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\ y WITM egavL INVIID 221510 IE ANLn y #591 Jlestion aad Wa uth Rival a bas the fewest gn and "flaish.-- and by far the api a of performs thot juvosidle 5 one-half ihe 2} home on 1iufed off prizes Wheelar & ga A Perfect' LACEHEIYES EVERYWHERE ring, doe h mors durable and satisinc- tsprise where EMENTR CO'Y 3 ver 1 . spplr ® . CANADA iach = lcrale and 0 ine Retail - om mptly attended to. The Gutario Reformer PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING WM -- { T CONTAINS THE L T ST FOR. | EIGN and Provincial New | : dgvea] Intelii | = SIMCOE STREET, OSHAWA, -- : we, Coanty Business, "Cone N Matters. | ---- -------- VOL.I . | N, Jin alvanee $2.00 | if 1 till the A _" OSHAWA, ON TARIO, FRIDAY, NOVED MBER 10, 1871. saving up deription i MERCER, TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS! INvite Special ArTENTION TO TPRIR NEW StCCK oF All' transitéry advertisements must be paid for = hy - Tweeds, Coatings, Vesting, Overcoatings. when handed in. Advertisements must be in the gle of publication by 10 oclock on the Wednes- | A]] Garments made to onier in First-class Style, | To merchants and others advertisidg by the year | "and at moderateprices. very liberal discount will be made. Business Bivectory. | a a CE W. COBRIRY, M.D, P.L., I ATES OF ADY KE oR PISING = Six lines and under Each & bse que Fro " six to ten line ren oer ten lines] Rrst i insertic on, per line . Each subsequent insertion, The number of lines to be reckoned b; the space occupied, measured by-a scale of. solid y drodvany Advertisements without specific directions will be published till forbid Re 0% charged accordingly. Guaranteed 1 HYSICIAN. SURGEON, ms AND WOOLEN SHIRTS, - .UNDERCLOTHING || ACC ou CHEUR, King. St oS idence and Office--Noarly oposite, Hobbs | Socks, Ties, Oollars, Cufls, Handkerchiefs, Braces, &c., &o. Tig F. & J. MERCER, TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, 1871. FRANCIS RAE, M,, D., HYSICIAN, SU RGEON, ACCOUCH- 4 eur, and Coroner. King St, Oshawa. 1-2 A --AT THE-- 3. remus, re wsie OF FASHION 1, SENT AT Bor DENTAL SURGERY x Office over the Grocery of Messrs, Simpson | Bros, King St, va. All operation Residence in the C. SE \sTwoon, M.D. RADUATE OF THE U NIVERSITY | For Toronto, at' pregent at Black's Hotel, Jsrawa, wed in a 3kilful waaner. | building. Veierinary Surgery and Drug Store,' ENRY'S BLOCK, KING STREET, Oshawa. Horse and Catile Medicines of a | superior quality. All drugs warranted pure. A | careful Dispenser always on the premises. Pro- { prietor--W. G. FITZMAURICE, late of Her | Majesty » 7th Dragoon Guards and Horse Arul- ory. 1- 1. LARGE SUPPLES | BEAUTIFUL STYLES! VERY CHEAP! A Most Comprehensive Stock of Staple Dry Goods, Flannels, Blarikets, Winceys, Dress Goods, Linens," Damasks, Carpetings, Curtains, Towelings, Hosiery, Gloves, &c., &ec. SEER SEL 10 mp Yomi - : FAREWELL & MeGEE, ARRISTERS, ATTORN EYS, SO- LICIPORS, Conveyancers and Notaries | Puolic, Oshawa, South-East Corner of King and Simeoe Streets. Pp + di MONEY to Lend. Mortgages bought and | sold. | R. McGEE. | J. E. FAREWELL. @® - 8 H. COCHRANE, L.L. B., : ARRISIER, ATTORNEY-at- LAW Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &c.-- See - . x Bigeiow's New Building, Dundas st., ith, 14 JUST TO HAND! in Silks, Velvets, Plain and Satire Cloths, Velveteens, together - _ JAMES Wim, with an assortment of very Elegant Waterproof Suita. BA ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Soligiter in Chane ery, &e¢.' Office over H lock, King Street | Farm security, 7-y 'MILLINERY. MILLINERY., JOomN MeGILL, ICENCED AUCTIONEER, OSHA- wa. All-orders ieft at this Office will be | learn that MRS. REDMAN (late Miss M, J. Thomas) continnes to superintend 1-2 : the Millinery Department, and that great pains have been displayed in the Goods, Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Trimmings, &c., 30 as to render this Eestablishment the Great Fashionable Emporium for all who desire Stylish Goods Temple of Fashion, Corner Xing and Simcoe Streets, Oshawa. S. TREWIN. - : ! selection of our Fanc PF. R. HOOVER, |} Issuer of Marriage Licenses WHITEVALE. OSHAWA LIVERY STABLE, WW H. TH( MAS, PROPRIETOR. -- @ First Class Horses and Carriages always | on hand ; also, Daily Line of Stages from Oshawa i b Beavers on, connecting with Steamer at Lind, SEPTEMIER 14, 1871. WM. DICKIE'S . ©. W. SMITH, RCHITECT, PATENT, INSUR. | ance and General Agent, Simcoe Street, | Usbawa. nt for the Inman Line of Steamers | 20 and from New. York and Liverpool. Regt en { ENCE -- Messrs. Gibbs Bros. Glen, ~. 8. B. Faichanks, Fog. IS NOW COMPLETE IN " Dress Goods of the Very Latest Patterns, | Irish, Pop lins in all Shades and Prices, from 85 to $9. Shawls of Cheicest Styles, in Stripes and Clan Tartans. Blankets of the Warmest Make, and Woolen Knitted Goods of Frery Description. | MILLINERY! In great variety, very cheap. Dress and Mourning Caps, Furs, Etc. Ladies' Bayard | Kid Gloves, Two Buttons, in Black and Colors. TAILORING Clothing made to orDER by First-class Workmen, and a Good Fit Guaranteed. Society, fo Ans of mone, ; ratte of nteré-1. ii | Overcoats and - Pea Jackets, Pants and Vests, or BYREY DESCRIPTION AND PRICE. SPRING STYLES | Faney Flannel Shirts 'and Drawers, all Colors. Collars, Ties, Umbrellas, Carpet Bags, Valises, and Trunks, from $1.50 to $16. Hats and Caps Cheaper than Ever. BOOTS AND SHOES. | A large assortment of every Aierplion for Fall and Winter. Overshoes, Rubbers, Ete., Good and Cheap. : Buy the Locks Sewing Machine 434 the Sit-Bese frm DOMINION BANK! WHITBY GENC", J.M..M CLLLLAN,Aent ! B. SHERIN & €o., i Wi § HOLESALE MAN UFACTU EERS ! of HOOP SKITS. Best New York Ma- terial used. The trade supplied best terms, | Facio, y--king Sireet, East, wy re her 8. HOLLIDAY, B® WOKLIN, ONT., AGENT FOR | the Isolated Risk Fire Insurance Company | ol Canada, Toroute, a purely Canadian Institu- | tion. Also, for Queen's and Lancashird Compan- | ita, £2,000,000 'e. A A ént ard er for. he Cana Building In great profusion at the Dominion Outfitting . STORE. Latest Styles in Hats and Caps. Latest Styles in Neckties & Collard V. DICRIE | A U C T I IO N Te B. Stock's Celebrated AND Extra Machine 0il Commission Business. ys sow vsEp mv ALL THE PRIN. Men's Under-Clothing | 8 (iv ing ontire satisfaction. and al vaite a | VERY CHEAP. les'in White & Col'd Shirte A LARGE STOCK oF Latest Sty Rl HE SUBSCRIBER IN RETURNING his sincere thanks for the many favors be- | stowed on him since he commenced ihe Auction ying there is from 3 to three hundred t. sa; ere m ree hun cen ih i and. as the Te of thi is well known, it for me to | pared to attend to Sales whe: | ivould pg ed fd ee os 0] to arewe, | purpose of keeping on hand ell Kinds of Men's Bogs' Ready-mada MAC HI INERY CLOTHING. | AGRIOULTURAL I IMPLEMENTS UMBRELLAS, sem CARPET-BAGS, |OLIMAX DOUBLE EOYLINDER SATCHELS FHEESEING MACHINE, ORT antl . stots Macqhemn, Oar 0 CRICKET and. Braga Sa} LACROSSE BELTS, LITTLE GIANT THRESHER AND CHEAP at HODDER'S. I> SEPARATOR, "HODDER, 'or a Farmer's own ne. made by Joseph Shar- fe man, Stratford, also th JOHNSTON SELF-RAKE REAPER, &F Oac door North of McLean's Cheap Grocery | | THE BUCKEYE COMBINED, | Store, Simeve Street, Oshawa. "April 20, 1571. 2 24 | |THE OHIO COMBINED WOOD'S | (ONG ECH he Store be- A large and attractive stock of for the Ei z 5. HE other & Co. Dominion, and I protec it to either live ofl, or any other used on machinery. A.HeXDERSON, Foreman Joseph Hall Works. 1 find Stock's Oil to be the best oil T have ever | had in my Flouring Miil for labricating pu I had used olive previous to Stuck's, and Stock's to be the best, Mosis Smt, Duffins Creek, Ont. I would rather have Etock's Oil than any | ever used in my experience of 20 years. GEORGE BLAKE, Foreman for Brown & & Paterson, W hithy, Ont. I have used Stock's Oil Off and 1 find it to excel all oil I have ever used in 40 years manufacti experience, and have hy astur and Olive Ofl, principally previous to using Stock's Oil. JACOB STALTER, Greenwopd. © Al orders Promptly Executed, and .a Perfect Fit | Two Cases of Beautiful MANTLES, made expressly for our Fall Trade, | | The patrons of the Temple of Fashion (who are legion) will be pleased to | FALL AND WINTER STOCK This World i is full of Beauty. There lives & voice within me, & guest angel of my heart, And its sweet lispings win me, till the tears a trembling start; As forever ityspringeth like some magic melody, And forever it singeth this sweet song of songs to me -- | Te world is full of beauty, as other worlds above; | And, if we did our duty, it might be full of love. | Wigaty es so tendernesses dower with glory Mons udlding, bright, melodious hour comes weetly as of yore; | | Bot thre be milion heat acourst, where no | Ant re be mien hearta athirst for love's | immortal wine. SRR ng bh of beauty, as other worlds | above; And, if we did our duty, it might be full of love. If faith, and hope, and kindness passed. as coin, twixt heart and heart, How, thro' the eyes' tear-blindness, should the -. 'sudden soul upstart ! The dreary, dim, and desolate should wear a sunny bloom, And love should spring from buried state, like flowers o'er winter's tomb. This world is full of besuty, ag other worlds above; And, if we did' ty, it might be full of love. Were truth our uttered language, angels might talk with mea, Aad God-illumined eerth should see that Gold- en Ago again; The burthened heart should sosr Ia mirth like Morn's young prophet-lark, And misery's last lear wept on earth, quench | Hell's last canning spark. | This werid is full of beauty, es other worlds | sbove; And, if we did our duty, it might be fall of love. Lo! plenty ripens round us, yet awakes the cry for bread, The millions st.ll are toiling, crushed and clad in rags, unied: While sunay b.iis end valleys richly blush with fruit and gra'a, Bu. the psupers in the palace rod their tolling Muowmen, This worid is full of beauty es hor worlds abuve; And, if we did euFhuty, it might be full of love. ° Lear God | what hots are irauipled 'mid this King crush or goid | { opirite lose life's doid ! Yet @ werry world is might be, opulent for sll and aye, With ite lands thet ask for labor, and ite wealth | that wastes away. This world is full of beauty, as -other worlds | above; 4, if we did our duty, it might be full of love. | The leaf-longues of the iorest, and the flower lips I ofthe sod, | The happy birds that hymna their raptures in the | ear of God, | The $hmmer wind that bringeth masio over land "and sea, | Hath each & voice that singeth this sweet song | of songs to me, | This world is full of besuty, as other worlds sbove; | And, if we did our duty, it might be fall of loge. | Selectisng, a NE NPN | AN ELECTRIC TRIP T0 L /NDOX. « It has been told of the inhabitants of a | siderable. But come as it micht, "Laird, we are weel dune for, though we and John nae just come to the determination that we'll no be prood. We'll show the warld that pride and siller are twa different things; and as we were sittin' crackin' by | the. fire-en' last nichtafter we got the news, | we just said to each other, says I, 'John.' 'Say on, Chirsty,' yuo' he. 'Ye're a diis- | creet woman; yo're the guldin' staur.o' my existence; ye're the best wife e'er I saw. Weel, Laird, yo ken whatever I say is law, and I says, says I, ' John, we're nane' o yer plain common folk noo; we've got riches, John, and it's hard, hard to keep | oorsel's frae the vanities and big thochts | that come wi' siller, but we'll just! throw | a' these aside an' we'll speak' tae a' the neebors as we did afore; and I says, says 1, 'there's Laird Logan, the decentest and | ceevilist man in the village, he has been | oor freen' in mony g hardship,' and says I, 'we'll go oot an' in, buy oor things there | as we did afore, and we'll justibe couthio | i wi' folk that's couthie wi' us. I ettle the minister's leddy will be braw-and chaw'd at hersel' for flytin' on me and John for | sleepin' owre lang last Bunnay, but we'll | just speak as free till her as if naething had happened, an' let her ain conscience kittle her: for speaking sae croose.' It's an unco thing to be rich, Laird," said Chirsty, giving her head an- other aristocratic fling, " it tries M body sairly, but we'll ay be the same.' '" Well, Chirsty, ye're an exemplary woman," said the Laird, somewhat im- pressed with the fortune. - "It'll be a big sum, nae doot." " Ay, ye may weel say't, Laird. My freens are nane v' yer mean, shabby kind o' fulk; they never dae things in hauf-- | when a thing's din ava its aye din respoct- | ively." ' Hoo--hoo--1 was gaunto say, Chirsty, hoo muckle micht it bel" ventured the | Laird; diffidently. | " uli 0 : te b ade, | teries, and sent a slight flow of electricity Let me seo--ay, weel, yes, it's just | minous movements were being made. | up the wire, Chiretydookod 'uneasy, but exackwilly the roun' sum o' twenty | | If they carry you for a single Tare. | it's aye yer kin' that's the noisiest," | the hu officer watching her every move- ment with feelings of the deepest anxiety. " Will ye dao, Chiirstyl" with a look of the deepest solicitude, | the business-half of him squeezed . herself - eried John, | unceremoniously in between the endof the | we give her trial I" said one of the a ! seat and an old gentleman 'of immensely i in a humorous mood. |.corpulent proportions. | travelling companion. "1 doot they're squeezing ye! said | John, sympathetically. | "Och, och, aye; but if some folk ~ were ! ' like ordinar' folk," erp: a side glance at | | | the Bvou} man, ""we wid a' hae plenty o' | room." " Hey, man! wud ye ease ower a wee! | i said John, addressing the driver. "My ¥ | wife's squeezed." The driver gave a patronising smile, and | | kept his seat. " Never mind; John, it's eels seen what | sort o' passengers they carry --there's nae | | provision made for the better kin 0' folk. | We'll need to excuse them." "I'll tell you what it is, honest wo- man," said the large gentleman on ithe | box, reddening with indignation and the | force of Chirsty's elbows, "if you come | | here and crush yourself into quarters | where there's no room for you, and then | give impudence over and above, we'll haye you unseated immediately." { '" My certes! but you speak big, sir.-- there sudna be a humbler man in the 'bus; but | con- | tinued Christy, punching her elbow fur- | ther into his side. *' Murder! driver, I tell you I can't bear | this; you're not liconséd'to carry tigers, | are you!" " No, it's honest folk, guidman; so ic} | sooner yeo're doon the better, baith for | yersel' and the lake 0' the passengers." The stout man, not: finding himself a Whet Subs Leerw ere sepped of love! what | | pounds starlin'; but don's let that aamoy | watch for Chirsty in the scolding depart hold on by the battery for a few minutes '" Hech, but its sair wark," said Chirsy, | and see how she likes it, though I can as- as she elbowed her way into the seat, con- | surg you, mistress, it's none of the pleas- ) | siderably to the annoyance of her great kntest wags of trave'ling." . | | diminutive blink of gas in a corner.-- | wires. a "Ww, eel, ye maun send sownebody wi the words, so there's yer three shillin's, awa' wi' me. 1 ninht hao Doon this by s \ this time." '" Since she is so determined to go, can "We can let her '" Ne'er| fash yer thoomb about that ; if I gio in the fault's no yours. Gie me-the | ticket and I'll gie ye the siller." The clerk hurriedly scribbled some mys- | terious hieroglyphics on a piece of paper, ! pocketed the three shillings, and led the way to the region of batteries in the sunk flat, with half-a-dozen clerks bringing up the rear to see Chirsty taking her depart- ure. The spartment was dimly Tighted by a Chirsty looked for the carriage by which | she was to accomplish the journey, but | nothing was seen corresponding to her pre- | France and Bagland fo be connected by 4 Smal The distance Yotwosn Dovid (Eng) snd Salas (France,) is 21 miles, and, wonder- as it may seem, a great engineering yo is now being prusecuted, by which ry two places, and, therefore, England nd France will be connected. The Lon- lon Daily News has an exceeedingly inter- sting article upon this great international indertaking, from which we quote the. following :-- 'It is plewsant to remember that 'Mr. John Hawkshaw is the English Engineer who pledged himself, years ago, to the success of the Suez Canal, and upon whose report the late Viceroy, Said Pacha, per. mitted the work to proceed. Mr. Johm Fowler and others came 'in towards the conclusion of the fight, when there was little left to do than cheer the victors; but Mr. Hawkshaw spoke out boldly, and pin- ned his professional reputation to specifio predictions, when to talk in England of | the possible success of the Sues Canal was | to run some risk of being branded as » traitor or a visionary. When, therefore, Mr. Hawkshaw's namo is the first name: appended to the proposals for boring a tunnel between Dover and Calais, he Egyptian precedent has id weight; and the soundness of his views ° as to piercing through thé desert, gives credit to his opinion as t¢ burrowing un- der the sea. Bat in truth, the weight of testimony as to'the practicability of a tun. nel under tho Straits of Dover is exoep- tionally strong. The mining engineers point to Whitehaven and Northumberland where galleries are worked under the sea, which occupy, in their manifold turnings, | conceived notions of an electric trip. 'You'll better take your stand here," | said the leader, directing her to a small platform. 'But you'll require to stand | all the way, unfortunately." "Weel, weel, fora' the time it's nae | | odds. Awa'i't as fast as ye can." Her guide now handed her two massive | keys, to which were fastened two electric !* What's this 1" said Chirsty, examin- | ing the keys. * Hold them fast!" cried the clerk.-- ** If you lose those you'll not get out at the other side." ¥ Ay, exackwilly, and ye'll be "ready when I come back again 1" " Of course." "Weel, awa' wi't." Her conductor touched one of the bat- still held the keys. , "HM you should feel unable for the jour- ye, Laird, we'll be the same Christy | ment, was about to eraw his stick. The | and John tae bie d | interforence of thedriver, how ver, brought | *7 " #aid the clerk, still adding moreelec- "(On deed ay; [ have nee doot o't," | hostilities to a close, and the last horn was | Ficity, 'you an just tell us, and we'll | said the Laird, somewhat relieved by the | about to to be sounded; { bring you back. : ! | disclosure; however, he. desired to probe | Chirsty had recovered somewhat, and | *Ay- --ay--ay--is't awa'--a---yet, a little deeper. was begimuing to reflect calmly, when sud- "* Yes, it's just off." " But hao ye gotten the siller denly a want came to her remémbrance. ** Och!--mercy!" Chirsty began tothink " Weel, no: Frm giv forrit tae London + Qlonscience, John! 1 forgot® my. lace of the poor Russians, and all her ill-do- | tae lift it. Yeo ken 1 manages a' thao ied Christy, vehemently. ings flashed up before her mind in a mo. things, Laird; John, puir man, wud rather | John, as ii electrified, turned himself | ment. The gas was now screwed out, and | gang to Giberaltar than look a gentleman homeward. the whole apartment was left in darkness, | | straught i' the face--he's a slack fallow.-- | *' Rin, man, rin, ye'll find it in the auld | and Chirsty was groaning frightfully un- When I merriet him' the neebors says, closet behint the kitehen door; rin for yer | der the shock. : | ' John, ye're weel dune for." So he was, | ife, or I'll be lost on "the telygraph." "Oh! -- --dear--dear- --dear--am I near | puir man, and I have nse doot he feels | John was not the man to require a sec. | Lunnon yet! - ie y 3 | that the day, though he never speaks." ond bidding, especially when the command 'Not half-way," cried a faint voice "But ye're goin' tae Lunnon, ye say I" | came frem such an authority as his wife, | | froma the other end of the room. Another " Exackwilly." ? | touch of electricity was added. "Will yo travel it I" asked the Laird, * Oh, undue! wutder} 140 ye pated | vaguely. tae dee. It's ower muckle for me. Oh was not at all skilled in subjects of modern distance from the coach, but deat, let me back; let me back; let me- | interest. He had never been more than beck. Murder, murder. Ilino ask the eh?" mantle," ¢ and off he ran with wonderful alacrity-- | while the coach-guard blew the ominous Laird Logan was a man who | sounds of departute. John had got some still within | | view, when suddenly turning a corner, the | Widen village in a remote district of the | ten miles from his native village, and he | smith's athletic collie, happening to be ex- | ! Dusit cae) Des leave 1s slate | that he is still pre- hy it will Sesired, and in the weather. au, SELF-RAKE, FIFTY AY NEW SCHOOL!' | THE CAUGACHIEFJUNIOR MOWER, DOLLAR! k, by H. 8. Per " | THE FAR FAMED PARIS, GRAIN WORTH OF MUSIC | | Tice, '$7 DRILL, CULTIVATORS, GANG PLOWS, Rpt OR BI Contains over (QJ UBSCRIBERS | : N) AND ALL OTHER PLOWS. to PETES MUSIC AL | ALSO. CLIFTS PATENT LOOM I MANGLES THAT TOOK THE FIRST « MONTHLY are getting | their Music for less than .PRIZE AT TORONTO, AND FANNING MILLS, Wey; by )¢ » d a host of other things,and last but not least, . Webster, Thowas, ew frit oe . boce: Tues | Living been appointed agent for the sale of GRD. B.A aa, Bvery things new, fresh Musical Magazine | JOHN McDONALD'S: TOMB STONES Six. Vour extra arya na hinool} cumes nearer rte AND MARBLE, MADE AT NEW. |[eifection for Jul, ica caiing. purposes" a CASTLE. st Harmoney Al Kin i , Points and 4 Land ide kept gum nor Whad, 50 I and wares sa A. AREWELL toad all other GEO. B. STOCK, Broveman, Or. iireaNew way, York | EE XUN ie CE Gh on Very truly yours, of public A ae solicited, AGENT FOR THE DOMINION : We Stock's Ofl to cither bones ki i any other olls ever used, for ex res dei ns. 2 SpaienT & IT & SON, Mar! ozen. 1 use Stock's Oil on'iny machinery, which re. volves about 4,000 times per minute, "and find It it the onl; ofl that gives 'satisfaction CHURCHELL, 'Bangor, Ont. Cotas, Feb. 7, 1871 Two hundred beau: iful new anu Songs. Dist Wil 8. Hays, and sparkling. Conteris 80% 4 send 30 cents for a sample copy. The | music is Ly Hays | copies Th uae, hinkel, Fesr | oi het popu lar and ryecinen FRETS 1 ample I oslage OF, aud wri ers, Iwo back sis (for 4 cents. Four badk nn bers for 75 cents. SOLE PROPRIETOR: DAVID BISHOP. ' cine BUTLER & Co.pNo. 71, Frente | i nuinbers | | Addre Urea Western Highlands, that they were either | | so tenacious in the preservation of old customs, er so ignorant/ of current affairs, | knew about as much of the world in gen- eral as he knew of its topography. " Certies ! hearamsn. Travel it! Fegs, | actly of the same mind as himself, but | | coming from a different quarter, they | | canle into serious collision, and John went | that they continued to pray for the health | 10, I'm gaun up by electrick telegraph.' "| right over him into a dirty heap of mud and prosperity of George IV. long after | | they were blessed with the incomparably { open' his eyes to such an extent as to put | corner; ' Chirsty!" cried the Laird, throwing | which unhappily had been collected at the | while off ran the collie wagging his better and more exemplary reign of good | | his other features somewhat out of har- | unshapely tail in a state of the most ecsta- | Queen Victoria. One village, however, was hardly just | | 80 far behind the age, though it could not |* { by any means be cited as a particular ex- | | ample of intelligence, as I shall proceed to show. Chirsty and John Macpherson were a | couple of the queerest bodies in thevillage. | John was § quiet, harmless, retiring sort | of 8 creature; but his wife, 8 boisterous, billowy, flippant sort of an individual, was continually bringing them into all kinds of | ludicrous plights, and, of course, they soon became a popular pair. About Chirsty especially there was » curious natural fondness to be big--Dbig in her own estimation end im every other body's--and few there were in the village | with any patience at all who were not well | drilled into her genealogy from the Co- | venanters downwards. One morning Chirsty came into Laird Logan's shop, snd introduced herself something after the following fashion ;-- | "It'sa douce morning Laird," | Chirsty, with an aristocratic shake of "the | | head. | { morning; what's newest wi' y r "" Newest ! proserves, us! did ye mv hear" : | "No hegr what!" said the Laird, in-| differently. 'Phat me snd John hae gotten a for | tune left us," answered Chirsty, tossing her head euriously shout, while the Laird wondered. ! '" What ! & fortune, Chirsty?" "Ay, Laird, a fortune, and it's nae mere matter of shillin's and (pone, like some o' yer legacies." id Ay, woman, and ye've had rich freens | after a.' The Laird had long since ceased to be- | | lieve in Chirsty's rich connections, and looked on her boasting as' something of a natural weakness. ' Losh keep the man! it's easy seen we are nae ordinar folk; our very appearance micht convince ye that we've come frae gran' posterity." '" But wha's dead, Chirsty 1" "Oh! the best o' them, Laird; a man I aye respecket for his honesty, uprightness, and hia big fortune; but he's awa' noo, puir tallow, and we'll no forget him in a hurry:" " But what freen' was her" " Weel, Laird, I hardly just mind the straucht line o' connection. I think he | was--ays--wait--let me see--I think he was second cousin tae my brither-in-law's wife, or some way thereaboot. At ony- rate, my mither, honest and discreet and dutiful woman, nuded to wash and do bits o' odd turns aboot the hoose when they |i lived in these parts, and I have nae doot pth served be simagthen the freamniip oon "Ou ay, there's nsething wrang wi' the - { soon's ye enter the office, and a' they | charge is three shillin's." | Laird that he should always find them the Hn Jen seed om the tevement boule mony. * By electric telegraph ! wom n." | "" Exackwilly, Laird; that's juis* it." | 7 ¢ Chirsty, Chirsty, are ye no foer'd o' { bein' killed 1" { '"Harly, Laird. I hao an' inklin' that | Providence has some guid use forme yet." ' "It's a risk, woman." ' " What way, Laird?" '" Just because we had a gentleman ca'- ing on us last week, an' he said he had been some place an' saw a newspaper, 'and there was news in't sayin' that twenty- | three Rushiuns had been kilt by electric | telegraph." "Ou ay, but that's far awe', Laird; for- by, it n ust hae been some misn.snage- | ment." '" Weel, that micht bs, but Lo'#--ha! ha!--I wudne heed soot it. I wud rath- | er go by the steams coach," | " Maybe ye wid, Laird but its cheaper by the telygraph; besides, it's only a matter o' twa or'three meenits, an' | { yer clappit doon in London. I intend { bein k the morn's nicht. I lea' this 4 wi' "bus in the mornin'." | " Ay;"and what time does it start?" . * The 'bus?" ¢' No, telygraph." "Ou, they tell me they'll send ye off as '" Lo'd, Christy, it's wonderfu'; ay, but, | preserves us, I think I wid rayther tak'! 'the steam coach, as I ssid befors, though for my pairt I don't think I'll ever need ony o' them." "Well, maybe no, Laird, but ye dee riches bring their troubles wi' them, though, to be sure they have their comforts too. -- I was thinking, Laird," said Chirsty, wi' an air ¢' peculiar condescension, " tho' ye~ ken it gangs ill ower wi' me--I was think- | in' if ye could lend me the trifling sun.o' i | five or six shill lings mair to take me up | and doon. 1 could just peyrye a'-the-gith- er when I come back wi' the siller, I've | | nae doot there's plenty o' folk in the vil- {age wud be prood o' the honour; but wud I condescend? Na, na, Laird; them that will gloom at me under a cloud winna get smiling at me in sunshine. I wud rather ak' it frao ycu (and Chirsty lowered her voice and got wonderfully confidentinl) as twice as muckle frae ony sie turn-coats." The Laird, of cotirse, could not but com- ply with snch a patronising appeal, and Christy, after having borrowed the re- quisite money for her journey, departed to make further preparations, assuring the same. Next morning dawned clear and suh- shiny, and the seven o'clock chime found Christy mfoly exalted on that unaristoerat- io portion of the bus beside' the driver vulgarly called the '"dickey," sad Chirs- tic satisfaction. . John did not gather him- self for a few seconds, and ere he had full | time to gain his equilibrium, the lasl notes of the horn had sounded, and the { horses moved off, while the great man on the dickey, much to the injury of Chirsty's feelings, smirked over the misfortune tre- | mendously, and, forgitting his own ach- ing sides, chuckled most maliciously the whole way into the City. The great clocks had jst measured ont in their most effective tones the hour of | midday, and the streets were hearing with | the vast tide of fashionable. humanity tak- | ing its sunshiny promenade, when Chirsty --plain, stuff-gowned, white mutched, tar- tan-shawled Chirsty--passed up the most | fashionable thoroughfare, and soon was | making her curious demands at the door | of the Electric Telegraph Office. " Weel, mistress, what ist?" said the boy, on opening the door 7" ** What is't! yo impident scaur-craw! is | that a' the mainners ye hac! Is yer mais- ter no inl" > "" No, mem; but ~but come ben and ! he" 11 soon be. " When does the first telygraf start!" said Chirsty, addressing one of the clerks. "" First telograph? What do you mean, ma'am!" "I just mesn the first tolygraf. What wad I mean?" "Do you intend sending a mossagel" " No, but ye'll send me, and I'll carry the message mysel'."" The clerks looked, puzsled. ' Where ate you going!" 'To London." i Oh! then, ma'am, di mean the rail- way." "" Conscience, if 1 BL the railway, do yo think 1 wad come here; there's a I want a ticket for the telygraf' and there' r threo shillin's --s0 as fast as ye | sw id ane, | can." All the clerks had gathesed round, and | we really live, fornew events are actually three shillin's. Oh--o0--o0--o0 dear." -- many times the distance between England | and France. The theories as to the diffi- culty of ventilating a tunnel of 20 miles are disposed of easily. © towers or air shafts, standing like light-houses in mid» | ocean, are no longer thought to be neces: sary. The difference in temperature be- twedn the two ends of a "tunnel, is the greatest security for its ventilation; and many authorities insist that, so far from air shafts being essentials, they defeat the ends for which they are designed. - The Mont Cenis Tunnel, and the perfect car- rent of air maintained there, are striking examples of what may be dune withous them. It must not be supposed that the Inter- national Committee have been idle during their twenty months of waiting, or that those members of it who will be directly or indirectly interested in the company which will be formed when the French concession is received, have been content to fold their hands. The reports quoted and other evidence cause them to regard the perfect practicability of the tunnel as a foregone conclusion. Itis on the de tails by which the scheme shall be carried" out rapidly and cheaply, that attention has been concentrated lately. Therg are eight hundred feet in depth of chalk || un der the sea betweon Dover and , } Shalt can be worked as easily as a teh | cheese, of which, or of good pipe clay, it | consistency remindsthé investigator. The wells at Harwick, at Dover, and at Calais | are said to prove this geologically, and » new tunnelling machine, which was ex: hibited at the meeting of the British "As- sociation last year, and which the Inter national Committee have seen at work, for months, upon the chalk at Snodland, near Rochester, testifies to the rest. This ma- chine will and does make a hole seven feet in diameter and eighteen" yards for. { Chirsty was writhing frightfully. i ive clerks yielded to her entreaties. { "You are no traveller at all, woman,' | said the conductor, as he threw off the | | fluid. | "Traveller! Guidness preserve us! the thing; was trailing me. Certes, Thaowiaist lost the arms." " Oh, yes, but people must put up with little inconveniences now and again." 'If ye hinna a mair comfortabler pas sage than that, guidman, I doot ye'll soon lose yer custom. Let me oot. I'm -past 'gaun to London for a wee at ony rate." A back door was opened, and a figure | 'was thrust into the street. i | Meantime Chirsty's * dickey"" seat is se- { cured for home, and - her twenty pound fortnne is still in the hands of the London banker. 3 ---- ®t I -- ee YESTERDAY, TO-DAY & FOREVER. FEITERDAY, Gone, gone never to retum. That which was once ours is ours no longer.-- It passed through time, from eternity up- on one side, into eternity upon the other, { like & meteor through space. But as it | assed it recorded in a volumn, all the thoughts, words and actions of mankind, Whether good or evil, the testimony of former yesterdays--all awaiting the day of final account. TO-DAY. "Tt is hers, the only portion of time to | | passing, and will soom be sumbered among | the list of yesterdays, the mame indis- criminately applied to sll to-days that bave fulfilled the mission upon which they were sent. To-day is the time: in which tran the past is gone, and the faithiulness of memory is all upon which we can rely, while the future is dark and uncertain. Enjoy the present, and turn it to the best advantage. Chances of hap- piness are as silver strands woven dn the | web of life, which diffuso light and beauty | through the whole fabrie. FOREVER, | which we can lay claim, but it is swiftiy observing Chirsty's ludicrous deception, | There,is contained in this word some- the office was soon echoing with laughter. | thing which inspires us with profound awe, "" When does the first telygraf start, I | something solemn, grand, inconceivable ! tell yel cried Chirsty, gettingangry. An- | How ean we imagine a series of years other roar of langhter, At last a more i merging into cternity and never ending ? serious youth came forward, and endea- vousged to show her her error. *¢ You are laboring uader a great take my good woman," said he, only send messages," " Weel, can yo no send mé wi' ane! h Another rear from the clerk. "Ho, ma'am ; you know we work this, of tr itting and receiv- ing 100888g08 by the paseage of the electric fluid along the wires." " Toots, ay, electric nonsenss ;' nane o yer smooth-faced havers, but gie's a tick- ot." i "Tt is only words we send," pemisted mig- "we can It is impossible. All is darkness and un- certainty; bat. hope persistently points through the gloom to a point in the dist- ance, which we are unable to see through any other medium than the eye of faith. -- We see it dimly at first, but after gazing awhile, it takes upon itself a more definite form. It is a gate--a golden gate--which opens at times to receive poor, wayworn travellers, while the Sound of exquisite music comes floating down the highway of life; and, as the eye of faith grows strong- er, we perceive an inscription wrought in golden characters above the gate, which is "" Heaven." Let this be cur bescon end the veuth. Be ai ward in the chalk strata in overy twenty: A few seconds elapsed b «(fc1cle sport | four hours. This boing so, what are call. ed the driftways of the proposed tunnel can, it is maintained, be driven in one year instead of five, as was calculated, nd | the enlargment and completion will follow in two or three years more. One of the favourite proposals is that there shall be two drift-ways and two separate tunnels, so that the trains shall always travel the - same way in the same tunnel. This would not be more expensive, for the difference in' cost through reduced size would fully compensate for the duplicate tunnel; and' while a very short time ago, ten millions was put down as the probable cost, the statistics and success of the Mont Conia Tunnel many p people to, reduce that figure : considerably; Mont Cenis Tunnel has cost some two hundred and fifty thousand pounds s mile, with hard rock and blasting operations al- most throughout. A material which can be scooped out like cheese will, it is main- tained, cost far less; and the tone of the promoters of the enterprise is that of men whose minds are thoroughly wade up, but who are tolerant of opposition and ingred. ulity b of the ig of the outer world. We merely profess to give a ree sume of the opinions of those who ase strongly imbued with the entire practice bility of the scheme; and it is but fair te | add that some ef the French members of | the Commission demurred that the finan- cial for ocstablishing communica tion by land between England and France have not been thoroughly established. To the thousands who suffer acutely at _--- mention of Calais when they ate at and of Dover when at Calais, such Lg siderations will scem sordid indeed. - Nor is it easy to boliéve that the TW" nations Frill allow a comparatively small to seperate them when Hawkshaw hia {riends have once succebded in making the public share their convictions. ' Looking at the subject then, by the light of recent tant is not unreasonableito hope that we may travel to and from London and Paris | withobt leaving our railway éarriage, or experiencing a qualm, before the world is many years older. Tie following is the salutatory of én Oregon editress: *' We have served a regu' lar apprenticeship at working--washing, scrubbing, petching, darning, ironing, plain sewing, raising babtes, milking, churning, and poultry raising. 'We have kept boarders, taught school, taught musie, written for the newspapers, made speeches, and carried on an extensive millinery and dressmaking business. We can prove by the public that this work has 'been wel done. Now having reached the age of 36, and having brought up a family of boys 6 set type, and a daughter fo run the millin® ery store, wo propose to edit and publish" a newspaper, and we intend to establish i as one of the permanent institutions of the country." -- A wionzsaLE house advertises: *' Went: od--women to sell on commision." . The experience and professional testimony, it - dq 4 et Se rns Ske ER mg tno wig