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Having made large addifijans to file ’éing material, we'are better fireparfilaitfimi ever to do the neatest and most beautiful printing of every description. ’ Civil Elwineer and Drau htsman. 0 g Orders by mm should state the Concession, Lot and character of Survey, the subscriber having the 01d Field Notes of the late D. GIBSON and other surveyors, which should be consulted, in many cases as to original monuments, &c., previous to commencing work. \Tew method of extracting teeth without l pain, by the use of Ether Spraym'hich affects the teeth only. The tooth and gum surrounding becomes insansible with the external agency, when the tooth can be ex- tracted with no pain and without endangerâ€" ing the life, as in the use of Uhloroform. Dr. Robinson will be at the following places prepared to extract teeth wilh his new ap- paratus. All offico operations in Dentistry performed in a workmanlike manner : urora, lst, 3rd, 16th and 22d of ear‘h month ‘ "wmarketn... .. 2d “ “ chmond Hill, 9th and 24th “ “ Mt. Albert... ..15th “ “ Thornhi]l.. ..23rd “ “ Maple..,.... ..26th “ " Burwick...» ...28th " " Kleinburg ..29th " ‘ Nobleton. ..30th “ ' ‘ Boots afid slices made to measure, (if the best material and workmanship, at the low- esi'irem u-nergtin g‘ prjgefi. Toronto University College, corner of Yonge and Centre Sts. East, Richmond Hill, begs to announce to the ublic that he is now practising with H. Saucerson, of the same place, Where they may be consulted erSon- ally or by lettar, on all diseases of arses, cattle, &0. ’ All'orders from a. distance promptly at- tended to, and medicine sent to'any pyrt of the Province. FARMERS’ BOOL‘ AND SHOE STORE OHN BARRON, manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of boots and shoes, 38 West Market Sqqaxte, Toronfio. Horaés examined as to soundness, and also boughtand sold on commission. Richmond Hill, Jun. 25, 1872. 507 (svccnssoas TO w. w. cox,) UTCHERS, RICHMOND HILL, HAVE always on hand the best of Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Vea', Pork, Sausages, &c., and sell at the lowest prices for Cash. Office at \VILLOWDALE, Yonge Street, in the Township of York. Jan’y S, [815. 755 ARRISTER', fiTofiNEYâ€"ATJLfiw, SOLICXTOR. 1x QHANQERY, CONVEYANCER, 610., 510. ’ OFFICE ;â€"â€"No. 12 York Chambers, South- east Corner of Toronto and Court Streets, Toronto, Ont. Nitrous Aurora. Also, Corned and Spiced Beef, Smoked and Dried Hams. The highest market price given for Cattle, Sheep, Lambs, 8L0. Dealer in Drugs, ’Medicines, Groceries, \Vines, and Liquors, Thornhill. By Royal Letters Patent has been appointed ls- suer of Marriage Licenses. 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Every Friday Morning, Aurora, January 15, 1873 ESTABLISHMENT. leers for {any of the undermentioned 1188 L cription of Richmond Hill, Oct. 24, '72 PETER S. GIBSON, .ROVINCIAL LAN D SURVEYOIL heap Book and Job PrintingEuabh‘shynenc. J. H. SANDERSON, EI_‘_ERINA_I}Y SURGEON, Graduate of ‘oronto, Dec'3: 1867 v , ” ‘ ' ? chxu) ONGE Sn,’ RICHMQND Hall“; .vanmn » _ ? :wwbp‘“ '. g " Tm: Yo’nx 11MB." W ADAM H. MEYERS, JIL, TERMS: \V. H. & R. PUGSLEY, VOL. XVI. NO 41 will be promptly attended to A. ROBINSON’S, L. D. S. (Late qf Duggand‘ Meyers, H. SANDERSON 8L SON, ADVERTISING RATES April 28, 1870 THOMAS CARR, Oxide Gas always PBOPRIETORS OF THE l)EN'l‘l§'i‘l£Y . z$l i) I: UGU I S'l‘a. PUBLISHED 24th 15th 23rd 26th 28th 29th 30th on hand at 5. FER INCH 745-1y 756-1y $4 00 3 50 3 00 John Newton says, “The military line seems but a poor business, and I question whether it is becoming our profession, for a believer, especially a minister, to place his son deliberately in the school of slaughter, to be trained up in the art and practice of hurrying embers in an unprepared state to char- nity'” “ If you don’hwaub nullin’ what an” ye pullin’ de hell fur 2” " I want to oblige the waiter,” mâ€" phed the old man. “ De wait-ah ! Oblige (1e waitah ‘1'" “Yes, it says, “Please ring the bull for the waiter," and if he wants it rung I’m willing to oblige him, though I’m tired and sleepy and shunt. pull it more’n four times more unless I know that some of his family are sick I” In Augusta, Maine, no provision has been mane this winter [or feeding and lodging tramps. A Vagabond Went into a police station and wanted to sleep there : “I’ve got to assault somebody, 01' something of that kind,” ngaiu repeat- ed the vagahond, thoughtfully. Then he reached across the desk with his right arm,‘and knocked the sergeant off his stool, saying, as the cfiicer got up with his hand to his eye‘, “ Give me as good a bed as you kin, sei‘geant‘ ’cause I don’tfeel very well to night.” “ Did you Want suffin 1” he inquired, ashe reached the room again. “Nothing,” replied the 01d mailbag he openqd the- door. In ahout taro minutes his boil mug again, and the waiter exclaimed : “ You only lodge prisoners," lepeut- ed the Vagabond meditativer.” “ Thai’s all,” was 5110 reply ; “you have got. to steal something, or assault somebody, or something of that kind.” The other eveniugn kind-looking old man Was escorted "to a room on "fhe third floor of :1. hotel to pass the night, and it wasn’t five minutes before the bell indicated that he wanted to see a waiter. A colored boy ran up, stuck his headinbo the mom and asked what was ‘ wanted. The old man said he didn’t want anything, but the waiter was hardly down stairs before the bell rang again. f‘ \Ve only lodge prisoners,” said the sergeant behind the desk. . “ Yes, that is I, and I want to know what youfm‘e doing here 1" "' Dgin’ heah?" “ Yés, sir.”.‘ “ You see dis yeite- wood-pile, doesn’t, you ’4” inquired the din-key. “ Yes, I do.” .“ \Vell, dei'e’s a. new family moved into qlat sharity over dur, and I don’t; like dere looks one bit. I believe dey’d steal wood quicker’n lightning, and I cum Over to warn ye. If ye mix-s any wood don’t: say I didn’t tell ye “hut kind of folks dnsé are!” I And he walked away man'dufiafouuded. A resiaent of the Sixth \Vnrd has been missing wood from his pile {01' several weeksyast, and the. other night he watched and caught a negro loading up a big armfu]. Springng out, he cneu 2â€"â€" ‘ f" Ah! bah! I’ve caught you, have I!” “ Is dat you?" asked the negro as he dropped the wood. EALER IN FINE GOLD AND SIL- ver \Vatches, Jewelry, 350., 113 Yonge Street, Toronto. CCOUNTANT, Bonk-Keeper, Convey- :mccr, and Commission Agent for the sale or purchase of lands, farm stock, &c., also for the collection of rents, notes and ac- counts. Charges Moderate. OFFICEâ€"Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill. 700- 1 y ARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor-in-Chan ccry, Conveyanccr, 820. OFFICE~N0. 6 Royal Insurance Buildings, Toronto street. Sold by Druggists‘ generally. The Dominion Wdrm Candy is;the medicine 0 expel worms. Try it. 700-y Stands permanently above every other Rem dy now in use. It; is invaluable. LSO, the Pain Victor is Infallible for [X Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Flax, Cnlie, Uholera Morbus, Pain and Cramp in the Stomach and Bowels, &c. Directions with eaCh bottle and box. Manufactured by H. MUSTARD, D USTARD'S Pills are the best pills you ' can get for Dyspepsia, Sick Headache. Billinusness, Liver, Kidney Complaints, &c. HAVE you Rhéumatism,Wounds. Bruises, Old Sores, Cuts, Burns, Frost Bites, Piles, Painful mSwelllngs, White Swellings, and every conceivable wound upon man or beast 2k ; 5 ‘~-1: . 41 ‘2‘ .- and Chronic cases of Catarrh, Neural- gia,Headache,Colds,()oughs, Group, Asthma, Bronchitis, &c., it is alsou good Soothiljg Syrup. D, USTARD'S Catarrh Specific Cures Acuic September 1. 1871 Toronto, Dec. ‘1, 1859‘ A Conditlon Precedent PA’I‘EST M E Iii 1 1’R()CLA1\1,A’1‘K(SN How He EXplained. J. _V SEGSWORTH, THE KING OF OILS Was Obliging. D. C. O‘BRIEN, \VM. MALLOY, Proprietor, hxgersqll leaving the EN 684 They had been married but. a few months when Alice found that her lms~ band was cutting his garments from day to day exactly according to his daily snfiply‘of 016th. Not a shred was he likely to save up for the cutting of ,an extra garment for a rainy day to come. During her five years experience in school teaching, Alice had learned things, and having been an orphan from an early age she had made the problems ofreal life one of her chief studies; and what she had learned in this latter department; served her well in her new station. After her marri- age she found Albert i0 be just the man she hzul known him to he in- the other years. He was kind to a fault; free-hearted and generous; ready al- ways to answer the call of friendsl'iip ; and prone to pluck the flowers that bloomed te'day, regardless of what might be nurtured to bloom on the morrow. Albert Moore, at lhc age of twenty- five, took Alice Warren for his wife, and fancied that he was going to he as happy as it is given to ordinary mor- tals to be. Albert had been in the armyâ€"had gone in at the age of twen- tyâ€"fought, through from Ball’s Bluff to Richmond, had come out with a cap. tuin's commission, and. had found his way to his early love, and demanded the helping hand in the commencement of the peaceful life. Albert had come from the army with but little money, but he had a good trade and a. stout heart, and a stronger pair of hands ; and he borrowed no trouble for the future. Alice had sav- ed up a few hundred dollars from her wages as a teacher, and when the twain had become man and wife they found, upon a'careful inventory, that they had enough to furnish a small house com- fortu bl y. Albert proposed that they should hire a. tenement in the city; but Alice thought they had better secure a pretty cottage in tho suburbsâ€"~11. cottage which they might, perhaps, in time, make their own. Albert had no disposition to argue the question, so the cottage was found and secured. It was a pleas- ant, rural lncation, and so connected \vith'the city by rail, that Albert found no difficulty in going twaud from his \vmkslinp. Alice did not refuse him in her heart through the dark years; and new, in the glow of the glad light, she joined hands with him happily and hopefully. So, though the same lesson has been often illustrated and enforced, I deem it no unseemly repetition to tell the simple story‘ which shall illustrate it again. I know Albert: Moore well. I have known him from his boyhood; and I knew Alice in the other years, also, and - the lesson of their life which I now write down culminated under my own observation. Do not tell me it is the same old‘ story, and therefore of ng acuount. There is no lesson of real life" that is net; as old as life itself. The blessing which came of the first throb 70f af lov- ing heart has been daily ‘and hourly reâ€"echoed for tliousandsref'years, and it is as'fresli and sweet to-day as it was that iiml‘ning..,wlieii the sun first shone upon the love scene of Eden. And those lessons og'glifg, which lead to the true living, tlioiigli they may have been preached and expounded over and over again, can never be preached too much. They cannot. be worn out. The need of their guidance will cease when this life shall have been swallowed up in the life eternal. Nor pout and tense: you did not mean Sogwevt'a thing. Abide this test; i1 open market grades are geen I» V 0!, 00d rind bad, in p'rice,exptefised; The )nyur‘s purse must chome between But. \xhcuwc givp, we give the best. Yet if that color. sweet as bees, of flower flushes lenses, sec Hmv we can pluck such thorns as these, That blood in blushes, easily; Fur kiss me, sweet, just as you please; I’ll take it as It pleases me. Nor chidc with such a cold constraint As if you laid the rose in snow; For this the summer stores her paint, '1 he dapplcd twilights overflow Whh'motley colors, pied and quaint,- Fur kisses that in flowers do grow. ie'zé“: UNBER THE. R0323- Yon kissed me as if rose: slipped Their rosebud necklaces‘ and blew“ Such breaths as never yet have dipped ’l‘hc bee in fragrance over shoe, While rose leaves of their color stripped '1 hemsclves to make a blush for you. \Vhen the shadows fall And the vesper call 13 sobbing its low rennin, "l‘is a garland sweet For the toilsmne feet, And an antidote for pain, Soon the year‘s dark door Shullbe shut no more; Life‘s Lam’s shall be wiped away As the pearl gates swing. And the gold harps ring, Anni Lhe sun éhlhes for Eye. Take the‘ GoldenKey In your hand, and see As We nithidc drifts away. [low its blessed huld_ _ Is a. crown of gold Through the weary hours qr day Not a soul so sad Nor a heart, so glad. Crossing the portals of night, ,But the day-break song Will the joy prolong, And turn some darkness to light Pmch is the kci For ‘hc bending nee To open the morn’s‘first. hour; ; 'See the incense risel' ‘ z . To the starry skies. iku-perfume fromxcho flhw'crs. THE GOLDEN KEY A LIFE LESSON. RICHMOND mLL, “ONTARIO: CANADA, FRIDAY; APRIL 2, 1875 , It was ‘enly a little as a timeâ€"4011;0- times a very littleâ€"Thur, even a, penny dropped into the small box was so much gained; Only a littleâ€"bub those litâ€" tles, multiplied by littles, grew amuz- ingly. The result; of the first. year’s effort inspired Alice with new life and vigor. She had saved up one hundred and fifty dollars, andhad invested it in government bonds. Through the influ- ence of. a dear friend who was in a large banking establishment, and to whom she had confided her secret, she was enabled to get the bonds at their fees value. And so Alice worked. Sometimes she asked her husband for ten cents, sometimes for fifty dents, sometimesfor a. dollar, and sometimes for more ; and at the end of a year, upon careful reck- oning up, she found that she had man- aged to get hold of rather more than her fifty cents a day; but she had done it. by denying herself of many things, some of which were needfu]. Alice got the thirty dollars, but she did not get the new dress. By the outlay of five or six dollars for new trimmings she contrived to fix over brown cashmere so that it lmked every bib as good as new. \Vith Alice it was tlifi‘orflifi'om her liieagei‘ehi'nings ifs school tucher she had, in less than five ye: rs, saved up three hundred'dollars; and the first savings she had put away had been a silver dime. She knew what. little by little could do, and she was determined to‘ teach her husband. She must be patient; and persevcring ; and these qualities she possessed to an eminent degree. It was to be the grand under- taking of these years 01' her wedded life, and to do it she would bend every available energy. ‘he planned that, if possible, she would get hold of that odd fifty cents every day; or, if she could not do that, she would do the best she could. And here let me say that Alice knew her husband would not run in debt. That was an evil they had both atray- ed tlle1118elves=egainst in the outset. When Albert’s purse was empty he bought nothing ; and when it was full he was apt to buy more than he need- ed. Alice knew all this and governed herself accordiqgl 1.: ‘9]; tl1i11k,”'siiifi:Ai{c<3, one evening, “' Fhat I must fixioyer my~old brown cashmere for wintei‘. I Should like a new one, but I don’t suppose you can afford it.” ' Albert looked grieved ; the idea that 119‘ could {lot afford his wife a. new dress l But such a one as she Wanted would cost twenty-rive or thirty dollars. “If you want; it, get it!” said A1- bert, emphatically. “I will let you have twenty dollars from this month’s pay, and the balance you slmll'lmve next month." Generous, frank, loyal and loving, Albert was an easy prey to the wiles of a wife as loyal and loving as himself. He gave her money when she asked for it; and she asked for it when she thought he had any to give. .Alborlizceuld 110:, for the life of him, sechg§v it. té‘ihe done; and Alice l'cai'edftlxzyit'fi Wu of empty ,word: might be wzlstela." She knew her hus- band well. She knew that his ambi- tion needed a subgt‘antial prop. Never v‘of his own accord; would he commence tag-ave by licgles. He did not estim- utejmouey iil that way. Had some kind fairy dropped into his hand a fiveâ€" bwentx bond for five hundred dollars, he would have putit away gladly; and with such a nest~egg in the start, he might; have sought to add to the store. But; he could see no hope in a dollar bill, and much less could he discover the nuclues of a grand saving in v. fifty cent piece. fl, ' “V Gcorge Somel‘sn'em-m only three dollars ’I” 4' . ‘ “‘ You afid-ight.” " And yeflle lives, and dues not run in debt.” “ But lie is forced to: dxm'yf- himself many little comforts wliicli 'we enjoy.” "' And the one great; comfort which we might enjoy we are t-ln'o'.'ing away.” “ How is that, Alice '2" “The comfort of a little sum in the bank which we would see growing to- ward the answ (31‘ng of future wants.” “’You‘ea‘rh fluke (Indiana and aâ€"half axldal said Alice. Albert smiled in,".tu{"11, and asked how svch ar‘thiug was to be drum; when it cost all he could earn to lxve. “And you have spent your last month’s earnings ’2" “ Yes." A brief silence ensuged, which Al‘ hex-t broke. ‘ Jame, Alice, you’ve got something on your mind. Out with it. I will listen.” And then Alice, in a smiiiug, pleas- ant way, went on to tell her husband (shalt they ought to he laying up someâ€" bl‘nnq. The husbandman who should set p H”: 'K" ‘m‘JT‘J‘ x “I think I‘ heard you tell Mr. h'eenough that you had no moneyâ€" that you had paid away your last (10]- lar this very afternoon 'I" “Exactly, my dear; but you know to-morrow is pay day.” “A&1bel'z;’§saill '3 ti) himwpe over: ing, “ do yoit know that you ought i.« be layng up a little something ‘2” ..%1l3é1‘t looked up fi-om his pdper, and waited for his wife to elucidate. (I ‘ The exposures oftho camp and field, and indeed tho whole influence of war,â€"which. at best, is afearf‘ul attack on tho health,â€"inc]11ding poor and insufficient food, unfavorable habits, must of a positive necessity break down the most vigorous con- stitutions. It is a positive 11101; that soldiers, a class, when they return to their homes, are shattered in con- stitution, a more wreck of their former selves. Such infirmities of necessity are transmitted to their posterity, t0 the third and fourth generations. Hence, by crippling, maiming and destroying the most, vigorous of the nation, war must abridge productive industry, cut off the chances of wealth and retard material progress. Just to this extent the education of the masses is prevented, benevolent institutions circumscribed in their operations, and all reforms are crip- pled.-â€".Dr. J. H. Hanafard. “Napoleon,” says Horace Mann, “shortened the average stature of the Frenchmen two inches by sel- ecting all 01' the taller ofhis thirty millions of his subjects and killing them in war.” This is the inevitable influence of all wars. The robust, Lhose in the prime of life, those of stalwart; frames are selected,â€"the bone and muscle of the nation,â€" while the weak and the deformed re- main to conduct the industrial pur- suits and attend to the duties of peace. One year after Albert Moore receivâ€" ed the lesson from his wife, by joining hands with her, and bending his own energies in the same direction, he had accomplished, what would have seemed to him a marvel in the earlier time. He had laid by more than fifty cents a day; and the cigars and the beer, and the other condiments of life which he had surrendered to the work, and not x’nissedâ€"rather he‘ holds them as so many enemies conquered. And Albert can improve his home with a. cheerful heart, and he can set out new trees and vines in his garden with bright promises, because he sees, day by day, the pretty cottage growing more and more his own. The end approaches a little at a time-wlittle by littleâ€"but it approaches surely, nevertheless; and there is a. great and satisfying joy even in the labor and in the anticipatimi. War always and necessarily “ lays the ax at the root of the Lree”of progress, intellectual elevation, and moral advancement. It IS truly a war waged against humanity in its broadest sense, against the body and and the soul. And now, as a result of his wife's careful and tireless. Working, Albert found something upon which his ambi- tion could take a fair start. He never could himself, from so small a. com- mencement, have reared the pile; but. with the structure started, and its pro- portions all blocked out, he could help on the work. He could see how it was doneâ€"and not only that, but; the dem- onstration was before him that the thing could be done. But the grand result was not; the chief thing. The chief thing was in the beginningâ€"was in the first little which had been religiously saved until the second little could be added to it. Alice saw and understood. At first ‘the great flood almost overcame her', ‘aucl she was forced to rest and Wipe her eyes, before she could proceed. And then she showed her book-that she had more than eight hundred dollars in the bank. The ice ‘vonce broken, she told her story in glowing words. She told how she had saved up little by litâ€" tle, and how she had at length been able to purchase a fifty dollar bond. And then she told how heruncle in the banking house had taken cllargeof her investments ; and how, under his man~ agement, the interest had accrued in :unazinfi volume. Albert Iookved at her in amazement ; and directly it flashed upon him that there was too much solemnity in her look and tone for badinage. Something that; he had noticed during the past; few months came back 'to him and he trembled with the weight of suspense that. {en upon him; “ Albert,” said she, “E951: you and I bu ' the cuttz‘mo.” V C She did not care to make a. scene. She would not. add to the denounce- meut by any by-play. She'simply got up and went away to her cabinet, and when she came back she brought a lit- tle book in her hand, “ The owner wishes to Sell]; he (ix.- plaiuod ; “and he has had ru [Offer-14110 asks two thousand dojlm's,y'aud rmust have five hundred down.” 1 . Alice’svoyesgleamed with radiant light. LSh'e‘ had been thinking for some time that she must let her husband into her secret. It had begun to wear upon her. And now the time had come as though by providcutial inter- position. Albert and Alice were married in the spn mg of 1866. 'It was on ‘an even- ing 0 .mgust, 1870, that Albert came home out of~sorts. He had been noti- fied that he must leave the cottage. They must give up the pleasafit home, and lose the 'little garden they he'd cul- tivated with so much fondness and'éare. 113w" w ".' Jam: by :L Mi] of 00:11,; and “my! in mm the ‘u‘uuim‘ blade: put forth, “133111 1):) “'Am‘ied and disheartened; but; he knows if he plants the tiny seed, andVCultivaLes :13‘ hewoughb, 'th'at‘r‘t'he harvest; of golden grain 'wiuacome at length. { V What War Does. Challncrs says, “ The mere existence of the prophecy, ‘they shall learn war no more,’ is a sentence of condemnation upon war, and stamps a criminality on its very forehead ; so soon as Christian- ity shall gain a full ascendancy in she world. from that moment war disap- I know at least a score of men who, though intelligent enough in other res- pects, do not know how to drive a nail in u Workmaulike manner. As boys, they were educated with a. view to practising certain vocations or profes- sions, and mechanical arts were com- pletely ignored by their unwise par- ents or guardians. Now it is essential to every manâ€"lawyer, preacher, phy~ sician, merchantâ€"to know some of the principles of mechanical art, and how to apply them, tor no man lives an in- dustrious life without- very frequently seeing the need of such knowledge. There are certain mechanical rules that apply to almost every piece of work that man attempts to perform, from the folding of a paper to the matching to‘ getber of two boards, and the bungling manner in which these things are gen- erally done. show how little idea. men have of mechanism. Then, fathers, whether city men or country men, fit- up a. workshop for your boys. A small set of tools, of the best material, will not cost muchâ€"not more than ten or twelve dollars at mostâ€"and they’ll soon return to you thrice their value in the good accomplished. Where there is a. comfortable workshop supplied with good tools, the boys are seldom known to leave it upon leisure days to loaf in the streets. If nothing else is given them to do, they will be manu- facturing wind-mills, sleds, weather- cocks, hand-carts, etc., and every hour thus employed adds to their skill as workmen. Very soon they will be able to make rainy days as profitable as any other, repairing or making very many important fixtures about thc house. We know boy mechanics who have supplied their homes with brack- ets, flowerâ€"stands, step-ladders, and a hundred and one other things convenâ€" ient and valuable. We are apt to condemn the writer or- speaker who applies the touch-stone of absurdity to the Shams and rascality of the day, even while we laugh With him. But; Attic salt is as usefulns Kanawha. The one preserves mess pork, the other moral purity, Even when our humor in misapplied, it is the smoke evidencing the tire of fun which lies beneath the crust of our so- ciety. Hence the success of Nash and others; with their terrible caricatures. -â€"â€"The Hon. S. S. Cux, in Harper’s fllagazine for April. t ulty, and use it as the surest talismsiu to open the popular eur. John_P. , Hale, ever on a Smile with his \vag- - gory; General Houston, with his eccen- 3 tricity; John Van Buren, with his , playful sarcasm; D. S. Dickinsuni‘with his trenchant, Scriptural,’ practical, , ironical hits; Thomas Corwinggwith _ his inimitableflrollerxi; Tlmtld‘"i§éSte-l ,rens, withtliisfdiy ,ah'd biting saréésm ;‘ : endiP‘riocidr' ~Knott, with his elalilmte , 'Dh uthimmâ€"Qâ€"hhd' the charm. which drew the crowd and held men while they talked. The masses leap to hear a. man of humor like Butler, even when his speeches are full-charged with dia- bolism, or to hear a preacher like Beech. ‘ er, and even from the pulpit Await the inevitable laugh I It is all the better if it has point ; but give the laugh without point, rather than no laugh at all. There is no ruse so common as this, at least in the West, as the argu- mentum ad risum. Turn the la‘ugh on your opponent, Sir Sophist, and though he pile Pelion on Ossa of argument, you have him‘ down 1 Then may seem more creditable to our humor than to our sense. But let us see. One of the utilities of humor is the use made of it by our writers and speakers in what is called the reductio ad absm'cluntf This use may be abused; but '3‘“) can not spare it for all that, so long {isw‘e’h‘ave so mun y empirics in medicine, pettil g». gers in law, demagogues in politics, pre-’ tenders in religion, and Snobs in_soeieâ€" by. Our institutions are favorable to the growth of mushro‘dms. They grow up in a. night around the roots of our Wide-spreading freedom. We have theorists without sagacity; philanthro- ' phists without morality, and practical men without sentiment. We have men who pass current for eagles, which a little touch from the point of humor reduces to tomtitsfi. We liavezwaunt- ing patriots whose patriotism, as of old, ‘is scoundrelismâ€"men who live, ay, who‘thrive, on the burning indignation that is poured upon them. Such men wither, under ridicule, to their proper dimensions. Ridicule never hurts an honest man. He alone can join in the laugh against himself. It is the I-thuo riel spear, however, which makes the devil show himself as he is. Ridicule may not be a. good test of truth, as Shaftesbury maintained, but it is not a bad test of falsehood. An old English poet says : '- “For he who does not tremble at the sword, Who quails not with his head upon the block, Turn out a jest against him, loses heart: The shatts o' wit slip through thestoutcst mail ; There is no man alive who can live down _ The unextinguishable laughter of mankind." HA‘.--_n.‘ AMAâ€"#Infi' . Ali of our pmminent representative men have had more or less of, this-Afac- Prictical Efi'eets of Humor: Mechamcal Genius. I have a lot in Cambridge of about a third of an acre,’ on which stand my house and barn. It is clay. soil, and twenty-eight years ago it was so tough and hard that it was almost impossible to get a spade into it. I have had it spaded up every spring and autumn during these years. Almost all the dressing, except a few loads of loam once a year for the compost heap, has been made on the place. In the barn- cellara. large cemented vat has been made at the side of the earth-closet, which will hold'f'rom a. cord and a half to two cords. The chamber-water, and all the oflal of every kind fronr the house, together with all. the coal ashes from the cooking-range, and also the ashes lrom the furnace, after they have been used in the earth closet, are thrown into the compost heap in this vat. The ashes from the cooking range have more or less wood ashes which comes -from the kindlings that are used every morning ; but the fire in the furnace is usually kindled. but once during the season. This compost heap is pitched overonce or twice every summer, spread upon the soil, and dug in. In this way the ground, which iscovered with four rows of fruit trees, and with currant and raspberry bushes between the trees and between the rows, has been raised several inches, so that the dwarf pear- trees have become standards, the pear stocks having thrown out roots. The intelligent gurdener who has dug over this ground almost from the beglnning, says that this lot, from being tough and hard, is now one of the mellowest and richest pieces of ground he knows ofiinthe city. And I am confident that the coal ashes, which has consti- tuted so large a portion of the annual dressing that has been used, have been of the greatest service, in not only lightening, but also in improving in all respects the character of the soil.â€"~A. 1)., in Congregationalist. “ No,” said paterfamilias, “young Jones shall not marry my daughter, because he’s not; steady.‘ I don’t mean that he drinks, or the like 3 but he does not keep to a thing. He changed schools again and again. He changed about in college. He meant to be a. lawyerâ€"now he is in for médicine, and [think 1 heard him romancing the other night about the delight of being an artist, and living in the Yosemite, or in the polar regions, picking up bits for great pictures. The fact is, fellows of that sort never do more than pick up bits. They are never thorough. They can’t be relied upon. I wouldn’t take him into my pfljggband I don’t want him inbm‘y familymthat’s all." And pater familias was right. 0 la reservoir of fever-prodiicing mailaria. gand typhoid poison; and when the lspring opens, and this poison is let loose, the family has a. run of fever, perhaps half of them die,_ the sympaâ€" thies of the whole neighborhood Vare aroused in their behalf, and the m‘ys- terious providence which has thus af- flicted the family, is voted as beyond comprehension, and it istfinallylassertâ€" ed that “God works in_a mysterious way His wonders to perform,” and there the problem is left. The preacher enforces the lesson his theology enables him to see in such afflictions, but he, and probably a. few of the neighbors, suspect or learn that all these afiiic- tions, and all these sufferings might have been avoided, and all these lives might have been avoided by an. occas- sional winter-day's work in the cellar, cleansing it of decaying matter and let- ting into it a supply of pure, sweet air. ~ The economy of clean,- svxyeet cellars appear to be too littflo comprehended by a. large number 6f farmers, T60 frequently there is no direct ventilatio'n from December to April. The air beâ€" comes filled with poison fungi, and the cellar and its contents are nothing but PUBLISHED AT THE omich Termaz-n-Om Dollar per Ammm in Advaiwe THE YORK - HERALD Issued VVeekl} pn|.F1jdayILIorning. Yum}: Sm; Rxpnmoxn» Hm; Winter Day Won ALE-XL Scam, ngrmmx. Goal Ashes. True.