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The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-04-13
SMALL FRUITS.

Aswe are paying special attention to the production
BLAcKBERRY, RASPBERRY AND
STRAWBERRY PLANTS,
our stock for the coming Fall and Spring OF ie5p,
will not only be very large, but Of the best quaiy
which we shall offer at greatly reduced prices.
NEW ROCHELLE, OR LAYTON BLACKBERRY
still growing in favor, and the demand Tor plants
his Fall promises to be unusually large
Wilson'S ALBANY SEEDING STRAWBERRY
Is undoubtedly the most universally popular variety
in the country. Its extraordinary size, wonoerlu
productiveness and other good qualities have paeeo
IL at the very head of the list wherever It mas pecn
tested, especially for market purposes. Havlng
been among the earliest to procure THIS variety,
and having cultivated II more especially for
we shall be able to offer for sale in spring OF leoo
OVER ONE MILLION PLANTS.
These plants are now being Cultivated in the mo,t
careful manner and one Of them vii be worth
more than dozen of such as are carelessly grown
among grass and weeds. We cordially Invite per,
sons wishing to purchase to visit our grounds ans
examine our mode producing plants.
WE SHALL REDUCE
the price OF plants in the spring Of so rs TO
them within the reach Of all. We have experiment
ted largely as to the hest time c planting the Straw
berry, and unhesitatingly recommend the Spring.
Our selection embraces OVER ONE HUNDRED
VARIETIES, including all the native and foreign
kinds, of any repute.
dS5- Catalogues sent on application. enclosing
stamp. J.KHONi
Augll 3m Box, ATS Pittsburg, Pa.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-04-13

9nues aanoes SRuo g g g
rHlHE undersigned is Agent for the "Ohio
River Salt Company" and is always pre-
pared to supply purchasers with Salt either by
the Car Load or by the Barrel at as cheap pri-
ces can be had either in Pittsburgh, Wheeling,
or elsewhere. ]. A. ROBINSON.
Feb, q, '59.-ly.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-04-13
Nortbern fire anS g!fs
LyNSUB.ANCE COMPANY.
No. l Morgate, street, London.
ESTABLISHED IN 1886.

London Directors.
Geoge G. Anderson, Thomas N. Farquahar,
Sir Chas. r. McGrigor, Bart. Lord Ernest
Bruce, n. P. Duncan James Nay, William
Westragh, William Miller, N. P, Chairman.
A. P. Fletcher, Secretary. Edward Fuchs,
Vice Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF REFERENCE.
Messrs. Stuart & Brother, McCutcheon l.
Collins, Myers, Claghorn 4 Co., Smith Will
ans & Co., VIM. Mckee & Co. Jos. B. Mitchell,
ESQ. Pres't Merch. Bank, James Dunlap, Esq
Pres't Union Bank, Hon. W. A. Porter, late
Judge Sup. Court.
This we'll established and successful Compa-
ny, is prepared to effect Insurance against Loss
or Damages by FIRE, on Dwellings, Ware
houses, Stores, Stocks of Goods, Ships and
their Cargoes, while in port, and on Merchan.
disc generally not exceeding
10000 Dollars on Single Risk:
On first-class COTTON b WOODEN MILLS,
not exceeding SIS, 1000 on any One Risk. The
Rates of Premium are moderate, and the con-
ditions of Insurance are framed with the grea-
test liberality.
The Policies of the Northern Assurance Co.
are not only guaranteed by large Capital,
but also by the unlimited personal response
bility of over One Thousand Shareholders
Losses promptly adjusted and paid, without
reference to London.
WIN. GETTY, AGENT,
No. 81 South Third St., Phiad'a.
j. 4. ROBINSON, Agent,
Dec. %, ls59-3m FETTERMAN, VA
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-04-13
how Ard ASSOCIATION.
fl Benevolent Institution, esta6-
Kshed by special epdewme'lt,
for the reHefof the sick and
the distressed, afflicted
witb virulent and epid-
mic diseases.

mac UiSCUSeSe
THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view
l. of the awful destruction of human life, caused
nv SeXaul disease and the receptions practlceu up
on the unfortunate victims OF Secn d TensvIting
Surgeon, as a CHARITABLE ACT worthy OF tneir
NAME to open Dispensary for the treatment OF sIS
class of disease in all their forms, and give MEDl
CAL ADVICE GRATIS to all who apply oy ieS.e,
zion, habits Of life, &c., and in cases oil extreme
noyerty, to FURNISH MEDICINES FREE of
EHARGE. 1t is needless to add that the Assocai-
ton commands the highest Medical skill Oh
and will furnish the most approved modern treat
Inent. - ,,rr,
Report upon treatment of Sexual Diseases, lot the
year ending January LIST, 1885, express the hlghest
faction with the success which has attended the
Iabors of the Consulting Surgeon in the cure ofSpe-
=, etorhua Seminal weakness, Impotence, Gonor-
rhua, elect Syphilis, the vice of Onanism OF Self
abuse, &C., and order continuance Oh the SaHie
plan or the ensuing year:
The Directors, on review OF the past. ieei assuT-
cd that their abors in this sphere oil benevolent ell
fort have been of great benefit to the afflicted espe-
cially to the young, and they have resolved TO de-
vote themselves, with renewed zeal, 10 TINS very
important and much despised cause.
An admirable Report on Spermatorrhra, or SEM
inal weakness, the vice of OF Onanism Masturba,
on or Self-abuse and other diseases OF the sexual
Tas;J I'm sealed envelope,) FREE OF CHARGE,
M MAJ" reeeipt of TWO STAMPS for postage. Other
Reports and Tracts on the nature and treatment OF
sexual diseases diet &C., are constantly being pub.
Ished for gratuious distribution, and WIZ De sent
10 the afflicted. Some ofthe new remedies and me
tbods of treatment discovered during the last year
Address, for Report or treatment, DIR: J. SKILLlN
Consulting Surgeon; Howard AS $50
ciation No South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Ia.
BY order of the Directors
EZRA D. HEARTWELL, Prest
GOE. FAIRCHILD, Sec'y.
Ccoo4 "a 1Q6o "
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
LEo1L ADTER7zSEIiENTS.


STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of Ottawa, SIS;
Al A session tho Probate Court for the coun-
Nv of Ottawa, holden at the Probate Office, IN
the village of Grand Haven, an Monday, the
18th day of June, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty. Present, Augustus
w. Taylor, Judge of Probate. In the matter
Of the estate Of John Trick, deceased
nN reading and fling the petition, duly ycri-
fed, of Sarah Trick, widow of said deeeas-
cd, representing the death Of said deceased,
and that he died In said county oe Ottawa, in
testate, and praying that George Parks, may be
appointed administrator Of his estate.
Thcreupon il is ordered, that Monday, the
the sixteenth day Of July next, at two o'clock
in the afternoon, be assigned for the hearing og
said petition, and that the heirs Flaw of said
deceased, and all other persons interested in said
estate, are requrodto appear at Il session of said
court, then TO be holden at the Probate Office in
the village Of Grand Haven, and show cause, If
any there BIO, why the prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted. And il is further order
cd that said petitioner give notice 10 all persons
interested is said estate of the tendency Of said
petition, and the hearing thereof by causing n
copy of this order TO be published in the Grand
Haven News, II newspaper printed and circula-
ting in said county of Ottawa, four successive
weeks, previous TO said day OF hearing.
CA true copy.) AUGUSTUS w. TAYLOR,
MT 1w Judge of Probate.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
The Medical Protector.

A book of over 800 pages, full of fine anatomical
and other engravings
1t contains not only the pith Of all the late de-
velopments in Medicine and Surgery above re-
ferred to, but il is also guide to all who as
pire to felicity with the opposite sex; shows how
to guard against danger, and how to escape
danger when incurred. Useful alike to male
and female, but should not be in the hands of
very young persons, it contains information that
might be perverted to unworthy ends. Also a
full and explicit key to all the hidden and de-
lightful secrets Of Marriage, Love and Beauty,
never before
re- Satisfactorily ~ssN
revealed in any book in the English language
Price so ccnts--one Of the cheapest books in the
world. If health could be estimated in money,
the new facts contained in this book, for the
prevention of i'll health would be cheap at the
above forfeiture. Send for Circular fully des-
.tsef
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25

ED- Agents wanted for every county in the
State, and liberal discount given TO Agents or
wholesale buyers. S. ID. ELW00D,
nal Publisher, Detroit.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
A Card to the Suffering

I'VE Rev. William Cosgrovc, while laboring
L as missionary in Japan, was cured of CON
sumption, when all other means had failed, by
recipe obtained from q learned physician re-
siding in the great city Of Jeddo. This recipe
mas cured great numbers who were suffering
from Consumption, Bronchitis, Sore Throat,
coughs and Colds, and the debility and nervous
depression caused by these disorders DESTROYS
81 pohehtung others,l viii send this recipe which
have brought home with me. 40 All ybo ncod
1t, free Of charge. Address
REV. WIN. C0SGROVE,
nf2' 15P Fulton Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
tDY sTATEAUTnoRITYI ~

TNHIS Company Chartered in 1871, will con-
l. tinpe TO take sFmE AND MARINE RISKS at
reasonable rates. She PASSOVER Tioo Thogsand
living policies in the City where she lives. Her
Cash Premiums for the last year arc over $685.
900 90 among 81 of the heaviest business firms
in the City of Chicago. Her books show that
all her Losses have been paid within 60 days,
and most of them within Sir, after the fires, and
dividend of20 per cent paid to the Stockhold-
ers from her business the past year. Her secur-
tiles are ON the first class property in the Cities
Of Peoria and Lacon, and in the State of Illinois.
AS men Of moral north and financial obithy,
her Officers and Directory arc second TO none,
East or West
Her charter perpetual, with provision in it.
that the moment her paid up capital falls one
cent below $500, 900 her directors become indi-
ridualy liable for each and every risk thereafter
This statement is made after more than one
weeks personal investigation Of their affairs, at
the home Office. See papers on Glc in the Sec
rotary Of States Office, Lansing, Mchigan.]
s. =. BROWN,
General Agent for Michigan.
TIMOTHY FLETCHER,
Agent, for Grand Haven and vicinity.
June %, 1859. [n7G 1y#
I
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
surN THAxAI& ExHgarzae

,,,uuuEu IN SaI Z ExH9xle
: Il|||| ) s
NATIONAL DlsrEssARY FOR PRyATE Diseases,
established January LIST. 1859. Five buh-
dred Dollars Forfeit. Three Eminent fhy~
sicians in constant attendance.
The faculty orthe institution, consisting oil
PROF. EGBERT JACKSON, ..,E,
Member Of the noyalCollegc Of SurgeonsLondon'
DIR. ROBERT HERBERT,
Late of Philadelphia member of the Society Of
| Friends, and NJ. EUGENE VELPEAU, Late
OF tho Dondon and Paris Hospitals; '"
Guarantee under Penalty of $500, a com
! plete cure Of every Sexual Disease, however ag-
gravated by neglect, and lr .la
WITHOUT MERCURY
We are perfectly safe in making this oiler, be-
cause we will not undertake any case that VIC
are not sure Of curing.
Gonorrhea, Syphilis, sclf-Abuse, Impotence,
Whites or Fluor Albus, elect, Structure, Skin
Diseases, Veneral Warts, Diseases Of the Blad-
der and Kidneys, Female Irregularities, Barren
ness, Liver Complaint, Emaciation, Premature
Decay, the Pains of Age, General Debility,
change of Life, etc. receive especial attention.
TREATMENT ENTIRELY New and always sue
cessful; cure rapid and thorough; and referen-
ccs of eminent Physicians and Surgeons both in
this country and Europe.
The. DLSPENSARY CIRCULAR forward
ed gratis by mail to any address, contains in
valu,blc advice to young men, young ladies
contemplating matrimony and married. We have
just published
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
Mortgage Sale.

nEFAULT having been made in the con-
IL dition OF u certain mortgage, executed
by Samuel Miller and Charlotte u Miller, his
wife, Of the city of Grand Rapids, in the coun-
ty of Kent, and State of Michigan, TO Dwight
Rankin, of the town of Wyoming, county and
State aforesaid, bearing date the twentieth day
of April, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty five,
and recorded in the office of the Rcgistcrof Deeds
for the County of Ottawa, in said State, on the
seventh day of May, A. d., eighteen hundred
and fifty five, at four o'clock p. NJ. in Libcr D.,
of Mortgages, on pages 62i and 625; the amount
claimed TO be due on said mortgage at the date
of this notice is one hundred and forty six dollars
and eighty cents (S1l6 SOY, and no suit or pro-
ceedng having been instituted at law to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof; Notice is hereby given, that on Thurs
day, the twenty eighth day of Juneau one o'clock
i'll the afternoon of that day, ut the front door
of tho Ottawa county court house, in the village
of Grand Haven, county Of Ottawa, and State
OF Michigan (being tho place of holding the
Circuit Court for said county,, Ishall sell at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder, the premises
described in said mortgage or so much thereof as
may be necessary TO satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage at the date of this notice, with
interest and the cost and expenses of this fore
closure, as provided in said mortgage, all that
certain parcel of land situated in the township
of jamestown, county of Ottawa, and State of
Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: The
east half, and the cast one fourth, of the west
half of the north east quarter, Of section number
nine (0), in Township .hamber i've (5), north OF
range nl1fbef thmteen fS1west; coircanmsSuc
cordingito the United States survey, one hun
dred acIcs, be the same more or less.
haI DWIGHT RANKIN, Mortgagee
JONI ri HoLMEs, Atty.
tirnns Haven, March 2s, 1860. [n65 l3w
E8- BE above sale is postponed until the
ninth diy of August, az tho same place and
time. DWIGHT RANKIN, Mortgageo.
joins TIpHoLMEs, Atty.
dran Haven, July, 4, 1860, [n79 CIV
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
THE EXCELSIOR
M A r B L E w KS!!!
Corner Of Monroe and Justice .Sts.,
Grand Rapids, - Kent Co., mich.

rs the place 70 get Monuments,
Il Grave Stones, Nantes and Fur
nituro Marble, manufactured out of
tho best italian or Vermont Mar
bic. We also keep ON hand, an as
sortmcnt of Plaster, on Grand Rap
ids Marble, Ornament Paper
Weights, Table Tops and Shelves,
which persons who need them will
do well b. examine.
E5- All our work is got up in the
best possible style of workmanship,
OF the best material, and ut the lowest prices.
lr r w. LARAWAY.
~ n35 Monroe aud Justice street.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
Richmonds & Backus,
MANUFACTURERS OF
BLANK BOOkS-

A Full Assortment kept constantly on hand
IA or Manufactured TO Order, Detroit Mchi-
gan. County Offices supplied with Records of
all Styles, of our own manufacture, with or
without Printed Headings.
All kinds of Plain and Ornamental Book Bind
ing executed in superior style. Also full
Writing Paper, Wrapping, Tissue and Envelope
Papers, Staple and Fancy Stationery, in great
variety, as Ink, Steel Pens, States, Lead Pen
ellis Envelopes, Red Tape, Sealing Wax, India
Rubber, Paste Boards, Drawing Paper, &C.,
with many other article in their line which they
offer for sale at Low PRICES.
RICHMONDS& DACKUS. ,
Detroit, January ~, 1859. IND I
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-25
DIR. Jackson,s Female Monthly pills

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invaluable in female irregularities, but not ad
visable TO be used during pregnancy, lest they
should mar the hope of offspring. Used in tho
Doctors private practice for 80 years. Price :
forwarded by mail
On. JAcKsoN's FEMALE PERPETUAL PREvEN-
TIVE, Is the only article in the world that with
out Inconvenience or danger will nfallibly pre-
vent conception. Thousands of married ladies
too feeble to bear children except at the hazard,
Of life have had reason TO be thankful for this
invention. 1t resembles no othor preventive IN.
use and is superior to all. Forwarded by maii'
to any address.
M. VELpEAU's BEAUTIFYIyG POWDER, it im-
parts TO the complexion an exquisite bloom and
transparency, and effcctually prevents the for
nation of wrinkles, blotchcs frecklcs, pimplcs,
wcns, etc, etc. Price s per box, sent by mail.
Every letter must contain six cents, in stamle,l
to be used for reply. Address, Drs. Jackson,l
Herbert a Co., or simply 7. o. Box 1866 Cincin I
tnati, Ohio. Office, f67 SyvAnfcfc az "a siss :
icincs and instructions sent promptly, to any
part of the country.
GOct, 8, 1851 MO Gm
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-12

HoGARTH's PICTURE OF THE RED SEA
-Hogarth was once applied to by mi
serly old nobleman to paint on his stair
case a representation of Pharoah's hos'
in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix the
plice. Hogarth became quite unsatisfed
The miser was unwilling to give more
than half the real value of the picture
At last, Hogarth, out of all patience,
agreed to his patrons terms.
Within day or two. the picture was
ready. The nobleman was surprised al
such expedition, and Immediately called to
examine it. The canvass was painted all
over red.
POUNDS ~ said the purchaser. "wha t
have you here 7? l ordered scene of the
Red Sea-"
"The Red Sea you have" said Ho-
garth, still smarting to have his talents
undervalued.
"But whele are the Israelites %
They are all gone over"
And where are the Egyptians %
They are all drowned"
The miser's confusion could only be
equaled by the haste with which he paid
his bill. The bitter was bit.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-12


DEPARTURE OF THE BENICIA Boy
Among the passengers of the steamship
City of Washington, which left on Sat
urday for Europe, was John G. Heenan,
alias +" The Benicia Boy" who goes out
to fight Savers, the English champion, to
decide the championship of the two
countries. A crowd OF sporting men ac
companied Heenan to the steamer, and
waved enthusiastic adieus as the steamer
moved from the dock. Heenan looked
in robust health, and was IN excellent
spirits. He expresses his entire conf
dence in being able to win the match.
Shortly after the steamer had left, two
Buffalo officers came running up the
wharf in hot haste.to arrest him but the
bird had flown.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-12

A Coop ONE" Paddy, honey, viii
you buy my watch 90
"And is it about selling your watch
ye sre. Mike 90
"Troth, it is, darlin -
Whats the price 20
"Ten shillings and a mutchkin of the
creature"
90 Is the watch dacent one ?"
Sure and I've had it twenty years
and it never decaved me-"
"Well, here's you tin; now tell me
does it go we'll ?"
+" Bedad, an it goes faster than any
watch in Connaught, Munster, Ulster. oil
Leinster, nor barring Dublin"
Bad luck to ye, Mike, you have tax
en- me in. Didn't you say it never de
saved you o.
Sure an did-nor did it-for
niver depinded on it,
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-12
,.a. THE NEW MAGAZINE, .;rf
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY
WHICH WILL ENrIrLE HIM TO
8i9 ei DEVOTED TO tt
Literature, Art and Politics.

3
THE AIM OF THE PERIODICAL WILL BE
lTIRST: In Literature, to leave no province
IL unrepresented, so that, while each num-
Der will contain articles of an abstract and per-
1nanent value, it will also be found that tho
healthy appetite of the mind for entertainment
in its various forms Of Narrative, Wit and HUI
NOR. will not go uncared for. The publishers
wish TO say, also, that while native writer's will
receive the most solid encouragement. and will
be mainly relied ON to fill the pages of the Ar
LANTIc, they viii not hesitate to draw from tho
foreign sources at heir command, as occasion
may require, relying rather on the competency
Of an author TO treat particular subject than
on any other claim whatever. In this way they
hope to mike their periodical welcome whereev-
er the English language is spoken or read.
SECOND: In the term AIR, it is intended to
include the whole domain of aesthetics, and they
hope gradually to make this critical department
a true and fearless representative of Art, in all
its various branches, without any regard to
prejudice, whether personal or national, or to
private considerations Of what kind soever
THIRD In Politics, the ATLANTIC will be the
organ of no party or clique but will honestly en-
deavor to be the exponent Of what its eonduc-
tors believe to be the American Idea.y It will
deal frankly with persons and with parties, en-
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element which transcends oil persons and par
ties, and which alone makes the basis of o true
and lasting national prosperity. It viii not
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boz y of men which is in favor of Freedom, Ma
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TERMS: Three Dollars year, or Twenty Ave
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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-12
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA,
Benevolent Institution established by special En-
do,cment, for the Relief Of the Sick and Dis
tressed, afflicted pih Virulent and
Epidemic Diseases t 5IH

do,rment for The ReEef oftbe Sick 1nd his
,resseJ oa,;c,eJ ,,;;b V;r,,lent mi sgfI
Epidemic Diseases. -.
TWIN 1royr,pn .CCoC,rro,r
81 Tho avail daStr,ot;on &c h, - 'i Ts,
cansod ~, So~noI n;saasas aOd III 5na~,,.; ,.s
r,,o .Ia ,,1' fart,,,a unu ~;
dd;s on es hr 0nacLs several Uoars ano 1T !
tho;r Consnlt;u., Sn,r,r gu aU y
ACT worth of thar nan &c TO oman n e p-
sar,, for Tho ,raa+ant 81 th;s ~ IL sc d;aep
~ su ~ tha;n $40 an5 ~ .;o MTn II, ~
WOE GRaTTS 60 an " CIV -. ~, 80. a.
III, Ia-a:..; ~ o.. Ino "Pp? ~ ie'@r'
a "aa - 81 Ee ~ a. 'onI'';o", Wse
nayart 70 Ei1R s Isl "n WEn NJ s1se %
EpPE Ip Gti spcr =. - .l :, "a
that the Association commands the highest
Medical skill of the age, and will furnish the
most approved modern treatment.
The Directors of the Association, in their An
nual Report upon the treatment of Sexual Di-
seases, express the highest satisfaction with the
success which has attended the labors of their
Surgeons in the cure of Spermatorrhoea, Sem;n-
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-12
Riding the Iron Horse.

Let any one, who believes the day Of
daring is past, beg or buy ride on the
locomotive of the earliest express train,
some cold winter morning. One wave Of
the conductors hand, and the live en-
CINE springs snoring beneath you, AS no
Arab steed ever rushed over the desert.
II is not like being bound to an arrow,
for that motion would be smoother it is
not like being hurled upon an ocean crest,
for that would be slower. You are rush
ing onward, and you are powerless; that
is all. The frosty air gives such brit
tie and slippery look to the two iron lines
which lie between you and destruction,
that you appreciate the Mohammed fable
OF the Bridge Herat-thinner than a
hair, sharper than scimetar-which
stretches over hell and leads to paradise.
Nothing has passed over that track for
many hours; the cliffs may have fallen
and buried it, the frail bridges may have
sunk beneath it, or diabolical malice put
obstruction on it, no matter how trivial
equally fatal to you each curving EN-
bankment may hide unknown horrors,
from which though all escape, you, on
the engine, cannot; and yet, still the
surging locomotive bounds onward, be-
meath you, in its mad career. You draw
a long breath. as you dismount at last, a
hundred miles away, as if you had been
riding With Mazeppa or Brunechiid. and
yet escape alive. And there. by your
side, stands the quiet, grimy engineer
turning already to his tobacco and his
newspaper, and unconscious, while he
reads of the charge at Balaklava, that his
life is Balaklava every day.-tAtlantie
Monthly.