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l WEST 'DURHAM 'l'HE '..... MERCHANT AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. cireulates larg(lly in the 1'o,\·nships of Darling· -.,, Wu. Clarke and Cartwright. It is. a cow!MU platform, open to the free discussion of allques· tionsju which the general public are concerned; Steam. J'ob Printing O:fhe KING STREE'r, )30WMA:NVILLE . ~ I, "" t.~~£::,;:=c.:.-::N...:t AN; D RATES OF ADV 1!.Rl'ISINO. GENERAL ADVERTISER. BOWM;ANVIL1.E, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 14 1876. NUMBER XLII ·!irst to his aide c·n pity him, for he has h'imself more than once paMed throngb t bat awful contllct with the power of hell upon which our poor friend bns now entered. A year ago he came to his home in a worse condition than Mr. lt1dley, begging us for God's sake to take him in. A few weeks so.w him, to use sacred words, 'clothed and in his right mind,' nnd aince - then he has never gone Uack a single step. Glad and grateful for his own re1mue, he now devotes his hie to the work of savrng others. In his hands Mr. Rid,ley will rece1 ve the gent· lei:it; treatment consistent with needed restraint. He is better here than he could poseibly be anywhere else ; nnd when, as I truat in God thu case rnay be, he co1nes out of his dreadf,;l ordeal, he w1ll lind himself surruuudeU by fri~uU.s 11ud in the current of iufl.uences all leadiug hin1 to ....make a now effort to reform bis hfe,.. Poor man ! You did not get hitu here a u1om.ent too 1:1oon.' CHAP· One cohunn Half do, Qna.1ter d(J. 45 per annum. 25 " · · 15 " Transient ad"lartisen1ents,5 cts per line first nse1 tion , and 2c. per line, each subsequent one . VOLUME VII. POSTERS, PAMPHLETS , CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQlJES, NOTES, IIANDBILLS, LABELS . CARDS, TICKETS, &c., &c., &e, EXECUTED -IN .FIRST- CLASS ffiY , GRAND TRUNK~RAILWAY I POETRY Three Pictures. . TO Trains \Vill lenve Bo,vmanvill~ St! tiO n, Bownu\nviUe time, as follows : GOING WEST, GOING EAST. Lvc.i.Jll·...... 7:20, a:n1. I Express . ·, .. .. 8:30 a.m. \ ~fixed ..· .. Expresa . ... 9 30 n..m 1 4:10 p.m. _ f\'Ii xcd ..... . 2:20 n,_m. Local. .. . . ~ .. 7:50 p.m. Exp1eas .... 9.00 p. m. l Express .· , ·. 9.00 p.m. *'1"11i.s train runs every morning of week, l\:Cond~ys excepted, 'l'here's a i)icturt:l flitting before me, 'Vith its lights and shadows to·da.y, Of a scene in a dim old forest, On a Julh1ida far ftway ; 'Yhere 1i band of happy children Are waking the echoes there, 'Vith the sound of thoir gll. ! ef',ul voices Borne ful'th on the summer air, Tho light grows fait,ter and ditnmer, In tho tender eveni.ng gloom, l< for, a ' goo~ assortment of GROCERIES, PROVISIO,NS, CROCKERY, &c ' ' ~ "°'-..>a I ~ J I ' · L 4 And the hillside seems an altw·, \Vith the incense of perfume ; '11hE> woofl h; a grf!Y·d cat he<lt al, And the leaves are organ keys, And the zepby1s a1e sweat musician s That play through the waving trees. There's another picture that comcth'Tis that of a. prairie home, Where a tnaiden sits and gazes .At tho sky's unclouded dome ; She dreams of the rosy future, A.nrl sighs for thu golden pnr:!t, Aud her tl1oughts go droa.tnily wandering O'er a. wilderness dim and vast. She sits in the purvle even, When the stars b1cn,k one by o:J1e · }"'r01n the rr1autle that ROftly wraps th.em ;ITrom the blaze of the gnr1f;h snn, And her 8pirit bolds com1nunion \Vith tl1e f!)Jititr:i tha t haunt the air ; Ala.s ! must she wake from dreaming: rL1o know eaith's want and caro '.' And there is a third ~wect vision 1.1hat most I love to 1:1ee, And e'lcr in ha}Jpier momentB Dr. BOYLE, SURGERY--c81LVER ST. RESIDENCE ONTARIO Sl';REET. ALSO Bowmanville, Jau. 20tb 1 1876. · Dr. Jas.. FieldJng, 01" THE ROYAt COLLl:GJ~ MEMBER of Su1geous, England; Licentiate of the lioyal Oollege ofPhysiciana, E dinburgh. CoJ·~ oner, etc. }{esidence, Uomer of Church and Scugog StroctR1 Bowmanv:ille. 10-tL ~~ ....Dec. 3rd, 1875. Night bad come, and Ethel,with a better His voice broke into sobs, his weak frame weal read) for her father than she had been quivered. able tn prepare for him in many we~K.s, sat 'I will, I will ! ' returned l\fre. J3irtwell anxiously u\vn.iting his return. Toward her with prompt asaurance, he had ulways been kind and gentle. No 'Oh, thank you. It's good for you. My matter how much he bad been under the poor gill! I may never see you again.' influence o(liquor, ho had never spoken a , The start and glance of fear be now harsh word to this patient, loving, much- threw aero·· the room revealed to Mr. Elendurin0 child. l!or her snku be had often liott the trne condition of their viaitor, and inade feeble e.il'orts ut relonn, but appetite greatly nlarmed him. He had never been a had gained such rnastcry 1over him that 1e- witneas of the horrors of &lirilum tre'tlwn.st ,aolution was"" flax in the flarue. and only knew of ii by the frightful desffW.:s rate ill' thli eveiifiig- wheli Mr. Rid:- 'criptions he bad sometimes read, but he ley returned home. Ethel's quick ear de· could not mistake ~he symptoms of the tectetl something unusual in his steps as he coming attack as now seen in A:1r. Ridlev, came along th· entry. Instead of t!:Lo tum· who, on getting troru Mrs. Birtwell a re· bhng or ehnfA.ing noise with which he gen- peated and sLro.llg~r prolllise to carti for erally made his way up etairs, she noticed Ethel, rose fro1ll the sofa and started for th·t bis footfnlls were mo1·e distinct and the door. But neither ]\fr. Elliot nor Mf'. Birtwell rapid. With partially suspended breath sbe sat with her eyes upon the door until it was could let him go away 1n this condition. pushed open. Tbe moment she looked into They felt too deeply their reaponsibmty her father's face, sLe saw a change. Some· in the case, and felt also that One who cares thing had happened to him. The heavy,be- for all, even the lowest and most abandonsottcd look was gone, the dull eyes were ed, had led him thither in dtre extremity. lighted up. Ile shu t the door behind him Following him quickly, Mr. Elliott laiii quickly, and ":ith the tnanner of one who bis hnncl firmly upon his arrn. had been pursued und now felt hnnself in a 'Stop a moment, Mr . Rulley, ' be said, placo of safety. with such manifest iuterest that the wretch· ' \\'hat's the tnatter, fl.l.thcr dear 1' asked ed man turned and looked at him half in .x:x:rv. Dr. DAVIDSON Unh erRity of V1ctorj11,. Colleae, Uurll)r Grnduate and Prizeman of the J:llii:vtirfllt~_of 'rof'onto;and Royal Colleqe of nhysiciruw 1uld " Snrgeo:Rs J{ iugston · 1'Ie1nber of the College of Ph;y&h cinns nnd Surgeons of Ontario; Coroner, &c:. Resicfot1ce auJ oll1et1-MarktJtuare, Bo\v· 1na.nville. l~ =- u;..,_ DowmanviUo, li'eb~)h_J.876. OF THE ROYAL COL· GRADUATE lege of :Physicians, England, a.nd V1ctqrin. All kinds of Fiel(l and Uard~n SEEDS, of"th'.e v'ery best quality. 'i l I r LYLE_& M.AnTYN. , ' ~ Its beauty con ies b;wk to me; 'Tis that uf 11 pll.Lh tl1 it \.dm.leth Jn A.mJ out through the forest shade, And Nature, in light a.nd beauty, Comos forth ~s a bride arrn.yod. l Ethel, n.s she ~tarted up, and laying her band upon his shoulder looked into his (nee searchingly. 'Nothing, nothing,' be replied. But the n(rvousnesa of his manner and fhe re atlesa glaucing o( hia eyes,now here and no w there, and t he look of fear in them contradicted hlB denial. ' What bas happened, father 1 Arc you sick I' rn1uired Ethel. 'No dear, nothing has happened. But I fct'l !l little stranp;e.' He spoke with unusual tenilernese in his cuanncr, and his voice shook and had a lllou1:uful caJ.enee. surprise, man . ' Where are you going 1' ··ked the clergy'Where 1' His vo ice fell to a deep whis· per. There was a look of terror in his eyes. Gou ouly knows. Maybe to ' Where l hell.' .A strong shiver went through his frame. 'The' Home/ llr. Elliott! \Ve must get him into the · I-!on1e, 1 said b-lrs. Dirt· well, apeakiug cloae to tl1e minister's ear. 'What home !' asked Mr. Ridley, turning quickly upon her. She d id not answer him. She feared to f!ay a 'llome for Inebriates,' lest he should break from them in anger. ' What home 1' he repeated, in a. stronger !\Od more agitated voice ; and now Loth Mr. Elliott and Mrs. Birtwell sawn wild eager· nesa in his manner. Mrs. Birtwell alept but little that mght, and in the brief periotlo of .Jum~er that came to her aha was dJBturbed by n11qu1ct dreams. Tho expression oI Mr. Rid ley'· face, as the closing door shut it lrorn her sight on the previous ovening, haunted her like the face of an accusing spei.:tre. Immediately after brealcfo.st she dressed herself to go out, i11te'ndil1g to visit · the Home for reforming inebriates and learn ·omethmg of l\1r. ltidley. Just as sLe came downstairs a. servant opened the street door, and she saw the slender figure r of E thel. ' My po~r child-;' she said, with great kindness of manner,taking her by the hand, and drawing her in. ' You are frightened about your lather:' : tl.~ K~L.QRAt:rH; lJARRISTEll, AT'COIµIBY ..AT-LAW,""&c:; has t el Ul'Jlt'!<l~!!-!. thP. Qjd 0.J]we, UY.ec.J\fr. l ,atterson'a Sj>i:e~fi!!ltreet; 0llQw.lllJ>nville. if ..l Bowtnanville, May 19th, 1876. ' 34-lm. DO:M:I:NI01:r ~ ; ' ' ~ ' OBG.AN CO'S l / f" I · _ _ .Jt rR LOSC-OM ,- BAFJ.RIS'FER-!4 T-ldl W)""' SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY, die ~ - -IMPROVED AND REMODELLED- CABINET 0RGANS. 1 '1' :z ... ii: :a "1:1 .... z: '" -I Cll = .;;," \f_ ~1llf~~x, . _ ..,., .... (!' ..,....,...,......_ a:s».eral i:Buil4Gf J "'i&irill:l ~ > f) .!.; f" W ! J-0MirqpprY>1tpfl'J/litie?1piiF, to. "..Neatness - 0:: "'" ~it4 ::. '.'offi~""and.Shop, ori o1tiifi0:s~t. i;LC W·:. ·. ~!l 'f I ·.ia.·~J aud e~ I?' ..... Q .... ~ fl., ,·f: ~ I:: _, addition of three ol the most practicnl 1q en from the Factpry of Clough & Warren ergan Co., Detroit, Mich., each fak ing an active part in his own particular d e partmerit, and are now manufacturing an Orgarf equal, and i n m11ny point~ suverior,to any manufactured in the Uni ted Sliltt;.es or Canada. Our cele- - MOT'PO' 7 ' . . Dispatca;_ This Company has Tecently been re-organized by the - 0 :J5.tf. 1l01rnranville, Jlifoy Hlt:!i) J 876"' !'~tim:ethfng - /'f\T~WJ , 1 , 'I men of the Dominion, tHat he i··'1Jrepir.d to ~ ~ l~E trNDERSIG>N®D fofortno the Gentle· "Cello," or "Cla rionet" at+'"Qr~ha.t elee,.. :nuts.on.t a new a .: "Siitief~~\?e- .¥~'lll~£~oor no · _,. -, lJ t .... fu ':'. ~~;'t .~j;:· ~ - ,,!.:: !'?_~ , · · - · 'l'II-OS .- , ~~ - , brated" Vox Celes"iJe," "Vox Humana,~' " Wilcox Patent Octavo Coupler," Stops, "Flugle Horn," "Dulcet," " Cremona," and (fomd Organ St-Op, and · ".lEoline," Aa r gO~ .- ~ J«1)V1 any : 3.llie color.i~ re,toredl All the Late Improvements I PEA'.!,'~.- BlJ1vJ)l~nville1 A,P'\<it ·ilit,-1876. r...m of Voic~ililil!il~ Composition, &c. Rif -· ...~ T'¥enty-Five Djtferent Styles, f\>r the -' O "JJ_ ft,, 'R]'ria1nlali11 ~A li>li:i;IJ'!~.l'rnwcrs'tt\l~o'Ut utiio. Parlor ancl the (jhurch, the Best T, mw- Y'otk,'" ---'--' ___ ,_, ....... ..,,_..,.. G '!'eachcr riaHo -llnd .(lrgnE.i. , Material and Workmanship." 'J.'l·oJli1'1lh Qu~lity and V 9lume of tone 41-ly lfil!W · · U nequ~lled.· R. ho.aD. FOLEY, t8.ken a a.a ·~ fQ T '/---- ----'- o;r p f. J - '"· n~.1 ~"""'· ~ ..,._,,_~ ... ...., ,' - · "; " 3Mf. , 1 ........ Can be obtained only i n these Organs. ~" ' na~.>JHeiJl\o'ily oulH~ parliti£to~. ~U · I [ out license AUCTLONEER for this Township. Sales will receive the best ly. attention. -Eowma.nville, l.,eb, 21th, 1876. PRICES $50 TO $1000. - .. .,, ' .-/. Factory and . Wareroo.m$, Oor. Temperance and Wellington Streets, Bowmanuil/e. ~ Aqents Wanted in Every Colilf'IY . S.nd for Price List, AUCTIONEERS .~ For the Township vf Darlilngton. Address DOMINION ORGAN . T. PHILJ,IPS, II.AMPll'ON. Prompt atttiutiop biiv1;1n to aailes, &c, on reMOnable terms. Also Genen~l ' for the BKADBU-1'1' PIANO. Oanad,a, ·, ~ Ri.ce lo Barli;r, Agents for the Counties of Durhwrn, Victoria, arul. North and Sou,th Ontario. Agents fOi' Bowmanville, Dec. 21st, 1875. . cq.,~ BOWMANVILLE ONT. -- Wm.. Barton, K~rNISKILLEN. j" Sa 11'l fi promptly attended to on r-::..~sonable terJD& the Newest thing of the seasnn, J Don'.t Read this, unless you wish to purchase Brimaoombe, L.R.O. D .. FEES MODERATE. OFFJCE over McCLUNG'S Store Bow1mw1ville. Dw, 1374. 11-tf. ---o--- ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. apply to W. A. NEADS, Agent. Fon. 'l'u.;kets, or inf1..rmation, Liverpool London, anll -Glasgow Ilowwanvillc, .Tune 9th, 1871. tf·30 MA,S .O N having opened his NE"W" with a STORE full assortment of · lmpe1ial Fire lnsuranr.e Co OF r,ONDON, Establiohed 1803. llEM> On!OEll.- 1 Old .llruad st., :md Pall :Ivl.ill, Lundon. G.!!il'!ERA:L STAPLE BARGAINS ,. DI~Y is pre pared to oiler GOODS CASH, -\GEb"CY FOB O..t\.NADA : - 24 St S act'<hnent St. J Montrekl. Snbscribed and invested Capita.I a.nd Reserve F'lnd. £1,961>.000 Sterling. Funds invested inOa.nada.- 105 000. IusuraJ· C AR against loss by Fire are affe<;ted on moat fav-ora.blo terms, a.nd losses paid with · aut rel mence to the Board in London. ~OR that will compa1·e with any Store in the County. J DODSWORTH, lu::.ipector. .. lt· R. LOSOOMBE, Barrister,_ ~enl for Bowmanville and Vicm1ty. -J?vww.r..nville, Juae ~th, Gen. Agents, ~IontrBa RINl'OUJ, .lllWS. Plea.se Call and examine Stock. Highest Price paid for ,:EJutter a.nd~ Eggs. 1 Bowmanville, A_prilil2th, m.o.43-39.4W36 1860 ONE DOOR WEST EXPRESS OFFICE· 1876. bp-ol5-m29. ' Oh, yes, ma'am,' replied Ethel, with quivering lipa. · He didn't come home all ni~ht, and l 'm so scared about him. l don't know what to do. Maybe you 'll think ~Supper is all ready nnd waiting. ['ve it wrong in me to trouble you about it, but got son1ething nice an<l" hot for you. A I am in such distres!,and don't know where to go.' ·trong cu;> of tea will do you good,' snid Ethel, trying to speak chcenly. She had 'No, not wrong, my child, and I'm glad her father at the table in a few minutes. you've come. · I ought to have sent you Peace Society·s J1ape1 s, London. LITERATURE. ·A home,' replied Mr. Elliott, 'where His hand trembled so in liftmg his cup that word about him.' men like you can go and receive help and Rules for Life. ' My father ! Oh, ma·am, do you know DANGER; OR WOUNDED IN THE he spilled some of the contents, but she stead- sympathy. A home where you wHI find ied it for him. He had better control over where he ia 1' . HOUSE A FRIEND. men ot large and hopeful nature to take you <yes ; he came here last night ei :k, and John McDonough, the millionaire of N ew himself after drinkiug the tea, and ate a few by the hand and hold you up, and Chris· I took him in my carriage to a borne for Orleans, h11a had engraved upon his tom b mouthfuls, but without apparent relish. DY T. S. ARTH UR . tmn women with hearts full ot motherly h the following .'!Cries of moxin1s, w~ich be · ' I've got something to tell you,' said and sistedy love to comfort, help, en- JUst sue as he is, where be will be kindly Ethel, leaning toward her father as they still , taken care of until he gets well.' prescribed as the rule for hia guidance (Continued . ) courage, nnd strengthen all your good desat at the table. Mr. Riuley eaw a new Ethel'e large brown eyea were fixed iu 8 through life, to which his success in business CHAPTER XXIIL sires. A home in which men in your un· l ight in his daughter's face, kind of thankful wonder on the face of Mis. is mainly attributed. boppy condition are made welcome, and in On lea\·iug the clergy1nab's residen('.e,baf· What is it, dear I' he asked. She did RcL~s FOR GCIDANCE OF MY LIFE, 1804. which they are cared for wisely and tender- Birtwell. She could not apeak flod in his efforts to get the wine he had 'Mra. Birtwell \las here to-day,and ia~onot try even to put thought or feeling into RemembeF"iil ways that labor is one of the ly in their greLJ.tcst extremity.' hoped to obtain, Mr. 'Ridley strode l:.urried· worde. She onlv took the hand of Mrs. condi tions of our existence. 'l'iwe is gold ; ly u.w~y, almost funning in fear of pursuit. ing-' '1'hen take me there, for God's sake!' The inatnnt change observed in her fath.After going for a block or two, he stopped cried out the "retched man, extending his Birt..:ell, and a!t~r touching it with her throw not one minute away, but place each er's mann er,arrested the sentence JD Ethel'e lips, laid her wet check ogainst it, and held one to account. suddenly, nnd stood \\'ith an irresolute air hand eagerly ae he spoke . lips. A dark shadow awe1Jt across his fac e it there tightly. Do unto all men as you 1vould be done for several n1omenta. Then he started for'Order the carriage immediately,' eaid and he became visibly agitated. ' Can I go and see him 1' she asked, lift· by. ward again, moving with the same rapid Mrs. Birtwell to the servant who stood in 'Going to do what l' he inquired, betraying her face after some moments. Never put off till to morrow what you speed . His face was strongly agitated and the half·opcn parlor door, 'It will not be boot, [ think,' replied Mrs. can do to-day. nearly colorless. His eyes 'vere restleas1 ing some auger. '!?hen she drew l\lr. H1dle.y back to the Never bid another do what you can d n ' Going to he! p me all she can. She was sofa, lrom which lie had startc1 up a little Birtwell- ' that is, not now, He was very glancing perpetually from side to side, him there, and may not yourself. There was no pauee nuw until he reached very klnd, nucl wauta me to go and see her whil e before, and said, in a voice full of stck when we took _ be well enough to be seen thia moruiug.' Never coYet wh 1t is not your own. the doora of a large hotel in the centre of to·ruorrO\V. I think she's very good, father. ' comfort and persuasion : l\lr. Ridley d roppcd his eyes from the sick ! Ob., ma'am !' The face ol Never thiu k any rna.Uer so trifhng aa not ' Very 1 the city. Enteriug, he passed first into the You flhall go thet e, and I will come a.nd to des<·rve notice. reading room and looked through it ctireful· fluahed, excited foce ofhi9 child . The frown see you every day ; and you netlUo't have Ethel grew white, and her l ips trembled. 'Not da.ngeroualy, 1 suid A-1ra, Birtwell, Never give out tbut which do~a not fl. rut ly, then stood in the office for sevcrnl nlin- left his brow. He seemetl to lose himself a thought or caro for Ethel. All is going 'but yet quite ill. I am go1ng now to at.le co rno iu . in thought, Lenning fnrward upon the 1 utes, as if waiting for sou1e ou~ V{hHe here to cou1e out right agt\iu. Never spend but to prod 1 1ce. 11 gentlcn1an who had once been a client table, be lni<l Lis l11ce down upon his folded Tht: carriage came iu a Ie\Y minutes . him ; and if you will comto here in a couple arms, hiding it frou1 view. of Lours, wh.l.u I ehall reLur111Lowc ' Let the greatest order reg~lnte Uie lrat.11carne i n~ a nd was going to the clerk'5 desk There was no hds1t1.Ltion on the pa.rt of Jrlr. ' Ob, ma'a m, let tne go along wiLh you,' actions of your hft-J, if A @ad and painful confhct,precipltate<l by Hidley. The excitement of this new hope to make some inquiry, when Ridley stepped Study, in your couran of hfo, to do tlie forwuid, ana culling biru by name, reached the ren1ark ot his daughter, was going on i:Q breakmg in so suddenly upon the midnight br\ike in l~ thel,' I won't aak Lu sec h i lll if it iau't thought best, but I'll know bow he greatest am ount ol 1 ; 0011. · th e !1l1nd of the wretched n1an. l:le kn ew out h1a hand. I t wns not taken, huwe'\'er. of despnu acted a.a a te111porary sliiuulant, Deprive yourself ot notldng necessary t o be man looked nt him with an expresE'ion also too well that he was stantling on the uud hc!J bis nerves steady for a little while is without '"·aiting so long.' The fcur the.t 1\.-Ir. Ridley uiiJ..;ht d ie ju your condort, but li ve 1u an Lonorable --1m .. of annoyance nnd disgust, and thtin passed verge of a. dreadful condition fro1n the tcr .. longer. his delirium had trouoled .hll'B. Birtwell ull plicity. rors of whtch his soul shrunk back in shudhim without u. word, ' Yon are not going 1' a.lid Mr. Elliott, night, and it still opprosscd her. She woultl Llbor, then, to lbe last moment o! your dering fear. All day he had fel t the comtng seerng that l\lr~ Birtwell waa making ready A alight tinge ot color come into HidleJ 's have much prolerrcd to go alone and learn e xisteuco. pale face. He hit his lips and clenched his signa, and the hope of cscnpe hnd now left to accompany them in the carriage. J:' ursne strictly tlie above rule·, and the 'Yea,' 1:1he replied. ' I want to see j uat first ~he good or ill of the case, hut Ethel hanps nervously. From the office he went hnu. But love for bis daughter was risrng beg~ed so hard to be pe-rmiltcc_l to nccom· divine blessings and riclrna will flow upon ,. bove all pcreonal fear and dread. He what this Home is and how 1fr. R id ley Is to the bar.room. At the door he met n p11.ny her thatahe could not persist in ob· )UU to your hcrart's content; but, first of al1, well-known lawyer with whom he had cros· !mew that at any mowe11t the ficnu of delir- £g_iug to be received anU carad for. ' j ection, _. _ ~remc1n.ber ~h,i t th e ch1t.lt and gn~at duty ot imn .. mi~_ring_up=him, and""l l ien t tlis She then directed her man-servant to get sed sword" many tin1es in forensic. battles, On reac)lingG the Home, Mrs. Birtwell yonr life should be to l·ud, by oil means in oftener gaining victory than tiuffering tender child would be lett alone with bim into the carriage with them, and they drove lound in the office t.he man in whose ca.re your power, to the honor a11U glory ot ou r defeat. There was a look of pity in the 1 n his awful conflict. The bare possibility oway. Mr. Hidley did not stir nor speak, ·Mr. l tidl ey had been placed. Itemember- divine Ureutor. Without ten1p~r·lnce there of such a thing made him shudder, and all but sat with his head bent do wn until they eyes of thio man when they reated upon him He left the ing what Mr. G-- had ea.id of th is (llll.U, 11 ia lJO ht:ialtl.i; \\ithout \irtue, no order; lie suffered hie hand to be taken by the his thought was now directed towarr\ the arrived at their destination. Aa they fresh hope for Ethel's father spraug UIJ in withou t religton, no happiness; and the nim poor wretch, and even spoke to him kindly. mee.na of saving her from bei::ig a witneaa carriage and went in passively. her soul as she looked into his clear eyes, oi our being should be to hve wisely,sober~ of the appalling scene. enterecl a large and pleMant reception' B-- ,' said Il.idley, BB he behl Up ODO 'l'he ahock and anger produced by the room a geutlcman stepped forwar d, and tak- and saw hia firm mouth and air of conacious ly, and righteously. of his hands and showed its nerveless conElliott by the hand, called him by poise and strength. She did not aee in hie mention of ~lra . Biitwell'.s nan1e had pa.ea'· ing Mr. " dition, 'yo11 see where I'm going 1' manly face a single scar from the old battle A Good Ol d Horse . r,nmo in a tone of pleased surprise.' ed off, and his thought was going out to'I <lo, my poor fellow!' replied the man; out of which he hacl come at !Mt vic'Oh, Mr. 0 !'exclaimed the clergyward her in o. vague, groping way, and in a ' and if you don't stop short, you will be at A certain brother E had two brethren, torious. Rec ogmzing her, he called her by the end of your journey sooner than vou an- sort of blind faith that through her hdp in man. 'I am right glad to find you here. name, and not waiting for her to ask the whom we will call A. anu B , who were all I his great extremity might come. It was all ren1en:lber of seeing your name in the list ticipate/ · question that looked out of her lace, oaid : the time picking at each other, and getti ng folly, be knew. What could abe do for a of directors.' 1 I .can't atop ; it's too late. Fc,.r God's up little fusees. Brother E . getting a little ' It is all right with him.' poor wretch iu his extremity 1 He tried to 'Yes I am on~ of the lD en engaged iu sake get me a glass of brandy ! I haven't A cry of joy that she could not repress tired of the diiliculties, went to brother .A., turn bis thought fro1n her, but ever as he thrn work,' rephcd Mr. G--. Then, aa be tMted a drop Etince morning.' turned it a.way it swung back and rested looked mor. closely at Mr. Ridley, he re- broke from Ethel. It was followed by soh and approached him somewhat in the folI Hts old friend and associate saw how it in .this blind taith. lowing manner : ' See here, broth~r A , I cognir.ed hin1 and saw at a glance his true bing and tears . was-saw that his over·stin1ulntcd nervous have an old horse I want you to get and ' Can we see him!' asked M!s . Birtw.U. R aieiug his eyes at last, his mind still in condition. system was fnst giving way,und that he was n maze of doubt, he saw jnst before him on ' The doctor will not think it beat,' re- work a few daye.' · My dear eir,' said Le stepping forward on the verge of mania. Without replying, the table a small grinning head. ·Well, wny do you want mo to do that 7' It was and grasping his.hqnd, 'I am glad you have plied the man. ·Ho has had a pretty hard the lawyer went back to the bar, at which only by a strong effort thnt he could keep come here.' night, bnt the worst is over. I We must keep respond ed A. he had juet been drinking. Calling for from crymg out in foar and starting back 'Well,' says E, 'he is oo gentle a1 d him quiet to-day ,· Mr. Ridley looked at, or rather boyond brandy, he poured a tumbler nearly half lrom the table. A Rteadier look obliterated ' In the morning can I see him 1' asked quiet, he does just wlia\ you tell him. Lira in a startled wav, and then druw" back full, and afLer achling u little wa:.ir gave it the Lead and Jett a teacup in its place. Ethel, lifting her eyes, half blinded by You start anywhere with him he goes right, a lew ateps. Mr. G-- saw him ahiver and along minding Lte owa business, pay_a no to Ridley, who drank the whole of it with}lo time was now to be lost. At any au e.xpressi')U of !ear cross hie face . Turning tears; to th~ man's face. attention to what doos not belong to bin. ; out withtlrilwing the glnss from his 11pR, Yes ; I think I can say Jes,' was the ' moment the enemy might be upon Lim . to a man who sat writing al a deak, be call· is alwaye p eaceable, and gets mto no trou· 'It was ve·ry kind at you,' said the wretch· H e must go quickly, but where 1 A brief reply. ed htm by name, and with a single glance 1 How aoon 1' bles.' Satu A , somewhat excited: P.d man as he began to feel a.long hi s shak· struggle against an almost uncon<1uerable directed hirnttentton to l\1r. Ridley. Tbe ·Well, brother E., what do you mean by ing nerves the stimulating power ot the reluctance and dread, and then, ri~i11g from ' Come at ten o'clock.' wan wae by his side in a moment and, as draug ht he had taken. · I was in a desper· the table, Mr. Ridley cangbt up his hat 'You'll let me call and ask about him all this 1 there is a trick in it.' Mr. Elliot~1d not fail to n?tice, all on the 'Well,' responded E ., 'I thought if you ate bad way.' this evening, won't 1you ?' anu ran down etairo, Ethel calling after alert. H e spoke to l\lr. Ridley in kind ' Oh, yea, and you'll get a good report, I would work that old horse awhile you ' And you are not out ot that way yet,' him. He did not heed her anxious cries. but firu1 voice, and drew him a little ·way would learn to go along about your own replied the other. ' Why don't you stop It was for her sake thnt be wa.· going. She toward au adjoiuh:ig room, the door uf whfob am sure.' buaine~s, and not be all the time tryiug t o The care, and. help, and wiae considerathis thing wh'.le a shadow of hope remains!' heard the street door shut with a jar, and stood partly open. ptok a fuss with brother B.' Brother :K tion received in the Home by Mr. Ridley, 'It's easy enough to say stop'-Hidley l!atened to her father's departing feet until 'Do the beat yon cad for this poor man,' called on brother B. and gave him the sa1uu while passing through the awful stages of spoke in a tone of fretfolness-'and of about the sound died out in the distance. said Mrs. Birtwell, now addressrng Mr. G-. It was over an heur from thia time when ·I will pay all that is required. You know hie mania, had probably saved bis life. The advice. It cured them both. That mu· t as much use as to cry 'Stop,' to a man fall· We wonder if it '" fits of frenzy were violent, so overwhelm- be a valuable horse ! ing down a. precipice or sweeping over a Mr. Ridley, forcing his way past tho ser·1ant him, I 1:1ee,' for sale or to let. It might pay in som e 1 who had tried to koep him back, stood coning him w1tb. phantom terrors that in his cataract. I cun t stop.' ' Yes, I know hio1 well . A ead case inchurches or neighborhoods to bny that fronting Mr. Elliott. A look of dISappointwild and deaperate struggles to escape the H is old friend gazed ut him pityingly, deed. You may be sure that what can be fooge o{ serpents and dragon·, and the hor- horoe and loan him out among the brethreu, then, ahrugging his shoulders, he bade hlm n'lent, followed by an angry cloud, ca.me done will be done.' into bis foce, But seeing .lvlrs. Bir twell, .rid crew of imaginary demons that crowded and sisters too, a few daya in a place. The good-morning. From the bar Rtdley drift· At this moment Mr. Ridley gave a cry bis countenance brightened ; and stepping Lis room and preS8ed madly upon him, be suggestion is worth noting. cd into the rcading·room, where he made a and a spring towarJ to door. Glancing at pMt the clergymau, he advanced toward would, but far t,heirestra1nt to which he lcin t of Joo king over the ne-waptlpers. 'Vhat him, ~frs. llirtwell S"a.w that hie countenance her. She did not retreat from him, but was subjected, have thron·n himself head- Cost of the Frauco-l'russian Wai;.; cared he for uewa 1 All his interest in the was di storted by terror. lnst·ntly two men held out her hand, and aaicl, with an earnfrom a window, or bruised and broken long world had become narrowed down to the ca.me in from tbe adjoining room aod quick· A writer in the Rev1w des De «J; ~lon cles ways and means ol gettrng uaily enough eatnees so genuine that it touohed bis feel- ly restrained him, After two or three hiwuell against the wall. ing: eatiwntcs ut ten milliards of francs (ah<nt (To be Oo1ttinucd J liquor to stupefy hie senses and doaden his Iruttless elforta to break away, he submitted $2,000,000,000) the total cost to ]<'ranee ul ' l a m glad to see Jou, Mr. Hidley.' nerves. Il e only wanted w_ rest now, and to their control, and was imnH~<lio.tely re~ the war with Germany. 'The warinde1n1JJ ty As be look her exlende< l band Mra. Birt· moved to another part of the building. let the glaes of brnndy ho h.!'d taken do its What England Pays for War. alone was five milliards of francs ($1,Ul0,well drew him toward a sofa and sat down work on his exhausted. syaten1. It was not With white lipa and trembling limbs 000,000 i the war contri butions of Parie,t" v long _ before he was asleep. How long he re- by him, lllanlfesting the hvehest interest. .Mrs. Birtwell atood as a frightened spectator 1.'wenty yeara before the Crimean war hundred millions of francs ; requfoition3 iu 'Ia there anything I can do tor you "I' of the scene, It \V'16 over in a uioment, bat mained in this state be did not know. A theimihtary and naval expenditure of the other d epartn1en~, over three hundred n.11 ... she asked. waiter, rndely shaking him, brought l1im it !cit her sick at heart. country was £10,000,000. In 1854, tLe hons. And a.ll tb1 s beside the }11u1d H t11' i f back to life's dreary consciousness, and au 'N 0 1 ma'am, 1 he replie<l, in n mournful 'What will they do with him 1' ·he ask· year before that wa r, i t bad Iiarn to £16 . tho1 u:ands o1 uicn's lived des troy ed, wom cu order to lf ave t he reading·room sent him voice-' not for n1e. I didn't con1e for that. ed, !\er voice husky and. oholdng, 000,000. Since t ho terrui t ati on uf tb~t and cl11l<l.re11 !nude \\idows aud orpbaJl'i, 1ufl out upon the street lo go be knew not But you'll be good to my poor Ethel, won't '.t\ll that his unhappy caee m1uires,' re- \YIU' it hM a\·eraged n1orc thatt .£2 6,00l\OOO the horrors of Lhe com1nunian1 of Pnri~ ! o~· whither. you, and-and- ' plied i<lr. 0 -- . 'The man you s~w go per annum. Thus we hav e bad ~ pc rmnlo11ing this almost moliveles· war! Anon this green p~th lea<leth 'Vhere the loveliest visions shine, Such scenes of immortal beauty A a T date not wllih were mino; And I l'.(O on my winding pathwn.y, And I go nr.1t , dea1est, alone. But the sunset Light hn.s failed, And the beautiful vision'!! flown. nent· increase o! £tq,ooo,ooo per 'annu ll\ (not including the interest on debts) ever since the Crimean war. These sums are so enormous tba.t they can not eVen be imagined, except by Aon1e proceks of com .. pariaou. To aid thia comparison let us mark tho followrng facts : According to the officially published annual statistics t he total amount ot coal proiluced in the U~ited l{uigdo1n hns nver9.ged 1 for the last seven years, an annual vabl0 of £22,000,000 Rterl .. ing, or £4,000,000 leM than tne average coat of the army nnd navy. Hence, all our coal minea 11nitecl will not suffice to ma.in"taiu our army and navy. And all the coal, iron, copper, lead, t in, :i:inc, s1IYer and other metals pr oduced in the U uited Kingdom have a\1 eruged in value (for eeveu years past) .£.37,000,000 per unnu1n, or about £18,000,000 less than the Y··r'o expenditn1 ·e for past an<\ present wara; The total capiL I nccumulatcd in Poet office savings bank w 1s (in 1868) £9,749,9g9. The total capital rn other savings bank in the United Kingd<m in l 867, £ 36,476,408. Total, £ 46,226,3:l 7. HDnce, the annual war e>;pcnditure ('or present and pa.1:1t 01'--erationi:i) far l'.'l\.Ceeds t h~ total deposits of the industrial and economic clae.sea inve1>ted in all the s.-ivings bat kfl. The total a nnual r eceipt· of all the r"1l· way· in the U nitod Kingdom for pa6':e11 · gers and goods are about .£38,000,000, ur .£17,000,000 l""s than the money demanded on account of war. The average value of wheat) barley, oats, maize and flour import· ed mto th · Un ited Kingdom for Bel" en years pMt is £30,ooo.ooo per anuuw, or only £ 4,000,000 more than the annual expenditure for army and navy alon e, irres· pective of national debt. No wonder that many are almost starved I The average value of the cotton imported rnto t he United Kmgdom for the seven yeara pas t is £29,000,000 1 ex·ctly the cost of the arm y and navy alone in rn68. No wonder t he ma.nutactur1n~ population have to · w ork hard to get a livehbood ! All the pauper. in the Um ed Krngdom <ost in the yeai~ 1870 71 .£9,590,78 7, or one third of the <xpenaes of the o.rrny nnd nuvy.-From th0- or ) -- -- 1 a ... . ---