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é al wy £3 SS vB 2 8 ia VOL. XVIL NO. 184 © HENRY GRIST, Hort Onfaric Obseroer. © a wari POLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL, nil 3 ast a : FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT " +PORT PERRY, EVERY. THURSDAY MORNING, D '& PARSONS. po | mt TERMS$1 pér annum, if paid in ad- ange; if not $1.50 'Will be charged. No sul than six months; and are pail RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion . Subsequent i ions, per lin 0 02 Lards, under 6 lines, per annum, ., . 5 00 B@~ Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- «ed, will be abo t Advertisments meastired by Nonpareil, aud charged acgording to the space they ac-- oupy. Advertisments received for publication. without specific' insfrugtions, will be inserted antil fordid and charged accordingly. No advertisment will be taken out until paid for. A libergl unt allowed to Merchants and others who, advertise by the year or 'half-year. ©. B&~ These terms will in all cases be atrictly adhered to. 0 08 y Job Bepargment. © 'Phamplets, Hand Bills, ' Posters, . Pro< gramines, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and color, executed promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. B&F Parties from a distance getting hand 'bills, &e. printed can have them done to take home with them. J. BAIRD. | H. PARSONS. Prafes iomal © 1r0s. JONES, M. D, Corgmer, Physiclan, R. L030, 3, Dv Coroner. : "Port Perry. Resldénee--OMce door west af the Presby erian Church. R. WARE, Coronor for -thg County of Dinter hysiclan, Surgeon. and Ac- .oucheunr, . + t Prince Albert. 3] H. SANGSTER, M. D,, Physician, Sur- A. geon and Accoucheur Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. QMfce over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m, Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. WM. MWGILEL, M.D. WAT . M.BRIEN, M.L V) Hospital, London, Kngl 0, H. Li, Oshawa, Whitby. YMAN L. ENGLISH LL. B, Solicitor in 11.4 Chaucery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawa. 0OMee--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office. YOUNG SMITH, LL. B.,, Barrister, At- AUX. torney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, and Insolvency, Notary Publle, &e. OMee--MecMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. a A rear YAMER)ON & MACDONNELIL, Barristers C and Attorneys at Law, Solicilors County Council, Ontario. Offices : Court House, Whitby. JM. C, GAMERON, HL. J. MACDONNELL. A. HIURD, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor P. ip Chancery. Oflice in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. WW. Maurice Cochrane, \ TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan- cery, Ne ke, So Sm Ci rom 9a.m. .m. og gwd at 8 per cent, on all -Xkinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. C. N. VARS, L. D. 8. FYYEETH idbertedl ontall the lotest 'princi-| ples ofthe art, and ps cheap as the cheap- 'est, and a8 good as. the best Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. % sn gxtuiny without pain by. producing local anmsth- asia, rd yms--in Cowan's new lock, over Atkinsod's Drug Store, King Street, Oshaw bcd nk ' EMBER of the Veterinary Institute, | i Chicago, Ill. Gold : Medalist: for the nest Dp on Horse Practice. "Author of a First Prize Essay on shoeing. '@radu- ated Sept. 16, 1867... 5. ik Dr. Thora begs to announce that he has takge np his vosidiines at Port Perry, nud is now prepaid to treat all cases entrusted to his cars in the most skillful and scientific manner. All orders left at the Medical Hall Jf Mr Allison, will receive promptattention. or [is Vo tecinary Stables may be found' op Lil v stint, QppQuite, Cussitt's Factory. Port Party, Oct: 28,1873 © -- J JOHN 8. + Mg; WALLGOA;: been ap- YF shy | of Whitby, has 0) Jor IT OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE pf Ontario. ~ Any business; Bs Snare will be carefully, at ; fended to. ay TE TL SLE N HAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- ¥ X.2 TRyg ine. in. Bigelow's Bloolk, : po i Mex hours from 4 HN CHRISTIE, © wit 1 : TOWNSHSP OLERK, wily o aaner afMoarriag Licenses~~Conveyanesr, Commissioner $0, Ooo Manchester. + TorTess no Duper discontinued until all arrears PATENT SOLICITOR AND DRAUGHTSMAN, snd other departments of the Government Specifications; and other L sary to secure Patents of Invenfion, 1b prepNsED UCTIONEER, FOR THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO. * AND TOWNSHIPS OF MARIPOSA & CARTWRIGHT, PER to thank his many triends and the age bestowed upon him'for the past five years. Bailiff, I intend, in future, to deyote m whole time to the business of Auctioneer, Collecting, &c. ne It will be my endeavor, by 'prompt and careful attention to business, to give full satisfaction to all who may favor me with their Sales or Collecting. > Bi'ls draughted and Blank Notes furnished free of charge. 3 Also Bill Stamps always oi hand. { Arrangements can be made, for sales &c., 2 the Opserver Office, and ab the Standard Office, Port Perry. W. M. WILLCOX, Prince Albert, Oct. 25, 1873. Wm. Gordons Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, d&e. OR the Township of Brock, Uxbidge, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, . gay Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. THOS. H. WALSHE. ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township 4 of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, ctc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctyally attended to. Debts col- lected in Cmningtov, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSHE, the No:th Ontario Auction- {| eer. WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. R. WOLFENDEN, Jd. & JHOLESALE and Retail dealers in W Es nd American Marble rein tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas St , Whitby. Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite, Also Building Stone cut to order. JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. Whitby, July 29, 1874. 33 R. RICFARDSON, Re-appointed Issuer of Marriage Fiicenses Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con. Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. 33 22 £40 E |New Marriage Act. Port Perry, July 1st, 1874. HENRY CHARLES baving been re- _ appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as heretofore--at Port Perry. PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, C. MKENZIE, PROPRIETOR, y % ur { Subgeriber having now fully equi THE pip Sc Liver; 'Stables phed a supply of superior Horses and Carriages, is vrepared to furnish first class: On Moderate Terms. } CG. MeREN2ZIE. A Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878. Pa TORONTO. : TOBE rss ves A851. L437 TOL Jia mg: £2 L43E : lcapital' = 8400.000. -- Hon. John MeMurrich. +++.0. Magrath, Esq. Hal MONEY | MONEY ds on Real Estate, : B. A. HURD. Port Perry, March 13,1874, . 1 OTTAWA, CANADA, "| Transacts business With the Patent. Office op, ts and. the Registration of Trade Fh nd Designs procured. Drawings, te ae public generally, for the liberal patron- ® Having now given up the business of y D. CAMPBELL, { attached. | Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 "PUMP FACTORY, PORT PERRY. A LO-AMERICAN HOTEL, W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR. sitnated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Motel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! to the requirements of travelers and guests. 'The bar supplied with the best Liquors and. Cigars. Good Stabling. § kc HOUSE, to the requirements of travelers and gueets. The bar supplied with the best wines, liquors LIVERY REGS or tui 7 NESTEIN ASSURANCE COMP'Y gan, sq: \ ONEY TO LOA' 988 per eent interest TS A mrp PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ON HOUSE Ho: . 'PORT PERRY. 'E Subscriber embraces this opportunity L 'of returning his sincere thanks to his pamiko 8 patrons for the liberal and con- stantly increasing patronage which has 1a inued ¢xtension of the accommodations till now THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province and surpassed by none out of the |. best cities. - Commercial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and the general public will find in THE WALKER HOUSH all that ean be required in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges. The Charges are No Higher at the Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up throughout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the choice ot thegnarket and the utmost atten-- tion paid to the convenience and comfort of ALL GUESTS. An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers, T. WALKER. Port Perry, Sept 1, 1675. 3 pe PERRY HOU } PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comfort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers Additions have been made which make: this the largest and best House in this section of | couatry. Fare $1.00 per Day. ENISON'S DOMINION HOTEL, At the Railway Station, PORT PERRY, Every attention given to the accommoda- tion and comfirt of guests. The table and bar svpplied with the best the Market af fords. Choice Liquors and the best brands of Cigars. Excellent stable and shed ac- commodution, and attentive ostlers, DB. DENISON, Proprictor. R ERE HOUSE, Lv MANCHESTER. . By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel | | | it will be my endeavor to conduct it in! every particular so as to merit the appro- lation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. [ROYAL HOTEL, WHITBY. ALPHONSO HINDE, - PROPRIETOR | The comfort and convenience of guests | | | | carcful attended to. 1 'lent accommodation of Commercial Travelers A. H. Whitby, Aug. 12,1875. | gn 2 CANNINGTON, Ox. PROPRIETOR 1 This Hotel is now furnished in the best | !style, and offers every accommodation to! travelers ~ | | B45 First class Sample Rooms. Livery A RONG HOUSE, (LATE ALRION,) WHITBY, *ONTARIO. iE. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. PRINCE ALBERT. Having purchased the above pleasantly Strict attention paid to the comfort of! uests. The table and Dar well supplied: | Wi. H, Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. U NION HOTEL, MANCHESTER. AND GENERAL [4 ADVERTISER ES ---------- TARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1876, ' 'WHOLE NO. 917 done on the shortest notice and hy com WATCHES, CLOCKS, i Have just recei ARK. ra It vor him Allorders BUILDIN G! This incoming Spring and Summer the undersigned holds out "GREATER INDUCEMENTS Than ever offered before, bath as to Quantity, Quality and determined to Sell all kinds of LAEDIWARE & TIN FURNISHINGS As Cheap and I think a little Cheaper Than they can be ge" EAVETROUGHING, Galvan A call is respectfully solicited. Ww. 24th, 1876. Port Perry, Feb, 7, n L..7 JEWELRY AND C--O: = Diesfeld & ie of the Finest Stocks « ne Watches in all rtient of Silver War all st the compri Inspection respectfully solicited, 2 -- | Port Perry C UEENS HOTEL, | J Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. | ee or ---- | S! PUMPS! eesti [) ite PUMP You can get the best and cheapest Pump in the Province AGAIN TINS PATENT SEE THE PRICES. Foner Pumr--A complete Pump and Fire uginé with Hose and Coupling complete for Patent Swing Lift Pumps at 50 cts per foot. Common Log Pumps at 40 cents pov foot. Common turned suction Pumps at 35 cents per foot. Cistern Pumps, a complete Pump, from §3 up to $8. Also every other description of Pump, at EQUALLY LOW RATES ! had long exper vith a cal Sept. 29,1870° ; PARRISHL. ewelry of endless variety of ¢ for wm HOLIDAY PR Whick they are prepared to seil at prices which dg; This Trunk line of railroad. dence. There were beer-gardens, drinkin; saloons, and gambling. houses, out of all pr there was not a brawl was a school, and. office since our marriage. brought me my dinner and supper. There was a small room next to the offic with a window, but only one door, comman cating with the larger room." Hera Alice ha fitted up a dressing-table, and wirror, wash en building, that stood alone. With necessary introduction T come t my blue-eyed Alice, onlysei hteen, and afrai ot her own shadow, played in it. I was in the office at about half-past seve, in, all flurried, saying: bankment on the road to-day ? "No ; I have not." the midnight up train comes w there will be an horrible smash-up "All right, sir." for business, [ thought, afterwards. As I al we chatted. "Any messages to-day ?' my wife asked. "One for John Martin." " message ? 'Midnight train !"" "Was that all 7 to tell me there is a hi the track at the enbankment, so I shall the midnight train at Postville. The pa ers must wait a few hours there, in the morning after the track ¢ Have you sent the mes 7 'Not yet. There is ulenty of time. Ti train does not reich Pottsville till half-pa. n, and it is not yet eight. Yes--it is Ju striking." 1 never forgi clean tow n th 2 room as she gpo Iwas rising fro Before I could spe John Martin spoke * Mr Hill was train. You will not The rock is ther for that purpose. gold in the train. "Yon would r end the at train--put the y thousand stand 7 s on the train nee in Pump-making in the largest factories in Carada and States, the subscribérfeels confident that be can perfectly satisty all that will all. forany of theabove, whether by mailorotherwise | 1 » OHN IRVIN, Port Perry. JAMES T. HEARD, PropmizTor. Good accommodations, Careful attention Manchester, July 15, 1874, 30 UTIOA. J. DAFOE, PROPRIETOR. Good accommodaiions. Careful attention OYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL. WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT, E. BRYANS, Proprietor, Subscriber having succeeded Mr. Mason aS Pleasant and comin odiout Hotel has nejther labor.nor expensein.re-fittiog | ape) sino the entire promises. The Bar sap Ww! ed h a syperior elas of Liquors and 0 the best brands of Cigars. The choice of the x ket provided for the Tables. Ex nt a attentive Ostlers, BRYANS. 'Williamsburg, Dec. §, 1875. 'S HOTEL, : Tite A % PORT PERRY, v " " D. IRELAND, Proprietor, Spr a tase ae for co! 1 C story, and EE n ¥9 Bie Fie and bat app 6d with the choice of the x ' Stables care ttended to." . The les 4 A NS Proprietor. MONEY |. [Private Funds] terest. : LYMAN ENGLISH, ~ BARRISTER, &0., November, 21, 1866. = ORT WHITBY & PORT PERRY EXTEN- PE uy Takes cflect on Wednesday, 8th Dec, 1875, * Platform Stations--Trains stop on signal- The Subscriber is prepared to convey 3 . i] - Fo Loan on good Farms, at'8 per cent in- Chute, Trunks Bacon every other de a Port Perry Jan. 1st, 1874, [3 N RAILWAY. TIME TABLE No. 13. Trains Going North. 2,10 -Arrivel2.15 Trains Going South. = Ei 29 Arrive 7,42 .cie ¥! U NANT a J. CLARKE, Chemist, I 5 GG E ad b _ APOTHECARIES' HALL, LINCOLN, ENGLAND, TAKEN TO FRon THE STATION BR D TOWN. OR THE CLOOD 1S THE LIFE'-- See Deuteronomy, chap. xi1., verse 23. \'} CLAREKE'S World Famed Blood Mixture. Trade Mark--** Blood Mixture." THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER AND RESTORER. For cleansing and clearing the blood from allimpuritiesannot be too highly recommend- el For Scrofula, Scurvy, Skin Diseases, and sores of all kinds it is a never-fatling aud per- Toronto Time. | manent cure, AL Depart Joo Tt Cures old Sores. Bi Cures Ulcerated and Sore Legs. lackheads, or pimples on the face. 150 Cures Scurvy Sores. 0 Cures Cancerons Ulcers, Cares Blood and Skin Diseases, Cures Glandural Swellings. Clears the Bood from all impure Matter. A.M From whatever «Depart 6.00| As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and ++ 8.00 | warranted free from anything injurious to the most delicate coustitution of either sex, the 6.40 | Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial to 7.00 | test its value. ; Thousands of Testimonials from all parts. Sold in bottles 2s 2d each, and in eases con- times the quantity, 118 each--suffi- TAMER HOTDEN | doe eSL@ permasient cure in the great 0 ] 0 ong standing cases, A : hor. y 0 g sta 8 h Jp taining si rob it?" | cried, I was the cool reply. * One fifth ou keep buck the message. T been watclied ull the way i iabolical scheme at one the embankment and villains who would | plundered 1b in wait there. ¢ Come," Martin said, 'will you join us ?' ¢ Never! I eried indignantly. | ¢ We must force you then." murdered, I could not take the blood of tl passengers in bis train upon my head. No securely that 1 could not move. It w th my mouth. and locked the door after them, There was a long silence. Outside I con hear the step of one of the men pacing and down, watching. T rubbed my bea fall round my neck. there was a tap on the inper door. 'Robret,' Alice said. der my window.' 'Are you alonein the room 'Yes.' man under my window, and 1 can get out | pocket book. He nodded the basket man to unfurled, a pentlemas remarked, * I knew knotted together, and 1 have cut my whi time. Don't fear forme. When you hear | over the end of the pew and felt in {he other | Saturday morning, after the warm rain' know I am safely on the ground." not stop her. undertaking was taken, It was dark, cloudy, and threatening of this timid woman, starting alone upon t threatening. me a thunder storm was coming rapidly. Oh, the long, long minutes of the next hour | | peel and lint. 'Then he stood up, Ten o'clock ! The rain falling in torrents | praying that an earthquake might i EXPORT AGENTS. ; Burgoyne, Burbridges and Co., Colman St London > Newbury-and Song, 37 Newgate St., London. Barelay and Sons, 95 Farrington St, London. Sanger and Sous, Oxford. St , London. And all the London Wholesale Houses. AGENTSWIN CANADA. to or from the Railway | Montreal. -- Evans, Mercer and Uo., Wholesale Station or anywhere around town. All{= Di Orders promptly attended to. Charges moderate, * " . Toronto.~T. Jost and Joy Why J. COOK. | framition.--Wiber and Co, was so afraid of lightnivg ! Often had overcome by terror or perbups stricken lightning / Eleven o'clock! The storm was one anoth. r through my tortured brain. Falfax.-- Avery, Brown and es A NIGHT OF THRRORS, v = 5 from me in one hour, chilled by hi : feht, which will dwell : ' 3 Dorr the with vivid distinctness i lite ny femory Best, No words can describe the misery of | devout heart in that house, But Mr. Bild are left me, was in October a long while ago. I | "3i4iDg as the minutes dragged slowly along. | erback only dropped into his i was at that time a telegraph operator station- in the dead silence a far off sound struck. abrupt, made edina little Canadian town on the Grand | thrill of horror to my heart, far oats piusss that Mine was by no means a model place of resi- | faint whistle came through the night air' -- | made a fool of by 0 0- vi portion to the more respectable shops and res- ofthe tral growing move angd more distinct. idences ; we had two arrests of counterfeiters, and there was scarcely a day passed that | Surely to certain destruction | Where w smid, blue-eyed woman had come te teach where upon the wild road? Hex How long an unprotected wol i lived there 1 oe guess ay Pighilare fhe agony of tay gestion te hg : bad been there but three months when sie | "Le of (40 trail was portly lost ; far consented to walk nto the church with more did I fael the bitterness of Alice dead one day and walked out my ee This 1h than the horror of the doomed lives the train qm of vibes #10 in July, and we had occupied a pretty cottage | carvied, Why Lad 1 let her start upon her fod sap) be ly oa ? like any nearly a quarter of a mile from the telegraph | mad errand ® ; stand and som e shelves, where she kept pepper | to] tortie it scemed to me speed slackened. '] P salt and pickles for my office Dray lhe Listening intently, T knew that it stopped a bat, fn i to you if your neighbor does two rooms were on the second floor ofa wood- | at the einbankment ¥ nearly as I could 8 home 8 brown paper package, and a the story of that October right, and the part "It wns a gpecial Providence took me there, whispering in my ear; . i i then. "One of the great masses of rock has | * They will come in a few minutes love | Sith twices week, why exercise your brain rolled down directly across the track. It will | to set you free! The villans left the key in bi it? Whatif be is courting her? Let be.as dark as a wolf's mouth to-night, and if | the door | 1 thought of that before I started, im const away. Suppose she has got an out Warning | but there was a man at the front watching. awl temper, and powders hee face, as youl I was standing at the door, seeing my caller . i 4 % down the rickety s*aircase, when Alice came But have you been to Potsville 7 up with my supper. It wag hot and I was Yes, dear.' I cold, so I drew up a table and opening can and basket, sat down to enjoy it. Time enough John Martin I" Alice cried; "the greatest | UP Fa ruflian in the neghborhood. Wlat was the| * Bul it is here I! hould be another moment light and joy r ie, and sit with you good | tain, a ke | Pris¢ was perfect, Now, old fellow, for you.' wo threw me back in my litte wife, it would require a volume to tell chair, one held a revolver to my head, and pLalf of them. he t would be thrown off at If only my life were at stake T could have bore it better. But even if we were both | FE er 4 ni proposed to gag me, but finally concluded | ay Bilderlack, we the rufiians left me I had scarcely accomplished this when 'Yes, love, speak low ; there is a man un-- spi wide ny to join them. The | from whi ] rope e £0 reaches neaxly to the ground. | he drew a dozen chestuuts, which rolled over ps I shall fisten ft fo the door knob and let | be floor with a rattle thal sounded in. bis] wyemnine teint ro mak hoe aay an a 1 myself down. It will not take long to reach | ears like the' thunders of the Apocalypse,and the morn ve: an nv home, saddle Salim' and reach Potsvilte in | made them hotter still.' "Ehen he leaned 5: clock ceased to strike, a rumble, a flash, told | pair of dogskin gloves, an overcoat button, | say held her, white as death, trembling, almost | which, and went down into his hip pockets, | cert. ospect, | 8C or was she lying somewhere on the wild road | orandum-book and a pocket-knifo. : over, man with the basket coul though still the night was inky black---no off, while the rho sound to cheer me, none to on the hideous | have moved away if be liad died for staying. suspense more endurable, A host of possi oa an r bilities, 1ike, frightful nighi-mares, chased |nc¢ more rammed bis hand into kis trou. oc) Would the next hour never pass ? Once drew | the clock tolled midnight all would be safe, Sildey nck ire missed in his first hook | ide ---- RE ---------- ee ------ I was drenched with presperation wrung search, and had since all but stripped to find; theie was a sigh of relief went up froth eo ew with an e windows rattle, : and registered a my even the previous agony Far, far away, a | going to cone S memal vou Sha Se wasn't a 5 g- | Nearer and nearer, then the distant rumble drumming hack: man with a long. Mind Your Own Businede. The midnight up train was coming swiftly there yas ola brawl amongst the "yuffians | my wife? Iliad the ruffians intercepted her| When yot begin life, make two resolutions a [at the cottage ? Was she lying dend some. | 20d stiek to them heroism | + First, to mind your own busiftess, «+ was of no avail, but was her lifesaved 21. In| Second to} be bug a i » Bisco) ot the business of other peopls These people who are always meddling nuisance; other nuisance, iq 5 . Fried 0 move, and writhed in impotent | ogo: "04d 88 lief live near a soap boiling ek fn ulm employed bil be tele- | fury upon my chair, is tho at Terme establishment, or a petroleum y ae graj B1ness own, | was ged to re- p : > nin constantly in the ofice PE i to tear my flesh as I vainly tried to loosen and part of the evening, and Alice herseif | €¥eh one hand, nedr one of them. If i belong to that class of nuisances; we pi i The heavy train rumbled past the tele- yuu lie jeon suey ami ¢, | graph office. It wasan express train, and PY, because it is utterly im ossible th ot a and did not stop at my station ; but'as I can find out ever x om Jou - | listened, every senso sharpened ly my men- | your vicimty. vthing which is going on in Aes : vered basket? You will li judge. Not with the sffkening crash I ex- Covers 0 ve just as long o | pected, not proceeding groans and wails from you never kpow thas they contain. It is injured passengers, but gradually end care- 4 Sour busines, fully. A moment more and I heard shouts, | SUPPose Mrs. B. hne got a new bomnct 7-- the track of fire arms, sounds of some con | TOW does it concern you? Your life, libe:< d n | flict. ty, and sacred boner : o'clock, when one of the railway officials came 5 | bonor are in no way imperill- ° What could it al® mean ? The minutes ed by the fact, Suppose: she did pay ten "Stirling, have you been over to the em-| Vere hours, till I heard the key turn in the dollars for it ? The money does not eomu " door of my prison, and a moment two tender on of your purse, and consequently it isnona arms were around wy neck, and Alice was of your business, Ifthe minister does call on Ann Elisd I crept around the house and saw him, so 1 say sh¢'does 2 Her tempir will not troubls did not dare to be seen." Tou; Don't be forever poking your nose into pie Eoohja's bouts | If one young lady 'cuts out" another young lady it is nof In all that storm 2; to you! [That is I a ais a to| 'Selim some) to undertand, He carried | to settle, me swiftly apd surely, 1 was well wrapped I neighbor Smal y 1 up in my waterproof cloak and hood. When | feeds en on Ds oe [wal 1 reached Potsville the train had not come up your feelings. That is Small's affair, not yours. If Mrs Small throws her dishwater 3 out of the front door, let hev do it, and enjoy ¢Only the locomotive and one carriage, it ; it doesu't concern you, In that cafrriage is a sheriff, deputy-sheriff{ Don't sit up nights to see how long thero {and twenty men armed to the teeth, to cap--yis & light in Miss Bell's parlor, when the "That was all. Mr Hill has just been in here | ture the gang at the embankment. Icame, | young lawyer is there, If Miss Be'l thinks ruck across the | too, and they lowered me upon the platform | him worth the oil burned it is nothing to S1OP | when the speed slackened, so that T could | You. He isn't making love to-you or any of eng- | run in and tell you all was safe |' your folks, While we spoke my wife's fingers liad first | What if they do have three pairs of stock- | unti d the haandkerchiet around my neck, | ings every week over to Squire Hill's 7-- io ond then, in the dark, found some of the | Haven't they aright to? As long as you st | knots of the cords binding me. But I was [don't do 8 washing, it need not troyble st sll tied fast and strong, when there was a| You at all. And if Hill's shirts are three (rush of many feet upon the stai and in| inches longer than common don't excite yourself about it] If you hadn't been ¢ We've captured the whole aine # was the | Watching the clothes line you never would s. Three, including Jobn Mar. have known anything about it, and "where e desperately wounded, but the sur-- | Ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise.' he Mind your businces thoroughly, and you nding upon the can-| A dozen clasp-knives at once severed my will find little'leisure to attend to the affa'rs W Yonds, and a dozen hands were extended in | ©f others. When you feel as though you 3 gram, when the door 3 must learn what they are having for dinner opened, and worst characters in greeting. fown, led by John Martin, entered the room -- | _ As for the praise showered npon my plucky | 2¢Xt door, take the Almanac, or the Gov-Gen- eral's Speech, and read it through faithfully, and by that time you will feel as though you | didn't care a picayune about anything --not 10 tell you to stop the up- | The would be assassin and zobhers were | even the affairs of your neighbors. Y ge. Listen. sent up for trial, and would . Haye escaped Kats Tuorx. re had not John Martin, on his death-bed, in turned Queen's evidenge. His antemortem A young mas in "Pri is | esti oR SRENv Cebrys 3 3 0 'Frisco embezzled a dias: « | testimony sent the sagfivors to penal servi-! oo to pay his tailor Lidl, Tailors are at to tude. : liberty to cut this out and send it to their . | Alice and I left for a more civilized com- | customers. $ 13 munity the following year. But before we | went, there was an invitation sent tous to| An Alabama editor winds up an editorial , | meet a committee from the railroad com- | on the corn crop with the remark, ¢ We have © puny at tPotsville, We accepted; had a|on exhibition in our sanctum a pair of mag dinner, were toasted and complimented, and | nificent ears.' | then Alice was presented with a silver tea-- Cow V, ie di . | service as a testimonial from the passengers 8 Su) fe 4 pu Jong | upon that t ened down train, the com- a thisitwat oe an I Fo pany and railroad directors, in token of their | pod woot and Deter wont out aad eros gratitude for the lives and property saved by F erew. our heroine, A Kansas farmer solemly declares that a } grasshopper sat on the gate-post and threse | : 0 eningly asked: ¢ William Byrant, where iu 2 ! A Trying Situation. thunder is the balance of that cold meat?' ot ! --_-- - a sound came from the little room as I was | yp piinERBACK'S PAINFUL EXPERIENCE DURING | An Iowa father, who has succeeded in tied hand and foot to my chair, bound so | A CHURCH COLLECTION. raising seventeen of the worst children in his neighborhood, says Le is bound to have 1 authorized to state | a representative in Heaven if it takes seven as | -- my cries, it I wade any, could not be | says the Burlington Hawk-Eye, will not at- | teen more. heard, and a handkerchief was bound over | tend divine service this morning. The od | gentleman is, we are please to learn, labor- 'Well, Bridget, if IT engage you, ¥ shall The door of the wasli-room was closed and | ing under a very distressing frame of mind, want you to stay at home whenever I wish locked, Alice still undiscovered, then the being great [light was blown out a Soe ls VEE to go out.' * Wall, ma'am, I have no objec- icensed against churches on | § Rt xm 2 . general principles. He doesn't like to talk | Ho08 TH oe do the same when I wih | about the matter, but we learned all about it Bo out. v 1d es his reticence. Tt seems that last A couple of fellows who were pretty ™ | Sunday morning he was dozing off in his pew | thoroughly soaked with bad whiskey, got ad | in the church in which he is one of the main { into the gutter. After floundering for some against the wall behind me, and succeeded | Keepers, when he became aware of an ap- | time one of them said : * Lot's go to anothe in getting the landkerchicf off my mouth, to | partition gliding solem«ly down the aisle, | house, this hotel leaks.' with a collection basket in bis hand. Mz, hi 3 | Bilderback braced up into an erect position, | Progression isthe watchword of the hour, | cleared his throat in a ponderous tone of but in Missouri mothers haul their disobe- Roman firmness, as one who should say, | dient children over the knee and strike on "Who's been asleep 27 and as the basket was | the same old spot that the Romans did three, extended toward him he felt|in his trousers [thousand years ago. . for his wallet. It wasn't there, and when he withdrew his hand and felt in the other pocket he felt that tbe cyes of the whole congregation were upon him, and that was A Milwaukee writer is severe :--Notes © the storm still come in A visitor from Louisville was struck by the wind, and as 'I am going to Potsville. There is no all he felt, for be certainly did not fuel any he flew up Wisconsiu street with his_ears there. 1 have six long roller towels here, | wait a second and leaned over to the left that the wind wouldwfetoh the circus tens. te | while he fe Ne the inside pocket of his coat | A rich man may make a poor husband, but Wi his increasing nervousness | most any girl is willing to take the risk. a lien cackling under my winow you will | inside coat pocket and pulled out a Lundle | bad melted the spotless snow from the of letters, a lot of postal cards, a circus tiok=| ice on the flaggive, a Ryman stepped from Little Alice I My heart {hrobbed heavily | et, a photograph of an actress, a funny story | his frant door, and sitting down on the side. as T heard her Herel proposal, but T BT printed on a card, a comb and' & long string, | walk, surveyed: the taney s pe between and his fice grew so hot his breath felt like | elevated feet, while hymns of praise bubbled Heaven bless and protect you," ¥ said ghd | ® hot-nir blast. = 'Then be squared his el. | up from his overflowing heart, listened for her signal, S th. 'king | bows and Went for Lis vest pockets, and i Coal aigAgns] ee told id nt ch ee strewed the pew cushion with quill tooth. A Frenchman who has lived "in America: ick r scraps, street car_checks, a | 50M years says, ¢ When they build a rails | reo! Fone Hadponeil Sate, sod | ad, the first thing they dois to break. the a | crumbling tudieations of chewing tobacco, a the ground. 'Thisdone with great ceremony. storm, and as nearly as 1 could guess, close |}: sali a piece of liquorice root | Then they break the stockholders. Phils if upon nine o'clock. She had to go six miles, bit of £9 as, dvs Ey done without cercmony. i and I could only wait and pray. I was wo en he leaned forya: ng to 'madness much stunned even yet to realize the heroism by the smiles which were reaking out all A great many foreign counts have visitod he | round the church worse than the mepsles Chicago, and the Chicago Journal has met dark ride through & wild country witha storm | ip 5 primary school room, dived into his) them, and its opinion is given intwo linuy coat tail pocketaand drow forth n-red silk | Lida balf vis: Many a mhn would fall 'as Nine o'clock | As the bell of the church | handkerchiet, two apples, a spectaele case, a Street, gar Sond i Jot eoald fk hold ad i make a first-c| # It is said that figures won't He ; but -- | and a fine assortment of bits of dried 3 . devous of some women are very deceptive, to' the least, ik thunder pealing, lightning flashing | Alice | along and swallow up either hit or the rest meal Bound" is the heuding over 11 of the congregation, he didn't much-oare notices iy Pomeroy's Chi gi Dems' ; yh a BR fainting, in such a storm as this. Had she | from which he evolved a revolver, a cork-{ There are 21,526 iofs. x 4913 feared ohart. with or storm in pr screw, a cigar ease, a piece of string, i There were 20, va Sng " this, Cavatta now. SR A 8 "" by | time Mr. Bilderback's face was scarlet down{ rhe revi to his waist, and he, was 50 nervous and # worked up that he Bently worked his Slothen And when Mr. Bilderback in forlorn dispair, |