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by political considerations. 3. He was a member of a wealthy and powâ€" erful family. 4 He had been enthusâ€" lastically received as the leader of the people, and never did a king possess better oppertunities for a glorious career. His personal qualities. 1. He was regal in person and carriage. 2. In stature he was tall and commanding. PRACTICAL SURVEY. In studying the life of Saul we cannot help being decply moved with pity for one who was so great and yet so unhappy. His early prospects. 1. Saul was not a usurper. He had not acquired h‘s king@cly title by trampling upon the rights and libertiecs of kinsmen or subjects. He had been chosen and anointed king by the direction of ‘chovah. 2. He had not reached the throne by right of family inheritâ€" ance, but his royal power was the gilt of Israei‘s God. Selected as he was, he assumed power unhampered vV.0n and . Ndapntail dweit." â€"Cam. Bb Other side o Jordanâ€"The panic spreacd even to the eastern side of the Jordan. But possibly the phras> here means ‘"on the side of the Jorâ€" dan," that is, in the district beâ€" tween the battle field and the river. Ih.d. Fledâ€""It was very natural for the people in the towns and villages there to take flight and flee, for had they waited the arrival of the vicâ€" tors, they must, according to the war usages of the time, have been deprived either of their liberty or their lives." 8 ‘0 to~ Pnit@s.F updâ€"0, o;s. covvciny the bo«ies of the king and bi@ sons on the battleficli they reâ€" served them for special indignities. ut offâ€"The wnointed of Jehovah fares no better than the uncircumâ€" clised Goliath, now that Gnd has forâ€" asken him.â€"Cam. Bib. To publisb it â€" "That the daughters of the heathen might rejoice and triumph" (2 Same. 1, =Q0). Saul‘s head and arâ€" mor were the signs of victory. Of their idolsâ€"Their idois were regarded as the givers of the victory. The Plilisiines divided the honors among their Geities Astarothâ€"A heathen ge«ldess whose rites were filthy and abominable. *"*The temple referred to hore was doubtiess the famous temâ€" ple of Venus in Askelon mentioned by Herexlotus as the most ancient of all khor temples." Bethâ€"shan â€" " The wméolern Besian, between the mounâ€" atinse of Gilboa and the River Jordan. The wall of Bethâ€"shan, to which the bodies were fastened, appears to hayeo faced some main street of the city" (2 Sam. xxi, 12). IV. The burial of Saul and his sons (vs. 11â€"13). 11â€"18. Inhabitants of. â€" * Min«l{ul of the debt of graitude they oweud to Saui for rescuing them from Nahash" (chap. II). Woent all nightâ€" They made a journey of about tweive miles. secured the bodies, and reâ€" turned to their own side of the Jorâ€" dGan in a single night. Burnt them â€" This was not a Hsbrew custom. and vas burned, because of the mangled cowtlition of the bodies.â€"Hom. Com. Castodâ€"This was a sign of general wourning. was cither resorted to to prevent any furthor insult from the Philistines, or, more !:Ikely, seeing that only the flesh # ended his life with the sword of the armorbearer. "If this be true, then Eaul and Doeg both fell by that weapon with which they had before massacred the priests of God"â€"I. Bamuel xxii. 18.â€"Clarke. 5. 6. Saw that Saul, etec.â€"He proâ€" bably are«v the «sword from the king‘s be«ly and did what he could to save him, but it was too late. He {ellâ€"Being answerable for the King‘s We he fearel punishment ; or from a nobler motive of true fidelity, reâ€" fused to survive his master.â€"Cam. Bib. So Saul dielâ€"The real ground of Saul‘s last dark act of selfâ€"deâ€" struction was not the extremity of the moment nor fear of insult from the enemy, but the decay of his inâ€" ner life and the complete severance ol his heart from God.â€"Lange. All his menâ€"Compare I. Chron. x. 6. Some think this refers to his bodyâ€" guards and means that they were all slain; others think the referâ€" ence is t ail iths household who went with hiin to the war and on whom. his hopes for the future hung. \ Y ymay ~ane v 40e OR Aanngeinic n â€"â€"Alvetato in w Sasdedilicch +4 4C is believed by many, from the conâ€" struction of the original, that Saul 4. Woald â€" notâ€"The armorbearer, who, according to Jewish writers was Doeg would not yield to Saul‘s li{e. Fcell upoa itâ€"*"Thrust it through .txlmse}r by {a.lling over upon it." It II. The death of Saul (vs. 3â€"G). 3. The archersâ€" The men who shot arâ€" rows with the bow. Hit......overtookâ€" After the death of Saul‘s sons the archers singled Saul out and pursued him. Their wmissines were aimed at him and some of them may have hit bim. _ Sore wounded.....greatly â€" disâ€" tressodâ€"The Revised Version gives the correct meaning, "The word noâ€" where means to be wounded, as our vorsion has it here. He saw that he was tho mark of the Philistine sharpâ€" shooters, and he therefore writhed and quaked with terror at the thought of falling by such hands."â€" Commentary.â€"I. Saul‘s sons slain (vs L C From this chapter on, through the subsequent history â€" of the kiogs, we have the parallel and {requeni eupplementary compilations of the books of the Chronicles. Comâ€" pare with this chapter L Chronâ€" lclos x. 1. Men of Israel fledâ€"It is supposed that the battle was being fought in tho plain of Esdraclon, and that the lsraclites flea before their enemies to tho slopes of Mount Gilboa, whither the I‘milistines followed. Fell down glainâ€"lt was impossible for them to rally. Saul and his sons fought iike herocs, and no doubt threw themâ€" eclves into the forefront of the bailâ€" tle, but all in vain ; God was against them. 2. Followed hardâ€"The onset of the Philistines was directed mainly against that quartor where Saul and his sons were fighting. Blew......Saul‘s sonsâ€"Jonathan falls with the rest. 1, God would hereby complete â€" the ju@gment that was to be executed upon Saul‘s house. 2. He would make David‘e way to the crown clear and open. 3. God would also show us that the difiecrence between good and bad is to be made in the other world, walk s ax e s s Death of Saul and Jonathan.â€"1 Sam. not in this.â€"Henry. Sunday INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMEER 6, 190 Py eta., remember, true remedy, Lydia E. 1 Vegetable Compound, advised a number of my sick imends to take Lydia E. Pinklymm's Vegeâ€" table Compound, and they have never had reason to be sorry. Yours very truly, Mzr#. May FammBANES, 216 Bouth 7th SL,Minnesgolis,Minn. " (Mrs. Fairbanks is one of the most successful and highest ‘salaried travelling salesâ€" women intheWest.)â€"cwoom:m c[dcnktnrudn,mmntu Whan women are troubled with my body. Since I have been well I have been more careful. I have also advised a number of my sick friends H Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ® neglect of warning symptoms will soon prostrate a woman. She thinks woman‘s safeguard is Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound. Eky Nee e ue Ho mt s o oy en enlees wl P Em mrafteese, monl 1 mek J . _ No Proppels Inlated. â€" ... well high prostrated. I knew I had to erfroper‘y Initlated: To sermething, Happily I did the tigns.| _ " Except ‘Tor those ‘who, Jiate .an thing. I took Lys}’a;}. Pinkham‘s ( eSPecial aptitude for itâ€"and Vegetable Compound _ faithfully ‘fewâ€"h'gh diving is a d M eerog: pas according to directions, and was reâ€" | t to is M Oe i PM warded in a few weeks to find that m me to indulge in," said a diving aches andtfinina d.isamuod, Snd { expert the other day. " A good diver ;gai:ofielt sp gloivof Ith through | MAY occasionally lose his balance, S Pn mike chraint | I Revareiee Louw regure it on at any sate bulâ€" advised a number of my sick friends c_a.n regain it, or at any rate sufâ€" to take Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegeâ€" | (C°"W so to prevent injury to himâ€" navrm a ow 'e & "Ignorance and neglect are the cause of untold female suffering, not only with the laws of health but with the chance of a cure. I did not heed the warnings of headaches, organic pains and general weariness, until I was well nigh prostrated. I knew I had to do something. Happily I did the right Lossons to be learned from Saul‘s life. 1. Life is a time of probation, and the test of each man‘s character is mado bere amid. life‘s trials and temptations. 2. It is one of the hardâ€" ost as woell as the rarest things in hfe to be true, that is, to tell the exact truthb. It is so easy to shade the truth just a little this way or that to suit one‘s convenience or necesâ€" «ity. 8. Whon one performs the seemâ€" ingly insignificant act of disobediâ€" once, he never knows the train of Cisasters that may follow. Saul woul1l have been overwhelmed with ponitence and remorse at Gilgal, could he have foreseen the conseâ€" quences of his impatient disregard of God‘s instructions. 4. The guilt of the disobedtent is increased by the troulle and suffering they bring upon the innocent and virtuous. 5. Wa learn from Saul not to rely on any good thing which we think we have in ourselves. It is only when all that weo have of seeming good in ourâ€" solves Is brought to God in consecraâ€" tion, and the whole nature is thorâ€" oughly purificd ond harmonized with the civine will, that we can hope to exercise a permanent influence for justice and right. 6. Saul, when a young man, littlo dreamed that his end would b> that of the suicide. The lasson of toâ€"djay but emphasizes the porii ot disobedience. Voice over the ‘phoneâ€"Shay, cenâ€" tral, I wanter hic talk ter m‘ wife. Centralâ€"What‘s her number? Voiceâ€"Quitcher kiddin‘, will yer? I ain‘t no Mormon. Succesg.ve steps in his downward career. 1. He disobeyed God at Gilâ€" gal hy not carrying out strictly the directions given by Samucel. 2. Ho resortedl to hypocrigy in his report to Samuel as to his disposal of the persons and property of the Amaleâ€" kites. 3. Ho revealed the cruelty that existed deep in his nature, by his senseiess persecution of David. 4. With murderous intent he made an assault on Jonathan because of his friemdship for David. 5. At last, reâ€" Jacted and dishonored, he commitâ€" ted suicide on the battlefield to avo‘«l cruelty of his foes. Consequences of Saul‘s disobedience. 1. His character, that gave promise of splencid poss.bilities, was irretreyâ€" dgbly ruind. 2. The peace and hapypiâ€" noss of his householJ were destroyed. 3. HMis best friends suffered the perâ€" is and distress of undeserved exile. 4. The beloved son, Jonathan, was callx1 to lay down his life on the sam» battle{ield where his father dishonerably periwhed. 5. The bodies of Saul and his sons were mutilated and a@lshonored by the Philistines. 6. A multitude of Israclites shared tae sad death of Sau!l and his sons. misis /+ L _Markable generosity of ?'lrlt (I. Sam, xi. 18), 4. During his first experiences of king he showed a broad magnanmity in his adminisâ€" tration (I. Sam, x. 27). 5. He exhibited a rare degreo of modesty for one who had so anexpectedly been eievated to euch high honors (I. Bam, x. 16, 22, 28). 6. He showed commendable enâ€" ergy in the conduct of affairs (I. Sam. X. 5â€"11). 7. He was courageous and daring in battle. 8. He was patriotic and devoted to the intrrests of the people. 9. In private lifehe was pure and unsuilied by those vices which have blotted the names of many other great historical characters. The secret of his downlfall. It is a question whether Sau! ever posâ€" sessod that spirit which is all essenâ€" tial to true success in any underâ€" l’:‘aklngâ€"that spirit which accepts as will â€" soon reign. The governing power gone, derangement &soon folâ€" lows as the result of disobedience. Raul‘s soul became the abode of dark and revengeful passion. He beâ€" came, 1, Jealous. 2. Vindictive. 3. Untruthful. 4. Impatient. 5. Gloomy. 6. Reckliessg. Dest the whole will of God. Many thousan«ds of individuals, although possessed cf good intentions, havye made shipwreck of the faith when tested as to their real fidelity to God. This test came to Saul, and right there began his down{all. When God does not rule there confusion Not a Polygamist. r, there is one tried and Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Albart H. Stilwell. " Many of our young men and woâ€" men who go to the seaside in the summer for the bathing to be had come away permanently injured for life for having recklessly indulged in high diving, and few of them, as a rule, are able to explain how they received their injuries. In the maâ€" jority of cases deafness is the most frequent injury inflicted by diving. The cause of this is that few find it easy to drop th2 head sufficiently DANGER IN THE HIGH DIVE. Peach Cobbler. Peach cobbler is a dainty dessert. Line a pan with rich biscuit dough rolled rather thin; fill with peaches cup in quarters. Mix one cupful of sugar with one tablespoonful of flour in a small saucepan, add one and oneâ€"halfl cupfuls of watler and cook ten misautes, stirring most of the time; ladle this syrup over the peaches, dot well with butter and bake until peaches and crust are done. It is better without a top crust. All cobblers should be servâ€" ed with cream. To make a dewcious peach jelly pare and press through a sieve six large, ripe peaches; measure and have one piat pulp; dissolve oneâ€" half box gelatine in one cupful cold water; then set on the fire and heat, adding one cupful â€" sugar, juice of oneâ€"hall of a large lemon; add the peach pulp and cook a few minutes; thea set in iceâ€"water and stir till thick, then add in the beaten, dry whites of two eggs; pour in a mold anod set on ice to become firm. Unmold and _ serve with whipped cream. Brush the down from ripe, solid fruit, place on a dish in a steamer to cook until a straw will pierce them ; cool, then rub off the skios; cut a slit in oae side so as to reâ€" movre the pit; in its place put a marshmallow ; roll the peach in powdered and stick browned almâ€" monds over each; when serving,, place a bit of jelly on each or a piece ol candied gioger. A peach meringue pie will be welâ€" come as something new. e & Pare one dozen ripe peaches, @lice and staew them with enough sugar to ewoeten. Make a rich crust, fill it with the peaches and bake, â€" Spread over the top a thick meringue made by whipping to a {froth the whites of three eggs for each pie, eweetened with three tablespoonfuls of powâ€" cored sugar and beaten until it will stand alone. Cover the top threeâ€" quarters of an inch deep and set back into a quick oven to set. Keep in the liccâ€"box until ready to serve. Among the choicest ways to "put up" peaches is in the {form of marâ€" malade and butter, says the Cookâ€" Ing Club, which gives a number of recipes for using peaches. For the lormer, take threeâ€"quarters of a pound of sugar, white or light brown, to every pound of fruit after it has been pared, gceded _ and weighed. Heat the fruit slowly to draw out the juice, stirring _ up frequently [rom the bottom. After it is hot boil quickly for an hour, stirring all the time. Add the sugar, boil five minutes and remove the gscum. Add the juice of a lemon, if liked, for every three pounds of sugar, and the water in which some of the peach ke:n>s have been toiled. Th: kerâ€" nels give the marmalade the real "peacby" flavor which is so much desired. Cook all together to a smooth paste. Seal in glasses or put away as you do jelly. , Psel the peaches and weigh them. To every pound of fruit allow a pound ol sugar. Put the peaches and sugar in a preserving kettle in aiâ€" toernate layers, and put the kettle at tho sige o( the stove, where it will come slowly to a boil. Stew gently untii the fruit is tender and tlear, but not broken, then remove with a perforate? spoon, lay in platters to cool while you boil the syrup until thick, skimming (requently. Just beâ€" fore removing the syrup {rom the fire acd a littls lemon juice. Pack. the poaches in jars and {fill the .ars to overilowing with the sealding syrup; Peaches are here, and they afford & bost of possibilities in tne way of desserts. While they are qelicious in their ratural state, either for break{fast or to finish â€"a dinner, many who do not care for them that way will like them in the various combinations which the housewife knows how to make. Prewarâ€"sacâ€"zsalse Z PEACHES IN i L DELICIOUS DISHES C224E _‘ Ceylon GREEN Tea will displace Japan Tea just as "SALADA" Black is displacing all other Black Teas. In lead packets only, 25¢ and 4Dc per ib. By all grocers. it HAS THAT CLEAR LIQUOR "SALADA" I4filli 1t( + Bo appreciated by Japan tea drinkerm ; °, \+~*, Preserving Peaches. Stuffed Peaches. Meringue Pie. Pe. ch Jelly. Nesz Earl as a Preacher. [ One ol the busiest peers is the Earl of Stamford. He is a diocesan lay reader, and preaches a great deal, but has lately had to refuse requests to oiliciate on Sunday because, he says, Sunday is literally the only Hay he is able to spend in his counâ€" try house among his own children. His s#ecial subject is that of migâ€" glons to the native races, among whom he himsel{ labored in South Africa for several years before he interited the family honors. One afâ€" ternoon, when®gÂ¥tving an address at a mission church in a poor part of southwest London, he was unwitâ€" tingly the source o0‘ much disappointâ€" ment to a large congregation. The children in the district who had seen the posters announcing hbis apâ€" pearance, persuaded their fathers and mothers to come to church on the plea that they would see " a real live earl" in the pulpit. As the people filed out after service a woâ€" man was heard to observe, "He dor‘t a bit like a lord , he only looks like a clergyman with nothing around his neck. . .. $ ppcosn E. pHA 4 But, Paddy, we‘ve a friend at last, From whom we‘ll niver partâ€" A potentate who‘s cleft his way To Ireland‘s inver heart; Sure, the worlid has recognized him, And is lifting its corbeen To the monarch who has come to see Ts wearin‘ of the green. Now the strife is all behind us, And the future points to peace, All our efforts for ould Erin Must not be allowed to cease; And the music of the morning Shall subdue the trace of spleen As we shout for good King Edward, While we‘re wearing of the greea. â€"A Revised Version. Oh! Paddy, dear, what‘s this I hearâ€" The news that‘s going round ? The Shamrock is agin to grow In pride, on Irish ground ; St. Patrick‘s Day wid joy we‘ll keep From castle to shebeen, For Mother England cultivates The wearin‘ of the greea. I met with Napper Tandy, And he tuk me by the hand, Sure, he tould of gay processions Which was headed by the band, And he spoke of dear ould Ireland As a sprightly young colleen, For they‘re hangiog, men and woâ€" men, On the wearia‘ of the green. In the days when Afric‘s rivers Wid the blood was running red, Sure, amongst the best anod brayâ€" est, Was the Irish that was shed, And it moved the woman‘s bosom Of a proud and mighty Queen, That she issued her commandment For the wearin‘ of the green. Sure, the law, can raise the thuoâ€" der Of the cannon and the gun; But 41 takes a kindly heart to coax The blessed smiling sun, And the dawn of Erin‘s happinese Across the hills was seen, ‘ When they tould the Sons of Ireâ€" land ‘ To be wearin‘ of the green. "‘Those with weak hearts," the expert added, "cannot be too strongâ€" ly advised against high diving. ‘The spring, the rush through space, the break and the entering and cleayâ€" ing of the water are altogether too exciting for weak hearts, and especâ€" lally so in cold weather.â€"Philadelâ€" phia Ledger. PHYSICAL PAIN and mental anguish affiict the victims of skin diseases. _ Get rid of both by using Weaver‘s Cerate. The relief givenie among the wonders of medicine. ‘"The best thing I know of to bring one quickly to the surface in high diving is to have i piece of cork fasterned under each armpit. Corks weighing four ounces each are sufâ€" ficiently strong in buoyancy for a man of 150 pounds in weight. There are many devices by which the corks can be kept secured under the armâ€" pits. Perhaps the simplest is to sew each cork into a tightâ€"fitting canvas or cottor bag and then again sew each bag on to the bathing suit by a couple of strands, allowing the strands to run over the shoulders. "‘The higher the dive the longer, of course, will be the duration under water. Now, an inexperienced diver is rarelyy able to hold his beath under water for more than a second or two at Aa& time, and if the dive is an unusually high one, he will, in mine cases out of ten, give up the srtuggle in trying to regain his breath, and, invariably, too, just beâ€" fore his head reaches the surface. The result not infrequently is that the water that has escaped into his lungs and stomach is far more than is good for him, and to many it is positively injurious. * Another injury to health caused frequently by diving arises from getâ€" ting large quantities of water into the lungs. The extent of the harm done in cases of this sort depends on the condition of the water as to its cleanliness. I have often seen boys, for instance, actually dive into the water at places where it was absoiutely filthy from the evacuaâ€" tion of drainage into it. The danger to health, especially to those with not overstrong constitutions, can readily be seen. to get it well between the arms. The result is they receive some tremendâ€" ous ‘blows on the head, and if the watrer is struck a bit sideways the ear gets most of the concussion, and the resuit will frequently be a rupâ€" ture of the membrane of the tymâ€" panum. A good preventive for such an accident is to place in the ears a little medicated wool or cotton dipped in oiL Tbe Wearin of the Green. ~ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS It is well for the housewife and mother to krow, in these hot August Gays, when the grownâ€"ups as well as the children loi upon the grass, what will remove ugly green stains from frocks and gowns. Many a dainty dross has boen ruined for all time bocause it has been cast into a tub of hot water and lathered well wiih eoap. Both of those are wrong. Whon a garment has the stains upon it that show that its wearer bas cither been seated upon the lawn or wandrring through frosh ficlds, that is no reason for believing that the gown has to b> cast aside. It shoul1 be placed in cold so‘t water ans the discolored spots washed out before the general wyashing is given the garment.â€"Exchange. Ottawa wholesale trade continues fairly active. The fall orders conâ€" tinue quite numerous and well disâ€" tributed. The outlook for the next few months is very promising. In London jobbing trade circles the demand is very fair for this season. The farmers are busy with the harâ€" vest, however, and later on there will be more activity in retail trade and the sorting demand will improve. Prices of staple goods are firm. There is an increasing demand for fall goods at Hamilton. Reports to Bradstreet‘s show that the manuâ€" {acturers are busy on contracts and have, as a rule, no surplus stocks. Labor is well employed and well paid. Prices are firmly held. At Pacilic Coast trade centres busâ€" iness has shown improvement â€" this week. The jobbing trade is experiencâ€" ing a good demand for fall and winâ€" ter goods. Prices are {firmly held. Busâ€" iness at interior points is improving. The outlook is promising. Harvest operations in the west are now more general. Labor is more plentiful, several thousand _ hands having arrived {from the east, but rains have caused delay in the work in many sections and some fear as to the elfect on the ripened _ and ripening wheat. Fall business, so far, is much ahead of previous years. In wholesale circles at Quebec busâ€" iness is fairly active. Country _ reâ€" mittances are reported satislactory and the conditions of trade is healâ€" thy. Activity is noticeable in shipâ€" ping circles. Numerous buyers, the advance guard of the influx in â€" connection with the Dominion Industrial Exhibiâ€" tion and the autumn millinery openâ€" ings, bhave appeared in the Toronvo market this week. They have bought liberally, and this is taken as an inâ€" dication of a coming large volume of business the next two weeks. The The country is prosperous. stocks of manuiactured goods have been kept ;vell within requirements. Prices are irm. little more activity. Labor is well employed and in some cases it is dilâ€" ficult to obtain all the help needed. Railway earnings continnue to snow large increases. A few more failures have been recently reported but they have been mostly oi minor imporiâ€" ance. Values of staple goods are very strong. Leading â€" manulactiurers of cotton goods this week advanced prices i1â€"4 to 1â€"2¢ per yard on . a number of lines that were marked up on June 9th, the new prices to take effect at once. £9.50; boeef, echoice, carcase, $6..0 to $7.10 ; boef, modlium, carcase, $6 to £6.10 ; lamb, yearling, 88 to $8.50; lamb, spring, prr ewt., $8 to $8.20; mutton, per ewt.. $5 to $7; veal, per ewt., $7 to $8. | Bradstreet‘s on Trade. Trade at Montreal is showing a Following is the range of quotaâ€" ions: â€"Wheat, white, bushel, 79 to £0>, wheat, red, bushcl, 7Tsy to 7T9ke ; wheat, goose, bushel, 76 to 77¢ ; peas, bushel, 75 to 79°, oats, per bushel, 34 to 350 , oats, now, bushel, 31 to 31%¢ ; barley, bushel, 45¢; hay, new, per ton. 86 to $10; straw, per ton, 89 to $10 ; appios, per bush., 50 to 75¢; dressed hogs, $8.25 to $8.75; °eggs, fresh, dozen, !8 to 20:; butter, dairy. 14 to ~O¢; butler, crâ€"amery 18 ww :02>; chickons, per in., 12 io 152; ducks, poer pair, 70c to $1.00; turkeys, por Ilb., 12 to 140; potaâ€" toocs, new, bushcl, 50 to 55¢ ; cabbage, per dozen, 40 to 502; celery, dozen, 35 to 450 ; cauliflower, per dozen, 75 to $£1; beef, forequarters, $4.50 to $5.50;, bw¢, hinvpui.rters, &8 _ to £9.50 ; boeef, choice, carcase, $6.50 to $7.10 ; boef, modlium, carcase, $6 to #@â€"Aâ€" lamb. vearling, 88 to $8.50; Halifax, Aug. $0.â€"The apples shipâ€" ped to Englana from Hali{ax last year amounted to only about 80,â€" 30) barres. The coming season the sli.pment {rom tuis port wiil be close to 350,000 barreis." Such is the statement made by James Hail, manâ€" ager at Hailiax, io0r Furness, Withy & Co., who has returned from a trip through the fru:t growing country. The Furnesg, Withy Co. will run weokiy steamers fromn Halifax. M Hall spoke of tne i‘kelihood of 820,â€" CJ0 barrels o‘tering for shipment via Hailax. The totar c.op ol apples, an enormouse One. .& ostimated at 1400,000 or even a00,000 barrels. Toronto Furmers‘ Markets The offerings of grain were small to«lay, owing to the wet weather, and prices generally â€" are nom.nal. One load of white wheat sold at s02. and one load of red winter at 78e. Oats firm, 200 bushels of new selling at Sike. . ~« cdast ie â€"Ailboccindiisrditaiintetintnn t Aud Dressed hogs are unchanged, with salos at $8.25 to $8.75. T nestarente" I Hay and straw are nominal, there being no offerings. LCs . PA P DWE T _ The storms on the lake have preâ€" vented a ‘heavyy glut of fruit, and toâ€" day‘s prices are steadier. Blackâ€" berries, Lawtons, quoted at 4 to 5¢ ; apples, 10 to 20c per ‘basket ; plums, 45 to 20¢ ; pairs, 20 to 35¢; peaches, white, 20 o 25¢, do., yelâ€" iow, 85 to 60¢c; huckileberries, basket, $1.25 to $1.50;, grapes, small, basket, 20 to 40c, do., Moore‘s Early, 30 to Orangesâ€"California, late _ Valenâ€" clas, extra, $4.25 to §$5. Lemons, case, $3.50 to §3.75, watermelons, each, 25 to 30c ; bananas, bunch, $1.50 to $2. xt Vegetabies â€" Potatoes, 40 to 45¢ per bushel ; tomatoes, 15 to 20c per basket , cucumbers, 12% to 15¢; green corn, 7 to se per uozen; celery 35 to 140¢; egg plant, 30 to 40c per basket. TORONTO To Remove Grass Stain«. 500,000 Barrels of Apples, oo parnt 5 Toronto Fru it Markets. of . o Wt The English bodyguard ol gentleâ€" menâ€"atâ€"arms, which is the nearest guard to His Majosty, is limited in numbers _ and composed ol officers who have seen active service, who are ol a certain height and under 50 years ol aze at the date of apâ€" pointment. His Majesty personally selects the officers who form _ his English guard, and the appointâ€" ment is looked upon as <a great prizo. The gentlemenâ€"atâ€"arms reâ€" ceive pay and they are called upâ€" on for duty on the occasion of all court ceremofles in London or at Windsor, but they are never taken away from England. Their mess is a very good one and they constantly have the honor of entertaining royâ€" aw‘ties. ‘The captaincy of the genâ€" tiemanâ€"atâ€"arms is. a pcolitical ap pointment and carries £1,200 a year, "I‘m aâ€"goin‘ to leave you, Samiâ€" vel, my boy, and there‘s no telling ven I shall see you again. Your motherâ€"inâ€"law may ha‘ beear too much for me, or a thousand thinge may have happened by the time you next hears any news 0‘ the celebrated Mr. Veller o‘ the Beil Savage. The family name depeads wery much upon you, Samivel, and I hope you‘li do wot‘s right by it. Cporm ali little piats 0‘ breedin‘, I know, I may trust you as vell as if it was my own self. So I‘ve only this here one little bit of adwiso to give you. If ever you gets to up‘ards 0‘ fifty, and feels disposed to go aâ€"marryin‘ . asybody â€" no matter whoâ€"Jist you shut yourself up in your own room, if you‘rve got one, and pisen yourself offhand. Hangin‘s wulgar, so don‘t you have nothin‘ to say to that. Pisen yourâ€" self, Samivel, my boy, pison yourâ€" self, and you‘ll be glad on it afs terwards."â€"Pickwick. beautiful room with embroidered walls and furnitare, and the rovyal {amily refoined us there, and we sat down and talked about all sorts of things in all sorts of languages. . At aebout 11.30 they bade u«s good nig‘ t aud we bowed, and after a few moaâ€" mente conversation put on our soate and wrote our nam» in the visitor@‘ book and came home.â€"G. 0. in Harâ€" per‘s Bagar. of Alfonso XII that cigars were ofâ€" fered. as, hitherto, the Queen being hostess she has not deemed it etiâ€" quette to ailow emuking. We waitâ€" «1 some ten or fifteen minutes in a of At first there was not much conâ€" versation, but as course succeeded course the company became lively. The dinner was exquisite; so were the winas; and the Sevres and royal Vienna plates were a joy to jlook at. A good many courses were served on silver, and the dessert service was go‘i@l, and ol, my horrors! In front of each cover were two neat little wooien toothpicks! When the chamâ€" pagne was servedl there was much Lopping up and down of ambassado>s drinking to royal healths, but no specebes, and at the end of dinner the Queen got up and we all made her a bow and followed the royal family out of the room, the gentlemen stopâ€" ping to «moke for ten minutes, thie being the first time since the Jeath "Lay the mcelon on its back with the white part up, scratch the skin of the lightest part with your linger nail. If the skin is tender and the melon is yet firm to the pressure of the finger, so that you can with difâ€" fNeulty pierce it with your nail, it lie probably a good melon." No attempt is made to handJe the melons in bulk or in barrels. They must be passed out from hand to hand, and Jlong lines of men â€" are formed for this purpose. There is alâ€" ways a crowd ol youngstersâ€"Itaiâ€" lans and negroosâ€"at the depots to catch a stray molon that Is cracked or broken, and the dismembered parts are soon gobbled and disappear in a gulp. There are various ways of tellinge a good watermcelon. Some persons say they can, by pressing the sides toâ€" gether, hear in a good, sound, ripe melon a peculiar sound of crispnese like that of cclery, A well known expert gives these direâ€"tions : No One Need Purchase Any but the Best in the Market, Many attempts Lave been made to keep watermelons over winter, but with a poor measure of succoss. The bast that can be done is to preserve them three or four weeks. The seone at the great freight deâ€" pots is a busy one when a eargo of watermclons comes in. News ol the arrival is soon spread among . the dealers, ard at whatever hour in the day or night it may be the trucks of the commiss‘on merchants or dealâ€" ers crowd the vicinity. HOW TO TELL A GOOLU MELON appeared in the paper. Later bis wife gave a big reception to some visitors, but not a line appeared in the paper. Later on the man‘s youngest child died, but not a line appeared in the paper. The next fall a mass meetâ€" Ing was held in town to see about some public improvements and this business man made a big speech,. The meeting was written up in full, except this man‘s speech. ‘This was skipped. Then the business man called and asked the editor ‘what he had it in for him about. " You got mad last year, if you remember, and said you were going to have your work done at the job priating office, so I thought 14 just let your job printer priat the account of your daughter‘s wedding, your wife‘s reception, your child‘s obiâ€" tuary and â€" your â€" sneech "â€"Eaid In about two months the man‘s daughter was married â€"and they h‘j@,“ big blowâ€"out, but not a liae Kan., Events. He Did Not Miss the Patronage of tle Prominent Citizen Much. A business maa in an Oklahoma town got mad at the editor of a local paper about something which appeared in the paper, and notified HOW THE EDITOR GOT EVEN 2410 0 2,,00 222 A200, PepPOR, OP2VG | PPC CUAEDCME the editor that he would in future have his printing done at a job office where they didn‘t bave a newspaper to roast everybody. He thought, â€" of course, the paper would have to quit business, but it kept on going. Ring Edward‘s Bodyguard. Dining With Spain‘s Ring Marriage. your â€" speech."â€"Eaid, % AJ