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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe East Huron Gazette, 1892-05-26, Page 7sioinsossenelooetosat FIRE -BOL >t Rid of the Men Down. story of Low Maxi• lge respeasibility. was running a nd had a crew of vo brakemen. One Jin was running goat ranch; in the Peralta, when he ack near a switch. railroad men and teemed dazed. Jim ers and he blew for the train was on a as no help for it. the men and killed was shunted off they backed up he scious. His head led every bone in Of course the r impressed Jim as 5011 miles from as a freight train id occurred at lace. The train ind the tank of situation. They ► Scovel said the taken to the next the consequences. at would never do d. finally a brake- vhere once upon a sWish a charge of to have a corpus night not be a bad irpus delicti there gnificantly at the I taking the hint, Linto his furnace. ts, but finally gave Pae man, already hrnace, though he re grates deluged n came another unded man. He his death inevit- Jim Scovel put said : " Boys, i alive." " Can't or, " he'll never d we can't wait had discovered agreed with the er brakeman, and acquiescence an eantime the myb t rnace had raisde ere it lifted the ing off in a way somebody, and yet breathing." im Scovel after - next fifty miles steam. She was when they got to e her apart and to fire -bon. But posed of, and to •overnor of that e incident. 80n11n10Z. there is always alsomining to be ne can end for a t the whole busi- rice, the matter country districts he housewife her- unskilfull.haudg will require her t thing to be dopa E.ee if they e ore which has he wall has been rn to chip off, it ther coat is put us undertaking. .e old coats that 11. We believe e especially for to remove every - t of the room to of the old lime ling. After the :draped, the new though it is best in the wall with paste or water. best and sweet- ixing ordinary g simply salt o the wall and earl -white tint. will not do for +wn as Mason's use, as it will go and give better ply whitewash, h does not cost e found in any er's brush is a d a satisfactory to be re-kalso- lt is impossible 1 that has been k streaked and for preparing ds of zinc -white, h warm water, • Iue, all stirred ust be applied ittle hot water d easily. Old- s spread their usually spread direction, row bly the easiest expert. a beginner to ich is less ex - d which is ap- way.' For side of half a pound cessary to pre - off on the hands ronght in con- nnt of glue will r or two, but as event old kal- alwa.ys hest to room. Where fresh plastered ith glue and a to be papered e Way. G'ustoxn Fayal, where I '=lonel Higgin- ere expected to in winter, and ecide on which began was the ung nen would black, with the arms, ready to •w and take a bite legs. If the ke their toilet It was not a hey were all of a wish not to be Victor Great enasea -- PERE tiRRCE'S Atliknoti, it had been for months a 3otedquestion in the little village of Glendale who would fall heir to Aunt Martha Maryale's money when she died There were her two nieces; the nearest of kin, iii the first place. One,. Miss Berth Marvale, an'amiable yoang lad , who was immensely proper and respectable, and lead parvo" in P l f quite at variance with his former 'moody demeanor. "I will play the disinterested lover," he said ; ." I will. swear to bertrue,"Icome weal or come woe, and thus gain 'the approba- tion of the entire community. I'll marry the poor, disinherited Bertha Marvale, and a.t the very first dawning of matrimoiiia through Ieaflesa branches seem to be moan- infelicity I'll kick' that_ beastly foot in a song of cheerless melancholy. But the A Spring Reverie. All things are full of labor.—Eccles. i, 8. In thedull and dreary winter we are so often influenced by the surrounding gloom thtb life seems a burden hard to bear. The • fountains of joy seem to be sealed by the cruel frost, and the wild winds sweeping stool viciously across the floor. Then won't I be astonished to see the papers -and gold roll out? Won't I clan mytearful comb been verydutiful in her attendance. on my aims, mageanimous y ' rgivo. ilei, and calmly take possession of.�her to few at a time, very timidly, but they are her invalid aunt. ' The 'other, a wee bit of a tune? What a lucky idea of mine that was !" coming ; and a few of them, bolder than maiden, with sunny eyes, and short dancing Miss Marvale was deeply gratified Cf be- the rest, have ventured to sing a song of ing assured of her lover's devotion and disin- terestednesshope in the leafless branches, as if forsooth , and -,her epirite and dignity they had come to blossoming phtimetois tired nearsouls at hose in proportion. Indeed, she carried hand, and that these leafless trees would herself in the presence of he unpretending soon be adorned in living green and would become the home of thousands of thesweet- throated choir. The very topmost boughs of the poor bare willows are touched with the first blind motions of the spring ; as of old so now all nature seems to be awaken. - g fir: t day- of spring sets all these things in another light. There is a promise of genial warmth in the air, the birds are coming, a curls, who taught school for her own and her mother's support, and did not seen} to mind it at all, she was always so bright aid win- some. She had done nothing in particular for her aunt except to make sunshine in the cousin as though she were the heiress and Trim old rooms by occasional visits, and in .Dot the insignificant possessor of a footstool. a saucy, inveigling sort of way to get her- She claimed the right toremain in the house self very much liked by the ejscentric old which had been her home so long till she lady ; it was very hard to see upon what should be married from it, and, as far as grounds Miss Dot Mayburne based her ex- pectation, so the neighbours said... ®Then there was the church of which she led been a life long member, with its many trustees s,missions, and fully expected toief ef emembered eks. The beautify deference to his betrothed's_ taste seed, break up your fallow ground, it is in everything. by Miss Marvale ; but many of the neigh- "Be sure and bring your footstool," he time . It is time, and in all these signs of bours knew too much of her 66 closeness " said playfully, " and we will dedicate a nature that make a morning in spring so and pride of family, and were sure she whole corner to it. I would not keen house unspeakably delightful, there are hints would not give her money to charitable in- without it for the world." And Miss Mar- of a deeper meaning than appears on the surface. All things are full of stitutions. Still, the weight of opinion vale thought this very delicate in him, as it , labor. But what does labor mean ? Labor is ever a means to an end. There may come a time in some happier, world, when labor will be the end itself ; and the toilers of earth wilinever again know what weariness and drudgery mean, becausethey will qunin1er in the playtime of the ages. Bat bet ,becauselife isrichwith solemn, ear- nest purpoaes, we must- labor that those pur- poses may befally and truly realized. Here we plow and sow that we may reap, We delve and'toil that we may find out hidden trea- sure. The gladness of this smiling April Sabbath calls us to labor for the harvest time ; bids uaput ourselves:in full harrjoijy with all;nature, onlyavith deeper and i3rcore sacred meanings. The spring says these bare fields shall glow with golden grain it you will labor ; the genius of the hour asks our fellowship with nature in her most sacred ministeries. And we are' called by the message of God's living word to be co- workers with Him in the grand work of turning this dreary wilderness world into the garden of the Lord. There are signs in the air and in the fields that the farmer in the uncompromising recesses of the big be, sure, he might have suggested to his wife knows and understands. He goes out on stiff old sofa, with a sadness in her pretty face I that they examine the stool, and see if it some fine spring morning and finds, not that appealed to every tender heart in her ' contained anything of value ; but she would with the poet's inspiration, but with the presence. Willard Hayes, a young and' perhaps laugh at his whim, and would not farmer', good common sense, that the bell appearances went, might as well have been ing'from the sleep ot winter for her work in the world. Everything seems to be saying, the toiling time has come. Let the plow- man awake, let the sower be ready with his the mistress of Marvale Mansion. Mr Horace rented a pretentious house, and furnished it completely, referring with went in favour ot either Miss Bertha Mar - vale or the church. And now the good, queer Miss Martha Marvale was dead, and buried with due solemnity and proper gloom. Soon it would where be wn who was the fabulous wealth—forf a" f bul ate $it' when Bei ha left the old house td did not mind the o enter her lect, and of heri brand new home,Dothad become, ander the busy tongues of in- and her happy hus- terested friends and acquaintances. To be I band, Willard Hayes, moved in. sure, she halt never made a display of riches I For a few weeks everything . went on and no one in Glendale -bad ever seen hersmoothly. Mrs. Horace carried herself money except in quite meagre sums. But I with a great deal of dignity, as became the she was known to have been quite_ miserly -,newly -married wife of .a well-to-do money. in her habits, and no doubt had large lenderand the mistress of ahandsome new amounts stowed away in odd corners. I residence. Indeed, the fashionable people The lawyer sat at the head of the room of the place paid her more attention theiress, who m as so rattling the important document ominously. `1 little like a an thewdid the rem iron that the fact Miss Marvale sat in a high backed chair, was almost forgotten. looking pale, melancholy, and severe in her g g Mr. Horace bore his happiness quiet new and fashionable mourning dress. Mr. ly, and contained himself with p - Peter Horace, a gentleman who never in his tience. Perhaps he was a little irri - life had evinced a liking for anything but P table in the privacy of the domestic circle money until he met Miss Marvale, sat but he was only preparing for the grand mo - attentively near. `ment when it would be appropriate to "kick Dot Mayburne in doleful black, reclined' that beastly stool clear across the room." To might naturally be.supposed the stool would be a disagreeable object,. They were married, and the wedding was the " event of the season." Dot was not invited, but she was busily engaged else - penniless physican, and her most devoted allow it to be spoiled, and when the wealth admirer, supported her, figuratively speak -1 was found she might suspect him of knowing ing, of course, on her left. The deacons of something about it and of marrying her for the church sat in decorous silence, and one it ; and, as he ratherpreferred peace to un - or two "oldest inhabitants" occupied the necessa squabbling e wished the diecov- spare corners of the room. The reading be-ery to come about accidentally. gan. At last, one evening, he found it standing After the usual preliminaries it was found. directly in his way. Bertha, looking ap- the workers. And he offers now to him that all of Martha Marvale's real estate, prehensively at her husband's stern counten- who toils joy and gladness while he toils, rjoy here and now, and joy untold when the has rung for word. All things are full of labor ; it is time he too set to work. And the signs in the spiritual world are such that he who has eyes to see and ears to hear, must see that the fields are white, and must hear that the time for labor has come. God has always offered the high places to moneys, and personal properlywere left'ance;"hastened to remove. it, but he was too unconditionally to her beloved niece Doro-'' quick for her. . well -applied and forcible thea M.it aybourne, excepting a few insignifi-1 kick sentdancing acrsthe room, where cant legacies to church and friends. Toit was shattered against the marble fireplace, Bertha Marvale, in consideration of affec-IHorace eagerly sprang to the spot, tionate attention, she willed her favourite where Bertha regretfully followed him. foot -stool. Its many dear associations, I He did look at it -in amazement; as he had song of the harvest home crowns life's glad years of toil. What a Horse Gan do. A horse will trave1400 yards in four and ' the fact that she had seen it for years often pictured himself doing; but the amaze a half minutes at a walk, 400 yards in two minutes at a trot, 400 yards in one minute the sup ort of her aunt's wearied meat was very genuine. He grasped each at a gallop. The usual work of a horse is feet, would indear it to her, and, as she piece, and shook it fiercely ; he tore every - often expressed a pious contempt tor cainal1 thing apart that could be torn apart with wealth, she would prize it above all earthly furious haste. Alas, in -vain ! -At his feet dross. l lay a heap of broken mahogany, torn purple The whole fortune was not a munificent one, after all, and even Dot was not a rich woman. And she eould only open her blue eyes in wonder while Willard Hayes smiled brightly upon her and whispered his con- gratulations. Miss Marvale's face was buried in her black -edged handkerchief an -no one could tell how she was affected. Mr. Horace 's face was a picture of blank dismay. The deacons looked glum, and said not a word. Everybody seemed inclined to get out of the way with as little ceremony as possible, and soon the cousins were left alone. blow to her vanity to think that she had " I hope, Cousin Beitha, you will always not been " married for herself alone,"after make this house your home," Dot began all ; they had a terrible scene, but finally a timidly. "You know this is as great a sur- sort of reconcilation was patched up. Both prise to me as to you, and, while I am glad were too respectable to let the world know of a home and comforts for mamma, I do of their disappointment, and they agreed to not want you to be poor or homeless. Can't keep the fate of her aunt's legecy a secret. we all live together ?" Bertha owned tbat the Dia lady had gi$en "No, we can t all live together, snap- her £500 before she died, telling her she was d Be th ing out from behind her not as rich as had been supposed, and that taken at 22,500 pounds raised one toot per minute for eight, hours • per day. A horse will carry 230 pounds twenty-five miles per day of eight hours. An average draft horse velvet, and dusty horsehair—nothing more will draw 1,600 pounds twenty-three miles —nothing less. per day on a level road, weight of wagon "VPhat do you mean"? What did you ex included. The average weight of a horse is pest to find ?" asked Bertha with trembling 1,0')0 pounds ; his strength is equivalent to lips. that of five men, In a horse mill moving at " Your aunt's legacy. I've been fooled— three feet per second, track twenty-five feet trapped—I won'tstand it. Whathave you diameter, he exerts with the machine the done among you with all her money ? She power of four and a half horses. The great - couldn't have carried it with her." est amount a horse can pull in a horizontal Peter Horace was angry enough, as he line is 900 pounds, but he can only do strode up -and down the room, to havea'emol- this momentarily ; in continued exertion ished-fortg,nttomns, and Bertha wen° into probably half of this is the limit. He at - hysterics on the sofa. It was a dreadful tains his growth in five years, will live 'twenty-five, average sixteen years. A horse will live twenty-five days on water without solid food but only five days on solid food without drinking. —[The Human World. Two Men Shot By a Sentrv. A Berlin correspondent telegraphs:—A pe r a, coin fresh case has occurred of a sentinel firing pocket handkerchief. " You are a little ua- was probably all she would ever receive with ball cartridge in the middleof the town derhand cheat, and I wouldn't accept from her. Still, she had hoped against hope. upon two civilians. It must be admitted, charity from yon if I were starving t And it that more would fall to- her share, and had however, that the soldier in this case .acted is not necessary, as I am=eiig(agedy'xnd Mr. only been reconciled by Mr. Horace's seem- only under strong provocation. About mid- ing disinterestedness. night on Friday a sentinel pacing to and fro With renewed devotion to business, and in frpnt of the barracks in the Wrangel - a littleextra fleecing of customers on Mr. strasse was approached by two men, who Horace's part, they managed to retain their began to call him names. The soldier call - handsome residence and keep up appear- ed upon them to desist, and they would antes, which was, after all, what they both have done so but for a woman in their com- cared for most of anything in the world. pany, who egged them on afresh. The sol- dier thereupon loaded, and declared them his prisoners. The two men pulled out their knifes, but when they saw that the soldier was about to die one of them ran off. After thrice challenging him to stand, the sentinel fired, and struck him in the lower part of the stomach, the force of the pro- jectile being so great that it passed through his body and hit. another man, who had stopped to see what was going on. He stood with his hands in his pockets, and the bul- let passed through his thumb and thigh, and lodged itself in the wall of a house. The first man has since died. Horace is amply able to see that 1 do not come to want," Dot retired, overcome by the stupendous intelligence, as Miss Marvale intended she should be. ' - " I am sure I congratulate you," she aur inured. °F Arid I hope, if ever you need a friend, yon will not hesitate— " " Bother your friendship !" exclaimed the irate lady, rising : " I think we can dis- pense with each other's company, and as I cannot ask you to leave your own house, 1 will take the liberty of retiring myself." That evening the will was discussed over hundred tea -tables, and many queries, wonderings, and "I told you so's" passed to and fro. What the olil ladYoliad See3n to admire in Dot so much, what had become Df all the wealth she was supposedto have owned; why she had left a paltry old otto- man to Bertha, who had been so faithful, and so forth, were all dutifully discussed, and left as unsatisfactorily disposed of as before. - ln a little meagre private office down town Mr., Peter Horace sat, with his head resting dejectedly in his hands, and a gen- eral air of forlorn despendency in his atti- tude. He had for forty years loved him- self, his money, and his single -blessedness more than anything else on earth ; if ever a woman had stirred the religion under kis shirt -front where hia heart is supposed to beati it was pretty, saucy, gay little Dot Mayburne. And yet he had deliberately engaged himself to marry a plain, prim, elderly maiden who possessed nothing m the' world- more -valuable than a worn-out foola•toett - - Work and Rest. weary ! Who should be weary ! Not he wh has life to live, He to whom aught is given must still have romething to give ; And man is made for the battle, and the sword is girt on the thigh, And the purpose of God is thwarted if we only linger and sigh.. - - - Ay, and we all have been wounded, some more and others And the sorrows our hearts have suffered have taught us tenderness. Scatter the seed in the morning, and at eve stay not the hand, Morning and noon and even, there will still be open land ! It may be but a cup of water., - but a gently spoken word, Above the gift is noted, the faintest accent heard And the good we do toanother comes back to us ever again, As the moisture raised from the ocean returns in the gentle rain. For blessing works in a circle, and the fastser that circle goes, As it wheels around the throne of God, ever in strength it grows • And life is the coinage cif heaven to be spent in the purchase of love, Till all the realm of the earth below, isas pure as the realms above. Then weary not in the struggle ; God ruleth all for the best,. And at last the wings in the circle shall bear, the soul to its rest. what a -donkey he had been 1 And how , dad it come about? Why was•not Bertha t Marvale the heiress, as he had calculated upon? The oldlady's money seemed not entirely accounted for, either. Bertha,: had lived in the - house for years, and he' -had deemed her a person of good sense ; yet.she must haveTbungled in her tneaiageine somehow: Then he burrowed deeper in his out- stretched arras, and thought it ,all -over: again. Suddenly a bright idea struck him. Did not people invariably, , in 'stories and romances, who had queer old legacies left thein knock thew to' pieces," sooner or later, by accident, or in a fit of ill -temper, an and them stuffed full of,la pieces ? This was certainly tfie ;of tae.:eco, centric gifts and it' also aceou;lited for the missing wealth which everybody seemed so rare existed : nor 'where. 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They afford the safest • and most profitable investment in Canada. The first issue of stock places investors on the ground floor and is nearly all taken up. The second issue will be 25 per cent. to 50 per cent. higher. Then its advancement will be rapid owing to greater development work. Now is the opportunity. Don't let it slip. It is not often investors have such a chance as this. Call at office, Boa of Trade Building, Toronto. KOOTENA Y Money to Loan on improved farms, city and town property on liberal terms of repay- ment and AT LOWEST ( URRENT RATES. - MUN CIPAL DEBENTURES Pk. ROUSED,. Apply to local appraisers or to 3. F. KIRK, Manager. Choice farms forsale in Ont. do Manitoba CONROY'S riot CARRIACIE TOPS are the best in the market and have patented improvements not found in any other make, order one froin your Carriage maker. `rake no other kind. BURTON'S ALL HEALING TAR AND GLYCERINE SOAP �''='�► Is the only reliable and safe - Soap to wash your head with, j�/ It preserves the hair,makes it grow, keeps the scalp healthy. Beware of Imitations and always ask for BURTON'S. SHIPMAN AND ACME ENGINES AND BOILERS ET ixag COMMiii for Fu8L --)0(— Parties requiring Small Power from 1 to 20 H.P. will find that for safety and durability our Engines are ahead of anything in the market. In fore and aft Compound Engines we have 8, 15 and 22 H;P., with wood, coal or coal -oil boilers as desired. We also manufacture "Marsh Steam Pumps• " for boiler feeding and general pumping. Intending purchasers of Steam Launches for '92 should place orders early so as to prevent delay in delivery. send 3c. stamp for Catalogue and Price list. JOHN GILLIES & CO'Y, cxN T.,�,Rao- .-�•rL.VrtISRELL OgRLETON PI. -CE, You RE YOU we are looking for ? If so, we would urge you not to keep PUTTING OFF= 1 Hila`- ter of so ]much importance. 1 Will neer meet with such another opportun- ity o I S RINC YOUR LIFE as is . riow presented by us. For full particulars write the Confederation Life, Toronto. or apply at any of the AGENCIES. flor4WasismONINIIN.7