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The Sentinel, 1881-04-22, Page 7FARM AND GARDEN. Seasonable Topics Sensibly Dis- cussed. raving :Timber- Taking Care of the Or- chnrei-aielerting Tree,. for Planting - !Flower Mir -ed Vitality -Mow to Minrt Compiled by a Practical _Agriculturist.) ion wing Mother. 'rhe farna-r ..itt in his easy chair. 1;e•tu yen the tire and the lamplight's glare His face was ruddy aml full and fair ; 11 is three small boys in the chimney nook t'onne.1 the lines of a picture book. tlis %% ire, tlie pride of his home and heart, Baked the biscuit and made the tart Laid the table and steeped the tea, 17t Iti V. swiftly, sileatly: Tiret. and xs ear3- and weak and faint, She bore her trials•without coniplaint Like 7 uy unothe-r salli - bliss allove, Iti th tient ministry of love. At last. between the clouds of smoke That v..reittlied his lips, the husbitial spoke : "f1u1,. tilX('S to raise an int'rest to pay- An.I el there should come a rainy day. . :T wou Id be mighty hamlv. bound to 'say, T• live sun tpthin' put by. For folks must die. An' there's funeral &ills, and gravestuus to buy - Enough to swamp a man, party nigh ; Besides, there's Edwani and Dick and Joe _ To bo provided for when we go. - So 'f 1 was you, I'll tell ye what I'd du: 1%1 be savize of wood as ever 1 could- - Extra tires don't du any good - 11 be savin' of sope savin' of • ile, And 11111 rip sorne can once in a while,; 1%1 be rather sparin' of coffee an' tea, - -For sugiu- is high, And all to buy, . Arui eider is good enough drink for. me; kind o' careful- &bent my- . - • Anil look out sharp how -the money goes - Gewgaws_ i? useless, nater knows; • Extry trannthe • 'S the bane of wamen. • I'd !sell off ihebest of the cheese and honeY, - • And eggs is as good, night about, .6. the money; '- And as to the carpet yeti wanted new, guesswe can make the'old one-dn. , _ And as for the washer an eewie machine; . yttein- saiolth-ninguell agent's sp.pesky.uman, better et rat Of :ear slick andel-eau: -What do-- they knoW: abont Womezils-Work Derthev t. LIkilatt v, us both to shirk ?"'' •• Dick -and Itldward and little Joe -.:•- Sitt-•in the- corner in a mw. • Saw -the patient mother go - ()a ceaseiesis . Tliey saw_ that her-hirmWILS:liefit ami thin, 11 er teniples.grey, her cheelcs•sank in ; They 1411W 11;.' or lip and then _with a Wrath he:could not smother - Otitsia)ke the-,youngeSt,lfritilZst "You -talk of savire worst • . tea an' '-agar, tire--wli Ile, lidt_yottiteVer talk.of,saval'-inetlier! iiiincwist- • Can yea of any -of -your readers tellaii.e • how :to Re SiX acres, of: Canada fallecting one year; andploughing fent- c-r dye-times,thern? know 'of . „ - • ;Lev oriewho has tried this - remedy, and if . . - . se, what has been the resuli-? asks a Corres- . . ..,,,,„deat of . an agricultural contemporary-. :We'have. l'Opeattcily tried this"-niode and• : Seen- It trie(1:171ricitice.rs,,:ttud: litve g,leen_the _ reSidt".. iri. ;former -volumes. When- clone t}iriuh Iv. so that.. every_ :plant. has - beeti.. burted_under the_ - -,f rpm.lit corn- meriemnt. of the - work - till: mid:aututuff, , been suceessful:: • 'When' . the _ploughing has -been... -occasionally-- neglected • till; a. feW -plants -.get-above the:sin-face, it -".-hrtaiuviolably failed. Oit beavy-'soilssthe -rernedv.:is, a Comparatively- eesy.0!Ie; 011 -the ..plouglring7 Muse, be deeper • and' oftener.Auy- 'neglected plantri..alOng • fertecei„ ortunder stone- heaps „Will k-eeri, the: _ -_Tho roughly tutiiing, the .aveeds_well; under inst. before•blossoming„• . arid iiev-er.allowing one',t0- peep afterwards; ..,wili hill all by the Ist of -October. and leave tbeland in excellent . condition for winter' .wheat. Imperfectlyperfortned the this.tles • cannot be killed in one hundred years. IFiene Orthsirda Now. • - • , , ..Allpereous Who have an -orchard should go laver iticarefelly now; cuttingalltveigsoff •'which, have the eggs of the tent-Citterpillara, • depoSited on ' They can, now be detected by careful elas-elvatiore.and for the benefit_of" those who do not know them we will -give a slight cleacription of tb eel.. They • are ttf it dark greycolor,..al most: b,rown • resembling the bark of :the tree;:andferia a generally- about hal! in .-incle whialeeernpletely- circles- the twig -6n -which" they are deposited,And-as the warrn weather Approaehes _this grows, somewhat larger.. . All 41111 trees which have Mesebarkwould be benefited, by 'scraping the -body and large 'limbs with -a hoe,beingcareful not to -injure. • the lOwee bark : after. Which they. -.should- . -be washed: ,tt•ith lyc or cliluted,saft. Young treeswhieh. have ernoeth bark do not rtea-4.scraping;:but ,tlie Washing would -do .therri•good.:Jf !you desire heavy crops of -fruit, you xi:mat-keep the -land riCh 011- 0.1icii:the, trees are planted. They-prodrice• bettef and are less liable 'to disease, I‘elieting Tree* for Planting. l'eraonsof experience Lamest :invariably - Select innell trees; whetheitheyareintended . for shade; orintmeritation er did prOdUction. _ of:fruit.' On the' cstnItrary, persona who havehadnoexperietice in the roatter chooae. - the'scr„ that are:quite large :and tall.-- They have anideA that they will effeet. a gain_ of -several Veari-igrowtli by -planting very large • trees; - 'Observation end .experience show that. such - is.- not the case, large- tree that has seVeral. tiMes•, -trariSplaiited in, the nursery_ grounds; the. roOtS andbraticheSbeirigjudiciously pruned' at „eaeli time.-iney,.if great care be taken itt the digging up and setting out, be made to -grow Steadily When' piacedin, a- .pertnanent sittiation. 4 Tuio-,-however,,,if the trans:: planting be done in.',:_the ordinary careless, -• hien:net, the tree Will show Signs of Vitality . -.during tWo Or three years, and Will -then perish. Sometimes. a .few :branches: will. and...at other times .asuckef will shoot :out on oneside, butin either case the treo will be wanting- itt sYmmetry. -and. beauty. -Generally, a treeeleffets by removal itt - -propertionto its age and ',Size: If it is, _young: andeinall; it: can • be=--;:irantiplauted •- witlfoUt tiny essential ihjury to- the roots ,7-if.,:liovveVer, it la large, it willbe- -very_diffre. chlt.tapievent injury_latherootal-Thtreee _ - .not more than three years tridreceive-after they are. transplanted the sarnectiltivation they,- would"- have . received had they Ternallied iii the nursery;,- they will rarely - fail -to n:lake a ;good 'growth... 'Some- persons- _ :insist ori_ teceivhig, notrees- that are not straight an -d tall; and are,- perhaps; ignorant Of the fact that t11 SPrecimeari- Of -certain varieties: are crooked - and conipara.tivery • short, Dealers-Wile:are ,anxiousitoplease, r their customerS; who are not -very birds _ . . . _ _ scrupulous, will satisfy their demand giving thetrees of the form and size demand, but which are not true to n Perambulating tree -venders seldom c as samples any trees, that are not straight and cowered with smooth b They will label and bill them to suit demands of . customers. Trees ha extremely long or tap roots can onl transplanted with any prospect of t living when they are quite small. T obtained of local nurserymen are m more likely to live and thrive than t procured froin a distance. They are ou the ground a shorter time, are injured by exposure, are subjected to the s climatic influences they have been ac torned to, and are generally planted i s by ' which must have proved very remunera- they tive prices. The highest price was paid ame. for game birds -a proof that cock fighting arry is still popular among the English gentry. tall, Canadian farmers often complain that ark. they cannot get good steady hands. One the reason is famers' hours are too long, and ving men prefer public works, in tovvns. There y be are in England good farm hands who often heir work twenty years for one farmer. - rees ucli hose Latest Scottish Notes. t -of • The snow -block on the Caithness & Suth- almeseri erland railway lasted a fortnight and a day cus- The proposed new bridge over the Isla, u a between Blairgowrie and Coupar-Angus, sod sinlilar to that in ,which they form stood. Quick Growth and. Quality.. The shorter the time in which a cro potatoes -can be matured the ber tte quality will be. It -is therefore not adv ble to plant them till the weather m-oderately warm and the soil iu good c dition to be worked. The applicatio suitable manures is desirable not only increasing the product of a field but causing the plants and tubers to meter fast as possible. Seasons of protrac drouth are very unfavorable for the prod tio- n of .potatoes, as they cause a delay. in their growth. The., best potatoes found in any market came from regions where the seasons are short and where drouths do not ordinarily occur. - The poorest are raised where the climate is very _ebangeable and -where cold rains are succe•Med by intense beat and -long periods Of dryness. The most northern states and territories pro- duce the best potatoes for the reason that the climate is favorable to a continuous growth. With the exceptiotkof the earlier varieties that mature before Very hot , and dry_ weather occurs, 'potatoee are an unprofitable crop in inost of the southern states,' •• - ! - . Starting Ananli . Few persons living- in .tho bountrycen avail theniselyes of the advantages of a green•hOuse . and anany have. DO In:3044.in ,which thq• cah. start Small flowering plants or vegetables:. --..-Mittry pia:tits,. Cultivated for _their .flowers, are of -.sa Slow. growth -that they 110notbIesSoni • quite la.te •-in the fall'if ,their seeds %are not 'planted 'till:the soil in the garden ia. in :a -condition to be This, year the. time for planting- willbe-uintsually late, even-. if the' weather soon 'becomes warm and.7reinains. ea per, naanently:: Many partsof the west anew. lies on. the .ground to the .depthof -three or four foot, while:frost extenda :below the _surface' to aia iqual:aistanco-, if -persons expect.la raise .119werit frotn .annual planta, oeta-pioducti . vegetable's early: part- -pr-tiker:gpd$0p, -they - 'must DOntrive.some means. .- to -goitre/late give the plents:. a start before-:,. the soil in the, garden', is' 'id c,onditioti to retieive,thein..-lt IS uSeless to plant seedir 111 the open ground whezi tire temperatuteds too - • , p_w- to: insure germination- or -When t soil 'is to damp ar,o; to ..eanse them to Man -:rxiay- . be :Ater tedr. xcelletitadvantagein the's:els. Tire _ee.he . , -of _ft -re --kitchen and .sitting,roorniresufficie to instil -6 gerte i tuition; while the 'requisi anioutit.Of light te:prodn'ee IL strong -grow Of the -young -plants veill.te-furnislied..by-t1 esee4g.,..narty be planted' in..srna its, which Are --pla.ceci-en- flower,stiand shor-t- distance- .ftoin. the window.. "We rooted -.plantr-ectort.he reincived. from:emit pota With -little trouble. 111141 the.ehange do _ not:- .ordinarily_iriterfere-With -their. grow t VetbenaS; pariaiPs,_ arid -mAny other plan- -can: be started id- hexes ". placed ti window -sills. ',Boxes two feet _wide, si "iiiicheri-deep, and 0! -A -length to c.orrespon with the size of the window occupy li. - - tie•spit,co,and do notinjute the_appearanee of tho room. -They sliduld hefilled with "earth; which should be pressed down,quite- firmly. -Care ShOulcle -taken ',•to [-prevent u , the- surface from becoming dry: •The•aeed shoulti be pirolted in -raw -a; the nanie. being Written_ With a peracilOn the side. of the -box; Bexes in -which raisins: are - packed atlawer. very Well for the purposeaf.starting,plants in.: When the weather becothea nioderately -wertn:the'boxes containingthe plants .maybe , taken out Of the dopra-_during theday-: tithe endreturned to houie at: night.. .d3y adopting this course theplants.generfilly .:becerne, hardened to eiposure.-•ancli- are oinchanotelikely to thrive well:than those which are started. in tegreeteliOultie or hot-. Platitrestarteds. arid: constantly kept -Where the .Atmo.spliere very warm -and moist suffer 'greatly_ 'when'. transferred to -the'open air, ard i'several:Weeks are::gener, ally required.for,them - to _.-becOnre.: Accits, 'toured to their new .ailtrounding,s: _ - , -•. . Vitality .of FloWer.. .Stimell9we.r .rieedie will .geripiniste :When - picric than one year old. • Asters, stocks and some other sorts are _Werth' ese the' Second:, rieeSen.- Of a large nuMber • -of- varieties portion -will germinate the, second year, but not a _very high :percentage,',stieli as .Phlok,'verbena-. a.nd, -many °there:. ,fiteds --Hayed in-a:favorable season and -Pr.oPerly dried,- will, -of course,- remain geed longer than these frayed in. .an .linfAvorahle year,. or 'carelessly_ cured: . a found 'Heeds are good . longer than -I thin,: flat - ones,Df the smallest are good as . long -baIsitio 'seeds- are generally aeknowledgedto be -better-than new. Last- AutriMer, in: the-gardett of _a 7_•gernirin 4 tfaw-some: 40,wers from -seeds :-brought: frorn old country sixteen years 'before.. . She had -petuidas; portulacte and gourds. • .misoitancs on . - erly will now shortly be proceeded with. The Dowager Ducheris of Roxburghe arrived at Windsor Castle on the 21th, and p of had the honor of dining with Her Majesty. the The Earl of Aberdeen has been appointed Lord High Commissioner to the next Gen - is eral Assembly of the Church of Scotland. OD - n of The congregational meeting in the I3ap- for tist chapel, Galashiels, have invited Mr. D. for R. Key, student, Glasgow, to be their pastor. e as l Sheriff Traytier, who has been appointed ted to succeed the late Mr. Frederick L. M. uc- Heriot as sheriff of Forfarshire was intro- duced to the bar on the 25th. lIon.-Josiali Henry Symon, attorney general for South Australia, is the second on of the late Mr. Robert Symon, cabinet - Maker, Stirling. - -Rev-. G. Watson Cumming; of Whiteinch, was on the 24th inducted .by the Linlith- gow Presbytery to the pastorate .of the Free Church, Grangemouth. . • The good folks of St. Joseph, Mich., haven recognized the abilities of Mr. Lawrece C. -Fyfe, solicitor; a native of Fortes, by send- ing him to represent them in the State Legislature. Jarnes Menzies, railway clerk, Path ter- race, Dundee, committed suicide by drown- ing on the 25th on account of the death of his...wife two days previous. An infant. survives. - Mr. Charles Macdonald, solicitor, died at Thurso on the 25th. Four oil live years ago the Bank of 'Sdotland- opened, ah agency in Thureo;,of which Mr. Macdonald was the actint g joinagent. - - The well known chess player, Mr. C. M. -D Baxter, of undee; is dead. : Some of his finest stratagems are to . be [found itt. the pages Pierce's " English chess problems.", and Miles' ".Chess gertts." _ „ The late -Dr. -Forbes, of -Millburn, has left X.4,000; which after the death of an annui- tant will be available for ti founding of ,bursaries open to - natives of Inverness of the name of Ferbes: Rev. jOhn McFarlane at oire.tirnemin - ister of the U..r. 'Church in Albion chapel, MoOrfielda London' and latterly of a Con- gregational church' at Alaidenhead, died - suddenly on the 23rd in Cockpen Free church... . . , - - • - - he . - of, .Mr.-Maekenzie, of Kintail has intimated to toliis, tenants that they: mu 'send their at. sheeptohis pasturage in the. Glen for a nt. few weeks to' assist them in 4ding over the -e ceroonps.eq...itences of, the.. the -turnip th- • re , consequence - of a- recent landslip, 'Hundrilee- Cave, near:Jedburgh,taii entirely a disappeared.- This Cave, which censisted 11- Of three- ap.artmerits Of considerahle,ditnen7 11 -sions,' st-as cut out -02 precipiee of the red - es sandstone _ . I Theaction bylciabella Milne OrMeCtilloch, tg -Craigievar, Kilere,ggate.whose husband,..a ie shipownerin GIZgoiv, was sobadlyinjurecl x in the railway a.cicident at Penniiee- that he d' 'afterwards- died, -has beeh coniprothised. The Widow claimed, ,414,000 -damages; but by the.arrangeinent'shegets . A drinking .fonntain, presented to the town of Kirkintilloch by Bailie- Wallace, was formally -handed • over to-, the police commissioners on the 22nd hist; .. The fountain dreef cast. iron, and stAnds on four and ie surmounted by I a gas lamp, the Whole structureheing about twelve feet- • . On the -23rd ainstatit Thomas Aitkin, trathP, entered ahouse • in .-Batligate, Lin-. litngowahire, in whicha lad named Petr Gray 'resides-, - and. thrust a walking:stick .heavily loaded with a piece of iron7-which appeared to have been the broken -socket of a. graip or -spade -down: the lairs throat No reason. is given for the outrage': The ruffian is in prison. -- A mixture of bone dust and ashes, is said. to be the best feAiiizer for strawberries. Be sure to give the cut portion of large wounds on trees a Coating of shellac: dis- s9lved in alcohol, or when very large, wrap up in moist clay and cow manure. , The trees usually- found Manitoba, are the oak, poplar, ash, elm, ash -leaved maple, white birch and basswood. These all grow to a -good size.- In places tamarack, balsam and -spruce are rnet with, sometimes in large numbers., The bushes are hawthorn, hazel, chokecherry, red cherry, ;wild rose, gooseberry, buffalo berry, high -13118h cran- lairtry end several kinds of willow. The black raspberry and bramble are not found in -Manitoba. We see it reported that at the late poultry . . show - at Birmingham, Englan.d, some of the best birds on exhibition were sold at prices that remind us of the days when our own -poultry breeders were badly affected • with what was called the 1.! Shanghai fever." A blatk and red game cock Went Off at $500, and several other ' were sold at from $100 to $150 eacb, .There died at - Thurso lately .a. lineal representative of theOncePoWirful chiefs of theillfeckays of Strathhaver,: namely, Ilugh. Angus Mackay. . The. 'deceased was; born and lived iti Thurso .411 his days. . At his death be had in his 'possessien'tbe'flag of the clan; which had. been handed down to him -through. fonrteen. generatotta;- and is- -said to be 500 years old. - - :' , . ::- : , A liberal dono,tion-, has been placed , -in the hands Of the ROyal Scottis 'Academy,- -Edinburgh,- by Mr. John Long, of the Dun- dee Advertiser, to - be devoted. to the.pur- pose of aesieting- any young student of the academy wife might'. Wish : to travel on the continent for -a -year or so in pursuit of Ids. studies'. A tombstoneerected itt GreenlaWchurch- Yard in ineniorY of . the Rev. John Hume, who died in 1773, ,after having been forty, Vireo Years .naihister , of, the parish, has been taken Possession of by some thiauthor- the stone- rehewn preparatory to -Its being ized -perfein the inscription obliterated and -Pnt up; presumably, on the burying -ground of the perpetrittor.of the Outrage. • Tbe-COngregatIennf Crown Court church, London .(of whichthe celebratedDr. Cum- ming was so long the pastor) have resolved to present a calltothe Rev. DonaldMcLeod, Established-ChurchoTedbUrgh. Itwas also -resolved to effer. that gentleman a. stipend ,of s 1,000guineas per annum; tokether ;with a maince; as Well as other additional advan- tages. •Mr. 41eLeod-rhas been actively 'engaged iti ministerial labors Janice- 1861. At a meeting of the Council of the Gfelic Society of[Inverness theother daY,aletter was read from -;11-k - Fraser-Xackintosh Urging that seine steps should be taken to form a now Highland.regithent, Obi:yowled the.Iniernes.s Highland-ers,-and to be linked with the 70th _Cameron Highlanders... Mr. Mackintosh pointed out that large: barranka. _ are now in course of :erection at Inverness, and, as Fort -George -is inconvenient and not popular Withofficers or men, he should not be surprised to Ape: them ere long dui - headquarters of -four battalions and two -regiments of militia-. TEA TABLE G -Some people have the fa ing themselves very busy nothing to do. - The apparent height of Truth's fashion critic, is d length of her dress. - Cream or coffee colo appear a half inch below protects the skirt from the d -Toronto has given an o dog tags. These cost 5 cent are sold to the citizens for 40 -The noses of some rneer ers color a great deal SOO pipes. -" He a doctor," said ol speaking of a young practiti he could not cure a ham." -The License Commissio ford have issued twenty-one t twelve shop and one wholesa -Peacock blue is good fe people, and they are not pe A blonde should never att whole bird show. -A western editor who at paper called it "The &nal everybody would take it where it was.,. ,--Charnpagne color in silk. cade gives the idea of lit freshly poured Heidsick-c faint pink tinge. -The giraffe has 'never utter a -sound. In this respe a young lady in a street car man gives up his seat. --Sir Henry Bessemer exp with his • new telescope to paper ,at the distance of thr • miles. A far-seeing man, Si --As Lent goes out, the m appearance. Housekeepers before putting, away winte besprinkle thein with careph -The :Evangelical Chum he exahiple of- abolishing' he ecent. 'edition, "substituted hat -word -BO objectionable to - _ TheBells Shandon, -That soubd so grand •The pleasant 'waters 'Of the River Lee HaVe not the power, At the dinner hour, • • Of the bell that'suam • Mary Jane and me.. Thittons , for ladies' dre as were once used on Inas Y ng gentlemen will soon tarantelles and to carry paras is stated that. the t Imperiel Coal, Oil -,Cempany Ont.,- for the - supply Of core houses throughout the - Dom heit three yea,. rslirt.s been ate s may, .perhaps, -' be ersOns afflicted with coughs aladiea to know that the wea rognosticate • plessant Nvea. • Itt 11:1 -"Look here boy," said a " you are telling -me a -falsel read it :in your face:" -"W know yeu can't read -worth a: your _spectacles' - - -If- you were to tell a- n make -a fortune by shaking hollering„.be_might not belies!' is' the way. Buffalo Bill lias. $100,000.on the stage. - TIIE LAST ' ' .1 have left my life behind. in - I hate buriednigheart-to4 • And t Urn ed the lock in the And given tliii-jtey away. .I conie days of Ion -- ing- ), 1.1ays cg. unspeakalde drei I!" it I shall go back in spiri oleok iny precious flea . - . _ But T filial' not faint nor falt „ Nir #how by word nor sign 1-10WI thourn fer what lies bi ied• . In this graveyard -heart Of line. • .--The .cleeorative art in tint. .Miss .Nonaufait--" What a' charinif g :love of a cup Marked: Tem and Jerry! ' " Gentle: manly vendor of- y s, we sell large number_ of them." • But haven't you some. I -narked lifford and Alvord, or Bertie and Georgie?? _ - A scientist .named Mivit will:soon issue a. 'Work 'on the _eat," sa, 8 the New Haven- register. We've done "t1 at already. It Was,a heamyvepy of Shells') are's plays, and we issued it ".from • hird-storey window, and it took her right tween the shoulders, and We hope it brok her blamed back. - SSIP. ulty of mak- en they have woman, says ided by the d lace may he skirt. It st. der for 2,500 apiece, and en ts. chaum amok - r than their Chawbacon, net. "Why, ers of Brant - cern licenses, only a few cocks, either. mpt to be a rted a news - ox," so that len they got nd satin bro- e bubbles on amy, with a en known to it resembles hen a gentle- cts to be able ea:d a news - and a half Henry;: h makes his ould do well, clothes, to an - has -set - , and, - in 7a, Hades " ler a,rs .polite, , es are such aline attire.„ egin to play - der -Of the of London, _oil forAiglit ion for- the ted. insoling for d catarrhal er prophets ler .for next tern parent, od. I 'Can y, pa, •you ent without he. could a`knife and it, but that ccuthulated •veyard . • shoemaker it New York as adopted 11-; novel mode of advertishig.", large dog stands front of his -Store, bedding A -basket. filleci .with business c isle in, his itintith. • lib can' he seen ithie •st.throligh the whole day except:when. he i celled into :the shop to get his dinner, _ . Angry .wife (tone, 1s that you. -Charles?" :hesb Zash me." - Ahgty. wife -"Here e 1 been . standing at the head: of -the tairethese two hours Oh, ,Charles;_. hew in you?" -ilellyhusbetid (bracing--up)-7--" S tandiii! oii yonillead en t'shtaira? -Jenny,I' shprised I How can 1? .By Jove, penitl wo hours, too? woman!" The Market Pince in Jerusniem. In the market place thronged the peas- ants, chiefly women. Each sat beside her basket, calling to the passers to buy of her. There were poor fowls tied helplessly by their two feet, huge cauliflowers front the well -watered gardens of Siloam, oranges, lemons, citrons and dates heaped up together, and here end there, but not often, a bunch of spring blowers. The days were passed, with little . promise of retaining, when St. Jerome wrote of the vallec ,, about Jerusalem as " pleasant and woody spots full of delighttul gardens watered from the fountain of Siloam." The gardens of roses of his day are now but heaps of dust, only the memory of them smells sweetly ; what has been may yet be again. Now and again a man with lemonade or simple drinking water cried' in a shrill voice, " Come bey of me," while he cli,,ked the brass cups at his side to attract cus- tomers. The poor women and the little children sat on the bare stones dressed hi their tattered and beautiful clothes, their naked arms braceleted up to the elbow with silver and glass ornaments, chains of silver about their necks, coins of silver and even gold linen their heads. How was it that with all these possessions they were ouly sellers of eggs and vegetables? In truth., these peasants carry all they possess upon their poor tired bodies; they have no savings bank where to keep their earnings, they must carry them always with them ; so when they have bought three pairs of thick bracelets, rings for each finger, and chains for the neck, they set to work to sew the coins themselves upon their head- -dreases,which they never leave off. not even while sleeping. _ • In one street, oil, olives and salt fish were set out in glazed. dishes -upon the - board which .served as •a counter; while rope, nets, candles and corks were Hung from the roof inside, barrels of sardines stood on either side of the entrance, with fish brought from the sweet, cool Wateiii of the Sea of Galilee, from whose pebbly _shore's a ferrePookfishermen still draw their livelihood, while_ their scattered mud huts cccuPy., the site of the ,cities of the Past. - At another stall tobacco -alone -was sold. In.a third only soap, Made into all manner • of shapes -soap crosses; soap hearts, soap adios. A fourth'contained fruit and - - . . vegetabIespiledteinptinglytogether. A fifth bread only. - In the teat sat a barber, wait- ing for heads to be shaved; his booth hung round with inlaid hand -mirrors - and, embroidered towels: Through narrow arches to right ana to -left_ were seen the bazaars for cottou .and ' -/ unpleasantquarter, which happily could silk clothing, as they stretched in far per- Spective, awity19 th_e meat bazaar, la:most avell-be avoided. : .t • -Ifayoung than m a street car 1.4ives. up - his seat ..to a pretty young lady: he will be • accused of partiality-, if he gives it up to an - Ugly old' lady; it will be said he does it for effeet. The average mean plan for him to adopt is to keep the seat -IiiM,seff, ahd see nothing but the paper he is readine, • GENTS WANTED.- FOR, . 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These lands are situated in the conn aft and Marquette, and embrace many thousands of acres e of Michigan. • ippewa and, Mackinac are _tracts of wbat are - known as the ds offer many advantages over the prairie lands of the west, air pply-of fUel at little cost. The soil being a rich Play loam of pon the land being generally sufficient for the settler's use in - ow offered at the low price of from $4 to $4.50 per acre, one - chasers option, at any titue within nine years, with interest Destined to the best wheat Mau ties of Chippewa, Mackinac,School' the best agricultural lands in the St ." Among those in the counties of burnt or cleared " lands. These la thetimberlands adjoining insurell great depth. --The timber remaining builditige,nd fencing. Thesepartially -cleared lands are, fourth cash,=and the remainder at pi payable annually at 7 per ennt. .Roads are being opened througla se lands, and no bett‘ opportunity has ever been offered. to -Men of sniall means to secure It good arm, and intending purchasers- will be wise by availing themj selves of this_chance_ before prices rel ance, as the lands.are being rapidly taken and settled upon. -The lands rnore immediately on th lino of the Detroit, aiiickirme ct Marquette railroad, from the. , Straits of Mackinac to Marquette, a,r( more heavily timbered, and are almost universally .good agrij -cultural lairds, leaving splendid farm' when the thnber isremoVed. The -iron _and lumber interests of tl tipper peninsula are of such magnitude at to call for all:the charcoal and luinber that the tinibe and wood upon the lands will produce -this will enable,the settler tcrtnake good wages while Cie ingthe land • ,.. • ,_ Lumber mills and charcoal kiins it 1.1 be built al various points along -the line, • and furmiceitare• now being erected along the line of t e road at Point St. lgnace. .Thegres,t deniand and good price- for labor, both in •winter a,nd summer, make these landsinr- ticularly desirable as homes for the I or min. The lands adjacent the railroad are offeretfat prices from $5 upwards, according to locati n, value of tin:the; etc. The lands are at your very door, and are being rapidly- settled by Canadian • - For paniphlets,lnapaandothi3r lid' ation, address, W. 0.- STRONGatin CominiSsioner, . . 9 d menthol" Butlding.,' Detroit, Michigan 39 Newberry a ut •