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CAH1DIAN APPLE TRADE, A GOOD DEMAND IN THE ENGLISH MARKET. I Darertsmalelv tfce B*s>ert* free* lor I. mm Mslrtets are net Bsuraraf tac-rrekwMy i Hack > Team air a ere* Will a* starkelaMe, *>! Ik* Less stay ke Haste -i IB swlllv "Mils *r MM *>r.i*>-T- Cra* ! the artllesr rrevlaee* Ihr Lanrrsl r.r Tears. The apple export trade in Canada i* of comparatively recent growth. Prior to the year 1M6 little attention was paid to the business), and our apple* were hardly known in England, where they now have the n viable reputation ef being among the best ,f not the very best, imported. The increase in thi* trade with the mother country in the pas* 25 yean ha* been enormous. In 1888 only about 34,000 barrels wore export*! by ('-anada, and a considerable quantity of theee went to the United States. In 18W- 93 more than 500,000 barrels were shipped from Montreal and Halifax to the old coun- try alone, while nearly 250.000 barrels want to the United State* to find their way to nssgtand by mean* of shipment from New York, Boston and Portland. The trad* last season was the dullest for many years, owing principally to the short crop, the fnsithaviagbeeB badly damaged by a eerie* of heavy (tores*. Lea* than a hundred thous- and barrels were shipped to the old country, and so ibert, indeed, wa* the yei'.d that even the withdrawal of this small quantity left the heme market V IV inadequately applied, and prices were in consequence much increased over those of previous and w:nler. However small the yield may j he, the English demand will, as far as poas- iole, lie satisfied, and the home consumer will either have to pay big rate* for ipples ' or be consented with veiy interior fruit. Another fertile cause of bad apple crops in Ontario ha* been the truit posts, which are causing serious alarm to many grower* in all paruof the province, and recent report* tate that they an on the increase, cot only in southern, but in middle and northern Ontario, where moat of the or- chards, being younger, might be expected to bo in a healthier condition. The diffi- culties of the fruit raiser, and, indeed, of the exporter, an many, but the Canadian producer and dealer have at least a ready market for their produce. They get the higr.est prioe going, and they have the satisfaction of knowing that their fruit U unequalled anywhere in the world. NAVAL MANdU VRES Isap.ruai ft|eel lessens - KaclasxV. Weakness ! Use HtxUOrraaeasi Be Heasj* al Clara liar far Bepoirtog Mps-Asi SXTrr ! Ik* Ads.lr.llv There is no doubt that the recent sham battles between rival British fleets in British waters have good effect upon both officers and men. The operation* have enabled all engaged to get a fair glimpse of what might happen in case of actual hostilities.and, m addition, they bare called public attention earnestly to the question of promptly providing increased accommo- dation* at Gibraltar for the repairing of war vessels. To all Britons thi* n atter i* one WANT A CHINESE GORDON THE IMPERIAL SOLDIERS ARE GOOD FIGHTERS WHEN PROPERLY Us* Vordos xfarvrllees trht<-* rmrni la rm Mac l*wn Ihr Talpluc strbi-lllim In rlilral. of HI. WMI-IUC Ihr altlC til-Id Hi. ikon Black Mar*. What (he i 'olestial Empire needs most io it* wr with t he Japanuee is another Charles i.eorge Gordon, with a magical tick. Tlie soldiers i>f the Imperialarmy are good tighten once they have confidence m their commander ; led by the right nu they will go uncomplainingly nay. exult- Mitly itraig ht mu> the jaws of death. Without Boob a OD they are timid, am easily demoralized. Chin ' Gordon'* marvellous achieve. ment in putting down the Taiping rebellion in 1862413 created such a degree of confid- ence in his powers over half civilized men that the British Government sent him, with a handful of soldier*, to the Soudan, 20 yean later, to fight El Mahdi, and there he lost hi* life, though winning immorta) fame. The Taiping uprising wa* the culrain anon of about three centuries of diseHection on the part of the real Chinew with the ruling claa* of the empire, who are Tartan, and have controlled the government since PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS t few llrssv. AbeiM *mmr el lk Crrsl Felkt ..I the Werld. Of the ->,(KXi.iKH) inhabitants of London rrore than I.IHI'I.IHX) have to live on lew than So a week for each family, while moro than 300,0(10 are in chronic poverty. A curious estimate comes from London. It is that out of I. Odd men who marry .t:t- marry younger women, 579 marry women of the aame age, and 89 marry older women. M. Janyschew, the Russian priest who was sent to I'armstadt to conduct the con- version of the Princess Alix, the bride- elect of the Czarowite of Ru**ia, performed the same ortice for the present Czarina. He ha* been the confessor of the Imperial family for .-n my yean. The late I resident Carnot, among other thing(, was oanon of the ohnrch of Saint Jean dij Jjetrsn at Rome. In the reign ol ienry IV. the place of canon w >j conferred upon the "ruler of France and hi* success- ors forever, ' If M. Casimir- Pener gee* to Ram*, therefore, he ha* the right to take place among the canons of Saint Jean de Latian. The fruit of N ova Scotia i* in the highest favor. WITH BNiiLISH BLYUUt not only because of iU excellent quality but on account of iU keeping better than eJmoet any other apple imported. On- tario. however, U now the first of the apple producing province* of the Dominion, and her export cunititutei by far the greatest mantity of the fruit (hipped from Canada. The attention paid to the miuilr in recent yean ha* led to a marked improve- ment in the quality of the apple* in thi* province. A careful study ha* been made by fruit-grower* of what kind* are beat adapted to the various district* An interchange of idea* and experience between producer* ha* been established by mean* of fruit journal* and in other way*, and even farmer* with ooirpar*>tively small orchards are beginning to feel that thi* industry may be profitably combined with the raising of grain and cattle. Notwith- standing that the United States export* a large quantity of apples, she i* a consider- able customer for the Canadian fruit, but the duty ot 84 cent* a barrel and the faot that transportation to England costs little more than freight into the United State* divert the greater portion of our export to the mother country, where better pricee, a* a usual thing, obtain. Shipping commence* early in August and usually continue* till the following May. The few month* before Christmas are, however, the busiest of the season, the b**t apple* being sent over during this time. Those exported later have to compete with THI afSTRALIAN TsVaDE which has assumed considerable dimension* in the last four or five years. The introduc- tion of fast steamship* revolutionized this, a* almost every other industry. Formerly the fruit had to be carefully wrapped in paper and packed in sawdust, but no pre- caution* are now neoeasary, except that the apple* should be soun 1 and that they should be placed in a part of the veesel where the ventilation U good. A* many a* *even or eight thousand barrel* are onetime* carried by a veesel, and the handling of the fruit form* no inconsider- able item in the shipping business of Montreal, which i* the principal point of export for Canada, The greater portion of the apple* of Ontario are Brown in the western part of the province, which seems to be singularly adapted for this mdiutry And especially those district* bordering on the southern lake*, where the climate i* milder than in the interior, and the season somewhat earlier. The chief huyers ire usually local men, and some of these firm* do an immense trade. The apples are consigned to an agent in England, who after deducting the variou* expense*) for freight, harbor due*, delivery and sale, etc, , remit* to the exporter. The dealers on this side are kept well informed aa to the condition of the English market by oable advices, and while occasionally Ion is sustained by injudicious) (hipping, the ex- porter is generally too well acquainted with his market to make a mistake of thi* kind. Thi* season the first. SHIPVIIIWT WAM KADI TO ULASOow a few day* ago, and advice* from England predict a greater demand for Canadian apples than ever in the bonanza year* of 1S91 and !*-'. This calculation is baaed on the almost complete failure of the Kng- lish and continental crops, and as reports from the United State* give little encour- agement ot more than a very meagre yield in the beet fruit districts of the Republic, the demand will probably be still further enohanoed by a falling off in American ex- port*. Unfortunately, the report* from the fruit district* of Ontario are none too encouraging. The long drought, combined with excessively hot weather, ha*, it i* aid, done great damage to the apple or- chards, and some of the most extensile fruit grower* now predict that, even *honld the res f the isaaon be favorable, not much n, .i-* than halt a crop will be har. vented. Bettor new* ha* been received from the maritime provinces, and in Nova of very great importance. Th object leaton j 143. They are but a handful compared wit of the naval matienvre* wa* that the red ide occupied the position England would occupy in the outbreak of war with France. and the blue fleets represent France. The red fleet wa* crushed by the blue*, t.ihraiur wa* blockaded, and the weakness of Great Britain in the Mediterranean waa disclosed. lu other word*, the two blue Beets combined off Belfast aa the French North Sea squadron and French Mediter ranean fleet would unite off Gibraltar before the British fleet could reach that important point. The rtntiah Mediterranean fleet now consists of more than thirty vessels, and in tun* of war Great Britain would un- doubtedly have a fleet of at least sixty war- ships in those waters. These ships would naturally need repairs,and at present there is little or no mean* at Gibraltar tor repair- ing damaged warshipa,and it will take some time to provide them. Consequently a powerful syndicate ha* been formed and an offer ha* been made to the Admiralty to provide moles, dock*, etc., for the use of arships, under certain conditions. Thi* the real Chinese, but their capacity for eadership.aquKlity which i* almost entirely acking iu the character of the true Chinese, ha* enabled them to maintain their power. In 1862 a leader who wa* competent aroe* among the Climes*. He wa* a village schoolmaster by the naam of Hung Tsus Chueng, a religious fanatic, who claimed that "the Almighty Himself had appealed to him a* the second celeetial brother," to drive out the bated Tartan, and establish a genuine Chinese Dynasty. The gods would be propitiated, he said, if thi* were uone ; there would be no more Hoo Is, or famine*, or earthquake*. At the beginning of the rebellion which thi* man chirred up the insurgents were the wmoeis of every tight, and the Imper- ial Government, paralyzed with fear, im- plored < M eat Britian to loan an officer who had the ability to take charge of the regular troop* and leal then to victory. OORDEN waa IX CHINA, serving a* captain of a company of Royal Engineers at the time. Although he wa* only 30 yean old, he had shown h'mself syndicate offers to undertake the following | to be a man of exceptional military ability works : (1) A mole, to be carried out from thi ragged statf landing in the direction of the end of the prolongation of the new mole. The two mole* will provide protect- ed watenpace and anchorage with an area of U8 acres, with a minimum depth four and a half to five fathom* of water. ('-) Two graving docks, each 600 feet long. (3) Four floating dock*, capable of docking ships up to 7..VJO tons. (4)A coaling store inside the protected harbor, capable of storing coal for the whole Mediterranean fleet. Naturally the syndicate expects some- thing from the Government in return for its expenditure of money and energy, so they ask for the grant of water space inside the new mole. Thi* is a strip ot sight feet of water, utterly useless at present, and actually made inaccessible' by a submerged breakwater. It is intended to dredge eut anchorage and place the dndgiogs on this water (pace, thus securing a SIM for (a) the graving Jocks, (b) the coal store, (o| the floating docks. If the concession is granted, the Admiralty is to have priority m the use of the docks, etc., and it can aoquin the whole enterprise at one year's notice at a price to be decided upon by arbitration. The syndicate expects to get it* oompensa tion for 1,000,000, which it expects to expend at Gibraltar, out of the right to ssll coal and dock ship* at Gibraltar. Tbe Admiralty, however, has refused to consider these proposals on the following grounds (1) That a hydraulic floating dock i* unsuitable for use at Gibraltar : ('-') that the dock for the navy at Gibraltar must be exclusively under Admiralty con- trol ; (3) that the construction and mam teoanue of the new work* wi'l involve the bringing of additional re*ident* to the rock, who will have to be fed in the case of siege. The question therefore i* in abeyance For the present. and was (elected to uke command. His triumph* were so uniform a* to shortly win for the imperial forces the tills of " The Ever Victorious Army. ' Gordon won quite as much by reason of the ex- aggerated, even superstitious, confidence that wa* felt in hi* personal powers, a* be- cause of his ability a* a geaercl. He had himself quite a* blind a faitli in hi* destiny a* had hi* yellow skinned followers. He firmly believed that he had been jhosen of God to terminate the rebellion, and hews* absolutely without fear of personal danger. This was made manifest in a hundred ways. He never carried any arm* beyond a re- volver, and he uftm went witbont even that. He alway* placed himself at the head of the party of attack, carrying in hi* hand a short, black stick, which he twirled in hi* lingers a* he urged his sol- diers on. Whenver the bullet* and arrows, the swords and the lance* of the rebels were most to be feared, there was < .or, Ion. Notwithstanding hi* apparent recklessness, he was never so much as scratched but once, and then the wound received wa* but trifling. i .union's army was made up, a* he *aid, " or TUB SCUM or THE WORLD. Some of hi* men were European*, and their entire force was disorderly to a degree, d posed to flight in the face of determines opponent* and to most desperate cruelty toward the vanquished when victorious. Gordon'* own daring won their reepect, hi* apparent immunity from danger inspired THE HOriE. How to Keep B read. Don't shut bread in airtight boxes M k<-ep it moist. Such uirharou* treatment of bread may be efficacious in keeping it moilt, but bread from which fresh air is excluded always ha* a disagreeable, clayey Hav or and is unpalatable to people of cul- tured tastes, who appreciate the outty weetness that is a prominent characteristic of all good bread. The foolish notion of keeping bread moist) ha* its origin in bad cookery. Most of tha tuff mad* by baker* UM to be vateu frwt. and mollt or Dot eaten at all. It U so light and woolly that if exposed to the air a tew boun it grow* dry and husky and i* almost I M unsavory and innutrition* as chips. A large proportion of homemade bread I is similar to character and it affected m i similar manner by exposure to the air. i But properly ina.de bread such bread ae i visit of the Countess Wachtmeuter, of Scania, Sweden, to lecture before the 'hioago Theosophical Society. She is a prominent Theosophist, snd wa* an intim- itefriBndan.i companion of Mine. Blavatsky. Count*** Waohtmeuter will visit other places in the West -luring her sojourn in America, and in October will to to India, to join Mrs. Besant. How much should a man eat in a week ? Sir I. yon Playfair give* the following as all that i* necessary : Three pound* of meat, with one pound of fat, two ordinary loavo* of bread, one ounce of salt and five pint* of milk ; or, for the meat five or six pounds of oatmeal may be substituted. Tins sounds ike a starvation diet, but Sir Lyon Play- 'air genenlly know* what he is talking about. (fiovaoni Suoci. the well-known failing man, began on Saturday in Buda-Pesth, a fast of thirty day*. A* before, he ha* re- son to hi* mysterious liquid, of which he jours two or three drops into a pint of water. He smokes several cigan daily. walk* about, and converses freely with his visitors. He is fasting under the supervi- sion and inspection of a committee composed mainly of medical men. A Russian journalist. Von Reugarten by name, is about to start from Riga on a walking tour round the globe, with, appar ently, no particular object in view. He is to be accompanied by only on servant, a dog, and of course, by the inevitable photo- graphic camera, which is to be constructed of aluminium for lightness' sake. This gen- ii n globe-trotter estimates that six yean and a half will be required for the accom- plishment of hi* task. President Caaimir-Perier i* one of the nest-guarded ruler* in Europe. A flying origade of polios agents in civilian costume las been created to follow the President sup by step whenver he goes. When M. ,'aainiir-i'erier is about to start from the Klysee the Prefecture ot the Police i* apprised by telephone of the place to which ae i* goini, as wall a* to the rout* he is to take Before he ha* crossed the gate of the palace a carriage is already on the street, with orden to follow the presidenti- al conveyance, and not to lose light of it. This man', uvre is repeated several time* daily, for the President goe* out frequently either in a carnage or on foot. The only male relatives ot Robespierre living in France, according to a Paris paper, an Maximilian d Robeepierre, who grow* sweeter by exposure to and it not at its best until two or three the air and j day* old. Breaxi should be kept in a well- covered box or jar, bat it should not be wrapped in ciotbs, aad the box or jar in which it i* kept should have email holes in the top or sides, through which the fresh air can have access. As soon as loaves of bread are taken from the oveo they should be exposed freely to pore air. and at no time after i'. should they be excluded from it. Make good bread, put it in a well- ventilated box after it is perfectly cool, and it will keep sufficiently moist at least a week. A Convenient Table. The out herewith shows a table tbat some son or father might well un- dertake to make for the mother of the family. The construction is simple, and thai conveniences to be thus secured for the sewer are many. W h i to- wood i* the beei material for such a purpose, a* it i* easily worknd, auii I* comparatively inexpensive. It may be stained a handsome red and var- nished when completed. Tha extn la*f provide* for increased top room, when such room is desired, while the variety and the abundance of drawers will prove a great convenience, as sewing materials, darning materials, material* for crocheting, etc., in w find separate accommodations, and yet all be within reach of the hand. It Is Well to Remember That a box in the kitchen or a drawer or shelf in the cupboard will hold paper bags also the strings, and they will be found use- ful mMiy times. That one use is to slit them open and line the cake tin*. That another i* to oover each jar ot can- ned fruit to keep out the light. That newspapers ihould be saved for owns a title manufactory, and his son. now kitchen use, to wipe the stove off, to polish Scotia the crop i* laid to be the largeat f tr years. Thi* would not, however, compen- sate foe such a shortage a* that perdicted in Ontario, and should thi* gloomy fore- cast tarn out to be correct, the public may expeot to PAY HI'HI FKtrBH An Execution Photographed. Recently a jail surgeon, on the occasion of an execution, by the expedient of plac.u^ a couple of camera* in the deep pit beneath the gallows, wa* enabled to secure a couple of photograph* ot a very grim character. Two threads, one several feet above the other, wen stretched across, each being fastened to a spring shutter fixed to a lens. Such, on being touched by the culprit' s feet when the lever waa pulled, and the body descended through the fallen platform, opened the shutters which arrangements instantly closed when the threads were snapped. The notion wa* to obtain a photo- graph of the body in two stages on the long drop, and the attempt was perfectly suc- cessful. The first view was the feet and part of the legs, juit bolow the opened pisiform. An oblique ray of sunlight dart- ing through tin' aperture produced a glitter on the st eel buckle of the strap with which the ankle* are firmly bound A ooarse slipper ha* just become detached from the right font, and precede* it in the downward course by about 3 inches. By an accurate calculation the lower thread w*a placed o as to obtain a snap shot of the culprit a fraction of a second before the awful jerk that terminated hi* existence. He had just about six inches lower to drop. The full them with a superstitious fear, and he speedily brought tbe imperial army to a state of discipline never before attained and not maintained line*. He shod hi* soldier* with Kuropean booM, and their footprint*, therefore, differed from those of the Chinese, which showed no heels Snch was the terror inspired by the footprints of Gordon'*, men among the nation that tbe mandarins of Shanghai distributed some thousand* of pain of Kuropean boot*, with instructions to their dependents *.o wear them, so tbat the common people might believe that the soldier* were everywhere and of immapse numbers. Returning to Gordon's slick, it may be aid that European* as well as Chinese were somewhat in awe of it. One who knew Gordon well expressed the belief that it wa filled with Chemical*, and wa* for tbat reason an excellent conductor of sound. Most subordinate officers in Gordon's *om- maod came 'o carry sticks somewhat like bis before the war was over, but none of the imitation* served their ownen as did his. When tbe rebellion wa* finally put down the Kmperor decreed that he should be presented with a yellow jacket and an immense sum of money. He accepted th jacket, hut flogged the men who bore him the money out of his chamber. figure i* seen, vith the face covered with a whiti- cap. The rope appean a bit loose about the neck Both hand* are tightly clenched, and the arms forc*d outward*, apparently in mechanical re*i*tance to the broad pinioning (traps. The falling dipper ha* gained on tbe foot by about half a do/en for the principal national fruit thi* autumn inch**. eighteen yean old. He appeared in a Pans court the other day as sponsor of on* of his employe*, who had run over a boy, and announced that he waa a grandnephew of the notorious bearer of his name. He is an intelligent man, about l.'i yean old, and a graauate of a School of Mines. When asked regarding hi* family papen, he said that his uncle, Henri de Robespierre had fled with them to America at the time of the Restoration, and that nothing had ever been heard of him or them since then. Mm. Mary K. Harris, of Roxbury, Mass., ha* had for thirty yean the hobby of col- lecting button*, until now her collection numbers l'2,000different kinds. Thirtyyean ago she made a wager that then wen more than 999 different kind* of buttons; (he reached the thousand mark inside of a year, but once started m the fascination* of "collecting" her punuit was kept up. Mn. Hani* na* some interesting button* in her collection. One was. worn by a soldier in Napoleon's army ; another by a soldier in Washington's ; there are button* from the uniform* of half a dozen Euro- pean armies, a* well as from those of the South American npublic, the Confederate army, and the uniforms furnished by dilf- ennt (Utos during the Civil war. The ceremonies attending tho taking of the oath of office by Lord Russell as Lord Qhief .1 us'. ice of Kngland were unusually impressive. Lord Kosehery wa* one of the group surrounding the Lord Chief Juitice, though no other Prime Minister of England has been pnaent at such a ceremony since the time of Lord Brougham. The number of prominent lawyen present wa* unusual- ly large. The ion of Lord Chief Juitioe Coleridge and the two sons of the new Lor i Chief Justice were in the aseemblagi of lawyen. The selection of Lord Chief Justice Russell received almost unanimous approval, and the wish has been expressed that he might have, in addition to all the other gifts of fortune, the longevity which is one of the hereditary attributes of the Chief Justices of Kngland. the teakettle, to wips the flat irons, doubled to place under a kettle or hot dish we wi*h to place on the table. That two or three spread on the floor in front ol the table, stove, etc., on baking day laves the floor, and they can be burned up when through with, taking the dust with them That * handful of iron tack* an good u> clean out not tins and fruit can* with ; half till toe jan with soapsuds, then add the tack* and *hake. That it i* *afer to use them than (hot, as the latter may leav* a poison deposit. That if one cooks in hot summer weath- er one should drees a* cool a* possible That a drees mad* of five -cent challie is surprisingly cool and will wear longer than one would suppose from th thin nature of the good*. When rubber ring* for canning purposes are found to be stretched out nt shape soak them tor a while in weak ammonia water and tliey will recover their elasticity . Puzzle. Mn. Korecloque Well, how are you getting along with your housekeeping ' Mrs. iN'uwed oh, famously ! But I wa* going ask you. Is a sugar loaf the ami- thing as a sweetbread ? It Was a Fine Day For Him. asked the " \V hat have you got to say Judge. The prisoner looked embarrassed. He raised his eye* to the ceiling, smoothed the nap of hi* hat and answend. " It i* a fine day. Your Honor." " I can't say 1 am particularly impressed with the beauty of the weather, " rejoined tbe Judge, " but it is a fine day for you. The one is$l" Disinterested Advice. Profosser Van Note "You vi*h to learn to blay de cornet, eh? Vy nod dake de mandolin insteal ?" Youth"! like the cornet better." "Yah, may be so, but you va* not strong enough to learn de cornet." "I can manage it easily." "Yah, may be, but gan you manage de neighbors T" A New Industry. Tramp "Say, young feller, give us a dime, will yer' Bicyclist "What for? You an nonce." Tramp "I au't, eh' The *ole* i* off my shoes, and I've trod on fifteen tack* thii morning, and I didn't leave 'em in the road, nut her I threw 'em into the fialda." Bicyclist "Here's a quarter " To Cripple the Bank of England. At its tint establishment the inexperience of it* founders was by no means the wont peril which the bank had to encounter. It was surrounded by enemies, whose opposi- tion arose partly from political and partly fiom selfish motives. The goldsmiths, in whose hands the banking of l.jndon, such as it was, had developed into a moet pro- fitable trade, were naturally disposed to set every obstacle ic their rival's way. They contended that an institution on so large a scale was likely to assume the con- trol of all financial business to a degree meet threatening to the common interest* of the country, and to attain so much pow- er a* would nive to ita dangerous authority iti influence, even with the National Gov- ernment. They pretended to foresee that, oon as it was firmly established, it would so raisv the rate of interest as to cripple industry, while filling its own cotters by usury. Afld in tins there wa* no doubt some reason, for many of them had grown wealthy by the very methods they now denounced. Kome of them employed their mean* free- ly in endeavors to embarrass the bank, and their plot*) wen occasionally successful enough to bring their now rival into danger. One of the moet unscrupulous of it* euemie* was Sir Charlaa Dunoombe who had lately purchased a magnificent estate out of the profits of hi* own banking busmen*. On one occasion he said to have sold his en- tin holding of bank stock, amounting to CSO.Otio, m order todiccredit itsnputalion, and, some years later, to have conspired with others to create a run by collecting and presenting on one day 300,000 in notes of the bank.