ivo-' Id._
On Feuidey. special, prayer was offered or
him in the -i...,13rikten .;chapel; whore he • .aie_
Vv.iiiit to worship, - and in ::the Metropolitan .
-Tabertaelen: where Mr. Spurgeon pre ed
for 111111 as hisbeloved brother; - and
" Lordi-he Whom thou levest is..sicla...4 ke
halite to help Min:" .-. -And When-I:bre ht
hiiii . the Ilnessege of: love and eymp hY
from, Mr.,' Spurgeon, Who bade him. b of
good 'cheer; and sent him Word that his wn
seasons of nicknesterwete tithes. of _dee Clit
despondency, ho seenied to be Cheered nd
strengthened,: :Ile :could -aot. be ' -bro ght
to, .- may . that lio was better. .- aut
'While alert : as - to his physical co di -
tion ,.-hiii -,spitit . was ever -:tender, ' nd
•lio. was always ready- for :prayer an' -.the
Wet& -. IIe would- say,- -"--It is -suelre. arn-:-
fOrt: .He discleirned-.eltgobdapse in hit-
-self. Ile would - say, ' ''' I feel utterly -un-
worthy, but -My tingt- is in - Christ:" -.:4 The.
blood of .Jesus was -aeonstantly repa' ring
thetne, ' - A: favorite -_-niece '. said to '
Uncle;s-petliapsi After -sthis_ :illness_
health • . will be.- better' than. - ever:'
answered,:". Yet, i have ,legard_of pe
'being better than ever after it -seriou
nes.&.- Then after a pausehe.added,
it May lead to an entraeae, into the -.
world, for which I-ernveiyiniwettliy'
I -expect, through the. :_merits • of
Christ; toetter in."-- - - . ' -•:- ' ' -
Mclentllic-andTseful Jottlnip.
At a recent soiree in Paris .0bservatory.
11....Trouve showed e live fish with its body
lit up from within by bispelyscep-; a minute
_forte of Which, with the conducting wires
passing to the henils.of the 'operator, the
anitnalhad been caused to . swallow .(com-
fortably, let- us hope)... :The wholo. body
bedew° transparent in the dark, . so that
the vertebree contdhe counted, and- all
The Nesecastie wing Of the lst Newcastle
and-DurberniEngineer "Volunteers under-
went a practical test the -,..other :day.
.A1noligst other • things thirtylinen of s,
newspaper :column; equal. to -240 _words,
-Wete fleshed across the Tyne by means :of
limn signals, and reed off inthitty minut,e&
The lamps were the genie- as the
and this Tete is said to be the overage
of .the regulars, -
' Heys - that the Telephone
COMpany, in Belgium have inaugurated a
very ingenious and at the same time prac-
tical system. ISubscribers can. by . leaving
word the previous..evening,_ awakened
at any hour in the.i.norning Iv:Meant of a
powerful alurum.- • • -- - -
Colonel I'aris, the heed ;of_theTerie Ana
brigade, bus concluded his 'report on the.
destruction ,of -the Printemps Establish -
molt, by preposing-that large warehouses
be pOintielled to light by _electricity:: The
burning of the Nice. Theatre, which was
occasioned by gas oxplosion, bus given a
new iMperteneeto thetrnovement, - -
_ Henry Seflei, of Belle Fontaine; Ohio,
and his help tut down a- largo ash tree a
few weeks age for saw -logs._ EinbOded . in -
the heirtof the tree,' thirty feet_ from -the
. _
ground; they found, while sawing through,
a veell-pregerVed bone. Seientistieafter,
exeininingit, eayit is the thigh bone of it
Male -huniate beipg; 'which:hes been in the
_tree for ages; ' -
In -the- latestbateh of Canadian -knight-
hooch-, ordered by Queen :Victoria is
chided the nerd° of Principe' Dawson, :of
McGill University, one of.- the grandest
minds of the Doininion,.:And one., of the
foremost scientists of the time. Principal
Dawson's writings upon- geology have made'
him laments.. He has taken *up_ the lines
where Hugh -Miller 'dropped_ _them, but,
auilikeMillek, hehasbeen able to reconcile
advanced- -.scientific. roseate') with - the
-pripeiples of revealed religion-.;-.-puffa/o
the flowerpot; and repeat the dry stibject----sAn Egyptian mumtnY lelegra h.
bed triumphs, he replied, "1 do not ask
that. Let me only have peace. My testimony
is my life" The physician had been
sent for, and when he „ arrived
he sought to arouse the heart's
activity. He was suffering from cardiac
dyspnzea--difficulty of breathing from
enfeebled heart action—still no immediate
danger was anticipated. Our eyes were
holden. My steamer was to sail from
Liverpool next morning at 9. I had delayed
leaving London till midnight, that I might
be with him to the last. The time of
parting came and as I kissed his forehead he
said, " good-bye ; I shall be translated;
when next we meet it shall be above," and
he looked upward. I said, "Oh, no, doc-
tor, I hope you will get well and that we
shall see you again in Canada." He indi-
cated by look and gesture that he dissented.
As I left the room he waved his hand and
said, "Bon voyage."
Prior to his sailing, however, Mr. John-
ston received word of the death of his
friend, and he hurried back. He narrates
his impressions. as follows: There was the
bed on which he had lain, the chair on
which he had sat, the portraits he had
loved to look upon, and the books he loved
to read; but the brow of that massive
intellect was cold, palsied the eloquent
tongue, the lips so often touched with liv-
ing coals from off the altar, sealed; the
eyes, those windows of the soul of the
orator and faithful ambassador of Christ,
---""--•
Had laid the impress o tigers chill.
f learned that after I left,'Rev. M. Os-
borne, his associateinthe Mission House,
called and offered prayer, in which he most
fervently joined. Still there, was no ap-
prehension for his life. Shortly after
midnight he had become suddenly worse,
and the heart that had always ralliedabe-
fore refused to do its work, and he asked,
"Am I going, doctor?" His physician,
with a sigh, answered, " Yes." And then
hie heart turned to the human in love and
to the Divine in trust. His devoted wife,
who had watched over him' with unspeaka-
ble affection day and night through
all his illness, with breaking heart, asked,
"Have You a message,for me, my darling ?"
And he said, "I have loved _you fondly;
love Jesus, and meet me in heaven." Mor-
ley was with them, but she thought of his
absent and youtigest son and said, " And
Percy?" "Tell him to love Semis, and
Meet me in heeven." "And yourself, how
do you feel?" "I feel that Jesus is a living' -
reality—Jesus! 'Jesus! Jesus!" One heav-
enly smile, One rapt and upturned glance, •
andthe-head dropped—there was silence •
broken only by the sob of widow—and
William Morley'runshon was no more—hie
spirit had passed upward to the bosom Of
God. In eonclusion, Mr. Johnston says:
"Hzs closing hours were linked with holy
Memories of his joys and sorrows. in Can-
ada. 'Hove to recall every Word. spoken .
during my staYwith him, every pressure of
the hand, every token of endearment, every
glance from .
The sweetest soul
That ever looked through human eyes.
I give thanks to . God that L have been
permitted to call a man of 80' great, and _
noble, and royal a nature, my friend. And
I knew his friends in Canada who reverell.
and loved him, and now mourn his irrepar-
able loss, will take tomfott in knowing that
their sorrow was represented at his grave
As -I look upon the casket an. which is en-
shrined all that remains on earth of this
"polished shalt," and weep my farewell, I
desire to cling. afresh to God and to the -
-rora,yo
mPnassirliabutateCnhiristimThere is. no hope
11=n9
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on
but
• tter
but
esus
tree. of -Lemons.
For all people, in sickness or in health,
lemonade it a safe drink. It corrects •
biliousness.- It is a specific against worms
and skin comrdaints. Thepippialecrifshed,
May _also be mixed with water and sugar,
and used as a drink. Lemon -juice is the
best anti-scorhutic -remedy known. It not
only cues the disease, but prevents it.
Sailors make a daily use of itfor this pur-
pose. A physician suggests rubbing of the
gums daily with lemon-juici to keep them
in health. The hands and nails are also
kept clean, white, soft- and supple by the
daily use of lemon instead. of soap. It also
prevents chilblains Lemon is' used in -
intermittent fevers mixed with strong, hot-
blaek tea or coffee, without sugar. Neural-
gia m' ay be cured by rubbing the part
-affected with a lemon. It is vaulable, also
to cure yrarti,; and to destroy dandruff on
the head, by rubbing the roots of the hair
with it. In fact, its uses are manifold, and
he more we employ it externally the bet-
er we shall find ourselves. -
,
. Susi Bushiest' Mem
Th. _
e services suCcessful. directors or '
corporate companies • in Great Britain are
niuch sought After, and . their, labors, are
well rewarded.:, Sir Edward Watkins, who
recently, visited this country, is chain:min -.
or 'director of nine railway companies
from which he derives about X,20;900 a year
income. " Sir Henry Tyler is chairman or,
director of fifteen colipeniee,_ embracing
many and varied interests. The Hon.
Thonies-BriiCe is director of --fifteen non-' - •
panies, Sir James•Anderson(formerly of
the" Great Eastern") of ten, Mr. William
Valentine of twelve, Mr. George Cavendish
Taylor of eight, Mr. Gurney Shepherd of
eight, Mr. Bete of ten, Mr. Henry Podhine
of nil:ler-Sit-W. -Miller of nine, Mr Robert ,
Melbuensof eight, Mt. J.-Macclete of twelve;
Mr. J. Greig of nine. Sir Daniel Gooch of
fourteen, and general Stern of seven.
Sixteenindividuals hold 167 directorships.
Mr. ;Johnston thus describes his, last,
interview : There was failing heart -p wer,
and the :sound of . the Bridegr otn's
approach fell on his quick and we, hful
ear.As we gathered round- him he eked
for prayer, and himself joined in sup kat,
ing grace and strength according • his
need. He then said: You have co e to
see me die." We all sought to chee him
with asgurances that he would so 11 be
better._ -1 , said, "Never fear, dear d ctor,
you will 'have an . abundant entranc' into
the kingdone_ " His mind turning to cath-
.A Canadian !Artist's Succesiii;
• . -
A despatch from _Tilsonburg, .Ont., says
we are pleased to learn that Canadais- still,
weltrepresented theartcireles of foreign _-
countries in the person of Miss Ida 'Joy, of -
Tilsonburg, Out.. She has just been a suc-
cessful competitor , out of nine thousand
artiste: in having a Portrait in oil hung in
the Great Salon Exhibition at Paris, France.
It will be remembered that Miss Joy was „a
the recipient of a similar honor some two
years ego at the Royal Albeit Hall, Lon-
don, England'.
- "
. the „Vieteria Theatre, Berlin; on
Friday evening,. the - Performance- of
Walkyten," the second pert of Wagner's
Nibelungen Trilogy, Was even more suc-
cessful than , the first 'part. The Crown
Prince - and ,Peincess, of -Germany sent a
special message ofcongratulationto Wag-
ner, who - Was cheered on leaving by the
crowds in the street-