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CITY BAKERY.
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OPPOSITE FAIR'S MILL.
bnaineas eo esuacees ully etnea irledht out the on by Zlr. Henry
Morrish, will continue the business at the old stand
He will indeavor, by supplying a first class arttolo, to
merit the liberal support of the people. Dread do
livered anywhere in town.
IVedding Cakes, Fruit or Sparge, Cakee,EeupplIed on
short uotlee
JAMES YOtTNG, - - Clinton.
JACK'S NEW YEAR'S EVE.
JaW YEAR'S eve
was uott-pleasant to
Jack Knickerbock-
er. It made him
think how happy
the coining year
might be if he
"r: •r.:: : ='/. could recall a cer-
l.! tain blunder in his
life. Recolleotiorhs of.other days when
another and more dainty pair of slippers
rested on the fender beside his own come
bank to hint. pe could see those red
Turkish shoes al ,ong the pictures in the
coals, and somet'irles the fae`cof the wo-
man who were them smiled at rim from
the changing glow. Jack rein red
how, not many months after belied Leen,
married to'these'wner of those slippers,
her had deliberi- tely put her from him.
It was their fist quarrel, and his quick
temper had l lade him swear that it
should be their last. But he didn't start
to bring this •about by improving his
temper. Oh, no ! He decided at once
that marriage was a. failure, and his
pretty wife, •'rhea he had brutally an-
nounced that decision, had quietly said,
through her tsars :
"Well, Jac4, if you think it is, It is."
And he had; said goodby.
Oh, yes ; he had given her money
enough, he seasoned, when he tried to
justify himself for his cruelty ; he had
arranged, that with his lawyer. But he
had gone to London, and was there yet.
To -night he realized that he had got his
reasoning- vitiated up. He saw plainly
that be had been Crueler to himself than
he had been to his wife. His lawyer
had carefully followed his instructions.
Jack had ne,,i1ither seen nor heard from
his wife singe that night.
Four yerrs had passed and Jack was
est accustomed to being a bachelor
a ' gin. New Year's eve, and just back
aga ' in New York. he occupied an
apartn :• .the asborne. _
A noise of some one entering from the
hall made Jack • start from his reverie
and look around.
There in the center of the room stood
a wee mite of a girl. She could not
have been more than 3 or 4 years old.
Her blue eyes twinkled with mirth and
her short golden curls seemed to reflect
the firelight.
"You is Jack, isn't you ?" she said, as
she stretched out her baby arms and
toddled forward.
aid.
"Yes, that is my name," gasped the
astonished man, and opening his arms
he received the liit?e bundle of lace.
"I knowed yo !was Jack," said the
child as she nestled close to him, "cos I
saw'd you from de hall."
"And who is Jack 1"
"I don't know, but mum loves Jack."
The little girl slipped down and sat on
OTT WITII THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW.
an ottoman at Jack Knickerhockers feet,
and looked up earnestly into his face.
"You isn't as pretty as our Jack," she
said, after a pause.
"And where is your Jack ?" was the
question of the surprised host.
"Oh, our Jack hangs over de fire. We
lives in de next 'pertinent, mune and,
me. Won't you come in and see our
Jack, an' our fire is brighter dan
you rig, "
o "But what will mamma say?" asked
a'ack, as his face reflected with joy that
seemed to shine from the child'e.
"Ori, mum's gone out with nurse, but
she will be back to wake me to see de
New Year, but I juss waked myself. Is
it New Year yet ?"
Jack looked down into the wistful lit-
tle face.
"No, little one," said he. "What fa
your name ?"
"Alice," replied the child, and loving-
ly stroked his forehead with her tiny
fingers. As she pressed her cheek to hie
Jack sighed deeply. "I had an Alice
Once," ho said, more to himself that to
the child.
"Did you have a little girl like me?"
asked the baby comforter.
"No." Then something seemed to
choke Jack, for he arose to his feet
and placed the child on the floor.
Finally went on the lonely host, his
face tender with emotion as he 'gazed
lovingly down upon his little visitor:
'"Let's play vou are my little girl, just
for mode ht.*"
' "AII right, Jacic," replied the child, as
.she reached her arms upward. "You
,juss take the up an' tell me all about
New Year," And for more than an hour
Happy Jack Knickerbocker told the
child tales, while she pillowed her golden
head on his shoulder, until, at last the
baby eyes grew heavy,
"Put me to bed, Jack," demanded the
child drowsily.
"Put you to Led 1" gasped Jack.
"Yes, I'll show you," end, slipping to
the floor, she took Jack's big hand and
led him to her own little room iu the
apartment across the hall. No one was
there.
"Dis is my bed." said the child, point-
ing to a little crib. "But turn in by de
fire. I ain't so veWV sleepy now." And
the companions softly entered the par-
lor. The blazing log lire cast a cheerful
glow over everything, and Jack forgot
all about the loneliness of his own lux-
urious rooms.
"Doe's our Jack," exclaimed the
child, pointing to a large oil painting
over the mantel. Jack Knickerbocker
glanced up at the portrait. deli. 'stained
back so violently as atmos 'to upset W
child. It Was himself •as the looped five
years azo As he recovered frons his
surprise the corners of his mouth twitch-
ed as he remembered that he had once
been renown as Handsome Jack. So some
oldflanieofhvgonedays still cherished his
picture. But who was she and where
did site get it ? Jack did not have much
time to think it out, for the child. insist -
Two.
Three,
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MOWING Intl OFF.
ed upon being undressed. As Jack had
never put a youngster to beds in his life
he felt some hesitancy, especially as he
was a stranger in a strange apartment,
and the child's parents might come in at
any moment. How on earth would he
explain things if they did?
But as the child grew more sleepy she
became more clamorous, and pleaded
with t such sweet t arSlessness that the kind
hearted clubman determined to ploy
nurse for once in his life.
"I jessed myself after mum went out,
but Ise too tired to undo it," explained
the cl ild, as she turned her back for
her guest to unbutton the little lace
dress.
Jack Knickerbocker realized the grav-
ity of the situation then and his
courage failed him, and he arose to de.
part, but the, child clasped her little
arms about his leg and held him back.
"I kin scweaul," she declared half laugh-
ingly, but there was such a mischievous
twinkle in the bright blue eyes that the
cowardly bachelor trembled and wiped
great beads of prespiration from his fore-
head.
"No, little one," he insisted ; but a
shrill childish scream caused him to
make up his mind to make the best of it.,
He bent and nervously unclasped the
mysterious hooks and eyes that con-
tinually evaded his clumsy fingers.
At last the thing was done, and, all
smiles and laughter at the many awk-
ward mistakes of her new nurse, the
little girl stood before the fire r+bed in
her trailing nightgown.
"I dess l'd better say Why praylEt over,
cos I'se going to bed agen."
As the child clasped her little baud -
and looked up into the face of the pors
trait above the mantel, Jack Knicker-
bocker gazed intently upon tete outlines
of the baby profile. Somethi-lg in the
childish face made him actually want to
cry. As he klanced from the portrait to
the child he was sure that there was a
slight resemblance between the two.
He arose and took a step forward, but
his knees trembled.
A dream so strange and happy that it
made him dizzy flashed through his
brain and took possession of him. He
tried to ask the child if her last name
was —, but his tongue refused to obey.
There was a swish of skirts in the hall
and the stately figure of a woman stood
in the open doorway. but Jack heeded
not Slowly the marbleclock struck the
first stroke of 12, and the child's amen
to the Lord's prayer broke the spell.
Jack sprang forward, but as the little
hands unclasped and went out in suppli-
cation to the picture above the mantel,
he paused : "God bless mum,and make
me a good little girl and send Jack back
to us.'
"Alice 1" shrieked the delirioue man,
in an ecstasy of joy.
A rustle of silk and a flash of light, as
n woman glided across the room, and,
as husband and wife were clasped in
each other's arms, the clock on the man-
tel sounded the last stroke of 12. A log
falling in the fire sent out a ruddy glow
that brightened the whole room and
turned to glistening diamonds the tears
that sparkled in the eyes of the happy
pair ; and one diamond, lkrger and
brighter than all the rest, rolled down
and fell upon a golden head that nestled
close to a fathers kree.
Five.
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GOOD RESOLUTIONS.
OOD resolutions are
Ude older of the day.
a Therefore The Jug
1f ref resolves
1 will have nothing
ase, \-seal"" s more to do with Red-
as
dose. I am a use-
1ul utensil, but he
abuses me beyond
expression. He neglects his wife for my
company, and -that poor lady takes her
spite out on me. The other day 611e
came near cracking my skull, althoagh
I am rarely "full" nowadays. When I
am full I am As quiet as a sleeping cat
on a tiger skin rug. I shall do my best
to swear off from the vile Rednose, and
if tite worst comes to the worst, I'll fill
up with water some frosty morning and
do my best to burst.
THE GLASS.
I, a harmless goblet, proposbs to cut
the tippler. I abhor his frequent kisses,
and when he lifts me from the bar.I
tremble lest his ruin -diseased muscles
let me fall and so bo dashed into a
thousand pieces. How I wish I were at
the service of some little innocent child
or some lovely women whose kisses
would make Ire clink with delight.
TIIE PIPE.
I, too, am going to swear off from
euch constant association with my
master. If he would but use me in rea-
son I should not object, but he seams to
think me a chimney flue, and 1 know
his wife regards me as not much better
smelling than a leaky gas-pipo. I am
as thickly coated with nicotine as a
negro minstrel is with burnt cork. So
help me, I'll swear off, if my good re-
volutions don't all end in smoke.
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71,'.E NEEwY :oUlrOr.
The 0141 Tinto New Year Calls.
['m Bud because the New Year calls are going out or
you
atylc
Like other !'Mile.
But onceher good, old customs which at present make, when I was young enough "to cut a pigeon
wing,"
Two hundred calls on New Year's Day was just the
proper thing.
The ladles then expect Inc to bring my friends to
make
Their list of callers biggest Se (.heir rivals' heartg
would nein;
And for tlaL noble purpose, they all "set a Minedfine
With turkey', Welded oysters, jelly, hang, cigars and
wine.
In toilets most magnificent w+d beaming' with
delight
The ladies rose to greet me and return my bows
polite
"NO MORE USE FOR Tn#,H."
And then, ViShout a waste of words on weather
topfes, they,
Extending me retreshmente, to the table led the
Way.
With otpep•"'iiiiers there I sat as jolly as you
pleas
And heaping plates of New Year's faro 1 balanced on
Illy knees
While holding brimming coffee cups. In spite of all
my skill
Upon the parlor carpet, oh, those dainties used to
spill.
With heart too full for utterance and hands and
mouth the aaine
I put card -basket callers of the present day to
shame ;
Then, wishing "Happy New Year" to the ladies one
and all,
I bowed myself away to run and make another call.
0, yes! It was delightful in those good, old days to
see
Three hundred handsome lady friends who thought
the world of me
And at their tempting tables he invited to partake
Of turkey, pickled oysters, wine, ham, jelly, nuts
and cake. •
'Twos even more delightful for the ladies who would
show
The longest list of callers -half of whom they didn't
know—
When on the following "Ladies' Day" they on each
other made
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Their Newe i c
Y r ails to show their clothcs and sip
hot lemonade.
A NEW YEAR'S SERMON.
The Inflnity of God's Gospel as Eevealed
Ili the saviour.
A little planet brief its life ; no more
than a marble twirling on the vast floor
of heaven ; and yet, son:so:Aug iu its
history, in its des-
tiny, in its develop-
nie,a1, to Haire at
last plain God's un -
Speakable purpose 'o
all ranks of s:lie; l
This, and nothing.
less than this, is a
fair of"t divine event
to which the whole
creation moves and,
which, again and
again, the ir.spircd
minds of the Apostles
grasp.
We see, in our present ivadequate ap-
prehension of God's relationship to men,how vast a go will there is over previous
conceptions. We know God will save
every being who is savable, forgive
every intelligence that is forgivable, and
that nothing can plunge any being,
however small or however great, in
everlasting darkness, but au cveh•lasting
hatred .f the goal and of the right,,.`
Now, e are .. • inning to see that oter •
God, is greater t an any age's devil,
that righteousness 's more permanent
even than sin, that where sin once
abounded, grace must rnuch more
abound,that right must at last overcome
darkness, and life everlastingly swallow
up death.
And so, "They shall not hurt or de-
stroy in all my holy mountain ; for the
earth shall bo full of the knowledge of
the eord,as the waters cover the sea."
His kltttidem must • come—no more the
saving of a 11w -seated, at last exalted to
be all in all.
llow halt and blinds are in our
apprenlrension of this, andahow patient-
ly the truth of God waits oho sus and at-
tends our staggering progress. '.For still
His Gospel is like the sea; in l,1• quiet ,
turners and nooks, on, its,. •I fedi,
sands, you can bathe a babe; beyon its
crested waves and breaking billowel
the strong man may venture out to swinh. t
When first the Christian conceptiou be -
acne incarnatedito then it wassomething
ike their conception of the sea. •
Then the sea meant for them the blue
nland lake, and their voyages were but
rem shore to shore, and their Sea of
Galdee net so big, perhaps, as our Lake
Champlain.
Tied cite blue inland sea of the Medi-
erl•anean bounded all their hope; and
ears; the voyages of the world ..ere
lade on its laud; -locked waters, ,:.irks
rattles fou ht tliere and the navies of
civiiizntaon traded.
Then, as man grew, the mystery of
the Atlantic amazed hint. Villins and
discoverers were not found bold enough
to sail into its unknown region.
At last, a sea king rose and laid his
hand on its secret, and came back to tell
of a wider India beyond its waves; and
still men went westward till another and
larger ocean lay before their eyes.
So with God's truth. It is first lake -
like, then it spreads for us to the Medi
terranoan, then we pass beyond the Pit
lar of Hercules, and far to westwar
still their lies the unlcnown-Pacific.
But we only skim its surface an
where. It is still the bath for a babe,
the overwhelming power for a navy -
We swim it, we lave in it, but we can-
not wade it; for God did not make it to
be waded.
So wit God's truth revealed in . Jesus
hrist. For the weary sinner, tired and
urdened with the chain of his sins, it is,
-clay, as of old, a gospel, firstly'of par -
on. Pardon to slim means salvation ;
yet lie knows but little else. For the
udent, it is agospelof everlasting know-
dge ; that knowledge which he has
light so patiently and so earnestly shall
last be his owls.
For the philosopher, blue-eyed with
rnest looking into dish abysses of
ought, it is a gospel of coming goad,
seemed clear;v to
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There Are Many Such.
Barkeeper—I thought you swore off
on New Year's.
Policeman—So I did, and now I've
come to swear on again.
Iefled:tlons on a New Year,
Yes, yes, 'tie very true and clear,
By way of compliment and common chat,
Ft's very well to wish ole a Now Year,
But wish me a new hat I
Although not spent in luxury and ease,
in course a longer life 1 won't refuse;
But while you're wishing, wish me, if you please,
A newer pair of shoes!
Oh, yes, 'tis very pleasant, though I'm poor,
To hear the steeple make that merry din;
Except I wish one hell was at the door,
To ring new trousers in 1
To bo alive is very nice indeed.
Although another year at last departs;
Only with twelve new months, I rather need
A dozen of new shirts(
Yes, yes, 'tis very true and clear,
By way of compliment and common chat.
It's very well to wish the a New Year,
But wish me a now hat I
—Tom Hood
New Year Notes.
A warm heart makes a bright face.
The lowly look farther than tlae lofty.
edA good work is agood thought matur-
It is less difficult to alter our faith than
our feelings.
A light shines brightest and farthest in
the -darkest night.
Kindness does not thrive garnered in a
lump, but grows as it spreads.
If we notice, we may find as much
sunshine as shadow in life.
Some lives get so tangled that only
death can smooth out the snarls.
As the salt waves wear away the rock,
so do harsh words the most patient
heart.
Old friends aregpt unlike old garments,
they accommodate themselves to our pe-
culiarities.
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greater, grander than he had dared to
dream of. For the sorrowing it is a
gospel of infinite comfort. For the de-
feated, a gospel of asting refuge. For the
lonely, a gospel of the Perfect Friend.
And as, with the agee, man's ideas of
pardon, of knowlaa e, of wisdom, of
comfort, of refuge, of friendship, grow
with his growth, we learn to know that
It is the nature of God's Gospel to hold
in its depths of divine possibility till our
lesser gospels, all our partial hopes, to
satisfy our longings, to complete our in-
completeness; just as the ocean receives
without oliange the rivers that hurry to
lose therm elves on its breast.—William
S. Rainsford, formerly- of St. James'
Cathedral, Toronto.
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