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OL. XXI, NO. 36.} Hoth Ontario Obseruer, | __ Wustweas Sacye. A WEEKLY POLITIC. AGRICUL- TURAL § FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IS PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., © EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. »" Se -- a © TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance; if not $1.50 will be charged. "- + subscription taken for less than six months and no paper discontinued until all arrears are . § RATES OF ADVERTISING. % For each line, first insertion ........$0 08 * Subsequent insertions, per line ...... 0 02 * Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ..... 5 00 #@5~ Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- + ed, will be at our risk. , 'Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, ad charged according to the space they oc- cupy. re Advertisements received for publication, without specific instructions, will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or half-year, PE These terms will in all cases be strictly +. ed to Job Department. . Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- p! hy r grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and solor, exceuted promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. B@™ Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &e. printed can have them done to take home with them. PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURS A DAY, AUGUST 15, 1878. en -------------------------- {WHOLE NO: 1080 ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 + PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Department is now open in Ee Rbis Branch. Deposits of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter- est allowed thereon, No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. I ------ . BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third Divi J . Wn URI Office in Bigelow's Block, Port Perry. OMce hoursfrom 10a m, to 3 p. m. T. C. FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS & MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHIP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. 2 Office--Manchester. T C. FORMAN, x. ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House H. SANGSTER, M. D., Physiclan, Sur- + geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. OMce over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied By Mrs. Geo, Paxton. ye -- R. WARE, Coronor for the County of Dlniacio Puysician, Surgeon and Ac- ucheur, Ultice, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. ee es cnt RS. MCGILL & RAE, Physelans, Surgeons, &e.. &e, Office und Residences, King st., Oshawa, © FRANCIS RAE, M.D. & WL. M'GILL, M.D. . F. MOBRIEN, M.D, M. R. U. 8, Guy's ta London, England, The liye R. OH Oshawa I HER SE ai E. FAREWELL, LL. B, County Crown mney. Barrister, Attorney, Attorney for Ontario, Bar Tate Hn . i Notary Public. Blleitor, and Fie oth street, eupind by 8. IL, Cochrane, Esq., Oshawa. OfMec--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office NGS) Ll. B., Barrister, FON ew, halioitat in Chane and Insolvency, Notary Public, &c. Mee--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. peer e . W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan A cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Ofiice hours punctually from 9am. to 5 pm. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. A Ca em je, Ps N, (late of Beaverton, y N Yi Rn Ra Law, Sollel- Zor in Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- fie, &c, &c. Omed over Brown & Currle's Store Port Perry. eee CLINGS & MeGILLIVRAY, Barristers Blhbiicttors, Notaries Public, &t, Port Perry. FB A large amount of money to loan at 8 r cent. Jon Billings. | John A, McGillivray. D, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor '» A-HURD, A Office in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. en ne J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist. Office over Corrigan & Camp Sa Bell's Store ort §F 4 Perry. All work (0 done in the very latest and Lest style and warranted to give i» eatisfaction. ® Port Perry, March 28, 1877. OC. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- eat, and as good as the best, Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without paia by producing local anmsth- "esin, Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. a ubscriber would beg to inform TE of Horses and Cattle that having ~ mempleted a Session in the Ountario Veterin- ary College, Toronto, he has now located in Port Perry, for the pructice of his pro- * faysion and is now prepared to give advise ou and successfully treat all diseases to "whieh horses and cattle are liable. From long d close investigation of the doug stds, abi te of Horses and Cattle and © long practige in treating the of such 3 t with the great advautages derived "from » Session at the rio Veterinary College, Toronto, I Batter myself that parties ng their Horses and Cattle under my Hacioe will find it to theiv sauapags 5 rder or commuaication for me le Allison's Drug Store will be promptly : .D. BATEMAN, Perry, March 27, 1878. J. BAIRD. H. PARSONS, Port Perry : Professional Earys. (after sixteen years duty) continues to fue- Act. 1874. New Marriage Port Perry, July 1st, ENRY CHARLES having been re-! appointed Marriage License Agent-- | nish Licenses as herctofore--at Port Perry. R. RICHARDSON Re-appointed Issuer Marriage Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con. Brock. Brock, Ang. 5,1874. 33 {J ENRY GRIST, Parex SOLICITOR AND MUNEY 70 LOAN | HE Subscribers have large sums of mon- ey placed in their hands fr 'investment on mproved Farms, Village Properties, "and other Securities in this and adjoining Counties at the lowest current rates of interest. As we have funds on hand at all times Borrowers candep nd on Zeng their money with the least possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for the Canada Per- manent Building Society, the cheapest and largest Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid up Capital $1 500,000. Instalments re-payable in from 2 to 20 years, Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. Zr Agents for several first' class Fire In- Com panies. » Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. Z®~ DEBENTURES BOUGHT."GR JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, . JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Aftlidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &c., Collected and prompt remittances made. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment of interest onee a year (not in advance), and he can ut any time, just as circumstances permit repay part or all of the prineipal, the Company binding themselves inthe mort- gage Lo accept such sum, whetber large or small, and apply it as a direct reduction of principal, immediately cancelling the interest on the sum paid. No extra charge is exact on such repayment, Loans made from 2 to 2) years on farm, or good pioductive town property. In all cases where the title 1s perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower, Asl am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there can possibly be no publiejty in the transaction. If the title Is perfect the money will be paid here in two weeks after making applica- tion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &o., Parrish's Block, Cor, Broek and Bascom streets, Uxbridge, Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN. Draveuray, Ottawa, Canada Transacts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Qopyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces. sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared J in receipt of the model of the Invention. ee emesis Ww SPENCE, CoxtRACTOR, BUILDER, &C. | he Subscriber in returning his siucere | rs gor the very liberal patronage be- stowed on him inthe past would inform the public generally that faving bought a pro- perty and moved into the illage of Prince Albert, he will in future give his whole | attention to his business as Contractor, and is now ready to undertake Stone Work, Brick- Laying, Plastering, and everything connecte therewith, which he will executeon the shor est notice and in the best and most durable style, and at the very lowest figure at which a good job ean be doue. Aone best material lass nship. and first-el workma Ver. SPENCE. | Prince Albert, April, 1575. OSs LICENSED AUCTIONEER. ETURNING my sincere thanks to my 1\ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past eight years, I would now .beg to offer my services to all who may have, Farm Stock, Implements, or | other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa | or Cartwright. My long and extensive practice as Auc- tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- | ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock he may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale, Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills arranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of "Sate may be arranged at the C Office, where a Bale Register will be kept, Ta Liberal. W.M. WW. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. BE. MAJOR, - [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties 1. wishing his services can call at the "Qbserver" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales. Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. WM. GORDON, OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Foote Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa nd Eldon, . =a Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock, J usic. Teacher of Musie er in NMusical in- lon Avenue. NGTON, Ten | Post or in person Ons ban Avenue, Port : the best anit decidedly oue of the companies Lag aud pati buying 0 insure will do well to consider ar of insuring with this 3 ® ©. H, WALSHE, Agent, 3 Cannington, Out. . ston, Sept. 26, 1870. ° | of Victoria. Besidence--~Canni {ected T. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Aucti for the T i Poa Lain Lae a in the County North Ontarjo; posa, etc,, en left at this office, or at his residence il oe tually attended to, Debts col ' ngton, or otherwise, ----. hg made. Remembere WALSH E, the North Ontario Auction The undersigned hasany amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid fn any manner to suit the borrower, Also several: Jmproved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made -in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e, Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873, NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. Real Estate, that he has In his hands a lagge amount of private funds which he is ---- W - MM. W ITIL.OCOX in undersigned would say to the owners 0 suit borrow- prepared to invest for periods to Expedition ers--interest at eight per cent. and most reasonable terms assured, 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Manehester, October 17, 1577. MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, Agent for Westery Canapa Loan Axp Savixas Company, He hasalso been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Inter.et Eight per cent. No Commission. . N. £. PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, JT AS Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers. Mart. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c, collected on reasonable Com. mission, Apply personally, or by letter to C DAWES, Anctioneer, &c., Port Perry. March ¥, 1878. MONEY [Private Funds,] To Logn on good Farms, at 8 per ceat im- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, Barrister, &0., shawa November 21, 1866. 4 ~ Money to Loan N Farm Property at Seven and a half 0 per cent. No Commission, Enquire at P.'A, Hurd's Law office, Port Perry. P. A. HURD, Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan, 9, 1878. THE ONTARIO Farmers' Mutual Ingurance (o'y Head Office, Whitby, WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. ---- aE HOLESALE 3 n Y_ Foreign and American Marble Man tles, Monuments, &c.; D St, Whitby, Phis pany is now fully organized and is prepared to accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches, Those wishing to insure and | thereby support & HomeTus fence an y lve ROW AR Oppo! i I er I Office, or to any of ng to the H: A of the Company. Our rates will be found as low as those of any respon- | sible Mutual Insurance Company in Canada. | Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. x et ding Stone cuttoorder, a TU JORN' NOTT; Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hotel Brock St., Whitby. 3 on : C. NOURSE, Sceretary. PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber having now full: T his new and extensive Live) Rab hea a supply of superior Horses prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RICS On Moderate Terms. C. MCKENZIE. Ca y 18 Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878 STRAW AND FELT HATS MAE OVER in the Newest Styles. -- Also, Dresses made to order. Satis- action guaranteed. MISS TIFFIN, Residence--one door east of Mr. Prince's butcher shop, Queen street, Port Perry, May 30, 1878, ° THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY THE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public. 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 HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of accommodation and mederation 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 of the market 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, W. B. McGAW, Port Perry, April 20, 1876. por PERRY HOUSE, 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 "food Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. AILWAY HOUSE, (Opposite the Railway Station,) PORT PERRY. This House has been thoroughly over. hauled, fitted up and arranged with a view to the dation and comfort of guests. Meals and Refreshments on the arrival of trains. First-class stable and shed accom. modation, C. HOLT, Proprietor, Ever HOUSE, 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- bation and patronage of the public, Manchester, Oct. & 1875. NTAR10 BOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - =~ PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at howe. Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876. UEENS HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, . . , Pgopmgror This Hotel is now furpished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers BEV™ First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached, Cannington, Oct, 20, 1875. 43 4 SOLO-4HERIOAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARE, - - ~- PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort of guests. The table and bar well supplied, - . H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. A SMSTRONG HOUSE, - (LATE ALBION,) 'WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. . en ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent B Street, Dohay: Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. OYAL EXCHANGE H WILLIAMSBURG, a, ny, E. BRYANS, Proprietor, ha succeeded Mr. Maso! er I Coded Heior foe spared neither labor nor expense in re-fi ied With & SUpSTIO class Of Liguors and the best brands of Cigars. The choee uf the Tables. Excellent BRYANS, C. MKENZIE, The Dying Tramp. BY Mr. sai, Theese of Jar was being shut beneath its wes! When a guest arrived at Weatth or fy big +" S9tiage door in 0 hand was stretched to welcome him, no voice was riised lo gi This veteran of the tireless host that live upon the street. For many a man of his turn of mind has been that way before And the little Woman had often vowed she never would heed them more. He leaned against the arbor, heaved a subters ranean sigh, And asked, with the air ofa broken man, if he might lay down and die ? Beneath that rustling ivy, mid the sun's declin~ n rays, And close his eyes in a spot so like the home of his early days. Twas on a distant river's bank, my mother's Lone and mine, n a village whose name you may have often heard--"0ld Bingen on the Rhine. But iny mother married a noblem I Boy nie eman, and I was To earn my bread by the sweat of my brow in many a grevious shift ; And when I arrived at man's estate I turned 10 the golden West, Where the star of hope seemed beckoning me across the Ocean's crest I've struggl'd 'mid encouragements, I've strug- gled with dispair, When the only hour | spent in peace was the one I spent in prayer. I've prospered and I've failed fn turn, with Forture's fickle breath, Till now in seeking the land of my birth"I fear I've found my death. Right over yonder, gentle friend, that house in the locust trees, Where the Universalist parson live, they gave me poisoned cheese. I suppose it's part ot their creed to think 'twas tter forall concerned They gave me a boost to the only bourne whence a tramp has never returned, I know my life-work's ended : there's a rattl- ing in my throat, And my vitals feel as though I'd swallowed an animated goat, Tell my sister"--here she stopped the man aud soothed Lim as he lay. "I'll go and get the doctor, just half a mile The sufferer rolled his bloodshot eye--"Twere more thav be could ask;" And the gratitude of that hollow voice would sweeten a vinegar cask, Though ber feet were tired, she hastend on, for ber strength was from above, And a labor of pity is nearly or quite as light as a labor of love: The professional man began to frown at the mention of the case, And taking ler in, they started off at more than professional pace. It was all too true, his spirit had fled, but hi carcass bad done the same, And thie missing silver testified be bad won his little game ; * But this wasn't all, on the kitchen door they found an inscription in chalk, Which showed that the vagabond knew how to wriie as well as talk. "Tis true my life work's ended, but death still decline ; It ain't so easy to killa man from * Bingen on the Rhine." The average Bingen soldier with a half-inch hole in his breast Can reel off un dirge of tourtéen rhymes without once taking a rest. Then how could you think that a seasoned tramp that can live a week on grass, Would yield to a spoonful of arsenic or an ounce of pounded gluss ? We'ie not that sort, I'll go you, now, my spoons against your stamps, "Twould ruin a wholesale druggist to poison a dozen tramps." The evening 'blacked the eye' of day and hung out her silvery lamp ; Andthe Man in the Moon with a kindly leer loaked down on the prostrate tramp. In a sheltered nook 1 y an old stone wall, where the snakes and wild flowers grew, With his mouth wide opon and eyes well shut he hauled in the evening dew, Through the spoons were his pillow, the earth is couch and bis garments covered with ust, Yet his Sleep, if not sweeter was certainly deeper than most of the 'sleep of the just. DEARER THAN LIFE. School was over and out of the rough but not unpicturesque log building which served for both church and school-house in the little back-woods settlement came rushing in one tumultuous mass, a score or more of sturdy boys and rosy. cheek- ed girls, of all ages from six to six- teen. The sharp Canadian winter bad just sot in in real earnest, and the children's merry voices rang out clear and distinct upon the keen frosty air, as, half wild with de- light, they sped away merrily and noisily homewards.: Inside the school-house, a tall, fair=haired girl was standing by the black-board collecting her books, with a thoughtful, serious air that seemed to contrast strangoly with her dimpled cheeks, archly-curving lips and bright sparkling eyes. Suddenly, in picking up a piece of chalk, she wrote upon the black. board the one word "Finis," and, turning towards the teacher, a tall, grave looking man of four or five- and. thirty, who was standing by his desk, she exclaimed : 'So ends my school life. Are you not glad, Mr. Lester?' * And why should I be glad, Miss Dale ? was the questioning reply; and Rodert Lester's pale face flush- ed as he turned towards his fair pupil. \ "Why, indeed! Huve you not told me a hundred times that I gave you more trouble than any pupil in the school ?' and a glance half merry, hall defient, 'flashed from under the coquettish little straw bat up to the teacher's face. ' : 'Yes; 1have raid many things that I did not half mean, I have no doubt. But lét us forget all that. Won't you shake hands; and part friends, Miss Dale?' «Of course. We have never been HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, 3 WHITBY, ONT, McCANN & TAYLOR, ProrrisToms. A Agent, Pott Perry. Whitby, July 20 1874. 8 |W. H. BROWNE, General Agent. public; Every accommodation for the traveling , have we? answered the girl, looking up wonderingly into his earnest face. Then, quickly, (the defiant 100k suddenly vanishing do before supper and the sun is not more than an hour high. Good-by Mr. Lester.' 'Good bye, and merry holidays to you, Miss Dale,' And the worn, grave look came back to his face as the slight gay rob- ed figure passed out of the open door, and, with a sigh, turned again to his desk, and began arranging his books and papers. For nearly two years Robert Lester had been teacher of the vill age school at Westbrook, a small settlement on the western shore of Spirit Lake, in the 'far west' of Can. ada, aud Minnie Dale was not far from wrong when she accused him of having called her the most touble- somo of his scholars. She was a merry, wilful girl; the petted and spoiled darling of the forest home; the acknowledged belle of the settlement; just a bit of a coquette, yet true as steel, notwith- standing ; frank and fearless, and, as is often thecase in the colonies, a good shot and a splendid horse- woman, On the afternoon of the day before Christmas, a week after the break- ing up of tho school, Robert Lester who had started that morning on a skating expedition up the lake, (which though not over a mile or away now. I have lots of things to two broad was over twenty miles in length,) was slowly skating home- wards along the eastern shore when or turning round a bend, | about seven miles above Westbrook, where the road from that village to the next settlement runs for some distance close to the lake shore, he camo suddenly upon an empty sleigh lying on its side on the snow-cover- ed road. Close to the overturned vehicle, with a perplexed look in her usually happy eyes, stood Minnie Dale, who looking up suddenly, as the ringing of his skates upon the ico announc- ed his approach. + Mr. Lester I' sho exclaimed, a faint crimson flush rising to her forehead as she recognized him. 'I am so glad! I--Iam in a fix you sce. My horse bolted--scared by a deer which ran suddenly across the track, He seemed to jump right out of his harness, and carried away the shafts with him.' 'I sce,' said Mr. Lester, coming closer, and having examined the up- turned sleigh, which having been made for Minnie's own special use, was very small and light, and prov- ed, upon examination, to bo almost uninjured, with the exception of the broken shafts which had snapped off close to the body of the sleigh. ¢ Well, Miss Dale,' he continued restoring tho sleigh to an upright position, and pushing it before him over the hard snow, towards the frozen lake; 'the best plan I cun think of will be for you to get into the sleigh, and let me push you along before you over theice. Will you come ?' ho added, holding out his hand to guide her down the bank. 'Thank you. But will it not be very hard work you ?' asked Minnie, as she took his offered hand, 'Not at all,' was the brief, earnest. spoken reply; and very carefully Robert Lester banded the dainty little fur-clad figure into the tiny sleigh, and wrapping the warm rugs around her, he started off at ease, swinging over the smooth frozen surface ot the lake, on the journey which lay before them. It was nearly sundown when they started, but neither of them felt any uneasiness at the approach of the evening, as the'moon was nearly full and they were gliding merrily along Minnie's clear pure voice keeping time to the ring of the skates with the Canadian boatman's hymn, when suddenly, sharp and distinet, a sound, something between a bark and a cry echoed through the stillness of the woods behind them. 'Wolves!' exclained Minnie, turn. ing half round in thesleigh and look- ing up in her companion's face; and even as she spoke the cry was re. peated and taken up and re-echoed from the opposite shore of the lake which was not more than half a mile wide. i ' Yes, of pack of them, I'm afraid, replied Robert. 'You can shoot Minnie ?' he added after a moment's silence, during which the cries were heard on both sides, louder and more numerous than before. 'Yes,' she whi , flushing crimson even then at the sound of her christian name from his lips. 'Take this, then,' and he drew a small five-shooter trom his pocke and handed it to her. 'But don't use it until I toll you. I may dis. from her dark eyes,) 'I must run their companion: vigorously the shell like sleigh was soon skimming over the ice at a rac- ing speed. Still from the forest on either side camo the shrill barking cries--never to be forgotton by those who have heard them under like circumstancee --of the hungry wolves. And though the tiny sleigh skits faster and faster over the ice, yet nearer, clearer, and more distinct than ever the savage yells echo in the ears of those two, who knew that they were racing for dear life, until a louder, fuller chorus than ever burst upon the forest air, and turning his head, Robert. sees that théir pursuers are clear of the woods, and following them with increased swiftness over the ice. Faster and faster speeds the sleigh, till it scarcely seemed to touch the ice, but yet not fust enough to keep long ahead of the fleet fget that fol lowed it. Even now an angry growl is heard close behind, and rising carefully in the sleigh, Minnie per- ceives the leader of the pack, a gaunt, bungry-looking wolt, with fierce gleaming oyes and long red tongue hanging out of his open jaws not a dozen yards behind them. It was no time for words. A quitk glance into her companions face, a sharp, spiteful report from the pistol, and the foremost of the band rolls over on the ice and Robert, redoubling his exertions, makes the most of the brief respite caused by the momentary delay of the pack around the dead body of It was but for a moment, however. Fiercer and more blood-thirsty than ever, the four-footed demons start again in pursuit. Again and agaiz the brave girl fires, each time bringing down one of the puck, till the empty pis tol falls from her band, and she sinks back in the seat in utter dispair the last bend of the road is doubled, and there a mile below, the snow cover-- ed roof of her father's house in sight while balf way between several figures were seen on the skating toe wards them, ' Courage, darling,' eried Robert, pointing auead. 'Too late, Robert!" she whispered as a growl was heard almost abreast of the sleigh, and a dozen pair. of bloodshot eyes gleamed close behind them, : 'Not for you, Minnie. Heaven bless you my own love!' and impell- ed by the almost superhuman strength of that desperate push, the light sleigh shot like an arrow over the ice, and then before Minnie could look up, or regain her breath before the sound of the last passion- ate farewell had died away, slowly came to a standstill right in front of her father and three brothers, who had started in search of her, 'Robert! Oh, father, save him] he has given his life for me! was Minnie's first exclamation when she woke to the consciousness that she was safe in ber father's arms, and even as she spoke, her brothers ad vanced bearing the body of Robert Lester, which with much difficulty they had rescued from the wolves 'Oh, heis dead | he isdead! And he died for mo!' cried Minnie, passion- ately kissing the pale, still face, as they laid the lifeless body carefully in the sleigh, and started home- ward. But though terribly mangled and injured in the short sharp fight that took place when, having given his own life for the girl he loved, Robert Lester turned and dercly faced his pursuers, he had not died though it. took many weeks of Mrs. Dale's skillful nursing. and motherly care to win him buck to health, and the warm spring sunshine had melted the snow and ice before he returned to his post at the school house. But now a pair of tender, loving eyes watch for his return when school is over--a true hearted little wife makes the neat little white- washed farm house where he kept 'Batchelor's Hall"so long 'the dear est sweetest place on earth ;' and as he stands on this brght spring evun- ing, watching the blue waters of the lake tremblingin the glory of the setting sun two white arms steal round his neck, Minnie's dark eyes look up shily into his face as she says, 'I gave you trouble enough in in my school days, Robert I will try to be a blessing instead of a t.ouble to you hereafter.' eee eee. Many good people with inquiring minds Tim's Kit. : It surprised the shiners and news: boys around the postoffice the other day to see "Limpy Tim' comé among them in a quiet way, and td hear Lim say : i 'Boys, T want to sell my kit.-- Here's two brushes, a bull box of blacking, a good stout box, and thé outfit for two shillings V' 'Goin, away, Tim ? queried one. quarter tho awfullest kind just now.' 'Goin' on a 'sursion ? asked an- other. 'Not to day but I must have & quarter,' he answered. One of the lads passed over the change and took the kit, and Tim walked straight to the counting room of a daily paper, put down his money; and said: 'I guess I kin write it if you'll give me a pencil. With slow moving fingers he wrote adeath notice. It went into the paper almost as be wrote it, but you might not Lave seen it. He wrote: #Died--Littul Ted--of scarlet fever; three years. Funera! 10 morrer gon up t Hevin ; left one brother. 'Was it your brother ?' asked the cashier. Tim tried to brace up, but he couldn't. The big tears came up; his chin quivered, and he pointed to the notice on the counter and gasp- ed: 'I--I bad to sell my kit to doit b--but he had his arms aroua' my neck when he d--died I' le hurried away home, but the news went to the boys and they gathered in a group ind talked. Tim bad not been home an hour betore a barefooted boy left the kit on the door step, and in the box was a bouquet of flowers which had been purchas- ed in the market by pénnies con- tributed by the crowd of ragged but' big bearted urchins. Did God ever make a heart which would not re- spond if the right chord was touched. A dog's bark may be worse than his bite, bat we prefer the bark. Misery does not always love com- pany, if the company Lappens to be mosquitoes. Russia finds nearly all her dreams of absolute power in Eastern Europe Disreulized. Lvery married man thinks he has secured the woman with an iron jaw: Now why is this? There are thosé who can't see any fun in a church picnic but it isn't the boy who has charge of the ico= cream tub, William Sheban, of Fort Wayne; Ind., betted the other evening that be could drink a pint ot whiskey at a draught. Tho stakes were paid to his executor. A boy at school, on being asked to describe a kitten, said : 'A kitten is remarkable for rushing like mad at nothing whatever, and stopping before it gots there.' An exchange, in a moment of rap- ture, wants to know "The difference between a claret punch and a pretty girl's lips." The difference is, that the latter don't go good through & straw. A scythe is like a hay-cutter in that it believes all flesh to be grass, and while the latter grasps man by bis fingers the former embraces Lis legs. Like the mighty reverberat- jon of a clap of thunder to a half pint of milk a scyth@is very unex- pected. 2 A New York paper gives the in- formation that there are scarcely any old maids in Russia and we don't wonder at it. Russia is a cold and disagreenble éountry. Most any man would fore swear his liberty soonér than get dp and kindle fires in a climate where the mercury re- mains congealed nine months in the year. : 'When a youog man 'enters journalism' he weaves a spider's web of words around a fly of an idea. In time, he learns to secure tle fly without any net, and when he holds it up for inspection everybody can just see what it ig A good idea in a sea of words is like Venus with a linea duster ou, buttoned up' to the clin, : us rn --n, LL Lacrosse. od Wray, Aug: ~The Wellingtons rived here this morning, and iu the afternoon played with a foam picked from the Unions of this town and the Maple Leaf Cl! Y Oshawa, Mr. Thos. Robiuson, of O acted as referee. The ball was faced first game at 5 p. m., both teams doi fine hinw, asd in 3 hoor and 20 mit Whitby O-hawa team had scored The second have probubly gone down fo their graves|end without ever finding out what made circus] lemonade red. The mystery is solved ; it is raspberry syrup that does it, Circus lemon- | de is composed of a pail of water, balf a pi £ of 'surrup,' four slices of lemon, for advertics tance them 'yet; and striking out ing floaters; and a chunk of glass for ice, 'Not 'zactly, boys, but I want & A