The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-21 00:00:00

WOOL MARKETS.

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BRAMFORD, Thursday.-The wool market is in s more
settled condition than it we. • week ago. Though a
little more wool is perhaps changing hands, and the
tone is steadier than it was, there is no marked im-
provement in the demand, and there is no quotable
change in prioe. The pressure of the new olip fs not so
severely felt, and starlesi.,' baying more oonlidence in
the value of their wool, hold with greater firmness.
Good Linooln wool commands, for hogs, 19d. to 191 d.
per lb., end for yellers, 164. to 164 d. The woes
chiefly in demand, however, are of tee lower oleos,
which are of course worth proportionately leas money.
LONDON, Friday.-Buinees in colonial wool by
private °entreat ainoe oar last report has been very
limited ; nevertheless" prices rule about stationary. In
English wool very httlo has been doing, on former
terms.

CURRENT PRICIN OF INGUIIti WOOL

d a. d.
per lb. 1 4 to 1 6
. 1 6 —1 6
I 31—I 4
1 3 Se
1 31-1 4

Seuthdown hands ..
Italt.bred dlUo
Kent Mame
Southdown ewe end vretben.
Ledoetter ditto ..

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Cooabing .

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Varieties.

BAD Foam or Baso•Woix.—A " ItoIgor."
ADVICE DT • RI•11011•BLZ ABET•13111.-8da ED dry
wise.

THR clergy who hove 1" read interest" in the Angli-
can Canna. —The Wawabite.

iIIDIGUITION bas comiailly ben cleaned am " the il).
gratitude of tbe stomach."
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CHANOR OF RELIGION.—Duriag th• dog-days Sir
Richard Mayne has become a lbaslrcosa.

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"Mi. what is raven,. r-" It is when your Mather
scolds we, and I hit him with • broonatiok."
A ii•N IN ADVANCI OF MS Tllll.-0011 who Ina
b•se knocked into the middle of next wok.

MAN is at ten • ohild ; twenty, wild; thirtY. tam'
—if aver; at forty, wise; at fifty, rich; at sixty, good
-Or sever.

"Gin • POO A BAD Nsxs."--Suppose whgebinTbw.,
order oontinues in force we were to christen the poliee
"Muzzle-Loaders.'

A late Lord Chancellor defined • lawyer thu :—A
learned gentleman who rescues your estate hoft your
enemies. and keeps it to himself.

citrnox.—Ladies who wear loag drea,es. and dislike
their being trampled en, should wear upon their becks
a card with the inscription, "No followers allowed r,
DIMCULT TO PLEASL Landlord (eioltinsly) :
"Beautiful promising weather, Mr. Cloverdale r. British
Farmer: " Ah, we shan't hew' any nice diouldy hay for
the cows this year!"
"Doctor," said a despairing patient to one o/ oar
Physicians. "I am in a dresdful state; I can neithe'
lay or ; what shall I dor -" Why, then," replied
the doctor, very gravely, " I think you had better
roost."

WHAT WILL THE TBETOTALLEIE SAT 7-710 REV
Dr. Jell, on retiring from the trinoipalsbip of King's
College, London, bode testimonial presentod to his
Yon shall bare on many guesses as you like, and yet you
shall not And out whet was selected to be given to a
Doctor of Divinity on resigning the headship of a great
educational establishment. A theologist library? A
set of clerical robes? A full-length portrait A silver
tea and coffee eervice? A candelabrum?—AU wrong.
rosy gime him (besides founding • Jell prise, or elector-
ship, of something of that commendable character), "A
Bacchanalian Vase f" This we can only suppose to be
elassisl either for • claret-jag or • wine-cooler —a punch-
bowl being, of course, oat of the question. Whichever
it may be, we heartily wish the excellent Doctor many
pan' ass of It!

A DICSIKAIIGII HOKBAND.—A racy correspoodeut
extends an invitation to the fairies to send in proposals,
giving the following specifications : —The undersigned,
feeling the need of some one to find fault with sail
gramble at when business matters go wrong, and being
lonely, with no one to hate him, and having arrived at
Lb. proper age, ham therefore determined to "corn.
out!" Sealed proposals will be received nntil twelve
o'clock p.m. on the 31s1 December, 1868. Applicants
must possess beauty, or its eqnivalent in currency. She
must not chew bon-bons. tier frequent sewing circles.
Nor go round begging for charitable purposes. Nor
trade off my clothes to wandering Italians for lower-
cases. Nor borrow money from my vest pockets while
I sleep. She must believe in sudden attacks of chills,
and make allowance for their sleets open the nervous
'totem. When her "old bear" cowed home from a
"few friends" rtither affectionate, she mud not take
advantage of his state, and wheedle him into trips to
wateringnlaites. And, above all, she must not, on snob
oosasions, put ipecac. into the tea she prescribes for his
" poor head." A lady powering the foregoing qualifi-
tiatiOns, positive and negative, can hear of aomisthing to
her advantage by addressing the undersigned, inakaing
a stamp. All proposals must be accompanied with
satisfactory evidence of the ability of the applicant to
support a husband in the style to which he haa beam
accustomed.

THE GOLDEN BIDE
There is many • rest in the road of life,
If we only would stop to take it,
And many • tone from the better land
It the querulous heal t would make It ;
To the sunny teal that Is full f hope,
And whom, Inmutlful truat miss faileth,
The gram is green and the dowers are bright,
Though the winter storm prtralleth.
Better to hope, though the cloud. hang low,
And to keep the elm still ldted ;
For the .went blue Ay will ision pep through,
When the °minaen clouds are rifled!
There was never • Light without • day,
Or an even without • morning;
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There lemony a gem lathe path of life,
Which we pam in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jewelled CrOWII,
Or the miser's bosvded treasure;
It may be the love of • little child,
Or • mother's prayer to heaven,
Or only • beggar'. grateful thanks
For. cup of water liven.
Better to weave In the web of Ille
A bright and I:Aden filling,
And to do God's will with • reedy heart,
And hands that are swift and willing,
Then to snap the delicate, minute thread.
Of our curious live. asunder;
And then bland* Heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and cline and wander.

AT LAST.—My Dearest May—l am so happy that I
eau anomaly •aprea• all I tool. The .0.0•01% wan closing
In with all my hope.. Papa had engaged a courier to
take us to that dull stupid Rhine, whin Ae proposed.
You guess who I mean ; I need not name Aim to you,
you know all the secrete of my heart. There can be but
one be, for none can equal him. He is really too
handsome, too Meyer, too good, too angelic for your dear
RiumiL I felt quite certain that something would
happen, for I dreamed three times running that I WY
sitting in an orange grove, and that the blossoms fell on
my head, and only the other day he wrote such pretty
verses in my album—

The row I gathered yeatarday,
Though sweet as rose can be,
Shall still • asseeter perfume gain
When breathed upon by thee.
It thia not snob a beautiful idea! I don't thing Tennyson
ever equalled it, or even Lord Houghton ; of course I
have read Lord Byron, and the prettiest part is
that he did give me a rose, which I have kept in silver
paper ever since. Well, dearest, I must tell you all
about It, We had &dinner at Greenwich, a large party,
so when be sat next me I felt quite alone. Do you know,
May, love, that be never spoke. I have often heard of
the eloquenoe of silence, and certainly at dinner he was
very silent; I could not make out what it meant, but
efter dinner he lit a graceful little cigarette—he does
not like big cimrs- aed we stood on the balcony, over-
looking the clear pellucid river. The moon shone on the
ripples, and illuminated his ccuotenanoe. I don't know
how it was, but somehow, as my arm was hanging over
the balcony, my hand touched his; than I turned round,
Led his eyes (you know, dearest, how black they are),
bright as two stars, looked into Mine, and then he said,
"All things end but one—the day ends, the season ends,
the dinner ends, but," and Men be paused, "love never
ends." I give such a start. That word love bad such
• powerful- effect, it seemed to thrill all through me; and
then—and then—well, dearest, I will tell you more of
this when we mat, but I returned home so happy. His
bad his drag, sow, drove back—Mamma went inside—
such a eharreiny drive, only the horses went too fast.
Wheel arrived at home I fell into Mamma's arms and
told tier all. She WS' so happy, and said she knew it
would happen, and began to talk of the tromp/ma just
as if at such a moment I could think of such a oommon-
plain thing u a froaseran. fleet iii! I should lige to
marry in serge, and live on fifty pounds a year. It is
only now, dear, when the presents are coming in, that
I realise all my happiness. I have got such lots of
presents, bat I wish people would not all seed the same
things. I have eight Mocks, six parasols, and fifteen
letzten& Still it is delightful to look at the.; and
mob pretty notes with them, all saying he bad gained
a treasure, and wishing me so mush joy, all except that
spiteful Lucy Lorne, who wrote to congratulate me on
hewing caught him at last, just as if he was a Ash.
Well, it don't matter what she says. Oh, dear I I hear
• ring, I know it is him? I must leave off now, but
will write again. Meanwhile I am, dearest May, your
happy EDITIL

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PREPARED COCOA

fn Ilb. Paekele, One Shilling per lb.
HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS AND INVIGORATING.
Made instanteously with Boiling WA,.
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Observe the Trade Mark
on each Packet.

Finsbury Steam kills, London.
tiOLD BY LL (31:OrEI:s

EVANSII ANODYNE EMBROCATION,
or HEAL-ALL, tbe most effloadous remedy for
Rheumatism, Lumbego, Pains in the Limbals:umesese,
Sciatica, m Pa-sobs, 9. prains and Bruises, Spasm. and
Cramp, Stiff Neck, Stiffness in Joints, Proem Limbs,
and Chilblains before they are broken. No Embroca-
tion ever offered to the patine bee lime found more
effectual in alleviating the acute perm of the above dl..
orders, ea it gives ease after the lint application. Bad
in bottles ls. lid. and 9a 3d. each.

MIVANS'S FROOD'EI RNMEDY for the Itch
12.1 without the least smolt, • oertain care is • few
days. Masy hundreds of Tadimonials Might be Oren ;
ooe application will, however, prove the shove sellell•
lions. Sold in bozos IL led. each • Fuldig Pearogos,
containing 10 boxes, sent carriage free to soy stoics
throughout the kingdom, on receipt of Post Moo Order
for 10s. 6d.