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"' THE MERCHANT. WEST DURHAM AN D GENERAL ADVERTISER. Circulates largely in the Townships of Darlington, Clarke and Cartwright. It 1B a common platform, open to the free discussion of all queajons in 'vhich the general public are concerned. TERMS. Steam Job Printing Office KING STREET, BOW1BNVILLll. Seventy-five cents per annum, In advance. The 'Merchant' and 'Observer,' $2.QQ. RATES OF ADV J:JRTISING, AND GEN.ERAL ADVERTISER · VOLU1i~E One column 45 per annum. Half do. · · 25 I( Quarter do. .. 15 " Transient ad-.,; ertiaements,5 eta per line first in8e1 tion, ::iind 2c. por line, each subsequent one. POSTERS, P A~IPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, · &c., &c., &e. VI. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1874. !fUMBER IX. EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! Trains will leave Bowmanville Station, Bowmanville time, as (ollo\V8 : GOING WEST, GOI:fG EAST, COME and SEE HILL'S · NEW Fall-~Winter VERY Bowmanv1lle . Local* .. 7:20, a..111. rExprcss .. , .. 8:30 a.ni. Express .... 8 55 a.m. : Mixed . .. 3:50 p,m, ~1ixed .... 3:20 p.m. I Local. ..... 7:20 P .m. Expresl5. . 8:50 p. m. I Express ..·. S.50 p.w. *'l1his train. runs every morning of week, J\.fondays excepted, 'rhe following trains now stop at Saxony fo1· passengers:Looal going west, due at ........ 7:52 a. m. llfixed going east, due at ....... 3:47 p. m. Mixed going west, due at ........ 3:47 p. m. Local going enat, due at ..... .. 7 :22 p. m. Montreal time. Dry Goods ---:0:--- A LARGE LOT OF LADIES' and GEN'I'S' F'O'ltS Nov. 1st, 18'ZR CHEAP. Prof. J. Ruse, G RA.DUA'l'E of Baxter Un1ve.rsity of ]i.fusic Friendship, New· York. ·reacher of Piano and Organ, cultivation of Voice, Singing, '!'borough Dass, Harmony, Composition, &c. 41-ly Darlington, July 16th, 1874. · B. PEA.TE, T.A.ILOR. Gentlemen's & J!C1Y's Ga.rments MADE IN THE ]',EWEST STYLES. Bo\vmnnville, July, 2ff, 1869. · R :& LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANG/iJRY, &c 0FFIOI 1-0ver McClung's Store, t1ame fin.t as J. !.L Brimacomb's Den~al Rooms. Bowmanville, Oct. 27th, 1868. Ly MARRIAGE ISSU:ED IJY LICENSES ROBERT ARMOUR BEAUTIFUL TEETH J.M. BRIMACOMBE L D. S reeth Extrneted at Tvventy-five Cents Rooms over McClung Bros. Stores, McClung Bros. 1 Bowtnanville, Oct. 1st, 1870. ISSUED BY Importers -of Dry Goods, Groceries, C1;ockery, Glassware, etc., etc. MARRIAGE LICENSES J()HN J. WILLIAMS Cherrywood Post·offi.ce Pickering Ont G. D. Lockhart, DENTIST, FALL -- CIRCULAR. :Sowmanville, Sept. 1874. McCLUNG BROS. are now fully assorted in the vado'ffa departments for the Season, liaving received, with the ex- , ception of a few packagfls, their entire Fall and Winter Imports. . The greatest care has been bestowed in the purc1ase and selection of this Stock, one of the firm having himself visited the leading European markets and manufactO!'ies for that purpose. They have the largest Stock ofDressGoods,Silk~,Shawls, Mantles, Skirts, Cottons, Flannels, \Vinceys, Tweeds, Overcoatings, Mantle-cloths, Blankets, Carpets, etc., etc., ever bought in Bowµianville. All these goods have been purchased on the most advantageous terms, a_great portion of them having been bought for CASH. If you will favor them with a call, you will feel assured that few; if any, retail establishments in the country, can offer for your inspection a larger, cheaper, and better assoTted stock. It affords them pleasure to show their goods and they court compRTison. Things are already on the move-call early. Graduate of the Royal College of Dental 8ugeons, Ont. OO!ce otel F, F. J\.1cArthur's Store, King St., .Uowmn.nville. Do-wmanville, Oct. 23rd, 1873 m3-tf, W. H. 'VILSON, BOWMANVILLE, .General Agent for Pl.ANOS, ORGANS, MELODIANS and SEWING 1WAC HJNES Raymond Sewing Machine, A SPECIAL1TY. lrmtruction given, &nd Instruments atid !\-fa. hines guaranteed. Bowman.ville, June 18, 1871. AUCTIONEERS Fo1· the Township of Darlington. MCCiung Bros. 1 H. T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. Prompt attention given sales, &c, on reason· able terms. to W:m.. Barton, ENNISKILLEN. Sales promptly attenUe~ on reasonable term!'!, :Robert Young, l'TERINARY SURGEON, Gro.duate of the Ontario Veterinary College. By a.pEointment VetennarY- Surg~on to the \Vest Durham anJ. Dadington Union Agricultural Societies _<\.gent for the Live Stock Branch of the 13ea.ver and Toronto Mutual ll'ire Insurance Co. Veterinary Medic ines constantly on hand. Call~ fronitbc country p1omptlv attended to. Office :-One doo1 east of R. ~Maning 's F ur· n1tnre W a.reromn. Ile~idence over S. Burden's store, corner of J{ing and Sougog Streets, Bowmt\nviln~. mltf V NEW GOODS. My New Goods have LUMBER. their accounts without further delay. And he hortiby informs builders, and others in wMlt of lumber, that he is prepared to supply them a.t cash rates for Cash. Henceforth he intends to do a cash busi11eas. Lot 19, 6 Con. Darlington. 1873. Subacriber J'espectfully l'equests all THE ties indebted to him for Lumber, to settle p~· TROS. Sl\H'l'H, m8tf. LIME! LIME! quantity, Apply to FOR SAL ll in any\VILI,IAM SPEAR. Church Street, Dowma.n ville. Jone 19th 18i3. NEARLY ALL ·COME TO HAND and the assortment will be:fonnd nea.dy opposite the Alma Hotel, tf ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. Liverpool London, and Glasgow apply to FOR Tickets, or infl.t:lllationt W. A. NEAJ)S, Agc11t. ·vERY COMPLETE AND Bowuiaoville, .Tune 9th, 1871. tf-30 PRICES MODERATE 'l'h" Public W. S. BOYLE, M. D. of of 'l'rinity G and Victoria College, of Cobourg LLcent1ate of the College of Phys1ci R_-\.DUATE the Ulliveraities College, Toronto, are solicited to call and see for themselves. l>p ana 1 and Su1·gcons, of Ontario. Office, Ku'lg Street, one door west of Mr. Cornish's Jewelly Store, BeowmanYille. Hampton. Sept. 18th 1872 I H. ELLIOTT JUN '\-\·as destinJ.' ness, brought bu.ck the fever-and that very siguificanL looting has taken pl{l.ce. reached the Praia Gr ..1.nde, picking tny wav ' Destiny P repeated Oresha1n, hitterly. night they tho~ght hiin d ving. The Governor, '\\'ith the Cunha, of the pub· over fallen hn1bcr and house dehr1s till I / 'A ruined speudth1ilt dece1ving a noble Jic wcJrks llepartn1ent, alter nlany heroic got to the soft sands which O\:cnpy what He thought so, too. A Petition. woman, an d giving it that fine nume' 1-fr. Cun bn wa8 once the hard road. 'I n:m gla.d of it,' he -..vhispcrcd, \\'Cllnly, efforts, \'anquisli ecl the firf'A Pieces ot lion ts Take not, 0 'Vinter, cold and gray, 'Now yoll rue going to be sarcastic. I to L111dsa.y.- Send them all out.' \vas seve1eiy wounded in the hand on this and wrecks lie strewn all around. K1ckiug Each ch.al'm thl\t eu1111nr;:.r gave, a.way I shall go in and take myself to bed,' sni<i She sent thetu away, and can1e back to occasion. While this '\\'as going on, a body suddenly against soinething, I looked <lon n Leave us eome flower, so1ne nodding spray. Dudley, laughing. of soldiers, with Mr. R. Sampaio, a n·val to see \vhat it was. Fer a motnent I cou1U the bed. Hushed not each song that hailed the morn, Ife thre\\r a\\·ay the end of his se::qar and He stretehed out his waated haud for officer, aide-de-camp to tlie Governor, an cl not discern the object, for it was DO\\' dusk, Each lay of softening twilight born, wal1\ed toward the house, and Harry Gres- hers, and said, brokenly, 1'1r. Mcsnier were saving life on the sen. and th~ thing was nearly buried in the Flooding fail' fl elrls of wnving corn. h"m tollowed. 'You can believe ine now-a 1lying man l\ir. Mesni er, notwithstanding the treuien· eand. It seemed black and round u.nd that Lay not thy stern and icy spell Within the rose-thicket sat a pale, mute doesn't lie. L1ndsuy, I die loviug you, I dous 2ca, stripped. ln.nself and awan1 off to was ull, nnd l waa about passiog on \\ ithOn sparkling founts that rose n.nd fell, won1an, starring up at the moonlight with know that old madness \Vas no reality-I save some persous who we1e drowniag, ancl out further notice, I confess to a e:.1cken1n,q In meadow green Qr slumbi.:roua dell. blin<l f!} es, hopeless, Uespa1r1ng, mad ; face ne ver loved any woman but yon. ltemem- fortunately succeeded. Mr So11thies of sort of feeling os I ea.w uttvched to 1t the Breathe still so1ve gentle11eas along to face with the ruin of her life-fallen ber that alwa.ys, aud tb1nkof ine as gently the Eaglish nuvy, who "'as on the Praia, lof'g plalted ban·. A little nearer look, and 1'he breeze's flight, now chill and strong, \Viti.tout warning from th._: grPat height of as you can,' saved.also two clnldrcu in the same way. I ·a w I harl kicked the head of a Chrn ... B1.u dentod so late 'vitb aweeta anll song, her bliss down to t~e impenetrable mght. His eyes closed, his head Emnk back on The greatest energy and Urilovery \\'<JS shot\'ll man. At another ti1ne tbe incident \voulcl Ile inerciful. 0 urown;jd king ! The old, old story--only the poor old the pillow-Lindsay thought it \YaB ·tl! by the Portuguese soldiers on this occasion, have led to report a"nd inquiry; but JIO\Y, 'fhe violet wret\th!:!d and odoruus spring-, when tlie fury of the w·ave made it a very when the · '"·orde to rnake it plain to you. ovt·r, w hole shore waa being strewn Sum1uer, whose hours such rkhne':!s fling, No hope left- nothing to gruAp at ; this ne, to with dead, it was hardly \VOrt h atte11:1on. But he di<l not die ; and months after, d1ffi:.ult matter, and a da~gerous o" On land and sea and a1nbicnt air, world. at an end, (1.nd, added to all, the hor- when he could get about ou c1 utches, and save life J.ro1u the sea. It is impossible to Have pasaed and left thee reigning \\ hE>ro BUR~ING TFTE DEAD rih le f~eliu g that Heaven was mercil ess, was going to leave tl1 ern, Lindsay told him give in detail every pralSeworthy act that Nor flower nor birdn1Akes sunlight r~ur I have made m~ny inquiries as to th~ loss to:>. I su pposc God pardons us that sin aa the tiuth. was done 0n this occasion. The cold \Vas A few fleet hours and thou wilt go of life in Macao and neighborhood ; but 1t 1 he does every other ; but I wonder some'I don t niean to let yen go.' she i:aid, intense, the wind terril>le, and the raiu 'fo the far realms of ice and suow 1 lS unpossible to Rive a11ything hk13 an nc\iu1eai shall wo ever he able to pnrdqn our- 'for I lovo you. struck in such a way as to hurt. Toward WJiere the pale northern ligbtn1ng~ glow. carate estin1a.te, No one puts the nn!.uber sel\·es when in the world bey0nd, we see And she married hin1, That \Vas five three o'clock the fire wM subdued, and the Till then we dream of summer hours, a.t less tbu.n ti ve thous,1nd, while othe1-s f'!O.V clearly \Vhy the suffering ca.n1e, how un- years ago. To-day he is well and strong, sea. hail returned to its \\'Onted bed, but Of murmul'lng stren.ms and smilingfiowers, it \\'lll reach twenty thousand, lI01ne rca(iposs1 l.ile for our lives to have been perfected alas ! b-lacao was no more what it was a doing gooll \Yith his lite, useful n 1 his Uoy Of moonbeam~ dropped in silvery showers ers who peruse this account 1nay tl1ink snch 'vithout. and genero.hon; and Llndsay has 1 never few hour's before. On tranquil lake~ on rippling seaa, Lindsay got into the house at last- up to ceased to thank God,thaL helped her to !orIt is a remarkable thing that among tbe a loss incredible ; but thuE>e who know wl·at On hiJhudes iJark with clut:tering treea, 1 her room. Then the stouy apathy paRsed, general ruins the grand bnildrngs lately cro,vds dwe 1 in s111 all boats a nd 111 Chinese give. She has the best rewartl. that any And broad fieltls swept by song and breeze . houses will rrceive th e stntement with out aud she 'vrcstled \Yith her anguish as each bu1nan bejng ca.11 have-she is loved. constructed by V1sconnt S. Jannario re· -Selected. hesitation. Eetwcl:'n two thousand au1l hu1nan soul 1nust do in its turn . mained nearly untouched ns the solitary In the chill du\\·n she sat \\riting a letter v,rit.nesses of a former prosperity which three thousand have been already b;irieLl or burned, Never, or at least, not in modern The Typhoon in China tu Clement Dudley. When it was finished, seen1s now to be gone forever. tin1es, has there been crenh1t1on on such ehe crept away Lo her bed, and lay there as A'I THI!: FOR:r. a scale, Burying was tried tor the first LINDSAY MOORE. completely exhausted ~s if she had been A TERRIDLE J:'IIlEJ .AFTER AK INUKDA'£IONTlie new fort t:Vas washed over by the sea, few days; until the labor ofd1gging grav<:'s THE DEAD COUNTED llY TIIOOS~\.NDS. livjng through lL long illness, iustead of that and the new guns of 120 pounds 'vere \\-ash~ \Vas too great T1ie11 it was lLC'terllHni:.'c! to watch of a fe\Y hours. BY FRANK LEE DliN:iDICT. ed to a great distance. The guard of this try burning. li ...or th1s purpose tar "'as (Correspondence of the N. Y, Herald.) When they knocked on her door she only fort died miserably. Tlie eommander of sought for, but only one or two bar1 el~ HoNG Ko,.G, Oct 2, 1874. said that she ha'! a headache, and lay still. the guard, seeing that the water was gain· could be ba<l. (Concluded.) The methotl ot cremat10n The losses which were caused by tLe She would not even send her- letter down He had told Aunt Hhoda he bad been to Dudley-let him go away and it should sweep ol the typhoon were wide-spread and iog on his position, ordered his soldiers not \Vas very simple ; too simple, indeed, for to move. .A.s they had to stick to tbeil' any one near Uic huge burial mounds 18 learning to attenq b..isineas, be hall been follow. Neither Aunt Rhoda or Miss disastrous to life, property on lan d, and the post they died. One only eocaped and gave painfully made aware if \Vhot is going on. rather a lazy, wild dog, he was sorry for it Clare d1Sturoed her ; and there she lay,doz · shipping. the particulars of this remarkable behav- Some hundreds were burntd on Satu1day, now. His fortune was somewl~a.t erubar- ing son1etimes a little, only to drclLm tbo.t At Canton two gunboats WPrc totally rassed, but he should set it all right, he she heard Clement'a voice calling her ; and \Vrecked, besides enonnous losses to the na- iour. The police officers and .soldiers work~ and on Snnday over n thousand bod 1 ci:; were showed her how in a sketchy brilliant man- waking sudd~uJy to reme1nher all that sep- tive shipping. The town also 1S fearfully ed with n1ost marvellous zeal, and among dtstroyed in this way I bad intended de. them Mr. Oortreal deserves the tbanka of ecr1b1ng the proces~ of burning, but 1 teel ner, which \VllS so effective that Aunt Rhoda, arated then1 now for ever, damaged. everybody. It 1S a satisfactory thing to see I have already deag suffii:1ently \\-ith the keen as she was, did non perceive how It might have beeu the middle of the THE SC!l:NE AT :U.\UAO, during snch a tremendona catastrophe brave horrible, At Rll.V lilte I ai:n heartily tlrt!d little iaformution there wu.s in the account. fo1enoon when th~ quiet old house was d1sThe following Jetter from Macao, pub- Purtugucae soldiers and officers riski11g their of looking on the F.Cenee I have lately \\'It Lindsay Moore ~·na a rich girl two hL1n- turbecl by a sudden tumult-the rushrng to lished in a Hoag Koug P"per under date of lives n.nd \\'orking against (he, wind and llessed and atten1pt1ng" to describe theu1 dred thousand dollars in her own right, and and fro ol hurried feet- tbe sound of eager September 24, will give suuie iJea of thi s · w ater iu the most enthusiaetic nw.nner. Aunt Rhoda told Clement there would be voices-terr0r nud grief. frightfnl stonn, and the terrible di;struction The Last Leaf. almost as much more coming from herself. A. GLANCE AT TSE SOENE QF Dl~ASTER. Four men carried iuto the hall the pros- which it has caused : 'I should not tell you l have thought tiate form of Clement Dudley-and the Tbe to,vn is overthrown. If the Chinese How so rne leaves cling to the boughs. A MOS!' DREAD1ru1 CALAMITY about this/ he said, 'you know it ·w ould white face tbut lay upturned see nled the hordes bad been n1 possession ot it after an There they a.re, yell O \Y and "'1thered, aud ma.kc no difference to me. I nrn not going face of a dead nu"n. ha.a beftlllen tbis town. It b now a heap assu.ult it would not have been ~·orse. It still th ey keep hol<l, p.s if they were of a ny to say I despise money-I like tho goorl it He hnd been told of a. har~e for sa1e in of ruins. Its beauty fa gone, ita prosperi ty is beartrenUing to see this dire calannty. use to the tree, or It of 111uch good to the1n ! brings ; but I can't think about it now ; I the neighborhood, and it had that tnorn111g checked, nnd desolallon everywhere. On Everywhere you hear the lamentations of But it 1s very hard to believe th at hi<' is want Lindsay, not her forttUlP.,' bP.en sent over to him He had mounted the eveuiug of the 22nd inst. the appear· the unfortt1.nate victims. To give au idea not wo1th havirig, ii it be ouly tht~ hfe of Ho looked so noble and handrnme as Le the vicious cr·eature, and ridden away down ance ol the atmosphere nnd the indications of the extent of the Joss in native shipping the 1ast lcat ! No one, retaining bis iutelsaid it, !bat Aunt Rhoda absolutely lnssed the avenue, leaving Greshnnt and the two of the barometer gave sure signs that someI may say that m the Ty pa Harbour, m the ligence, can be too old to be of priceless valhim on the spot, and be pretended that be lac11es on the verandah looking after hiu1. thing serious was bre" ing, und that a ty- bcgrnning of the typhoon, there were 600 ue to others. whet11e1 Uy feeding their rev· liked it-but he did not. Thc horse "'as a beautiful one, but celc- phoon was to be feared. The \vind was not Junks, while after it only fourteen 'vere erend love, or Ly t he silent iniluen cc of a ' Time passed o~, as time will do, brat~U through the ·whole county for his strong, hoi.vever, but the sen \\'as bigh,and, found, religious temper. Frail age olten keepH u· With those who sorrow a.nd those who woo,' baJ di"Bposi~ion ;and Aunt Ithoda had been although not yet terupestno:.is, there \\ras n l'HEl DEAD. live towaICls it sacred affections tliut ore of till it wua within a week of Lindsay Moore's in despair at the idea of his purchasing it. sound of awful menace in the moan with Corpses strew the banks everywhere, the heart-which the world might m.1ke So he rode away '"·ith laughing words on which it broke upon the shore. The blow- wrecks are to l:e found in the '1nost extra .. hard and sto ny- like the desett fountain, wedding-day. , Dudley had come up to make h 1s last bir:i lipq, down into t he higb-road,and in leas ing of the \v1nd steadily inc1eased Jrom the ord1uary locations. A junk was thrust inthat keeps all around it green, \Yhile all be~ visit; an intimate friend, who was to be his than an hour be was brought ha.ck, dying, north quarter, and at midnight the inner to ~1r. Ybele'a house, and many junks '.lre yond it IS '~u~tc. 'l'hc lo\'C of un old mothharbor beg'.ln lo b~ a sce ne of destruction, on the !111ls at Laps lslantl. beat n1an 1 accompanied hin1 in order Lo as they bclleved. The nativo er, or an old fatlirr, keeps our better naThe man who had seen the accident told the junks 1oos1ng theu· mooringr:., str:1kiog villages near Macao have been awept away. make LioR:-.ny's acquaintance, and a young tures fresh, links u s to the days of innocent lady, who was to be one of her btidesmaids them of the struggle between the horse and against each other, und be1ng s rnashe<l to 1 1ypa and Uolowan are no more. childhood, pre~nt::i our forge tting obligawas there, too. SQ they spent a delightful his riUer. Dndlty had managed lum \vell pieces. A Chinese gunbou.t capaized on this The loss of hfe there is considered to ex- tions \VP c:tn never r('pay, and douhl es the day.; a.nd the two gentlen1en were to <~o enough, but at Jast be reared and fell ba.ck· uccas1on V¥ith three Ecglisb men on board. ceed 2,000 persons. In Macao it is perhaps pleasure of kindnes" shown by the scni-i> of aW~y . some tin1e the next afternoon. ward, carryiuB Clen1ent with hirn, and In the town 1 the roof~ ot the houses began gieater. its being so Jue. :Helpless weakness lear.· to 1nove, and tlles ile\v about lik o hail. Ancl the deligttfnl day came to an end, cru~hing hint uodcr in the> fall. It is thought that there never \Vas such ing ou streu ~h, lveakness that oncP "'OS ana " with it Lindsay .Moore's last day of girl· The phys1c1ans came-grave enough, Every mon1cl!t the \Vind grew stronger, the an ex traordinary cataclystn as this in these strong, strength that was once b!O v,reu k; love, Suddenly the ish p'eacl! o.nd trust, i:::ndecl too It is an they looked. Tlu~rc w~1e internal in.iunes liaroc1e ter steadily fu.lling. regions ; the baron1eter's inchcutor went off that nursed the leeb le beginning of lJI~ old, old story that I a1n telling you; but it -be rtJJght die soon-h" might live for wind veered to the east the scale. Since the typhoon a very strong now nurs~d, at its teeUle close, by ttLe life it Then the sea wbieh ha~l hecn i·1siug was Lindsay's own, as new and stran)'.{e to 1uonths, or year.!1, but probu.bly would be a westerly 'vind has been blowing and but reared I A worthy old age is un1:1peakably gradually iacrensed to her ns if countless other hearts had not Rur~ helpless cripple all hia days. few boats are seen plying about. sacred. There is nothing so te ndei1y tou ch .. fered the same µaugs- so I sh all tell it to AX ENORMOUS 'VAVE, Who was to tell Lindsay 1 For once I write in Lhe m1Jst of ruin, death, and ing as the descendin g years of a godly life. you . Aunt Rhoda's courage ga\'e \.Vay ; she was overleapi11g its usual hu1ite::. 1 and struck in a Jnrr1entation. Heaven bIJgbtcns as earth fades. 'fl1e past ],ate that evening, Clement Dudley aud ntlerly helpJess, and b"Irns Clare not much body ·w ilh trcm~endous force the whole aucl. t!Je present give pince to thfl future. SIGH1":\ OJ!' DJi:AI!I. his friend had gone down to the village to better ; so tl1e painful task devolved upon course of the Praia Grande. The water Ambition is I do not think anyone ever saw more The whole soul is mellow. send a telegram to town ; and while they Harry Gresbarn, rushed into the housesi the quays were desover, passions and uorlllly c:ues have no ghastly sights than I have seen during the were out Aunt Hhoda went to bed, and .Miss Lindsay beard their cries outside her troyed, the large granite stones hurled power i the heart 13 fixed on only one Olare fo llowed her. Lindsay was not sleepy, door ; perhaps some promonition of netv ahout, the guns of the batteries dismounted past few days. A battle lield must lie hor· thought-preparing to m eet ita God, I so she Jet them think she meant to go to ~ trouble can1e over her, for sh~ .sprung out and borne hke feathers on tli ~ infnriated rible enough; but then that 15 man's work, que~tion If there be any one who does not and wheu man hkes that may be seen no her own room, ext1nguiehed the lights in of bed, wrupped a dressing-go"·n about her, \vaves, and junks were sn1ashed against the But the sights of death and dcso· treasure sonic s1ruple sayin~ of an aged the library, and went ouJ rnto the shrub- and opening the tloor, suddenly appeared builrlings. In lesfJ than an hour the work longer. lation that are around ine now defy 01an 1d saiat he has kuovv1i, perhaps in his i.;h 1Jdberies to dream in the n1oonligbt. before th em hke the ghost of the happy of destruction ·wo.s uccon1 p ltshed ; e\·ery hood. For clnldren are 111uch in the corn How long she sat there she d1d.notkuo\\'. creature they bad yesterday thought so house was invaded by th~ water and batter- power to pr6vent, and the sense of one's ut- pany of the old, and th eir oimple tEiudd ter helplessness oeems to add to the feeling What roua~d her was the sound Qf voices beautiful. ed down ; the spray flew over the Govero· of pain which they cause. But my purpo·e cherish a nuturnl p1ety towards them, that close at hand, just outside the little thicket 'What is it 1' she demanded, in a sharp, 1nent IIoust-, and the houses to the south· t to J.noralize. Having seen all the gives highest wortls a greut weight. Many where she sat. . strained voice. ' What has happened 1' ern extre1nity of the Praia \\'ere reduced to thoroughfares and buildings of Macao, a seed shaken from an old tree grows up 'It's no use to talk, :flarry, I don't love Aunt Hhoda could only cover her face a shapeless heap of stones and brick. 'vhen the old tree is la1cl low. · It i& wonder· etermined to visit the spot v,rhich one ful, too, how often the nu nd, decayed as to the girl-I never shall! Call me what you and sob, and Greshan1, gently as he could, The desolation of the town now reached might judge to be the most fatal-the Chin· all else, lleeps cleur and hale on the th111ge like-I'm not to blarne.' told her what had happened. it acme. Second childhood ruay h ave district near the Barra Fort. It \\'as no of heaven. ese It was Clement Dudley's voice--the 'Is h'3 dy111 g 1' she askeJ, in a whisper, lost all thought or 1nemory of th1ng!3 around, 'L'HE CRASH O~' FALLIXG HQUSES1 use to take a chnir, for tho way hes over words seemed fairly to tnrn LindBay into that seerued to her lis..teners 'vould ring in and may stt a touch1ng wreck ot Hs fort11tr the scream ing of the victims, people run· huge mounds of debris, on which one co.n ice. If she bar"l been dead she could not their years forever. self; yet speak of the soul, or God, or hea· n1ng to and fro in the streets, pur.sued by walk only with the utmost difliculty, and, ven, or the saviour, and the wan<leuug have been 1nore powerless to move or Gresham knew that the whole truth was tht: rushing \\o·uter; the terrible roar of the occasionally, not a little danger. 8orue trees are bright No de- miud comes back. speak. , best; so he told her exactly what the surwind and of the sea, all this was sometlung scription could convey an adequate 1<lea. of with their berries when tlieir 1eavea are ' I did love Madam Santine,_' he went on; geon had said. gone. By them fruits are still yieltled to awful to hear aud see thlS desolatrng scene, As you near the the letest auturur1, like some gracious fruit .. ' I'm such an ass that I believe I love her Without a word she went back to her Suddenly an ominous glare appeared 111 place you are almost arrested by a emell ful lives in old age! now, in spite of everything she has done.' room, dressed, knelt down aud prayed, at the heavens. hor1id and repugnant in th~ extreme in the 'Even to compare the t\vo !' exclaimed least, that she might stand by !11s bed withSome five or sjx weeks ago a young iuan extreme. A tew days ago I should not FIRES HAD BROKEN OTI'l' Gresham;' why Lindsay Mooi:e is an angel out one bitter feeling. nnmed Charles Perr1u, 23 years old, and a have known what could have caused it ; along·ide of that woman, with all her beauIler first impulse bad been to tell them in d1ff~rent parts ot the town, und the carpenter by trade, foll m love with a goodbut while seeiog dead bodies thrown ashore looking g irl whos~ parents h\'e on Orchard ty and devilish arts.' the lvhole story; at least she could save l11s ftanies, "'·Lipped o;i by the gales, rushed in by the waves, Ol' dtaentombed frotn tnllen street. Charles has red bai1 and a freckll-'d boruonts.l strean1s over th e largest aquares c Yea 1 I k·now ; but you can't alter the m emory lrom reproach. . ' houses I had felt the same sickening odor, face, and although the youug lady t1eated devounng the buildings tl1at stood ~ven at fact. No woman will ever be to me what Hours after, when Clement Dudley bad and [ had no difficulty in recognizing it him courteously \Yhen he called at the house she \Va8-l go n1adj ust to tlHnk of he1' returned to consciousness for a brief'-Mpace. great distances, in their cbrt:ction. The lushe bad her mmd made up that she could '.A.nd with such feelings1 you intend to L1ndeay was sitting by bis bed. Thtre \vas rid glare of these fires was reflected by Lhe now. The large maae of ruins over which never wed a red·h eaded man. After an ac1 was treo.d1ng wus indeed a huge sepulchre, qua1nte1.nce of three weeks he nsked her to marry this girl--' n1uch that was good left in his nature still ; waters \Vhich invaded the doomed town in a mighty tomb. What number of dead becon1e l\frs. Perr1n, aud \vas greatly taken every dileclion. On this occasion the loss · ' Don't preach, Harry ! Of course l do. and the pang of reo1orse that wn1ng bis down \vhen she told bun tL9.t she couldn't People had only to bodies are lying beneath them will not be N oi,i.·, don't act as if you thought me a n:ion· heart was worse than the agony of death of lite was fearful. tbrnk of such a thing. Ohailcs then sought known for weeks. The putrid essences chonse their death by \Yater, fire, or the ster; I am doing what other men do every \Yould have been. to have tbe old folks put in a good wod tor shock of falling buildings; hut death was which they errut nre the only indications o( him, but they decltued to inte1ferc, He day. :L shall make her a good enough hus7 \\ eeks after, when he V\'8.£ out of danger, A \VOman sits sad and desolate on continued his v1s1ts, perhaps hoping to soften band-she will be content.' every\vhere. Many persons who were hid~ death. and cJuld talk and be tulked to, the bur· a rude heap of stoneB, which once for1ned t11e gill's heurt, but 1,hursday eve11iog the ' And if the day should come when ·he deu in the furthest receeses cf their hou~e~, cr1s1s ca1ne. Ile \vent to the house \VIth a Uen uf his secr6t was more than he could found themselves suddenly surrounded by her dweillng, wh1h~ coohes are digging Rway bottle of acid in bis pocket, prepared to discoved that you did not love her I' bear. He broke out suduenly as Lrndsay the ruins which lie above her hasbaud or fiami:s, and perished miserably. 'It never will-I can trust myself.' spoil her beauty it she did not give hun a sat by him. child, but \vho, alas, if fouud,can be but dead favorable ansl\·er. There was no one at 'Poor girl ! ' THE l~ARO)IETER ' I shall be a cripple all my days,' he sai<l. Groups of ball naked men and women,house- borne but the girl and her mother, and Per' [L's all ver~ fine ; I think I need the fell to less than 27,90, and then the confu· rin first wanted the gal to take a walk with pity. She loves me-is satisfied ; and I 'Don't Le sorry, Lindsay ; be glad, tor I sion and. raging between the ele1nenta was less and destitute, are sharing a miserable him, She relused to go, and be asked to meal of rice and tea, over the very spot hate the idea of berng tied fast, anyway. was not fit to marry yon-I meant to do you indeseribaule. see .h<:r alone. She nl~o refused this reperh·ps wheie those they loved deare·t are quest, and the lover haa JUSt got ready to But there I let lt go. I must have a rich a gteat wrong.' At last rotting a\vay 1 or in presence of tbe fumes draw the bottle frorn Jns pocketwLen some'I kno,v,' she said, gent1y. ' I he ard wife, and that's the end of the matter.' DAYLI GHT DA\\'X.ED which are consuming their remains. One thing bit him. He thought it was a dog, 'I'll tell you what, Clement,' returned your conversation with Gresham that night.' but it wasn't. Th e cork had woiked out of on tins tremendous scene. does not care to rest on such a scene where It seemed a hia friend i 'you kno\v I will aay what I He turned away hts head ; after a bril:!f' the bottle, and his coat tails were turning dream, an a"'ful drenru ; but there it \Vi.U! ; tbe very atmosphere reek· with pestilen· brick color at the rate of a yard a minute. think, so it is uf no use to get angry.' silence he said : in this direct de struction Macoa was uot to tial otlor, and the whole place and people The acid '\'asn't content with the coat tails, ' My dear fellow, dq l ever waste my 1 You 1neant to have left rue 1' be recogniz ed ; the \vaves sprang like iu- we&r a look of horror and of misery. You but ·truck out for l!esli, and in about a energies in that 'vay 1 ]'ree your mind, ' Yes ; I never \Vould have seen you furiated lions ou the smashed buildings,and pass on to the harbor's edge, hoping there minute the voung man '"as dancing around you'll be happier after ; and I am so accu'the house as if to escape a bullet. Shoutagain.' it see1ued uncertain if the very ground had to get a little fresh air ; ~but here you are ing and whooping, he iiot out of doors and tomed to having yoit tell me disagreeable ' H ow you must hate me, Lindsay 1 And not gone uown. By thlS time the barome· greeted with the same breath of death. You threw off most of his clothing and rolled in things that I shan't care in the Je.,,t.' you hiive been so gentle, so good l The ter \Vas already 1ising, and as soon as the have not far to look for the cause. Only a the mud, and it \vae some time before any 'Hov.· any fello\Y, with as mucb tlut~'s doctc.l' say.3.) JUr nura1ng bas d"one as 1nuch fir.t light appeaied in the Heavens, Ills fev1 yards off a dozen corpses are floating in one could find out whether he had snakes decent in lum as there is in you, could inThey can Excellency, the Governor, tbe noble and the wa ter, stiff and rigid, with uplifted In hie boots or had sat do\vn on a brad av.·l. vent and carry out a plan so utterly cold- as anything to save my hfe He was so badly burned that two men had 1nuve n1e soon now, Lindsay-I ehall :iot brave Viscou nt S. Januano, went ont with bands, as though the last human eJfort had to help him to his hoarding house on li'rfth bloo<led and heartless, is inconce1rable to trouLle you any more.' Ins statf and a body of men to brrng hl'lp been to clutch at anythrng which promised street, whe1e a pliys1c1a.n <lreseed the burns. n1e.' Corpses-one, t\\o·o or three- were ~rJ1ere is a good deal of l1~ugh1ng v.t hia exThey did Lot talk much ; but the suffer- where needed. Th~ robbers who began to succor. 'b-Iy dear old !deutor, you cau't call it"' pense, and it he ruakt:s b1s appearance at v1s1ble assail and plund~r the ru1n~U hou~e s were 1n inany places, and were being con· nig lie cndtu·e:d , the huunhallon of feeling plan ! I came up here to get away iron\ all the house again he will be arrested, as be sorts of brothera-rnet L1nJ.say ; found that that shl· kne-w· the truth, and that he had energetically put down. It is a mo~t re· stantly washed ashore. Hurrying from here told one ot his i11endt1 1n advance that he she was rich ; saw that I could win her. I so long hun there dependent on Ler kind- markable occurrence tl1at to thisllloment a I made lllJ way round the city till I again n1eaut the acitl for the girl. POETRY. 1euppoee it LITERATURE. r l