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I. ---'-----··- - - -- -........_._,....._,.,-......., .. ~ ~ .80W1CANVILLE, VIISIT · APRIL 20, 1887. ·ro SCOTLAND. The L ights Along the Clyde. Eorrou. STA~ESMAN.-DBAR Srn.-It is now over six months srnce you and I hmdod in Ne1v York, after our second Toyage togother,ou the steemship " .State of. ~ebr&Sk11.;" but it is surely not too late to recall a few of the scenes which we witnessed together, aud the associations, biatorio&l and otherwise, t.hat we called up in co11nection with those scenes. Onr voyag6 oo.stward was apeci&lly memorable to me on 11ecount of the place Scotland was mude to have i n the a1inds of the pusengers of ull the Engliah speaking natiomilities on board. You remember that M onday eyening when wo had the ~·Fourt:Ji. of July" celebration. I was pleasantly reminded of it by a letter wbich I since »eceived from one who to<-k a..psrt in its fo~tivities . He like yourself itnm Eng!ieJJinan, und whn.t do you think he added tl.\1 ti. post.scx·pt to the letter 1 "Will we ever forget; 'Scots wh11. ha.e' 1" To explain his que~Lion, I muat go back to the en-rly p11.rt of that same Monday. The arr:rnge1·s of the program wanted natioual son!!'! to follow t11e speeches on behalf ot the ditfcl'ent nationalities ; and my English frieod.r.nd I were to follow the:Speech for Scotlnnd with the song referred to, singing it as a duet, seeing t4at we could hardly muster a powerful enough chorus, in the short time we had far prep11ratiuu. You remember our. venerable Scotch friend from Western Ontario, tall and po.nderous, as w e used to 8ee him pacing the deck 'vith hie wife on his arm, a~ti.eld glans in his hand, and a broad Balm oral bonnet on his head. Well 1 had tl) 'betake myself to this gentlem&n ta;l!ee whethor l l1ad the words of the sonl:( writteri down correctly in my note b ook, and on doing so was c;truck to admiration with his accurate knowledge and critical ta4te in the matter of Scottish poetry. It was pretty much o. foregone conclusion tha.t when he came to reply to the toast of SCotland in the 0'rnning he would do his woek well. 'l'he toast of the evening wa.e of course "America," the reply to which wa~ given by Profeesor Appleton, of Pennsylvania. .Anything further removed from "apreadeagleism," yon could not easily imai;(ine, than this gentleman's speech. In chaste language, gentlemanly manner, and thrill· ing eloquence, moving one of our number, if. not several to tears, he spoke on the eubject of American freedom. His nation lie amd. offered a welcome to all men eeekiruz freedom ; but no welcome to the ·men of anarchy and dyn&mite. You re· member tho flowing periods in which he 1 traced the a.ip of the spreadinii: branches oi Amer ican freedom, dl)wn to those roots of En:ili8h character which had produoed the Lords of the Magna Cha.rta and · the IronBides of Cromwell. ' After a spcch li k o this was it to be wondered 11.t, that liberty-loving Scotland should come in for a large share of the honors,aml moreover, that the' 'Single touch of rn1ture which makes all the world akin," should kindle the audience tq, a very high degree of enthusiaam when it. came to the turn of our venerable friend to reply to the to ~ Rt of Scotland 1 You remembr;ir, as h e warmed into his subject, h-0w he refernid to the power of our national music. 'l'he wc.r note of Lochlel, Which A lbyn hill ~ luwe heard. A11d h enr< l too hr<,·e her Saxon foes; How ill tbe d e ed of night '.fhe l'ihroch thrilla, BAV&ge and shrill. And there after, how he kept up the e nthtlsia.m of his au<lience, till the moment <Jall).e for him to ttit d o,,-n in a perfoct gale <>f a.ppl~Uirn . You remember too how the f(ale r ose to a hurricane, when his speech Watil followed by the music he loved so well. lJar dly two notes of the Bannockburn ode had been uttered by the Anglo&ottish team, when up he started to his f eet, and with glowing face, swinging arm r.md thundering voice, towered completely abo ve the rest of u u in volume of sound, and led the melndy of the glorious song himself. We h ad now three parts instead of two, and so th.e harmony was complete. If my musical English friend were near me I would r,a.y t o him, "You surely re me.mber the climax we reached when we ca.me to the second la~t line of the verse, Ln.y t h e prcn d ueurpera low! 'l'yrants foll in every foE\ ! Liberty'r: in every blow! L <>t u s d o or die ! Your bass went down most l\()CUrately and R1!RUringly over G and JjJ flat to the resting pfacc in D, th o root of a wonnerfnlly etfecti ve chord ; our new precentor's keble went np over B tlt>t a.ad C to the D, an octave higher than yours, 'vhile the ottier man. free to do what he could not ba.ve done if we hao still been limited to the d\let form of sin g i1~g, comple ted the h ar · mony by ma king r. groat spring, with all the egilitv of a mountr.i n eer for the G that wae high above everybody's h ead, from which after sounding it twice, h e flung liima~lf over the gidd y precipice to seize with d eliberate (\rt1sp the quiveriugbra.nch of the F sharp below, wher e he continued to. ham: in ad libitum ecstacy till he saw that tlJe "Liberty in every blow !" h a<l sent " Frond Edward's power reeling back a.gain bo Engla nd ." But surely we all r emeui her the climax of the audience when at th 0 words " Le: us d:> or die !" it seemed as if ou r venerable leader was no less than the yout hful Robert himself, and that the cabinful of Scoto-Canadians acd Anglo.Americans, had been transformed into tho rank and fi le of Bruce's victorious ~rm,v. . All this rook place shortly after we had left tlle ' 'Bttnks and braes" of cold Newfoundland , bm though some dBys ahead of, iime it wi.ts a fi tt in15 introduction to the hfatorical &ssoci11tior.u t hat enrich the whole region of the F rit h of Clyde. On Sabbath the m eventh,in the neighb orhood of noori , we sighted land. 'l'lrn pleasure of d oing so wris greatly enhanced by the suspern!C we had previously endured . It wRB whispered that a look of a nxiety had baen seen on the captain's foce. Soundings had been ta.ken wit.h a reault so per plexi nf( that the prow of the still moving ship had been tumed again towards the Ame?ican shore. Soon our engines ceased t o throb, and the wonder ful sensation of atillness began to mingle with the sound uf the letting off of steam. socia.tion, and the visible monnmonts of After a little while, this notice appeared the centuries tha.t ha.ve passed away. on the wall of the companion way, "Ly- Let others go down to their ataL·irooms ing off Instrahull in a dense fog," and sleep if they will, but some of u11. But not only were we being prep11red w1mt to rema.in on deck unt il the for the enjoyment tbat was in store for "Nebraska" drops anchor at the ··T1.il of us, by this ealuta.ry delay, in a r~gion the Bii.nk" ; for between now and then, where so many ships have been wrecked, oh, what a crowd of tender aM!Ol'iations but the scenery unfolded Itself in a finely will interweave themselves with th11 dark graduated succession of views. Soon the lines of the coast and the twiiight gleamthrob of the vessel m&de ua aware that ings upon the pe&ceful waters of t, he the engines had resumed their fnnc_ tions, Frith. and we had not long to wait before we SuJh an impression did that entrance saw certain thick strokes npon the hori- upon the scenery of Scotland make upon zon line, which upon nearer approach de- my mind, that I would just like to sp· veloped into isl1mds, with the wnves d11sh- proach it in the same way the neltt tim e, ing over their shores. Then came the and the next and the next, perhaps allong line of the Irish mainland with its ternating the experience of a twlight undulations of mountain scenery. evening '!fhh that of a d11.rk and gloomy We are to pasa Rathlin Island on ~he afternoon; for we mu11t remember that right. Many an eager pair · of eyes are one great charm of t:lcottish ecenery is gazing at the outlines of this historical darkness, 1rnd another is rain. island through the borrowed Jena of some Oae thing at a time however. We are obliRing friend. Oue of the passenr;ers both of us thankful that oo this serene adds to our feeling of interest by tellin~ Sabbath evening there is no rain, aud the us that it was there R obert the Bruce, a foi;: haa been left behind ue in the neighfugitive from proud Edward's peraecuting borhood of Inetrshull. We have still hand, spent a part of the winter, before enough of twilil(ht to see Sanda and one making that decent upon Scotland which of its iuhabi ants looking out !row the whieh was to lead up. by a succession of lighthouse at our ship and ourselves. thrilling experienees to Scotland's entire When we have passed PJa,dd11, and are liberation from the English yoke. Strange passing Arra.a, there is just enough of coincidence, we aro passing that isla nd darkness settling down upon us to bring without knowing what the newspllpers out into prominence from behind the are to tell us to-morrow morning about massive shoulder of H oly Isle, the house· the elections and the hopes of Mr. Glad- hold lights of the village of Lamlash. stone in regard to bis magician-like Arran is a truly wonderful island. You Rcheme of turning the discords of Ireland should have seen the glow of honest pride into harmony. '.l'his is all very interest- in her face, when the wife of an English ing. To think that when Bruce was bid- clergyman told me she knew every square ing his time on that island, almost six inch of Arran. hundred years a.11:0, he was under the ".Arran I a single created Teneritre, . 'f d h A St, Helena next-iu shape and hue, b ann o f the P ope; h lS Wl e, young a.ug - Varying her crowded pe3ks and ridges blue." ter and two 6ieters were suffering im· prisonment in England, and his brother As most pictures we see of Japan have Nigel a nd some of his friends had been the white dome of Fuzi-Yama, the hanged for their adherence to his cause. "Matchiess Mountain," as the striking It is almost enough to make us beg the feature of the background, so pictures of privilege of landing 011 the island, in the Frith of Clyde mi~ht-some of them order to seek out some quiet nook, or at least- have the lofty peak of Goatfell breezy view point, where we migh~ medi- in a similar position. From a distance tate and dream over the griefs and joys, the island looks sternly sublime, but frum the hopes and fears of tlM crowned yet a view point close at hand, it looks serthroncless king. But it is not only Cap- enely beautiful. When the "Ethiopia" tain Braes that would forbid such an · in- passed Pladda lighthouse eight years ai(o, t eITuption to our progress homewards, with your correspondent on board, in the but even history itaelf, in as much as the dny time, and the long, gentle, cultivated prow of the ship is now pointing in the slope of the island came into view, with very direction in which the hopes of its low, whhewasbed cottages, thatched Bruce for country, wife and child, were roofs and its yellow harvest fields, for the pointing then. That dark cloud-like first time in his hfe, he wept at the very h eadland on our left, somber as the eight of hia country; and a passenger darker side to Scottish scfmery and his- from the Southern States cried outenthntory, and which we are appr9J1.ching, ap- siastically, "Tl11s itself is worth tho trip !" parently at right an~les, is the far fa.rued Soon h owevet", these pastoral scenes were Mull of Cantyre, r e membered by Raco of left behind,and as the "Ethiopia" began Norway to his humiliation and remem- to steer f ur the Ayreshire coMt, Arrsn bered by Bruce of Scotland to his delight. wrapped herself up in a cloak of smoky Hietory repeats itself in strange ways. haze. above which nothing but t he peak Thtt time that mii;(ht have bl!en p;iven 00 of Goatfell was visible. Your corresponhietorica.l dreams, was given to actual dent remarked, that it was a pity we were converastitm with an exili- as truly inter- sailing up the Clydti on so dark a d11y, eating as the sorely tried Kings. Down and called forth in reply this little piece in her statero01a a consumptive patient of Trans-Atlantic ignorance : "Oh, we was fast uearing the land where there are thought lt was always as dark as this on n o more kingdoms lost and won, and the Clyde." Such ignorance is very where there are no morn domestic sel)ar- nearly related to that of the tourists who ations such as the young king had to on crossing the borders from England ex· endure then, and she herself was endur- pect to find every man wearing the kilt i ng to-day. A beautiful young wife, and talking Gaelic Also for the perpetuparted from her husband in New York ity of the "Braid Scottish tongue," you City, that she might try the last resort of find the youch of Scotland to-day eay-ing a visit to her native England. The fear of an accomplishment, which many was now, that she might never eeo lnnd ; Americans would give large sums to ac: and the slender hope was, that if ehe did quire, " Why if you talk Scotch, people see land sl1e migh t have at least as much will think you are not educated !" Of strength left as would enable h er to reach course, t.here is a clear line of demarc&Liverpool in time to die under her own tion between the Scotch of the street, and mother's roof. the Scotch of Robert .Burns and Allan When I came up from this touching Ramsay. Let the first go, accent, intoniuterview to 11ee what proi;:ress we lrnd nation, spelling and all, but wllen the been making, the promontory was still "Glesc11h Chappie" hae been transformed weird and cloudlike, but nearer thari into a B road School student, let him not before. Some one so.id to me " Are you fail to treasure up in his br0ad chest and not going dowu t o supper r' "Not till we swellin(\ heart, the sweetness and strength reach the Mull of Cantyre " I answered. of the second. Within a few wedks a "Oh you'll have plenty of time b efore we book has been published, in which this get that length " he said. So I went subj ect receives the treatm ent of a strong down. When I came on deck again, the poetio..l and magnificently Scottish mind, bow of the vessel was begirming to be - "The Memoirs and remains of the Rev. thronged with passengers eager ly gazing Walt er Inglis, of Ayr, Ont. " In his lecupon the Highland shore. If the clouds ture on, "The Gentleness of the Scotch, of disappointment th1't were hoyeriug as expressed in their poetry and songs," around the close of that dying woman's he says, "I would yet further e nfor ce my eartb.ly j ourney would bu t lift as the positi0n from the structure of the 8cotch mists were litting from tlie dark shores language. You are at once impressed m ind of Engof Scotland, what an experience thore with the Imperial ruling . would be to her of the " Abundant en- land, when yo11 read the rollin~ periods trance into the everlnsting Kingdom and of our orators a.nd statesman. I n speakGlory !" A finer symbol of the Christian's ing English properly, you instinctively approach to the shores of H ea.ven, I do dro.w yourself np; even the mouth has to not expect to see in this world. What be inflated for the "Os" ro tundum. Volwer e dark mountains before were no1v taire's saying, on languages, is not comcheerful green hills, lighted up by the plete. 'If you a.re to speak to your lover,' evening sun. What looked in the dis- says he, 'let it be in Italian ; if to a court ance a graveyard, was now tho white t ier, iu French ; if to a philosopher , in boundany wall o[ the white painted light- English , if to a dog, in Dutch ; if to the house, built a little W!\Y back frum the devil in German.' I may add, if to a headland, eo as not to cover the light of child, let it be in Scotch. .Brief in exSanda. in the nearer ctistance, llnd the pression, full of diminutives- just the light of Pladdl\ in the d istance more fit vehicle for a. lo\·ing mother to prattle r emote. Along the hillsides north and with h er child. One or two examples : south, the clouds are lifting, 11nd like Wee Willie winkie, wee deary, ma crood· military colum ns shining in the sun, are lin doo, ma dawty, broo bronty, e'e winmoving t owards the point which our kie, nose nappy, cheek cherry, moo m erry, vessel is fa.st a1:.proaching. When the chin chaky, gudly gudly gakkins. Tuts ! moment comes at which t he whole pro- you cannot translate that fine fun into montory seems to wheel round to the English. Try it. if you dare,- Smooth west, a wonderful sight arrests our at- brow, little winking eye. Hush man and t ention. A piece of rock, detaching i tself dinna ma.k' a fule of yersel ! Repeat and in appearance from the western eide, sing to yourself, "Castles in the Air,' ~nd seems to overhang, for a moment, the yon have simple, pure Saxon of the waters of the At lantic, like eome air v tineot order. " A few seconds more But to lea.ve the dusky afterno on in Gothic Cathedral. and the Mull has become a, p;r!lat dismal the "Ethiopia "in 1878, with all the diwall hiding from our view the suri itself gressions it has suggested, and come back and the green slopee it shines upon, with to the clear twilight of 1886 on boa.rd the the marshalled clen<ls, phan_tom cathedral, "Nebraska" let ne say a little more about solidly built lighthouse, and all. We are the wonderful island we are now passing. now shut in from the wide Atlantic. It is owned by the Duke of Hamlilton, Two things unit'l t<· shut us io . We who had inflict ed a grievance, and at the turn round to the stern of the ship t o same time conferred a boon, upon the take o nr fare well of the ocean, and as we pleasure loving citizens of all the commerdo so, we s M on our r ight the dark wall cial centres in the neighborohod. 'r he of Argyleshire, and ext ending froin that former he has done, in refusing to "fue" towards our left something wonderously his land,as the proprietorn of th e Argylebeautiful. Away to t he south stretches a shire Coast have done ; and the latter in great exten :led curtain made up of shining thus r eserving so near their own doors, sea below and shining sky abo,re, which, such a n Eden of Solitude for the en:joyin its appearance like to th e goMen sur- ment of the few who are willing t o put up face of an ancient missal p11inting, and with the straiten ed accommodation, of it11 poaition botween us and the hemis- village hotels and lowroofed cottages pbcre from which we have come may while their city neighbors are lnxuriawell be call the Golden G11te of the West. ting in sea side villas, along the thickly \Vhen we turn away from this to look popualted ehores uf such places as Du · toward the bow of the ship, we find our- noon, and Kilgeggan on the one side of selves entering a r egion as mysterio11s as the Frith, and Wemyss Bay and Gourock the darkness of the night that is gradual . on the ot her. ly settling down upon us ; a region of There is a marked difference in the mountain, mist and cloudland, but also of classes of mind and occupat io11 that are solemn and majestic beauty, a region of suited by Arran on the one h and, and legend and romance, rich in historic as- j the more fashionable watering Jllaces on on the other. Arran being 80 far away that business men c·n only reach it conveniently once a week, and even then with. some difiiculty, it is the resort, of ministers, teachera and others who, when they leave home, intend to stay away until their vacation is ended. The other places beini;( within ench easy reach of Our WALL P.APER is so· nice We are offering Handsome Oil the commercial centril, are more of the nature o[ country seats or wh11t our own Pictures beautifully framed at 3f c. and cheap that when you see the Burlington Beach is to the people of Hamilton, then vacation resorts. To me, and 50c. each. patterne and hear the price you in my boyhood, Arran was as romantic a The nicest Cabinet Picture name as that of Switzerlllnd, even when will want to paper your rooms its solemn JY ' ake were visible as u. far off Frame all fitted up for 26c. background to the town and h1<rbcr of Spring Rollers for window blinds whether they need it or not. Rothsay. Arrnn has au hiqtorical inter· est, and al8o a geohszical. The Hamilat 20c. ea.ch. ton family played a very promiuent part Have you any clothing that in Scotdsh histo1y. Strange to 'I'h C 1b d Para R bl think of the present Duke be~ng a blood e e e rate ll )er reli.tion of tha.t youthful, relined, schol- Dressing Combs at prices that will needs Cleaning or Dyeing ¥ if so arly, and pious Patrick Hamilton, who 8 ·p · Y eave them at Variety Hall. was the first sfter the Reformation had I UI rise OU. begnn in Germany, to 1mffer martyrdom for the truth in Scotland. Being the 1 nephew of the Earl of Arran we ca11 class I }um with the Beacon Lights of truth along the Clyde. But such a light as his, flashing back the lil!hts of L11ther irnd Mela.nchthon, whom he visited "t Wittenberg, during his stay in Germany, opens up a wide period of European history ; & and the town of St. A11drews on the east coast, where he suffered, introduces us to another list of worthies than those whose memories still haunt the regions of the Clyde. With thiR hint, which I hope will bl) sufficient t.o stimulate your young readers to learn all they can about this amiable and heroic youn~ divine, I pass on to · make a quotation in regard to the geology of the !eland. Dr. Hately Wo.ddel, of Glasgow, the author of a translation of t.he Psalms into Scottish, says of certain other mouut11in I beg to inform the people of West Durham that I have bought out peaks io Scot]a!ld, " and the Goatfell the Hardware business, formerly carried on by R. S. Manning, .... and ridge of Arran" and they "have bee n ~he miniature Yesuviuses and Aetnas of the with large additions to the stock am prepared to supply all lines of country." We know' now, then, what lighthouse it was that priiceded those of Hardware at the lowest living prices. Sanda, Pladda, Cumbrae. T.iward and stock comprises BUILDERS HARDWARE-Locks, Knobbs Cloch. But were tbcr"' ma1 11n " in t hose days to see it 1 H;,foce we ar& iuite be- and Butt Hinges. NAILS- Cut, Finishing, Casing, Wire and Patent yond the range of the household ligh ts of La.mlash, diw 1u me in the d i~r. ·mce like Brads. ~;!;WIRE FENCil\IG-Barb, Buckthorn and Ribbon. Prepa.r~d the memories of c,11Jege days, ne11rly Paints and Painters' Supplies geIJerally. twenty fi·e years old, I may be pardoned for becoming sentimental for j nst a second or two. If it had occurred to me at the moment, I would have said to my young son who was with me, " behind low~st that row of lamps tb.ere stands a manse among the trees. 'i'wo students said "Good-bye" to each other thtre long, Without further e nnumeration I may add that everything kept in long ago. One of them yo11 know well ; and the other is, or wns till recently. the leading Hardware Stores will be found in my shop. Give me a call minister ef Crathie church where the Queen worships while etsying at Bal- and inspect my goods and prices. moral. But we are now drawing near to Bro- Bowmanville, April 12th, 1 887. dick, where the "Black Douglass" once did some brave work for Bruce and his - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - country. 1n striking contraJt to the youthful form and gentle manners of u1y old fellow student, I now begin to see, in im'agination, the memorable physique of the venerable and far famed minister of Brodick,- Mr. Davidson. H11ve you baa.red oor munister, Mr. De1.vidson 1" a1ked oue of his loyal parishioners. "No" I take this means of thanking my many customers for their liberal is the answer. "Weel he 1s jist another e n , and J ohn Kenox." This remark came very patronage during the years I have been in business in Enniskill. near the truth, as far as fea.rlesrness ~as beg leave to say at the same time that: as the man who bought my concerned, and I may add also, sincerity business, having failed t o fulfill his agreement and give me the security and unction. I can see him now in the required, I shall continue the business as heretofore, and will keep a pulpit with his ruddy countenance, and snow white hair, his eye flashing at times fuller s t ock. Being determined not to be undersold by any person, I with burni ng iudignation, as he brought r espectfully solici t your continued support, promising to give prompt down his fist with a great emphatic thump attention to your wants and use you well. on the velvet cu~hion or the open Bible. I am just now receiving my new sprin g stock. In GROCERIES I I went ex pecting t o hear all kinds of have almos t e verything you could ask for. In 'fEAS we have the best eccentricities such as telling t he summer visitors the plain unvarnished t ruth value we ever had. In CROCKERY an<l GLASSWARE we have a about their feathers and scent bottles and very £ne l ine. Our stock of DRY GOODS i s full and compl e te. frivolous behaviour ; but I went away B eautiful design s in PRINTS and DRESS GOODS, and cheape r than grreeably dis11.ppointed, and at the same time edified. One s aying of his was to I have seen the same qualities. this effect, "for a woman to marry a man Young m e n wanting fas h ionable suits will do w ell to call and ip,spect for the sake of his money-what an my Tweeds and Suiting s. accuraed marriage ! But that is just thf' kind of union many desire to have with Christ, a union that will save them from hell, all ihc while that they have no desire for His holy aociety. " W e have added to our stock NAILS, w h ich w e will sell b y the keg 'Ve are now moving acr.oss from Brodick towards the two islands known as as cheap a s any othe r s tore in the township; als o MACHINE OILS, the " big and the wee Cumbraes." We BOILED and RAW OILS, a s well a s WHITE L E ADS. Vans tone's do not sail in beiween them as Raco of Norway did more than six hundred years C e le brated ROLLER FLOUR will b e kept and s old in Enniskillen a s ago, but are bound by the insurance cheap as you can g et it at the mill or any s tore in town, · W e als o kee p companies to eail paet the back of the SHINGLES, No.land XX. Farme rs building will do well to ca ll and larger one while she conceals from us her see t h em. head and face by which I mean the little Farm produce take n in e xchange for g oods. Will pay t he high_ est town of Millport. In April 1876 the Synod of Hamilton price in CASH or trade for e g gs. Come and inspect goods and prices b efore buying e lsewhere. and Lonclon met in the former city. Three fellow students met there who Accounts r endered 1st April and 1st October. used to attend·a Saturday morning prayer meeting in the H ebrew class room of the old Hlasgow college. The Rev. J . Fr11zer Campbell, now missionary in Mhow, 1 India, wae one of them. Your corres· pondent was another, about th e third who 11ince then bas passed away to his - -OF -reward, I rnuet tell you, by giviug a short account of his address before the Synod. Travelling one day from the South of Formosa, he saw a. man ap· proaching him from the N orth. The distance between them iradually lessened till standing face to face they instinctively h eld out each one his right band to the other, and the two missionaries introduced themselves by a. brotherly shake. The man from the north waa our own Dr. Mackav. The man frorn th e south was the· English .Presbyterian Missionary, the Rev. H ugh Ritchie, a pretty~ native of this very town of Millport, which we are fast approaching but will not see. They were lAen of a very kindred turn of mind. Both devoted to mission work long before they entered upon it ; b oth full of energy and hope and both crowned with success. One of the best answers to the objections that aro made to foreii('n miaeione was cont ained in a story Mr. Ritchie told of a visit paid to one of the islands east of Farmosa. When he explained the gospel to one of the · inhabitants, the man said "I've been waiting for so long a time to hear j ust what you have now told me." Thero is many a heathen huugering for the bread of life, while thoL 1sands at home are rejecting it from want of ap· petite. Iuspe.. tion Solicited. Your fellow passenger, Faet s for the Public. I REMEMBER THE PLACE: KENNER & CO.'S VARIETY HALL, Ag'ts for Domestic Patterns Lazarus' Specks.. RICHARD WORTH ·Ilg a mak 1 S IS t1 ·r Ill . Hardware. Stoves and Tinware a Specialty. Ordered Work promptly attended to at possible prices. R. WORTH. STILL IN BUSINESS] (IWE GUARANTEE GOO!_ FITS OR N~_§ALE.D . . R. HUTCHISON. 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