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THE MERCFJANT It is a common KING WEST DURHAM AND GENERAL ADVERTISER Circulates largely in the Townships of Darling- Steam Job Pri:a.tin.gOmce STREET' Bowi1AN VILLE . ton, Clarke and Cartwright. TERMS. pL'ltform, open to the free discussion of a.11 ques- us in \Vhich the general public are concerned. Seventy-five cents per annu rn ' Id vance. The 'Merchant' and 'Observer,' $2°00. RA.TES OF ADV l!.RTIBING. lh1e colurnn 45 per annum R 1.1.rlf do. 25 Quarter do. J0 Transient adverthrninents,5 cts per line first in sertion 1 and 2c. per hue, each aubseQucnt one. I( AND GENERAL ·ADVERTISER. VOLUME YI. BOW MANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARC.tf 12, 1875. So matters stood when Christmas drew near 1uJ with :it Hetty Arn1strong's r eg ular Christmas Eve pnrty All X, or nearly all, THE SUNNY SIDE. would be there ; even t.he Rev, Luther ParBY RU:t>" E BLUFI~ agon, who annably t'orgot to say that he disapproved of dancing and chaiades "'hQn '£hough all along life's chequer1"d 'vay blra. Armstrong qeclared that 's.he adored Some shadowed spots must lie, thetn.' It was always lhe merriest party of Th~ sun will but the brighter shine, tbe sen.sou at X , and this time MrA. ArinWhen we have pMscd them by. strong dcc1dt.:d that ~he would out do her'Ti~ bat d to b enr in mind, when griefs self. 1.'here was a daeh more of extravaAnd cures are inultiplieU. ga.nce in the supper, a glitter of rare China, That every hfe,however drear, and perlunie of rare flowers ir.. the parlorsHa.a still its sunny aide. JUSt at1 they say wine war1ns up the wits "\Yhen lowering clouds a.cress our sky nnd fnn cy does love at tlmes. All things .A.re gathering thick. nnd fast, would be brighter, fresher, more sparkling, \.Vhen com1nf.!; griefs, athwart our pa.ths: just n0w thought, or rather vaguely felt, the Their ominous slrndo'" ::i c.a..st. woman who had just began to know her It will not do to J:iigh and fro,..,n, hcnrt tight, and thought she knew nnother's. And all out trial14 rehearse,- She stC'od, in her rich dre.:is of lace and :,,Twill ne\'er, smooth the pa.th aht-a.d, But 'rather roake it worse, silk, flower s in her hair and on bt=r bosom. .tind '1iheu thoy come, those darksome days, before he1 guests arrived, before her grent fire in t!Je pa1lor 1 when some une tou..:bed Bringing a weight of care 'l 'hat ...seems to every shrinkmg- heart her ou thb shoulder, and, turning, she saw Greater than it can bt>a.r. Charles Rockwood. l[e face was a little paler, her eyes more "\Ve need not be cast down, - we know 'T1s Gall's all wise decree, earnest in their look than usual, and a sort .And sunny days are still in store of happy terror hung upon her as she guesaIf WP. will patient be. ed why be had c0111e so early. \.Ve:n.re but human: hearts may qnail ' I knew I should liad you ulon·,' he "Then adverse wind!:! are high, 111aid, 1 nnd I ha.ve soruething to say to youBut stormi:i as wild have swept the sea son1ething Of life, in days gune by There she stopped him. ·Don't say it And when ,~·e seek, in rugged spots, now,' she pleaded 'I have an evenOur falterin~ feet to guide, ing before me which calla for my calm1Twill easier b.., if we but look ness. If 1t is anything agitating, 1-1 n1ust Upon the sunnf ~ide. ask you to wait. After these guests of miuo are gone-or to· morrow I will hear you; not ntiw,' Charles l~ockwoo<l bowed. 'Your will sball l)e rny law,' he said, and took her THE CRACK IN THE DOOR. hand and kissed it. She Jet him do it, The prettiest hou.se, prettiest garden, the blushing all the w}11le, not ~aring: now to best servants) e.nd tb.e largr.st bank account look nt hini. in X belonged to Mrs. Mehitable Arm· All the evening after, tbe other guests 1~UMBER POSTERS , PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS , BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS , LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c., &c., &c. · XXI V. EXECUTED IN FIRST GLASS STYLE The POETRY. I GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY I Trains will leave Bowmanv1lle Station, Bowmanville time. as follows : OOING \VEST. GOING EAST. . COME and SEE . ' · HILL'S Local. Express* Mixed ... . 7 :22, a. m. Express .. 9.00 p. m. I Express . . . 9.00 p. m. *'l1llls trau1 runs every rrwrmng of \veck, :!\f ondays excepted, 9 27 a.m. : :r.iiixed. . . ~ 4:05 p.m. 2:30 p.1n I Local . . . . 7 55 p .m. I Express , 8·20 a. m. NEW 'The following trains now stop nt Saxony fol' passengers : Local going v.test, due at . . . . . 7.30 a. n1 Mixed going east, due at .. . 3:40 p. m h-fixed going west, due a~ ..... 2:55 p, rn Local going cast, due at . . . ... 7 :45 p m Montreal time. Fall &.Wint~r Dry Goods ---:o:--- A LARGE LOT OF LADIES' and CtE:N:'l'S' F'C"ES VER.Y Bowmanvllle. Nov. 1st, 187:3. CHEAP ,. J. CHAPLIN, DEALER lN Ft1t1t and Ornamental 1'raes, Seeds, Bu(b111 Fl-Owers, &:c., &c. :&Ir C. guarn.ntces to furnish nothing but First-cla.es trees, and true to name, ...\.ddress, P . 0. Box 55 . .Bowmo.nv1lltJ , Jan. 22nd, 1875. bp-ly-ml7·o1 Drs. Reid & Boyle. SURGERY---SILVER S'l'. ~Night calls answered at Dr. B'lyle's old Sur. gery, or at Dr. Reid's residence. 16-tf. Bo1vmanville1 Jan. 14th, 1875. I ,u Prof. J. Ruse, - LITERATURE. - of Baxter Univorsitv of l\fusic GRA.DUATE Friendship, New York. Teacher of Pinno and Orga.n, cultivatiou o Voice, S1nging 1 'fhorough Ba.as, Harmony Comporntion, &c. Dnrlington, July 16th, 1874. 'Of course you yield greatly to the woman you are in love with,' said Mr. Rockwood 1 ev1clt\utly brushing the ashes 1ron1 his c.ig,1r ; ' bnt that's bcc,.use of the ro1nance and all that sort of nonsense, wluch dies out with the houey-nioon. You can fiud women enough to \\rite poetry to, and to talk sentin1ent with, married or single. As for your wife, she's the \vomun that keeps house for you, and the sooner you make her aware of the fact, the better. V\o~hen I marry, Jones, my dear fellow, it will be "'·itb no itliotw idea of perpetual courtship in my m111J. I'll be~1n us I intend to go on,and be inaster, depend upon it.' : But not ~ny niaster,' whispered pretty 1£rs. ArnH!tror.ig, 'not mine. ')frs. Artn8trong1 then1 spoone.,' \\·Lispered Biddy, at the stairs JU·t then Hetty Arm strong gathe1ed up the spoons which ho..tl slipped down in to her lap. l:Ier ey~R glanced about the room, which wealth and taste had made the perfection of tle· ganceaud comfort. Her room! She heard down stairs the tnerry chat of hor guests, the sound of inusic and dnncing She reFnembered that in the kitchen lter servants were making ready a f!uppcr fit for a king. She turned to the mirror; a handsome ·woman, shll young, elegantly dressed, look· ed proudly back. An hour before all this, the woman included, slle would have given to Churlcs Rockwood had he been a beggar. Just n twinge of pain went through her heart One tear stole down her cheek. Then she gave a little bitte laugh. 'In.lone am queen of me !' '!lhe misquoted, and ran out to give the spoons to Biddy. 'It was barcl to .find ttl en1,' she said,' bnt here they are at last.' And she laughed a little louder than usual, and not quite naturally~ It was the merriest Christmas party of th~m alJ, said every one of her gue5ts, and Tbe ean1e reasons which led the community to gather their cash into fifty vau ltEi 111· stead of leaving it scattered an1ong a thousa:id, soon led them to sec tl.rnt it \VO"ld be still helter to keep it in one, in·lead of fifty. In '\Villiam the Third's time the matLer waa freely discussed, and in 1604 11 took the definite shape of a plan for a Notional Bank. Of conrse so great a change wns not uffected without bitter opposition. A largo class denonnced the · B'nk of England' with n1uch violence and vind1ctlvenetss Toriee declared that Bnnks were republican iustitntions, aad prcdictcc1. the ruin of the n1ona1chy. \Vhigs decla.rcd it would be an instiurnenT of Royal tyrarmy worse than the Star Chamber, and predicted tbe ruin of English ltberty. The nobility suspected it to be a sche1ne to elevate tenders above the Peerage, anll the poor were made to believe it a ne\v device to grind theni to the du~~. K everthele8S, the Bank was establiahed,and gained popular fa,~or, less by arguments Lhnn by its ruanift:St ~onvenience and utility. 1t ltved and ~rew and prospered, and for a hundred and fifty years the weal'h of England has lived and grown and prospered with it. Church and Strong Drink. rrlJ e use of Alcohoilc hq uor 1s 1nconsislent wilh the scrip tural or de1 and discipline of the Ohi1,1ch. A veneralJle nlinister, of g reflt ex perience in ecclesint;lica.l conci.: r ns, gives it aE:i the r es ult of In ('! o l) · servat100 1 that nine tenths of all tl ie C<t ~es calling for Church d1scipline, have iu ) ears past l'een occasioned by t ins hquor. This is a tretnenUous iact, but a. little exa u1ination will convince any one that th e P.: 1timate 1s not too lugh. And .;an it Ue rig lit to continue an u1dulgeuce that b111!gs te n~ fold, or even four told , ino rc ir o~ble and Jisgr1.tce on th e cln n cb, tha n a\J other ca.mseei, united! ])o not th ese foul' Rpo ts in our feasts of chaiit)' clearly say, · touch not not tbe uncleatt tbing ' ! Can we conutenan cc that which lB certain to b ru1g reprooch on the Church of C hns~ i 'It must needs be that offence con1eth. 1-Hev. A . · ' Dickenson Enjoy . the Present. It conduces n1uch to our con tent if we pass by those things which h appen to om trouble, and consider wLat is pl ea~ iug au d prosperous, that by the repre~cn tatiou o[ the: better, the 'vorse inay Le blotte(l out. If I be overthrown 1n n1y suit at law, yet my house is left ine sti ll a.nd iny land, or I have a virtuo11s wifl?, or hopefnl ch1ldri. ! n, or kind friends, or good hopes. If I h a .e lost one child, it may be I have two or th ree still left 111~. EnJOY the presen t, wh a t· soever it may be, and be uot sohc1tous for the future; for if you take ~·our to ot fro1n the present standing, and trust it f orwnrcl toward to-n1orrow's events, you are in 11 resLless condition; it rs like refu sing to quen~h your present th1rst by fea ri ug you shall want drink th e next day. If tO·lJJ orro9f you should want, your sorrow would coine time enough, though you do uot hns· ten 1t; let your trouble tarry till ltS O \\ll day conies. Enjoy the blessings of thi s d.t), if Cod send~ thern, a.nd th e evi! i:. rA it beur patiently and S\Yce tl y, for tln s clav only 1 ~ ours. VVe are denJ to yesterday, a nd not yet born to the 111orro .v.-Jereray Taylor What Does It Mean ? 'Father, what doesit1nean to be n drunkard 1 Mnggie Gray said you was a drunk· ard, and her farther said oo.' Had a home-shell exploded at the fee~ of Mr. Weston, he could not have been more surprised. He stood mute, anU o:ie m1ght have heard a pin drop, so silent were they _:J. 41-ly n. PB.ATE, TAILOR. MADE l:Y 'l'l:IE - Gentlemen's & Boy's Garments , ~EWEST 1 STYLES. llowma.nville, July, 'l:l, 1869. R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR· IN CJIANOERY, J:c 0FJ:'IC E,-Over 1\lcClung's Store same flat n.s J . :i\f. Brimacomb1g Dental Rooiru. BowmMlville, Oct. 27th, 1868. ly MARRIAGE ISS UEIJ Bl LICENSES - ROBERT ARMOUR MARRIAGE LICENSES. l\ 1 TR ,JuHN H F.YNON, Lot 7, 6th Con J.l'J. Da.rhnl?ton, (neo.r Dethesda. Church) is duly authoMzed to i!laue 1\:fa rriago Licensea. D arlington. N o\". 19, 1874. m8-tf. NEW GOODS I --o-- .. Stock Fully Assorted. -:o:--- W. H. vVILSON, BOWMANVILLE, Genea.1 A.gent for PIANOS, ORGANS, ~ODI ANS a1ul SEWJ}V:G llfAG HlNES rn l " l{IGHT PRGOOD-S A l OEB-! ' .AT Raymond Sewing Machine A SPECIALITY. chines guaranteed. Bowma.uville, .Tune 18, 1874. J. & W. J McMurtry & Co. SIGN O~F, Inshuction given, and Instrument.a and ].fa. 'THE GOLDEN LION I ' AUCTIONEERS Par the Township of Da1·lington Sept. 25th, 1874. BOWHA.NVILLB. H. T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. P1·01npt attention given to sales, &(.;, on reasonable terms. Wm.. Bar-ton, ENNISKILLEN. :aiJes -promptly .attended to on rea13on<1.ble terms Co. VetP.rinary Medicines constantly on band Calli.1 fro1 n the cnuntry prompt1v attended to: .Office :- One door east of R. Ma.ning's Fur n1t11re \Vareroom. ~eeidence over S. Burden 1s store. corner of "King and Scugog Streets, Bowmanvillle. mltf FTERINARY SURGEON, Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. By a.p pointment eterinary Surg-eon to the '\Vest Du~ha.m and Da.rhngton Union Agricultur~l Societies Agent for the Live :$tock Branch of the Bea..,. er a.nd Toronto Mntnal Fire Insurance V ll.o'bert Young, 'r LUMBER. T hereby informs builders, o.nd other!'! Jn wa.nt of lumber, that he ia -rrepared to supplv them at cash rates for Cash Hencefortl1 be intends to do a cash busineEIB. 1873. Lot 19, 6 Con. Da.rlington m8tf. HE Subscriber nispectfully requests all po.rties indebted to lum for Lumber to settle their accounts without further delaY. And he THOS. SMITH, ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. FOR Tick ets, or inf<.rmation..t. a12PiY to W. A. NJ<ADS, Agent. Ilowmanville, ~Tune Liverpool London , and Glasgow 9th, 1871. tf-30 NEW GO.ODS · My New Goods h~we Fancy Goods,Berlin Wools,&c. Hrs. l\lasollllJ Begs to inforn1 the public, that she has ·ust r e· ceived a splendid new assm-tment of ~Fancy Goods, Berlin Wools, etc, which she will sell at as low p1 ice aa they·can be bought for else ;vhere 8TAi1'.PING done on SHORTEST N01'ICE 'Jct. 8th,18i4. 2-Smos. I-IAMPTON, NEAR,LY ALL CO~IE T0 HA.ND 1 and the asscrtu1ent will be found w. BUNNEY, VER.Y COMPLETE AND BUILDER, ETC., Begs tu return tha.nks to bif!I friends for the E mp p01t he has received the past two yea.rs and hnpes, by continued str1ct })ersoual attent~on to bmnnesi:!, and wo1k1ng at the m.03t reaBona.blc prices, t o ensiure a continnanct: of public p a tron age. W. B. lS prepal"ed to b itild honE>es etc on th e tuost modern style of arclnteuture.' Job~ b1ng promptly attended to. Pl!l,,US tmd specifi· <.:ii.tions got up on application, on the n1ost rea· so n n~le ter111s., and of every desicription. Office iod~·p. 0~t.ano S tr ee-t , n ea.rly opposite llr. PRICES MODERATE. The Public are solicit~d to eall and see for themsel"Ves. 0 Buwm.r.nrill"', D ec . 24th, 18i4. 13-ly. Hampton. 13.ept. 8th 1872. H. ELL!IJTT ~UN up Hetty Armstrong seemed tho mernest strong, widow. Some people alao declared were there, her thoughts wandered back to there. But no one saw her when the door that she was the prettiest woman in X., but that moment. She knew what she would was closed upon them, and she ·was alont! th~se were not the other women. They say, an<l. she could answer only in one way in her chamber. No 1natter how brief a said that sbe bud red hair, and wns too fat, -only on e-she liked him so well. Jove drean1 bas been, the awake!l1ug is and what the gentlemen saw to admjre in '.And I h!\ve felt so sure I could never hard, espemalJy if it is sudclen. her they could not guess, etc, etc. ; bru.t say like any one again,' thought Hetty Arm· "Hetty Armstrong re!used Charles Rock· it as often RR they might, every man j n tbe strong. 'There is u1y fate in it.' wood the next day, and the people who place was Hetty Armstrong's devoted ~er· But she d1necd nod sung and talked llS guessed it blamed her bitteily. As for vant, friend, and, a dozen of them, her ] ovusunJ, n.n'd no one gueaBed that was what Charle~ himself he was amazed, and lDJUr· era, also. A origbt dashing, fcarm-heart ed she was dream111g-not even J\IIr. Rock- ed 1 and deeply grieved, tor he never guesswoman ahe was, as merry as t ough she had wood, '"ho, with a chosen frieuU had slip· e that lns lecture on married life had a never known a care. ~at that she had for '"" , ped away tro1n the parlor8, nnd was s1nok- ~econ<l auditor ; nor that Ifetty would gotten the love of her young - the gnllallt, 1ng and talking iu th e dress1 ng roon1. Ile have t:aid ' Yes ' instead of 'Nu' but fot black C)Cd c~ptaiu, 'vhose sb1p l111d gone was a little out ol sorta. H etty, con scious that c.rack n1 tb e china closet. <l own in 1nid ocean five yeaxa beiore, and \ , oif her dL1t1 es as a hostess, ina1 sted on being wbose pictured face lay near hti:r heart night ' pqblic property, and could not be lured How Oysters are Born nnd drty sleeping and ·waking, but she was into a tete-t\-tete and the wo1ucn who were too full of life and hope to live ~ntirely in Prot. Lock\\uod, in Popular Sience ready to be talked to he did not care about. \he past, and loved neither hours ,of melan· ~ ~1onth1y, S!l)'B ·- Our bivalvP, bowe\er, cboly, nor what women call , a guod cry.' Enuaged Jnen are generally known by their does not spawn after the n1anner of mollusks To forget all sorrow, if she could, ai'ld to be boorl.Bh con1h. 1 ·t to ladies g.en @ rallj . Rock· gcncru.lly. It is in its own way -vn·1pnrous. as happy as she might, were the two· grand wood 1 nlthoug l not engaged, believed him- It does not en1it eggs; but, at the proper .c selt far enOllRh on the road to forg:et suavi ty, ru l es of h er hie, and, th erefore, peo1?le 'vho t101e, sends forth its young ahve. The eggs d 1d not kuo\V I I etty Armstrong thought n.nd fell back upon ~igars and his n1nsc:.ihne are drnlodged from the ovaries, and co1nmitl!er heai'tless, and made a great oust.a.kt'.!. friends wh enever hi~ Jo.dy·loYC could not be ted to the nursing oa.re of the gill and n1antel. They call her n flirt1 and that 'vas not wh1spcred to or gazed at. At first, each eg~ see1ns to be inclosed in a true, either. Sbe only flirted with thoee Consequen t ly damsels who th ought R ock. capsule. It ts of a yelJowish color ; Lut, as who began the ganle first, and that; a WO· wood charn1111~ were wondering what had incu lmt1on or development progresscfl, the n:!an had a nght to do. At X, if a gentle- become of bin+. when Biddy, the wa1tres~, color changes, first to a grny, then ton brown, tn'S;ll C,illlecl twice upoLl a lady:, lus atf,entiona my~'teriou ~l y l ei;koued her n1istress, it1to tht: aitern.·ards tr, a violet. This is a sign that were said ttri-)e 1 very particular.' , It he hall, aDd, in n a'-}·ful whisper, eaid 'more the tune ol eviction is at band ; for K ature saw her- honie fron1ffiee:ttng)rU,.IJlO.l" declared spoon were eded for the cran1e.' now issues her writ tr> that effect. And that they \\ere 'engaged ;' and if he spent '.Df_:;~ urse 1 here must be,' said Mrs. Arm· wonderful little bcinga th ey are when the a1.i eve111og""With her they wert~ 'k· be ruar- strong ' Wh~~ was 1ny poor bead to for writ arrives to vacate the homstcad; for ried rlcxt week,' for certainty, b·ut lletty ~et it? 1"11 get poor Au nt M~rtba'8 set fron1 \\hole troops of them can go gracr.fully, nnd ple.ce.--Teni.perance Banner. Armstrong ,., as somehow llOt iur;luded in my upsa1) 'H china doset. Pleas~ QQ " "ithQut jo,.ithng, througb the m!l1.ie!f.t croluthe general rule. She hnd dctcJ mined to the sta.us u·nttl I comC' down to you.' How it Happened. tions in th at twiest Rpherc- a drop of water. do as she chose. She ,vent e·werywhere, Away ran l\Irs. Armstrong to the second As cited by li", "vV. Fellowes, in the Amer1with every unmarried gentleruanl of her set floor, where ,lihl:.· plunged into a long old. can Naturalist, says ~f. Davaine : 'Nothing My friend was walking up State street She was frendly when she clJ.os1.! to be, and fashioned clos~t,. .and brought forth a legacy is more curious tbJ.n to see, under the micro- late ono winrly afternoon, when he encountflirted when she ltked. Afte~ setting gos- of silverware left; Ii r by a maiden aunt. scope, these little mollusks travel in a drop ered a short serraon on temperance. The sip aflott.t a dozen times, sbt; gained her Counting the BI)Oons o'·er, s. murmur of of water, in vast numberJS) mutually avoid- air was keen and cold, with 'symptoms' of He had pulled his cap down over poir1 t, u.nd pP.ople lt:ft her alo:ne. It \Vas voices frow then ext roon1 fell upon her ear. ing one another, cros3ing each other's track snow. :letty Armstrong's way, and no indication At the same time she ea.ug~t. the perfu1ne in every directi'Jn, wilh a wonderful rapid- his ears as far as possible, nnd buttoned his of matrimonial intt!ntions. For years,gen - of a cigar. She knew that Cbnrlea Rock· ity, never touching, ond never meeting.' overcoat c1ose to keep out the stinging lake tlemen haunted her parlors, escorted her ,i,.·ood had the r1cl iest voice and sn1okcd the The parent-oyster has, indeed, a. prodigious wind, and was hurrying along at· :>·ce that hither and thither, sung with her, danced best CJgars of any nia.n in ~is set. family to turn out upon the world. but might rival Weston's, when be nearly ran with her, confided m her, and adored her, 'You dear old fellow,' she Liapered to when this tinie (loe.s conie, though "int<::r over a little child not moie thnn four J ears and village gossip had not married her, un~ herself, ·I have been so cross t~ ~ u to- be near, ber actions are summary, and the old, who had fallen on the sidewalk near til suddenly a stranger made bis debut at night, that some <l~y I'll be as kind to- ~u wee bairns are every one ordered. frotn h0me. him. · Heigho, Sis!' he exelaimcd, lifting her X., and set tongues a -going beyond even as I cub to make up for it.' ~ ;tu!J: arc spit forth, or eJected from the Hetty Armstrong's power of silencing. Then, with a lov'1ng \Voman'a wish to see shell. ]'tiled \Vlth water, the valves are safely to her feet again. The little ragamuffin put up a very gnev· He was tall, lie was handsome, he was t4e face that is so ,deo..r to her, she i:itep- suddenly ,'napped together. Every snap ed lip, and was going to cry ; bnt stopped comparatwely you11g. He hod just that ped forward and peeped th10ugh a crack in emits a smai~ wlntish cloud. 1.'hough a touch of exquisite nbo\lt J1in1, which is so the.door of the china closet opening into little ot the milk" flnid be m it, this wbiL1Sb when he spoke pleasantly to her. ' '\Vbew ! bnre-foot, and such a day as charming wheu '11 m au's a ma.n for a that' the little sewinq room, devoted for this cloud is co1npoe:~d L b.iefly of the tiuy f1·y j faultless in toilet, faultless 111 manner, edu- evening to the genfleman'R toilet. E\'e?'y but, ind1tidually, they ."'te almost invisible. this '-with a lo'v 'vhistle-' why don't cation, accomplished altogether, be openly word "'"' plainly audible when her pretty Indeed, ,vho shall count the oyster's off- you run hon1e, Sis, and put on your ~hoes and stockingfl 1 hefore -you freeze your toes 1' flung himself at Hetty Armet>0ng'a feet and ear approaehed so closely to the crevice, and spring 7 Sicnce, by her own i:;ethoda, bas 'D1nif dot any shoes and stotin's.' declared himself her admirer. Ol course we the first wol'd rivete<l her nttention. The 1nade the compntahon ; and so s~M gives ue ' Don"! got any, eh ! How does that hapdo not mean to say that he ruined the knees 1nen were talking of nH1.tr1mony. the astounding assurance thu.t a single" oyster, 'It's n. deuced bore, said his friend. 'You pen l Don't your lather buy you any shoes of his faultless habiliment by going down during one spawn1ng-sca.son 1 e1n1t~ two nnd etockings ~' u pan them, or in any other way conducttd are tied to a woman's apron strings for hfe. rnilhon embryos l 'Ob, no!' ehe anewerecl; with a tone that himaelf as did the knights of old when heart You can't say your soul 1s your own. Take my advice and keep out of it altogether, n./ ennt 'of course not,' o.nd a n1anner of insmitten, b:1t, after the n1nnncr of the nine· Origin of the Bank of England. dic" ·ting that she con~id~red the renson amteenth century, he declared bis i.ntentions Charley.' ·Look here old fellow, said Charles, ; ffi!ient, 'no, my Pa dets drunk,'quite as ope1.1ly. So Jute o.s the time of the Restoretion, ply st. taking his cigar from between hlB lips, He sang to and at the lady . He haun ted every merchant kept a strong· box iu his own Morninif, tfta"· "------~ her parlors like a well dres:;.ed ghost. He · that sort of a thing is all a man's fault. house, and when an acceptance was presentNow, when I marry, my first act will bo Never 'l'oo Late to Reform. wrote poetry for the 'Lu1n1nary,1 Q.ddressed ed to him, t<>ld down the Crowns and Caro· to prove myself master. As yon begin, so to H. A. und signed C. R He breathed luse~ on bis own ~ounter. Gentlen1en lock· Au.'lDng the pipe· 91 New Jersey state, deep sighs nnd gave soft glances, an<l said you go on, and, before the honeymoon is ed up their gold iu their country houses. or there was a poor drulf!~ard, who barely ovet the · w oman who takes my nnn1e shall thrngs that might have double m eanings. traveled \Vith it in their coaches. Thos~ And this not for a wet.:k or a nionth, but for know that iny word is law, ancl that hers were the halcyon days of thieves, wheu a worked enough just to k@p himself and rrhe spoons iu ~:C:ri burglar \V0~1lrl often be able, after a i;illgle children fron1 sLarvirrg~ and the remn1nder a year, at the ~nd of which tirue I-Ietty n1ust yield to it.' AnnRtrnng's hand tinkl~d together just night's ·work, to letire with a fortune ; and ol his tuue he spent in a drinking-house. It Armstrong began to understand that she Charles highway robbery was a lucrative profession, be1ng near Chr1stmus, be ft.llw ihe landlor<l was expected by everybody to aoccpt Chal'· then, but nrJ one heard then1. les Rockwood when he offereU h~r his heart went on ; ').fy wife, 1f I have oue, shall who3e adepts 'vere styled 'Gentlemen of tbe ordering a fine large turkey, ' with suitable trimmings, for his Christmas din,ner, w bile and band. Mennwhile the so:tt eyes and ha'r·e no chance to show her temper. If she Ruad.' sweet voice, the delicate attentions, and the does r.iot like my orders, she u1ust obev By the end of Charles II.'s reign it was be and his poor family had but a shin of I'll hreak her in just as discovered that it wa.a both safer a. ud more beef. He went to his neighbor, Tom Jones, winning songs o[ llt'r admirer were not with- without liking \voul<l a horae-brlng her down at once to convenient to have agents to keep the cMh a brother drunkard, and aeked him if he out their effec t"' upon !Ietty Armstroug's heart. It began to be conscious of certain the frame ol mtnd I mean to keep her in ; of comruercial. houses. Thia new branch of ever thought of ho1> well they were feedin~ tre1uors and tluttertnKs in lns presence. pnrpoaely th wart her for B while , contra- business fell naturally into the hands of the the rum·seller, while their own poot fannlies were nearly ~tarving. On retlect1on, Her cheeks flushed llS ~hey ha<! sober, prac- chct her, object to style of dress; niake her golJaruitb.s, who were accustomed to traffic the truth flashed across their ' 1ninds, aTI:d tical drealns which nature at five-aud-twen· alter her way of doing h er hair ; r efu se to largely u1 the prec1ous tuctals, and wlw had they came to the resolution, that all the ty should alone mdulge in ; a1!d as the days dance attendance at church ; n1ake her V<t.1.ilts where n1asses of bullion could ~ ie se~ turkeys they paid for hereafter, their fanii· send regrets to party invitations when she cure from fire and robbers. It \VS/1 a/; the rolled on sh~ felt n1ore conscious that the lies should cat themselves, having the best v::ints to accept tLem; show her at once shop of the g<>ldsm1ths of Lombard Street 'Yes' -which was expected of her wo 11ld be what she may expect. Alter a while I tl::n.t all the payn1euts. in 001n wt.re tnade-~ right thereto. Aceordingly, they signed the eaeily uttered. might yield a little more ; bnt because, Other traders gave aad re.cei ved nothing but: pledge, and they are now respectable men She tried to bo prudent and judge the you understand-not to please her.' -their famili"" are happy-eat their own paper. man carefully. The reeult was that she de'Y-e·es,' said the friend ; doubtfully i 1 Of course the goldsmitbs, from being the turkeys, instead of giving them away to the c!.red him to be ·an augel.' .l).t last,Hetty rum-selleT-and their once miserable homes Armstrong fairly let go of the rudder of self· ' but you can't thrnk how hard you'll find treasurere; soon beco.me tbe masters of t}J.e it; and if you stay out late they n1ake such city. Goldsmiths were the money·lenders. or rather hula, now abound with plenty. will, to which she had clung so long, and a row-ait up for van in a night-cap, !J.Dd Goldsmiths furlliehed tbe funds for all new So much fo1 sober reflection. Let none, allowed herself to drift down the tide oi cir· cry when you come iu. 1 'I'd 1nanage with enterprises. A goldsn1ith's note passed cur... .despair. cnmstanees which were to lead her into the that, said R ockwood, 1 by staying ou t ev ~ry rent on 'Change for cash. The nobrhty had arm s oi Charles Rockwood. She felt that It is a v&F.t work tbat any n1an may Lio if mght untcl d· yltght. Tbe one rule I to court th e favor ol the Goldsmith> nail ltte would be happy wi th sUdl a bosorn to J,o :nevei· be i<l.le. 1 should put 111 p1u.ctice would be-11\jvfr let Royalty itself, when a Governruent loan repose upon, und began to wonder whether the wom an have !Jerown \\ay.' If no rose be made of the labors of past tt realJy w 1 i:-:i necessary for a widow to be 'The spoons unkled a httle 111ore, au<l waQ needed, privately summoned some of the wealthy gold smitlj~ to its audience a f~·, !he world ··rn·t al ways l'entain in the niarried in p earl color when \Yhite \\as so .Nlr:i. Aru1stron1la ti.Lee wus t~i nLJy flushed 1 cban1ber, but she hsLen~d sttll. in ·ii know·l~dge. becon1ing to the complexion. 0 But Kate, nothing daunted, after waiting what she considered a proper length of time, repeated the r1uestion; and it was answered, 'A n1an who drinks liquor, and 1nakes a heost of himself." 'Is that what you do, tnther 1' ' It is what I ha"Ve done sometimes,' replied the nrn.u in a choked voice. ' It's bad, ain't it 1' 'Yes, cb1ltl; the very worst thing a n1au can do.' 'And: that's what makes m.otbercry when there don't anything hurt her j and that's the matter I have to wear such dread!ul old shoes 1' Only one word in reply to this' Yes.1 Tb en I ·houldn't think J ou'd do so any more,' 'cause mother's ~ood, and I don~t like to wear old shoes a. bit. You won't he a drunkard nay more, \\·ill you 1' said Katie; and she looked up to her father so confi. deutly, that he caught her in his arms and bid his lace upon her shoulders. · 'Say, father, you won 1t, will you ! 1 'No, darhng, I won't. Aud raising hts ri~ht hllnd, ht! promised never, nE:ver to drink another tlrop of intoxicating hquor i 'God help rr1q,' he added reverently. 'Bles.s you, 1ny darling ; you ha\i·e so.Yed n1e.' Then there wt::re tear.:; and Aobe, i:lnd broken ejaculations, all :tor very joy, while supper wao forgotten. It made no cltffer· ence to !Catie whether her shoes w~r~ old or new; bttt when, a few days after, sbe be· ca1ne the possessor of sorne long boots, "'ith red 1o.cings and Wsels, she had a better ap· preciation of the change winch had taken Bearding the Military Lion. But Wesley had no fet:tr of tins n111i tary lion, when duly requ ired th<lt he should confront him. H eu ring the gen ei al in a high passion, one di"ly, he step;., into lJtscul J in, and finds hun fiercely Lerating hi ~ t rQtn~ bling anti cowt:ring in a cornt.r. N o soon~r does \Vc.>sley sbO\\ hnn selt than the gP.n eral, half nsbo.med of his o\\n t r rr1per, i::ny~, by way of apology : 1 ·yo11 tnust excu-se u1c·, li[r. We8ley, - I have met with a p10\·oc 1~ti o n too gieat tor man to bear. Yun know th a t I ch ink uoth mg but Cyprus wrne. I provid ed 111 ) sell wrtb se ~eral dozen s of it, 11ncl tin s vil !n111, Grinialdi, has drnnk. nearly the wh ole of i t. But I will be revenged !-He sh all be tied band n..nd foot and carlied to th e nian« ofwar.' A "·ar·ship w-a. ~ sailtng as convoy to the Si1nnionds ' 'l'h e ra scal shoulcl have taken care bow he u ~e tl n1 e ; for I ue ver forg we.' Fixing his penet1nt.111g cy~ on th e ex· aeperated gcne1·n1, l\fr \\7e81Py cnlmly replied : 'Then I hope air, ) ou never s111.' Tbis sharp rejoinder strikes bard on tl.J. c general's couec1ence. lie stands coutonndecl" Q\oment or two, looking hunely at his fa.ithtnl repro.Yer. Th en, taking a buuch ol keys from his pocket, he threw them at-th o poor, cringing Griinald1, exclaiming · (There, villain, take my keys, an d be· ha\'e better in the fntnl'e !' This was a brave act. E'eihaps no other manin the ship woul d have thus <lared to beard the irascible .oldier.--But oar Wes· ley bad a lion heart. ,Here My Mother Knelt With Me.' The Rev. Knill, well known to th e re· lig1ous world in connection with Russia, Jost both parents while be was there . His n1other was ft. very pivus woruan 1 and he r e lates tho folJowing 1nter esting rcminisceuce of her : ·After spending a large portion of my life in foreign landi:i, I returned again to visit my native village. Both my parents died while I was in Russia, and thtiir house is now occupied by my brother. The furniture remains just the f::nme as when I was a boy, nnd at night I was accomn1oda ted with the anme bed in which I had often slept before ; but 1ny Lusy thoughts would not let me sleep. I was thmkia~ bow God had led me through tbe journey of hie. A t last the morning Jarted through the li ttl e \\ indow, and then 1ny eyes caught the spot where my sainted 1n0L her,forty years before , took n1y hand and so.id, ·Come, my clear, kneel clown with rue, and I will go to pray er.' rl,brn corupletely overean1e 1ne. I seemed to hear the very ton es of her voice. I recollected son1e of her rxpre::;sion~, and I burst ·into tear:;;, and I orose from n1y bed. and fell on n1y kn ee A, just on the spot where my tnother k11ee1ed, an<l I th ank ed Goel that l once had a pra ving moth er. ATid ob, if every parent could feel whot I fe lt then, I aru su1e they would pray with their children us well as for them.' \VP. Clte this fact to hnug up ,a point not often insisted on. Jn epr:'aknig ot the reli gi· oti.s training of childrE'n ; and lh at i1:1, thP importance' of local associations with early u·.stiuctions and prayer. There is gr ea t power in such mem{)de s. There at e pl a ces to whinh the chains of holy irifl.uence arc made fn·t, and they hold the heart 1011g after the child has wundcred far from tbe parental roof, aud grown up to th e' stature of n1an. 'rbe mother shouJJ hnve a place-a hol y plaee-it o\lght to be a pleasmt pluccwhere ehe daily takes eucb one of bC'r children, to pray with then1 and speak to th em of things of eternit~ ln after years th ey will think of that SJ' it, llnd !Jl ess God tor wl1at they fdt and ! ' ard wh en th ere. Good illtr.ntionR ure very u1or fnl t h1 uRS· Like the very n10Jlow aud cboice fr ui t, th ey are difficult to keep. 1 1 1 I . i l 1 tfn.r; ,