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(Having made large additions to the print. ing material, we are better prepared than ever to do the neatcst and mostlJcautiful printing of every description. avo'riourarzns. FRANCIS BUTTON, JIL, "icéhsed Auctioneer forthc County of V York. Sales attended to on the short- est notice and at reasonable. rates. P. 0. address, Buttonville. M'irkhaln, Juiy :31, 1808 a» :9. ’n. smear.sz a son, are u a Isa:w I‘Dol’ltlli’l‘fl RS OF THE Bran/ions HILL fiSRUG STORE, , Corner of Young and Centre streets East, have constantly on hands good assortment of, Drugs, l’aints, Perfumery, Chemicals, Oils; Toilet Soaps, Medicines, Varnishes, Fancy Articles, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines l'ld all other artifiles kept by druggists generally. Our steek of medicines warrant- ed genuine, and of the best quahtics. 70. o Richmond Hill, Jan 25, 372 THOMAS CARR, ealer in Drugs, Medicines, irocerics, P Wines, and Liquors, Thornhill. By oyal Letters Patient has been appointed ls- suer of Marriage Licenses. I)E.\"l‘,l§ . RY . A. KOBIESON’S, L. D. S. Tew method of extracting teeth without & pain, by the use of Ether Spray,wh1ch infects the teeth 011131,, The tooth and gum surrounding beeomes insensible With the external agency, when the tooth can be ex- tracted With no pain and without endanger- ing the life, as in the use of Chloroform. Dr. Robinson will be at the following places prepared to extract teeth wi:h his new ap- paratus. All office operations in Dentistry performed in a workmanlike manner : Aurora, 1st, 3rd, 16th and 22d of ear-h month Newmarket..... .. 2d “ Richmond Hill, 9th and 24th “ ' “ Mt Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th ” ” Thornhill............. ..23rd “ ” Maple. .. .leth “ “ Burwick.... .28th “ “ Kleinburg .' .29th ‘ ‘ ‘ Nobleton.... .. .30th “ “ Nitrous Oxide Gas always on hand at Aurora. . ' Aurora, April 28,‘ 1870 w. H. a R. PUGSLEY, (succussous T0 w. w. cox,) UTCHERS, RlCHMOND HILL, HAVE always on hand the best of Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Vea , Pork, Shusages, be, and s.ll at the lowest prices for‘Cash. _ Also, Corned and’Spice'd Beef, Smoked and Dried Hams. ‘ - The highest market price given for Cattle, Sheep, Lambs, &c. Richmond Hill, Oct, 24, ’72. 745-1y FARMERS” BOOT AND SHOE STORE OHN BARRON,‘ manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of boots’and shoes, 38 \‘(est Market Square, Toronto. Boots and shoes made to measure, of the best material and workmanship, at the low- est remunerating prices. Toronto, Dec 3, 1867. PETl‘iR'HS. GIBSON, )ROVINCIAL "LA D SURVEYOR, 1 Civil Engineer and Draughtsman. Orders by teller should state the Concession, Lot and character of Survey, the subscriler having the old Field . Notes of the late D. 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The Dominion \Vorin Candy 0 expel worms. Try it. is the medicine 700-y J. H. SANDERSON, PATENT M EIDEUEN a 5-. ' , "Lanes ’ Some think it a hardshl to work for theirbroad, Although for our goo it was meant; Those who won‘t work have no rightto be fed; The idle are never content. Honest employment brings pleasure and gain, Which makes us our trouble forget ; These who work hard have no time to complain; "l‘is better to labor than fret. If we had riches, they could not procure A happy and pcuceuhlc mind: Rich people have trouble as well as the poor, Although of a different kind. It signifies not what. our stations may be, Or whether we have little or great ' For pleasure lies in the temper within, And not in the outward estate. We only need labor as hard as we can, For all that our bodies do need; Still doing our duty to God and to man, Then we shall be happy indeed. AN OLD GIRL’S ROMANCE. “I would not marry him," said Vicâ€" toire, saucily, laughing and displaying all her white teeth. “ And I would not marry her,” re- ETERINARY SU {GEON, Graduate of Toronto University College, corner of Yongc and Centre Sts. East, Richmond Hill, begs to announce to the public that he is now practising with H. Sanderson, of the same place, where they may be consulted person- ally or by letter, on all diseases of horses, cattle, &c. All orders from a distance promptly at- tended to, and medicine sent to any part of the Province. Horses examined as to soundness, and also bought and sold on commission. 507 Richmond Hill, Jan. 25, 1872. 8. JAMES, (LATE JAMES 8L FOWLER,) RCHITECT, CIVIL ENGINELR, AND , Surveyor, Trust and Loan Buildings, cor- ner of Adelaide and Toronto streets, To- ronto. 719-tf BARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor~intChan cery, Conveyancer, &c. OFFICEâ€"No. 6 Royal Insurance Buildings, Toronto street. l \VM. MALLOY, Toronto, Dec. 2, 1859. 594 D. C. O‘BRIEN, CCOUNTANT, Bookâ€"Keeper, Convey- , .v ancer, and Commission Agent for the sale or purchase of lands, farm stock, do, alsofor the collection of rents, notes and ac- counts. Charges Moderate. OFFICEâ€"Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill. 700-ly r. WHITLOCK, HIMNEY SWEEP. AND DEALER IN old iron, rags, &c., 810., Richmond Hill. All orders promptly attended to. November 12, 1872. 747-tf m Brutality at Denbigh. Yesterday, at Denbigh, John Jones. labourer, was charged with druukeir ness and assaulting Edward Roberts. The defendant was drunk in the public streets, and without any provocation be rushed at a respectable woman and kicked her violently. Subsequently he attacked Roberts, knocked him on the ground, fell on him, and afterwards kicked him. He seized Robert’sflugers in his mouth, and tore the flesh off them shockingly. He then seized one of the fingers of the other hand, and refused to loose it, his only response to complainant’s request to do so being that he “ roared like a m d bull." He Would not let go his hold till Robert’s brother kicked him violently in the ribs and chest, and another man wrenched the hand from his month, during which one of defendant's teeth was broken, so firmly was in embedded in the flesh. Defendant after that was well thrashed by complainant’s broth- er. In consideration that he had re- ceived such punishment, he was let. off by paying £2 and costs, the magistrate saying he was more like a mad dog than a man.â€"-â€"Liverpool Mercury, ])ec.5. Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of of the children the submission of love. The law in Minnesota won’t allow a father to thrash ucbild oversix- teen years old, but he can maul his dear wife from morn till night. A Georgiaman started an egg farm, and has eight hundred hens. His last season Was a bar d one, but with a yield of 27,700 eggs he was enabled to pullet through. If a pretty poultoress marries a pill-mouger, why may she be said to have made a bad bargain 01' it? Be cause she lets him have a duck, and gets nothing but a quack in return. About half of the Maine ice crop remains unsold, and will be all ready for another reason. All the ice bur vested in that State was ol‘ excellent quality, especially that from the Ken- uebee river. ’ "tr-nutrients, work. _ Olfice at \ViLLowniiiln, "Y the Township of your!“ ‘ ' ’ Jm’y 5. IS“. _‘ ,_ , ,V'Jf SEGS‘VUBTH, EALER IN FINE GOLD AND SI a; ver Watches, J cwelry, he, treet, Toronto. _.r September 1.“ 1871. 684 ADAM‘H. MEYsRs, Jr, (Leta of Duggan é‘JIeg/eraJ ARRISTER,‘ ATTORNEYâ€"'ATâ€"LAW,‘ Somme); IN Caucmv, Cosvsvuoux, &c., kc. . ' 01110: ;â€"-No. 12 York Chambers, South- east Corner of Toronto and Court Streets, hate, Ont. {may 1%. 1870. . &c., previous to commencing .r . onge Street, in 755- L- n flit.” . 113 VYonge' An editor in New Jersey brings de- linqucnt subscribers to his count: r in lively order by publishing obituary no- tices of them. When they have paid up arrears he contradicts the report of their deaths by saying they were only “ dead beats.” In Hartford, Conn., there is an old servant-woman, over sixty, who has worked all her life for a dollar a week and {her board.‘ She has spent hardly anything of her earnings, and her savings put into the bank amount now to between $6,000 and $7,000. She has-always refused to make a will, alleging that she would be sure to die if she made such evident pre- parstians. plied Fred. “ My wife shall be a bru- nette, not one of those washy white girls, I can tell you.” “ Oh, indeed f" The subject of discussion was this,â€" Captain Abraham Cracker was to mar- ry Deborah Scrid on that very day. While these sharp ) oung critics express- ed their opinions, the following conver- sation occured in a comfortable white house on the main street. “ I guess you’ve missed it for once,” said Uncle Asa. “ Yes, and folks can’t say that the captain’s lost by the bargain, neither,” added mother, querulously. “Debor- ah’s a sight younger than you be, Abby. You’re thirty next July, it you‘re a day." Abby Fowler, school-mistress, stood before the glass in the sitting-room tying her yellow bonnetâ€"strings, but she possessed sufficient dignity to make no reply. The face reflected in the glass flushed painful], yet she said nothing. Mrs. Fowler, inserting workâ€"stifl'encd fingers into a pair of new gloves, look- ed nskanse at her daughter to see how she took it. She married respectably in her youth : why should not Abby, when a good opportunity had offered, too l \Vhims, fancies 1 Do not talk to a New England matron about girlish fancies, if you please. Grandmother came in from the kitâ€" chenâ€"a little old woman, with a nutâ€" brown falseâ€"front and a. black Cup of unknown antiquity, disposed to take a glomny View of life since her hit of 1 “money, put by in the bank, had been stolen by robbers, and apt to consider her old age a. burden to others unless she worked her way. “ Abby’s got on her best fixings, if she ain’t the bride," said grandmother, in her thin, piping voice. l’oor Abby l Even grandmother proved a broken reed on the day of the Captain’s wedding. “ You be the first 01d maid in Our family,” observed the old lady, pulling down her spectacle from the false front to the bridge of the sharp old nose. “ If 1 only had my money back, I could leave it to yo. I dare say you’ll need it yet. Dcary me, them thieves l” Passing along the village street, the school-mistress ran the gauntlet of pub- lic comment. “Abby looks mighty solemn over the weddin’, Guess she’s sorry,” commented Rockybeach, with one voice. Yes, Captain Cracker was going to RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1875; about with flushed faces, and whispered nervously together in corners. The minister came with his book; then the bride, conscious of her blue silk gown; then the bridegroom in a, white waistcoat. Talk about the world- liness of city life l Condemu the Eu- ropean mariage do convcnance .’ Verily, a trifle of the leaven must have crept into our country homes when young Deborah stood there in her blue gown willing to wed bottle~nosed Captain Croeker for the house on the hill. The minister made them man and wife, and. Deacon Bangs overturned one of the 'iinceraniei'alule verbs and Sphinxdike problems. fever, and out of it again, thanks to a strong constitution. The town came to speak of her as a “likely gal." Al~ bert Marshall, young and enthusiastic, said, “Good for you l" Hopeful Man shrill laughed indolently, while twining violets in her dark tresses, using the brook for a mirror. “ What’s the use of a. woman’s knowing so much l" The solid structure of Abby’s educa~ tion, founded on a broad mathematical basis, had also domes and pinnacles of Greek, Latin and Hebrew, although floive‘r-pots by way of conclusion to the ceremony. Perhaps the roses of De- borah's girlhood were then crushed for- ever. She enjoyed her hour of tri- umph. Rockybeuch was very respect- ful to Mrs. Abraham Crocker. Uncle Asa cracked his joke with the happy couple. Cake was serVed, and lumpy ice-cream, congealed by Mrs. Scrid in a reluctant freezer. Rockybeach did not taste ice-cream every day. Returning home, the walk of the would-be spim ster Abby was enlivened by doleful sighs on the part of her motherand oc< casional sniffs from Uncle Asa, more eloquent than words. Grandmother piped over the dough she was kneading, “ So Deborah’s gone, eh? and we’ve got our Abby ugm." “ You don’t seem very grateful for the blessing,” said Abby, grimly. _And indeed it is small wonder if the poor soul was grim about that time. She sought her own chamber, and took a bandbox from the cupboard. A faded deguerreotype and packet of let ters were enshrined in this homely rc- ceptacle. Ah mel little consolation even here. These relics belonged to Albert Marshall. lover of her youth, who had jilted her. At least she could be faithful to the memory of her dead love. It is unpleasant to be nolonger young, and still more unpleasant to be sharply reminded of the fact. While the cap- tain and his bride were jaunting away in the stage coach on their wedding journey, Abby Fowler was fighting her own battle in her little room. She sat with her elbows on the sill of the win- dow, through which her longing eyes had searched hungrily for a wider hori- zon many years. She was trying to face her future bravely; but strive as she would to paint it in vivid colors, she could find only pale neutral tints on the palette of her imagination. It looked blank enough, certainly. The first bloom of youth, which glorifies the plainest face, had vanished forever. The captain, in all his repulsive ugli- ness, was her last chance of having a home and family of her own. She was to join the army of the old girls. I'ears came to her eyes as she pictured herself the unwilling recruit to swell the ranks. “ God help us all 1" she ejaculated. “Why could there not be a war for women, to restore the balance? I sup- pose thcre’s the heart of a robbed mate bleeding somewhere for every soldier sleeping on our battle-fields.” If there was work for her to do in the world, she was willing to do it: the puzzle was to discover in whi h direction it lay. Her spirit rebelled against beâ€" lieving that the path of duty led only to the brick 8011001 house. She longed for a wider sphere; there was all the din-mum: energy in her nature which had carried her brothers to sea. to per- ish in its storms. “They died like brave men,” said Abby, proudly. J ane White could teach the academy. be married, and the event naturally But sheâ€"what could she not. do if she created a sensation. He was burly in tried, with enthusiasm enough to learnl form, forty-five years of age, and not Here she made a mistake. N 0 school- altogether a God-fearing man; for in marm taught the young idea of Rocky- his maturity he carried out a beast of beach as well as herself, especially in early youth not to goto meeting three the matter of geography. This was times on Sunday, and to sail chip hosts the key of her ambition. The to see the world, and so described coun- in the cove instead if he chose. village confessed all this with many She wished tries geographically to the children, in shakes of the head; but then the cap- a way that could not fail to interest taiu was rich, and returning from his them. To be principal of the academy last voyage, had built the large house. had once been her highest aim. on the hlll, with cupola and green- house. therein Contained, would be mistress of the new mansion. Lo 1 the captain cast a favorable eye on Abby Fowler, and in his choice evinced excellent judgment, as Rockybesch boasted not of her superior. “ I would rather work my fingers to the bone, or be agalley-slave," she said Indignantly. " A woman can always go out to service ifevcrything else fails, I suppose." Then the rich man in his wrath wooed and won pretty Deborah, the milliner's daughter. Belle of the dry- goods' clerks was Deborah, fond of iin~ cry, and impatient of the snubs of older girls, who DBVQ‘I‘ lost an opportunity of putting her down. Might she not hold her head high as Mrs. Crocker, instead of measuring off ribbons for other peoâ€" ple to Wear behind hermother's counterl “ Mri. Scrid’s parlor over the shop was opened for the grand occasion, and thither flocked the guests. The room ' smelled of vanish, being used only for funerals and weddings. A portrait of the late Mr. Scrid seemed to stare down in round-eyed surprise at the unusual proceedings from the Wall, and a little stove erected for the day blazed spite- fully, blushing red on one side, and em itting a strong odor of blackin from the other. Flower-pots from t 0 cap- tain’s conservatory were disposed about ‘8 gilt-looking glass. Mrs. Sou-id and the neighbors who mind her skurriod Gossip dwelt rapturously on ca the velvet carpets, curtains, and China b At the age of four her small feet had rried her up the hill to the fountain eld sacred in all New England homes wondering W110 â€"-the schoolhouseâ€"to receive her ini- tiation into the myster bet. In those days a master reigned over the boys and girlsâ€"41 master of the dry, reticent, learned type, wearing a wig, and addicted to snuff. ies of the alpha- Later a girl of twelve, tall, thin, and frecklcd, with a limp sun-bonnet under her arm, stood before his table to hear the master dissect her first Greek translation. This girl was Abby Fow- ler. How he pierced it with little sar- casms and quotations! How he re- vealed the faulty construction of son- tences ! With a smile curving his thin lips, the master, having demonstrated that a larger crop of errors could not have flourished on the struggling page, gave it back. The girl received the paper in silence, but there was a warn- ing glitter in her eye. If there was true metal in her, it would endure (lis- eouragement, the master reflected. There was metal, although he did not dream of the form into which fusion“, from the fire of his severe rebuff, would l shape it. Her pride was stung by this public exhibition of ignorance. “ I will learn enough to fill your! place yetâ€"see if I do not 1” Thus spake the flashing eyes as they shatter- ed rays of indignation on the back of the master's wig. Night and day the busy young brain toiled, stimulated by this aim. The pages swam before her eyes, her dreams become nightmares of she had no familiarity with modern languages. or music beyond the boun- daries of psalm tunes. The old master was superannuated, and Abby duly in- stalled, for Rockybeach held a unani- mous opinion that a. girl who could read the Scriptures in Hebrew, instead of plain English, was capable of reign- ing over the academy. But her spirit was progressive. She was infected with the indefinable restlessness which stirs all the nerve currents of a nation still young, with a. vast inheritance of territory to cultivate, and a destiny to fulfill. Had she been aman, she would have gone to sea, or founded a home in the Rocky Mountains, Whither she would have taken her household gods, her Longfellow and Whittier, her put out mowingâ€"machine, her faith in brown-bread and cod-fish. A top on the door disturbed her meditations, and a pale, thin woman entered. (To In: CONTINUED.) The Shah in London. The following evening the theatre was visited. “They had sent ex- pressly to Paris, and had called from thence Patti. who is one of' the re- nowned songstresscs of Fimngistan (England). She sang most exquisite- ly. She accepted a fabulous sum of money and came to London. There was another also, Albani by name, from Canada, in America, who sang extremely well and performed some wonderful feats. At last we rose and went home.” In connection with Drui‘y Lane we have this memoran- dum 2â€"“ There was a young woman, a celebrated singer of the name of Nilsson from Sweden, whom the Heir Apparent caused to be sent up, and with whom some conversation was had. She goes every year to the theatres of the New World, St. Pct.- ersbur ,&c., and makes a large in- come. She is now married to a Frenchman of the name of‘Gouseau ” (Rouzand). It is unnecessary to fol- low the Shah through the round of receptions with which he was honorâ€" ed in London and other leading cit- ies of England. Some of his notes touching prominent men are charac- teristic. Of “Lord Radcliffe,” (the Right Honorable Lord Viscount do Radcliffe), he says :â€"According to one's recollections of' the times,” re- ferring to some prominent events in his career, “ he must be nearly eighty- livo years old. He suffers from gout. Were he not so affiliated, I am of opin- ion that he is still in posssion of the judgment, intellect and stamina for the English GoVernment to confide important missions to him.” Of gen- eral notes on the manners and cus- Ioms of the English there are the fol- lowing: “The beggars oi’ Firangis- tan, instead of asking for aims, play on musical instruments, as guitars or violins, but never beg. If some one gives them money they take it; if not they go on playing. * * * There are multitudes of pigeons in Firangistan, as in Persia, pigeon flyâ€" ers send them up. Especially in Belgium did we see many of them. * * They place sucklings and little children in small carriages, and during the daytime wheel them about by hand in the avenues and on the lawns, in a very pretty manner; and the children go to sleep in the carri- ages.” For the paucrty of these ob- servations the Shah tenders this naive apology :-â€"“ Well, had we the wish to write as they deserve all the parâ€" ticulars of the city of London, or of all England, we should have to write a voluminous history of England; but during a stay of” only eighteen days in London it really has not been possible to write more than we have done. ' In justice we can but say that demeanor of the English and everything of theirs is extremely well regulated and governed and ad- mirable. In respect to populousness, the Wealth of the people the com- merce, the arts, business, and dole furniente, they are the greatest of all nations. 4.0...- Early Rising. “ He who will thrive must rise at five.” So says the proverb. but there is more rhyme than reason in it , for if He who would thrive must rise at fire, it. must follow, afortz‘ori, He who‘d thrive more must rise at four ; and it will insure afortissimo that He who'd Itlll more thriving be Must leave his bed at turn of three, And who this latter would outdo W111 rouse him at the stroke of two. and, by way of climax to the whole, it should hold good that Who would never be outdone Must over rice as soon as one. But the best illustration would be thus: He who‘d flourish bent of all 811mm m go to bod at all. She worried herself into a. A French Financier. The Assize Court of the Seine, writes the Paris correspohdent of the London Times, has just condemned to five years' imprisonment a man named Mussot, well known in financial circles. Mussot has led during the last twenty years a curious life of adventure. When eight- een years of age he was a barber and hair-dresser ; at twenty he was a solâ€" dier, and, after having served six years, established himself as a. wig-maker. Soon afterward he married and emi- grated to St. Petersburg, where he car- ried on a lucrative trade of selling articles de Paris. After he had been for a few years in Russia, he was seized with the very natural desire of return- ing to his own country. He came back with as many good recommenda- tions as bank notes, and made such good use of the former that Baron Roths- child intrusted him with the care of his front door. He was a model porter and was held in great esteem by his employer, who took every opportunity of putting a job in his way. But this influential post was the origin of Mus- sot’s ruin. Every day for many months he saw going past him an army of clerks, cashiers, discountcrs, bankers, wagons heavily laden with bullion, and an everlasting swarm of clients, who from morning till night came and want every moment. He caught the fever of speculation which reigned about him ;. he dreamed of that million of francs which is said to lead to a vast fortune ; and one fine morning he left the check- string of the front door to set himself up as a financier. Mussot, who appears to have known how to make friends, immediately founded a banking and stockâ€"broking house. In the short space of one year he was doing such a thriving business that he was able to establish seven branch houses in differ ent quarters of Paris, employ a numer- ous staff of' clerks, and attend to the interests of innumerable clients. Then when he had made the coveted million, and had but to stand still and let the golden tide fill his vaults with many more, his head became giddy with suc- cess, he took to gambling and led a fast life, entertaining everybody, keeping carriages and horses, and living in lux- urious apartments. Mussot’s million could not, of course, be expected to pro- duce enough to pay for all these ex- penses. MUSSOu began by making debts, then spent the greater part of his capital and made more debts. When he found himself unable to pay these last, he did not hesitate to take out the securities which had been intrusted to him by his clients and to change these into money. This last financial opera- tion was carried on until his clients had been despoiled of 480,250 francs and a warrant- f or his arrest had been obtained. Mussot fled to England on the 2nd of March, 1873, and shortly afterward, in virtue of the Extradition Treaty, he was handed over to the French Police. Attempted Murder of a Son by a. Father. Yesterday, at the Rochester City Police Court, before a full bench of magistrates, a labourer named John Waters, residing at N orthfleet, was charged with attempting to murder his son, George \Vaters, aged 24. About two o’clock on the previous Sunday morning, Police-sergeant Barnes was called to a. house in Plough-yard, and upon entering it he found the prisoner’s son insensible, and bleeding from a large wound in the throat. Medical aid was procured, and the wbuuded man was at once attended to. From inquiries made, the officer proceeded to the prisoner’s house, and there charged him with attempting to murder his son. He was half delirious, as if rc- coverng from the effects of drink, and a. clasp-knife was found in one of his pockets, the blade of which was coverâ€" ed with blood, still wet. In answer to the charge he said he had been standâ€" ing on his own defence, as his son had threatened to knock him on the head with a broom and throw him out of the house. Dr. Haynes certified that the injured man was too ill to appear, and the prisoner was remanded for a week. -â€"Times, Dec. 2. Destruction of Life in the France- Prussian War. The loss on each side in the recent Franco-Prussian war was perfectly ap- palling. On the part of the Germans it was in killed 19,216, wounded 91,537, missing 6,195; total, 116,948. Of the French 89,000 were eitherkilled in action or died of their wounds. This does not include the deaths among the civil population, caused by slaughter, famine, grief, &c. Nor does it include a large number of deaths resulting from wounds. Altogether it will be a low estimate to multiply the above number by four. In other words nearly half a million of lives were sacrificed on both sides in this war entered upon “ with a. light heart,” as the French minister de- clared at the outset. This statement in relation to the French, enables us to find the balance sheet of the empire under Louis Na- poleon. Upwards of 120.000 Freneh~ men are mouldering away in the Crimea. 40,000 died in Italy, 35,000 in Mexico, and 10,000 in sundry other distant ox- peditions. If we add. to these the 89,000 men killed during the Franco Prussian war, we have a. total of 294,000 victims, besides those outside , of the army. r... 1 ,..« 5 fl..- » --i.-_‘...-... . lTEE YORK HERALD PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE YONG]; Six, RICHMOND HILL. Issued Weekly on Friday Morning. Terms:â€"~Oru Dollar per Armani in Adriano: ALsx. Soon, Psormxrou. WHOLE NO. 860. Not Usual. l â€" . . . . ‘ Common wurtmy is often met mm ; but, for my part, I'd like to See a little uncommon courtesy. The sort of cour~ tesy which refuses to snub children when it can be done as easily as not; which listens patiently lo anybody’s opinions, provided they are express- ed with sincerity, which restores grandma’s ball of “blue mixed ” with as much alacritv as Miss Belle’s dainty worsteds ; which, in short, leads a. man to treat others as well as him- selfâ€"~and a little better. Isn’t that the everyday for " In honor preferring one another ’l” One does sometimes find it ; and how beautiful is the personification! How quickly it puts us in good humor with ourselves, and consequently with the rest of the world 1 I know some persons who meet me with such sweet friendliness looking from their eyes, such heartfelt kindness radiating from every feature and thrilling through every tone of the voice, that, while thankful for a little, I am fain to wish there were more of the same stamp. The best courtesy is something inde- pendent of breeding, seeming rather to spring from native tact and delicacy. And courtesy pays. It is true there are some people who will requite kindâ€" ness with containeiy , but love begets love as a general thing. If, as men say, the world is hollow, our own tones ought to be gentle, if we would hear pleasant echoes. ~~=~~~-â€"â€"â€"â€"~~_â€">c.o 4vâ€"mâ€"â€"» Imitation Lace. Irishwomen are skilled in the makâ€" ing of lace which is often mistaken for the genuine article. I have heard of a. lady who purchased a. quantity of what she believed to be old Roman point, in Italy, at a, great expense. On bringing it home, she took it to her dressmaker in Dublin, and gave it to her as trim- ming for a dress, with many cautions against waste, and with repeated orders not to out it unnecessarily. The woman smiled when she heard the discolored work called antique point. She got a magnifying-glass, and showed her custo- mer that she had, in reality, bought Irish crotchet lace, which had been dip- ped in some yellowing f1uid,in order to give it an appearance of great age. This clever expert Was, moreover, able to tell from what part of the country it had originially been procured. Some ladies are very fond of purchasing sleeves and collars of this beautiful work, to wear at the table d‘hotc when travelling on the Continent, as it does not require what is technically termed doing up; when soiled, simple wash- ing and drying will restore it to its pristine daintsness. Besides this, it is quite uninjured by any amount of pressing or crumpling. . Why Don’t You Pray? The Congregationalist of Boston has the following editorial item :â€"“ Said a lady the other day who was visiting friends for a few weeks : ‘Why don’t you pray for the temperance cause? Neither on Sunday nor on week days, neither in the pulpit nor out of it, do I hear that great cause remembered in prayer.’ And her question, we are afraid, might be asked with the same reason in many of our churches. A cause so identified with good order and the temporal, spiritual, and eternal in- terests of the family and the entire community, has too strong claims to be forgotten, and certainly no week ought to pass when the great issue involved in the temperance question are not re- membered in prayer in the pulpit as well as the prayer-meeting." W‘u- co.â€" Sound Common Sense. If‘ you are well let yourself alone. One of the greatest errors of the age is, we medicatc the body too much, the mind too little. More persons are destroyed by eating too much than by drinking too much. Glutâ€" tony kills more than drunkenness in civilized society. The best gym- nasium is a wood yard, a clearing, or a corn-field. A hearty ,laugh is known, the world over, to be a health livens the circulation, and is mar- vellously contagious in a. good sense. Bodily activity and bodily health are inseparable. If the bowels are loose, lie down in bed, remain there, and eat. nothing until you are well. The three best medicines in the world are warmth, abstinence and repose. _â€"â€"â€"â€">0.. Look Before You Leap. Almost any error in life may be re- medied save an error in marriage. If a. man makes a. mistake in one thing, he can rectify it by doing right about another; if one mine he unproductive, or one field barren, he can try for gold in a fresh directionâ€"it is competent for him to turn up the sods of distant acres, and plant and reap there ; but to find you have chosen wrong in marriage is as when a man discovers, just as his sun is close upon setting, that he has erred through life. There is no reâ€" tracing either read. there is no getting rid either of the spent existence, or of the lawful wife; the day is gone, the decision is made beyond recall ; and unâ€" happy indeed is he who finds that he has taken the wrong turning. Never trust with a secret a. married man who loves his Wife, for he will tell her, and she will tell her sister, and her sister will tell everybody. promoter; it elevates the spirits, our '