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v heavy eyes that filled with tears without any apparent reason, and bearing every mark 0 havin both blilly mental. Sue welcomed me with friendly kindness; and as we chatted rated the hrs I could trace more resembl- ance to the Helm Danvers w'som I had last seen on her wedding morning, We separat. ed eirly for the night, and Harry carried Loving and Waiting- 1. it. came. Waiting in: Him, In patience waiting, Waiting to see Him av He Is, Waiting to see truth and justice, Purity and love, his wife upstairs, and returned to me with More, .lfld goodness a hurrizd apology for leaving me to my soli- Persouined in God. tar cigar, as he said Helen was too nervous to but alone. The next morning was bright and frosty: 3:; alto; :mkIl-Bt. at wnich meal Mrs. var: i not ap r, Harry pro ed to me to acejmpsny to the boss? of a friend, who had invited us both to shoot. Our Way lay past the lodge-gates of giving- t4.n Hall, and by daylight I could see that . I _ the house was a very large and handsome Walk!” in lo'ft, one, in the Tudor style, With terraces. stoue« In anuc" '“m’gi, , . mullioned Windows, and quaiutly-twisted Uuul the Cloud! "01°13 WM“i °°’ Oh’ chimneys. The shutters were closed ; the V“. ’ , aVenue, between two rows of magnificent 81“" '9'?“ o," “ "wm'he‘d ""16! old beeches, Wal grass-grown, and the lodge “"98 "3 "1‘" '0“ fold' was unimbabned; in elicit, the whole place Th0 Judi“ 0‘ ‘Ui , bore unmistakable signs of being left to go Whom everydeye 1nd to the sight ,0 mm “twat 0‘ Pu’i‘y “ If“ ‘ I could not resist observin to Bar Shall behold With rapturous delight. nut n neemed ‘ pity to fund“: '3) fine a place. His reply was rather startl- ing. “ Would to Heaven that not one accursed stone remained upon another l" he said vehement y. “ The entail prevents my pull- ing‘ it down, or it would have ceased to eXist before now I" “Why, what ails the place! Is it haunt- ed 2" I asked langhingly, knowing that Harry was as free from childish superstition as I was myself. “ I‘ll tell you what, Bob,” was his earnest answer, “ if you had seen what we have seen inside those llllkIuI halls, you would never be the same man again. I know I am not ; and as for Helen, poor girl, it has nearly, if not quite, killed her." My curiosity was now thoroughly aroused; and with, erhaps, less of tact and good taste than Fought to have shown, I plied him with uestions, to all of which he gave vague an unwilling answers. Somehow the subject was renewed at King’s Lea, the place to which we were bound. Mr. Esau-ii. Harry’s friend, said he was possessed with the must ardent desire to see the apparition which DanVers adknowiedgsd to have seen twice in a certain room of the old Hall; and I, little troubled by fears sf the supernatur- al, expresssda decided opinion that I should like to see the ghost who could drive me froinaplace like Rivmgton Hall, if I was its fortunate possessor. Between us, I think, we pushed matters too far ; and at last Harry said, in a. tone of deep annoyance, “ I'll tell you what it is, my good fellows, you shall jud o for yourseIVes whether I am the fool you both take me for. plrl an evening in the oriel-room at the old Hall, and I shall be curious to see how you like it.” Mr. Easton and I eagerly took up the challenge. It was arranged that, the next day but one bein the last of the mouth, on which aloneâ€"so ai'ry told usâ€"thespectral appearances were visible, we should meet at King‘s Lea, and proceed together to the Hall, Dauvers sgreting to tell his wife that we were engaged to dine and ‘sleep at Eaaton's. “We must be at the Hall before ten o'clock,” he said. “ That is the only time at which anythingis seen.” On our way home we called at the cottage of an old man who was formerly gardener at Rivin ton Hall, for the keys of the house. " ow don’t ’ee be going there, Muster Danvers, now don’t ’ee," lie implored. “No luck nor good ever came of it, and never won't. Its tempting Providence, like, to put yourself in the devil's clutches.” My curimity was stroneg excited. It was as much as I could do to refrain from speaking of the old Hall before Mrs. Dan- vers: and during our Walk the following day after the partridges, I entreated Harry to tell me what he had seen. This be firmly declined to do, but added, “ I Will tell you this much. We Went to the Hall, as you may remember, on our re- turn from Italy in the spring. Old Jen- ningsâ€"the man you have just seenâ€"and his wife lived there in some moms over the szable, and kept the house aired and in tolerable order. When we arrived we found everything ready, and supper laid for us in a comfortable dining-room. It was late, and we went to the rooms prepared for us in tlzc new wing of the house, and slept soundly. The next day Helen wished to explore the place, and we sent for Mrs. Jennings and the keys. There were a num- her of rooms almost ban: of furniture, and the best' the house contained had been col- lected to furnish those prepared for us. At the further and of the drawing-room was a door, concealed by a hlsvy velvet curtain. Helen laid her hand on the handle, but Mrs. Jennmgs hurried up to her. “ That's ii locked door, ma'aiii; that don't lead no- wherc, it don’t. Don’t 'eo try to open that, my dear lady l” “Why not 2" asked my min. with some surprise. The old Woman changed her tone at once. “ It isn’t a door, ina’am, only a sham like, and I was afraid you might hurt your fingers." “But if it is not a door, why is there a curtain hung before it i" persisted Helen. “Just for ornament,- maybe, or to kelp oil" the drought," said Mrs. Jennin s confusedly. " Tho draught from a sham our I" laughed Helen. But the old woman 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 tho summer. It was now the end of May, but the evenings were still chilly. We Were sitting by a bright wood fire in the drawing- room on the evening of the 31st, when the church-clock began to strike ten. The church, as you have seen, is nearly half a mile distant; but it has a rcmarkabl loud and sonorous hell, so that we hear it as distinctly as if it hadeesn in the house. At that moment an icy gust of wind swept through the room, and a sound, as if of a hiavy body falling, came from the farther end, near the mysterious door. Helen juni d up and caught hold of my arm. “\ out was that!" she said in afrightened whisper. I thought it was something fall- ing in the room overhead, though I heard plainly that the sound did not come from above. She was reassured by the matter-of- fact answer, but still stood, holding my arm, till in a few minutes the same icy-cold windp sued over us again, With a strange sickly small. I own that a shudder ran ihrough me, though I did not know why; and my wife was so terrified that she would not remain another moment in the room. Thu next day I was obliged to go on busi- ness to Slauntou, and only returned in time for dinner. Iuoticed that Helen was pal:- aud silent: and as soon as the servants had left the room she said gravely, “Harry, thit is not a false door in the draiving room. There must be a small room there with a window like this." The dining-roam hull a large bayowiudow at one end, raised by two or three broad steps from the rest of the room. " So you have been making in. vestigatious, Mrs. Bluebeard!" I said» laughing. "No; I have not been into the room. To say the truth, I think I should havebeeu a little frightenrd alone; and, besides, I did not like to tell Airs. Jennings that I had found out that she had told me a story about it. But I was walking oaths for- race, and it suddenly occurred to me that the large window which corresponds to this one must be in some room we have not yet sea. It was closed with shutters: and then I thought of the false door in the draw- ing-room. I measured the walls by pace. andltiudthers mustbeasparuroomtherc. lighted by the large window." “Shall we go and explore it 2" leaked. "Hot to- night. please,"said Helen with s shiver. “.musstsy here tonight.” And so we did. The next morning the sun shone brightly. and my wife seemed to have for» gotten her loan. We made an excuse to get the keys from Mrs Jennings; and after some Minsky. for the lock was very rusty. weluoesodrd in penetrating into the lock. “*9 M ltmssflsleuhadimagiu- d. neatly squargsad raised, by twee: Waiting for this, In patience waiting, ’ Is ensuing well worth waiting for. Through days and nights. Through storm and sunshine, Waitio' to see God In el and majesty. Waiting for Thee, In i-aiienee Waiting, Oh G d l the way of truth is slow ' And hard, often wxuding and turning ou fuelf ; But do Thou help us. And we Wlll follow it and Theo Out of this long vale of darkness Into the light of endless day. Shorter! shorter Grow the shadowsâ€"- High in heaven the sun appears; . Wake! my soul, this is the noon-tide Of endlevs timeâ€" Of endless years. Waiting is no longer waiting, Paii- use is no Inc or tried, Love is all and al absorbing In our Lord, the Cl‘uleIed. Love is truth, and mrrcy love is ; Love is justice, goodness, faith; All is love, and all is love; Love is God, and God is loving. IVaiting then is only loving, Lovmg truth and loving man, Loving goodness, loving mercy, Loving God, and God made man. Thus in waitin‘g’and in loving, We sl all each ‘ud's goodness prove, ‘ Face to fees and heart to heart, then In a life of endless love. TEN O’CLOCK AT NIGHT AT RIVINGTON HALL. It was with great pleasure that I heard, about a year ago, from my old friend Harry Delivers that be had succeeded to the fluv- ington Hall estate, and su income of some thousands a year, on the death of a dismal: relation. Harry and I were school and col- lege friends ; and though in late years our paths in life had widely diverged, the old affection never slumbeied. We met rarely, but we kept up a more constant correspond- ence than is usual even among brothers. Our last meeting was on the occasion of his marriage to acharming girl, to whom he had been long attached ; soon after which event he left theâ€"‘â€"-Hussars, and went to live in Wales, 11th his wife's family, till the death of his faraaway cousin, old nuke Dan- vers, of Rivmglon Hall, put him in posses- sion of a fine estate and ample fortune. Old Dauvers died abroad, in some German town, where he had led a life of absolute seclusion for several yearsâ€"nearly fcrty, I think. Harry camo‘to London on business connect- ed With the succession, and spent most of his time at my chambers in the Temple. His parting words to me were a cordial in- vitation to visit him at the old Hall as soon as he had made it habitable. It had been shut up since the late owner, a man of ec- centric habits, retired somewhat suddenly abroad, and would probably require to be put in thorough repair before it could bu equal to the modern ideal of luxury or even comfort. After his first letter, full of enthusiastic descriptions of the quaint beauty of the old‘ Hall and plans for its immediae restoration, months passed without my hearing anything of or from Harry Danvers. I went on my plodding way as ii struggling barrister, gaining inch by inch of the steep uphill pat which leads to ease and competency in tho jrofession I had chosen. But busy as I was, I found time to Wonder at Harry's silence ; and at length I wrote, having, unrxpectedly, a week or two of leisure, to propose seeing my holiday» with him. I addressedp my cit-rs to Riv- iugton Hall, and the out brought mo an answer in due course. The tone of Harry's letter struck me very painfully. It was as aff-ctionato as ever, but there was a deep melancholy pervading it, which was scarce- ly to be accounted for, evrn by tho tich which it contained, that Mrs. Danvers was GVI'B now scarcely recovered from a long and serious illness. It ended thus: "I shall be only too happy to see you, old fol- low, if you can ut up with indifferent ao- couiinodatinii andeull company ; and 1 ho c you Wlll come as soon as you can, for t o moment Helen is able to travel we are going abroad." The lettir was dated “ Wood field, Rivington." I packed up at once, telegraphed to say I would be with him on the morrow, and started by the morning ex roll. The autumn day was drawing to a close as I jumped out of the train at the station, and found Harry waiting for me. I was quite shocked by the chan e in my friend’s appearance and manner. catead of greet- ing me with his usual cheery laugh, he came up as if we Wore meeting at a funcml, wrung my hand with scarcely a word, and only replied by the shortest sentences to my inquirirs about his Wife'- health. \Vo drove about three miles out of.the town, past a It)ch With tins old iron gates, and a long park-wall, Within which at some distance l could just discern the gables and chimneys of a large handsome house. "That's Ill" be said, inting with his whip. “ \Ye l.vo st \V field." " So I saw by your letter. But why did you not c out your plans for the or storatioc ems Hall f" I asked. “ Don't speak of it 2" he said sharply. "And while I think of it, Burly, I must brg on not to make any allusion to the III? on Helen. It upsets her complete- 1 .ll , " Why, what is the matter with it! It looks a very tine old place, and surely you lived there for some time!” “Yes. we did," he answered gravely; "and thatia why we boih wish to lo ct that such a place exists. It is killing El’ an to runalu hers. and yet the doctor says she must not be moved before the spring,‘ "Has she been very ill?" I asked, pass- ing over the first part of his speech, though I mentally resolved to get at the truth "3”" nesrl deed possibl u. " cry; as y as ' e wi nervous fever. Idoubt if you would know her again. Barley. But here we are." Whilswswsrstalkiughehaddrivsn on, slowest hastothelsfgsudthrocghs little village nestling in a hollow woods and cornfieldt. and of the Hall and its ' bites cheerful room, and WM; My :3: “f received a serious shock, med legs, which stood in the centre, a “’0 will all g , above the level "of the drawing- three a room. tcontained abeavy oak table with few chairs, and a cabinet or two of timilar Workmanahip, all deeply coated with dust and cobwebs, and Was panelled with oak to about two-thirds of the height of the Walls One picture, that of a dark young woman in some foreign dress, hung over the hiin chimneypiece; gilt dogs for burning Wood stood on the wide hmrth ; and altogether, inspite of the forlorn state of neglect in which we found it, the room had a cheerful home-likeair, Which at once took Helen's fancy. To make a long story short, in ante of Mrs. J ennings' tearful remonstrances and the unwillingness of all the servants to have anything to do with the square-room, as we called it, we occupied it as a sitting-room during the whole of June, without any sn- noysnce. Once or twice, as the clock struck ten, I was sensible of a kind of chill for which I could not account; and, glanc- ing at Helen, I noticed that she turned pale at the same tinie. But we neither of us mentioned the subject, and before the end of the month I had almost forgotten that there were any suspicious circumstances connected with our favourite sitting-mun. Or the circumstances of the night of the 30th of June I will not speak. You wish to see and 'udge for yourself if I have decided right y that Rivington Hall is not fit for human habitation ; and I have no doubt that you will be in a position to form an opinion on the int after to-morrow night. My po<ir He on has, as you may See, nchr re- covered the shock she received that night ; and the doctors feared so much for her rea- son if she remained longer in that hateful house that we moved here even before she was out of danger, and as soon as possible we shall quit the neighbourhmd for ever." “ But," said I, as soon as Harry had thus brought his communication to a close, “have you thoroughly sifted the matter, and satisfied yourself that no trick has been played on you I" “ Of course I have. On the night of the 31-t of July I went alone, without giving a hint of my intentions to any human being, to the Hall, which had remained empty and locked up from the day we left it. I care- fully examined the drawing-mum, through which only access to the square-room could he had, sounded the panels, the back of the chimney, the floor, every spot, in fact, where any one could possibly be concealed. Then I locked the door and waited.” “ And then 2" “ Precisely the same scene was repeated. You will, I have little doubt, witness it to- morrow night; and I will accompany you. I think you will be satisfied that I have not lightly given way to a groundless fear." Harry spoke so gravely, and was alto- gether so' unlike his cherey light-hearted self, that I felt some prickings of conscience in permitting him to undergo again, for the ratification of my sceptical curiosity, an ordeal that, to him, \vasjevidentlyl‘oue of no little suffering. But my intense desire to witness the ‘_ihenomona, of whatever nature they might be, which had so deeply im- pressed my friend, got the better of all my scruples, and I looked forward with impati- ence to the following night. i In the morning Harry told Mrs Danvers that he had accepted an invttation for us to shoot with a friend of Mr. Esston‘s, who lived several miles off, and that We should sleep at King’s Lea. She turned whiter than ever, if possible, and exclaimed, “ 0 Harry I have you forgotten what night it is ‘l" “ Como, come, little woman,” he said, “I must not hsveyou give way to uneasiness. We will ask Mary Talbot to come and stay with you. lam sure you would not wish to deprive Burluy of a good day’s sport.” “Certainly not," she answered, in her sweet sad voice. I felt like a great brute ; but as she was not supposed to know that I was aware of the strange events that had so deeply shak- en her, I could only say a few commonplace words, hoping that I should not be allowed to cause her any inconvenience, and the matter passed over. Our shooting that day was little more than a pretext, and after dinner we left Cing’s Les in Mr. Easton's dog-cart. He insisted on taking some wine in a bumper, and we were besides provided with a lump, a packet of candles, and materials for makii: g a fire. Hurry brought with him the keys of the Hill, and on. our arrival Easton sent away the dog-cart, with instructions to the servant to be at the stable-entrance, which was close to the road, at half-past ten o’clock -sn order which the man received with evident unwillingness. Passing through a. large entrance-hall, and along a broad passage lighted at the end by a window through which the moon gave a faint light, we entered the druwing-room, and through it the scene of action. The room was as Harry had described itâ€"n. square chamber, well furnished with hand- some carved oak, and raised by twu broad steps above the level of the room through which only it could be entered. A Turkey Carpet lay in the centre of the floor, showing the oak boards at the sides, and on this stood a large heavily-carved onken table. An armchair of similar workmanship stood on each side of the large open hearth, and other chairs were scattered about. 'vVe care- fully examined every portion of the room, Easton measuring the depths of the walls and I sounding the panelling on all sides, as well as the floor. Harry looked on with a faint smile on his face till I raised the carpet in the course of my investigations, and discovered a large dark stain on the boards, on the side of the table furthest from the fireplace. A similar mark ran across the floor to the top of the steps, and then spread out into another wide stain like that beside the table. “ That looks very like a stain of blood," I said, pointing it out to Danvers. ” Does it 2" was all he answered, but the smile died out of his face and did not re- turn. \Vlicu our examination was concluded we lit the fire. and piled the hearth with a number of logs~ of wood to make a cheerful blaze. We also trimmed the lamp, and stuck lighted candles into a variety of can- dlesticks which stoid about on the tables. Thou Easton proceeded to unpack the wine; but as he was setting it on the large oak table. Dinvcrs called nut, "Don’t do that, Eatonâ€"don’t put the wine down there i" “ As you please,” answered Elston; and he drew forward a small spider-legged tzlblc from a corner, and placed it near the firc. We gathered round it, and Harry drank tvm or three glasses of sherry in succession ; but conversation digged, and we began to feel that our experiment was not altogether an agreeable one. Harry‘s ill-concealed horror at the idea of the wine being placed on the large table gave- me, at least, an uncomforta~ ble sensation, while it excited my curiosity ; and when Dsnvcrs and Easton rested them- selves in the two large armchair: by the fire- side, I drew one to the table which was now connected in my mind with the sight we had come to see, and leaned my elbow on it. I notzced that Harry looked sharply at me as I took up my position, but he made no re~ mark. » Some time I in conversation more or less well sustained ; then we began to look at our watchrs as the hour drew nearer and nearer. We replenished the tire and sat on, waiting almost in silence. If any one wants to make the most of an hour, I may suggest that he should sit doing nothing, and wait- ing for some unknown event which may be expected toocsur at its close. Ibegin to fancy that ten o'clock never would strike; but it did, and qiiite soon enough. As the first stroke of the appointed hour sounded from the church-clot: , I seated myself firm- ly at the table, with my left arm resting on it. A glance at my companions showed me each scatediuhis chair. with abandon each of its arms. At}: aameinstant every vesti of light from mum ,aud candles su onlym tidied. A cold wind swept through use 3 of a newly-camel Chanel-house. gliug; then a moan and a dead dull sound, such as might be made by a human body falling, anl I felt the table on which I leant violently skaken. companions had fainted; lif‘sh I could not have moved. The hand at with an sfi'ort I turned my head and covered my (so: with my merit that if 1 saw anyt‘ing horrible I should go mad. which appeared interminableâ€"we after .... ....,_.......‘.( -w- A. .. w. l thou ht one of my t to save my pres~ed heavily on my shoulder, and arm. Ifxlt at that no Things remained in this state for a time Wards found it must have been about ten minutes. Then the icy wind swept over us again with its sickening odour, and through my closed eyelids I felt that the room grew suddenly light. An exclamation of horror from Easter: mused me. I heard my two companions rush to the door, and followed them without opening my eyes. I forgot the steps, and fell down them. In a moment I was on my feet agiiu, and looked back into the room. A strange blueish light peiVaded it. On the table lay a human head, with ghastly staring eyes, and long hair, ma‘t-d with blood, which was dripping slowly to the ground. As I gazed, horror-stricken, I saw a small white hand, like that of a Woman, suddenly appear upon the table, and give a push to the ghastly head. It fell, and rolled slowly towards me. With a shoot of horror I flew down fhe pas- sage, through the hall, and out into the dark autumn night. I found Danvers on the terrace supporting Easton, who had fainted when he reached the open sir. Rally ing all my strength, I helped to carry him to the dog-cart which was waiting for us in the road. We were long before we could restore him to his senses, and after he recovered consciousness he made us both promise on our honour never to mention the subject to him again. As for mySclf, I cannot describe the cfi'ect that horrible sight produced on me. When morning brought me some calmness and pow- er of reflection, I attempted to apologise to my friend for having in a manner forced him to be again a spectator of the weird horrors of the oriel-room. ‘ “ He took it very quietly, and only said, “ I have now gone through that scene three times, and my poor delicate Holcn saw it as you did. I firmly believe that it is reen- acted on the last night of every month. I suppose you- will now agree with me that Riviugton Hall is not a desirable habi- tatiou.” I stayed a few days longer with my poor friend, though I must confess that the place, and all about it, had become odious to me. On giving a hint to Mr. Talbot, the rector, that I should like to know what in- duced Dauvers to leave the Hall (Harry had bound me by a promise not to spe .k of what I had seen), he told me tliatit was genorally believed to be the scene of ghostly disturb- ances, and that old Luke Danvers had left it suddenly in consequence of something which he had such. Till: former proprietor, Luke Denver’s uncle, had brought a. foreign bride to Byingtou Hall some fifty years ago. She was very beautiful, but the marriage was not a happy one. Some time after their arrival a stranger appeared at the H ill, some friend or relation of the lady. His presence was evidently uanlcome to the husband, and high words were often heard among them; but in a few weeks all three suddenly disappeared one night. Mr. Dau- vers was known to be alive for several years after, but never returned to Rivington Hall; and when his nephew succeeded to the pro- perty he also left suddenly, after remaining about three months, and waist abroad to the German town, whence he never re- turned. Harry and his wife are now in Italy, and I hear that she is recovering her health ; but they will never return to Rivington Hall, which is left to go to ruin as quickly as it may. Baby‘s Christmas. (Detroit Free Press. I‘m a little one. I was just a year old Christmas eve. That’s the kind of is Christ- mis stocking I am, and I don’t care who knows it. They’ve treated .me shabby mean around the house this year, and I won't stand it without complaining. It’s my solemn opin- ion that babies have as much right to “kick” as grown folks, and so here goes : In the first place, I didn’t get a thing in my stockingâ€"not even a stick of candy. Was trial: the right way to use a by a year old? Suppose there are other children in the IdlllIIy--Wll0 is any liettor than me‘! Ever since I came here I’ve had to scrub along on milk, and gruel, and sling, and soft crack- ers, while the rest of the family have got themselves outeideOz‘ melons, grape-t, apples, peanuts, pop corn and a hundred other good things. heaps of fun around the house, while I have had to go slow and put in half of my time in the land of Nod. They knew all this, and yet they gave me the cold shake on the Christmas business. Whewl but wasn’t I mad! I heard ’em gibbliiig away for a month biforc it came off. The children told what they were going to buy pa and ma, and nights after we went to bed pa and ma would tell what they were going to buy the childrenâ€"all but me. \Vith me right between ’cm they had the lll'BES to say that a dose of pafngmic Would b0 it good enough Christmas present for me. I just put my fat heels into pa’s ribs, and clawed ms, and when they said I had the colic,I chuckled to think they couldn’t tumble to the racket. Every time anything was mentioned about Christmas I was left out, but when they tried to make a cipher of me they got the wrong loy baby by the ear. I can slaiid as much as any other yearling of my size, but when they tread on my coat-tails my fight- ing weight balances a birrel of sand. Sick? You bet I made ‘em sick ! Isaw the stockings all hung up and filled, and I pa- tlsntly waited to give that obstinate family one more chance. They didn’t take it. Not a stocking was hung up for meâ€"not a stick of candy was saved out for the jewel of the family. On the contrary, mother slid into bed beside me and said : “ Some day this little rat will be big enough to enjoy Santa Claus." “It will be years yet," replied the Gover- nor as he turned over. That’s where they fooled themselves. I waited until their e 'es were full of sticks, and then I suddenly ogan to kick and bowl. It was enough to kill a horse to see 'em skip out of bed and dance me around ai.d rush for remedies, but I didn't let up until I hoard them declare that .i doctor must be summon- ed. I gave them another racktt about one o‘clock, and another at five, and when Santa Claus came down the chimney he had lively music to much by. That wasn’t much of a Christmas at our house, and I was the cause of if. The more I thought of the way they snubbed me the milder I got. and when I'm mad things jin~ gle clear back to the woodshcd. They jin- gled at intervals all day Saturday , and when I had made the whole family wish they had never heard of Santa Ci-ius, a doctor was called in. looked me over, and said : “I can't see that anything ails him. I guess he’s mad." Ifl wasn't then I'm a clothes-pin! Int 'em snub me next year. when I'd be old enough to walk, and they'll see for fly. I‘ve got n his, and I'll have 'em. or break out with c chicken-pox. idlrn were discussing politics and peaph who change their opium _ ‘-‘ Well,"ssid one, “ I've never criedw'fla‘ong live any- body.’ " “ Quite so," remarked cue; “ but then you're a,doctor_." "rim tantalum. on" My brothers and sisters have had. .e... “a..._ ,â€" .. -_â€" A Locomotive to Run Eighty Miles an Hour. The Baldwin Locomotive Works havejiist entered into a contract with ~- ~ . 001. G. A. L. Roberts, of Titusville, for the_ construction of a pamenger engine which will be able to run eighty miles an hour, and maintain this mte of speed for 100 miles 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 those on the tender will be made of paper, which, it is said, will endure 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 most important feature of the lo- comotive will be the introduction ofthe Roberts patent cylinder and piston, which has proved capable of saving at least 20 per cent in steam pressure. The exhaust ports are in a continuous circle around the cylinder, in addition to the usual ports at the ends, and the steam escapes without the waste of force nec- easel-y to expel it, as in the cylinders of the old style. The tender will be so constructed as to carry s. foot of water 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 diameterâ€"about three times; the usual sizeâ€"and the boiler will be the largest that can be put upon the standard gauge 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 faintI mail train over a portion of the Lake Shore Railway, but it was not a slic- cess, owing to its poor construction. The improvements it suggested will be taken advantage of in building the new engine. . It is stated that Co]. 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. >~Oo< Of Course She Failed. “ So she’s all broken up, eh i" replied a Dctriot landlady when she heard of the fail- are of another woman in the same business in Toledo. “Well, I knew it was only a question of time. I was in her house for ii. week, and I saw plainly that she had on economy about her. I tell you a landlady must think and plan." “Yes.” “Not only in great things but in small. There's philosophy in running a boarding- house.” “ How I" “ Well, I can’t stop to tell you more than one instance. Ihave buckwheat pan cakes every morning for breakfast for fourteen boarders. They use butter on their cakes. I keep the butter on ice until it is as hard as a lock. The cakes are all placed on the table, not smoking hot, but mildly warmâ€"- just warm enough to soften the outside of a lump of butter. In this way I make a sav- ing of two pounds of butter per week over the usual way of rushing on hot pan cakes. It's only one dodge out of a hundred, but the landlady who doesn‘t play more or less of them must ultimately come in giirf.” -u’»â€".~.- By Universal Accord Area's CATIIARTIC PILLS are the host of all purgatives forfsmilyuse. They nret cpr..duct of long, laborious, and successful chemical in vestigation, and their extensive use, by ll)“ sicians in lh’j’.‘ practce, and by all civi ized nati ns, proves them the best and most ef- fectual purgative Pill that medical science can devise. Being purely vegetable no harm can arise from their use. In intrinsic value and curative powers no other Pills can be compared w.th them, and every person, know- ing their \irtues, will employ them, when needed. They keep the system in perfect or- der, and ms ntain in healthy action lhc whole machinery of life. Mild, searching and effect- ual, they are especially adapted to the needs of the digestive apparatus, demngements of wnich they pievent and cure, if timely tak- The only Medicine that successfully p the _ Blood, siifsmiiponthe Liver, Bowels, Skin and while at'ths same time it alleys Nervous Irritation. ; and strengthens the Debilitated System, perfectly and ‘ speedily curing Biliousness. J aundice. Dyspepsia, Consfi. patios, Headache, Rheumatism, Dropsy,N ervous and Gen- eral Debility, Female Complaints, Scroftda, Erysipelas, Salt mom, and every species of Chronic Disease arising from : idnsys. Disordered Liver, Kidneys. Stomach. Bowels or Blood. THE BEST BLOOD PURIFYINO TONIC IN THE WORLD. lentils Bottle. We. T. MIIBL‘RlI 8: 00.. SOIE Allfllls, 1030!“). legions- Ilse. OI.“ Ire. Freeman's “s-.‘_X|I Powder 'u a safe. sure and cfl'ectual ileum of wet-- In one... a *1!- Price :5 cents or s .or SI Ire. Freeman's New “r‘ntrill’ “bit! they have no equal. Pli.! lk Marks, manulaeniivd b_\ N. H. Yomos Co , 13 Wellington St East , T'""“‘5Â¥:....iE£E‘Jl}JB§Y‘:__ osn \WA Casia‘n‘i‘COL. E 9? \‘un,’ Street, Toronto. . Ontario. _______________.-â€"-â€".â€"-â€"â€"- 0!“ PREPARED LEATHER ‘ Durable, Light, glutinand Oheap. First prilv at Provincial Exhibition, Lon- don. Testimonials on appllculloii. Satisfaction guar- anteed. Address. J. DUAX .5: SOS. Drayton. Ont. Black's Island Muss Casual 20 02. This, 50c. Sample Packet. 10c. lt vour rocer for it - iakc no Olhtl‘. The fresh- cstAasnd' besfgcuma t\'i'f' difrrd for sale in fire Dnmllr ion. Manulictured only by P E T E R B L A C K . at his Cocm works, TEMPERANCE STREET. TORONTO Ask your Drugglst for A NISH I SHIl‘s-E Never fails luoilicrs don't let your chlldn-n sulfur. ‘ CLARK, JOHNSON Gt CO», 77 Richmond Street West, Toronto BLACKBIRD NA. 771’ TOBACCO This brand is guaranteed to be the very best Chewmgj Tobacco in Canada, being manufactured of the finest sun-cured Virginia. Leaf. To avoid imposition see that each Plug bears the tin stamp, and every Caddy the Caution notice of THEADAMSTDBAGGDUO. MONTREAL. sonomAGKER ELEOTRO GOLD-STRING PiANOS! ESTABLISHED 1838. Over 12,000 in use. Always ahead in competi- tion. WORLD‘S FAIR. Gold Medal. CENTENNIAL, First and lllglicsl Award. 96 Points! A result not reader] by niiy other Pixiii . It is me mail elegant, must pirfcct, purest to cdniiil most. durable Piano insd -. “ho cache and retail. Low prices to first pur- climcrs iii any locality. EXGELSIUR ORGANSI tar Agent for Ontario, L. N. SOPER, 107 King Street West, Toronto, Out. The Best is the Cheapest l Patented ' T â€". 1878 l‘ ’ UIC nothing but v NEIVTON'S PA'I ENT Carriage Shaft POLE COUPLING- A sample rett Will lll: writ express paid, on ltCl'lpL of 8|. J. P. JOHNSON, (Sole Agent for Canal ii.) ‘ 77 ltlcliiiioiid at" W. Toronto m blend for price list. and circular. VALUABLE DISCOVERY BY MRS. JULYE MYERS. Drawing and Healing Salve. The Drawing and Healing_Salve cures Cllr~ bnnclcs, Abscesscs. Felons, Without the aid of a knife. The Drawing and Healing Salvo cures Ery- slpclns nnd lllllL'WOI'mB. The Draw . g and Healing Salve cures Piles and all Poisoned l“ csh. en. They are the best and safest physio to The Drawn“; and Heullrgfg! Solve cure! fl ll employ for children and weakened constitu- tions, where a mild but efl'cctual cathartic is required. For sale by all dealers. -'<â€"â€"p0.e‘ The American People. .No people in the world sufier as much With Dyspepsia as Americansâ€"and although years of experienco in medicines haic failed to acuoniplish a certain and sure rcuied un- til GREBN'S Acous'r mem: was intro uccd for this diatom and its effects ; yet so well has this remedy succeeded in every case to efi'cct a cure, that there is not it Druggist in the United States but recommends the Acousr Fwwsn in all cases of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, Costivcncss, Sour Stomach and. Liver. Go to your druggist and rot a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try it. we doses will rclicm any case. legu- lar size 75 cents. oâ€"¢.>â€"e It has been aptly remarked that there is one thing better than presence oi mind, in case of accidents, and that is absence of body ; but as accidents may happen to all, Hagyard’s Yellow 0.1 is perhaps the lies: rcmudyâ€"it is butter than an accident policy. Yellow Oil cures all manner of Flesh “'ounds, Pains, Lamcness, Burns, Scaldc, Frost Bites, and is for external auu Inltlulsl use in all inflammatory and painful dinosaur. All medicine dealers at” it. The world should be aroused to the de- plorable condition of the females of our and l 'l he enfeehlcd frame, the palc, blood- less cheeks, hollow eyes, nerVous debility, and the various distressing forms of fi:m.tl weakness, are matters that every matron in our country should consider. All forms of Dehility and Irregularitlrs peculiar to the ux may be promptly remedied by Ilurilock Blood Bitters. ‘I’Hhh‘w & butt, fl. YflLKe Street, iotrmto. B Addriss carefully, " ' Cil'rrl'r’filu - on mt Tumiilo. um 11 Irish, muffler PICTURE l’ramm,-)I.rroru fllnor Jam BENNIB, 'l'ns flggSlflTlllli a... u... .. Plains, rieiure Gites. Pictures, kc, he u. I. MAT. a‘r expouniih'imicr: ’h-esdaluul, 'ioxouw, km l u , l HAND STAMPS. 0"" 5'wink ‘5‘ ‘ PM“ we ‘ group 9’ l humus“! as ‘lmuuln stanchion. the!) Menu mud. KHYON b‘l'ZViABT MFG. ($0., 36 King 51.. West. Immo- NVENTURS flab“ Ilto DTGP’TJâ€"E tats-ling patents should onto to BERRY 68151, retest sonata, Otis-a, Quads; twenty )snn’ pus-Ala : no paIenB. no pay. ..__â€"_. . I nq‘ners love," . inneumwrrmonis _ _ , quote} a husband, in writing ome to his sun Mountain-d n. Quads, Mu- ‘mh ‘3 mdmnb’hly Wm” “mini 5 wife, from whom he had been some time! at”: “Oh, no," she re lied in her see. i "I hope, dear, it won't be so in» I tried to rise, but a heavy hand was lead your case." on my shoulder and kept me motionlefl. nextletter, “ the longeron Mme-sentinel twepsrsousstmg- thsbsturlahalllikevos.” 1.“.....1ssnffi;‘WiTsou.ssms United Slates and Pomp: umb- Klwtl. All“) & Us... Rumours. lo dissim' lmtute. ‘l’ovonti. strut Wesg‘rwecu Corns, lnzlcincd Joints, clill s, and Frost l)lll:l!. Price, 25 and Mounts a box. hrs. Julye Myers’ ltncumallc Cure. A Positive Cure for lthcuniatlrm Neuralgln, Weak lllicks, Spralns, Stiffness of Jo tits, h'cvcrc Aches, Cramps. $26. Price $1 per bottle; trial bottle, l0c. For sale by all drusgisls. (lencral agents for Canada, J. CUOMISl-Z. lf-l King at. East, Torunlu. DIAMONDS WILL OUT. AND Tllr.‘ ImprovedDiamond andthe Hanlan Cross-Cut Saws will out faster and sta in order long- cr than any other an» in the war) l. hwy arc matu- facturcd only by R. E. SMITH & 00.. St. Catharines, and sold by the Hardware Trade every- where. 'lakc no other. We also make the Latin: ’l'ootli, Lightning, liiipiovul Chengdu", Eclipse, in short, all klMlB and patterns, lllLlu ing the New Iii. proved Champion. “ St. Uaiharines Saw Sparks}? FIRE lNSUlEllGE GDMP’Y Capital, ._; $1,000,000. llwl lllficc: 28 I: 30 imilo street lmilo. DIRECTORS : Hon J U;AIKI:~’S. Soc of State. Pres W H Donavon, Vine-President People's Loan and Dev sit Co. 'lomnlo. Jams Pinmr. of Palermo Bros. Wholesale Dry Goods Martians, luroiito. A A «Luau, of A A Allan s: 00, Wholesale l‘ur- rierv, ’i "rot-nu. Ann Nun, of A k 5 Hum. um Dealers, Toron- is. Jon: Bani. solicitor o: the Imperial Built, Town. In w L‘ COUILL, ‘l’oionxo. SAIle lieu-unit. whim. w 1‘ nova, Ludo... It ll nurse, of smith, Wood“: Ibsen, Toronto, a. r. moan, Jr., Manager. Klan taken at Equitable Bates and him Bet tied Prauipu'y. Tbe Largest Government bepneituf any Ontario Fire Insurance Omwoi. A cough is usually the eflort of Nature to expel some morbid matter irritating the air puaageu (ii the lungs. It may, however, proceed from an inflamed or irritable condi- tion of the tho-at, a slight rash or humor often being perceptible. [at the unsebc what it may, the remedy should be H - yaru’s Factual balsam. A purely Vegeta o balsamic throat and lung healer. Foi'sale ling-wall dealers in medicine at 26centaper e. l l I l l i hrs-s it: perfect in every ah. MW fl :utx AI in i a“, It is said that host truvuls fastxr than cold, lwcausi- you can eisily catch cold. If you do catch cold ea-ily you can as easily cure it in its \vnrst form if you use Hag- yard’s Pectoral B.|l8‘.illl, the popular throat and lung remedy. It s cdily euros the most troublesome cough, a la) s all irritation, dislodgcs tough phlegm, cures Asthma, Hos-rscnhs ard B.‘0ucl:lll.~’, and all diseases leading to Pulmonary Consumption. UXU Rl ANT \VIIISKERS ‘ uni Moustaclirs iiifilllhly products! bv the welbkiiowu .I‘ and oelclrsrrd moustache pm- dursr,Araa‘s FOIII‘LAJII Ila weeks Alsl agreeable HDILI‘O‘V erml stimu‘atlvi‘, Envllllelll. .rm to an‘ s ones in gun,“ on fe.‘[\i|\l sif tile plltt', 9.5 cu. I'IAIINKST Dsiiiiixosir cumin. 806 Hui: s'net. Tomato. waif. AGEN'lS WANIED FOR OUR COPYRIGHTED PORTRAITS _op_ QUEEN VICTORIA and “ON. GEORGE BROWN N FSSRS. RICHMOND 6t (‘0., PORâ€" TRAIT and Fine Art l‘iibllslwrs. Ofilce and Every: 76 Bar Strict. Toronto. Poi-trails exit cutcd in Oil. “'ati-r Colour. M-ol Engri rug». on. you and Carton. Onlyflm rolouml “(\lll done. We also rim cute si cclal orders for Mounting and Finish. ing l‘lctun-s, Sin-w Cards, dc. THEM“PEARL'" DRY HPCEAST N-- Family should by w tliout lt. lleady ln a mo moi-l, a: d “ll-'Htfl'lt‘d l y timi- (II‘\\clllllI'. .‘.sk_\our Grocer for it, or send dlrocl to PEARL YEAST COMPANY. 39 Front Street not, Toronto. Box 1.261 1’, 0. There is a Balm in Gilead to heal ouch mor- t.il wound, I In Hagyiii-d’s Yoll‘ w Oil the sure remedy is found ; For internal and for outward use you freely may apply it, For all pain and inflammation you should not fail to try it. It only costs .1 quarter, 'tis worth its weight m gold, By every dealer in the land this great rome- dy lr| sold. AT THE VICTORIA TEA WAREHOUSE Is Enormous, comprising over 60 differ- ent Grades. Varieties and Mlxtures. FROM 36c. PER LB. UP, Put up in Quantities to Suit Purchasers. “Candles of 20 lbs. and In" 1‘ sum C. 0. l). to any ndlroai statlon lice. EDWARD LAWSON, 93 King-st. East, Sign of the Queen. TORO b] To. ’EPizTic ! i . l llorsos sick with. the prevailing cplswflc oil-db temper. or r: covi rug with null rplrils. 1 nor a I bit“. lilo. “cl-Llltn‘, ctr: , and liorsislilno-lunn d, Iron Wllll worms, obstructions lii walrr, I u'li mil. lII‘lH’I‘H flll‘l gcmrnl Illillll’lIlllIlII HIIIIUII he fell ‘liloiumr's IIII'KOVMII "Olth Aim Cir-mi FooD- li yli‘cs lliciii tune, gnml rplrlts. lmpruvr h .l.o uppotlu' ii 112.0 glossy coat, n- d puts I! cm In is lvftlllllv oul - dlilnn. "lllOltl.E\".~ (.‘A’l'l‘l.E Foul) ll illli III’J‘i'l It‘s CAlsAllrl, and aim“ d in lid to with, sheep iii.d pigs falling for tlu- Cllllslllllsb "lllllu l. Manufactoiyâ€"lh Julio-iii. Houili. llui lluni, (ml. WEE-sob /\ , IMPRl-‘f n a.-. .. NES. ' a Pd tal éw Mills, afar-m Engines, ous SPECIALTIES. Watering "Engine Works 00.. nose‘rrcnn' causes. Oaxvuus, November 18, l880. Mr. B, C. Ilsliuer. Bear 8' me unquaiili'ul pleasure to the benefit I have experienced from using Burdock Blood Bitters. For several years I have sufleml from oft-recurring biliov‘ eadaebes, Dyppepsia. and complaints p"- cuh'ar to my sex which ' ' relieved from, if ’nct mnedwbjr‘iflsiznudzx sbouiona'l‘ft: bottle of the Bitters. J ‘rn you my sincere‘ thanks I amending to me such a valuable 13min. yours sincere] , ' MRS. LEA MULLEIOLLANI).