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King St., Oshawa. 1-2 WH. FREDERICK MeBRIAN, M.D. M.R.C. 8 YUY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENG- | NX LAND. Residence oppesite W, H. Gibbs' residence, Simooe 8 t, Oshawa, JONN McGILL, ICENCED AUCTIONEER, OSHA-/! 4 wa. All ordersleft at this Office will be promptly attended to. 1-2 CL VARS L D8. -i3 EETH INSERTED ON ALL THE latest principles of the art. as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anaesthesia: Dental Rooms in Cawan's New Block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King St, Oshawa. 2-42 J. FERGUSON, | ICENTIATEorDENTAL SURGERY. OMice over the Grocery of Messrs, Stmpson Bros., King St, Oshawa. All operations preformed in' a skilful ananner. Residence in the same building. _ R. MCGEE, ARRISTER, ATTORNEY, * SO- LICITOR, Conveyancer and Notarie Public, Osliawa, South-East Corner of King and Siooe Streets, £4 MONEY to Lend, Mortgages bought and oid, 2 R. MCGEE. S. NM. COCHRANE, L. L. B., ARRISTER, ATTORNEY-at-LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &c. Office--In Bigelow's New Building, Dundas st, Whitby. 1-2 J. KE. FAREWELL, LL. B., OUNTY CROWN . ATTORNEY / Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor, Notary P and Conveyan ( NS. H. Cochrane Outario. GREENWOOD AND McMILLEN ARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS. AT-LAW, i in-Chancery, Notaries Public. Conveyanc .» Whitby. Money to Oan. A. G. McMinn C. WwW. smITH, AR CHITE oh ance rand Ge Oshawa. Agent f } to and from New York and 1 NCE Messrs. Gibbs Bros., Fairbanks, Esq. B. SHERIN & Co., i \ THOLESALE MANUFACTURERS of HOOP SKIRTS. Best New York erial used. The trade plied 'on best te Factory - King Street, East, Bowmanville. 3s ». HOLLIDAY, ROOGKLIN, ONT.," AGENT FOR the Isolated Risk Fire Insurance Company of Canuda, Toronto, a purely Canadian Institu- tion. Also, for Queen's and Lancashire Compan- ios, capital £2,000,000 each. Also. Agent and Appraiser for the Canada Permanent Building and Savings Society, Toronto, for loans of money at low rates of interest. \ 154 PF. R. HOOVER, Issuer of Marriage Licenses WHITEVALE. \ DOMINION BANK! OSHAWA AGENCY. J. H. McCLELLAN;Aent, | Money to Lend AT- REDUCED RATES. I AM NOW PREPARED TO LEND | wy suouflt of money, on the security of Good Farm or Productive Town Property, at the | Lowest Possible Rates of Interest, | | n sums and manner to suit borrowers. Principa | can be re-paid by yearly instalments, or in one sun. Investments made in Debentures, Mortages, | * and other securities. SILVER AND GREFENBACKS BOUGHT AND SOLD. For further particulars apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Oficial Assignee, Money Broker, &c. Offee-- Mc Milkui's Block, Brockt., 8 Whitby April 13th. 1871 1] Wiore J: W, Fowlke, REIGRNS THANKS TO HIS NU his Meat Market meet the same share of patronage as T {E UNEERSIGNED HAS MUCH ;lass all their right and inte in the It article, MILK, in its natwral purity! He hopes, age of all who may be in want of the same. : mending to the inhabitants of Oshawa Mr. Ta good milk to buy from him, W. McGall, -31-6m-pd. Butcher Shop! GEO. W. GARTH, b MEROUS Customers, for all past favors and beg to remind them that be Las opened ou Wext door to Mr. Gurley's Tallor Shop And hopes by strict attention to [1 Y Oshawa, Dec. 12th, 1872. MILE MILK! leasure in announcing to the inhabitants awa that he has bought from Messrs, Ru siness, and that he TF now ged in Milk budingat avery of that most ind nwible nee of the business and punctual br ip ld to merit and obtain the patron- H. TAPLIN, We the undersigned take pleasure in recom- Pp J . as being reliable in the above 1a. in our opiion. 3 'recommend to all who want G. Heary, A. Farewell --OR-- : The stock is principally conposed of First-class Staple Goo Onlar $ Nefovmer, VOL. 8. OSHAWA, in ONTARIO, W EDNE SDAY, APRIL 23, 1873. NO. 2. Great Clearing Sale! ---- Retiring from tho Dry Goods Business! 0 , to Mess, WM. Rightinan, & Co., of Prince Albert, is under wok within a limiied space of time. He has, therefore, FJYHE Ss = NE the necessity of disposing On THURSDAY the, 16th inst. COMMENCED A Bona Fide Clearing Sale To be Continued for 30 Days, During which every article i5 the store will be offered for sale at the nett cost to the importer. scidom met with for supplying present and future house requirements, stock will In the be found a large assortment of Carpets, Cloth, Flannels, Silks black and colored, French Merinos, Wool satin Cloths, Fancy Dress Goods, Hosiery, &c., &ec. W. F. COWAN. k. Oshawa, Mardi ith, 1873, Hats and Caps. WILLIAM LANG INVITES INSPECTION TO STOCK OF NEW SPRING GOODS! WHICH 1S COMBLETE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, Clothing Made to Order WITH CARE AND DESPATCH. HIS SPLENDID Gents' Furnishings. 'Buiyjo|p apew-Apeay Boots and Shoes. _ ATEINSON'S DRUG STORE REMOVED TO NEW AND LARGER PREMISES Next Door to COWAN'S, rome 0) msn Drugs, Patent Medicines, Scented Soaps, Freneh and English Perfumery, Hair Brushes, Combs, Tooth Brushes, and a General assortment of Dye Stuffs. - Everything of the best Quality and Strictly Genuine | | D. HINKSON, East Whitby, A WORD OF TIMELY WARNING TO THE FARMERS OF ONTARIO. GENTLEMEN, manufacturing five hundred Broadcast Saeders this year,and three hundred of | them (are already gone, all who wish to get one had better do so at once, asthe demand is so great, those who do not look out in time cannot be sery ed this r season. We would like to supply all / wants near home first, If the people : . about home neglect ¢ oming in early for ~] their machines, we will have to send ape them out to other parts of the country - where they are being called for every Cy = day. as we have no room to store a ip fF) = quantity at once, and we must finish > L them up and get at our other work. Please A YY | f. i] 4 ld Machines. We guarantee them to do all they are recommended to do in our rinted testimonials. The Tact that our Seeder saves oie man snd team all through seeding, Pesides saving seed and doing the work better than the usual war, makes it quite a loss in oue " ory er that fails to get one, season for every farmer that fails to get one Yours, &c.. F. W. GLEN. 10 The Easterly Broadcast Seeder and Cultivator, Combined, is allowed by those that have worked it,"to be the best Agricultural Implement for the priee | Si uch as it saves seed and about one haf the labor, and does the work better a a ---- ha facts of the above any person can ascertain by asking the following gentlemen: JAMES BOWMAN, King, THOMAS McBRIEN, Whitby, JOHN DRYDEN, President Agriculiural Society South Ontario. B. WEST, West Gwillmsbury, DERS EARLY. H. W. BURK, Darlington, E. A. BOWES, Mariposa. MR.RAYMORD, Vaughan MR. ROBI EY, East Gwilimsbury, HENRY DDLETON, Clarke, R. FOLEY, Darlington, ORVIS BROTHERS, Plckeriug. JOHN WILLIS, Whitby, SEND IN TOUR OR Oshawa, January 20th, 1873, M. WESIL, Wew Dominion Cabinet Ware-rooms. WALTER WIGG' & SON, HANKFUL FOR PAST FAVORS WOULD RESPECTFULLY "INFORM T Sideboards, Bureaus, Bookoases, Sofas, Couches. Chairs of all kinds, and every- thing in their line ef business, Pictures, Looking-glasses, Pigture Frames made to order in every style We have got the Lest Patent Balance Window Blind Lifter, and the very best Steel Spring Bed Bottom in the Dominion, 80 the people say.and what every person says must be true, but we say try for yourselves. Protoxide of Nitrogen ! aur UNDERTAKING DEpARTMENT 18 ' COMPLETE, HAVING A 4 3 FERGUSON, L. of shimson Bros. King St. Persons need not now, tending the operat years in their mout sause of disease, w West, Oshawa, from fear of pain at DMINISTERED FOR THE PAIX. fogs xtraction of Leh whe cers jon of extraction, CAITY for he a mass of filth, a fruitful hich has not only ruined their SPLENDID HEARSE, Coffins kept on hang and made to order, Terms Reasonable. 3 t and best place . The cheapest and best plant tn} Your Furniture is at our establishment. Remember the place * "of Wilson's New Blok, King Street East, Leaith and destroyed their happiness, but made then objects of re anfortunate as to be Nitros Oxide is pleasan associated with them, t to take and quite hai Oshin'ws, May, 2, 1873, ugnance to all who are so . 8 OSHAWA, December 81, king, aw: ! WwW. WIGG & SON: ETRY UBSCRIBER HAVING RENTED HIS PRESENT PLACE OF BUSI- | ' | | , and affords an opportunity h As we are only | , call as soon as possible and get your | IN, Innisfiil, | the Public that they always keep a tock of good well-made Furniture on hand, consisting o | Poetry. | | GOING AWAY. Do not be ahgry with mé For an idle word I say ; Do nét be angry, father, Because I am going away. Have patience with me, my mother, Though I may have none with you, But I love you, I Jove you, mother, Whatever I say or do. Look kindly upon me, sister, You are beautiful and gay ; Your days will be long and happy, | But I am going away. } With me, if you could but read it, Clear written on check and brow, There 1s no past, but future | Only a brief calm, Now : A little space to be glad in-- A lessér space to grieve ; And life's whole scene fades from me, As the landscape fades at eve, Except--that eve I shall see not, My day is ended at noon ; And the saddest bit of the story Is~it does not end too soon. 1 am so weary, weary! I could turn my face to the wall ; Like a sick-child, long before bed-time, Drop asleep among you all: So glad that lessons are over : Still gladder that play is done | And a dusky curtain stretches i | | Between me and the sun. Good-bye, my father and mother! Two of you--but one-of me ; And, sister, you'll ind some stranger Much closer than I could be: Once more--but death's quiet teaching Is making me slowly wise ; My heart, too poor foris keeping Thou, God, Thou will not despise : My soul, too weak for earth's battle, Thou wilt gird up anew ; And the angels shall see mo doing The work I was meant to do: The work that I ever failed in. And wept o'er, and tried again, Till brain and body and spirit Snapped under the cruel strain, That is over. So, none need be sorry; You rather ought to rejoice, And sing my vade in pacem Without a break in your voice ; And let me depart contented, Before the heat of the day ; For I shall be still God's servant. Although I have gone away ! Selections, RESCUE FOR RESCUE. RY W. H. BUSHNELL, | ' Some day, my dear fellow, if life and rcalth are spared me, I will repay you for | 1 3} his.' «y\ Lou put entirely too much streés upen an action that amy man would have done. But between us, Martin Peters there is the strongest possible bonds of friendship and next to relationship.' 'And jo% can soon claim even that. When you, Clark Wilbur, and my sister | Ettiec are married we will indeed be bro- thers as we have been long in heart. But | about the brave deed you have done, do | not think I shall ever forget or look upon it in the same light manner you word have me. It was at the risk of your own life that you saved me, and that too when your happy wedding day was so near." | '1 wish you would speak no more of it,' and the brave man blushed at praise even more than at the mention of his love. 'I tell you it was but a little thing--not more than any other would have done--than | you would have done for me, and I don't | want you to make a mountain out of a molehill, Mart.' ' You are altogether too modest, but if you won't let my lips give the praise you richly deserve, those of Ettie shall do it with interest.' ' There--there! Be quiet mow. Yon | are excited and nervous. I own it was something of danger we passed through-- | a trifle--but not so much as you. would have my share appear. Bat you need rest | and if you must talk about it, wait until | you have recovered your strength and | | calmness. Go to sleep if you can. 1 will | come and see you again after a litte.' | [ 'But remember that if ever an oppor- | tunity, I will give my life for you as freely as you would have done yours for l me,' Light as Wilbur would have made the | | matter appear, he had im reality dared very much in saving his friend. There had been a great and sudden freshet in the river--both were engaged in rafting -- | the one had missed his footing and gone | down between the grinding, splintering, whirling logs when the other had thrown himself boldly in--offered Limself to the | | almost certainty of a horrible death, and at last dragged his bruised and nearly | drowned friend to a place of safety. Then shrinking from the applause of his | class, who knew far better than any others | could possible do, the risk he had run, he had carried Peters home. Ettie Peters felt very proud of her lover, | | as she listened to her brother, while prop- | ped up with pillows in an easy chair he | told her of the danger that Clark Wilbur | | had encountered, in rescuing him from what would have been certain death, If Clark Wilbur had been successful in | stopping the words of praise of the man | he could not do so with his sister, With the impulsivebess of her warm and true heart { and forgetting in her excitement all the coyness of girlliood, Ettip Petters threw | her arms around the neck of her lover when they met, and made his manly lips | and bronzed cheeks thrill with her kisses, | And, in vain he endeavored to make light of his daring. She would have none of it. | If 1. wa had before transfigured the strong- armed man into an idol Le now became hero -- one matchless in her eyes and heart. «1 would have done far more, Ettic,' ho | | | | | said, * if only for your sake, But Martin and I have al ways been like brothers. He | would not have hesitated had he seen me in like danger, nor would the ress.' | | «Hush !" she replied, placing her little hand over his mouth,' I will not hear you take away a single iota from the noble deed | | you haye cone. As for the rest, thay are | code of their future. | but have avoided at home. | found owt when too late--found that they | | were daily brought intp association with | burden as best they might, hoping for a | short journey and then a final separation. | prairie, the young husband and | the crowd, cowards,' and her red lip curled seornfully | "1 know all. They stood trembling upon the bank while you rushed in alone, and, | good heavens ! if you should have perish- ed,' and her bright, blue eyes filled with tears as even the thought of such a bitter l calamity drifted over her mind. | * Ah, Ettie, you magnify the danger on | acccunt of your love.' "I do not -- do not,' and she continued her praise in terms he could not resist. And who would have wished to have dared so? Any man wonld have dared very much to have been so rewarded by a beautiful girl. It was worth" more ry other worldly fame, and William was far from being proof against it. Jt drew them still nearer together, broke | duwn even the semblance of reserve that existed between them, and communion wore sweet. Dut, more than | made their all, it gave to the man the opportunity to | | compass what hedesired --an early wedding | day; and when they returned to see the | brother, the hour had been appointed and | all of suspense was at an end in their | hearts. Love and danger had, for once at least joined hands to smooth the path and hasten the time of human happiness. It was only until the brother sufficiently recovered that the marriage should be con- | summated, and that came fully as soon as the most ardent nature could have wished The frame of Martin Peters was no puny one, and exercise had made his muscles and nerves like iron. It would have re- quired a much greater shock; much more | | severe injuries, to have confined him for any 'ength of time; and his recovery came | | so soon that the lovers were scarcely pre- | pared. But there was far more of heart | | than fashion in their wooing, and would be in their marriage and after life, and | upon the appointed day they breathed the vows that would bind them until death shall part, A few months of extreme happiness | | passed, for their moon of honey was not | to be measured by the silver one of the | skies, and the flowers that had wreathed | the head of the bride had (figuratively) | not faded nor lost their perfyme, though | the chilling winds of a long! winter had blown over them. With the spring came a change. Not in their lives, but in their plans for the future life--for sowing the seed that would yield a harvest for their age--or the gaining of wealth. The * California fever' had just | broker out, and they, at once determined to take advantage of it, and making their preparations were among the first to start. Being partners in the venture and dress- ing in the same as be fashion, as wel ing of ab~ut the same height, and having beard; hair, and eyes of the same color, they looked very much alike--icore so than is usual with brothers. This was 30 ninch the case as to be the subject even, of remark among their companions, and strangers were frequently puzzled as to their identity. | And on this hong the startling, uncom- mon life-saving and death-seeking epis- The journey was necessarily made in company, and that company in those early days was the very reverse of select, and many were forced into companionship | they would not only have been ashamed of | This, many | those with whom they were not only dis- gnsted, but stood in fear of, and bore the Such knowledge came to Peters and Wilbur, and both saw that they were des- | tined to be the companions of rough men of the very worst character, and whose conversation told of eveu far blacker deeds | than those twinmated with gambling upon the frontier--of deeds that had left a crimson stain where they had been enact ed--deeds of robbery and murder. But even this would have caused but little un- easiness had another thing not beericoupled with' it. They saw, to their alarm, that | envious and longing eys were east upon the rosy and happy face of the ypung wife--that she was coveted by more than one of the Jawl:ss anen. { Nothing, however, could be done but | to conceal their suspicions and watch them more narrowly, though determined to resent the slightest approach of insult, and confident in their ability to protect her at all hazards and firm ia the belief that there was enough of good in the party to | secure justice--and that hour came far | sooner than they expected. When far beyond the limits of civiliza- tion--out of reach of any party of emi- grants, in the midst of a wilderness of wile wandered away one evening for a walk. It had already grown dusk, but the firelight was too plain to permit their getting lost and when at a little distance, they sat down to converse, as they gould not do in Then for the po time, Ettie gave utterance to the fear that troubled her, and she told of the boM looks of some of the men; how she feared them, trembled at their approach, and longed for the end of the journey, Her husband spoke cheerily, 'and even made light of her fears, affiribyting the looks she spoke of to admirafion, Put jt wad 'well the darkness was toofgreat for her to see his face, to notice theldeep-drawn breath and get teeth, There a volume of revenge in them, that would have made almost any man hesitate before he did aught to awaken it into actif, But he wisely gave no sign of his felings, and changing the conversation to mre pleasant topics, succeeded in calming he und they were about to return, when the action of tethered horses called their #ttention to them, and bidding her remain, where she | was standing, he proceeded to investigate the cause of the disturbance among the | animals, | Almost iretantly upon his departure, | =--one half with ball and the other simply his place was filled by one of the worst of thie men who had evidently been watching, ' You take long walks alone in the dark,' he maid in a sneering tone. Looking for a lover, I suppose, while your husband is fool enough to believe you are sleeping. * Sir,' replied the alarmed woman draw- ing up her slight form and clenching her little hands as it she longed for the power | to strike him dead at her feet. ' Oh, pshaw,' was the answer, accompa- | nied with a low, coarse laugh. about your putting on airs, and there is no use in trying to play the insulted queen | he continued, ' I know all. No 1{ and I will remain in yonr place. Long Then by heaven, I'll not only take one, but | since I pledged my word to do #0 and now with me. Come, give me a bis. many ' Clark, Clark I" Husband ! rang ont in accents of agony upon the night air, as the ruffian clasped her in his strong arm. There was a rushing of swift feet throgg" the prairie--the report of a pistol--the thud of a bullet{~the falling of a heavy body, and Wilbug caught the form of his { | | | | fainting wife, while writhing in agony; and | with his heart's blood rapidly ebbing away the insulter of innocence poured out tor- | rents of curses with his dying breath. Like one entirely stupified, Clark Wilbur remained motionless--without thinking of danger, without thinking of the dear form he was straining to his heart. 'The icy --- i --_., Li iiiihSiTml ci ii hk moaning offs the night winds and now and It is acid by those who have take to inform themselves on the Suject, there is in no country in the world, civi, | ed or savage, where bad teeth are so ge | erally the rule, and good ones so rare exception, as the United States. there is probably no other nation who so generally swallow tea and .coffee, hot enough to scold the throat,and then * cool- off by an immediate draught of ice-water. An Englishmen would regard such a habit as absolutely suicidal, and lie is amazed that sensible Americars should so reck- lessly: jeopardize health and life. At then the distant howling of a wolf as if it and was licking its jaws in antieipation of | a banquet of human flesh !| Then the rus- | tle of a stealthy step was heard and the | brother of his wife stood by his side. - | 'Clark,' he said in low and guarded | whispers, 'I have come fo take your | place.' | *You? You are mad,' was the reply as 'Yes ' and as the bonds were loosened | You must go | it shall be kept.' * Never.' ¢ Think of your wife.' 'Don't--don't entirely unman me.' ' Think of her and listen to me. I have nothing like the ties to bind me to earth that you have. Aye, think of poor Ettie.' ~ = T have, but never shall consent to your dying in my place.' 'Then we will both die! shall be so. rifles are fired I will step in front of you I swear it | I will remain and when the | chill of having committed murder was all | absorbing--banished for the time every- thing else. Then he saw that the report of the pistol had called numbers from the encampment; that he was surrounded and waking from a terrible dream to a more terrible reality. He boldly avowed the act and pleaded the cause in justification. | There was no murmur of disapprobation then, but when the midnight watch was set and Wibur had taken his place as usual | come what wili.' upon it, when the poor wife had sobbed herself to sleep, he became aware that | the deed he had done was not so lightly to | both of us should perish and Ettie be left. be passed over--that he was to be tried | for murder! Taken to some distance, the mockery | both.' of forming a court was gone through with | a judge and jury appointed, counsel pro and con seigcted-- a mockery bitter but shallow, for he was not in the slightest de- | gree deceived and knew that his case was | prejudged--that the majority of lawless | men had and would awe and override the | minority, and that his lease of life was very short. Still he made a desperate effort to save | and my body shall receive most of the bul- lots.' ¢ Great heaven ! are you mad.' ¢ No, it is you that are so. Well as my | sister loves me it is as nothing to that she bears for you. I havé framed an excuse-- | got her away from the waggons--have | | selected the two most swift and powerful | | own life had to be the only thing to be | thought of, there was no power on earth it, though far more for love of her who! would be left a widow, than from fear of what was to come. But he might as well have talked to the wind--have pleaded to | senseless stone. A show of listening, even of pity was made, and that was all, though he was ably defended, defended in a manner that would have toid with un- prejudiced men; nay, he was even given the usual chance with such frontier juries, and which in a fair trial' would have gone very far toward the acquittal of the prison- er. 'If but a single ork says you are inno- cent you will go free,' said the judge. The wretched man looked from face to | face in hopes of finding something to quicken mercy, but in vain and waited as one around whom the fire is already build- ed for the hand to apply the torch-- wait | ed, but not long. * How say you all," was the question. ¢ Guilty tongue. ' Then," added the judge, 'it would be mercy to have the sentence"executed as soon as possible. 1 will load twenty rifles was the auswer of every with powder so none can tell who fires the fatal shot. Sach is frontier law.' 'My wife ! Oh, God my wife !"igroaned the prisoner, the thought of her driving away all others, i ¢ She has Ker brother to take care k her and we pledge our word, each for himself and the others, that she shall be protected as if she were our own sister, and when the journey is finished, enough shall be given her to provide against want for many | months.' Even in their black hearts there was a shadow of pity, and they endeavoured to still conscience by bribes, * How long have I to live 7' was the mo- | mentous question, *You can, if you wish, have until the change of the guard. That will be three hours hence.' * And my wife V' ' Better that yoy do not se: her again.' | ¢ And-my brother I', , "The same with regard to him. But if there is anything you wish to say, speak, and it shall be faithfully evecuted.' ¢ Nothing.' He realized how useless it would be to do so--that the show of justice and mercy was but the most hollow of pretence, and he nerved himself to meet his fate, with only the grain of Gomfort that the brother remained to look after the widowed wife, aud that when he was gone, the hearts that. were now hard as the nether mill stone might soften towards her and her bereavement and helpless sorrow make her sacred in their eyes. * We shall bind you here to this tree,' | said the judge, " aud leave you, you men cover his eyes.' shrinking and must -- aye will look upon | my--my murderers !' The last word produced far more impres- | sion than any other--{han all the rest had done and after hastily, though fiymly se. curing him in an upright position against | the trunk of a tree hel was left to his own | sad thoughts--left to prepage for death-- his assassing (for they wore worthy of no | §' e two strange horses in the stalls be- better name)glad to get beyond hearing of lis voice, 'Like wolves they will sneak up and slaughter me,' he murmured, 'But for that I care but ligtle. On, God | Ettie, my Ettie.' For an hour all was silence around Lim the Lracs rave the ruailing of the sad | knew that the exchange would never be | discovered --that he would be hurried into | --no quivering of lip. | man should. One of | ® fireman, who had beer in the habit of | filling a smoked pipe with broom splints, 'No,mever! I am a man ! I have faced | and playing other tricks oh their landlady, death before--can do so again without | had no room to complaid when, one morn. | avoid the appearance of ignorance in his horses in the company--have placed a | supply of provisions upon them and you i can easily ride back until you meet a train and gain protection. None will ever know us apart in the darkness and here I remain ¢ It must not--shall not be.' ¢ It must and shall ! If you desire that without any protector, obstinately remain; if not, go and may heaven bless you | Terrible indeed was the struggle. If his that could have moved Wiltur. But his wife wasthrowninto thescale,and she almost weighed down reason and manfiness and resolution. His nerves trembled as they had never done before, and his eyes were full of tears as he answered : * You would force me to cowardice--to dizhonor-~to do a thing for which I shall curse myself.' ¢ Ettie "Oh ! heaven that I had perished among the floating, crushing logs--that I had never been born.' : ' Ettie !' * Hush, for the love of heaven !' ' Ettie !" There was still the same answer say what he might until it became evident that but little time was left --that decision was forced upon him. Ie did all that a man could do to change the decision of his friend, then in the very madness-of agony hugged him to his keart--wrung his band and dashed away not daring to look again. Truly the one had more than redeemed his promise--had he given his life for other. : Standing erect and in the same position the€ the prisoner had done, Martin Peters waited the coming of his murderers. He b a grave if buried at all. But their was no dimness of the eyes--no shaking of limbs He had calculated well the cost and would die as brave as a 'Comeon! Tam ready. Take certain aim,' he called cut as tae men gathered in a body at a little distance rifle in hand. 'Fire! and my innocent blood be upon your heads.' The report and blazing of a score of rifles was the only answer and he fell head long to the earth. And even at that moment came the cry of ' Indians "" and without waiting to bury the corpse, the assassins reehed back to | the wagons to tind their horses stampeded leaving the dead to the wolves/and the vultures, - * * - * - * Three days later Wilbur and his wife and her brother were seated together in the midst of a friendly company and a few words explained all, * If the plan had failed,it was your only chance of escape,' said the latter,' and the few friends I had in camp were fearful it woul.'d . ' But how did you escape the bullets 1' asked the sister, quivering with excite- went, - ' There were none in the rifles, but not even that would have saved me, had not the false cry of 'Indians !' drawn them away.' * Heaven be praised !" ' Yes,' responded the husband reverent- ly, ' and may it kindly keep us from ever again being put to the test of giving a life for life. - -- + # + -- Wasx'r so Funxy.--The conductor and ing, one of them found a quart of stewed apples in his|boots, and the other a pint of molasses in his. Just ask those chaps how about molasses or apples; that's enough, A Goop story is told of an Irish hostler who was sent to the stable to Lring forth a traveler's horse, Not knowing which of longed to the traveler, and wishing to business, he saddled both animals pod brought theni to the doay, The traveler pointed out Lis own horse, saying "That is my nag." ** Certainly yer h gor, I' know that, Lut 1 didn't know which gne thew vas the cther gentleman's." English hotels, people can, of course, have ha already seented the soqn to be shed blood, | haever they demand and pay for, as at public-houses elsewhere : but in. private families in England, even the wealthy, the use of ice is only moderate and occasional | =--not by any means, the constant, every- day, excessive affair it is with us ; and there it is never taken immediately after hot drinks, as at breakfast and supper among. | Americans, neither do English people eat | irregularly, d at all p I know all | he wrung the proffered hand. | Bian: at all lweté hetwemn meals, as domany of our coutrymen--a practice by which the digestive organs | must become impaired, and the general health suffer, even if the teeth did not. Another deleterious practice, common in | ous large cities especially, is the excessive US§CF ice-cream and sodoa-water. Nothing is more common on Summer evenings, than for young men to swallow, at their boarding house, acupor two of coffen boiling hot, and as rapidly as if they were drinking fora wager ; and then to rush out for an' ice-creain or glass of soda, 'to cool off with'--the 'fruit-syrups' of the | soda-water often containing fusil oil and' | other poisons, apart from the deleterious | effects on the tee'h of these extremes of | heat and cold following each other in quick succession. A distinguished dentist told me recent- ly, that it was difficult to conceive of any thing more absolutely destructive to the teeth, than the simultaneous use of cold and hot drinks. And he aded that he had known some. seores of Europeans, who camie to the United States, with teeth that with the habits of living to which they had been accustomed, at home, would probably have lasted to extreme old age-- glad, in less than five years after they came among us, to avail themselves of the services of a dentist, to manufac- tare an artificial 'set.' Surcly Something may be done to avert this wide spreading curse of tooth-ache, and discolored, uncomely teeth, or the only alternative that remains of wearing those not * to the manor born ;' so that Americans fujure generations, ot least, may cease to enjoy the unenviable distine- tion of belonging to a toothless nation. -- From the Science of Health. It was after the battle. The full moon was rising above the horizon, shadowy and lustreless' in the smoky sky. The boom of the cannon was was .occasionlly heard in the distance, covering the retreat of the enemy; but the battle field itself was still, very still. 1 wandered over the field doing a chap- lain's dnty, and searching for two iaissing boys of the regiment. One of these, whom we all loved, was named Charlie. I found him at last. He was wounded: As the light of the lantern fell on the young face I ;saw that he was suffering, and that the end was near. He gave me an earnest, inquiring look, and the ex- pression of his face changed to almost hopelessness when he saw that I was troubled and anxious. He grasped my hand and gently pulled me toward him. Iknelt beside him and said : ; ' My dear boy, what can I do for you! Shall I talk to you about Jesus? "Oh, yes, I am used to that. I have loved him for two years, but not as well as Lought. I think I am going to him.' ¢ Have you » mother I 'Oh, yes.' Tears filled his eyes. 'It must have been hard for her to - have given a boy like your to your coun- try. 'Yes it was. When I first began to talk about enlisted she would rot hear me: but we prayed over it together, and as last she consented, saying 'it was her duty.' I fanned his face, wetting his lips from. my canteen and in a little while he fell asleep. I remained by his side until he awoke, eecasionally brushing the hair from his forehead, when he said, * Oh, I dredmed that it was Annie's hand. Won't you put it on' 'my head again.' ' Who is Annie ? 'She is my twin sister. seventeen since 1 left home.' We wore The light river winds played among his hair; the moon brightened, and all was still. He turned his cheek on my arm, as thoogh there was a yearning within for sympathy. He then scemed to sleep again. I prayed over him a few minutes iu silence, ¢ Charlie.' ' There was no answer. I put my on his heart; it was still. I laid it upon his chek; it was already cold, but I can- not doubt that his spirit passed to his Saviour, whose follower he had been, and whom he had loved fur two yosrs. He was but seventeen, but his brief mortal life was but the threshold fo the eternal life beyond. i i anded a house her solemmly Bry," * Better he landlord, to exceute the child Have you children 1" d renter, " yes," replied the "six--all in the cem there than here," said consolingly ; and pr the desire lease, In due ren returned from the cemd they had been seat to play, late to annul the contract, A mrave little boy in|Ohio found » broken rail on the railroad track; and perceiving the peril in which the train should be placed if it should eome dashing past without warning, eat owt on the fence for five long hours in the bitter winter cold, in order that ha might carry the first news of the accident to his father, who is local editor of a paper published in the neighboring village, Dip our readers ever hear their young lady, acquaintance ask each other, ** What's your politics 1 and then giggle. For explanation, apply aadivet laly you knox who wears a lings bastlo, N i re