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THE MERCHANT AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. .. UiJ:cula.tes largely in the Townships of .D&rling· ton, Clai.·ke a.nd Cartwright. It is a common pla tforzn, open to the free discussion of Ml ri.nes. ns in 'vhich th~ general public a.rl" concerned. TERMS. WEST DURHAM Stea.m Job Printing Office, K!NG STREE1', 'BOWMANVILLE . .I vance. The ·Merchant' and ' Obser· Yer,' $2-00. RATES OJi' ADV ti.RTIBtNO , 1 t1nr.l~·f.H CfL1S JO UntDl, !Jld AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME YI. f POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADE' CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c. , &c. , &c. Jne colu1nn t~ua.rter tlo, 45 per annum. · . 25 11 lialf do. 15 " 'L\·andcnt advertisements,5 cts per line fu-st insertion, and 2c. per line, each subsequent one : BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL So, 1875. NUMBER XXXI. I have never heeu married. ~fy mother is " the only Mra. Arlington at pre·ent in ex· iateuce.' · The Manor l1ouse is febuilt now and kept up in· WILY worthy of ite oH reputation. Mr. Fielding lh·es there in the gentle lux1uy which ie a second nature to him. And even Faith, much as she love· her beautiful house on ll'ifth avenue, keeps the ':arm- . est corno1 of her heart for _the old-fash10ned garden where the waves fhng salt spray over the hollyhocks by the sea· wall. Husbands in Little Things. Ah, Brown, how are you 1' ' Vihy, Jones, is that you ! How d 'ye do, my good fellow.' Such were the exclan1a.tious with whic1J1 two neighbors greetecl each other, as they met, one evening about sun-down, au their ~vay hotue from bus1a-ess. .A.fter a few inquiries about each other'e fo.milles, for both were married men, and the stereotyped complaints re·pecting the bard times, of which merchants complain as proverbially as farmers Uo of b.'td crops. Brown said to his friend : 1 Suppose we try a few oyi:;tcrs, Jones· I've found a place where they keep capital ones, You don't have supper quite yet 1' 'No: there's plenty of time. I'll go with plea.iure. 1 · So the t\\ o husbands lurne<l asi<le iuto a. aaloon, where, in the ~ourse of an hour's cha!, they managed to ·pend half a dollar· each, partly in oyaters, and partly in brandy and water, ' to make the oysters,' as tbey eaid, 1 digest.' Meantime Mrs. Jones, the youngest of the t\VO wives, !at wondering why her bnsb10d did not come home. She had been into the kitchen two or three time-a, to see that supper WM ready and being kept bot, for Mr. Jones was one of those men who neither likeil to wait for a meal, nor ent a euld one, At la·t, full an hour after his usual time, the husband made bis appear· 1 EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS S TYLE gold rilns.1 There are old wotnen of both sexes " ' ho ::\ttach th emselves to a \Veak .. tninded 1nan of veneer, and cannot appreciate a solid gospel preacher of vigorous in tel· lect. and extended usefulneS?. The golJ. rirns go a very long way with fasti dious simpletons. Taplash with hi' scented poc· ket handkerchief and faultless c11n1bric era· vat, is their choice; 11is flowing utterances and well-turned periods nrc their adtnira· tion ; and they like him aod his rhetoric none the les., bht perhaps all the more, uecause there is nothing in either. Rea.U~r, be not thou enchanted with childish thmgs, but feed on sound doctrine, which is both milk for b1bes and meat lor 7,Q, 00 . ROLLS GRAND TRUNK :RA.ILWAV ! Trains will lenve Bow·manville Station, llowmanville time, aa followa : (, OING WESl". QOING EAST, POETRY. In The Rongh. 'l'he marble was pure and white, 1'hough only a block at bo·t ; ROOM PAPER IOBTo_ ElSTON'S ie· ctures ' l ee .!ill · For New Pattems iu Ro01u Papers, call ttnd examine unr new Stock. Chromos, etc., etc., Ready fmmed, to be ~ sold Cheap. Don't let this chunce of getting Chmtp Pictures slip. No Humbug. Call (1.nd price them. But the artist, with inward sight, Looked fii.rther than alt the rest, And saw in the bard, rough stone '!be loveliest sta..tue the stin shone 011. i\I ondnys excepted. Local. , .... 7:22, a.m. I Express .. 1 . ... 8:2Q a,.m. Express'"' . ... 9 27 n.m. \ ,..Iixed ..... .. 4:05 p.m. ttli xed .. .. ... 2:30p.m ., Local ...... 7:55 p.m. E xpress ..· 9:00 p . n1. I E xpress ... .. 9.00 p.m. *This train runs every morning of week, So he set to work with care And chiseled a form of g1·acc, A figure dsviuely fair, With a. tender, beautiful face; But the blows 'verc hard and fa-st 'J1hat b1ougl1t from the marbl~ that work at }f\;St, '!'he following trains now stop at Saxony tor aasengers :-Looal going west, <lue at ......... 7.30 a . m blixed going east, due at .... . .. .. 3:40 p. m Mixed going west, due at ....... . 2:55 p, m Local going east, du at ......... 7 :45 p, m Montreal time. So I think that buuu.u1 lives ~lust bea.r God's chisel keen If the spirit ) earns and 8trh es :For the bctt('r Ufe Wlseen. :For 1uen a.re only blocks at be1:1t, 'l'ill the chisdiug brings out all the i·est. Cm1grfJg«tio11ali~t. j .J Drs. Reid & Boyle. SURGERY-··SILVER S'lC-1)" Night calls a.nswere<l at Ur. B.,ylt'! 8 old Surgery, or at Dr. Rei<l's residence. 1 c :a:.1-~~P. ~ EN'S OF OTHBR CHEAP MIRRORS. --- - LIT.ERATU RE. FAITH FIELDING'S ~ESTINY. BY AM.Y BANDOJ,rH. C .A.BS,. GOODS. Bowrnanville, Jan. 14th, 1875 . 16-tr. Prof. J. Ruse, of naxter University of Music GRADUATE Friendship, Kew York. Teacher of Piano aml Organ, cultivatiOn o Y 01ce, Singing, 'fhorongh Dass, Harmony CompositioD, lie. Darlington, July 1Gth, 1874. 41-ly :a. PBA.TB, TAILOR. MAD.E IN THE . Gentlemen's & Boy's Garments l'I EWE ST llowman\'ille~ STYLES. July, 27, 1869. ' R R LOSCOMBE, llAJIBIS1'ER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANO/iJRY, tlfo 011.1:·1cl!:c-Over MoClung's Store sa.u'le ftat as ll. llrima.co1nb'.e Denta.l ,lloomr3. Bov:inanvilfe, Oct. 27th, 1868. ly .r. MARRIAGE ISSUJ::U J;IY LICENSES ROBERT ARMOUR --- -- --~-- McCluug B1·os. Seed llepart1neut is well stocke(l and well assortecl. All Dmlington, Nov. 19, 1874. m8-tf. kinds on haQd or to arrive. W. H. vV IL s ON Field Seeds! Garilet~ Seeds! Floive1·Seeds! l\AR. JOHN H. lffNON, Lot 7, 6th Con. lll. Da-rlingtoJ1, (n.eo.r Bethesda. Church) is duly authoxized to lf:lsue Marriage Licensee. MARRIAGE LICENSES. BOWblANVILLE, ' Q-enea.l Agent for PIANOS, OBGANS, MELODIANS !ind SEWING·frtAC HINES Raymond Sewing M;a.chine A SPECIALITY. lul:!tt uct iou gi vt::n, anti. Instruments and 1'.1a chU1 es gua.ra.uteed. llowmanY ille 1 June 18, 1874. AUCTIONEERS ViJ1· the 1'ownsM;p of Da1·lington. H. T. PHILLIPS, Pr<) l1q ·t a.itt11tiou HAMPTON. given to sales, &c, on reaaon· able terms. Wm.. Barton, ENNISKILLEN. ~·ales proinptly attended te on ren.sonable terme. ALLAH LINE STEAMSHIPS. Li ve1pool London, and Glasgow 1,be scene is u. wild apring sunset, orangebarred with blood-red streaks, and a ehingly LOTS CHEAP sea·shoi'e where, at high tide the waves lt, E. intendfJ rfdUcing his stock, he will therefore give Great 13argain1'. Re1nember to va11 at washed up against the gray sea-wall of Or~O'Hara'.{Old Stand, · Town Hall Buildings: ~ rin Fielding'· garden, and the da!fouilo and crocnses were sprinkled dailv with 1alt Tho Proprietor believQB in a ljilll_ble Sixpence being better tht\.lL a Slow, Poking Sbilliug. - R. EASTON. spray- a dreary epot: ·but to Faith Fielding'· eye1, it was beautiful-for it was her ly-m9. llow1:oanvillle, Mar. 15th, 11875. home. She was leaning over the stone-wall now, her lingers m·echanically plucking at the tan~les of wet, green seaweed, that clung to every projection in the ancient masonry, and the wind blowing ber yellow-rippled hoir about-sun and wind ; but Faith, not being educated ac?ording to the rules of modern young-ladyhood, never ooce thought of her complex'ion. Kot so Mis· Bethuah Green, the rector's sister, wb9 kept her brown veil wrapped as closely around her face as 1f ohe were a mummy of the fharaob period. 'Yes,' s;i.J Faith, nod<liui: her head, with her lovely beryl-blue eyes fixed ' ilreamily on a far-olt sail that shone and glistened against the de~p-red sky !lke a white-bird's wing, 1 Things can't hO on su any longer. I --:o:--am positively ashamed to look on tl1e face of every tndeemau in the village.' 1 }(ly dear,' said b'liss Bethnah, 'it is the business of tradesmen to wait on the con· veniencC of gentlemen an_ d ladies.' ' No, it isn't,' aatd : F aith. 'If you have their wares, they ought to have yoµr money, And it makes me feel like a pauper, , Miss Bethuah.' 'But this plan of yours is so wilcl and impracticable, E'aitb.! · A large qu.antity of GLOVER SEED, all of which was gro.wn on 'I don't see why, 1 aaiU J:i~a.i.th, flinging a the same farm, and known to be, entirely free from dirt. bunch of sea-weed into the receding wave, which had just broken in a torrent of spray TIMOTHY I on the beach aud m·de Miss Bethuab shrink A VERY CLEAN LOT back. 'or course, it will have to be kept a TARES :- IMI'ORTEV, CANADIAN AN D WHITE. secret from Uncle Orrin, but that WJll be eae:ily managed.' 'How?' 'I shall make him· believe that I am go· iug to New York to take rnnsic leosono. It is what have alil'aye been ur~ed to do.' ' Bl\t '.Where will lie imagine the money 1 to eome from 1' Paith 'laughed out a merry, little peol of ---:o:'Oh, be never tro·1bles himself sound. McCLUNG Bros. have an exceedingly Large Stock of TEA. about sublunary matters like that, ' saiCI. Blacks G1·eens and Japans. It will pay you to get yow· TEA ohe. 'But, ~'o.ith, it do1.1't seem right that, you ' b/the BOX, and pay Wholesale Price. General Fordyce Fielding's daugltter,should descend to work for yo~ir li\~ing.',i:' ... Your attention is called to the three won<lerfull y Ch~(l,p' lines. ' Pd rat.her wotk than starve,' said l!\iitL, HYSON, in Caddies, which is really Good NO.l: YOUNG ohrugging her shoulclers. 'And i\ seems to Valne at 90 cts. Yon can have it at 75 cts. per pound, have narrowed down to that ttlternative. by the Oaddy. Come, Miss Bcthuab, we must not ~e;eentiHYSON, in Caddies, positively good valne at NO. Q. YOUNC1 mental. Here am I, pining tor ean1e decent 70 cts. Belling by the Caddy, at 55 cts. per ponnd. ---.o::--- SEEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS! OF G·et your Se~ds a,t - XcClung ~ros. TEA_ ! · TEA ! TEA ! N0.3. An exc~Jlent BLACK TEA, at 50 cts. per pound. F OR Tickets, or inf1..rmation.J.. apply to , . W. A. N .1>ADS, .Aue11t. Bowruauville, .Tun_e 9th, 1871. tf-30 The Sweetest-Flavored JAPAN TEA in Stock, imported this Season. CALL AND · INSPECT THESE - TEAS. Fancy Goods,Berlin Wools,&c. :OBY ..,: :llrs. Kaaon, HAMPT-0 N", Begs to inform the public. that she has just receivell a splendid ne\v aaeortruent of Fanoy Goods, Ber!in 'Voolsi etc, which she will sell at as Juw price as they ca.n be bought for elsewhere GOODS Cheaper than ever! Beady.-Ma.de Ciothing a.t G-rea.tly :Reduced Prices. SAIII.\ PLASTER, FISH, A'.r LOWEST PRICES: - . STAMPINO done on SHOR2'EST NOTICE ·J< -1. Sth,1874. 2-3mos. 'For CHE.AP Goods, go to W. BUNNEY, BUILDER, ETC., Begs to i·etun1 thanks to his frienU.s for t11e eup l)l)t t he ha.s received the papt two years 1 a.nd bO]leB, by continued etric..-t 1>61'l:!Ollal 8.ttent1on to businr:ss, and working at the nioet reasonable piiccs, to en~nre a continuo.noo of public patrol\· 11go. \V. B. is prepa1ed to Luild houses, etc., .Bowmanville, Mar., 1875. McCLUNG BROS. on the inost Jno1Iern style of architecture. Job· bing promptly attendecl to. Plans and spccifi. 1,;u.t1ont1 got up on application, un the 1nost re:...· M onablc terms, and of every d1;1soription. Office :n1d Shop, Ontario Street, nea1ly oilposite Mr. 'l'. Bowdcn\1, 13-ly. Bown1an\'illti Dec · . 24th 1 18i4. New 'l'ailor shop, JOHN HEAL, ===:.:=~==--=-==· :;_..,. .c==-= --=-- :=-r-- - --- -- - L AT.lo: WITH F. Y. UOWL:K, beg>i'to in· fornt the pubUc generally, that he has coin· m~nce d bu!)inet:is in the Shop uext to the E~ presa OHice, one door cast of J, Milne's. Having ho.d several yea.rs experienc.:e in the tra,de, he hopes to !)t\.tisfy all )Vb.o may favor COME and SEE · him with a call. HILL'S GOOD FITS GUARANTEED BowrntLnville, Sap, 4th, 1872. m49-tf. NEW J. CHAPLIN, DEA.LEI\ I!'f F rutl awl Ornamental .flowers, <Ve.,· <\:c. T~cs, Seed~, Bu{IJ:J, Fall & Winter Dry Goods --:o:- }'irst-class trees, and true to name. P. 0. Box 55. Bowmanv1Uto. J an . 22nd, 1875. l\lr 0 . 1.fllH.ra.nt;;-;f'urnish nothing but ..\.ddre.,ti, A LARGE LOT OF To Ma.sters of L. O. I. CERTH'ICAES, Application· BI,ANK &c., &c . , can be procured attbis office,~ LADIES' and GEN'l'S' FTJ'RS _.BawmanVIlle. Nov. 1st, 1873. regular rates. VER ·Y OI-IEAP. :iJ.owmanville, July 7th. 1873, 'Take up supper,' cl'ied Mrs. Jones, rnnniug to the kitchen door. 'It's Afr, Jones-I'll iet him in mysell ; 1 and, as she ·poke, she 6 reatli\fS8ly hunied to admit ber husbaud. 'Supper's oa the ti,,.ble, Jones,' she said, ·· sbe clung tohiru. I've made your favorite cake, and hope it will turn out well. Only I'm afrai1l it's lialf spoilt by the de· lay. But I suppose that business kept you, ·nu so it can't be helped.' The husband did not eontra.Jict his wife, But when he came to try the cake, be pushed it a way. 'Isn't it right 1' said the wife, the tears coming into her. eyes. '~es! it will do,' answered Mr. Jones, ' ouly 'tis not <1nite up to the thing, aod besides I'm not hungry.' Poor lady! She fancied that these last wor:ds were aa.id in order to spare her feelings, and that the reason her husband did not eat was because the cake \Vas bad. Her afternoon's happin~Eshad consisted in thinking how agreeably her husband would be surprised at this little delicacy. But tb10 was all destroyed now. She had no appetite herself to eat, and really fancied the cake tasted flat ; in short, ~t was as much ru1 she could do to command her feeling" -· !Ier husband saw, and partially under·tood, her emotion. A single word from bm1 conlJ have explained all, and be knew tt ; but he was ashamed, at first, to "Y he had been luitering on his way home ; and afterward it was too late. At last he be· came angry at hie wife !or being hurt, as men strangely will when they themoelvu are in fault. It was a n1iserable eveuina for poor Mrs. Jone·. Meantime l\Ir, Brown had also reached ho1nc. His wife also was waiting for hitn, 'Where have you been my dear!' she said, · !Io1V late you are ! But eome, aml honest work to do, whereby I may earn don't lose a. moment; supper's \vaitiog1 and a copper or two for our empty treasury. I" advertise for a situation as visiting goverI want you to take me to the concert tonese-nobody an·wers my ad~e1tisement. I He led her across a marble·paveu ball, night.' And, as ·he epokc, ·he led the way announce my readiness to paint groups of the dove-gmy hound following close at their briskly lo the supper-room. water-colored flowe"' or model wax hya· f' · b d k · · ' A concert !· · h d ,_.'lit' , ee~upa roa oa enota11way,w1thbron<e c1nt s:-an my au1 ics remat~ equa.111Y ca\·aliers keepiug "'atoh at its loot, into a 'Yes, 1ny dear,' answered the wife, turn· unnotrned. I endeal'or to obtam copy 'd or a bove, h ung nll aroun d W1 "th ing cheerfully around, 'and I've promised . . mg supeib corn from the olcl lawye1s l~to whoae coffo.rs ~o pictures, not quite 50 rate and costly as eister Jane to meet her there. If we don't much of my poor fathers wealth li?wed m those in the gallery, but still exquisite to hurry, all the best seats will be filled before the old times-and I receive a pohte note 1 k we arrive.' . . . d oo apon. mforming me that the busrneos 10 alrea y , Tllere, , sa1"d h e, po1n · t' t th 'I d 'Really, my love,' stammered Mr. Brown, 111g a e ;.t a ouovercrowdcd, btlt that, 1f future tune na, , 1 mus t g'J now, b n t you n1ay , · 1oo k as he took his scat, and began curiou>ly to , at any . they should learn of an open111~, etc, etc. Is around at your lei.sure. I like your face, examine his tork, not caring to meet his that inspiritin~ 1\ . and Rysn is an old friend of mine.7 wife's eyee, 1 l'm afraid-' '.Well, on the top of all theee dtsapWell, what was the end of this? Faith He stopped. Mro. Brown's face fell. pomtment.e come~ the note from my old 1 Fielding completed her task in about six She kue1V, from his manner, what wa· com· ,_ ing. school-mate, Be·Ble ltyan, who mamed a wee k e: ant! ~ . veu . nine · t y do1 1 But she ventured, for once, on a re· . recei iars 1or tue p1cture·dealeron Nassau street. lfer hu·' th t .. h d monstrance . \ . same-a su1n a in er eyes appeare 'It's only twenty-five cents apiece,' she band hae an ~rder for ·WO or three copies wealth-but ebe was not the happy girl sbe from the Arlmgton Ga11ery-an<l Bessie, m h nd ·l./Ven -~ . wee k s ago. sai<l, 'and surely we can aflord that. I . . s1x thhe kmdn e.. ol herbeheort,dth111ka I "."n ~a , Why not 1, don't go anywhere, as you knew. I feel as 1 ' if I could enJ· oy this concert.' t .em, as 1 um goo at pamting m , B ecauae 1 ,, 1 . , to . uave been a 1oo 1 -an 1 iot . Signor L~morie .. , F a1 "t',, w1'th cr1msonc . d ch ee k , Thus urged, Mr. Brown would perhaps . a class at sohool. . And ii sa1u u t u h er1:1e1 ... they arc well aoue I om to havo thirty dol· db 'd B N . d have gone, if he had not already spent halt , . . an unn e) es. ecauseever min .1 Jars each. 'l hirty · dollars ! Why, Miss· .1. N ' o 0 ne b u t myse lf k·nows i't, and 1 w1 .11 a dollar himself. But that settled tho affair. Betbuah, I . shall be nob ! We ·holl pay oil carry my secrc t t o the grave, a viper . st'tng· One extravagance, as he reasone.l, wao sufliall .our debts nod be able to look the world ing me to death.' cient. He did not, however, tell his wife iu the face again.' She was leaninl( over the garden wall in wliy he persistecl in his refusal. ' But your Uncle Orrin!' the old plaee, the salt spray mingling with 'I'd go- in a minute- if I could afford '0, he would think the s:au<lard ol our the tears npon her checks, and the rush of it, my love,' he stammered,' but fifty cents olJ aristocracy sadly besmirched by any- lhe waves forming a aort of underclil'rent there, soon runs up-'ile may livt:iyet to see. thing so plebeian as earning ones O\\'D for her thoughts, when she bectt.me inesruer· the day when we'll wan~ even·that sum.' bread; ~Aid Faith, nrcb1ng her gold-brown ically conscious that soine one stood beside Mr'. Brown, hke many others, was always browa. 'But bread is neceasary to life-and h T ready to preach, but slow to practic<', er. urning suddenly, she found herself it must Le earned some way or other, Scarcely a day passed that he did not spend lace to face with Sereno Arlington. , Yo u here!' she cried. And thee, re· something iu an unueceesary lunch ; but he I-lark ! there is tl1e bell. I must gO lu and prepate his evening tea and toast.' membering herself-' But there i' some never thought of curtailing this item of fool'And I must go home also,' Miils Betltuah ish exp·nse ,· it was invariably his wife's good eketcbing along tbe Sound .' rejoined, reluctantly. 'Well, ~'aitb, I wish , Yes ; but I didn't come to sketch. I comfort and recreation that was made to suf· you all succeos in your 11ew underl<tking, fer under the plea of economy. cau1e to see you.' although it <loeJ seem almost a pity.' , To oce me!' Mrs. Brown sighed. She bad been married long enough to know that expostula' How strangely people reason in this ' To ask you to marry rue. l ruiSl!ed yon world !' tbou;;bt"Faitb, a~ she re-entered the tion was useless with a husband,at le~st with out of the gallery when you were gone. l Gothic manor·house, that still retained its fi , lllr. Brown. But the disappointment was nu I can' t do without you.' ancient state, ulLho~gb the slates were fall· H greater than sbe thought it wise to show. ' ow dare you ask me such a que::itiou 1, ing off the roof, the sh"tters !lapping in the Bashed out Faith. Hor husband, however, oaw her feelings, ····wind, and t!)e columns of the portico W '· and oat, for the rest of the evening, sileot ' by ·houldn't I !' he as,;ed, in surprise. and aulky. 'l'his · d'd · mouldering away. 'Miss Bethuab would i not add to t he h app1tbink that I had ftilfilled the whole mission '\Vbat will Mrs, Arlington say 1' with in· ness of JSh wife, so that the hours l\'ore away gloomily enough. finite sarcasm and indignation. of woman, tf I were to marry some simperThere are a great many husbands like · t l\ · ·.1 'She enlirel.v approves.' ing u \'10, lt h a 11ttl e money to b nuge OY~r Mr. BrCJWD, and qu1te as 1nany, we su~pect, the Yacuity of his brain ; but she can't get "Vhat ! Your ~t:ije app1·ove8 of yonr ask- like M.r. Jonea. In a thousand ways, in· over the jndignity oi honest work.' ing lno to- to ' de.e<l, wives suffer fron'l the 1elfishn~s of those "ho have sworn 'to love nnd cherish' Mr. _ll'"'ielUin,J, a. fine, white.. haired old ' Stov u iniuul<',· sn.iJ l\ir. Arlington, them, but alas! forget to keep their YOVi"i!, gentleman, with a hiih·bred face aud sleud- <1uietly. ·\Ve are talkin:> a t cro.S:jmrpo·eo. at Jea.t in little thini;s. er hands, opet.ed bis unld blue eyes when Faith told him of her intention to go daily tJ the city 1 to take n1uaic le880us.' 'Aiusic les!'nns, eh 1' said lt-Ir. }, ielding. 'All very proper and correct. Music is a lady-like accomplishment, and should, by But how about all means, he "ultlvated. the money ?' 'I shall manage, Uncle Orrin.' The decayed gentleman ·a slender, aristocratic fingers strayed jrresolutely over his papers on the desk. 'If there is any unapproptiale.l Jund, a little old Port or Madeira would perhop· be strengthening,' hesitated he, 'now that the spring ol the year has come. And a fe1v uelV books. I haven't had a new took in a long time.' How Faith's heart ached for the poor old man. ' Soinctime, dear Uncle Orrin; before long,' she said, throwing her arms around his neck, and laying her fresh cheek againat hie wrinkles. 'But the arrangements are all n1ade about-about thC music-lessons.' 'It is all right, my dear, I dare say,' said Uncle Orrin, patting her head. ' It is natural for young folks to conanlt their own pleasures firet. We'old on·· have bod our day and n1ust stancl aside.' So Faith took the early tmin next duy nnd went into the city to begin h'}r work'. . '!'be .Arlington Gallery wa· private pro· perty but Mr. Ryan, the pictu.re·dealer, bad its 11ntrec, being thus epeciully favored, on account of huvmg discovered a probable Guido 1n a ma"' of cheap pictures sold in a Southern city, and having immediately se~ured it for Sereno Arlington. Ane,l eacorled by tbc enterprising picture-dealer, Miss Fielding entered the secluded doruaiu' with awe nnd adwira.tion. It was not large. Eighty or a hundred pictures constituted its limit, but they were all gems of the purest water, banging against a maroon velvet background, with a cnrpet of dead maroon on the floor, and the light pouring in like !iquid crystal, !rain a glass dome above, Nor had it tl1e monotony of a pictnrc gallery only, Pedestala of Jlutecl marble supported rare nymphs and damty sculptured groups. Birds sung in gilded balloons that swung from the ceiling. Azaleas, rart-J 108~5, und feathery silver·green ferns blossomed on a stand in the center, and· slender English greyhound, just the colur of a <love's wing, lifted its head front a tufted Angora mat, and tinkled the hells on his collar as they ente1ed. ' l'hat1a !\!rs. Arlington's pet,' said Mr. Ryon. ' Dou't .be afraid of bin1. He's very kind-tempered, anJ he wouldn't hurt a mouse.' And while he adjusteu her easel in the best light, opposi\e the beautifal Madonna, that she wae first to exercise her skill in eopy1ng, Faith glanced timiclly around. 'Mrs. Arlington's pot !' What a lucty won1an was tl::ie mistress of this fair domain ! ind for a second, Faith rnwatdlv rebelled against the fate whieb had dealt ~o liberally to one, and witheld so crnelly from another ! Mr, Ryan J1ad been gone for some time, and Faith's l\'holo aoul w·s absorbed in the Madonna's saintly face when a footstep . on the velvet pile of tbe carpet behind, startled her. 'Dou't be frightened l' saiU a lo\v voice, 'It is only I, Mr. Arlington < Yon are really catclnng, the mepiration of that Carlo Dolci. You have studied in Italy i' ' No sir/ said '.b'aith, hanging her head, yet perceiving \he while, how young and pleasant he looked. ' I have never been abroad.' 'Herl:',' said Alr. Arlington. ' Give i..Ue the brush r · She watched his skillful manipnlat10n with admiting eyes. 'Oh, if I could paint like tlw,t,' said ·h·. I ' !,lave auothi:'r Madonna up-stnirs, smaller, Lut far more beautiful than this,' said he. 'Would you like to see it?' , If I In9.y., The Tomcat As A Last Resort. An ictelli~ent young Carwer c..t Onondaga county, New York, sars an exchange,tecent.. ly went out to 4ry a three-yoke team of steers. The nigh steer in the middle yoke lay down right in front of Mr. Jones' l.ouse and nolhing which at first could be devised w.. of any use at all. All the eppl\ances with which the ~gricultur~l inter.. te are already familiar wece e>;haus!ivelr expcri· mented with upon that steer. Mr. JoneOl himself came to h·lp, and between them they got tb.~ steer cmt of the yoke, so that he should not strangle himself, but he only lay down the flatter !or all that. He became aa flat- as a comie ne..,epaper. "Confound him," e:aid the irate owoe,, hI'd like to drag a cat acroai:. him. "The v~ry thing, 11 exclaim ell the neigl1 horly Jones ;" I've got the bigg<>at cat you ever saw." In less tba.n ten minutea Jone· WM back from his honse, bringing with him a large, fine looking Thomas e&t, well-known to poosessa powerful and eultivnted voice of more than mnll] eompa'8 and <insnrp ... ed timbre. The cat W88 pot on at the .shoulder of the steer and drawn oteadilv and cvefully baekward and do11·nwatd. The steer kicked ·ome,bnt be did not get up although the cat seemed to know very well what he waa put there for. Again the cat wa· planted well forward and- drawn aft, but the steer paia him non1anner of atlention and this or something else aroused the wroth of tbe cat, for just aa he was putting in hi· claws for the third drag, he gne tongueif that'· a ·word for it'.-in his best and fond· est mu·ic. The effect was rnarvellou· and will be of great Yalue, for tll'e. steer ®t only sprang to his feet with unexpected agility, bot his !<1.il was ak etifl' ae hie home a. he dashed wildly away homeward. No trouble at all with him since that, for any eigne of a balk you have only to begin a l'Ocal imitation of th·t tomcat ana the etreng<th of the yoke and cl1ain io tested instantly. Stont English Girls. A correspondent of the Hartford Times from a Swiss inn says : 1 A few day~ ago,~ ust at dusk; after a cold rain bad set in, two English girls and their handsome, gray· haired fat,herarrived. They were cold and damp, and the hotel was cold and damp, and, as we eat by oµr blazing fire anl heard thetn gQ into their cold rooms, '"e pitied tl1em io much that we opened our doorand invited"them to share our warn1th and com'fort-so they came in, and we chatted to· gethcr "11 the evening. Those two bright, !resh-looking girls sat cnlmly in their chairs and told us they had cre'8ed frow 11Ieiring· en to tho Rhone Glacier over the Grimsel on loot, the day before·, through a foot of snow-had walked nine miles down the val. ley that morning, and had tben climbed up all the wa) froiu Viesch to the hotel on foot in the rain that ;fternoon. We looked at them aghast, anil murmured, 'T1rod ! Oh, no,' they briskly choru·e<l; and indeed they did look moot revoltingly fresh and pretty. When we appeared in the morning father (who always eomes in to breakfast from out of doore, with a blast of cold air, very muc1' as 1f he slept un the nearest glac· ier) announced that ' tbo·e En~lisb girl· at·rted to walk up to tbe oummit<>fthe Eggischhorn two hours ago, and are coming back in time to cross the Aletacb glacier to, go to the Belle Alp for the night! ' Before )ong they came in, brisk and rosy as usual : ' Oh, no ! not tirejl .at all !'-and without waiting for anything more than a lunch they were off again. We groaned in ·pirit as we saw them .di,tappear around a prom· ontory.' In England and in eome other portions of, the Old Country it is not considered ' vul· gar in a young lady to be healthy and vig· oroua. There i1 less of that !teble, · lolly pally' nonsense than we meet with in cc·· tain circles here, Who ever heard an Eng· lish girl say, 'Oh, I can't !' when invited to take a walk of ten or a dozen mile· I Young men who may wish to start a email hospital, with at least one permaneLt p .. tient, should marry a ·mall, tight-laced, l'asb1onatle American girl-or dry-goods ehow-eaae-wito baa been in the care of a family physician since she was six years old. Ile will wish be had not.-Scienco ·! Hea.ltho writin~ men.-Szn1rgcon. Thoughts abont Thoughts. What an iafimte number of thoughts pa>s through the mine\ iu a day! It may be choked up with employment. It may bo limited by sloth. It may be dull with im· becility. A thousond bars may present ob· stacles against thb free exercitle of thought, but these Lirds of pas.age are still le~i on . If the thoughts of one day were gntbered t>gether and written upon a parchment t h·y woulJ make a great vol un1e. Let us in : agine them so written, and in the secrecy ot our chambers consider what we tho·1ght y.-terday. In the first place, these thoughts ar;;-;,;;;:. ed. They are »'ise and loutish. They are imaginative and th'ey' are meditafive. There are brooding thought., sudden and passing thought., wild thuughts and poetical thoughts. Thoughts bright with anticipation and hope. Thoughts tinged by trouble ~nd despair. There are thoughts which make the blood tingle in our cheeks with shame, thoughto which send it back to our hearts with a sudden chill. Thoughts of brilliant econee, of happy faces, and happy houre. Thoughts which give pleasure, and thoughts which give pain. Thoughts wilicb fly towards the fu t ure, and thoughts t hat linger upon the past, but ob, bow Jew thoughts of the God who is the author of this nnraculous power of thought! All species of thought may be divid ed iuto two classes, good a.nd bad. In the volume of yesterday's t hought which lies open l·efure ua 1ne1u b1.::rs of the second or bad clas· predommate, They are unhappily tbe rnajority ant! clain1 onr attcution first. Bad thoughts are the lit~le foxes which spoil .the ,·ines. '1.'heir ~,;hief characteristic is cunning. Out they come when l east ex pected, and a very little thing will aurnct them. In yesterday's vmeyard ol thought there are 1uaay little foxEs 1 and, alas ! their ahaJow is thrown upon most of tne grapes. The great field of yesterday's thought is choked up with tares. Very few of the tares have been cropped in their grow th. ~1oat of then'l, springing from a source no bigger than a mustard seed, have darted up thick and strong. The good grain is almost lost in a tangle of tares. What will be the quantity and the worth of the good grai n at the end of the harvest! We will underline the gooV. thoughts in the great volume ol yeeterday's thoughts. It is terribl~ to see how few line· we can conscientiously make. So many al the good thoughts, even to our imperfect sight, appear doubtful, we are eonetrained to pa68 them by. We can count the goo<'. thoughts upon our fingers, but it would be impossible to num her their opposites in all our li vea. They are like tho sands on the seashores and the haira of our bea<ls, beyond the calculation of man. Wha.t will be the result if evil thought continues to pred.orninnte over virtuous thoueht I It -will not only conquer the mind but condemn the thinker. The evil muat be rooted out. How1 By conetant watchlng. It is noticeablo that a second evil thougtrt will attend the footsteps of the first, if the attention is not inotantly directed another way. No rnan can be wholly pure in thought, but if be doee not prune his tbo11gbte, that is to say, watch them, they may be injurious to his soul's health. A land that is allowed to lie waete for a long -time will be overspread with bru·hwoocl, bramble, and thorns . They may spring up with thickness suffici· ent to bar Lio e11trance into the kingdom of Heaven. It is a scriptural command tbat we should think no .evil Commands which order imP.O"sibilities are not to be found in th e Scriptures, so it evidently lies with us whether our thoughts shall be good or evil. One evil thought is too often tbe parent of an evil deed, One evil cleed, though it may successfully evade punishment, must produce an evil conscience, and an evil con· science is hell upon earth. The most sincere repentance cannot quench its fire. ReaderB, let us close the volume of yes~er· day's thought, and by God's grace "Let thought be quir.:k encd and awake, awake to see Ho"' soon this life is past and gone, 11 leaving an eternity which shall be to us according to onr lives, our deeds, and our thoughts. God blees ns all, and enable us to sav with the Psalmist, when we are s1iling from the shores of ·life over the river of Death, 'Jn the multitude of my; thoughts within me Thy comfort. delight ruy soul !' Tm: l'ALLlNu TEAl~-An ol<l womati oat on a bench in the Grand 'I'runk depoj; y e·· terday, wipipg her eyes with an bandker· chief, when a portly man, full of sympathy, ta.id to another, "Tio sad"to see the falling le81". 11 al ways makes my heart ache to sec an aged persou in trouble." Walking up to her, )10 kindly asked : "My good woman, I\ hy theoe tears, wby do yo11 weep1" She took down the bandker~hiel, looked up in surprise, and bluntly au·wered: "I've got the wtist cold in my bend I've had for forty-six ) · a1·s." Mm11·y aud tirn· nte tLe he.,·icst hur· den· of hfe ; and th e unliappie·t of mortal& are tho'"' who have more of either than the1 know how to uoe, anee. I Gold Rims. It is astonishing how far mece polish will go with certain hearers. Let a man affect fine longuage and pompous manneld, and there are profeesed Christians who will delight in him, Though there may be no spiritual food in bio oermon·, nor even a single original idea, he will be preferred by some to the most instructive preaeher, "'hO&e style appears to be le68 refined. We have no reoaon to believe that Cali~ula"s horse liked lns oats any the bettec for their being gilded, but with cettoin persons the gilding is everything. Many Christians look more to the meat than the garnishing, but the present feeble generation rnns mad after flowers and finery, Paul discarded excel· !ency of speech,and enticing words of man's "iadom; .but among the moderW! the·e carry the higbeet pride in the market, Com· bine scrape of Tennyson, obocure and suspi· cious, metaphysical jargon from the Ger· mans, · spice of heresy from Mauritll or Voyoey, and a pinch of hair-splitting criti· cism, and you will have prepared a bait which will entrap hundreds of the would· be intellectual., who, having little or no brain, give themsclve· credit for a Jonble measure of it. Wrap up the half of nothing in poetical phtal!es and philosophical affectations, and you shall be cried up ao a man of cul· ture ; !lat if yon preach the old-fashioned, unadulttrated g08pel, with plainneS8 of speech, refinement will turn up her nose at you, even ·though the Lord should eonvert bnndreds of sinner. by your ministry, ancl build up his people in their mort holy faith. Somewhere or other we came across the story of an old lady who presisted in w1·ar· iug a pair of spectacles which were of no earthly me to her, for she always looked over lhcm, ancl not through them. She preferred them far beyond another most ser·iceahle pair, and why I 'Because they had ·a· '- -- - -- 0 --~ -- -- ----- ~--~ __ ....,,._ ___ -