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SURGEON, AND ACCOUCHEUR, King Sireet, Oshawa, Residence and Office - Nearly opposite Hobbs Hotel. " I-A All tattered and torn his coat A coat f s0 many hues; His cold, blue stockingless feet Pe 1 out frem his toeless shoes ; But he had a noble heart, That was warm and tender and true: And as free from sin as the fleecy clouds, That check the midnight dew, FPYHIS certifies that Mr. LOUIS PRUDHOM is our duly | authorized Agent, for the sale of : others ad unt will He came to my side one day, With a problem hard to be solved, Before which Newton and all his laws Into airy mist disolved; He asked me what mighty power Brought the Saviour from above, And if he too might wear a crown And a share of the great God's love ? This further certifics that Mr. L. Prudhom has tho exclusive right of selling our | | Sewing Machines in the villige of Oshawa, and that he is ate8 authorized to appoint | " Agents for the sale of our Machines, in said Territery. Such agents have all the FRANCIS RAE, M, D., | rights and privileges of the trade, as though appointed by us. ] Soa MEA : Signed for the Company PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, ACCOUCH | 54 i | 'S. St. C ; I "eur, and Coroner, King St., Oshawa. 1-2 T J. J. COLLINS, St. Catharines, Out. We waited that summer day, Till the sun in a golden cloud, Had vanished behind the western hills Where the waving pine tops bowed ; And when he arose from his knees A new career had begun : He wore a title after Lis name As he now was a monarch's son. WH. FREDERICK McBRIAN, M. b.. ME. C.% NUY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENG- 1 X LAND. ence oppesite W, H. Gibbs' residence, Siw treet, Oshawa, The above Machine is one of the best Family Machines in the market, and only | | needs to be seen to be anpreciatsd. Prices, $23 without stand and $30 with stand. wantad. ge A second-hand Grover & Baker Manufacturing Machine for sale ¢ heap. to do good work. Satisfactory reasons given for selling. A LARCE LOT OF BOOTS AND SHOES CONSISTING OF Men's Wear of all Classes, Ladies', Misses' and Children's, | of all Classes and Sizes, To be Sold at a Reduction of 20 Per Cent. IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK. 3. FERGUSON, ' ¥e s ~ ICENTIATEOrDENTAL SURGERY. A share of public patronage solicited. o ) srocery of Messrs. Sin z ; ay Ment Suv | L. PRUDHOM. ns ned in a skilful manner. 1 the same building. ARents Warranted How-1 loved that little boy, - JONMN McGILL, | No human tongue can tell; ICENCED AUCTIONEER, OSHA- wa. All orders left at this Office will be ¥ attended to. 12 My love was nore like the brooklet's flow Than the occan's maddening swell ; I have met men of high renown, A mcn of a proud degree : But never one that was half so dear, As that beggar boy to me, ° C.N. VARS L D. 8. EETH INSERTED ON ALL THE | f the art. as cheap as the s'the best. Teeth filled Teeth extracted without ocal anaesthesia. ta s New Block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King St,, Oshawa, 2-42 He-Las changed his dress of rags, To wear the attire of a prince ; For he went away to his father's house Oualy a few years since ; And there is in memory's hall A picture in diamonds set ; The love of a little ragged boy That my heart can never forge Reside! Srtlections, | said Aunt Nancy was an old maid ; and I known it this long time, » over. It was a great comtort to them,sir. too. | You see, Sam's wife, she's got a littl® | young baby, too, and altogether it come hard "I should say so, indeed. We must see that everything is done, Bro#n. Find out when the funeral is to be, and let me know; und tell your wife to send them something comfortable when she goes to market, ut here comes Miss Nancy. my und Send up breakfast, Brown. | paused a8 moment: 'W Breakfast was usually a somewhat silent | things more clearly than meal, save for Alick's chatter with his 'Of course she does. adnt | for Mr. McFarlane always read the | of it last night. paper, invariably asking Miss Nancy's per- change, says she, if she d mission. Of course you can't™ | is old, and poor, and pla' health besides. So, of cou do is to get rid of her. Si | her native place with a tegina Schuyler; and bey ' Does Mrs. Bonsall re that Miss Howard entert ments I" asked | > Nancy « like her sister. She's a quie ture, says she: but it is eas ails her, 'Wuy do yon look at me so closely, Alick 1" asked Miss Nancy, as she cought Now, you see, her her nephew's gaze fized iipon her. f sumptive is another reason why yon can't '1 was thinking how pretty you are!" | marry her. So, there! I've spoken my answered Alick, with his usual frankness.' | mind, as J always do; and I hope you 'I think you are a hundred times prettier | Will have sense enough to act upon it.' than Miss Regina Schuyler, that they 'I shall certainly act upon it I" said my make such a fuss about. And I don't want | uncle, calmny. her for a stepmother. So there !" ' What is that about Miss Schuyler 7 | rising. 'The sooner the better.' asked my uncle, laying down the paper. | . * Lhe svoner the better!" echoed my i It strikes me that you are taking rather uncle. 'I quite agree with you. a liberty with that young lady--to say no- | Yo Bonsall, thank you thing of myself.' 'I think I did a good piece of work this *1t wasn't me, father; it was Mr. Bon. | morning I" said Mr. Bonsall to his wile, as 'me if I wouldn't like a pretty young Indy McFa lane about Nancy !* And he repeat- like Miss Regina Schuyler to come into ed the substance of the conversation. Mrs the house ; and I told him no -- I didn't Bansall was a quiet, kind-hearted woman ; want any one but Aunt Nancy. Then he ut, like her husband, she sometimes spoke her mind. sion. She did so on this occa- said, if she was forty old maids she was a hundred times prettier than Miss Regina, and #0 she is | 'We won't discuss that matter!" said | °° my uncle, annoyed, but repressing his an- Mr. Bonsall looked as if some one had noyance, as usual. You need not mind | thro¥n & wet towel in his face: ¢ Why, ' Bonsall, yon are an idiot! Most men | are in such matters, and you are r perfect B. McGlE, = io tee : - ee | ARRISTER, ATTORNEY, SO-| . Hats and Gaps. ME. BOSSALLY MATCHMAEING. | LICITOR, Conveyancer and Netarie Public, Ushawa, South-East Corner of King and | --- Simcoe S SCN 4 | 24 MONEY to Lend. Mortgages bought-and | eld. 5 x WILLIAM LANG INVITES INSPECTION TO HIS STOCK OF NEW SPRING GOODS! WHICH 1S COMPLETE BRANCHES. Clothing Made to Order WITH CARE AND DESPATCH. My Uncle, Alexander McFarlane, was waiting breakfast, an event very uncom- mon with him, for Aunt Nancy was the sol of punctuality. was a little late this morning. (5) R. McGEE. Nevertheless she | Eight | o'clock was the breakfast hour, and it was now fylly ten minutes past. Aunt¥Nancy was not my Urcle McFar- lane's wife. | S. H. COCHRANE, L. L. B., SPLENDID ARRIST Office. In Big Whitby. at-LAW, | bs © J. E. FAREWELL, LL. B, YOUNTY He was a widower of some fifteen years' standing IN ALL ITS Fifteen years be- fore his wife had left him a delicate little | boy for a keepsake, and had gone away, | whispering with her last breath that she was very happy. Her mother and sister, who had come to the Louse to nurse her, remained after her death, according to Unel » Gents' Furnishings. 'Buiyjo|p apew-Apeay GREENWOOD AND McMILLEN | ARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS- McFarlane' ) - y. Soli s-in-C} I Notaries A ariane s partic equest. 2 i NER OE TD ei Boots and Shoes. hes ous particnlur yequest. He SX 3 2 ' would be so glad, he said, if it were not J. HAMER GREENWOOD. A. G. McMinn. exacting t cs Mrs. Ho W. SMITH, PATENT, INSUR- 1 Simcoe Street, of Steamers wo much of a sacrifice, to have d and Nancy stay with him, keep up his house, and attend to his little wol. RE - Something for Christmas m2) Bpijtania Metal Tea Pots, ; WL rir ennk Electro Plated Cake Baskets. Electro Plaled Cruets. suitors Canptieon Electro Plated Tea, Baskets, |, Yo, Tors ba ben dead thee And Table Spoons, and Forks, Junge Factory King Street, East; Bowmanville. 3s ovér Uncle McFarlane"s household... Nei- | had been a fair, prim, and somewhat quiet | E 1 ect ro Plated Desert and girl when shé came to live in Greenwich | Table Knives. So Mrs. Howard, who was a widow a very straitened income, rented her e house in the New England village where she hed always lived, and came to préside over Mr. Mc ane's spacious mansion and libesal housekeeping in Green wich street, New. York--my Uncle McFar- lane lived in Greenwich street, a fact | ». HOLLIDAY which marks the date of my story with | 1 ROOKLIN, ONT. AGENT FOR the Isolated Risk Fire 1 Conypany T TY n Institu- ire Compan- \ Agent and Appraiser "fo s Ca 1 nt Building and Sayings * oans of money at low rates of interest. 18-1 been as either necessary or desirable, P. R. HOOVER, Issuer of Marriage Licenses WHITEVALE. DOMINION BANKY Ivory Handle Desert and OSHAWA AGENCY. cE ; J. H. AeqEmrar-i Table Knives, all First-class. Money Lo Lend] JUST RECEIVED AL i a ol HATCH '& MEARNS, any amount of mo , on the security of Good ¥arm or Productive Town Property, at the Lowest Possible Rates of Interest, n sums and manner to suit borrowers. Principa can be re-paid by yearly instalments, or ia one sum. * lavestments made in Debentures, Mortages, and other securities. : SILVER AND GREENBACKS BOUGHT AND # SOLD. ther of them had ever thought of a change | street. She was still a fair, somewhat prim | woman of thirty-five, with pretty, soft | brown hair, violet-blue eves, aud a pure, | soft, She was not. in the least like a modern | somewhat changeful complexion. | | young lady's heroine. She had no par- | ticular aspirations beyond the limited and | | old-fashioned one of doing her duty in | that state of life to which it had pleased | God to call her. She did not consider her- | self a martyr to uncongenizi circnmstances because she made Uncle McFarlane's shirts | Also another lot of the Celebrated Mansard Cook Stoves, HATCH & MEARNS, wih hm, 0d ta H a rd wa re, Stove a nd Ti n Dea I ers, ee entered Nancy Howard's head. KING STREET, OSHAWA. - Oshawa, December 19th, 1872, 'Butcher Shop! GEO. W. GARTH, REIURNS THANKS TO HIS NU. MEROUS Custoniers, for all past favors and thended his stockings, and even the | faet of going down into the kitchen, to do | up-his immaculate ruffles, when old Mrs. | Brown's hands were too lame, and the chambermaid's too unskillful to be trusted with them, did not awaken in her mind into the world in | For further particulars apply to JAMES HOLDEN, OMcial Assignee, Money Broker, &ec. Offee-- McMillan's Block, Brockt., S. Whitby April 13th. 1871. h of a career, No such fancy had She was absolutely ' contented with her pre- | sent condition," willing to go on making Uncle McFarlane's i: 36-tf shirts, keeping his house, spoiling his child, and ' making it pleasant for hit," as she simply said. Her great pleasures consisted in doing muslin | embroidery, visiting the poor, going to | New Dominion Cabinet Ware-rooms. church, and reading the English classics, | If she had | Meat Mark with now and then a novel. his Meat Markel Waxt door to Mr. Gurley's Taller Shop, And -hopes by strict attention to business to meet the same share of patronage as heretofore Qsha wa, Dec. 2th, 1872. i > MT 1 WALTER WIGG & SON, MILK MILE iE UNEERSIGNED HAS MUCH pleasure ia announcing to the inhabitants 30 Oshawa that he has bo t from Messrs. Rus- well & Glass all their right and interest in the Milk business, and that he is now engaged in the sale and delivery of that most indispensible article, MILK, in its natural purity ! He hopes, by a continuance of the business and punctual- ity in delivery, to. merit and obtain the patron- age of-all who may be in want of the same. Z H. TAPLIN, We the undersigned take pleastre in recom- | mending to the inhabitants of Oshawa Mr. Tap Jin, in our opinion, as being reliable in the above business, and would recommend to all who want good milk to buy from him. G. Henry, A. Farewell, 316m-pd. NITROUS OXIDE | --OR-- : Protoxide of Nitrogen ! Tu UNDERTAKING DMINISTERED FOR THE PAIN- | > lass extraction of téet of 3. FERGUSON, L. D. of simson Bros. King St. . : . . : ' ' Pornons need nal, BO Four ot Li 3g ax t 4 and best place to buy your Furniture is at otir establishment. Remem e place | with 3 quick consumption last spring, ni d oy Their motive a mass of ith, a fraitfu) | The cheapoy Ome door Westof Wilson's New Block, King Strect Kast. { his wife ain't very rugged either. Miss cause of disease, which has not only ruined their . . Nancy, she's besn there a good deal, and . trove eir happiness b made - Ey M Spaith ad deny hbk al ko are 30 W. WIGG & SON . when Susy was struck with death lat i she sends for her. So iss 236g evening, sh unfortunate as Lo he asso jated with them, as Nii os Oxide is pleasant to take and quite barm- , Nancy, she went and stay:d till it was all ow. any rials she kept them to herself, confid ing them to no spiritual director, news- | paper editor, or female friend. Such was | Nancy Howard at five-and-thirty. My Uncle McFarlane was a fine gentle- He man in the true sense of the phrase. HANKFUL FOR PAST FAVORS WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM the Public that they always keep a Stock of good well-made Furniture on Land, consisting o | in morals, in manners absolutely perfect-- _ the L. 4 Bureans, Seckeases, Sofas, Couches. Chairs of all kinds, and every- | He was also given to amusing himself ina Sadoash ash thing in their line of business. | or neglected any one, and he had a certain Pictures, Looking-glastes, Pioture Frames made to order iy yay style | all his employes, from Mr. Saunders, his J. W. Fowke, | confidential clerk, down to Black Sam, the Ww. cgi." | | carman, and Davy, the errfid boy, feel the better when he spoke to them. 'Miss Nancy is a little late this morn- | ing I" observed Uncle McFarlane, as Brown | his man, brought him the paper. HAVING A | «Yes, sir. She was out till after twelve last night, at Sam's, sir 'Indeed ! How was that 1' ¢ Well, yon see, sir; Sam's girl was took | We have got the best Patent Balance Window Blind Lifter, and the very bést Steel Spring Bed Bottom in the Dominion, So the people say.and what every person says must be true, but we say try for yourselves. DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE, SPLENDID HEARSE. nalroons | Coffins kept on hand and made to order, Terms Reasonable. t, Oshawa. OSHAW .\, December 5th, 187 Oshawa, May, 74, 1872, {on with his paper, Lut now and then | variable question, ' Have you any com- | mands for the city 1' | is wrong.' | manner. | and they still kept up a kind of intimacy, | paring to hear, not without a longing be sure--forty, if she's an hour--' was unimpeachable in integrity, unspotted | a little set in his way, and possibly some- will and do talk, and you ought to get rid | what particular in eating and drinking. {of her. gniet way with the peculiaritics of those | about him. But he never willingly hurt genial graciousness of manner, which made | Mr. Bonsall. We all know his ways !' | Mary Anne! What's that for I There was something in his father's tone | _ * You'll find out soon enough. Go along which made Alick aware that he had better | 4) 2nd leave me in peace.' drop the subject. Mr. Bonsali was always very meek when his wife took these rare fits of plain speak- ing, and he shut the door without another word. Mrs. Bonsall sat looking at the fire with Uncle McFarlane went | glanced over it with an expression of some interest. 'Nancy is pretty !' he said to himself. * There is something in her face which reminds me of my mother.' gradually changed to one of kindness. ' After all it might be worse,' said she, Breakfast being over, my uncle put on | : " ' his overcoat, asking, as he did so, his in- | speaking to the fire: * Nancy is a geod soul, and as sweet ns honey. 'She will | make him happy, and be happy herself, | and it will be good for the boy. Butl | think I see Bonsall's face when he hears of it! For two long hours my uncle sat looking 'Aad, by the way, please see that every thing is done for Sam's family. The poor woman will perhaps be the better for some pert wine, or ale, and let everything be { nice about the funeral. I will take the Sam is a good faith- through his office window without even thinking of his letters. Then he drew a deep brehth, as of one relieved of a dout t, i + d said my : . He did '1 not go home to dinner, but left the office expense on myself. ful fellow.' ' Really Nancy is very pretty ! and turned to his correspondence uncle, as he walked ont of the house. never thought much about it before, but she is decidedly i Schuyler, indeed. Really Bonsall is too and two' nice hyacinth bulbs in pretty bad to put such notions into the boy's | glasses, whirh last he sent to Mrs. Saun- And Mr. McFarlane pursued his | 967: way to the office, unconscious of the fate | ¢ Father, may I go vp and see Tom awaiting him there, | Saunders I'msked Alick after ted. Aunt * Any letters, Saunders ?' he asked, as he | Nancy was sitting at her work-table, feosh passed the clerk's desk. 'I see the packet | and neat from tc p to toe. 1s in.' ' Yes, sir. early, stopping at a florist's, where he ougl On eautifu pretty. Miss Régnia bought son seautiful hot-house flowers, head.' She was com- posed as usual, but my uncle fancied he observed a slight change in her manner towards himself. Probably Alick's re- marks might have disturbed her a little. And be sure to ask, particularly, how Mrs. Saunders finds herself. They are on your desk, and Mr. Bonsall is waiting to speak to you in your room. What ails Mr. McFarlane 1' said the clerk to himself, cs his principal passed on. 'I don't believe he ever before forgot to ask for my wife. I hope nothing i Mr. Saunders had an invalid wife, who was indebted to Mr. McFarlane wish to consult you on a mdtter of great for many little comforts. importance to us both." And then, in Lis Mr. Bonsall was 'waiting in the office | usual kind, somewhat formal manner, he He was a stout man with red hair and | "Pred the subject. whiskers, and a bluff, uncompromising He had a habit, on which he | prided himself, of always 'speaking his : - mind "--that is, of saying everything and showed signs of delicate lungs. anything which came into his head--a | Aunt Nancy's heart fluttered, and her habit which did not cause him to be be- | ¢"10F Went and cama ; bug she had long 1 ~been schooled in s:lf-control, made no other sien. ' Certainly, my son. I quite forgot it this morning. - I | was the more ready to let Alick go as] He was desirous, he said, of going abroad for some time, par- He thought the change would be good for Alick, who haps for some years. and she 'It won't be for long !" said the quiet, breaking heart to it- loved by all his acquaintances. He anc Uucle McFarlane had once been partners, | at which many people wondered. self, little guessing what was in store. ' Well, Bonsall, how goes the world with My uncle continue 1. I don't know ex- you ? asked my uncle, leisurely taking off | *tI¥ how he worded it, bat hs male it | plain that neither he nor the boy could Would Nancy his coat and overshoes. 'Oh, well enough. Pi it don't go to suit me, I make it!" /answered Mr. Bon- | sall. 'But, see here, McFarlane, I didn't come here to bandy compliments. 1 want to talk to you about a serious matter." ' Well, what is it I" asked my uncle, pre- live without Nancy. con sent to becoms his wife, and be a mother to Alick in fact, as she had long been in name ! And so in an hour the matter was | all settled. ' We are askad to » wo dding !" said Mrs Bonsall te her husband some six weeks glance at hia foreign letters and papers. | afterward. 'I'm going to speak my mind, as I al- ways do " said Mr. Bonsall. 'I want to know what you mesn to do about Nancy ! ' About Nancy !' repeated my uncle, with a little sturt. ' What about Nancy p ' Aye, what about her 1 -- that's just it. Of course you can't-go on as you do now. hots y It was well enough when the old lady was | ¢d his wife, enjoying her lord's discomfi_ alive ; but her death changes all that, and | tre: 'They are to be married at §. folks will talk. Nancy's an old maid, to | Paul's,very quitely, and sail for Europe as | soon as possible.' 'A wedding--whose wedding?" asked Mr. Bonsall, not greatly interested, ' Nancy Howard's !' ' Nancy Howard's--yon don't mean--+ The idea which occurred to Mr. Bonsall fairly struck him dumb, ' Yes ; Nancy and McFarlane! answer said my uncle, correcting | "The duce they are. And after all I | said to him ! ¢ Thirty-five ! him. ¢ Well, five years don't matter much. | She's an old maid, as I said. Still, folks ¢ After all you have said to him "echoed Mrs. Bonsall. what you said to him, and especially as to | Nancy's being talked about, I knew you { had made the watch. You could have got ' The moment you told me The truth is, McFarlane, you ought to marry again ; of course you can't with Nancy in the hcuse.' ' You think so?' 1 | : : Why, of course not. There's Regina | Bat ch 2 sacrifice, Mary Aue! Schuyler, now.. She'd jump at the chance | * Oh, well, I don't know. " of marrying you; but you don't suppose | might feel it a little of a sacrifice just at she would set up housekeeping with Nancy | first ; but by this time he has persuaded Howard, do you 7?' | himself that there never was such a wo- | *I must beg, Bonsall, that you will not | man, and that the favor was all on her side ! bring Miss Schuyler's name into question,' | I don't think, for my part, McFarlane will said my uncle. * Such liberties are not to | €VeF Tegret it 2 ! be taken with respectable young ladies. | And I dout think Uncle McFarlane | ¢ Liberty or not, she would have you in | *¥¢¥ did. . a minute. And there's another thing about | ot--b--. 4% + - | it. Nancy Boward is dead in love with |: A Srrova Symprow.--Is Miss Blinkins | yon, herself, and of, course you can't at home? asked Mr. Janders of the Irish marry her--that is out of the question.' | girl who answered his knock at the de 'Nancy Howard I' repeated my uncle, Is she engag in a tone of bewilderment. | An' is it engaged you say! Faith, an' 1 'To be sure, man. Any one but you | can't tell you, sir, but she kissed Mr. Vin- would have seen it, thongh Nancy is not | cent last evening as if she had never saw | him to marry old Miss Paget in the same | way." 1 dare say he -- FC Yes, I b'lave she is, sir. | ! the woman to throw herself at any man's | the likes of him, and it's engaged | b'lave Taddy gloated on his enemy, and began { | head, I'll say that for her. My wife has | they are, sir 'And soon, I hope !" said Mr. Bonsall, Thank a : - s : | N : ui | astern by a stout line, experienced old | for exercise, it. won't incommode you.' sall,' answered Alick. 'Mr. Bonsall asked | J¢ Was preparing to go out: *T spoke to | an expression of vexation, which | ! 0' they hovered around, and awaited the when gushes Thereupon Tadcaster took into ms wead | « that he was under a relapse, and the | shark was waiting for his dead body, he | | got quite low spirited, Dr. Staines told Lieutenant Fitzroy, | dollar for you poor i. No thans ing away and rou couldn't take any fortunate as you » and Fitzroy said, ¢ Shark be hanged ! I'll | thing to drink,' and th. have him on deck in half an.hour. He got ! wards him, still backing off. ¢ Now, leave from the captain, a hook was baited | he,' you turn back and go rcund the bloc. with a large piece of pork, and towed | the other way. As you're only walkli hands attending to if by turns. ' Oh not a particle ; I just as soon wa! The shark came up leisurely, surveyed | with you, if you desire. Either wa) the beit, aud, I apprehend, ascertained | though'; it's all the samg"to me. Thani. the position of the hook. At all events, | you for the Lalf. Wari't you join me, an. he turned qitietly on his back, sucked the ! drink to my recovery I' ¢ Well,youn go round the blo k the other way ; as 1 haven't hurt you, say nothin: {about having met me. I guess I'll go th. : bait off, and retired tc enjoy it. | Every officer in the ship tried him in turn, but without success, for if they got ready for him, snd the moment he took | W2¥- i . the bait, 'jerked the rope hard, in that | And then watching till the suppos 1 : | Wn ie } § case he 'opened his enormons mouth so small-pox pa ient turned the corner, ! wide that the bait and hook came out clear | started off on a full run in the oppos. .. direction, Mr. Newspaperman proceeded on hour ward undisturbed, and slept the sleep. one who enjoys the consciousmess « | having dgue 'a good thing, and four b+ | better off for having met with a highwa - man. But, sooner or later he always got the bait and left his captors the hook. ' This went ou for days, and his huge dorsal fins always in the ship's wake. Then Tadcaster, who had watched these experiment with hope, lost his spirit and appetite. i Staines reasoned with him, but in vain. Somebody was to die; and although there were three hundred and more in the ship, he must be the one. Wings. It was a beautiful summer morniu*. At last he actually | The sun shone down in royal'splendor «.t made his will, and threw himself into | the dancing waters, and the breeze cau u arms, ard gave him messages to | fresh snd bracing from the west, while t.: » his mother and Lady Cicely, and ended | white ferry-boat, like some huge sea-bir. | by frightening himself into a fit. | sped" her way to and fro between ths This roused Staine's pity, and also put | shores of New York and Jersey City. on his mettle. What, science be |: Ou board moved the swiftly-changin | tide of human life, with its countless d.+ He pondered the matter with all his | might, and at ldss an idea came to him. Staine' him beaten by a shark.! versities and strong contrasts, mirthfcl and sad,earnest and idle, kind and selfis' pure-hearted and evil. In one corner. the deck was a small waggon, whose occ: - pant attructed the attention of all and ti. sympathy of every true heart. Judgiry | is face, he might have seen ninetce:. years, but ihe man s body was poorly su ported by the ehrunken limbs, not lai than those of a child. Yet the pale, | face wore a look-of trustful patience, anl his clear, honest eyes neither shunned no: courted thé pitying glances bent upon hia He was selling books, counting chang : quickly, and passing it with a slight bow | and pleasant * Thank you." In the morning he prepared what he | A lady came up, bought two or thre called' an electric fuse--he: filled a soda | books, and wi'hdrew to a little distance water bottle with gunpowder, attaching | Tears filled her eyes as she watched th + some cork to make it-buoyant, put in the | busy, dwarfed figure, and she said in fuze and bnng, made it water tight, con- { low tope to the gentleman besidé her : insulated his main wires-- | * What can that poor boy have to lou envelope | the bottle in pork--tied a line | forward to r to it, and let the bottle overboard. | She did not think he would overhea~ | her, but her words reached his quick ea:, | and with a swift, beautiful smile lighting | | his wan face, he answered hopefully : i | ¢ Wings--some day He asked the captain's permission to | try his hand. This was accorded immedi- ately, and the ships stores placed at his | sal very politely, and with a sly! comical grin. Dr. Staines got from the carpenters some sheets of zine and spare copper and ie flanme!; these he cut into three inches red square, and soaked the flannel into acidu- He ti of bell wire, tho greater part of which he insulated by wrapping it round with hot | : Ro eager was he that he didnot turn in all night. lated water, en procured a quantity gutta<percha. nected and The captain and officers shook their The tars peeped and grinned from every rope to see a doctor try shark with a soda water bottle and no hook; but somehow the heads mysteriously. to catch » 3 EE I I. RP Spor Him. ~--An exchange says: 'A co» summate rascal, whose name is said to |.» 'John Wesley Greene," is supposad t { have taken shelter in Canada to avoil -- | being caught by the New York State law | officers and punished for crimes committe! will eat the wire before I can complete the | in Ilion, his last place of criminal oper: | tions. He passes himself of sometimes i « Nevertheless, there was another objec. | 8 Methodist and other times as a Bapt. { clergyman. He succeeds in imgratiatin : | himself into the good graces of religios . | people, and never stays in a place lou; c , | before being guilty of stealing; forger you have {rightened him away.' . . . . to gy wT. : seduction, or marrying a new wife, cf ' No,' said little Tadcaster, white as a | . 5 ; 3 Act. Lap | which he is supposed to have had near y ghost; ¢ he is only under water, I know; d . a dozen. doctor seemed to know what he was about | resultanystitied, but curious, and showing their teeth from ear to ear. 'The only thing I fear,' said Staines, is that, the moment he takes the bait, he circuit and fire the fuse. tien to the success of the experiment. The shark had disappeared. ¢ Well," said the captain, at all'events waiting --waiting. bs : a oF ¢ There he is," cried one in the ratlines. | An affectionate and sensitive son D . There was a rush to the taffrail--great | troit recently came to the police offi excitement | 'with his troubles. He stated that 1.4 xcit it. . Z " | widowed mother was about to be marric t |-and, as he didn't want a stepfather, I: did want the affair arrested according 1 The old shark swam slowly round the : Being informed by the captain th bait 1 1 ¢ getting married was the chief a'm of 5% ait. v tenes He saw it was sométhing new. | human beings, and that, in the case « He swam round and round it | widows it was even moreso, the you + He won't take it.} said one | gentleman departed dreadfully discouru_- » it," 82 . ¢ He suspects something,' | ed. ¢ Oh yes, he will take the meat somehow, | and leave the pepper. Sly old fox.' ¢" He has caten many a poor Jack, that one.' The shark turned slowly on his back, and, instead of grabbing at the bait, seem- ¢ Keep clear of me,' said Staines, quiet ly but firmly. 'It can only be donea the moment before lie cuts the wire.' : aw, A Missouri woman, having first obtainc 1 a certificate of insanity, is now report as being in search of her truant husband with a double barrelled gun. A teacher was illnstrating the compa: to two pupils. * Now, what is before you * 'Te Noveh, sir," said Tommy, 'Now John.' said he to the other, ' what is L | hind you I" * my coat tails, sir,' said Joh. The moment the bait was drawn out of ed to draw it by gentle suction into that capagious throat, ready to blow it out in a | moment if it was not all right. Here is how an auctioneer's dialect given in * Scrope, or the last hbrary,' is old and new. ¢ Half-a dollar, halfadoll:r fad Mafadollafadollafadolla that's bid ao give more if ye want it! Half-adolla-, | tive eights three quarters--three quarter. I'm bid--will you say a dolisr for th. standard work octarvo best addition Li: | morocker extry ! Three goarters I'm | | three quarters will ye give any mor sight, Staines completed the circuit; the ' bottle exploded with a fury that surprised him and every body who saw it; a ton of water flew into the air, and came down in spray, and a gory carcase floated, belly uppermost, visibly staining the blue water. There was a roar of amazement and ap- plause. The carcase was towed along sidé, at Tadcaster's urgent request, and then the | irae quarters, threeqractthesquartth power of the explosion was seen. Con. | quartthcequarttlisequart one dollar sh: i fined, first by the bottle, then by the | [ Lave? meat, then by the fish, and lastly by the A Co#awos little incident hsaly o- water, it had exploded with tenfold power, | 0 oo nnection with the ladies' had blown the brute's head into a million lery in the Hoss of Csnmoas. Half atoms, and had even torn a great furrow | 1.5 fron a pocket-hook, folded up, f+ in its carcase, exposing three feet of the | from the ladies' gallery and alighted up | \backbone. & reporter's note-book, Upon it was i.. scribed the following injuiry : 'Howmid longsr my pot! : | to pick up again from that hoar.