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A THOROUGH &3 CHARACTERISTIC of ulted to the vant, of the times, The charges are mo lorate, ths risk noth the age, where y ons of the Press, letters from prominent business nen, our students are the guarantees of competency and succ SUBJECTS Book-keeping--by single aud dou | Ags al ~ | Arithmetic, Correspondence, Commercial 1 ing, Railrcading, Steamboating, ete, ete, Mec Ontario Commercial College, Belleville, Ont. AND PRACTICAL INSTITUTION FOR BUSINESS oung men and boys can procure aun education ing, the result unvariable, and. the opini- and the united admission of ess ollered by this College. . udsedsof TAUGHT. ble entry, Spencerian Penmanship, aw, Phenogray Ly, Telegraph- hanical and Architectural Drawing, ; The Shadow on the Blind. Alas! what errors are sc metimes conmitted, Whint blunders are made, what duties omitted, What scandles arize, what mischief is wrought, For want of a moment's reflection and thought ! How. many a fair reputation has flown [knewn; | Through astabin the dark from some person un- Or «ome ta e spread abroad with assiduons care, When the story the strictest inspection would bear ! How often rage, malice, and envy are found ; How often contention and hatred abound [dwell | | Through a misunderstanding ,alas, who cantell § Mr. Ferdinand Plum was a grocer by trade, Where trué love should exist, and harmony | * Oh, that is Jared Walker. He lives | xith us now. Don't you remember his | Landown, turning red in the face. Jared father--old Timothy Walker--that used | stopped and 8st down his bucket. to live in the little black house Lack of the college I" "Seems tr me I do remember such a name; but, I never knew him." pst He used to work for father, but he died a few years ago, and Jared cawe to (dive with us." *' Ah--is it possible 7 vttered the youth, with's condescending air. Yes, it is just | macy vith every floor-aweeper who bap- | jike the like your father, always kind. But this master Jared needs sowie | etter manners." ** Better: manners!" iterated Laura. | © # Now look ye," continued Landown, | *¢ this wakes the third or fourth time you | have spoken to me since I entered college, { snd I'want no more of it. 1 'hought wy | silence might have given you the hint, but | it seers you are too dull to take a hint, [ Now'dow't you dare to recognize me again | for Idon't choose to be nm terms of inti- | pens to know my name." | Jared did¥t 'dare to trust himself to | mitke & reply, for he was touched to the ' r i #8¢top you a moment," uttered yonfig | rendy to start; and next Monday I shall | basfl. Ho spoke in a very happy and sat- isfied mecod. ' ** Have yon engaged a secretary 1 ask- ** Yes----an excellent ove." "Do you know him" 240, ype" " Andfho ishe 1" * Jurefle--" "Jared Walker, I said. Fow do ym of going with us }** But did not answer, | huog her fat She only cvuld see that she wae blushing | el Laura, id ther head and trembled, while | Words of Pussies! The following funny puzzles in ard pronounciation lusy awuse our readers ;-- ; There is one word of only five letters, and if you take two As te will Te main, What word is that? Itis often. If §ou ts wil renin, | St le Ae of den There is a word of five letters, and if you take away two of them, six will re- | main, What isit? | © Fixty., Take away fy, tix will remain. | Here is the puzzle :-- Take away my frat Jefter, take away my second letter, tuke away all my. lt. ters, and law the same. Can you guess { that 1 il | Yon are right; it is mail-currier, There 'sa word sbich, if yon change the place of tne of the letters, means exactly the opposite from what it did at first. What is the word! It is muted, Place the 1 after the ¢, aud it becomes untied. Can yon tell me what letter it is that has never boon uscd but twice in Amer. cal : H .e . It is a--it is ouly used twice in Amer- ica. ' Can §on tell me when there were only two vowels | . It was in the days of Noah, lLefore Shing oo and I were born--iu the days of no a before u and i were born. i. What is a word of one syllable, which if you take away two letters from it, will become a wird of two syllables? You mpst try ond guess that for itis my last puzzle, It is plague; take sway Are you sorry for the } PEO It becomes wgnes yg, {| Whr is a shoemaker like a true "Why, 1 thought Jared 'was one of the | quick, and he knew if he gave liderty to | po : : Sa most scrupulous young men in his man- his tongue he might say too'miich, so he | «ff will make the best companion I ners I" + isin} Picked up Lis pail and started en his way. | eonld have found. "He speaks French. + Perhaps he is--ah, I don't dogbt it. | Perhaps it was well for Jared that this af- | Geran and Spanish with fluency. I hope { But he actually bowed to me on tHEstreet | fair happened, for from that moment he | v,, will be satisfied. 1 should have taken this morning--bowed to me when I was in was resolved that Albert Landown should | Albert Landowsi Lut he was not qpalified company with a coup's of friends from the-| not be the best scholar. 3 | in the Jeast. South. Really I feit as though I should | Time passed on, and Jared won more | change 1" i ted -| sink through the sidewalk. Hadu't you | and more upow the respect and love of the { No, no, indeed I am not," murmured Beosunt he Seieltiid 1» he lth. a better speak to him and tell him not to re- professors, and they showed their love by | the faie girl, hiding her face in her fathers | cessful lover and his rival ! The one Bae cognize me again on the street." | rendering Lim every assistance in their | hogom, ~ | his Miss, the other wisses his kiss. " You must. excuse me, Mr. Landown, | power. Every Sunday he passed beneath | And so Jared Walker accompanied Mr. { If you dou't guess this, why are you for I couldn't do sich errands, even for | the roof of Mr. Atkins/and that kind old | Atkins to Europe, where thy remained | like an industrous cobller ! Because you | you. I only wish the rest of the young | man was highly gratified *o find how rapid | fur vears,and when they returned the will stick at the last. . SH wen in our town needed no more cultiva- | was the advance which the youth made. | \,inigter had piven up the con'rol of his | . Ww ie The 2S Shatetvae mentioned ! tion of manners than does Jared Walker » | But yet 'be knew not all toward which | fiir child 10. his young secretary. Laura In . iy ~ i Te vines This seemed to operate as a sort of damp- | Jared's mind was grasping. Sometimes had become Mrs. Walker, and a happier stnden 1 Because he studies the A | Jared sat and conversed with Laura, and he | bride it would have been hard to find. ets (profite). x | was surprised to find how deep and clear What would a nut eay if it could speek? » was her understanding. Give me none of your jew. : "Have you studied French yet I" shé : What is nost like a hen stealing 7 | asked one day, ore Sabbath afternoon, as | A little episode in the life of Detective A Cock Rubin. . ak of 14 they sat together. ! i Becker, of Newark, reads like a novel | bg bi ! ee V's wai drobe consist of | | "Not yet, returned Jared, but Iam writer's story. Mr. Becker was gidered | 01%8 Wreteled cautery, | } y Ty. | going to study it." 8 | to Fort Wayne some time ago to work up = : 4 That's right, continued the fair girl, | a counterfeiting gang. After much rom- A pew kind of cotton, known as napkin, | for 1 am going to study it, and it will be ¥ w + COBIRY, M.D, FL, HYS;CIAN, SURGEON, AND ACCOVCHELTR, King Sireet, € 3 - ATendo and 0.1% "Nearly rosie HOD bs nel . By attention and tact he a fortune bad made ; No tattier, nor maker of mischief was he, But as honest a man as you'd e'er wish to seél Ola eNapel, close by, he was deacon, they say, "And his winister lived just over the way. A Staff of Seven Practical and Experienced Teachers. | Those who ean devote a few months to study i yi: rents who ha NS i iho desirous oh : hanging their present occupation for" somethipa more me Rh lt! Heme iver to sand hls awn busi ness systematically, will fiud that the advantageswe offer Queenston ang erpool / EE GI SS FRANCIS RAE, M, D, TYSICIAN. XN RAE IN, ACCOUCH err, aa lk Coroarr. King St, Gshawa- 1-2 4% Specimens of Penmanship, aud Journal containing all particulars sent free of charge. Mr. Plum was retiring to rest one night, dress, 8. G. BEATTY & Co.. Belleville He had just undress'd and put out the light, And pull'd back the blind As he pecp'd from behind ('Tis a custom with man to do so you'll find), When glancing his eye, He happen'd to spy On the blinds on the opposite side --oh, fle! (see, Two sliandows ; esd, motion of course he could And the people were quarrelling evidently, "Well, 1 sever," said P. as he witnessed the strife, "1 declare "tis the minister beating his wife!" | The minister held a thick stick in his band, | And his vife ran away as be shook the brand, | Whilst her shricks and cries were shocking to hear, [clear And the sounds eame across most remarkbly " Well, things are deceiving, But ' secing's believing," 5 . Said Plum to himself as he turn'd into bed ; | "Now, who would have thought HANKFU \ AS * fn Ny That man would have fought UA NEICL ICR PAST FAYORS WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM | ont eget wit oh ur sonidos and bed | cai mal momosylaio. | With a great big stick, Jared Walker soon entered the apart- Jover| WH. FREDERICK Mo 3RIAV, M. I A.R.C.8 NUYS HOSPITAL, LONDON. ENG. | ( N LAND. Res od oO site W. IL. Gibbs' | wa. - New DNominion Cabinet Wara-rooms. resideace, Simuoe Si a JOIN MetILL, I, ICENCED AUCTIONFFP, OSFA- wa, All orders left at this Ogfice will be promptly attended to. 1-2 CL VARS L P.§, 4 MSA INSERTED ON 'ALL' THE latest pripciples of the art. as clesp as the cle pest, and good ag the Lest. Teeth filicd wi h Gold a r.. Teeth extracted without pain by produ eal auaestlLesia. { D-ntal Raoms in Cowan's New Block, over Atkinsou's Dmg Store, King St, Oslawa. 342 er upon the rising spirits of the young exclusive, and it was some time before he |-eould rally, but at length he managed to | regain his wonted spevch, and for a while | | he rattled away at a mass of " small talk" to which his listener only answered by oc- W. SMITH, Osmyw = : 000 WALTER WIGG & SON, A Detectives Story. re . J. FERGIE SON, ICENTIATEorDENTAL SURGERY. | 4 ©%ce over tha Grocery of Messrs. Simpson Bros:, King St, Oshawa. , Al erations grofunmied in a skilful manner. Residence in the same building, | Atleast three inches thick? A Ly {I am sure her shrieks quite flli'd me with dread. | Ment. His face was all tremulous with | emotion, and he seemed to be laboring 1've a great mind to bring The whole of the thing fread | having a natural pink tint, has been suc: ble he sncceeded in getting admitted 'to cessfully raised in Texas. ' Sidskoards, Tuscaus, Bopkeases, Sofas, Couches. hairs of all kinds, and svery- thing in their line ef business. ARDY tar faellities for the rapid 28¥. the smbscriber R STOCK WARE 250 offered iu Oshawa & part of f Cut Nails: SD BEST ASSORT- ARRISTERS., ATTORNEYS, SO- LICITORS, Conveyancers and Notaries Pie, Oshawa, South-East Corner of King and Sinose Streets, x: MONEY to Lends lortgages bought and (Ra) 5. M. COCRKANL, L, L. B., ARRISTER, ATTORNEY-at-IAW, dlicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &c.-- | n Bigelhw"s New Building, Dundas st., . LL 1-2 CRIIAVIGOD AND M(MIIEEN' | BiRRisrens AND ATTORNEYS. | AT-LAW, Sclicd ors-in-Cl saceay, Notaries Pubic. Conveyancers, &eo,, Whitly, * Morey to an. | J. HaMER GRLLNWCOD. * A. G. MILLAN «WW, srr, PATENT, INSUR- al Agent, Simcoe Street, sine of Steamers ie B. SIERIN & Cou, | FAREWELL & McGEE, { | | i The cheapest and FHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS | | P . | We have g:t the Lest Patent Balance Pictures, Looking-glasses, Picture Frames made to order in every etyle Window Blind Lifter, and the very best Steel Spring. Bed Bottom in the Dominion, So the people say, and what every person says {| THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT SPLENDID Cofiins kept on hand and made Une door West of Wilson's Ne must be true, but we say try for yourselves. IS COMPLETE, HAVING A| HEARSE. to order, Terms Reasonalle. best place to buy your Furniture is at our establishment. Remember the place w Block, King Street East. WW. WIGG & SON. OSHAWA, December 5th, 1872. 234-11 Before the church members; but, no I've have | A provechb that says' Least said soonest mended." And thus Mr. Plum's mild soliloquy ended. | * But, alas! Mr. Plum's eldest daughter, Miss Jane, | Saw the whole of the scene.and could not refrain | From telling Miss 3pot,aud Miss Spot told again | | Though of course in strict confidence) every cne So the news got abroad, and soon reach'd the ear Of the parson himself, and he traced it, I hear, To the author, Miss Jane, Jane could not deny, But at the same time she begz'd leave to defy The parson to prove that she utter'd a lie. i | She happened to know what the parson had done | A meeting was called : Mr. Plum made a speech. He said, " Friends, pray listen a while, I beseech What my daughter has said is most certainly true, : For I saw all the scene on thesam» evening, too; But, not wishing to make an unpléasant rife, T did not tell even my daughter or wile. | But sdeing Miss Jane saw the whole of the act, I think it but right to attest to the fact." { "Tis remarkatle strange!" the parson 1er led : | * Itis plain Mr. Plum must something have spied; Though the wife-beating «tory of erurse he denied And in that I can say 1 am grossly belied." While he racks his brain, and wonders, and trie® To recal any scene that eould ever give rise To so monstrous a charge just then Lis wifceries, "1 have it, my love : you remember that night | he noticed the youth's perturbation. | nut keep you. | been. under some great anxiety. What's the matter, Jared? What's | the matter 1" kindly asked Mr. Atkins as Sit down, sit down, and out with it." Jared took a seat, anl after a few mo- ments of auxions silence, he said : "I want you to. do just as you think best, Mr. Atkins. You have been very | kind to me, and God knows I would not | be ungrateful. Bat I have got a chance | to.go\to another place --a chance to--to--" "Say on, say on, Jared," said Mr. At- | kins, showing by his tone and manner that ! he was disappointed. ** If you have found a better place than this. of course I would If you can find a better friend then I am, ya may go to him," "Oh itis not that, Mr. Atkins " quickly cried the youth. * God knows | shal: | never find 8 nobler fricui than you have But I have gota future to live--I | have not got a manhood to prepare for, | | and I may never find another opportunity | the collegeternr at lemgth expired. Four like the present. But I didn't seek the ! 30 pleasant to have some one to converse with." | "Will not Mr. Landown study the i Tangnage?" Jared asked. *¢ Perhaps so--he says he shall," replied Laura. Put he does not seem to make much of his studies." The two had been conversing together for some time, but t'e intro Inetion of Landown's name seemel to strike a chill to the moods of both, ard shortly after they seperated. Put it was not their last conversation, for they conversed « ften, ard with mntual profit too. Sometimes Mr. Atkins sa* by and heard them, and he never failed on such occasions to show hy ; his manner he enjoyed it much. Yet Mr. i Albert Landown was regular in his visits, and 'once he had asked Mr. Atkins for | Laura's hand, but the old man bade him wait urtil he had gradorted from college before he thrught of such a matter. Years are not. lo: g in passing a vay and years had gone by since Jared Wall | the gang under the name of { Dutch Jim.' | The Newark Currier tells the rest : | Their headquartire were in one of . the Tae model family is a family where love is the rming spirit--Jlove to God, love to each otlicr, love to wan, - | cemeteries, where ghey met nightly, and { & partially opened ' grave, in an ohecure [ part of the burr ing ground, cwntained the | spoils of not only the result of the coun. | terfeiting, but a number of bold -wbber- | "jes c ammitied by the gang. - The detect. ! ive worked in his"case wall, and was | astonished to find that several of the gang were well known citizens and members of | | churches. Had the gang once suspected i the trne character of ' Datch Jim,' that | shrewd and cunning fellow's life would | have 'been the forfeit. Dilerent ones of | the gang were arrested and always! , Dutch Jin' was one of the party ' couped,' but he managed (always by the | 'skin of his teeth' apparently) to be | released. At last the fia! blow crue | | --the arrest of the five leaders, and | * Dutch 3m' was one. They were on | their way to commit a burglary in a neighbouring town. Becker had tele- | «A New York street cur condietor, whe, said, * Yes, madam, to a lady, has bee. presented with a new overcoat, and they talk of a statate of him, : Ax Atlanta woman whipped the bar- keeper for sclling liquor to ier husband, and thou the latter's employer for paying isu his wages while he was drunk. Ir is bel eved that Mr. Chaaveaun will huive to resign his office of Superintendent of Education when he accepis the Speak- ership of the Senate. Coxwrctep with Mr._Spurgeen's Sun: day school, in London, is a Bible class, taught by Mrs, Leviria Harkness, which enrolls nine hundred women, and has an averags attendance of over five Rum. dred. Joux W. Youxa, Digi most en- terprizing son as taken his pick out of his three wives divorced hizuself from two, settled annuitics upon the: going to Philadelphia with his last wife, n, wm, 'and. is soon T OF 0) When I had such a henible, terrible fright. LY - We both were retiring that evening to rest-- I was seated, my dearand but partly undroess'd, | : | most accomplishod lady, to live thera' and , #raphed Government officers to be ready, | attend to Lis father's railroad business, in {and when the train reached the depot, | happiness. with. the young lady, who was y Best New York Ma. erial used. The trade supplied on best term Factory --King Street, East, Bowmanville. 33 of HOOP SKIHis | place, sir---theo came of their accord and | became a servant in the college, and he y 4 offered it to me." | had now éome forth with 4 well earned 1878. ES, ty, &c., OUNTY VARIETY OF vels; Hoes, kes, &c. TOCEK OF <{NOBS, HINGES, zi of Carpenters hint, Varnish, Somine, Shoe, tr Brushes. - rwent of Guns. : '. Reévol- ng an + Fish- County aders re stock was put- eat rise 1a prices. 5 Gibbs. VILLE PLEMENT COMPA N CE of Water Wheel king Wseligery, lake Reapers 4 Geng Plows, Chopping Mills, Lath Mls, ete 3=SON,. MANAGER ? By ) BRINGING valves, Sheep, FEDER t-class breeders. en First Prizes nd butter. & usual time, a dollar box & Co." I Ee of disease, which has not only ruined their 5. HOLLIDAY, AGENT FOR Insurance Company ny Canadian Tnstitu- Aancashire Compan- { Also. Agent and sda Permanent Building | yvonto, for loans of money . 151 Amraiser for the Can and Savings society at low rates of inter rR HOOVER, Issuer of Marriage - Licenses | b WHITEVALE. DOMINION BANK! OSHAWA A ZENCY. | 3 Bb. McCLELLAN,Aent, Money to L.end| AT REDUCED RATES. AM NOW PREPARED TO LEND | any amoun! of money, on the security of Good | Far or Proffuctive flown Progerty, at the 'Lowest Possible Rates of Interest, | n sums and manner to suit borrpwers, Principa can be re-paid by yearly instalinewnts," or in oue sua, 1 Investments made in Debentures, Mortages, | Ler srcurities : ! SILVER AND GREENDACKS BOUGHT AND | SOLD. For further particulars apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Money Droker, Lc. (Feo? ¥ oa Lak, Jack, 8M kiny A 38 ITE WY 2 3 K EEPS THE LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST Stuck of Watcles, Clecke, Jewlery, iver Plated, and Fancy Goods. = + He is the sole agent for Rn & Morris Lies, and Me ver Plate, tn g& and every thing in lus Jie wade 10 Viuer. It will pay to ex Ing else ware 'ud cheaper thay any 1e his Stock-before purchas, ods and Jobs warranted other House, » PHILIP TAYLOR, Watchmaker & Jew _ler, Simeoe Street, Os awa Oslawa, Aril 13h, 1371. tf. NITROUS OXIDE | '|A LPRCE LOT OF BOOTS AND SHOES : CONSISTING OF Wear of all (lasses, Ladies', Misses' and Childrén's. : © of all Classes and Szes, --OR-- Protoxide of Nitrogen ! DMINISTERED FOR THE PAIN- less extraction of teeth at the dental room | of J. FERGUSON, L. D. €,, over the grocery Of Simson Bros, King St. West, Usiawa. Persons need not now, fron fear of pain ad teading the operation of extraction, carry for Fears in' their mouths a fiass of flith, a fruithul and destroyed their happiness, but ° objects of repugaance to all who are se: associat unate as to ed with them, ss Oxide is pleasant to take and quite harm- wy "loss, y Osbaws, May, 34, 1872. Prints, Abbot' it NEW WINTER GOODS T[VHE SUBSCRIBER BEGS TO ANNCUNCE TO THE INHABITANTS OI Ushaws aud surivurndiug country that he has received, and is still receiving well asseited stuck of Spring Guuds, at the usual LW PRICES. Dress Goods, { Cottons, Poplins, . Coatings, Tweeds, Clothing Made to Order on Short Notice! 'The Usual Supply of Groceries, Crockery. Horses, Wagons, and Anything else You can Think Of 1 cé All Kinds of Produ taken in Exchange. J. W.FOWKE | 1 ' Lb CLOVER, TIMOTHY, CROWN, MARROWFAT AND COMMON PEAS AN BARLEY FOR SEED. Oslava, Jan. 12, 1873. CERTIFICATE OF AGENCY. YHIS certifies that Mr. EOUIS PRUDIIOM is our duly authorized Agent, for the sale of This further certifies that Mr. L. Prudhe Sewing Machines in the village of Oshawa, hts apd privileges of the trade, 4 : Sigued for the Company, rig . needs tp be seen to be appreciated. | posi ae A second-aand Grover to wo Men's To A share of public patronage solicited. ents for the sale of our Machines, in said Territery. A od riley. as though appointed by us. « Patent Lock Stitch and Silent Family Sewing Machines. ,m' has the exclusive right of selling our and that he is also authorized tv appoint _ Buch agents have all the J. J. COLLINS, St. Catharines, Ont. ine i & best Family Machines in the market, and only | The above Machine is one of the Da Aelita Mepis a pr Bete & Baker Manutacturing guud woik. Balisiaclery reasons givea for scling. Agent Machine for sale cheap. Warrantec bs Sold at a Reduction df 20 Per Cent. IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK. A + L. PRUDHOM, When a nasty large rat jump'd close to my feet, My shrieking was heard, I suppose, in the street: i You caught up the poker,and ran round the room, | And at last knock'd the rat,and so seal'd its doom, | Our shadow, love, must have been seen on the | blind, | And this is the mystery solv'd you will find." MoRaL. Don't believeevery tale that is handed about ; We've all enough faults and real iailings, without Being burden'd with those of which there is doubt. If you study this tale,I think, too, you will'find The light should be-piaced in front, nt behinl: For often strange shadov s are scen on the bund. ; 8. R. 8. Selections. THE TWO STUDENTS. BY 8. C. In one of our large suburban towns lived a man named John Atkins He was one of those men wh) had made their way | love rnd respect that was bestowed upon | him. his household was managed by hisdanghter, | + fair, blooming girl of eighteen summers. | iler name was Laura, and her beauty and | ber of ardent admirers. was a young man named Jared Walker. He was about eighteen years of age, and was the son of a man who had once been in the merchant's employ. When his father died he wasleft pocr and friendless and Mr. Atkins hired him to take charge of the garden and stable. He had now heen with his present patron a little more than two years, and during that time had proved himself mot only capable of all things which he undertook, but also most scrupulous, faitLful and trustworthy. stood a college--one of the most flourish- ing and noted in the Union: Mr. Atkius himself had never had the advantage of s up a vast deal of itiformation, more of real practical information than a man could gain in a lifetime within tho walls of a the institution, and Le was the best friend to the youth who made the best use of his time, . One summer's evening, while Mr. kins and his child was sittirgin one of the drawing rooms, a visitor was announced. He was a young wan, and both merchaut and his dang ter received him very kindly. His name was Albert Landown, and he was the child of wealthy parents. Young Landown, though only about nineteen, was the favored suitor for Laura's hand, and from his manner it was evident that he had the same opinion himself. If he possessed any peculiar traits of character, they were rather of the negative kind; pes- haps his love of self, and pride in wealth, may have had rather a positive character. " Laura, " said the young man, after + passed, "who is that fellow that works sround your garden here I" Not far from the dwelling of Mr. Atkics | college education, but he had yet picked | to wealth, affinence and honor by strict in- | Jared with enthusiasm! tegrity and attention to business. Every | your books and read them, and I have had | man, with alight Tangh. 'I got threugh {w pigeon English" when there is an ele. penny of his great wealth had been honest- | your encomiums upon educated men. I | but'twas a tedious job, I thank Heaven | want systematized language that he can ly earned, and he richly merited all the | owe it all to you sir." Mr. Atkins was now a widower, and | 'will let you go to the college and try the | | { college; but the old man wasa friend to | " But what is it, Jared 1" " Why, sir, the professors in the eol- lege want me to take care of their roows, and in turn they offer to instruct me in | all the branches taught in the college. 1 | can have pait of every day aud nearly the | to ene well qualified to claim it. ! whole of the evening for study, Yet, sir, | I will not ge if you would rather have me | tician, but he was, nevertheless, a warm to stay with you. You have been very kind to me, and I would net' for the | world--not even for the education I covet ~leave you if you wished me to stay." For some moments the old man war silent. There was a rich moistare in his eyes, and his nether lip trembled. "Javed," he at length said, ** I think I have been kind to you; but that is no reason why I should now he unkind. You could not have done a thing to give me more real joy than this. I knew not that you had such a desire for learning, or. I would have helped yon myself." " Ard have Fou not Jelped?™ cried "I have had { diplona. Even the professors were as- | tonished at the amount of learning he had managed to amass to himself, and when he received the degre of Master of Arts, 'hose who Le towed it knew it was given Mr. Atkins was not a great party poli. | ndherent of his political party, and one, moreover, who wiclded a vast deal of in- | fluence. The presidengd chair of the | nation had just been fled by a new in | emmbent. and new appointments were | being made. Mr. Atkins was selected to | | il} the important position of foreign miu- | ister. It was more than he had expected { --more than he had dareito hope for-- ! but it was no more than he deserved. and | his superior knowledge well fitted him for | the place, | # Well, Albert," said Mr. Atkins, as | the young man was at his house one | evening, *° How stands your education I" | ""O--about right," returned the young the ear which the Lu-glars occupied was | | boarded by a d-zen officers. A fearfnl fight | occurred, and-as it was not ycttme for | | * Dutch Jim' to be bublicly known he entered into the fight with as mach earn. | eetness (toall appearances) asdid his* palls, | and bie did receive in return sme good blows, . The ring-leaders were capturad. and in cotopany with " Jim from Jersey' were putin cells. When the day of ex- mination came, ' Dutch Jim' was put on | the stand, and when he gavs as his occu- pation' G wernment Secret Service Officer' the counterfeiters wilted. The evidence was too strong t6 be broken, the gang-was secured, Becker has since returned to | Newark and is now in the city foree. GIRLS DONT TALK SLANG. Girls dont talk slang. If it is neceds. ary that any one in the family should do that, let it be yonr big brother, though I {would advise him not to adopt | at hi | 'we don't go throtgh college but once in a | just as well nse. But dunt you do it. " Well, well, perhaps yon do. Bat I | & lifetime." " You stud'ed French, I think," the old | Yom can have no idea how it sounds to born there, and is now his sole wi'e. A kirk luminary recently asked his pet scholar why they took Stephen outside the walls of ube city to stone him to death.' The little fellow was silent for a moment' ag though absorbed - with "the ' problem, when, brightening up suddenly, he re- plied, "Se they could get & better erack m, Tuose Detroithoys! Here is their lat, est : ** are you going to move this after- noon 1** juquired a boy uf the wistress of # house oa sixth strezt. * No, of course I ain't," replied the woman, consider- ably supprised,* I'll bet you two dollars you will--the roof of the house is all ublazs ** cried the boy. Bo it was, but' pedestrians, ludders and water put it out, The man cf the house says ho would give $50 10 ba shut up with that boy for about ten minutes. "Mapaxe,"" said a very polite traveller to a testy old landlady, **if I see proper to help myself to this milk, is there any impropriety in it I" "I don't know what ou mean ; but if you mean to iusinmate that there is anything nasty in the wmik,' I'll give you to understand that you have \strock the wrong honsa. There ain't aficst hair in it, for as soon as Dorothy Aun told me that ths cat was drowned iu the milk, I weat straight and: strained' it over." The young man ftinted. 4 plan, you have formed, on one condition." | man eontinued, wot seeming to have rel. " What is it 1" asked the youth. | ished the previous answer mnch, "That you will consider my house your | *' Yes--I studied it--'twas fashionable, wealth made her the objact of a vast num- | home ; that you. will spend your Sabbaths | you know, and I h d to study it." here, and also such of the holidays as you | "I suppose you speak the language, Attached to Mr. Atkins' establisment | have to spare. You will have no other | then 1" home and this will come handy for you." | © Well, as' fur that, I don't knew. It was hard work -for Jered to speaks | can read a few sentences, but what's th but he managed to promise what his | use?" patron asked, and then he bowed his head | "iAnything that is worth doing is worth and wept. He had not expected such | doing well, * said the oll man somewhat kindness ; in his-grphan heart he had laid | severely. *'Did you study Spanish or I down the rules of life, but he had not looked for sich sympathy and assistance in Lis } eur of need." Each one of those tears that fell from the young man's drooping lips was a voluine of thanks to Mr. Atkine, and he knew it. He saw at once how noble was the heart he had touched, and he felt happier far than as taough he had found + mine of gold. f On the first of fhe next week, Jared Walker took a new situation in the room of the college, and on the same day Albert | Ore | One came | Landown was eutered as freshman. was poor, the other was rich. there to study for th: future, and the other came because it was fashionable. | One came with the determination to be a | » man; und the other came that he might | Appears man. At first some of the students were in- | clined to be nacivi! towards the poor | youth for they found that he enjoyed all the opportunities for advancement that they did; bot his uniform gentléness and unobtrusiveness and his quiet, | upright conduct soon won moet of them to his friendship. But there was one in the col- | lege who still affected to scorn him. Early one morning as Jared wag going | across the college yard with a bucket of water in his hand, he met Albert Lan. down. To be sure, Jared was dressed in workng garb, and from the very bature of the work he had been doing he was the usual civilities of tho meeting had been | gormewhat dusty ; but still he thonght it no harm to spesk, and so with:a bright smile he bade the other ** good morning." German 1 * «I dipped into Spanish some, Lut got | | lsick of it." | . "Well, Tam disappointed." *"Eh |" exclaimed Landon, starting ur. "I say I am disappointed. You are probably aware that [ have received an appointment, and I had some thonghts of making yon my searetary, but this is in. | | possible now 1 bad thonght (hat a resi dence of afew yews in Europe upon a good salary would please yon." "80 i' would --so it would," uttered the young man, turning frit an 1 then crimson. " Can't I go with yon!' " Not now, Albert,** sail Mr. Atkins " You are not qualified fer. ths place. Yon have had every opportunify to prep re yourself, but you see you have neglect d it. . I am sorry, bat I cannot help it." "Will Laurs accompany you I" faintly pale { asked the youth, after some moments of | | nervous si'ence. "Of course she will go with me." ¢ But perhaps I could pr pare myse'f | before you go." | "No--that would be impossible, | shall start next week." Sad and dejected Aid Albert Landown turn his steps away from. the dwelling «f Mr. Atkins that evening. But for Lisdis appoiniment he had no one to blame but himself. The best hours of youthful life | he had literally thrown away, and it was now too late to find them again. " Well, my child, sail Mr. | coming into the house one day, I Atkins, Iam all ces unused or averse to it to heara young 1-y say, when she is asked if she will go ! with you some place, * not munch I" or if | requested to do something which she loes not wish to hear her say, ** Can't see tt" Not long ago 1 heard a Miss who was | ~ducated, in speaking of a young man say, | i hat she intended to "" go for him !"" and | when her sister asked her assistance at some work she answe-ed *" Not for Joe I" Now, young jadies of unexceptionable character and good education fall ints | this habit thinking it shows smartness to | answer back in slang phrases, and they | son slip flippantly from their tongnes with po saucy pertness that is neither Ia y-li' @ nor beconin~, "I bet" or ¢ you het" is well enongh among men who are | trading horses or land | hut the contract | ia siartling and positively shocking to hear 'hose words issne from the lips of a { They seem to snrronnd her | vonng lady. | EvERY dog that barks at me, and every horse that lifts his heel against me, proves that [ am a filen creature, The brute creation durst not show' au eomity before the full, 2g had they an}, but testitied a willing homage unto Adam. by eo for a name. Eve no mora dry Aeris serpit than we dread the fly. Bat, when man shovk off allegiades from hus' Gog, the beasts, Ly divine permission, shook | off allegiance too from wan. Where sin enters, pride will eater tuo, and supply the place of real honor ; and as iniquity aboundeth, pride abounleth also, els: how eonid sinacrs boast of dignity, snd take up mighty state, on account of verbal iitles, or of transicat maaors, when they thems Ives must presently be eaten with worms.--{Jchn Berridge. : » TrovouTs. -- It is a sweet thought that there is a Friend who sees aud makes ench secret, bitter tear. He hears | softest sigh breithed from the burthen- od heart, wud is ever ready to strengthen. theer al comfort ue. Oh, oy darx vould this world Sscoms, 'were earth with the ronelter ition of men's | no friend. butthose as frad aud fl eting { daily life, and bring her down from the | nelestal of purity, to their own coarre | 'evel. A ------ AA -------- cn. THERE is a good joke going the rounds of a young lady and gent'eman at a fash. ionable party in Nashville, a few evenings { s'nee, The young man was handsome and happy, the young lady, anayed in { all the exquisite taste of lavender, rose, | ote, with eold powdered hair flowing over | her swanlike neck. Finding the heat of { the room too much for them, they sousht tha cool state of an arbor where they | misht listen to the fonuntain's fall. The music ross and fell, time flew on silva= | pini ms and aft ran absence of about thre hours eur voung friends entered the bril- | liantly illnmirated parlors. The lady { passed on_in the dance, hut the young | man waa slightly taken aback by his next | neighbor informing him that aroun? his | neck was the nnmistaken print of two arms, all in: chalk and diamond Just ! on 016 sholder a large ! derand on his noper lip and cheek diamon ® dus', blormand venth and y 1'ow powder, | i d np generallv. The youns lady's [hair To Ranrved to bs several shades {Fa al carry a dusting bloom in as ourselver. p God promises you all you want, and invites you to cums and receive it as you wait. | Gud pardons like a mother, who kisses the offence into everlasting forgetfulness, The very meaning of charchis * called thy Christ.' J . > ive as near to Jesus as but daily die to self. you Ste A Crmizex of Ottawa, to save Kis tax, lost his dog, and it was done in this way, nccordidg to the Times '--*The [pity as 98078 visited a house in Letter 0, and | were received with great : civility] | proprietor. Ou ascertaining w | onsicweng was hawaver, the tld | question begged to b. excused for| ute, and, b:ing the possess r of same doz, and Gist wishing to be for it, tied him to the foot of th wairs. He returned in a few | and, on the bacstion buing put "" Have you a dog I" answered, f| pwsdechien" Tis assrsirs th m i a min. b hand "enchin ; th street, +4 30 the poor dog ac 'end as a door mail, "Having ee unnsel on Win a, he frnacd Shrone iow and committed snicide. The nsses-- ors hardly know whether the owner 10 pay Sho or abt. | and eartlly things our only hope <had wo vile of yellow pow. | Dat judge of their astonishment hen, on,