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York Herald, 7 Aug 1863, p. 1

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Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, Aiidpdespatched to Subscribers by the earlies mails. or other conveyance. when so desrred The YORK lllu‘RAlil) will always be bel'ounoto contain the latestand rnosiirnpor- taut Foreign and I’rovrncial News and Mar- kets. and the greatest care will be taken to render it acceptable tottre man of business. and a valuable Family Newspaper. TERMS.â€"-Sevmi and Sixpence per Annn m; In Abuses ; and if not paid within Tiller Mouths two dollars will be charged. RATES OF ADVERTISING: Sixlines and under, first iiisertioii.. . . .$Ull 50 Each subsequent insertion. . . . . . . . . . . lltl l‘2§ Ten lines and under, first insertion . . . . . Oil 754 Above ten litres. first in.. per line.... no 07 Each subsequent insertion, perliue. . . . 0“ 02 IL? Advertisements wrthout written direc- 'tioue inserted till forbid. and charged accord- iiigly. All transitory advertisements. from stranger or irregular customers. must be paid for when handed lll for Insertion. ' A liberal discount will be made to partiesud- vortising by the year. All advertisements published for aless pe riou than one month. must be paid for in ad. Vance. All letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid. No paperdiscontinned until allarrenrngesare paid ; and parties refusing papers without pay inc up, will be held accountable forthe sub. scriptiou. THE YORK HERALD Book and Job Printing ESTA BLISMENT. RDERS for any of the rinderrneritioned doscriptionof PLAIN and i'ANcY JOB \VORK will be promptly attended to :â€" BOOKS. VAth BILLS. BUSINESS CARDS. LARGI' AND SMALL 1'051’1'2RS,C|RCUI.A RS, LA“! FORMS, BIL]. HEADSJIANK CHECKS.I)R.\F18,AND PAMI'HLETS. Andovery other kind of LETTERâ€"PRESS PRINTING done in the beststyle. at moderate rates. Our assortment of JOB 'l'Yl’E is entireh new and of the latest patterns. A large variety ofnew lt‘uiicy Type and Borders, tor Cords, Circulars .dl'c kept always on hand “can...” Btttttory. NVWSIEDIOAL CARDS. WVWKWWAAAA -A~W.Mwmww DR. OS'l'El'T ER. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons England. I Opposite the Elgin Mills, RIUHM‘IND HILL. Mayl. 1861. 127-bp JOHN N. REID. M.D., ~ 6011. OF YONGE 8a COLBUBNE 31's., THURS H 11.1.. Consultations in the ofiice o'I the mornings ofTuesduys. Thursdays and Saturdays, 8 lo lb, ruin. [LT All Consultations iii the office, Cash. Thornliill, April 9, ’6‘2. 176 B». BOWMAN: MJ). Physician, Surgeon & Acoouclieur AS again returned to ALMlRA MILLS where he can be consulted on the vari- ous b lterllP> of his profession. NJ}. All cells punctually attended to except when absent on professional business. Alrnira, Markham, November :0, 1662. 207~6m LAW CARDS. ’ WV~V_..~._.,\\,~VM,V v. MANNUVVVC M.¢,‘w.h-,\.~\~v‘_v ROBERT MARSH. J.P. Commissn 120‘ in the Green’s Bent}. COAVEYANR 'IIR, 51.0. Cul‘TRK 01“ THE 3rd DIVISION COURT Uflicmoiipusite “AYMUN 3'5 110 I'LL. Richmond Hill. Deeds, Mortgages, &c., drawn up with treat- ness and desp-alcll. llui'iiiess attended to at the Clerk’s residence wh on not in the Office. Rich rnond Hill, Jan. 29. 1863. 21743~ M. TEEFV, ESE, :Notary P1110110, (13y Royal Alltlio:ii\',) COMMISSIONER IN THE QUEEN’S BENCH UUAVrLYA.\Ot‘.rt,A.\U DIVISION COURT AGENT, RICHMOND 1111.1. POST OFFICE. GREEN EN I'S, llourls, Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, &c., &c., draw” wrtn attention and pi'omptitude. ’1'ermsiiioderat3. Richmond Hill, Aug 2‘9. A CARD- C KEICLI‘}. 13qu ofthe City of Tor» 0 onto. has opened an office iii the Vil- .age ofAurora for the transaction of Common Law and Chancery Business, also. Conveyâ€" liming executed with correctness and despatch Division Courts attended. \Vellington St. Aurora. do Queen St. Toronto, November 20. lHtill. 104-” Charles U. hotter, ATTORNEY-A'l‘ . LAW, SOth‘lTUii in Chancery, Conveyancer. Arc. Ufiice. ti Victoria Buildings. over the Chronicle office Brock Street, Whitby. Also a Branch Ollice in the village of Ben vortoli, Township of Thumb, and County at Ontario. I . _ The Division Courts in Ontario. Richmond llill. and Markham Village regularly attended Whitby. Nov. 22. lebl) lU-t-h JAMES 30 UL TON, Esq. ' Barrister, ‘Lrtw Officeâ€"~Coruer of Church and King Sts. Toronto. March 8. 1861. llQ-tf lull-ff. M a. p 1 e H o t e 1 2 ’ ‘HI‘L {Subscriber begs to irifoiiii his friends ruin the public generelly. that he has opened an llOTrll. in the Village of Maple. 4th Con. Vaughan. where he hopes, by atten- tion to the comforts of (hc travelling commit iiity. to merit a share of their patronage and (.upport. Good Stabling. Ate. JAMES WATSON. l Maple. July 17. 1869. 190 DAVID EfER, Junr., Stave c Shingle Manufacturer 1 ESII)ENCEâ€"l:26.' 2nd Con. Mark- . ham. on the lilgiii Mills l’laiik Read A large Stock of Status and Sninouzs kept constantly on handmnd sold at the lowest Prices. ID" Call and examine Stock before purchas- ing elsewhere. 908! Office Addressâ€"Richmond Hill. . February 27. lb63. 331-13 ’ WILLIAM nix, Proprietor, A...» HILL ADVCATE . ' AURORA ALEX. SCOTT, Preprietor. v, ’V AND - RICHMOND AND “ Let, Sound Reason weigh 'more wit/tins than. Powder Opinion.” ADVERTISER. , “MM-c. : N/W’ Vol. v. no. so. uncut-nos» rum, FRIDAY, Acorns/1‘ 7.1863. HOTEL CARDS. ,vv\,.\.-v././. VWOVVA ». .w-JVVVV, s- .V wrth arms and ammunition. Andiloriging to the Mission Would not now come nightâ€"the first night’send nim and. He must now feed I V RICHMQND HILL HOTEL RICH ARI) NICHOLLS, Proprietor. '.__._ ____...__ A SUMMER LVENING REVERIE. alone in that waste of sn'ow-vaiid no the INLIVCS,\VIIU had so long been the silence and solitude pressed lrca- r wishing to feed on him, LARGE HALL is .comwmed ‘Y‘l" "m lsat in the silent churchyard ; the sunbenms Vll\ on the traveller's soul. He (if these Savage animals is “(it gum] llotel [or Assumhhes. Balls. Loncerts, , , , _ ‘ ‘ ' .‘ 4 ' ‘ Mammy, M were Mingle“. tried to ltllli to himself, but the for food, being dry and sinewy, but And giving a golden hue to the clouds as they onward passed. The slots that I loved in my youth were whis- I poring overhead. ‘ i . 145-“); And many a friend of my boyhood were lying around me dead. A S'I'A'Gli leaves this Hotel every morning for Tororrlo. at 7 ant. ; returning. leaves Toronio in half past '3. i it? Good Stubling and a careful Hustler in waiting. . tlichinond llill, Nov. 7. 1861. Sound, to which, no response crime, made him shudder. In the valley where the bones of the last horse were lying, the wolves. who hard devoured the flesh, came to wrangle over the lust reriirnirils of their All night he lctll‘d the»: he luck the best part of them, and their comrades devoured the rest, the carcass being chr visible by morning. Tire hardest trial of all, however, to ihc lullcly Intro, was the solitude of his position. Every day he felt lllls‘ more and more --sonretimes he feared he was going mad. so in- tciiscly did it Weigh iipou him.â€" The unchanging whi chess of the scene around most have added to the effect of loneliness. coupled as it was with the utter stillness of those snowy tracts, unbroken by the natural features that would have di- verted his mind in a more temperate climate. But still the unduoiited mun strove onâ€"~ire Walked, he song. he whistlcd, and so the days passed by, and yet no rcliefcamc. Oh the sixteenth dry he was watching the sun go down frOm a little hill-top, when he dcscricd two human figures coming from the northâ€"from the very district inho- bited by the treacherous Pawnee lnrlirins. Thinking that it would be safer to lie in Wait for them outside his tent, he returned, and armed himself With a: many Weapons as ‘ Though manhood had barelv touched me so Wh - Inn - ’ ite . many of them had gone. RICH MOT” “HA” That 1 almost seemed a. stranger 'mld those 1 ME Subscriberbegs to inform the Public had never known. that he has leased the above Morel. 'Twns the lust bri lit oveiiin of June. and the d g E where he willkeep constantly Oil‘szhblld‘fl gang huifiews their {mgmuce ‘em. . ' " .- . ~. . i ll . . . 7:333: i:fi3?:::;'l”:ser; "z‘t‘émlmwgmimf TWP To enhance the last moments of daylight: and vet grs cundesire. those who wish tostay where the breeze bore to me the scent they can find cvcri corrrfort are respectfully in. 0{ me s“evt_hlosso"‘ed be“. as I lay mound", _ viteu to give him a call. ‘ awakening to that melancholy strug- (JURIVLLIUS VAN NOSTBAAD. Richmond llill. l)ec.28. 1860. llld-ly village down under my feet. ,, _ _ . glc for life and food . ‘ With its rude unartistic liouses.aiid its long and . He first cut :i notch in the pole of his lent to mark the day, then Weill out for more Wood and fresh water. He was lame and Wonk from exuess of cold and bad found. and his rniud Was bitterly depressed by his hope- l-.:ss posrlion. He w:is sitting beside his fire smoking dried willow leaves ink his pipe, theoan substitute he had for tobacco, when he saw some horsemen approaching his [cub-â€" lle :|\'ltllf:l1 them with his gun in 1118 hand, but, as tbev drew neuron, perceived they Wcie liidian:s of a] friendly tribe, and iuvrtcd them to enter. They had been hunting beav- ers. and their horses .Were laden with spoil. They spoke to him in English. and invited him to gr) with them as the City chance of saving his life. 'The wolves will give you no straggling street. There flowed the river beside it.“ tortuous in its course. With its cold dark sullen waters. and the weir with its inurrnurings hoarse. And for above in the distance the dark hills faded away. And the gladsome voices resourrded of children merry in play. And l thought. are another sumnior.or another thirteeiiih of June. Came round in the course of the sonsons my own grave might be hewn In the hard rock on which [was sittingmnd an I other might read the stone. , _ Retired above me to tell the inquirer that l to my friends had gone. And 1 shudder-ed to think how I’d suffered m‘ days to pass idle by. Nor heeded the fleeting moments, nor culled from their history . The warnings [should have taken. the lessons 1 should have 16 mod; And the words of many it friend departed. so strangely spurned. H And I saidâ€"’Tis no time to triflel,there is work‘ hard work to be done, I have many a sin to master. and my days may soon have gone. VONGE STREET HOTEL, AUitui‘tA. GOOD supply of Wines and Liquors A always on hand. Excellent Accu-nlno- dution for 'l'rnvellors. ll‘ai'iiiers, and mirrors. " r- 'ol'all brands. (Akin t). McLEOD.1’roprietor. Aurora. June 6. I859. 25 15' CLYDE I-IO'I'EL, xrso sr. mar. NM“ 1m. runner squutir. TORONTO. C.W. J 0]! N M 1 LL S , Proprietor. g- .-- Good Stabling attached and attentive Hustlers always in attendance. r Toronto, November 1661. 1o7-tf' James Massey, tLoie of the King s lleed. London, Eng.) No. 26 \Vcst Market Place, iOhONTO. feast. howling, and he tried to wile away the horrors of darkness oy listening to their run, ullllylellllllg their numbers by it, as it increased or died upon the blast. At last he slept, and did not Woke till mom on the followmg don. I'low bitter the dcr the bed. He piled wood on his 'f‘irc, that the smoke might deceive them into n hclrcflhat be w=rs within, and iastened- the door on the inner , ' .. srdc that they ought suppose he 5"?“- ‘lmy Salli, "1“" "" “‘Shl» audlllild retired for the night. Then If themcn of the Pounce tribe find lhc walked backwards ,0 “,6 river; 3")” "uh 3"“) W’” be “'l’l’e‘lr mur‘ltbat his steps in the snow might “Hedi .3'1‘1 3““IPU‘L You have ""rsceui as if that led to the tent, not “"he “I WWII"- Bad 1“”‘5‘35 won“ away from it; and having crossed “"1 I've,” 8”,” 3‘0”; and ll” the ice without l{is shoes. lost any whites of the Mission Will not risk sprawl,” might helm”. him m ms good horses and their owirlives, to “MN-y, mes, in, pun-lbmpuw appusile 3“": “"0 Wilmll “"33 W1” 1‘3"” “1’ “’1' bank, and hid liiirisclf among some l"5'- C‘mm Will “5-, _ withered bushes, within bullet range 15'” Mr. Mollbauscii Wits Hl’leOUS of Me [cupdonn ‘0 53"” “"3 H‘w'ls “mu-“5‘8” l" Ills‘ For a long time he watched.â€" Eveiv accommodation for Farmers and others '8llalldlllg Market Good Stabhng. 6:? Dinner front 12 to 2 o‘clock. 167 fiunhzer’g ifâ€"Iâ€"Ioteiv. fltltttljtfl Eafilbaflfi, ' .llE Subscriber begs, to inform the Public that he has leastd the above Hotel, where he will keep constantly on hand a good supply of first-class Liquors, &,c'.‘ lhis house pessesses every acetriiimodation linvtllers can desire, those who wish to stay where they can Iitirutitrt. PERILOUS ADVENTURE iiud every comfort are respectfully invited to ' m n”, cure, and consideer himself bountil’nm rm,“ was s" intense um; 1,3, I], , . - . . ' . , , . c‘ w. wusu‘ri-IAD. ROCKY DIUUNTAINS.- 1" IWIN'UI ‘0 d” W. I"? “'65 wcfb‘hruath froze on lrnr heard; but he Corner ofChurcli and btnnley his, __ , till! his own. trusted, lilo, lrlldid “01 fee] lhe cold. fnr "ever hm“ 145-1} Toronto, Sept. 6. 1861. THE BLACK HORSE HOTEL, Formerly kept by William Rolph, Cor of Palace & George Sts [izris'r or 'riir. M..iii<i.1'._] 'ronosio. the promise of aid lllnrlt: by the Post, the {a and therefore he Would not listen to the kind suggestions of his savage friends. '1 hey rose to leave him. ‘ The Word r f a white Iiniii.’ said the Indian. ‘ is inure to you than the will and deed of n Red-skin. Yuri have hot! your t'liuicc-â€"iii:ry younot ‘ deceive yours‘elf!‘ ver of life, the longing to pre- serve it, burned so intenser as :it this moment. Al lostâ€"it seemed an endless lime to himâ€"the hoards of the rum men appeared over the gill”, then their whole bodies came in sight, and he find no longer it doubt that they were. l’nw-uces-,â€", 1He or they must die' ‘ ll be killed] ibut true, the other would return to ’ins tribe, and he would be over- wbcluicd by savages. What an In the trmrth of Noverirber, 1851, M r. Mullhaoscn Was ‘ returning across the Snowy Mountains to tln- Missumi, with n waugori-Ioad of goods drawn by three horses, and a mule for riding on. 'Hc hurl with bur: (li'l) one Iliatl, as a companion of his rolls and dangers. The first misfortunes of the tra- vellers arose from the loss of theirl And again “"3 "3"011‘"? “’33 left animals, their last horse being killed 1 solitary “b We dilllf‘tff his 1011!. by cum in a Sp.“ called Sandy H,” watching his rejected friends as they (fleck, Win, the dean. Uhhis am. disappeared swrfllv 0\ct‘ the ridges «awful moment of suspense must mal "my Ins, “mi, “my have “inof snow; but they lltld loft hiuittliat have been as he watched them leaving that terrible was“, of finnw, sortie food, and he was able at least draw near his tcrill --â€" . They find nothing now but to rc- “filmy “"5 l"”'l-13“f.l"”'2”- F'" The smoke bud attracted their LunCh every day from 11 tm 2' r main, on the chance of pnsstng aid. i will" “‘1‘5 “W 5””W IU” ll'CCS§“"'_I}'a attention ; they throw back their UTSoups. (,laiiiesjysters. Lobsters, &C films“? to “‘3 WHO-1's 0f llcalll lwla'id‘hf: “lured he ,siiuum he ou‘md bllflill” *klusr and prepared lllull‘ stai‘Valion, or from increasing cold.”le “1 Ills ‘5‘”. “'0 “'OIVUSo 1””. bows and arrows. l [Successor to Thomas l’almer]. Good Stablirig attached. Trusty Hustlers always in attendance. 1 Toronto. April 19,1861. .IOS. minnows Fountain Restaurant: 6‘.) KING STREET. EAS'I‘LTORONTO l25-ly r't'\\'fl\'." on hand: ground, and was also well supplied truly when he said the peolde be- Tue flesh ‘ no trace of" the remaining parts Of he could carry. hiding the rest un-l out of Sight. found one of the Iridin‘iisw:is still alive groaning with pain, his eyes glaring through his long, black hair, and his wounds bleeding copi‘ ously. A blessed thought of mercy gleaured through the vrctor’sbreasi: he would 1111136 and heal this poor snwgc. “andwkccp him as a compu- riiori of his “dreary solitude. ‘ As he ics'olved-ou this, he tried ltr'COlnlllU' nicrite by signs to his follenfocdrow benevolent Wore his intentions, and, pointing to his» tent and buffalo skins. "strove to make him under- stand that he should be sheltered â€"â€"o-' W. . i L va‘ But drawing hear, he ,a; 0.”. int n to their ownfcamp. Thactlliablod Waggon was t‘lug'dbt O’l‘g‘t‘lii‘i snow, and. in default ofé horses, the {was rneii and boys were harnessed to; it.« Mr. Moltliauseh anoint: Wart, riots followed. Ashe turned array; hegnve a last locket! the ode where his. dying browse the on" reinumirrg token. that abortion ' ......-«. J a ing,ha‘dtherexlivcdroud sufforctlifii Wi-tii- what .a thunk-fol heart“ me that last look token, and 'oll‘tho trousers of his solitude "recurrentâ€"- How“. cheerfully did he lt‘tfll‘i from it, and follow the “‘llldlflfl' 'l'iidl‘idl whOJiad recalled him to life and hope 14'â€" Jllo'llhauien‘s I 'Tr'uvclsm- flor'z'dged. ' A VERY "- Poseidon lss'ri'rv- ! Ti0N.”â€"Thcre are ' bonrdiriglhouu keeper-l in New York who do their rnurkciiirgsâ€"in some cases personally and in others by proxy-Hit the “ areas" of the charitable. Many of the inendicimts who daily; visit our basementdoors are the principals or purveyors of estriblislnncntsylwpt? by OSlenSibie paupcre, of an etit‘erpiizo tog turnof mind, who board and lodge. at a cheap rate, persons Who are in reality ’inuch poorer than themselves." The po‘lice,"everyiriow llll'ld their, dismvc’r ‘indtitut’lons. of ’1” both. At first his efforts were “his Illnd‘i "Dd-1113,“ urea'l.'vlly‘_thrrr vain; but at last the savage seemed to understand. and signed him to come nearer, punititig at the some time to his right hand and arm, which were doubled under him. Mr. Mollhriuscu knelt by his side, never thinking of treachery‘ with the intention of placing his arm iii an easier position. But at the some moment the savage drew it out for himself, nrriied with a gleaming knife, which he thrust twice at the generous breast that had of’fc-red him kindness. Willi sudden revulsion of feeling, Mr. Mollhrrusen drew odt his own knife, and while he received in his right arm the blade aimed at his heart, he plunged that held by his left hand into his unforgiving fot‘. An. other moment and he was dead. and the travedcr again alone in frozen waste, with the prostrate they do not, in soch crises,‘warii the benevolent at their homes against the irnposlors, as they warn trades. inch and merchants of. their places of business against newcouulerfeita. It is better, no doub,t_.....to, give food to a dozen undo-serving: hvpocritel, than to turn one who really needs it away unfcd; but it would bevv‘ell if we could be placed on our guard against those who trade on our giv- ions, in order that the really; neoco- slttrus might receive whrit is thus bestowed on the unww'thy. Nor vi few of the beggars who receive aims in the shape of ‘° cold 'victunl'a.” hasten at the coricluisiotl'of their “ rounds to these pauper boarding- houscs, Scll the contents of their billâ€" [keis for a few certs. and get drunk on the proceeds. In this way food we given in charity is turned into an Much instrument of positive evil. Dollies nf pm savages, tying a, his oflhe sound-hand clothing given to feel. That night and its horrors cannot be described; with the darkness com: the Wolves, and eirclcd, howling. round the corpses; but the lonely man resolved that they should tint devour them, and kept them off by firing his pistol with his left hand. while applying snow to the wound on his right arm. As sunti asthc wolves Were dispersed by duWn of tiny he rose to put the bodies. out of sight, first they should. betray him to any wandering Indians. Miirncd as he was, it was. with dirli-ulty that be dragged them. wrapped in their huff-do skirts, to the river side. and thrust them through in: hole in the ice. bv which be procured his own supply of water. He also lit a large fire on the spot where the savages had fallen, to office all traces of their death, and to de- stroy the scent of blood which at- lrtictcd the Wolves. As it died out, it snow storm more on. probably the first that had been met with web: me by the traveller, for it buried all signs of the recent comé but beneath its white surface. Christmas-day arrived, a day he had hoped to spend at the Mission, but no one had yet come to his aid, and he Was condeiriried to spend it alone in his dreary solitude. Sud were his thoughts as he recalled past Christmas days, when he was a happy child, rejoicing in all thc Dinners and Suppers for Private Parties got rip iii the best style. Toronto, April 19, 1861. newstEcinc HOUSE, ATE Clarendon [10191, No. 28. 3‘1 and 3‘: 1,; Front Street. Toronto. day and Boats. \V. NEVVBlGGlNG, Proprietor. Toronto. April 8. 1861- l2-l-ly ORK MILLS HO] s. L, 'YONGE STREET, Hi". Subscriber begs to intimate thntohe has leased the above hotel, and flown}; flirt-d it upin the latest style travellers may rely upon having every comfort and attention at this first class house. . Good Stabling and an attentive Hustler al- waysiti attendance. VVlldrlAM 1rENNUX,Proprielor, York Mills, June 7. 1861. lJ‘Z-ly Welliigtoii Hotel, Aurora. ! OPPOSITE THF 'IOKONTO HOUSE. GEO. L GRAHAM. PROPRIETOR. improvements have. at great expense. been made so as to make this House thelurgest and best. north of Toronto. Travellers at this [loose find every cotwertience both for them- selves and horses. . N.H.â€"â€"A carefulmitler always in attendance Aurora Nation. April 1861. “26on TH Carriage mm Waggon . _ ' MAKhn. I, dzc. doc. 6w. Residence-Nenr‘y oppositi- the Post Office. Richmond Hill MHCh T4. 125- 1 y . crous llldl-r its. Board $1, per l aiillll'lt'd l’oriers always In attendance at the Cars su l l l l l I its-yr which was mode inc bellow Of' thcl or, there terrible still. from ti'cachâ€" BI’OWIIIB ficl'ft'l' “5 “'ey WW" "1”"? UHqudiug thou-’Iiutigry,‘ conic ircarcr and nearer Waggon, which was left‘jn the snow,ic‘“fr_\' "will ll‘m'lmg "Ill-‘9 l” Ill"- llrey put up a little lnrlinn lent “all ‘I‘V‘J'H'ng' “mew he” flew" whip}, they "ad win, them, and cx.,sun:ll detected food. till one highr, “mgr msoumcs. A sum], through the lent. crâ€"sidc of his tent, pply of bud buffalo mam. 3mm: hean the tc‘cth of one of them rip- pctir. By firing, he drove llleill had, and on this they lived for a few away {0" 3‘ lime. lWl “WV 80“" 36' d3" S. Then "an". 3 1pm,,“ whet; turned. and gave him no rest till it the Post, a small carriage drawn by ; W115 “0‘” d3)“ SIX "Niles. Wiser] 11"” “'3”. gviugl llis sulfur-logs from other causes to the Flat River, but the: persons were very great. He was so weak who travelled with it could do littlel that when he went to fetch Water. to relieve them. They had only he was obliged to crawl on his food enough to lost for their oivn hands and feet. His head swat-h, rice and Indian Cl'l‘l‘tl, was all they .journey, and .itwas with difficulty and his memory wits going fast, they could make room for one man from want of rest. 0n Ihr: ninth reside themselves; but itwhs pos- dnv he had only strength enough sible to rcswc one, :u'idtlicyagrced left to make a notch in his pole; to draw lots as to who should Ion the tenth he cool-l not even ef- The lot to remain fell to Mr. Moll‘ifecl this. But he find with him :1 hanscn. lie was to stay in charge small medicine-chest. and, list ill of the goods, and the Post was to despair. lrnll'igoornnt of what hedid (ha-5. . . .seird him horses on reaching the be seized a bottle of laudanurn and LA RGE and (,Tourmodintis ilnlland other . . Ruriitiri Catholic Mission. about it swallowed a large quantity of it.” linndrcd tildes front that Spot. On Wclll the Post, leaving thc,gnvc him the sleep he so much poor traveller alone in that dream needed, and withii rcstnndstiehgih waste, the one living being in a dc- scrl of snow. Ills stilt: tlppurcnl it was q‘lllt: dork, hrslire was al- rhauiitc for life was in the sending most out, and he felt hungry and ofhorst-s, before cold, or Iridium, thirsty. lie drank shine lurlfmelted SlidVflllU'b 01‘ wall/:8. had put an mow. and devoured some row turf-l falo flesh; their. lighting the; fire, be ircooked a large portion of his meat, aid couldreacb him. and be there- and devoured atone meal. Under the fore divided his food irrio fourteen. pressure of an irreststible appetite. rations. to eke out his provisions for Wlltll he had set aside as. sufficient that time. He also built up a wall for three days. By the morning he of snow round his little tent, and was better; sleep and food had drugged up wood from the river, awakened hope once more, and lie and piled it before his door. He went out for air and exercise. A had plenty of bili'llkfilsqalld buffalo- few days more and he had no pro- hides Oiiiliis lied clOwlotliefine. visions left, and. wtiat was worse, he felt the Indian had prophesied end to his life. He calculach thrill fourteen days must elapse before to his weary brnin. When he invoke I Now they de- sr-ricd his footsteps, and while one tracked them on the hill, the other exotnincd those between the water oodnihe tent. As if satisfied by this investigation that their vrciioi was safe in his abode, they returned thither, and each day silent gestures c vinotonicnted his Opiiiioti t0 the lozhcr. Their plan for slaying him was as cow:rrdl_v as it was simple ; tor, not daring to face their foc. they Isiot fruit opposite sides into the tent, t inking,r to destroy him in his sleep. but the supposed victim was Watch- ing and Wanting. convinced that everything depended on his firing at the right moment, and with a sure niin. Presently the savages ops pr'ouched the tent listening; then one knelt to creep iii under the door, while the other stood bending over" him. with an arrow fixed in his bow greedy to shoot, if any living being should appear. The skull Of the kneeling Indian Was just Within the liruvel'er‘s line of sight 2 he cocked Tm probably saved his life, for it ibis rifle, but the quick chrofhis loudly enemies caught. the sound, and they both started and looked round. As they did so, the naked bl‘cast’of'thc standing Indian offered the best him. Mr. Mollhauseii fired. and With a scream that went through every hervein his body, the savage fell. Tire other Indian sprang to ler fuel, but a second discharge laid him dead by the srde ofhis groaning cutllplllllnn Far froth rejoicing: in his" vrctorv, ‘Mr. Mollhansen‘s first feeling was .Irllc of horror, that even under the 'pressure of so dire a necessity, he 'should have taken, the life of two Hollow-creatures. Nor was this horror lesssencd by the considera- tion that their bodies must be put pleasant gifts and glad greetings of that blessed time. Christmas trees and Christmas holidays come back to him, and he pictured how the holy tide was being kept in his nu- livc land. But it was a quiet, |gentle sadness: he had suffered too ‘ong and too deeply. to indulge in bitter grief. Then come the New Year. and Still no help and no hope. for how could be live on thus through months of snowl Ammunition must fail at last. and all would he overtâ€"n How many have Ilespairct‘ of aid in this world since first it began, 'to whom help has crime in the moment of their chpair, because there is an eve of mercy Watching alike over the crowded alley and the solitary desert. He was lying on his bed one morning early In January, when he heard approaching fomsleps, and presently the Indian tongue. He sprang up and seiZed his rifle, but English words fell on his car with 'h kindly greeintz. ‘_You are badly Ofl'here. friend.’ said the Voice, and the tent covering was raised, and six Indians entered. not foes this time. but friends, and of a friendly tribe. ' They hart seen the smoke of his fire two miles off, while on a hunting expedition, and had come to his relief. ' You are hungry}, ihev Said to him, producing their own l’oodâ€"‘cat. You are ready to pc- rish: come with us.. ,You are sick : We will take care of you, and clothe you.’ Nor were these empty words. for on the fillm'viug day the whole party. aided by the sqnnws, as the Indian . wives are called. and the boys, set to work to remove the traveller and his geods in t-' . ilinercnt mendicanls is is disposed of in the some way, and there tire fami- lies to be found on the back streets and blind alleys Of the metropolis, who could afford. it is said, "to' live in case and comfort on , the. interest ofthc money they built: accomulhlcd by keeping such curavunsarioé in WI. have described. LIFE IN Bunâ€"4V6: all know that sleep is its necesary to the support of animal life as food. Our vital machinery would soon Wear out without it, and if it Wch notffor the Intervals of healthful tiisensibility that sleep affords to the brain, we should all go mad with too much thinking. Even plants sleep..and the cold lymph that flowsythrouglt their venous systems would cone to circulate lfthe active principle ofthcir existence were not recruited by repose. Children are believed to grow faster during their slumber than when awake. and although some very smart modern“ philosm phch have advanced the theOry that it is possible for [man to live and enjoy life without sleep. the doctrinc, like the equally; absurd dngrnrithat it is possible tolive with- out sustenance. is so matifestly obi surd that common sense laughs it to Sltfll'llu But bed is not for sleep snlcly. We lie down to slumber. but we pass many an hour’in bed calculating, planning. hoping, imaé gluing. The course of our lives iI shaped, to score extent. asWe liq between the sheets and blnrrkct‘si-uf Of the still night and ’thci‘carly'" morning are born triiglily schemes that are carried out in the‘mighty‘ day. The mind awrikcs from 'a pro» found owl, droomless slumber with all its ft. :ulties invigorate-tit and emv boldedcd. Difficulties that appall- ed us when fallgued and overworu, lose half their terrors in the presence of an intellect strengthened by. pen” foot rest. Sleep is to the brain what prostrittion on the bosom of their Mother Earth was to the Titans; we arise srom it ‘ giants rcfrcshcd.’ Perhaps the myth which represents the “ flooring” of those rebellious demi-gods as having had such a genial effect on theirmto- cular powers. was intended to typify the [1368 of " tired'nntnrcs sweet reo‘ st‘orcr.” There are both strength and wisdom in the pillow, else, why’ should the propriety of consulting it have grown into a proverb. 1 Those Borsâ€" ‘ Our little Bobby,’ of four years, has hen lectured by hisaunt on the evils of disobedience to parents. and the example was shown him of a boy who disobcycd his mother and went to mortar and got drowned. " ‘Did he die 2’ said Bobby, who had given the story due attention. ' ’ ‘ Yes,’ was the serious reply. ' ‘ \Nhat did they do with him 1“ Bobby with a moment‘s reflection. _. Carried lrirn'liouie,’ replied the‘rnonifor. ' with due solernnity. - - r: After turning the matter Over in his ‘ mind, as 'i'. was hoped profil‘alilyi'lié looked salted hp‘ and closed the conVerSati‘on' by fish- . ,“.~ 4 ~ Why didn’t tom... bin in lipid?

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