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Yet, he never came. A greater in- firmity came instead, and atlastJoyoe suggested than: her mother should not. at up Ln bad Weather. They both. ew what this meant. but the episode passed as others do. and Mrs. Leach was bedritiden. Still she said:â€" "He__wi.ll come, Joyce! He willsurely “Mothei” she some one coming 7 The old lady wa opposw women Then mother momen And somehow it came to beau un- derstood thfimg that he was to come in the afternoon when they were all ready for himâ€"when Joyce had clad her pretty young form in a. dark dress, and when the old lady was up and seated in her chair by the fire in winter. by the door in summer. They had never imwgmed his arrival at another time. It would not be quLbe the same should he make a mistake and come in the morning, before Joyce had got the hogse p_ut aright. And the girl would go to the window and draw aside the curtain, lookmg' down the quiet coumtry road towards thgflvfllage.» “Yes, mother, he will come I" washer usual answer; and one day shegave a. little exclamation of surprise and al- most fear. bed, staring ' wiffi " towards the window Thus they waited. "He will .come. Joyce," she would say; f'he W111] surely come." Stephen Leach was one of the early victims to this craze. His father,hav- lung risen by the force of his own will and the capabilities of his own mind from the people to the Church. held,as such men, do. than: he had only to give his son a. good education to insure his career in life. So everythingâ€"even to the old parson's sense of right and wrongâ€"was sacrificed to the education of Stephen Leach at public school and university. Here he met and selected for his friends youths whose futures were ensured. and who were only passâ€" ing through the formula of an educa- tion so that no one could say that they were unith for the snug government appointment, living, or inheritance of a more substantial sort that might be waiting for them. Stephen acquired their ways of life without possessing their advantages, and the consequence was something very nearly approach- itng to ruin for the little country rec- tory. Not having been a. university man himself, the rector did not know that: at Oxford or Cambridge, as in the army, one may live according to one's tastes. Stephen Leach had expensive tastes,_ and he unscrupuloust traded on his father's ignorance. He was good-looking, and had a certain bril- Liancy of manner which "goes down" well at the 'varsi‘ty. Everything was against him. and at last the and came. At last the rector's eyes were opened. and when a narrow-minded man's eyes are once opened he usually bercofiles stgny Vat tge heart. Stephen Leach left England, and be- fore he landed Ln America his father had departed can a long journey. The ne'eI-do-W'ell had the good race to send back the little sum 0? money saved by his mother in her widowhood. and gradually his letters ceased. It was known that he was in Chili, and. there was war going on there, and yet the dgood old lady's fafuth. never wa- vere . He had left them eighteen years beâ€" fore in a fit of passionate resentment agaimyt his father. whose only fault had been too great an indulgence for the son of his old age. Nothing had been too great for dear Stephenâ€"hardly anything had been good enough. Eduâ€" cwted all: a charity school himself, the simrple old clargyman held the mis- rtaken view that no man can be eduâ€" Iated above his station. The Prodigal’s Return. There are some people who hold this View still, but they cannot do so much longer. Strikes, labor troubles. and the difficulties of domestic service; so- called gentleman farmers, gentleman shop keepers and lady millinersâ€"above all. a. few colonies peopled by univer- sity failures. will teach us in time that to educate our sons above their station is to handicap them cruelly in the race of life. . There was in both of them a. subtle sense of clinging. It was hard to die without touching the reward oI awonâ€" drous patience. It was cruel to deâ€" prive the girl of this burden. for in most burdens there is a safeguard, in 3:11 a. duty, and in some the greatest happiness allotted to human existâ€" emoe. It was no new thing this waiting for the scapegraoe son; the girl had grown up to ilt, for she would not. know her brother should she meet him in the street. Since sight had left the old mother’s eyes she had fed her heart upon this hope. ed the cottage, amd the heard the latch of the g Foyoe, turning, saw that had fainted. But it was ( ary. By the time she rea< she exclaimed ulong the road already sitting her sightless The ma stoppe . and the tw there up in orbs her ate After the first excitement of the re- turn was over it [meme glarineg ap- parent tha’t Stephen had arrived just 111 time. His mother fell into a. happy sleep before sunset; and when tthe ac- tive young, doctor came 3. little later in: the evening he shook his head. “ Yes,’ "he said. "I see that she is asleep and quietâ€"too yquiet. It is a. foretaste of a. longer sleep; some old pegple lh_ave__it.’_’ seemed to [:1 been alone sll now that he man-like, slhie with a sudde by side, near doctor invol Stephen had t that silent I natural and .5 ing. this big not even glan The girl noticed it, but even her mall experience of human: kind had taught her that large, fair-skinned men are often thus. They are not "de ceux qui s’explriquen't,” but go through life plan- idly. leaving unsajd and undone many things which some rthink they ought to say _a.nd d_o. n turn to follow Stephen Leach followed silently. He was rather large for the house, and especially for the stairs; moreover, he had a certain: burliness of walk. such as is acquired by man living constantly 1n_‘th€_s ppgnz Tiger‘e‘was a vqguglyâ€" pained look in his blue eyes, 9.3 if: they had suddenly been opened to his own short-comings. His attitude towards Joyce was distinctly apologetic. \Vhen he followed the girl across the threshold of her mother's bedroom, the old lady was sitting up in bed, holding out trembling arms towards the door. Here Stephen Leach seemed to know better what to do. He held his mother in his arms while she sobbed and mur- mured out her joy. He had no words but his arms meant more than. his lips could ever have told, It would seem that the best part of happmess is the shaming it with some one else. “Joyce, was the first distinct word the old lady spoke, "Joyce. he has come at last. He has come! Come here, dear. Kiss your brother. This is my firstbornâ€"my little Steve.” . The young man had sunk upon his knees at the bedeide, probably because fit was the most convenient position. He did not second his mother’s propo- sal with much enthusiasm. Altogether he did not seem to have discovered much sympathy with the sister whom he had left in her cradle. Joyce came forward and leaned over the bed to kiss her brother, while the old lady’s hands joined theirs. Ju§t as her fresh young lips came within reach, he turned his face aside, so that the kiss fell on barren ground on his tamned cheek. "Joyoe," continued the old lady fever- ishly, “I am not afraid to die now,fpr Stephen is here. Your brother wxll take care of you, dear, when I am gope." "Yes." she said. “I knew he woq‘ld grow to be a big mam. His little fin- gers were so strongâ€"he hurl; me some- times. What a4 great moustache! I knew you had been a. soldier. And the skin of your face is brown and a little rough. What is this? what is this. Steghe'n. dear? Is this a. wound"? _ “Yes,” answered the Prodigal. speakâ€" mg for the first time. "That; is a sword cut. I got that in the last war. I am a. colonel in the Chilian army. or wag, before I resigned." The old lady's gightleSS eyes were fixed on his face as if listening far the Echo of another voice in his deep quiet ones. “Your voice is deeper than your father's ever was," she said; and all the while her trembling fingers moved lovingly over his face. touching the deep cult from cheek-bone to jaw with soft inquiry: "This must have been very near, your eye, Stephen. Pram- ise me. dear, no more soldiering." "I. promise that.” he replied, without mlgsmg his ey_es. _ "Go," said the old lady breathllessly; "go and let him in yourself." Downâ€"stairs, on the door-step. thegirl found a. tall man of thinty or there- abouts, with a. browner fame than En- glish suns could account for. He looked down into her eager eyes with a strange questinning wonder. "Am I too late '2" he asked in a. voice which almost seemed to indicate a hope It was strange that Stephen had not spoke-n yet; and it was perhaps just as well. because there are occasions in life when men do wisely to keep silent. "He is strung." the proud mother went on. "I can feel it. His hands “He is strong," the proud mt went on. "I can feel it. His 1: are large and steady and quiet, his arms are big a.n_d Yery hqrgi." The; young min knelt 'upright and sumetted gravely to this maternal in- vepLoryl the bed h: sciousness are just in time." The, young man made a. hesitat little movement with his right I]: and shuffled uneasily on the cl‘ stone step. He was Like an actor ca] suddenly upon the stage. having that arming whether he had lived upon asks or otherwise, and with whom he 1d eaten. The quiet dignity of. the m1. who had remained behind to do 11 the work and hear all the burden. eemsed in some subtle manner to de- rive him of any romance that might I‘t 'br fihle fihle first time Joyce‘s courage L to give way. Whlen she had ,Ione She was brave enough, but hat her brother was there, woâ€" ke, She seemed to turn to him Ls-udden fear. They stood side 6, near the bed. and the young involuntarily watched them. :1 had taken her hand in his with ilent sympathy which was so ‘1 and so eloquent. He said 110thL i'is big sun-tanned youth; he did an glance down at his sister. who smalL soft-eyed, and gentle at d her mother had recovered comâ€" questinning wonder too late '2" he aske most seemed to ind: ight epha 3mm ". she answered. hve much longer tel kill his mother. This, hhle result about I‘he retfirn c dramutlc SIM deSLrous c of the 15 mo- alle and .u 3.11 doc}. " It to be 3,101] ple of day It did 11 ohoflera; if gr reminded that is the fatal “1i chiefly affects forbidden by t enoe. Milk chewed, and b1 and water only good handle. . " Last night," he went on, “I made all tine necessary arrangements for your futureâ€"just as Stephen would have made themâ€"as a. brother might have done. I~he and I were brother-officers in a. very wild army. Your brotherâ€"â€" was not; a. good man. None of us were." His hand was on the door. "He asked me to come to tell you." hemadded. ‘:I ghall go back now.” u Amy suddenly She gave a little gasp, but answer. “ I will come back in six months announced quietly, and then be c. the door behind him. â€"Henry Seton Merrim: AN UNPLEASANT PLACE. India. is a. very uncomfortable coun: try. This year is worse than common. Drought makes every road a, river of dust; other rivers are dried up. Grain is poor, as well] as scarce, and garden products are sapless. If the traveler eats meat or fruit he is threatened with ohoflera; if grain or vegetables, he is reminded that; the bubonic pest, which is the fatal “little sickness" of Bombay, chiefly affects vegetarians. Fish is forbidden by taste as well as by prud~ enoe. Mile must be rigorously es- chewed, and butter is not dess baneful. Bread and tea are both poor in India, and water is always dangerous. The India is a. very try. This year i: Drought [makes e dust; other rivers ins: this brother and sister suddenly became intimate, more so thnn months of rosporo'ns intercourse could have made them. At ten o'clock Stephen quietly insisted that Joyce should go to bed, while. he lay down. all dressed, on the sofa in the dining-room. "I shall sleep perfectly; it is not the first time I {have slept in my clothes." he said simply. They went ripâ€"stairs together and told the nurse of this arrangement. Joyce remained for some moments by the bedside watching her mother‘s peaceful sleep, and when she turned she found filmt Stephen had quietly slipped away. \Vondering‘ vaguely whether he had intentionally solved her difficulty. as to the fraternal good~night, she went to her own room. The next morning Mrs. Leach was fully oonscious, and appeared to be stronger; nevertheless. she knew that the end was near. She called her two children to her bedside. and, turning hier blind eyes toward them, spoke in broken sentences:â€" "I am ready nowâ€"I am ready," she said. "Dears, I am gain? ‘to your fatihlerâ€"and~th'ank God, can tell hlim that I have left you together. I always knew Step'hlen would come back. I found it written everywhere in the Bible. Stephenâ€"kiss me, dear l" After supper Sfep’hien Leach seemed at last to find his tongue, and heltalked in his quiet. almost gentle voice, such as some ‘big men possess, not about himself or the past, but about Joyce and the f'ufure. In a,’ deliberate, busiâ€" nesslike way. ‘h'e proceeded to investi- gate the affairs of the dying woman. amd the prospects of her daughter; in a, word, he asserted his authority 31 a. brobher. and. Joyce was relieVEd and Ftuis not in times of gaiety that friendships, are formed. but in sorrow pr suspense. During t‘hht long even- He paused, moved towards the door with‘ that same strange hesitation which she had noticed on his arrival. AEfthe door he turned to justify hinâ€" sa :â€" Joyce made no answer. 'Dhe tears stood in h‘er eyes. There was some~ timing very pathetic in the distress of this strong man, facing, as it were, 3.}; emergency of which he felt the dell» They stood thus: he wat< face with his honest soft blue failing to meet )hiis glance. "‘May I come back again ’é’" The man leaned over the bed and kissed her. "Ah!" sh‘e sighed, "how I wish I could see youâ€"just once before I die. Joyce I" she added. suddenly turning to her daughter, who stood at the other side of 'b'h'e bed, "tell me what he is like. Burtâ€"I know, I knowâ€"I feel it. Listen! He is tall and spare, like ‘his faflh’er, His hair is black. like his father'sâ€"it was black before he went away. His eyes. I know. are darkâ€" glnilolst black, He is paleâ€"like a. Spanâ€" Iar " Joyce. looking across the bed with slow horror dawning in her face, looked into a. pair of blue eyes beneath tawny hair. cut short as a. soldier's hair should be. She looked upon a. man big, broad. fairâ€"Engllslm from crowp to toeâ€"and the quiet comde of his lips made her say: " Yes, mother. yes.” For some moments there was silence. Joyce stood pale and breathless, wonâ€" dering wfllwt this might mean. Then t‘hg rgying woman spoke againzâ€" _ "Kiss Yne," E116 531217 "1° "in going. Stephen first, my firstborn! And now Joyceâ€"and now kiss eadli otherâ€"across the bed! I want to hear itâ€"I want to teI‘ATXOUI-ffatlherz" \Vith a. last effort she raised her ‘hands, seeking their heads. At first Joyce vh‘esitated. then she leaned for- ward. and the 01d woman’s chilled fin- gers pressed their lips together. That was the end. Half an lh'our afterwards Joyce and this man stood facing each other in the little dining-room. He began his exâ€" planation at once. "Step‘h‘eu," he said, "was shotâ€"out flhereâ€"as a. traitor. I could not tell her that! I did not mean to do this. but what else could I do ’4" . " I still think.” he said gravely, " that 1!: _was the best thing to do. nesslike way. ‘h'e proceeded to investi- gate the affairs of the dying woman. amd the prospects of her daughter; in a, word, he asserted his authority 31 a. brobher. and. Joyce was relieVEd and hhypx to obey him. ' ‘Heâ€"Why do_es Miss Agely affect such ‘ight colors In dress? Sheâ€"Because she has read that only ’resent1y this doctor took his} leave was a. young man engaged. 1n ge_t- g together a good practice, and in own interest he had been forcedfio 9 up waiting for his patients to fin- dying. I am glad you are ihlere," he said Ito pihbn, who" accompanied him to the ur. "It would not do for your sister beAalone; thris may go on fora cou- t did not go on for s. couple of days, ‘ Mrs. Leach lived through that ‘11“; in the same semi-comatose state. 2 two watchers sat in her room until per-time, when they left their that in charge of a hired nurse. ase services Joyce had been forced ti to be MLETH OD IN II beyond his cleverness to must be rigorously es- butter is not dess baneful. a are both poor in India, always dangerous. The 1 sure thing is whiskey. she has read that only faces can appropriately style of apparel. 119 Watching her rTiman ntlhs.” he he closed eyeé, she made no 'hb asked lTHE VETERAN SHUWMAN Relates llow Ills Struggles to Be 'I‘l‘ulllflll “'ere oft-en Foiled By His Assistant Manager. There are tricks in all trades, and I suppose the circus business is includ- ed in the category. said Dan Rice, the veteran clown and showman. In all my career Iguarded against impostures and frauds of all kinds, well knowing that I had a reputation to maintainbut in spite of all my strenuous efforts my agents would occasionally trick me,and succeeded in cleverly humbugging the public, which, as all showmem knovv. loves to be humbugged. One instance of the kind in particular occurs to my mind. SOME GOOD STORIES TOLD BY THE FAMOUS DAN RICE. It was while playing the Eastern States in the early 503 that I picked up Bill Turner, who, I am safe in say- ing, was the shrewdest showman Iever saw, but he was unscrupulous, and as ingenious as he was unscrupulous. Bill was a likely-looking young jYankee, smart and active, and quickly rose from one position to another until he be- came assistant manager of my circus, At Newburyport, Mass. Sig. Gustivo. the Italian Samson. otherwise Bill Smith, of Bennett's Mills, N.J., who had been astonishing circus-goers by his prodigious feats of strength, got ang- ry at something and deserted the show. That put me in a. serious predica- ment for he had been widely advertised and Ihad no one to take his place. It was at this juncture that Bill Turn- er appeared and sought an interview with me at my hotel, which ended in my engaging, at $100 a. week, Don Se- bastian, the Spanish man of iron. whose specialty was toying with life for his Par ous fraud ever I- suspecting and g matter didn’t 6: papers got hold LARGE CANNON BALLS. Turner was engaged at a moderate salary as attendant on Don Sebastian. who was as bright 3 looking Irishman as I ever saw. The engagement began at an afternoon performance, when it took four men to carry Sebastian‘s chest containing four cannon balls into the ring. The ringmaster announced the performance of. a few, feats of strength 7L h _ _ ~ . . A. mu“ was a. black bear that at every per anoe waddled into the ring, and 1 copiously from a. large bottle of whisky until thoroughly intoxi‘ when it would ludicrously stagger to its cage. One day I was hor to hear the drunken bear burs with a. torrent of profanity, whicf followed by the maudlin singir to its cage. One day I was horrified to hear the drunken bear burst out with a. torrent of profanity, which was followed by the maudlin singing of, "Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl," while the disgusting creature was led to a cage behind the curtain. I humbly apologized to the audience, and said that there was no accounting for the work‘of whisky. Without delay I went behind the cur- tain, stripped the bearskin from the insulting drunkard and gave Ben Dole, a. canvasman, the worst licking of his life for his part in this most outrageâ€" ous fraud ever perpetrated upon an un- suspectingond gullihle pu_blic. _ And the in the world. who handled cannon balls of 200 pounds weight as easily as a lady could handle balls of yarn. Sebastian Picked up the balls from the chest and aid them with a deep dull thud an the platform. Then he placed a ball upon each shoulder, where be balanced it, while he lightly tossed a third to the top of the bent and gracefully caught it in its descent. The audience went wild over his performance, and main- fested their enthusiastic appreciation. in a tremendous outburst of applause as he ran lightly from the ring. Iwas more than satisfied with his success. Don Sebastian proved to be one of the strong drawing cards of my circus for several weeks, when to my surprise, I one day noticed that when he laid the balls upon the platform the sound of their fall did not ring out until a suspiciously long time afterwards. I at once realized that there was fraud concealed in the strong man’s perform‘ ance; that the heretofore unrivaled re~ putation of my circus was at stake, and so at once quietly began an inves~ tigation, with the result that the Span~ ish iron man was satisfactorily proven to be a rank fraud. - l " ,3. The dull, deep thud which resounded when the balls touched the platform were made with a. heavy hammer in the hands of an accomplice behind the curtain. I felt outraged at the decep~ tion, and sorry for the duped public, and hauled Turner vigorously over the coals, while Don Sebastian was reduced in rank and made a. candy butcher. Had I known that Turner was a parâ€" ty to the deception, said the old show- man, earnestly, I would have immedi- ately discharged him. In view of the subsequent events 1' concluded that Turner was the leader in the iron man fraud. Upon entering a Kentucky town, after a. few days' absence from the show, I found one of our most exten- sively-advertised attractions to he the 'Great Hooded Python of the Amazon, 38 feet in length; the only specimen ever in captivity." It wns‘further re- ; ,___- vvwn. .u emf...“ presented that so powerful and vene- mous was this reptile, it was necessary to keep the monster constantly under the influence of opiates. Upon enter- ing the circus Ifound a. great crowd of people viewing the python. which was coiled in apparently deep slumber, in a. 'glass-inclosed cage, It was a great loathsome reptile, 8 inches 'through. Turner satisfactorily accounted for its presence. and it drew crowds until I accidently discovered that it was clev- erly made of linsey woolsey and stuff- ed with sawdust. In atlme looking back now over the years I can plainly see that Bill Turn- er lacked conscientious scruples, said the veteran clown with a smile, “There ,7,7,_, and endfiiance >by‘ theg‘ agrongest lmg‘n Lu w a. Asa-run LAW“. The cannon bafié proved to be made of rubber. and were inflated with air, for instance. That was ms contrxv- ante. It was somewhere in the Soutl that I learned such a, creature was ex‘ hibited in Dan Rice's show, and lav- ishly advertised as ” A great animatec temperance lecture approved by pulpi‘ and press." I saw the attraction. 11 was a. black bear that at_every perform THE I NI LIKE FOOTBALLS‘ BRIATE BEAR l‘hat was his contriv- mewhere in the South 1011 a, creature was ex- Rice's show, and lav- as ” A great animated Lre approved by pulpit aw the attraction. It .d there f of the alt went behind the cur- bearskin from the and gave Ben Dole, worst licking of his )1: the news- 111‘. and v13- hid drank On Top of a Rock in the Shetland Islands Islands-Sheep Ranch It by Cable. Ponies are not the only things for which the Shetland Islands are famous. They exhibit also some startling and- pioturesque arrangements in rocks, one of {he most remarkaule examples at which lies oif the southeast coast 0! Bressay, and is known as the N095. It is famous, not only for the peculiarity! of the formation, but also for a strange and dangerous custom which prevails there. orous_1y denounced me. and the first stain ever cast mp0: acte}: as Vaimoral showman. ” How did you settle with Bill Tur- ner 7” Col. Rice was asked. " Discharged him at once," was the reply. " He wandered to the West, and became a missionary or something 01" other among the Indians." The Noss is called an island, and it! answers to the definition, since it is certainly an extremely solid “body ofl land" and the bleak northern sea foams completely around it. But it looks more like a. huge black. “stand-pipe."y for it is a. cylindrical column 160 feet! high, its flat top having- an area not mush larger than an ordinary vil- lage flooryard. A child could almosfl throw a stone across it. scaling the almost perbendicular wall of rook and establishing a sort of I‘qu bridge between the island and the mam- land. W'hetn he had driven his stakes and secured the ropes, his frxends en-l treated him to 'be the first to TRY THE NE\V DEVICE. But whether he had shrewd suspicions as to its safety, or whether he was prompted by mere bravado, certain it Is that he refused, and chose rather to return by the same parlious track by_ which he had come. ' It is said that more than 200 years ago a. reckless bird-hunter, tempted by the eggs of the num'berless sea. gulls which whitened the top of this gianh' 0011mm. and further influenced by the promise of a. cowâ€"a characteristically Celtic firewardâ€"actually succeeded in Nevertheless, the truit of his bold en- dEavor remained, and it is still there to substantiate the story. for the bridge 9f rope between Bressay and the N058 is still maintained. The canny Scottyh farmer, whose means of existence 111 these bleak isles are not calculated fp excite envy, saw that there was a. blt of good pasture on this summit; so he made a kind of wooden chair or cradle Just large enough to hold a. man and a _sheep; and in this primitive way_ he still transports his flock. one at a. time owe]: to this little browsing place. A: Peculiarity 0! Inc Fruitâ€"The Market, ing of the Crop. The largest of the estimates made months ago of last year's enormous apple crop on this continent have been more than verified as far as verification is possible. The crop was by far the greatest ever known]. A peculiarity of many of the apples of this great crop is that they have ripened after picking more rapidly than apples usu- ally do. Many apples are as ripe now. as they ordinarily would be on March 1, and this condition of things exists all over the United States and Canada. Greenings especially have ripened and scalded so that it has been necessary to crowd many of them on the market in advance of the time for which they were held. For example, many grew ings that had been halld for February have been put on the market and sold. The stock of apples in growers’ and dealers' hands is still very heavy. but the tremendous consumption, due to the great supply and low prices, have clean~ ed up to a considerable degree the sup- plies put away last fall, and caused are- newal of inquiry. There is said to 'be nmy u [avol‘alnle prospect for a more satisfactory sale of the remainder of the apples held throughout the coun- Bpt as he was slowly and painfiullyq tqumg down from the dizzy helght hls foot slipped, he lost his hold. an thenâ€"there was no one to claim the promised crew, but the sea. claimed one! more victim. » Vâ€"â€"_ __V_- H..fl.° 7 Of course not many sheep can be taken over, for more than a dozen would dangerously crowd the place. It is not guarded by an iron fence,' and one can hardly imagine some Witless lamb allowing his high. awkward legs to carry him over the. edge; or perhaps a dignified oeld ram. intent upon mamâ€" taining discipline in the flock, mght make a dash at some offender and find himself, to his great surprise and hor- ror. shooting ofif the face. of the earth. But fortunately, sheep are, as a. rule. placid treatures, not much_ given to vertigo or "nerves" or intelligence} 30 they probably promenade this dizzy pasture ‘land quite oblivious of its dangers. ports. LA shipper of this might shipments glut in Eu thought t1 Subseque exists in E last fall m exports to have been they have times, and some have resulted in the proceeds not ment. Extreme however. helped 1 The ex; the Uni newed mqulry tor United ngdom an not llppe me _u; ex; there THE GREAT APPLE CROP. QUEER SHEEP PASTURE. bout 75,000 barr 30.000 and 40.( from Halifax. he‘ :ntly the same state of affairs urope. There the apple crop IS smaller than usual, but the Europe from American ports far greater than usual, and: comtmued large ; the mar- quan Lat Aime greater at inued .ave bee 511 up! 1P! 1n and Ameri over vensi V the FEE O‘V 1]: grope 000 from 0V BI‘STOC 3.11 the ifll‘ 1‘0 a.” n< fr: that was 1113’ char- cked at ipments ship er. of s ip- as have. S \V 61‘ 9 mother 11; was inentaL :r and ,d that {I 1gb are re- the