HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-1-13, Page 6-RUTH 'ELLIOTT;
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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
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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,
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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 ;
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„ And perfumed with the odors of Paradise
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,• • seldom been seen at the altar in Montreal— And spice laden eastern air.
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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
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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.
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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,
,