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[pal-t. Novembe' red Steel-i years old; mpfon his information ill be suit» 1:103 it Milka»; ks. , ertmas1 ripty.â€"â€"â€" lines. ebrated with the TRA N .or, ii'ce $5 for next door has made 5 stock.â€" now the 'fnen t ppace hired " EVERY as cheap, bblishment. ranted. rfthe Sign nd Chair st Quality .rge cities, est living steel we no 'rorders Lance *send nbers Itationery, defined at {ion to rtion, Mon. 3 per ified aged for 0 or :, at GB RAM. rntlery ehad no [131" pleasure banks for bat since would their meat offer nrice‘ 13; chew a, Fronts, shiouable l Stee} d qual- other Esber, rmer 'ged by], *ers the Ivory Bar as had pace? m, gremonr. mess 333 Cash stm. the SA LE. f "l’, for HA1 J ebbing done on the shoriest notice. .Mc Dou gali, 1101 SEC SIGN AND ORV-AHEKTAL Pa’x net, Durham, Ont. Painting, Glazin I, an! Paper HangEn;, done in the most appruved style of the art. fice, promptly attended to. White 61; Johnson. Publishers ProprietorsJ _ '_â€"â€" General Agent, Conveyanccr, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey, Lands, tic" Valued, Books and Accounts made up and contacted. air-$50,000 to lend on good Farm and Town Property at 8 percent. Ounce :-â€"14 Garafraxa St., Durham. L Hamilton Evans,B. A.,M. D. IIY<ICI \N, SC RGEUN ACCOUCH m 1:. Graduate of the I nivers: ty of1 '1'0mmo.Reaidence-:-â€"-One door south of the Orange Hall, Garafraantreet, Durham, Uot. _(109y. ) PLACKSMITH. SHOPâ€"South of the ) Bridge, Garafrayxa Street. Black- smithing of every description done in a workmanlike manner, on short notice.â€" Parucular attention paid to horse shqemg. I (W ER, Ontario. M._. h“ R. 1’. Porter, M. D., . HYSICIAN, sr. RGEON .kc.,GRA'I1 '.':\H- of Victoria Couege, Tomato. 011506-- In Griffins Bufld‘ng, Durham, County of Grey. All calla,day or night, promptly attended to. Cornelius Harper, TTURNEY-AT- LAW, SOLICITUR 1.x (‘11;xumn, Conveyancer, Notary Public U‘Y‘xce one door north of Telegraph Office, Durham, County of Grey. D Solicitor in Chancery, c., 3.0.â€" Ufliceâ€"Over Turner 8; Richardson’ sstore, U pper Town, Durham, Ont. ‘ AND AGENT, VALUER, c., c. Money to Lend from one to ten years, on easy terms of interest. Farms for sale. Durham, 10th June, 1868. 71-1y. 1. tn‘k‘urnish Carriages, Cutters, W38" guns and fleighs, manufactured from the best mutenal, at the cheapest possible rates. A11 work warranted. Shop, opposite Mr. tarson sstore, Lower Town. Durham. SSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, Durham, Ont. BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAITHEY are prepared to do Millhery and Dress-making, and would kindly solicit. the patropage of Durham and vicinity. Mgs. Perkxss is well acquainted with above branches. and also Strawowork. Residence next. to R. McKenzie’s large brick m -â€"Durham, Dec. 10, 1868. :91: WHOLE NO.156.] Kerr, Brown McKenzie, MPURTERS 0F DRY GOODS AND Groceries, and General Wholesale Merchants, Hamilton, Ont. J. F. Halsted, M. D., .HYEICIAN, SURGEON, c., HAN ARPENTER, Builder, 6.70., films. .Specification and Estimates of ev'ery descnptxon reasonabie; Funerals furnished ChristOpher Chittick, WiIliam Barrett . ARRISTER, ATTORNEYZATQAW, Good workmanship, ate charges are the 1 Appretgtice wanted, one W11 ‘Oul'id sometime at tho trade PNfemzd‘ Durham, Jannhh, 1870. George Isaacs, wmiam Buchanan, ‘FRUMGLASGOW SeotIaud, Book- liinder, Sullivan Post Office. Charges mod. : : erate. All ordersleft. -- 4-----." ~ at the Cunoxlcm 0f- Durham ggon Carriage Shop. 1. STOREY IS NOW PREPARED Durham, Sept 7 Samuel E. Legate. MONEY TO LOAN. .1 L FLMCDONNELL, John Moodie, James gBrown, M }enem] Blacksmith WiIeF’S Boot ‘ Store) Lowe? Town n 6th, 1 “D. JACKSON, JR". «569. 1364!. SADDLER, HAR- \Esw and Trunk Maker, opposite the Crown Land Office, Durham, Ont. Whips, Spurs, 8w. , always on bafnd. te f Prim 0 0 L25,00 AN’D GREY l-ly. who has. The Green-Gage Branch, from MOUNT FOREST. will bud FRESH MEAT 1 DURHAM HOTEL, Durham, WATTERS, Proprietor. The above R Hotel has been entirely refitted and furnished with a view to the comfort and coavenience of its guesth Wines, Liquor:. and Cigars of the best brands always in stock. The Larder will at all times be supplied with the best the market will afford. Good Stabling. Charges moderate. “ Durham Meat Market” This Home is furnished with all the re. quiaites to insure ihecomfort of travelled-I. T he Table supplied with the best the mar- ket affords. Choice wines, liquors, and cigars kept constantly on hand. There is also a good livery in connection with this house. Charges moderate. » U Pnoemmoa. ' Having leased the above premises, lately obcupied by Mr. J. Hart, I am prepared to offer first-class ac- commodation to travellers and the public generally. Good Wines; Liquors and Ci- gars always on hand. . Superior 53an and an attentive Hostler. Stages call daily. RJIL W3 1‘! CORN ISH’S HOTEL, RCHARDVILLE. This House has re- cently been refitted and furnished in first class style, with a vxew to the comfort and accommodation of the travelling public. Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the choicest bands always on hand. Good Stabling and an attentive hostlerr Stages call daily.--'â€" Charges moderate. "he undersigned would beg to inform the public in general, that he has on hand ready for this Fall or Spring: planting a large quantity of first-class Fruit-Trees.â€" EEQMKWGBB NERBERY was established in 1864-, and all trees offered for sale were grown in Mount Forest. I will warrant them grafted fruit, of good hardy kinds, as I have tested them, some of them bore fruit this season. _ Standard Apple Trees from 6 to 7 feet, Dwarf Apples, Siberian Crab and Cherry Trees, that I can recommend. Small fruit such as Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, a., also Ornamental Trees. Flowering Shrubs, Dahlias and Gladious Bulbs, c. Argyle Hotel, I IUGII MACKAY, PROPRIETOR, _ Durham. (tiff-The subscriber is Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. All orders by mail or otherwise promptly attend to. @135 Early Rose, Early Gooderich, and Gleason Potatoes for sale, as cheap as can be purbhaaed elsewhere. HomewoOd Nursery, Mt. Forest, September 13th, 1869. 10mm. magnum. hinsrznln at. evarv 311g bring forth F. the Terminus ! at Opposit? Fletcher’s, Upper Timm1 FOUNDRY. Along mth any quantity of THE PUBLIC; one» ran'cgsu- .IX‘ ALWAYS ON HAND, .0‘5 ugnmnvmm,“Laws B_EL_L, A NEW GAUGE thw, Get, 1869. DEACON’S HOTEL, HQTM: 623393. A CHOICE LOT OF TAKEN BY STORM ! KBLSBY'g GALEBRY, Stove-Pipes. A. Afgowmxx. HANOVER. DURHAM AT THE A. T. GREGORY. CHARLES LIMIN. Tum ., Durham. .0319 How many pounds does the baby weigh, Baby who came but a month ago 7 How many pounds from the Crowning curl To the rosy point of the restless toe ? Grandfather ties the ’kerchief’n knot. Tenderly guides the swinging weight, And carefnny over his glasses peers To read the record, “only eight.” Softly the echo goes around ; The father laughs at the tiny git-l; The fair young mother sings the words, While grandmother smooths the go1den curl; I know I’m horrid ugly, Jane, You scarcely need have stateu That interesting fact again, ’ ‘ Because it e antiquated. Andâ€"putting flattery on the shelfâ€"“- I tell you Jane sincerely, I think you’ re pretty plain yourself, Although I love you dearly l And stood above the precious thing, Nestles a kiss within a prayer, Murinuring softly, “Little one, Grandfather did not weigh you fair.” Nobody weighed .the baby’s amile, Or the love that came with the helpless I ' one ; Nobody weighed the threads of care From which a Wornan’s lile is spun, No index tells the mighty worth 0f little baby’s quiet breath, A soft, unceasing menatrone, Patient and faithful unto death. Your nose is not the kind of nose To satisfy a painter, ‘ Your locks unlike the red, red rose, Ovh, mother, laugh your merry gotes 3 Be gay and glad but don’t forget From baby’s eyes outlook a soul That could avail ; God only knows Its value in eternity. Only eight pounds to 411616“: soul That seeks no angel’s silver wings, But shines in it this human guise, Within 80 small and frail a thing. Shines beet-root-colored nearly ; _ I'm bound, you know, to tell the truth, Although I love you dearly I It’s needless to possess two eyes, Without the least connection, Where each inquiring Optic tries A contrary direction. ' It's very much more useful, though, Than ornamental, clearly; I’m sorry that you squint you know Although I love you dearly. I think I've said enough to prove You’re not a perfect Venus (And quite sufficient to remove Unpleasant thoughts hetween us) So, when you criticize again ' My visage too severely, 3 You’ll catch it, I can tell yen Jane, k . Although I love you dearly. One of the leading Eastern Railways is making arrangements to issue through tickets by rail and steamer around the world, and it is believed that the whole thing can he comp‘leted by the first of next month. The ticketswill be good until used, giving travellers an Oppor- tunity to visit and make excursions in Japan, China, the Holy Land,‘er. where- ever tourists .mayibe disposed, toleave the main line of travel. The arrange- ments are’ now complete, and prices fixed fromin York as far ”east as Alexandria ? in Egypt, and.west,tu Yokohama and Shanghai. An, agent is new. on Money to arrange with the English steamship {lines between China. and zthe'head cube 1 Red Sea' and the railway to Alexandria. As soon as this 'm done, it will be an- nounced in N eonrkby telegraph, and the tickets will be {cadysior‘deliyem A table of distances, with $3316., 1'0me imlmhnt .mitha, is to be printed “Don them, and a synOpsis of ..all infor- mation that, will ,be essential to the Thtt claims a home ixi Eden yet. traveller; The whole. trip can, be made inside of ninety days, and the entire cost Will be about seven hundred anti fifty ’flollara in gold» The scheme is important in its u h Tickets around the Thro g World. .. Green peas are selling at Phiiaiidiphia 33 5c. apioce‘. ~ ' ' 4 In Chicago the $069131!!!“ngde to charge’ $100 for cutfing bf 'a leg; A New York reporter gays that. 105. 000 peofiIe_’g_0 t'q bod d’ruhk every {night i; “flint city. There is a y'omng than in Princétb‘n, 1116., thse fofir greatgrandmothets are living; A game of-‘chehS, lasting één years,has just been decided. One of the players lives in Germany,thc other-~ in New Yuk. Weighing the Baby; Artless Lover. Elv'éf'fofi'tfi DURHAM, COUNTY OF GREY, ONTARIO, JAN. 27, 1870. Horrible Revelations of ‘Ohifiese Customs. A San Francisco correspondent gives the followxng sketch of a Chinese “hospi tal: "â€" Very few of the women brought here are wives, and they l1ve, for the most part, in the most abject manner. When1 one of these poor unfortnnates hecome81 weak and sick, and a Chinese physician pronounces her case hopeless; she is notified that she must die. She knows very well that protestations and prayers are unavailing, and submits without ”a mmmur to her fate. Led by night to some miserable tenement that goes by the name of a f‘hospital, ” (how it gained such a significant antithetical name we do not know), she 1s forced within_ the door and made to lie down upon a shelf; A cup of water, another of boiled rice, and a little metal oil lamp 1s placed by her side. The assassins pass out of the ‘ death cell, the heavy door is’ locked, and the miserable creature is left to die alone. What ngonies the; poor 'vietims‘ suffer in their lingering death, no one knows. The stnethered shrieks of des- pair; the dreadful means with which weakened nature announces its sufferings, may be heard bythose who live 1n that immediate vicinity, but they either pay no attention to them, on 3simply vent valedictionsi on the suffering cause of their annoyances. No one thinks of 1a- terfering with the doomed one; all know the laws, and none are have enough to interfere with the dreadful edicts. After a few days the lamp burns out; the light fails for a lack of oil 3 the rice cup and and water cup are empty and dry, and the joss sticks, which were lighted when the woman was brought to the cell, are nothing but charred splinters of bamboo. Those who have immediate charge of the establishment know how long the} oil should last, and when the-limit. is‘ reached, they return to the “hospital,” unbar the door and enter, that they may remove the unhappy victim of such bar- barous usage. Generally the woman is dead, either by starvation or her own assessessseter M 5,er enter; but this makes little difference with them. They come for the corpse, and they will not go away without it.â€" If the victim be not already dead, the circumstance only delays the removal of the remains a few minutes. When they enter, the woman is still alive, but they soon come forth bearing 'a bodyâ€" only a body; the heart has ceased to heat; the breath comes and goes no more; , the I soul has fled. How the deed is done â€"'-â€"w'hcther blood is drawn, the victim slaughtered or smothere‘d,non'e save'those in the secret kuoW.‘ The result is past dispute. ' A poor, crring woman, help less and unloved, is murdered, and this in the heart of a. Christian and enlighten- ed city. Such 1s a singlechapter‘ m the book of crimes of a cosmopolitan city. The truthfulness of the recital is vouch- ed for by, police ofiicers, who aided the reporters in ferreting out the feets. It is a good thing for a young man to be “knocked about in the world,” though his soft-hearted parents may not think so. All youths, or if not all, certainly nineteen out Of twenty, enter life with a surplusage of Self eomceiti' The sooner they are relieved of it the better. If, in measuring themselves with wiser and older men, they discover it is unwarrant- ed and get rid of it gracefully of their own accord, well and good; if net, it is desirable, for their own sake, “that it be knocked out of them.” ' boys. are democratie 1n their ideas, and if arrogant, he 13 s'm‘é to be thrashed into a recognition of the golden rule. The World is a public séhool, and it soon. teaches a new pupil his ‘place. If he has the attributes that belong to a leader he 'Will he installed as a leader; if not 'ivhate'ver his' Opinion Of” his abilities may the, he will be compelled to fall in with the 11:11: and file. If not destined to. greatness, i110 next best thing to which he can aspire is respectability; but no man «:11 he truly gm 0,. respectable who 13 vain and otterbearing = A boy who is sent to a large schodl soon finds’ his level. His will may have been .gparaiflo‘ifiit 'at liome; but 1-1;:th By the;ti»m"e the novicp hgejfohqd his ieegmmm Bahia! i)6§i€iOh,’_Bé it'AEi‘g‘h or low, the probability is that the disagyee- able traits of his chafhpter Will be séftén- ed or worn aWay. ,Mbstlikély the pro- bb'ss of abrasion will 136 1‘0!)ng ljpf vhen :it ia'ovér he begins to see hith's'elf as ‘ouimgiee him,‘aud hat as refleetfed in the ’m’iréo: Aof aelficdncelt,he5Wi11 'be- thankful that. he has min the‘ zgam'itle'lz, and grrivéa, though" b‘ya Very rough mad; at meek-knowledge. {Upbn thb “1910'. Whatevér -16viug'Â¥ mother‘s may think to thecontr'arfi, a is a gmdmhing ‘0 he knoc'kea‘ about iii."thé “Idâ€"it make: men of them. "“ â€"""~’ -, ' On the 27th-ult;ia mt gnawed through The Mal-ind Depa the water pipe at the Louisvili‘e Board of lia. advertise for six Trade Ramps and floddcd the building. tmarinc police duty; Being Knocked About. MAINTlE-Ne .LE’ DROIT. The Queen’ 3 Recent Appearance ' in Londom ' There was something very impressive in the great simplicity of the Queen’s " appearance, viewed in connection with the enthusiasm she evoked In a plain open coach sat a plain, middle aged lady, dressed no better. and not'half so smart as many a tradesman‘s wife, yet it was she on whom every eye Was fiXed, to ,whom every salutation’ was directed.â€" Had «he been in royal robes, with a 8 t a a r l 1 crown: of state on her head,and attend- 1 edby the most illustriousof the land, , in gorgeous ‘ array, these crowds would not have been so impressive; It was not the vulgar trappings and mere ac- cessories‘of royaltywhich so excited the people, it was merely the person of the monarch, as the symbol of government are Britons and Americans ? You‘have law and power without the trappings.â€" We have the trappings but we seldom exhibit them; and it is not those which make the interest of a royal ceremonial, but simply the person of the monarch The peOple turned out in their tens of thousands simply to see and greet the Queen, as you might greet the Presi- dent. It seems to me that all the difi‘er- ences between our governments is this-â€" that the head of the state is permanent while the responsible ministry may be Changed bythe will of the people at any time. Our Queen “can done Wrong.” The supreme head cannot be blamed for anything that may occur, and so the auâ€" 1 thority of the executive: suffers no detri- ment. But .the responsible minister, through whom alone theexeeutive can _ act, may be questioned, challenged, im- peached, and changed for another when- . ever the nation may consider- he has ‘ done wrong. Let us then rchice in the advantages of each other’s system, and . be grateful together in the possession of _ such freedom as was never possesseed _ by other nationsâ€"waman Hall in the N. Y. Independent. as the representative of the. British aw‘ tion. And does not this show how alrpi\ Y “V‘m .0“ Visitors to the Earlswood {mot Asy lum and persons who lead the reports of that valuable institution, will have gain- ed some acquaintance with the exceed- ingly curious species of physical degene- racy known as ‘permaneut childhood.’-â€"a- Imagine an infant, pure and simple, of the mature age of twenty-two years, perfectly formed, but in growth, intel- lect, and taste exactly resembling a child of twelve months. Some re- markable particulars with regard to this were given by Dr. Langdom Down. at a meeting of the RathIalogical . Society.â€" illustrative case was exl1ibited--that of a child of five years, which had. intel- lectuallyI and physically the condition of nine months. This case, Dr. Down, remarked was a typical one of a claés, all the members of which possess the same characteristics, and form a sort of natural family. He stated that he had seen a ‘permanent infant’ of upWards of 30 years of age, just able to stand by .the side of a chair, uttering monosylla- Ibic sounds, amusing itself with toys, and otherwise comporting' itself exactly as an ordinary child would, that was mak- ing its first attempts to speak and Walk. The doctor has a theory of his ownâ€" and he is entitled, from his expenence in Such matters, to form one-â€"as to the cause of this extremely curious and pain- ful species of degeneracy.I All such Children he has found are the efl'spring "of habitually drunken fathersâ€"the ar- rest of growth and development, 1s the result; and thus the ‘iniquity of the father is visited upon the. children. â€"â€" These gentlemen who are waging dead . lyIII warfare with the alcoholic ‘menster’ might to be grateful to Dr. Down for the sharp arrow which he has added to their already well furnished quiver.â€"4 Bngham Post. A reverend doctor‘huppcne‘d one 'even- 1 ing to be at a social’ party,a and on re- turning home, the night being dark and the way intricate, he:3 carried 1n his hand a. lantern. He had not proceeded fer when a.‘ farm servant on horseback came up to him- The horse, on perceiving the light, became festive, and reared so furiously that the rustic went topsy- {t turvy to the ground On getting up from his horizontal posmon, still keep- mg hold of the reins, he suiuted the doc- tor with, ‘O’d, sir, is this you. 9’ and, looking Jolly (the name cf the horse) 1n ‘the face, remarked, ‘ 0, ye dunner-t, doitit idiot, to mak’ o'. hogle o’ yer min- ister' I’m sure a the parish kens hirii P ' :‘ Josh‘ Billings says: ‘I don‘t believe in bad luck being sot/for a man like a 'trap, but I have known lots of folks who, if there was any fiISt rate had luck lying arOund loose, woula be sure to get One foot into it cnnyhowy 7 ' The Marine Department of Nova Sco- lia. advertise for six swift schoonera for The Chief Cause of Idiocy. I am a little at a loss (I used to be great at a loss when I played poker, and therefore abandoned the game, years and years ago) to know what to write about. I have a conscienceâ€" a patent, metr0politan, journalistic conscienceâ€" and,t11ercfote,' dare not write anything that is not otriotlj trne. I was not al- ways thu’s careful; but a year or two ago 1 had an awful warning, and Since then have neVer ventured to let my im- agination lead me into exaggeration. It happened .in this way. I was an associate editor. on the stafl‘ of one of car New York papers; and there onel day came a necessity for me to write a paragraph of about a stickfill in length,‘ in a little less than no time “at all. The weatherheing intensely cold, my mental faculties were active only in the direc- tion of , forcible denunciation of the cli- mate. ‘;MY mind-thus running on the subject of cold weather, I wrote a few lines stating that the Gulf Stream had retired from the coast, and that there was every reason to believe that in the course of two . years at farthest, New York would be considerablyoalder than Greenland. Mark what followed, and then doubt if you can, the influence'of the press. - That paragraph was gravely capied all over :the country, and in about three weeks afterwards two sea captains came into port and announced that they had- found the Gulf Stream nearly two hun- dred miles from the usual course. The confounded current had actually taken .me at my word, and had really changed its course. I repented bitterly at my rashness, and .heganto look for- ward to‘thc cheerful“ prospect of freez- ing to death amid the curses of my con- gealing friends, when some other fallow came out in another etatement that the Gulf Stream had approached nearer to our shores than ever, and that hence- forth our climate was to become tropical in point of. heat. I don’t believe he had any. more authority for his statement than I had for mine, but somehow more iwwmmwly came into .299; and confirmetl hisâ€"staté‘fiiehiijvsfn‘ec 'fiiéii' the climate has remained just as disa- greeable as it has always been, but I have never dared to allude to the Gulf. Stream from that day to this, and have, moreover, registered as a vow nerer to write anything that is not stridtly and literally true, The Dreadful-Accident 'at firis'tol‘. The following particulars of the iate accident at the new theatre at Bristol are £10m the London Daily News:â€" Peeple began to assemble at the new Theatre Royal, which is in Park Row, as early as four o ’clock, to witness the pantomime of ‘F Robinson Crusoe.” By six o’clock the narrow and steep gang- way leading to the pit and gallery was crowded by hundreds of persons, while in the roadway were vegy many others. About seven 0 ’,elock just before the doors were opened, a cry of fire was raised but whether this cry or the Open. ing of the doors led to the tragedy 1s not known. At any rate, when the doors were unbelted there was a fearful rush: towards them. One poor woman was the first to fall, and the obstruction saus- ed large numbers to fall on her; and 1n the result nearly thirty men, women, and young peeple tumbled over one an- :other in a heap over which those. behind still pushed in order to obtain admission. When the panic was over, attention was paid to those on the ground, and twenty- three persons were .taken up insensible; fourteen of those undermost were found to be quite dead, and they were taken into the refreshment room and laid out; the remainder were conveyed to the in- firmary where up to 12 o ’cloek four others had died, making eighteen deaths 1n all- Of those lying dead in the refreshment room, six are women, four men, and four boys and girls. The performance of the pantomime was continued to the end; and the fun inside, While the fourteen dead bodies lay close by, had a hideous aspect. The dread .of further mishap prevented the manager stepping the performance. When the play was over. fend hundreds inside knew the real facts, the stones outside the theatre and in the infirmary were pérfectly appalling. Up to mid- night only'1'thré'e bodies he'd been identie fledâ€"one a boy belonging to Weston super-Mare, who came to Bristol by ex- cursion train, and two Bristol persons. The most profound excitement prevails in the "éity. 5'" On the 3111 m; a” i New . Yen}: fm bank “was robbed of 855000, Journaiistic Experiences. BY 1‘. EMERAL. agar] COUNTY ADVERTISER. The Journal of Applied Chemistry says : “oflSak the feet well in warm water then with a sharp instrument pare o as much of the corn as can “he done with- out pain, and bind up. thepsrt affected with a piece of linen or muslin thor» oughly saturated with sperm oil, or what is better, the oil which floats upon! thel surface of the fiie‘lfle of herring or nine. kerel; "After three or four days the dressing may he removed, and the re- maining dead cuticle remove by scrap- ,ing, when the new skin will be found of ’3 soft and healthy texture and less lia- ble to the formation of a how corn than before; ' We have this recipe from a source which We cannot well doubt, and publish it for the'bcneflt of many suffer- ing readers.” The pain occasioned by Corns may be _gi'e'ntly alleviated by the following pre- par'ation :â€"-Into a one ounce phial ask a ‘drug'gist to pht two draehms of muriatic acid, and six drach'ms of tone water. â€" {With this mixture Wet the horns night and morning for tliree days. Soak the feet every evening in warm water with- 0116 “Setup PM one ~1hi1'd of the acid into‘ the water, find, with a little pick ing, the corn will be dissolVed â€"Jcssie Pies”. What the reverend Clergymen call 1 the “ grand Catholic spirit of charity and kindness for all men” prevails in this quarter of the Dominion about as eitcnsiVely as in any place we knew of. ll e think we are warranted 1n making 4 this assertion, when we find Romanists and Protestants usingeach' others places of worship. A few cycnings'ago a con? jcert took place at‘ Smitht'ille, near EHamilton, for an exclusively Roman Catholic object. The church of that body, howet'er, being too small for the ‘ purpose, the concert was given-‘wof ‘ course by permission -i~n the church of the EpiscoPal Methodist denomination. Just fancy Methodists loaning their place of worship to Roman Catholics! After this we need not be surprised at anything. The Methodists of Smith- yille are deserving of ex cry praise for W1fiera1iry,and the truly Cht’holic spirit displayed 1n the matter , but we are afraid their clergyman and the Re- man Catholic clergymen who were pres- ent, have placed themselves in' a rather awkward positions The last hull of His Holiness the Pope excommunicates ev- eryone who countenances, encourages, as'sOciates with, or has anything whatever‘l ‘ to’ do with “heretics. " i The Methodists V are undoubtedly “heretiCs” of the worst kind, according to the Pope; and iti therefore follows that by merely asso- ciating with themâ€"to say nothing of _ using their place of worsh1pâ€"the Catho- lie priests, and all of that denomination who were present at the concert, must consider themselves excommunicated. â€" On the‘hther hand it is said that the Methodist clergyman in charge 'of ‘the Smithville congregation, is to be “ haul- ed over the coals,” at the “next meeting of Conference, for loaning his church to ; the Romauists. He may be “excommu- nicated” 'alsoyand then we will have them allâ€"Methodist ‘and Catholicâ€"- . placed without the pale of Christianity, : simply because they tried to act the . Christian’s part, in being charitable to- _ wards one womenâ€"Toronto. Telegraph. A little new light has been thrown upon the annexation petition recently presented by Mr. Vincent. Colycr to President Grant from the people of British-Columbia. It will he remem- bered how much Mr. C'olyer attempted to make of the array, of signatures he had ;proeur<éd fromf‘F'ieading ZBi'itish merchants and influentialjcitizens” of Victoria. It now turns out that these names are not to: heifonnd to the petition because “ the peeple 'did notdwish: them made public, ‘” Apd‘there age members of Congress at Washington who persist inpretending that; they believe this story. But perhaps the best part of the hiétory efgthe petition s that ‘with reference to the We} in which it fell into Golyer’ s'hands. He was an "American traVeller” proceeding from Alaskato the States... and happened by misadventure to ‘stop‘at Victoria. flare the “ British ni'é'rehants” and “'leadingeitizens” were so mad after annexation th,at taking ad- vantage of. the great Americans pres Eénce, they 39; up the petition there and then, signed it, then removed their sigo natures, and handed it to Colyer for presentation to Mr. Grant. Altogether Mr. Colyjer may be considered as fully entitledto .311. the. fame of being the most; Blunderingrfillibnster that hirer hailed from the iepubli‘d- J A family in Bridgeport, Ct, was re eently poisoned by drinking tea in whieh' a child had put pieces of tanned \Bquifleiand musket skins. An infant wa'é burned to death re cently whilst lyi‘ng m its cradle, at. Le. Vant, Mai’ne. Its mower had left it for a fevfi‘mo‘mentg, and a spark from the atom fite’d the bed clothes. Cafe for Corns. gimme to some of the ancient Egyptians 4;- ahd when a‘ celebrated astronomer show- ed it. to them, they Were absolutely in ,raptu‘res. The Persians, Phoenician» Greeks, 'a’sd several other nations, acknoWledged that their aiiees‘tors were once without fire, and the Chinese con: " fess the ”same 0f their (”urogenimrs,z ' Pompanio'n, Mela, Plutarc'h, and other ancientwriteris, speak of nations who, at the time when they wrote, knew not the use of fire, or hadjust learned it. Facts . l of " the'stfme kindi'are' also attested by several modern nations. The inhabitants ef" the'Marian Islands, which were dis: :co‘vmed in 1551, had no idea of firm-=1l ' Never was astonishment greater than ' theirs when they {faw it on the desert in one of their islands. At3fir’st they ’56-! lieved it was some kind of animal that? fixed to and fed upon wood; The in- ' habitants of- the Philippine and Canary Islands were formerly equally ignorant. - Africa presents, even in our day, tribes ' in this state. According to Pli'n‘y, remarks thgfiegf {York Observer, fire was a long"t-im'e’uuJ Alexander Hamilton once said to an intimate friend :â€"-“Men give me sonic" credit fdf‘ genius. All the genius I have? .lies just in this: when I have a subject O in hand. I study it finefoundly. Day anti night it is befdre me. 1' explore it in all its bee ings. My mind becomes per- vaded wi ”it. Then the eflort which 1 make the peepie are pleased to call the fruit of geniu’s. It is the fruit of labor and thought.” ' Mr; Webster *oia'c’é replied to s gentiea - man who pressed him to speak on 'a sub“ 1 ject of great importancetâ€"“Tfiasnhjoctw ‘ interests me deeply, but 1 have no time. . There sir,” pointing to a huge pile of letters on the table, “is a pile bf unanswer- ed letters, to which I must reply before the session, (which was then three days off.) I have no time to master the sub- ject so as to do it justice.” “But, Mr. Webster, a few words from you would do much to awaken public attention to it.’ ‘ “I£ the“; b. gs much Wght m :33 ,- words as you represent, it is because I. do not allow myselfto speak on my sub: ject until my mind is imbued with it.” Demosthenes Was Once urged to speak on a great and sudden émérgency. “I am not prepared,” said he,and bbstinntcé ly refused. The W of“ labor is equally binding on ganizâ€"s aqd mediocrity: Spurgeon says, and with a deal .of truth : Oh! how irresolute a man often is: concerning a sin which he _ knows to be a sin,1but which enchants him withsits‘ sweetness. Ah! how a man will say: “I mustgive it up, but I cannot 3" Sin. dies hard; it makes a hundred excuses for itself, and pleads :â€"“Is it not a little one ? Is it not a sweet one." 0- Lord, then give me strength of resolu- tiqn, and when I know that a thing 1s wrong heip me to have done with 1t; and when I perceive an action to be right. help me to make haste and delay not to keep th} commandments. O my Lord, may I never try to patch up a peace be tween my conscience and myself by trim- ming and compromising. If I know a. ‘ thing to be thy will may I never parlcy. nor question, for this is to rebel. The .spirit of parley 15 the cssea'ce of high, treason. Some onehas beautifully s'aid : .“Tho water that flows from a spring does not. congcai in winter, and those sentiments. which flow from the heart cannot Ms frozen by adversity.” N o matter how many faces a ciockf, 1333, if they only all tell the same time , and, so, no matter how many sides of our. nature we present, if they are only all; true, and true to each other, tree to themselves. ‘ 'We must never fall into the delusion that the purposes of God set aside the use of means. I have heard thoughtless. or captious‘talkerssay, “If Godyvorlia out his purposeb, then there is :16 need far pgeacrb-ithor any other méaus.” All, simplqtbfi that the}: an, if we teach you that God works out his puip‘oéesmby means how madmust you be to chrgo us with thinking lightly of the mend Worldly pleasures are no more able Lb Biatisfyfjbe soul than the light of a candle to give day to the world. 7 ‘ ' Susannaâ€"Another oonwmpar‘ary; the Deutscké ' Canadier. and Waterloo T fuck, his departed ”this life, and its pro- prietor géhé over the line's without an) preliminaries. ' An Irish gentleman; whose hay land absconded from him, cautioned the pub lic against trasting her in times words: “My wife has clopcd from me withoufi rhyme or reason, and I desire no one to trust her on my account, as I am not married to her.” [VOLUME 3,490“ 52.. , Nations Without Fire; [$1.50 per Amium. Genius and Labor. '3073. cnnging to Sin.