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 •^i^r .i I II LotlM wd Wattiit. • «' ' I» paHwai WMtiafc Waitiaf to laa Him m He ia. Waiting to lae tnth and jattioe. Parity and lora, Marcy and ^oodJMia PeruNiified in God. Waiting for thia. In patience waiting, la aometbing well worth waiting for. Through days and nixhta. Throogh itorm and ninahin«, Waitins to lee God In clonds and majeaty. Waiting in love, In patience waiting. Until the donda which aprcad o'er Oli- vet, Shall apread o'er an aatoniahtd world, Bearing in their aoft folda The Judge of all, Wbom every eye oaed to the tight Of parity and troth Shidl behold with raptoioua delight. Waiting for Thee, In patieDoe waiting. Oh God the way of tmth ia slow And hard, olten winding and tnming oo iiaelf Bat do Thou help na. And we will f'^llow it and Thee Oat of tfaia long vale of darkneia Into the light of endleaa day. tonia I tkat it lil^i orWogWito «f a fUj BiiNflywaa " WaaU to HasMa tkat Mka TlMMitafl ing it down, or it eziat bafbra aom l" Why, what aila th* yiaMt Shorter ' ahorter Grow the thadowa â€" High io heaven the ann appcaia Wake my koul, thu ii the noon-tide Of endlefs limeâ€" Of endleaa yeara. Patieoci: u DO longer tneo. Love ia all and all-ab^rbing la onr Lord, the Crucified. L,ove ia truth, and meroy love ia Love ia juaticc, goodoeaa, faith All ia love, and all ia love L'jve is God, and God is loving. Waiting then ia only lovieg. Living truth and loving man. Loving Koodneaa, loving mercy, Loving Ood, and God made man. Tbna io waiting and in loving. We a) all each G^hI's goodneea prove. Face to face aud heart to heart, then In a life of endless love. TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AT RIVINGTON HALL. it waH with :reat pleasure that I heard, abtut a year a^o, fiom my old friend Harry lan\ei-» tl at be had tuccee4led to the K v- iogton Hall estate, and aa income of aome thi'Usaud:! a ymr, in the death of a diataot relation. Ilariy and I were tchool and col- lege fritniis and thon(;h in late years our patha in life hail widely d;verged, the old atit-t-tioii never slumbered. We met rarely but we kipt up a niote conataot correspuadl ei,c« thaO'is usual cvm amoni; brothers. Uor Uat meeting was on the oocsalon of bis marriage tu a charming girl, to whom he had ljeu ioii;{ attached siion nfter nhiufa event ho lett ibe Hussarii, and went to live iu Wales, UHir his wife's family, till the death of msfar-awiy cousin, old l^nke Dan- vera, of HiviU^ion llill, put him io poases- sioo of a liui.- estate aud ample fortune. Old Danvern ditd abroail, in some German town, vhere h' bad led a life of alwolnto seclusion for several ytars â€" nearly firty, I think. Harry came to London on businesa connect- ed with the Hucccxsiuo, and spent ii.ojt oi his time at njy cbanibirs in the Temple. His (lattiu^' Kurds tu m-i \«erc a cordial in- vitation to viBit htm at the old Hall aa soon aa ho liail made it habitable. It had been shut up siiicu the late owner, a man of (a- contriu habits, retired somewhat suddenly abroad, and would probably r quire to be pot in thoruugh rep.ur before it could be etjnal to the molern ideal of luxury or even comfort After his first letter, full of enthuaiaatic deacriptioiis of the ijuaint bi-auty of the I.M Hall and plans for its immediate I rottoratiou, inoiitlis passed without my heurio;; anything oi cr from Harry Uanven. I went on my plotlding way as a nlriig^Iiii^ arrmter, gaining inch by inch of tbr rtiip uphill path which leads to ease and ccmpi'tcncy lu the profession I had uiiosea. ISiit buHy as 1 was, I found time to Wonder at Harry's silence and at length I wrote, having, UD'xpeutedly, a week or two of leisure, to propose iiassing my holidays with hull. I adtlrus-cd my lett rs to Riv- ington Hall, iiud the pac brought mc an answer in due course. The tone of Harry's lettt-r struck me very paiufully. It was as a£r.ctiunato aa ever, but there was a deep melaucbarly [lervailiog it, which was scarce- ly to be I c -uunted fur, cvm by the news which it I'uutaintd, that Mrs. Danvers was 2Vtn now Bcarqi.'ly recovcieJ from a lout; and sen:. US illuCfS. It ended thus " I •hall Iw only too happy to see you, old fel- low, if you cau put up with ioddrerent ac- cuuimodatinn ami dull company and I hope you will como aa soon aa yuu can, for the niumuut HkIcu is able to travel we aregoing abroad. " The letter was dated "Wood lleld, llivington." I packed up at once, tt:U-gTaplied to say i would Ixt with him oo tbu morro^v, and started by the morning ox prt sj. 'lliL' autumn day was drawing to a close as 1 junipid out of the tram at the station, â-  :ind fujnil H.arrv waiting for mi' I was quite atioc'krd by the change in my friind's aj^puarauco and manner. Icstead of greet- ing me with hia usual cliecry laugh, he came up as if we were meeting at a funeral, wrun^ my hand with scarcely a word, and ouly replied by the shortest sentences t^ my inquiriii about hid wife's health. We drove aliait three miles out of the town, p.ist a lud;,'u with lino oM iron gates, and a long park- a all, within which at some di.itanoe I could just discern tKe ^ables an3' I'hiuiiiejs of a large handsome hjuic. "Ttuits t(/ he said, pointing with his whip. " We l.vo at Woodfield." " .So I saw by your letter. Bat why did you not earry out your plans for the re- a^raLlon of tb" llallf" 1 asked. " luu't Kpu^ik uf It 7 ' ho said sharply. "And while 1 think of it, Burly, 1 must beg you not to make any allusion to the n .! keforo Helen. It upsets her complete- ly." " ^^ hy, what is the matter with it It |i«ks a very tine old place, and surely yon livoil there for sumc time " " Yea, we did," he answered gravely "and that is why we both wish to forget tHht such a place exists. It is killing Htlen to remain here, and yet the doctor saya she must not b moved befere the spring," " Uaa she been very ill?" I asked, paas- ing over the first part of his speech, though I mentally icsolved to get at the truth somrhow. "Very aa nearly dead aa possible with oprvuua fever. I doubt if you would know her again, Borley. But here we are." While we wcie talking he had driven on, •' wn a ateep lane to the left, and through a iittle village nestling in a hollow among woods and comtielils, and quite out of sight of the Hall and its neighbourhood. We stopped at the porch of a long low house by the roal-aidu a groom took the reioa from my fiieod and the servant whe came to the door nahered iia through a low side-paasage into a cheerful room, bright with ore and lamp-iiifht, and amply though simply fur- niabecL A lady rose from a sofa by the fire to welcome na. I conld scarcely refrain from exclaiming alond, ao great waa the change in Helen Danvers. The fair yoang smiliog bnde, whom I hod seen in the first bloom ot happy youth, had become a pale, grave, nervona woman, startled by the slighteat aound,with heavy eyea that tilled with teirs without any apparent reason, and bearing every mark of havicg received a seriooa ahock, both boebly aud mental. She welcomed me with friendly kindoeaa and aa we chatted round the tire I conld trace more reaembl- ance tu the Helen Danvers whom I had liot seen on her wedding morning. We separat- ed early for the night, and Harry carried hia wifd up-stairs, and returned to me with a hurried apology for leavmg me to my soli- tary cigar, aa he said Helen waa too nervona to be left alone. The next morning was bright and frosty and after breakfast, at which meal Mrs. Danvers did not appear, Harry propoaed to m« to aooompany him to the house of a triead, who had mvited us both to shoot. Oar way lay paat the lodge-gatea of Riving- ton Hail, and by daylight 1 oonld aee that the honae waa a very large and handaome ooa, in the Tndor aty le, with terracea, itooa- ranllioned windowa, snd quaintly-twiated ohimneya. The shutters were closed the avenae, between two rows of magnificent old beeches, waagiassgrown, and the lodge wt» nainhabttcd; in abort, the whola plaroa "Wby, wttataUatMyiaMT jaitMaat- ed r" I aakad laB^hto^, kiMiriiiK that Harry waa aa fiae from chiTdiah anperatitiaa aa I waa myaelf. " I'll tell yon what. Bob," waa hia earaeat anawcr, " if yoa had aaen what we have aeeo inaide thoae hateful hallf yoa waald never be the aama man again. I know I am not and as for Helen, poor girl, it haa nearly, if not qni:e, killed ber." My curiooity waa now thoroughly a i waa d and with, perhapa, leaa of tact and good taate than I on^ht to have ahovn. i irfed him with qneationa, to all of whioh be mve vague and nrwilling answeta. Somohow the aubject waa renewed at Kin|('a Lea, the plaoe to which we were boond. If r. K aa ton Harry's friend, aaid he waa poaaeaaed with the mo»t ardent deaire ts aee th* apparition which Danvera adkoowladged to bare aaen twice in a cmrtain room i the oM Hall and 1, little troubled b^ feara af the aapentatnr- ai, exprasaed a decided opinion that I ahonld like to aee the ghost who ooold drive me from a place like Rivingtoo Hall, if I ita fortunate poaaaMor. Between ua, I think, we pnahed matteta too far and at last Harry aaid, ia a tone of deep annoyance, " I'll tell yoo what it is, my good fellowa, yon tkall jnage for yooraelvea whether I am the fool you both take n-e for. We will all pata an evening in the oriel-room attha old Hall, ana I aball b« cuiooa to aaa how yov Ukeit" Mr. Eaaton and I eagerly took up the challenge. It waa arranged^ that, the next day but one being the last of the month, on appearancea were visible, we should meet at King's L':a, and proceed together to the Hall, Danvera agreeing to tell hia wife that we were engaged to dine and sleep at Eaaton's. "We must be at the Hall before tea o'olcck," he said. " That ia the ooly time at which anything ia aeen." On 00 r way home we called at the cottage of ao old man who waa formerly gardeuer at Birioeton Hall, for the keys of the houscL. "Now don't 'ee be going there, Muatar Danvers, now don't 'ee," he implored. "No luck nor good ever ceme of it, and never won't. It's temptmg Providence, like, to put yourself in the devil's cintohea." My cariosity was atrongly excited. It waa as much aa I conld do to refrain from speaking of the old Hall before Mra. Dan- vers and during our walk the following day after the partridges, I entreated Harry to tell me what he had aeeo. Tbu he firmly declined to do, but added, " I will tell you this much. We went to the Hall, aa yon may remember, on oar re- turn from Italy in the spring. Old Jen- nmgs â€" the maa yon have joat aeeo â€" and his wife lived there in some rooms over the B-.able, and kept the honae aired and in tolerable order. When we arrived we found everything ready, and aapper laid for ua iu a comfortable dining-room. It was ' late, and we went to the rooma prepared for ua in the new wing of the house, and slept aoQudly. The next day Helen wiahed to explore the place, and we sent for Mr Jennings and the keys. Thare were a nnm- ber (if rooma almost bare uf furniture, and the best the house contained had been col- lected to furnish those prepared f jr n^. At the further end of the drawing-room waa a door, concealed by a heavy velvet curtain. Helen laid her hand on the handle, but Mrs. Jennings hurr:od up to her. " That's a Iricked dcor, ma'am that don't Ited no- where, it don't. Don't 'ee try to open that, my dear lady!" "Why lo6?" asked my wife, with aome surprise. The old woman changed her tone at once. " It isn't a door, ma'am, only a sham like, and I waa afraid you might hurt your fingera." "Bat if it is not a door, why is there a curtain hung before itT" persisted Htilen. " Jaat for ornament, maybe, or to keep off the draught," said Mrs. Jennings confusedly. " The draught from a bham door I" laoghed Helen. But the old we man hurried away without saying more. Some days passed, and we began to feel quite at home, and to plan many alterations and improve- ments to be carried out in the course of the Bummer. It w^ now the end of May, but the evenings were st'll chilly. We were sitting by a bright wood tire in tbe drawing- room ou tbo evciiiug of tite 31 ,t, when the ohurcb-clock began to strike ten. The church, as you have seen, is nearly half a mile distant but it haa a remarkably loud aud sonorous bell, so that we heard it aa distinctly as if it had'been in the honae. At that moment an icy gnat of wind awept through the room, and a sound, aa if of a heavy liexly falling, came t^om the farther end, ne-ar the myateriona dco.-. Helen jumpe-l up snd r4inght hold of my arm. "Wuat waa that?" aha said in a frightened wbiaper. I thought it was something fall ing io the room overhead, though I beard plainly that the souud did not oome froio above. She wa; reassured by the matter-of- fact answer, but stiU sto^^d, holding my arm, till io a few minutea tbe same icy-ould wiud passed over us again, with a siraiige sickly smell. I own that a shudder ran through me, though I did not know why and my wife was so terrified that aba would not remain another moment in the room. The next day I was obliged to go on bnsi- nesa to Staunton, and only returued in tima for dinner. I noticed that Helen waa pale and silent and as soon as the servants had left the room she said gravely, "Harry, that la cot a false door in the drawing room. There must be a small room there with a winiiow like this." Tue dining-room bad a large bay-window at one end, raiaed by two or three bniad steps irum the rest of the room. "So yon have b.eo making in, vestigaiioos, hlri, Bluebeaid?" I said- laoghiog. " No I have not been into tbe room. To say the truth, I think I should have been a little frightened a'.one and, besideo, I did not like to tell Mrs. Jennings tbat I had fonnd out that ahe had told roe a story about it. Bat I waa walking on the ter- race, and it suddenly occurred to me that the large window which eorresponds to tliis one must be in some room we have not yet seen. It was closed with abutters anel then L tboagbt ot the falae door iu the draw- ing-room. I meaanred tbe walls by paoe, aud I find there must be a epare room there, lighted by the Urge window." "Shall we go and explore it?" 1 asked. "Not to- night, please," said Sclen with a ahiver. "Let us stay here to-night." And so we did. The next morning the ana shone brightly, aud my wife seemed to have for- gotten ber fears. We made an excuse to get tbe keys from Mrr. Jennings and after some difficulty, for the lock waa very maty, we aucceeded in penetrating into the lock- ed-np room. It was, aa Hcleu had imagin- ed, nearly square, snd raiaed, by two or three stepi, above the level of tbe drawing- room. It contained a heavy oak table wiSi carved legs, which stood in the centre, a few chairs, and a cabinet or two of timilsr workmanahip, all deeply coat^ with dnat and eobwefae, and waa panelled with oak to about two-thirda of the height of the Walla. One picture, tbat of a da'k yonng woman in some foreign dress, bung over the high chimceyp cce gilt dogs tor burning wood stooet on the wide hearth and altMether, in spite of tbe forlorn itate of neglect in which we fonnd it, the room had a cheerful home-like air, which at once took Heloa'a fan». To make a long story short, in apite of fra. Jennings' teorftU remonatranoea and the nnwillingness of all the scrvaiits to have anything to do with the square-ronnj, aa we called it, we occupied it aa a sitting-room during the whole of June, without any an- noyance. Oooe or twice, aa tba dock struck ten, I waa saaaibla of a kind of ohill for which 1 conld not aoooont and, gjUno- ing at Helen, I noticed that ake turned pale at the aame time. But we neither of na mentioned the subject, and before the end of the month I had aimoat forgottan that there were any soapicioua ciroamataaoes connected with our favourite aitUng-room. Ot the circumatances of the night of the 30th of June I will not speak. Yuu wish to see and judge for youraelf if I have decided rightly that Rivingtoo Hall ia not fie for human habitation and I hare no doobt that you will Le in a position to form an opinion on the point after to-morrow n'ght. My poor Helen has, as yon may aee, never re- covered the shock she received that night and the doctora feared ao mach for her rt«- aon if aha rema ined looger ia that hateful bouae that we moved here even before aha was out of danger, and aa soon aa pooaible we shall quit tbe neighbonrfaood for over." " But," aaid L aa aoon aa Harry had thna brought bis commnnication to a oloaa, " havu yon thoroOfihly aifted the matter, and satisfied yoaraalf that no triek haa bcao played on yoa " " Of eooraa I have. Da the jug^t of the 31t of July I went ilamm, wittao«t giriag a bint of my inteatioaa to any hoaaa beiag, to the Hall, which bad remamed aaptj aod locked op from the day we left H. I ceie- fully examised the diawiagfwatB, thraagk I thiak yoa wfll ke Ughtiy pwm wsy to a greemilhw fmt. Harry apoka ao jrarely, aad «m gather ao aaHke Ba ehwcy lachl â- elf. thatl faU aa«« prieUafi of ei in pâ- ^utta^: hia te aadafia agate. Cor the grmtifioatioa of my teaptieal a iiii a itj aa ordeal that, te hia, waa,eTidaB«iyM af ao liUMe asfEvia^ Bet mj iatMae tabe to wi t asM the ^ik iw i ^i ae el wk et ere r aatare they might be, which bad ao deeply iai- ptMaedny friead, got the better of aU mj aemp^ and t laeked forwarvl with impati- aooa to the following night. In the comiag Harry told Mra DaaTeia that he had aojepted aa invitatiee for aa to sbojt with a friend of Mr. Eaaton 'a, who lived several milca off, and tnat we sboald aleep at King's Lea. She tamed whiter than ever, if p«e8ible, and exclaimed. " Harry I hare yoo forgotten what night it UT" "Com^eome. little woatan." ha aaid, "I moat not nave on give wsy to uneas iu eea, We will aak Mary Talbot to coma and stay with yoa. 1 am sore yon woald not wish t« de|Kive Barley of a good day'a apart." "Gertaial^ net," ahe aaawercd, in her awcet sad voior. I felt like a great brate Lm as ahe waa not aappoacd to know that I was aware of tbe strange eventa tbat had so deeply ahak- aa her, I ooaM oaly say a few oommoepUce wor^ hirpiag that I ahonld not bo allowed to canae tier any inconvenience, snd tbe matter pa seed over. Oar shooting that day waa little more than a pretext, and after dinner we left Clog's I«a in Mr. Eaaton 'a dog-cart. He insisted on taking aome wine ia a hamper, •ad w* were beaidcs provided with a lamp, a packet of candles, and materiala fkr makiig a fire. Harry brought with him tbe keys of the Hall, aad on onr arrival Eaaton aent away the dog-cart, with inatruotiona to the aervant to be at tbe stable-entrance, whioh waa doea to the road, at half -paat ten o'clock â€" an order which the man received with eridaot oawillingneaa. Paasing through a lai^ge entrance-hall, and along a ^oad paaaage lighted at the end by a window throogh which the Aioou gave a .faint light, we entered the drawing-room, and through it tbe acene of action. The room waa as Harry had deacribed it â€" a sqnare chamber, well fuiniahed with hand- aome carved .oak, and raised by two broad steps abere tbe level of the room ihrongh which only it oonld be entered. A Turkey carpel lay ia the centre of the fl tor, showing 'the oak Loaids at the aides, and on this stood a large heavily-carved oaken table. An armchair of similar workmanship stc-oi on each side of the large open heartfa, and other chairs were scattered about. We care- fully exaoiined every portion of the room, Easton mraanring the deptha of the walls and I sounding tbe psnelling on all aidea, as well aa the floor. Harry looked on with a faint smile on bis face till I raised tbe carpet in tbe courae of my inveatigatlona, and disooveied a large dark stain on the boards, on tbe side of tUe table furthest from tbe fireplace. A aimiUr mark ran acrosa the floor to tbe top of the steps, aad then spread out into another wide stain like tbat beaide the table. " Tbat looks very like a atain of blood," I aaid, pointing it out to Danvers. " Doea it " was all he answered, but the â- mile died out of hia faoe and dUl not re- turn. When our examination wsa concluded we lit tbe fire, and piled the hearth with a number of legs of wood to make a cheerful bLz), We alao trimmed the lamp, aad stuck lighted candlee into a variety of can^ dlesticks which stoed about on the tables. Then Easton proceeded to unpack the wine bnt aa he was aetting it on tbe large oak table. Danvera called oat; " Don't do tbat, Eaaton â€" don't pnt tbe wine down there " " Aa yon pleaae," answered Eaaton and he drew forward a small spider-legged table from a comer, and placed it near the fire. We gathered round it, and Harry drank two or three glasses of sherry in succeaaion but conversation flagged, and we began to feel that our experiment was not altogether an agreeable one. Harry's ill-cjncealed horror at the idea of the wine being placed on the large table gave me, at least, sn uncomforta- ble sensation, while it excited my cariosity and when Danvers and I^laston rested them- selves in the two lart;e armchairs by the fire- side, I drew one to the table which was now connected in my mind with the eight we had come to see, and leaned my elbow oo it I noticed that Harry looked sharply at me aa I took up my position, but he made no re- mark. Some time passoil in conversation more or less well sustained then we began to look at our watcbea aa tbe hour drew nearer and nearer. We repleniahed the fire and aat on, waiting aimoat in silenee. If Kny one wants to make the most of au hour, I may auggest that he ahould ait doing nothing, and wait- ing for aome unknown event which may be expected to ocjur at ita cloae. I b^gsn to fancy that ten o'clock never would strike but it did, and quite soon enough. Aa the first stroke of the appointed hour aounded from the church-clock, I seated myself firm- ly at the table, with my left arm resting on it. A glance at my companioLa showed ma eaoh aeated in hia chair, with a hand on each of its arma. At the same inatant every veat'ge of Ught from fire, lamp, and candlea suddenly van- isbeJ. A cold wind swept through the room, with an indeecribbly nauseous smell, as of a newly-opened cliamel-bonse. I tried to rise, but a heavy band waa laid oo my shoulder and kept me mutiouless. There waa a sonnd as of two pertooa strug- gling then a moan and a dead dull aoand, auch aa might be made by a human body falling, and I felt the table on which I leant violently shaken. I thought one of my companions had fainted out to save my life I could not have moved. The hand â- till pressed heavily on my shoulder, and w th an effort 1 turned my head and covered my faoe with my arm. I felt at that mo- ment that if I aaw anyf^ing horrible I should go mad. Thin^ remained in thia state for a time whioh appeared interminable^we after- warda fonnd it miut have been about ten minutes. Then tbe icy wiod swept over us again with its sickening odour, aad through my closed eyelids I felt that t!ie room grew suddenly light. An exclamation of horror from Esston ronsed me. I heard my two companions rush to tbe door, and followed them without opening my eyea. I forgot the ktepe, and fell doim them. In a moment I waa on my feet again, and looked back into the room. A strange blneish light peivaded it. On tbe table lay a human head, with ghastly staring eyea, and long hair, matted with blood, which waa dripping alowly to the ground. Aa I gaaed, horror-stricken, I saw a amall white hand, like that of a woman, ioddenly appear upon the table, and give a pnah to the ghaatly head. It fen, aud rolled slowly towarda mc. With a shout of horror 1 flew down fhe paa- aage, through the hall, and out into tbe bark aetumn night. I found Danvers oa the terrace snpporting Easton, who had fainted when he r eached the open air. Rally ing all my strength, I helped to carry him to the dog-cart which wsa waiting for as in the road. We were long befoie we oonld leatore bim to hia aenaea, and after he recovered cocacionsneaa he made as both promiae on onr honour never to mention the 'ul "ct to him again. for myaelf, I cannot deacribe the effect that bornbie aixht produced oa me. When morning brought me some t â- Imnwi and pow- er of reflection, I attempted to apologise to my friend for having in a maoaer foroad him to be again a spectator of tbe weird borrora of the oriel-room. " He took it very quietly, and only aaid, " I hare now goae throngh that scene three times, and my poor delicate ffelen aaw it aa yon did. I mly believe that it ia reeo- acted on the laat night of every mootb. I suppose yon will now agree with me that RivingtoB Hall is not a daairabia habi- Utioa." I stayed a few daya leager with my poor friend, thongh I must oonfrss that the plaoe, aad all about it, had beoonoe odioos to me. On giriLg a hint to Mr. Talbot, the liaetor, thst I ahunld like to know what iiH dneed Danvera to leave the Hall (Barry had boond me by a proeaiee not toape«k of what I hadaeea), ha tdd aaethatit waagtaaraUT believed to be the aoeae af ghoatly diatarb- aaoea. aad that old Lake Daaren kad laftit â- addenly ia oooaequenceof aomrthiag which ha had aeen. Thu former peoprietor. Lake Oaavar'a nnela, had bcoegbt a foretgn bride te fti*i^;tea Hall aaaae flfiy yeara ago. She waa very beantifal, bat the maniafre waa aot a happy ooa. Sane tiaM after their arrival a atraager appeared at th: H U, aaaie friead or relaooa c-f pRMMOe wae aiida atl/ Hany mAhm wih afwemim IlaW. aad I hill Mui ihaia n â- iag ViT heehfr I haw ttat akeie laeoTWi^ker haaltk bat tWy wSl aawer retam to BiviMteaHal^ whjeh ie left ta goto rnia aaqakUy •â-  BIO THINQ ON lOEe A mac«d INMd that it tte (FToas the Dslielt Aaa Prsfa) The speed of the ioe boat iaiaeredibla, aad it will when aailing aenaa the wiad go later than the gale that ptopela it. Thia aee n i n g paradox haa beea ao olcariy ahoara tbat I aball not take the apaee to cxplaia it now. The reaaon f jr the «"«iiri»g numbers of ice boata ia beeaate anybo4y with a bammer and aaw aad a few boanu can make ope. Even the largeat of them are not exp.-nsire azoept as far aa the aail ia eonoemed. Toronto Bay ia aboat three milae vid« aad â- even or eight mile^ long, at least thoeewere abont ita diaeneiona whaa I waa there anite a few years a^o. A long low andy iilaad keeps out the warea of Lake Ontario atd a thei a ia no current tbe bay haa nothing lo do when winter ata in, bat freese, aad it iieaer- ally ataya frosen until navigation ia span everywhere ela. I only had one ride on aa ioe yacht, bat I remember the tiip with tolerable clciuneaa. There ia nothing quite so bright and frwh â€" apecially the latter â€" a a slodent who is taking in his firat experience of oity life. Two of ns in thiscallow cnulition had trotted down the (risp fioa.n street to tbe Epla- nade, where 'Toronto tnma tat to see tbe skatera and the ice yachts. A gay party of loar were just 'hoiaticg the big triangular aail of a yacht that Uy on tbe ica at tbe wbarf. The captain maiked us a bis pray. " Have a ride over to the itlaLd, i^tle- menf Tbe delicately applied flsttety whioh he diagnised in the word "gentlemen" eaptnr ed us, and my comrade answered for Doth and aaid " We wou'd be noat happy." We sprang down on the ice and took onr p!aca on the triangular framework. There were no aeata, nnieu the croa scant- lings could bo ao called aome sat on thoM and aome on the flooiiog. One of the men shoved around the aharp end of the triangle, which had fixed at the point a moveable skate attached to a lever, after the manner of the helm of a aail boat. At each other point of the triangle wu a fixed skate, aud from between them rose the mas' The man pnahed the ice yacht out from tbe lea of the wharf and sprang on board. The wind merely touched the aail, yet we slid aloag faster than some boya who were akating conld keep with us. On^ urchin ssked if he might baog oo. He wa givi n a cordial per- miaioo, snd he held the point of the tri- angle, and placing his feet together, tkatel along without any exertion. Tne instant we were out of the influence of the ware- boasei' the boat shot ahead like a thing of life. 'The man at the wheel winked at hia oompanions, and tuddenly veer d tbe boat around. Tnis was for the benefit of tbe boy on skatea. loatead of tnmbling over, how- ever, he slid out at right angles, triumphant, kept his feet like a little man, and found time to make a derisive motion with bii hand. He had been there before. Now that tbe gale atruok ns the speed bo- oame terrific. We twi hold on by tbe tim- bers, bnt were 1 laghed at by our compan- ijna, who, accustomed to the motion, at unconcern .-d. Every now and then a patch of snow would be encountered that percepti- bly le:!aened the speed, and when a boat struck a patch it wa with difficulty tbat we kept oar place;. We skimmed amcng tbe other yachti and threaded between akatera in a way that made freedom from accident, marvelous. Mat of tbe lime one skate rarely toocbe 1 the ice, merely dipping down on the crystal surface now and then to flirt a while flake of span ice from tbe slisteniug blade. 1 wa in a constaut terror tbat the boat would upset, which, I gatbcied from the converation of tbe boatmen, waa fre- quent occnrrence. We now rapidly octred the island. " Where do you wish to land gentlemen ' aked tbe wbeelaman. My friend wa paat speaking, ao 1 answer- ed " Ob, anywhere we'ie nut particular." " All right," he cried, making straight for the ia^an-t until within a few roeu of it, when be suddenly turned tbe helm about at light anglea. Natural pbiloiopby has taught me t):at the ice-boat must have very b-btily left ber course when the helm was cKsnged. I there- fore firmly belinve to this day tbat she did change, but penonally I have no knowledge of the tact. I wan't agoing to change my course merely becaase tbe boat did. I kept right on, and 1 will do my friend the justice to aay th it he stuck by me. We slid tbe remainder eif the diitance tu tbe inland, rspidly assuming Lew postures all the while, and, allowing for increaed fric- tion, made aimoat as good t-me a the yacht would bare done. 'The speed wasn't what we grumbled ab ,ut. We rolled over a good part of tbe way across the islaod before we concluded to stop. My friend, being a man oi piety snd prin- ciple, was deprived uf the consolatory influ- ence tb^t 1 â€" who bad no anch scruples â€" proceeded to surioond myaelf with. 1 gave iiim my opinion uf our late compan. ona in a style of rheti nc tbat I flatter inself did jnstics ti the ocjation. Hu silently brushed iff hie clotbes and quietly took a sore of ia- venioiy of tbo damages, I'.aieui.ng all the while, doubtlcM with some satisfaction, to my impassioned eloquence. Our frieLds on tbe boat, who bad braced tbem.-elra up when the turn came, were more than a mile away, but they again vared around, aud before we could aay Jack Robinaou, tbey awooped down beaide ua and ^ot out. " I »ay," ciied tbe leader with au offended look, "what did yon felloHs get off for? Why didn't yon atay wi:h ua ' This was aitding insult to injury, and I think I expreucd my secae of the tact in a manner tbat no tie oonld miaaoderttaud. " Yuu aaid ynu ware not particular aboat landing, but it aetms to me tLat if you were more particular joar clotha would last longer. ' I had a wild echeme at that moment of cap- turing the yacht and tunning a-muck acroa to the city. I whispered tbe idea to my friend, for the yacht wa standing empty near r to us than to tbe other g^ng, but he believed iu turning tbe other cheek alao, and wouldn't help, but pijopoeed walking beck to the city, which I objected to, so back he started alone, never answering a word to the party, who now urged him and me to go back with ttiem. " He'll soon get tired of that. We'll catch ap to him and take him on. Yoa'il go wit na, won't yon 1" Thia wa to me. " Ob, certainly. When I'm thrown among a nice, gentlemanly lot of fellowa I hope I know enough to stick to them." " Yuu didn't a few minata since." Then they laughed. "I was going to suggest," r^smarked an- other, " that be meant thio»n/r«wi aicoug a nice gentlemanly lot sf fellows,' " and then tbe rckt laughed again. Brcodiugover my wrongs I went witht'jem op to a hotel, which I tbiok now must have been Hanlan's. There wa an nntuued piano there, and one of the fellowa pjunded there- on, while others sang. I wa darkly plot- ting all tbe while. Manwhile the fonr seemed determined to driak all there wm in the hotel, and I wouldn't be anri bat they aucceeded. Tbey started out boiater- eoa and booty and we wera aoon in the beat again. My comrade bad made very little progtesa, and tbe strong breea wa sending bim far- ther in its direction than be wa making to- warda tbe city. In a few Moonda we wcie beaide him, but be would not even aawer their invitationa to come on board. Offned the yacht again for half a mile, and then torn- lug, swept back pat bun within a foot of hia body, at a frigbifal speed. Then tbe half- drnnk helmaman whirled it iroucd and broodit it to a atand-atill before my frii^t- «ned bat atnbbom cham, who again refoatd to oome oo board " tUiMMtbaatiMr] tia MMfcaaM af Ikii' atv* MkSM Mmm7 t* •« it«M fM* MMMtkeiH. lWi4tha«Mk. Mb ^•' I thaMht yea ai4a't helaeTa ia I aaid to Ml afkarwaria. mn ialdla worta aad m â-  wea ria f. I don roar tai 1 get into eoart, aai thw th •t tla wordaeoaaf LoKaSBAV. Fa a (Detroit Fra Praa little OM. I waa jaat a year old Tbat'athekiwiaf aChriat- ma atoAiag I aâ- ^ aad I doat ooia who knowaic Ther'Te trmtml aa akahbgr â- â€¢â- â-  anmnd the hoaae thia year, aad I woat staad it wiOont oompbiniag. It'a mj aolea n epia- ion that babia have a mach right to "kick" tMgiown folks, and ao here gna Ci the firat pIao^ I didnH get a thing in my it^wkwg â€" not even a atiek of eaady. Wa that the right way to na a by a yesr old Sappoae there are other childrea im tbe family- -who ia aay bettor than bmT Bra •ina I came here Pre had to aerab alone on milk, anl gruel, and aling, and a t c-ark- irs, while the rest of the family have got themiplva outiideof melons, grafes, appas, peauurs, pop corn and a hnadred other good things. My brothers and ti,ters have had bcapa of fun aiound the bona, while I have bad tc go alow and pat in half of my time in the land of Nod. Tbey knew all thia, and yet they gave me tbe cold shake on tbe Chriatmaa boainesa. Wbew I bnt wan't I mad I I heard 'em gabbling away for a month U f ire it came off. The children told what tbey wer goin^ to buy pa and ma, and nighta after we went to bed pa and ma would tell what they were goioj: to bay tbe children â€" all bat me. With me right between 'em they had the bia a to ay that a doa of paragoiic would bo a goad enough Chriatmaa preaeot for me. I just put my fat beeli into pa'a ribs, and clawed ma, aud when they said I baud the oolio, I chuckled to think tbey couldn't tumble to tbe racket. Every time anything wa mentioned abont Christina I wa left out, but when they tried to make a cipher of me tbey got the wrong loy baby by the ear, I can aiand a mach aa any other yearling of my aia, bat when tbey tread on my coat-tails my fight- ing weight balanoa a bjirel of aand. Sick T You bet I made 'em sick 1 I aw the stockings all hong up and fijed, and I pa- tiently waited to give tbat obstinate family one moie chance. Tbey didn't take i\ Not a stocking was hung up fur mc â€" not a stick ot candy wa avei out for the jewel of the family. Oj the oantrary, mother slid into bed biraide me and aaid "Some day this little r,it will be big tnongh to enjoy Santa Clana." "It will be yeara yet," replied the Gover- nor a he tamed over. That's where they fooled tbemtelvea. I waited until their eya were full of aticka, and then I suddenly began to kick and howL It wa enough to kill a horse lo aee 'em skip out of bed and dance me around and rush for remedies, bnt I didn't let up until I beard them declare that a doctor mast be aammon- ed. I gave them another racket abont one o'clock, and another at five, and wbea Santa Ctaus came down the chimney be had lively music to march by. That wan't much of a Chiistmas at our houa, and I wa the caaa of it. The more I thought of the way they snubbed me the madder I got, and when I'm mad thinga jin- gle cirar back to the woodaheeL They jin- gled at inteivala all day Saturday, and when I bad made tbe whole family wiah they had never hard of Santa Ctana, a doctor was called in, looked me over, and aaid " I an't aee tbat anything aila him. I gness he's oiad. " If I wasn't then I'm a dothea-pin I Let 'em annb me next year, when I'll bo old enough tn walk, •rd tkay'll ••• fur flj. I've get ngbta, aad I'll have 'em, er break out with the ebickeo-pox. â€" â-  » â-  â€" .-^ Are We Bnildiog Too Many Rail- roads. Whether we are building too many railroads is an extremely important question, which very closely concerns the future of the country, but whether too many or not, there can be no ques- tion that the activity in that direction now has a gi^eat and favourble immedi- ate effect on the business of the country. The whole subject we hope to consider further when we come to review the construction of the year. But we may safely say that the construction of 6,139 miles since the 1st of January, and whfin all the information has been collected we shall find probably that something like 7,000 miles of railroad have been completed during the year, an amount that has only once been ex- ceeded, and which is equivalent to an increase of fully 8 per cent, in the tot- al mileage of the country, while the an- nual income in population is not usua- ly 2 J per cent, and with the unprece- dented immigration of this year can not have been more than 3 per cent The inevitable result is that there is a smaller number of people to support a mile of railroad. At the beginning of 1880 there was about 666 people in the United States to one mile of railroad; at its end there was only 550. Already for a lon^ time we have had a much lar- ger proportion of railtxMui to population than any other country and, thongh there may be circumstances, which in this country quite frequently occur, where comparatively few people can support a railroad, because its serrice is of extraordinary value to them, yet this pitxsess of reducing the number of persons per mile cannot go on forever, fhe construction in 1879 waa about 4 • 500 miles. The effect of the additional construction of 2,600 miles over 1 879 aud of 4,000 muea over 1878, when at ready this industry had begun to re- cover, in many important industries, and on the demand for labor, has of course be«fli great All Um adult male immigranu of 1880 could not have done the work of railroad construction in this country in the year, to say no- thing of the productions of the materials nsied in construction. few, IgfTWi J^ â- gMiatVClMahoiad 8,] -««•» 10, T«iy old whe» mg a • • • •â- â€¢ "â- â- '" whUk tmtmlk wtth of lifc oumoC be tak*lfc«i«a af Am* fMM m Aak at wVA hoBSM btgtato voclc, uul IS w t hat whidi they ere worn out, it fol- lowa that the period of their effieseooy is ahorter by at leaat U yeara that it ahoaUbe. Ia other wank the BAtton haa to bay time honee when it ought to bay oaly oae, aad thtis upward of £300,000,000 are apeat every 21 jam in the potdiaee ot hortee, when £G8,- 000,000 oofl^t to BoAoe. The loaa, Uiewiure, to th* aation at £135,000,000 io SI yeera oC««a«%«Bd thai aU d«i««» that â- artiai law wiu leoi hid up torn «eri( pat dawa vppmtioot aad ao forth, di kea than '.-•MiBOiir.- The Baldwin Locon.otiv« Works have inat enterad into a contract with OoL. O.A.L.IW)erti,ofTituaville,fM' the ooaatruction of a paaenger engine which will be able to run aigbty milee sn hour, and maintain thia rate of speed lor 100 milMr without stopping. The locomotive is to weigh 38 tons, and will comply with standard guage. The driving wheels will be six feet in diameter. The forward trucks and thoee on the tender will be made ui paper, which, it ia aaid, will endnre more wear than iron or steel. The wheels will all be of the pattern known as the broadtread, which will enable the engine to run on roads of either 4 feet 8| inches or 4 feet 10 inches gauge. The moat important feature of the lo- comotive will be the introduction of the Roberts patent cylinder and piston, which has proved capable of saving at least 20 per cent in steam preaaure. The exhaust ports are in a continuous circle aroiud the cylinder, in addition to the usual ports at the ends, and the steam escapee without the waate of force nec- essary to expel it, as in the cylinders of the old style. The tender will be so constructed as to carry a foot of watej under the coal, as well as the usual amount on the sides. There will be a water chamber on the locomotive so are ranged that compressed air from the air pump can be admitted in the top of the chamber upon the water, by which means a stream may be forced upon any hot bearing connected with the engine or tender. This is expected to over- come the trouble of hot boxes. The nozzles through which the steam is to pass and create a draught will be 8 inches in diameter â€" about three times the usual sise â€" and the boiler will be the largest that con be put upon the standard g^uge tracks. It will be the strongest locomotive ever built, and perfect in every detail. Col. Roberts, the inventor, built a similar locomotive a few years ago, which drew the fast mail train over a portion of the Lake Shore Railway, but it wait not a suc- cess, owing to its poor construction. The improvements it suggested will be taken advantage of in building the new engine. It is stated that Col. Roberts, who has visited Europe sever- al times, and studied the railway sys- tem of that country, is building his new engine for use upon the European con- tinent. gim^ti flunffttom. 't*NlathaMi lafl Oustta.) Tboaa who aow nge w ftiriowriy in Mini nfaoat Irehmd aad lelt ue tbat nLiaarakian metboda are the only way af IraV-f " the etate of thu^ va aU diH"«*» *)^ aaitial lav will mob M0tly tnra their he«le aeide from what iifMaf oa in Qennaay. There the inwe ifainst the Soolaliata are strained to the atnuMl limits of iUcfality. In South Gecasany action it being taken ia the moat rathleH manner, while family after fiunily ia ejected ftnm Hambarg withoa* any form ef trial, and their means of SBhsJetenee cot off hj the polioa. Aad this, of oourMk most aacoeed. Tbe H esie li e N and their friends must at once forget thsir grievanees and fall down and worship the power which tyranniass over them. Bnt, then, the auafortnne is that UtiM ia not ao. Tbe party of Social Demoeiata ia making head rapidly thronghont Ger- many at this hoar. A telegram in the aewtpapers teUs as that Herr Koemp- far haa been deoted for the RaiehatM by an overwhelming majori^. Herr KoeanpfiBr ia a rimiamiat, a member of the party whioh is oi^iaaed to the anti-Soeialist laws, and hi^ election haa been carried by a oombihation between the ProgreeaisU and the Social Demo- eratea in a direction suppoaed to be strongly in favor of the Government. Even the middle class is joining in the protest It seems, then, that ivpres- sion pure and simple, though it may keep disaffection out of ai^ht for a time, but strengthens the organisation below to act at a fitting opportonity. his fl^^. aadYereWtfci^Jl flash, the«Ma»tai?" ta«s:ykeh3tL atrottowarJYoBTSK'l kfthikisrifl«°^*W^ bear, aad at a,",),'^* •aloaded intohin his faaeaa quick],' '^, abaltle. Aiterh'tj' the griss'y'a naceTl' maoh, aayooooouJJw, aa he did sj he br«^7|«t went dowa to hi(«,^^ agrta is parfeetten^ '•"' The bear had g^' Tore, and bat a*j;;' it nedof lit hia. had Uia r.fle flrmlv .,T hhn, two loads ii ' bim M J t»e than it Uk *. in'*^ VOMfflMO tbaaw^y M ia ton* â€" "â-  ' kjfr^year. Ko pa- I tha ••^?fL« withoat payiM ^afswithoatpayn *r lor the salwcni .a» y^..- â- - mlsa. or ^VBKT18W« VOL. jear. da • de • aa do oder, nocnt brt iaaer iioa olthenfle. jioef, gueut firat laaertioB raahed dowo w^ broogbt the immenu kl^ aBdonbh«d t«,..u " 4rat jnent !»•««*? line oaartl OB. ^8«-th. r The DiBcoyerer of Penny age. Post- "He said, 'and the tears came into his eyes as he spoke, that he resolved in those early days to be like tne chai-- acters in her stories, and to do some- thing for the world." .... "I early saw," said Rowland, ' the terrible in- convience of being poor. My mother tised to talk to me more than all the others together of all difficulties, and they were very grievous. She used to burst into tears as she talked about them. One day she told me that she had not a shilling in the house, and she was iifraid lest the postman might bring a letter which she had no money to pay the postage." .... " If, when residing at Birmingham, we re- ceived a letter from London, the lowest chaige was 9d., while the slighest en- closure to 28. 3d., though the whole missive might not weigh a quarter of an ounce. In the year 1823, taking a holiday excursion through the lake dis- trict to Scotland, and wishing to keep my family informed as to my move- ments and my health, (then in a de- pressed state,) I carried with me a num- ber of newspapers, and in franking these, according to the useless form then required, wbile I left the post- mark with its date to show the place, I indicated my state of health by select- ing names according to previous ar- rangement, the more Liberal members being taken to indicate that I was bet- ter, while Tories where to show that I was falling back " Sir Francis Bur- dett; was to imply vigorous health, while rolably " Lord Eldon " would almost have brought one of my brothers after me in anxiety and alarm. m â- â- â-  fc Turkeys in Ancient Oreece. The Home of Kark Twain. TH PLxasAKT mraissioMs it mads vtos THx IOWA mmonisT. In a recent letter from Hartford. Cobb., to the Burlin/^n (Iowa) Bttmk-Sfi, Mr. B. J. Burdette write* "The (I'eaaantest view I had of the city waa from the eczy fireaide of that wonder- ful home of Mr. S. L. Clemena, «ho waa my hoat during my atay in Hartford. I am not aman ajdioted to oolJ weather. lam not anlficieiitly ' Britiah ' to wander tbroULh Deuember and Jannarv in a abort checked ooat a!.d no nlater. I am K'va to mnch wrapping np wli n I do go out in tbe anow, and to very little (^oing ont in the anow at all. I b?gin to ahiver with the first frost, and I keep it np un.il the folloiring April. And so when I can ait down before a bright wood tire,aod bum np cigars while somebody eutei taioa me, I !ove tbe ioy Winter. " I tLink I have Lever been in a home moie beantifnlly home-like than thia paUoa of the kirg of hnmoriatp. The aarroaod- inga of tue honae are beantifal, aad ita quaint arcbiteclnrr, broad Eaat Indian por- tiooa, the Ore^k patterna in moaaic in the dark-red bric^ walla attract and obarm the attention and ^ood taate of the paaaer by, for tbe home, maide and out, ia tbe perfeo- tion of eiqniaite taate and harmony. But with all i.a architectural beauty and origin- ality, tbe elegance of ita interior fioiah and decorationa, the greateat charm about tbe honae ia the atmoaphere of ' homelikeneu ' tbat pervadea it. Ciiarmingly aa ha oan entertain thonaanda of people at a time from the platform, Mr, Clemena ii even a more perfect entertainer in hia home. The bright- est and beat lidea if hia nature abu.e out at bid breaide. Tbe bnmor aud drollery tbat aftarkle in bia onveraation ia aa ntlerly nn- afflicted and natural aa aonlight indeed, I don't believe he knowa or tbiuka tbat moat of hia talk btfore the iparkline fire, up in thapleaaant retirement of hii billiaidroom atudy, ii marketable mercbandiae worth ao mnch a page to tbe publiahera, bnt it i«. And it ia not all drollery and humor. He ia ao earneat that bia earoeatneaa cbanna you fully a J much at hu blighter flaahea, aad once io a while there ia in hia voice ao inflec- tion of wonderful pathoa, ao tonehed.with me.'aocholy that yon look into hia kind, earneat eea to tee what thoaght baa tcDcb- ed hia \oioe. And he haa a biart at big aa hia body I believe there doea not live a man more thoroughly naselfiahand aelf-torgeuul. Two little girla and a boy baby, bright-eyed, ^ood-tempered, aad with a full heai of hair ai brown aa bia father 'a, aaaiit Mn. C em- ana to fill the heart ot the reigning humorist, and they dj it moit completely. Peraoi.al- ly, Mr. Clemena la, perLapa a litlle abovc the medium height, of good aymme:rical (hysique, brown htir, tcarcely touched witk gray, the curia over a high, white fortbtal; tneudahipin biae^aj, teirtily cordiality in the graap of a well-lhaped white band, atrong enough and heavy euongh to be a manly band hia age la 40 aomething, and he looka 35 in tbe evening ' af er the lamps a e lighted ' hit faca haa a wonder- fully boyish look, and he \o\ es a good cigar even better than Orai' doea. aad o nbbed forCapt. Yore.Mj [hlf afaOgold^iiceforthT b««ght back with |,j- •aid he. "that dog JJi "~~^ â€" â€" 1^ ICATTEfiS Oj Tecaooe on th7 Themoatattraciireol Terenoe, the "Audri.-, has again been jKrionaid aunater aeholars, to tbT^ aoiuble daasical sceDer, Oace more appears thi whoee one object in hfs •oitably marrieil to a darnel of whom the wUlJn" be enamored. Oooe few night*, haa miaater atage that w«,^ doiBg all in bia power toS friend to elope wiih thawJS.1 to that he himaelf may nut^' having to marry her. W( j reokoned unâ€" •-. I- » M»le Of °' "'^-^ « without A'^.TT"^SSBhrd till ioi- All tranaitory e office of pab- ^^ en tbe •buraJay lljjli^ pablicatioo. Proprietir. TTusniEts MRECTORY. B^ravlc B, Stxreoons 4k Carter, Accoach.exira been Medical louse. 8ept HsOl; residence at 17, 18»0- "OWL -IAN ^UBOEON, â- goo^i* P. O. 1-y ACCOUCH- 6-t(. I Ck»^ Waste of Hone Life. "Oat aboard for aay aake," .aid I in- sabooaly *• don't on aee he's drank ♦" •' Who'a dmak f cried tbe hthnsaua ia. aaid I, " the whole gang of dignaatly. "Yoa are, yoo." Thea they all aolemnly affirmed that I «aa the ooly dranken man oo boaid. slthooah the wkeelamaa wanted to fight me. botwSa preveotedbytheothera "« " "^^ *« "Well. Miyhow," ,Md he, 'TU tak. a J^ "^*"r«** '"J o»"orit of the^? fallow,- and to thia they all aawedT T Z^ The number of hoises in the United Kingdom has been estimat«Ki at rather moi« than 2,260,000, and their average Y^w an scarcely be set down at Im than £30 Their coUective value, therefore, faUs Uttlo short of £68 000 OOO. That the nation incursVkirtf thn aom la spent quicker thaa it aeeda to be « a self^vident proposition that It u so spent is certain, if hotaes on an average become useless at a timo when they ought still to be in full vigor. On thu point few will be disposed to chall- «age the verdict of Mr. W. Dooriaa, Ute veterinary aorgeon in the Tenth ««•â- â€¢" who teUa na that a heme should live from 35 to 40 yeara, aad hre acUvely and naeftdlydarii«U»rea. foortieofthia period. "All iuthori. mala should live five time. a. long m it take, them to reach matarity. I dai wk»kj.atit.f«ll,rowthw^bet^ "3war.oid,i.Tei7.^ J^ ^- not, nalcaa tMr 'years jean. Horace do go wth i. forced, «aoh their prim. ^^ (Fran the Loodoe World.) The books will tell you that tbe Turkey waa unknown to ancient na- turalists, and even to the Old World before the discovery of America. And that it waa first imported into Fiunoe in the reign of Francis I., and into England in that of Henry VIIL Don't you believe it. I would back the au- thor of sweet Monte Christo and the supberb D'Artagnan to be in posaeaaion of more wonderful knowledge than all the books in the world. What doea I He aays, firat of allâ€" what ia true of other delightful creaturea beaidea tor- keysâ€" that the female is always small- er aud more delicate than the male. Bo she is, Ood bleaa her And he adds that tnrkeya were known of the Greeks, who called them MtUagndet, because Meleager, King of Macedonia, introdued them into Oreece in the year of the world 3559. But then are a g««at many learned ones (myadf •maoa the aomher) who look oa this ati^ ment with snnicion. Neverthelew Monte CJhristo-D'Artagnan deelarea that Pliny (1. 87, c. ii.) nnmiatakaMv «i«Krib« tbe tarkey. Moreuver, be rtatea tJiat one of th. loit tmr*- of Bophoclea there ia a ohonM of Tnrkevs who wept over the death of Meleager. I â-  I A Big Bmin. A TRRILUNO ADVSXTITRK WTTB A GBIZZLY BEAR. (Pit'.sbarKh Disp.ti.) Tbe train wa« deliyed aeveral honra. There were but a half a doz-n paaaeoger all told, and tbey all all got ont on the atation p'aiform. In lookini; down the valley from the atation (Trockeo is away np in tbe mountains on the main line of the Central Pac.bo railroad) we could see some kind of an animal coming down ont of tbe timb3r and making iU »ay over the top of the anow toward the river. It look.d like a ateer or a male, and none of tbe paaeengera thought it waa anything eJae. The anow waa four feet deep and froaeu ao hard that one could walk over tbe top without break- ing through. Capt. Vincent Vore of St Lona, a man wellkoown in attamboat circlea both ia St. Louis and Pittobargh,;and in f» fc all aloog the river, waa one of the paaaengen. The static n agent, who waa at once the exprtaa agent, ticket agent, and baggage- mui combined, went into bia little office and brought oat a beaatiful breach-loadins nile. Handing it to Yore, he aaid, aarca^ tioilly. •• Here'a a gun." Capt Yore took the gun and ataiUd toward the end of tbe platform. Ihe pasaengera, of conrse. never dreaoied he waa in earneat. Ths aUUoo uent called him bock when he had gone do an one of the atepa, and bringmg ont a rat-terrier dag of the light woollv Scotch pattern, aaid bei;.h.'»V^"S'" " • dog when yoa go Capt, Yore tamed back, picked up the ^: "^^I»'V"« ' "»'*•'â-  ^« fl»P of hia ooat, atarted down toward the bear The gnay had by thia time gjt oat far ^ngh to be plainly seen, aad he made hia wav aeroas the aamw valley. He hoked to te the s«e or a horae. and did aot see. to oar^ whether there was anybody within a abort dutaooaofhJoiornot. The Bocky mouT r~*«f»NonhAaMnca, TravriJers oa the ihar with the apeoiMen that ia oamd on the Pbtfpn. rt LMhiop, tbeCa:i^«d of ♦Whjs. It has a foot like the "filt«Jh aaaAdmeat." aad ia I loaned i annnal reprewnUtioM â-  piece of ancient humor do tooi performera and to tbt iai^\ follow tbe LitioUke ut^*' Italy, or at leatt t^ h, j " however, u not ao aiiflmtai*' hia -remarks canoot iic ,o, ' modem andienee, aaje,^' ing cironnutinoes. 7'^^ qnire great twisting tl few liner, which occu «vati cuje of a clerical " martyr" ,J,| ately impriioned in f^ngUad i,] of court. " Now tbat ho' s aaya Cbarimna, the rejoic,^ j_ heart ia bowid down with cm' hi) friend repliee with tlie counael, '• Prythee, CoarinnJ cannot have what you «ui, what you can." Bett«r idi^" be tendered to any individ^J modern, who may happen loi from a grief which is eutirel; i Tbe Actreea as a Rtfla Tbe charming actress, Mrt. ia devoted to a rather UDDkuI g ladie*, being a most e-utlsn abooter. With the dnelingj^J^JJI aad with catridge ritle Ler uii a matter of wonder. Toe Itif fine aaaortmeut of weapon neglccta an opportanity tc fneaa tbe fortune ot a St. Looa p, repoiter yeaterday attttuMt u little rifle aoiree inth^sLooting. tbe Lvlede hotel. Tiie fu, agreeable baabauO, Hirrj- eLorgetic mat ager, and a couple oomp';a«d the audieucv, tbe cloaed to the regular ruu f i party biiog introduce I, and of the Wtatbcr and mud and tW the Performance at 1*' pt;'K, Mn stated tbat she was na ly to ibu aud would ahame Ir.i Pa n. Tc attired io a rich walking suit, aic j*unt-.est of little uir caps, »h;ct terfere with her sik^bt in the lew. of riflea were off-reJ for htr With the air of an cipeit, the an^ined each of them aotil suito said " Diana is ready fn'r the cbi an improvement tbit T\W«i must bow and arrtw vi htr timt;." i'B. amiled, and then hln. Sidions ieti' If, squinted alone tbe glittn:,^rehaato, ««l»L • atliaw. OwenSoimd. *_Mill«" building, over Rubm " ponlet Street. l- Fraet. BTVlM A'D ATTOBN'F.YS Ai; a^Uaton in Chancery. Conv^ ' oea" Sound, have resumed at ' oftee open every Thursdav. an J.W 'O^^wn Attorney Fboht.LI.. B. 1 1 tea aia»»«" STEBand ATTOB.NF.Y-AT L.VW, • in Chancery, Owen Sound. 1880. _^ «• l.aaaon, SY-AT-LAW, SOLICITUl: ncer}-. Notary PubUc, IS Ac. at lowest ratfca on iruii"i „tate. Lands bouRlit and sold, seller introducodfrof of commis iber DtJNDALK. Jlst, 1880. 9= il es 'i GUI Blliousne TKe Best] ;o,oo3 9.00 Ic rtlnul -I f»ed Into |:lun CtiUHtm 'V Ind I Mvtnnrb-' I f I • l»ly mfirr I It nrtm up ll RrcuUtr ll Hlirilir^ |l Qutria ' i It I'romoir ' Ii \ouritto ll cnrrirn IC cproB \i Uealtby frr ll 3-1: i bl S. â-  r: .tD T of f\:} T.Kiro am ud tui if «-«D bo tj I |M a t«-l Aud Id Uf.:t:iH t0 dire\ ?EicE cr ?iii:s 0? Read th? of FersoPi jt* cf " FOR rMC»r# ft Can^ asrnt*. Wna. Brown. OF MABRIAtiE LICENSES. Ac, loner in B. B. dre. iCing in all it« branches promptly and catefuUv eiecutcd. Money to Lend on Bi-al Estate se- Deai Ml your valvi 1 has beuetiij aud Liver I ciue 1 i;vti| 1-y Sept. i7, 1880. W. £. Smltli, BA.L AGr:NT AND DE.ABEB IN Mnraey Stock, Williamsford Station. X7, 185 -â€" Alexsisad«r Brow«. Bof Marriage Liccnae.-. Fire and Insurauce Agent. Commissiouei Ac Conveyancer and Licensed ,r for the County of Orev. Farmers. and Land Sales, PunctuaUy at and waa. greeted witti appiiu sonorous ring of the b 11 icdi.i t.MeeviBe eye. There waa cothiuf; nitsi aoene. except il looked ver; m handsome aod richly drc^nCj away at the tareeta aeveiit-ti: and making onehaU'a-eye a:t«r a preciaion tbat awaktnid tiit the keeper of tbe gallery, ani moit prufute commeEd.iUjn :i:. Sargent, «ho is himself a i.r.^: Mrs. S.ddona, alter some verjp iog, making seventeen Lal.Ht^ poaaible twenty, and the musn cloae, Wis .ntroduced for the globe-aijjht ride. She aoon pot it, and after fifteen miuute' pru ten sho's at the No. 5 target, mil buU'a-eyea and tao elereoa. Mr explained tbat ahe had alvayi pistol ahooting, Int only reati to riflea, with which ahe is Jeli^liw S^SltSand charges made very moderate S.It â-  Dear S| I doctors' j eight yeai^ i that I'haX After usiii for .t bri- IsJ I 'ij| lie\L !t ":i| M «e*rsc C«rbet, Jr., R LOAN AND GENEBAL AGENT Sound. Monev to Loan at low interest. Principal payable at the a term of years, and interest half ear- ly, or principal and intereat repay- fil instalments, 'Annmber of desirable Improved Fhiiu i-y Tux divine Sara wan never ii crematory. She will B rnhard A sOMKWnAT pathetic factcomal the courae of a lawanit UtnfM i'" Segnin, the ainger, and itt maaat^v Emma Abbott opera comyanv Heguin, ber hnaband, waa m nid hi his oace brilliant abilities si s iv actor were waning fa't. Mis. S« informed tbat bis salary wu to U' $50 a week. KnuioiiK that he vii on the subject of hia deter iorati'::t, former, ahe indneed the macagR the redact on in her own pay ak unaltered. Tbia waa doue. The aroae when, after hia death, she salary again. ». G. Sissc, ION AND PBOYINCI.AL LAND eyor, Dranghtsman aiid V.iIuuIit, d Markdale. Having purcbai^ed Land Surveyor Charles Bankiu's of original Field Notes, I'Uus, Instructiona, 4:c..of all bis Snrwys the last fifty-live years, I am lo make Surveys in Btrict accord- lerewith. Profiles and Esiimate^ Hills, Plans and Specifications Bridges, furnished ou applica- oney to Loan at 8 per cent interest. .^ letter, or left with G. J. BLYTH, «, will be promptly attended to. 17. 1880. Iv tl Uh 1*1 vu b| Was iifflir wblcli luy r"'iii,I incurable 1«77. J lMo..i M 1U lii"'l Id a sbori til fair Jay eutirtlv t U] .Mt lEan MB Erysipelas I your lui On a a ft ris yfc a giâ€" p M. '^z,i^^j?rii^^::r,' « tta» ithasMs •iK fcap wlMMi ha «^lMlarIsMll^ telus It be sa r siw naliat 1. her ^â- "iSayaws, the "flfteeath aa laiys at a Kerry r. ^^^ ^P' '"••"f 'â-  •"•• ««"•, aad Oapt. Yore waat straight toward him. The !?""*? Mt** »«li»d the danger Yore waa S ff ir •â- **^' ** *»â- '•" aoBisaaaioat. •t to the aaasiagwi. Tha* got daser aad oloeer antil they, were oaly abUtthe kagth the IttUe dog and aet him down. The terw mr m^e for the bear at oaoe. aad. going bohiad hm, bit hiaa on the heel. Tte^Maw tuaadaroaad to see what had anatohed Xora, who had been ataodiag â€" Him leaa y^ hrsBgh* the nfle ap to hia aoaa and a-l|s4 It at hi.. The "bear immZ^^y yaw aadw eat toward tha eaptsia, The y??â€" ^T?* r"' *«• watekiM Uai. ware r^.,'***iT*" wiiiM»riHehaeto hJStw.ali'SiJ,'** «i» fc»r him. tS g^'lewadhuwelf on the aboalder aad Jj^jfcjMed ap as it to go qoiokly for /o,v. 2:L*^^'*»'«»^«^ this*»w and V"f*.""^»aarad fna oar sight. Vim TS^rS 'T^ •*! waliMTareaad. T»aeUCaWai»taaswMraaliost brwk^laaa W^ "TkebaarJatniSldagoatanUoe ar tkoy aareaasaA to motinaUas sa a Tkaliitls4sclawa ZrJijyAL*? Skitoi** ' *^ Of Courae She FaM "Soahe'a all brtken up, ti'"" Detriot lamdlady when she btisii ore of another woman in the iiae in Toleda " WeU, I koea it «i qneatioa of time. I was in teriicu week, and I aaw plaiuly tbat ibi economy abont her. I tell vo«» moat think and plan." "Yea." " Not only in great tbingt bat There'a i^losopby in rLiimcga hoaae." "Howr " Well. I cant atop lo tell oc*' one iaatance. I have buckwhaii f every marning for breakftft '»* boajtiera. They n^e butfcr on th*' I keep the batter on ioeiuti'ic " aa a lock. Toe cakes %tc vU p'-*" table, not smoking hot, I'ut »»^^'J jaat warm eaouj-b to a.frcu theoo" lamp of butter. In this may 1 "" ing of two pounda of butter yx «* the oanal way of mshiog on but I" It'a only or.e dodge out of s Loo*" the lanulady who doesn't pay â- *' of them must nltimkUly ciunttel* â-  â-  â-  â€" â- â-  â€" La»dla»Yâ€" " Lor' a muaav. llf-Td what'a the matter, sir?' .M*' (arith lively demooatrationi ' "Oloriona news I'm goia? to 'f last Hooray " But he os.y ^â-  pictara was going to be huoe *t "" â- y- LriTLa six-years-old was lali°i ' loaaon ia addition, and whtu if" aakedhim:, "If I were tu gve niore, how many cats would yu" l^"' qaickly repbed, "Why, "" wenlda't have any, for nuir.iua "" thair neoka « ith ibe bru. ui. She «• " eata." i Lord Clarina must be that l^Ci whom Brnnunagem exhausted ' ia ci\ atiag a coat of m il for 1" ** tenierity to annoanoe that hf ^^' act to I e coerced by the Lan'i /^ wfll visit with the aerereet «'"•"*• whoss reals is not paid m t me A saaiooa split haa Ukea plao* IiordBatoC'Lothair" and the B^ hia property. There have been *« for soMM tiaae, and lii recent actmaj them in tha Court of Sewiom, tM which wae that he failed to «btaia p ol his mother'a jtwtls, Ac. ^^^ broB^ht mattera to a crisis. '*; „ who ia one of the roeixniog tâ„¢'*^ A prasswptive to the Marquiaaie A pirtiaa of the eautes tb»» Mr. Jaaea J. Wbitc, X to Dr. Cameron, Owen Sound, BE AT THE BEVEBE HOtSE. arkdale, on the last Wednesday in ith, when he will be prepared li' p« ' operations required upon tbelmnuth satisfactory manner, and upon le terms. ' 1 i^trl*. MARKDALE. leaaed the above hotel and tbor- famiahed and refitted it, tbe tray- Ibtic will find every acoommolatun. the beat af liquors and cigars kept. Careful hoater. JOUN VAN HORN, Proprietor. [17,1880. ly Â¥re ISotel, IWABKD.il.K. j *ROULE. Proprietor. popular HoUl has hnii a Im;.-.' u.l- lion added to it, thoioutHily 1 1 title. 1. [now second to none m the county, bling and attentive ostler. Virst- amodation for souimrrcial trav«.- ta 91.4K p«T day. 1' l MEAFOBD, Ont. McQIBB, Paornii^iT.'ns. ' aeeonunodation for the traveUing Th* bar ia weU stocked »itb lb.' Winaa aad Liquors and liie best kotCigara. I'hasfeao Mt. K. f»i»B sia Bii-J t I "i receivej tre mend it- Msr.i Ml. l'i«i lfcAli valuiil'le lu(| ».,â- Â« lui- V\^\.i I'l-l^ Ml Pains ;i. i:iy| .C|.jK.t:l. uul relieNO Ui« Syiup wli^e- ulwnys ^\'^K jiislly ci. â-  DtAH H and I Whs ' went to u wbicb did uj your Iniiian only a shor ed, and no* I can safrljl remedv. UVSPEI'SU ^itAii mbJ years with Kiduey fl luauy reme lame vei I »rnt Iv iM'ttle il VL n..t lic-;l»te um oomi'ieti man. l-s wub several your v.ihi!»l n, i|8o. I from all trains 1-y CUBES ll \\J^\ MERCIAL HOTEL. ' PRICEVTLLiE. Ont, 1 aud oommodioua Sample llooms Booms, 4a. The Bar aud larder iad with the best tbe market af 1 Stabling and attentive Hootler's. laOS. ATKINSON, Proprietor, i ^Mst. 168o. g fEORGE WILSON, Deau Si| Dysjiep^ia Indian lHo ever helped] from tbi^ di] trial. ••"Sol» op and (â-  Lyi TTTClHlE:R o'.anqraHM aasetiag an iaebn*|f. axdBmad, "I^rank agaio, «' at door to Expositor i Acl to whMi WilkiM, in a ,, 'If. AaUysfed at ax(y l\ou«e iu town. xm. ly Toronto. Healing Syi' i« well ku' Blood Purifil PUiall Estimate^ plicittion. denoeâ€" Que Markdale,] ^S.