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The Exeter Times, 1890-7-24, Page 7lie Oldest of Whomis Captain Alexander Pollock. marks of bowler for bravery shown in gave ing life and 'property on the great lakes, lie has medals from, the Government of 33ritish North America for saving life aud property on Lake Erie, also a medal from ithe Humane Society of Detroit, innumerable ert Sketch data luteresong career on mid valuable recognitiona from insurance Ate ocean, and treat Takes—wrecked companies ; but none he prizes more highly Three Times in sixty Tears,* eatung, than a handeome pair of field glasses pre - sea,. sented to him by the Dominion Goverument sailing, over the bounding as a mark of HONOUR, PM THE linos/sum to mealy an entirely imaginary and alto- 3ther pleasant little exeursion—a Bort of uxishine existence without any shadows to Mar the enjoyment of the absent Jack. The only idea that most of we lanadobbers have of the bounding sea is that -which is gained from a Spin on the Bay, and while crossing the swell of some of the large lake steamers in a row -boat or canoe. When a few cats - paws gaily dance through the channels and come into the Bay the average "lover of the water, you know,” is content to sing the lit- tle bounding, rollicking sea songs in a com- fortable parlor built on something more sub- stantial than 40 fathoms of water. In the th,e,persuasions of his employers he would great lakes of Canada the milers are often in much danger, but what must it be to the 11 e put back for salt a Ater. He cam- the vessel that tcok Lo d Elgin mantled crew of a sailing vessel rounding Cape Horn and running awith a l .,,,1 from Toronto to Quebec, the year the seat a enowstorm gale 4 - . e, • e of wnld "1"" of Government, was changed to that place, f lab or 30 days with their The captain still retains fresh in his mind ehroztometer and other modern appliances as the mine _ of the pleasant elicits he had ry the only means by which they eau feel that; the the then Govern.or-General. they are not going to run on the rocks on After nine years service with Hooker & some forsaken land? In the city of Toronto Henderson he became associated with the there are mem retired, sailors who have seen e firm of Adam Hope k Co., in buildingvessels service in all parts of the world, and arno would be as much astonished, perhaps more Lento_ ee eie, mu Buchanan and jeote at Part Stauleis He superintended the so than A matter -of -fad laud -lubber, when ;',i."ult,' "lir: the Isaac pe nil took the command of the they viewed former. Afterwarae he organized the line THE OCEAN LEVIATILC`SS called the north Shore Transportation Coni - that have no taken the place of the "walls'pany with three fine propellers City of Lon - of don Shickluna, and Georgia, He managed vas. Steam has revolutionized the shipping (1411'" bellatngsP4171, and "Pam a can'ipping this'llue for some yeas. and on ablPostnfl trade, and now it is only from the old man. , of his share he took command of the fine nem that one. steamer Cumberland, plying between Col - ago, when NaVevaCyapleaatohreormt•thhee tales of 01114 141gw ood and Thunder Bay. He afterwards occupied, AS many woes asit now does built the Alma Muer°, but was afterwards days ersuaded to return to the serteee of Adam I have the honour of the acquaintance of kope & Co., seiliug the propeller Lake 1.11.ie many of the old mariners in and around To- on the Chicago and lontreel route. Getting route, who have ploughed the briny seas on In years, the captain thought he would i and have finally sought refuge in the less rr3r to live on land, and compromisee with tempestuous but equally dangerous fresh tilk° limner borne by living within sight of . water lakes, and It is my purpose to intro- tb° water at Port fiteuley, But four years' resideuce on the dry places on this earth paper some of them noble oldfellow& was enough, and last year the captain re - Captain Alexander Pellet*, is eeknowledg- i turned to the water and took ellerge of the ed by the craft to be the oldest ineriner on ;little steamer J. W. Steinhoff, now ruuning Lake Ontario. It is lust sixty years ego from Termite to Victoria park. His has , since the genial old mariner was apprenticed illileed been a varied lifefull of eleulge and excitement. Although be has reimbed the one merelunit line plying from the eityof Liv- erpool. Three score years onthe water has allotteil age of man, the captain is still bele only made the captain feel like A fish out of land be3ttYs and it is a pretty sight indeed water when he is on land. He went to eee!to see the brave old weather-beaten ter tak- when A boy of 11 e-Ters of age and could Wing such an interest in the little children but wield a weighty. and mapen he could iwith whont he comes in eontaet on his uew no doubt write a tole of a sailor's life that • vessel. A full volume of interesting reading would throw in the shade the interesting 'matter mild easily be written about Cap. works of Merritt, Kingston, Dena, and tainAlexander Pollock aud his adventures. other 'writers who portray the ups and downs on the crest of the waves. This is Exercise and Health. the gist of one of the captain's many inter- Exercise, with both men and women. is a eating yarns, and for the truth of it he is villiag to vouch. All who know the cap. question of intelligence—a consideratio n of ekind and quality, rather than of de, e -ez. The tain will believe it :— subject luis for women peculiar embarrass - "We were on the Mediterranean sea in meats and limitations, particularly in the Atha year 1837. I was but 17 years of age at i close house -bound life of the city: In the the time, and had shipped before the roast country therare the uatural morning e duties on a fine little barque eallea the Spanish with open windows and flooding sunlight; Packet. We had on board a men who was a the, walk to the depot or for the mail, quiet first-class sailor, and although an illitezate and calming ; the long piazzas. In the city, man and unable to read or write, he was a nine women out of ten are victims to morn - 000 linguist. Ho was a native of ing gown and slippers, A inan's hat, coat one of the Channel Isles. We loaded a cargo' and gloves bang us the hallway, always in at a Spanish peet, and had called in at a readinets. What would he say if boots, pelt on the coaseltif Portugal. One evening trousers and coat were to be changed, after this man came on board and, . gathering to- an hour, before he could get out for a breath palter all that belonged. to lum, he said he ware- of oar? Nthile ninny women still follow the GOMA TO LEAVZ THE SIM. traditions of delicacy and helplessness that The captain, wbo was, I may say, a drinking have for so tinny years enshrined and en - man, was on shore, and Bill, as we called feeblea their sex, yet they have come, all this fellow, gave us his reason fax leaving the same, to tuulerstand, through tbe efforts that ho felt the slelp was going to be east of many of their sisters who must perforce away: eI have luul had dreams of hate, and be strong, that a. poor physique puts a I saw the spirit of my dead mother. Boys, woman at odds, and at the mercy of others your ship will be lost on. the Bay of Biscay. when the stress of life comes. in the new Well, when the captain come an board we creed to which women are giving allegiance told him. It was no use looking for the it will come to be an article in time that deserter, so we shiprsd a poor follow who weakness, unless inherited, is sin. The had just recovered from a fever and had young woman of the future will fulfil the been discharged from the hospital. We poet's ideal: "She gave him her hand ; it crossed the Bay of Biscay, but had very was not a helpless one." heavy weather. Tho captain joked with us several tunes about the prophecy, but he was drinking hard during the voyage. We sought shelter from a storm In the Cove of Cork, and after a short delay of Musical Sounds on Animals," by Mr. we put out to cross the channel to Stearns, in which I have been much inter - Liverpool. A storm caught us, and 4rite.d, it recalled to my mind apparently I was called up by tho mate, a strapping similar effects.produced upon seals, which I young man named Hall. I went to the cap- often noticed during a prolonged stay in tain's cabin, but he was in a drunken stupor, Hudson's Strait Here the Eskimo mi ht and it was impossible to awaken him. I often be seen lying at full length at the elige caught his little son Tom tip in my wins of an ice floe, and although no seals could be despite his refusal to leave his father. We seen they persistently whistled in a low note similar to that often used in calling tame pigeons, or, if words can express my meaning, like a Plaintive phe-eve few -few, the first note being prolonged at least three seconds. If there were any seals within hearing distance, they were invariably at- tracted to the spot, and. it was amusing to see them lifting themselves as high as possi- ble out of the water and slowly shaking their heads, as though highly delighted with the music. Here they would remain for some time un- til one, perhaps more venturesome than the rest, would come within striking distance of the Eskimo, who, starting to his feet with gun or harpoon, would often change the seal's tune of joy to one of sorrow, the others mak- ing off as fast as possible. The whistling had to be continuous, and was more effective if performed by another Eskimo a short distance back from the one lying motionless at the edge of the ice. I may add that the experiment Was often tried by myself with the same result.. shown in rescuing the crew of the steam barge Herald, which ran ashore near Port Stanley during a gale in 1876. He put out to their help in the lifeboat of the propeller Alma Munro. In the spring of 1844 he entered the ser- vice of the arm of Hooker & Henderson, who had a large forwarding fleet muter their control, and the captain was called the cora- modore of the fleet. lis the fall of that year ho was greatly discouraged by losing the fine little schooner Sir Francis Bondhead, on the bar at Port, Dalhousie, and but for duet, from time to time ta the readers of this Effeot of Whistling on Seals. While reading of "Instances of the Effects were fast drifting on the breakers. Tom struggled to return to his father, and final- ly I had to let the poor little fellow go. It was the last I ever saw of him. I remember little more, but they told me I was pickqd up for dead on the shore by the coast guards. The mate and myself were the only ones saved. I was unconscious for many days. My arm was broken in three places and I was wounded on the head and slashed in many places. I can well remember when I returned to eonsciousness, thinking that we had been attacked by pirates. But I learn- ed a lesson in the early part of my life. This, my first wreck was caused entirely by drinking to excess on the part of the cap- tain." And the captain not only learned the lesson well, but he has always acted upon it. There is hardly a maritime nation in the world that he has not visited. HIS FIRST VOYAGE was from St. Andrew's N.B., on a ship ' called the Twe Sisters. He served his time in the West India trade before the emend- 1pation of the black man, and after he was rated as seamanihe sailed long voyages to India, Russia, akd China, beim; on the coast ofsthe latter dountry during the opium war in 1840. In 1841 he experienced his second wreck and first promotion, both occurring on the same day. The ship Alexander, bound to New Orleans'', grounded on tbe Bahama reef, and Alex. Pollock was made seeondeefficer for his exertions in saving the , passengers and cargo. This promotion was ' probably hastened through the solicitations of the cabin patsengers. When2.1 years of age he was made first mate of the ship Columbia, of the Black Ball line, and afterwards he assumed a like position on the ship Virginia, of the, Star line. For several years he re- mained on these regular ocean vessels plyieg from New York to England, and he has no toubt looked after the comfort of many f our pioneers. He was known as the big mate," for the captain is six feet in is stockings, very broad -shouldered, and eighs oyer two hundred. Since he came Cana,ds he has heard many exclamations ch as "That man looks like the big mate came out with. The captain prizes hly a medal he received from the city Liverpool for saving the life of a lady pas - ager on the Columbia in 1843. t was in this year that he came to the adieu lakes by way of the old Erie canal, here also he has won medals and other „ Rachel. Eippleray. In the Sorest and the wildwood I have ;eerie since early childhood. And have gather'd many roses in my daY ; But 1 ewer saw a Rower, Or a blossom in the bower, Rolf so beautiful as Rachel itippleray Could a purer glow be sleeping', Where the Ocean Nymph is weeping, In the ruby -lighted caverns of the see, Time the berate:, light which flashers Through the longsoft, silken lashes Of the violet eyes of Rachel ItipOleraYi For the sweetness that reposes In the petals of the roses, For the rubies that in coral externs lay. Tani not so very fretful Nay :0 them,' ani forgetful But I'm dying for sweet Rachel ItippleraY, ERNEST E. IsElGrf. Echoes. If you let liabilities run You will lind to your cost by and by. That the ocho of debt is a dun, And the echo 0 waste is a sigh. You may smile on the venturesomethrow That hoe gained alarge fortune by vice, But 'twill fade, 1te blossom in SIIONS, In the blasts of the furnace of vice, Yon may sip the rad wino and believe That a wanton can nullify care. But elie dash of the flagon is grief, And the echo of guilt is despair. Or if careless of trath you obtain A fortune, and all it may bring. You will learn that the echo of gain, Like the snake in the fable 's a sting. But to labor regardleee of eold, Or to wit for is harvest in heat. You will tind that its eche is gold, And the echo et labor is wheat. New Terk, A. Rausav. A 00MpariSaL I'd ruthor lay out here among the trees, With the singingbirds and the bum'! bees, A -knowing that I can do as I please, Than to live what folks call a life of ease • Up thar in the city. For I really don't 'xaetly understan' Where the comforb is fax any man In welkin' hot bricks and usin' a fan, An' enjoyin' himself as he says he can Up them in the city. Ns kinder lonesome, mebbe you'll say, out hero day after day In this kinder easy, careless waY; But a hour out here is better'n a aay Up thar in the city. As for that, jus' look at the flowers aronn', A-peepin' their heads up all over the groun' An' the fruit a-bendiu' the trees 'way down. You don't And sin% things as these in town, (Or, ruther, in the city.) As I said afore, such things as these. The flowers, the birds, and the buml bees, An, a-livin' out here among the trees, Where you can take your ease, an' do as you please, Makes it better'n the city. Now, all the talk don't Mount to snuff 'Bout this kinder life a-boin rough, An' I'm sure it's plenty good enough, An' tween you an' me, 'tain't half as tough As lwin in the city. TAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. Wanted—A dog who can tell the differ ence between tramps and holiest poor men with pretty near the same kind of clothes, 4•193.1.11111MITT The Whirlpool Rapids. J. E. toxaemia a. .e. Bushing and dasaingl Foaming analliaehlag I Hither filaltiAlther ratting tho spray, FeariesslY forcing thy watery way ; lOtt(asetirugandlikuVeirt41°r'. Mad as tbo mortal who in bie dream Plunges to death in thy tortuous etream Onwardforever! 'Sermon's Myer. Onward yo Jtapids thee never so wild. Heart of a mother loath leaVd tor her entail 'Wildly romantic,. Woefully trentie, Tortured as it by some terrible spell, Fuming as it from the fountaine ot hell; Never could etory Tell the wild glorY. I,ettplug and seething and teaming be time, Raging forever As it So be tree; Leapivag. in thunder: Weird nith wild wonder; Spirit and demon. hobgoblin And ghost. Seem to be eliauting the semis et the lost: Told brit with Candor. Nothing is grander. Flashing in glory from mountain to strearal Fancied or fashioned hy portie dream, Than the wilt' waters Every' rock tram. Bailed Into deep.seething foam andofspray, Restless forever by night ;and by.day AGRIOULTURAL The Ontario Pro% Orop. Secretary Woolverton, of the Ontario Fruit Growers' assoeietion, thus summarises the fruit crop prospects in that province ;— Aeeeres--As far as reports have come into my hands apples will be a short mop in all the southern parts of Ontario. Although the blossom wax more abundant than ever known before, and although at first tho fruit seemed to set well, there has come over the trees a blight. AB a result of which young fruit dropped, leaving the crop very short except in a few varieties. The Northern Spy moped best. In soine orchards there will be an abundant crop. Baldwiva and Greenings, two staple varieties, will be al- most a total failure. In northern. districts there will be an unprecedented crop gener- ally. The orchards up there are more lim- ited in extent.in comparisen ep the southern districts. Reports from Central New York say thefruit set badly, and the crop there will be as short as in Ontario, owing to the blireatas—Most varieties of peers -will ale° be scarce, The Flemish Beauty in southern Ontariois very badly craelked and spotted and otherwise made unmarketable. There will be but half a crop of Bartletts, whiell *the leeding market variety in the south - era part of the province. Rostiezer, an ear- ly pear, is mie variety which bee set its fruit well, Peeenns.--Peaela groa*era lei the Niagara district were at first confuleut of a heavy crop, espeeielly of all earlyvarieties, tett the tree* have been badly atteeked with "curl leaf " and within the lad week a Lerge part of the fruit hen dropped from the .trees. There will be but a scant crop of peaelies. GuereseeeP SMALL Pur ITS.,,,,T110 prospect for grepee 18 eneouraging, the vines ben% loaded with fruit. (Jt the small fruits the prospeet for reapberriee and bteekberriee ie most encouraging. The bushes of the letter have an enormous quantity of fruit, which should bring rich retail.= to farmers Mt ae- eount of the feilure or the peach crop. Mr. A. Mel). Allen, of Goderieh, ex -presi- dent of the association, is continually tray. elliog over the province, anti is eoneldered an authority on the fruit crop prospeeta. He givea tide as his opinion of the outlook ; ,A,retase—There aresome parts of the pro- vinee entirely good. The trees bloomed well and set the fruit well, but in the countio of Oxford. and Brace the blight set in. The southern part, of Middleeex wee visited by the blight, and parte of aontlieru Hum and in the east of Perth, and it ex- tends into Wellington and Wentworth. In the eltat the atop is very light, and it is doubtful if many eeetione will lieve enough for local consumption in the east. Up to a week ago the county of Oxford gave the finest, showing of an apple crop. The fruit does not seem to be pro ressing, and the people are afraid the Idiglit wili enter and "Wait Des a Minit " deetroy a part, although it will not spoil the entire erop. Upon the whole it is per - 1 have is gallant lover, tautly safe to say the crop will be limier the But ins come to Oils wheal want is kiss average very einisiderably. It will be terror Re's true as true eau be; "Watt des a intuit." than last year's, but that was au off year. Pltaits—In meg pear.growing sections the Ile alwaya says to me, He does not love another ; crap as a whole will be a gem', one, or fair Hie heart ie all my own ; to good. In some sections I find Bartletts Yet I grieve to know, when be treats m 0, set better and show for is full orop better "Walt des a leant.' than almost any other variety . over a large That mine to bins has gawp— section of the proviuee. Flenusli Beenty is Hie face is very fair: fair and in some sectionsehows a disposi- And. the light they send as earn° they bond tion Vibe a good crop. Duchess has utterly eyes are violet blue ; 'Most hreaks my heart tpo.- failed in a good many sections, including Teat shines upon the dew; crop we have along the shore of Lekelliron But he likes notgirls, and he shakes his curls, ana in the county offinron, ana twen along "Wait des a minit." tho shore of Lithe Erie it is the best crop 'With words that pleree Inc, through. Whenever I talk of love, In moonlight or by day. Ile just look; at me, and in mocking glee Remarks, and runsaway, "Wait des it WW1." I'll tell you. what I'll do To punish this young mon: 1Vlion ho wants a wife, if It takes his life, I'll say ,to the young woman, "Wait des a mita." WsEELY. foam, milky color, or other impurities, is the best dairy' salt. Flavor of the salt may be detected from this solution after it hee stood from one to two hours closely cover- ed, A good color in salt is, of course, desir- able, but the whitest er a glistenbag salt ofteu eontains impurities extremely dotri- meatal to dairy products which are hard to deteek but some of these inay traced ia the solution method. "tow to Tell Good Oats, writer in the Scientific einzerican says good oate are clean, hard, dry, sweet, heavy, plump, fall of flour, and rattle like shot. They have a clean awl almost metallie loafer. Each .oat. in a, well grown sample i nearly of the same size, There are but :few small. or imperfect greats. The ha,rtl pres- sure of the nail on an oat should leave iibtle or no inerk. The kernel adieu pressed be - tweeze the teeth elaould clip rather than tear. Tint skin should be thin. Tbe size of the kernel will be less in preportion. than the skirt is thiek. The color Of the oats is net very material, but white oats are generally thinner the skin then Meek. Again,. black ode will grow on inferiorsoile. Short, plump oda are preferable to large, long grains. Iteardee oats must love au excess Of husk. Oats are not neeessarily bad be cause they are thin-skinned or bearded ; but they must contain less amount of flour per bushel thee thin-sitioned tette without beards. ML 'Wait des a intuit' Lincoln and Wellaml. Perms—Plums are probably the largest rite bair 'NM° the sun The Safest A IND Most powerful alteratiVe ii (Adam alike benefited by its we, Tor or the ezaptive eases pedal* tie Ayer'e Sarsaparilla. Yotzeg tmel, Spring Chickens. In raising spring chickens select eggs of large stock. Not Shanghai; they are too ealied to SUOMI the chilling rains and cold. See *het the eeope are kept cleen. Give dry eend, or dry leached woad-ashee, to wallow ha or aifted soft-coel aehea, Feed 011 need fine meal dough. If it purges, brown it a little before mixing until the purging abates. Clive clean, cool water. See that the rear:cis contain nothing filthy. A little scalded milk curd *nee a day will facilitate the growth of the chiekie If rats infest the Free -oleo 0We the trout of the coolie with screen doors; if rev cold, with sheet -iron doors at night. If the weather hs very warm the sides or walls of the mem ebould be of aereen-wire cloth. The chicks will eruotla er in a tight coop. Chieka from amen egge are always sraell arid are too light fer early market, Dirt Eaters from Way Bacc "Say, Bill, do the dirt eaters date far bark:" "To the time of Noah, 1 suspect." "Gooduese, MATS -simian a Digger Indian!" did'ut say he wan. But we are told that he sail his family lived on dry land after they left the The Tennis Party. Alfred {a atuttererleellany tl-dear, 1. love ,-(bix Willy -you me-maenarry name! Alice --Marry you indeeil no? 1 dou't eare to be propesed to on the instalment plan, if you please. Modern Precocity, of lire-emekers ? Tama Papa,lohny, do you want a pack aterasresupplied TIIESDAIS, TEIURS .AXS h.aa SATUBDAYS at their eesulone Four-year-old—Nab I want or peek or ORDERS LEFT AT VIE SROP WILL Mt " ORME PROMPT ATTENTION. cigarettes. children. Aotlaii. else is so efrectIrla as thia medicines while lie Avow Me gavot make* • it ,Oaey to steletbse- Ater. "My lettle boy bad. large xerotee, lorte ulcers** bla peek and thwea fromwhich his buffered. torribly.. Two pbysielerea utten.Ied bita, but be grew e,ontinually r.-erse under their care, and everybody- exeeeted. be would die. Lea laeerd of tte reenaraable cures effected bY AXgrIg Sareeparlilta and decia.ed to have Per toy try It. Sliertly after he beg** eoliz take Oda medielzia, the! rieen come =co yet healing, said. After tie!ng several. tota,:s. te was leusire7 erae. A. Ile * Pow ee tealthy OVA strorog ae any boy et bia ege."—Withem F. Doegbatetre 1arempton, "To Hey inst, youngeet wad. tear.-.A,tu =flab,* Of,,,,"an to ItG,Te ;Jong, g',. 'a head laid bedy. We Op,. elled vetions eiraple enzeatee Wilbent AMU. The eoree lucrestied IP, number owl tit A...4.,Tgril tepicusly. A. Opal= olsli•loi, hilt the times continuell tz ruteateay until in a few mouths they - nee coYered the eloild'a TAW srel body. At ken we trean tho usa ot Ayerat Boa. lapnrilla. in is few daya reneket eliceige for the better 'au Thee nnrzs fviVaTta34 A More beeithy reerineme, the dacha:gee were gradually lelied, &lid finally motel aluzevelier. The child its skin La lusher. uutl it Appetite better thee. wo taro ettie Genet, for menthe.' —Faulk 31. eirlffixte .1..vzarr rota, Texas. " The formula of Ayer's Saraaparilhe preeeete, tor ebronie dieveees alrooet every laud, the beet rernedyelthown Ilzo =Meal werld."—D. Wtheecna Aeltweezte. Av,r's Sarsapariiis, r. J. 0. Ayer ac Co., towel, Wasp P$sa**; atxtetitea,et, 'Worth 44 a bottle% • Exeter .1:Sutoter 6Lioix 11,DAVIS Butcher 86 General Dealer Kt& WADI EAT bi A Secondmy Concideration. Miss Lenox.—Ifas your church closed fax 1 the eummer yet? Mies Murraybill— they here. In Owen emind and along the goiug, as, you know, Pa refuses to leavel ow Lost, How Restored No, but I've stopped H Georgian Bay the crop is good. But while town until July, and I can't allbril to let 1 Just published, a new edition rif Dr. Citivera religion interfere with my standing in1 wawa Velebrnied FolasY ons bx rtglield auto a society. The Grave of a Little Child. There's a spot on tho hillside fax away, 1•N here lis Summer the grass growsgreen; Where beneath a rustling elm tree's shade A moss covered stone is seen. 'Tis a quiet and unfrequented spot, A solitude long and wild; Yet somebody's hopes are buried there— 'Tis the grave of a little child. In Winter, alas! that mossy stone Is hid 'math a shroud of snow. But around it in springtime, fresh and sweet, The daisies and Niloiets grow, And. o'er it the ..iiilinibr'breezes blow Witledli.hgrance soft and mild, And the'Autumn's dead leaves thickly strew That grave of a little child. And every year there's a redbreast comes When the month of May is nigh, And. builds her nest in this quiet spot 'Mid the elm tree's branches high; With her melody sweet by the hour she trills As if by the scene bogmled ; Perhaps, who knows, 'fas an angel comes To the grave of that little child Yes, somebody's hopes lie buried there; . • Some mother is weeping in vain, For though years may come and years may go 'Twill never come back again. Yes, blessed are those who die in youth, The pure and the undefiled, Some roads to heaven perhaps run through That grave ole little child. WALTER FREES. the crop is good we hare had more "eur- euse" to light than we have had for several years. Growers are using Paris green, ana where it is being usea material damage is un+ expected. In sections where the wea- ther has been showery, rot has set in, especi- ally enacting Washington and Lonileird. Upon the whole, the plum crop will he above the average. ....--.6-.••••811111-"•10414111.-, Etiquette at St. James's. Etiquette is the very life and health of a Court. It is observed even in the arrange- ment of seats. Oneaah side of the small dais, intended exclusively for royalty, are rows of chairs which, I was told, are definitely and clearly assigned, not bylaw, but by absolute though unwritten custom, to the different orders in the social scale who accept the Queen's invitation. yo one but those pre- scribed might occupy them. Thus on one side are Duchesses and Marchionesses '• on the other, Ambassadresses and ladies of the Corps Diploroatique. It wasmygood fortune to witness a very pretty and graceful little ceremeny in connection with these distinct- ions,when ayoungand beautiful brid e arrived, who, within the lasti few months had becom a Du.chess. This was her first appearance as such at a Court ball, and she was making her way diffidently toward the' position to whicbher neWly-acquired rank entitledlier when the whole of the Duchessespresent rose simultaneously to greet their sister -peeress and receive her into their circle. When the Germans beg= to study. the tribes around Astrolabe Bay, in New umea, a while ago they were very much interested to and that quite a number of Russian words had been incorporated into the vari- ous languages. The circumstance was easily explained by the fact that the Russian ex- plorer Maclay had lived for some time among these peoples. It shows how easily it came about that. these Papuan languages have a very large admixture of Polynesian and Malayan elements. Culture of Eases. Vick's Magazine gives the followingof in- terest in rose culture: "An annual enriching of tho soil, winter protection when needed, destruction of injurious insects ana proper pruning constitute the essentials of its culti- vation. In the 'first place, if the plants are provided with plenty of fertilizing material m a form they eau take up and assimilate when they commence to make their first growth in the spring, they will, by their in- creased vigor, 13e better ableto sustain them- selves against mildew and insects; thus en- riching the soil secures at the same time the ability to produce more and better flowers and to contend against parasiticadversaries. Well rotted. stable manure, or the commer- cial phosphates, will supply the needed nutriment. A garden syringe and some whale oil soap with which to make a solu- tion in water, are pretty much all that are needed to fight insects with. The asap water will destroy the green fly and the slug, and keep at bay thelittlerosehopper or thrips, and , while used principally against these insects, it will impede the work of some others. If the leaf roller should ap- pear to be active about the time the buds are filling it can be crushed between the leaves, looking the bushes oyer carefully for this purpose. The correct pruning of roses must bebased on the fact that the flowers tue produced on the new wood. To keep up a supply of new wood is the point to be aimed at. The new shoots grow from those which are produced last, and have become hard and ripened, as it is technically called. The spring pruning should be deferred until the most severe weather is past, but it should be done while the buds are yet dor- mant. The skill to decide how much wood to remove can be acquiredonlyby experience A strong, vigorous plant can be allowed more proportionately than a weaker one. If a few large blooms are wanted prune short; for the greatest quantity, prune long. To get any good. results from climbing roses, prun- ing must beattencled to systematically every year, and it is for want of this attention that they so speedily become ill looking. With proper pruning reed beautiful effects eau be predueed with them on walls, pillars. or trellises. How to Test Dairy Salt. • The following method of testing salt used for dairy purposes is laid down by salt manu- facturei s. It is a simple test 'and can be tried by any oue: The most practical method of testing salt in the .absence of a chemical analysis, and one so simple that any dairy- man can satisfy himself of the purity or COm. parative, cpublities of dairy salt ' Take as many common drinking glasses or large test tubes as there ate samples of salt to examine, and fill each alike with clear, pure wa,ter ; then disolve a teaspoonful of salt from each sample and note the compari. son from the instant the salt is added. The solution showing the least scum, ziedimeat,, A Cultivated Ear, Little Girl (during a thunder storm)— Mamma, do they have music in heaven? "Yes, my dear." Little Girl—Well, I guess Wagner must be leading the orchestra. Convinced. Police Captain—" Have you attended to that burglary at Mr. Goodmim's house!" Detective—" Yes; been at work on it all day." "What is your conclusion?" "A robbery has been committed." "Very well. Now go to work on these other oases." eit °raisers and Battle -Ships. First Citizen—" I hear thegovernment has rejected one of the new cruisers. What was the matter with 5*1" Second Citizen—" I persume it hadn't enough speed to get away from a foreign battle -ship." Those Neighbor Children. Fond Mother—" I have called Johnnie a dozen times to come in and go on an errand, but he wont come. He is out there playing with one of the neighbor's chil- dren. ' Caller (meaningly)—"Ile--won't—comer Fond Mother— "No. Those neighbors children ought to have more respect for my feelings than to go on playing with him after he has been called, and I shall send them home this instant." Her Choice of Hammock. Sweet Sixteen—" Have you hammocks for sale ?" Salesman—" Yes, mum; double or sing- le ?" Sweet Sixteen (blushing furiously)—"Why —eh—well let me see • oh, yes, Cousin Nell is coming to visit me shortly, so I guess I'll take the double one," and the salesman wrap- ped up a large smile in the bundle as he made the sale. illItnIATOR41101., or incapacity induced by eX001111 OE early indiscretion. The eelebrated author, in this admirable etiesIso dearly demonstrates from 4 thirty yens* tweet:Leda pulite, that the atarmiart coneequenees of aalf. abuse may he radially cured; pointing out ts mate of cure at once simple, certain and off:34nel, b31. means of which every aufferer, no matter wbatbia. acidities, may beonny cure himself cheaply, pd.. lately and radfosity. Sr Tisk lecture shonld be in the handsel' war yen* and every num id the land, Sent under es1, in o plain envelope, to any ad' dress, poetimld, on receipt of tour cents, or two, postage stamps. Samples of Idelloineiree. Address Ile Thought He'd Better. 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