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Thou luau Muratâ€"thou wilt, irresponsible, Filmy objective to all that's demonstrable- antastic, ridiculous word I ‘ Thy gyntes mesmerical puzzle humanityh Thou outcome of science, inspired by in- sanity. Thou wavy, embodied absurd. -..__.__.. “ Draw the .Wrong;Lever l" o ALEXANDER AS DZESUN. This was what the pointsmau said, With’both hands at his throbbing head 2 “ I drew the wrong lever, standing here And the danger signals stood at 1‘ car ; But before I could draw it back again On came the fast express, and thenâ€" Then came a roar and a crash that shook This cabin-floor, but I could not look At the wreck, for I knew the dead would peer With strange dull eyes at their murderer " Drew the wrong lever l" “ Yes, I say ! Go, tell my wife, andâ€"take me away l’ That was what the .pcintsman said, With both hands at his throbbing head. 0 c of this nineteenth century time, ho hold low dividends as a crime, Listen. 80 long as a twelve-hours’ strain Rests like a load of lead on the brain, With its ringing of bells, and rolling of wheels, ‘ ‘ ‘ Drawing of lovers until one feels The hands grow numb with a nervcless touch, And the bargilcs shake and slip in the clutch, So long will ye_haVc pointsmen to sayâ€" Drew the wtcng levsr 1 take me away I” AT THE TWELFTH HOUR. in! 8.13. emeritus. ~ CHAPTER I. The ground was as hard as iron, the sky blue as turquoise, the sunshine yellow as gold, and the air as still and as silent as only the hardest of frosts can be. Nobody, for weeks past, had dared even so much as to dream of a foxâ€"it was Reynard’s Holi- . day. Had things been as they ought to be, Rupert Grayshaw would not, late in the two afternoon, have been found upon only legs instead of four. Things being as they were, worst, of them by walking hour. Ru ert Graysbaw was going on for three- and-t irty years old, full of strength and life, handsomeandsumething more. Few peo- ple noticed how fine a face he really had until they came to know him well, for those who saw him for the first, second, or third time were struck exclusively by all such signs and symbols of both mental and Vital force as would have made pliiiuness forgotten. He was a man who looked both eager and able toeujoy the whole of life all round, With body, brain, and soul. And assuredly, though the foxes were safe, it was a day on which life could be most amply and active- I enjoyed. I need make no mystery about Rupert Grayshaw, for there was none to be made, an though, no doubt, he had lllN secrets and private affairs like other men, he was known, on the whole, rather more 0 nly than most of one's friends. He was s only son of the younger son or an old Yorkshire family ;he had taken high iiiathe~ matical honours at Cambridge; he was a Fellow of St. Kcnncth's; he was without ncar relations; ho had no profession, but lived on his Fellowship, and, Without. “m. fining any pleasures that were open to him. had, with an enduring enthusiasm, adopted scleuufic investigation and disc-livery fur a carccr. He held himself as much at ove and beyond marriage as science is above the brewing of small beer. Hu had come to Combo Bassett on a visit to his father's old IIIUINI, Dick Deiwcnt, for the sake of the coverts: and, so far as the coverts were concerned, had come in vain. And that is the whole' history, incompletely told as any man’s can bc-â€"from the outside. The lane presently It‘d through a thick but now brown and leafless wood. Rupert vaulted over a stilc to the left. and his feet were soon enjoying the never-pullingdelight of trampling and crunching over fallen and frozen leaves. lie was glomng With health and exercise, and, it might be, with some still more uliar joy. The Wood was a maze of pa but be either knew their clue by heart or else gave himself up to chance more decisively than most men go towards a known goal. And so, either b accident or dasi , he reached at last a so itary cottage standing in a smallganlcn and nearly llltltlt'u mung the trees. It was a bumblc place enoughâ€"4 little, but not much, better than the common run of Iaboururs' dwellings in that part of the countryâ€"low, roughocast, and straw-thatched. With small mill-ed windows and immensely deep caves. The l strip of garden was given over u. Vega. mes, except a patch in front cf the porch, where it was not hard, though in nucleic- tor, to conjure up, in fancy. a little wilder- nose of full scenh and strung colours. some style was given to the place, oven now, by the creeper with evergreen leaves and scar. let homes that covered the porch, and the thick ivy that darkened the lower windows, As if he know its inmates and all their ways, Rupert wt to the uindnw at the side of the cot and tapped thereon three Hillel. Then he against the pear-tree and waited patiently. . ‘ Or perhaps impatiently. I'ur presently the lattice opened, and like a lire portray set in a frame of ivy leaves lip . rm thatsecmed ton , "Ahl been a Secret inhialifmalisr andImSnei‘ ‘ Yte when a man comes to_lock tor boxes and finds Prom, he must and something wherewith to fill up his idle day eâ€"ecmm thug or somehmly. Of course it is unlucky when it happens in be Somebody instead of Somethingâ€"when he has both publicly and ‘rataly fore-worn W. and when, if 51mm himsrli, he must give up asses of stud and take to hand-winning instead“ wor for science and glory. Witnrstbinrmentctakelonghohu exacts! they are at least seventy "an he was making the best, or the briskly along a winding lane that led from the village of Combo Bassett to uownere'in particular, at the rate of something over four miles an numbrrof years was tobe gathered from than from any palpable signs. She was, neither child nor woman, but blen: in one , face the charms of the two. The delicate‘ 310 of perfect health breathed from her: the if“: sir did her no wrong, but merely dec the glow on her check that proved no rest to lie within. She could he «fled neither ydarknor fair, but simply harmoni- ous ; and so quick were the chiugu of ' ht and sbrde that Rn rt seemed to hear er looks with some an tlc inner sense as If they were the melody of a song, And, whateVer else the words of that song my be, they were at least gentle and pure. Why need I describe her feature by feature, line by line! Enough that mg and needless eyes Would have calltiuher lovely, while Rupert’s as clearly found her a great deal more. She was no oottager's daughter. though she was found in this out-of-ths-way, almost hidden cottage. She suggested one of those lost princesses whom travellers find by chance among woodcutters and charcoal. burners in the forests of fairyland. All things favoured the fancyâ€"the brown, dirk, windlees vood ; the blue sky, lllr‘ nil- cnc~-, am the loneliness everywhere. She herself had not spoken, except with a smile; and, after a moment of such greeting, shut the Window again. But Rupert, having had his answer, Went to the door, raised the late", and entered. And then he fictllled to turn our another page of a fairy tale. He passed through an ordinary kitchen. with an open window and brick floor, with notn- ing out of the common about it except that it was empty on so hard at day, when; labour had nothing to do but sit and rest by its own fireside. But the mom into which he passed out of it was very difi'erent indeed, in such a place it was even startling to find such a room. It might have been a b.:udoir of any great lady in the land, if it had not been so obviously an enchanted maiden’s lmwer. In that country of Once upon a Time, soft carpets, line hangings, luxurious upholstery, books, and pictures cost nothing more than a few waves of a wund, or also their presch here would have seemed something more than strange. And here she, whose face we have for a moment seen, rm forward to meet Rupert quickly and joyfully, and let him take her in his armS. “I have good news, Bertha!” said he. “ And you will never guess it. The post, this very morning, brought me the news thatI am rich enough for all thingsâ€"for You, and “'nrk, and Gladness, and all life means to me : for You and Love, above all I Yes, my darling, it‘s true. I shall be able to give you a better bower even than the mysterious enchiinter who keeps you here in his power." “0h, Rupert! What has happened? What is gaing to happen? IVho do you mean 2” “ Everything has happened, Bertha! A far-offcousid of my mother‘s, whom I never saw in my life, is dead, and has left me a fortuneâ€"an immense fortune for me and you, but not too large to be a burdenâ€" only on condition that I will change my n “ What lâ€"you are not to be Rupert, my Rupert, any more 2” “Oh, I shall keep that nameâ€"that is yours 2 But I shall give up my Fellowship With more pleasure than I had in gettingit; for I hate the [cast thing that has kept me from you; and there is’notliing left but a form or two to keep me from my wife for another hourl When will you come to me? In two weeks Iâ€"In one? In " “ Rupert 1 Is it true ‘2" “ All trueâ€"every word ! come?” “ And may I tell my fatherâ€"" “ Your iathi r l Bertha, my darling, now that I can claim you I think this mystery ought to be at an end. Just think what our story has beenâ€"a story that nobody could believe. - I come down to Combs Bassett with a heart as empty as life with- ....A y... 1’ ...._ .l._ L. a. When will you woodâ€"I find, by chance, in a common cot- tage, a Fairy Queen. 1 win her heart, and her truth plight, and at the end of Weeks I know no more of her than that her name is Berthaâ€"Queen Bertha-and that she has no surname, iut only a mysterious, nameless father, who comes to see her, like an en- chanter, from far awayâ€"flying, I suppose, on a magic carpet, or abrazl-n horse through the air. She is attended by invisible hands â€"for none but her own have I seen. I am sworn to ask nothing more than if she loves me. She forbids ino to enter her bower without a signal, and unless it is answered. And yet I know that she is as innocent as the lilies, and as pure as the snow. Sooner than loose you. Bertha, I would consent to know nothing but that you are lovely, and good, and true, and that you love me ; but is it in man not to wish to know mule? And is it not time 2‘" “As if I would not tell you every thought I have in me! But, oh Rupert. how can I tell you anaine I never heard! As you say, my father must have some dwelling- placc of his own, l suppose that is true too. And " "And you really do not know who you are 2" "Surelyâ€"that I am Bertha. and yours. . . . . But if it is timeâ€"" “ It it time." “Thenâ€"my father comes to-morrow, at livco'clock in the afternoon. I have told you w by you must not come to me without a signal; bccauso Ila does not wish to be seen, and because I do not always know When he i-i coming. But I do happen to knmv to-day when his next visit will lieâ€"for he never fall's to sec me on the first day of the New Yearâ€"" " Yesâ€"to-morrow “'0” 1'" “ Como, Rupert, and come openly, and tell him " “ Audith says No?" “ \Vhy should he say No? docsâ€"«lo I not love you 1' that, Rupert-â€"-â€"" “ My iluiling! though he be." is New-Year’s Day. Andâ€"if he He cannot forbid I will come, Enchanter Ru ert leftthe cottage just intii'nctorcach the all (as his host‘s place was popularly called) before dinner. He met nobody on the way but an old Woman in a blue cloak, of whom he took no special heedâ€"for what were all outward things to a man who loved, and belorc whom the future was opening out in rainbow colours? Even the mystery of his love story gave it additional charm to him, whOse imagination, chronically kept in the grooves of hard study, needed now and then to take a flight into thc open air. There were not many guests at the Hall. Dick Derwent was a bachelor of live-and- forty, who did not care to fill Ills house for the sake of having it full. The few who were there were men who Were waiting for the frost to break, and With whom Rupertâ€" engaged as he was with his own affairs-had but little sympathy. He liked Dick, who was the best of good follows, and had shown him much kindness; buq he did not like Dick‘s irisuds. And even to Dick. good fellow as be was, he had never breathed a word of his lovedtory. There were many reasons for silence, of which each was all- sufiicient ior him. In the first placeâ€"until todayâ€"marriage had, from his point of view, been simply impossible. lie had been merely dnfung,and hardly band to open his own eyes as to the course he had been taking. In the second plaa‘, to profane the mystery of his romance by speech would be sure to reduce it lrcrn poetry to prose. Again, how could he bear totell such a story to open-hearted and Inc-mugued Dick. who had never kept a secret in his life, and would be sure to make Bertha and dull even if they did not some day, tori want of better s on, ride out and draw the; cottage with "Torch " and “Tallcyho l" l the indenuablc exprwiaiou of girlhood rather i the brim. Rnpcrts love for her a matter oi roughpuml. Dick Derwent rose and filled his tumbler to I always as one is, and to fear no chance or “ Let all who live in:, follow I” cried be, 'é in his blufi', ringing voicr. stroke of twelve, I throw open the troutl door with my own hands,to let the old yiar; out and the new year in l" ‘ Dmk Denver: was a fine, stout,’ hearty", country gentleman, with all manner of jov- i ialways. He was the very pick of heroes! ity and honour. He had been upeii's' father’s staunchmt fiend. and had, at old Mr, Urayshaw’s death, transferred his affec- tinn from the father to the -on. Indeed, it was more than common affection that he showed towards Rupert, on every possible occasion. Though so much the elder, he had a strong belief in the prudence and worldly wisdom of the younger man, which cannot be supposed to be altogether ill foundedâ€"at any rate, Dick Dcrwent was not the man to have let a hundred fellow. ships stand in the way or marriage had he been that way inclined. Bur, then, it is true he was not a man ofscience, but only . a jolly middle-aged gentleman who kept up old customs and followed the bounds well. The half dozen young and middle-aged men, without a woman or a child among them, gave way to their boat's whim,thnugh not Without smiles and shrugs of the shoul- delr at taking part in such a piece of obsolete fo ly. “ What does it all mean 2" asked Westâ€" a young man who was wiser in his cum eyes even than Rupert Grayshaw was in Dick Derweiit's. “ Why should we trouble our- selvesto let out a good timeâ€"thank’s to you, Dickâ€"and let in what nobody knows may be death, may be marriage.” “Marriage, eh!" said Dick, turning upon, him suddenly. " Perhaps I know more about that than you. But that’s neither here nor thereâ€"marriage won’t come inside this door for many a long day. That isn't what it means. It means that the master of this house has, with his own hands let in two hundred New Years, and that I’m not going to be the first inhospitable follow that has been sax-named Derweut and christened Richard. Now, thenâ€"\Velcome, whatever you are l” he said, loudly, as he threw open the front door and let the first cold blast of thoNew Ysar rush into the Hall. " God speed the old, and God bless the new I" “ I know it’s a common custom," said Rupert, “for the master of the house to open his door at the first stroke of the last midnight of the year. But I could never find out what it means, and yet every super. stition must have a meaning somewhere. I wonder what people think would happen if the New Year came to a house and found the door closed 2" “ Happen I” said lVest. “ Why, that fewer people would begin the year with a sneeze. What else do you suppose !” “I dare say,” said Dickâ€"“I dare say they knew once upon a time. \Vell, its done now, and after all it would never have done to have the frost break up e'verywhere else, and not round the Hall." But the first day of the New Year did not bring a thaw, either round the Hall or else- where. To-day was yesterday’s twin brother. Nor was Rubert sorry for it, for- had it thawed, he would have found it ex- ceedingly difficult . to invent an excuse for staying at home while the other men were all a-fleld. Of course, while the ground was hard it was natural enough for a philosopher to take solitary walks in company with problems. But problems when the scent layâ€"even a broken leg would hardly serve as an excuse for him then, after three long weeks of iron. Happily, the weather allow- ed him. with no more ditficulty than usual, to be at the colts re by fivr in the afternoon. If he had believe in omens, he would have felt that his luck at least had not changed with the change of the year. He was neither shy nor timid by natuciip. and was eager rather than nnv_:â€"â€" - N' 8 first interview with the mysterious person- age who kept his daughter so strangely Con- ..... .. ...... .... . in H nriso Beydnd all quiistlou, ‘Hb’i'li flimiviii-i eiiear'ly ifs ignorant as be of her own history. She scarcely knew of any other life, except after the vague and untrustworthy manner of dreams. She was fairly well educatrd, for she had been thrown upon her own mental resources all her life, and had been put by this same unguessable father into the right way of using them. Oddly enough, she was most familiar with the very books and branches of knowledge that Rupert himself would have chosen for her had her education been given into his hands. She had lived in this wayâ€"so he learned from herâ€"all her life, seeing none hilt her lather and an elderly nurse who attended to her admir- ably, but told her nothing. She was under a strict discipline which she had never thought of breaking through, never going out for exercise except in the early morning in the woods, or bo-ng allowed to how a friend. Short of making inquiries, Rupert had invented a thousand theories to account for the mystery, but had rejected them all. But about one thing there was no mystery at all. No wonder that a young girl, With such infinite capacity for the life that had been withheld from her for seventeen years, had snatched at life, love, and liberty us soon as they had found her out in her soli- tude. She was the sleeping princess who woke when the prince had forced his way to her through the thorns. But now, at last, the whole secret was to be disclosed. 0f the result, Rupert had absolutely no fear. He was rich enough to satisfy any earthly father, and in love en- ough to satisfy any father, man or demon, who loved his child. His high spirits of yesterday were nothing compared with to- day's. Hc hardly felt the ground as he walked, but seemed to tread on air. He reached the cottage well before five. Butâ€"â€" The door stood wide open, and the front garden was littered with bits of broken wood, ends of cord, and straw. The kitchen was without a fire. “'ith a strange feeling of fear in his heart, he went at once into Bertha's bowerâ€"it had four bare walls and an empty floor. The lattice was open, and the air seemed deadly cold. Had it all been but 3 Fairy Dream? But it was no dream that he loved her with his whole heartâ€"and she was gone. CHAPTER 11. One : Two : Three : â€"- Ten: Eleven : Twelve ! He whom licttcrcd Fortunes and a testa- tor's fancy had tran-liiuted form Rupert Grayshaw into Rupert Hildreth did not rise from his chair, or throw open so much as an inch of window at the sound. If». laid down his penâ€"but that was rill. The twelve strokes came to his cars iiiumcd through double windows and closo' dwrs. “I am n it such a fool as that," thought he, ” The old year's a great deal too long to lose, and I don't want a better. I've done for six years past with wanting more than I have, sinCcâ€"siiiccâ€"No : I've done with dreams. I’eihaps (hey might come back if I opened the door to a change, Let tnoee open their 4l(°rl who are sick, or sorry, or sinful, or peer: not I, who am rich, and con- tent, and sound in heart and limb and brain . . . and who knows what happened once, when I let out the one sweet dream of my whole life, and when that better waking came in throu h the open door ! Never again. I might etia sickness, ordiscontcnt. or waneâ€"who knows! I'll be as I am, with one long, faithful old your all in myself, that I've tried and proved. Yes. it has an. siren-d. Pevera have come with the new , years, and have emptied other homes, but they have passed by Dy doors, that had kept out the evils of the unknown like those of a wise man. Fortunes have broken : but mine Others, in the new years, have mar- ried and died; I, with the old year under my roof, am us alive and free as I was sixi years ago. I have seen others grow greyi l lobach that coma in the rest or the world. s . . Sc knock on. New Year, a< hard; dior boiled and barred against you and; )‘Liflfl.’ It was true that, ever since that midnight of six years am, in: hid whereby to creep in. For on the night or: hope which thi- new year had, with its first touch, taken away. Perhapsâ€"so he felt in fancyâ€"if he had kept the new year out, Bertha and the old year would have staid with him : nor was the fancy quite so un- reasonable in a man of science as it may seem, or what had Bertha herself ever been to him but a fancy and a dream! And it was true that, while the new years had brought troubles enough on others, they had left Rupert Hildreib. the scholar and chemist, undisturbed in his life and labour. With him the same old year seemed for evi'r tw abide, until it had earned by custom an undisputed right and title t v a place by his healthstmm. outskirts of the town of Rain‘nsin. practiced the new :3: kn _ hacked, d 1h sn erstilion of kee - his fro-rt door c‘ose‘l , “K I” ‘3 c_ "I 3 new in" _ shill, an that no iii-51%“ might find schiiik ; "m be Produced “1 an em where the {0113' cle are not destroyed or the glands decayel. long ago he had Iain duvvu with joy ann II 6 aims are beautifully shown on bushy. 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TssBoston speculatorsin Bernhardt tickets have had a hard experience. the best place, a--d broke up hunse'ni- (is-thutwwid seat for 32. have been safe had they never let the old year no. But he neVer troubled himself about the matter, and just lived and worked on. Some thought he kept himself too much aloof in time of trouble: and no doubt that same and new year, while it brought death to boiiies, brought good to scale. But what has he to do With the things of new years that have never come to him? Another new year had brought among its gifts 9. great financial crash that had been felt in most homes, but had not given Rupert Hildreth, though a rich man, a moment's doubt or fear. He had never loved a new face, or made a new enemy. From January to December every year had been one and the same. There were some who thought him hard, cold, and selfish. Othersâ€"women mostlyâ€" could not help believing that, early in life, his heart had been broken by some great sorrow with which a woman had had to do, and that this made his days so changeless and his life so lonely and self-contained. He would have denied such a theory, had it ever come to his ears, with scorn. His treatment of new years and its effects might be but a. superstitious fancy; but he lived as if he thought it based on truth and rea- son. Nevvr, sincs that New Year’s Eye, had be seen, or even, despite of all his searching, heard of Bertha again or of any- body who had ever hesrd of her. And now he had shut out the threats of another new car. y He worked late, and rose late, without taking note that a new year had begun for all the rest of the world. \Vhy should he, indeed, when it was still the old year, of years ago, for him ? It was certainly nothing particularly new, thougha little unusual, that he should re- ceive a visit from a strangeriu the course of the afternoon. The card by which the vis- iii-r introduced himself was that of .\1r.‘J. Diamond. “ Mr. Hildrcth i” asked Mr. Diamond, is stifi‘, middle-aged man, with a professional look about him. “ Then, in the first place, I have to wish you a happy new year.” “ Aliâ€"What? Rupert, abseutly. Ii I beg your pardon, sai “ You are on business suppose I” " It is odd you should expect thatc-figri odd indeed, considering the day. 6’ Run. rare holiday that has brought nigés But ham, where I happen to have! 41”“; “km it is business all the same . a, ‘ . Elm mm... hUu’iby .5 doing iE/Iithout “listing day. Time has a wp’ of flying" ya“ see” “ Or of standing stir." “ ’ M " h - not wiih me. mszi‘iiiâ€" andmlz'ii‘sli‘zigilebo ’on. I ht. lieve you were acquainted with Mr. Ricliari‘: herwent, of Ccmbe Bassctt. I have bum his leg-l adviser for some years. Perhaps you Me Lot aware ” [10 as CONTINUED. u-»â€" A Suicidal Canary. DETERMINED EFFORTS OF A PET BIRD TO END ITS DISEASE-BURDENED LII’E. (New York Mercury.) A canary. the pro'pu‘ty of a lady Well: known in society in this city, who resides on Fifth avenue, Within a stone’s throw of Major Cooper's private residence, was about to). days ago taken unwell. The little fellow was about 8 years old, and hall been retired by the lady, who Wis exrremcly fond 0‘ it. No amount of coaxiug or persuasion could induce the little fellow to open his bill, and when once or twice a drop of diluted brandy was forced into lti in mail it resolutuly I'c- fused to swallow it, and fluttered and pwcked so obstinately that its fair owner was forced to let it alone. After being subjected a second time to what it evideny considered an indignity, the bird’s mode of action showed clearly that it had determined to put an end to itself. The modus operandi was watched by its mistress and her hus- band with great and incresing interest, as it first trieelone plan and then anothurto accom< plish its suicidal purpose. First it would climb to the top perch in the cage, and seiz- ing the ring which hung pendant from the: hell on the top of the cage in it. beak, would hang suspended, its little legs tucked in underneath its wings, nor was it very easy to open the beak and take the bird down, for it resented the sligtest attempt at in'er- ferance. As it was fonndimpossiable topre- vent the recurrence of these suicidal efforts, the ring was removed. The canary rem nrcd this in a very strange fashion. The .water- trough used was a very deep one, which was within the reach of the bird when on the lowust perch of its cage ; the second perch ran lengthways. Suspending itself. by its claws to this. the canary hung with its head down into the water-trough, evulentlyde- termiued to commit suicide by drowning. When discovered the first time its head was almost entirely cove ‘cd by the water in the trough. To prevent all chance of misaqun- turc, but very little water was afterward left a the water cup. Getting on_the to perch of the cage, it next pO'ed its litte head through the wires, and, letting go of the perch with its feet, tried to hang itself, and was only prevented from successfully accom- plishing this by. the fortunate interposition of the lady. oward the close of its life it became hardly able to move, but the suicide mania was upon it, and it was constantly c.liight poking its head llilouyii the wires of the side of the cage and :ryiug In strangle itself. Prevented immvfi'ectlng 1'th quj'Oce, the bird in its last miirmnls seem to £ch afl'ronlcd, and would not permit itself to be touched, an I with its last expiring effort for- ced its field through the latticmg of the cage and died while attempting to commit suicide. .. ____._ “ ._.-_.....--~__â€"_. The American People. No people in the world suffer as much Will] Dyspepsia as Americansâ€"and although years oi experience in medicines have failed tn acmmplish a certain and sure remed ' un- UI Guru‘s Ators’r Flu-WEI! was int need for thii disuse and its effects; yrt s 1 well has this remedy succeeded in every case to effect a cure, that there is not a Dru ist in the United States but, recommen a the Avatar Fumes in all casesof Dyspe and Liver Complaint, Costiveueas, lg“ Stomach and Liver. Go to your (in: ' and get a Sample Boztls for IO cents an try it. Two doors will relieve any case. Regu- iar tile 75 canto. ..-..,.......____ A sonool. girl saw a play orined atSan ' Luis, Cal, in which on herdiiitefdied by pair l For t! "of there was a face in e to And who was Bertha's father, and what . and wrinkled : I an: nesr millvlle ageâ€"and : on. 81!" angering very much from unrequit- ccmsbstm a student and his Inch. 50- ; secret night he not have that ought not, in young. Lire tune- a spa-tunes 9nd I}! 'POI’“. amra bachelor and his 90". If V“ istzn'cc been known of at the Hall, he would l and my bookâ€"but they bar that Rupert had callcdfrom out ihcivv, asifhisthreota-plhad beau-polls. Itwasl hiinuii have been the first to hear. Dinaarandlxllisrdshadlastsdthesvsniug oliL... pal?! on others, unless they real ted love. T' c girl had an unhappy love af- OAKVILLB. November 10‘, 1880. Dear Sii‘,-~lt . Ends me unqualified pleasure to bear tlstimuny to the benefit I have experienced from using Burdock Blood Bitters. Mr: R, C. Baliner. have about half cine. a bottle of the Bitters. I remain, yours sincerely, For all p fail it 0in d By-y bottle. Canada. no equal. tries. an feed. 1' " finger lm'rc'sfl‘i') ft: [1.1: hour, hole 5 ii 25 in. “and, horse or power; good supply of . nrc filtered water. Sand for circii ar. land! The enfeebled frame, the pale, less 'chceks, hollow eyes, nervous and the various distressing forms mm in weakness, are matters that ever forms “f our country should consider. Debility and Irregularitivs arx may be pi'onipl-ly’rem Blood Bitters. There is a Balm in Gi tal wound, In Hagyard's Yello' found ; y it. s a quarter, ’ and lung remedy. \‘i rile (0 TON, Dundiis, Oiif.‘ SA“ MILL A151) FARM AT PARRY . SOUA D_“0 M" K0111 land ; 20 acres cleared. Mill can ciit 15 to 20 I,“ an,“ lathes. Price 21600 , tummy“. P. MOORE. Fuiilhlll. HAND STAMPS Bronze Medal at 'l‘orontqgmnbmon 1880 waiitcd. KENYON 5T5! '. (,I .6 ., , St. West, 'l‘orontoâ€" ' ART MFG C ‘ d h “I” 'NVENTORS DTEfa‘o’os or on. tainiiig awiifs slionld'vme to HENRY Glusr, l'aicnt no icilor, Otiawa, Canada; practice; no patent, no pay, â€"-.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"’â€"-\â€"~.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" TBA Dlimiiss,eoi'viuonrs “"d, D‘Iens secured in Canada, U"""dzlates and Foreign cum.- RIDOUT. (ly., Engineers, .tlc- iiiiifimfiiiiisci street West, 'l‘oroiiio. ARTIFICIAL LlMB. MRS. IRA MULLHOLLAND. It has been aptly remarked that there is one thing better than presence of mind, in case of accidents, and that in absence of body ; but as accidents may happen to all, Hngyard’s Yellow Oil is perhaps the best remedyâ€"it is better than an accident policy. Yellow Oil cures all manner of Flesh Wounds, ~Pains, Lameucss, Burns, SClIdS, Frost Bites, and is for external and intemal use in all inflammatory and painful diseases. All medicine dealers sell it. The World should be aroust to the plorable condition of the females of d_ fir 1‘ “‘3'! emulc y dealer in the land this great reinc- is sold. A cough is usually the effort if Nata-H: lo :xpel some morbid mutter i-rimtiu; tin: :zir passages of the lungs. proceed from an inflamed or irritable C'|ll(ll- tion of the throat, a. slight rash or humor often being perceptible. what it may, the remedy should be Hag- yard’s Pectoml Balsam. A purely vegetable balsamic throat and lung healer. by all dealers in medicine at 25 cents per It is said that heat travels faster than coll, because you can cesin catch cold. you do catch cold easily you can as easily cure it in its worst form if you use Hag- yard‘s Pectoral Balsam, the popular throat It speedily cures the most troublesome cough, allays all irritation, dislodges tough phlegm, cures Asthma, Honrscaess and Bronchitis, and all diseases lending in Pulmonary Consumption. MOULDINGS. Frames. Mirrors, etc. Send for wholesale lisl. H. ___ A J. )la'r‘l‘iisws e BuhoorflnwL 53%“! OFC 100 ACRES AT A BAR. ' nezi‘ oll' ' d. I" ll " address D.’ n. silisi','§%i§im. or m pammm RUSSIN llllUSE,$853550!“"iiil‘lJlli‘d‘ti fl“ “Mk [1 Irish, proprietor SHEEP URN SfiEIIL'ERâ€"‘TH'E 1"“: “"d film‘3-‘3‘W0rkiiig corn slicllc' in use ; l‘as rpartlcullus to J. 1’, BILLING- Marks, manufactured by .\l. H. \‘Omw Co, 13 Wellington Si. East, '1 "M70. Agents Wanlcd. METAL 6:, IIUB- nun Stomp.» . (,\'cl’)’ AIIID -‘ UQIIAWA CABl'mZ-fi'r (,1 U 97 Yongu Street, ’l’o..(;,,.,: . Ontario. ‘ or vnsmiuzn briti'l'lflfilt A Durable, Ll hf Elaqumnd Address, .I. DUAN .k 505'. Dayton, Ont. Ma ufactur)‘, 6:! Mary Hamilton. crful stimulatlvc Emouitnl. ' V V in Canada on rercip'. ofthe price, 25 cu. hAIih I’Al DERRINGER, Chemial. 396 King slrcet, 'l'nrnmu. produced by BOO DOZEN snwwifiovrun Best and Cheapest in Canada. ‘8' Stud C. T. Brandon & 00.. for (.‘irmlar. Mar ulaclumm Wooden GLKA’, Town». ammo cow-mine PI ‘a “If Over 110008 in. A :N MABLLSHZD 1633 ___â€"â€"â€"â€" Ill-syn sliced in coniieiiilon. “‘5K'1111nirvm Sllrer Hedda. “we‘ll-silvers, sum Mortal. WUBLW um, aq'd x321. CENT?“ KILL, First and Highest. ___â€"..â€" MM by any other 96 PM! A remit li’RLw‘ Mat“. Pu,“ Piano. loud ulna; . “WAN! and mud ml burner, to he tetrayai! And Bertha'e ex- new it in their Children : I have only myself! fair of her own, and the performance on the ‘h‘flnvhls hall". are as from as of ' stage impressed herso deeply lhatsbe bought Why, if there be a grain of arsenic on her way home, and committed nil-l truth in old iviras‘ tales, to bar the old year side. {I J astute, “lubricant elf-"l durabfv Pmfirfilggd m a", W. L N. m ms 5"“ m“ “m” _ sickness, disapoiut- predispositionâ€"all op- ‘ gray, and either of For sale They bought parts of the house for the entire two Hg and his He new,- [new I . weeks, and found that, after the nmfit rush change, from y.-.ir ti year, irozn day to day. ‘ 0f the limit night. they 119129111)‘ 09‘1111 Sell Kl Hi: lived, for quiet study's :I'u'e, in the an advance. 1'11: had difficulty "I gettm‘. 0...: their money back. It was u~iizilly posaible, year a plague of cholera swe : through the at 3 few min!“ea Put 3 O'Cloek, *0 buy a 53 For several years i suffered from oft-recurring bilious Headaches, Dyspepsia, and complaints p:- culiar to my sex, which now I am entirely relieved from, if not owed by using only I now beg to return you my sincere thanks for recommending to me such a Valuable medi. lot to the by Burdock / b/‘to heal each mor- ,Oil the sure remedy is i' outward use you freely For internal igda may 9p inflammation you should not £ tis worth its weight It may, how-.vcr, Let the cause be For sale If CHEAPEST, Also shingles and Apply to GEORGE i-f (ICHCI'IIIIILN . [\L'Clllh twenty yearn' 7133512? 'ii'iifl‘Tii- ' “may, 49 King UXUIHAN’I‘ WHISKERS and Moustache inlallihly the well-known and celebraled moustache prm diner. Ains‘s Four-Li, lll six weeks. All agreeable null pow- Seni to Ill‘ address scnofihcxen Hon. J. A. Mentionedâ€"cl & Hon. Mack l obtain the detirid information. era! Debility, Female lanolc Bottle. loi'. llrs. Freeman': \L ‘llu. Price as Celll.‘ or 5 .-r El. llrs. Pref-Inn's Si-w “hilly Q"! d": nu equal. i’r.. r n. Manufactured only by PETER BLACK. - at his Cocoa works. TEMPERANCE STREET. TORONTO V oim AGENTS WANl‘ED FOR COPYRIGHTED PORTRAITS â€"orâ€" N ESSRS. RICHMOND & (0., Fsclory: 75 Bay Sll‘l‘cl, Toronto. iiig Pictures, Show Cniils, die. Patented ' ,1 Use nothing but NEWTUS'n‘ PATENT ~r~ sunâ€"â€" A sample full Will bc i. Ill caprch paid, on i'iccipi of 3]. J. P. JOHNSON, (Solo Aul‘lll. fur Ciiii.u‘a,) ~ '~ 77 Iilclllll'lllll 51., W. Toronto. 13‘ mud .or iii-ice list and circular. rHE”P§ARu’ L a No Family should be w lhoiit It. Read) in a mo niont, ui.il IIIlf-"Ef‘ll d by time or \\ culli: r. Ask your Grouci' for if, or send direct to PEARL YEAST COMPANY. 39 Front Street East. Toronto. Ilox 1,26! I’, 0. EPIZOOTIG l Ilurses sick wlti. the prevailing cpizootic or dis- Il‘l‘nwr- w mom-prim: with dull splrils, poor nil in» tile. “C-IRIIW, ('IC ,aila no..,__, .,,,,,,,lmund ,muh ed heaven and general iiiilliriflimss slioiili I": led gives IllL'lll 14-ilc,',,'4vuil ~pirlu. improves Ibo uppeilic, a fine glossy coal, and puts LLvm III a lie-iliiii i-oii- dilion. and pigs falling for [Ill‘ Christmas market. Maiiufaclurv~45 John-«l. South. Ilnndlton, mil. VALUABLE DISCOVERâ€"Y HY MRS. JUII‘i’I'Z bll'liltfs. Drawing aligning Salve. - . First irizc at I’rr-vlnclal xiilmuun Lion The Dl-Wing and {dealing Salve cures CI"- dCOlllf‘P'FOStlmonIIIB on application. Satisfaction.gunr. 33:29” ni-sccsser, l-clonr, without the aid of a The Umwln and Healing Salve' curl-r so. slpclas and It nuworms. The Umwmg and Healing Salve cures l'ilcr and all l’ulsoucd Flesh. The Drawing and Hesllnpr Salve cures fprns, luflsmcd Joints, Cbilh ulna, slid Pros! I '08. Price, 25 and 50 cents a box. rm. Julye llyers’ Rheumatic Cure. A Positive Cure for Rhcumsllnin Nvumlgia, Weak flocks. bprilins, hllflliciu of Julnt-, Severe Aches, Cramps. itc. _ Price 81 per b.4110: (mil bottle. 10c. For sale by all «lrurgisia UL‘IH'PII agents for Canada, J. EMAIL”). "A King sl, ELI, Toronto. Grave. RIFLES. SPORTINéb GOODS! “‘r‘cwl for In) In“. llluslrnllpl ','a‘.al:r;_li- just (All [I l'rm-s gully (wince-l J. L. RAWBONEI, Practh Gunmniror. Toronto. DIAMONDS WILL OUT. AND 1m ImprovedDiamoud andthe Hanlan Cries-Cut Sass will cu”. (W1 and star l'. 4min Invig- e‘t than any other our in the world. The, are menu. [murulvmip b} R. B. SMITH a 00.. 8t Oathannes, so: cold b the Hardware Trace every- where. 'i s so other. We also make the [Anne for“), undoing, lmpmvaf (I: no i 1., jump.“ m I own, all kinds and patterns. H: In: mar iris Sit 1.4,. proud Champion. l“8l. tamarind Saw War lhave both been looking after but any one seudi g to MESS’RS. YE REX & PANTOV, ; PhOPRIETORS OF LUNDUNuovuiguylliunllnl BU~ i [V HIS-3 *3 UN IV? HERSI'PY for a copy of their beautifully Illustrated Circular whch contains several Cuts of very fine .rnamental Penmanship, as well as full particulars respecting course of Judy. Terms. &c.. wil not fail to ‘ use}: as PANTON, Box 315. London, Ont. BURDOGK BLOOD ‘B‘ilT‘T‘ER‘S The only Medicine that successfully purifies the Blood, acts upon the Liver, Bowels, Skin and Kidneys, while at the same time it alloys Nervous Irritation, and strengthens the Debiliteted System, perfectly and speedily curing Biliousness. J aundice, Dyspepsia, Consti- pation, Headache, Rheumatism, Dropsy.N ervous and Gen. tiumnilc Dym nre perfect in.every color. Fabrith- sud Blair’s IslahLMussriâ€"V’llucnal S‘s/file Packet, 10c. 20 Oz. Tins, 500. , sk yourgroccr for if ; Inkc no other. The fresh- .t and best Cocoa over oficrd for sale in tho Dinnin- QUEEN VICTORIA andflOh‘. GEORGE BROWN POR- TRAIT and Fine Art I’iibllshcv's. Chloe and Portmiii- l-Xt- cutcd in Oil, Wafer Colour. Sticl Eiigrnvingv, UH!- yon and Carbon. Oiilyfirst iolnured \iork done. We also vxi ciilc special oidcis for Mounting and Finish- The Best is t Cheapest! » Carriage Shaft . POLE COUPLING. Z ' DRY HDP'YEAST' with worms, obstructions ii. wall-r, mu 'II in“... 'qullLKY'H lsrnovsn Honor. AND CAT‘ILP. l-‘oon. IL 1‘ll0lll.l-ZY'.S CATTLE FOOD Is '11“: lllil'll‘ IN CANADA, :ii.d nhou d hr fi d to with, shocp » yuuaxv- meal-us v «mum-w a, a. mason a - “Zia sac RUM." and both have failed, 'IHE Address .' Complaints. Scrot‘nla, ‘Erysipelas. Salt Rheum, use every species of Chronic Disease arising from Disordered Liver, Kidneys. Stomach. Bowels or Blood. THE BEST BUJUD PUBIFYING TOMB IN THE WORLD. ’ i. mam & 00.. SEE .lCIllTS. IORUNIO. new" “)0. OI... .I Ponder is a safe. sure and effectual datroyu worm in children I .. (erlsjii iaiaase. Ask your Drugglst t'or r- H I‘ S H I N E , (DOUG-H BALSAM , Never fails Lioihcrs don‘t let your clilhlrcn stiller. CIJARK, JOHNSON 8: 00.. 77 Richmond Simot West. Toronto JEAS AT TIDE VIGTURIA TEA WAREHOUSE Is Enormous, comprising over 50 differ- ent Glades, Varieties and Mixtures. FROM 360. PER :LB. UP, Put up in Quantities to Suit I‘iirchasuis. WCuddlcs of 20 lbs. and over sonic. 0. I). to any railroad suitloii ficc. EDWARD LAWSON, 93 King-st. East, Sign of the Queen, 'L‘OBO N 'I‘O, .- --n..-.<._... - UNION ‘ FIRE INSURANGE GUMP'Y Capital, - $1,000,000. llead Ulliu: 28 ll 30 Toronto llrecl, 'l‘oronlo. DI IIthYI‘f'fIIS : EonJ U AIKINS. Soc of State. Pros. w H DllNfll‘Al‘flll, Vlcc-l’ruslih-iii People‘s Loan nllll llupuslt Cu, -lll‘0|llll. Jules Purim“, or Pnlcnull Bros; Wholesale Dry Goods Merchants, i‘oroiito. A Aeneas. of A A Allan lb 00. Wholesale l'ur- rlers, 'l oriiiilo. Aux NAIIIN, of A it B Naiin, Uoul Dealers, ’l‘oron- If). John Bars, SUIIUiLUI' oi the lmpuriul hank, Toron- lo. I W liCoussLi., 'luioulo. Salient Mclliuus, London, W l' lines, London. ' ll ll Homes. of ninllli, Wood .8: Uuwur‘, Toronto. A. T. McCORD, Jr., Manager. - liisks uikcii at Eipiltlihlc Its in ltllil Losses Set llcd I‘rumptly, . The Largest Government Deposit of any Ontario Fire Insurance Coiiipuiil . T0 PUB I' I A cuillplielii NE“, DRESS OI“ TYPE ANI) NEW FAST PRESSES will be added to our sill-cain huge and well equipped estiililisliniont, in time for our first issue».- in the now your. 0111- fucilities’will then be unrivalled for turning mil FIRST CLASS NEWSPAPER \VURK. Any publisher can effect u. saving of from $500 to $11200 ii your by n]- lowing us to print his “inside” or “ ()llldilflc. " All classes of newspaper work a specialty. Cstiuniws furnished mi application Prices as low as most publishers can buy the white paper for. Address S. FRANK WILSON. Ullicc "I The Auxiliary Publishing (In. Toronto, Ont. Canada. 7 W/lTEROUS IMPR 0v ED Portable Saw MlllS, ems? MILLS mo B‘arm .Engiueiis ous armature ' William's Engina Works 80. WORD. OWL.