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JOHN CARTER, LICENSED AUCTIONEER One of the oldast and cheapest housesin the l: l V EGS respectfully to inform his customers ‘ and lha pubhc that he in prepamd (u do 3:3 West MurkelSquare. 2 of King Street. Misses M. 6; A. Routlidge, In any quantity. and on short nulice LATE VAN NOS'I‘RAND’S, WWWWN4 \JW M\WNWWWVWWW VV\’»/\/\/~ Mâ€"V-W\M\W\M W JOHN BARRON. RICHMONDVHELL AND YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTESER G I DEON DOLM AGE. Proprietor PHYSIOLOGY. Lot 9.0. 211d cuceossion Markham FOR SALE BY RICHARD VAILES. 32-ly TORONTO. doors south 2841' l-U‘ ltf VVhaI’s the cause of that, l wond er? said the corporal. Save by that hay, whose mmher dear, Her widow’s sorrow meekly bore, And watched his second childhood o‘er, And strove his dronping heart to cheer. And 1here in tears, in his old armed chair, The old man sat with his hoary hair. And wrinkled front. and temples have, And gazed and wept on that small arm. é'hair ‘ Which his gram-grandchild 119d put down there. We were s'uinq round our ham one eveningfast year, a1 Wimble- donâ€"lhe “ we" being, our major, the captain, and sub of our enm- paneris covering sergeanhcorpéral Williams. and a certain sapper, to wit, myself. We ‘Were drinking pale, ale and smoking. as was every one else in [he hundred tents around us. Here’s my last bull’sveyc. and the sergeant. produced from his nap- pouch a flattened bullet, turned in- side out as neally as possible. You see, said the captainâ€"being an engineer he was bound to know, â€"when the point of the bullet strikes the target, part of the lead 1 is melted by the development ol" heat caused by the sudden arrest, of the bullets motion, and goes OH" in the splash ; the rest of the bullet: is softened by the heat; and inaSy much as the parts must stop in their order of succession. the edge of the cup of the bullet, is driven in level with the base ofthe cup. ls that so Major 'l Yes, quite right; but, if you like I can lplfl you a yarn about these bu‘llets that may just last out these weeds. Well, let’s have it. ‘ lhad a sort of second cousin, Gerald Ashton, who had been brought up with myself and my sister, my father being his guardâ€" ian. And then the chair it was put away: And time rolled on, and, one by one, A daung now and then a son, Wont out into the world's highway. And after many years had gone, The old old man was lel't alone, Tn turn, his brothers and sisters, ten, Had claimed and called that chair their ()Wfi 5 And there each sat on his little throneâ€"- A little race of great small men-â€" Like kings elsewhere for a little space, Till a rival came and took his place. It had been his own in early years, And thoughts came crowding everywhere Fr“ In the dingy wood of that haunted chair: And the old man’s eyes ran down with tears As he read that pictured hornbrook o’er Which gave him back the days of yore. And another set, with toy and shout, His own six sons and daughters sweet, Had kept pnssessimx of (hit scat Till the chair itself had had thrust them out As thrust its teeming tenants forth The old nncestrinl arm-chair, earth.â€" All savng one :1 daughter Fair, Who breathed her last 111 that loved armed chair. where In an old out-housel up an old out-stair; And he set it down by the old man there. An old man sat in an old arm-chair, When in thore came, wil l1 boisltemm joy7 His great grandchild, a little boy, With a small arm-chair he had found some We had all been like brother and slslel‘, when one day he woke up to find he could not live without a nearer relationship to her. He spoke 10 the old gemleman. and there was a little family fracas. He had only a hundred a yeai, and my falher did not think that was enough. though Gerald (lid ; lhere was no Objection at all in other respectsâ€"let him earn some more and they would seeâ€"wail a littleâ€"you kno'ur the kind of lhinfl an old gentleman would say. Well, it, was 01 no use. He said he feit liimsvlfa burden; Ihere was no scope for his energies, ,and he wuuld go and go he did. I urged upon him that he should get somexhing to do. He had been well educated, and a clerkship, or ann'mlhing oi the kind could be got for him if he slill resolved not to go on at the hospital. Noâ€"he would go. Th'ere was only onewhing he did do well. that \ fitmtnrt. « Bullet Hun, THE LITTLE ARM-CHAIR A VVIMBLEDON STORY. mam). “ Let Sound Reason weigh more withus than Popular Opinion.” RiCHR‘IGNB HELL, F RIDA'Y, AUGUST '23, 186?. I went lo headquarters; they gave me permission to use the le- lvurmph for a question or two. The report was not encouraging Yesterday evening as an officer ofthe 40th Dragoon Guards was returning to clamp he was shot at from behind a‘ clump of bushes, the bullet struck him in the thigh and lodged in the saddle. Although wounded so aeverely he had pres- ence ol mind to ride straight to the bushes, and there found one of his own men. a 'corporat of the troop, nicknamed Gentleman Jack, by his comra ies, whose ride was stilt smoking lgrom, the: discharge. Fortunately, a‘tthi‘s moment, the guard arriwy'*g-nn§§g'h "xmggflygg, at roho‘réivarrcs ed?” “A ‘cot'tr't martial wi l. of course; be..-held at once, and. although the man has pre- viously borne a: good character, and is reported to be respectably connected, it is to be hoped that..hc rill receive the proper reward for so abominable a crime. Oh, I said, this is ail nonsense, Gerald’s no murderer, or else he's very much changed I’ll see what 1hev sav at headquarters. Don’t talk nonsense, Moggie, but go Imme, and I will come with the telegraph news. It was our Geraldâ€"the officer had seen the flash and heard the reportâ€"an extremer loud report as ifthe e had been two charges of 0% powder in the carbine. Do for God's sake do. If anyâ€" Ihng happens (01 Gerald I should nmwr forgive mysell,for if] had run away with him, when papa was so cruel, he nevér would have en- lisled at all. Look. Charles. poor Gerald's in dreadfu! trouble,‘ I put her into an office chair, and took [he 11ewspaper,and readâ€"- The bullet was found in the -addle. and one catridge was miss~ ing from his twenty rounds..Court- mariial had declared Hm guilty, and the general’s confirmation of the sentence had just arrived. Fiity lashes in the camp square, and 4 yeais imprisdnmgnt in the civil Jail. Sentence to be carried out on the 1%. Everybody very sorry bulquiie convinced he had lripd in murder his superior officer. No one could undersiand with what motive. Some six months after this I was sent out to india with a com- pany ; and as my sister was gett- ing thin, and showing other signs of the desirability of a sea voyage and or a warm climate, it was agreed that I should take her over. We reached Calcutta, and few weeks sellled down. There was war going on, and l was placed in‘charge ofone of the Chiefdepnls for small arms and ammumlion. besides having my regular duties with the companv. One day l was down at the store, when my sxsu'r arrived, pale and breathless. I did not knov what to think; there was more evidence forthcom- ing jn a day or two, when we had Ihe papers. abilities lo a market where they wonid be. appreciated. And so, at the mature age of twenIy-Iwo, he left us, hisnrolession, his homo, and his prospects. \Ne wrolehand offered to buy his discharge, but he would have none of us. He liked it very well. was already cm‘poml, expecled I'm: three stripes soon, and was Gentle: man Jack with his comrades. He disappeared, and, six momhs afler we heard he was will). say with the 40111 Dragoons, in India. His statement in defence was, that he had just been returning from guard when he remmebered that he had forgotten to bring in a book one ofthe officers had asked him 10 bring in from the town some three miles distant. Without stopping to think he walked CH at once; got the book. and was within half a mile of the camp. when he fancied he saw a tiger. He got. behind the bushes to watch, and saw one mak-‘ ing for the distant camp. Anxiousl to secure the prime, he incautiously I broke open one ofhis packages, and loaded. to have a shot. at it. He lcovered the beast and was firing at lthe tiger. when he. heard another ropm't simultaneously with that of his own carbine. He saw the tiger roll right o'er is if shot, and then was shoot; and he would carry his and er. I almost snivelled when 1 He heard the sentence, as if he had g at been my own brother. Tne men fiber are mad about it; there has 1101 t of bee [ash or public punishment of tiger any find in the regiment {or the then last twenty-five years. ‘ No,no, said Meggie; don't for my sake. Oh Gerald !_ ifyou knew how 1 have sullen-d for weeks pasl, you would live for my sake. [do not care about the brand or the lashes. I know you are mnocenl, and that there has been some horrible blunder com- miuggl inthis matte-n, Oh, Willie, clear, do think of somclhihg'ld save him. 01), do, there's a good fellow! get me some stufl'that will put an end to me. Don't talk hke that, ~Gerald; more’s some infernal mislake in it. Don't despair yet. Let’s go over xhe ground again step by slop. and I made him tell me the whole story over again, It seems to me Gerald; we want not a ieW things 10 show you are not guilty. \Ve wan’t the tiger you shot at, and that we sham get; and we want the clue to the mysâ€" tery 0! [he olher rifle. l‘a'don’t mind the imprisonment. it's the disgrace! The lashes! By God ! [shall kill myself direct- ly I get loose after it, I know I shall. Oh, I've thought of it all till I’m sick. I don‘t care what happens now. I’ll wait till the day before it's 10 come off, and then break my head against [he walis. Don't be a [001 Gerald! I'm sure you are innocent. So Is Margaret. I was, nfcourse, as one of the staff, admitted to see poor Gerald, whom I found Kerriny cut up. Yes. so are a hundred others; but it's all no use. In three days I am disgraced for life, Ifl “Va. “'0”, I must leave you now, and see whall can do. So we went up the country in post haste. ‘ Have I not done a” you wished me to do since we have been out here 1 Do [or heaven's sake let me have my way in lhis. [ [could not help thinking tltal there was a flaw in the evidence. How was it if there was, as agrpw a loud reportâ€"which meant a tall charge of powderâ€"4113A the bullet stopped at the saddle instead of" going through bolh saddle a’nd horse. That was a great dis- crepenoyâ€"a full charge would have made a loud report, and sent il right through anything at a dis- tance oftwo hundred yards. lfeit there was something wrong, and made up my [rind 16 go on to the spot. I had but six lays to go in, but much might be done. Margaret insisted on going with me in spite of all I could do to keep her away. Let me have five minutes with Me gie W!” you? I left them alone for some ten minutes, and then told Maggie sh'e must go home with me. I was beaten ; I could not see howl could get any fresh evi- dence, and without that a reprieve. â€"â€"a pes‘ponemenLâ€"-Vvas impOSSiâ€" hie. Iwent to the wounded officm, the captain of his own company, and got him to tell his own storv ; It was just the same thing over againâ€"always the excvedingly loud report, and the fouled and still smoking carbine. I would, said the captain, ha‘ie given the price of mv commission rather than have had it happen He’s as fine a fellow as ever sat a horse, brave, kind, as thorough a gentleman as the colonel himsell ;‘ I always made him my ordeer when I could. so as to have com- pany. I declare to you that I. did mv best at the court martial for him and got into disgrace with the general presiding for coloring my my statementsâ€"that was his ex- pressionâ€"so as to favor the prisan- bound away. In another instant he oflicer came round the lope bleeding. and ordering him into arrest. He was quite sure that he hitlhe ugor and equaily sure than another rifle was fired at the same moment that he pulled the trigger. Of course such a lame slazemen: had no effect and he was sentenc~ ed. l Next day we went up to his quarters. and nothing would satisfy her but that he should mix up some medicine for her out of the bottles of his little travelling case. There sue was. handling, and sniffing, and tasting everything, like a child often. rather than :1 girl of eigh. teen, She sent him about the room; made him bring books from the opposite side of it so that she might read about the properties oi the drugs: and. in short, behaved so like a lunatic that] thought the trouble about Gerald. must have": Inflected her mind. I gotkher‘away al l‘ast,'dnd intended to insist on her rnmaining in the house and putting some ice to her head. It was quite unnecessary; the minute we lelt the surgery she was calm and silent as a nun. Well, the davs passEd in some sort of dreary fashion Iill the even- ing of the 11th. I had been asked during the day 10‘ go down with officers to see some rier practmo, at some temporary marks, and 1 went down. ' It was rather 12119 when T rode up to the firing poim, and then] werojust leaving off; and one of them name up And said, 1 say, caplain. tell us the cause of these nr‘w bullets turning incide out? and he handed me a bullet reverst ; just such another as Williams has in his hand- Hook itjust to explain lhe mat- ier to him, when a thought struok Ihrdugh my mind like a flash of lighlnir‘xg; 7 Sa‘vcd, bv God! i exclaimed. W'ho’s got lhat bullet out of the saddle. What bullet? Gerald’sâ€"my cousin’s. Oh! Gomleman Jack’s affair. The doctor's got it. Where is he? Don t knowâ€"quaflers, i think. No, he's come into town; I saw him on the road as we came by. Well, he went away at last as mad as she. [spoke to her after she was gone. and she hell into my arms. sobbing as if her heart was breaking, and then, wixhou'. a ward of cxflanalion, ran out of (be room. - I sped (in inmihe the town, lPav- ing them to Ihink what they pleas- ed; and spent more than two hours finding the doctor. At last I caught mm. I invited the aesistant-sutgeon to come up to my quarters, and intro- (.lltcefl him to my sister. He was quite a young fellow, and seemed quite flattered by my simple atten- tion, tor in the army they have not quite made up their minds wheth- er a medical oliicer shouid be treat-l ed as a gentleman ; but the straug-l est thing I ever saw in my life \vasl my sister's conduct. Of course speaking to you fellows l sham be misunderstood, and some of you fellows have seen her. She laid herself out to please him to an ex- tent [never should have thought my dear grave Meggie capable of: sang tohim.playe(l to him.und made eyes at him. tlll [thought her brain wa's turned, She said she should so like to see his quarters. asked him to as ask us to lunch, and shut me up like a ratrtrap when I ventured to hint that it might not be con- venient. In another minute we were ridv inglull gallop to his quarters. C’onclmlcd next week; Very few ladies have any idea of what weight may are when on horseback; and it hardly ever occurs to a lady 10 inquire whether the horse she is going to ride is really, as it is termed " up to her weight.” A correspondent writes thus on the subject :_. “I must. sav that ladies are. in} general, very easilv pleased tn re-‘ gard to the style of animaldestined for their Use; and, if the horse they are going to mount has the character of béing quiet, carries his head high, and his tail is of the usual length, and he hasthe proper number oflegs, they are perfecth satisfied they are going to have a [pleasant ride, and {hey do not enter TERMS $1.00 in Advance [hardly knew how 10 pass the lime; [ tried 10 think, but my ideas only travelled in the same old gronves again. Ladies on Horseback. ‘Whoie N0. 475 The prize essays at our scltool examinations are usually publish- ed, a custom that serves t.) flatter and stimulate budding .Vgenihuatlm- r mens‘et'y‘; lidf'lliréuglr "some-~me? sight the literary world have been deprived ol specimen gems of the latest effusion in town. We acknowledge the reception of the prize paper produced at one of the neighboring temples of learning in the rural districts The style is original and unique,and its peculiar adoption to the season commends t “ \VINTER.-â€"Wlnlel‘ is the cold: eet season in the year, because it comes in the winter, mostly. in some countries winter comes in the summer, and then it is very liens- ant. I wish winter came in the summer in this country. Then we could go skating bare foot and slide down hill in linen trousers. . We could snow-ball without our fingers getting ooldâ€"-and men who go out sleighriding wouldn't have to stop at every tavern to warm as they do now. it _Si‘lO\VS more in winter than it does in any other season of the year. This is has cause so many cutters and sleighs are made then. ice grows much better in winter than in summer, which was an inCOnvenience before the discovery of ice houses. \Va- ter that is left out of doors is apt to freeze at this season. Some folks take in their wells and cisterns on a cold night. and keep them by the fire. ‘50 they don’t freeze. Skating ‘is great. fun in winter. The boys iget their skates on when the river lis frozen over and play tag. break through the ice and getwet all over, (they get drowned sometimes, and are brought home all dripping. which makes their mother scoldi getting water all over the carpet in the from room,) full and break their heads. and enjoy themselves in may other ways. A wicked boy. once stole my skates and ran off with them and l couldn’t catch him.- Mother said, ‘Never mind, judge. ment will overtake him.’ Well, if judgment docs, judgement will have to be pretty lively ouliiis legs; for that boy runs bully. There aim; much sleigltriding except in the winter. Folks don’t seem to care much about it in warm weather; Grown up boys and girls like to go sleighriding. The boys generally drive with one hand and help the girls hold their muffs with the other. Brother Bob let me go alonga little way once when he took Celia Ann Crane out sleigh- riding. and I thought he paid more attention to the muH‘than he did ‘ to holding the horses. Snowb‘alling is another winter sport. I have ' snow-bailed in the summer, but we used stones and hard apples. It isn’t so amusing as it is in winter somehow." “ Few people are at all aware of the weight of their female friends, tillthe scales reveal the secret; and, unleSS a gentleman has occaa sion to assist a lady into the saddle. or over styles. he can ’l'ormv no Opinion as to the weight she is, for the dress conceals the figure so mnoh. Women are much heavier, than men, in propoi'tion to their height; and I believe ten stone to be no unusual weight among the ladies of ordinary heightand propor- tion. A side-saddle weighs eigh- teen pounds,and with the additional weight oft'ne riding-habit, hat. whip, boots 850., we may safely say that a large proportion of the ladies we see on horseback average nearly twelve stone each; but how seldom do you see ladies mounted on horses 11p to that weight? Ladies' horses ~are proverbially called ‘ weeds ;’ and any leggy, narrowâ€"chested, weak, and quiet tempered animal is said be ‘jnst the thing to cat‘ryalady,’ whichlthtnk is not paying them any great compliment.” The Smart Boy’s Composition; gallop hi5 defective action is no! so conspicuous. as he makes a great flourish ; but when anything does happen to that young lady, the catastrophe will'be awful; yet she goes up and down the ride in lhe season, laughing and enjoying her- self, in happy ignorance that. she is in continual danger of about the worst fall that can occur. ‘ into any minute criticism as to the shape or action of the animal. upon both of which points so much of comfort and safety ofth’e fair eques- trian depends. And here I cannot. help remarking that' gentlemen seem to me to have little or no hee- itation in allowing their female res lativcs to mount horses that they would, in their own pcrsnns, be very unwilling to ride; and I can now see in my mind’s eye a young lady who trots and gallops past me in Rotton Row. on a bay, thorough‘ bred looking horse, whose fore-legs seem tied together,whose shoulders are almost perpendicular, ‘ and whose fetlocks are nearly upright. and I Will ventue to say that ~nei~ ther her father or brother, ifshe has either, would willingly mount him fora ten-mile ride along a' road, with the slightest expectation of arriving safe at the end. To watch that horse hobbiing along. at a Walk is very painful, but in the canttar or