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Juthiu to a foolish thing. He does not like“t.t) have anyone any his prayers, or to do, right in any way : so he put it iuto Jamie's mind that it. was quite un~ “wary for him to ho creating such a disturbance in the ship when it could be easily uvoiilml, if he would only say his prayers quivlly in his lnunmock, so tlmt nuhmly would observe it. He gainril nothing by this cowardly pro- cw-ling. The nmmunt. tho lrimnlly Builur saw Jannie got. into his lnnnmock without. first. kneeling down to pray, he hurried to Iim span, and dragging him out by the neck, he sisul: “Kneel dOWn ui mm", sir. Do you think I am going to tight for you, and you not say your prayers, you ym'ng l'uscnl fl" During the whule of the Vuyngo hack to London, this rccklcss, prufuue sailor, watchml (War the buy us if he had been his hither, mul every night. uuw that he kneeiml iluwn and said his prayers. Jamie. smm begun to he iiiiliistl'ioils,4nd “u'liwi his hook. He lea-med all about yup-m mul rigging, and when he became Old '5! - ll. uiwu- taking latitude. Sev- H‘ul years ago the largest steuumr ever built. tulle-l the “ Great Eastern,” was launchml nu the oceun, and carried the {alumni cnlole across the Atlantic. A very reliable and experienced captain was Cl'lISi‘H 1"»: this important undeh tnkmsr. :um' “ho hllhllld it. be hut little Jumiu, «of -h m I have been telling you. “\Vhen the "Grant Eastern" re~~ turned lu Edgmul, after lie-i successful voyage. Que-m Victm-ia bestowed on “In thenlwnur of kniglillmual, and the world now know; him as Sir James Anderson. Near the pyrmnids, more wondrous Ind more awful than all else in the kind of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphylzx. Conu-ly the crenture is, but the Cellielimrss is not of this world; the once worshipped beast ismdeformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you cun see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned scconding to some uncimit mould of beautyâ€"some mould of beauty now forgottenâ€"for- gotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherm from the flashing foam of the Egeun, and in her image created new forms of beauty, and made it a law among men that the short and proudly wreathed lip should stand for the sign end the main condition of loveliness through all generations to come. You still there lives on the race of thee who were beautiful in the fashion of the elder wOi-hl, and Christian girls of Coptic blood will look on you with sad, serious gaze. and kiss your charitable hand with the big ponting lips of the very Sphynx. Laugh and mock if you will at the worship of stone idols; but. mark ye this, ye breakers r‘“ “woes, than in one TEE EGYPTIAN SPEYNX. Dry Goods, Groceries. Boots 85 Shoes, Hats Caps, See His Black and Colored Lustres, See his special line of New Striped Cashmeres in afll the new shades, onfiy 260. per yard, very cheap. See his Black and Colored Cashmereg, @HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR FARM PRODUCE. Z’oots di- S/zoes. [[als (6 ('a/m. A GOOD TWEED SUET FOR SEVEN DOLLARS, S- H- GLASSFORD, CANNINGTON. Se TRY HIS 500T.” :mâ€"A iQ AL TO ANY AT ems. HAS OPENED OUT IN LA IDLA\V’S BLOCK, CANNINGTON, A LARGE STOCK OF Sfiffifi AME GAKADIAN TWEEQS. GREY CO’TTOR BY THE HUGE. VERY LOW. S. H. GLASSFORD Which he will sell 15 to 20 per cent. below regular prices. EW SWGQEQ CASH FOR HID ES SHEEPSKINS FROM 60 Cts. UPWARDS. ST 0 YES. FU LL LINES OF :,-, 012-271 .3791! Glassy/art at 5101720722 prams ‘AND and Crockery. Mk ' ! - E-VH: ‘. lct Cll‘ "119 Cififllfl‘ wh» .n'u often . mwmpt- P.“ . - , whu .6 18m" agelnml'ml tn ; . U . I\ a the '13 'i'n'u and 7‘ o: ' unq- - ~ fiimmbla the two- ;zar - ' - mum ‘ RIISSiZ‘. Paintory, ww man“! u this n' uh all, uh . . «sum. ("Hr has ‘ nu uimotl u: 'n x », and l . libero. su-i pupu. Irv :‘ Iv, \u-xunah . i., is su- = insiicvcd u. w T"! by p(-T~-I1. Evuu Petal! tlw U-I'n-, the “ Fauner of Blush,” but!!! no femur 1mm three kupes 11' 'm .msaa» situation, mm 0? whirl: ochva whom he Was qu-wchild, His sism r’wphia, wiulning m secure (he CI'0\\u huraelf, sent, cw” nf lmr sen-Van»; :u ~11; him ; but. his filflfifl‘flllotllt‘n, aeizin_ mm in her arms, flhl into an .nljhimm; chtll'ch, and seating him on the altm- x-:t men the sacred images, hmle the uumlerero‘ beware of profuning the holy place. The sulwl'stitiuns Russians, although rife fur murder. shrank from thb’ tlmnghl of uncvilega; they slunk away. in terror, and Peter’s life was HM’vd. The Russian peasants generally believe in imaginary beings called “Roussalki !"â€"- beautiful maidens, who charm the nu: lucky mortal by their songs and allure him into the river. These Russian Lore- leis are supposed to be the souls of un- bsbtized children, and of girls who com- mit suicide; they are the goddesses of the clouds, and appear in the format a. but- terfly or a put! of smoke. The exploit ofPhineas Fogg, in making the tour of the world in 80 days,. is soon .0 be beaten by the regular lines. With new lines of steamers, soon' to be- put on their stations. the calculation is that the trip from Liverpool to New York Will: occupy 8 days. New Yorkto-Ssn Francis- co 6 days, San Francisco. to Hong Kong 24 days. and thence to London 864 «by». making in all 74 days. Speaking of the bores and impositions filflicttd upon the literary community, an incident in LOugl'cllow'B experience is re- lated which is not generally known. He once received :1 Liter requesting him to compose an acrogtic, the first letters of which should spell “My sweet girl." The applicant added, ” Write as if it were some beautiful girl with whom you were in love-â€" just as if it were for yourself." At the foot of the letter Were these wonls. ” Send bill.”' How gratified the poet must have been with such a testimony of his talent from an utter stranger. K Snmn ro m0‘aorma;â€"-J’olin [riderâ€"- Ion, the first man to make the ascent. of the’ great. South dome in the Yosemite Valley, is- a quiet young Scotchman, who lives, hermitâ€" like, in a small house near the saddle of the dome. Here he dreams and experiments,. coming occasionally down into the valley,. there he is the object 0! eager curiosity b travelers, who whisper one to another,. “There's Anderson. There’s the sailor who climbed the Dome." Brt few travelers have ever newndod to his workshop in the mom:- tains, and few pimple know that he is now busily cons-muting: a £chch of one thou- smul at: p5, which hr int/{ids 811:9: form an. i'xf'a way 50 thu «lauds. T‘m »t [M are r- l. rivitml toga iii-r by ir'm. ! ml mil cl l-y iwlh Y. ”l" rm 3: ‘ "‘Ilr. crises of insanity caused by religious air citmnent are often reported. Here is quite a different case. A young man whose mind had become diseased, and who was fast sink- ing into absolute lunacy, attended a Moody and Sankey meeting in Chicago. He be- came greatly agitated under one of Mood'y oxhortations, and from that moment his in- tellect mm as clear as ever. He thinks it was a miracle. Physicians say that the cure was (treated by the mental activity caused by excitement. Lu H; ll. \' [In H0 nu II“ ‘6“ ‘lm nf 2w N‘ l‘VIU} ulglntm'. Inlmml‘n , Nice 01' ‘i. ll his \u ‘l Slmin villi h ; clmt £33} .LRS. H! ‘ I I l-u n , u Iml es of 0m H «(II M for In. cruw ‘1‘ It. till -uul . as it, in . Ab]. Mauro it vml m i ”mm the' ‘he BIT 2h Save»- Smm ()II ll“! k lugs uf ‘m‘ emu Ewre tlm 1!: it bl”. a: it, in. UN U rimlic Muuvx ”nth“ mulhlll mnmh nuilcd many mire wlwu J Li“ tlmt