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! THE MEROHAN'r AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. rcula.tes largely in the Townships of Darling. n, Clarke a.nd Cartwright. It is 11 QQIDmon atf orn1, open to the free drncussion of all quesn s in which the general public a.re coneerDed. TEil~lS, WEST DURHAM Steam Job :Pri:c.ting Office Knm STREET, Bow.1uNvrL1"E. Et' cr 1 ~ f ' f <r 11 F 1 r 1 l J J , r ind vance. The '1\erchant' and 'Obser· ver,' $2.QQ. RA.TES OF ADV l!.RTISING. On ~ column 45 per annum. H<J..lf do. 2.~ " Qu'.t.1terd <;. · · J5 Transient arlverhsernents,5 cts per hn.e first ill r;crtion, and 2c. per lino, each subseouent one AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME VII. HMmg l!Old~ut my CABINET & UNDERTAKING B'C'SINESS to :Mn. W P. Puow~u I would respectfully recommend him to the Public who have favored me with their patronage for the last Thuty yenrs, as a Gentleman well q_uaUti 6 d to ineet their wants 1n the a.bo\e ~ine of trade, and behcve th:tt h_, \Hll give the utmost satisfaction to all who fa\Or him with their pat ronage, POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HA~DBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, BOWMANVILLE, ON'l'ARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMER 12, 1875. NUMBER VII &c., &c '"~c ., J EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE LIGHT SOVEREIGNS - - The Bank of Eng· land clip every l1gl1t sovereign that cornea POETRY The Working-Girl's Dream. u Htu1y on, 0 ye slow-moving hours, Do not bnger but hasten, I vray ; mouth. 'You have nothing. The money Rcspcot(ully yours, · R. S. MANNING. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! is all miue, and I n1ean to keep 1t !' Milly sat down again, twistmg her pocket hand kerchfot around and around. She was not prepared with an immediate answer. 'I'll take'em-at any price!' ,mp~tiently exclaimed the banker. ' Cash down 7' A Woman's In11uence. REVIVAG Trains will leave Bowmanv1Ue Station, Bowmanville time, as follows : Ci-OJ.NG WEST, GOING EA.ST. CHANGE To the Public : ~f :rt-IR OF BUSINESS! Having bought out t11e and winch I purpose carr~dng For my love waits the coining of flowers, To greet me and bear me away. u 'J'o greet me with long-promised k1i;;s, To greet me with cheeks all aglow 1 'l1o bear me away to my bhss Iu h1a home where tho \:iolets grow. ' And now, Mr.. Gates,' Baid the banker, after n mon1ent or two of overwhelming .7:20, a.m. 1 Express ., 8·30 a.n1. 8 45 a, m : Ivlixed , . 3·50 p.m. Mixed . 2.25 pm ! Local .... 7 10 p .m. .Expre3s .. 8.45 p. m. J Express ... 8.45 p.m *This train runs every n:or nng of "eek, .. '\ton days excepted, Local* Express. silence, if you'll be good enough to stitch that button on my glove, I'll go down I have already wasted too much mg at the breakfast table. tuwn. ti1ne.' eovereig-n ts accomphshrd quickly, they ' Yes, anything, everytbmg-only come weigh 3000 in an hour with one ruac}nue. out of this crowd.' (From the Chicago Post and Mail ) A1r Pt1.lrner, the D eputy-Governor, inforni· So Mr. and Mrs. Gates went home ; and ed the House of Cornmons Select Con1m1ttce Mrs. Van Cott spent a portion of last that cvenrng the banker agreed to make his wife a regular nllowa11ce of so much per month in earnest C'fforts for the Christian· of last session on b~nks of issue, that last week to be paid down every l\1onday morn- tzing of sundry towns arid villages 1n Pelln- year the Bank of Eugland weighed coin t o ED FROM INDEED-- A MURDERER TURK· ms PURPOSE. into the Bank. The wcighrng of every 'But we'll have no more selling straw· sylvania. Among these villages i· the vtl· tbe amount of £23,100,000, and reJ ecte<l lage of Freedom, in York county, where she £840,000 fur about 36 per cent, as b~1n ,; CABINET BUSINESS R. S ~IANNI~G, u I've ,., aited and lil\Jife1 ed sn lnng In the heart of the city's turmoil , rve n1et with the cruellest wrong At 1ny hopeless allll wearisome toil " But he w1ites that his danger is past, That FQI tune has bll"ssed him once 1nore, That to me, in the Spring-time he'll haste, And my labor and care wdl be o'er. u Then thus mercdess cough v. ill Ue well, '1'h1s fe'rer no longer consume, My \'OIW will sound clear DR a bt.11, And my cheek wear a healthier bloom." on at the D'rs. Reid & Boyle. su1iGERY---SILVER ST. Bown umv1lte~ Old Stand, King Street Bowmanville, I beg to say that I will endeavor to kiPep eve1 ytl1ing on hn.nd tJ,at is n~eded tn the l!"'urn1ture Linc Having had TEN YEARS ex1)et ience in the Bowman ville Funnture FactorJ, and being appointed Agent to sell for the Company in Bowmanvil1e 1 the Pubhc can depend upon getting the So the verbal passage-at-arms ended, and berries,' said il.fr. Gates, nervously. Milly felt that so far she was worsted. 'To be sure not,' said Milly. 'All I She walcl1ed Mr. Gates drive off in an wanted was a little tr.Oney of n1y own.' open baronche, drawn by two long tailed And M~. iladchffe Gates respected his hornes, all a glitter with plated barness,and w1f~ all the ruore LecausP. she bad conquerturned away, almost wishing that a11e waa ed him in a fair battle, Mtllicent Haughton once again, bebintl her desk m the little red school-house. She looked around at the tulaid furniture, Aubusson carpets and satin window d rapene~, and thought with a passionate met with ma1ked success, and he]d enthusi- light qold. For th'" laat amount the bank astic nteehngs. One evening, while can- paid the valu e, n1aku1g a dedi.;ct1on for tl o vass1ng the bouae for repentent sinne1s, Bhe defic1eucy of weight, which is genera' ly nol1ccd a n1iddle-aged man, the stolid ex- about 31 or 4d per light sovereign. lt \\'.l S pression of wboae face attracted her atten- stated to the Comn11ttce that boxes ot cot tion and excited her fe1n1nine curiosity ; so, rectly weighed golrl, seut by the Bunk of in her uaua.l magnet1c manuer, she ap- England to Scotland, freq ·iently came back Ang 20, 1875 :;?----- -------If-% 11 Want Good Bread, Use the ~imttwtut ~tMd <!Dnhc.$. Nov ber 5th, 1874. m6·ly - - ·' BEST FURNITURE IN THE PROVINCE, at ~:l:oderate pang, how liU!e all this availed her. The \\Orking·gul smiled as she alept, ' It'· so provokmg of Radcliffe !' she mur· "\Vith the Jetter hugged closu to her breast; inured. 1 I've half a mtnd to go out to serAnd anon through the -w1ndo\Y there crept vice, 01 dresa·mak1ng1 or something-for I A moonbeam t0 '\\t\tch her at rest. 1nust have money of my own, and l will !' That face had been pallid, but now J nst then a servant knoeked at the door It was whiter by far than the be.t.10 w1tll a basket and a note, 'l'hat sHently lurkod on Jw1 brow, 'An old lady in a Shaker bonnet and a To guess at the \Vorldng-grrl's dream. one·horse wagon left it,' said the girl, with It hng"rerl till up rOfi:e the day a scarcely disguiser! titter. 'She wouldn't And tintt-d the sky with bright rt'<l ; come in, although I invited her.' And as it van1sheJ a.way, Mrs G<ltes opeued the note. It ran in l1 " She dreams now no longer," lt im.iJ stiff, old fashioned cnl1graphy, as if the pen She 11as gone with a smile into heaven, wete an unwonted in1plement in the writer's Poor sufferer, so patient and bra\ o. hand. And to·ru01·row t<> me will be given Dre.ut MILLY-The etrawbeiries in the 'l\> shed light on the working gll'l's gra re. " aouth meader lot are jui:lt ripe, where you uaeJ to pick '0m when you were a little gal; 0 men, on whom Fortune has sm1led ' U women, with wealth at comniand ! so Penelope picked a lot an<l we made bold There a.re scores hke tins anffcr1ng child. to send them to you for the sake of olJ Who ask but a dole n.t your hand times, as Aunt Araminta is going to the city G·o seek in the factory's dust, ratefl, by giving me a call I iutend to SELL 1"0R CASH, makrng but Srnall l'rofits. I>rof. J. Ruse, G REPAIRING OF 'ALL KINDS DONE, AND CHARGES MODERATE. H.ADTJATE of Baxter University of ~f ua1c Fr1end1:11up, New York. 'reacher of Piano and Organ, cultivatien Voice, Singing, 'J.1horough Baas, Ha1 mony from tho celebrated ~fesmi:. Armstrong's, of Guelph, I am prtipa.red to furnii!h Funerals with an outfit unsurpa.s.sed in any City in the Province. Composition, &c. Darlington, July 16th, 1874. 41-ly I !keep 011 l1a.nd, a Splendid lot of Coffins, Shrouds, etc , which 1 an be sent out upon one hour'& notice, at any time, thus meeting the want that emergencies sotnetnnes cause to a.nse, in R R LOSCOMBE, the country. II.A'YDl'· IK>UGEIT A NEW HEARSE, /~ IJ·FlCE,;:-O>er McClung's Store same flat as J. . .tlr;1nac01nb's Dental Hoolllil, Bowmanville, Oct. 27th, 1868. ly BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANOl!lRY, &c llowm·mille Sept. 9th, 1875. Yours, etc., W. P. PROWER. 0 MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Bl ROBERT ARMOUR MARRIAGE LICENSES. MR. JOH~ Da.rhngton, fnear Bethesda Church] duly .authorized to issue Marriage Licenses. D&diugton, Nov. 19, 1874. tnS-tf. H EYNON, Lot 7, 6th Con JS In the heat of the m1lhu1Jr's rooin ; 'l1here are hundreds to wear out-not rustFor that. is the pampered one's doom. to morrow. We l10pe you will like them Affectionately yonr friend, MARIA ANN PEABODY The tears sparkled in the bride's eyes, For an instant, it seemed to her as it she were a merry child agnin p1cking straw· berrieR in the golden rain of July sunah1ne · 'Vho wear out in toil without rest; '\Vho starve w1th1n s1ght of your gate ; D. E. l\'IcMillan, .ATl'ORNEY A1' J,AW, SOL10110R IN CHANCERY, COl'IVEYANCER, &e., \Vho die where the sound of your feast Modra with laughter the working-girl's fate. G.13. -Selected. NE'\VCASTLE. ONT._ Newcastle, Oct. 8th, 1875. m51-tf. LITERATURE. 'CONQUERING A HUSBAND. There were people enough to euvy Millicent Haughton when she waa roamed to RaJchffe Gates. She was on!v a district scbool·teacher, at so n1uch a u1onth, \\ith· out ho1ue or parents. He was a wealthy banker, who seemed to have uoL11111g on w1Lh the seent of wild roses iu the air and the gurgle of the little trout stream close by. And as she lifted the lid of the great basket of lusc10us fnnt and inhaled the de. lic1ous perfume, a sudden idea darted into AUCTIONEERS Foi· the Township of Dai·lington. H. T. PHILLIPS, HA~fPTON. Promvt attention given to sales, &c, on reason· able terms. 1875. CASH CASH. 1875. CIRCULAR. CASH. her head. 'Now I will have money of my own I' she cried out-' money that I will earn myself and thus be m dependent.' Half an hour afterwards Mrs. Gates eame do\\n stairs to the iufiuite amazement of RachE><l and the chamber·maid, and LouiBa the parlot maid, iu 11 brown gtnghb.m dreEe, sun- bonnet, and a bl;lsket on her arm. 'Won't JOU have a catriage, ma'am 71 earth to do but to indulge his whims and caprices to t~ir utmost bent, and the world in general announced its diction that Milly Wm. Barion., ENNISKILLEN. Sales promptly attended to on reasonable terms. M°CLUNG BROTHERS' ON and AFTER\ the first day of Oct . 1875, our bueiness will b& cor ducted on a CASH basis. We have, after duly considering the matter, concluded to abandon the CREDl'l' SYS'l'1'M and to sell our goods for ready money, or its equivnlent. It is unnecessary to 1eso1t to a1gument or explanation to show that, in these cl:tys, the Credit System is injmious alike to seller tmd purchaser; and it is umversally admitted to be an injustice to those who buy for cash. So thereis no apology necessary, on our pa1 t, for makin~ the proposed change This new method will enable us to t11ke every advant.age of the markets, and place within our reach large trade discount! on cash purchases. _ The benefits which will result to our customers under this system are nmn :rest, not only shall we be able to buy our goods considerably cheape1· under the advantages refeITed to, but much smaller profits then were necessary under the old system, will suffice. We are determined, this season, to push our business with 1enewod energy, and shall endeavor to excel in every department. Our aITange1.1ents are such that no establishment can uuclersell us. Remember, then, that the right place for cheap goods is ALLAN LINE sfEAMSH IP. apply to Fon. 1'ickets, vr infrrmabon, W. A. NEADS, LiVM'J'OOl London, and Glasgow Agent. -- ____,· llowtna.nville, .Tune 9th, 1871. tf-30 Haughton had done uncommonly well for herself. But bhlly J id not look happy upon th at ~olden July morurng, with the sunshrne shiurng through the oriel window or the great brenkfost roon1 at Gates' Place and ooattermg Mlle drops of gold and crimson and gloM1ng purple on Lhe mossy ground of the stone·colored carpet. She wns dressed In a Loose v.·llite cambri~ wrapper, looped and bu t.toned -with b 1ue, aud a s1oglr. pearl arrow 11pheld the sh1n1ng masses of her lovely nuburn hair asked Lhe latter, as Mrs. Galea beckoned lo a passing omnibus. 1 No, I won't,' said the banker'a lady. And within the city limits oho ahRhted and began work in good earnest. 'Stra"berries' "ho'll buy my wild strawbernes 1' rang nut her clear, shrill vmce, ns ;be "nlked along-lightly balancing the weight on her arm, and im· proroptu DHtsqucrade as only a spirited young worr1an can. 80, I-IO! G-entlemen of Fashion ---NOT SO FAST. I have written these few lines And all I hnve to say, Thnt you oa.n find ine 1:1till at home I am not gone a.way , So aU my kind old friends may oome ..A.ncl all the young ones too And p:et their garments nicely mad· In fashioWJ that are new lVhere old anll young dP.11.r ~nendmrs. meet .._'\.. welcome greeting by R. PEA 'l'E Dowma.1'v11le, June 19th 1873. Mrs. Pow ler bought four quarts for preser viJ1g at t\\ euty-fh e cents per quart 'Wild strawberries have such 11 flivor,' 'd h Id 1 d JI t , d 't · t sa1 t e o a y, rt ec 1ve1y; an a1n f t , . h . 1 o ten yon can ge tlll 1n t e c1ty. I a'poae d , d , you on t con1e rouu reg 1ar young wo~ ' 1 rnan 1 'No, I don't ma'arn 1 ' Because you might get sq.me good cus· tomera,' ea1d ~frs Powler Her eyes were deep, hqu1d hazel ; her complexion as , f soft and radiant as the dimpled s1ue o an I early peach , and the little kHl-s ippered foot that patted the velvet ottoman beneat h . was as perft!ct and tapering as a eculptor !BUH.·_ DER, ETC., -. Begs rt'!) return thanks to hjs friends for the sup purt he has ieceh·ed the past two yea.rs 1 and .hopes by continued strict pCr$onal attention to lbusin~ss, and working at the n1ost reasonable prices, to en~ul'- a. cont1nuanct1 uf public l)fltr1Jll· ~e. "\V B. is p'!ej)&tcd to bu1ld hous88 1 eta , '1. the tnost modern gtyle of acch1tecture, Jobo. ' C" promptly attended to Plans and specifibu. m.a got up on apphca.t1on-, Q!1 tbe tnost rea· eatll le tenna and ot every descd['tlon. Office nonab op, Onia.rio Street, nearly oppe.!'ite 1\-fr. and Sh <k.n's. T .BB ow tivill· Dec. 24th, 1874. l:J.] Y· owma w. BUNNEY, Bowmanville, Sept 1st, 1875. ~f °CLUNG BROS. could have wished it Mr Bute·, from his oide of the damaok· draped table, eyed her with the complacent M1sa Senintlua Hall. who keep· boarders, gaze of propr1etorsh1p. She was his w1fe purchased two quarts; Mrs. Captain Car· He hked ber to look well Just as he wantbary took one ; and then Millicent jumped ed his horses properly groomed and his on the cars and rode wearily down town. conservatories kept in ordPr ; and lie troub' I've got a dollar o.nd seventy five cents led himself very little about lbe shadow on of my own now, at all events,' she said to her brow. herself. 'I'm 1n earnest, Radcliffe ; she said, with 1 Strawberries ! Nice, ripe, wild atra\'Y'· en1pbasis. berries ' Buy ruy Ptrawberriee !' ' So I supposed, ~fra. Gates,' said the Her sweet voice resounded through the husband leisurely foldmg bis paper-a sign balls of the great marble building on who·e that the news within \vaa thoroughly exfirst floor the great bank was situated. hausted- ' so I supposed. But it is not at It chanced to be a dull interval of businil worth while to allow yourself to get exness JUSt then, and the cashier looked up 7 c1tcd. " hen I say a thing, ~f rR . Gates, I with a yawn. generally mean it. And I repeat-if you 'I say, Bill James,' aaid he to the youngneed money for any sensible pnrpot!e, I New 'l'a,ilor shop, JOHl'J HEAL_, L Billy, nothrng loth ; slipped off his stool with a pen bebmd each en, and soampered out into the hall. So Milly ·old another quart. ATE WITH F Y. c U:WLF., be~· to in· As she was g1viag change for the cash1er 1a form the pnbhc g ~:Sfi~p b:o E~: menced bmune55 1D t ~... 0 f r Mllns's dollar bill the President himself c~me in Offioe one door ' '--~ t · · h prH~ving h~ sev 6 ra.1 yea.rs ex~ertE!llCe i11 t e bustling and brisk as tl'ual. Miller's house was just finished when this trade, he hopes to sat1s (y .all "ho may fn.vor 'Eh I What 7 How 7' barked out lll r. occurred, and the next two "eeks were to him w1th n call. 1 Strawberries' Radcliff!! GRtes. '¥'ell, I be occupied by wife No. 2 m gettrng ~he GOOD FITS GU'A RANTEED don't car~ if I take a few myself. Here, house furnished. He told her that he would m49 ti. Bo\vma.nville, Sep. 4tbt, 1872. young wotna.n, how <lo you sell them 1' relieve her of his presence by going off for - - -- ·-- 1 'J\.1,·enty-fivo cent~, n quart, sir, if you a. week to go to tbeYosenl1te. To w1faNo. rich. 1 ple·se,' sai<i she 111th much humility. 1 he said that before gomg back to Aus· ' Exnctly 1n1y dear,' nodded this Benedict ; The Preeident dropped his paper of straw- tralia he wanted to go to the Yosemite, and 'and that's the way I 1nade n1y fortune, by berries on the floor. as they would doubtless hke the trip, he lookiug personally a!t<r e.ery penny, and I '~frs. Gn.tes 1' he ejaculat~d. would take them, They nil went, nnd on menn to keep it up.· 'The sa1ne, sir,' said ~l1llcent. the trip or soon after, J\f.1!ler n1ade to No. ' Hut think how I was tllOttJtied yester' rtlny I venture to 1nqu1re---' 1 a pre;ent of $60,000 m U uited Stutes day, \vb en ~frs. Armour co.rue to ask me if 'Ob, yes,' said Milly; 'you may inquire honds-" a part of the fortune be wnde in GENERAL aoN~'RAaToRs I cunld subscribe fifty cents toward buying as much aa you please. I needed a little Australia." AND nuILDERs. a hand ca.triage for our washer.woman's money, and I am earning it. See ho\v .ANOTHER NARRJW ESCAEr. lame child-only filty cents-ond I had to much I have alrradx !' and she trinmphManufacturers of Sash,l}lill;ds say, 'must ask my husband to give me antly displayed her roll of crumpled stamps. But the presenee o! wile No. 1 was still Doors, Mouldings, and mouey when he returns f'orn1 the city !' - The strawberries were all my own-seut to fraught with mnch danger. Ou their redow Frames, 'All very right-all very proper !' said me this morning by old Mrs. Peabody; and turn from the Yosemite, and immediately With or u·ithout Cwnng With or without ha~ decided to go out of the Dry (foods busine· s, 11,ncl will commence Mr. Gates, playing with the hnge rope of I'm selling them to get nn income of my before wife ::\'" o. 1 rcturn~d to the Eust, she Band Moulds. on the gold tbat hung across be chest in his guise owu.' instated upon staying a few days in San ofa watch chain. 'You, mR.'am, selling strawberries tbroi Francisco. ].filler " ·as "ery nnx10Us to bneten her departure, but still he had to the streets l' 'Other ladies are not kept penniless I' Pl . & M ~ h. give in and take her lo San Francisco. They That rests entirely betwern them and hl11ly made. oourtesy. put up at the Lick House, Fortunately their husbands, Mrs. Gates.' ·E t ·t· t'f e·trem" wife No. l did not hke San F1aocisco, so Oniarnental Pickets, in ev,M·y variI'!' ~ntir.e OOA.. ' I ,.. ,JJ uot endure it' cried Milly start· x reme necesi ies JUs 'Y 4 · 'ty and Scroll Sawing "" . O . b t cl f K th · ' · measures, Mr. Gate·,' she said, saucily. I to Miller's great relief she cut her stay ·horl. e ' ' The Sprmg Importat10ns only havmg een comp 1 e e a cw wee. 8 '. e -hrg-W be feet with cheeks dyed scarlet und earned my own hving before I eaw you and Before gomg he took her to a dry goods of every description Stc.K ts very lnrge and well n~sorterl; A~ it must be sold within a indignantly glittering eyes,-...~ _.L ean again.' store and bougbt her $1,500 worth of goods. given tnne, Mr Gates leaned back in bis ch1ir with Mr. Radcliffe Gate· looked uneasily Su b.equently the Lill was sent to llliller's ON£ TO provoking compl:!<'ency. around at the crowd ot gaping clerks. house, and fell into the hands of wife No. 2, 1 SHORTEST NOTICE. TERMS OF SALE :-Under $50, Cash; over f50, Fou1· nzontlts .James,' su.1U he, 'call n1e a hack. }fy to whom it 'vas a cause of alarm. But ' I will have money,' sa1J Milly defi~ut· dear, let n1!! take yon home. 1 ly. Credit on approvad notes. Miller quieted her by sa) ing that he had '!low ate you going to get tt, n1y d ear 1' 'Not until I have so!J the rest of my only ordered the goods for the wife of a The Tailoring in Order"!-Work, will be continued as usual, during the Sale. F. F. McARTHUUR. retorte<l her spouse, with an aggravating itrawberries,' saucily retorted the young friend oflns in Portland, Oregon, and the ops on Liberty Street. Nort~ of the Ea. stern House, BowmanVJJle. bill was made out in his name by mistake. ~wile playrng around the corners of his wlfo. Bowrnanville, M.a,y, 1875. 41-tf 1wmanville, July 0th, 1874. :a:t h:b. N eiv Partnership I FRO~I RETIRil'fG ·rrHE shall be most willing and happy to aecommodate you.' Milhceut bit her full, 1ed, lower lip, and drummed impatiently on the table w1lh her ' And I nm to come ten restles~ fingers. meekly to you for every five cent piece I happen to want !' ' Yes, Mrs. Gate·, if you prefer to put the matter in that ltght.' 'Radch.ffi::,' she coaxed, suddenly chaug111g her tone, '<lo give me an allowance-I don't care how httle ! Don't sul"Ject rne to the humiliation of pleading for a little mon·:t half a dozen times a day. You are est clerk, woman. 1 1 I have o.n idea that a few straw- berries wouldn't go badly. Call in the box of cartndges, which he also placed in Col Bieroarck Jed t11e ~batte red re main& of her band. The strange sight was then pre· his regiment back to 'Vurtemberg and relle afterwa rds d1st1n guis.hcd sented of the \\ oman revn·aliRt holding 10 cruited 1t or:e hand a seven shooter and in the other a himself as a light cavalry corrirnand er a t box of death deahng mtssels win le she of· Bautzen,and was decorated with the Legion fered to heaven an earnest prayer for the of Honor. Havmg gainecl glory ·nd honor saving of this brand from the burning. As in the service of France, it would not have Mra. Yan Cott finished telling the rnctdcnt. been cxtr.1ord1nary hnd Colonel, ntterwitrds she said : 'Never m my life did I feel such General, BlSmnrck, unable to return homc 1 power in pra)' er, and never before did I adopted France as his country. But D" offer up a. petition to n1y Heavenly Father aliter viS'u.m.' under such stra11ge circunlstanccs. ' The A LOS1' 'l'EA>f.-ln a late i9S ue of the next clay the man clothed m bis rigl.t mind EVADING '\'lFE NO ~. N Y. Sun, we find the following from n As the train sped along, Miller while and happy in heart, sought the injured correRpondent :-On Oct 7th, a man ltith wife, t:ifected n reconciliationJ and anotber chaltrng 111th the coolness of a lilt ph1stoR. team of horses drove pa$t my hvuse anJ pheles, was hntchtng a plan to get wile No. will soon be added lo the hot of happy into the woods, where he left his team. He homes in Chicago. 2 out ol the car without No . l <eeiug her. was under the infiueuce ot liquor. The Wife No. 2 wanted to stop at Sacramento hoisea were 1n the woods until Oct. 2 3rd, A GooD PRrnrER -Tramps are plenty. and go to San Francisco by u. later train. when they were fonnd by a man who "'as He mentally resolved that wtfe No. 1 and Tramping printers are also plenty, not only hunting. For sixteen days they li.d been lier p.irty should not go to San Francisco at this year, but they are generally easily harnesse<l ton cart without food or water, found, and they hang around printmg of· all if he could prevent 1t. So he at once and when found, one (a blind !10rs was told her that he bad aome important "business fices, waiting for a job. They are a proni-dead ; the other (I\ so1rel niar(>) wtts alive. in Sacramento, tnd must stop over there that ising set-very-and, as a general th 1ng. \Ve took her to the barn, anJ flhe devoured know something about printing. A Masaanight. Of COU~e she and her pnrty must her food. On Sunday 01ornin1<, the 24th, atop too. Wile No. 1 consented. IV1feNo. chusetts editor, ho\\·ever, hRs had 50 cents' they drove her home to N ev.· Markt:> t, sh e worth of experience, and this is' how 'twai:i 2 was managed. JUst as ak1lflllly. The train beiDg q tnte hvely. 'l'l1e owner tra\ o1le l makes a stop ot twenty minutes n.t Sacra· done.' It sc>ems that the editor, in a spasm many IJ1iles to find the team, and passed men to. She was asked to keep her seat m of generosity, gave him 50 cents. The no very close to them 1uony times. I look rnad aaid he was a pr1nter, and wou1J. work the compartment until be c011ld get a carupon this as wondeiful-tbat a horse could riage to take her to a friend'· house. Wheu it out. 'All right,' said the philantrophic live sixteen days without Jood or drink,' N O\V tlJe good man the tram £l<>pped Miller hastened wile No. editor, ' come on.' donb~d some'l\t. Happening into a. res1 and party ont of the rear end of the cur, COURTSHIP, shoved thetn hastily into the carriage, and taurant during the day, he met bis benetold the driver to take them to a hotel. ficiary taking su'thin' A gentle reminder There nre certain young ladies in th9 Then he got wife No 2 out, put her in a from the donor set the donee ln hne with world (writes a ph1Josopber) who hold pecucarriage, and sent her to her triendA, sa~ ing him, and together they wended their way har not1ons as to the attentions they receiv-d he would cult for her at tram lime. ThJS to the office. A case was given the wan· from gentlemeu. They seem lo thrnk that if gave him a hreathmg ·pell, which be em- de1er, and this was the proof be rendned a n1an 1s polite and agreeable to them, if ployed m perfectrng his plan· to evade de· of bis ban di work ; he appears to take pleasure in tb{'ir soc1et/, tection. These were subsequently ca1neJ. e y A1-Ai ( m,a g ! 2 (x) N5 vsHS.i and Mils frequentlyi tl1at be is bound to pro· out, end so well was everything managed "gfr9t Bll4cnonZ. pose marriage. Strange to r:1ay, some rr1amHe nlterwar<le explained that he couldn't that wife No. 2 never suspected anyth1ng, 1nas labour uutle1 th1s delusion. A ehort and wile No. 1 never dreamed that her spell very well, and was uear sighted, but time ago a friend of oursvlSlted al oung lady husband was any body but A. H IV oodruff, the editor thought be had positive prool three or four days 1u succcss1on, and as he and that his Australian story was not true. of his ability, and after a season of prayer, was leaving th e house for the last time, the 0 ) 10 Australrn, but still he had to return as soon as possible. Her corning to California ~as a most fortunate cucurustnncc, for now he could see her without going East. They could be happy for a week or ten day·, and then he could sail on the eame steamer he c&.n1e on instead of waiting for the next which left a month later. Wife No. 1 demurred at \lns, but Miller, knowrng that he could not keep up the dccept10n for a month, msioted that !te should sail in ten days. 'I hen he ueked in Pennsylvania, taking his three children Jeet bad we only thought it worth while to There w1lh her. Driven to frenzy by this he sank keep Corsica. Prince B1s1oarck's father, were some gentlemen in another part of tbe still lower and lower 1 until, ns if the fiend- aayci a Par1~ co11temporary, was forced th car with whom he had left some unfinished ishness of bell itself possessed bun, he had leave his country in consequence of s. duel, business Theo he went to wire No. 2 and purchased tbie weapon of deuth and started and, in 1807, he otferrd his services to tlio soon made an excuse for another brit:f ab- for the East, determ1r.ed to n1urder hts \\tfe King of Wnrtcmbnr,..{, id est to Jerom e sence. 'l'ben be went back and sat down and children and then put an end to h1a Bonaparte. In this way P11nce Bismarck'~ by wife No. l, and a happy reunwn was miserable existence. Only two nights be- father found h1ruself in the service of enactet.l, He said that he had arrived from fore he sat 10 tltat church gloalrng over the France, and took patt in the Ru~sian camAuatrnhu only a few dais before. That he fiendish plot. The words then spoken to paign. l\farshal Ney, in whose arn1y co1ps bad eome bus1neEa \\ itb some California hiin hnd aroused his ahuost lost manhood, he served during several dangerous night wool men w h1ch had detained him for a and fal!mg again on his knees he desired marchee., gaye bim the corn111and of the adfew days; that he was then going to sur· Mrs. Yan Cott to pray for him. She spoke vanced guard. At the battle of Berodrno prise and delight bis wife and make her at once, extending her han1i toward Lim be bnd three horses killed under him, and comfortable and happy the reillainder of her 'Chtld, give me that,' anii ·with the meek- bia regiment, which he corumanited, wa3 days. He had not writteu her because be ness of a child he handed her the weapon, one of the most 1ll treated durnig the rewanted to surprise her. He had got rich and then feehng in his pocket produced a treat. After the pass1ge ot the Deresina, with the old gentlemen. to be excused for Jtlat an 1nstanL. through the cat he saw in a section wife No l with her father and sister, Gn their way to from his breast, held it aloft in a thrilling box of £5,000, so thot, ··JS he, 'it really San Fraucii3co on. G pleasure trip. The re dramatic wanner, \\bile he told his history amo11nts to nothing.' cogaihon wa.s mutual. Wife No. 1 nearly of hfe to the eager listeners. He was a resfainted wiLh delight. Quick as a flash, ident oJ Chicago, where he had for n1any AN INClD.ENT IN Bis :MARCK's LIFE -The Miller formed bis determination what to do years followed his profession of photo- London .Anny and l{a'lYl.J GazettB sa3 s ·Two circumstances fayored him. Wife No 2 grapher. For the last four yearo he had "Few personR are proL~blJ a wore tbat the wns in her stateroom reading n book and out ·trayed far from the path of right and vir- terrible Chancellor of North Germany wn' of sight. Nobody in the car knew hun, tuous h"Ving, and, as a consequence of his nearly bein~ a Frencliman,or, at all events, aud thJS fortified him. He kissed wife drnS1pation and debauchery, his wife bad taking service tn :FrFLnce, JUSt a s Napoleon No. 1 with great ardor and shook hands deserted him and returned to her friends Bonaparte might have been a Dutish sub- proached him ant! asked him whether be would not like to follow rn the path of the righteous. No answer could she gain, and with an audible prayer-of 'May God drive A Tricky Bigamist. the dumb devil out of you, my brother,' John lllillex, r>lzas A. R. Woodrufl, left al1e passed on to interview more impressible Mrs. Miller, ot Lynch burg, and in San subjects. TM mghts passed,and the stranger agam Franc1iico, married under the namt:l of~...oodappeared at the church ; but thtS time hie ruf!. e~es were hgbted up with a.n almocit maIJi· ' One day he and wit. No. 2 were return· a.cal glitter and his countenance seen1ed the mg from Lake 'J'uhoe. They had a com playground of the livehest emotions. partment rn the palace car from Summit. Quickly approaching the altar, he knelt The statio11 t.here is the enow ehed~, and among the sobbing and shouting oues, and therefore the interior of the cnr wa& sou1e· as the rehgious shepberdel!s drew near he what dark. The tram ran do~ n the asked her if she knew him, 'Why, yes ; mountain for an hour or so and presently you're the man who had the dumb devil left the snow sheds behmd and emerged into the other night,' she replied. He then begthe hght. l\Iilltr left the compartment to ged of her the privilege of sayin~ a few get bis wife a glass of water. As he paasetl words; and the request being granted, he without having been opened, and Mr. P.ilruer stated that there i$ then aome r~duc· Lion for hght weight. He exphrned this by addrng that the mere shaking ot tho aovert'igns on the Journey w1I1. tn a ke o. Aligh t d1ff~rence. There 1s a po1nt at whi ch every so\·ert:1gn beconies light, and many sovt:· reigns turn thnt point on the Journey l\fr. Hoigson, M P, a b,1nk director, stated that in a box of 5,000 sovereigns the number which would be found to b.we turned the pomt would generally be about eight it they had not been dJStut bed ; and, he added, you are aware that the sovereigns wlnch 1s lD your pocket at 8 o'clock iu tl:.e mornin g 1s not the san1~ suvereign at 12 o'clock nt night. After this rather alnrm1ng announce- ment, it IS sati-factory to find Mr Hodgson stal1!lg al.so that the charge for hght we1ght on the eight deficient sovereigns would be arose, and, deliberately draw1ng a revolver about 3d per coin, 1n tkiag ouly 16d on the dism1s Si:!d him with a pathetic benediction. mother called him mto the parloranda,ked him what his intentions were Our fnend LrvE Wrrnrn YouR ME.tNs.- We don't promptly respond eel th.tL he had no iatenttons like economy, "hen it comes <lown to rags whatever, and politely wtohrng the old lady and starvation. have no sympathy good. afternoon, left tl..ie house for ever . CONrrES'l l Morris&'Wlltson $20,000 WORTH OF C~OODS Win- with the not10n that a poor man should We ln·e tu o. "fa~t age," n..nd lt "\\o"Onld alhitch himself to a post md stand still, while n1ost seem that conrtslnp nnist be conclactthe rest ol the world moves forward. It is e<l 1n the same ra1houJ speed as otber thillga. no 1nan's duty to deny bimeelt every ainuse· !vinrriage is a st'nous matter, iequ1nng long ment, elcry luxury, every recreation, every and earnest cons1derat.1on. ' re To be Sold without Reserve, at less than Wholesale Prices. F. F. MoARTHU:R ' tc mg, , Planing, amng sawing and Turntng, 20th of 111ay 18 79 St ,_ . A nra,n.d Ciearin Sa.le of his comfort, that he may get iicb It is no people mny be everything thut could he man's duty to make an iceberg of him~elf, wished for, they mny be am1ab le, affcctto shut 111s eyes and ears to the sufferings of t1onate in d1spus1t1on, aJ rl yet, becn.l.lso tbetr his fellow·, and deny himselftbeenjoyment tastes do riot ass1nHlatl\ they will live a very that results from generous actions, merely unhappy hie together, How are theao youug- folks to find ont lach other's ten1pers that Le n1ny hon.rd "ealtb for his heirs to and dtapoaition 1f it is not by tune BIJent in quarrel about. 13ut t.bere is au economy each otht::r'a company before the rnarnage 1 wbich is every man's duty, and which IS es 'Fhere can be 110 <loubt tbar the nun1erous pecially commendable in tlie man who unhappy marnuges -..dnch are made in the present day arise ent1ruly from the tact that stri..1ggles with poverty-an eco110111y which the courtab i p ta too til..101 t. l\Iartiage is not must be practiced ir the poor man would re~arded witli suffici t nt revereuce ; it 1s secure indepentlence. It is almost every olten hurnedly enterel11nto and speedily ro· man's privilege, and it becomes his duty, to pented of. Truth compels ua to state that thie is ca.used 111 a gr~at 1neasu1e hy our live w1tb111 his means; not up to, but with~ young ladies. As we I ave just otaled, they in them. \."\-.eaIth does not make the m11u, appear to think that 11 o. 1nan JB pohle antl we admit, and should never Le taken iuto agreeable to them, he is in loveJ anU is th~ account in cur Jtldgment of men ; but Two young hound at once to ded.ne hts intentions. ORD~~~he A Tre:niendous Beduo-tion -will be DI.a.de. should a.1 wa) s be secured, when 1t can be, by tha practice of economy and self·demal to only a tolerable extent. It should be secure<l, not so niuch for othera to look upon, or to raise us in the estimation of others, as to secur~ the con.sciousn£S3 of independence and the constant satisfaction which is derived from its acquirement and posseaaion. corupet~nce They forget that m see!rng for a wife a man ou~ht to look tor i-otlH' tbing more thau bright eyes, a brilliant complexion, aud white teeth. ThE"2e nrc nll very 'vell in "ray, but b l'auty ts effer\Tescent, and the day will coine wbGn other qual ities are found necessary to L1nd a household to ~ tl~eir gether. Conscience warns us as a. friend before it punishes us as ·Jndge.