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The Exeter Times, 1886-3-18, Page 3iMINIMMINININSIMEMMINIS THE ULD KAN'S STOGY, I shall never forget the oommencement of tho temperanceeranc e reformation. I w e a 01111d rho time, at m , some ten scare of ago. Our home had every comfort, and my kind pa• rents idolized me, their only child, Wine wars often on the table, and both my father and mother gave it to me from the bottom of their morning glaesi One Sunday, at our church, a startling anuounoonlent was made to our people, I knew nothing of its purpoao, but there was much whispering among the mon. The pee. tor that on the next eveningthere wouldbo a meeting and an address upon the evils of intemperance and the use of all alcoholic li queers, He expressed himself ignorant of the meeting, and ooutd not eay what comae it would be best to pursue in the matter. The aubjeot of the meeting game up at r table after eervioe, and I questioned my father about it with all the curious earnest - nese of a child. The whisper and words which lad keeen dropped in my hearing, clothed thole affair in great mystery to me, and ranee all earnestness to learn of the strange thing. My father merely. acid it was a scheme to unite the Church and State. The night came and groups of people gathered on the tavern stops, and I heard the jest and Iaugh, and saw drunken mon come reeling out of the bar -room. I urged my father to let me go, but he at firet re- fused. Finally, thinking it would be an innocent gratification of my curiosity, he glut on his hat and we passed the green to the church. I well remember how the peo- ple appeared au they came in, seeming to wonder what kind of an exhibition war to Dome off. In the corner was the tavern - keeper and around him a number of friends. For an hour the people of the place contin- ued to come in till there was a fair house full. All wore curiously watching the door and apparently wondering what would ap- pear next. The parson stole in and took hie seat behind the pillar in the gallery, as .1f doubtful of the propriety of being in the church at all, Twomen finally came in and went forward to the altar and took their seats. All eyes were fixed upc,ll them, and a general ati.11- nese prevailed throughout the church. The men were unlike in appearance, one short, think -set in his build, and the other tall, and well -formed. luThe younger had the manner and dream of a clergyman, a full, round face, and a quiet, good natured air, as he leisurely looked around upon his au- dience. Bat my childish interest was in the old man. His broad, deep cheat, an unusual height, looked giant like as he strode up the aisle. His hair was white; his brow deeply furrowed, and around his he:ndsome month were lines of calm and touching mad- ness. His eyes were black and restless ; hie lips were compressed, and a orimson Mush went and name over hie pale cheek, and there was a wide soar just above the right eye. Tile younger man stated the object of the meeting, and asked if there was a clergy- man present to say a prayer. Oar pastor kept his seat, and the speaker himself made a short address, at the conclusion calling upon any MAW make remarks. Tho pastor arose undert\e gallery, and attacked the position of the speaker, using the arguments I have often heard since, and concluded by denouncing those engaged in the movement as meddlesome fanatics, who wished to break rip the time-honored usages of good society and injure business of respectable men, At the conoluaton of his remarks the tavern -keeper and his friends got up a cheer, and the ourrent of feeling was evidently against the strangers and their plan. While the pastor wan speaking, the old man leaned forward and fixed his dark eyes upon him as if to cetY very word. As the pastor took his eai"•e a old man arose, his tall form towering, above his fellows and his cheat heaving as he breatb ed through hie thin, dilated nostrils. To me, at that time, there wan something awe-inspiring in the appearance of the old man as be stood, his full, dark eye upon the audience, his teeth shut hard, and a ailenoe like that of death thrcughout the church. He bent his gaze on the tavern -keeper, and that peculiar eye lingered and kindled for a moment. The brow flushed, and beneath his heavy brows his eyes glittered and glowed like a ser- pent's. The tavern -keeper quailed before that searching glance, and 1 felt a relief when the old man withdrew his gaze. For a moment he seemed lost in thought, and then, in a low, tremulous tone he commenoed, There was a depth in that voice; a thrilling sweetness and pathos which riveted, every mart in the church before the first period aad been rounded. My father's attention had: become fixed upon the speaker with an interest I had never before seen him exhib- it. I can but briefly remember the substance of what the old man said, though the scene is still vivid before me. He spoke after this fashion : "My friends, I am a stranger in your village, but I trust I may call you my friends, A new star has arisen, and there is hope in the dark night that hangs like a pall of gloom over our country." With a thrilling voice the speaker, continued : "0 God, thou who looked with ocmpassion upon the most erring of earth's frail children I thank thee a brazenserpent has been Lifted up, upon which a drunkard may look and bo healed ; that a beacon has burst out upon the darkness that surrounds him, whioh shall give him bank to honor and heaven- the bruised and weary wanderer." It is strange what power there is in some voices. The s eaker's voice was low and measyred, bu tear trembled in every tone, rid befor knew why, a tear drop- ped on my hand, followed by others like rain -drops. ij,The old man brushed his oyes and eon ode: "Men'. nd Christians, you have just heard that"i�, am a fanatic. I am not, as God knows my; own heart, and with tears in my eyea Ibave j ourneyed over a dark and beaoonless ocean, and all of life's brightest hopes have been wrecked. I am without friends, kindred or home 1 I was not so once.,, No one could stand the touching pathos of the old man. I noticed tears fumy Fath, er's oyes and no longer felt ashamed of my own, "No, my friends, I 'Ivan not so onoe. Away over the dark waves whioh have Wrecked my hopes, there is a b:essod light of happiness and love, I roach again oon- valeively for the shrines of the household idols that onoe were mine, now mine no more.' The old man seemed to look away through vacancy upon some bright vision, his lips apart and his finger extended. I involun- tarily turned in the direction where it pointed, dreading to see come shadow in- voked by its magic. "I once had a mother with her old heart crushed with sorrow, the worst down to the grave. I onoe had a wife—as fair an angel as ever smiled In an earthly home, Her oyes' were as mild as a summer's sky, and her heart as faithful and true, as ever guarded and cherished a' husband's love, icier blue eye grew dim as the floods of nor - row wached awaythe brightness, and the loving heart was wrung until It was brok• ee, T ogee had a noble, beautiful boy, but he was driven out from the rules of his home, and my, old heart years to know if he is t li Iu , Ion once bad b x a babe, a e a sweet, y g w t , tender blossom, but these hende destroyed it, and it liveth with the One who oeth children. Donot bo startled, friends, I am not a murderer in the common accept• anoe of the term. Yet there is light in my, evening sky, A spirit -mother rej aloes over the return of her prodigal son. The wife smiles on hhn who turn back to virtue and honor. Tee angel -child visite me at night- fall, and I feel the hallowed touch of a tiny palm upon my cheek, My boy, if he yet lives, would forgive the to -To wing old man for the treatment which sent him out in the world, and the blow whicz maimed him for life. God forgive me the ruin which I ba e broue hb on me and mine," He again wiped a tear from his eyou, My father watched 'hirm with a strange inteeoity, and a oountenanee unueuallypaie and exult, ed by some atrange emotion. But the old man went on : " I was onoe a lunatic, and madly follow- ed the malign light which led me to .m11:1. I tang a fauatio when I sacrificed ohddren, happines and home to the acouread demon of the bowl. I onoe adored tho gentle being whom 1 so deeply wronged. I was a drunk- ard ; from reepeotability and influence I plunged into degradation and poverty. I drag red my family down with me. For years new her cheeks grow pale and her step weary. I left her alone amid the wrecks of her home -idols and rioted at the tavern. She never complained, yet she and her child- ren' often went hungry. One New Year's night I returned to the hut where charity had given us a roof. She was up shivering over the coals. I demanded food, but oho burst into tears and told me there was none. I fiercely told her to go and get some. She turned ner eyes upon me, and tears fast fall- ing down her pale cheeks; at this moment the child in the cradle awoke and set up a famiehod wail, startling the despairing mother like a serpent's sting. ' We have no food, Jamee—I have had none for two days, I have nothing for tho babe, My once kind husband, must we starve ?' That sad, pleading face, and those sad streaming oyes, and the feeble wail of the child maddened me, and I—yes, I struck her a fieroe blow in the face, and she fell forward on the hearth. The furies of hell boiled in my bosom, and with deep intensity, as I felt I had committed a wrong. I had never strnok Mary before, but now some terrible impulse bore me on, and I stooped down, au well eel could in my drunken state, and clinched both hands in her hair. ' God of mercy 1' exclaimed my wife, as she looked up in my fiendish countenance, ' you will not kill as, you will not harm Willie ?' At she sprang to the cradle to grasp him in her embrace, 1 caught her again by the hair and dragged her to the door, and as I lifted the latch the wind buret in with a cloud of snow. With a wild laugh, I-cloeed the door and turned the button, her ?,pleading moan ringing with the bleat and the sharp ory of her baby. But my work was not complete. I turned to the little bedrrhere lay my eldest son, and snatched him from his slumbers, and against his half awakening atrngglee, opened the door and threw him out. Is agony of fear he called me by a name I was not fit to bear, and looked his little fingers in my side pocket. I could not wrench the frenzied gray away, and with the cool- ness of a devil, as I was, I shut the door upon his arm, and with my knife severed the wrist." The apeaker oeased a moment and bripied hie face in his hands as if to shut out some fearful dream, and hie deep cheat heaved like a storm -swept sea. My father had risen from his seat and was leaning forward, hie countenance bloodleeeand the large drops standing out upon his brow. Chicle crept back to my heart, and I wished I was at home, Tho old manlooked,np; Ihavenever since beheld such mortal agony pictured upon a human face, He continued : " It was morning when I woke, and the storm had ceased, and the cold was intenee. I first secured a drink of water, and then I looked in the accustomed place for Mary. As I missed her, for the first time a sha- dowy sense of some horrible nightmare began to dawn upon my wondering mind, I thought I had dreamed a fearful dream, but involuntarily opened the outside door with a shuddering dread. As the door opened the snow burst in, followed by a fall of some- thing across the threshold. scattering the cold snow and etriking the floor with a hard, sharp sound. My blood shot like red hot arrows through my veins, and I rubbed my oyes to keep out; the sight. It was—it - oh ! God, how horrible ! it was my own in- jured Mary and her babe, frozen to ice ! The ever;true imother had bowed herself over the child to shield it, and wrapped all her own clothing around it, leaving her per son stark and bare. She had placed her hair over the face of the child, and the sleet had frozen it to to the white cheek. The frost was white in its half open eyes, and upon its tiny fingers. I know not what became of my brave boy." Again the old man bowed his head and wept, and all that were in the house wept with him. In tones of low, heart -broken pathos, the old man concluded "I was arrested, and for long months rav- ed in delirium. I awoke ; was sentenced to prison for ten years ; but no ;tortures could equal those of my own bosom, 0, God, no ! I am not a fanatic ; I wieh to injure no one. Bat while I live, let me strive to warn others not to enter a path which has been Mo dark and fearful for me," The old man sat down, but a spell as deep and strange as that wrought by some wiz- ard's breath rested upon the audience, Hearts could have been heard in their beat- ing. The old man then asked the people to sign the pledge. My father leaped from his seat and snatched at it eagerly. I had followed him as he hesitated a moment with his pen in the ink, A tear fell from the old man's eye upon the paper. "Sign it 1 I would write my name 10,000 times in blood, if 11 would bring back my loved ones 1'' My father wrote his name—Mortimer Hudson. The old man looked, wiped his tearful oyes, and looked again, his countenance ale ternately flushed with, red and death -like paleness, "Itis—no, it cannot be ; yet how strange" muttered the old man. "Pardon mo, sir, but this is the name of my brave boy," My father trembled and held up his left arm; from whioh the hand had been savored, They looked for a moment in each other's oyes, both reeled and exclaimed : "My own injured boy !" "My father l" They fell upon each other, till it seemed their smile would grow and mingle into one. There was weeping in that church, and I turned bewildered upon the streaming eyes around me. "Let ud thank God for this great bisecting, which has gladdened my guilt-bardoned soul, exclaimed the old man, and, kneel- ing down ho poured out hie heart in on he most melting prayers I ever hoard. The spell wars p broken, and alleagerly signed the pledge, sloa lygoing to 'heir homes, as if:loth t oleave thopot The pfd man is dead, but the lesson he taught the grandchild on his knee,, as the eveningwithout a tcloud, auu want down wi h will i never be forgotten. HIe fanatla iem ha lost none of its fire in my manhood'sheartr , THE OCEAN WOLF, SHARK CATCHING o vrn S4UTf1ERN COAST. In 1874I was mete of a coasting sphoore er voyaging beeween 0harloston, Beaufort, Savannah, and other points on the South. ern coasb. She was bullb ab Charleston, and 1 wout oub on the first voyage. The name of her Captain was Martin an eae going, good-natured man, and we hady three mon before the mast. We left Charleston in the afternoon, and were aoaroely clear of the bar when a monster shark was observed in our wake. There are always sharks in plenty in leston harbor, and thin chap would not have received much notice exoept for his size and the grim, peratstont manner In whioh he followed us, He ranged up on the starboard quarter, not more than ten feet away, and there he stuck. When we had made our offing and set our courae,the Captain determined to get rid of the un- pleasant visitor, When a sailor sees a shark following his ship he feels as a landsman would if a wolf was pursuing his carriage. The shark is there to eat you, if opportunity occurs, and yon foel a spirit of revenge stirring yon up to get rid of him. We had a big shark hook on heard, and after the decks had been cleared we brought it out, baited it with a chunk of pork, and the morsel was dropped over- board and the rope paid out until the pork was right at the shark's nose. He refaaod to touch it. Sharks are always hungry, and sharks aren't a bit particular whether they eat pork or sailor, but Chia fellow seemed to know that we had formed a con- spiracy to destroy him. We made up a dummy and parried it aloft and heaved it overboard with a great outcry, but that trick also failed. The shark paid no at- tention to the splash, bub kept his wicked eyes on the man at the wheel, and remain- ed where we first discovered him. We had a slow passage down to the In. let, and as we entered it the shark sudden- ly disappeared. uddenlydisappeared. We went up to Beaufort, unloaded a part of our cargo, took on some cotton, and came down again, and we had scarcely oreseed the bar when the big fish again took his position on the starboard quarter. It was the same when we went into Savannah, and the same at Brunswick, and we droppedihim again}off Charleston as we returned after an ab- sence of two weeks. We tried every way known to sailors to drive the fellow off, but he wouldn't budge. At Charleston the Captain consulted a colored clairvoy- ant, and she sold him about an ounce of pink salve and told him that he must buy a yellow dog, grease its paws with the salve, and use the dog to bait the shark hook. He paid 82 for the salve, and viae a whole day finding a yellow dog. One was finally discovere I folloiring a colored man about, and an offer of $3 made him our dog. On this occasion we left Charlrston just at daybreak, having been in the harbor three days. As day frilly dawned we picked up our old enemy, and all hands willingly turned up to see what look we would have with the new bait. We greased the paws of the dog, and he at once began to howl in the most dismal manner. You'd have believed from his actions that he knew what was coming. When we had lashed him fast to the hook we Found that the shark had neared the ship by several feet, and that he seemed to be a bit nervous. WeII, when all was ready over went the dog, and he had scarcely touched the water when the shark had him. He had dog, hook, and all at one snap, and started to make a skip when the hook brought him up. We took the line to the capstan and walked the old chap alongside, and when we had his head out of water we fired two charges of buckshot into it. We then drew him on board and finished him off, and of ber breakfast we fell to and elft him open to dee what sort of cargo he carried. There was the dog, swallowed almost whole, a human hand, a beef bone, the heel of a boot, a pint bottle, two feet of small chain, a snore of buttons, a silver- plated table knife and two iron spoons, and several other trifles which he had picked up while cruising around and wait- ing for us to dome out. We hove him over after the examination, and though the schooner ran on that same route for the ensuing eleven months, none of ns sighted a shark, large or small. The greased -dog business seemed to have given the whole fraternity a valuable hint. 0111.1. The Last Russian Serfs. The Russian papers announce the eman- oipation of the last Russian serfs. It ap- pears that the peasants on the estates of the foreign convents in Transcaucasia were until quite recently the serfs of the dioceses of Jerusalem and Constantinople. This abnormal situation has attracted the attention of the authorities, and since last summer the enfranchisement of these eerfs has been in progress in the Govern- ments of Tiflis and Katals. The Brother- hood of the Holy Sepulchre possesses more than 8000 serfs, and the Patriarch of Constantinople, as representing the convent of Iveroky, on Mount Athos, has about 500 more. ---me.-+.�►-.+ss.,.--- The Fire Bells Ring out an alarm and it is heeded, This le to notify;sou that bane substitution .q is practised when the great. sure -pop corn cure is asked for, Patnam's Painless Corn Ex- tractor never fails to take corn! off, It makes no sore spots and gives no pain, . Be sure and get "Putnam's, ' ------aweetwe.es.anexam Hoard on a orowded horse oar Conduc- tor—Please move rip. 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Within the last few weeka the Brltlah Admiralty has decided to distribute 3,000 Spenoer•Lee magazine arrns to the. navy for experiment. France has gone still further in ordering the issue of a hundred Robin rifles to oath infantry battalion, These rifles are a modifioetfon of the Gras pattern, and contain in a oylinder eight oartridgea, which are moved luta the barrel by'a spring as needed, The Kropatsohek repeater is already used in the French ma• rbne, au well as elsewhere, The Aaetro• Hungarian Infantry is to be armed, at least in part, it is said, with the Mennlleher magazine rifle, unless some other shall be found more effective, Oa all sides the tendency is toward magazine guns; and while various practical otj cations to par- tioular. rifles come up, the ultimate triumph of the magazine arms seems clear. Opium and Whisky. 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Seventeen Sizes GLARED WINDMILLS, From 1 to 40 It. p., for Pumping Water, running Grain Crushers, Straw Cut- ters, Root Papers, or any other machinery up to a 40 h. p. Griot Mill. HAY! N'G TOOLS. A Full Line of a -3f' T H E REST. I X L FEED MILL guaranteed to grind from 10 to 20 bushels per hour, according to size. These Mills are the most durable, perfect and eheapset iron Feed Mill yet invented. Pal"' WINDMILLS ins Frout.S to 30 feel: diameter. TANKS. From the smallest rip to 2,855 bids. PIPE AND Pipe Fittings: In fact a fall line of Water Supply Material. ' PUMP S. Bron and Wood, Force or Lift. (DEEP WV,ELL,PU➢1PSs A Specialty. lend us Your address on a post card and we will semi you 1r4.page illustrated catalogue free. PT!Nitr ebove a peel ivoremedy for the above d sens;boy1ts:us thousands of cages of the worst kind and of long standing bare been cured. Indeed, so strong 1 my, fntlhln+iia elllcacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES 01101, together with a VALUABLE 'rnavrisPs on. 011 disease to any sufferer. Give express and P. 0. address. Dn. T. A. SLOCUM, Branch Officekalt Yonge at',,;Toronttol CoA. .%lo7'r�Ei `e4. io MANUFACTURERS ANDMILLERS WILL SAVE MONEY BY USING McColl's Lardille aohine Oil. Toy it once and you will use no other. — — Every Barrel Guaranteed. We are the Sole Mannfagtnrors of the &twain Jardine. rar Also Cylinder, Engine, Woo and Harness Oils.. IVIcCOLL BROS. & CO., TORONTO. Try Our Canadian Coal Oil, "SUNLIG EIT" Brand, Finest in the . Market. Steady Progress, $3 500 600 Acro Farm-$2,oao'136Aore {� 5 l Farm -100,000 actinrplaye,15 oenta 100,000 5 cent muslo; instruments half-price. BUT. 1845LAND Toronto, e to - 1886 ALT—ONE THOUSAND TONS COARSE SALT —bulk and secke; also all other grades salt; eneoial freight rates and lomat prices. Oorroepon. donne solicited. addroee, WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Godorioh. YOUNG m EN wSaamntp;leSaboymDoMtryf g9youceanit pts. (5117er) Agts wanted, Donaldeoh & Co,, Ricorh1fimond 8t., London, Ont. BIG OFFIIR.—To introduce them, we will GIVE AWAY 1,000 Solf•operating Washing Ma- chfnoe. If you want one send us your Aname P. 0, and express atoace HERATIO p se o fQ coT NATIONAL OO„ 88 Dey B0., N.Y. WANTED -10,000 Millman and others Interested in maohinorp to eond name and address for a copy of my No. 12 Iiluatrated Catalogue ; gent free, H. W. PETRIE, Maobinlet and General 8laohine Dealer, Brantford, Ont. LANER HNIVES, STAVE CURTER, STAVE jointer, choose box, veneer, leather splitting bookbindore, moulding, tenoning, and other machine knfvre of beet quality, manufactured by Pe hit liar, Galt Machine Knife Works, Galt, Ont, ; send for prion list. 1,NtaOli/�II'3 SIIOIL'EHA0fli AND BUSINESS Institute, Toronto, to the oldest, iargeet,dicap. est and beet on the continent. Bueiaoee num enp- pined with office help on the shortest possible notion, Write for descriptive calendar. TWOS, Baxaoaot0, President; 0, 10. Baotael, Soe'y-Troas. MAN OR A'NOII.IA.lt WANTED IN EVERY township, to tell Dr. Taimage's new book, "Live Coals " The keenest and most vigorous apeolnlon of oratory ever written ; nearly 70O pages only $2 ; toll particulate of this and other new hooks neat,. Schuyler Smith to Co., Publlehere,London,Ont Cash Assets, $67,000,000 Ann'lIncome, 16,1211172 :AND: MX221'33 YtA , Gr/ ti• IN madam Ame 't. Old and Reliable 1 The NEW YORK LIFE le one Of the LARGI:er, S7,llOTOE5T AND B88T SA1GSD Life Companies in the world. THE BUSINESSA:AN'S two groateet objects to be scoured by Life Insurance are 1st. Protection to business and family interests in case of premature death, and certainty of an ample provision against poverty in old age. god. A profitable investment. The Best,Forni of Policy for Intending Insurers is the INVESTMENT POLICY or sent ..... al For it combines. Life Inns and Money at Interest, both for the Former Trice of One. Its increased popularity has been proven by ire increased business. GREAT STRIDES IN 1835. ''' Increased, its fncornc'ueeierly , , . 8 ,et10,t100 llhcecasett to surplus (undivided profit fund) over s 3,325,111!(1 Increased Os assets over . r TOTAL r 7, 80,060 Increased Policies in Force over . . ■ « O000000 ''IGUli ,MS DEC. 31, 1886. Cash surplus undivided profits . . . + $S13,,°2+;,,053 Income for year 1885 . r 10,121,I:2 Cash Assets (Funds invested)' te a a 06,804,321 Nevv 1'ollcics hooted . r . , r . 68,521,452 Total Policies bit force . • . 2259,674,:500 !lie iftcent Mulli is Attithied.-Durin(3 the fortyY-one ears itittft been in existence, the New York h. . 1 otic ns. o 4, information Ito as pa d to top y ors (80 ,000,000). ninety tour million doltnre, For detailed addroae, V. 1E, IEESSEY, M.D., Inspector, Otrtririo ltrnnpii ofrtce: Mali Buliding T'oronto.