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lare rxis of interest ic machine finished book papers hkei guaile wehklv ls eipilefst or johxdir irchixecr gcrlnr ost ometjjae hcvl blocfc surket sire lxcis sckik aacenarto t fctpitaj boosbtkdee geerjeesqatre gadpuoattrio accost eooc of tu fcia- tatde to order periodicals ofvery desiptioacarcfailiboasd ba aetilrtad froapiii doce holiday goods are kow readv at days bookstore fine illustrated dooki booki saitcd for bojrsud gitu books tot cuhdrcu sandiy cooki toachect bibles pocket bibles pholocraph albums in silk plah tnd morocco bindings xmu booklet fancy goods hiudiorae dccontcd cliiat caps aud etaccrf- fiocy pieces iabtcubc setcici cajket ink standi hand mirron ia tiue english llate toilet ce portfolios to calf acd morocco ftue lon don goods jap boxes try ctrd rcoei- tert work botes writing desks 6crp albamsr oreuing cases cliildrena toy sftta of tea and dianer dishes kitchen seta in tm tovi abc boxes tool chests boildidcblockf games noalts arks swords pistols drums itou locomotiirci iron railroad trains iron horses aud carts tpa dolls kid bodies talking hall china dolts musical dolls dolls bodies dolls heads muic lanterns ten tins pocket books wallets card ctscs in fine leather smokers sets plusht foilet sets y1ekha stattjart drinkicg sets in raby and other glass rose leaved jtrs giiss centre pieces glaas vase handreda of faccy glass trticlesrbr xess we ask the people to eec or fine tioek o 6eisanab goods we have by far the best variety and tfsorltnent im ported direct from london bought for cash- qpwe are able to undersell all compe titors and still make a fair prcfit berore parting with yoar money sec the value at dtvs bookaiore day sells cheaf mutual fire irsurmge company or the cowtt 0 vsllimqtoit estlxtxs2td 1810 headoffce icuelph iaiarcsitaildiccsferchacjucllxaaitctores tad all other deripuane of proper j on the rreaiiccixotesjkeai fw- svufle onas davidson president secretary john tayhofl astent coal wood james brown et uu ltvltitrai qatatitt ol t rbib in- till itoijijy dtlivtv to the toi t rttjoatblc price lfil coal part of htnitxj t ca btad ittt tlfijs the paper used in this jouraa1 is from tfc above milla wli baeber bhos- a little talk about shoes t ee haklan barber shop iltll srecrr acros p lz1zrrcz tatri cr crorc rf25 czlits 1 1 mtvai iaius aa eisr share t styliah fciircaua good icafoam aaeiajitnjthsapooairtrtjptett earors i hoaerdtoipatia rtteias coadidoa- ladim tedchiirirest htlrtaxtily et tawa2destoasonilartiia loinljei and sliinies the cciesirf have oe czni ct taeir laius at lihocse tboct tqco0 ft of piz laaiber tad are prepared to rapjily fanners and otioeniitc acrqatatily oqcaibcr forbntct otaerliajidiass at reasonable price a stock of piae tad ccdir thiacies is alto oa hacd tatlou brothers octr wi uzv vz sows imsyrup removeswo1 d3 in chilobekor tjks sybup ajd icatcchim ht3 welltagtoii 5aible works qxteecc sxecet gcixpit- clark carter di2ect rcportts of granite and marble ltiaaaientsanl headttcaesof all thide and froaz the ceet iesias all work and taa- teritl ttrrtctwi arit-citss- ianies wisfling to pznliu ij pieiee fire c a call and lapect ozztuxk tal ijtrcea e tre caaildentve eq wajpete witj ay esitbiuiitaect ia oatano hatiajtom oat m r interest to the above fira rrptfsil y tolict liifi patronage to inf friends marble works jh- haaiitcn s jxarbe worts lrner wrcd- ktaictreet gaelib mill old foundry mialiliiurf ittl oba hamilton proprietor whoaj tci rrtiil dealer and direct importer tad mtnuftcre of til kinds of granite and ttireresiaetu tomb etc harinjhadaa eitaite ciixtieace for the but 16 yean lie public sir reyoa getting tllsapcnor article at a ciimper tile taaa tnr otter dealer fa tbe wot k e l5 fer ccct oa oa a direct orders re- etred f cr the tcrt ti di s ficrtc miv lie tt j tacu diatcrtid bt- liat mcira it btlievias cye tad ttc tac itfcltlfjo ixt and tbot store is jtis cow tbowicg a dttr if new lists of shoes aad siiplerb iftcitllr adapted for tiescafioa these cew cwda are lcia told at lrrice as laf or lower thia taoss kcd for old styles tad taop- wora go it ckvjorc even body eta ijl- euitcd for we utc aji ilzcz in qenxs vteat lidies wear youths wear children s wear babys wear sceia3 lints goo5 iuoas xcwcst stylo aad utii vajuc for tiie tuoacj tt v wilhams acton cnitauj work and rcpijriajgircti cartful ctwa ticia truul tad vtiis ia vanity yes winter is here w j lee the tailor or run east end clothing store kaows tbit raaay tjf yoa btvc cct vet icccred yor winter t now in ordtt lha1 til inty be well clotitd lor tbe eoid wcttter btve fetermiaed to seu air bi stock ttiriscs sliglit- ivabotceosl f i yoa a fct gjod crdtred cloliilac wtrratjied toct good etttriil tsd boaert workmfteihip tt the price of slop ciade readycmte coods lcavc vor order tt once tad i will give yoa big vtlct for etb llee oetrg tbs coming yeajl thursday decemhek 26 1889 j i liofaro our fcot oatrodden lies another year and in oar hearts grave thought imbued with fear wa know not what or us it bojd incoming days if tu thoald walk through drpty wolds on pleasant wiyt ii c tbtll wtkcu to dlinity or jlad surprise if oer tit shall be glcom of gmy or arire skies if i c shall pleased survey at ck our work well doae oroer ur bootless task f ball grieve at set of sun if ve tfcall uiarrn oer jutjucbed as la tbcpait orjty to u1ijl to know oarcit grown true at last if rt shall wcepocr christ deal i uy deed or wcrd or 2nd wo walticc by his tidt grtw like oar lord all uib u shrouded from oar h hid troar aays vitb uiui whopitcjii etitto u hit book of dayn aud wctircsd tbi ihut yi and from it shrink yc fsta woald iaasc reluctant bi3atbcbriik hsthtrkl tcrtktbi uolloblu v nofooibttb trcxl ctuctothefuuticgkal to-d- the voice- of i aujc- ticilct z tb- won aaj drcid is focigbt for faith tad doubt ul wtxi at gods fear not for i the lord th gci will l ecc thy right ltcd we shriak co taore froa brake or desert itad voice t i no dcit lord sace tie tl tbttbiifiiitgo c liy our treaiblirg htad ia tliiat- aad ftcetaeh foe with thee into the- opening yts wc bravely tread oar wtudericg feet shfll tucrt divinely led res sfhti jantiln ibiiing facing hie new ear uv ciitci 11 mvi sirs ajrc woke oa new years day with acroan it wisadarfcdrizzunc morning bhe had neuralgia in her riptt eye the baby had ecreamed with colic daring near ly half the weary nicbt herihusband had not given her a wcrd tf sympathy or kind ness thoach the knew he vvti aaie he had been moody and illtemrwred for days jane the prl of all work hai given warn ing the night before jivoret at all robert her eldest soa had not cotae- home until midnight he bad ftllen in with some idle fellows of late and it was she thought owing to this corapanionseip that his standing at college was so low she- went down stairs her sbal feehly stageeringunerthts burden of woes and opened the windows in my aulictioa i cailiiitothelcrd she repeated lootng into th mnrky sky suddenly a7cust of sense swept ihroh her like aad courage fresh wind afflicted why god wts bdiindall these petty worries jast as the sen was back of this cold drenching rain had she no faith at all was ibe to go rilh a whine and lamentation to meet the new year god wis ia it also she sihtened herself body and sool with the tears still on her cheek and the clinking in her throat she hecan to sing a gay little catch of which she kas fond and ran to her robm tgiiu to poi on a fresh collar and a pretty cravat she had twen ty things to do before breakfast bat she hem it wn sang op while she wa tboct a foolish little wag yet oat f it a siugn lar coarage thd life etole intc with prayer and than csjiving and ahcsffiriffa diake known anto god 6he remembered four ren nests she passed acton- lit very bus line the uiiertigtjcd resjioctf clly tolicits the tittroa- ifie of the public aad iaforms thcin titt weil equipped and stylish rigs can al ways ba seemed at bis ublcs a cocifortaljk bu taects til tnics bctwtta 8 cj tad tuls pm carefcl ttttatian giren to every order the wants of commercial travel lers fnllyciet joes williaib agents wanted t la erery townships to 6elitke pictorial cyclopedia otxire stock and complete stock doctor the iwitt eotnpurte an i coiaprefceofvo icorlc ever iabithed- iltalhon stand x qie head of their profession aad have a continental repa- tauoa worth it weight in cold to iar ose hatinc horses sheep cattle swine fonltry doss or ta- a graud opportonity to make money bftcnre territorymt onee addresf e k motes pubuaher isoyongiisi- toronto i acton pump factory -and- planing- mill thos ebbage man i hate rcstuhbo the mtnticiatat of the pomp uisinefc is arte a an d woald respectfully lxfonn ill parties in waat of pcrnpstliat we are now prepared tosepply tbem from th old style wooden pump to the best force pomp made ips for wind itxus or hock wells etfpplf on short notice- deep weils a specialt ces sight eteby time our planiug mill luaiber dressed while yen wait ifonldings ttc mile to order we have nlto a quantity of lain be- for sale fioiubjc for building porposf order jy mail will receive prompt and careful attention- shop at foot of hirer street ijjiofi ebbage manaffer through the kitchen stopping to wish jane a happy new year with a j ke the wish and the song and the joketll tell into janes irish heart like a blazing roc let into adairk place she chuckled as ehe stirred the potatoes lie work at the ayres was iter all and herself had a ath her tnd there was the not so heavy pieasant way prisinu now and then in to nionths s le wonldhave enough past herto send for her sister an an its likely jtira fltherty woald be croetin abont that time jane soon brought iu the breakfast with her heart in bed was about bob a headlong affectionate foolish lad he iisteued ai be brandished the razor holding oonnsel with himself in the glass there conld bono doabt that hetty had twice bis coarago to face disaster it was her faith perhaps as he laid down the razor he nodded to himself almost with a smile i reckon i was loo hard on the boy ill give him an other chance he heard bobs step on the stairs and opened the door waiting bob had wakened with an aching head defeat at school the foul tals of bis last night cocjrader hi first drink of whiskey all tore at the poor boy s briin he rose sullen and ready to tight his father and mother would both attack him no doubt he was tired of levnricg he wuald cat looie and eirn his own bread like a free man jast tticn in mother voice reached his care it was fall of tenderness and cheer ful hope it whs that old song she uacd to be always fincing he listened with a forced scowl bet presently hur face soft ened things insensibly began to look brighter it wis impossible that life iiad readied so terrible a crisis there was the savory sm 11 ct breakfast coming qp and he children laughing and his mother singing cayiy ho came down the stairs with a sudden throbbing of his heart cocim he go back and begin all over again he had ben au innocent boy a j ear sgo if father would only hear reason for a miiute jcjt here hin father looked out of his door bob my sou lie called pleasantly yes dad the boy answered topping eagerly come in i want to have a nuances talk with yoa you weroodt rather late hut night you are quite often oat late iobert looked him straight in the eyes yes father ive been iu bad company i know it im ashamed of myself yoar mother does not give yoa up said 5irv ayre irritably she has faith in yoa i dont bee how she can begin the new year with a song between yoa and the trouble at the wgrfcs i feel as if my reason was going what is wroug at the works said bob anxiously sit down father doot give me up have a little faith in me with gods help ill start afresh dont give nie up ilr ayre looked sharply into the bays face it was honest it bore le mark of no bad pision perhaps he had not un derstood bob perhaps he hid made some mistake in managing him why doycu waste your time and my money robert 7 you are doing no good in your studies father said bob boldly ill tell you the truth i late books i never shall be a scholar let me go to work pet me in the factory to learn the business that is what i have wanted all my life i dontcaretiow hard the workis 5frayreseoantenaqce changed as if a cloud had vaqthed and the whole face of the earth hd lightened here was the answer to the riddle i of course the boy was meant for business he was cool shrewd honest wideawaka why had he been fo blind we must talk it over robert we must talk it oer his vcioe fairly trembled with excite meat he shut the door sir ayre was called half a dozen limes in vain to breakfast he came at last with hobcrt both had bright pleasant faces well mother cried mr ayre boh ani i hate a grand scheme he it to be myrirbt hand man in the work confi dential clerk until he learns the business and then junior partner what do yoa say to that declare 1 feel as if a mountain had been lifwd from my back bob vaa sun ding behind his mother he palled back her head and kissed her she said nothing but happy tears rained dawn hec cheeks i im going to begin all over again he whispered thank god knew it would allcome right j breakfast breakfast r cried atr ayre setting to work vigorously white the chil dren drummed on their platters but bob etood by his mother gently stroking her hand dear old mammy 1 said he thit was a good song of yours this morning yes hetty said her husband your voice is as sweet as ever bat your heart seemed to be singing today and to good purpose con jtrga tionalut vjucticxu money money i money iu order to eichaec part of t tcr aimease itoct for spot chsh wc oser the fohowiag eitxaordiaary iadcccaicts 10 per cent redaction on all purchases from 10 cents u1q 15 per ceat from f iso to 3x0 33 per ceat from 30a to s5jj0 25 per cent on all pexchases from f5fo up wards iaelcda patent medicines fancy goods jewery silverware books stationery library books bibles hymnals c also alico ajrtoruneqt of toilet article and other articles too nanierotis too mention 51 carlisle mrs secords block salesmen wanted pepuak ext positf oasguaranleed with salary and expenses paid any determined man can succeed with ns peealiar advantage to be ginners block complete ineinding many ft- aellfngspociajti-s- outfit free kama this ptpcr addrombtdnce i1bowx bbothehb kur- servmeirocbesta k y red cheeks and a smile there was no more talk ut warning from i hr ayre lying awake tempted to wish the morning would uever dawn he was a closemouthed underflow strative man who shut his troubles down oat of sight but the weight of them just new was more than he could bear things were going wrong at the works every day ha discovered mistakes aril petty frauds he was growing old he was behind the times younger manufacturers were sap- planting him in the marked sharper eyes than his were needed to watch the men and the books as far as his business was con cerned he was in a most miserable blind alley from which he saw na exit but the hurt which was sorest wasno matter of badness kobert was low inbis greek class and still lower in latin he was growing reckless running with low companions what he haavhoped from that boy for himself he vsd no ambition but for kobert 1 he was tqj be a great law- yer like his grandfather bat here he was going to the dogs at nineteen i for days hr ayre hsid borne his misery in grim ulhumored sileooe bat now in his stem despair be felt he had been silent too long he would speak in a way which robert would remember tc his dying day he got op resolving as h palled on his boots that tbe boy should either turn over a new leaf that dayor lea a the house if he is set on gotnf to mla it shall not be nnder my roof 7 ii i not palter with htm any lander he thong it his jaws set and pale 111 disown hm jasl then a cheery song the boase poor hetty sick all nieht and worriec child and there she wa i facing the new actoiu ollt yef i tfone and lifce a brute to her thought mr ayre he was very fond of stood shaving himself h a listened to her long and his lips tremble i a little hetty used toiling rob to sleep with that ditty when be was a baby what a big fellow he was big in erery w iy there never was anything the least n can or sneaking a happy kkff yeah eighteen htmdred and eightyoine will at 12 oclock precisely next wednesday night turn over his entire estate- to eighteen hundred and ninety tnd that instant will be gathered to hit fathers the fekf pjusw kept a faithful record of his life and now must at once begin to chronicle the daily history of his sou upon whom devolves the tbe entire succession with all its debts and liabilities together with all its actaal wealth aud possible profit t the workmen die the work goes oo tbe word is forward all along the line this latest child of lime catches the falling mantle oa bis b ho alders draws hi fathers sword and leads us on without one back ward clance there can be no pause for the grand array of haouotty till the cold his inst its bitterness till the phantom of amice has been laid forever till cruel am bition has forgotten its fascination and tealouj charity ha accomplished all its mission- thete are the great impulsive forces of the world these are the powers that have tamed the wild beasts and plowed the gelds bailt the cities and sent the ships across the en like busy soci of birds elaborated language aud made meu j brave aud eoiuenl reared the schoolbouse i i i a a possible for human nature to reacb and the church to teach wndom aud duty t t letter ffioh a dy k0bleman dam sin before yon receive this my final slate will be determined by the jtde of all theearth in a few days at most perhaps in a few boors the inscrutable sentence will be passed it ti impossible for me to express the present disposition of my soul the vaat uncertainty i am strag gling with 1 ko words can paint the force and vivacity of my apprehensfona every doabt wears the face of horror and would perfectly overcome me but for some faint beams of hope which dart across tbe tre- mendooi gloom i what tongue can otter the anguish of a soul suspended be i wee a the extremes of infinite joy and eternal misery i am throwing my last stake for eternity aud tremble and shudaerfor the important issne it is not civing up my breath at which i shrink iftanot forever insensible it is a terble heseafter that something beyond the grave at which i recoil those great realities which in the hours of mirth and vanity i treated as phautdras as the idle dreamt of tapers ti- tioas people these start forth and dare m now in their most terrible demonstrations ily awakeaed conscience feula something f that eternal vengeance i haveofieri de- i lied oh to vha lieiulib of midnes4 is it what and developed scieiee and art that the world may rejoice in strength and beauty slowly as the coral insects work through the darkness toward thejight our civiliz ation iras beea lad in travail upon imper- lahablecounditious the end crowns the work but tbe end is not yet while the old elementary necessities of life continue we find oarselves confronted by special difficulties peculiar to ocr time while this new year as every other must grow and gather its own harvest and feed and clothe and shelter it own multitudes it is called upon to solve problems that have aeter before presented themselves the law is ibareach advancement calls for a readajustraent of industrial and social in stitutions and methods to meet the altered conditions and requirments of life but the pains of growth thoald not be confused with the pangs that presage dissolution above all it is folly to imagine that the world cither too old or too populous mankind has not yet hed its life or ex hausted its vast estate great continents are as vet but sparsely settled and a thotrsand islands smile an invitation to en terprise and adventure unfavorable dis tribution rather than excess of population is the secret of distress the demand of the hour is new homes for poor and new markets for capital beyoud this question though affecting it is that of popular government great as has been the advance of oar time in mechanical science and the practical arts more significant stifl and quite as rapid md together they would discus the babes has been the movement which so recently wbo f and in so many countries has asserted the sovereignty of manhood the people are ha longer to6e under tutelage no longer to connde their interests to the superior wis dom and beceiolent patronage of prirueged orders kever has this portentous conolos- ton been of such absorbing interest as at the dawn of this new years day in great britain whose institutoas law language and literature obtain in the civil ization of a vast portion of the globe expecutioa and hope ate offset by- uncer tainly and anxiety minds accustomed to regard the ancient machinery of the state as the essential frame of its body politic have been reduced well nigh to despir on the other hand those who regard all the appliances of the past ai merely under under the operation of a law of lecessary and continuous progress are convinced hat tbe changes w soon w be cacsummal cd involve oaly the fall of the scaffolding from aboatthe perfected edifice of human liberty all this has been froca the first culy a question cf time society is an organism that trows aud was never destinel to remain ia a chrysalis condition the only doubt is whether the development has not been too rapidly forced one thing is certain ko advance can ever esctfe the rdn of law not oscc or twice ii car roah itjand tcry tbe path of datfwas tbu war to pory sines the english laureate ia his ode to extravagance to jest at death jauiih at dsmnaiion toport with eternal misery oh ray friend with what horror do i recall the hours of vanity we have wasted togeth er i bat i have a splendid passage to the grave i die in state aud languish under a gilded canopy i am respectfully attend ed by my physicians mydepcndentssigb my sisters weep my father bends beneath a load of yers and grief my lovely wife pale and silent coucealber inward anguish my friend who was at my own soal suppresses his sigha and leaves me to bide hu secret grief but oh which of these will answer my summons at the high tribunal which of them will bail me from the arrest of death tbo will des cend iolo the dark prison of the grve for me while soute flattering panegyric if pronounced at my iniermeut j may be bearing my jast condemnation at a su preme tribunal where an unerring verdict may seutence me to everlasting infamy 1 adieu my dear friend till we meet- in the world orspirits ox a little child every husband and wife to whom heaven has sent a little child should have fall hearts for their hearts and hands should go together and they will have their hands full from tbe very first the emotions of two parents will be greatly varied at firet but they will grow less to as the little child develops i have known the father of a steeply pink nonentity td sit for a whole evening with tbe tpotberf tbe same 8 i have seen the father and mother osdy oinety days later stop the clock one minnte before eight to keep it from striking i bav seen them sneak about their own bouse hk ihieve have seen them sit and gaze at each other for ao hour uttering but half of one word in all that lime ah 1 i have i seen their mute despair at the sound of a sleight movement over in tbe corner and i have heard them discuss not the little childs whole future career but how tn keep him quist at the present moment i i am f peaking of a personal matter t am the man we are they the child is ours oar range of vision is narrow the horizon is closer than it wj three moons ago our pink uoncutiiy has become a tremendous reality and tbe only way to keep him quiet is to feed him in tbe accomplishment of which ooe ul ut is a greater success than i am when our son has eatee he will lie back on ihis mothers i arm smile at the chaadelier gaze at tbe mirror the brie- li brae oil paintings me and the ouier valu able orammenu in the room rand then his eyes will rove aboat iu search of a waiter he wanji to order another ch urch fair milk stewj7vii cllihtjlas bills a cross old bachelor naturally eaough growls at christmas gifts and festivities r t 1 let htm growl- it is all the comfort he to the iron dake england will be safe has at such a time and happv under the altered conditions ol i n- christmas eays old cross patch is her social compact while luglshmen a season of ills aud chills and bills we follow the pathofdaty and the lines suggest tbe rule of peace andhoooc in france horace greeey had the reputation cf being a practical philanthropist aad his advice was sought by hundreds of strangers whose oulyexcase for intruding upon him was that they needed counsel and that he had the brains that could advise them one day while he was writing ao impor tant letter in his osk boy fifteen years old entered the room and standing near the door and behind the editors chair said mr greeley i have come to ask your advice say on answered tk editor without stopping his pea or even glancing at the boy the only relative i have here contin- nedthehoy is my sister i have been boarding with her aad she let me have board so cheap that i could earn money enough to pay her aud have something left to buy my clothes now i have quarrelled with her and am boarding at another place where they charge all i can earn for my board not so good aj i had at my sisters and i have nothing left to pay forclothes- what shall i do 7 is your sister married asked mr greeley without looking up or stopping his pen yes sir ia she a respectable woman certainly sir go straifat to your sister and tell her that yoa are ashamtd of your self and ask her forgiveness if she will take you go back and live with her and after this- re member that if your own sisteria not your friend you will not be likely to find any friend in new york city tbe boy departed without another word and mr greeley had not even seen him so eogrossedwas be io his writing the poor boy did not personally know mr greeley i have behaved j but being in distress soaght him out in a i city of several hundred thousand people an iiti wife as ho the man to give him good advice it was a higher compliment than i had ever befofe seen conferred upon anyone writes the hon- eli thayer who was pres ent at the interview and reports it in bis history of the kansas crusade yovtt companion germany in italy and spain and io all lands where the quickened pulse of the people is ominous of peacable or violent revolution j tbe past behind as like a fruitful land reposes we are a part of all that has been and our present i the rerm of all that is to be the new year young as it- is wears in its feature the proof of its lioeage only on the family coanteoance we sudan expression distinctively modern ahintas of borne inherited purpose new for the first time become conscious it is as though the long inscrdtablc lineaments of the sphinx were beginning to assume an intelligible meaning happy new year we say not all in irony with the respon- ibilities labors troubles it has inherited it has also deeper sympathies wider charities higher resolves nobler aims forward forward let it range let the treat world forever sriu dc u the ricg- icg grooves cf change v with lhase words the euri piu pays its brief new years call to all its friends and acquaintances wishing them three hundred and sixtyfive days of unalloyed happiness and many more i concede a poiat to him hers it is very unpleasant to be inundated with a lot of bills at christmas bat good canadians avoid this illtimed affliction by paying as they go aad so stand in no fear of a storm of bills at the very season when they desire to forget the hardens and obligations of life in those old countries on the other side of the ocean people who keep liberal house holds are art io be a year behindhand with the grocer the baker and the butcher and therefore christmas whicbshould be to all the most joyoas day of the year is dreaded as the day of judgement bills hac au abominable way of being larger than the receiver of the same expect ed tficra to be we forgot in december tbe estravagant rides we enjoyed in jaae the costly dainties we had at oof large august picnic seem most reprehensible when we survey the items iu a christmas bill we commend the bystein of baviog no bills to all the world for it is one of the surest means of being merry not only at christmas but at all other times mtaw years day bhweet jenny uesha ah i bring ye a splendid rarity k hew years u t ye nirer can lift its meallmtu ted mcflarity oca l ted go way j d er boyish play yere rude an loeet could ahuy wid yet put the gift on the ahilf aa be off wid ycrrilf shtop terukia the gift away wid yrr ah jennyinydeari the gift is here a refusal would iblop the breath of nw id alway say till medyiaday that il caused the immediate death of me och teddy wc ted u it throe yours dead alione for the lifei pone oat o wc come back to yer life cometnek oyer wife au ye never hall have any doubt oujl i am upeochlfsb me tjueen lt i true ye mean yc seciit e the girt aloes wid the giver 7 yiitadto be lore any la would indirre tor the sake of the gttt yer shweat prweace toriur ah jcmiy ucba i uh min tin day f wliii jtr aiue il is mrs sicfuril uid a co anapik an anl ot a rip vtqiil aiiual tbu btletif o tiarriij tbun jeuay uiu jahc along the lauu of lift- wcil walk no peacefully aa whin weve diod wvu np beside kacji other ernyla ibgracckiu a pla hi dig an plant asbprig ol yawnci oer yours tiodcrly an ovet mine v t yell plant a vine wid branches pruadin tbliuderly f oh teddy nie ted i wjiinye are dead ill totip inejsiontoerye tod aif tl grief abope oflitiv alone j wfllkiil me jong before ye ttd thtfjblue 6 the akies is lasqr eye ai uic tcararfos shinin glhamery uoafweepmoted for sdthcr im dead i ill ierbelhnictoyermiiiiort ot d0u veuqo soundem through she had been with that crying thesptttltof tberew bont let the children hear you criticise the sermon as too toug too profound too discursive too anything dont buffer anyone friend neighbor comrade to cnti- ciae the pastor n nfavorably in your presence dont bay that the prayers area weariness too long too slow it is to ha remarked that they who carry a devout heart to to church seldom rind the prayers too loog and usually discover in tbe sermon some word of comfort instruction or help which was specially meant for themselves it is to be feared that we often lose much of the good that we ought to receive in the house of god because we enter it with the- presaare of oar secular affairs the dying yeah a story is ioldof the e femporor of bia- id jwbich well illustrates bis characslt when with tbe empress he visited the otn- teoiial exhibition in philadelphia aid attempted to examine the exbibitshe was wedged in immovable by a gaping excited but good natared mob ke bora this in pavience lor two days on tire jhird day be resolved to make a bold change i shall see nothing hejsaid to his secretary- i most be incogxkd procure meusome diarfblse 1 v tbejnextday a stoat farmer with acost not of the newest hit wife on his arm in a rather shabby merjnoowe shouldered his way throa the gates and ipent the day in a closj study of the edontioaaj syttems of ibe different conntries t7 thus quietly and anooticed coninoed i observations for a week dnej day they met a fgroap of twenty brazilian civil engineer ytndenta from a great poljtecllaio school the young men topped besubud in amasementt aed ten with liond chefrs and wild excitement la lated the farmland his wife bowing to the groonfl and kitiiug their bands j it is ftfe ejroperor one of fhemaxplaiu- ed with tealinbrs eyes to abjvadder he is motje t an oar king be it the father of his people out of hisown scanty purse he soppqtt me aud nine other orphan boyi at one school- in every county he baa tta orphan boyp iticouegeaandaniversitieahit they majj brief knowledge of all arts and science tbjlitaxtl he has jast irtade a toor of ebrope and he comes here to find new iaventioutaudideas that may benwfal to his people tbd boys jjaiherel closely roand dom pedro while he nskwl each as to his health and soccers he knevi each of bis hoip person ally aud wan loved by them bqf deep grakef ul affection a talkative iaultut inatuu all tjhire labyl screamed tire parrot hid behind a paper which willie bad plasd ojer the cage in a new york street car j the old maid looked startled says the philadelphia north american and a grin appeared on ube faces of teveral of the otbw passengers oh mammalmqakedjhe bird thb old maid gfaied at each passenger highly indignant where did yon get that hat id like to know went oa 1he irrepresiible bird tbe clerical passenger looked up in alarm and tbeo felt his bat in hasty confusion everyone noted tbe actioti and i ripple ot suppressed laaghter wentorer tbecar ah there whiskers the clerical man leaped to his feet and frowned at a smooth faced young man near the front 1 wont be insulted he cried i ding ding two more fares oat of the companys pocket t the coo d actor flashed and battened into the car from tbe jack platform who said that he demanded yvillie looked as demure as au angel johnny gt yoqr hair cat an old man with long hair made a pre cipitate departure from the car atbroad street willie lifted the paper grabbed the cage and got off the car theutne passengers tumbled e- j f if we might for moment personify the dying year in in a last days we bhoold pich j ployed to show goods only tare him little shrivelled old man- shrivelled as one of his grandsires winter pippins pip mg in the shrill treble of ex treme age and uttering an experience strongly resembling that of human life listen fo me mortals be might say with the same emphasis with which the old wise with experience say the like to the young who will never be wise without it listen to me ys mortals for i also am of the race of the ephemeral i had mystcrrdy youth when it seemed that my life would uever end and i dog andploagh- ed and planted and enjoyed my jocund prime and ray golden summer and i deck ed myself in the garlands of may and reaped the yellow- harvest and gathered the purple vintage of autumn but scarcely bad iobuinedtbeobjeceof my desire and secured tbe plenty for which i labored weighing us down the thoughts of onr earthly cares and ambitious glowing bard 1 than1 foand the sbadowiledgtheoiug aad after us as we take our places id the pew the days ohorteaiog and my breath grow were the pew ever in true love and syra- j j abort with them and decrepitnde patby with the pnlpit how the latter coming upon me and the dayt at hand of would be reinforced how surely to the worldweary the iudifferont the disoour aged the antagonistic and the men and women of little faith f how- surety to all of these wonld the blessing come from above christian inuuicir when i said i have no pleasure in them i have lard up riches and know not who shall gather ibem have planted trees which shall bhade far distant years and stored the vintage of which other yeart mafctdriuk there seems to be a caste among ahops- aa among people a sort of noblesse oblige that pertain p to certain btores as well as to certain persons at a well known jewelers and silversmiths it is one of the canons of tbe house not to urge bales a man was baying a scarf pin there tbe othra day the variety shown confused him and be hesi tated amodg several m whtch are your novelties he finally asked the clerk they are all ijew goods was tbe rsply h this is rathereffective next hazarded the undecided custodier there was no response b little nettled the buyer coniinaed you dont teenv to have any preference i beg jour pardan replied tbe clerk coarteoaaly we are not allowed toinfla- eoce a customers choice or press the goods in any way we are here to show them only new york sim prof loiscttea memory syttem iicnat ihg greater interest than ever in all parts of tho couutryand persons wislriu to in prove their memory ihoajd lend 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