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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-1-13, Page 6-RUTH 'ELLIOTT; OR, A P...R .P Y. FULFILLE ,A.TAL., OF $70..01AL...64iiN:.0ANADA. PART XIX---Tue Weimaxe. "Oh, fortunot turn thy wheel thrQ4ua, As I now turn my spinning wheel, Let life glide on without a SOWItt, 8010414 Silk Ltpon this reel; Turn fortune, turn thy wheel of fate, Teieme, is good or ie store, For me will there be frowns of hate ? Or will love live ferever more ? Or win lave live forever more?' "This was the hurthen ot the song, The song sung by a maiden fair, Slowly the wheel, she tarries long, As.lifts her time in ardent prayer. Vieille *lower goes the wheel eround, She %ger lends lisbeniug eat, Like earnest who comes the sound, Oh ! maiden, ast, eut not with fear ! Oh l maiden, list, but not with fear !" "Weaver thoe art of thine own life, 'Mistress thou art of thine own fate, Daily thou sehmest peace or strife, Thine own to. maketh love or hate ; The web of life is good or ill, Thine own work proves what is in store. Thy fate, which epee. by thine own will, Brings life or death for evermore, Brings life or death for evermore !" The wedding day was some time in being decided upon. Many interests had to be considered, and the convenience ef a large circle of friends eousultecL Finally Christ- mas night was selected a; most convenient for all. The wedding morning broke propitiously, but the sky became overcast before noon, and a heavy storm of snow and sleet set in. As the day wore on it looked as if the old year was determined upon arraying himself with a profusion of winter's fleecy garb. The trees, shrubbery, hedgerows and ever- greens assumed the most fantastic forms and made of the beautiful surrotmclings of the Elliott mansion a charming fairy scene. The day was well chosen, for amid the general call to happiness, the bustle of ;spirits,. and stir of the affections, which pre- vail at this period, what bosom could re- main insensible ? It is indeed the Season for !regenerated feeling—the season for kindling, not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flaane of charity in:the heart; the scene of early love rises again green to memory beyond the sterile waste of years ; fears that she had reopened the subject and begged him to renew bis pledge and to satisfy her that her father's fears on that score wore at least uncalled for, and he re- newed his vow as ouly lovers cell do who have uot yet secured a much coveted matrimonial prize. On the return of the . young couple, Mr. Blacketane was the recipient of many calls and good wishes from her lady friends, but the quiet sadness of her inein impressed every body; she already seemed a disap- pointed women. It looked as if she had already discovered some secret she had not known or believed before, which weighed heavily upon her spirits and seemed to pro- duce an absent-mindedness quite foreign to her usual manner. At the "Epicurean Club" young Bla,ck- stone was handsomely entertained by his bachelor friends and admirers with a chant- Pagne supper in honor of his reoent mar- riage. In proposing the various toasts of the evening speeches were made by several young gentleman, among them Mr. Do - little, Mr. Shallowpate, and Mr. Spend- thrift, also young Lord Peacook, a recent English arrival of the Oscar Wilde school— who, continually, referred to the remarkable coincidence which existed between his own circumstances and those of the guest of the evening. Remarkable, indeed, he thought, and they would all see it when he told them that, like his friend, his wealth consisted in rare personal accomplishment only; like his friend he was engaged—although not yet married he hoped some day to be—to the richest and most beautiful of all the wealthy heiresses of old Hengland.—a daughter of the nobility—(applause, and exclamations of "happy fellow ") AU the speakers indulged in the most adulatory expressions of congratulation toward young Blackstone, and all joined in calling him a " deuced lucky fellow." The hero of the occasion in replying said that " he must confess that he loved lux- ury, he cousidered himself a favorite of For- tune and born to luck as the sparks to fiy and the idea of home, fraught with the upward,' and having secured a prize m the matrimonial lottery he felt that, by one fragrance of home joys, reanimates the drooping spirit as the Arabian breeze will lucky stroke of diplomacy on which he • sometimes waft the freshness of the distant plumed himself exceedingly, he had assured fields to the weary pilgrim. Cif the desert. , to himself a future of not merely ordinary • As the season brings with it fresh delights so • comfort, but, if he were so minded, of the does the ceremony of marriage, for "'That a delicious breath marriage sends forth— . The violets hold not sweeter. Honest wedlock Is like a banqueting house, built in a garden, On which the spring flowers take delight To cast their modest odours." ' most profuse luxury, and he believed life was ,given one to enjoy, therefore, he intended. having all the pleasure it could afford." (" Bravo ! Bravissimo 1" shouted his com- panions.) "1 like good things," he said, "1 am inclined to be epicurean in my By seven o'clock p. ni. , the time ap- , taste, fastidious in my habits, luxurious pointed for the ceremony, the church of St. ' in my inclinations and my indulgences, and : James the Apostle was well filled with an ' I love to feast my eyes on beauty. (Bravo ! expectant company. As the bride appear- • bravo ! ! bravo 1 ! 1 ) I cannot better express ed leaning on her father's arm and took her , my views than by telling you, in the lan- place before the altar rail, hymn 350, An- ' guage of a Prince and bon -vivant, that if e this citizen knows himself—and he thinks he lent and Modern, beginning does— : " I will have all my beds blown up, not stuff d ; Down is too hard and then, my oval room, Fill'd with such pictures as Tiberius took From Elephantis, and dull Arctine But coldly imitated. My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, "The voice that breathed o'er Eden, • That earliest wedding day, The primal marrik.,,,e blessing, It hath not passed away, Still in the pure espousal Of Christian man and maid The Holy Three are with us, The threefold grace is said," Dishes of a,ate set in gold, and studded was sung by the choir boys. ,With ein'ralds, saphires, hyacinths and rubies; She was accompanied by three brides- With tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels maids, favorite old schoolmates at the Boiled i' the spirit of Sol and dissolved pearl ; Apician diet .ganist the epilepsy; convent of Villa Marie—M'lle Louise Lran- rr, bliss Maude Harrington, and Miss Cold.fish as sardines in oil -of -olives dress'd, ose Rankin. The bride WaS arrayed in Butterffies of gay and spangled wings Preserved in virgin honey—that liquid serene . white satin and tulle, with wreaths off white . Born of the air—re till'd 1 fragrance— flowers and a bunch of white roses on her By some sweet mystery ofdewbosom. Her bridal veil was fastened by a In bosoms of rarest flowers.— spray of diamonds and sapphires; she also ' And I will eat these broths, with spoons of amber .. wore a crescent of diamonds and sapphires Headed with diamond and carbuncle ;- - ancles diamond bracelet—the latter gifts of My wife• shall feast on birds of Paradise, , her mother—the crescent having been hand- rimming birds stumd and fruits of tropic °nines, ed down from her grandmother. The brides - My foot -bo y shall eat golden.pheasants, . maids wore dresses of cream, pink and hel- Stuff'd wrens, and calvered salmons, otropesatin, withbunches of chrysanthemum Trout, smelts, lampreys; I myself will have artistinally fastened by a miniature butter_ The beards of barbels served instead of salads; fly, with wings extended, whose variegated , oird mushroo:ns, and fishes' eyes.— - s colors were secured by a beautiful arrange- i By shirts ment of precious stones; while their eyes have of taffeta wawa, soft and light were diamonds. These were souvenirs pre- As cob.webs ; arid for all my other raiment, • it shall be such as might povoke the Persian, sented by the bridegroom and were express- were he to teach the wor d riot anew ; ., ,t „ And perfumed with the odors of Paradise .. , ,• • seldom been seen at the altar in Montreal— And spice laden eastern air. , PEIRISTMAS much champagne, attomptiog to re 11),:.y ea mart:lege? ,by an ettemin pted elopeens , MEETING OF TOE LIME he eeKtyed to be wittya then he tried itt *etre seandal. '1401 TOP '• elocinenee ; again. he ettempted to be'brile dutY then's-4'11 itnow !" ' KILN CLUB Ruth walked hurriedly homewerd liant, nit it was all a failure. Still he tal Poor ed and would talk, exhibiting his meedlin elms the busy streets, buedened with grief, Oath ie valeta persistence. • In vein his reeolving in her mind, that as she had one friends pulled at Ms coat ; in vein they friend to whom elle cold always go with applauded to the echo ; this °lily [Tiede hira her griefs, ewe" a Meting sympathy, end o on, Mr. Elliott was confueed, einazed, eonsoletioe, to that friend—Ater mother— isgueted, elm would go with this new grief, end per - Abruptly he proposed the National An- • haps she would be able to influence her papa them, which they sung, when the party left tpd prevent the matter from becoming pub - the table and jellied the ladies in the drew- • lie. in -rooms As she entered her old homes—the Elliott leckstone Was bilarions, talkative, silly mansion—she met her mother in the hall, in his remarks ; in feet, drunk, He insisted and throwing hereelf apon her neek, burst upon a chum goiug bah* to the diningaroom into a flood of tears—imploring her, 'mid with him for just another glass of chain- I sobs end tears—to prevail uphill her father pagne. not to allow the law to take its mime "Old boy, you knew, this, is my wedding , against Arthur—and thus complete his dial- feest ; you know, old fellow; let's heve a ' grace. "Let the money go," she said, " it was my 'money he was taking, aud if I for- give him, why can't papa ?" Her mother spoke kindly to her, assuaged her grief, comforted, sympathized with, and caressed her, and when she Was calmed and in a, reasoning mood, she began to reason with her after this manner: "My deer," she said, "leave it to papa; you may be sure that your interests will ly ordered for the occasion. My- gloves of fish and bird sides, most delle,ately pre. A prettier or more charming bride had • Pared, that city of beautiful women—while the whole wedding group formed a picture lona And if my resources fail ine,—why to be remembered by those present. The I must then, the short coining of my means bridegroom was attended by three of his in Pipee out by stepping forward as the Spartan Was told to add a step to his short sword." timate friends, in evening dress. The hymn ; This was greeted with the wildest ended. the the ceremony was performed by the rector,. Canon Ellwood, and his assistant. P1 ause• At its close, as the bridal party returned, 1 And yet, as Michael Angelo said : • the wedding march of Ivienclelssohn pealed "The men that women marry, forth from the organ—all seemed full of gay- And why they marry them, will always be • ety but the bride'who looked serious and A marvel and a mystery to the world." . scarcely smiled. The wedding party return- A "welcome home" evening with a ban - ed to the•Elliott mansion and partook of a, t th f cigar and another glass before you go. They found the obliging old butler outside who furnished them with a bottle of wine And glasses, Over this they sat until it was late ; the elitists had all gone, Blackstone did not retire with his wife that night, hut was assisted to a room by the faithful old butler. He was hopelessly On being put to bed, he said to John not suffer in his hands, and that he„„will do "Very sick, eh ?" whatever in his jedgment is right. Mean - "No, taken too much," was the butler's time, what are the lessons you should learn reply. " Well, drunk then; I s'pose, eh ?" John stowed him away and left him. The next morning there was a silent com- from this experience that may be profitable to you in the fetus° ? First, can't you see that as the quality of the seed that is sown is preyed by the fruit it prodnces ; so, the pany at the breakfast table. Blackstone turn- quality of our acts is shown -by the cense- ed up in his wife's room as she was dressing. quences which follow, You forced your She scarcely spoke to him—her heart was ; father to acquiesce in a marriage his better too NI for She had cried herself to sleep the night before, she realized the speakin awful abyss into which she was to be dragged by the man she had chosen to baiter husband Well, she had. no one to blame but herself, she reasoned, and now ell she could do was to nerve herself for the struggle, and if she had any influence with him—and some one had said that "Woman's influence was al- most omuipotent"—she would make a new man of Arthur Blackstone. Poor girl She did not realise that King Alcohol, is move omnipotent than Woman. He attempted to kiss her, but she drew away, and left the room in silence. From that day forward he drank freely and openly, and made no effort to conceal Ms habits. He might be seen to enter the Bodega several times each day. Ris face began to wear a deeper hue, he carried his sign about with him, his habits were im- printed in his face, apparent to everybody. His clients began to lose confidence in him, and their number did not increase, but the opposite. Meantime his young wife set herself hero- ically to her task of reforming him. But no—on, on he goes, no pause in his course until everything is lost. Honor, business, reputation gone. And but for his wife's in- come and the social standing of the Elliott family he would ere this have been a social outcast. que. was given a eBlackstone amily residenee the following week, and an un- turn of others, a,nd the a onne c asses w , had rendered several old ballads iu a taking most luxurious banquet, after which thematter to his solicitors, who recommended party to the station, as they intended to usually g p y assembled to i i i lar e corn an s° -n -n 'into their confidence ; that old cheques be , e .token learn by and by that the demagogues who urge tie= on to demand more than the i way, refreshments were indulged in, and , . conveyances were ordered to convey the that Mrs. Blackstone's banker b depart by the ten p.m. train to Boston. •I revised and the good and bad separated; ' everybody was a,t liberty to move about and. the festivities and rejoice with young Black -part of the evening WU spent in amusement ' and that any further eculations be attendmanufacturers cat afford to pay are not their converse. No gifts were exchanged, though . ' Showers of rice and old slippers followed stone over his good fortune. The early their departure. The bride's travelling dress ' eel lie, an immediate Pcriminal action on the friend's. The fact is, I believe that a crisis is near it an when s •t h clthis bad system will ressions worth least 150 cents on the there was much hand -shaking and many ex- at A year has passed, and a new arrival has come in the form of a sweet girl baby to bless their home. The young wife still clings th hope and thinks perhaps this will bring a change in his habits. And so it does, for a time, but soon he was back to his old haunts and habits. He was known to be a clever, evell-in- formed lawyer. He soonbecame the tool of designing, unprincipled schemers, who, finding hitn, devoid of principle, evel'e judgment could not approve of by your at - tempted elopement to prevent a scandal, you got your own way then; now you are getting your wages? Disobedience always brings its own puniehment ; that was an act of filial disobedience ; the punislunent has not been long in coining, but may be long in leaving ; for it may entail upon yon a life. bus of suffering. God grant you a speedy deliverance, my poor, troubled child. Any way, you can coine back to the old nest, Birdie? and be warmed and fed and cloth- ed and comforted. Aro you going now ?" she said, as Ruth rose in silence to depart. "Well then, keep up heart, and come back, Birdie, to the old nest whenever you feel like it," so kissing her, she was gone. " As gold is tried by fire, so must the heart be purified by suffering," I suppose, soliloquised iluth, as she left the old home for the new, "but my sufferings, it is quite true, are the result of my own filial disobe- dience. I have had my own way, and I am having my own wages, that is all true. I can only pray that He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, will temper this affliction to me and give me grace to bear it patiently and without murmuring mitil Ise says it is enough.' " (To BE CONTINUED.) Ruined by Strikers. hiceordeuce with the reseletions adopted at the last regular meeting, Paradise Hall Was thrown open last night to the membere of the Old), Aba upwards of 200 assembled to help honor the occasion. Some five years eince the club adopted the idea of eonsolidat- ing Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year' into one general holiday, to e be known as "Thenkaohrieyears " and have ever since nutintained it. Thiesaves time, trouble and t"ach 'member can hey° his turkey, hang up his stocking, and begin, the New Year all in twenty-four lionrs. • A'IMeiN CAS% "My, •frees " said Brother Gardner, when the triangle hied called the meeting to order, der ens a great difference of opinion as to de origin of thenksgivin.' Smite sey it was to return than to de Lewd fur His good- ness; adders say it was en appinted time fur leiokin' up, de heels. arter de craps war' all in an' de ecu's busked; ()ciders still, dat it was tO get shet of de surplus chickens au' turkeys in de keutry. Some folks keep de day by gwine on, a spree ; odders by gwme to church. I find dat no two races an' skeercely any two religuns agree as to de origin of Christmas. Our New Y'ar comes on de first of jinuary ; de Chinese hey one to please deirselves ; de dis- putes we has adopted Thankschrlayetirs ROOStanS am six or seeiLgtlinit weeks off; de Arabs chotc/a it when dey kin, It am a .mi. od up affair all around, an' to settle dis- as our holiday,. We am dat dis holiday comes once a y'ar; it comes when cider am at its best, an"possums an' persimmons am de fattest; its origin am not buried in de depths of obscurity, but stands out as el'er as a red nose on a statesman's face. I take great pleasure in informin' you dat de day has bin accepted an' adopted by de cull'd race in general, in di United States an, Canada, an' dat all. signs pint to its airly adopshun by de white race." SIR ISAAC WALPOLE. Sir Isaac Walpole was then invited to ad- dress the meeting, and after some hesita- tion he got his stiff leg under hiin shape to help hold him up, and. said: "My frets, to-morrer we begin a New Y'ar, gittin' at least a week de start of white folks. I trust that ebery pusson in dis hall to -night will go home wid a deter- minashun to make some change in his life for de better. If der am any theives among you, let all such resolve to stop stealin'. If der am any burglars, resolve„to stop burglin'. De liars should cease lyin' an' de dead -beats should resolve to berry no mor' money nor beg any mor' terbaeker ; make dat resolu- shun not fur a day, or a week, or a month, but fur a y'ar, an' sot your foot down dat you won't break it under any sarcumstances. 'We can't expeck to be perfeck by a long ways, but let us resolve to be as perfeck as we kin. Our aim should be to improve our- selves each y'ar, instead of standin' still or roll& down hill. bo far as I kin person - The failure the other day. in Boston of oile ally incourage any one of you I shall cheer, of the largest New England boot and shoe fully do so, onless it happens to be de pusson me nufacturers is calculated to make thought - who walked off wid my bone -handled um - significant people pause and reflect. The failure is brellae at de las' meetin'. Dat indiwidual significant because it was due not to specu am, in my. belief, beyond de inflooence of lation or defalcation, but simply to the in - good,. an' In case I diskiber his cognomen, ability of a thoroughly competent and con - an' km.succeed meetin' him in an ally, scientious business man to conduct his large dale will be . a rumpus to shake de hull factory at the dictation of his employees. Staat of Michigan." For three years previous the proprietor had been laboring under great disadvantages, ELDER TOOTs. being compelled to pay larger wages than This veteran was called upon for a few re- marks, and after drinking a dipper of water and wiping off his mouth on his coattails, he responded : "I ar' reminded to -night of de solemn fact dat me an' de old woman am one y'ar older. We has reached another milepost on de way to dat unknown land from which nobody eber comes back to write up a discripshun fur de noosepapers. I has fully resolved to turn ober a new leaf fur de comin' y'ar. I'ze gwine to stop readin' dime novels, ssvearin' at my mule, an' jawin' de ole woman." TRUSTEE PULLBACK. Exhibited considerable agitation as he rose up, and it was a long minute before he could control his voice to say : ' "1 has been a bad, bad man. I has murder- ed severalpussons, burned houses an' barns, an' committed many thefts and. burglaries. Widin the last ten minutes I has firmly re- solved to turn ober a new leaf an' become a better man. I come to dis meetin' to -night intendine to sot fiah to an orphan asylum on my way home, but has been brought to realize what a wicked pusson I am, and de orphans are safe. I hope dat all my fellow - murderers, an' thieves, an' embezzlers in dis club will jine wid me to -night in welkin' de road dat leads to reform." There was a good deal of silence around. when Pullback sat down, and it was noticed that the President picked up a piece of chalk and rnade a memorandum on the floor beside his left foot. The opinion of the members, so far as learned, was that Pullback gave himself away too much. In the several other speeches which followed no one charged him- self with anything more serious than horse - stealing, and, strangely enough, the chap who took Sit Isaac's umbrella didn't own up to a single thing. MISCELLANEOUS. No routine business was transacted at the meeting and at 10 o'clock after the glee club ready to use him as he was ready to be used the business would warrant, but which he for the furtherance of their fra,uclulent was unable to reduce owing to the fact of designs. his workmen being under the control of the In this way he managed to appear to have some important business on hand and to buoy himself up with great expectations which were never reahsec Finding it impossible to obtain sufficient scientious concern for the welfare of lns funds by fair means he took to imitating men. On several occasions, when trade was his wife's signature to orders on business dull, rather than close clown the factory or houses, and finally growing bold with sue- reduce the men, he had made up stock cess, he ventured on making and signing ahead. There was, of course, considerable cheques purporting to be her signature. At risk in doing this, as prices might haa-e de - first astonishment only affected Mrs. Black- creased and a serious loss been entailed. It appears that the causes leading to the failure were really the result of the efforts of the firm to give employment to all their men during the months of last winter. Mr. Martin states that a year ago he had an interview with the foreman of his largest factory, which is in the town of Hudson, where he has been manufacturing about 3,500 pairs of shoes a, day, giving employ- ment to between 400 and 500 persons. He asked his foreman to call together the men who were idle and ask them if they would consent to return to work at 10 per cent. less than they had been receiving. The men declined the offer and Mr. Martin, after consideration, from motives of humanity, said that he would make another effort and would put the men to work at the former prices rather than let them suffer during the winter months. He stocked up in his store at No. 12 High-st. , Boston, 150,000 pairs of boots and shoes, and waited for the spring trade to enable him to dispose of this large stock. When trade opened he made a con- tract to deliver 5,000 cases of shoes in the West, but as soon as his men learned of it, allowances," he said, as he drew up a letter they demanded another increase. This com- pelled him to fill the contract at a loss. cessary will be advanced you against future Next•day Mr. Elliott submitted the whole to attempt to run his business at the dicta- " It is simple folly," he says, "for a man • • of credit to her bankers. labor agitators of the country. Mr. Martin has, according to unprejudiced report, been one of the most liberal employ- ers of labor, and always mauifested a con - stone, as she found several unexpected bills presented for payment. Soon her sus- pense grew to apprehension as she began to realise that some one was tapping her in- come before it could reach her, and finally finding one of these unfortunate cheques in O pocket one night, when he returned home unusually drunk, revealed to her the true culprit. Here was a new trouble. Life was grow- ing a burden, her heart was weary; what should she do ? Would she consult her father and tell him all? She shuddered, and shrank from the trial. But it must be done. Bills must be met. Creditors were importunate, her own and his, what would she do ? She could not meet them. She could not put them off any longer. Her own balance was used up. Mr. Elliott grew very angry, on question- ing her, as to the reason of her funds having been all exhausted. She essayed one excuse after another. What could she say ; burst- ing into tears she admitted it all. "1 will submit the matter to my solicit- ors," he said. " Meantime the money ne- Lariat Bill—The Thagineer'e Story. WIelNly,esrtorariuteneuri; it%hies svozteelorkitttionx'is)irxetsy;nine An from nrder c.)reelg to Masted Vine, WC,r0 Iligh onto eighteen mile, guess, The road Were a down -grade an the WS,Srh AD' we pulled out of alludes a little late, S:ryAihni?"11.1:441.1eitUillset 11:eaititlilhionru°15bteetrienie 0W aOttUbTit:Oltit,41rVg'a t. A quiet man with au eesy way, Who could rope ti steer with a cowboy's WI, whieh lic'e, learned 01 Texas, Pre heard him saY ; The coil were StrOlig as tempo: ed steel, lacitte twie311111 01 idolftrforiovii t&iinaticeiriaostsoboziefleul g, J1ASt over his head in the cab it hung, "wen, as were saybe, WO tairlY1Y jlOW As we struck the curve at Buffalo Spring, An' I gave her full eteam 0,I1' put her through, An' the engine rooked like a living thing; When all of a sudden 1 got a scare— For thee on the track were a little child l An' right in the pate of the engine there She held out her little hand and smiled ! "I jerked the lever end whistled for brake, The wheels threw sparks like a shower ef gold ; But I knew the trouble a down grade makes An' I set my teeth 411' my flesh grew cold: Then Lariat 13111 yanlced Ins long. lasso°, An' out on the front of blie engine °rept— ile balanced a motuent befo he threw, Then out in the air his lari tswept !" Be paused. There were te rs in his honest oyes ; The stranger listened h bated breath. " knew the.rest.of the tale," he cries ; "Fie snatched tho child from the jaws of death 1 'Twee the deea of a hero, from heroes bred, whose praises the very angels sing 1" The engineer shook his grizzled head, And growled "150 didn't do no Bich thing, Ile aimed ab the stump of a big pine tree, An' the lariat caught with a double hit,oh, An' M loss than a seeond the train an' we Were yanked off the track an' inter the ditch 'Twore an awful mash, an' it laid ine out, I ain't forgot it, and never shall : " Were the passengers hurt?' Letrune see—about— Yes, it killed about forty—but saved the gal 1" ' VARIETIES. Iitobt RIIST.--This may he removed. by salt mixed with a little lemon juice. The herring family contributes more largely to the 'food of the people than any other of the fish families. In a case of Slight sore throat, let 'a little powdered borax be placed on the tongue, and allowed toglissolve and run down the throat. Till the end of last century game was stalked. To kill a bird flying was esteemed a most surprising feat ; now the more diffi- cult the shots that are presented to him the more the shooter is pleased. There are only six surnames in the island of St Kilda, an adjective being usually add- ed for the more effectual detinition of the person addressed. Thus for example, there is Caelum Beag (Little Malcolm), or Donnell Og (Young Donald). "Little boy, beware," said a long-suffer- ing Benedict to a little six-year-old friend. "The kind lady who gives you gingerbread to -day, when you come over to play with her little boys and 4irls, may be your moth- or-iu-law some day in the rosy future." The hurricane that reached the coasts of England and Western Europe recently caused, acording to the official „statistics, as many as one hundred and twenty-eight actual shipwrecks, of which sixty-one were vessels that went down off the British Isles alone. aeSege The following 'excellent remedy for hoarseness and throat difficulty is an old one, but may not be generally known. Boil down a root of horseradish, sweeten it into a thick syrup. Take frequentl as long as the difficulty lasts. It . oat, be bottled and kept for months, Professor Zweibeer is a very absentmel d - ed man. He was busily engaged in solving some scientific problem. The servaut hasti- ly opened the door of his studio and an- nounced a great femily event: "A little stranger has arrivf. "Eli ?" "It is a lit- tle boy." "Littlfe-' boy? Well, ask him what he wants." When Rev. Sam Jones, in Omaha, Neb., asked any man present who had never spok- en a cross word to his wife to stand up, a round-fa,ced, good -natured -looking individ- ual with a beard, stood up. "Thank God, there's one man who never said a cross word to his wife 1" said Rev. Sam. • " I'm a bachelor 1" shouted the round-faced man. In Philadelphia women make a good liv- ing as professional " lampers." They con- tract to call each day and trim and keep in perfect order the lamps of the household. The metal, the chimneys, the shades, and the wicks are kept immaculate and the oil fresh, and the relief to the average house- keeper More than compensates for the slight fee required. "My ma is keepin' boarders, and among 'em is the queerest kind of a man. He just goes out in the pasture an' sits down on a log, an' takes out a piece of paper and some pencils and marks all over it. He had an awful time the other day when—" "What was he sketching ?" "He wasn't catching anything, but our old black ram caught him, and that was where the fun came in, mister." Self-possession is an important element of o suceessful manner—" Be self.possessed ; that is the only art of life," says Mephis- topheles to Faust—and shyness or self-con- sciousness is, more than anything else, det- rimental to ease of manner. This commonest of defects, which may be largely increased or counteracted bee early influences and training, is howeverin many cases oonstitu- tioual and tincon uerable a en o c oc e oors o e erge n- aves a tailor-made gown of drab IVielton and a. n h 11 tl cl h be broken up, and men wil see a • • tl part of her bankers itgainst the said Arthur flled m. Blackstone for forgery. I Nvou tonsu eir o corduroy velvet trimmings with a drab felt i&'d hat trimmed to match, The opportunity was not long in coming. must have some respect for the interest of As she stepped into the drawing -room car There was no h spilt of display, and '11A shove in his wife's name was presented Blackstone, Sr., a been numbered among their employers." and took her seat beade her newly made next day ; it was retained for the money th , the city's millionaires no more luxurious be sent. Meanwhile Mr. Elliott was noti- husband, she looked queenly in her beauty, scene could have been ima,gmect Mr. but a sad expression rested on her counten- • fled, and he at once sent over to his (laugh- ; Es Mott, who as a specially honoured guest mace almost amounting to gravity. began to think that after all the BM -stone; ter to now w te ier she gave a theque that k 1 tl of, miglat be much finer people than he lia‘d ever This arose front the consciousness that she .day in favor of Nettleton & Co., wme mer - had not her father's hearty approVal chants, for $100. A reply in the negative been led to su ose I she was pursuing. 1 The company eir;as very hilarious and the ra s e witticisms and into the hands of Mr. Elliott's solicitors, being received the 'Atter was at once put but merely his passive assent to, the course There was not much hilarity among the many. werev e ' and they, before taking proceedings, aseer- the jokes—good old English ones—that group of assembled friends at the stata fl; arousedspiritsiguests. the of the convivial tained that Nettleton & Co.'s bill against all seemed. to feel that for her it was a serious 'When the ladies had retired and the cloth 1 Mr. Blackstone was ten dollars, which he adventure, and the guests left eaely that had been removed and many of theyoungerhad promised to settle that day. Evident - night from the old Elliott mansion on the , . le, he had enlarged the amount to $100, o preferred domain had retired to • hill. i men, who g, while drasving on his wife's account at the ' the erlors there was no back of toasts and The young couple returned in time to P ' . . bank to meet his little liquor bill. allow Ruth to join her mother in receiving ; toasters, and as tnere was plenty of wine Next da,y he was arrested. Ills wife, dis- fetem, and liquors to suit every taste, the old but - on New Year's They, and the house was ler was kept quite busy opening; cork (8 e. terachted, rushed to her father's office implor- the entire day, while many were the s) P mg him to secure his liberation. As nught callers and hearty the congratulations. A , °iallY champagne, h, osyevera Arid so they be expeeted he was inexorable, the law the bride in a flowine heed ' and toe,sted formal reception was arranged for the even- g ' must take 'its course, and the scoenclrel put they drank to her queenly face; end they ing, at which the company, mostly youngbeyond the power of beggaring her and her lust and strong ' while • sang her peens „ y g , people, was unusually large, convivial and child It was a sad reflection upon the theyself- toasted hee everAnd they- • happy. 1 Y. grace. wdledness of a woman in love, but she was toasted the groom and hoped fell soon he'd • • • Young Blaclestone rojoiced in the pages- still Ins child, and it was a duty he owed to b th leadingb ' • f 1 e e In arrieter o t le day, as sua- sion of the loveliest of all the merchanther, and her child, as welt cie to society, to nail in winnin his easee in law affairs as , princes' daughters of tho West End, and c° .g see that no clemency should be exercised lo' hehad roved himeelf in affairs of the heart 1 his friends warmly congratulated him on -- 'I? , ' • ward such a brae. But this dicl hot eatisfy old Gerald Pim, • ' 1 , hisdood fortune. reelmg the justness of her flit tor eon - brother of Admiral Pint eee c had avoided all indulgence faitlifellya ,elusion the fitness of his quiet rebuke for Pins,of Arctic notoriety, and M.r. and Ales. Elliett began to feel a f 11 f 1 ' hei waywarc s, and how futil-.,.,,,..-4-, g toastor. te , s Pleasant Hope. Some men move through life as a band of On the Threshold. music moves down the street, flinging out pleasure on every side, through the air to every one far and near that can listen. Some Ring out, 0 Lens I ring silver -sweet o'er hin and moor men fill the air Se ith their presence Era and fell 1 Bit A. II. BALDWIN. sweetness as orchards in October days fill In mellow othoos let your °Mines their hopeful story tell. the air with the perfume of ripe fruit. refrain • the honeysuckle over the door ; yet, like it, Ring out, ring out, all -jubilant, this joyous, glad Some women cling to their own houses like us again l" sweeten all the region with the subtle fra- " A bright new year, a glad now year, bath come to goatee of their goodness. They are trees of Ah 1 who can say how much of joy within it there righteousness which are ever dropping pre - may be mous fruit around them. There are lives Stored up for tis who listen now to your sweet mel- ody 1 that shine like star beams, or charm the Good-bye, Old Year I Tried, trusty friend, thy tale heart like songs sung on a holy day. How at last is told. great a bounty ancl a blessing it is to hold brightest gold, the royal gifts of the 80E1 so that they shall 0 New Year I write thou thine for us in linos of elod giant that after sorrow poet, we all some joy !nay k now. The flowers of Spring must bloom at last, When gone and life to all ! It would be no unworthy tbe winter's snow' thing to live for, to make the power which we have within -us the breath of ()thee men'e Though., tempest -tossed ourbarque awhile on Mies joy; to seatter sunshine where only clouds lough waves may be and shadows reign ; to fill the atmosphere be musie to some, and fragrance to others, There comca a (lily or calmed', last, when We the haven see. where earth's weary toilers meet stand with Then ring, ring,oe, 0 pealing holla 1 tkere'S MuSie in themselves, and which they long for, enjoy the sound. The while we wish, both tor ourselves and alawhote There are no more vicious habits than O brightness which' they cannot reale for and appreciate. 'Ring on, ring on, and still ring en, end wake the eehoos round, • • h dsa,, ' ado Ainr, measures to "keel) awake" or ern. hope that after all Ruth might be the mak- tempt on her part would be to change hita That C4'4 'm3' grnpious be to ns in this the bright /jiving artifiteS—Or, still worse, resortins,, born as o ows, true aeilor as lion saying ing of him ; but he was only keeping a " Here's to the cook that crows in the morn ; mind, she silently withdrew. Here's to the chiek that is yet unborn ; Looking up from his wiitiny and /hiding promise made to Ruth, for ehe bad refueed _Here's to the, giri ith the golden hair ; ' • to become hie wife until he pledged that he ' nay the twain be alwitya prospereus pair." her gone, he exelannell : " Poor Ruth, would never drink while he lives her hus- , would Iteve spared yeti all this, but you ' Poor Blackstone on rising ,to respond Was would not heed my advice ; and I was noticed to be under the itifirtence of too • d had she been by her father's impresse ford into an aequieecence to your ill -start, Sew Year ! deviccs--to induce or prolong sleep. Dozing is the very demorale , to drugs an other Sarsaparilla beer is made , by dissolving isation of the sleep. function, and frem this one ancl half ounce of compound extract pernicious habit arises 11111011 of the so.ealled 01 eareaperilla with one pint of hot water ; sleeplessness—more accurately wakefulness when cold add of good pale ale seven pints. —from which multitudes suffer, It appears that the English fox has chang- ed it good many of his old-fashioned ideas anti tastes out at the Antipodes. He now prefers, Dr. J. E.' Taylor tells us, young lambs to poultry, and he .even allows the rabbit to go scot-free. He thinks the latter too much trouble to catch, and not worth much even when caught. Consegtiently the English fox is assum n -the natural propen- sities of the dingo, „ native wild dog, to which he is nearirallied. Pearls are found of all shades of colour; the rarest areethose of a jet black, seldom. met with, and therefore most valuable. It behoves the buyer to -be most careful of ' whom he purchases any kind of colored..., petud, as pearls are cagily dyed ; but the eolor is not lasting and can be easily detect- ed by an expert or even through the aid of O hand -magnifier. But the rosy colour and the lovely "orient " of the pink pearl will at once strike the most casual observer, and, when the pearl is mounted with brilliants and, evhite pearls, forms a most eequisite harmony of color and good taste. . mt• • • Canadian at iC..AlahLUI 111 igngland. Word hes been theeived here that Lieut. I Joly son of Hon. Mr. Joly, of Q1161)004sncl an ex' madet of the Royal Military Colieg' e, 300 at the mueleetry course at Graveeend Kingston, made 260 points out of e possible England, the largest score ever made by a British officer, but Lieut. Joly only led the Catadnin contingent, Eight ex -cadets of the Kingston College made the figure of merit 35 points higher than ever prevituely made ofi these grounds. This news will is gratifying to all Canadians, s, ,