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Newmarket Era , April 19, 1895, p. 1

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dont have to strain your eyes in using you can afford to he reclir less with any thing but the yon can af ford to take chances with anything but your sight I keep all funds 0 glasses at posi tively the lowest prices for Examination ISM I Main Street l IUh week invite you call and inspect the bargains have offer you before your ALL j It is for our benefit that we advise you to slow Ho not be by the Advtrtistiiienta of Venders of PrisonMade Clothing but take a look at our and remember of Durability and goes with each All Wool Pants to order up Suits 11 11 Graduate of the Philadelphia Optical College LOAN DAVID lor ArMatl follow Imj end hi for 1L9 it tan Overcoats if 11 prices were never heard of before in the Tailoring trade and the Selection we have to offer you is not surpassed in the County of York in The met tuition In BUSINESS SHORTHAND COLLEGE con I IeirClao A CANADA CO Canadian company FUNDS- tur Id Iwq iLE- Standard Life TAhlJJIfclltiS la over- w Insuring the Lives of Females ALSO Alow J A lUicl tXX WD C HSIMPSON flurdrtt4 d SIMPSON Main MANNING SON Latest Of MONUMENTS and HEAD STONES IK end Foreign and XUKti WlRrA COHCERT LIVERY nmos ST If la TUB FINEST TURNOUT jo parAiJU8BKlUW rerun Hi VAhKAhf VtUrJcijy firLUjr cd Dw- la ill lit MONEYS JicicluLMJ MUMERS iLe J I UlolTN ire y or doc- I Afrit a Lottie He time I I ViahfQutrJiy Cherry Pectoral at Pair Yearn formula for making Emulsion has been endorsed by physicians of the whole world No secret about it This is one of its strongest endorsements Hut the strongest endorsement possible s in the tifji strength it gives nourishes It does more for weak limbic sand Growing Children than other kind of nourish men It Mothers and to res health to all suffering from and fee CcMi Dion- lUcit ifd of tt WILD PURSUER OH A HuUT JOUR- Willi Max Bald my partner e do decisive very soon the cabin bad as I pulling my pen find pushing back the map I had been lettering Yet The jam id getting strong er every minute the wattr hat backed up over half a mite- The will soon to up for today the jam will gel strong er night the thatv lomojor vAtcr will and unless we can break the jam first My companion and I were em ployed by a lumber company to spend five month explunti itihutariei of the River Wo wire charged to and re port on the timber resources of the region and the of floating logs down tlic streams in spring We had arrived in the fall and built a cozy little cabin bend of what called Catamount Creek The name was suggested by our hav ing seen on the bank of abeam two panther or Indian devil they are variously called on the first day of our arrival We thought our site was a good one until in March the floating ice jammed and threatened to back up the water and sweep our residence away We disliked to leave our cabin not only because had been comfortable there but because the rainy season was at hand We feared the drawings and reports that we been months preparing would be destroyed before we could make another shelter If we only had tome dynamite we could break the said my companion I have it I I replied- I will tramp down the river to the camp of prospectors They arc sure to have some and wilt part with enough to help us out Hut twenty miles I can be back by tomorrow morning I answered its our only chance I will stay here and get things into moving shape in case of an emer gency Youd heller not take your rifle cant afford to follow game Say would bo ft nice thing if you could carry something to pay the miners in part for their dynamite II is precious to them I will I said So I started carrying a halfbushel of potatoes two dozen applet and some old magazines By keeping along the south side of the canon- where the sun shone very little I had pretty secure footing Only twice while crossing small val leys did I need to use my snow- reached the miners camp about eight oclock We ale a hearty sup per and talking for an hour as only men can talk when they see a new face for the first lime in months They gave about twenty pounds of giant powder a dozen primers and a coil of fuse About ten oclock started on my return trip the firt hour I did not ad vance very fast as I bad only the starlight to guide me Then moon rose The country through which I was going was covered by snips of heavy limber alternating wiih clear pitches of snow I had obtained what I went to gel and success combined with the beauty of nighi made me un usually lighthearted As I walked along I hummed snatches of old song and lived over again in my thoughts pleasant experiences of my boyhood The bright moonlight sifted through slightly swaying branch es me and made a glorious network of shadow and sparkle on snow All seemed enchanting till suddenly had a distinct sensa tion that somebody or something was following me I listened but could neither bear nor see anything strange Neverthe less I could not rid myself of ihe impression I emerged ihe strip of timber crossed another clear space and then plunged into thickly timbered region While in the midst of this I became more and more convinced that I was being fol lowed Listening intently I thought I could hear a crackling of bushes and a stealthy movement of feet on the snow I hurried through crossed another clearing and paused on the edge of ihe next woodland The moonbeams fell with glistening splendor on the patch of pure white now behind me but could see any living thing could I now detect any sound of stealthy feet Nevertheless I wished I had brought wah me at least a re volver With my pocket knife I cut a stout cudgel and set out more In culling the slick I awkwardly made a sash in my hand from which some blood dropped as I walked along I had almost reached another clearing when I heard unmistakable sounds of otnethmg following me They were louder than and less Besides the swish of there was a snuffling sound as of some wild animal I hastened through strip of woods crossed a short open space and hid behind a tree in the next strip The sounds came nearer- Then out into the slutdorr of the trees came a long dirk body It skirted upward along the edge of the woods for a dis tance and then came slowly out into the moonlight I then clearly re- cogeired the lithe form of a panther The beast struck downward re gained my trail and then came cau tiously forward snufllmg in turn the air and snow 1 clutched my stick and darted toward the animal at eery bound For an In- the beast faced me then he turnei and was out light and hear ing in a few seconds I then to think of my fear pursuer so easily disposed of and tuned on vide stretch of woods lie fore was half way through I heard with shiver of genuine the of the his chase Twice csught glimpses of his long body and gleaming eyes away among the trees I tried to keep up courage in spite of the cruel fact that I unarmed was being hunted by a powerful and ferocious animal He was sneaking after me looking for is good opportunity to get clou enough to spring upon my back pan ther though he hesitates to attack is persistent as he Is and sometimes follows a man for many hours before making an I crossed another clearing Just as I started to enter the woods the tawny body of foe glided out of opposite line of trees Brandish- my slick I rushed at him He retreated into Ihc bush and then crouched in a manner so threatening that I hailed Wow got a clear view of the pan ther Up to this time he had awkward and ungainly but now as he lay with his lithe body pressed the enow be to re semble some huge javelin which an unseen hand was about to hurl I slowly retreated As I regained the edge of the clearing the arose skirted upward a short distance then darted across the opening and entered the wood In advance me I reasoned that if I entered that of wood the brute would burl himself upon me before I could gain he other edgc- making a detour of a quarter of a mile I could reach the next clearing without having to enter the forest This I proceeded lo do being careful lo keep as near the middle of the open stretch as possible I had not gone far the pan ther again reappeared at the edge of the wood He now seemed bolder and more excited Twice he came clear out of the of the could then see the gleam of bis eyes in the moonlight and how his tail kept lashing his bony sides Fire I knew would frighten the brute had plenty of matches but ihere was no dry wood at hand In deed I should hardly have dared to atop and collect it if there had been Then I thought of the fuse I was carrying Forthwith I cut a piece about two long from the roll Then I pressed a snowball about one end of the fuse and lighted the other end As it gave the first spit 1 hurled the missile at the catamount It struck just beyond him He moved around beyond it and stood watching the glowing spark and the swirl of smoke Meanwhile I hastened onward preparing another piece of fuse Not until the first bit bad stopped smoking did the animal at- Whenheapproachcd repealed ihe ruse But this time it did not detain him long He snuff ed around the smoking line a few second and then strode contemptu ously over it toward me lt was plain that it take something fiery than a piece of fuze to keep him from trying to sup on Then I took one of the cartridges from bag untwisted one end of the paper covering and applied the match to it just as the panther appeared skulking in ihe close by As it blazed up I tossed the flaming cartridge toward bint This seemed to puzzle him and be remained snuffing at a dis tance from the blazing cartridge until it went out Oh if it would only explode I I thought Explode I Dynamite does explode except by powerful con cussion But I had fuse and primers for exploding it Why had I net thought of this before determined lo discharge tome underneath his nose even if I had to risk blowing myself to fragments Anything would be belter thin to fall a prey to those splendid cruel and those long quivering claws I drew a single cartridge of the dynamite from the bag As I started to prepare it I realized with some loss of hope that it was frozen The oil of the mixture bad solidified and it would not be so sure to explode But danger quickened my thoughts I lore open the clothing above my breast and thrust the lube underneath my left arm Clutching the clammy thing close to my steaming body I hastened on I had hardly any hope lhat my would thwart the cunning His game was to tire me out and spring on roe unexpectedly Al ready the details of the last scene pictured themselves to ray mind He would fell me to the snow I would make a few feeble efforts stab with a ctasknife but the gleaming white teeth would close upon my throat That would be ihe end of me My partner when out looking for me would come across mangled form and the truth In spite of these forebodings I con tinued to work for my salvation I cut a piece of fuse two feet long from the roll The end I cut off perfectly smooth and even while I made a slight split In the other I selected a primer and blew times down into the tube to be sure that no foreign substance covered the powder Then I pushed the end of the fuse down into the tube close ihe layer of white pow der at the bottom as there was no safer way I pressed with leetb the upper edge of the tube against the fuse until the was held in place- In the hasty backward glances which I cast from time to time at ray pursuer I noticed lhat he was follow ing just far enough behind so lhat I could not lush past examination found stick of underneath my arm hid thawed and materials bid fused again Into one end of I the primer attached to the fuse and squeezed the mixture tightly about It off it wool toy head wrapped the bomb in It Then about the whole J knotted my long knitted sash I also all the other explosives from roe The sprang with long leaps at the big- Jut ahead near the end of he clearing there was a I hastened to the top of this and faced about The panther wax sniffing around the bag of dynamite about two hundred feet away As I famed ho left the bag and started straight toward mc I knew lhat the final irugglc was at hand bands that in spile of my efforts at self control I applied a match to fuse It began to hiss and sputter For ft few seconds I deliberated whether ft would not be better lo clutch the thing to side close with the infuriated animal and let the explosion blow us both to fragments at we struggled lis reached ihe spot of Ihc knoll tossed the bundle at htm as he sprang forward He seized it as a cat does a rat and shook it so hard I was afraid it would fly in pieces Then a disdainful stroke from a long paw sank the bundle into the snow and my foe crouched as for a long spring I dared not move a muscle I knew that my slightest movement would be the signal for the beast to make his leap Could I stand fixedly facing those blazing eyes for thirty seconds The gaunt tawny body was press ed against the snow The drawn lips exposed long gleaming teeth A thin line of smoke to which he no attention swirled up close beside him In a moment all was transformed There was an explosion that hurl a great quantity of enow into my face and flung me down I jumped up cleared my eyes and looked for the panther There were only pieces of panther left went back picked up the dynamite and went on That day my pirtner broke the jam Next day he carried ten pounds of dyna mite back lo ihe miners On his re turn he followed my trail to the knoll and secured enough fragments of the skin to make him a cap Youths Awl tin SUTTON The Mansion House was in felt last Thursday evening ihe occasion being a farewell supper given by the genial host Sharpe and his good wife in honor of Mr Chas Lawrence who after several years in Ihe employment of exReeve is taking his departure Guests to the number of about were present and did full justice the sumptuous repast Reeve occupied the chair and his own pleasant way paid a deserved tribute to Mr Lawrence The Sul- orchestra enlivened lbs proceed ings Kindly sentiments were ex pressed to Mr as well as to the host and hostess The proceeding concluded an early hour all pre sent expressed their thanks for having a redletter day in April Herald AURORA Messrs Bros have de cided to build two stores in the vacant space north of their present block on the west side of street uniform with their present block The connection with the Methodist church here held a very Interesting meeting last evening The most important topic of ihe a lalk on botany by Mr York Mr John Bond who for a time ran a store in the McNally block as a branch of his store on Wellington street has decided to amalgamate the store and give up the branch on street Mr has rented the store in the block The Aurora Athletic Association has organized the following of ficers Hon president Wells pres ident Irwin vicepresident Geo hacdonald treasurer secretary Hutchison The association is composed of a football and lacrosse team with Webster captain of the football and John of the lacrosse team KING CITY Our village on Monday evening April was the scene of one of those pleasant occurrences which all who lake part in them better in every respect A number of friends of Mr James Irwin a resident of village since gathered in ihe basement of the Methodist Church where a large table was loaded with good things to sustain and refresh inner man The meeting was called to order after partaking of the food things provided Rev occupied ihe chair Mr Irwin was called to the platform and he Chairman presented him with a certificate of membership in the Methodist Church at King City The Rev then presented him an address The recipient who is years of age and who is usually very ready his tongue could scarcely give utterance to any of the many kind thoughts that failed bis The remainder of the evening was spent in amuse ments of one kind or another until a late hour Mr Irwin has gone to reside with his too J at Toronto Junction Last Thursday evening a party was held in Hall under the auspices of The Young Bachelors About twentyfive couples were present and enjoyed a good lime King reorganized for the season following officers via J- P Pre J Vice J and Abe Car ley snd I We are happy to be to report Mr Jones so far convalescent as to go out for an occasional drive Mr David Kennedy who has re ceived appointment of Post Mas ter instead of Mr who resigned on account ill health in- store in connection with the Office Mr Robt is pulling down his barns the intention of building a greater one this spring Chicken Pock has made its first appearance in our Free BRADFORD M of our readers will be pleased to learn that Mr Albert is making a move towards creeling a and machine shop in lown It will be remembered thai Mr tost heavily by flip last sum mer all his buildings being consum ed Dogs will be tagged this year ihe bylaw has passed the Council The Store of and Sons was burglarized on Sunday morning last and about fifty dollars worth of cutlery jewelry c was stolen Entrance was effected breaking through the side door Constable Baker the reports that the premises had not been enter ed previous to five oclock Up to the present is no clue to the thief A meeting of the Board was held in Methodist church On Monday afternoon at which an unanimous invilation was extended to the Rev J J Ferguson to remain a fourth year as pastor the church Mr Fergusons earnest work here is appreciated by church members and it is greatly desired he should return for a longer term Pitt and WflljttlQ MY DICK SOW A OF THE SCHOOL Fill was a by the people to Ihe king while was a minister given by ihe king ihe people was so well liked that one lady when she died left him a large sum of money and left nothing to pole Pitt was given the position pay mastergeneral of forces and he was the first minister who refused lo profit by Ihis thus making popular in the eyes of the people was so faithful honest and true that all the glory of years from to was due to him Al though Pitt esteemed himself abler than most men he was true in all he said and would not be given to jealousy as was Pitts honorable nature led to the keeping of his position so long He was too honorable to bribe members of Parliament to keep power and too true to a friend of his liberty any more than any roan if he had committed a crime de serving of punishment as did when his friend Sunder land was accused of receiving fictitious stock felt shaky at the death of George I and had to seek protection of Queen Caroline while at the death of George although he knew George Ilf was against him held his ground determined that if George HI made him unpopular he would resign quietly wanted to keep on the right of the strongest party as shown by his refuting repeal ihe Test and Corporation for ihc benefit of the Roman Catholics and while if had been of lhat nature he would have been afraid to speak oui so openly against things he did not like in the Governments he did If had been so anxious to give the people their rights he would not have sneered at the small body of patriots who res up to give the people their right was no for bring ing out reforms or lie would have either provided the clergy who were among the idlest men in the country an occupation or endeavored to lead ihera on in the right way in stead of encouraging them in fox- burning and like occupations which he himself fond of It was through the French were so totally defeated at the end of the Seven Years War He equipped the navy the army and above all brought back courage to the people Pitt Canada for England and showed his ability in picking out generals by choosing Wolfe and Murray in Canada and and Ferdinand in He kept America from French rule and would have kept America as a colony had he not died sometimes chlneed his opin ions but this could not be wondered at considering how much and how often times changed Pitt saved commerce in the lime of ihe Seven Years War when France and Spain determined to blot out English commerce In ihis way he did more than all ministers in Wat poles time aimed at everything lhat was true and noble while Walpole was given to drunkenness gluttony and other evil He also taught the king to look to people in all ihings respecting them and thus gamed love and respect from all save those who follow ed Walpole was very useful and did away with soongr but through his obstinacy and jealousy he was forced by the to Pitt on Ihe other band was forced by the king resign Thus who was chosen by king was forced by the people to and Pitt who was by the people was forced by the king to give way Cojoteiftit Jive and Kan cent as afloat in Curie tannery had fire on Saturday Maple tolls at imp gal at Stouffyille Mr Al Proctor of Aurora has leased the hotel Tot tenham At Winnipeg on Tuesday destroyed the Manitoba cxhibt shown at worlds Weston woollen factoring Co assigned with liabilities of and a surplus of sooo A of summer near Lindsiy have been raided by thieves and a large amount of the contents were carried off Recently telephonic com munication was between the coast of Scotland and Ihc isle of Mull without the of wire The weather throughout Man itoba continues to be very for seeding and Ihe majority of the farmers now jiavc their crops in s It is rumoured that a Japan ese upon Canton is expected and that torpedoes base been placed En river for the defence of the city freshet in the River Maitland Gorrie swept away Danes dam and Hammond saw mill carrying a quantity of timber EST Architects arc already at work on building plans for the Tans Expo sition of total expense of which is expected to be about JCGL Mr Edward Ragle of Weston lost one of his horses last week It moke its leg by breaking through stable floor and in consequence had to be killed Mr Johnson of concession of Pickering had his barns burned on Friday night last The fire started about oclock cause unknown A certain woman who joes on Thursdays to one the shops in for vinegar was caughi in the act of taking money out of ihe till and wade to Tovell who fell down stairs with a tamp in her hand about a week ago at her house in the Junc tion died from her injuries in the Toronto Hospital on Saturday customers Your treatment of then the line holds ihem Your bait may ha all tight but if your line is you may lose fish Mrs A obtained a verdict at Hamilton for damages against Co lor the loss of her husband who was killed while thawing out dynamite Some lime during the early part of Monday evening thieves entered the kitchen of Mr Samuel Webster Weston and relieved him of two hams while the family were in adjoining Cholera has broken out in the lazaretto on the Island of Kama- ran oft the west coast Arabia in a bay of Red Sea Thirty tons have been attacked and are several deaths daily South York Teachers meet at Toronto Junction Model School on the and 10th of May On the evening of the first day Mr Frank Yeigh is lo give an illusuacd lecture on Canada Inspector will preside during the Convention While the lacrosse boys were decorating the Town Hall at Mark- ham for the concert on Thursday evening a lamp fire to the bunt ing and for a few minutes all was excitement The bunting burned to the ceiling and was with some diffi culty extinguished Tbe Football team reorganized last week the following were elected President Vice President Win William Rose Gillies Practice when season Tuesday Thursday and Saturday evenings Miss Emma Tucicett of Mask- ham met a painful accident on Sunday evening While curling hair the tongs slipped and in falling burned the pupil of one of her severely The burn is very painful but it is hoped her may net in any way be impaired Major Stephenson of Holland View Farm King celebrated the anniversary of his birth on Wed nesday last week by giving to his children grandchildren a number of friends The old is quite hale and hearty not withstanding bis advanced years The last outbreak of small pox in Gait originating from infected rags for making shoddy in Thompsons woollen mills whereby some of the operatives contracted ihe disease from whom it Spread quite widely through the town and North Dumfries cost them a whole summers trade and something over of municipal An Ivy correspondent of the AOHti says There was no uncertain sound in the utter ed by our esteemed Col at a held in his Inter re the Manitoba School Question He is with Manitoba in its present agitation against Ottawa interfering Manitoba s provincial rigttr and we agree with him in the same When North Wen In agitated notorious arch rebel Red he the Col asked to be leal a regiment lo aid In quelling sad rebellion but in ihe instance should such be of to force Manitoba her wishes he would not men as Col may 10 at s

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