Summerside Journal -- 1868-09-03 -- Page 1

Summerside Bone
AND WESTERN PIO

DEVOTED TOLITERATURE, SCIENCE, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, AND NEWS

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, September 3, 1868.

No. 48.

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Almanac for September, 1868.

MOON'S PILASES.

Tull Moon, Ist day, 11h. 45m. evening, 5S.
Last Quarter, 9th day, 5h. 52m., evening,
New Moon, 16th day, 0h. 7m., morning, N.W.
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Business GQards,

Business Gards,

Co-Partnership Notice.

GEORGE ALLEY,
LOUIS H, DAVIES
Charlottetown,Oct .18, 1867

KUTSON CASEY, MD,,

formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. S.

veople of Summerside and vicinity. He can

Messrs Green & Schurman, in Summerside,
June 13, 1867. tf

R.& W. T. HUNT,
Commission erchants,
GENERAL AGENTS AND

AUCTIONEERS.

SALESROOM ANDO

Head of Queen
(opposite the Store of Wm, T. Hunt & Co.)

Summerside, P. E: Island.
April 2 1868 ly

WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,
WATER STREET,
P. BE. Island

Summerside,

Jan. 21, 1868.
James Greenough,
FLOUR
Commissio rchant.

‘No 47 Commercial Street
Corner of Clinton Street -- - - - BOSTON

RVELL BROTHERS,
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission Merchants,
And General /Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.
Charlottetown, - P. EL. Island
ROCKLIN HOUSE,

{Kent Street, Charlottetown,

SIMON D. FRASER, PROPRIETOR,

Boarders will

WILLIAM “DODD,
Commission Merchant,
And Auctioneer,

QUEEN sQu’
CUARLOTTETOWN

>, WU. ISLAND

~ JABEZ HUDSON,

GENERAL AGEN'Y, &e.,
De hoki

TRION, -

dune 27, 1867.

~HANFORD BROTI

(3 HE Subscribers have this day entered into
CO-PARTNERSHIP as BARRISTERS

oct 24.

Physician, Surgeon. Accoucheur

Navy, offers his protessfonal services to the

be consulted at his office, over the Store of

North British and Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY.

and ATTORNIES-AT-L:
nee, style and re a LO aed es FINE OND LIER,
ALLEY & DAVIES ;
OFFICE,—O'HALLORAN’S BUILDING, Established 1809.
Great Geonor Street.

CAPITAL: TWO MILLIONS} Sterling.
MEAD OFFICES: > /

EDINBURGH & LONDON.
G. W. DrBLOIS,
Agent at Charlottetown.
Charlottetown, June 20, 1868.—ly
THOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law
AND d
NOTARY PUBLIO, &e.
SUMMERSIDE, - - - - P.E, ISLAND.
aug), 1866

POINT DU CHENE
HOUSE

HE subscriber would beg to call the at-
tention of the travelling public to this
ener ehy au favorite Hotel, situated at
1@ Head of the Railway Wharf, oi

Chena Wott way Wharf, at Point Du
Its advantages as a residente for parties in
quest of health cannot be “sarpassed. ‘The
airis pure, bracing and invigoyating, while
there is every facility for dedp a bathing.
The trains for St. John leave the door
twice every day. The charges will be found

hopes hy strict attention to the requirements
of his customers, to ensure general satisfac-
tion.

Bar Passengers landing from the steamer
in the morning can get breakfast before leay-
ing in the 7 o'clock train.

PETER SCHURMAN, Proprietor.
1g S.—Being himselfa VP. HE. Islander, the
Proprietor would hereby respeetfully request
a share of the Island patronage.
Pt. Du Chene, june 18, ’68.

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Sununerside Markets.
August 18,
Oats per bush ------>- sreee Ss]
‘Potatoes (new) per bush ---->--- 8s | €
Turnips per bush --+--°->° Is 3d
Isa lod

Butter per lb by Tub ----->
Lard per tb
‘Tallow yer lb. -
Eggs per doz -
Beef perlb ---
Mutton per Ib --

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Mackerel per doz -«+-- Qn als
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Codfish per qt-----
Pork per lb by carcass - >> -
Blot pec ubl sas <-> 6 -
Oatmeal per ewt, -
Hay per Ton -
Vine Boards --
Spruce Boards - - - --

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BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD IS
Corner of Great George § King Streets»

Charlolietown.
President—lon. Dante Brenan,

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-- 458 a 60s
18s a 208
50s a GOs
10s
dsabs

and Parel

Successors to ‘Thomas Hanford,
Commission Merchants,
And General Agents.

11 NORTH MARKET WHARP,

ST. JOHN, N, B.
has. U. Ifanfor vose ++ Fred.S nat
~~ @. L. RICHARDS,
Importer and ‘Wholesale Dealer in

Dritish & Poveign Groceries.

i, Head North Wharf,

T. JOUN,
Dee. 6, 1867,

at H, ALLEN, —
Commission Merchant,

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And Dealer in l'yovisions, &e.

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St, Jolin, N. B.

bar Giv

of every description of Goods.

May 9), 18

~ ‘Barber Shop!

NEW BRUNSWICK,

os personal attention to the Sale

Cashier-—Wintaam Conpalt, Lsquire.

Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays.

Hours of Business—Fom 10a.m. tol p.m.
from 2 p.m to 4 p.m,

UNION BANK.

Grafton St., Queen's Square, Charlotictown
President—Cuaries Parmer Esquire.
Cashier—James ANDERSON, Esquire.

Viscount Days—Weinesdays & Saturdays.

Mours of Business—From 10 a.m to lpi,
from 2 p.mto 4pm.

SUMMERSIDE BANK.

Central Street, Summerside, D. E. Island
Vrosident—Ifon. Jons R. Ganpiner.
Cashier—E. L. Lypiarp, Esquire
Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must be in betore 11

o'clock on Discount days.
Hours of Business—10 a. Mm, to 1p. m.
from 2p. ™., i

DR. JARVIS_

next to Thomas Hunt’
He may be consulted
Drag Store of W. T. HU
side.

St. Eleanor’s, May 18, 1868.

DR. J. PRICE,
Physician

Orrice—At the SumMe!
next door to B,

SUMMERSIDE, ...%
October 12, 1865,

NT & Co. , Summer

Surgeon,
ris DRva Store,
, Central Street

DP. B. ISLAND.

FYUIE subscriber respectfully announces to
the people of Summerside, and the public

in general, that he has opened &

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BARBER SHOP !
on Water Street, in tlie rhom adjoining the
Post Office, where he i ca to do all
work appertaining to his ssion. Best
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Hair Oils, Hair Restorers, Tooth
Powders, Dyes, Gey
always on hand en the most reasonable terms
Boxes CRYSTAL B LUE also forsale.
ty Razors carefully put in order
CHAS. OTTO WINKLER.
an 30, 1868.

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Summerside, J

A. W. ANDRES,
Marble Worker,

Point Du Chene, Shediae N. B.

Pe -
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AND IrAniNs.. MAnDLe cox-
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pa Orpens cnn he left at Beerrast 8 Dnokk
Store and at Dy Ewman’s, Eeqy Summerside,

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Toint Du Chene, June Lith, 1868.

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These Machines ean be seen at Bertram’s Book

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HENRY A. HARVIE,
Agent for P. By Island,
June, 25 1868,—3m

Saale

PE, ISLAND
Steam Navigation Co’s.

“PRINCESS OF WALES” AND
“WEATHER BELLE.”

The Steamer “Princess of Wales”
ILL leave CHARLOTTETOWN for
\ PICTOU every ‘TUBSDAY and
THURSDAY morning at 5 a.m., in time for
the morning train for Halifax,
Leaves PICTOU for CHARLOTTETOWN
every ‘TUESDAY and FRIDAY evening,
after arrival of Train from Halifax.
Leaves PICTOU for POR HOOD every
THURSDAY morning at noon, immediately :
after arrival of ‘Train from Halifax, returning
to Pictou the following mor ing:
Leaves CHARLOTTETOWN every!
TUPRSDAY and FREDA ight for SUM- i
MERSIDE and SHIQDIAR st 7Ap-em. Will
connect with Wednegday ginf Saturday morn-
ing’s ‘Train's. aid
Leaves SI IAC for SUMMERSIDE
and CLIARL( ‘TOWN every WEDNES-
DAY and SATURDAY afternoons, imme-
diately after arrival of “I ain from St. John.
The Steamer ‘Heather Belle”
Leaves CHARLOTTETOWN at 3 a.m.,
every Saturday morning for PICTOU.
Leaves PICTOU at 9 a. m., same day, for
MURRAY HARBOR, GEORGETOWN and
SOURIS, renuining at either Souris or
Georgetown over Sunday.
Leaves PICTOU every MONDAY for
CHARLOTTETOWN, atter arrival of Train
from Lalifax,

FARES!

Chaglottetown to Victou, or back, £0 12 0
Pictou to Georgetown, ** v0 9
Maa Port Hood,“ 012 0
Cl’town to Summerside, 09 0
sy Shediac, . 018 0
“ John, “eh500rl 8 14
bg Hastport, OG lg 6
is Vortiand, « 800 210 0
bs Boston, (€ 000 216 9
as Hinlifax, “« 400 1 4 0
bs Port Hool, = “* 14 0
vy Georgetown, ‘ 09 0
by Souris, iy 012 9
I, W. HALES, See’y.
May 21, 1868.

PORTRY.

ANGEL WATCHERS.

Earth bath her mysteries,
Round which eternal ehadows ever blend;
And lite is mantled in a darksome guise
Mortal can never rend,

Conld we have a vision clear,
As one of old, touched by the Prophet's hand,
How closely would this world of ours appear
Linked to the Spirit Land !

We mortals see it not,
Yet, on imagination’s soaring wing,
Our soul may roll amid those fields of thought,
Which from its bosom spring.

Who hath not felt the rush

Of angels pinions—of unseen power—
Steal o'er the heart within the selemn hush
Of evening's holy hour?

We hear, at such a tiine,

Glad strains our own frail tongues cannot awake 3
Aud, oh! they bring a longing for that tine

When earthly fetters break !

We never ars olone,
F'en when we bend us o'er the quiet dead;

Vor their is round us many a Guardian One,
With silent, watehfu tread.

They come, when hopes depart,

When loving brows are marked with dark decay,
And bring bright visions to the lonely heart,

Of dear ones passed away.

Unweariedly they go—

moderate, the table good; and the proprictor | Those yiewless watchers, down life's ebbing stream | r

To greet us, when forever it shall flow,
In Heaven's uuclouded beam,

Select “Viterature.

CRIME DETECTED;
OR, THE MIDNIGHT WATCH,
Dy As oy
(Continued.)

my attention from my chief
terest—the bullock driver,
bush inn, dependent upon stray travellers,

V
his arré

almost to the stable of the horse.

tarpaulin that lay upon the dray and spread |

was, or Goubted for a single moment, that |!

During the time the man was so em-

4
as ever; but 1 observed that her whole
houghts were occupied with the same ob-
ect that formed the subject of my watch.
She made many excuses to visit the bar;

the movements of the bar-womun.

t
J

movement that bar-men and maids affect,
she went to the door and stood consider-
able time, looking intenUy over the now
grazing cattle, with an oceasional glance
at the teamster as he prepared his bed for
the night,

At length he retired under his tarpaulin,
and I, too, expressed 2 wish to be shown
my room, It was one of a row of small
bed-chambers builtin a style frequently
to be met with in country public houses,
viz,, of weather-board with ivon roof, and
almost detached from the main building.
Bach room was provided with a door of
its own that opened into the yard—a rather

wet weather, when you require an umb-
rella to reach the dining room, but one
which exactly suited my plans at that mo-
ment,

My room was the very last of the row,
and it was within afew fect of the stable
that lay between me and the road where
the teamster was camped. No sooner had
I gained it than I took an opportunity, in
the now gathering darkness, of passing
out again, locking the door, putting the
key in my pocket, and entering the stable,
where Vino and another horse were con- |)
tentedly munching their feed, In_ the}
stable was an aperture, constructed, as is 5
usual, for throwing out the manure, and |
this opening was almost close to the dray

in which I was interested. Placing my-

self in as casy a position as T could Ecom-

menced a wateh, for what I should have

been puzzled to tell. Twas certainly de-

termined to watch the bullock-driver, but

what Lexpeeted to discover was, at. that

u much a mystery tome as what 1

over is to you nt this moment,

e darkness ust have said was gath-

; indeed, it had gathered, and now

was nothing but a host ot clear,

but not a

irmiunent.

y sound of
life had died out at the hotel, und every

light was extinguished, and my patience

was beginning to be almost ex usted,

when a ustle of the tarpaulin atiracted

my quick ext. Jn the shurlit obseutity, 1
could see the teamster cautiously emerge
trom his lair, and peer carefully around
before he raised hinself to his tall height
irom under the dray. Once satistied. how-
ever, that everyliing. was quict, he staried
oft quickly in the direction ot the bush,
and {. bounding through the opening of
the stuble, was on his track as rapidly,

| Jt might have been his bullocks he was
looking alter, for all T know, for he was
proceeding directly toward the sound of
their tinkling bells; but H so, why all that
caution as he left the dray, and why his
lanxiety to steal under the shadow of every
ltree and bush he met? Itwas to solve
this question that I followed his example,
jand keptas much inthe shadow as Leould ;
jie

there } |
bright stars to illuminate ty
cloud in the whole magnificent
Lwaited there quictly until eve

ingements for passing the night. | I

it over it, while his blankets were spread | ti
is beneath to form a primitive but accustom- | bush, lw at Uf
jy }ed couch, In all this Twas as yet at fault; | Vino’s instinctive suspicion as it L had seen | more powerful fecling tha
but T never believed that Vino’s sagacity |the crime the man had committed, and if 1) ¢
iad been asked to name the crime, Lshould| keep silent,

ployed, 1 often spared a curious glance at u !
Her | Sweat fr

0
stre
and once, with a glass in her hand, which | P |
she still kept polishing with that circular | *S these I arrested myself angrily.

Lit was fortanate | did so, tor the man’s

forest, than he had done as be lett his dray.
It was but a few moments ere he reached
the darker bush, and there he paused out
of breath, asI could hear him panting as I
stood within filty feet of him, behind the
huge trunk of some tree, the genus which
I did not trouble myself to note. As he
stood there, irresolutely it seemed to me,
I was glad to perceive that the moon had
risen, und was beginning to pour long,|
slant rays of brightness through the
branches, that Jay like lances of silver up-
on the shaded grass, ond make the dark-
ness of the bush less obscure,

Slowly, at the lapse of a few minutes,he
went on, cautiousiy creeping, and, as ap-
peared to ine, starting at every erack of a
stick under his foot, or every rustle of a
branch that he disturbed as he passed.

T followed him as carefully, and once.
as I was obliged to hide hurriedly behind
in bush, as the teamster suddenly stopped,
I fancied I saw another shadow form stop
likewise, and likewise hide behind the
trunk of a tree, at the other side of the
man I followed. ‘This rather startled me
and I felt to see that my revolvers were all
right; but a moment served to convince
me that it must have been all fancy, or
the shadow of some branch that the even-
ing breeze had moved.

_ the teamster moyed onward again, and
in a few more steps reached a small apen
ue in ay Gai Sitar the trees were
urther apart, and the moonlig ptra-
ting Dircah ther UH
brilliantly upon
which he stopped suddenly
more than ten yards from him now, but] ¢

wood while he stood directly in the slant]!

wan as that of a ghost in the weird light, | ¢

overhanging branches,

ly before him; and directly betore him lay
a fallen tree, that scemed to have lain there | t
for years. ‘The patches of grass looked | t

ae parts of the log; but directly before

Si

Py)

and fell rather

ronbark, that must haye been anything

LOY
GISLCE

isif in dreadful expectation, From ay)!

my watch would be rewarded, have answered ‘ Afwrder !” Murder! and}?
where? Was it here on this spot where| lL * A
ie man shook like a leaf, and wiped the| limb like one who had been stricken with
sn his foreheod with a hand that} #s4e-

lemennor seemed as calm and unrufiled could scarce hold a handkerchief? Had he
come, drawn by that strange fatality that

makes guilt hover round the very spot it
ugbt to avoid, until the avenger’s lund is

“You are a fool!” I mentally apostro-
phised myself, **a fool and a detective!
Can’ta man go into the bush for any pur-

has a ‘plant’ here? Nothing more likely, | ¥
and everyone knows it isn’t safe to carry | 5

cS

wn hard earnings, perhaps, and here you| ©
are dogging his steps, without any ¢:
whatever save the sniff of a horse 1”

‘This reasoning did not satisty me, how-
ever.
wanted to find out this man acriminal—that| ¢
I would have been disappointed to see] *

OVtE ; a RHAnG ed uel few coins of gold in it, and that L would | iv

unpleasant arrangement, especially during have much prefered lapping a pair of| 4
i g jn

H

steel bracelets upon his wrists to seeing}!

|

his patient cattle, and smoking his short,
black pipe, to keep him company upon a
lonely bush track. I am atraid 1 must} t
habit, you see, and L do believe 1 was
born to be a detective, as itis so entirely
my ‘tyocation,” U
‘As I was thus arguing with and against |i
myself, the teamster seemed to make a] t

caning position to his fect, Pressing his
iat firmly down upon his head, he strode
leterminedly to within a few feet of my
iiding- place, and, kneeling down upon the
ground, began to rapidly remove the soil
with his knife, or some small instrument
he had brought for the purpose. As he did
so, rrustle behind me caused me to look
hurriedly round, and again I saw that dark
shadow I had fancied betore ; but this time
haste did not prevent him from stopping
oceasionally and casting a quick glance
behind him, although, strange to say, be
seemed to hesitate more as he neared me
[kept my eye upon it, and distinctly saw
it flit past. me, and ere: p cautiously to
within ten fect or so of the busy teamster,
and there, behind a bush, it rested and
loaned eagerly ever to watch the man’s
movements, as it lite and death depended
upon sight and silence,

I will confess to you that at this moment
T was so entirely paralyzed with astonish:
ment thut, if there had been ocaecsion for
sudden action, | could not have used it.
‘The figure that | had watched, and fancied
was acreation of my own imagination,
now distinetly shewed itself to be awoman
in dark attire, and in the white, anxious
face that leaned over to watch the team-
ster, who rooted and scraped out the
mould so hurriedly, I recognized the bar-
maid at the Wallaby.

Tn the face of all creation, what wos she
doing there? What connection was there
between this man, who evidently knew
nothing of her, and this woman, who left
her room to steal into the fearful dark bush,
to watch a man who was an utter stranger
to her?

i a

remained in the dim shade of some under-| and ringing their bells with ¢

white, like snow in the moonlight, and so| disappeared behind the house.

dog, all eyes and ears,

curred yesterday

1
money about the country now-a-days; his th

1im go happily on his harmless way, driving | comprehensive scicnee,
cireumstance is that the spectacle was ou.ly
witnessed in situations far removed from

strong effort, and raised himself from his preparations

Tt was all dark to me, and T was glad

when the bullock driver, quickly gathering
something out of the whole, and throwing
or rather pushing the mould in again with
his feet, hastily covered up all traces of it,
and prepared to depart. ,
It seemed to me to be asmall parcel tied
in a Lit of calico, that he carefully stowed
in his shirt, but 1 was not near enough to
notice distinctly, and my attention was
distracted by the woman, who still remaine
ed leaning over and watching, and so close
that 1 almost fancied 1 could hear her
breathing, although I was careful to keep
cl ay hidden in the thick bush I ocea-
pied.

Much more rapidly than he had entered
it, and with his h nd firmly grasping the
treasure hidden in his breast, the man leit
the bush, closely followed by the woman,
who flitted from shadow to shudow like a
spirit. In the wake of both I myself pro-
ceeded cautiously, much moro oceupied
now, however, with the movem nts of the
singular bar-maid than 1 was with those

of the teamster; him I was sure of; he

was not at all likely to run away and leave

his bullocks and dray behind him; and if

was at Ieast certain of knowing when he

let; with her it was different. As a clue

to the conduct ef the man, I was, deter-

mined to haye an explanition of her own

that very night, nothing doubting but there

Was some strange nystery, attached to it,

which it would do me advantage to know.

When he had reached tho edge of the

more open distance, lay; more dense wood, my mun emerged into
i} small clear apogee: near| the open, gr:
was not] for his cattle, uiat were scattered ata little

sy plain, and made swaight

distance, grazing in the bright moonlight,
ry mouth-
Quite certain that, his

ul they cropped

Ea ot the moon, and I could see every | great object, whatever it wits, accomplish-
cature of his face, that looked white and| ed, he would réturn to his camp under the

lray, I paid no turther attention to him,

contrasted as it Was by deep shadows of| but followed the woman, who stuod a mo-

neutin the shade and looked wistfully

He stood like one fearful, staring direct-| alter him. hen she quickly skirted the
bush until she reached the nearest point to

he inn, when she ran with the speed of
error across the short, open distance, and

J tollowed now cautiously, but, as the

wis Bint a broad spot seemed to have been driver was out of sight, I lost no time in
pane the ite had blackened and] gaining the yard into which my bedroom
ti fee | g he centre portion of the log, so} opened; then, ia the ghade of the wall, I
There was no business doing to distract that it contrasted vividly with the RwWolaae stood and listened, aid watched for somo
; bap in- | tremities, and with the surrounding lighted
n that quiet eae i the "main building, I did not know in
+ perh: howe i barely time to notice what porti remises she slept, or
or perhaps the occasion wasted cheques of | facts, and to vontae what late ee I HOTHON OF ER DRE aH
a shepherd or a shearer, there was scaree- p 1 Ae
ly a brome upon untae el even- | backwards as if in fear,
ing; and, my supperand Vino attended to, | than leaned agair on ‘
} ‘ainst the 1 :
i sit down in the bar, and, while indule ir tt SHS a en Of an
ing ina ‘colonial yarn’ with the landlord, |b

ign of the woman gainihg an entrance to

should haye devoted my atte: tion to that

ossessed for this man, when he retreated | particular quarter; but 1 was like a wateh-

Tn a few seconds the darkly clad ‘figure

HEN HTT ; y was in search! of emerged from around
: ‘ ‘table us a support, and there he| the very abutting building against which I
vitched the me s ° . o pport, here he y abutting building against wie

man outside as he made all Te with a courte upon his face | leaned, and so Close to me that, before she
sey aie we all never torget, und which the mo-| had time to tak ter L had first
Hoe ae So i a little farther on | mentarily jhorenaud moonlight rendered} ¢ take one step alter Ih
»efore unyoking his cattle,and it now stood almost as visible to me as if it were day.| firm grip of her wrist, and stopped her.
I ae I saw | Uistace, that had seemed so expressi r
rim_drive the bullagkate metomanvrd dhan bow Jey tote nee teigity uu iT

out. J watched him return and unfold the | eyes turned in every direction alternately,

aught sight of the moving form, I had a
Av PQ Ebovsiad wed your! Bl ou en
She did not scream or speak 5 she fas
ot a timid woman, I knew, or she would

vst glimpse of that faco in. that lonely |not have dared that midnight watch alone
ssure of the correctness of|in the bush. But that there was still some

n mere animal
omage at work in her breast to make her
Thad no doubt. When L ar-
ested her arm so suddenly she did not, as
have said, speak, but she shook in every

To be Continued.

Tr: Eciipse.—There was to have oc-
, this year, one ot thy

shed forth, and justice is atlength ap- most imposing solar eclipses that an ob-
d? Butin the middle of such thoughts Roll on thi
Old,
haye happened before and will happen

earth isin a position to be-
Remarkable phenomena of the kind

rain ; but this one possesses a special in-
ist. There are total eclipses and partial

pose but to commita murder? Suppose he eclipses; in some the totality lasts but a

ery few seconds, and the spectator has
nall time to study the startliig phenomena
at the occasion manifests; in others, how-
ver, the obstruction endures for several

duse | minntes, and good opportunity is afforded
for observing and recording the attendant
Appearances,
Tam afraid I must contess that 1 he sun, it is said#was hidden for more

Now the eclipse in question

han 6 minutes, nearly the maximumfpos-

ible interval, and the astronomers were

hfm go and dig up a chamois bag, with a|on the qui vive with prc parations for mak-

ng the best use of this time,in settling
uestions now existing, and in’ gleaning
ew facts for the advancement of their
One unfortunate

he great centres of European civilization

contiss that it was so; it is the force of| for the shadow path of the moon passes
over Indta, the Malay Peninsula, and the
Oriental Islands. But this has not deterred

he ‘‘savans” from their search alter know-
edge. India, at all events, offered.a van-
age ground for the observers which ample
were made to occupy.
Schemes haye been diseussed, experiments
have been made, and eyes and hands care-
tully trained to use them, and well-equiped
»xpeditions haye been fitted out. Learned
societies have given their brains, and gov-
ernments their money, and all that favs
sight and foresight can do has been done
to make the event a fruitful one to science,
tor it may be centuries ere an eclipse of
such magaitude will occur again.

In connection with the above, wo may
state on good authority, that an eclipse
will tuke place (visible in Halifax) on the
7thof August, 1869, lasting from 34 p.m.
to8 p. m.—Zlx. Reporter,

Oxy « Prinrer!—" Ie is only 9 prin-
ter,” was the remark of a Teader in
society. He was only a printer! Well,
what was the Earl of Stanhope? He was
only a printer! What is Prince Frederick
William, who married the Princess Royal
ef England? Lr, too, is only a printer?
What was D'Arcy McGee? Only a prin-
ter! Whatis Joseph Howe, George D.
Prentice, Charles Dickens, M, ‘Thiers,
Douglas Jerrold, Bayard Taylor, George
P. Morris, J Gales, C. Richardson, N. 2b.
Willis, and Senators Dix, Cameron, Niles,
Bilger and King? They, too, were only
printers! What was Benjamin Franklin?
Only a printer! Mverybody can’t be «
printer—brains are necessary.

A black bear in Michigan recently adop-
ed alittle girl and made her quite comtort-
able in the woods until her parents re-
claimed her,

Buy extravagantly what thou necdest
not, and it may oblige, thee to sell thy
necessaries, 4