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 w^^'mnir ^s •ki After h,ll;, »» you cony J? 'i iintd to mcV, ?***•» ^^ owa to ""••j^^^J "g every ttomL^ jj aJ but • f«V^'*« I ' dog lit hi:„7*~ r He nnniy giLr^l 1 him .i\.^» a-.. The wUr^ -.hed dow„';,'^%!J the imoMm,, j/« « Yore, .od th, 'Mi-C9fortholi»J o-ick with him?**l •ih.tdog.,;*M [ATTEBfl Dl nco on the"i^ QHZ^ he-Aodri..-.f be*n p.rforBHdW ""cal .ceae 2»^ ' "I'j^t in uf, y named to » t • whoa, the »^,,.;^ ' haa bee^ZL**^ ^ge that w,,^*«, » f-" power VSN I'pe with the i«2S?* h.mse'f nuy notuIS '"arry her. W. aZ?^ cent humor do«^ a and to the »BdSi.^ .t lea*t tr^ ^^'j' •*] ' ""^t "o •ntiou. Ji *â-  â- tu.cc's."TjiJW'^dl W!.i.:h occttt 'ntWnl^ eiic-.l '• martyr • ^\J^ i.onei 111 EagUad J,," " Nil* that hope ^» ' imus, UiB rejoietd U .W^ «l lltiHU Hith CJTb » 9 I rt-pl.M »iih the Ta*] •l'r)t;uo, CQ«riiato"4 Vf fchat you »i»h^ c^n." JJdtter adriei^ I t.. any individajl i ii. may happen tTL, t *h:i.h 18 entirely i tress ad a Bifls â- iu-{ actress, Mrs. ;,- a rather unnsiul li,' a most enthnsisB ithtKc dueling piJT tniL-e ririe her mTIwIj Hou.ler. Tne Ud/SI 1 "t .. weapons, aodii ..;.poitun.r.ytop„^ ..t a t. Looi, y^^J. stc.-iiay afternoon t* tL lie n the shootina.«ii!j '-~-^- The fair*!*?" u»l.au.l, Harry 8i«i|, a^cr, and a couple oi m II- aiidifuce, tho dooBl re.-u.'ar run cf customai i.tru,luceJ^andhaTia. â- ^r ami mud and tben !ico :.t P. p8'», Mrr. i, !i»- Was r«a ly to makti ame Ir^ Pan. Th«l i;h walking suit, sad i ttlu nir caps, which iu f-r snjht in the least. i\ p off.-roi for her ij of an expert, the i ' thein until suitc44 I IS ready for the ctia ut thi-i ritW must li, â-  w I't her time." i^ h.i. Mrs. Siddons bni, I a! .lie- the glitteriBf] •eteil witli applause I -I 'he b 11 indicatsdi, w.is lothiiig uBnsail] • It lo.K.-i very odd i III r tiiU .ircs«d lailf i. t;ir^i:U eM.iity.S»e i«ttl â- nebull .. rve aflc'sn llat aAalttned tha «„ â- â-  t" fcal cry, and er«| • I'lii.nc.il ,tion troj]! ' !â- â€¢ i;iiii.-«lt a cr Ilk nla I, alter tome very gooil eieutetn bull s-«]m1 'y. anl the misurs \tmJ luiiut.d for the tiiM^ I' he siM)n got ths !('â- â€¢â-  II minutes' praetita •â- 'â-  Ni). 5 target, makiiJ I l«o elevens. Mr/, f â- â€¢lie had always bssai- I ut only receotlyl wnsc:! she is delighteiL Mra w .M never inten ic »i.l ii rnhard' ' I 'ithetic fact comsrtj ' l.iHuit btttiteo AfrcJ "' and the manigerj ••j r.1 compauy. -^".lU'l, was in bdid ha lilt ali)ities a^ a â- I"".; fa t. Mis. Ss l.ts HxUiv vas to bs 1 Kii'ttui; that he wui !â- / ill •Jcterioratioasai) iiiC'ii the managsr kl a htr own pay as " " s was done. The » •â- r his lieath, the cli urse She Failad l" ken up, ei.' rep Khca she heard o/ I "man in ihe i 'ell, 1 knew it 1 was in h«rhi«Mi| • plainly that she 1 '•â- r. I tell voo's lau." 1,'ri'at things bat il I hy in runniof a -t p to tell yon i i.ive buckwfaaat {M II r break.'ast f or M" u e Lattrr on th«»' ' on ijeantil it is •' :ake8 are all place*! »*J ' hot, but mjldly r-^ I tij softeu the outB III thia way 1 "â- 'V? a of butter per •«• J rii«hing on iiut f^j ;e out of a boaJw* doesn't p'ay •"••f. iiiateiy cuine to ^â- * or' a mossy. Mr. ' r, sir ' MaJitf jostrations of 'â- â€¢' • I 'm Boinjr to • •"•J But he only wt»»' to behnojf aHfc**" ist be that Iw«P*f.j exhausted !*• '*l r m U for be k*' ace tbat ha is » " ly the l*nd I^ erereet jeualtiei •aid in t 1. e i«8 Ukea plM* lir " and the re have been hi* recent aott" f Seuioni, the 'ailed to oiitaia f ewtls, *«., « o a urisis. Otml uiKniDg trot •••â-  Marquisate •»*|tl the eaUtca »f*T^l L FBIDAT MOBNING 1^ meet the early "-a^ 'h« ^^ence. Coonty Bmomm. allo^^'C Md « Inrtweti-sw Ko I l»y- i 50 in tlM»e Vp«d till '"fj ^1 „««â- Â«â€¢â€¢Â» tSti»»^/„°uia of the A"' Ities '"'^niiole for the mm "'^r'JvERTISINO: Iate-sof-^ r â-  â€" %e»r L*: '• â- :::::: Id" 1 ..•â- â- . T „,.tuia*r.ion.. ||t,tenli»«"" -uon v^Veqaec t' reckooedJ^r t occap-ed ^.*;.,,B,eBts witboat fcvisr. -*' V; publishrd WU for- r, action' "J^IZiV. All te»nMtorjr .tsooo 27 M 15 UO 8 00 400 SO 15 75 23 8 2 ara Mu »«»â- â€¢ Fd rectiom »'" "jC. "aU te»nMtorjr Lt.^'i^"tft^eoa.^ "f n-b. U^""'^,' k en the for of p»b- 1ch.'ii"i'^,"Zii^eo» of pBb- '"'"u 'll^l^" '" "• Thursday I "*\JA,nz their publication. f l^'.v Kl TTLEDGE. Proprietor. ^gSivAL BUtMESS DIRECTORY. prs. Sproale Carter, tcians Surgeon-, Accoucheurs " fcc. rjcK -M""'"' "•"' residence at F OB. PUBDY, L.niS SIKGF.O.N. ACCOUCH- frgal. cuss. B. WilUes, y at Law, OwenSoTUid. "' MiU«^" biiilJing, owr Robin- :«! Met street. IjJ Vn^* Fr»«t, if Noliti"'" '" "h»n:e'V. Convey II-" "(j,^ Sound, have resumed at ' â-  oSee open every Thursday, aa Hon?- ^„ Crown Attorney J. W. Fbost, LL. B. 1 jjiilSlKKanJ -MTOKNEY-AT-LAW, pfcter in Chancery, Owen Sound. ,17. i»«o. ly Jaai«» Lamon, xoiLSKV at-i.aw, soijcitob in |(^.jc-er Notary Public, 4c. ni^ aDetl at lowest rates on personal •.ate. Lands bought and sold. ii;,lM..^t; iiitroduccd_{rce of rommis DUNDALiK. TOL. t.â€" Ko: 23. E ;;. •g?i«rt:; stst^Jl tiaTjiO '^3 ?*bi»C2 HAHKDAtES, OffT, FRIDAY. JAN. 28. 1881. WHOLE NO 20 DR. CLARK%x JOHNSON'S^. luliu lloQil Sy^iia. 77W.3dSt,Hewrorkaty and Organs. rnusxiuxs.1 aOKs;;^-,! PIANOS AND ORGANS! Tli»BestSSXZD7 SNOWN to ICan 7»,000 Adim BAT! SOU glKCl 1(70 9.000.00O Bottles. This Sy nip Possesses Varied ProptrtieM. JLiS^*"'^*h' Frtyaltae la |W (Sallr., r" ?^V** •** ••"«* -mt naffir sf the read laSaaliMMae. A ilHklraar laTtT«ae â- â€¢â- "â- 'â- â-  I (he â- K^lfl â€" la ukea *mitil â- iclr afier eailas Ik' /erBeatatlaa »trmo4 le yrevcaicd. 1 /-;_ :.., J. A. CRAWFORD MIAI^BB IN It aria apaa iki y.lver. It acta apaa the KMaera. 1 1 Reialatra ike Bawale Woi. Browu. |!£l; Ot MAUlUAtiE LUESSES.Ac, â- ,iiumis-,iou»-i in U. U.*V'C. treysniinK in mU U-* l«raiR-lies promptly petl to ttuJ carefully rxirutcd. -M-iifv to l.enil oil Ueal Estate .-le- tk^ii!.-. Sept. i7, ItSO. 1-v W. 1 initli, SNEUAI. M.r.NT AND DEABEK IN [Nursty Stock, WiUiani^fonl^tfttion. 17, IHHO, 1 AI«xund«T Brotvii, Y.U 'f ^fHr^illf;e riircnue.-. I'lro and \u-iir:ii:i(: .\Kent. tomniis.-iiouei U A,- (â- (iiivfyumfr and Licensed .-. r 1. 1 till- Ci-uiiiy of Orny. Farmers, :.i-, uii,n.;iii'V hu'ii-. ruuctuaily at- i ti uuil rlvars!! s iuftil ^I'ry moderate. ...S.-it lT.l^-" 1-V ««-«r{;r- Corheu Jr., ^i*;-. r.).\N .\.SP liE.NEUAI, .ViENT Dwru Suuii'i .\I,iiii V to Lo.iu at low pf iiitcroiit. rriiK'ipal pavahle at the I a term ofyiMr-.aiid iiitere-t half year- early, or if^iicipaj ami interest repay- 1 lIist;iJui-llt- r.\ .luiiil"' of .l.-Mrahlf Improved Farms J. ti. KiiiK. bUlNlu.N .VNl' riioVl.VCIAI. LAND lbiir\ey,,r. I'miiKhtsman and Vahiutor, fcri uii'l .Matkdale. Having purchased uciul Land Surrey, ir t'liurles Rankin's J stixk of orifrinal Field Notes, Plans, ku, ln!«trurti,,iis, Ac, of all bis Surveys I *:lhiu the Ust fiftv-tive years, I am trnl to make Surveys in strict accord- J therewith. Prohles and Estimates IrwlinK Mills, Plans and SpeciUcations ImldiiiK Kridges, furuibbed on applicB- 1 Money to Loan at H per cent interest. is bv .titer, or lejft with G. J. BLYTH, Idali^ «:il lie promptly attended to. V' 17. ls«(l. 1-v .. Recall.... ... _wi It PaHflea Ike Blaad. .." "J^^ M»ee ef ike akla aa4 ladaer. Haaltkr Perspiration. II aec nlisa tho herediiary taint, or pooii In iXit bl33d. wM.: 1 Rcnarstes Scrofiria, i:ry*l|iel««, ctiU tO Di-.nn'tr of sUn diseases sad Intenul hamon. Tbere aro do spirits «mp)or«d In its maooiactnra •nd it can be taken by tha mrx deUcato babe, or bV Ihe tTe,1 and feeble, eart cm!} ttini rtqairtU in mt- UntioH to dirtctiom. PBICS C? LABGE BOTTLES, 11.00 PSIC3 OP firALl BOTTLES, • 50 Read the VOLUNTARY TES" IMONIALS of Persons who have boon CURED by th« use of the 9L00D PUR'FIER. FOR DYSPEPSIA AND LIVER COMPLAINT. Kelvin, Brant Co., On*. Dear Sir â€" This is to certify tbat yoar valuable Indian Blood Symp has benefited me more for Despepsia and Liver Complaint, than any medi- cine I ever before uaed. Mbs. M.J. BRIDGE. SAVED HER LIFE. Kelvin, Brant Co., Ont. Dear Sir â€" I have been under the I doctors' hands almost continually for eight years, this year being the first (hat I have not employed 1 iiy ciao. After using your Indian i '.d ayrup for a brief space of time, I was enab* lad to do all my work. I truly be- lieve it was the means of saving my life. Mas. MARY LEONARD. 9citti»tr](. Tit. James J. White, kiblaiit to Dr. Catuerou, Owen Sound, riLL Bi: A'r ruE ueveke hodse. Markdalc. on the last Wednesday in I mouth, when lie will he prepared to per- lall i^peraliona renuired upon tbe'.mouth »e must ratislartory mauinr, and upon Vu«tle terms. 1 -v $«t«lft. MARKDALE. hv.uff roasej the above hotel and thor- Uy refurnished and retiiled it, tbe tray- k puL.'ic will find every accommodation, klv iLe best af liquors and cigars kept. " stsMjiig. Carefnl hostler. JOHN V.\^N HORN, Proprietor 17.1880. l.y :yere hotel, harkdale. |SPROULiE, 'Proprietor. .HIS p.ii.nlar Hotel has had a large ad- I itioii added to it, thoroufjhlj refitted, • now -ccond to u(vqe in the county. »'-,'f':ii3 and attentive ostler. First- ' »|.'CJwr.uiiatiou for eommeroial trav«I- Icnna 91.00 per day. 17-ly ^OV.vl. IIOTEI^, MEAFORD. Ont. Mdiir.R, PROrBlETOBa. P»«rv KceommiHlation for the travailing "'â-  The bar is well stocked with the *sl Wines ana Liquers and the beat o( Cigars, 'bus to and from all trains. n. 12S0 l.y |0M meTcTal~hotel PRICEvHjLiB. Ont. C\ " ""Qiinodious Sample Booms *«d Kooms, d«. The Bar and larder ** -Dplied with the b«st the mjurket af- 80od Stabling and attentive Hostler's. Taos. ATKINSON, Proprietor. i2^»Ut. 18«o. 8 I GEORGE WILSON, flUlTioMEIE CURBS COUGHS AND COLDS. Buriora, urant Co., Ont. Deab Sie :â€" In February, 1876, 1 was afflicted with a severe Cough whieh grew worse, confining me to my room, and was finally pronounced incurable by my physician. In Jan., 1877, I commenced using the Indian Blood Syrup, when I at once com- menced to gain in strength, and in a short time I was enabled to do a fair day's work. My Cough is now entirely gone. ISAAC HORNER, J. P. CURES ERYSIPELAS. Mt. i? orest, Wellington Co., Ont., Can. Dear Sib â€" I was severely afflicted with Erysipelas for two years, and a short trial of your Indian Blood Symp ettectnoUv cured m«. Mas. JANUX AMDEBSON. LIVEB COMPLAINT. Mt. Forest, WeUington Co., Ont., Can. Bsaa Sib â€" I have used your great Idian Blood Syrup for Liver Complaint, and have received great benefit therefrom. I rtcom. mend its use to all similarly afflicted. MELSON CABB. DISEASE OF THE STOMACH. Mt. Forest, Wellington Co.. Ont., Can. Dbab Sib:â€" Thisia to certifiy that your valuable Indian Blood SyTup cured me of Cnunps in the Stomach. W. N. CURKOW. DISEASE OF THE STOMACH. Cross Hill, Waterloo Co., Ont. Dkaa Sib â€" I was troubled with severe Pains in my Stomach, and also with Loss of Appetite and was unable to get anything to reheve m« until I took your Indian BJood Syrup which affected a qpeedy cure. I shall always giro your medicine tha praisa it so justly deserves. NANCY LEE. SCABBY HANDS. Neustadt, Grey Co., Ont. De.ui 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 vour Indian Blood Syrup and had taken it only a short time, when the Scabs disappear- ed, and now my hands are as well as ever. I can safely reconux^end it tfi a valuable remedy. Mrs. HENRY HUF?. DYSPEPSIA AND KIDNEY COMPLAINT. Westport, Jan. 29, 1879. %ZAB SiB :â€" I have be«n suffering for year! with Dyspepsia and Indigestion and Kidney Complaint, and have tried a great many remedies, but without effect. I be- came very bad and could not leave my bed. I sent to your Agent, William Dier, for a bottle of your Indian Blood Syrup, and I do not hesiUte to say that it saved my life. I am eoinpletelT enr«d and feel like a new man. Last week my son was taken siek with B«Tere Headache, and a few doses o( yonr valuable mediflia? "'^iJSJ'tT ^^ â€" â-  » CUBES DYSPEPSli ilND INniGES- TION. Westport, Ob»., Jan. 36, 1879. Dbab Sib:â€" I hare been afflicted with Dyspepsia for about nine years, and your Indian BJoorf Synij is the only medicine that ever helped me. I would say to allanfiering from this disease to give yonr medicine a Mr trial. W. H. BOBISON. " Sole General .dganta for Canadt, North- op and Lyman, No. 31, Toronto St. West, Toronto, .ilso igents for Mother NoUe's Healiag Symp, an Engliah Diaaorery whieh ia wall Icnown aa a valnaUa and afleetiTe Blood Purifier thronghoot tho World." I Markdale, next doM to Xxparilw Mi»,t deliye^ed at a^y t^eoqe vn tfiVW. "• 17. 1880. l-y WM. FOX, ^oe-Wa StrMt, Maikdale. MMkdal*. Bn^ IT, im. • â-  ^» »-T OF TT3:TDxid.gre as^Caaa-VLfeuctvLxe. Having a thorough knowledge of Musical Instruments I would invite those desirous of purchasing an instrument to GIVE ME A TRIAIi! I can furnish good testimonials from parties to whom I have sold that they will be dealt honorably 'with in all cases. By corresponding with me I will convince parties that I will sell cheaper than they can buy elsewhere. Monthly or quarterly instalments with a small payment down. would be accepted, III iMtrnntiitt warraittd ftr Six YMrt. ADDRESS, J. A. CRAWFORD, LOCK BOX VS, Uxbridire, Out. T. E. DAVIS, BUILDEB A CONTBACTOB, (Stone aad Brick). Plastering and Country Jobs, promptly attended to. Stoneoutting a Spe- cialty. Estimates on all work, free. Satis- faction gnaranteed. *.* Besideaca earner of Brown and Sproule Streets, ICabxoaui. December 31, 1880. K-y J. m. IVebster, LICENSED AUCTIONEER FOB THE County of Grey. r^'LOAN ND LAND AGENT, Money to loan at lowest rates of interest, in sums to suit borrowers. Agent for Farmers' Loan and Saving Co. All business matter* strictly private, and treated as such. EUGENIA P. O. Sept. 17th 1880 1-tf Sheep and CJattle. I^i? FABMEBS haring good lat Sheep or Cattle to sell, will find it to their advant- age to leave there names and address at Mo- Cutcheon's Hotel, Eevere House, Markdale, as the undersigned are still on the war path, and will positively pay the highest i rices. C. W. ft A. SPEEBS. Sept. 17th. 1880. 1-7 Instractions in the nae of Baltiiic- Oak tanned leather beiti are the beat for general use. Cotton belU are best for dry places. Rubber WU are best for damp placea. Belt* bhonld not !« run too tight. BelU too tight will tear out lace boles. It is economy to put on a wider belt rather than make a narrow one too tight. Vertical belt* abould be drawn moderate- ly tight. Adhcaioo of leather on tame 1 iron polleya being 1.00, adheaion of leather on «tnnied wood polleya is 1.25 on cotton overedpol- ley* 1.60 on leather oorere'l pulley* 2.00 on robber oorered pnlley* 2.fi0. Narrow pnlleyaare oaaally corerad by ooe or two width* of covering. Broad pulley* are oorercd by winding aar- low covering epirally around tarfaoe ol •ame, riveting or camenting same a* it i* be- ing wound aiwutd. High apead baiting ibould alwaya hava covtrad pnlley*. Belting will laat longer on covered pal- leys. Leather belting with ordinary can and nnder ordinary eiicuBsat au oâ€" will laat three to five years, aaoardiag to mtatpn U p.w«r in belt Surploa power ia a belt ia never lose. Tha areater tha care, tha frsatar the ecoB- amy in baits. Leither belting rots when otlcd too mnok. Beltiog rots with heat generated by sliy- ^^tke* aad other took dattMr mmUt (im* •lasticitT of beltiag, oausd pciMipauy by uialwifj allowing Aam to bwMiM Htvatad *H«avv awilsb » ^^ daabte. isathsr baltiag IS pi^rkbU for «aeUM toola. Lsathn baits ibovld ao* Vt a fi^tsr BUta (*t «t4ta«9 ««gk ika«ld M* b« *« wt.aaafas«psri9fa^«. ,.^^,-_ kattthhfw^TST aMlkypli uagaod between the belt and snrfaoe of pnlley ia •och eases, 14 to 15 pound* atmospheric preaaare i* *ecored on the contact surface of belt on palley. Belts are mn on policy* with fleah *!de eat first be o s o ss the grain side being smooth and straight makes a more perfect sorface for adbasioa aad tha ezclasion ol aii be- tween belt and pollsy, thos trassoaitting 30 to 35 per osat. more power than flask side of belt oonld. Second, becanse the flesh side brtog softer than the grain aide, will not crack a* would grain suU in passing around a palley, particularly a palley of small dia- meter. A belt one inch wide making I.IOO feet per miaote is eqaal to one horse-power with average arc contact on poUey, Straia on driving aide of b!ltUalcp*adent of taoaion necessary t predoce friction equals 33,000 A p tinss divided by equals p^ioiids. In which k p equals horse power traaaautted, • qual* velocity of belt in feet per sainnte. T?^v"i;^* 1 48-inob pulley, 128 rsvolo- tion* per minute has a velocity, at periphery, of *ay 1,600 fact per minute. Let k p equal 20, then 33,000 time* 20 divided by 1,000 equals 412 poanda etrain on belt doe to power transmitted. Width of belt is equal to 5,333 time* h p divided by c equals in w inches, in which w equals width of belt in inches A p equals horse power traasmitted, csquals conduct of belt an small poUey in linear feet, » tquala velocity of belt in feet per minnle. Example 2 Want to transmit 20 horse power. Small palley is 4 feet diameter, of which belt has 5 feet 3 inches are contact, valocity is 1,600 feet per minute, or 128 revolntions tbea 6,333 times 20 divided by 6.25 times 1,600 equals 12L5 inohesi Sappos- ing this 12| or more prop* 13 inch belt was 51rt inch tbiofc, it woald contain aboat four square inches in section then, as in first exaasple, 41S divided by 4 equals 103 poond* per *q«ar* inch ia seotian woald be due to power ca'y beiaa tiaoaahted- Theae are very simple and effective roles giving not less than 25 per osnt. margin in power, which all belts Bead. â- â- â-  Ftvfitatty. Is thsre any cxosae whatever for prolaoi- tTt Tabs sore tber.- an ti««s whs* It really seeH as thsMgh om mast flyaUtomecei onlcsB be eaa nttsr eertaia words which are focMdea by the ssoMMl ooswaadasat, bat «s*'t we let sff the esplosive eisstset by takiag tbe aasM e( JaliM Gmst, er pr^ gnaattTTg *V' â€" â€" ' " â- -i*"J â€" d wisisirl* wJIhgiaateMplMsis. Utbeywsrssaly f«r bidilsa wenlB they woaU answer the parpose very well, for the great aeeessity is to say wbat we eagh* m* te saj. owl ia.tkst way 0^ esaAraflad â- â- siiiWits rcUsf. We kesid Iks ether 4sys{ asMB wtossMsMM. tUag iaISMslly vsiW* ap pa r s a tly, bat who daiiaAsd tlM oMssaaes as qaits riaht. He had aa aaqaaiataass wh o oeaU asw a*8*g StoHshasaail tkaattajr wssa gM svM te give the haMSSS aa ia«d«r toji* ndol Ste. He was e «haT*s l i i g i li ** f' â-  " S " Oa. 4ay white ia fioaa esMsaraaJ tettfag el thbaemaaataasa. hs Mid, stMTly aad ds libei^toiy, " Ds ysa tass*. ^w«*h that maa •MlaaMlaL Wv i»iaslws, haw dawa* riSltSS^^W-^^ hs nt«tsd. •^y«^salr«yaks(ilaaMaH.ly««^ MahdyattaatMsssa- I varilr britota thS if ha â- a'ts Iha worfclagbeitanairta WMIAVOOMIP. raoblmi Motaa Mod ai« aa sssa at i* part oi drossy toi- Ists. r- J Jaieey soits are worn by both boys and giris. 8eal-oaloorcd ploah wraps are very fash- Shot glaee ailka ars fashvwble for dami- I no* a soitaUe fabric for yoong girls' drosses. Hearlet jackets smbroaderid with gold take tha lead. Lou gloves ar* dp rifmtwr with the dami- long sleevsa, Ftc cops el Jency webfaiag to saatoh sait* ere owta by litkls boys. Small boys wear kaee hretohes and jack- ets d ribbed Jersey webfat^ Owls' heads in out jet, with yellow eyas, make fandfol broochc*. No dieeiy toilet i* complete withoot a laoa jabot or oasoada down the front. Moaastio or nao-hke ooskasies are all the rsge with Pariaiaa young ladies. Lice and crepe lise flutiogs for the neck appear to be more pupn'ar than ever. Bvary very bandaoaia oostome has its Sioff aad palerioe or collar to match. Dry gooda are aelling at marvelloualy re- doeed pricce to make way for ipaing good*. Plain dark stockings of wool or silk, rib. bed, are tbe most faahioaable at the mo- Children wear large forry felt with very broad round brims turned np rn one side. Ladie* ar* beginning to wear tomed-down ooUars again, either ofcambnc or of lace. Sleeve* do not reach the wriat of faahioa- able dreaaes, even for tho^ worn in the morning. Silver serpents of the finest workmanship, with jawtiUed eyes, are much worn by Eng- lish wooion. Initial letter* in henwtitching, in block or old *ampler pattern*, are tbe lateet fancy in handkerishiefa. Qaiet-colonred dark c'oth jackets for dressy wear have collars and cuff* of velvet embroidered with gold. Cliokiag frinees of jet, with each strand ef jet finished with a spike or ball, are among the handsomest trimming* worn. Little girl* wear large torned-down col- lar* of embroidered cambric, edged with lace, and cnSa to match turned over the aleeve*. Black satin dressea are mads very itnking with embroiderie* of fine cut jet in the form of ivy leave*, fringed with jet on the lower edge. The ekiita of short dresses are fuller as a rule than they were laat winter, but the front and side breadths have the same olioging effect. ladies who have dresses of groe-erain faille silks can make them fashionable by trimming tbem with brocades of satin or velvet or with pltt*b. Cat*' head* in diamonds, with topaz eyes, a Uttle pink coral tongue, and a blue en- amelled collar around tbe neck, are the moat fancy in jewelry. For little girls' evening dresses the fa- voorite material is pale blue, pale roee, or cream white nun' veiiinc, trimmed with eatin folds and pipings of the same colour. Corsages a M turft â€" that is, round waist* confined bv a *ash tied on one side back of tbe hip, not in front â€" are worn by young KirU aud yonUg married wamen for evening AU Parisian dressea, whether fer boose or street, evening or diiay, country or town wear, are made to have a tapering effect, narrow at the bottom aud somewhat toaff- ant on the hipe. After black, which bid* fair never to go oat vf fashion, the tavonrite coloar* tor *trect coktume* are dark green*, garnets, violet, lapis blue, aexl brown, copper red, or mber led, and 1 11 dark *hade* ot red. Maffa take all sort* of forms, as, for in- stance envelopes, bcnbon buxes, reticule*, aud work bag* in all sorts of fai cuul ahapes, and then they are trimmed and ornamented with ruffles, ahirriogs, lace, fringer, balls, tassela, and jewelry ornaments. For inexpensive but exceedingly effective evening dresses the dry goods house* dis- play nun's veiling in all tbe loveliest even- ing shade* cf rose, blue, violet, heliotrope, water-green, white and cream oolear, to be combined with brocaded greoadinea and gauzes to match. Crepe de chine in pale tints of rose, blue, violet, aad heliotrope, white and cream- white forms the basis of the handaomeat evening toilet*, tbe revers, bands, pipings, aad frequently the tablier and aide dra- peries bemg of brocaded ailk grenadine and gauz) matching the crepe in ooloor and shade. ia*a«iMias It is easier to conquer the world twice over than to make a woman confess tbat an- other woman, her rival, is beautafok It is more comfortable to keep hoaae on tbe point of a cambric needle tbau to live in a fasaionable set aad not be in the fasbion. A crmo is a man who never hesitates to tell a falsehood if a falsehood will help him to make a good point. Ia illostration of this fact ars tbe following lines, which were written ia revenge by a man whose path of love m not run smooth Men have loaay faults Poor women have but two â€" There's nothing good they say. And nothing tight they do. Bow Woaaen Vote in WomlBR. In Wyoming t lections, as is well known, the woaisn are a power which can not he igacred. When the occasion seems to re- quire it, the Letter sort of ladies bo to the polls as well as tbe ignorant and vicious. From my com observation I shoald say that the woman voter, while less familiar with character and party prineiplef, i^ most coa- tcioatioos, iadepeodsDt and instinctively ight than the male voter. They scratch I heir ticket a good deaL At the pells there is nothing objectionable to the Udy voter. The law rtqnires a cleared space of fifteen feet square va front of the baliot-box. The utmost quiet prevails, and when a lady walks np to depoait her ballot she meets no- thing bat deference and peUteaes* from official* mmI inapcctor*. Uanally they ride np to tbe poUing-place* in caniage* provided by the psrty managers. The lady with her Vote already prepsired, alights from the car- riage. Tbe crowd, if any, quietly faDs back to opea the passage-way while sue walks to the wMdow or opening behind which sit the clerk aad electioii judges, gives her name, draps hot vote in tbe box and returns. Her age IS not Inqoired iato. UaalttaT Womofi- TnnOsr.) A writer, ia aigiag the aoeeauty tot toatt attsaia to physirsl onhiire, notes as a (avoalaUa ai^ the iaet that the pale and iatrtciiGag type el the lemale baanty is fast loring1h«fa|iaisrlty, aud thataienof posi- tion and' iaffaeace are deelartn^, fr the healthy standard of womaaly beauty, such ae was «*«r isusgaiss* by O ioss* aad Some. Ikia «rs esrtaialy aa iaaportaat aad happy ohaags ia pidlic taster aad olraadj tbe efeots ol it are to be detected ia ah iaiprov- odesMUtMV of fcaaiaiae baalil^Jaritwill harOr Go dsaiai thaioaaa arocags the wo- Ma o« ta da g aaa phgratadljr «iMrior to what thavWM A l««y*aia aW*.' trhoa tig^t bMiagaad vaOsd. Toaag pssols taks «Mre e: tb*r iasMarij did. thagr rids aa« walk thaa aay other, I ia th* world, are saddest by *iokly IfthaaohaUhosaao laagaritwiU ' to tho aatMa. And the bo a groat tlsani rooMdy is aisintr. streagsad hoatthy as aaea ol other nations t ha t o â-  ao good raaaoa wl^ Aaaarieaawo- saaa shsridaotbo. AU that k aooded is proper at t oatisa to dross sad osarcise. Lot wooMa dxaa^ as aaea d% ss that thoirbodiss shall aet bo aqaocaed aad preaseJ together, but ha«« free leooa for matiaa, aad lot them ga eat iato the air aad eaashiar, as men do, aad eautu iss thair bodieo, and tbe race ol ^â- oriosB a o M ta will not become extinct, OS it is thfoatoned to do. On the eeatrary, it will be iaaprovrd, built ap aad beautifiea, aad the tioM will ahortly oome when the healthy man will not have to hunt the ooaatiy over for a healthy wife. We are oa the right track aow and that is ceeded ia to go ahead â€" aad tho rsoolt will soon be Bsaamst. Woaea will die to be in fashion therefore lot the fashion iA female beauty be vigor and atreegtb, aad all the ladies iu the laad will be swinging damb-bells, practising archery, ridiag on horaeback, aad walking for a wager, hat they will be in atyle. ,.â- â-  A Bfloerolaat Man- WHOSB OFFiaS WSBX XOT APrBSCIATBD BY TitB soucmas ron a ladiss' bkn- KVOLKST aOCUTT. (Detroit Fast.) At a meeting of tbe Ladies' Benevolent Society, held the other day, it waa resolved that a committee of fonr ladie* be appointed to oanvaa* for denoaiinationr, and in the osorae of their pergreications this committee yestordsy dropped into Mr. Wixham's ofiico. He received them aa a gentleman should, aad after the usual formalities one of them began Mr. Wixham, we are asking aid for ben- evolent purpose*." " Ah yes. Benevolence i* a bump which *bonld be cultivated. Are yon looking after poor folks?" "We are." "Very proper â€" very proper. Yon all have children ol your own " "Oh, yea." "All of them are well fed, well clothed, and well cared for, are they " " Yes, sir." "That's very proper. I presume their stockings are properly darned, buttons in their pLaots, and they say their prayers when they go to bed T Am I oorrect?" 'The women :ooked at each other in a sly way, and then at him, and one of them said " We shall be happy for any contribu- tion." " Yes'ip, yes'm. You den't want this contribution for your own families, eh " " No, sir " acswercd four voices in choras. "Well, I am somewhat inclined to ben- evolence. Hardly a day passes that I don't do something for charity. Here's an' old account of $2NS against Mr. I know he's hard up and having a close time to get along, and yesterday I cancelled the debt.' One of tbe canvassers turned red, white, and blue and looked out of the window. That waa her hnaband, but Wixham didn't know it. " And yesterday I fonnd a poor, forlorn- looking little boy out here crying with hunger and cold. He said his name was Tommy and he lived at No. 36 street. He badn't been washed or combed for a week, and I felt aad for him. I waa Boin^ to take him home and feed him, but he slipped away, " Another woman suddenly looked out of the window, and her pulse ran up to one hnodred aad twenty a minute, but Wixham waa as innocent as a lamb of any knowledge that it was her b^y, " Then you won't aid us " tjaericl the spok "Ob, yer, certainly I will. 1 was simply figuring to see how much I could spare. I *igned a note with Mr. â€" laat fill, and I had to ay it yesterday. That makes me feel rather poor." The third woman didn't tarn red but green, but Wixham couldn't have possibly known tbat it was her husband, "Let's see. Let's see. I want to give you all I can spare. Mr. on street owe* me four months' house rent, and I'll give you an order on him for 820." The four women rose up. They rushed in a solid body for the door. They went out in a heap. Some were red and some were pale, and all mad. They tried to speak, but they couldn't and as they hastened to get away from each other, Wixham held np the half-written order, and gasped "How very, very singular Perhaps they thought they coulcui't collect the money." " Tha Tnpper's last Shot." (Fmu Forest and Slrcaia.) He was probably christened James, but is always Jim now, and along with the greater part of his Christian name he has almost en- tirely lost his surname. If he had been a few shades lighter he might heve been ' ' Colored Jim," but black twiug the absorp- tion of all colour thia name would not tit him. So he ia known, wherever kn )wn at all, as " Nigger Jim." He is an exiert trap- per and tisheroiaQ, but, rather singularly, considering these gifts, a poor marksman. For years he lngi;ed about or carried in his boat an ancient flint-lock Qaeen's arm, so deadly in its action that it would kill pick- erel with only a charge of powder, so Jim said, yet he rarely brougBt home any epoil* of field or flood but such aa were gamed by trap or hook. Once, however, he made a very teUiog shot. It was on an October momiu^, and he was padding his ligbt trap- ping skilf up the channel of Wonakakatuk a* *ilendy a* any Indian could, when, as he rounded a bend, he taw throngh the tall etalfc* of the wild rice at laaet a dozen ducks kitting among the lily pad* in the edge of the channel, not six reds from liini. Here was bis lODg-songht opportanity, and do â- oooer did he descry tbem than a backward atroke of hi* paddle etopped tbe headway of the craft just before *he poked her *harp iin*e in auht cf the unsoapecting fowl. lien he laid hi* paddle in the boat without e *lighte*t noise, and a* *ileotly lifted from iti reeting-place bi* old gnu, who*e true inwaidoe** at tbat moment consisted of all the powder in ita owner's pssseaeion and a handful of BB *hot. both wadded with a half pound or ao of waap-nett. He cautiously thiust its muzzle through the lice stalks, cocked It without a toll-tils click of the ponderons lock, sit the brench-plate firmly against his shoal ier, laid his cheek ti the stock, and took soch a long and deUberate aim that a spider, setting his snare among the nuhes, made fast an end of his web to the rusty barrel before Jim, shutting both oyer, set his teeth, and with a sturdy pull aahitthed. There waa a dazz'ong flash in the pan as if a kettlefnl of lard had oangbt fire, aad then tbe aoble weapon belched forth a horizontal column of flame and smoke, kick- ed Jim and his skiff half a boat's length a- stom, aad gave a roar that went bellowing down tbe creek, acroa* tbe lake, aad wa* to s sed Lack and forth from Split Boek Monnain to Shellhousc for five minotes be- fore it ioit iti voice. Wh n Jim got hi.s eyes open and bis wits gathered, he eerrd throngh tne eddying smoke and »aw â€" act a feather raiaed nor one woandcd dnok flattering ite last, bat SOBS riding naeonosmedly with their heeds knocked off aad some keel np in a qoaiter acre of fine splinters. Tben np rnao two B«toa BMa f roaa asBoog ths raahes, aad the fire, and saaoke^ and apcear, and vieieaa raeasl ol Jia's gaa weso as asthing to the vials el wrath which they poared oat the poar opea his early, devoted head. Never was soch paddHag deae oa tbeee w at e r s as Jim did tiU he pat half a arils ol Woaakakatak's " whh his rapid strofcss ba- td the eosM el MssdlsM Thsa hs s h evw l his boat iato ladsfcalhad sdMre. Next day hb gaa far oalsk abriag aa a rsa- ka barasd sa Maa powder BO poor aSatdtakMhar. Heaaa.tsd a sals at H-M, aad has dsas as dash shoot- Ha A Tlllaca Bnted la Bmtnt- maouM axo scmaiKO » thb naouu Moonatirsâ€" A TsaiLLisa stobt or â- scAra raoM a toId or axowâ€" 300 raaaoxs mrauoKaD ih ma MotriiTAias â€" A unsaxoKa voa aid voumd halt raosBi â€" A asutv axraDmoa scdt otrr. :, â-  tm the school eitiaea. «( «e MHSi 7k, ar, Man* hs via r BKBxyviLi.B, Clarke Coaaty, Va. â€" ^This evning aboat dasfc Mr. Riehard A. Ward, residing on the ontakirta of the village, found a man lying in tha tnow near tne rosMlside, partially maenable from cold and terribly eaianiated. The stranger waa at once removed to Mr. Ward's residence, where, after ke had been revived and bad been eupplied with food, which he devoured in a ravenoo* macoer, he startled his pre- server by ooe ol tbe strangest aud most thrilling narratives of human distress that has ever been chronicled. The man stated that his name waa B^gar S. Cooper, aad that he resided in the vilLage of Paris, a small town near the somiait of the Blue Ridge Moontjdna, na the dividing line between Clarke and London counties. He had vol- unteered to come to Bcrryville to urge the reeidents by ail the ties of humanity and manhood to organize a relief party and go to tha assiatanoe of the villager*, who were literally buried in the snow, and to the num. ber of about 300 were in danger of death from both cold and hunger. The village of Paris is on tbe west side of the Bine Ridge, and it was directly exposed to the terrible northwesterly gale wh:ch be- gan on tbe eight of Dec. 20. The villasexs at tiist beheld the snow without alarm, al- though m the dakea came steadily down it became evident to them thit the (all would be an unusually deep ooe. For forty-ci^ht honra tbe storm continued. On Wednesday night the snow was piled high above all the roads and paths, and waa licavily drifted against houses. As the viil i^crs retired for the night tbe snow waa coming down faster than ever. Cooper and bis family occupied a small cottage near the western slope of the plateau on which the village stands. He aaya that when he awoke Thursday morn- ing he fonnd it atill dark, and suppoaed that the day had not yet dawned. After remaining in bed for several boors, awaiting daybreak, he got up, and lighting a lamp, saw by the clock that it was halt past ten. Somewhat pczzled he went to the front door. It offered resistance to his push. To his astonishment he waa confronted by a aolic wall of *now. Hi* house had been buried in a deep drift. His young wife and child, when informed of the position of af- fairs, at first became gr^ly alarmed, but were soon soothed by his Kurances of safe- ty. Cooper is a hardy, handsome young fellow of 25. He is evidently a cool-headed, intel- ligent man. He says that the first thing he did wa* to build a rousing fire, and to in- sist on having breakfast before doing any- thing. That through with, he took a loug- handled shovel and startod to cut hi* way through the imprisoning wall of enow. He made rapid headway at first, bnt had not penetrated five feet before he began to be troubled by the snow taken from the tunnel. He bad thrown it behind him on tbe fioor, but it threatened soon to fill the entire in- terior. To add to the diflicnity, it began to melt under ths action of the fire, and inside of an hour tbe fiocr ran with water. The husband and father struggled gallantly at his work. The enow flew from the little tunnel into the room, where his wife endea- voured to pack it to one side. By 3 o'clock in the afternoon Cooper had cut a narrow pathway for nearly thirty feet without see- ing an signs of daylight. Suddenly the roof of his tonnel dropped, and he waa buried in the anow. Putting forth desper- ato exertions, he struggled to extricate him, b(lf. The snow waa Tight and easily pene- trated. Following the track of fho tunnel he finally succeeded in bursting into the doorway, to finl his wife lying senseless on the floor. In describing his struggles through the snow, Cooper shuddered. "The feeling cf suffocation which came over me," he taid. "was awful. Three or fonr times, as I plun;;ed blindly along striving to keep in tbe coartc of the tunnel, my hcadstruck as;ainst the hardened walla of tbe track I had cut through the snow. The relief I experienced when I burst into my hoase is indescribable. It wa* a miracle that I ever got ont alive." When be recovered from his exhaustion he succeeded in reviving his wife, who was now completsly prostrated by cold and anxiety. By this time the fire in the house bad died away, and tbe floor was covered with an icy slush. Cooper made up bi] mind that the attempt to cut through tbe drift was im- practicable It occurred to him to try to get up the chimney. Placing his wife »nd child in bed and covering tbem up warmly, he made tbe attempt. He ascended with case until about ton feet from the top, where tbe chimney narrowed, and there he stuck. He descended and got a hatchet and chisel. Reasccndiog the chimney until be waa above the level ot the roof, ho cut his way through the brick wall. After an hour of severe toil he crawled out upon the peak- ed roof of his bodse. Bestriding the ridge, bo took a survey of the situation. Tbe snow had piled in an immense drift, reaoh- iog to the eaves against tbe front of his house. He could never have cut his way out from the doorway, aa he would have had to penetrate nearly three hundred feot, only to find himself on the edge of a preci- pice overhanging a sheer fall of several hun- dred f^.et into a small valley formine tbe western boundary of the plateau. Glance which way he would he saw nothing hat round, unbroken mounds of snow, from many of which rose columns of smoke, indi- cating that there were houses beneath. "Sitting oa that ridge," said Cooper, " with the north wind whistling around ms with cutting force and almost benumbed with cold, I shuddered as I thought of the coddition of the inmates of those houses from which those columns of smoke were not rising." Cooper found tbat tbe most available exit would be through the second- 1 story f rone window of his cottage, where tbe incline of tho drift made ihe distance to hi cut through the snow only about ten 'feet. Resuming bis labours in that direction, iu about au hoar he had the satisfaction of seeing daylight through the opening, and eventually with great difiiculty made hia way to the house of his father, which, being in a most abeltered position, had escaped the worst fury of the storm. The men cf the family sooa brought ont Cooper's wife and child in the same way that be had him- self gotten out, and the family were aoon enjoying warmti and comfort again. The snow still descended. Christinas day dawned cold and dreary, bringing no glad- ness to the belated villa;;ers. The dark sky and occasional rcurrying flakes of snow were ominous of another storm. The only ther- mometer in the village registered 10 ° below zero at 8 A. M., and as (he day ailvancod tbe mercury fell slowly until it registered 18° below. On Christmas night the suffer- ing from cold, owing to the scarcity of fuel, was very great, aad early the next day there were not half a dozen fires in the vil- lage. The residents, in order to keep warm, were compelled to either remsin in bed or euvtlop themselves in extra clothing or blAukets. At about 10 o'clock the burgo- niastoi, Thomas Aldioe, went around and calldd for volunteers to assist in cutting a way into tbe hoase of a poor widow named Mn. KaU Wilmaa, who, orith two child- ren, occnpied a cottage in one of the most exposed portions of the village. Nothing had been heard from her for several days, and there was no sign cf flre fnMn the chimaey. Within an hoar aboat fdety men ware gathered arooad the hooas of ths nn- fortonato widow, aa^ aimed with shovels and hose, weat l»avely to work in a blind- ing coow staraL Tbe first man to enter the boose was Mr. Aldine. Stretched apoo the bed was Mis. Witoun, atiff aad eold in death. Whoa the strong msa had gently moved ber oorfse they foaad by her side two children who wore carefnily wrapfied in a blanket and soms eld clotaing. The aaothor had plaeed haisilf over them in the tflfortto koapthsa wana. Maiw, fhseld- sstahlld,was foaad to topaat all aid, bat ths other, aa iaivt ofghtM saoatha old, gas o aaiaatioB, aad ia aboat two waaattf as jauoaa i aa^ «â-  |p^ set to do •asasWog. As sat* as thsre is n^W shove ai^ if wo ^Mt M^aw^ai Mt bs a H«e â- aa* weaasa. ar ahiU » QM|iM| wittU a walk. Lt m â- ^ â- l a i a MBKoaaait. «s«^«h» shall take a a have ia as few I gniativ ee-^noaiiae oar fae*. Wa have got to set proBipt^, or tho hTos of oar wivis aoddaaghtoieaiH bobst. If there is aay mtn brr« who has aaythiag to say let as hear hiai i i^kt away. Wo havo ao thae to lose smI uait take hi Id right saray with a hard grip- I aai ready hear ar.y plans )00 have iu yoar hooda/' The: e waa a aolesia silener. Fiaally aa old, guy h aised J a n as r etoed op aad said "Mr. Chairmia, in the name of God, ap- point the conmittfo." A bam of pproval ran ttiroagh tbs crowit, aal-Mr. Wii^ht promptly ezcUimed. "All right. I'd do I'" He then named a commitree of fif:eea, with himaolf aa Chainnao, after wbi.h he exclaimed " Lick here, men, theie i no good appointing this ooounittee onless what It Says is gosM to be done. Are we to have full aathority here or not " "Yes; do as yon please," replied the graT-hairsd faraaar. " Du yoa all agree " asked Mr. Wright again. " Yea, yea," waa tbe geoeral raspanae. "All right. Now, you all hear. I pro- pose to take hold at once and I give all those fellows who won't do as they are told fair notice that we'll make 'em do it. Now, gentlemen, the committee ia going to meet at the other end of the room, and you can all wait until we tell you what we want done." The committee remained in conaultatioti for about half an hour. When they retum- Cvl Mr. Wright, springing oa a desk, an- nounced the result quickly and forcibly " Men, a hat I aay the committee agreea to. You will all be ready to band oreryour supplies of wood snd food to men who will be sent around for it to-morrow. We want everything â€" everything, mind yoa â€" which ycu c-in cat or burn. It wiil all bs brought tere and put under lock and key. A fixed quantity of food will be given out to each family according to the num- ber of poraons. To-moriow you will move with your familiea into the houses around this building, and the committee will see tbat aa many go in each house as it wi'.l hold. These houses will be heated by tiro supplied by the committee, and no one must touch them or put anything on them except the committee. Each day wo will appoint a nuaiber of Aeu who will forage for ipod aad viood. There are millions of birds frozen to death lying around iu the woods about two miles from beie, and if we can get throUKh the snow we will not want for meat. All the barns and outbuildings not covered by drifts will be torn down for fuel. Now, this is all we have to say." The next day the plana cf the committee were faithfully carried out, and by night all the entire population of the village was gathered in about twenty houses in the im- mediate vicinity of the schoolhouse, which had been converted into a supply station. During the day the committee at times found some difficulty in enforoing the order for tbe surrrender of food. Several of tho villagers showed a disposition to rebel, but the inexorable committee, led by Mr. Wright, helped themselves indiscriminately, ignoring all complaints. Once a man named Kmory refused to comply with the re(|uisi- tion, and when the committee attempted to take the desired articles by force, he and his three sons seized their shot guns. Wright went np to Emory and knocked him down without a word ot warning. In a moment the rebellious villagers were all prisoners in the hands of the committee, who had qnickly supported their leader. The Emorys were disarmed, and after their house bad been ranaacked for fuel and provisions, they were liberated. There waa great suffering from frost bites. The ener- getic committee established a hospital in which the ailing could be cared for by the sole physician of the place. As many as fifty were suffering at one time, and several amputations had to bs performed. It was decided to send a messenger to Berryville for help. Cooper was selected. He started on Tuesday mounted on a strong horse, and supplied with a flask of whisky and a package of provisions. He travelled all that day and night. Tbe next day the horse gave out and could go no further. Cooper wentabead on foot. He was thorough- ly familiar with the woods. Throughout Wednesday night the faithful messenger tramped through the snow, Thursday morn- ing found him still pursuing his weary way in an almost insensible condition. Cooper remembers singing, praying, and laughing alternately np to roon rn Thnrs-lay, after which time he los*. all tiiiSi: of what took place. When found by Mr. Ward, Cooper was half covered by snow, and death would undoubtedly have ensued in a few hour?. This fearful story was told by Cooper to j your correspondent in a modest, straigbfor- I ward way. He passed lightly over his own I brave deeds, but dwelt with earnestness on the pitiable canditiou of his fellow villagers. As soon as his story was made known, a paity of three men in a four-horse sled wen- despatebed to I'aris with provisions and medicine. One of the numlxr is a surgeon and another a clergyman. It is not yet known whether they can make their way through the snow. Their is great anxiety in regard to the fate of the devoted villagers on tne bleak side of the Blue Kidge. A number of lives will certainly be lost by this singular blockade. The Value of Politeness. From tbe London World.) John Bright, tbe orator â€" whose use of pure Saxon, by the bye, is marvelous â€" once nnconsciouslv converted a political opponent by the tuatUer tn moifc, as contradistinguish- ed from bis usual quality, the fortiter in re. As the right honourable gentleman is, per- haps, unware of the circumstance himt^elf, he will le grateful to me for telling bim ot it. lie was riding on horsclMck at Llan- dudno, and cime to a gate, near which bUkmI a gentleman, who, though recognizing the horseman, did not show any readineas to un- latch It. Addrtssing him in a manner almost courtly, the Apostle of Radicalism asked that favour at his hands and the stranger, sur- prised into csmpliance, was still further pleated when tbe present Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, waiting until the pedes- trian had reclosed the gate, leisurely walked his animal along, and continued an agree- able coDversatioo, in which everything local, but nothing national, was discussed. On the two separatin;' something like com- plimentary expressions were exchanged, and at the last general election John Bright had no more effective, but unobtrusive, supporter than the stranger whose political animosity, he had disarmed by politeness and sociabil- it)' Tois story I learn from a letter written by the man himself. A Bude Man. (Frum the Liondoii World.) A country cousin writes " A short time ago I wai staring at the lovely diamonds and beautiful things in a shop wiudow in Regent street, (not covetously, as I am content to see others wear them,) when a man came and stood close by my side. 1 don't under- stand why men should speak to me in the street, because I am sure I look the model of stout, British matronly respectability. But they do sometimes and tnis man re- marked how pretty the stones were, and edged up close, and suggested that I might like diamonds. I said irankly I did. He said he should like to buy roe something. 1 said how kind. What did I want he asked. ' Ob,' I raid, ' there are so many things hut let me think, Now what is it I want most? Wby, some new shoes, stockings, flannel petticoats, a scrubbing-brush for the kitohen, two ssuoe-pans, and three loads of manure for tha garden. Oh, I do so want the manure, becanse it's getting late for mulch- ing. ' Tbat rude man poeitavely turned away, saying someUiing aiuneotionable. It was so very rude, when he had aaked me what a ahonld like, and I had told him quite the truth." â-  â- â- Â» » A QcriOK answer is like the sharp cut of a whip. " Yoa are no gentieman, sir," said an irato individual to the person next to him. " Are you a gentlenian yourself T" waa the aaeering inqniry. " I aai, air," waa the re- ply, in a tone which implied a duel if any doubt waa expressed, " Tben yon are qnito light ia aayiag that I am not one," retorted tM partr of the aeoond part, " neither do I wish to oecome one." 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