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Ac. >i. Ja'_ E T> le^crip I'm df Ptt<:~-iij ia! 2.i i^tx-ca>:tns done on -O'. ^ifi-/ / rr .mei t protection U'Tt J* it n ixon Gi i "f fCOfl.000 4,051,000 I,170,S55 14 i,00J teeth shaip as noodles', flexile, treacherous, smooth, lawny ulcin and yellow oyus that flashed fierce ly. Never, oven in her best moods, I had she been mibmiBsive, and her mildest play was rougli in tho ex treme. The lion tamer turnod from h s companion to go nnd dress for Lib attractive but dangerous porfofui unco ; but'before doing so, ho visit ed the double cago, and made a critical examination of the beasts, who any instant might bo to him aa fate. Thoro waq nothing to especially awaken fear; and, half vexed with himself for having been needlessly disturbed, ho pas Bed from tho great canvai into a smaller compartment,! and found sz A -tT-9y FLrB 35H.I.S. 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Carriages At Reasonable Rates. HlR Rigs and HorseBnre the best that can b*1 had, and he is determined not to besurpaj>sed by an> City Stable. Acton Jail 1st, 1875. LU m The undersigned" begs ieaive to iutetm the people of Acton and jhut- *onndinjieighborhood frbat tie has froeared a magnificent HEARSE And is prepared to attend and con- 4uct Funerals on the shortest notice r-*d most moderate terms. s CattxU, Cojfins, Burial Roles, And all kinds of Funeral Furnutt- WgB kept id stock, and Supplied^, on the shortest notice. Rat Bands and Gloves supplied when required. DAY SHOWS THE LARGEST STOCK OF WALL PAPER Ever shown in Guelph, all I New and CPnoice and prices lower than ever. Children's Carriages To be gold off cheap,>at Day's New Bookstore Nearly opposite the old stand. ftuelrhi April 24,1877._______ JOB POINTING of all kinds eatly and promptly executed at the FKEE PRESS OFFICE, Acton, Feb, JOHN SPEIGHT 10, 1877. THE LION TAMER. " That lioness will be tho death of you yet, Joo." "Pahaw!" and Joe Amberly, " the tion tamer'* of a large travel ling circus, laughed at tho predic tions of his assistant. " You may laugh as much rs you please, but some daj j ou will hud I am right, nnd that to join sorrow, though then it will be too lite," ' "I have performed with till the animals foi *<jluo }eaio, and lie;el had any difficulty." " You forget the one at Long- town." " That didn't amount to much I soon brought him to bubji-ctiou.'J " But the trouble coiuiue'nced with this, sume lioness " " Yes, thaugh it wouldu't have- been so had if those cat* of hunting leopaida had not jiet uj| a ft 11, and drawn the b-laek tiger into tho uf- "-bhe has a bad temper wh'ii it is up is tho most treacherous beast I ever fed or had an\ thing to do with. I have been watching her close for a couple of dujs," continued the a>fai&cuiiL, *' and know she is mighty crusa grained. So, depend upon it, you are going to have trouble," " I don't see why more thun at unv other tune " " There are times, and you know it, if jou will only reflect and ibis is one of tbeiu. If I was in join place, I wouldn't tiy to show oif to clay with any extras, but just give a. common perform ance, and get out of the cage a& quick as 1 could." " You know what we advertise, and what a crowd has gathered. ' " Yea," with a laugh , " and I know we never have or do one half there is in the bills. Paper is cheap, Joe, but human life is preci ous. Think how poorly ofl you would leave your wife and child if anything should happen to you, and -what would become of ) our wife if anything should happen to the child V ".Do not mention itl" The man who had handled and tamed and toyed with the savage beasts as if thwy had boco harmless kittens, groaned aloud at the thought. A man of the most ar dent, even passionate nature, he j bowed down in woiship to his wife and little girL And that day it Lad been advertised that he would take hia child'aiid a pail of blood into the cage with him. It was a very daring, foolhardy project at the bast; but how much more bo when the beasts were doubly savage and out of temper when the slightest thing might arouse them to all their pristine fury, and the fierce blood of the wilderness assert itself in all its teaiT>estuous wrath. But the husbandly and fatherly emotion was soon conqueied. The habit of years and his natural strength gave him self reliance; and it would take more than idle words to turn him from, his pur pose, no matter how dangerous it might appear to others. The old lion in the cage, though a monster in size, was inoffensive, tame and obedient. In the lan guage of the keepers, he was " good lor nothing but to make a show and sit back in the corner, grind his teeth and growl." Besides, he waa his friend, and upon more than one occasion he had acted the part of a peacemaker. The leopards a pair of spotted cheetahs were scarcely to be taken .into consider ation. The black tiger, the most rare and strikingly beautiful ani mal in any collection, was ordi narily quiet, though when fully aroused not to be trifled with, f But the lioness was the especial one to be watched. She was a beaat of uncommon power, with massive aims, long carving claws, Xext the Post O^Jee, MU1 Stwti. 1 lithe and nervous as a serpent his wife and child waiting for him the one a young and beautiful womun, and the other a Yry fairy of a child, whose hair bung down upon her back, as the brightest and finest of spun silk. " I am sorry, Joo,*' said tho wife and mother, as her husband enter ed, " that you have consented to so foolish a performance aa the one advertiBod for to day/' " Why, May 1" and h looked most earnestly at her, " Because the ordinary perform ance is hazardous enough." " Then you think this more so 1" " I don't know that it is," she replied, having the utmost confid ence in her husband's ability j " but honif how I don't altogether funcy having Inez taken into the cago " " You know my lctibon for con senting, and that it would never Have been given h*d your us&ent not been hi t obtained " " Ceitninly, and it waa very^ good of you, Joe " "Tliutit was promised on ac count of ut) salary being i anted." " Yes." " And that it was to tecuro the j rise of sulmy, so as tho sooner to accumulate. e,uough to buy u little home Hguniht the rainy davs that might come " " Yes, mv dear Joe ; buf" with a f.tnile " hud not pude something to do with it 1 Tb it's the curse of the pi oft scion Each one is ul- wajs trying to outdo tho other running risks on that account the} would not otherwise attempt." " Well, May, I only gave my promise to do the act once, but even now will give it up if you Bay the word I had rather disappoint all the malingers and be called a coward b\ all t'uo rabblo in thi world, than cause your heart to beat with fear, or to bring tears into your eves." " No, no, Joe Don't think I have lost confidence and pride in you. No, don't think of giving it up. I sujipo3or I am foolishly nervous. But you will be careful, and not run any unnecessary riskl" " My own haart would have to be torn out beforo anything should happen to our dailing," and he stooped, taised the child, tossed her up, kissed her, and hugged her to his bosom. " But yourself, Joe V " Oh, I'll look out for number one." The conversation did not tend to ease his mind, and before diessing he went out and held another con versation with his particular atten dant, and took another look into the performing cage. The animals were more quiet than when he had seen there pre viously , the lioness especially ap peared in a playful mood, and with something of a load lifted from his heait he returned, with but little time remaining befote he would be called upon to prove bis right, to the proud title of Lion Tamer. And every inch he looked one as he steppejl m view of the dense ly crowded1- assembly. Gorgeous in his new costume, and with a look of calmness and determination upon his face looked, with bis tall and sinewy form, fit to grapple with and overcome the fiercest beasts that ever prowled amid the jungles of Asia and Africa, and made night teirible with their i oaring. A burst of applause a perfect tempest of huzzas and clapping of hands greeted him as he swung his little girl, dressed in silver tissue, and with the gossamer wingR and tiara of sparkling jewels aoound her golden curls, that re- piosent the tiaditional fairy, upon his shoulders. While looking at his stalwart prdportionB, the men thought what a dangerous antagon ist he would be, and the young mothers shuddered at so beautiful a child being taken into a den of savage animals. With a graceful bow and the dignity of a Roman conqueror, the lion tamer strode through the circle, disappeared behind the cage, and with such rapidity as to aston ish the audience, stood within the compartment where the huge lion waa lying and the agile leopards leaping about, and had placed hia child between the jaws of the greater biuta, nnd sho was play fully toying Svini its shaggy mane. For a time he made the leopards leap about him jas kittens, jumping from corner to corner, resting upon his broad shoulders, hounding light ly over tho extended whip. Then he gave his attention to the mother lion, opened lier immense jaws, placed his arm and thrust his head between them, rlaisod his fairylike child upon its back, and made it march around with her. Then he prepared to throw the two cagoi into one. t " Let Inez come out now," whis pered the attendant, uneasily " You have enough already to keep your promise, and the audience won't know the difference." " No, I will go through. Mind what 1 told you and have things ready in case there should be trouble, though 1 don't fancy any," Then he continued aloud, and so as to bo plainly heard by everyone : " Hand me the pail of blood." A cold shiver, a supernatural awe appeared to pass through the frame of all as the vessel, dripping with crimson drops, was given to him, and more than one asked themselves if tho man was mad to thus not only risk his own life, but that of his beautiful child. And when he loosened and thrust aside th* partition, and the fierce lioness and sleek tiger came bounding in, iheir breath was absolutely bus ponded, and their hearts moment arily censed to beat. " Down 1" The tiger obeyed, and the footvof the lion tamer was upon hi neck, " Up!" i And the leopards were purring like great cats upon his shoulders, while the lioness lay crouched with her tawny paws thruBt through the burs and growling .severely. " For mercy's sake let her alone," whispered his attendant, "and mind not kick over the pail. If the blood should be spilled, it would be all over with you both All the men in tho world couldn't save you." ' Stand ready, but keep still. The brute shall mind." His child was sitting on the back of the lion, and smiling in that den of horrois. Her confidence in her father was sublime was as perfect' as her love. She never dreamt of fear when he was near to pro tect, and while the lookers on shud dered, she innocently deemed it a pleasant pastime. " Down !" The leopards leaped to either corner ahd cronchetTdawn, " Come!" The lioness grumblingly arose, crawled suddenly to his feet, rose and laid her great claws upon bis shoulder, making him swerve with her weight, and raising her terrible head upon a level with his own. Slowly 'and slowly they turned round as if waltzing, the low mut terings of the beast becoming more plainly audible every moment, and her yellow, feline eyes snapping with hidden fiies. With an naiazing exhibition of strength he wrestled with, tripped and threw her frrm him, and the canvas tenti rang again. But in 8t8ntly she waa upon her feet, lashing her sides with her prehen sile tail, drawing back her lips so as to show her teeth, and uttering the deepest and fiercest growls. " Foi the love of mercy, hand out your child, Joe," said his at-; tendant. , I " Wait a moment. I shall be done very quickly." The crowning feat waa yet to come. It waa one upon which he had bestowed much time and upon which he pnded himself was a tableau of wild beasts, With man hood and childish beauty for the central attraction. He stepped to the corner, led the monster lion foith into the centre of the cage, made him lie down, placed the little girl Upon him, and stood astride. Then a shrill whistle brought the cheetah leopards bounding upon his shoul ders and standing up with paws crossed above hia head, and the black tiger erect upon, hia left, Slid throttled with his hand. But the lioness failed to do his bidding and take her place upon his right. She lay in the act of springing, and at but a little distance. " Come." There was no movement and the whip was raised "and foil heavily upon her head. That was all that was needed to awaken her latent ire, and with a roar like that given in her native forest, she sprang with almost resistless force toward him. Ashaip, stinging blow on the bridge of the nose for a moment cowed her, and she might have been conquered, had She not parti ally fell upon and upset the pail and deluged the floor of the cage in blood! Then all became the wildest commotion the most terrible fend savage sounds. Every beaBt sprung down, lapped the blood, and (hen turnod upon him. Even the veteran lion appeared to forget the long years of training, and some* thing of his young forest life blazed forth. ' Amberly comprehended all in an instant, and the father triumphed over the actor. He snatched up the now terrified and screaming child, sprang with her to the door, thrust her into the hands of the watchful attendant, and would have followed, had not the lioness grappled and drawn him back, rending bis shoulders with her sharp claws, and causing the blood to stream over his rich dress. He was fighting against moat desperate odds, knew it, backed into a corner, and called for his irons. One, red hot at the end, was handed to him, but at the first stroke the lioness sent it whirling, and her sharp teeth alruoBt met for a moment his thigh. " Hand me something sharp with which I can brain the brute 1" Everything upon which bands conld be laid was thrust to him, but he failed to reach them, 1 and the danger was becoming more and more imminent. The blood had been lapped up clean all were mad with desire, the tiger and the leopards crouching upon him. Then the. majesty of command as serted itself. "Gome, Samson." The old lion came forward at the words, seemed to comprehend that something was wrong, thrust himself between his master and his raging mate, and, when she turned upon him, sent her rolling with a blow of hia great paw. The lionr tamer might have escaped ; but bleeding, wounded as be was, he would not retreat, and turned his attention to separating the now i tangled mass of fighting animals. Picking.up one leopard after another, he drew them into a further corner of the cage, drag ging the tiger with the lioness Clinging to it and tearing its glossy hid", thither, tore open its paws by main strength, hurled it back and shut the partition, turned, reeled to the door, fell upon it, and was dragged through to safety, even with the lioness rattling behind him aa it was closing. A few steps taken, and the lion tamer fell fainting by the side of hia already insensible wife, who lay with her affrighted child hugged closely to ber scarcely beating heart. I Then the silence that had been as death was broken by the most tumultuous shouts, and breath was drawn! again, and half-fainting women and fear-palsied men felt as if at mountain had been lifted foom their hearts. Lame, tors and weak, the lion tamer | entered the cage the next day before the most unprecedented Eloquent Pytbian Ppeecli. and their Queen. (Loud applause.) The follosvint? eloquent spoech by j " whil our country is potermin- Dr. John S. King, of Toronto, ous WIth yurs from Eaafc ^ West Grand Chancellor of the knights'of ollr labor M fell^ Pythian work.- Pvthias of Ontario, was delivered , er8 ,8 equally eo-extensive. Pvthian- last week at the banquet m Cleve land, in response to the toast-r- " The Knights of Canada, though Her Majesty's loyal subjects, our brothers Btill." It is interesting not only to members of the Order, but to Canadians generally : " I thank you, Sir, for the pleas ing sentiments to which you gave ism in Canada has been, so to speak, a tender seedling shoot of older so cieties, transplanted from the American nursery into the Cana dian field or garden already largely pre-pecupiod by numerous other Orders. Yet, notwithstanding this fact, its growth has been satisfac tory. It has taken firm root in such kindly utterance in proposing Canadian soil, bloomed in promise, the toast with which my name has and 1B even now bringing forth on this occasion been connected ; | g004 frult- ..lts continuous protec and you, Ladies, Brother Knighjs, crowd, it having been advertised that he would do so in his bloody clothes, but never again could he be tempted to take child or pail of blooi behind the bars. not Temper and Bash Action. Asian instance of what hot tem per and rash action can accomplish to ruin a life, an affair -that ocenr- ed at Sharon, Fa., is one of the best lllusti ations. A young lady, Hiss Kate McGilvery, waa out driving alone, and when on State street she desired to get ahead of a wagon. She called out to the driver to tuin aside so that she could pass. He was a. deaf, infirm old man, named Bell, and at first lid not hear what she said, but after a second or third call did aa requested. Misunderstanding Mr Bella delay, the young lady on hei arrival at home told her father that the old man bad tried to frighten her horse. Mr. McGilvery is veiy impetuous, and this made him so angry that he started down town to find Mr. BelL He met him in fi ont of a store, and, without warn ing, knocked him through the win- d >w, cutting his bead badly though not seriously. Mr. Bell was re moved t* hiB residence, and his son Richard was so maddened by his father's condition that he de termined to punish hia assailant. He found him in front of the very store where the first assault had been made, and picking up a two- pound brass weight he hurled it at Mr. McGilvery's head, fracturing the skull. The wounded man died in a few hours. Miss Kate, the innocent cause of all the trouble, has lost her reason, and is now a raving maniac, though her physi cian has slight hopes that she may recover from the shock. Young Bell was taken in custody, i and Gentlemen, for the cordial re ception accorded the offer of that toast. x I feel disposed to consider the proposition ,of the toast as be ing more than a passing compli ment to one of the younger juris dictions, and intended rather to die- play the fraternal regard of Pythian- ism, linked with a national friend- | ship towards Canadians. " As a brother Knight it does my ^ heart good to behold with what peace and unity this large gather ing of representative men can meet on a common platform, forgetting the many political and religious differences, and join hands in up holding principles, Christian in origin, beneficent in application, and humanizing in their influence upon a common humanity. And none the less gratifying is it to ray- self and my brother Canadians to feel that the imaginary line that extends from the Atlantis on the east to the Pacific on the west, across one of the greatest divisions of the earth, dividing two nation alities, or rather two descendants of one nationality, is not an im passable barrier, nor marks the lini it of social and fraternal intercourse between the component parts ot-j these nationalities. (Applause ) " I feel sure that all who now hear me cannot but concur with the view that it is but fitting that we who spring from a common origin, speak a common language, who have a common interest in sustain ing Christianity, advancing civili zation, arts and science, and pro mulgating those principles upon which the peace, harmony, and prosperity of individuals, communi ties, and nationalities to a large ex tent depend, should on occasions of this kind offer our congratulations to each other that societies such as the Knights of Pythias and kin dred Orders have done so much to obliterate the feelings of antagon ism that/ are wont to become de> veloped between people of different } nations. (Applause.) " Though not desiQous of treneh ing on the domain of governmental and international policy, X cannot but express my personal opinion that the time must come when both the American and Canadian govern ments will see it to ba a correct principle, productive of enhancerl=|sS0^Pan'f benefit to both equally, to have established a reciprocity of trade relations, as we -have now existing a reciprocity of fellowship and fra ( ternal courtesies. (Applause ) " True it is that we in Canada sometimes hear of intimations that our American neighbor is hinting at proposals, if not actually propos ing for the hand of Miss Canada, with a, view to a permanent annex ation^znatrimonial alliance. Though not speaking authoritively for Can ada, yet, as a Canadian, to the man or born, I may intimate that, how ever flattering to Canada s vanity this evidence of affection for her may be, I am firmly convinced that she prefers not to leave her motbei yet, one who has oeen so good and kind to her, and has nurtured her with true womanly care through her infancy, childhood and youth, and has given her so many assur ances of maternal affection. (Ap plause ) However desn-able it might be from [the suitot's stand point, Miss Canada prefers to main tain tho integrity of BriUarWs family circle, but will ever, I trust, exhibit trnej neighborly courtesy, and do all in] ber power to perpetu ate amity and reciprocity oi' good feeling A sentiment in the toast, which found in you neatly endorse ment, is that of the loyalty of your Canadian brotliecs to Her Majesty. On behalf of all my Canadians, some fifty of whom were in the city to-day, I admit that on this count If P' \ tion and culture I feel sure will be under the supervision of trusty and competent men. The pruning knife has | been freoly used, ahj will again be as circumstances rtquiie. Your brethren in Canada are not, as numerically strong as- the great majority of grand jurisdictions, and are withal widely scattered. In Ontario grand jurisdiction alone, a thousand miles separates the most eastern from the most western 1 jdge. But, rthough distance separ ates the membership, nothing Kb present exists to separate tteit uuity of purpose and woik neces sary to make us in time a very strong and influential body] in Can ada. Our growth, though slow, is steady anil healthy. Our future pi ospects look bright; entire har mony every wheie prevails. Devo tion to Pythian punciples, and ' loyalty to Pythaan authority char acterize the members in Ontario, and I piedict from this place, and in the hearing of"this gathering to night, that ere many more sessions of the Supreme Lodge shall have been held your biethren in Ontario will have given convincing evid ence of their appreciation of the principles which form the founda tion of our honoiable Order, and | that they will have established a long list of lodges on our Roster, with a strong, worthy and influen tial membership m eaeh of the several Provinces of the Dominion, and have built up a giand jurisdic tion, to which our Supreme Official Head will refer with pnde as one of the st rongest and most efficient of his royal supporters in the en tire Pythian domain. " The honour done Ontario by a visit front the supreme Head of the Order recently has accomplish ed much towards impressing On tario Knights with the _^Eonviction that fu)ong the multiplicity and strength' of Jurisdictions, they have not been forgotten. Mutual inter course of members, as well aa frequent official intercourse, cafinot but greatly strengthen fraternal regard and peal for the Order in each Grand Jurisdntion, and when this is extended to the wide range of the Supreme Jurisdiction, and our American biethren and the officers ,and members of the SuT preme Lodge, the honor of_whose T I fully enjoy to-night, are not unmindful as they have fully shown not to be of the ex istence of brother Knights in Cn- I ada. I can also assure yon n ost heartily, with full conviction of the trutb, that nowhere vrill you find brethren more appreciative, uiore energetic, or more loyal to the cause of Pythianism. " .Before concluding I must 'ex press-to you all mv fullest appreci- ationcof this most knightly hospit ality; and offer yon the congratula tions of a Canadian Knight wh& toiling in the North with brethren true and tried, deterred by no obstac1, to build up our Order by enrolling a multitude of honorable, willing workers for the cause----on the BUCC3S8 of the order universal, the efficient discharge of official' duties oi the part of those placed in the 1 igh Httd honourable posi tions of t>-ust, and lastly, particu larly to those brethren under w hose special supei vision we are being benqueted in state to-night. " Brethren, gatherings such as this waiiu into life and vigoi every dormant energy, and bring ua to a just conception of how great and glorious are those principles which unite ua whi.e workirg for the corj- mon weal of a common humanity. Asj the night and daikness of lining as an Order have liise to the light of dawning with our Pythian horizon with golden prospects, let Jf*-': !! "-! our given mom, fringe- The strike on Albert street yes terday morning was promptly quel led. The old lady marched upon the scene with a broom, and the boy took the saw and returned to work on the wood pile at the old Tates. A shoemaker generally BhutB up at sunset, His wife isn't! apt to " abut up" till she falls asleep. us shake eff all slumber and leth- we are guilty, and put in a plea of [ argy and enter refreshed upon the justification. (Laughtei.) How important duties of the hour, nor rich in meaning r is the term loyal- be qiscouiaged though occasional ty. How valued its possession, clouds should for a time darken whether it be loyalty to principle, our (sky and mar the -view of to laws, to institutions, or to coun-1 Pythian progress These Will soon try loyalty, sir, is a birthright of flit by and the succeeding sunshine Canadians, and it ia, I doubt not, j of our prosperity will be all the of the millions who compose the i bnahter. Then, as the eventide of great American nation. Loyalty . our] labors draws nigh, we shall be to principle, as strongly character- able to behold the uigathering qf a izea'fhe honorable man, aa loyalty ' bounteous harvest of ripe and to one's country characterizes the golden fruits, as the reward of in- true citizen. I am proud to say I dtiBtrious, virtuous application, and that yur Canadian brothers'^ over j participate in the " Harvest Home" the lakes, who "vie with yon in the ofl thankfulness, and join in the earnestness of their loyalty to anthem song of " Peace on earth, Pythian principles and authority,' good will toward men" (Loud are not less loyal to their country apd continued applause.)" i-