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~auiuliau ~ tatt!lUUtU. l11te~esttn: ~~~s T:~l~ll~~~~;ts of the World. 0 Agnes Hedenstrom. "THE POLYPHEMUS. ' The great Jew resident~l quarter of London now is a. p3ort of St. John's Wood, where many have spa.ciousLma.nsions and -.!'.-TALK ON HEA'LTH gardens. F.au1T. Miss Blanche Williams, colored, who has We approach the nc~rest to a perfect phy· matriculated at Toronto University, Is sical development when we rely most upon . said to have passed an excellent examinthose goods which nature provides for us. ation in Fr ench and German as well as in Certainly, in regard to fruits, there need J English. be nothing added to wake them either more A prominent physician suggests to occut a wood fire in pa.latable or nutritious. From the ripe, pants of summer houses tha, juicy strawberry in the spring, to the rosy the evening, when the moisture in. the at· pea.ch and pllrple grape of the fall, we have mosphere is excessive, pre.vents many oases a. constant succession of various kinds of of sickness. fruits, which are among the most healthful A woma.n carried enoug,~. blueberries t~ a store in Salisbury, N. H., one day la.at week of food substances. One of the most essentia.l cha.raoteristics to buy a ba.rrel of flour and other Bllpplies, which make fruit so valua.ble during the They a.re bought by weight ; fifty pounds to hot rnmmer months is its lightness, If the bushel, . fruit is ripe, and eaten while fresh, there is Lord Lyons, who tendered his resignation nothing a.bout it as far a.s composition is as Minister at P .iris on the retirement of concerned, that will disa.gree or disturb the Gladstone Ministry, i'ha.s consented to t he most delicate stomach. Of course t his rema.ln at his post until Jiµie of next year, statement would not hold tr11e if one had when he will retire. eaten too much, or at the same time eaten An extra.ordinary insta.?.ce of the depreci heartily of substances which are k nown t o a.tion In the value of land in E ngland is be of a very different class of ohemica.l con- noted by the London World. In 1875 Pewit stit uents, It is thert'lfore important that Island, nea.r Harwich, doiita.ining 270 acres fruit should alwa.ye be eaten alone, or at of freehold land, was bollght at · a cost of least as a dessert t o one of the lightest £7,900; and on Jaly 16 it·'Was sold by aucmeals. Too much stress cannot be laid tion for £420, · upon the importance of procuring fruit in The burglar sei son has commenced in its prope? and best condition. W itli do. London with the a.pproach of the anuua.l mestio.fruits this is more easily accomplish- out-of-towning, and all the suburban police ed than with foreign, or those coming long· have been ordered to arm themselves with distances from the S outh. revolvers. During the last few months Fruit culture should be encouraged, and they have been taking lessons in the a.rt of thus ma"ie more of a. food thD.n h11.s been the bringing down b urglars. A bottle sealed and corked a.nd containing custom in former years., It is in the interest of the house-wife to use fruit largely duriDg a check on a Newburypor(bank for $141.16 hot weather. Strawberries, blueberries, · B h was found in the surf at Coffi n's ea.c , blackberries and raspber ries each in their Mass., one day la.st week. \V>th the check, t.u rn, shollld be found upon our tables. which was eigned a.nd da.ted Aug. 17, 1884, These, with a. few slices of bread and a. glass was a. note, stating that the . finder of the of fresh milk, will make a mobt substantia.l bottle might have its content s. a.nd easily prepared meal. The flag of the Chicago Socialists is red The chemistry of berri~e deserves a pasn , and some sing notice. On~ of the most important and black, signifying destructio. ooustituents of this varietyof fruit is certain of t he devices ca.rried in a recent procession · Conspiracy kinds of acids, nearly all of which are neces- were "E very Government is a sary to ca.rry on the natural process .of di- Against the People," "The greatest Crime gestion, and which a.re not always supplied To-day is Poverty," " Down . with the by the stomach and other digestive org,.ns. Throne, t he Altar, and the Moneybag." In view of the fa.at tha.t Dartmoor Prison, The presence of these acids in the a· toma.ch has a stimulating effect which is of special n Eogland, offdrs profitab~e employment for importance at this season of the year, A convicts for years to come, many more are deficiency of a proper amollnt of stimulant to .be sent for. Mea.nwhile ··tha.t unfortun· action of the liver will cause the condition ate nobleman," the r·la;mant, ao long the commonly known as "blliousueas." T he principal a.nd oerta.inly the most ponderous acid contained in fruits le a much better figure there, has lapsed into complete obBCurcorrection of tbi.e affection than modicine. ity. Vanity Fair, r.lluding to the prevalent Another advantage to be derived from the uae of fruits during the summer months is distress in England, says that a.t Newma.rkin their percentage of water, By their libera.l et I..tely thirteen of Mr. Chaplin's yearlings uae the bl)wels &nd pores of the akin r.re only averaged 1,630 gnine&e eaoh, and some kept_open, and thus they ar6 better a.ble to of the more faehionably bred animals only perform their natnr·I functions than wlien 3,000 guineas a.piece, one h · ndsome filly dry and heat-producing suoetancea are U80d, being dispoaed of at the .r ate of but a. guinea We need the medicin·l action of the pure an ounce. AppalliDg, indeed ! fruit acids in our system, a.nd also the cooling The present population of t he city of corrective influence of the watery portion Buenos Ayres ia estimated at 400,000. One which they contain. of the local newspapers predicts that in a Preference should always be givan to the few yea.rs it will be the New York in a soft, juicy, stoneless kinds of fruits ; also solltbern hemisphere. JJ:migrants are a.rrivthe skin of certain fruits, if tough, should ing in a. steady stream, and if the proportion not be eaten. Fruit should largely be sub- of the first six months of the year is kept 1tituted for pastry, certainly during that up, their number will be 150,000 before the portion of the yea.r when it can be obtained 1st of Ja.nra.ry next. Italians form the great fresh and ripe. As a matter of e:xpelll!e majority of the in comers. also it is on the side of economy. But it is Ala.uka, a.ccording t o a newepa.per corresvery foolish to buy decayed or partially pondent, is a sort of fairy land in summer. unripe frroit because it can be obta.ined The !!.lmost continuous light of day shines upcheap. Fruit shonld also be eaten l eisurely; on bright green alepes, varied here and there never in a hurry, and it should be thorough- by dark t imber belts, rising up·from the deep ly masticated before it is swallowed, As blue waters. An endless variety of bright. regards t i) cooking fruit before eatiDg 1t, a hued flowers, the hum of insects and melodword is in place. Whh many of our common ious song of birds make the la.nd seem almost fruits, cooking destroys t he acids which a secl)nd Eden, but the intensity of the sun's they contain, 1'his has a tendency to make heat dispels any hasty imp'.essions of this them inaipid, and consequently sugar must sort. be added in order to make them pa.la.table, Mr. G. A. Sala is known by his white Now if the fruit is ripe and ia perfect con· waistcoat. "I have worn a whitewa.i~tcoat," dition there is enough acid and sugar in he sD.ys, " every day, winter and summer, proper 110rportion so that cookiDg is unneoes- for five and twenty yea.rs. Once, in Paris, ea.ry, If additional sugar is desired it is sole- · a~ a shop where I uged to blly my gloves, a ly &B acondiment,a.nd not because it requires serving woman ea.id tome : , Yoll always wea. it. It is related of a distinguished physician a white waistcoat.' 'Yes ; I a.lways wear one that he once made the remark that "if h 's the year round, ' 'All the year round ?' ahe pii.tients would make it a rule to eat a couple exclaimed. 'A clean one ·every day ?' 'Yes,' of good oranges before breakfast from Feb- I said, 'Oh,' she exclaimed, 'if I had only ruary to-J°u11e, his pract ice would be gone." been your washerwoman!'" W hile such a statement can ha.rdly be ta.ken The London Echo draws 11.ttention to th literally, yet there can be no doubt that the difference between the peerage and the arismore general use of good ripe fruit in the tocracy, a difference suggested by the recent earli part of the day would be follnd bene- creation of peers. I t points to sever\ll . unficial, and often prevent many cases of titled magnates who a.re essentially memillness. bers of the aristocracy, and remarks, on the other hand, that such a man as L ord Cairns, Why He Obta.insd a Substitute. A very good story was told the other day although a member of the peerage, is not a of a young man painfully conscious of an member of the arist ocracy, a. distinction of- these is the 8 in, howitzer, which fires a shell exterior scarcely worthy of his charact er, ten lost sight of. One or two of the new of just half the weig ht-viz., 180 lbs- with Aooompanied by;the young .woman he had peers are even quite unknown to persons a velocity of 950 ft; and t he other is the 100married, ho stepped into a photographer's moving in wht\t is called "high life." pounder gun of 6. 6 calibre, which, with its and drew the axtist aeide. H e wanted their In the g udens of a well-known noble- light shot of 100 lbs, manage to reach a. vel"pictur's" taken, but had a specia.l favor man's country seat in the south of I reland ocit y of 1390 ft per second. The trial t o ask. " Her folks," he exclaimed, " go a pa.intcd boards wer e set up in diff.:ire~t parts weapon seems in no way impaired by the good deal on ntyl e, They never sa.w me, of the pleasure grounds, with this r equest, strain to which it baa been subjected. a.nd, if I send them my face they'll be dead " P lease do not pull any flowers without a.gin m e. I'm a. sight better than I look, and, lea.ve." Recent ly the district practical joker " I'll Lie Doon BesideYe." when people come, to know me, they vote paesed that way, and at daybreak added au Two Bailies of a northern town in mea brick. Now then, what do you sa.y? "s" to the la at word on all the boards, Scotland were boon comp~nions, and on all W ill you sta.nd in? She's willing. Those which had the effect of making t hings plea.soccasions of festivity it wa.s their special big whiskers of yours'll take them at once ant- until the ca.use waa discovered- for aim to drink t heir fill. Once, dining a and create harmony, You look like a solid tourists and strange visitors who cherished little wa.y out of t own in, the summer season, capitalist, and they'd take me for a petty a la.tent passion for floral gems. the)' left the ta.hie at different hours. They larceny thief !" Of course the photographhad to walk home along a n arrow path in a A young woman now serving out a er could not r efuse a favor so flatt eringly field of standing corn. T he la.test toper as sentence for burglary in jail has r eceived proposed, and the dista.nt r elatives, no he staggered on stllmbl ed on something soft doubt, in due timelwere gratified with his several offers of marriage from apparently and warm right a.cross his path, Stooping r espectable young men, two of whom ar e portrait side by side with t hat of the young farmers. They evidently t hink t hat t he down, he hiccollghed, "Is this you, Sandy ?' lady. ,. sentence of t he judge was not sufficient " Aye, it's me ; help me up." " I ca.nm~ Clara- I had a lovely compliment paid punishmant for t he gir l's crime. dae that, but I'll tell ye what I'll dae, I'll me last evening by Mr. F eatherly. Ex-President A rthur, more grayed as to lie doon beside ye, " Suiting the action to Ethel -N~ W ha.t was it, Clara: Ola.ra. bear d than hair, and looking taller because the word, down he lay, and Betty, the milk- He apolte of my hands. H e said I had not so stout as for merly, a.ttraots mllch a.t - maid, as ehe tripped a.long in the morning, the hands of a Venus de M:ilo, Wasn't it tention a.a he nonchalantly walks about found the wort hy pair snoring in eiwh other'11 New York , sweet in him ? armo, FRID.AY, .AUGUST 21, 1885. One of the best known among English Tlie ,,,nr1ulSteel J!'nmoftb,eBrltJs11N11;vy, philanthropic institutions is the ScandinaTho most important feature of this unique vian Tempera.nee Sa.Hora' Home in London, era.ft ;a a. terribly puizna.cious Iaoking sort of and one of the most interesting bingraphies beak or spur projecting twelve feet out in 6f the century would be that of its foundreas, front of the main body of the vresel. This Agn, e s Hedenstrom, lies !Ow down and is so placed t hat when Left !loll orphan when quite a young child rammed against an fllemy will rip into the she ·was brought up in the house of wealthy unlucky craft several fee t below the urmour relatives in Upsa.lu, Here she was petted line. lt is of enormous strength. Strong and indulged to the last degree. as it is, however, this s ' e.e l spur can be un" Let the child have her own way !" sa.id shipped and taken off the stem if desir~d, he· friends. "She has no parents, poor thing! and benea.th it is a torpedo port from which All her pranks were overlooked, and she Whiteheads can be ejected right ahea.d of grew up animated largely by the desire to the ship ; and thtre are also ports from enjoy herself and have her own wa.y. Still which t hose destructive messengers may be a sense of dissatisfaction would make itself also despa.tched on the broadsides. These felt in her life. She was not quite happy, and the ram a.re indeed substantially, the though she could have given no reason for whole of the offensive armament of the vesher despondenoy. sel. When afloat she is little more than a. One da.y, however, she lietened t o a.n em- huge steel cylinder lying.on its side and preinent Swedish preacher, and t hen, for the senting to view about 4 feet 6 inches of the first time, became conscious of the religions actual hull. The oylinder is tapered at the element la.eking in her own life, and of the ends and fla.ttened at the top,· and on this fact that she only needed to fill her idle hours fla.ttened top there r.re a hurric11onc deck, a. with thought and labor for others. signal mast, a funnel, and a few.·other objects She began preaching to her countrymen in not of vita.I importance to the craft. All the North, where no woman had been allow· tha.t can be seen is not a. bit in the world ed to speak in public, first addressing small like any !lort of a ship, and if it were all me6 t ings, and finally vast assemblages. shot a.way everything in the way of en· For some years she continued this work, ; gines, boilers, torpedoes, and ram would h,eooming at last persuaded that it was h er still rema.in a.nd there would be nothing to dllty t o go as a missionary to India. But fire at but~ convex lump of steel armour, while in London, a.waiting au opportunity off which the most tremendous hail of shot t o engage in work a.broad, she was im,pres. and shell would gla.nce with very little pow~ed vi ith the great need of la.borers among er of mischief. Should the Polyphemus be ~he poor in ~a.at London, She be~an pr each- attacked underneath, she is a perfect honeyJ.Pg to them m t ho streets, and it was there comb of water-tight compartments. Every that the sound of her own. lan~ua.ge broke on boiler has a compartment ' to· itself, and so her ear, ha.lf-smother'ld or.ma~10ula_t·. There has each pair of engines driving the twin homeless, drunken Scand1~av1an s.i.1lors_ were scr ews. The ~hip has a double bottom, ensnared by the hundred, in horrible pitfalls and many.of the compartments are ordiaa.rily k d th . so packed with coal that there would not be ofFevil. . 1 wor ed. among e s11.11. much room for water even if they were or twoh~ears ad1e ors, preac mg an persu<\ mg. . B h Id ·a ·11 h dd t th0 ll t" br oken into, ut s ou any aco1 entoccur S h 0 sti...., a u ors a reco e.o wn °· b which the buo anc of the shi was her first address to aome of her eountrymen, y. · I d " . . h ~ t:. p h p a.ta place called the St rangers' Rest. Twenty serious Y lmIDIB e e 0 1YP em~s POii· ·1 h d b 11 ted · th" sasses a remarkable power of speddmg her drunk en siu ore a een co ec m IS k Sh h -· f t t · keel, so to spea , e as, m a.c , wo room, and, alone and trembling, their country keels with a space of a foot and a ha.lf or woms.n addressed :hem, while t hey shrieked two feet between them, and in this space and blasphemed, One after another, they beca.me quiet , un huge solid masses of iron are held suspended til the whole company was .finally subdued. by a. simple and ingenious mechanical device. Next evening they came, bringing some com. Altogether the ship curies 300 tone of rades with them, and it was not long before this ba.llo.st, and it is in sections, so that should any ooe compartment of the hold re~ Scandinavia.ft lecture-room was permanently established:" quire lightening, the block of balla.st in the It was !ome ye rs before Mias Hedens ~rom vicinity of it may be instantly dropped. If could ra.ise sufficient funds for a larger es- needful the whole centre of the keel may tablishment, hut in 1880 the Home WD.8 thus be let go, and the ship lightened to an founded. extent representing a bnoya.noy of a foot or Of this Miss lhdenstrom is sole ma.na.ger. fourteen inches out of water. The ballast She corresponds with the members of her repr~sents a ninth of the eutire weight of compauy, when they are abroad on voyages, the ship. The Polyphemus, it may be added, reoe.ivea and inv!l&h their money, and aids ia 240 feet long and 40 feet wide; ·-~ -;;;;;;gaowna. ma.ny a captain in picli.ing out hie crew. Beyond all this, she superintends the Home :M.ra. Gen. · Grant'· costume is made of the and·entertains the" boys" who are temporarily on shore. For their benefit, bedrooma fintst Henrietta cloth and heavie11t crape. are kept In order, meals are ·erved in a large The skirt is of orape, perfectly pla.in, The dining-room, and plenty of spa.ce is provided overakirt is draped very long on the left for them to pass their leisure hours amid side, with a heavy cru.pe revere, ra.ised to b~oks and newspapers. In short, the Home the right 1ide, Po1tilion waist, with a i1 au , immense boarding-house, though of cra.pe fichu from the throat to the waist, course it ca.nnot be entirely self-aupporting, finished at both ends with a era.pa bow, Collar and cuffs of crape. The bonnet is some of its pa.trons being quite destitute. poke shape, with a long crape veil that Mies Hedenlitrom says. of her charges: "I have never yet had a sailor among the reaches to the bottom of the d ress. five thousand that have been in this home, Mrs, Fred. D . .Grant's dresa is hewily who has r eturned from it to his former haunts; trimmEd with crape. The skirt ia made and, thank God! t~iere are at present a good with a. deep kilu plaiting with three bands many decent dressed men among the Scandi- .of cra.~e, Long drapery on right side, ra.i,sed na.via.n sailors in London, wherea11, when I very high on the left, a.nd faced with broad beg,.n my work; there was not a single one , blnds of crape, folds ruuning down the left · Eall that o~me under my notice who did side. Pretty dra.ped ha.ck, r aised very high not look ragged or. slipshod. in the ~entre, forming two graceful pointl!, " I can do little , 0 ra.ise funds . bttt neYer The wa.1st has a b roa.d fichu of crape gathered yet have I asked anythi "g in v:in from my in at the waist, with a belt coming from be Heavenly Father." neath two reve~s of cra.~e. ·The collar and It requires strong character for a work cu~s a.re also tru~med with crape._ A closelike this, But this woman seems to possess fit ting bonnet._~1th long.crape veil. . it, and to owe to it her fitness for her calling. Mrs. Sartoris s dress ts ma.de Henrietta skirt, wi th two plaitings, with band of crape on each. Ove'r skirt raised very high on Wire Sie.ge Guns. Siege guns built of wire are the new~st both sides, falling very low In the front, description of ordnance for the na.tfona.l which has two 'bands of crape down t he censervice. A very tough steel wire is llsed, tre. Two jabots lined with crape form the having a breaking strength of 100 tons to back drapery of overskirt. The waist ha.a a. the square inch, which is wound over a very full fichu of crape, with two revers lined. steel tuba as tape may be bound on a. ree wit h crape. She will wear a close-fitting being frequently fastened off to secure its bonnet and crape veil. Mrs. J esae Gra.nt's dress i8 a kilt ed skirt cohesion, and so neatly put together as to look preoisely like solid metal, An ex pe i- with ba.nds of Henrietta. and crape running mental howitR:er has been made upon this lengthwise, a short draped overskirt, with principle, and passed a sa tisfaotory proof at loops of ·c rape forming pocket pieces on each the Royal Arsenal It has a calibre of IO ins , aide. The drapery, falling low on the left but weighs only about 70 cwt, In itl! trial aide, is raised high on the right, combining this howitzer threw a shell of 360 lbs with into graceful folds in the back. Waiet is a. a. charge of 28 lbs, and attained a velocity plain postilion, with jabot from the neck to of 1000 ft per second-a result may be com- the wa.ist. Collar and cuffs of crape. She pared with two gun5 of a slmi11u weight also wears a close-fit ting bonnet with crape which a.re at present in the service. One of veil, HAINES' CARRIAGE "WORKS GEORGE C. HAINES, Proprietor, --MANUFACTURER O F - - CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS, CUTTERS, WAGONS, KING STREET, BOWMA.NYILL &O~J «i Has now on hand a number of vehlcle3 (and is manufacturing a. great many more) of the new patterns and best finish, which I am offering for ea.le s.t the fowo·t prices consistent with due regard to workmanship and quality. The f ·llnwiog is a list of the principal vehicles manufactured by me I Double Covered Carriagea ......... ... ... ... . ................... .. ...... . . .. . .$200 Upwardlil, Single Phretons ............................... ............... ................. .. 100 11 Open Buggy.................. .... ........ ..... ............. .......... .. . . ....... 70 11 Top Buggy .... ............ , ... , .. . , .. , .... ,.... ,. .. . .. . . . .. . ·. .. ... ... . . .. .. . . . .. . 90 u Den1ocrat Wagon ...··· .. ...·...·.·..·. ....· .....······· , ···....... ,............. 65 111 Lwnber Ligl1t Wagon...................................................................... 40 Wago11s.............................................................. ... 55 u 111 Express Wago11.... .· .. ·. .····. . .. .. . ..· ·· .. .·.·. .. ···. .. .··. .··. ·.. . . .. ·.····.·· 75 Skeleton . ............................. .. ...... .... , ............... . , .. , .. , .. . .. . . .. 50 .·J Sulky................................................................................ 40 u 11 Possessing enperior facilities for manufaotllring carriages, I intend to sell ver7 cheap tor C'Bb or approved credit, and by so doing I hope to greatly inorea.se my nllmber o sales. Would sell the wood parts only, or the gearings of buggies ironed, . All Kinds of Veh.icles Repaired Y At the Shortest Notice, Painted and Trimmed if Desired. At the Factory I also do Planing, Matching, Turning a.nu Sa.wing wit h Circle, Band or S 8aws, and prepare all kinds of lumber fo1· carpenters nd others for building purposes, Ornamental and Pia.in P ickets for fcneea in every style r equired, made to orqer,. SPRING HATS 12 Cases Spring Hats received at A-YE lR.' S -.. Hat and Fur Store. Come along young and old, great and small and get fitted ' and suited, too, in price and quality . . al ways keep the largest and best assorted stock of Hats? Caps, &c., so come along and bring your friends with you,. GENTS' FURNISHINGS. In this department I keep all the latest styles and best quality, and my stock is always well assorted. Ties a specialty. Shirts of all kinds, Underwear, Braces, A.n ea1·Iy call solicited. H ose, Rubber Coats and R. R. Rubbers. MARKUS MAYER, NE.A.D'S NEW BLOCK, BOWMANVILLE. Going, Goitig. ROCKFORD AND -WATCHES_ sale of these Watches, which cannot he beaten for time. We have a reason to be thankful for past favors during forty years in business here. Now our stock is one of the largest in the Dominion and we will E XCLUSIVE We h ave the Sell Cheaper than the Cheapest, regarding no man, either Jew or Gentile. FRIENDS, W J!1 MEAN BUSINESS. AARON BUCKLER. Wedding Rings in great variety. 9-3m GROCERIES I Croc~k·ery :Readine;- Well. There is no accomplishment which is t o fascina.ling as the power of reading well; is is a plea.sing, although much n eglected accomplishment. No music hath such a. charm u.s good r eading; and wher e one person will be eharmed by music, twenty will be fas cina.ted by good r eading; and where one per son can be a good musician, twenty can be good read ns. It seems to bring back the old authors, and to cauee vs to imagine ourselves sitting down and talking familiarly with them. Wha.t is more charming or interesting than the plays of Shakespeare, when delivered in a full, clear, distinct and well modulated voice ? Ther e is no accom plishment which causes more pleasure in the fa'.llily or social circle, the invalid's chamber, the hospital, the nursery, R :than good reading. & Glassware, cuaan~M!AT8, ftt!Slt ANtJ ----·----- - -- Coarse and Fine Salt, A.merican and Canadian Coal Oil, Flour and Feed, Empire I-Iorse and Cattle Food, and everything that is kept in a first-class Grocery and Pro-visionrstore, will be sold at t he lowest possible prices. ... -·- CASH for Beef, Pork, Eggs, Butter, Hides, Tallow and all Farm Produce at C. M. CAWKER'S. I also return my sincere thanks to my numerous friends and patrons for their very liberal support during the l~st fifteen years, and _hope ~y strict at tention to business and keeping first-class stock, to still ment the same: ____....,__..... .. __ In a.11 things throughout the world the men who look for t he crook ed will see the crooked, and the men w ho look for the straight can see the straight. Friendship closes its eyes rather than see t he moon eclipsed, while malice denies that it is ever at the full, -··-·- - - - -01--- - C. M. CAWKER. STAND :- Town Hall Buildings, next to Ont. Bank.