HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1888-5-3, Page 2The First Symptoms
Of all Lung diseaees are much the same :
feverishuese, lose of appetite, sore
throat, pains in the chest and back, " Joke 1" The call was as sharp as it well
headache, etc. In a kw deys you. inay eould be from mooth half filled. with pins,
be well, or, on the ethee Laud, you may and the black eyes which supplemented the
voice by their iriquiring glances were eharp
be down with Pruntraonia or "galloping
also. Every quick movement told that the
Consumption" Run no risks, but begin village dressmaker was one:rola:1 of business,
immediately to take Ayer's Cherry " What on earth are you about now ?"
Pectoral. "Only tinkeriu', Arnervy," answerea in
Several years ago, James Birchard, a 110W, depreciating tones the object of her
Darien, Conn., was severely ill. The search an he aPneared around a corner.
doctors said he was in Consuraptioo, " Taltee a ,good deal of tinkerire to keep
and that they could do nothing foe him thinngtewIlesh` to goodness on ever dig any_
but advised him, as a last resort, to try thing else 1 don't time to tmitor
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After taking can toil you ; it's solid, hard work With Me.
this medicine, two or three months, he " Well, the barn -door or gate -hinges, or
was pronounced a well man, His licalth whatever it is, can wait 110w, for I want
YOUNG FOLKS,
ONE OF no ClIIPS.
?meths geed to the present day.
J•. S. Bradley, Malden, Masse writes:
" Three winters ago I took a severe cold,
which. Tepidly developed. into Bronchitis
and Consumption. I was so weak that
I could not situp, was much emaciated,
and cotighed inoessantly. I consulted
several doctors, but they were power -
lens, and agreed that I was in Con -
gumption, At last, a friend brought me
a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
some hooks and eyes from Hodge's-Hodge
mind, for they give six cards for a quarter.
And don't etop to 'tend to anything by the
way,'
e
Sh whirled into the house, and Jake
drew his sleeve across his perspiring fore-
head, aud slowly replaced the old hat he
had pushed back. He was willing enough
to go down street or anywhere else for
Minerva,. He had an admiration for her
thrilt and businees capacity that amounted
to almost awe. As for her failure to op.
preciate him he was used to that; he did
From, the first dose, I found relief. not appreciate himself very highly. .
Two bottles cured roe, and my bealth "She's the smart one of the family. Al-
lies since boon perfect." ways has lots of faculty, M'nervy did. Why,
• she used to boss me round when we wasn't
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, neither of us higher'n that," he was wont
ronreoen
Cr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggist. Price ; EIS bottles, $6.
to explain, denoting the limited stature by
one awkward brown hand held near the
ground.
He wondered a little in his dull way, as
he went down the street that morning, why
the " faculty" had been so u.nequally divid-
ed. He had a dica consciousness that his
THE EXETER TIMES. life had been mostly 't tinkerin'," as his sis-
ter aid, instead of accomplishing much. n
Is nublisaed every Thursday nlOrnlog,et the ono seeLng him would have expected
Ti MES STEAM PRiNTIHO HOUSE thing more. The honest, heavy face,
e great hands, strong, but unskillful, the
main-streetiomerly opposite Pitton's jewelerY bent shoulders and awkward, shambling,
Store, Ex- e ter, Ont.,.oblyieJtoohrsn'White S", Pro" gait told what he was. Dr. Arnold, stand-
ing in the doorway of the earpenter's shop,
ItATnS OP ADVE11111EING
First insertion,per eine .. . ... . . ... cents. pointedhim out to Ms companion. ,
t gum, team. si '" The workmen is known by his chips,"
To insure insertion, advertisements should said the doctor, Nvith hie complacent laugh,
" Couldn't stud te gee her hurt-purty
little thing like that ; Made me think of -
them hooks ani .yes for M'nervy's oty-
coot."
The last words were homely and. common-
place as his life had been.
"But he died like a hero r said the doe -
tor when a little later he turned away from
the face that already had taken on the rays.
terious dignity of death.
"Aad he was onle one of the chips,' "
said Deacon Roger's voice, huskily. "Doo.
tor, what must He be -the great Master.
Workman - seeing that an the uoselffehness,
compassion. and love that are eontinually
shining out in our humanity are but the
faint reflections of Him r
Dr. Arnold silently, reverently lifted his
hat and looked upward, but he spoko no
word of reply.
AN, ANALYTICAL PRESENTMENT.
A. Well.knovvn Bank President Neeoin-
niends old Rules to Young Dien.
Any youth having good health who will
heed the following hints will have a right to
expect to be successful in the best sense of
that word :
As 0 the body
1, Keep the person clean,
2, 13e as much in the open air as cirourn-
.
stances will permit. ,
3. Est abundantly of plain, wholesome
food, especially of fruit.
4 Have nothing whatever to do with in-
toxicatin.g drinks.
5. Be in bed notlater than 11 o'clock (10
o'clock would be far better) and risse at 6
Beware of late hours; of temptations in the
streets; and at theatres and balls.
G. Have no personal habits, such as smok-
ing or chewing or others that are injurious
to yourself or disagreeable to other people.
Have clean hands and clean Clothes.
7, If occupation is sedentary, take your
exercise in gymnasium or in other ways,the
;simplest and. olaeapest of which is walking.
8. Alwaye give place to women in streets
or street oars.
• 9. Spend any holiday of days of weeks in
the country or at seaside.
10. Be not extravagant in dress -but, be
well dressed, not at you e tailor's expense,
however.
• 11. B • y all means keep out of debt, and do
be sentin no tinter than IVednesday morning "There comes one •of them now. what not borrow for personal expenses.
nurjOB PRINTING DDP tItTMIIINT is one • •
have me believe in would turn out so much 2. If without education, try your best in
.f the largest.and best c al -I- eu in the County
f Iduron,. All work entrusted to us will receiv rubbish as that? Why, deacon, if your some way to get at kast a knowledge of
ur prompt attention. carpenter shop were as full of misfits and spelling, arithmetic and grammar, for
• - failures as this world is you would be thrown have little hope of success without. laff."
Decisions Regarding News- out of business. •What do you make of a • 2 Bs careful what you read and do not I A Los Angeles paper announced a short
paPerS• fellow like that?" • confine youself to newspapers. Do not read i time since that the" wife crop in Gasconade' somng dislike to the young man, who for a
Any erson who takes a papeeregularly from
"Jake does as well as he knows how," anything in them that is likely to be hurt-100untO yielded 15,0/0 gals." The next week I timefiourished as Prince of Bulgeria, and who
p
he postmenee,whether aitectedin bis name or answered Deacon Rogers, uneasily. • ful, especially police reports. Read books ' the editor came with an erratusa-" for now ftourishes in no way in particular, and
" Of course." The doctor, laughed again. and maggzines, and as to choice of books i wife read wine.
.
another's, or whether hehas subscribed or not wants •simply to marry the Guinan Etro
is respensible for pave ent. peror s daughter- and live quietly and oh-
" The question is, why doesn't he know how seek advice :rem ethers. Read best novels,
. There is a little girl in YOrkville whose
2 If a person orders his paper kliscoutinued
=rely with his wife. Is the world oivilized
he must pay all tumors or the publisher may to some purpoae ? When I was here five or humoroue and pathetic, and write for s ou commercial iuterests are SO precocious that 8
she rents furnished rooms in her doll's house 1when such things cane . Or hasurope
to her sisters for a fixed number of caraany right to cost a stone at Africa and bless
mels
each week. - - itself on the superiority of its works and
ways? The Empress of Germany is evident -
You :see," said meek old Deacon Eding," ly a woman of great pluck and energy, and if
as his own. Be worked like a slave to sup- mother or sister. If you keep to this rule when my wife wants a new shawl it s no use
port them, doing as well as he knew how, you are not likely to be hurt. As to games, for me to object, 'specially when she looks
y using all his brute strength with. avoid billiard saloons and gambling houses at me,Tstamps her foot and says, "Deacon, I
08 you ilEr",
out any Judgment, taking hold of every- or parties. , •' shawl have it!"
thing at the wing end and letting go at the 4. If you are a clerk learn shorthand:writ-
wrong time. By digging early and late he iug if you can. •
Book agent -.-How do you do, madam.
managed to fight off starvation long enough As to Business : Will your dogbite? Madam -Wall, I reckon
to give the miasma a chance to finish its he will. Book agent-WouM you have the
. 1. Resolve to be faithful in everything. goodness to speak to him ? Madam-Cer-
• tainly. Sick 'im, Tige; siok 'hal
As to the mind :
grand Master•Workman suc'a as you would
VARIETIES.
Hearts may be honest, but they are always
on the beat.
When a lady is sewing, she is in reality
not what oho seems.
Every wedding ring that is worn is said
to represent a man's impertinence and a
woman's folly.
Not every one is happy who dances, says
the proverb. The man who has just stepped
on a tack knows this full well.
When a girl gets mad and rises from a
fellow's knee," says an exchange," but
thinks better of it and goes back again,
that's what we call a relapse." .
Chorus of Termite maidens--" The sad -
dot words of tongue or pen -there's too
many woman and not enough men."
There is a difference between the lips of
a young man and the lips of young woman,
but sometimes it hut very small one.
Seals sleep upon band; they also do 80
ideating upon their backs in the sea. Thiss
habit they mostly indulge in when the
weather is fine and the sea calm.
The temperance people of Prince Edward
kland have presented a petition at Ottawa
that the question of prohibition for the Do-
minion be submitted to a plebiscite.
The arrest of several men on a change of
embracery has demoralized the girls all over
the country, They think it will make the
young men too timid to do any hugging.
Don't try if you, are an ordinary man to
ocoupy two `seats in a crowded horse oar.
Only wenien can do that and look aa inno-
cent as a lily -of -the -valley all the vvhile.
The reason that newly married men are
called. Benediots is because they are sup.
posed on their marriage to give up all the
bad bachelor habits to which they had
" boned icted."
Percy Lovelace (a suitor)--" Do you think
I can ever win Miss Fickle's lever Cynical,
Friend (a former suitor)-" Never despair,
my, boy. What man his done man can
do. '
A' philanthropist who has "been there"
has invented an illuminated key hole that
will enable men to go home at any hour of
the night and be able to get in without
rousing the neighborhood.
He presented a lace collar to the object
of his adoration,ancl, in a jocular way, said.
"Do not let any one else rumple it, dealing,"
No, dear," said the lady. "1 will take it
journey will Muse her keel tremble •and
anxiety tlaan one to Muskoka would have
oceasioned twenty years ago. Truly men
and women run to and fro and it is to be
hoped theticnowledge is correePonclinglY in'
creased. Distance seems in these days all
abolished, It is, however, plucky all the
mine, for a young girl to inert alone on 4
ten thousancl.mile trip. It shows both grit
and grace.
It was a wise step on the part of Prussia,
after the war with Austria to take not an
inch of Austrian territory. The late Ern,.
perer was very anxious to do so, but wiser
ccurisels, pressed by the great Chancellor.,
prevailed, and the donsequence is that the
hard feeling in the Aastrian hearts has
long since passed away. At the end of
the Franco-Prussian war Bismarck advocat-
ed the saane policy, and it would hey° beep
well for all parties had his opinions prevail-
ed. But, alas, the mere soldier section, led
by Von Moltke,. prevailed, and Aleut and
Lorraine were seized. It will cost Germany
a war budget and intolerable burdens for a
hundred years to make up for that blunder.
Had the new Emperor at his aecension
frankly returned the dangerous prize, or
rather prey, it would have added new lustre
to hits name and given Germany a new guar-
antee of peace. He missed his opportunity,
however, and it is feared for him it will re-
turn no more.
The Montreal people are becoming excited
over a proposed statue, It seems that the
Roman Catholics want to erect one in
honour of their patron saint, the Virgin
Mary, and that the Proteetants protest
against any such desecration of the public
grounds of the city. Surely the Roman
• Catholics have plenty • of ground around
Montreal owned either by their own church
or by private individuals among themselves
to erect as many statues as they please, even
4111 there were as many as ever there were in
ancient Athens, without tienching on public
property and insulting all the Protestant in-
habitants of the city, by what rightly or
wrongly they regard as a proceeding quite
as idolatrous and offensive as was the erec-
tion of the altar to the unknown God, to the
.Apostle Paul. They have the power, how-
ever; by reason of numbers, and apparently
they are bound to have their own way so as
to ma,ke Montreal as conspicuous fot Mariol-
try as ever was Ephesus for the worship of
Diana.
It is:a sad commentary upon the civiliza-
tion and sense of the nineteenth century,
that the question of general peace or war is
made to depend upon the marriage of two
young persons of little or no political sig-
nificance, and that simply beoause the
autocrat of the Buenas has taken an unrea.
eoutinue to send it until the payment is made, six years ago he lived in a little cabin down own, eye brief notices of the books you read.
and then °comet tbe whole amount, whether on the flats where land was cheap and mal- Bay few books use public libraries.
the paper is taken from the office or not. e •
eria free. He had a wife -a poor, tired -out, • 3. As to pubrtc entertakments for recrea-
In suits foe subscriptions, the snit may be
institutedin the place where the paper is pub. sickly creature -and two or three tow -head- tion in the evenings go to no place of 'seeing
ushed, although the subscriber may reside ' ed childreo, with faces about as expressive or hearing where you would not take your
hundreds of miles away. •
4 The courts have decided that refusing to
sake newspapers or uesiodicais from the post -
office, or removing and leaving them uncalled
f or is prima facie evidence of intentional frawl
Exeter :13-utcher Shop,
IL DAVIS,
slower work, and then they all died of a 2. Be on hand. among thefirst.
low fever -the best thing they couid have
his expel fence as the head of a family. What • 4. Be quick to aiaswer any call.
3. -Be among the last to le,ave.
-
Butclaer 24,. Genera Dea er
__ 1 . done under the circumstances. That ended
1
is the good of a life like his? And he is 5. Be prompt to do what you art told.
----IN itnT, 4.1x1)8 Ql.:-.1 one f o •
. 6. Say 'Wes, sir," and "No, sir," •ii ith
• hearty expression and say" Good morning"
Ila the shabby figure passed on the doctor '
.E •.LLV I looked after it with his superior smile. He of newness yet lingered on his opinions as
was comparatively a young man ; the gloss
you are set to do. Be alive. And remem.
r
at if you meant it.
7. Be not lazy nor slovenly in any Work
, b , lb degrading.
on his office furniture. He had been libera. • 8. Treat your employers with unfailing
0 astomer s supplied TUESDAYS, THURS. ly educated, had had his year abroad and respect and.your fellow clerks and workers,
DAYS sane SATTJBDAYS at their residence his hospital experience and now he was
whether superiors or inferiors, with hearty
ORDERS LEFT AT THE SHOP WILL RE settled in this thriving ;Maps with a grow-
• 02,1wE p1101kapT ATTENTION, ing practice, a cosey hoine, 'lire dearest of good will
Td ' k
, an . h 9. Let no temptation to lie, directly or
wives d" h
a cild
e oet or ts een eyes
grew suddenly Wider as that idol of his indirectly, or to indulge in or listen to filthy
PENNYROYAL WAFERS. P Y• ' , 1. . Be a gentleman alwaya--for it is
Prescription of a physician who the dimpled fingers threw him a kiss. 'j 10
within your ability,
baslad a life long experience in ' together he was very comfortable. He con -
11. Make yourself indispensable to your
treating female diseases. bused siderea that the world was chiefly what he
with his t t pployers-this, too, is possible. Be am -
monthly with perfect mimeses by hod't d h t' fi d "
over 10,00oladies. Pleasant, safe.made 1 , MI e Was sa is e
Alone in the highest and best sense.
effectual. Denies tiskigour drug. i work. Why was not he competent to °HU-
ta'k oVercome you. •
12, Remember that if not now, you will
gist for Pennyroyal eters and cite the rest of the univerae ?
e for ed arteIrc loa;.s. So d by He forgot his arguments for a moment in for support or help.
marry.• teach music, has the following sign over his
take no substitute, or inclose rt. i hereafter have others depending upon you
Address the peal of childish laughter that ilo ted 13. Do not w to be rich before you dition to mending shoes, also prolessesto
WEE, 0 darCAti CCF.t.Dar3wITI MK* back to him and he watched the little one's
•
• Things one would rather have left un-
said : • Lady of the House (archly)-" My
husband's not at home, Mr. Goodenough.
He's gone to call on some pretty woman
of his acquaintance." Caller-" Ale, I've
given that ub long ago!"
"
What' that;" he asked his landlady as
she placed his cup by his plate. ," Coffee."
was the prompt and decisive reply," Ah," he
innocently remarked, with an air of interest,
and what is it made of ?" and there was
silence around the table for the space of
five minutes.
A gypsy musician in Hungary going
from one village to another, ;through the
snow, was followed by a large wolf. • A
happy thought struck the musman and he
began to blow his instrument with all the
energy of despair. It had immediate effect;
his unwelcome attendant squatted down and
howled like a dog at music. The gypsy
reached the next town uneaten.
A cobbler in a country town, who in ad-
ste Solcl in Exeter by J, W. 'Browning, flying curls and dainty ribbons until they As to yoga' duty to God
C. Lutz, and. all druggists.
A GI
send m cents postage
and we will send you
free a royal, valuable
sample box of go ods
that willput you in the way of making inore
money at once, than anything else in AMOTiOS.
asothsexes of all ages can live, at ho.me and
work in spare -time, or an the time, Capital
notrequirud. We will start you. Immense
pay sole f or those who start ab once. STINSON
60 00 ,Portl and Maine
"BELL"
were out of sight. But as he returned to 1. Don't suppose J wu can do without
his office the thought of Jake recurred to Him. Many do think so, but they are not
him as an ilhustratien of his vie% 8 fa his wise. • They are not successful in the best
next paper for the Earsighted-a journal some. The best men and women you know
that was liberal after the doetor's own fa- -are they Christians?, or are they people
Orion, by giving away a great deal that did who care not for God?
not belong to it. He decided to spend a smare 2. Cultivate the society of Christian peo.
half-hour in studying his subj sot more olose- ple of both Bexes-not merely professors of
ly, and so picking up his hat he sauntered religion -not merely members of the church
down the pleasant street toward the depot. -but people who you know are religious.
The long pfatform had numerous occu-
pants at that hour. The arrival and depar-
ture of trains always drew groups of idlers,
and there were, besides, a few strangers.
The pnffing of engines, the ringing of bells,
loaded trucks running here and there, and
hoarse voices shouting orders, nuide up the
usual scene. Jake stood near the net -work
EIRApower of the great locomotives was a never
of track, watching it all with the wondering
LJ Ns
might always awakened in him. The awful
nterest that such displays of energy and
ceasing attraction. The doctor, meanwhile,
watched him purposing to go nearer, as soon
as the bustle should be over, and draw out
Jaae s views of life -if he had any.
Suddenly, above the confusion of sounds,
a wornan'a piercing scream rang out, drown-
ed instantly by the deafening ebrieks of a
steam whistle.
"What is it? 0-1"
A cry of horror ran through the crowd as
O white -robed, childish figure wasdiscovered
directly in front of an advancing train. The
little one had slipped away unnoticed and
patina, bewildered, in the very jaws of
death.
"My baby 0 God!"
Involuntarile , as inetinctively as the
humblest believer, Dr. Arnold threw up his
hands in agonized, passionate appeal to the
Power above him as he recognized that lit -
tie golden head, He pushed his way to the
front like one demented, Too late; he
knew it.
Another had seen and sprang forward,
ana a murmur of mingled adiniratien and
terror followed him, for it seemed that the
cruel wheels had gained two victims instead
of one. 1o! What was that white bundle
teased safely backward with a last desper-
ate effort? Some one picked up the fright.
ened child, unharmed, and plaoed her in her
father's arms ; tstul the long train as it swept
on seerned crushing the hearth of the breath.
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Furniture, Coffins, Caskebs,
everything in the above line, to niee
immediate wants.
less watchers. Slower and more slowly it
ns in the County moved, and stopped. The force that had
ear
se , done such fearful work was controlled at.
last. A unshed and mangled form was
And Ettneeels furnished and. 00natleted 4 brought to the platform by tender hends--
xtremely low prieee. " You gave your life for my child," said
the father, his breath coining in the heavy
isobe, that only it ettotig man on knew.
EMBLEMS Or Att., TIM Drereriene. SOOTEIBIS The dimming eyes turned toward him.
3. Get acquainted with the Bible. Its
literature will abundantly repay your most
careful study even before you reach its
spiritual treasury.
• 4. Be a regular attendant at some church
and join it, when you feel that you owe this
duty to your Maker. If there is a Bible class
connect yourself with it.
5. Do not be ashamed to kneel at your
bedside every morning and every evening
and pray to God.
6, Give yourself to the service of Jesus
Christ the Saviour,
7: Commit to memory Luke 12, 15.
Tommy's Enthusiasm Explained.
A lady who had a Sunday school in To -
route tells me that a few Sundays ago one
of the youngest boys among .her scholars
took part very heartily in singing the hymn
with the refrain of "Gathering n the
Sheaves." She happened to approach this
young vocalist during the singing of the
hymn, and was surprised to hear the words
of the refrain as sung by him altered to
"Gathering in the Shees." The change
was unmistakable, so at the end of the
hymn the teacher milled the little boy to
laer and asked him to repeat the worde of
the hymn. Sure enough, when he reached
the chorus he said, Gathering in the
Sheets,"
What do you mean by that, Tommy?"
asked the teacher.
" Bringitag in the girls, of course 1" was
Tommy's instant reply.
A Very Fine Passage.
its related of the late Bishop White-
house that, hearing e sermon Once from a
very opinionated but smelly iticapable clergy-
man, he was asked by the prearher how he
liked it, He There waS one very
fine passage," " Yes," said the delighted
eletgyman; "and whith WEIS tilat 2"
4% Your paissagm'' replied the bishop, "from
the pulpit, when you had finished."
Doge are not allowed to pick thew cron-
pany. That is why yet often eee a (seventy-
five dollar dog out Walking with it fifteen.
cent man,
"Delightful task to mend the tender boot
And teach the young idea how to flute."
The news of the sudden. death of, Mr.
Matthew Arnold, which occurred at Liver-
pool, on Monday, was received with feelings
of genuine regret not only here but every
where throughout the English-speaking
world. Though it cannot be said that he
ever enjoyed anything like popularity, his
authority as a man of letters was generally,
though perhaps unwillingly recognized. At
the time of his death he was the subject of
some very.severe criticism by the American
press, which bitterly resented the tone of
his article on Civilization in the United States
in the current number of thelVineteenth Cen-
tury. Mr. Arnold wes only in his sixty-
sixth year when he was so suddenly strick-
en down.
A young man well known about town
made an eventful call on a latlya few even-
ings ago, ani
d it is said that he s not very
likely to " call again" for some time '6,1
come. I± appears that he was very well
acquainted with the pretty servant girl,
who generally answer's the door bell, though
he wouldn't have his friends know it for the
world. On the evening in question he rang
the bell and then stepped behind the door
that remains stationary and waited. Preto
ently a head appeared around the door and
theyoung man leaned forward and impressed
a kiss upon the fair one's lips. A shriek
followed. The young man thought he kiss-
ed the hired girl. But it was not -it was,
the hostess.
It is curlews to notice how still the idea
lingers with persons of a peculiar type. ef
mind that they have a right to regulate the
thinking of, their neighbours on religious
mittens and to persecute these if they don't
take the law at their lips. Land owners
especially seem liable to thie strange de-
lusion and one, the Bari of :Harwood, is at
present making himself notorious by his re-
fusing the Methodists any site ft& a &units
on hie estates. He is zealous for the Lord,
but he is a short-sighted fool, all the same,
and so are all who like him try to stop dis-
suasion and freedom of thought either by
petty annoyance or any other way. Man's
relatioes to hie God are to aural fot any
outsider to dare to medtlle with theim except
in the one way of persuasion and kindness,
In these days, thanks to the facilities of
travel afforded by railwitya and steamboats,
the " unproteeted female takes the loogetst
journeys perfectly alone without the elight.
est anxiety and simply as a matter of ecninse.
Last week a young lady started from Toren -
to alone for Tokio in Japan to fill 4130Mition
in the Metlaodiet Mission hi Japan. Her
her husband live, she will have to be reck-
oned with. as one of the principal forces of
the hour. Evidently she is not afraid of
Bismarck and does not mean to bow down
to the iron Chancellor.
aln spite of all the money which is every
year lavished on the British naval and mil-
itary services. _everything goes to show that
both these services are lamentably deficient,
and that tho poor British taxpayers get
anything but a fair return for the heavy ex-
penditure. The total number of men that
could be mustered for any emergency, is
ludicrously below what it ought to be, while
the weapons and tools supplied to the army
are, as a rule, just as bad as bad can be.
Lord Wolseley said some time ago that, "the
tools supplied to the' army were bad, ex-
tremely bad; taking them generally." Of
the bill hooksfor instances supplied to the
soldiers he said, "1! you chop wood with
them the wood chops them". In that case
whatsis the use of all that extravagant out-
lay? There are more officers on half -pay
than ran active 'service. Why this'! Why
should not the country pay hberally like
any other employer when it is actually
receiving service and stop when that service
s no longer required? Why should any one
be pensioned for life for the service of a few
years for which he was all the while liber-
ally paid.
A good number of very sensible people
think that to listen to and be profited by
two sermons every Sunday is more than can
be expected from the average ,run of the
19th century Christians. In order to get a
great number to a second service, something
like sensationalism has to be resorted to,
and that is always a misfortune and an in.
jury. It would be difficult to estimate the
amount of harm done within the last ten
years say, by the fantastically absurd ser-
naons that have, been advertised and preach.
ed 'upon all imaginable subjects from the
"sins and twenty knives" to the tindaico-
• Anglo-Saxon fad in which so many dreamers
aid impostors indulge. One minister, at
least, has a new plan. He does not think
that the minister should do all the preach-
ing. He would like to get the MS. of see.
mons from members of his congregation now
and then, which he would be happy to read,
while carefully concealing the namesof the
writers. A good deal could be said in favour
of the suggestion. In the meantime let
preachers study brevity and stop the mo-
ment their ideas are exhausted. Ministers
thathave an). thing thew are not the "terror."
It is those who have nothing or who have
exhaueted their stock that make the labours
of listening so oppressive and vexatious.
The ROMallee of Wedded Life,
" James, dear, will you bring me up a
hod of coal from the cellar 1" nide, busy wife.
"That's just the way with you,' said
James, with a black frown, as he pet down
his book and rose up from the lounge.
"Just the way with me?" ,
" Yes " he mapped, "As soon as you
aee me enjoying myself, you have some chore
or another me td do. Didn't you see I was
absorbed in my reading?
"Well,, dear, I will do it myself."
"Yes, and tell everybody, your mother
especially, that you will have to carry your
own coal up fronts the cellar. No, 111 do it.
Let me mark my place."
So he marked the place in the book at
which he had ceased reading, and when he
went doWn to the cellar, grumbling all the
way, she picked np the volume and found
it was a love story and that the passage he
had been absorbed in wag as follows :-"My
darling, when you are my wife I will shield
aud protect you from every care; the
winds -of Heaven shall not visit your face
too roughly, those pretty hands shall never
be soiled by nienial teske, your wish shall
be my law, your happiness-"
Arse then he re -appeared, said dumping
the hod on the floor said :-" There's your
confounded coel. Give me my book."
Its life worth living?
-41-
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The Drink Curse in England.
Archdeacon Farrar testifies in the following
fashion in the last Fortnightly against the
abomination that is making desolate;
"The monster evil of England at this
moment is still drink. I know no subject
on w'rich the national conscience is so fatal-
ly seared as it were with a hot iron. I think,
that it would be impossible that the demand
for searching and • radical reform in our
drink legislation could be opposed, as it is,
by fatuous jokes and decrepit epigrams, if
those who have so long successfully resisted
the righteous demand of suffering multitudes
could only see, as the parish clergyman, thee
prison chaplain and the hospital surgeon see,
the hideous train of ruin, disease and unut-
terable wretchedness which the present con-
dition of our liquor traffic entails. I can
answer for it that in my own parish --which
contains many of the poorest -there would
be hardly any crime, or absolute destitution,
or hopeless misery, if we could eliminate the
curse of drink, fostered, by multitudes of
neav.as ginshops. We spend on • drink
directly nearly £126,000,000 a year, and in-
directly a sum almost inconceivable. In the
Judicial Statistics for 1866,' page 20; I find
that 156,139 personswere summarily proceed-
ed against for being drunk and disorderly. In
the London district about 30,000 are yearly
arrested for drunkenness, and of these 15,-
600 are women. The numbers may mean
nothingto Some readers, to others they
mean crimes of every degree of violence and in-
famy -7 -the fiendish kicking and beating and
maiming of wives, the brutal ill, treatment
of young children, the overlayiiig and (slow
murder and starvation of tens cf-Alpusands
of infants, the ernpoisonment of .slood in
another generation of criminaland harlots.,"
Why Re Remained a Bachelor.
"I have Seen but one woman in my life,
to whims I would have liked to be a hus-
band. She was the only woman I ever ad-
mired."
"Why didn't you marry her 1"
"She married ant.ther fellow long before
I knew her."
"Who was the meal 1"
"ky father,"
A devilfish or ocean vampire Was acci-
dentally caught, near Tampico, Mexico, in
a fishing team recently. Ropes were thrown
around the molester, and by the aid of
horses it was drawn tb the ehoro. It Weigh-
ed two tons, and when spreed out oh the
beaeh dead, presented every appearance
of an enormous bat or vampire. it measly,
ocl fifteen feet long and k aventeen • feet Wide
from the edgers of the pectoral fins, anel„ite
mouth was five feet actotse. A nurnher of
thein had been (seen for some time, bet all
efforts s catch one had proved futile.