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( TE STAR" from WM SARCR from Nev York, RAILROAD TICKETS do all parts of Canada and the United i intending to travel, wil ind it to antage to purchase tickets 'W. H. a. 3 ig May 24, 1883. : AUOTIONEER. t takes this 0 ed for the Tn hoses he has received as Aue- Sadersignel go wi 4 Isthmus of Panamaand San Franasco. [left Povonto,; which wns about mid- night. "Not being able to 1 Listarfed, consequently my! ; | more or less bewildered » morning {and t to make it worse. ah rribla acoi- x dent occured 'between 3 : following lotier from. Willing to y _ Bates, youngest son of Mr. Noah Bates fel a It s think T wrote you nor adinrat my| trip; but did not write of tas fally as I would have if T had been encouraged | by a fow lines from you before. Wers I gifted with literary genius and a | memory I might Le able to"write a very interesting sketch of my trip from Toronto to Los Angeles, via New York, As it is, however, I can give you only an-idea of everything I saw and exper: ienced. r In the first place IT must' tell you how T arrived at Indian Fallsnfter. I Tl the night nin was man T'did not get mach ridge and plosi | shortly ufter by a splash in the water some two or three miles from us, it was a shot fired . from a canne 'that we had passed a in limit.-- f+ We went down 'in the saloon and took lunch, afterwards went up on deck to enjoy the refreshing breeze we were having. Time passed rapidly as we were, all busy getting settled in our staterooms and by sundown we weve! out of sight of land. could see, all water! nothing' but the bright blue sky and the rolling billows greet our ayes; for by this time the breeze had caused a heavy. swell and the sen is white with foam, O! what a beautiful sunset! Old Sol has in t'ie form of rich and as a signabff) As' far ax wel. prize to take Youder's the fruit we pi. ., For the treasures of precious worth . We must patiently dig and dive ; aie Shetlarewe long to ill M «Watt push uid stenggle and drive; . The roughor the way we ki, The stouter the heart and the nerve ; ' The stones in our pathway we break, . Nor eler from our impulse swerve ; For the glory we hope to win, Our labors we count no loss ; Tie folly to pause and murmur because J Of the river we have to cross. & So, ready to do and to dare, Should we in our places §tand, "Fulfilling the Master's will, » Fulfilling the soul's demand ; For though as monatain's high The billows may rear and toss, They'll not overwhelm if the Lord's at the .- helm c, When the difficult river we cross! metre i A WINSOME, WIFE. "Wia'!' cried Mrs. Mowatt inslil. accents. of dismay. © "Marry Bess disap) from view but has lefi be hind his rk \ hare rapidly chas- Harding ¢ Why Joshi, you ain't never in earnest, be you, » ab But deep and wide with troubled tide, | "ks Is the river that lies between. "My so son 'married to suit himself," she said, "now let his fine lady nurse him up." "If it had not besn for Bess-- how gladly would she hava hastened to his side. And now ensued ren] trouble. The little money which the yeung couple had saved was soon scattered: Every- thing went to loose ends, 'and Bess began to count ry pennies at the bottom of i - "But Joshua," she said, "I thought Mis, Mowat was vich." "My mother, ia well Joshun answered sadly, "but the property is all in her own name, and shehas never offered me any of it." Can't you see, Bess, darling, that T would rather die than ask her for a centiof it." off)" Joshua's while Bess her bonnet and shawl. " *But I have no right Heres" she sid "I fused to' og your witeI have witheld from you your birthright, and squagdered it away. Why don't they take me where I helong--to the poor house # "Mother, don't talk sa," pleaded Joshua. "Here's where you belong now and henceforward, Here by our hearthstone." ; "You are my mother now," softly whispered Bess, and the touch of her soft lips on the old woman's Witheréd #8 088 | cheeks loosened the flood gate of tears, | the blessed Sas Sh al owdy all bitterness and, i PET "And you," she bit 'are my ed a by the shades of falling night. | Josua Mowatt's brond good humoréd A £0 [ works, OQ, Heaveuly | face brightened into a s:iile. wv shall: we spea': of theif &\vell, T rather think am."sailla [ey and wenaerful? I "At any rate TH engoged to Lier, and "fu Bw shafles of Light | we've set tho date for the30.: of May : : . while' these : angry | Without asking me for the very necessaries of life." | paper. } & You're not one of toe contr my fg st uk that ish: = i ° 4a osha, i aged ge A rage her -a Jocter, from. a city friend who kept. up the fangy confectionery { parties," laughingly retorted Joshua. Mrs. M, "But, erionsly mother, dour, [ws bua once spent a summen iy Blogming | brupch of the business. and be aw. } thé "house- |anty setelad dotnet: last ight aad I Ty Hig od Bide, So . Ta arosg a and vont © [was coming to tall you wi AR Dies, -- Don't he amazed at : Te hd" rained ye te night : whoalfr ud what [am going to ask you but Tam Butishe looksns Bess and says,with Bufflo about 3 o'clogk Ar + | which | pp, perhapsiyou have 'read' of. 'I' Lap pened folbe dedinglin wr seit about |; x urea ze that wo Bess looked at Lim with troubled ' daughter." : : eycs. | And thereafter the threé word bliss "What shall T do? she asked herself. | fully Bappy together, éven though the "Can 1 sit hero and'see hin suffor/ new railway shares wote 80 mich wast ft saw 0 station wi ibe We rotintient] | dug the cause, ; slo HE widomsignad is announcing to the " uch of | For Fey and vicinity, that she has secured rooms over Mr. Kolph's Harness 'Shop, where sho intends carrying on Hair 8 i n very Sopurtument an in al the + re] Te , Co on Louise Waves, Braids, Port Perry, Dec. 26, 1883. " ANNUAL MEETING. rp Suid Ani General J Meakin of the tockholders of * REACH CHBESE Who Jot. : JOHN CHRISTIE, "| Manchester, Dec. 20, 1883. mand as 16 one was there to meet 1 concluded to walk ut to Post's and get Charlie to drive me down to thels Falls. T though T knew tlie way 86 started out, but after I thought T ouglit to be nearly there T enquired were Mr! Post lived and was told 'wbout three miles farther. This somewhat surpris- ed me but thouglit it must be so as the party said they knew him quite woll,-- After walking six miles T cand to Mr. Post's but' imagine! my surprise 0 find out it was not the M back to Batavia and as 1 was pretty tired, hired a livery and "ent |}, to the Fight place, thus my good resolution k of 'economical on startiug ont iu the: [for myself, Charlie drove me down Joe's 'and wa stopped all night, dr ig" and k ting | Post I was looking for 50 T had 6! 5 , ing pretty Lad, » ther | "® cnemmr) Hole and blow. | dbtoed w ith some of ott wr quad, somo of them RE about forty of! oe Tay diary | Lith Ww pained Jook dn Lis: honest (nce, | oblige 56 ever fas cin 4s you me |alf way 'with the wig pat in you handy) Mog watt sergwed up fo ips igo auton," hor Tus <% with Tectric ire, . 3, od f "hp shall nevercamo intomy hotie. 28 bids! o, venomously, . "Mosher, don't," pleaded Joshua, ! sory mach © Bemophor, when you and {26h © were Va WW Woras or tit yon +, 4 ing yhoo, "all being sick" anc, os a dog Wl day myse ©" 4th. Feel much s was owhul sick, i 2 for 24 hows, T gn ® Ihaurhed it some [the sick, I thonghtT as not going sick but, was sv Ider 'y disappoint- Ye aye poss d the Gulf Stream is bosine ag to get very warm. § ui calns today, and all tho pass- gers ar. well and look more cheerful, Fe re pretty well 4 iquninted' with all B passengers pow. This evening we had a jolly time, seated around tables in the saloon, some were playing games of different kinds, some engaged in teonversation, and some singing and aying. There is a lovely piinp on board, for the use of the passéngers, we hardly realize that we are dway out on 'the ocann. (10 be Continued, ) etrer (his l no' eat! igi was be- | a. on uy Near Eadbien for all Practical Purposes A Michigan girl told lier youug man that she would never marry him until he was worth £100, 000. .So he start- ed out witha brave heart to make a it. 4 "How are you getting on, George" she asked at the expiration of a Soule of months. " Well," George said hopefully, * . have saved up §22.0 ~The girl dropped her eyclslies and ingly remarked : "I reckon that's by TTT Ted is pleasant todo one's duty son without reward. A man iw knocked downian an others | ac ug "Lo our fatlier Lad [mon sé ie" Mow dt. "andd was a hard-worl ing farane es daughter, 'not or d.of | daneiog frolicki yz jip ies, - their whole tims in cand | apron part es and all th nor ence." | Av you's dl find, aother," urged t! 2 yo dg msn, "that Bess will be just s good & wife a yon were." ! "Psliam wis Mr. Mowatt's curt . Httlo com- our che Pi: 5 end Js and » kind [well that # was the ¢ earest wish of my | heart to see you married to your cousin, Nancy Simpson." Joshua shook his head. " Nangy never would suit me," he said. "She is one of these cold, quiet, serpent-like women that go gliding about like a ghostin a play. And I'm not vain enough to suppose that I correspond with her ideas any better than she does with mine." "Well," said Mrs. Mowatt sev: orl "you've made your bed' and yon must | lie on it, Joshua. That's all I've got to say on the subject." "But you will come and see her, mother " "Noy IT won't." ' "Yon will welgome her to a daughters place in your heart? For my go mother," pleaded Joshua. " For nobody's sake," said Mpg, a E iA font like Bess Harding and never her. And if you marry her, you deliberately seperate yourself from all Four, home _associn- tions." | Joslin Mowatt t ined laway, esis and' styng to 'the very heart! Li must bo as you say, mother," he "But if theiris an estrangement |: Hi be 'meithep Bess' | fault nor " § going t be we a Christmas purty fon my tears inher eyesy little girls the cfean condies and su sar futd und | delicious chocolate fons: J¥ shat yon Bp sharply retorted "Mrs, | © SP hill ne of from all th rejoincap, WW lem yo knew perfectly | © and there is nothing coming in, ro succeed." ' needful EE Was Re even indulged in and I do sa len: for some | 1 A by used to make + hen we Doarded with , mautat looming Yale. Iend a ten alle hill wo pend goodies" Ly o i rene BOOT op you pan possibly [ies tha, and fi wir ppt The Jogos te: i Cu into Boss | Lo catt's ¢ 281 © fat lo king at the A: 4 into the letter, | was Yiot fo aly {on dollar greer hank=-: jt opr or ent healt # and € strength and ase [or J alii secm-| ed to open to he t cat 3 t sett: poverty ctric! mI "Why hav 1 before I' she gue: Ble made has: carame's, the daint © walnuts eaclosed ii: 2 f translacent a3, and with oe m she enelosed stter, Mis. Germin o opei-an agency i with one of the prominent confectioners | of New York. 'And then she ordered a barrel of sugar, and all manner of dainties ond flavour, and went up to the garret" to crack all the butter-nuts and hickory nuts which was left over from last autumn's store. "To be sure, it is only on experi- ment," she thought. "But I hope-- | I believe--it will succeed, The doctor says Joshua will got be strong enough to go out of doars until spring. Our expenses are continually draining us, Oh, t # cscap [ "of Hug} thought of ii} «il herself. prepar: tle un bars, the tal garment Lor ures ver i to weebh a bhezging wr hes] | | It did 'succeed. Mrs. Mawatt's delicate home made confections, in pretty hand painted boxes, tied with colored ribbons, became the fashion. body beught them. Bess was abliged to hire assistants and transfer har working quarters to the old unused wing of the hoyse. Money came in with a promptuness which seemed to the young wife almost.a Gelconda, port wine, refreshing Ape ing food for the invalid. The farm house Was' purposes, new furnith Laces | Everybody asked for them, every-| «What would ever have become of ns, darling, it it wasn't, for you 1 otrtd] Bhs Got Tb. "There!" called out un woman » who was passengar on» Bay City train ee ita day or two 50, Frve ab gone Wnt rary "safohel in) the depot! Smeborg EE the "oon, I duction 1" A Lenevolsns nan with mball head and, a. dyubje chin volunteered; his services, and aftera time the conductor was brought in, x hii of stofand run YaukPatied a Nain but. I'll seingingh to bie your Lagage sent on. What is " A satchel." "Very w ell," he "said, as he began to { write, "1t'is an old satchel with 'on | handié off and the Tock broken, of course," "Yes, but, ts none of your business if itis! You don't buy my satchels !" " No, af Gores Dot. Lets see I" I'll telegraph them to oped it. The first thing on top is & night-cay." " §'posin' tis I" she blustered wp "I guess ¢ there is no law again; wearing "No, ma'am and the next thing is a pair of black Woolen stockings Which have been darned inthe' Willan! naxt Jails "Tha next thing is that, if aay pan in this "ere state of age to open that satchel and § over the contents I'lFm GS TS of Bim 1" she exclaimed as S88 tied or bonnet: "But I must. --Y B. of? "Then you call it kinder bursted in one o and, Lyrsted all to 'Goshen by you wretclios op hath ends, and Tet' that IT won't have it pated: ole sir, BY There was no lack now. of good old | spe a et