THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE ENGINEER’S STORY. ■ On a sunny October day, according to instructions ' I had received from the officers of the railroad company, I handed the engineer of Engine No. 32 a letter from Ilfs chief, requesting that I accom pany him upon the engine, as a- better post for the observations along the rails I had been commanded to make. After reading it, he touched his hat, . nJI c | respectfully bade me welcome, arranging as comfortable a scat fox' me as lie con Id”provide for tb.e long ride which • ' day before us. 1 i was a novel experience for me, and a buddy exciting one, as vve seemed to cleave the air, the train thundering along behind us ; and I could hut look iubnii imdy at the man who stood so un til achingly at his post and in whose hands, •r.v in reality all our lives. lie was a tall, handsome fellow, whose lcs.cn "rev eyes never stirred from his p.-at, eii her to right or left, but whose cheery laugh often rang out on the clear morning air as we chatted together. By noon we bad become friends, at which hour we stopped at a small station, where there was a delay of twenty minutes, to take on coal or water. As we slowed up, I noticed standing on the platform, a young woman, holding a neatly-covered basket, and clinging to her skirts a little chid, some three years of age. “Papa ! papa i ” the little one screamed, in delight; and, glancing at my com panion’s face I needed not to question if he were the one thus called. Another ' moment, we had stopped, and wife and child were pressed to his breast, while a look of wonderful tenderness crept into *• his eyes. “My wife and child, sir,” he said, * turning to me. “ I have only one day a ■week off with them ; but Mary always meets me here with my dinner and now and then I get an hour or two with her.” “It is a hard life,” I said. “You must miss them sorely.” f“No matter where I am, sir,” he replied, “ they are with me. I hear the little one’s voice above the loudest wind, “ and I see my Mary’s smile in the darkest night, although I stand alone on my engine, with my -life in my hand. It’s a hard life, maybe, sir, but I ought not to complain. It gave me happiness, since it •won me my wife.” When we were on our way again, and I had seen the tears fill the wife’s bright blue eyes as she fondly kissed her husband good-by, while I had slipped into the little one’s chubby hand a golden gift • from the strange gentleman riding with £ papa, I asked my companion what it meant. . “I- don’t know as you’d care to hear, sir, and there’s not many as I’d care to tell. You read so many hook stories of the people who make up your world, that you have not much time to look down to mine. There are people who think such as we have no time to love, but you have - seen Mary and my boy, and—you’ll toll . me if I tire you 1 I was a careless fellow enough six years ago, not neglecting my work when at my post, but fond of a good time with my : companions when off duty, always ready to accept a friendly glass, and sometimes with my head not quite steady when I mounted my engine, though the air always set me right before we had gone far on our way. One evening, at a dance, I met Mary Morton. She was the prettiest girl in the room, sir, and a little bit of a coquet in those days, though no more than was natural, with all the young fellows try ing their best to turn her head. I was not long behind the rest. I couldn’t get her out of my 'houghts, but it did not take me a great w I); i o to find out the truth of the mutter. I bad lost my ’ heart. The only question was, would she turn me tuivilt. or give me hors ror that she bad stolen I it was many a week be fore igot up my courage enough to deter mine to ask her to be my wife. Every moment off duty, 1 would spend with her, until I grew to fancy she used to watch and wait for my coming. But I was not without my jealous hours, for all that. How did I know how she spent the time, I was so constantly away from her 1 ' At iast heard of another dance, to be given on the night I would be off duty. I could not see Mary until then, but 1 felt sure she would know I would come for her, and would go with no one else. But when the evening arrived, 1 found, when I called for her, that she had already gone. Perhaps, sir, in your rank of life, you know, too, what it is to be jealous, and how many a man destroys his . future happiness by it. My first words to Mary were those of ' reproach, while her smile at my entrance died away, and her face grew white. “ I did not know your were coming, John. How could I?” “You might have waited, then !” I ex claimed. “And stayed at home, perhaps, to have had you laugh at me, with the rest. Be - sides, lam quite satisfied with my escort, and I believe I am the only person to be consulted in the matter.” , “As you will,” I said, turning on my heel, muttering the word, ‘ Coquet !’ between my teeth, and unheeding the little, pleading glance she sent from time to time across the room to where I stood. She was not without pride, and if she Buffered from my coldness she only smiled the brighter on others, until I grew mad with jealous anger. That night began a series of dissipations, with which 1 ern ’ ployed every leisure moment. I drank more deeply than I had ever done in my life—not, as before, for so-called good-will and good-fellowship, but to drown me „■ mory. I did not go near Mary for near a month. To me it seemed a year. Once, after a night’s carousal, I passed her on the street ; but not until long after did I learn of the bitter tears my haggard face and dissipated air had cost her. Finally, my better nature triumphed, and I went to her, repentant, to ask her forgiveness, and perhaps her love. On a long, lonely night ride I made up my mind to do this, though like a thousand mocking devils, memories of the moments I had spent in the last few weeks crowded around me, as though taunting me in con trast to her purity ; but with God’s help, I would make myself worthy, I said aloud, and X thought the hours would never drag along, until I could find myself once more in her presence. She came in to see me, held out her hand with a sweet smile of welcome, as though we had only parted yesterday, and yet—and yet there was a change. Ah, I learned it, all to soon ! In those few moments I told her the story of life for the past few months, of what it had been before I knew her—of what it should be if she would give me the assurance and promise of hex* love. I hen ''l paused. For a moment silence fell be tween us ; then. she A bright ‘ flush was in her cheeks, her lips trembled, her lashes veiled her eyes, but her lips faltered not. . , . “ John,” she said, “lam only a girl, it btiTO, but the man I marry must be a im.'a Perhaps I might have loved you” —hero a little tremble crept into her tone ‘i 1 have almost ceased to respect you Were you my husband I would fear for you, and fear and love cannot go hand in hand. , , . “ Stop,” I said. Do you want tc drive me back to the life I had hoped to have left behind me \ Oh, -Mary, do nqt so cruel. ' Be my wife, and let me prove the . Stuff that is in me.”

“No John,” she answered, softly; but the blue eyes she now raised to .me wove swimming in tears. “If you have seen the wrong, surely yon will not return to it. Rather, if you indeed love me. prove your self a man. It dues not take a battle-field to make a hero.” “ Provo yourself a man,” These wore the words that haunted me in the weeks that followed, saving me from the ruin I would else have drifted into, but torturing me with their hopelessness. What hope had I in my daily routine of duty of changing Mary’s mind 1 Yet, spite of her words, something in her eye had told me that she loved me, and that something gave me strength to live, and to withstand the daily temptations of my life. So six months passed, when one morn ing I mounted my engine to take the express train to 0 . We were going along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, when, suddenly right ahead of us, it seemed, a tiny speck of red fluttered on the track. 1 strained my eyes—l blew ray whistle. What could it bo 1 Merciful heavens ! Another instant it was made clear to me. It was a little golden-haired child, playing in the very face of the huge monster of death my hand was guiding to its destruc tion. I whistled “ Down brakes,” but, as I did so, knew it was of no avail. Before the order could be obeyed, it would be rendered useless. Then something within me said : “ Your life is worthless. Give it for that innocent life if it must be, but save it at the peril of your own. Had you been a better man, you might have had a little child like that praying for you at home.” It takes a long time, sir, to tell all this, hut in reality not one second had passed. At such times men think quickly. One bitter sigh rose to my breast. I would never have a chance of proving to Mary my manhood by some great deed in the future, or long years in penance. But it did not make my duty any less clear. Bill, the fireman, was behind me. “ Take the engine !” I screamed to him, “Good-by, Mary,” I whispered low to myself. The next minute, hardly conscious of what I was doing, I was down upon the cow-catcher of the train, clinging by one hand, the other outstretched to grasp the child, now paralysed with terror. Then we were upon it. It was killed, crushed, mangled. No ! I looked down. It was ’ safe, held within one strong arm, its iv.d dress fluttering in the wind, its golden head closely pressed against my shoulder. How was it done ! I cannot tell you, sir, God, they say, does not let the sparrow fall. Then the train checked its speed, stopped ; the passengers came crowding ; about us, men took me by the hand, women cried over me, and I—stood dazed, bewildered, in their midst, the child tight held within my arms. It was such a 1 simple thing ; yet, sir, they gave me, this, [ (throwing back his coat and showing a gold medal.) ' I wear it in thanksgiving for the little 1 life I saved. They raised for me a purse 1 of gold to a large amount, but the gift which ! seemed to cleanse my heart was the poor 1 mother’s grateful tears. The papers rang, next day, with the ! story. You see, sir, it seamed more to r them, looking at it, than to mo who had no time to stop and think ; but some r thing more was in store for me. I was \ off dutjr, the next night, alone in my - lonely, desolate room, thinking it all • over, when some one whispered my name. : In another moment some one was sobbing in my arms, some one had r come to me of her own sweet will—some ! one, who, from that moment, has 1 been the sunshine of my home and heart. '• That is all, sir. It is a simple story. I ■ trust I have not tired you. But I, as I grasped the noble fellow’s - hand, whose speech had so unconsciously ; betrayed the grand true heart within, ' could only echo his Mary’s words ; r “ It does not take a battle-field to make a ! hero.”

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1880.

Printed and , published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon,' at their Printing Office, East Street,. Ashburton ■ Tuesday, July 6, 1880,' T



A Pie a eoe the Nihilists. —A Russian Nihilist in England has offered the follow r ing plea for the justice of the attempted , assassination of the Czar :—“ English i journals,” writes the Russian, -l are making a mighty to-do about the i ‘ atrocious ’ attempt on the Czar. They ■ cry out because we have striven to slay ■ the good Alexander. Let us see how logical they are. A man named Paine is i being tried for his life for having given a woman brandy in order that she might ; drink herself to death; at least, this is ■ what is alleged of him. Should he be condemned, not one of them will have a word of pity, and his condemnation will certainly not be called ‘ atrocious.’ Now, in 1862 a powerful teetotal movement began in Russia, and as every solemn pledge is taken—according to the custom— in church, the priests were obliged to : assist in the ceremony. The new‘disease’ i spread very rapidly and the effects on the revenue were becoming apparent. Where upon the Tsar issued a ukase commanding the dissolution of the Society of Abstainers, and the apostles of temperance were forced either to keep absolute silence or to work secretly. In one case a single woman is the victim; in the other case eighty millions of our countrymen are refused all release from the national vice of drunkenness which is destroying our peasantry body and soul. The English writers condemn Paine, and called the Tsar blessed, al though the latter has a hundred crimes on his shoulders equal to the crime of crush ing the temperance movement.” Exhltmatiox.—Application was re cently made to the Prussian Home Minis try by the near relatives of a wealthy and eccentric old lady who died at Peri in early in February last, for permission to exhume her body, upon the following grounds:—The deceased, who, though she lived in a manner little short of penurious, was known to possess a large fortune in Government and railway stock, had expressed, a few hours before her death, the wish to he buried in the old clothes she was accustomed to wear in the house, and which she kept on throughout her last illness. Her relatives naturally complied with her death-bed instructions, and, after her body had been consigned to the earth, proceeded to take an inventory of her effects, and to search for the assign ments of scrip and other property. As, however, their anxious and exhaustive investigations bore no fruit in the way of valuable documents, they came to the conclusion that their defunct kinswoman, desirous not to be parted from her pro perty even in the grave, had sewn up her stock vouchers, and so forth, in the lining of the thread-bare gown in which they had laid her to rest. They have, there fore, petitioned the State authorities for leave to take up the miserly old dame’s body, upon the chance of finding their inheritance ingeniously concealed among the folds of its mortuary garment. Their application has been submitted to the legal advisers of the Prussian Crown, who will decide whether or not it may be legally granted ; and the result of the deliberations now pending upon this sin gular case is awaited with considerable interest by the Berlin public. Holloway’s Pills.—lmportant for the Delicate.—lt is difficult to determine which is the more trying to the human constitution—the damp, cold days of the autumn and winter,or the keen, dry, easterly winds of springs Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained by occasional doses of Holloway’s Pills, which purify the blood and act as whole some stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated medicine needs but a fair trial to convince tire ailing and desponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inconvenience, as by a timely recourse to them the first erring func aion maybe reclaimed, suffering may be soared and life saved.—Advt,



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Sold by all medicine dealers, at Is. l£d. —Depot, 493, Oxford street. ■O7HO is Mrs. WINSLOW 1 As this » » question is frequently asked, we shall simply say that she is a lady who for upwards of thirty years has untireingly devoted her time and talents as a female physician and nurse, principally among children. She has especially studied the constitution and wants of this numerous class, and, as a result of this effort and practical knowledge obtained in a lifetime as nurse and physician, she has com pounded a SOOTHING SYRUP for Chil dren. It operates like magic, giving rest and health, and is, moreover, sure to regulate the bowels. In consequence of this article, Mrs. Winslow is becoming world-renouned as a benefactor of her race. Children certainly do rise up and bless her. Especially is this the case in this city. Vast quantities of the Soothing Syrup are daily sold and used here. We think Mrs Winslow has immortalised her name by this invaluable article, and we sincerely believe that thousands of chil dren have been saved from an early grave by its timely use, and that millions yet unborn will share its benefits and unite in calling her blessed. No mother has dis charged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Try. it mothers, try it now.— Ladies’ Vi or, New York City. YALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NEWER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s. 6d. per bottle, is fast super ceding all the old restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing grey or white hair to its natural original color, for it will positively restore the hair in every case .of grevness to its original color, with out dyeing it or leaving that offensive smell which most of the hair preparations of the day do. This preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural color and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring it to its youthful freshness and vigor. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grey, or white hair to its natural color and richness. It is not a dye, nor does it con tain any coloring matter or offensive substance whatever. Hence it does not soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color within, the substance of the hair. Read the follow ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Chemist, Walkden : “One of my customers told ‘ me the other day he had had grey hair for thirty-five years, and after using one bottle of the Mexican Hair Rencwer I sold him, it was restored to and kept its natural color.” It may be had of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. 6d. per bottle.—Prepared by HENRY 0. GALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London. OCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS— These Pills consist of a careful and peculiar admixture of the best and mild est vegetable aperients, with the pure ex tract .of the flowers of the camomile. They will be found a most efficacious' remedy for derangement of- the digestive organs, and for torpid action of the liver and bowels, which produce indigestion and the several varieties of bilious and liver complaints. They speedily remove the irritation and feverish state of the stomach, allay spasm, correct the morbid condition of the liver and organs subser vient to digestion, promote a due and healthy secretion of bile,' and relieve the constitution of all gouty matter and other impurities, which, by circulating in the blood, most injuriously affect the action of the kidneys ; thus, by removing the causes productive of so much discomfort, they restore the energies of both body and mind. To those who indulge in the luxuries of the table these pills will prove highly useful, occasioning no pain in their action, unless they meet with an unusual quantity of acrid bile aiid acid matter in the stomach and bowels. To Europeans on their arrival in India or China they are recommended as a preservative against the fatal disorders peculiar to tropical climates. Their occasional use, if com bined with the strictest attention to diet, will be frequently found to remove at once, by their influence over the secre tions, that congestive and unhealthy con- : dition of the liver which is so often the earliest antecedent of severe febrile and constitutional disturbance. It must be understood that these pills are not recommended as containing any new or dangerously active ingredients; on the contrary, they are characterised- by a remarkable simplicity of combination, and whatever merit they may be found to possess depends as much upon the selec tion of pure drugs, and the unusual labor and attention bestowed upon their subse quent preparation, as upon the acknow ledged peculiarity of their composition. They are not recommended as a panacea, nor are they adapted to all complaints but as a mild and efficacious aperient and tonic in the various forms of indigestion, it will not, perhaps, be an exaggeration to state that they have been resorted to under all systems of diet, changes of cli mate, or atmospheric alternations with an extraordinary degree of success for upwards of seventy-eight years. This celebrated family aperient may be had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes 1 at Is 2s 9d, 4a 6d, and 11s Od, as f well as in India, China, New Zealand, and i he Australian Colonies. I Business Notices. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. gUBSCRIBERS in the Country are Particularly requested to communicate with the Publishers if their papers are not: properly addressed. The number of Sub scribers has increased.so rapidly that un-: Less great care is taken in giving orders as: ;o address and how to be sent, the papers nay be left at the wrong place. All order vill receive our prompt attention! 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Medical. OTEEDMAN’S 'SOOTHING POWDj,.., FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to : the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none arc genuine :• ’ ! Ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the GovermiEnt Stamp affixed to each packet. i = 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, JOHN STEEDMiN, _ Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereoi. ’ 3rd—'The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. i 4th- —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. : , . Sold in Packets by all Chemists and, Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. - 63 END’S FRUIT SALT. THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE. GOOD FOOD. How to enjoy good food that would other wise cause Bilious headache, disordered Stomach, Poisoned Blood, &c.—-use , ’ ENO’S FRUIT SALT. A NATURAL APERIENT. ENO’S FRUIT SALT, when taken with water, acts as a natural aperient, its simple but natural action removes all impurities, .thus preserving and restoring health. If its great value in keep ' ing the body in health were universally known, no family should be without it. Fagged, weary, and worn OUT! 1! Anyone whose duties require them to under go mental or unnatural excitement or strain— ENG’S FRUIT SALT is the best known remedy. It acts like a charm. It allays -ner vous excitement, depression, aud the injurious effects of stimulants and too rich food., .Its power in aiding the digestion is most striking; It also restores the nervous system toils proper condition (by natural means). Use ENO’S FRUIT SALT. You cannot overstate its great value in keeping the blood pure and free from disease. ENO versus STIMULANTS. An In sufficient amount of exercise frequently deranges the liver. ENO’S FRUIT SALT is peculiarly adapted for any constitutional weak- 1 ness of the livet. A world of woes is avoided by those who keep and use ENO’S FRUIT SALT.—‘'All our customers for Eno’s Salt would not be without it upon any consideration, : they having received so much benefit from itl— Wood Brothers, Chemists, Jersey, 1878.” : Every travelling trunk and/ HOUSEHOLD in the world ought to contain a Bottle of ENO’S FRUIT SALT, prepared from Sound, Ripe Fruit, as a Health giving, Cooling, Sparkling, and Invigorating Beverage for any Season. .It is the best Prc- - ventive and Cure for Biliousness;: Sick - Head ache, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blocd; Fevers, Pimples on the Face, Giddiness Feverishness, Mental Depression, Want of Appetite, Sour ness of Stomach, Constipation, , Vomiting, Thirst, &c., audio remove the effects of errors in Eating and Drinking. ENO’S FRUIT SALT.— From the Rev. Dr Hurst, Vicar of Collorly:—" I have nsed your Fruit Salt for many years, and have verified your statements. The thanks of the public are due to you for your unceasing -efforts to relieve suffering humanity. Long may you live to be a blessing to the world.” ENOIS FRUIT SALT.-—"After .suffering for nearly two and & half years from severe headache and disordered stomach, .'and after trying almost everything and .spending : much money without finding any benefit, I was recommended by a friend to-try ,-ENO’S FRUIT SALT, and before T had finished one - bottle I found it doing me a great deal of good, and now I am restored to, iny usual-health ; and others I know that have tried it have not enjoyed such good health for years/—Yours most truly, Robert Humphreys, Post Office, Barrasford.” .-’'-I ,fif\ Agents for New Zealand, ij ''' MESSRS. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER, AND CO. Business Notices. 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