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3 } AND GENERAL ADVERTISER H ONTARIO OBSERYV -- -- mb ; --- ES -------- ---- EE ------ i -------- VOL. XXI, NO. 47.1 PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878. {WHOLE NO. 1092 Tory Ontaria Obserer.| Buginess €3v5. \MUNEY TO LOAN |[PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES| ow Joo swain Died. | "Thoso opporel wil my not Pe A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL §& FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, B v BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS. --$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; . and no paper discontinued until all arrears are paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ........$0 08 'Bubsequent insertions, per line . 002 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum..... 500 9&0 Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- «d, will be at our risk Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, mud charged according to the space they oc- cupy. : 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, . B&~ These terms will in all cases be rictly vi. end to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and selor, exceuted promptly and at lower rates shan any other estiblishment in the County. BEY Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &c. printed can have them done to take home with them, ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINCS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connecticn with this Branch. Deposits of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter- est allowed thereon, No notice of withdrawal required. « A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. . RN HAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- I W.BunRs ofee in Bigelow's Block, Port Perry. Office hours from 10a. m, to 8 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, saner of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. Office--Manchester. 1SRUBR OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House T C. FORMAN, > J. BAIRD. H. PARSONS, Port Perry Professional C09. H. SANGSTER, M. D., Physician, Sur- « geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. OMce over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets, OMice hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. R. WARE, Coronor for the County of Diana Physician, Surgeon and Ae- coucheur, Ofce, opposite the town hall. Port Poervy. New Marriage Act. Port Perry, July 1st, 1874. ENRY CIIARLES having been re- I appointed Marriage License (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as herctofore--at Port Perry. RS. McGILL & RAE, Physelans, Snrgeons, &e.. &e, OMee and Residences, King st, Oshawn, WL M'GILT, M.D. FRANCIS RAF, M.D. v ", H M. F. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. R. (\. 8, Guy's TTaspital, London, England. The kye R. Oshawa, E. FAREWELL, LT. B., Connty Crown oJ. Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Ralleitor, and Notary Pul Office lately oc- oupiad by 8. H. Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. NGLISII LIL. B., Solicitor in torney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawn. OMee--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Offee MAN L. Chancery, YOUNG SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At tarney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancer and Insolvency, Notary Publie, &e. Omce--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. 'W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9am. to 5 p,m. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Roy PORT ¥ N. tor im ("hance tic, &c., &c. Office over Brown & Currie's Store Port Perry. © Beaverton) Soliet- Pub- ILLINGS & MeGILLIVRAY, Barristers Solicitors, Notaries Public, &e, Port Perry. #8 A large amount of money to loan at 8 r cent. John Billings. P | John A, McGillivray. URD, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor A Py Office in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & ) Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Store, Port Perry. All work dome in tue very : fatest and best style and warranted to give satisfactiory, Ma Port Per 0. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- est, and as good as the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anwmsth- esia, Dintical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Btreet, Oshawa. reh 28, 1877. HE Subscriber would beg to inform _ owners of Horses and Cattle that having completed & Session in the Outario Veterin- ary College, Toronto, he has now located an Port Perry, for the practice of his pro- fession and is now prepared togive advise on and successfully treat all diseases fo which horses and cattle are liable. From long study aad close investigation of the nature' and habits of Horses and Cattle and R. RICFARDSON Re-appointed Issuer Marriage licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con, Brock. Brock, Avg. 5,1874. ENRY GRIST, Paten SowiciTor AND H DuravarTMAN, Ottawa, Canada Transucts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces. to secure Patents of Invention, prepared in receipt of the model of the Invention, | 33 \W M. SPENCE, CoxTracToR, Briupes, &c. The Subscriber in returning his sincere hanks for the very liberal patronage be- | don him in the past would inform the | ste public generaily that having tought a pro- | perty and moved into the Village of Prince | Albert, he will in future give his Me attention to his business as Contractor, now ready to undertake Stone Work, wing, Plastering, ard everything cont erewith, which he will exeeuteon the short- t notice and in the hest and most durable vle, and at the very lowest tigure at which a good job ean be done. The best material and first-class Workmanship, M. SPENCE. Prince Albert, April 5, 18570. | WwW. M. WILITCOX 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. o My long and extensive practice as Aue. 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 wrranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Ospsenver Office, where a Sale Register will W. MW, be kept. Terms Liberal. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. E. MAJOR, ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties wishing his services can call at the «Observer Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales, Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. n in g the of such loss with the great advantages derived from a Session at the Ontario Veterinary | oronto, I flatter myself that parties Coleg: i Horses and Cattle under my treatment will find it to their advantage. Any order or communication for me left at Mr. Allison's Drug Store will be promptly to. attended D. BATEMAN, Port Perry, March 27, 1878. WM. GORDON, d A ys , &e. OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, pa Parties entrusting their Sales to me way rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. Fusic. GTON, Tencher of Musie pA Tar in Musieal In- residence, on Union Avenue. eee mn em 188 8. 8. HARRINGTON, Teacher of Mitnie Al LSE Postorin person soicited. Residenee, on Union Avenue, Port Perry, 3 ? The VICTORIA _ 7. MURUAL Fire Insurance Company hy of Canada, HEAD OFFICE,....... HAMILTON. HIS is decidedly onc of the best compani T a the Dominion, and Lid baving ro to insure will do well to consider fogerty advantages of insuring with this Compe 1. WALSHE, Agent, Cannington, Ont. Cannington, Sept, 26, 1876. T. II. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ondario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- lected im Cannington, or otherwise, | and prompt made. WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eur. 7 a Agent-- '& ; at P. A, Hurd's Law office, Port Perry. MORTCACES WANTED. HE Subscribers have large sums of mon- ey placed in their hands for investment on Improved 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 getting their money with the east possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for tha Canada Per- manent Society, the ch stand Jargest Monetary Institution in Canada. up Capital $1,500,000. Installments re-payal le in froth 2 to 20 yeats. Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. 732 Agents for several first class Fire In- surance Com panies. Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. #& DEBENTURES BOUGHT."GX JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Offico In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCS BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Afidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &e., Collected and prom pt remittances made, The party horrowing money without commission, at the Lowest rat is allowed to fix his own time for pa | of interest once a year (not in advane Lhe ean at any ne, Just as cireams | permit repay or all of the prin hy 1pany binding thems. Ives inthe mort- pt such sum, whether large or , and apply it as a direct reduction of il, immediately eancelling the | 1 sum paid. No extra charge is ¢ repayment. Loans mode fro years on farm, or good productive property. In all eases where the title Is perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower, As fam neting both as Agent and Valuator for | several Companies there ean possibly be no publicity in the transaction. ean get it ey, and ment =z If the title is perfect the money will he paid here in two weeks after making appliea- ion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &e., Parrish's Block, Cor, Broek and Bascom Streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN.| The undersigned hasany amonnt of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, atl Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Y Investments made in Municipal Dcben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e. Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- o lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873, _---- [to the accommodation and comfort of guests. | deliberate! NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a laage amount of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--interest at eight per cent. Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877, MONEY TO LOAN. FI HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, Agent for Westery CaNapa Loax AND Savings Company, He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds, Inter st Eight per cent. No Commission. N. F. PATERSON, Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, JT AS Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers. Mort. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c, collected on reasonable Com- mission, Apply personally, or by letter to C DAWES, Auctioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONEY (Private Funds,] T'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent im- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, BARRISTER, &0., Oshawa November 21, 1866. 4 Money to Loan N Farm Property at Seven and a half per cent. No Commission. Enquire P. A. HURD, Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan, 9, 1878. | also, first cl C. KENZIE, PROPRIETOR, TE Subscriber having now fully ec nipped is new and extensive Livery Stabls with a supply of superior Horses and Carri ges, is prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. C. McK Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873 STRAW AND FELT "HATS MAE OVER in the Newest Styles. -- 1 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. Motels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY HE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so a8 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 moderation in charges, The Charges are No Higher at the 'Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up thronghout 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 comfortab table and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers. W. B. McGAW, Port Perry, April 20, 1876. | P° RT PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House i ably furnished, and the Home S now most comfort ests are cared for in Good Liquors and Cigars, abling and good Ostle Additions have been made which make: 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 Mouse has been thoroughly over. hauled, fitted up and arfanged with a view Meals and Refreshments on the arrival of traing, First-class stable and shed accom- modation, C. HOLT, Proprietor, TF EVERE HOUSE, MANCIESTER. 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. 6,-1875. 0 WHITBY, T. MASON, PROPRIETOR. The public well coed for, and all Guests will please feel at home, Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876. NTARIO HOTEL, UEENS HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts, CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL,. . : This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers pF First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached: Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. ASLO ANERIOAY HOTEL, 43 PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises ¢ven 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. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. A RYSTHORG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. THE ONTARIO Farmers' Mutual Inuance Co'y! Head Office, Whitby, This ( is now fully organized nd 1s. WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, {7 HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and American Marble Man- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas £c , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite, Also Building Stone cut to orde:, 2 JOHN NOTT, | Whitby, July 29 1874. prepared to accept risks on Farm B The Only First Class House in Town. Boy HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lideay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. OYAL EXCHANGE H WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT. E. BRYANS, Proprietor. The Subscriber having succeeded Mr. Mason this and H and their contents, country School Houses and Churches, Those wishing to insure and have now an opportunity of doing so, either by applying to the Head Office, or to any of! the local Agents of the Company. Our rates will be found as low as those of any respon- sible Mutual Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hotel Brock St., Whitby C. NOURSE, Secretary. Agent, Pott Perry. | 32 W. H, BROWNE, General Agenf, thereby support a Home Insurance Company | 3 in lotel has spared neither labor nor expense In re-fitting and renovating the entire premises. The Bar lied with a superior class of Liquors and y Digars. The ch of the market provided for the Tables. Excellent stabling and attentive Ustlers, E, BRYANS, Dec. 6, 1875. sup) © Ww pes QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, ProrrieTons. Every dation for the public, In tho great horseshoe bend of the Little Bear Paw mount.in which catches a great flood of sunshine at noonday, sixty strong and sturdy men were digging into the base of the black-top monntain in search of silver, . We were not in luck, and though each man was gloomy and discour- aged, there was no excuse for mar- der. We had banded together to share and share alike, and if fortune smiled on one, all would receiv benefits. One night, when the day's toil of fifty-seven yielded an estimate of only #6, the miners cursed and swore, and felt like striking each other. We were short of provisions, new tools were needed and the men turned in for the night with a de= termination to strike for some other locality if the next day's work should exhibit ike barren results. © At midnight there was a great outery. It was not an Indian ate tack, nas each miner anticipated when he rushed out, but a horrible murder had been committed, ard the murderer captured by one ot the sentirels. A miner named Joseph Swain, but hardly known in camp by any other name thun 'Joe,' occupied a tent in company with an old man named Arnold. The two wero on good terms, but while Arnold had shout $300 in gold coin, acquired in other speculations, Swain hadn't a dolar outside of the com. mon fund, The gold was burried in the earth under the bed on which the two slept, and Swain could not ger at it by night without arousing his companion. Had he secured it during the day and made off he would have been overhauled very quickly, and his punishment noth- ing less than hanging. It could be no more if he added murder to the robbery, "and that night, when we all felt so bitter against luck, and when the partners felt so much like striking each other, Joo Swain mur- dered the man who had done the most for him. IIe was getting away with the gold when halted, and and though he madea sharp fight for liberty he was tied hand and foot within five minutes after the first alarm. Arnold was dead stabbed in threo or four places, and the gold was found in Joe's belt. There was no show for the murderer. IIe could not plead impulse or heat of passion. Indeed, he was not the one to seek to avoid con=equences. Ie made a statement to tho effect that he had y murdered the old man, ani added : . Now, boys, there's no use in a great fuss over this matter. Put a guard over me, and the rest of you go back to your sleep. You'll hang mo of course, and when morning comes I shall have a request tomake I shant try to get way, and I'm not going to play the baby when tho last hour comes.' Joe Swain was known among us as a game man. Ile had fought Mex- icans trailed Indians, and killed three or four white ruffians who had made ities, Armed with his bowie knife he was a match for any four of us, and it was owing to his presence more than that of any one else that roughs and gamblers who attached themselves to other camps like leeches. s Murder was a crime that could not be palliated in a mining camp. Hud it been anything else a major- ity of the men wonld have been in favor of letting them jump the digg- ings and go unpunished, But when they looked in on the white face and blood stained corpse of the good old man who had been like a father to all of them, each heart hardened against the murderer, and cach man said to the other : * Joe Swain must hang for this! There was no ned fora trial.-- When be was brought out after breakfast he said : ¢ Boys, I don't want any fuss over this thing. I killed the old man, and it's your duty to swing me up to alimb. I knew what I was up to, and I knew I'd have to stretch a rope if I eouldn'tgetaway. T don't deserve a kind word, and shan't look for any sympathy. The request I want, to make is that you won't hang me till sunset. I know it's bad to have one of those affairs hanging around camp all day, but it won't make any particular difference to you ns long as you are working for almost nothing. Now; then, all in favor of waiting till sunset to hang me, say aye I' ¢ Aye!' shouted every man around him, " ¢| game. Not a voice was heard. 'Tho ayes have it, T am to be hung at sundown,' continued Joe. ¢I want to write half a dozen letters, sleep for two or threo hours, and I hope you won't crowd on me. Scleet your tree, get your rope ready. ani when the time comes I'll be on hand.' If Joe had been a captive in the hands of the Indians; ahd was to be burned at the stako at sundown every miner would have wagered his outfit that Swair would have died In this case, where he was to meet a disgraceful death at the hands of the men who had worked and fought beside him for months, most of the miners thought he'd take the noose without the quiver of a muscle, but there wero two or three who said : « 'Ho is a brave man. but when he takes his last look around he will weaken.' Before the day was four hours old there was a strange wager between two of our men. It was rifle against rifle that Joe Swain would show a woman's heart before he swung off. The doomed man was left to him- self all day long. . A strong guard was placed around his tent, but no oné entered it to intercept the works of his last hours. The corpse of his victim was buried at the foot of a long tree on which Joe was to swing, and as the six men carrying the body passed near his tent the mur- THE OLD COURT HOUSE JANITOR SUB- DUES A SMALL BOY--THE SHINGLE ARGUMENT. It was'a middle-aged woman who camo in with her son, a boy of twelve. Sho had enticed him there by telling him that the place was a a bazaar of fashion, and she would buy him a shot gun with the barrel ful of gum drops. He realized the deception, as soon as seated and loudly called ont: 'I want that shot gun or some one "Il become a eavader I' Bijah's mouth watored for joy and the mother said: 'Iam a widow, and I can do no- thing with him. IIe ru.s out nights and gives me unlimited trouble and anxiety and will pay no heed to anything I say. I have brought him here to have you talk to him as a futher would. 'I don't want any wind-mill non- sense from him," growled the boy as he looked the old man over. 4 was what Bijah called 'a herculs anum transforeation.' . ¢ [--I--," she stammered, when be said : 'This is yout boy, ready to go home, he has promised to be good.-- I shall keep an eye on him for a while, and shall expect frequent re- ports from you. If he continues to be good he shall have half the melon crop off my farm. If he is bad I shall hage-him brought here again.' 'Great heavens! but how did you do it?" whispered the mother as the toy passed out. 'Easy as hitting a barn with a club he replied. 'Shingles, wo man, shingles! There's more good and influence in one pine shingle after you get the boy in position, than in all the coaxing and wheedl. ing that tongue can produce. I'vo enjoyed it hugely-- just feel as if 1 had eaten' a good dinner! If tread up bring him again!' She followed the boy out and the old man swt down to his peaches and 'Madam, go home and return for him in about an hour,' said Bijah.-- | 'I seem to sec what he needs, and I | want to he a father to him for about sixty minutes.' 'You won't pinch him?' she queri- ed. 'I'd like tosce him try it on! an- swered the boy. mused. 'I believe in moral suasion firat and [ believe in coaxing and reason: ing, but nothing seems tosoften a bad boy all the way up to the eyes like a Michigan ping shingle laid on in one steady spot.' A Puzzled Boy. Madam, go home, leave it to me and fear not,' said the old man as he | derer came out and stood with un- covered head to show his respect tho dead. Ile wrote five letters drew up a briet will, ate a full meal about mid afternoon, and half an honr betore sundown he was ready. Before starting for the tree he said : 'After I am gone you will find my will. The letters in there are to be forwarded as soon as convenient. -- This is a shabby old suit ot clothes to be hung in, but it's all I had, and I couldn't go around borrowing. -- Have you got the rope and the barrel ready ?' 'Yes everything is all ready,' re- plied a voice. 'That's right,' said Joe. Now, then form in procession; give me a conspicuous place, and we'll march along.' The man wasn't smiling. Ilis face was pale, his eyes had an anxi- ous look, and it was plain enough that he realized the grimness of his last hour on earth, The procession was formed, and Joe marched away as steadily as a soldier on parade. -- Ilis hands and feet were free; but as he halted beside the old barrel, with the noose dangling above head. he said: his 'Boys, tie my hands behind my back, and after you lift me up tie my feet together. If you mako a bungle of this you'll get a bad name throngh the diggings. When Joe stood on the barrel, the noose around his neck, the men fell back a little. He looked from man to man with a steady eye, glancing up atthe limb, and then looked over green prairie. The sinking sun had filled the gruss with millions of themselves a terror to certain local {sparkling jewels. A score of ante-|one of the pine shingles had a tale lopes were trotting along a mile away ; great birds were sailing along toward the Rocisies with lazy wing; the flowers never seemed so thick Prorristor {our village was not troubled with |and beautiful as then. For a minute we all looked south- ward, and there was something in vision that softened every heart. When we looked up at Joe's face we hardly knew him. All the hard lines had melted out of his face, his eyes were full of tears and there was a sob in his throat as he turned and whispered : ¢ Don't blame me boys--it is my last look on earth! Now do your duty I Not a man moved--not a man could move. Taking a swift glance over the prairies and up the mountnin side, Joo Swiftly said: 'God forgive me that I was not a better man----?' He fell forward off the barrel, his own executioner, and no man dared to look up until the body hung limp and lifeless. Joe had weakened, and those who had bet on his ' game' had lost. | Yet when we talk over it in low voices at the camp-fire, we agreed that brave Joe's bravest act of a iife-time was shown when the tenderness was allowed to creep into his heart, and his eyes to fill with tears when he proved to us that he had a soul. ---- Darwinian. --Our village grocer (great floriculturist)--¢ Most ext:'or"nary thing, sir, Last year I had some bacon in my shop that went bad durin' that hot weather, and 1 buried it in my garden. You'll hardly be- lieve it, but all my asters this season came for| parted he turned to the boy and) ' [smiled at him like a June sun com- | the heads of the men out upon the [such occasions. waved her out. When she had de- ing establishment. 'Open the door or I'll make it sick in here growled the boy in an-| swered. 'Boy, don't you want to be as good as you are pretty?' sweetly | inquired Bijah. { 'No sir.' | "Can't T induce you to be good ?' 'No sir.' i * Won't you promise me to pause in your mad career ? ! 'No I won't.' | 'Como into the back parlor, my | son--como in where T kept the gum drops mentioned in chapter one I' The lad declared he wouldn't, but | three minutes later found him there and in the position of expectation assumed by small boys who have been drawn over the peternal knee. Reaching out for a shingle, Bijah said : It Talmost breaks my heart, but | love for my country forces me on. The trouble with you is that you havn,t been half spanked since you havo been out of I am about to give you one of the neatest most affectionate shinglings ever performed, on this stage, and I am ready to bet ten to one that it will instil hymbler and nobler thoughts into your sassy soul.' "If you don't let up on me I'll bite!" yelled the boy but when he tried his teeth encountered a sole leather pad expressly provided for Lovingly, but firm ly he was bent over until his feet lost their grip on the floor, and then dresses, to unfold. In two minute, he had lost his thirst to become a pirate; in thirty seconds more he had got over wanting to bite; in three minutes he had got to the conclusion that his mother ought to run the house, and then Bijah let him up and inquired : 'My son has this thing affected you any ? That is, do you feel like a a different boy ?' "You'll get paid for this!" shout- ed the boy. 'Duty points with outstretched finger,' said Bijab. 'Come over my kneo once more, my son, and while this shingle does its work may your hardened heart begin to melt. On Linden when the sum was low, A shingle up and down did go. The boy kicked and bit and held out tor a& time, but the inevitable came at last to stare him in the face and he calle! out: 'That's enough--I'll do better!' 'Boy, do you mean it?' asked the old man as his elbow ceased worl- ing. "Yes, I do" 'You mean that you'll gnit sasss- ing your poor mother, stay at home at nights, lot bad language alone, and in fact, walk in a batter path.' I do,' was the earnest reply. 'I'm glad on't- glad on't. I knew what you needed, and I see that you feel better for it. We will now ad- journ to the reception room and will prepare a surprise for your mother.' In about thirty minutes her knock was heard at the door, and as it was greatest amazement. The boy's up streaky |opened for her, sho exhibited the A young son of a widow living on Park street entered the house the other day with an excited step and called to his mother :-- * ¢ You'd better get this house all slicked up foa there's a strange man goimmsto call as soon as he gets through talking with the ,ing out from behind a bone-boiling | grocer on the corner Man with the gas bill, I suppose,' was her indifferent reply, * Not by a jug full I continued the boy .-- 'He's all dressed in broadcloth, has a big gold watch, looks as if he ewned a bank and was asking me about you. *Is that possible 7 I wonder who it can be? What did he ask ?' He asked if you were as handsome as ever and if yon had grown old very fast, and if you had married again | 'He did! Gracious | But who can it be? '1 don't know, only he is good .looking and rich, and--and--1 « And what did you tell him 7" 'I told him that you wouldn't marry the best man in the world, and that it wouldn't do him any good to come spooking--"' * + I'll give you an awful licking if you don't gplit he rest of the wood I' interrupted the mother with sudden energy, and he was run into the back yard and given a cuff on the ear as he left the door. He leaned on the axe-helve and surveyed the back windows in wonderment, and by-and-by he mused: "She is allus saying she's going to live for her dear children alove, but if this looks like it then I don't know the family! I'll tell the next man that the whole six of us are on the marry for taters in the cellar and a posish to society | a He Preferred to Walk. '8he's pretty hot, ain't she ?' said s backwoods passenger addressing the engine eer of a Mississippi steamer that was racing with another boat, ¢ 80 so,' said the engineer, as he bung an additional wrench on the safety valve cord to prevent the steam trom escaping «That's about it,' returned the engineer giving the coids another twitch and hallo. ing through the trumpet to * shove her up.' + One hundred and ninety.five,' humed the passenger, looking first at the gavge and then at the boilers, Then the passenger ran his fingers thro® bis hair nervously, and walked about the decks for a few minutes, when he came back to the engineer and observed + Hadn't you better leave that boat go > 'Can'tdo it, Must pars.' ¢ But s'posen we should blow up 1 « Well, said the engineer, as he peeped ever the guard to see how fast he was going, if it is the will of Providence for the boat to blow up, we'll have to stand by it." Then he halloed to the fireman to 4.0ll up anoth. ¢ cask of bacon and to mix plenty of rosin with the coal and give her a little more turpentine and oil, 1 Then there was a splash in the river; bag before the yawl could be lowered the mam had sueceeded in reaching the shore, and halloed out : 'Goon with the race. I guess I'll walk, "The worst dose of hop bitters I ever had,' said a young man, ' was the other night when I took a young girl to a bop, and some other fellow danced with her every set |' et eee A Pours Max.--* My deceased uncle, said & humorous writer, 'was the most polite man in the world. He was making a voy. age on the Danube, and the boat sank. My uncle wast just on the pent of drowning, he got his head above water for once, took : off his hat, and said, ¢ Ladies and gentle. men, will you excuse me? and down ke went, : --------r------ In San Augustine County, Texas, when gentleman desires to escort a lady to charch + Compliments of Mr.---- - I respectfully selicit your across the alluvial Inndseape that tween your father's hospitable the sanctuary of God, there to hear the ex~ " mh si lies , face was washed clean, his hair cut,