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 s: 9P"^Bm "-«^ -ESB-^ b1 1 #» i» .;. "Htv t« th* LiM." A LUHBKBIlAlf 'S SOHO. Going throagh the wood* itiy lada The ringing axe we swing, â-²ud •• we pf oar merry toil This clieery itave we (iag " Let tmu ej e gnMe rach iturdy itro'^e True btai t and hand combine " Anil " HhercsueVr t^ chips may fall. Hew to the line ' Life' a bush of vaiied wooda And croaa ii oft their grain, Bat 'Ze and wedge will cleave the knota And part ihv log in twain. The line of duty, fairly traced By Nature's own design, Wiil keep ds straight, my lads if we Hew to the line. Hard onr lot aa lot may be. Spare ourjare at best is, Y t nor lnniber°s sounder far Tnin I. is, who wears a crest is. This 'De honest rule we seek. In shadow or in ahine, "Aye, wheresoe'er the chips may fall Hew to the line. He who wields the trusty tt.e'.. To hew a path through life. Must buar a single heart to guide Hm action in the strife. Then :ct us pray that, come what may, r Mt Uw be yours and mine, [Tim His, who bosses all the gang]. "Hew 10 the line. ' C'MORi s, Hew to the line, my ladi H' w to th«4,"e ' Wi.freso^Vr the chipi may fall Hew to thf line ONLY A WOMAN'S HAIR. Bj ti' Auiiior UI-- A .-^'laiiire rmnuship,' Ar. It waa a stiVDg, firm, mm He«*«a t iMmed to Wv •tter-dbys 1 And how glad I tlwmft hear it I Hn. Hollaad went at once to meet hkm and !o pre^'re him for the unexpected and, I may al" anDTitel guest ha was to re- » iva. After a tine she came baok and ask- d :i.e to x" " *ee Mr. Bereaford in the diiiiiig-rooiii, Sbe could scarcely persnade iiim t ' be'ieve, that I waa really there, she saKi. I uo:.derel why m, htart legan to beiat quickly as I ctosse.1 the ball and opaaad the diniug-ruoB door. T.ieii the next m'-ment I taw again iSefoje' Ihe always calls me this stfllâ€"" I don't think CHAPTER VII.â€" LONTisfKU. I was ilrea'lfu.ly hungry by this time, and 1 went to a confectioner's which I knew but 1 dared not stop to eat auythiug, lest •omeacqiiaiutaijce dropping in should reco;- nize me. I drank B a cup of coffee, and I bo ight a pAicol if cake 4 and buns, and re- turneii mc m re to the railway station. I ha'l u iiefully avoided j,'oing to any hotel, as I knew that Cyril would inquire for me at every h' tel '.o which he thought I was at all likely t go. Therefor.- I changed my dre.is in the ladies' waiting-room at the rail- vay stitiiMi, ami in .-i few miuutes my ap- pearaiic" wa-i cinpletely cbangid. 1 pack- ed up 111- c s'.uiii' of cinn.tmonbrown silk, with a li^t to iii'itch, which 1 hal hitherto worn, in my little portinante-iu. j I wa-i Quw wiarin^ a prince-.^ drcsa of 1 navy blue, a loi u lik ga'etot, and a seal- skin hat, as ihtrcci t in ^hapeas po.'sihle i from the rioc I ha-l worn htorc. No dc- scrip'ion which (Jynl could give of me would iiow Hilt mc in the h a't. I U'li.'U I hail c iiifih t il all my arrange- ni I. M I fiiiind ihat I h d siill about an hour f- nil t until tl 'â-  tr.iiij aCHrte 1 which wouM d-p't me jt the nuanst station to Uavel- ston, the place 1 was so anxious to reach. I D'lnng that long hoar "f waiting I read Mrs. I H"l and's letter a^ain nd again striving to I m.ik ' out a'l I cou'il concerning the house ao iti iini til hut 1 c iiM ^-^ther nothing from h r few liurieil liucn, save th.it she felt ooQlidi-iit that she would l-c happy in her new home. She lil not tell me the name of I the pcop'i' vi'i whom she was going to live. I I h d ioiiiieil ii'i plans, s.ive tlit once at Itavi-ist'iii, I "li nld c nsiilt witn her wha*. 1 ' ha-l b ttoi MIX- proy ed to do. S oner than return to r\ I il .H I'o. f I was determineil. if j it prveil iiece.s;«iy. to follow my f itl or t Kogia l. At last I f' ui.d mjsvlf once more in the :rain and S|eidin^ away alnnx a newly open- Klliiief railway. I had been extr m-ly f irtunate and, from first to last, 1 h id not en ifuntercil a single acquaintance. The nearest station to It ivel.Hton prov. d to be merely a small plalforiii, iiiil there was oiil\ a few houses on the outskirts of the bu-li. I -ivked the pontm irter huw f jt I was from Kavel.-ton, and I was ilisiiiayed tond thiti hull II walk of twelve miles befoie me. I hal iiotcon 't il ii|'n this I had fancied that tit place wi.nlii leitainly lie c'osc to the rsilu.iy. Kut, .-iftcr 11 inon.eiit'.-- r«tlection, 1 was le jniced at the intelliijercc rather than other- wiHi/; fir the more out of the way .Mrs. liolland's home pioved t be. the lea likely wa:i 1 to h" iliscoveicd »hnl had once taken rcfn.;!- thep-. Carry n.; my little portmanteau in my hand I .h. t If l.r..vely on my twelve miU-s' walk throii^^h the liusn The piofilc fr m .whom I lad uialc iMi|iiires had told me that theic w.s n j;ood rad all the way, and then loiil ^iv II me a few diriotioi s, u hich made it ulinoit iinp-ssiblc fi-r me to go astray Still It Ma.s u loiii; and Wiary walk, au.l many tinic..i my lieai t died within me, and 1 felt as if 1 cnuld ilrjg myself no further. I lice I sat down • u the trunk of a fallen tree and cried litterly with misery and fa- tigue c inibined. The c)icit ment which had hitherto buoyed iiit up and braced my nerves had all pa-Hcd nwiy, and here amongst the i|iiit treci I felt pi rfictly safe from pursuit, but also uns|:ciikahly lonely aod desolate, Tlnii I be. ante aware that 1 waj exceel- in;; hungry, and I fortunately reeolltutcd that 1 had still -ome cike-i left in mv b:ig. Now that it IS all over and I'one with lon since I can 'au^b to think if myself sitting by the wayside cryiiiij like a child â€" certainly 1 was only just twenty â€" and eating cherry tarls and .Maderia cake, and drinking water in the hollow »t my hand from a little spring. Then 1 drird my eyes and bathed my fae.' ami-set forth once morenpou my bmely way. .\ little further o i I came to a couple of tentf. and some men cutting lire-Acod lu the bush. • I Ktoppcil a moment imd asked them how f.ir 1 was liom llavclston. They to!d me about six mihs. After I hsd w-alkc 1 on again 1 beard one man nay to another. â€" " .Sure ^.iid .xlie is a pretty lady Heaven blosH her beautiful eyes ' I felt ai it the bviie.liction ha.l in some way done nin goMl. The .sun was just settinij when I at last ciught a Klinipsc of Uivelstim through the trees, au'l t'rcn I felt bright and strong one more. I r member' my tiist sight of the place most v.vidly. I grew to love that houe an 1 never loved any other in my life. It wa3a long, low irrgularly-liuilt house, with all the riroms on the ground floor â€" not in the least a pretty house to look at but the ^-arden and the tre s and the bush round about it were all excecdinj^ly lieautiful. 1 inanaKrd son.ehow to tand my way round to the back oi the house iustead of the front. 1 came out upon a beautiful drying- ^•ro'uiid. .A woman with her back tumcil to me was h uiging clothes upon the lines. I gave a In tie cry at the sight of her. .She inmed round, a:id I ^aw again the familiar face of my dc ir nurse and friend Caroline Hollaiiil. 1 c:nu -t decrib.' her aUouishir.ent and joy at Ih-: o'diua; me. When she could bring herself at List 1 1 I eli v. that this tired, dus- ty, fiHits'ire woman w s indeed her own Miss Cathie, the :irl s e had taken charge of from the day that :*he w-as a month old, she was to.) glaii lo sou me at tir.t to a^k me why or how I had ec me to seek her out. \Ve sat down side by side on a smooth hank of emerald-^reen turf in the shade of the poplars and blu» Kums, and I told her as Well as 1 could all that had happened to send methus Hyiug like a fugitive to her for help and pr itectinn. She I elieved with me that I ha I in truth discovere I the murierer of her dear Miss Rose and we Lioth »hed tears together over the ioug golden ringlet as it lay moothed oot upon her knee. " But what shall I do with you dear Miss Cathie ' she asked, when the ti st excite- ment of our meeting and of our conversation wai over. " How shall I manage to let yon stop here ' "Then, with a slight change of tone and not looking at me aa she spoke, she added â€" " Do you Know to whom this honse be- longs, and who my master is Why it is Mr, Noel Hereford's " I almost startid to my feet in my sur- prise, ^t "Oh, 1 aiMo glatl!' I laid, "Who would have thoagbt of sucb a thing Now we shall be able to consult with him what I bad better do for he knows all about the circumstances of Rose's death." "Well," returned Mrs. Holland, with some doubt in her tone, " we ranst consult hiir, of C( nrse but what advice he will be able to give us I am sure I do not know. He ia not at home juat now bnt I |expect him back to- night." me the same I roa-l-s ouldered, brown-beard- el man who had first made my acquaintance on tie night my sister die 1. Mr. Bsreaford name forward at on.e, took my hand and lei me to a eeat, nsicg some cordial expresioo of welcome, which iifted a weight off my mind, for it showed me that he w-ss leally glad tosee me. 'Very soon 1 fooud myself telling him my whole stcry with perfect unreserve 1 mads no reeret to him of h iw I had been forced into my marriage. He listened to all thit I said with grare inttntnerr. I could see that be made men- tal notes a! I pro^^eeded, and sifted the evi- dence before him. I told him of Cyril'i fre- quent alliuions to my sifter Rose, of his as- nimed coldness in speaking of her changing suddenly to an cntbnrst of almost fierce admiration, of the jealousy which was the black spot upon his character, and lastly of my discovery in his private room npoo my wedding day. " I have always thought that jealousy must have been the motive that prompted that dastardly action, " remarked Noel Burea- ford. " What e:;emy could a creature so young and so fa'r ai she was have bad, save one driven mid by her beauty and her dis- dsin?' He a^irerd with me that Cyiil Vaoc must have been her murderer "But, even if you wished to prove it agairst him, you could do nothing now," he naid. "Til' W-ife's evidence i? worthless. He has lied .our hands." "Oh," I xclaimed involuntarily, "1 see it njw That was why he determined to ' marry me " There was a short silence after thi." I j w-as recalling tny Jreaiu the night before my wedding, aid how Rose had used the same I worils, " Your hands, Cathie, are tied. ' I Something in the idea suggested by the last few words was evidently distasteful to Mr. itere^ford. He was looking down, his straight dark eyebrows were contracted into I a frown, and he was crushing an unoffending ro;e-leaf on the floor under the heel of his boot. This only lasted a momeut or two. Mr. Beresford looked up, caught my eye, and Siiiiled. He had an exceedingly sweet smile; it lighted up his strongly-marked features, and made his dark gray eyes beautiful iuex. pris.-ion while it laste.l. " Wh.t am 1 lo i!o with you?" he said. " 1 ou^lit t re".urn you at onoa to your friends." " I have no frien it," I ansiyered. " My sistir IS dead, my ftther is ou' of sight of land, and I c;uut Cyril Vane .is my enemy." He mad« no leply to this he was silent a few minute" evidently weighing tome- thing in I is u.i.-.d. Whatever tht subject of his m"dit;ktiona might be, it was evidently an engrossing one, and one which caused him no little perplexi- ty. He began to pace up and down the room, his aims folded, lest in tome train of thought, the nature of which I did not com- prehend, 1 sat quietly watching him as he marched to and fro. He did not LOtica me his eyes had grown d irk and dreamy, his straight dark eyebrows had c mtracted as he ponder- ed some critical po nt, and hesitated on the eve of some important decision. At last, as ' j he passed mc, I caught the muttcrc I words â€" "If 1 lei her go away perhaps he will j.ut an end to h jr life as he did to her sisttr's.' And again, a moment afterw-ards he said in a low tone, " Sj young and so beautiful to go out into the world alone It would nev- er do." .Ml. lJ-rsroid's meditations were I ccom- iiig somewhat tmbarrasing. I caught up a uew-sjiaper that was lying on th table, and held it before my face, under the pretence of shading myself from the red glow of the fire. At lait bis brows suddenly cleared, and his dark eyes bi igbtened. He stopped in front of rae.and stood look- ing dowu at me, with his arms still folded. " I have it nt last," he said, " This plan will do. Although I may not keep you here as my guest, I can offer you a home as a ten- ant. 1 will let Ravelston to you and year maid, Mrsi, Holland; and we will have a written agreement to pat everything on a business footing." The abruptness and originality of this pn posal almost took away my breath, so btrange aid startling did it seem to me at the first mjment. ' But you ' I exclaimed. "What will become of you then ' "Thern is another smaller house on the propeity," he replied. I will go and live there for a time and take one of my men to wait upon me. " " But I have no money," I said, still feel- ing utterly bewildered. " I cannot pay you any rent for this house." Mr, Beresford laughed outright, with an intense enjoyment of the situation which I could scarcely undeistand, " Never mind about that now," he re- plied. " We will talk about that later on." Then, with a nudden change to gravity in his manner, he added, "Isho-i" like Ravel- tton to be a harbour of refuge for you at present, until your father can be communi- cated with and this is the only way in which I can make it so." As he stood before me, looking down at mc, with his arms folded and his head a lit- tle thrown back, I coticed for the first time what 1 thought waa a shade of sadness in his eyes he had veryhandsome eyes, judging th( m by their power f exprt s^ion as well as by their shape and colour. Presently he called Mr." Holland into the room and ex- plained his plan to li«r, and, somewhat to my astonishment, she quite agreed with him, and fell in entirely with all his views at once. The other house was to be got ready for him the next day, aud he was to leave Rav- elstoii ai:d take o:-se3sion of his new abode be fore dark the next evening. Mrs, Hol- land and Mr, Beresford catered into a good deal of discuscion concerning miror details ai d I sat by quietly and listened. At last he went cut and lift her alone with uie and then she said to me confiden- tially and in a lew tone â€" "It is the very thing for him to do. He is so clever I knew that he would hit upon some plan. You see, dear Miss Cathie, you could not possibly live here with Mr. Beres- ford either he must go or you. I think it is so gocd of him to take himself off in this derstMd thing IfcMffk Mr. Bereafiird VByaelf that I waa to follow him ai soon •^•r I oonld obtain his addren. On« day I hupened to 1 1 â- â- A to Mtu. Hf Hand that J hoped Mr. Beresford did not mi(* t^ o0m1(i$» qL Bavtliton in the â- mailer flight »4h/.ns*fc^kad now aaad* hia "I don%t erennotAiiflerstand, Ojrrie," I sai !, " why he took hiai^elf off in snch a despetate biirry. Hia eond n et aeeau to ma Qa'xatwand romantioin the txtreae." She l3ok«d ap tnm her aawiag nad aaid qaiettjFâ€" "Bat then yon he regsrda yon quite as an ordinary yoang Udy. I don't think he has ever forgotten yon. When I first cams here and told him von were just going to be married, he grew Suite white for a few moments, thongh he id not wish me to notice it." The instant she had aaid thia I aaw that •be repented of her words, and that she bit- terly regretted her ill-advised speech. Bat then it was too late. I had grown acarlat in a moment I drew myself up with digni- ty and told her colily not to talk such non- sense for the future. Then I shook oat my dark blue train, and, " with level fronted eytlids, swept out stately from the room." After this I avoided Noel Beresford. The soaod of his voice or of hia clear musical whistle outside the window wonld send me fleeing like a fugitive to my own room. I think he felt puzzled as to what strange whim had come over me. But I was exceedingly happy at Ravelston, If I could have forgotten Cyril 'Vane and my terror lest he should find me out, I CHAPTER VIU. The same evening, after Mrs. Holland had •srred me with a cup of tea in her own room, snd when I had washed away the dost of my long walk and generally freshened myself op a little, we brard Mr, Bereaford'a aisp ia tns rsrandah. way For my part J thought it a height of chi- valry quite nnprtcedented. Here was 1 about to turn a m.in out of his home and take possession of it almost at a day's no- tice I I conld only feel that I did not under- stand Noel Beresford I had not so far got the clue to his actions which 1 should have like 1 to possess yet 1 felt that I respected him and looked U. him as I had never be- fore done to any living man. My sleep that night was deep, dreimless, and delightful, I believe that I was thoroughly wearied out with all the terror and anxiety I had gone through in the last two days, I did not wake till long after the house was astir the next morning and my recollection of my first night in Ravel- ston is one of unspeakable repose. Mrs. Holland was standing by my side when I awoke. " I will take breakfast into the dining- room for you now. Miss Cathie," she said, if you are quite reated. Mr, Beresford has been gone hours you are the otly one I have to wait upon at present." Noel Beresford had kept his word be had taken possession of the other bouse upon his Property, and I did not see him at all that ay. He took with him to his new abode two of his men to wait upon him, and his great St. Bernard dog "Nero" for a com- panion. I hope he was comfortable if he was not he certainly never uttered a word of com- plaint. As the days west by, he waa of coarse of- ten over to Rivelston, giving orders and looking after the management of the place generally and I frequently saw him, bnt usually only for a few moments at a time. Short as these interviews were however, I gradually grew to knew Nod Beresford well and to estimate his charanterat its true val- ue. I learned his faults as well as his beet qualities during the next few weeks. He was rather dictatorial, very obstinate, and somewhat opinionated but he waa one in a thousand for all that. Brave, courteoas, true to his word, sincere and loyal to his friends to the very oore snch was Noel Beresford as time revealed bis character to me and gradually I grew to tmat him and rely npon him as upon a very tower of streogw. I had written a letter to my father, whiob I hoped he would reoaive slaKiat imaadia- taly after he laaded in Kngland and it waa think that winter wonld have been a time of UDSj eakably bright sunshine. In the midst of the cold and the froet, and the bleak bitias winds, of which we had an abundance, I felt as if it were "May with me from head to heel." I read a great deal Mr. Beresford had a number of books. Sometimes I sketched there were lovely "kits " about Ravelston, Once 1 could not resist putting a certain bearded, broad-shouldered figure into the foreground of my picture bnt that sketch I hid away when it was finished, and no one saw it fur a long time afterwards. It was almost twQ months since Gladiator and I fled away in the night. The time had slipped by so quietly and delightfully that I was fast losing all anxie ty as to the future in the peace and serenity of the life I was leading, when something happened which woke me sharply and ab- ruptediy from my foolish and delusive dreams. One evening I was seated on the hearth- rug in the dining-room at Ravelston, reading by the red glow of the wood dre. It was a favourite attitude of miue â€" half sitting, half kneeling on the soft white rug for, iu spite of my twenty years, I waa very child- ish still. I renu inber that I had on a w-arm gray homespun dre^-s, with a scarlet tie at the throat. It was lucky for me that it was a warm dress, as things afterwards turned out. Tue book in my hand was a book of Mrs Browning's poems and, I was reading fo. the first time, with intense delight, the "Rhyme of the Duchess May" â€" " ' I had rather died with thee than lived on the wife of L-jigh,' Were the first words she did speak." I was passionately fond of poetry, and I was reciting the lines softly to myself as I read them, and fee.ing as if I myself were the Duchess May, and as if the horse in that poem were my own dear Gladiator. All at once as I read, and without raising my eyes fr»m the book, I ft It that a shadow had darkened the failing light in the window opposite to me. I looked up and aaw Noel Berei ford standing just without. He made II. e a sign to open the window at once I did so, aud he stepptd swiftly and noiselessly into the room. He paused a moment in the recess of the window aud stood looking down at me with something anxious and wutful in his gaza. I noted, as I had often done before, the easy grace of his powerful commanding fig- ure, the noble outline of his head, and the rugged steadfast face but this was only for a m iment. I had a few words of greeting on my lips bnt he stopped me by laying h s hand tastily for one instant over my mouth. Then he took hold of my wrist, and whis- pering, "Follow me, and make no sound," he led me out of the open window to the lawn without. The was something so eager and urgent in his manner that I felt convinc- ed he hsd a powerful reason for this conduct and 1 followed him at^once without one word of remonstrance. That baud of iron hurried me across the lawn aud across the drive into the deep shadow of the trees beyond. Here the soft gloom was thick enough to conceal any one who wished to avoid observation and here Mr, Beresford paused. He had not yet spoken to me, savethefew words I have recorded but bis strong grasp on my wrist bad not relaxed, and iknew that there must be hovering near a danger of some kind from which he was endeavouring to preserve me. In the shadow of the (trees, tor the first time, he stopped, looked at rae, and released my hand, " Hush " he said, speaking in a harried whisper. " Make do sound, Cyril Vane is here. He says he has come to see me on busi- ness but I suspect that he has quite other reasons for his visit. I think he is looking for you. Now do yoa understand why I have brought you here " His words threw me into a fit ef cold deadly terror. I clung to his arm for a mo- ment iu an almost childish panic, "Oh," 1 said, looking up into his face pitiously, "Don't let Cyril get me 1 Don't give me up to him " Ncel Beresford drew a long breath his gray eyes darkened aa they always did iu moments of emotion with him, " No," he said, almost fiercely between his teeth "Not I. I'll never give you up. Have no feorof that ' Then with' another hard breath, and an intensity of passion in his voice, he added, " When a man gets a glimpse of the sunlight for the first time in bis life, is he likely to be ready to part with it again in a hurry 1 should think not in- indeed " His straight eyebrows were contracted, and his deep gray eyes were flashing but then be noticed that I was shivering, and he took off his ow n coat and wrapped it round me, " Kneel down," he said, in his masterful way, " You will be quite safe here. I will come and fetch you as soon as it is safe for you to return to the house." I knelt down as he desired me, and suffer- ed him to wrap me up. I knew that he could easy get another coat from the hall at Ravelston, where two or three of his were hanging, A moment after he was gone, leaving me stunned and bewildered, and shivering with terror, among the ferns and the long grass of the plantation, where he had hidden me yet through it all ran an undertone of rap- ture for had not Noel Beresford spoken of me as his " sunlight, " and said that he would never give me up [tobi continced.I jAxra is weU known. Wa tety or fifty tboMaod doflari weaM fnlly repiaaent aU ha g^re in aaaey alone, bendea tka treaHs and personal efttrl ka cheerfnUy vtamttA in tke ao*r«e of th» work. HMafebrtiartKa.-«pb«OdUgof tba literary lastitata at Woads l osk kavs hmm oa a limilar aeala «f aalicktaBad mnaifie*^ wUIa Km laat gada r ta i iM i* â-  " ' â-  â- * apiaodid kwMicai in tiM Qmm's Park far •o fa«?aa«iac il» alao vOl MlMly tknw aU Ma krto tha skadU. It it wcU'tka* CsMdakas kaf« akaaiiaaaa ot toM kaarti to «sa them for HJOH AUD rSKMAKWTLY VMTVL TUWliMMt, men wko do not hold on to their gold wiU pMtk-Uka tMUMdtjr tiU tka great Uacel terrors makes them onloose thair pt0f, Dw wbotaka plessate m M lu baiag their own esacntors and in kaving tha joy of aaaiag in heir life time tha bleaMd fnuu of tkeir wise arrangementi and nnstiated Uberali^. 'ihe amount of happiaeaa which Mr. MoMaater most derive from saoh undertakings cannot rightaonsness on the earth, is the cordial wuh not only of TEtrni, bat ef all to whoai the intoraste of du trtUk are dear. The ac cumulation of a very large amount of pro- perty in the hands of single individoals is not at all a desirable thing, though it is not easy to sea how it is to be prevented so lonct as soma are iodastrions and shrewd, and others are imptorident and wasteful, as well as idle and foolish. Bat if there were mote of those generally spoken of aa sacoessfal, who would follow a course somewhat similar to that of Mr, MoMaster, their prosperity would be less envied, and their meaner cbar- aoterisiics less remarked upon, 'VVe have in this new country not many who could, if they were willine, expend their means on such a scale of princely munificence aa Mr. McMaster has done, and is doing. We have still fewer who are willing to do this, even though they could. That the number of such will inoreaae we sincerely hope, snd tkat all of them will receive as much honour and derive as much unalloyed pleasure as Mr, McMaster has done we most fully be- lieve. The great heart of the people is after all not very i»r from being just. It is true now, as It always has been, that if a man f will only persist in doing what ia right and air and true, right will continually be done to him in return. Ireland is, of course, still continuing the observed of all obsarvers. A crusade hss been proclaimed agaiast all landlords, good bad and indifferent, and a general movement is on foot for making all tenante of farms owners in chief, A grand movement, and distinctly Irish. Why should a man who rente a farm in the country get it for his own, and the man in the town who occupies a house be not equally fortunate It would be only decent at any rate, if these would-be land owners should propose to purchase their holdings, yet, why should they if they can get them for nothing Why, indeed It is all very well to talk of the wrongs of Ireland, bnt wonld it not vary the exercises somewhat, if those who cry out so much on the subject, wonld set about and show what those wrongs are, as they are suffereil at the present momenfc la it not a fact that a man who can't pay the rent of a house has to go out of it 7 And that he, who has not the prioeof a pound of tobacco handy, has to go without it And if all that is reasonable and right, woald somebody rise and explain why it is not reasonable that a man, who occupies a farm, and either can't or won't pay the stipniated rent, should take up his traps and move out. We in Canada have all got so accustomed to that sort of thing, that we can't get it into onr wool, why, it should be ao onnatural and harsh in Ire- land. v- WObU^^' WVy, my dear Willie, what in the world is the matter with little Oscar's head " WUUoâ€" " Well, we're pUyin' WU. liam Tell, ' an' somehow my arrow won't hit the apple, bat keeps pluggin' his eyes an' "'V^O'kaye a lways had the leputetion of being an honest man how does it happen that yon have baaa gtultT of theft " "It's the faalt of tka age u Which we Uve. The man who wants to make aa iMneat living aow-«Hkara eaat do it ualtas ke steals." Amoog tiie merdisnt the Hon. William MoklssCrr foremoat place, and tke staple life aiay wtU read a men and eceoaraga tkfM ti. well-doing. There has ht extraordinary ia Mr. Mc! just as there is aotkinj c in his original powers of auad, out of the eommoa ia kis v and boooorablo career. No say that the oireamataaoi Master's lot were so exeeptionany favoar- able, or that hia abilities were so entirely above the ordinary that few coiid hope to follow in bis stepe, cr to look foi anything like his splendid commercial sooees*. Oa the contrary, there is nothing aboat 4ka Honoarable Senator's charsoter, aoquirt- menteaod prosperity which might disooorsge the young and aspiring bntsMBatking very mach the reverse. Mr, McMsster OAS TO FrSH HU WAY with few advantages. No extraordinary help and no exceptionally lacky torns of fortune. It could not be said that he owed anything to what some would call a mere fortunate chance, or that he took advantage of some special opportunity which, if once neglected would never again have presented itsslf. The secret of his success has been ia steady, energetic work, prudent management and skilful attention to all the minute details of business. He has left nothing to chance, has never depended on something turning up, or reckoned upon others going out of their way to help him when he knew that he could help himself. Prudence, tect, energy and skilful management account for all that he has accomplished. SOT FOKCETn^C THE BLESSIKU OF GOD, which he would himself be the first to ac- knowledge, and to which he would be the readiest to ascribe all he is and all he has achieved. A native of Ireland, where he waa born in 1811, Mr. McMaster came to Canada when twenty-two years of age, and immediately set himself to the work which he has ever since so successfully prosecuted. His edu- cational advantages had not been very many or very great, but be had made the best and most of them, and, full of youthful energy and hopefulness he entered upon commercial work, RESOM-BO TO SCCCEBD, but only by legitimate means, and in regu- lar honourable undertakings. He was at first engaged as clerk in a dry goods store on King, nearly opposite Toronto street, hut be could not long remain in that position. Within a year after his settling in Toronto he bad become A PARTNER IN THB CO.^CKRN, and very shortly sfter, had started as a wholej.ilu mtrchant on his owp account. At first, of, course, he had very considerable difficulties to contend with. Montreal was the great distributing centre for Canada, and continued to be so for many years after. The merchante there had all the advantage arising from an esteblished trade and settled business facilities, and it is not saying too much to add that they looked with" no favourable eye upon any such attempt! as that of Mr. McMaster which aimed at roak ing Toronto, not Montreal, the great whole safe centre for the Weat of Canada. The covert jealousy and keen competition of Montreal, however, only stimulated a mm like Mr. McMaster to greater exertion and made him the mere DETERMINXD TO .SUCfKED AT ALL UAZARUS, He turned the peculiar advantages of Toronto to the best account made it worth while for the merchante of the West to deal with him, and soon esteblished a large and even grow- ing connection, which for many years, first under himself and thereafter under his nephews, whom he had taken into partner- ship and who have carried on the businesa since he retired, has been among the largest and best known in all the Province of Ontario if not in the whole of Canada. Very homely yet not eo very common in- strumentalitias have been employed to build up and maintain the large and lucrative business. They may be all summued up in fair dealing, prudent management, untiring energy, courteous conduct and wa tehf ul atten- tion to the smallest details. Mr. McMaster has never had any faith in sharp practice, questionable pretences or more than ques- tionable make-believes. He established a character for fair, honourable dealing, kept the best of goods, gave the best terms which were prudently possible, and watched every opportunity for honourably pushing his busi- ness and profiting by the changing chances of the market His customers learned to rely upon Uim. His name rose fur CPKIOUT AND HONORABLK DEALlNIi, and, within a comparatively- short time his transactions extended over the whole coun- try, and were, as such transactions ought always to be, mutually advantageous to all concerned. What the firm was, iu the days when Mr. McMaster was at its head, it still continues to be, occupying to this day a foremost place among the many es- tabtishmento of this kind now to be found in Toroato,andis,we believe doing if not the very largest business in its particular de- partment, one of the safest and most lucra- tive. A man of Mr. McMaster's (nergy could not remain idle, even after he hadvno special call to exertion. It is now many years since be entirely retired from the Dry Goods busi- ness and found himself so far, a gentleman at large. Instead, however, of his business life closing when a respectable competency had been secured, it may be said that it only then really commenced. He has since made himself a still greater name and power in the realm of Finance ,than ever be was in that of Commerce. As director of various banks and other monetary institutions he j has shown THE SAME SOUSDSW OK JflMl.MENT and caution, combined with enterprise, which gave him success iu his original occu- pation. No undertaking with whic^ he has been connected, has failed to reip large and satisfactory, benefits from his wise and cire- ful administration. But it has bean in con- nection with the Bank of Ccimmerca that his peculiar abilities have bad chief scope, and have achieved their greatest success. That large and flourishing enterprise, may be said to owe almost all ite prosperity to- the untiring attention, admirable business habite, enlarged experience, and keen dis- cernment of its President, It has been his favourite work, and he has reaped special celebrity and profit from his connection with it from the beginning. Indeed, there is no institution in Canada, â€" we had almost said but be very great, and such as, if that were allowable in any case, onlookers might well regard with so.netbing like envy. What a contrast in every respect his career and his reward, even in mere persoml |pleasare, compared with what those c in have who give themselves up to mere selfish accumulation, and whogive way to that kind of pride, which onehas said, " raises the loudestlaugh in hell, " the pride of dying rich. Mr. McMaster is a modest as well as a wealthy man, and can ill stand to have his good deeds blazoaed before the public. He is one, however, whom his fellow citizens delight to honour, and whom young men may safely copy. He ia not a man of genius, and cannot even be said to be a man of any very distinguished abilities. But he has great good sens^ large practical wisdom, indomitable perse- verance, shrewd discernment of character, unswerving integrity and genuine, rNOSTENTATIOUS PIKTY. No one envies him hia success for he bears himself with modesty and uses his wealth for high and honourable porposts. That he may he long spared in a green old age to en- joy the fruit of his Ubours, to devise liberal things for the good of the race, and to still further help forward the cause of truth and â€" ar on the (Continent, whose history and success are so intimately connected with one man's name, and which are known so generally as having become what they are through the skilful management and nn- domitable energy of a solitary individual The Btnk of Commerce will not go down when Mr. McMaster dies, but it is safe to say, that, but for him, it would never have occupied the position of prominence and power which it holds at present. Bnt it is not merelyâ€" we bad almost said not chiefly â€" upon his success as a business man, that Mr. McMaster's wide spread re pnUti-in throuahont the Dominion, leats. He has never been a very ardent or piomi- nent politician, though, in the coarse he has followed as such, he has always displayed the same sound judgment, and onimpeack- able integrity. As a pabUc spirited citisM, however, an ardent chris^. .„d an ea- „ve as o« r^aiy xncraaring circulation HAVE A SMILE. How to sbiiie in societyâ€" get polished up, "Swans ting before they die." They have to, if they sing at all. Lovix' a cottage is more common than lovin* the cottage mistress. The telegraph tells us " tke Kurds have fallen back," which, perhaps, indicates that the whey is clear. The p. I. Man evolves the foUoniug " Evolationists may talk, but Adam was the prime evil man," Tub man who makes light of every- thing is not necessarily very brilliant him- self. N^Ti'RB should mend her ways. English tourists hink American autumnal tints en- tirely too loud. The Signal Service always tells a young man when it is time to take his ulster out of pawn, .. 'You can tell when a reporter is going to make a point by the way he sharpens his pencil. The man who ia too polite to contradict a lady won't make anything by it when she says she isn't good-looking. Jones has just visited a deaf muto school. He says the exercises were quite interest- ing, hut not a pronoi^aced success. The Loudon Law Journal advertises a " Law Coach." We suppose this has eome- thing to do with ounveyaucing. A LITTLE girl who was much potted said " I like sitting on gentlemen's knees better than on ladies' don't you, ma?' Don't pick a packet until it is ripe. "Twill be a green band that picks our pocket under that rule. The book agent knows he is solid when ho wipes his feet on a door mat in which the word " Welcome" is woven. " I iiECLARE," exclaimed a slovenly writer, " I wish I could find a pen that would just suit me." And instantly came the chorus, ""Try a pigpen." A cross-eyed man who said he was going to "vote as he shot," had his ballot carefully put among the "scattering" by the judicious inspector. Mp.. Froude is reported to have said that a residence in Ireland for a few years is enough to deprive even an Englishman of common sense. What a relief it i" to turn from the politi- cal editorials in exchanges, to the calm, dignified statemente to be found in the local notices cf patent medicines. There is no lying in patent medii ine advertise- ments. The Lowell Courier isn't printed on the sea-coast, but it knows something about light-houses, just the same. It says " Lighthouses are of great benefit to the sailor, in preventing him from getting wreck- ed but a succession of light houses is sure to wreck the theatrical manager." Iwo young men out riding were passing a farm-house, where a farmer was trying to harness an obstinate male. " Won't he draw 7" said one of the men. " Of course," said the farmer " he'll draw the attention of every fool that passes this way." The young men drove on. A sERrtcE was recently announced at St. Matthew's Sydenham, London "for children of the upper classes." Whereupon the fol- lowin,{ am.Tndment to the well-known saying was promptly ffered by a newspaper com- mentator " r-ufl-r little children of the upper cloaiKs to' corns unto me." AkMrtTowa. ^i^i%(tMBft Truth. 1 Of^oona we kava all had scisat.oo this waek. » a y »a j yka »sa ou tka adgs of wtaHtWwy^no^mMfimpkum. I waa uifitid avay with ^^i i k n iiasm and 1 m afMdMi aoarttuaea not so mindial of my diMilwasI a^fbttokaiit bjeu. I rabhad ^kaaaaavwta thastraat. kada strauga, larky aort of step ia jralkiag aioaig King, •ad might, ia sbwt, have baan mistakoa fur lU^oSo, had I baao oroaa gartarad otjtanrisa riggad oat tika that unhappy aad furtastio gaoOMsaa. I had, in faot, HABMdr OV 'â- * SIAIM, lika tha great awjoritr ol my fallow oitisana. It was ruTj sharp wkila it Ikstcd, but, as tPBs to he sapsatoil, it waa soon orar. I gradually fstWck to â- y a aaalato t e of qniat so«»diwsa of' jadgBMB% and was able to woader at tka stiaaga axpariaBoe through which I had paasd, wCtH aador which the great majority Ware still awlteriag for a short time the star of Haalaa^Siad baea rather okeaaiad, bat it had Uaied forth with I thw all its fermer grandeur, and all rejoiced in the (lireat light Even the eUMe, good, daac, virMoos old lady, -forgave aU the past, took back all her harsh sayings aad rash jud^mente and folded the brave youth, if not to her materual bosom, at least to one whioh is undet stood to be the appro- priate refuge of grand ekildreo, and in tha fulness of nor heari RELIGIOUS OOSSIP. It i.i a-ithoritively denied that the Arch- bishop of Canterbury is alKut to marry. The Evangelical .Synwl of North Am- erica, which represents tne United or State Church of Prussia, has 408 Pastors, 510 con- gre.ation-s, and 80,610 comniunicantH. When money is to be raised in heathen lands, and the convened heathen have no money they often sell their famitnre or trinkete, and give the proceeds to the Church. An old Carmelite convent in Lisbon now bears over its gateway the inscription I' Presbyterian Church," the building hav- ing been purchased of the Portuvueae Gov- mment. Sir Richard Tbmile, Governor of India, after thirty years' observation, bears enthusi- astic testimony to the great good miss onar- les have done and are doing among the people of India. r The Rev. David McKee, the successor of Dr John Hall in the Pastorate of Rutland isqffare Presbyterian Church, Dublin, died recently m New-Zealand,whither he had gone for his health. " Thb Roman Catholic .Society for the propagation of the faith reports receipte ?«rr'l 'O^l.eW against 6.591.741f. in l»7», showing a faUing off of over S500,000f The missions are said to be suffering for want of funds. Mor Dcmont has sued the Belgian Min- ister of Justice and M^r. Rousseaux for the sa'ary of the Bishop of Tonmai Dumont was set aside and Rousseaux was appointed Administrator of the Diocese by order of tie 'Pojie. â€" »â- â-  â-  Journalistic Bnterpriae. There is nothing so encouraging to tke proprietor of a great modem journal aa to be able to make improvemente on his orsan. Artemns Ward telU a good story about a visit he made to the sanctum of the Bung- town Bugle, and the interesting interviewhe had with the editor. The editor waa pre- paring his leading editorial which he read over to Artemua, It waa to the effect that we have just had some extensive repairs made to our sink, A new bottom has been twIXr.'i ** "nmense expense, in which two holes have been bored, through which toe water passes into the entirely new bnck- M batow What has the haU-fioond .rf^e Oa«ttetos.ytothi.? We shaU .iSiJ;* to make improvemente as great and exhaas- tive as onr ramdlv inermmmi,,^ -; i-T^_ He has in many different ways sought the not' good of the land in which he Uves, and in " of a new pasta SUl which he has aohiaved his great Toronto has benefited in many respecte from his laboors, snd tke rakgioas denomiaatioa of which be is a member has long leeejvod from him munificent and aad aaitakml m sistance in aU its varied entenriats for tka advancement of tiie cause of Christ What he did in oonaectioa with tke buiUiag of It was the same editor of the Bogle who pt out an extra with big headlines aSaowIa- *«w* jta cn«abtioa, wkiok »ttkatiaaHkadthr;asabsc ' 'A^^JHZ' "*** "••""•« J«rterday, The â- MBajpapar also oUuacd that it had rhiok was a fact, f or sabaoriban ia* â- *"rtsA oM with. tprM, "BI.B3 YD (7, MY BBLOVKO," with more than tbe fervour of a PeckaniSl The Mail said, in a dignified way, thtt it was a matter of national importance and a firct-class advertiaement for Canada, whUe the Telrgram and World rejoiced as those who had foond great spoils and spread them- selves accordingly. The huge betting, which was the chief feature of the whole, as if the spirit of gambling had been let loose and had called all nations to a sacrifice, wai recorded not only without one word of condemnation but with a poadtive chuckle of satisfaction, as if the mighty torrent of feeling and opin- ion woald sweep away all FUBITAHICAL 8QrBAl|I8HNE8S about such proceedings and let all people bet in peace aud feel the whole thing to be all respectable, decent and religious. It was positively awful. School boys aud the girls at Ladus' Institutions planked their coppers and." jubilated" with their seniors over the great race, the great "hauls," the great losses aud the enormcus gains. I heard a pooi' little chit toll, with evident satisfac- tion, how a^i«{«iaan,nota a professional, had gained tea thousand (lollara,an l,of caurse,all clean' money,how many apprentices robbed their misters' tills in order to satisfy their debts of honour, will njver l.e knowu, ex- cept piecemeal, as the truth comes out in other years, or as criminals of the future, tell their experiences either as penitents or as funny and clever inc^rrigibles, Cdm, and sane as 1 am now, I wonder wh.it pjssessed me and thousands in due time will be as astonished, and wonder even as did the Qieen of tbe Fairies aa she recover- ed from a certain love-sick delusion, which had no very attractive object for all the af- fection, and all tbe fervour. But I won't try to row against the tide. True however, to the honesty by which be claimi to be ani- mated, Jacob will not, at the sound of any kind of any music, or of any kind of com- mand fall down and worship any transitory divinity, or applaud any proceeding, which impplies and produces far more harm than even it does good. There is NOTIIINr, .so SUCCKS-irt'L AS SIHIKS.-I. And so Hanlau remains tbe greatest man whom Canada has yet produced, and we are all proud of him, and of the country to which he belongs. It would be a stroke of bithos to go off on any meaner theme, when Hanlan isthe cry. Better let one's pen reet, and let one- self go off and revel in health-drinking, al- ways remembering to take no liquor but what is " re Uy good," or at least lager that has been duly certified. There was a good deal drunk in honour of the " boy " and for Canada's glory, niid, of course, I did my share, with as much conscientiousness aud enthusiasm as 1 cnuld stir up. 1 can't say I was drunk. Oh, no only just happy and exhilarated. Yet I would not have liked to have started either a letter to TRcrrH or a short metre tune at public worship, when I WAS at the highest stage of delishted eleva- tion. The etfecta are not quite over yet. Still, no great fault can be fnund with my writing, though my hand shakes a little. So, though 1 get nobody to listen to me, I wish it to be generally understood that some folks believe very curious things about OLD CAWTHRa'.S rORTfSE, and his will as well. Home say there is a will Others say Nay, Some put the amount at four millions. Others are as cer- tain that it ia tw ice that sum. My impres- sion is that, large as the actual amount is, it will be found to be lower than the lowest quantitv mentioned. Not that there is any impos.sibility in tbe old man accumulating all that, and more. Why not He thought of nothing else. He lived on less than the inten st of the interest. His charities were, to say the least of it, very "select," for in spite of all Mr, Wortz has said, not only did the right hand not know what the left was doing, but it was sorely perplexed in trying to make out what were the charities it was about itself. The chief end of man according to tbe gospel chiefly held in that quarter was to accumulate money and invest it properly. How could it be expect- ed a man could help a good cause when at tbe very time he might have a hundred thousand dollars lying perfectly ui.produc- tive, going utterly to waste, because a proptr and remunerative investment could not he secured just at the moment? For my part I hope there is a wrill, and that the Judge in the Probate Court will get the expected twenty thousand dollars of lawful percentage, so that one way or other the whole Will be so distributed ss to make many comfortable and almost everybody well pleased. I for one don't believe in these vast accomulations ot money, aud practically to show that I am in earnest in the matter, I was going to state that I had not a tarthing laid out in mortgages, and as little either in the bank or in stocks. But then I remembered that would not be true. My means are not large, but they are safely "put out," where and how I shan't say. It will all came out in due time, for I have already made my will. While the Hanlan excitement has kept me on the qui vim, I have at the same time been pretty busy with the present and prospective CANDIDATES FOR THE MAYORALTY, Tri'tu I see goes for Manning and that ought to make Jacob very careful, but liberty of speechâ€" oh that is a glorious privilege and I would not forego it No not forâ€" I don't know what. Is Alexander Manning then such an awfully great man In some respecte he is. Physically, he beato the crowd. Then in intelligence I am act sure if he conld be called second to any, while as to acquaintance with city business, he is, I acknowledge, superior to all hia rivals. He did well in the Mayor's chair before, and, upon the whole, fairly DB8BRVB8 A SECOND RBIUN, 'Vet I am inclined to think he will not be elected. Yet after all, why not His oppo- nente are no great affairs, and if I were really put to it to say which of his competi- tors had a better claim, or would make a better official, I wonld be puzzled to say. Certainly McMurrich would not, and as little would Close, while Beaty ought to be contented with his SI. P. -ship, and ite ap- propriate emolnmente. All tbe other papers fight shy of committing themselves. I am, therefore, the more pleased that Truth has teken ite side, and goes strongly for the self- made man of Wellineton Street It pleases me awfully to know now much TROTH W SPOKEN OF AND QVOTED. Even the little rascals of newsboy's seem to appreciate the situation and make the most of it Let anybody go down to the Union or Yonse Street station when trains are going, and they will hear the strange cry, " TH« GLOBK OR THB TRUTH," as if it were implied that if the one Wdr« taken the other would have no place Yes, and he wiU see that the stock of Triths is first disposed of in spite of all jokes snd as- â- artions to the contrary. I know Sir John takes It regularly and even Gordon Brown «inaot help giving it a quiet peep to reUeve Bat ita none of my foneral, and Taura itm aal ataod hy runnia* down other*. 0HMk£ iriawi took oara to and TBS mVBB OMXarUAJS a *opT of laat waak'a Tboth. and *«•'» jj? k^agt He wall mi|^t. aad yet I doa t thS!lJ;ia«a.t.ayllL R waa shear forget falaaaa aboat tha Uiad,«MnWaed with aoar- taia aoioaBt of anwarraatabia ooatompt for tke opiaioaa. to aay uotkiog of tha fee tngs of tka oemmonlty ia 4P««i. -« °» *«»• asighboaa ia nartkdar. Blunders are gre^y more ia dMaad, aot oaly m that, Sat in maay othar esaaa, and wall tliey migkt HavaaooMofthaaa paopJa atndiad tbMawa d[ iig^ aad kava thay aooad*! tke dMtks ofknaiaB eariorf^t It la to ba faarsd soaroely. Othorwiaa, at aay rate, it wonld ba to ba axpeotod that, aa the learoad jodge of whom everybody has heard used to say, they would be ' more careful.' What do all these people that seek f »r a reduC'iou in their income assessmente live on T 'They live well, and yet their means of living are acaroely worth mentioning. Howis UiatT OOTHBY UxT or are they the victims of appearance]? They really ought not to make snch poor mouths. I am inclined to think, however, in spits of all their pretentions, that they are rather poor beggars, for generally one would rather pay a little more, for the very glory of getting credit for a larger income than facte would justify. Tnat rage' for ap- pearances, how It tartnres aud numbags people 1 I'am pleased to think that disease has no power in many quarters, has none down here with Jacob FArrHTOi.. Ki diamatic incifif t kM ^.^ OM aaMMUt of iatMaat tT 7*i arrival of tbe foreiaast aeti^ Sir. B«,hardt. The na,^ ' It hH been th.spp,^, ce ' and SUrinL But that the wnn one of the largeat the^tr. s u, th. be bought in advaoci, e^enU•L of the actress, is entirely phenoT' Bjmhardt long atoce achieved u hoaaa of MoUare, a poaition as an plaoad hn aUaost beyond th* ui. â- am. It was generously ackaoT the eritios of Fnact that ia g,^ aolipsed all who had gone h^J. long time the leading actress atoT Fruicaia, where she eompelltd t? and admiratioB of all tbe notable^. reside in, or resort* to, Paris g^i London • "•»•• »"" ~.' »; nieetinj the It the dull monotony of his ordinary oconpa- tion, though, of cjurse, he proteste that he knows noUiing on the subject. When I am °°.zUS.' "y ""*• c»nnot but add that ?7.y*y'8 **." how rapidly the OM4 i, ioamg Ita hold ou the oooimnaity. It has ^Mieooad ite downward eonrse Jast as tha .6ea*r did a lew yaars ago. The news boys on the cars fand it difficult to rua off thwr •t^ m the great Grit Long after aU the «* have dMappaared, aadfir 00 into the Mtwjooa, tkay wiU bring oat tha straoRliBc Twaia,hiorintp oatok ioaie belatad tray. «Uar. who nwy hava aiasad the Mondav »wn^ ar wuh., taatady tha advartiaementi if*^?LP^« «• tt««»taaing to gi« it up •i.'z^ 1*^*1 •** whoever liAa t»~aao. willltodthrt tU fc Mt in« idle uS: Prom PriTate to OapUin. It was not ouca a year, but almost ones a week, th.t the soldier who had anything of the luroic in bis nature was offered a chance to develop it Men stepped from the ranks into shimlder-stiaps at one stride, and the case to be related was ouly one in a hundred. We were the rear guard. We had fought the enemy at Malvem Hill and checked him, but tbe army dare not halt Under the cov- er of darkness the long trains and tbe bat- tered and dish' artened lines resumed the march towards White House Landing and the cover of thu gunboate. Dead and wound- ed were left on the field, and oveir the swamp- roads d.ep with mire and mud, plunged wa;ion and gun and caisson and ambulance, followed by men whose eyes closed in sleep even as they walked. The rearguard had work on Imud. Close 01 our heels came fiesh troops who had I r.lers to ride us dow-n â€" cut ns to pieces â€" trample us in the mire â€" get rid of us that they might reach tbe army lieyond. They followid ns on the road, aud they followed us on both sides of it in the woods. There wa-i hardly a minute during that long night that the guns weie silent Men fell dead in thu mire and were left to sink out of sight. Men fell wounded in tht hushes and were not given a second look. When one file uf men ha 1 been shot away in the rear guard another to ik ite place, and so the long and murderous night wore sway and t!:e b'essed daylight came. Daylight was I'ot to end the Bursuit or make wounds less horrible or rob death ot ite ghastlinees. Yet it was a relief. Just at tunrii^a we had a respite. The enemy was closing up to push us with a de- termined onslaught Onr men were march- ing at will, dejected, .lespondent, snllen and ferocious. I could not see an officer any- where up the road. I could look over a thousand men, but not so much as the bar ai a second lieutenant was among them. Where had all the officers gone to Some were dca I in the road and bushes miles away, but death hal not claimed all. Here was an entire regiment without an officer to command. VVe had made a dozen stands since midoiglit, but no one rememinred to have seen au officer. Men had halted, 'boat faced and dressed lines like ma.-him-s, and when the pursuit was checked we had toiled on again. V\ o struck a terrible sioii;;h • xt- u ling across the road. Five picciD out id ix in a battery had been abandoucil there with every- thing belonging to them except the horses. Scores of men surrodnde I each gun .-viid cais- sou, lifted them out of mire and dr.igged them along to -a clay bill beyond. On the crest of this hill the Hre guns pUnte I, anil 800 men deployed right and left in support. Fiesh cartridges were « rved out, a supply of hard tack came dowu the iin«, and Wd were resting and eating and w-in.dcrinj 'iiKt gen- eral was iu command, 'w 1 e .ipr. a. soldier, his face black with piot'det, .isuiiifo m cover- ed with mud, and his le.'t ant in n 8 1 i^ u 1 covered with blodd,- i)touut-:d a gun before us and said: "Bjys, we are guing to stip right here and give 'em h â€" U Thy cant flaak us, and they can't ride over us u» long as we have a shot left- Lst's shiw Little Mack how we can fight without shou!dcr- btraps to boss us " He was only a private coldier â€" a man from the ranks whom no sne would suspect of having anything heroic in his compn.-ition â€" yet it was under his orders we had s.iveJ the tattery â€" he had planted it, he had depl'iyed us in support â€" he had picked up ammuni- tion and provisions to serve us. We had rested for twenty minnfe when the head of the pursuing coluains appea-ed. We had the key of the road for three niUs. They came on with a yell, the roau picked with them, and our battery -opened. Men were never cooler. Almost like clock-work were the guns served, and in ten miuutes we had cleared the road. Then they brought up two batteries and for halt an hour five guns fought twelve. When our lire slacken- ed by order of that Same private soldier, the enemy came on with a rush. When they had reached the slough SOO muskets blazed into them, and the battery opened with grape, and no man lived to cross it. We were cheering and yelling when an aide came galloping up behind us and shouted " Wnere u the General in command " " Here I am," replied the private as he stepped out. " You ate directed, to fall baok beyond the Hickory road, where we are massing for battle," shouted the aide as he dashed awny. We could have held that position against 20,000 mep, but our " General " obey^ or- ders. It was a better road now, and as we retreated we dragged the guns with us. We had not reached the Hickory roa 1 when a dozen officers were with u coming from no one could say where, but they could not rob our brave private of his glory. Before we had passed the battle line Gen, McClellan had taken him by the band, given him all due praise, and made him a captain. We were not jealous. We cheered him and wished that he had been made a Colonel, Tbe Seven Bibles of the World. The seven bibles of the world are the Kor- an of the Mahommedans, the Kddas of the Scandanavians, the Try Pitikes of the Buddhiste, the Five Kings of tbe Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hindoos, the Zenda- veata, and the Scriptures of tbe Christians. The Koran is the miost recent of these sp-°n bibles, and not older than the seventh j- tury of our era. It is a coOipound of quota- tions from the Old'snd New Testamente, the Talmud, and the Gospel of St, Barnabas, The Eddas of the Scandanavians were first pablished in the fourteenth centuVy. The Pieikes of the Buddhists contain sublime and pare aspirations, but their author lived and died in the sixth century before Christ, There is nothing of excellence in these sacrtd books not found in the Bible. The sacred writings of the Chinese are called the Five Kings, "king " meaning web of cloth or the warp thtt keeps the thread in their place. They contain the best sayings of tbe best sages on the ethioo-political duties of life. These sayings cannot be traced to a period higher than the eleventh century B. C. The '^â- â- ee yeJM *re the most ancient books cf the Hindoos, and it ia the opinion of Max MuUer, Wilson, Johnson aud Whitney that they are not older than eleven centuries B. C. The Zendavesta of the Persians is ® P"***** o' »H **• saored books next to onr Bible, Zoroaster, whose sayings it con- tains, waa born in the twelfth century B. C, Moses lived and wrote his Pentateuch fif- teen centuries B, C, and therefore has a clear margin of three hundred years over the most ancient of the other sacrtd writings. in London a year ago, same brilliant anoofia. A. S'ven Patti, and Katlogg, ^„^ wth. and many others to Ku New York ranks third in the 1 cities of the wortd, it was to that in due tiiaa the great, myr%i wonderful Bernhardt would seek iS, ' new worlds to conquer. ^H^ Not alone as a groat actre,s4 Bernhardt excite iatarest, H„t j,^ been the admiratioo of poet, ^^ painters, and play-wrights m p,^ been the subject of so maiy De»,!r^ magasine sketches, the berome i.t ' stories, the butt of ao much wit J* many strange adventnrrs and ht wj social and artistic suoces in Lii^' she is tJ-day tbe moat promineui ||^ the eyes of (he public. Much of Ll' ahrouded in mystery, as is Utu^. case with the early days of gicat tn/^ she has a social and domestic rt,,^ whioh does not altogether sijua^ '" Puritan notions of such things, -j, ' a aauce piquanU to her pcisoud hiiv' even cauaea good orthodox c trgj^' warn their congregations agaimi tt the pulpit. Besides being -the nndispute â-  i.^^ dramatic art. Mile, Bernhardt i^ a " genius. Within her steodei piij-u.. concentrates a fire of 1 ervoui ui:tt2 IS (imply marvelous in its muni:e,tat«i abling her to accomplish in many dii, more than other celebrated wonn n cat Tnrongh aud through, in tf.ougut, au.l acti n, ahe is an art.st, .s «,. a sculptor, a painter, a clever «, bUck and white, a critic, a gowi writer, a brilliant conversatlni.liit, 1 without being a wite, as u ell as i c and tragedian. Valking up tke Avenue de ViUier.^, in Pans, tn.c i i^T studios of the most famous Fh n^tj ,^^ little private house is foond a-, tij, the Rue Fortuny, so naiie 1 ;or pint«r. and here is the Bemh.rJ; j.^ sculpture and painting. OnewL. j^ this room says " We are in f.e \flataK! MUe. Sarah Bernhardt in her istuicu, tume, • do not recogni/e an;,thj^ before me than a charming 'ttatue u^ fectly gracelul attitude." The r\ .ma and hiKh, and on tbe walls arc huu^ limbe, hands molded in plaster, leuc. long sabres. Here is a bust 01 f. Cavid, the great musician and "m. s It IS said this " most precocious ait of the age," began modelliiig lu l.Mii' she made a study of her aunt, sleeping. In 1873 and 1875 the eii several bu»u at the Salon. In Jv statue, " Apres la Tempete, ' won i- questiouable success, Tois is a Ur.e â-  in bronze â€" a drowned tisher lioy~ mother's knees â€" said by the Ljiidjc to be "ao innocent plagiarism froaJlj Angelo's ' Pieia'" The group siosip tecbnical dexterity in its modediog. U in London MUe. Bernhardi, op-u^j j. of her tculptures and paintin.i, ut^j sixteen cauvases iu oil and nine 0; v.^ aud groups in statuary, and it is lat.^ that stie will do the same thing in Net " Besides the sculpture already m.D'.i c exhibite busts of Emile d-.- inraii: Wm. Busoach a fancy bus: uf " ' " Enfant," aud "Le Buffoon, a in marbie of a jester of tbe "i type. At her house on the Hue 1 ..rtunv tj also her studio of painlin^;, a room, with an arched vault .ut of a church. Oj the gnat lLii; piece is hung the til purtrait vi tLe a.:- by V. Clairiu, exhibited at the Saluii u i- aud vridely first ino*"" • ines,tir.tJ22rt»» â-  «-o"^b7^.-e^o^f occupied meoore^f, without ' 2^iZi(y All transitory -•?rt^theoffi^of pub- "• 'doc^ en the Thursi.y leir poblication. KtTTLE PQg. Propnetor. ialVbusiness |RECTORY. I IS. B. Wilkes. Law, O'wen Sotind. -Millers' building, over Rubin- t Street, dk FroM, Iters, and .vrToiisEYs.. iBolieitors in Chunccrv, Conviv Owen Sound, have reiiiii' 1 i' Office open cmiv Thiir^duy. u- Fbosi, I Crown Attoriiev ie« .lEa««*a« â- ERaiid .VTTORXEY AT-I..V\V, in CUaucerv, Owen Sound. 1880. ' 1 '• amcs Lamon, V-AT-LAW, SOLK IXOl; I.V ry. Notary Public, Ac. loaned at lowest late.-^ on i r-^oiiiil tate. Land- buit.dit and -••Id. seller iutroduced flee uf commit DUNDAIiK. t 21st, HSO. 1 »r* Kr Cattli ^9rnt«. ll'Bi. Brown, TniB OF MAERl.\t.l. I.lCENsKs. ,\- £,. }om9i.-^sioner in B. It.iVc tayaiii iiiij in all its brRliche- irntii; t)y I aud carefully cxiciite.!. [oaey to Lend ou Ileal E'tnt- SJept. 17, l»t«». 1 wmith. M .\Ni i)E.\Fi;i; i.v| Wjlliam-fi'id Statiiiii. 1 ir. I AL A(.i ly Stock, iHiJll, .4lexandoi' Bi-ot%'ii known tbr.Ugii L. .M dl^^ exquiaite etohin^ in L'Art. Her. ^: represented in a glow of co; ur? au'ijiu. a long robed edged witn fui, i.a.f rec JUB uf M.iii.ir' I.i -liM-. 1 m iii ou a sumptuous mvan, a gr ji. iiui. J III- .: n.ci. .Ki;eiit. t ••inini--i .n up at her feet. Heie, «;.s,., .» j ... "O.^,-. ConveywuoOT luid I.f.«ii Siarah b MlJe. L,auu Au^ai., k i'hv .##Rlrl.ir llie Cniinti uf "â- i-y. I'.tiiu.id Gavaroi, another by Ciast.vc |i r. ants, end Land Sale r.iii.'ii.ihy .it many otuers. Having suov.Ci.vdeii n to aud cliargcA made m ly ui ' a tcul^tor sbe took up p^intiug, 1 r •ui..»villc, S-|it.' 17, 188l 1 self somclhiug iiioie ihau a sotil.r;:; art. Her colouring is very bri las; ©eorgO Corbel. Jl.. biiniionious. Among htr most Lotiij •JD, LOAN .AND OENEH.M. .V'lKNl are "Medea Cutting the Thioai: IwenSooud. Monev t. Lonu nt lo' C.iiildren " the " Death of Ophelia. i.)f intarast. Principal pavable Ht t "Betrothal of Death.' At the tm.t a term of year^.aud iuteie-t IihU yti rupture with tlieComedie Francii!!.,-. yearly, or iirincipal and inter- -t roi r recaving 30,000 francs a year from irtn instalments, chisel. 'A number of desirable Iiu|«roved Tai It IS chietjy as a great actK.^. il; le. I ' Aiuencn public will be iutercsti i :: ^- â€" â€" "â€". IJernbardt, and to that end a brici ii ' *â- * '•••K' icalsketoh cinnot beuniuterestiuj -.:MINION ANT) PROVINCl.VL IAN' born in Paris, at about 18W, tiie Jau.:: •*"•)â- â€¢â- " • Draughtsman ;iud V.ilu.aoi au attorney of Havre, aud a li..t.ii â- -fi'md Mftrkdale, Having imicl;». of Amsterdam, most of the early cur- aeJal Land Surveyor 'liarl- li.iiikii; life being spent in Ihe latter city at trie • Mock C'f iiri).'aial Field Not-. I'l of her grandfather, She was bi'..uix: 'tt^ Instructions, A.'c., of all Im- Survo; a Catholic, and sent to the couvcuie: I .^W^hin the last lifty-iiTc yt.ii^, 1 ai champ, at Versailles, where she rt:u.l*d to uiiikc Surveys iu *trict .ic. n until ahe was fifteen years old. Wii:-. therewith. I'rutiles niii E-iiiiiat. become an actress, she enteicd ti.c t .-Tadiug Hills, Plans and Spee-iii.-nti vatory of Paris, presided over hv ti-. Oildiiig Bridi.-i luriiislifd ..'ii .i| i Auber. At the end of a year's i-tu'jv :::• Money to Liitu nt 1* pti cent iiuie tbose excellent masters, Provost aiij .t by Ictiei. .i- left with 1.. J. lil.VT son, two famous comedians, ^he ^iioe Jllo, will be i.ruiuptlyatteudid |. v. 1880. 1-v drst prize for poetry, which entiti.u li« an engagement at the dimedie F.-.!. Go the 1 1th of August, ISOJ, sheaiJrii k debut as Iphigenu in Racine's •• 'jj.^et« " Aulide." On the 24tli she a; .[leiit^ « t title role of Eugene Scribe's -Vakr Like the great Patti, who ma ie he:i!" Niblo's Garden in this city, sbe wfc ciâ€" cessful. The critics declared tliat »!.! Mr. JaHtes Jl W^hite. awkward in her bearing aud luefli.ti'iistant to Dr. Cameron, Owen S.-.in her delivery For a while sbe an ^jlL BE AT THE BEVEliE UOl obscurity, playing â- " o.inor ir.ru.: Markdale. on tbe last Wedm-l. Gymnase, singing m the chorus a: 1 â-  nwnth.when he wiU be prepared M Pritti«tr]t. ill operations reqoired uihju the;ii;iT o most satisfactory maimer, aud ujii 1 ANe»IO' HOI' MARKDALE. Tiug leased the abo\c h.Hel «] Saka Bkrnharoi's charming hat, of bird- of-paradise and ostrich plumes, with minia- tore wolves' heada, ia described by male critics as looking as though " she had rested her head npon a bed of moa^ aud upon lifting her head had raised her pillow with Sara Bernhardt still goas the pace. The stilted pedaateand posturing nwoompoops that do the aBsthetio oritioiMn for the papers are beginning to be half ashamed of ^tem- ~^, and weU thev may. The worid is i^rT'J!?' '*^ Md Sara is after aU a »«*«• J» eraa for tkoaa who are not psrtirakrty moa. Beddaa, it u coming out, that «h«a aU la done, she is but a second- *•*• •?**«* •**« »ll, Md her impudent im- mor^ty u really the chief claim she has to •nything like notoriety. '" I â- ".?-'" -fc. "/." " â-  Martin, and playing on J.u, 14 1^' tbe first time at the O.ieon, 111 "1 "â- fa?,;" «"â- Â«Â»"«, ^^n "J '"'V'" "^W" term's; m Athalie, and at last csnu- her tr-^^^,^^__ in January, 1869, when she creaxd tt otZmittU in " Passant," by E. C.ii'iie played in many things at this t!:ea:re. ing a really great reputation and pr herself a clever, if unequal, arlut. t 2d of February, '1872, slic nude a D success in the Marir de ytiiborg 0: BUs, " by Victor Hugo. It was the :. â-¼'"« "»?«:' t"' *boxc h..iel aid th the Queen of Spain, in thu pav. â-  '7 "••f"'"!*!^*^ »"d re-tiit.a.it, tbe tr, decided the dramatic fortune of »r»; l'"V|"» /â- "'IJ ""d every accomm. JaiJ hardt. She ahowed heiself to be a.V/7f '"' "' 'VM- and eife-ur- kA artist, and it was at once seen tint ii« »t«W:ii-' "'"' liostUr. was at the Comedie Francaise. Thf^ JOHN -^N HOliV, Proprn t..i-J appeared on Nov. 6, 187-2, after ijicsi pt. 17,l»' 1. MUe. de BtlUFoU. She follou cJ w::: Vv^/" -v 1 1 1 r fc^rT. -i » Juno of "Britannicus,; CheruUn m :^» ^^*^^ AAV# Alt^I, "Marriage de Figaro," and li-.rthi a- ICEAFOKD, Ont "Sphynx," In each of those parts 'if veloped incomparable qualituo aoJ »-• triumph. After she hail plaveJ Z««' -_S»„_ .1 „ ,. ,^«iiJ PMr, the critics cea«,d to ,ma;.»it^'ir'^5rfr" "'"â- ",,*"' l 1 H the public accepted her a. » •'•'.«• !^» S* " ' V" '»"^^'.V' "â-  genius. As Be'^lhe, m do Bjiiiur^ °f'V?i°®" '" Liiif r» nil i^- tragedy, " La Fille de Kjland ' Keb.-v««« Cigars. J. MoGliu:. riioriutiol 1876), and as Ponhitmia, the blind oiip' .fee 'boa to aud from .lU tiWus. Jpt. 17, 1880. QMMERCIAL HOTE 1. rvl mother of Purodis " Rome Vaiu.uc tember, 1870) she was simple a Imin When Hugo's " Heruani ' was so rat: ably revived. Mile. Bernhardt to.k tU' PRICE VILLiE, Ol.t. of Donna Sol, eclipsing all former rq re*- tious, realizng, as admitted by the cr.*r« aisi commodious Si»iiii'I the creation of the celebrated n~e't Bei'Rooms, 4c. Tin; V.a nn.l the same way aa Nilss.'n,' says a lirsi-^ aappUed with the best th. mar writer, "is the incarnation of t"'"*1 MdStabling and atteiitivc llo.-t ' Hamlet,' as Margutritc in ' Faust." bat THOS. ATKINSON I'r still more decided manner, MUe. ISef" 5*^1,-, gjg, joa. is Donna 5of herselfâ€" alive and reu5Ciu:' SfS»»^g ^;^_;^__^ At the termination of that memorable ;â-  w iittx formance, Victor Hugo wrote to Sin -\ȣ,UKor. WILSON following note • ' I wept Accept the horaa-e of tha-; of the old poet, Victor Hugo," 0' ' Bemhardt's visit to London last \eu, « the Comedie Francaise, and the """"^TTTrp I /^ TT 't7( success sbe won in the English capiul, "'F^J X V^ Xl Fj srtistic and aocial, the American 'Ut-i" â€" familiar. »o too, her quarrel »'"f ,,'" »t., Markdale, next door to E Comedie, in Paris, and her w ithdri**" ^1i^, the Maiton de Moliere last .\pr.l, »*°/' of such recent occurrence as to ^^'^^ co mm ent During her connection w" theatre she appeared nine hundred' times, and npon leaving it was rooi to pay $20,000 damages, with costa. this event she has made a visit to ^^^ a succesful touch of the French pw"*^. and a visit to Denmark, where she ai- the enthusiasm of the Danes, Sbe arfl in New York on Oct, '27. The P^ " Adrienne Lecouvreur," in which she ?J71 her i*hut, wiU be followed by " "'vl^, "Antony," "L'Etrangers," "LaD»»'p| Oamelias," "Le Sphinx," "Hcrnsni, -^ "Phedra." Thus. Racine. Victor »J Dumas, Scribe and Octave Feuillet *» OMd aash other at Booth's. fc delivered at any house mj [1 880. â-ºp and Jattl^ ^^g good flit She ' eaU, WiU find it to tbeir 1 ^e*« tiames aud address t Hotel, Bevere House, I are still on the "'••y pay the highest i rid C. W. A A. SPEl