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 la Oonrt. iUj, or mo% in ii-iag 8 • I il r]\. 1 ill me wid y«ti impudent ilty " i' kt le f»cka,~ 1 1 I • not H«ll.y.' gr," excl»gM4. jat wid hi* tjak." di: man." bim in tha it iat my haa' dnim.' uii lie biggea* Bih B»h, ' s»id Simott »int tchnicu«i' in up on » ch e charge. K DoDg (iu •isgera Mat be bM| ^, y ban' tetohf'" laced bia Sbr llirl I!) POBLIHIIKD *, Local In'.eilgieui.e, Cj'-nty Bu»iDe iuiniri;ial Matters au'l an Intiiucwve ^i,cell»ny. M 25 iu advtnoo, $1 SO in. *i»^' »?"'** if not paid tiU end o( th»-y J*o|*. d^ajonunnid noUl all arre»ra8« »« Hd| expert at th».,t*io» ' 'f^^'Jl 'mATES OK ADVERTISING f-t do do Ull .160 00 ao 00 18 00 10 00 4 60 so I£ g.H. • sewhy? wli it 1 »c bf. n »• liiii' IJ ia air !c. K' 11. y b .11 I ^-^ ,iC.. lijT. Nu» 1 n,kt \Ti!ifo"T imned lo( t yerrelf in "Urh a j xn a »tug 11*. tO) lca|| '.a dia. in yer goia'j iiiiurence? I* yeri I bulin' de oallad i lie Kioun' -Vow, iim it untergtaii's Uoaa^j ob bit," anawet«4 r.li.l. ' :7. a stugeat an' r run again a fnt i t?" I ]• ck io a svientiSc lUt^ iiy, asastugentan'ilri • witliilriw 'li« caM jiouj h yrr.-eli is de aekaati^ lit I is lie t-cientifia 't^. .Il \;e, dia man cebtr M'l.Mraw!) le miatake." /ly riiiht," said Simov, .l.)Wii to^rtber. "Ef wouM han^ tergeddcr t Iw bait 'K- trouble aa' ,rl.- onaire Criminal. „.t..ri T.:' .;rl" liiK I wbo iiicuis the btta ia .III that accouDt !â-  It ui 111 ly «lieve tJM i K-b II *trrs sojcarn U {i* •I by aM. Petersburg ido (iialif;kj;;i'i, Wnowuthna^ i.c 81)41. ilita-'t soubH^wta Milli. i\*,' ba» contrmdk s c.t li.e I'liortnoua fottaott j.h I'lSH swindling. Wi, l jmruiL '». toolumo, one ye" d» f» â- -• do do do ............. I and under, tiist inaertion, I aabaat^uont ioa ert OB..„ 1 SIM tu teu I E|ch (ubse#i«; ^r ten lioei, Irs EactilhW«1 «amber of occupied measured by a Miaie brevier. A4vcrtiBement» without- Be direction! will be publishrd till far-- â-  id charged accordingly. All tranaitory tisemenbt must be in the office of pub- by 11 o'clock on the Thuraday precedin){ their pnbJicitioD. C. \V. KLTLKDOE, Pr oprietor. FES^IONAL JTbUSINEIS D»«£CTORY. f^^ DR. quRK^^ 3:^OHN80H'8% lii.c first injertion.. 75 â-  If mt aa If I mHcjA. rs. Mpruiile A (Jarter, ciaiiii, bargeons, AccoucheuTB fcc. CE-- MedicaJ Hall; residence at le Hi.u-c. dale. SepUlT. 1H* ^y ie^iti' ster at Law, Owen Sound. ICE.â€" Mill' in l.nUdiiig. over Bobiu- atore, Poiil. tSutet 1-y Frosi Ac Pro«t, KlSTKi:'-: AN'f ATTORXETS-AT S(,l.ii.i- iii,'bancerv. Convey ScK.. Ow'Mi Souiici, have resumed at Un, Ollice oi^u every Thursday, an Hon-. l-"« .ST. anntv C'ruwu .1. W. Fbost, LL. B. Attorney. 1 M. .1. t. he traveiUi tu"w» stltcled f.r hii I :lc iiitjwu^ aiuboritiei, i atcnilJ by a snite «l :iiiil.lo'r'e», and it woilii s t."ome the l«ad« S.bciian city. Tailors, ,baiH;.)ui»t» adveiti»e 1 name li i M «^*" •="' ,. li-a-'iiig club, and is sbn alliai.ce with a young U« one if 'be I r-it famiDri lis diiiai r p.iili" areattmi i.lbual iitrMiii.-Hes aad its ..I Ibf btMt society I â- ,|.U.ii.-*, an I accept the ilhwliicli licjU'licionsly r;.l social â-  â-  iintciiance. X .joiiiiiiilti' of Kraei. i.r. ^iiil li III. "l"'n •'â-  â- * natli oi l.iur.l. Ak lea- tlur, I r a couvicttd nn 1. r ' I...; .iiilince of Dan -.rrt.'b- Lading an ;,t lito. N 'l so the thoum «|i... i.avi..- trusted their ir|.iM:;. -itfercd total n Slil«, IRlSTKl;.!. I \l loUNEV-AT-LAW, iSoli'itoi 111 I liHii.'Ty. lc. |C£K lit i\vii S'liiid and Markdale. -OlUcc Ht Markd.l'., v»r W. J. Mc- -lore, o|MU ou ihursilay of every LSTEUaud A I loUNEY AT-LAW, sti r in 'liiiih r\ Owen Sound. 17, iHHii. 1-y Jitiiir» l.ainoM. OK.VEV AT-LAW, SOLli IToU IN anrci.v. N.'titrv I'liMic, .Vt. .V lount'il iit luwot rate^ on iktsohhI t.itL. Lauds boiiKbt and m.M. d HL'llt I iutri)duc4-d free of C(mml^ DUNDALK. eml.i.i 21 -I. Ixaii. Will. Iii-»«tli, l; OK .MAKKlAi.i; l.lCEN.SES.Ac, iiiii.sio)ii'r 111 II 11 iVi' |eyaDi'iDK' m all its l.i.iii..'li rom|)tly to and ciucfiilly im'imiUiI. -Money tu Lend uu Ileal E^tuti- »e- ,il and Th rty Yeara of t \r. (â- ..llins, a naturalist, re...id. lit iM Ceylon, says I r. I.xe aU.ut i;«t yea" i 1! ' ;.t 4" Thtn' are three! !â- â€¢ s.iii.« li.'ds ai.d when' ,. » /.rv, .• V, 111 attain ' „ i„ il.o I......' .r oi ti.- â-  r.'w t" " *^ .ar,;c»i aii^-i- ' live on each "f the two uV „„ e .c\i of '.lie hiwi ' itrow to a,!iiednntl S'l " Il of rticf wl :iU 1 three :|. plriiii: ha* I â-  i. .it, ai.d ' ,-li, le^e ete l\ ecu tfl I lules "ii I'.ook, wit V I art behia Sept. F. l7. IHHII. AGENT. 1-v DURHAM i\»- .||-*' lel one loii.fyi I,: »t -â- /,â- â€¢ •• 1 v» • II i3)e 1 "or .Uh.-. N.'i I Mil l«r tl..i. .l.|.'nii: 'li leans •*) an iron a iiii.-t I -it an-.. 111. n.-t Vniuly el snbnii-s \.. When Mr. 1. V, ;ii 'Il I'l.aiit wliicb h4 " aii.l «i I'll liri.l le«;n i.l.'.irit.o..l Ic lai.tu.ed U overall. II -t h.^ving th wlii.li »..' iTorined by tht Lfr.. til.' .lepliallt lyiug qi I. ti(, 11 ai.'iit kej.t h s book tile (art. I he elephant diii kf u »tt â-  I Tiieii, and somt" it ».|l ti. t lliei charge â- â-  it lb.- • • I'll i:iV elf is .in (I r« ,Ti).I.;e* -the result beiag aut keei«rs a'e aooaa ESTATE aly of (iny. rloLoiin at rea'xiimlili' inUrest, piiy- jeaiiy at H per cent., or at tlie end i.^M^ r*.r 'wnt. â€" pHr*olpAl payable .•( a, r. or I" years -or vriucipnl '"rest yeiulv lo suit liorrowers, i.Dr Sale. M.irt(,'ut;e,s bought and ool.l. .17, IHWJ. l-y i%l«*XHlltl«-|- Bl-OU'll, tR'.f Mam ir« Xieeutes, Fire A^H-llI, vojieei lii-iiraiie. iVc. 'oli\. tr for tbf '..iiiilv and Liiii.l ^i^i I Hii.l eliaiyi Sci't. 17, laaile nnd C'onimis.siouci and Licensed f(ir»-y. Farmers, riinctuaily nt- verv niuderatp. 1-v i«l •!â- ' idenll} Turkey. â- .lit .wiH-et "I alfairn la ' rn';.«, ai well ;»s v. ry criU ..;ii.l a .-1' W "I- at that, »i iIm all ba.st.s. 111. nt, by r '.. l.ol.l ..II! bt' liaiil-, and it II .H-ei, as II \„ li,,lf-dozM it'i .ill 'be iiu'st improvad if*;;. lUti..ii at their coi 111); t» u. te.l in 11." re li .r.'l li-wr cvii ,j.i.st,iiK-.-. \^ I'll uiav be thi ,.l tbe trnbn. it is imioi iirk.y iii.ie. ni'ii yet, cone l.mrs, ,.lt.'r settm';; all her wi i ly ibe ear.-. Tue Suit I lli.il til se Kiirn.e n p f au..tb.r,.i.sdra«ing-rootB that by a little ju.liciora .luy r.ite lio:d bia wn. the V. ry game bo m I'lajm* itioii 1.. re, nl a pi' *lt«" ' ii). itii- appeMaii'i i beiD| 11111-.1 by sii. 11 a III ol a I r.'i-e« â- â- (â- ri: 4'i-l«'i, Jrn- il.O\N A.Nl- t.l-.NKKAL AtiENT. iS.un.l J^oni V to Loan at low tut. I'liiieip.il |.avttUe at the of yi ar, fii.l intire-t half yi ar- or |iriiici|'al and iutcre-l repay- ulnieiit-, Kiuber of ile-iialli Improved Ful ins 1 y J. 4a. ^iiiK ION AM) rUoVlNClAL LANO or, ii;(U|.'litsniaH aiiil Valuator, Markilale, Uiiviiif: |micliased Laii.l .Siuve-vor (liailes Rankin's 'f oii^'iii.il Field Notes. I'lans.i tit.truilii.iis. iVe.. ol all bis Surveys 'li the last tift.i live ,venrs, I am iiiaki .Surveys in strict aceord- pvMtli Tri. tiles iiiiil Estimates |lp Hill-, ri.iii- and Specilicatiiili~ Bri.j Inriiislnd ou appUen- 1 to I. luat s |,n cent interest. Pttei, ••! i, II Willi (1. .f. IJLYTH. nil !•' M.liiiLlv attellib.l lo! IHMll 1 V CURESI Df/Mpep'.a, Ltvet »itau€^ Itheumta- tiam, Mfrnp»i: BUlousnfts. .rrri-offs n€bi'Utj,et*, ThaBestEZMBBY ir.IOWN to Uan 10,009 AGKSTB txtiL ^OLDn-CE 1870 9.000,000 Bottlesn Thvi Sjrtfp Po,;se.tsa Varied rrnprrties. fl â- tlnnlitr'a fhn rrtytimn fa r»i" l»«nTn, wlilrh ranrrrw ilreninrrk nnd Kneirnrihe rood inio clurrKW. A il-Rclearr Im PrtrKllne tna»rn Winal .in4 ^onrinic of th • tnn,l lath* a|.n.nrh. If lUnnriilrlae ii inken imaiMll. â- lely nfrrr cailog lb' Ictrntumthut arfuad b pr»TPnled. Ic ana npon ibi Ivrr. Ilnrm iipnn ik« KliinrTS, It RrKutntra |Sr Itmvels • It PariOen ihr ni*el. IiQ«rt«-'».V â- ' mtrasHrntem. It Prai:irr-, Digrotlnn It NonrUiira, Htrrneihriia noil Tnvlcamte*. Il rnrrira rlT the Old Dlosd nnd Binkra neo Ilnpona ll:r parcM r{ llie akin unit ludaera ncallhr I'm^pirniion It nni'iiiizoi th' hen-fiiMXj t«l»-'.. orr-'.i::! |ri if bl'T"!, \v i.- 1 tcncratrK Srofi:I.i. i.r.sif« las. auU al] ' "i-::r 'j; :Ju(L d-jcx.t^ auU icxiaalhiutfiia. â€" ThTe a*-^- no pnlrita rtTip!oyi«i in Its mannfactmr, 3 t il ;-;u" !.. ta^o by Uiontr t delkato Imbn, or*)}. WOMAV OOMIB. ' ABrMalOiillin On thy bridiJ mominji Skiaaare bine and brq;lii' Wilih tww sweet *n aa|ect Day kaa followed night I ,;. O I thoo gentle mAJdAi, ' " With th» §Bibar kair, Be thy (ntare bri^ taA "^waant As this mom ia fair. VaablOB llat«a. wildly ara more •ztraragaat :i.l fcohl-, tt n I i I t'irciiici. d:.!.4il2:ttl!:3, S1.00 50 ?.-'.L :.L VClL'.NiTARY TE3" IMONIALS I' -/rwhoh.ive ^-^in CURED by tht f l*o J'LCOD r-URTiER. FOR DYSPEPSIA AND LIVER COMPLAINT. Kelvin, Brant Co., Ont. Dear Sir â€" This ib lo certify that your valuable Indian BlooJ Syrup hsis benefitcil me mure for Deapepaia and Liver Comjilaint, than any m^i- cine I ever before uaed. ^..i, Mrs. M. J. BRIDGE ' SAVED HER LIFE. Kelvin, Brant Co., Ont, Doar Sirâ€" I have been undei the diicturs hands almost continuajjy Jat, eight years, this year being the fini that 1 huvc not employed n ciau After usuig your Iddian ' •¥ for a brief space of time, I was- eialK led to do nil luy work. I truly Re- lieve it was the- means of saving ray hfe. Mrs. MARY LEONARD, CURBS COUGHS AND COLDS. Bnriora, urant Co., Ont. Dear Sib .â€"In February, 187* 1 was afflicted with a severe Cough which grew worse, confining DM to my room, and was finally pronotmeed incurable by my physician. In J aB^ 1877, I commenced using, the InfliB Blood Syrup, when I at once cSttt- pany Clearly, we are the persons to whem enabled a short time I was fair day's work. My Cough entirely gone. ISAAC HORNER, to dcj- a iB Vifijft' J. P. ilrttti«trii. wcrsi Hii Tu' play X 1 r:iiy wiling ., nv leaa n n le unlerst ;1 the tii'ii- lie li-'Ms the altpe^ 1 icb may prve t.o mu«fi in I jiavaJ ilemoiist ration. J*" :„ -eiwi ' a Ion in any othtf 1 brfakiiu' liw neck, is crta ,. -iHctule. The loja ,» naturally -to try and i et t» i.tlurs tbr.ota iu order t« ,.rl.i. t|Kirl.l hisownanat..! of Fare in a Monastery- some culinary n.cmoran|U l,.i,a-s.ic account-book ol th* II. The items bnu2 abuuilant and e.xcellent an i.ac monastic cstablishmi" the \i«t. « .lain ties bar* ,iat satisfy us that lu the ,t',e 111 iiks,' 'tl c mnch-abuM .taki.i n.onks, fanned the ent literature, and win new c'jokery. â-  -orp ..ston. *yyr»' C'wrst. Cbewtea, (a siiall jie.) ol Venyfon. i apons. .Aken H;a| oiis Cu»Uray* fiutte*. A Suttelty. I'remball to potage. 1. i-eyonH. ^Bakeu Vene*: Yerwtcl|.s, leche vialU ' -i Courif. Clere jelly *» turn, tlesande, KnotW Itynt, leche lombard. A M*;s. The bill of i*^^ dinner on a ti»*°*y'*° «d anic page. U â- ";» Uv"^^-*' •e, but was cert»iVly»« erof t e "me ics b«°» Ffyche, /yr«* «*|" y.uK and salt Iy»"b»- place, ffreahe i^aUnoO- reme. Tiench. I'cbe Second Cowtt. t"" rt, (a kind of tnrbot^ Hremys. Soolya rohe, loche Damaak- ffreche porpoaae. A Snteltye. .Isiiiii'H J. %%liM to li" Ciinitroii, llwiii Sound, i\: AT Till" l;l V1.I.I-. HOISE. .Inle, on-tlie la-t Widnes.lay in l»li. II lir vrill U].ri|.ari .1 i..per- tiiuoii- i...|sired upon tliejni..utb -atisl.nt..i V niaiiiiei,^and upon 1 V viviiljl 3a« lilotcU. MA RKDAL E. a«'d the above hotel and tbor riuslieil and rehtted it, tbe trav- will tind every accommo.liition. I'oM of liquors and cigars k«)it, jit' Careful hostler. lOIlN VAN HORN. Proprietor IlHHO. 1-y EAFORD, Ont. OIKK, PfapMBioaa. CURES ERYSIPELAS. »-J. Mt. l;oresi, Wellington Co., Ont., Can. â-  Pkab Sik:â€" I was severely afflicted wHh Jirysipelas for two years, and a short trial «{ voiir Indian Blood" Syrup etfectuallv cmred me. • Mrs. .IANET ANDEBSO^. LIVER COMPLAINT. *** ..Mt. Forest, WoUinpton Co., Ont., Can. ' Dk.ib Sib :â€" I have used your great Idian UI.mhI Syrup for Liver Complaint, and hav received great lienetit therefrom. I rtetwi- ueud its use to all similarly afflicted. **' MELSON CABK DISEASE OF THE ,STOMACH. Mt. Forest, Wellington Co.. Ont., Caa. li..vB SiB:-Thisis to certifiy that ypnr valuable Indian Blood S.vTup cured me oi Cramps in the Stomach. W. N. CUIUJOW. DISEASE OF THE STOMACH. CroKS Hill. Waterloo Co., Ont. VE\a Sib:â€" I was troubled with severs Pains in mv Stomach, and also with Loss ol Appetite and was unable to get anything to relieve me until I took your Indian Bload Syrup winch effected a speedy cure. I shall alwav.s L'ive vonr metUcine the praise it so justly deserves. NANCY LEE. SCABBY HANDS. Neustadt. Grey Co., Ont. Dear Sib:â€" My Hands became Scabby, and I was unable to tell what it was and went to a doctor, who gave me medicine, which did no good. I then procured some of vonr Iniiian Blool SjTup and had taken it only a short time, when the Scabs diaappear- ed."an.l now my hands are as well aa ever. I can safely recommend it 'as a Valuable remedy. Mbs. HENRY HUFF. IM ,„iino'iatioii for ilie travelling i,..i- well stoiked with the |iuc ana Liiiuors and the best i;ars. To and from all trains. SCI BvU is a thrifty 'o. theeatMe-- ut a limited portx*' km kd pi use meat. .TVHOor [ST HOW RESTORED kWe have reoentl, pubbshwl a Bew edition of Dr Culver f^eU's Celebrated Essay 1 and permanent cure (without iJ.Tvons Debility. Mental and kapa(ity, ivpediiaents to Mar- ^^ulting from excesses, in a sealed envelope, only six I (Kistage gtampe. Vatc.l author, in this admirable f .iemonstrates, from thirty till practice, that ahuming con- »y be radically cored without the *e of internal medicine or the I a knife pointing ont a mode of pimple, cartaia and effectoal, by lieh every snUerer, no natter litiuu may be, may core tiimsalf bU'ly and HiiibwilljS' t should be in the handaof every try man in the Iftnd. i, IVERWELL liEDICAL CO., 41 AxK St., Msw Yobt. OS, i%6. Wtty BUTTOKS than evec. SoiH aqmra and round traiaa are won in avaoiog toilet. f AUcY feather* show tbe inflaenoe of the oiaae for plaided effects, SoMB Tery small bonnets appear amoog lata novelties in millinery. Thx "Abba" iathe new bat worn by la- diea retnmed from abroad. A TKiMMiiio mnch in vqgue ia black net embroidered with j^t beads. Dasr tnoha on dasasas aaa a raaaak l arieal of a flkabion of ye oldan time. Prkmch modistes add flowers aa ac c e aao- riea to all bnt the simplrat dressee. Plush roaea form the favourite gamitarea of many lovely evening dreaaaa. Irish point and church laco form the most fashionable mull neck scufs. Black dresses btill bold their own and are as elegiuit and fashionable aa ever. Ajtkr the rage for big bonnets has tab- sided, the medium sizes will probably be moat worn, BoNNBTH, mnffs and ooatamaa match when worn by the moat faatidioualy fashionable women. Jet or coloured crystal beads enrich all the richest trimmings and emhroideriea on dressy costumes. Waifc. A GOOD soldier is an easy oatvb. He is al- ways ready for an engagement. Th spots on the sun do not begin to ore- ate the distarbanoe produoed by the freoklea on the daoghter. WuKN a maa and a woman are made one, the qneetion " Which one ?^ is a bothersome one until it ia settled, as it soon ia. A LADY assistant in a glove stiop was al- moat mad when a fellow aaked her if she had any nice dark -coloured kids. When does a budding young damsel burst into fruit â€" When she becomes the ap- ple of somebody's eye. Sous crusty, rusty, fusty, musty, dusty, gusty curmu^eon of a man gave the follow- ing; toast at a celebration â€" "Our fire-en- gines â€" may they be like our old maids ever ready, but never wanted " " I CANT go to Europe," a lady ia report- ed to have said "I am reading fortyfive ccntloutd storiet, and my., limited, measa would not let me pay the poatage." W.MSM old Mrs. Pinapbor heard that a oer- taitf oaog lady had "gone to Europe to catch a-hasbaha," aha inodtontly observed "' Why, ia there no one in this country who willhav«thegirl7" The facultv of ao Ohio fenude semi i.aiy has i.'-saed orders thst.oo pnpil shall have more than one mak visitor par weift. The smart girls invn» their young men te oall on Sunday, so that when their fatbata oome on Mondajf the old men fiad tfaaSiaalvea barred outi* 1 ' A yoi-Nnia with an tamhjr^Q^ overtook an unprote|taA. Jady a«iQmainiarfDC in a rain- storm, and/extaading his nmbrtU* over her, lequested the pleasure of aciiuK aa her laiu- bow. "Ohr* exclaimed tbe yo^ng lady, uking his arm, " you wish ma to ho your rain di^." "Two souls with bat a «Bg!e umbrella, two forma that stepped as one. TiaitaAaiMtMTace fi J i l i %p n tiyy«yrifc'4 A^^B||Hpn (MMMQ^^ MIm Hawaa(l The biMliu of tha4eat ia not began till the ohild haaCaraad to walk and do vacioaa thga. The bandages an inaeiany ottm- taotared. and sre abont two inchaa wide and two yaHa long iar tha firat yaai^ aad. Aaa ysrdia laag fer sahaeqaent ^Mara. Tha a^d of the strip ia laid oo the inside of the foot at the inatep, then carried over the toea, un- der the iootL and round the heel, tha toea bfilgtH«a.iMm timaii aMi oTsr tha a« while a bolga ia paadoead on tha inatep, and a deep ineaotatiaa ia tbe aolo. Tha icden- tation, it u ooaaidared, sboald m aa an re aboot an inch and a ha'f from the part of the foot that rests on the ground up to the in- atep. Soooeasive layen of bandages are p«t aatiU the atrip ia all oaad, a^theewl â-  thea sawa tight^ to tha grovad. Large qaaotities of powdered alam are ased to preraa* alee iat ioB, and lasaao tha oSsaaive odour. After a month the foot is pat in hot water to soak some time then the bandage is carefnily nnwoaod, mnch dead cuticle coming off with it. Uloers and other sores are eraa feood on tbe foot. Frequently, toe, a largo piece of flesh slonghs off the soles, and one or two toea may even drop off, in which case the woman feels afterward repaid by having smaller and more delicate feet, fiaoh time the baudage is taken off the feet are kneaded, to make the jointa more flexible, and are then bound up again as quickly a( possible with a fresn bsadase, which is drawn up more tightly. During the first year the pain is so intense that the vic- tim can do nothing, and for about two years tbe foot aches continually, and is the seat of a pain which is like the pricking of shsrp needlee. With continued rigorous binding, the foot in two yean becomes deed, and ctaaes to ache, and the whole leg, from the knee downward, becomes shrunk, so as to be little more than skin and bone. When once formed, the "golden lily," aa the Chinese lady calls her delicate little foot, can never reoovar ita original ahapa. Foetiy ot tbe Table. Moro appetiaing Mian all patent teoics is a perfectly arranged tabfe, sparkling with cleaolinesf So let us be it ULtle axtiavagaat in our freMi tatileol(Ah(, fbtn; soap^ wa:er. and a litMe l|ill»ar araaW te hava bad'ta ay. And now we must decide, shall we have the best china and do with some stone- ware for evtry day? O.- shall we pay our- selves the resiKct usually reserved for com it is of the most importance Shall we sit (Iowa to odd plates and cracked saocers six days, that we may enjoy gilded chink on the seventh By no means. We will have plain white Fruicb china,., ii^bicb can always De matched, whmt broken, aad v» will sit down to it every day. In tbe same way we will bring out the plated knives and silver forks, and partake of our food with a sence of our own deserts. We ihall feel inreased resptot for oOTsdves, also, with .napkins and bdtter ^lat48 Ko th'Oft we wiQl^ave. DYSPEPSIA AND KIDNEY COBtPLAINT. Westport. Jan. 29, 1879. Deab Sib â€" I have lieeii suffering for veai« with -Dyspepua and Indigestion and Kidney Complaint, and ba«e triid a great many remediea, but witboat eflt^et. I be- came very bad and coulS not leave my bed. I sent to your Agent, WUliam Dier, lor a bottle of your Tndian BTodd ffyntp, aJiJB'JIo M not besitata to say Jhat it ^ved ujy U^. • I p am comptotei^.'aiiad and led like a new man Last weel' my son »a» taken sick a few doses of A-Romantlc Uatcb. 'A Boaton bookaaller telli a vary romantic story as follows At one time I had prepar- ed ^iiies ef fancy paper with a fancy initial' o^^t name embossed in it, and I pat this tap at tl a box, and advwtised it widely Ojc day I- had an order from California, from a Mi-s Susie The box was done up, add rested to her. and lay abont here, when a young Englishman came in and wanted to write a letter. I gave him the materials and a place, when his eye canght tbe address on this box. " Huve you tbe order that came for that box of pap r ' he ssked. "Vis,"' 1 replied, "it is about some- where." "Would you mind sending it op to my ho- tel If it IS what I think, f shall leave for California to-night." I found it pnd sen' it around, and beard no more abont it for perhaps three montba, whin one day the youug man, with a lady on bis arm, walked in. "I want to present you to my wife," he said. " We could not leave this coantry till we bad thanked yon for your part in bringing us together." The denouement wM qui'e a romance. The young man was the son of an aristocratic fa- mily,and the girl the daughter of the garden- er. Bat love levels all dutinctiooa, and the young man felt this girl to be the chosen compi.nion of his bfe. To break off the at- tachment his father bad sent him to the con- tinent, snd ditpstobed the gardener and his pretty daoghter to America, where the young man had followed them, ignoraat of their address, and at Ust hoding it throagb the chance of the box of paper. with severe Headache, and TOUT valuable medicine cured him. â-  DATID BLACK. CURES DYSPEPsiJ A1fJ MmOBS- TIOH. â-  Westport, Ont., Jan. 26, 1879. Deab Sib:â€" I h^ve been afflicted with Dyspepsia for ^Bwit-'JiUtai y««.»nd your iiMli.in Blimd Syntp is the only medicine that ever l^slped me. I would say to aUsuffecLBg from this disease to give your medicine a fair trial. w. H. BQBJ8QN. " ^e Ganetal ..Igetits lor .Canada, Soii op and Lyman. No. 21, Toronto St. West, Toronto. .4Uo ^,ants for Mothar Neble'a Healing Symp, an English Diseorery wUeh is well known as a valuabla and effective Blood Puriler throughout the World." How Marrtad Woman Oo«e to Sleep. Then is an article going the rounds enti- tled " how Girls Oo to Sleep." The man- ner in which they go to sleep, according to the article, can't hold a candle to the way a married woman goes to sleep. Inistead of thinking what the would have attandad to before going to bed, she thinks of it after- ward. While she is revolving these mat- ters in her mind, and while tnngly tacked up in bed, tbe old man is scratchmg his less in front of the fire, and wondering how hs will pay the next month's rent. Suddenly she says " Jamea, did you lock tke door?" " Which door 7" says Jim. " The cellar door," she says. " No," says James. " Well, you .had better go down and lock it, for I heard tome person in the bsck-ysrd last night." Accordingly Jim paddles down stairs and locks the door. About the time Jamea re- tams and is going to get into bed, she re- marks " Did you shot the stair door?" " No," said James. " Well, if it isn't shut the cat will get op into the bedroom." " Let her oome up, then," says Jamea, ill- natandly. "My goodneea, no, " returned the wife, " She'd suck the baby's breath." Then James paddles down stairs again, and steps on a tack and closes the ktair door, and corses the cat and retoms to the bedi»om. Juat aa he begins to climb into his coach his wife ubeervea " I forgot to bring up some water. Sup- pose you oring up some in tbe big tin." And so Jsmes with amnttered carte goes down into the dark kitchen and falls over a chair, and rakes all the tinware off the wall in search ot the " big" tin, and then jerks the stair door open and howls " Where the deuce ire tbe matches?' She gives him minute instructions where to tind the matches, and adds that she would rather go and gt the water herself than have the neighbourhood raiaed about it. After which James finds the matches, pro- cures tbe water, comes up stairs, and pre- parte hivMalf to retire. Before aooomyliah- ing this feat the wife suddeuly remembers that she forgot to chain the dog. A trip to tbe kennel uiUows, and he once more jumps into bed. Prepaatly hia wife taya V^Mea, kt't have an andentandiag abotit iboney matters. Now next week, Fve got to pay â€" " " I don't know what yoa'U have to pay, snd I don't care," shouts James, as be larches around and jams his face against the •a'alt " all I want, now is sleep." ' That's all very well for yon," snaps his wife, aa ahe palla the covers vicionsly) "yon never think of the worry and troable I have." Tbb widow of tha Field-Maiahal. tha Coantaaa tub Wi«aa*li dM lately i^Prw- sia, after hariog oala hrated her diaoawl ^reddioff. 4 Mb. Mackay, the Bonaaha m Ubaaain, im aaid to have becoasa mtnmk a^aoMaaaa, ao many adventurers and impoators having piactioed on him that be baa loet faith in bwaan nature. AGUrlMonk. Matrena Ivanovna, a Roasian peaaant girl of Iwo-and-twenty, has recently acquired considerable Lotoriety in her native land, tays The Lonicn Teltfrm^, throagb the fact that, under the monastic designation of Father Michael," she sncoetded in passing several months in the cloister of Staraja La- doga, without inoarring th» leatt tntpieiea OD the part of her fellow- mooks tbatahe waa other than she teemed to be. Forced by her father to marry a peraoo whom she detested, she disappeared ^rom her home on the day succeediDg her wedding, and, apoa aaarn being made, her dothee aad two Mg'plaito of tMr " back hair " were ioaad near tha Wolchoff river, as well aa a letter ia her handwriting, stating that, rather than Uve with her husband, she had rtaolved todrews herself. Her relativea, believing that aha had really committal aaioMei forbore any fnrther inquiry, and moamed for her aa one dead. She, however, fli fad in mao'a ^othinj^ applied laat ICareh' far admiaaiari to the above-named mooattory, and aa du- ly reeaived into the confratetrnitv oa M«ha- ti«a, thking ^e asfnor rows, aad'olB«atiag -aa Tnra^'hn'it" to the prior. There ia no knowing to what eool««Mtic«l dignitiea th* might not in time bare riaea, had iiot aa-' hind f ortaae decreed that a t ^ive of her town village ahoulct hAte bein ai ht to Strsia LadMbf Ma-MAar far «.ri««a. «^( A Mixed Telephone, The telephone, the wonderful offspiing of Edison't great miod, is an instrument which is now looked upon as indispensable to the world's good, but it, like a great many other things, will sometimes get out of humor and act in a very crooked manner. Mr. Charles Augaslu^ Fiizmont is an en- terprising but bai£fnl young clerk, whose place of business is on King street, and he is most warmly attached to a fair maiden who lives in an nptown reaidence with a tele- phone in it. Oft the telephone hat been used as a medium through which ho has breathed words of beart-ponndin;; love in tbe ears of the one he ao fondly worshipped, and never did he know it to fail in the perform- ance of iti doty until yestorday, when it caused him to moan â€" yes, to tremble like an aspen leaf, and tmito one knee againat the ot'cr. At the time mentioned Charles had not seen his affinity for over forty -eight hours, and he determined to inform her of whom he wiw fondly dreaming that he would be up to the hoate that night and tit ont on the front porch with her and tigh at the moon. Seeking the telephone while no one waa in the office, he laid " Is Miss Minnie at home T" "Yes." "Tell her to ttep to tbe 'pbone, pleaae." " Is that yon, CharHe " inquired a cooing voice skimming akmg the wire. " Yes, dearest, it is yoor own Cbarlea." " Oh, Charlie, what made yon stay away so kmg? You moat oooie up to-night ba cause " " The baby waa bom an hoar ago." "Wh-atbabjrr " Yonr own baby." " My bab) " shrieked the yonnc woman, "why, I'm â€" I'm larprited that you â€" yoa would say tach a thing. Iâ€" I didn't expect PiMhpvy IMaftmtS and daaowieed by thfa l ajjatriit tafar.aa, MataaM V,m0mL,»^4a^ a» ^i^ymik, " gather Michael" waa hJ*!^ '«¥« la the polioa aathoritiaa by tha indigaaat •ol â-  aaw awaitiag trial for iwaoali areUgioaaoo«atn2ty-aath«alikalT to ha " Neither did I I jast heard it a nxHneot ago." •• Ton don't briiaita thiaâ€" thia fearfal re- port Say â€" say yon don't. Ton know I baveu't got a baby I never di4 have a baby in my life," bowled the ytJdng woman in a "Ha la I old fallow, yoa feel to prood aad happy that you have to indolga ia a jofcaTaa TO^ .AUov ma to nnn g ratnl a to yea. It's a boy, aad waigha twelve poaada. Good-bye.' " Mis4 Banterâ€" I say, Miaa B«p|H»- â€" "Ob, Ohartiel what ia t' "MaMar fn'^gl», I waat to man'a name who tafal yea "*~~^ Uaahood. rUhavahiagM 111 fallav hiai aver aiztaaa diflwaat to kilt hiat. FU cnah him.^ Ill ban. TeU ate, waa it f Baoffi wbo faroaght that hanihia be to y "what )m, OMriie! Whil do I iNWk to iMa» who tald yoa haoda-nfthahtrthwa, hia li i hilig Vfittiat I had a baby bora to waiii h ay aga ' "^^â€""'^that weighed twalvapaaada. Wha ia tha TittM»ITw: -, 1 •'•"' Itaaa avarnawiHi aad haadiorttafnttia diaadfal ~ha A Bun MAN 8 EiooLLBonoHa or cvucbbat- â- D tKsuBu wunaa. fOsr. ladisMpoUa Joanal " I heUave yvn wan a Loadoa publiaher?" " Yea my eves ware good thea, tnd I waa ia the thick of tbe trade. I waa the eoafldaatial cleA of Chwman Jt HalL whan thay haeaae Diakaaa* pmlithatt, aad after- ward I eat np for myaaU." "Did yoa tee mooh of Dickcaar "Not very much. He aaldom came to office except to draw hia money, and he naoaUy overdrew. He inclined to dreea ratiier ' load,' aad it waa nataral enonsh that hia bead waa tanad fer a time bynia ex- tcaordiaary snaoist. It was tiMnetbing mere than forty years ago it waa in 1836- "ST aad "SS that be waa a frequent viaitor at ChanoanftHaU'i." " X waa a member of the oelebrated Maaa- nm clak^" ha oontinaed, after a short paoae " it waa the precnisor oi tbe now ttiU more famona Savage club, compoeed almost wholly of antbora and pabUahers. Inside of tbe Maeeom olah waa another â€" the Zodiac ohib â€" of which there were always fourteen mem- bers, one each for ten signs of the zodiac, and two each for the other two â€" Pisces and Oemiiu. I belonged to this, also, and Dou- claa Jerrold, Leigh Hunt, George Henry Lewce, Francis Mahoay " Father Prout"), Landaaer, Maoready, John Leech, and others, were members. " Elacb member was named after same sign ia tbe todiac and there was a fine of one penny for addreating a man by any but hia zodiacal name. Douglas Jerrold, I remem- ber, waa ' Scorpio Moriarty, an Irith writer, wat 'Taurus,' and Dr. Erasmus Wilaon, a sort of later Kit North, and author of itandard workt on skin diseases â€" was 'Cancer.' I remember a joke of Leigh Hunt's at dinner one day. Lewea waa carving a young pig, I think â€" and he said to Father Front ' What part will you have?' 'My favonrite part â€" you know what it is,' said Fathsr Prout. Lewes was nonplussed for a moment, but Hunt exzlaimed ' Give him the pope's eye â€" he's always trying to get the pope s eye I' You know tbe pope's eye is the delicate gland in the pig's thigh. Father Front's relation to the Citholic charch gave point to Hunt's suggestion, which was greeted with great laughter. Father Prout was a character. He bothered poor Tom Moor tadly, taking one of his finest songs and trsnslating it into Greek, and then publishing them, side by ride, and charging Muore with plagiarism. " What sort of a man was Leigh Hunt " " Cheerful â€" always cheerful and hopeful, though he had a hard time ot it. About 1810 he was fined £500, and imprisoned for two years, for speaking of George, the prince of Wales, as a ' fat Adonis of fifty,' and there are not many men wbo could have borne the infliotioa more serenely. He obtained the petision of £200 from tbe crown, from George's niece. Queen Victoria, when he waa a member of tbe Zodiac club. He was the original of Dickens' •Skimpole,"you know." " But Dickens could hardly have thought unkindly of him," I suggested, " for the very year before he wrote ' Bleak House,' be took the lead in a series of unprecedented entertainments for Leigh Hunt's benefit, Dickens, Douglas Jerrohf, Cruikshsnk, Mark Lemon, Lewes, and others, going over the kingdom as a company of stroUing actors, to raise money for the impoverished sothor." •Oh, no, " said Mr. Addey, "Dickens certainly would not wish te harm or offend Leigh Hunt, but the latter's happy-go lucky disposition undoubtedly suggested the ex- travagant shiftlessness and sunny gabble of Skimpole, notwithstanding." " What sort of looking man was Jerrold " "He was a little man, about five feet high, long hair, prominent cheek bones, a keen eye, and his form a little bent, and be looked up at you with a comical wag of his head. I knew him veiy well- He was really kind-hearted and sympathetic, but he was so fond of fun and so sarcastic in his method that he sometimes indulgrd his wit at the expense of other peopled feelings. Not many got ahead of him. His publiA- ers, Bradbury k, Evans, who, he thought, had treated him rather shabbily, gave bim a couple of tucking pigs, which he took out to his aaburban cottage, and put in a pen. He named them â€" one Briwibnry andtheother Evans. A couple of months after hia pub- lishers came oat and dined with bim. Alter dinner he took th m out and showed them his piga, and said ' I bsve named them after yon, gentlemen. They are growing wonderfully, and I believe if I keep them they will grow tbe greatist hogs in Europe, and 1 do net forset the donors " "Hepworth Dixon waa a member of oor club too Jerrold always called him (be- hind hia back) ' Hap-'orth Dixon.' " " Did you ever meet Wordaworth or Kogertr " I never saw Wordsworth," said Mr. Addey. " He was an old man and he lived ont at the lakes. Rogers I have seen, driving or walking through London, for be was a great gadabout, but be wsa a wealthy banker, and tbe literary world of London knew little of him. Kit North was in Soot- land. I have met Lord Bnlwer once or twice but I did not know him very well. Thhckeray used to drop in at our house oc- oarionally. I remember that once Cbapman said to him ' Thackeray, what are you go- ing to do to-night A lot of our fellows are going to dine at my houae, imd I wish you^l come. ' Thackeray stood and thought a minute, and then said ' Thank you, it is a stroug temptation. Bnt I have told my old mother I wiU toke her to the opera, and I can't bear to disappoint her. Conut me in next time.' I fancy that reply is a key to Thackeray's character, " Charles Kemble, the actor, was one whem I occasionally met in rociety. He waa very deaf, and I remember that once some- body ssked bim a question abont a well- known speaker, just as a gentleman began to sing. All unconscious of the music, Kemble spoke up loud enough to be heard by everybody, and said: " He's an arrant humbug 1 Nobody ought to listen to him " Explanatiooa followed. I once attended what might properly be called a ttor per- formance of "'The Merry Wives of Win- tor,' Msrk Lemon as Falstoff, John Fores- ter as Ford, George Henry Lewes ss the Welsh parson, and Bickens and Jerrold aa Slender and Shallow. The ladies were pro- feaaionalt. You can imagine that the per- formance waa most attractive. " I remember well two things that Jer- rold frequently repeated. One was that line of poetry. ' The sea that moaaeth for tbe reat that never comes,' and the other wat ' There't always sunshine somewhere ia tbe world.' " Orerdne Railway Tickets. An important questioa will be settled by law before very long. It has been asked over apd over again what rightany railway company hat to dictate at what time a traveller shonld ate the tioket be boys. As well, it is tlipoght allow the grocer to dictate to his customer within what datea he must finish a esrtain pound of Bogar, The company takes money aad agreea to carry a pattenger to a oactain daatination. As long sa the ticket remains uncanoelled, the question it, haa that trav- eller not a perfect right to aae that ticket whenever be ohooeea. A caaa in peiat hat o o oiui ed this week. A gentleman bought a ratara ticket to Toroato on tbe 10th of September, which waa oooaidered "good" till the SOtb. He waa oae of the fndgaa at the exhibition. While here, he wat peraaaded to go oo to Hamilton, to per- facai the aaaM dnty there, and then, oo fam to Loodoa. He bought retara tiokete ovac the Gnat Wartam, wbioh were aU hi«oarad,bBtwhaaheeCwedhia tioket to the eandoolaroa the Graad Trank,it waa ra- foaad, aad ttaaar wa^daaaadadoa paia of iJaotaaot from tna*. Tha gaottemaa nfMed to pair, mM mmmAh t wat pot off at SaarhaNagl. Uia aaiwaliiiiil that aa Mkaa far daMMia, ia tai ha tha aaaal* a thia itirtBaodoabthowatibad with â-  tha-'MaMw ia-'aao -af aa To tka Vieton BdoM th* ^oUii. None but tiiaaa whohavahadapntty kag raiidtao«i ia tha Doited Stataa and have taken aome active part in tbe manipulation and working of the potitiod " machine," can hava anything like a correct idea of the depth ol degiidatioa aad demoralizstiou to whioh tha politica of that oeaatry have been reducad, aad, in tha judgment of the mast thougbtfal men of tbe nation, no other one canae hat oontribnted to largely to bring about thia deplorable atate of things, as the infamoua dootriae iadie a ttd by toe words which ataod [at the head of tliia article. However valuable may have bean tbe aervioe which General Andrew Jackson rendered bia coantry ia his quality aa milit- ary leader, it baa been a thounand timet more than countar-balaooed by the adoption of thia principle in the exercise of hit patronage aa the chief magiitrate of the republic. The day in whioh he summarily and arbitrarily ejected five hundred postmasters from office, to make room for aa many of his own partiaant, wat one of the very darkeet days in the history of the coantry. Ol ooursa others have not been slow to follow hia mis- chievons example; bnt "to him," as are- cent writer has truthfully said, " must be awarded tbe unenviable, if not execrable, distinction of accomplishing at onoe the ruin and proatitition of American politics." One party having adopted this principle, a sort of neoeaaity was created for ite adoption by whatever party or parties might thereafter attempt to oppose it. No other political organization could hope to be sncoessfnl in fighting it, without offering ite ooostitnente, at least, at ttrong inducemente at it offered etpecially at no one, or at most but few, appeared to have any very clear perception of the essential corruption of this thing it- self, or of tbe baneful consequences which it would produce, and the public sentiment of the country was not strong enough against the infamous preceeding, to nip it iu the bud. The result has been that tbe govern- ment of the coantry has in a great measure been token out of the hands of the best men of the nation, and handed over to a set of sharks, whose chief interest in public sffairs lies in the opportunity which they afford them of gorging them- selves at the public expense, "rhe dignity snd emolument â€" chiefly the latter, for the dignity of official life in the Uuited States, as a rule, is as near zero as possible â€" are simply looked upon as prizes to De fought for by oontonding fsctions, apoiU which sre to be dittributed among the most brazen and self-asserting of the one that happens to be victorious. No wonder that the very name of " politician" has become the synonym of all that is selfish, vile, and contemptible. It is scarcely a mattor of surprise that there are thousands of estimable American citizens who would just as soon be called thief, as politician. This is not because there is necessarily anything mean or contemptible in politics ao far from this being the case, there is no nobler science than the science of government, and no sphere of activity in which men can engage,moie honourable than the management of tbe public affnira of a rit, enlightened and free people. If there any arena in which the very highest qualities of mantiood and citizenship may be most appropriately displayed, any field of action which might be most emphatically styled " the sphere for men" one would think it was tbit one. But when political life has become degraded into'an unseemly and bmtalHriuigle for personal aggrandize- ment â€" a ^mle ^tween a couple of packs of hungry curs contending for a bone â€" no won- der that the gorge of respectable men rises at the mention of a politician. Tbe fact is, all the incidental evils con- nected with party government, have been aggravated to the highest degree by this doctrine that "to the victors belong the spoils " until, as an American writer says, "The modem political party is more than a machine it is a huge car of Juggernaut that periodically rolls through the length of this republic, ruthlessly crushing ont all pure political motives, all disintere t- ed political conduct, and all ncb'e political action. The stench which rises from these mthed and mangled politic il sacrifices, has poisoned the moral atnii8]ihere, and innoeu- lated corruption and fraud into the deepest veins and arteries of the body polibc' Black as this picture is, it cm scarcely be said that the olonr it laid on too thickly. Nor is it any wonder that this appalling state ot things has been reached, when we look at the facts aa they exist at this very moment. The two great " mschines " are abont to be set in motion. At least one million of office-holders, â€" Feileral, .Stent, county, and city, including their wives and children â€" are to-day in breathless anxiety, fear, and suspense, lest the result of the November elections shall bring some great calamity upon them, in the loss of employ- ment, income, and the certainty of a liveli- hood. On the other band, another million, or, perhaps, nearer two millions. Federal, State, county, and city, office-seekers, with their wives, children, and relatives, are se- cretly clierisbing the hope,and feistnguiidn the golden vision of a fat office, and a more easy and luxurious Ufe. What, in the very ua'uie of things, can the principles and policibs of parties, or even tbe interoste of the Conimi.nwe..lth, be te these feverish and excited millions, or to the bulk if them, in crmparion with their own personal intereste, .-lod the iuterests of their families and friends, w-bote very means of aubsistence, and all that gives thrm the semblince of respectability, and iinportance, are at stake. " What propor- tion of public atteutiou" â€" we still quote from the same writer â€" "could be directed to, or what genuine disinterested interest could be felt in uiy political reform in the midst of such a low, vulgar, and contempti ble bread-and-butter scramble." But such ia politics in tbe United Slates, and such they may be, and meet likely will be in this coantry, unless the evil is averted by the utmost watchfulness and patriotic firm- ness on the part of public lesding men and this can tcarcely be expected if their hands are not strengthened by the thoughtful and influential claates of society. " "To be fore- warned ii to be forearmed," and if we, in this country, adopt the pernicious doctrine which has wrought so much mischief else- where, we well deserve to be punished. A Fhmons Puru Wit. Tbe famous Romien was one day canght in a shower, and forced to seek refuge in a doorway of the opera houae. It was 6 o'clock already, and he had an engagement at the C^ it Pari* for toat very hoar. The rain fell in torrento. There was no carriage to be had. He bad no um- brella. What was to be done While he was cursing his bad luck, a gen- tleman with a large umbrella psased by. Romieu was seized with a sadden inspira- tion. He ruabcd out and grasped the tt ranger by the arm, and gravely loitalled himaelf under the protecting umbrella. " I am overjoyed to too yon," he immedi- ately began. " I have been looking for yoa for two weeka. I ifanted to tell yon aboat Clementine." Without giving tbe stranger time to ex- preaa hia tarprita, Romieu rattled away with goaaip and anecdote until he bad led his unknown companion to the door of the Ca/iidsPafM. Tfaea be oianoed at him with a faoe full of wall-fainiaii aatoniahmeat " Parana, mooaiear," he cried, " it teemt I am miatahtD." " I believe ao," said toe stranger. "The devil 1" added Romieu, "be dit craet doat repeat what I've told you." «â-  f aniBisa vaa." " A thoatoad pardoaa." Baaitn h tat wit withia the oafa tad talla the advaoture to hit fri eada, aeaid great City, m., WI laao ax pain a twiaa ware lafov jwn. Th* Uud (tf Kaddnt. One of the prindpal drawbacka to Madeira ia the difficulty of getting about. Thereare ao oartiage roada, and the horse tracks arc steep pitohea up and down they are alto almoat invariably paved wiUi hard pebbles. This renders it impotsible to ride anywhere except at a foot's pace, so that the time coo- samed in going a few milea is very great, aad the mode of progreerion vo^ tireaome. On the other haind, the island ponies, shod in a peculiar manner to encounter the afore- aaid roada, are naually sure-footed and good walkers, so that within a certain distance of Funchal pl easan t expeditiottt are to be made if yon God the time and atreogtb. Thns the fine moautain scenery of the Giand Corral â€" a gloomy gorge, into which you look down some 2,000 feet or so from the mountains overhanging itâ€" tbe Ribiero Frio, and other landscapes beautiful of their kind, caU on~ well-chosen days be visited without much difficulty. To get further afield ia not so easy. There are but few tolerable hotels ,in the country districts, and yon never can be sure that you will not find the higher levels wrapped in mist or drenched with rain, even whilst fine weather is prevailing. I am speaking of the winter months anybody who happened to pass a summer in Madeira could visit all parte of the island readily enough. The remark that there arc few comfortable inns out of Funchal does n.^t apply to Santa Cruz (Santa Cmz in Madeira, I mean). The hotel there belongs to a Seohor Gouzslez, but is maiuly upheld by tbe untiring exer- tions of a worthy woman called Mana. She is a Portuguese by birth, but speaks Eug lish quite well, and is indefatigable in her efforts to pleaae. Tiiis quiet inn is a plea- sant change from the hot tables d'hotes at Funchal the village may be perhaps some- what cooler, and is said to possess a lighter and finer air it is also well ritusted as a place to make excursions from. A mile or two beyond it lies the well-known Machicho Bay, where, according to the tradition. Ma- de- ra was first landed upon by the Euglish- man Machin. Tbe story ia that this Ma- chin, an English esquire, incurred the re- sentment of a powerful family by gaining the affections of the daughter of its chief He was thrown into prison, but escaped, and then persuaded the lady to elope with him to France, A violent storm dtove their vessel for thirteen days in a touthcrly direc- tion, and at laat they found themselves in a small brig on the shores of an unknown is- land. Here they landed, but the fatigues of the voyage had exhausted tbe strength of Macbin's companion, Anna d'Arfet she died there, snd waa there buried. The frag- ments of a cross erected over her grave are still shown by the Machico vrillagers. Her lover did not long sojvive her, and his com- panions, in their attempt to sail away home, full into the hands of the Moors. During tbeir captivity they apoke of this island te an old Portuguese pilot, who, ou being ran- somed, and returning to his own country, sugg(8teil and accompanied the first expedi- tion to Madeira which thus became a de- pendency of Portngal. Skeuticism, of course, has been at work upon this old national tale, but there seems no reason for rejecting the legend, except that it is a legend, and that the fashionable wisdom of the- hour pro- nounces, as usual, anything which lias long been a matter of popular belief to bo- of ne- cessity incredible otherwifte the psrrative hangs perfectly well together in all its parts, and, moreover, furoishes a leaaoti why the Portuguese government tent oot their expedition a little later te discover the island to reported to them â€" a reason which otherwise would be wanting. Beyond this bay you can proceed in a boat, along ano- ther range of rugged and lofty hills, to tbe supposed fossil beds at the extremity of tbe island these fossils are apparently concre- tions of lime, which have put on the appeal arce of branches or roots, as the case ma; be. An ignorant person would beUeve that they had formed themselves round real pieces of wood, and that these have dej ed, leaving their form to the encompi atone but geologistfi, I fancy, put opinion aside, and look upon them as ber what they are, merc'y in obedience to some caprice of nature tlicy arc not, i:ccordinf2 to them, foasils at all, but merely a good mitation of fossils. 1^ Aad with theia take my Thea ia the heated auapawr ' rd roam aU o'er tiua horiL I'd like to traval for haU •"" The mfiiiatart dl do I'd like to Uy off fer ttuce Aad^AfiBy talart. ta*4 So woald wa, lint wa oaat. -^.«. ,« A New Safety Sail Tu tlic Editor f tne Scientifie American " Don't trust your.-ielf in that craft yotf'll be overboard sure." Such was the warning of a professional boatman at the barge office on the Battery, as I steoped upon a frail boat on a "fresh" afternoon. I think 1 know something of boats myself, and but that I knew this one to be provided with means intended te overcome tbe very danger against which tbe honest boatman warned me, I should have more than hesitated. But the pursuit of science must be deterred by no dangers, and, moreover, my pursuit in this instance was in behalf of tbe whole world, as represented by the Seientijie Ameri- eon. The Jane was an especially dangerous looking craft, IS or 20 fe--t long, whoee bot- tom and deck formed, the sharp V-ahaped edge which pn cl.. m an entire want of 1ear- ing power, while her immense sails, main and jib, were ample for a boat of twiee her dimensions. Her captain was a New Zaal- ander, whose motions were the reverse- of Fsfety-inspiring. My own co'ception of the care needful under the existing circum- itances had no place with him, and, hut for entire faith in my ability to swim, I should never have ventureil. As the Jane shot beyond the pier head, her huge sails were struck by a blast more than sufficient for iustaut deiitmction. In-. voluntarily I made reaily for an improrapta bath, and the boatman tauntingly called out, "What'd I tell ye?' but on/y A« aiast yielded. The boat came te her bearings and moved on as steadily as though impelled by the mildest zephyr. The triumph was al- rraily complete but more was te come. Presently we were in a large seaway, and, with oar good speed, a large infl iw of sea water over the low and sharp bow was a matter of course. In that, also, I was agreeably disappointed. The boat, instead of carrying tbe weight of the wind and being thus forced throuffh the sei, rosetoit and she glided easily over. Again it was the msst that yielded â€" yielded te the motion of the boat a^ easily as before it yielded to the force of the blast. The surplus fore i of wind, instead of racking the boat and mak- ing misery for her (.assengera, wat timply "tpilled" over the top of the tail. 'The motion was tree from the thumpe snd jars usual under the same circumstances. How all this waa accomp'ished may l-e difficult of explanation without the aid of an engraving. Instead of tieiog " stepped" in the usual way, the mast wss held in a rock- ing ahaft at the deck, and to tbe keel, on eilber tide, springa were attached, having their opposite ends secured uud4.r the deck. Thus tbe matt, in the absence of pressure, remainei^l upright, but under pressure yield- ed ou either side. The amount of preaaure needful to compel thia yielding waa regulat- ed by note and screw on a guide rod loaide the springa. A teoond pair of springs, placed longitodinally under the deck, were connected by pulleys with the shrouds, and theae aided to stiffen the matt while they yielded to ita movements under pressure. For pleasure boata, this spring matt ia a great addition. It not only insnres safety, butgivM an eaia ot motion which cannot bat prove eapaeiaUy delightfal to thote wbo are timid upon the water. More than this, it permits an unvarying course for the boat, and thus avoids the checks and delays in- teparahle from "iufiag," aa alao the neces- sity of aaotnal skill aad care in the maaage- meat of even a " crank" vaaael ia a " flowy " wiad. MSB. New Totk, Oetober, 188a [The iavtatiwi, a ptaetieal trial of which ia abava drwiilied, ia that ef Mr. John MoLeod, HiM'a Eaviliaa, Flnahing. N. T. A patent haa bean allowed. It appaara to beViaall- •-" -â- â€¢ --.^!^^-- ataat X vahtafala aad practical improve Tax Kagliah Bank of San Fiaaciaeo, witii a iBitri el Ihiaa â- flMcaa, haarttataod oea atillMa e( doUan to ita ibaroholdna. The gi aa t ialUag off ia baaiaraa doea aot afford proMahla Mi pluiw iB l ir their former c^ S-r UuM, Dl LA Rakb Oaida ' M. Laboadiere, the editor of tS-utk, witii a lawauit, for having detoribed her nnplnaa ingly. ' Mis Bbaddon (Mrs. Maxwell) had a stopaoo married lately, with mooh ceremony, to Miss Wyndham, the daughter of a former letaee ot the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Bbxthoven's piano is for sale at Klansaa- burg, Transylva a, if it has aot been already told. It wsa givento the musician at the time of the oompoaition of Fidelia, y ita maker. It is quite richly ornamented, and one of ita panels bears the portrait of the great artiat as he looked at twenty. Mra. Annie Fields, whoia about to pub- lish her first book, other writings of hart having been "printed, not published," ia a woman of great benevolence and mueh strength of charaoter. She was married at the age of seveateen, and taken abroad, visiting Teunyton, the Brownings, and otoers, and ahaping her still expanding nature by companionship with tbe beat that England aad Italy could offer. The artiste in liome used to call her " La Bella D,*una " â€" and ver' aptly, for with her fair skin and its rich colour, her irresistible amile, her great brown eyea, and her wealth of dark ' brown hair, fall of ruddy and golden lighta and shadows, she waa then, and is still, an exceedingly beautiful woman. A PASSION play, entitled "The Paaaion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ," was lately produoed in Havana by a Spauish theatrical company. Lcopoldo Huron, an actor of considerable ability, personated Corist. Toe piece waa largely spectacular, the tableaux of Christ blessing little child- ren, the entry into Jerusalem, the betrayal, the last supper, snd the crucifixion being highly artiftic. The prayer of Christ on tbe mountain was introduced with mechanical effecte, an angel detceoding with a silver chaUce, and floating away after he had drunk. Ida Williams, describing the play in a letter to tbe Fishkill Standard, says " Then wat te follow the crucifixion. I had been wrought up to a religious frenzy. The man whom I had seen scourged had become divine in my eyes. Our box commanded a perfect view of the stage, and from the al- joining ante-room we oould see behind tbe scenes. I hoped to get a nearer view of Buron, aud looking over saw the three crosses â€" with Buron aud the two with bim â€" waiting to raise the curtain till my hero, the mau I had almost deilied, had finished his cigar. No more grotes|ue 8ijht can be imaginedâ€" tbe three in fledi-ooloured silk tighte, wound about the loins with linen, the Christ painted to look the sorrowing pained martyr upon the cross â€" smoking a cigar I returned to tbe box again. Buron was a man after all, and a very humau oue.' OEKEBAL. Thk Hibernian Bible So-iety has circulat- ed in Iroland, since it «ai formed, nearly 4,500(1,000 cpies of tbe Bible. An Oi^ou rauchmuu threw a lassu clum- sily, and the noose fell around his own neck. Just then the horse unseated him, and, one end ui the rope being fast to tbe saddle, he was choked te death. A BILL collector returned te Memphis on horseback, with a bag full ul ^old and silver com. The hois r-iii away, the bag burst, and a gri at crowd fullo-.ved for a mile, pick- ing up tbe noney, none ol which has been recovereil. Two and a half millions of tiopical or- anges were reo ived in the |)ast six months at .San Kraucisco fr.-ia tlicA-'rench islands of Tahiti. Tlii y havo come/in e|ual numbers every uo.n.tli Itom .M*n;h to Septemb-.-r, dbowing that th â-  tre. s arc iu perpetual bearing. TiiK Biiddhists ol Japa-i have (s'.ab'.ished a thcoio.ical rcbool in imitation of Chria- tians. Tlieir med for such a sc'..(k' is shown by the fact that a Kaddhist priest in O^a^^ Japan, lately told the Kev. Mr. I)c Foll^^ « that 8U,CO0 niiUb n..rth of Osaka there was a huge square mountain, on the otifcrs-deof rhich wa3 heaven, LisUA Ulis4, Jk, who lately ilied at Hartford, C md., made a lortunc by dn-cov- ^inj the fun ol M irk Twuiu's " Iiiuoceiits Aliroail" viliile the work was in mann- icripL Twain had tried in vaiu te secure a lublisiier, ami was ahd^it to throw the mat- ter asiilu in despiir, *wheii a journalist friend sent him to Bliss, who wjs President of a subscription book coni[iany-. ThkCiowu Prince of Au.stria during the military mano-avres in Prussia, repeat- if (Xprei^d te several high officers bis iration of the Cernjaii army. It was, he sai)^*the first in the worl.l. He added, however, that in the Austrian army cease- less care ami labour had bn.ught about such a change as might well permit it to take a place at the side of the German host. TuKKK arc sevor.ii hundred physicians in this atiiuitry and Europi- practising under diplomas xranted by the New Fkigland Uni- versity of Arts and Sciences. These docu- ments are dated at Rotten, bat the institu- tion was nnknown there, snd the police oould uotfiad itatail. A newtpaper reporter, ' however, discovered it in the suburban resi- dence of Dr. Harry C. Stickncy. It coutitt- ed simply of a stock of blank -diplomas, handsomely engraved, which .Stiekney filled out and sold for almost any price that an ap- plicant would pay. A LoKDuN undertakei-, has, within tbe last few weeks, driven through the city as an advertisement, an enormous coffin, mounted on a base and drawn by five horses. The final receptacle is got np in the most gaudy colours, ornamented with the name and addruss of tbe purveyor on tbe outeide, aud Ijued within with satiu, or some oilier comfortable and pleasiuit-lookiBg ma terial. A live corpse, with a sheet about bim, did -duty in the luxurious tenement, just to let the public see what a fine time one would have of it who should be lucky enough to obtain possession of the loilgtnent in perpetuity. Sir CuAKLUi Dilkk, Under Secretary for Foreign Aflairs in Euglaud, has a pretty Provencal home to which he always retiree when the session is over. There be receives little or no company, keeps regular hours, is a strict teetotaler, and divides his time between grapes and gardening. His grapes have- won medals, and some excellent wiae has been made on the estate, though the lord thereof never ttattaaef it. He bat been employed for the last six years or so on a history of Europe daring the n neteenth century, a -book very much wanted if only the author will limit himself to' twenty octa- vos ai the most. The linus of railway in the live divisions of the earth coat,' in round numbers, $16,- 000,000,000, and would, according te Biron Kolb, reach efght times round the globe, al- though it 18 but little over half a century since the first railway worked by steam waa opened lietween Darlington and Stockton, Sept. 27, 1825, and between Madchester and Liverpool, Sept. 15, 1830. It is sbown that c iu France, previous te the existence of rail- way, there was one paaaeoger in every 335,- 000 killed, and oue ut of every .W.OOO wounded, whereas "between 1835 and 1876 there was but one in 5,177,89) killed, and one in 580,450 wounded, so that we may infer that the tendency to accideota it year- ly diminithing. Railway travelling in Eng- land is attended with greater risk than m any other coantry in Europe. A French statistician obeervea that if a person were to live continually in a railway carriage and spend all his time in railway travelling, tbe chance* in favour of his dying from a rail- way accident would not occur until he waa 960 years old. The Preebyteriao oongregalion at Bma- sels, Ohio, made up a purse of $100 for their pastor, the Rev. Mr. Canningham, to meet tbe expenses of his vsoau n. Tbe reverend gentleman decided te spend the time and money in St. Looia, where an induatrial fair was in progreas. He had not been in that city An boar before be naet an afEkUe young man^ wbo knew all aboat bim aad the folks at Bmatels, and who brought him to a room where a game of cbanoe waa going oo. The m a a t g tf permitted tha elergyaiaB todrawaevetal timaa without' charge, aad thea informed him that there waa 9700 to hia oradit. The gambler nroaoaad to pay ^Ua with a " gooif aa inU'^dwok fbr tWO. which ha prnfiaaaii tokava -aron from a aoira matohaat, takiag tha $IM diOhMhoa ia woo- mtf. The PMlor fall iato tbb tn^ aad parted with Bit $100^ laomviu' a worthlMa cheek. At tho^pttio atatiaahe waa aakad if he had aarer rtad aewap^ier aooonntt of tocb twindlea. "I only rrad tbe rdigioos jonmala,' be repbed, " and never pajraaeb attaatioa to the aaoalar nnMb" (.- i