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Capt. Wigle; of too Windsor propeller bakeside, has been fined $262 for picking up lame excursioniela at Detroit and carryirg them on to Cleveland, in 'violation of the Act which prohibits Canadian vessels trad. ing between American ports. AMERICAN. Detroit's present population is a. little over two hundred and fifty-five thousand. Shwkleton Hay. postmaster at Ailsa Cmig, who 3150 0mm um. banking busiuvss, has made an assignment, and the amount due depositors is said to be ‘29000. Mr. Duuhum. from Ihlifax. N. 8.. who was raging at. the Wmduor. Montreal, was relieved of Sl'ld on the stale trick of cnhing I bogus ch: qua. About a d( zen soldiers of the Silvation Anny, male and female, natives of the Em; Indies, dreesed in picturesque costumes, have arrived in Quebec, and intend making a tour of the nxmy stations in Canada. The farmers in the eastern Townships heve obtained a good crop of hay this sea~ son ud are pxepulirg to ship their surplus to Ontario, where it mil fetch a gnod price. 'wv.wv. Capt. Bar! dSmith'l mine, at I’m-ham. Fronunno, a yielding a hundred tom of phosphwe daily. The Montreal and Euu-ptan Short Lino milway have filcd a statement of claim againattbe Dcminicn Government for ex- propxiation of their line amountingto $600,~ The United States Immigration Commit- tee recommends that a tax of $200 should be placed upon every immigrant. arriving in that country. A very Ierioua outbrr ask of typhoid fever has occurred in the Carmelita convent at Unche- lngu. Several novices are down with the disease. - The Knight-wot beonr in Kingston intend shortly agitating for the adoption of the nlne houn' eyotem. September 20th is appointed elec‘inn day In Eutern Aesinibom, where Minister Dewdney in to be candidate. A friendly estimate of the cost of the Trent Valley canal places the figure at $10,- 000, ('00. Ity u a good round sum. “Senator Riddleberg er believes that the United States will never be a great nation until she has whipped England for the third time. CANADIAN. The will of the late Mr. John Ogllvie, of M99???“ bequeath: property vuluod at Capt. Holmes, Dominion Inspector of Fisheries, is on a tour of the coast of Lake Huron to who evidence in disputes arising betw: en lcaeeca of fishing grounds. Over 300 Italians, disgusteo at not being able to obtain employment. leailed from New York yesterday for home. The Senate yesterday adopted Senator Hoax-'3 motion to appoint a committee: for the purpose of enquiring into commercial re- lations between the States and Cmada. Mny or Abbott, at Montreal. doe. not thluky is the dusy of thu city to take any uotion aguimt the ybucket shops. Owen Sound hu pawl ah! law granting 815 000 to the Canadian Pacific railway, to wudn building another elevator in that town. Maj or General Schofield has been ordered tn Washing ton to take command of the United States army. It is reported from New York that a fire- man has become a raving maniac from ex- cessive cigarette :mcking. The California grain crop will be rather below than above the average, although some localities report that land which was be- lieved amonth ago to be not worth harvesting will yield a fair crop. The crop of lamb: in Colorado this pres- ent man will reach near onto a quarter of 3 million. Elgh ‘five per cent. of all of the ewe flocks will lambs. It hos been the most favorable «non for this crop the coun- try In: over bud. The crop report of the Illinois board of agriculture shown the proapectefor grainand corn to be better than several years past. Winter wheat, however, is an exception, though the crop has improved within the lat month. In the United States Senate yes erday the Committe on lmer State Commerce was in- structed to make full inv eeligaticn into the relation of Canadian railroads with the transportation of commerce across the con- tinent. At e meeting of the Anglere' Association of the St Lawrence, held no .Uleyton, N. Y.. it was decided to appeal eguinet the decision of Jude \ViHinme, of Syracuse, who hold that the low ordering the destruction of note need in illicit fishing wee unconstitutional. Mr. Levi P. Morton, the cmdidste for the Vice-Presidency of the United Stat", will cease to be a director of the Canadian Paci- fic Railwoy Company today. a fact which the Republicans deem it ( xpcdient to pub- lish a: widely “possible. In the United States Senate yeaterday Mr. Riddleborger. representing Virginia, 0 posed the ratification of the Fisheries rlg'caaty on the ground that it permitted the front on the ground that it permitted the Cane in! to surticipate in all the coast, bay, sound. an riverfisheriel‘of the United States, and that no laws could be passed on the subject without the content of the British Government. llehilonn between “fly and Franco no becoming seriously strained. iiieiofi pan out' two-night ?" Not in the least diaconcorted by the extraordinary con- ducts of his subordinate, who. by the Way, was a newcomer on the paper and hardly known to him. Mr. McLean roo onded in an apparently pleasant way. “ )on‘t call me ‘Mao.’ it seem: to stiff. call me J uh-nie.” FORFIGN. The potato disease in spreading in 1‘118. land. Rain continues to fall in torrents in Gar. many. One night John R. McLean, editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer, was seated at his desk 11 to his eyes in business, when n bumpt one young reporter strolled in from the city editor's room and seating himself familiarly near the editor in~chief, inquired in an omhnnd way, “ _Well.__Mg<_:, how does Tfio British troops at Suakim aro‘aufi‘ering terribly from the heat. NEWS OF THE DAY. The London DJin News says that the Parnellitee have on intention at present to ofl'cr farther serious opposition to the Com- mission bill. The belief now prevails that the white Pasha is not Stanley, but Emin Boy, who, threatened by the Mahdi, resolved upon striking a bold blow. Mr. 'Parnell writes to the “ Times," chai- lenging Mr. Chamberlam to publish the Lo- cal Government scheme alleged to be in Mr. Parneli’u handwriting. The Dublin Court has confirmed the con- viction of Mr. Jnhn Dillon, and refuses the application for a writ of habeas corpus for his release fxom prison. Tixe incendiary fires in Port an Prince the capital of Hayti, on Juiy 4 and 7. dea- groyed property to the amount of @1030,- It is Stated that Justice Day has dcuiiued to sit on the Psi-non Commission and that Justice Willa will be substituted for him. It is announced that the Emperor of Ger- many. the Czar of Rueeia, and the Emperor of Austria. will meet at some point on the Austrian frontier in the autumn. The rumours of a meeting between the Queen and Emperor Williamg an Bsdcn are otliciul y declared In Berlin to be untrue. 0.1 the occasion of Ernporor Wiilium’a visit to Rome there will be a review of 40,000 troops drawn from all the Italian regiments. It is stated that Prince Bismarck has in intimated to the Queen, through the German embassy, that Emperor William desires to pay her a state visit in November. The Turkish Ambassat'or at Berlin has notified the Porto that the negotiations be- tween Germany, Austria. and Italy regard- ing the Bulgarian question will soon begin. It in reported thut the Cur will meet the Shah 0! Paul- at Bnku In September. Silent. I- being dovuhted by «nude floods, .nd the crop aro_~m_p19t1y “If“. - The Mark Lme Express save the damage done to the Brill-h grain crop: by the wet weather is lrreparab e. Itla tarot-ted that the Crown Prince of Italy wil beahortl betrothed to Princess Clementine of Belg um. The King of Sweden will arrive in Berlin on the 20th innt.. to not an godfather to Em- poror William 3 youngest son. Gen. Bmlanger and M. L‘guerra are about to issue another eleoforal manifesto on the revision of the Constitution. Mr. Patrick Egan supports Mr. Parnell in the statement that while Mr. Chamberlain was in the Ministry be divulged Cabinet secrets to the Irish party from time to time. dIy. Mr. Gladutono any: that when he has seen Home Rule for Ireland his political Work will be finished. The Vsndeleur tenants who resisted evlo- tion have been sentenced to imprisonment for from one to nix months. The Italian Government threaten to with draw their subsidies from Catholic missions in Asia and Africa unless they permit a Government inspection of their curriculum and books. A serious fig ha 9;)Ok plnoo between I“ ranch .nd Imllm Inboron at Lnon. l" muoo, yeater The Turkish Government have sent 0 pro- test to the powers .gainst the occupation of Mmownh by Italy. Immense damage ha- been onuwd 1) vol» canlo disturb-noel in the Lipari Islam I, in the Moditeruneau. The new: of the result of the last English Derby was telegraphed from England to Australia in one hour and four minutes, which is believed to be the fastest time ever made between these points. The New York “ Tribune “ says of a type-writin contest which took place in that city on “'e nesday last :â€"In yesterday’s test there was a close struggle for first place be- tween Miss M. E. Orr and E. McGurin, the latter winning by only threefifths of a word per minute. The test was for five minutes, and after deducting all errors the jury an- unarmed the following decision : McGnrin, 479 words, an average of 95 4-5 words per minute; Miss Orr, 476 words. an average of 95 1-5; Miss M. C. Grant. 469 words, an average of 93 4-5; Mr. Myerson, 431 words, an average of 88 L5. The prizes were $25 to first, 310 to§second, and $5 to third. Miss Orr is unquestionably the fastest female op. erator in the world. This is her first defeat, and it would not be snrprisin if she turned the tables on McGnrin in t 0 tournament which takeeplaee at Toronto for the world's championshif) on August 13. Wouldn’t Accept the Fit. We once knew L. W. Allen to preach s sermon for the benefit of one member of the congregation. She was very rich, very old, and had not been to church for 20 years. Allen's {sme drew her, and he determined to make the most cf it. His text, his illus- trations, everything fitted her (and no tail- or ever msde a. better fit). The services over, we went with Brother Allen to the hos- iteblo home of the old lady, only to hear or say to him:-â€"“ Mr. Allen, your ser- mon fitted my overseer so well that all the time you Were preaching I was regretting that he was not there to hear it.” A Broad street mother reads a child's story paper regularly to her little daughter, and most of the tales are continued from week to week. The other day the little one heard the expression, " writers’ cramp," and asked what it meant. ” [t is a stiffening or cramp- ing of the fingers. my dear," was the reply : " people who write a great deal often get it, and have to stop writing for A while." "Oh i” said the little miss, an a great light broke upon hot perceptive faculties ” that’s it, is it? I‘ve often wondered why the writers of those nica stories always stop in such inte- resting places." The English railways made a good show- ing as regards accidents last year. In 1887 only ['21 passengers were killed, and, leaving out the loan of life by the Septhorpe disaster. the victims would not. have met, death had they (X‘ICile common prudence. Ol em- loyes, 798 were killed, 1,297 puacngern ln~ Jared, and 2,293 workmen. The-e figum loam large, but they show a decrease of no- cldentn when aompxrcd with the records of former you". Ennllsh Railway A cements. Type Writing Contests. \V rltcr's Cramp. Authentic-led ('uu Told by People 0 VOI’MI”. H. B. A. of Ilauord. Pm. when: The following story of n utrwge dream was re lated to me by the gentleman to whom it: occurred. and in Itrlotly true in every reopeob, the {acts having been known at the time to eu-ernl perzonu beeldee the gentleman in question. 1 will relate it as nearly an I can in llll own words. 1 did not think the dream strange at the time but when it was repeated on the following evening exactly as before, I began to grow interested. Finally the dream was repeated on the third night and in addition I thought the lady by my side handed me a card on which was her name and address. The dream seemed to fade awaytus before. When [awoke next morning. after thinking the matter over. I concluded to write to the address which seemed firmly fixtd in my memory, telling of my dream and asking if there was such a person as the ladyIldreamcd of. I didso, and asked if there was such a lady to please send me her picture. Ina few days I rcolved a reply stating that there was such a person and enclosing a photograph which I at once recognized as the lady of _my dreams: I corresponded with ch; lady for some time and finally visited her at her home. I found her very agreeable and she seemed to have found me the same, for when I return- ed she came with me and we were married in the same church and by the same minis. tar as appeared in my dreams. That was ten years ago and I can truthfully say that neither of us has ever regretted my dream." DREAM OF TWO BROTHERS. T. S. Dawson, of Dawson, settlement, N. B , says: A friend has a brother who is a sail- or. The tailor had been absent for twelve years, and had not been heard from for a long time, when one night my friend dreamed that if he went to a certain seaport town the following day he would meet his brother. He drove there, a distance of about thirty miles, and soon after arriving, encountered his brother on the street. The two, though so long separated, at once recognized each other. After the first greetings were over, “I suppose,” said the sailor, “you are very much surprised at meeting me here to day.” "Not at all,” replied his brcther; “I was ex- pecting it, for I dreamed last night that, if I came, I would meet you here to-day; and the dream was so much like a reality that I harnessed and drove all the way here to find you and take you home!” _“How strange, how very strange,” said the other, "I Was not much surprised to see you either, as I dreamed last night that I would find you here to-day, and the dream has been on my midd ever since!" The two brothers rode joyfully homewards. both fully satisfied that dreams mean something sometimes. A MOTHER'S DREAM. Miss M. A. Leonard, of Mt. Alton, Pa., tells the story of a dream of her mother as follows : Our home is situated in the midst . of oil wells in the wilds of M'Kean 00., Pa., and although I regard till vicinity as dreary . and tiresome, my city iricnds term it “beautiful and picturesque in the extreme.” But I am wandering from my subject. My father and my two brothers took charge of this lease, and removed the family to the 1seat of their employment about five years ‘ago. The boiler and the several wells at- tached to it which my oldest brother at- tended were near our home, and we could .eee him almost any moment hurryin , as 1 was his went, about his duties. The deck i inu or crossin of a 200 bbl. tank. into ‘ which one of h s wells flowed, had fallen in, ‘ and there was nothing to stand upon while ‘ gauging the tank, buta 6 in. board across the top. I was attending school a considerable ‘ distance from home, but came home once a week. On one occasion when I came home, I noticed that something was troubling my mother, and she requested me to remain at home the following week. After much pleading I revailed upon her to tell me her reasons. a two nights revious, she had a very strange dream, wh ch had impressed her so muc , that, tryas she would. it would not leave her mind. She dreamed that she was visiting at some friend's house, accom~ panied by my younger sister. She thought that in iront of the house was a large vat, filled with aioaming‘ liquid, from which a “Do you With to know how [became acquainted with my wife. \‘ ell, it is n atrange atory. almost too strange to be true. It happened this Way 2 One evening after a hard day‘s work I retired to my bet for a ood night's rest. Smu after retiringl io laaiee , when the dream occurred to me. I thou t I stood by the chancel-rail in the list e country church where I attended meeting, and by my aide atood a lady, a stranger to me. The minister who stood before us seemed in the act; of performing the marriage ceremony. I rc‘cognized him to he the minister who had charge of the church I mentioned. The scene gradually faded away and when I woke it was morning, filled wlth a. {cumin liquid, trom wmon a gen was arising. iumg Cassie, my deter, they immediately instituted a search. but without success for two hours. At length my mother up roached the vet, and no n a uaging po 0 lying near, put it in, an atr king some object on the bottom, pulled it up, and it was Cassieâ€"drowned. At this point ehe awoke, and on the following ni ht dreamed the some in every particular. T is seemed rather strange to me, but I did not head it. and went to school in the morning. About 3 p.m. a messenger came for me, with the news that my brother was drowned in the undcoked tank. He had been lmt for the some period that mother had dreamed, and they felt for him with a guage pole, just on in the dream, no that the dream come true except that my brother instead of my sister wua drowned. Men in middle life are aeerxly likely torenlize the fact that in 1853 there were in all only 205 miles of railway in India; that in 1873 there were 5,695 miles of railway, while in 1887 there were 13,380 miles. Telegraphic communication with indie WM first opened in 1805, and the opening of the Suez Canal in i809 was scarcely of less importance in developing her trade, tint by shortening the passage and eecond by mitigating the risk from wheat-weevil. Another agency has been the development of irrigation works. We read that “only" 30,000,000 acres have, up to date, been nrtificiailyinifnted but the ap ropriatenese of the qualify m: adverb is ran and evident when It is employed in contract with the total area of 200000.000 mm of cultivated ground, and the vent greet _oi_ 808,3” equate miles which include British Indli. nun-m I’IJLI’ILLBD. Railways in India There was a bowl raised about Capt. Moore after that by ignorant, chattering landsmen. He was called incompetentâ€"did not understand his business. Bah! Ask any lane captain about that. They will tell you that the same might ha‘ve occurred to any man, that the wonder was, not that the vessel was wreckedâ€"it would have been little short of marvellous had she escaped through that night. I have never met Capt. Moore, but the proof of what kind of a man he is, is shown by the fact the new big steel steamer the Algonquin, which the Messrs. Marks, of Port Arthur, have just brought over from the Clyde, is in his charge, and I am told on pretty end au- thority, too, that the command oi1 the new Algoma will be offered him. Such vessels are not offered to incompetent men. A 0AMAIN'S RESPONSIBUJ'HES. Very few people have much of an idea of the responsibility wei hing upon the ca tain of one of these big flake steamers. e is much worse than an ocean» going vessel. Out on the salt water as soon as the steamer is clear of land the is laid in her course. and then, unless unusual circumstances arise, the captain can take a comparatively easy time of it. Not so on the lakes. If there is clear weather, no fog, not much swell and eve thing bright, the captain may get a few curs' rest. otherwise not. He is the navigator as well as the captain. Going up from Owen Sound, Capt. Facts, of the Atha- basca, was on the bridge all afternoon. He‘ was there peering through the log at mid- night. Towards morning he was still there. At day break he was pacing the bridge. all that day he was on dut , all the next night and the next day nm. 1 Port Arthur was reached. I asked him at last if he was go- ing to take any sleep that voyage or wait till the close of navigation, and then learned that a great deal oitener than not the cap tain does not close his eyes or get a bit of rest throughout the entire journey, and the the first mate has nearly as bad a time oi it. Add to it the care of the entire ves- sel, including paisengers and cargo, and you will have some idea of the duties and responsibilities of these men. 1 have spoken of the first mate. His work, too, is never ended. and only second in responsibility is the chief engineer. When crossing Lake Superior, broad in the path of commerce lies Isle Royale. a gigantic leviathan waiting. watching for prey. A long, partially wedge-shaped, crooked hacked island covered with rocky 1 hammocks and granite protuberances. here and there “it, treacherous shoal beaches and anon hluii‘s rising sheer out of the water to a height oi hundreds of ieet. crowned with stunted growths of pine and poplar ; jagged cruel reefs oi rock runnin offinto the lake like arms of an ooto usâ€"t e island the indy of a giant reptile, t to reefs its teeth. Tlll’. “'RBOK 01-‘ Till“. ALO MA. A terror to mariners is Isle Royale in bad weather. More than one ship‘s skeleton lies along its borders, evidence that the hungry jaws have been at work. It was on this shore. some miles down from the point, that the proud Algoma laid her broken bones in that awful night a couple of years ago when this queen of the lakes went down, and the number of lives lost sent gritf and desolation into scores of homes. 1 said an awful night. I was told at Port Arthur that on that occasion the waves ran twenty feet high above the breakwater, and this was within a land looked bay. mind you. Out on the lake the fury of the elements was terrific. A blinding snowstorm raged, while a hurri cane tore the waters into spray and thrashoi ‘ the an ow flakes and sleet into whirling sheets, that simply meant blindness to whoever at. tnnpted to face them. Add to this pitch darkness and you will have some idea of what the Algoma labored through that live- ioog night. Capt. Moore fought for his ship and her precious freight of human lives with gallan- try that fell nothing short of heroic. Through all that terrible ordeal he made but one mis- take, an error of j ndgment, an error of cal culation rather of alf a inut f t' -" um my «hon . was . We 3., {3333‘ death to many of his pastengers and ”tow “(i wounds and anguish to himself. ON THE ROCKS. In that awful wreck of roaring winds, thundering waves, icy spray andjrezen snow no light could be seen or fog whistle heard. It was impossible to make port that night. He knew he must be approaching Isle Royals. and that his only chance was to turn southward and fight for open water. The order was given, right gallanfly the noble steamer answered her helm and bore up against the hufl'etting waves; but as she came around her stern swung on to one of those reefs. those long arms of the octopus â€"there was a crash, the winds shrieked in fiendish glee ; the mountainous masses rush- ed on, pounded against her iron sides with mighty force, mounted higher and beat her over slowly but_surely-â€"-and all was over. In that terrible moment it is told that Capt. Moore and his crew showed the true heroism of British sailors. Many were lost but many were saved through their exer- tions. The time in which anything could be done was but moments. They did what could be done, coolly and determinedly, took their lives in their hands to save what they could of those other lives entrusted to their charge; then with the remonnt were thrown,battered and wounded, half-drowned and with bones broken upon the rocks to wait for daylight and help, while the mad sea pounded the wreck to pieces and in mockery threw the fragments up on the shore. The reptile Isle Royale had a boun- tiful feast. Thirty-seven people died the death that night. Lake Superior is like the ocean in many rea ecta, notably in this, that it never gives up to dead. Tho bod of e person drowned in any of these waters lo never found, unless washed up on the shore. Dre 3 men over- board and that is the last of im. Ithlnk tho reason in this: The water is very cold, seldom if ever rising above 40 degrees. This temperature prevents decomposition and as no as is generated the body does not float on t would in warmer wster. Only a couple of the bodies lost at the wreck of the Alaoms, I believe, were found, end these Al om», l boliovo, were muna, ann unoue ha been washed up on the rocks by the storm. The same phenomenon of drowned bodies not floating In obuervablo in Lake Slmcoe. _ ISLE BOYALB'8 DEADLY JA‘VS. Egg-{Inally the inter-nations] boundary The Octopus onto l'pper lulu-o AND PEOPLE IIO\VLED. l'l‘ KREPE ITS DIAD. Pm ISLAND. 03' against Thunder Capo â€"why so called depnnen "‘3 a beautiful, nicely-waffle “ with little bays, an“_mlg V‘ billsâ€"the most beauuful '9 UH flgulflfll lDunUer U3 .--â€" , . _why so called depnnen £31m}: not.f llt :13 abeautilul, nicelymome utreteh o a; (i with little bays, ”piling valleys, woo e bills -the most beautiful spot, perhaps, on has cu..- But right he", 1.. many between Thunder Cape a6d’P1é‘ Kline. is agood place to atop and look about. It is a. scene never to he forgotten, a scene of impressive grandeur, where the puny works of the buds of man are lost sight of in the bold moulding of the hand of the Almighty, in the presence of which your great. steamship seems but a cochlea-shell and man himself an atom. Such a scene must form the commencement and not the end of an article. Edison has just turned out s new clock which talks. Instead of striking the hour it simply announces in every-day English, "one o'clock," " two o'clock," etc.. and at meal times it cries “ dinner time.” The in- vention suggests unlimited possibilities. For instancezâ€"Mr. Jones, whose deughisr hssayoung man disposed to stay lute in the evenin , buys one with a deep Mid powerful vo co. He places it on the mantel. piece, primed and timed. At 10 30 p. m. it remarks :-â€"“Mr. Smith. it’s time to go. Look out {or the dog!" The new clock ought to hove s greet sale. The banana in a variety of the plantain family, and int: native of the tropics. It is largely used as food, and cultivated for exportation. With the exception of two or three palms, it would not be easy ‘to name initrhe wholeuvepetable kingdom any factor to his countr . It was a ion headed Dutch fisherman, » llliam Buckels yname, who found out that ealt fish will keep, and can be had in barrels and exported. Be- !ore th s time fish had to be consumed di- rectly they were caught; but the new dis- covery created a great industry in Holland, and the salt fish trade, which she monopo~ lized for some time, added immensely to the country's wealth. Statues were erected to commemorate Buekols. and Queen Mary of Hungary honored his memory in a very pe- culiar way. She seated herself in state upon the old fieherman’s tomb, and called for and ate aealted herring. Thunder Cape gets its name from the In- dian belief that the thunder made its home there. Another belief is that a great gimt lies there nntomhed. In pictures Thunder Cape is always seen wrapped about with clouds and min. In reality it is as fair 3 headland as one could wish to see. Of course, in dark weather or during a thunder stmm the case is differentâ€"then the cape can assume, with the clouds lnwering over it and the lightning playing nbcut it, an awful grandeur. plant which' 13 applied to a greater number of ngea than the plantain. Good Wages â€"A Dollar an Kour. Enterprising. ambitious people at both sexes and all ages should at once write to Stineon end 00., Portland, Maine, learning thereby, by return mall, how they can mslxe 81 per hour and upwards. and llve at home. You are started free. Capital not needed. Work pleasant and easy ; all can do it. All is new and free ; write and see ; then if you conclude not to go to work, no harm is done. A rare opportunity. Grand, rushing success rewards every worker. Mrs. H. J. Minnie, of Tampa. Fla., killed a rattlesnake a few days ago that measured sixioetneveninohesinlengthandloginches in circumferenoe. It was in the not of devouring a rabbit: when Ibo ound it. Two weeks ago, she killed an alligator eight feet long. A salted herring seems a rather simple thing. Yet the man who first salted her- rings revolutionized trade snd became a bone- factor to his country. It was a long~headed At: one point in the taco of Thunder Co the rock I: a: straight and smooth as o W: l. Tney tell a story oboub the old Algomoâ€"not the C. 1’. R. Vessel, but an old timer made of wood, and built in the shape of a tub. him was lying outaido in afog one ni ht when the Which heard a. peculiar wrap 03 forward. Examination showed that. her bowsuing was scraping up and down the face of this wall of rock. I don't vouch for the truth of thh story ; it was Capt. Rob- orfson, of tho United Empire, told it. The stem of the plantain, or banana, in from fifteen to twenty feet high, althou b there are varieties havinoa stem of on y six feet. The leaves are very large, the blade being sometimes ten feet long and three feet road, undivided, ofa beautiful shinin green. The plant is propagated by one era, and aeuoker attain: maturity in about eight months or a year after being planted. The stem is out down after fruit- ing, but the plantation does not require renewal for fifteen or twenty years. It has been cultivated successfully in hot- housce. ' More than a hundred bananas often grow onasingle stem, and so closely do they grow together, that tarantulas, the deadly insect of the tropics, are sometimes brought tothe north concealed among them, and even small snak‘s have been found by the dealers when unpacking the fruit. The banana grows more in favor each year, and no glace is too remote for its exporta- tion. But to walk through the markets ofasouthern city, where bananas are for sale on every hand for almost nothing, and note the immense quantities in every stage of ripeneae, it would seem as if they must decay on their stalks, so glutted is the market with this fruit alone. A Dutch Fisherman’s Discovery. {line passed through Isle Ro ole. New lt jpessee northward of Cell I- end. lame.” miles northward. ln exohenge the Brituh Government acquired some islands near the mouth of St. Mery'l river. and the Ameri- cans say we got the best of the trade. IN SIGHT 0P THUNDER CAPE. Golng to Port Arthur you pass between Isle lbyele end Gull Island. There are other islands lying around loose of greater or lesser interest, but they are scarcely uo- ticed, because right bdore towers up the great black mess of Thunder Cape. Stand- l300 feet high, it can be seen at e greet distance. It In sirnplvn greet rook table- lund rising out of the water and joined to the main land at the foot oi Thunder Bey. Right on the top of thin table land is kae Louise, o. bed of water 300 feet deep, with no apparent ulet, its surface n thou-5nd feet above the levelof kae Sunerlor. The Banana Tree. "1° Pie 131311 I; 9‘