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Wednesday, November 9, 188 7.
For and About Women
LIOW GIRLS SIT DOWN,
The variety of complicated chairs
in the theatres makes it a matter of
concern to get safely seated. To
women the problem is rendered fur--
tiler
ur•ther difficult by bustles. A report-
er watched two girls as they took
places in front of him. If you have
ever seen a pet dog curl Himself up
for a nap near the fireplace; you
have a fair idea of how these girls
got into their seats. They added
to the eagle's manoeuvres the Sinuous
grace of the cat, who nestles for the
'same purpose. The dog, you res
member, takes a good look at the
vicinity, and selects the spot were
he will lie. Fie scans it closely,
and, keeping his eyes upon it, turns
clear around. Then he turns around
again, and as the revolution con-
tinues he gradually settles down,
and clown, and down, until perhaps
at the end of the fourth round• he is
on the floor, his tail culled up in
front of him, his paws stretched out
and his nose upon them. It takes
nice calculation on the dog's part to
get down as he desires. These girls
having found their places with
reasonable directness, looked at them
carefully .and turned around. They
could not well twist their necks
about as the dog does, to see that
*.'they do not escape the mark,. but
they settle slowly, with 'an undulas
tory. motion, after the manner of the
eat. Thar; .great tourtiut'e, you
klu)w, is elastic as well as rigid, and
it o:_ly._iieeds that it he crushed in
the right way .for it to resume its
original form without accident when
the pressure is released ; but, if a
sideways pressarP iv_ exerted upon
it it Becomes a •:rittcal moment for
the dress. Now, it does not follow.
that a. girl eau sit directly down ups
on the touruure with safety to it.
It is a recalcitrant .creation, and
resents being driven„ It may be
,coaxed, but an attempt to subdue it
at one fell swoop is likely to -end
disastrously, for it will slip away to
one side, and then, if it' is not hope-
lessly out of place, the wearer will
have to begin all over again. So
the girls had to come down slowly,
waving their bodies from side to side,
bringing pressure to,bear upon the
touruure gently; and finally iusinn.
atiug • themselves into their chairs
when the bustle wasn't thinking.
TIE DELIGHTFULLY JOLLY GiRL,
.The jolly girl is born, not made ;
no training or endeavor can coun-
terfeit her. There are those, to be
sure, whn affect jollity, but it is only
skin deep. The jolly girl is jolly
under adverse circumstances—in
bard weather ; when she hitsn't a
cent to. her name'; when she Has
the toothache ; when she breaks the
needle ; when her back hair tum•
Lies down in public ; vl.en she is
shopping ; when her neighbor at
theater goes out, and when he re•
turns ; when her bills are due.
She never seems to indulge in that
feminine luxury, ''the blues," it is
a mistake to suppose that She is
noisy ; there is jollity of the lady-
like, aristocratic sort, as well as of
the fish wife order,' The girl who
makes up her mind that jollity is
the proper• cue, and that she will be
lively or die, usually overdoes the
business; she thinks that it chiefly
consists in laughing, and in chatter-
ing nonsense ; that it is a matter of
speech merely, rather than a quality
of the mind, which disposes one to
make the best. of everything, to sei
the rainbow on the cloud and ttlie
silver lining behind it, to make the
wrinkle in the rose leaf a cause of
mirth. Some believe that jollity is
an affair of embonpoint ; but who
has not been disappointed in finding
•
the etout wuurun melancholy and
'the thin one vivacious, the bilious
,pert+on full of humor anfl the person
whose digestion never gave Icer a
moment's uneasiness quite the
reverse? ° The jolly girl cannot sup.,
press herself and assume sadness or
pellsiveaess i languishing airs do
not sit well upon her, but show at a
*glance that they are borrowed
plumes. One is never dull with
her. She has that infinite variety
which all the world covets and
loves. It way be a desirable thing
that those who have not this natur,
al grace should cultivate and en-
courage it in themselves and others,
since it brightens and strengthens
life, makes rough places smoother
and pleasant places pleasanter.
Possibly it is no special virtue in
the jolly girl, any More than blue
eyes iu the blonde maiden or red
hair in the Titianesque. Jollity
flows front her presence just as the
nighti ngale's fluting bubbles from
her throat and enchants the world ;
just as the port pours forth his song
"in profuse strains of unpremedita.
ed art," just as the tree blossoms,
the grasses sprout; the stars shine,
without design,-wit15 sii oerity, and
constancy and spontaneity.
A WOMAN sold).
—Loving young women, and
others who • take quantities of their
hair to hair workers that chains and
other ornaments arty be made us pre -
scuts for lie objects of their aflecs
tions, may take warning by the
experienceof a Bridgeport wife. She
wished to give her a husband a clirin
from her own hair as a birthday
present, and to turn some hair over
to a local hair worker. The next day
husband, who is an express, inessen-
'ger between Bridgeport and New
York City, was asked by the hair
worker to got a hair chain in New
Yolk of the color of a Ick of hair
which was banded hien. He did so,
anti paid fifty Gems . for the ready
made chain. In due time the wife,
called for her chain and got it,
paying $6.50 for it. Then she gave
it to her Husband, who rr•gonised
it as the one he had bought for fifty
cents. Ho told his wife who at last
accounts was waiting for the return
of the, Worker in hair, who had quit
town.
The Widow's Daughter.
In the winter of 1864, while a
portion of my regiment, 'this•,--• ew
York Twenty-fifth cavalry, ,was at
Pleasant 'Valley, Md., to obtain a
remount, word was received by the
post commander that a confederate
scout named William Baxter, but
who was known to us as "Billy
Bowlegs," was on a visit to his
mother, who lived between the
Petoniac at that •point and a village
iu Virginia called Uniontown.
There wore a number of Col. Kane's
"Bucktails" scouting for the federals
and leaking Pleasant ' Valley their
headquarters, and as I had .been de-
tailed ou several occasions for scout
service and had made a good record,
I was instructed to select live men
and cross the river and secure "Bil-
ly," dead or alive. The fact that he
was at home was fully established,
and the location of the farm house
was known to two of the Hien who
accompanied mo. We were ferried
across tho Potomac one evening at
dusk just whero'the long • highway
bridge had been burned, and then'
we had a walk of about eleven miles
to snake.
Although "Billy Bowlegs" was a
fearless man and a handy shot, .we
didn't fig_ure that it'would need five
Hien to 'capture hint. Tho country
between,,tho river and Uniontown
was then .overrun 'with bushwhack-
ers and guerillas, and wo anticipated
more or less trouble with them.
The scout had been twice captured
by the foderals, and he was describ-
ed to ua'of slender build, medium
height, fair complexion and dark
eyes. Enough was known about his
nerve to know that he would not be
taken alive if he had any show to
fight, and therefore as wo approach-
ed the house about midnight from
across a field Ivo were anxiously
wondering how wo should get at
him. If wo knocked at the door he
would be alarmed
and
have time to
arm himself. If we broke it in we
might and probably should flud hint'
in bed. It was a still, clear ]light,
rather old-, and wo hung about for
half an hour before effecting a plan.
We decided to break in the doors.
Two of us went to the front and two
to the back door, while the fifth
man stood ready to roceiv'e tho
scout in case he dropped from
a second story window supposed to
bo his bedroom. We crept softly
up, and at a signal both doors were
burst—No, they weren't 1 Neither
of there gave an inch under the
pressure, and in response to the ef-
forts we made a woman's voice call-
ed out :—
"Who is it, and what's wanted'!"
"Open the door or we'll break it
down 1"
"Wait ono minute !"
She struck a light, and wo heard
her moving abont,aud in a couple of
minutes the front door was opened
and a grey haired woman ' of 45
stood there with a candle in her'
hand.
"Union soldiers, chi Como
right in," she said, tuiliiing as if
glad to see us. •
1 posted three of the then around
the house and entered with the other
and as soon as I was inside, I said :
"Madam, we havo come for your
son. We know he is here. We
shall take him dead or alive."
"Oh, you have come for Billy,
have you !" exclaimed a girl about
18 years of ago who came running
down stairs at that moment. "Ex-
cuse mo gentlemen, for not being
fully dressed, but you see you did-
n't send us any word."
She laughed in a merry way,
while the mother smiled good
naturedly. She had on a neat fit-
ting calico dress, and except that
a ribbon at her hair looked "'tumbl-
ed" she looked as well prepared as
if she expected our coming.
"Yes, Jennie, they want` Billy,"
said the mother, as she placed the
candle on the stand,
"And we aro bound to take hint,
dead or slive," I added in a loud
voice, suspecting the scout was with-
in hearing.
"Oh, how sorry," laughed the
girl. "If brother Billy had only
known you were corning. But Ito
didn't, you see, and so he went away
at dark. He'll never forgive him-
self—never."
"We must search the house," I
said.
"Oh, certainly. Alarutliy, you
light another candle and I'll show
the gentlemen around. Perhaps
the sight of Billy's old clothes will
do 'ctrl good."
'Well, sir, we hunted that house
from attic to cellar, and all we found
was au old suit of Billy's clothes.
The scout had skipped, and the hest
I could do was to apologize to
mother and daughter, accept a mid-
night luncheon at the Bands of the
latter, and take a back track for the
river. I'll own up, too, that I was
"dead gone" on Jennie before I
left, and that I said to her, as I
squeezed her hand at parting:—
"When the war is over I'm cont-
ing to ask you to be my wife."
"And—and—I'll say—yes?" she
whispered iu my ear.. •�-
WTo got hack to the ferry soon
after ._daylight and there met a
union fanner living neighbor to the
widow. When he heard what we
had been up to he asked :
"Was the widdor all alone'!"
"No; her daughter Jennie was
with her."
"Daughter Jennie? Describe
her,"
"Good looking girl, of medium
height, black oyes and hair, and a
sweet talker. I'nr going back to
marry her after the war is over."
"L'et yon a farm you don't. That
ar' gal Jennie was nobody else but
that ar' scout Billy Bowlegs. He
jist jumped into some of his rnatu-
niy's clothes and you pig heads
couldn't see through. it."
He was right. I met Billy in
Harper's ferry after Inc war, and he
wanted to know it' I had taken out.
thelnat'i•tage license yet.
Strayers or Stolen.
—A sensation 'es created at
Waterloo, Iowa, Ly the confession
of ,'fin. Mudafroul,' held for the
murder. of Christian Hennue. IIe
says he yeas sleeping with Remote,
and just before daylight, Oct. 'J,
smothered him with the bedclothes.
When his victim was nearly un,
conscious, he and Mrs Heuinie
dragged Hemeie to the well and
threw him in, and that he struggled
in the water only a•short time. He
and Mrs. Hernrue wanted to get rid
of her husband, and admitted that
he and 11Irs. Heuime had been un-
lawfully intimate:. Officers have
been lent to arrest"Mrs. Hemme,
—Mr. J. R. Blaikie's marriage
to Miss Ellen Botts, of Savac uah,
was recently `-announced. This
marriage has an unusual halo of
romance about it. M188 Botts was
a niece of President Arthur, and
after her ingagemeut a fever and the
excitement of the.• earthquake
brought about a loss of vision which.
the oculist pronounced permruent
She immediately sent her finance,
who was in Scotland, a release,
which he refused to accept, and took
tTitr next steamer ' for America to
his fidelity and urge an immediate
marriage. This unexpected happis
ness produced a great change for the
better in Miss Botts, which ended
by reeoveriiig her eye sight. The
young couple go to S.otland next
week.
—St. 'Phomas Times : A richly
dressed lady of venerable appear-
ance, who did not give her name,
but stated that sire had eight or ton
sons engaged iu ranches in Wiscon-
sin, visited several fanners in Yar-
mouth ou Friday negotiating for the
purchase of farms and representing
that one of her sons purposed secur-
ing 400 acres in a block to commence
the raising of live stock on an ex-
tensive scale. Arrangements Were
concluded for the purchase of the
farms of Messrs. T. Gilbert and
H. Allen at $70 and $78 per acro
respectively, a.11cl tho lady departed,
stating that her son would ho along
with the cash on Friday of this
wook !
•caution4xrPrarer
Says Max O'11e11 in his new book,
'Friend Macdonald' : his
daily litanies the Scotiohmalr enters
into the most trifling details and
with careful forethought ; the list
of favors he has received, and for
which he has to return thanks ; the
list of the blessings he wishes for,
and will certainly receive, for God
cannot refuse him anything—all
this is present to his prodigious
memory. He dots his i's, as we
say in France ; and if by chance. he
should happen to employ a rather
far-fetched expression, lie explains
it to the Lord so that there shall be
no danger of tnisunder•stan.ding what
he asks for—he corners Him. Thus,
I was ono day present at prayers in
a Scotch fancily and heard the
master of the house, among a
thousand other supplications, make
the following :—"Oh Lord, give us
receptivity ; that is to say, 0 Lord,
the power of receiving impressions.'
The entire Scotch character is there.
What forethought ! what clverness,
what a business like talent!
Using Big Words.
A good story is told concerning
the Rev. Mr. Daft, who took intense
delight in using Lilo hugest words
he could command, with endless re-
dundances. Sitting in a room with.
a lady ou whom he was calling, lie
surprised her with the inquiry—
"Madam, will you allow me to de-
capitate with the bicopated forceps'
the superfluos fungous extremity of
you nocturnal luminary 1" "What
did you say sir?" "Aladaun, I will
repeat for your further illumination
my previous interrogatory." IIe
repeated the sentence. "I really
don't know what you mean, Mr.
Daft."' "Theo, madam. I will pro-
ceed without further ceremony to
perform the necessary operation."
And so saying he snuffed the candle.
Don't Complain.
A country merchant was one day
returning from market. He was
on horseback, and behind hint was
valise filled with money. The
rain fell with violence, and the good,
old man was wet to the skin. At
this time he was quite, vexed, and
murmured because God had given
him such hard weather for his jour
troy. Ho soon reached the border
of a thick forest. What was his
terror on beholding on one side of
the road a robber, who with level-
led gun, was aiming at him and at-
tempting to Pre ! But the powder
being wet with the rain the gun
slid not go off; and the merchant
giving spur to his horse, fortunately
had time to escape. As soon. ae he
'found himself safe, he said to him•
self' 'How wrong was I not to en-
dure the rain patiently, as sent by
Providence! If the weathor had
boon dry and 'fair I should not • pro-
bably have been alive at this hour.
Tho rain which caused me to mur-
mur caluo at a fortunate moment
to save my life, anis preserve to mo
my property.
—Dr. Belton has been appointed
by the Ontrio Government to tiie
Medical staff of the Lo1xdoe..-A y1tpib
The learned doctor is a son iu-law
of Hon, G. W. Ross: He will have
as a colleague in the Asylum lir.
Russell Hardy, stores keeper Jo the
institution, and father of Hon. A.
S. Hardy Provincial Secretary. The
presence 'of these relatives of Minis-
ters iu Government'ofl'ices, together
with the appointment of A•Ir. Afowat's
son to one of the best shrievalties
in Ontario,should receive the atten-
tions of Mr. M. C. Cameron; whose
denueiations of nepotism have been
long and loud.
CURED BY B. B.•B. WHEN ALL
° ELSE FAILFD
Mr..Samuel Ulan, of .Lisle, Ont.,
states that he tried all the doctors
in his locality while suffering for
years with Liver and Kidney trouble;
nothing benefited him until he took
Burdock Blood. Bitters, four bottles
of which cured him. 468--51
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All kinds rind nothing but first•clnss, as we aro
now building n fine assortment of rigs. Do not
fail to call and see them All kinds of work a
specialty. S. A. CANTELON, Clinton.
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VILLAGE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
IIIHE EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES of the
Estate of the late .IusEru linen offer for sale
the following valuable property, namely :
Building Lot., number's 420 and 491, in the
Town of Goderieb, quarter of an acre each, fairly
fenced mud very desirable for building purposes.
Halt acre Lot fronting Mill Road, Township of
Goderieh, being part of lot 3 lit the Maitland
Concession of the said 'township. Nice fratue
cottage and frame stable.
Lot number 3, south side 01 Millar street, Ben•
Miller, quarter of an acre. Smell fnHne dwell•
Ing.
Building Lots numbers 81)3 and 804, In tl•e
Town of Clinton, quarter ul an acre each, beau•
tiredly situated o, south side of Huron street;
fairly fenced.
Tho Eisyllalf of Lot 22, con. 14, west Wawain
osh; go,e1 hold, fin acres cleared and fenced, re•
maindur timbered; about 4 Milne Irum Lucknow
and 0 from Hingham; good roads.
For further particulars apply to
E. CAMPION, •
410-tf Barrister, Goderich.
A. A. DNNETT,
—THE LEADING—
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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iia8tei•s and subscribers, to the tpllowing
synopsis of the newspaper laws :-
1—A postmaster is required to give
'notice BY LETTER (returning a paper does
got answer the law) when a subscriber does
not take his paper out of the office, and
;tate the reason for its not being: taken.
Anyneklect to do so makes the postplaster
respOnsn)ht to the publishers for payment.
2—If any person orders bis paper ills-
aon'tiln a d, file must pay all arrcarages, of
the publisher ma.yy continue to soul
until payment is'4nade, and collect tin
whole amount, whether it be taken iron
the office or not. 'There can be no legs
discontinuance until the payment is made
3—Any person Who takes a paper front
the post -office, whether directed to hit
name or another, or whether he has sub
3Cribed or not, 'is responsible for the pay.
4—If a subscriber orders his paper to be
stopped at a certain time, and the publish
er continues to send, it the subscriber is
bound to pay for it if• be takes it out of th
post -office. 'Phis proceeds 111)011 tbegroun
that a Ulan must pay for what he 0900
+s grin the Division. Court in .Godcrieh
at the November sitting a newspaper put •
lishe• sued for pay of paper, The defend •
ant objected paying on the ground that he
had Ordm•ed a former proprietor of the
paper to discontinue. it. The Judge held
that that was not a valid defence The
plaintiff, the present proprietor, had no
notice to discontinue and consequently
could collect, although it ryas not denied
that defendant lead notified former pro-
prietor to discontinue. In any event
defendant WAS b0111111 to pay for the time
he had recciv8d the paper and until he
had paid all arrears due for subscription.
CHURCH DIRECTORI,
St. Pauls Church,—Services on Sunday at 11
a.m. ,and 7 p. m. Bible Class, 10 a.m. Sunday
School, 2.30 p.m. Service Oh Wednesday, 3 p.m
REV. WILLIAM CRAIG, 11. n.rJteetor
Rnttonbury Street Methodist. --Services at 10.30
a. tn. Ind 7.00 p. in. Sabbath School at 2.30 p.
In. REV. Ma. ltursaT, Pastor.
Canada Presbyterian.— Sorylces at. 11 9,111, an i
8.30 o. to Sabbath School, 2.30 p. ,n. REV
ALEN. STEWART, Pastor.
Ontario'Street MothodiSt.—Services at 10,30 n.
m, and 7.00 p. In, Sabbath School, 2.30 p.91.
REV, W. W. STARLING, Pastor.
Baptist Church. -Service at 0.30 p. m. Sab
bath School, 2.30 p. t0. Ray J. finny Pastor.
OA$H
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HIDES, SHEEPSKINS,
TALLOW., &c.
Highest -Market •price p•4id. Buhl
them along.
A. COUCH, BUTCHER
CLINTON, 355tf
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PIMPLES
1 will mail (rake) the recipe
for n simple VeuETARLE BALM
that will ,te,rovi TAN. FRECKLES, PIMPLES* and
BLOTCHES, leaving the skin soft, clear and benuti
ful; also instructions for producing it luxuriant
growth of -hair on a bald head or smooth face.
Address, including 3e stamp. BEN. VANDELF &.
CO„ 00 Ann street, N. Y. 392y
MANHOOD
•Restored. A gentleman having innocently con•
tmeted the habit of Selt•abuse in hie youth, and
in ca,sequenee suffered all the horrors of Sexual
1ncapppacity, Lost. manhood, Physical Decay, Gen-
rostratiM), eto., will, out of sympathy for
his fellow sufferers, mail free the recipe by which
he was finally cured. Address in confidence J.
W. PINIiNEV, 42 Cedar- Now York St... 309.
Aro pleasant tot.' o. Containthn::. ri
i'pr3ativo. I. . s: fo, 0111,•, ).i d r•f_o r1:
destroyer or worms in CL.ild: L n or Adulta.
CLOTHING.
ABRAHAM SMITH,
Market Square,
_._GODERICH....
WEST OF ENGLA1\44' SUIT-
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SCOTCH TWEED SUITINGS &
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FRENCH AND ENGLISH WOR-
STED CLOTHS, -
Made reap in Best Style and 1lrorlc-
.mansTaip at Abraham Smith's.
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Note in stuck one of the -cheapest
and best stocks of
WINTER CLOTHING
AND CLOTHS.
A •Full Line of . GENTS' FUR-
NISHINGS always in stock.
It will pay you to call on
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ATTENTION !
FARMERS !
Implements !
Implements !
McCO11M1CK SELFTNDERS,
.RE APERS, AlOWERS,
SEED DRILLS, H:OIBSE RAKES
PLO WS,
CUTTING BOXES, SHELLEBS,
ETC., ETC.,
m€nrts -used on a farm
as Good as the Best, and as Cheap
us the Cheapest, at
J. B. WEIR'S
IMPLEMENT WAREROOMS,
CLINTON, 6NTAfIO