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V --a* < .^ li mi >33 core* [ewjCur ^vy Oil, 5, etc.: Lead, '^V f: xes,etc H an od ^ I LO cents i:' -"-"- - Ibeos. 'SI ,fK--' **. ;t L/: .{ ' l> - .,--iS: .;.< ' lake rs ^ioi^ '- Tume III. So.4WliolrNo.109 ACTON, ONT., THUBSDAY, JULY 26, 1877. BCysIA'ESS UAHD& HURRAH! HURRAH! FOR THE rt^ H. lOffRV. M. B., *. ? - \V a 0. V*. s. Urndunlo of Trlnfcty 4^"~ ro^,^0^X^2 BEST PHOTOGRAPHS f( 'crlfK ^tif'l, M'Ton, In the house : ' ffiy occupied by K. LUtlc, Esq. fc j, _ . TO;n^r^!?5*?.^. JuH^: *he 0atMl **^r-P Sallory cVsu**-*. CAn.-w.ia. Oi>niiaUoi(i drvyn- ror lit\Utll/ of\tim.-vt ami Brtl/ltUl- tactJiJ"* "'! Friday*, from a.^tu. lUU f 7'0,1(. ^tS <-*mmc (f *i<ri>(j.wii. f. ra. RiwlAonce \\ est- llowor street, * * ' A.CTOS.___________________________________ | --------------'j; Convev- COPYING & ENLARGING D HENDERSON, 0 iiaccr. *o>., also A<onl Can %Z *t3?$ In a11 its fc*rt,M> in the host stylo of of on roiiraiM* term*. Money to the art, done on tho shortest notice and 1a>u on Mr>rtifH?o security. Oilleo at reasonable rates. qiuiowHoaw, Acton, j._______________, ^j^ aspienJ id stock of Mouldings J. D. SITnBSO.V, Attorney- # a.t-U*w, Solicitor In Cfcancory, l. 05aj Oornorof Main and Church treeta, Q*orjr>tojrn. T. W. COOPER, Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, (Juelph. Ordars by raall promptly attended to. WX. LAIDLAttVBarrlster. AtLornev-j*t-l.:nr :*-.llc lor In Ctiaaeery, Ac. 'UJn.---s: Hamilton, 10 KM3tf^-t: Mitt-on/ M*.ln *tr.-.'t. flit? Hilton OfSee.wtd b-> under the manage- atal of l>. \V. Campb-Jt. an 1 Mt I.nd- l\r will a-.t<nd at^tne "Milton Offlce" ib Friday o.f ?aotj"veeE. and Picture frames kept on hand and mai!e to cirder. " A call is solicited mil you will he convinced that this is the place to get photographs. I r Yours respectfully, I C. \V. HILL, ^tc'too, I>ec. 5, 1S76. fi E\BY L. DBlkE, lxsr*\rE asIe^t. ernrn, i Acani for the M^re.intilo and H'aterluo-. - All batluess'ntrusted lo nl> care wri :>e flihfully mended.'.o. Ui5i-e ai 1> in's Bsomiore, iliwtph. i'M<rs,hy lu ill d-tre*s^d to Ga 'iph or i>o>n I'ost <-;tl.-o will receiTe prompt atLentl->n. H. L. DRAKE. PITEMS Tor INVENTIONS expeliU:v-i*ly a-lJ pr-.H-iriy M'carid In C*nd4,-lha L'ulU; 1 sv:ites iud Kurop. Pltat giarant^^d uor no oliarge. Send forprlatta InslrucUons. Ap-ncv in oper- *Ua tyars. : HKSKV UKI<T, U. Ott-iWa. Canada, V^^e1nlcal En?loer, So.lclior or Pa tsnuand Draush'-^roan. .r -CTjTILLIASi: WATKINS, f.taer Sfs-rrlftxc tirensr* K CertlAcniei By 'HovarApioliiim^nt.} Bciln^u pitvaieiii*] eorfiilc:: lla! tiflte at ;h Post .oia-.'e. liU-hwlUlani, M Rj S, CAETEIL. Tfcaektr tMaalev Drialu *d Frrnek. L'hnrch ntve:. Acton. . ^ iHVi^ Li>ZIKK, Plasterer, t'Ti cTwrani'tH!, A! fTON FLlOl & MILLS. .IS, Propriietore. i.i'9. 4 E. SIC: Fi *cr xn t Ke^d alirays on liand, wb.-ie- lal- *ji I re.-t:-. lirNilnp ah-1 L'hopping Uit-.- O^ati "or all kinJa of lir.Ui. i ~___________________________________^______________________' ______________ t ROSSIS HOrSK,, Act'on. ! CltKe u> iht? G. T. IUI %rny SLiUihu ; Efllcn;nrc"tnm"laM"n f^rtlif travel- ; ,U:j<pjbllc 1'Ho-t. CAMl'BELL. \'r.jpr.DOaiMOX HOTEL. Acton, j ti-iber; Agnew, ;*rvt#neujr.ThU ' n* r Hrjt*-1 Is nt^'i u: m llrst-t.-in-'S ! **Tle_TUri nc- furTiitnr^. Com^ierciu.1 T^AT-ellers wl lflLdi?o>l htrcommoi.Mion fa I coxa naotron^ Snmpie Kooitip, ^pectivl a taction pal s to th** wants of the tnivel- ! f.lnxpa*nc, Bar snppile*'. with, tne best ' jLiqaora and Ci^trs. i>ooi S'-abllDg and 'a;:?ative Hostlers. ' J WM, llEMSTRtET, Licensed Auctioneer For theCoantle* of Wellington and Hal- ton, ordrrs l-ft at. the. Kkee PP.esri Ofll^e,"-ActoD, or at ra v: rfsi-Jence, In Hociwoo^l. will be promptly nUeuUei' to. Term* reasonable. :^ hnRAVELERS Iiife and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford* t'ouo. l\:i,l-np Cask Capital...... SCOO.OOO C\:.-i .-(.-.<'/.<................ 4,0^4,0(10 Surplus for yntectiuu ' t>f Pulicy-h-ihlfrs.......... 1,170^5 Dtp ml with Dominion Gov- trr.mtnt .............. IJO/XiO ; The Travelers is 5 STOCK :COM-' PANY and writes Life Policies upon the Low Kate all-cash plan. No un certain promises of impossible 'divi- ;dends," but a reduction of the pre- equivalent to a li dividend7' in advance. Tbe "1'rav- elers writes Life and Accident Poli cies combined as cheop ns rucsl companies write life policies. It is the largest Accident InnranceCom- i pany in the world, having written 1436.000 policies and paid in actual ciish benefits to accident policy holder* alone over 82.565,1100 An acciilcrit policy C03ts but a trifle. No mejJical eZHminatinn required. Get a policy and share in tbe general benefit. C P. RUSSELL,' District Agen*, I W Adcaide Street Y.iai, Toronto. : WILSON IRWIN, Special Agtnt. Tin: Oh, BIVER 11)111. a womlcrful stream is tho Iliver Time, And it 'How's through tho realm of Team ; ' With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyino, And a broadening sweep and a surfto subliiuo, ': Aa it blcnda with tho ocean of years. How tho winters are drifting liko (lakes of snow, | And thu'sumipor -liko buds betweon ; And tho ears and tho sheavos how thoy come and go, | On ^he river's breast with its ebb and How, As thoy glide in tho sheen. There's a magical islo up the River Time, | Where the softest of aii-a arc'playing . There's n.clomllcsa sky anil a tropical clime, And a voice as sweet.aa a vesper chime. And tho Junes with thu roses are, staying. And tho name of that isle is the '" Long ; Ago." | And we bury our treasures tliero ; There are brows of beauiy and bosoms of snow, ." | (There aro hcap3 of dust, Uut we lovo them so),- Thero arc trinkets and presses of hair. shadow and '.'M^tf^^S Thero are ' fragments of isongs that no body sings, ,And a part of an infantas prayer ; There's a harp unswept and a lute with out strinj,; ;' There aro broken vows eed it) had always mudo his boy conio out andf " spread himsolf." Only tho oldor pupils managed to koop thoir tickets and Btick to thpir. tedious work long enough to get u Bible, and so tho dolivory of onoof theso prizes wua a raro and noteworthy incident ; tho successful pupil was so,grot and conspicuous for that day that on tho very B|>pt every scholar's heart was fired with a fresh ambition, that often lusted for a couple of weoks. It is possi ble that Tom's mental stomach had really npvfer hungered for ouo of those prizes, but unquestionably bis en tiro being hud for many u day longed for the glory and eclat that cnuiowith it. rings. And tho garments thajt wear. There are hands which ane waved with i that fairy shore .; By the mirage is lifted |in air. And sometimes we . hear, through the i turbulent roar, * I Sweet voices we've heard in the days .gone.l>cfore, I When the winU down the river is fair. and pieces of sho used to ^r fl] remembered for iye Ifo that blessed isle, 511 the day of life till flight; And when evening comes] with its beau tiful smrfe. And pur eyes are closcld in slumber awliifc, May that ^rrr-iiiroeff of sput l>e in sight Lord Ltjttun. TOM SAWYER.. How be WonaPriie Dibit at Sunday School. ' BY MAltK TWAjlN'. Sabbath school hours were froni 10 -intil liulfpast 10; "lid tht-ri church service.- Two of the child-, rt-n always remained for the sermon voluntarily, and others', always re mained loo for stronger reasons. A CTOX LIVERY & SALE STABLE % F, TEOLLOPE CHAPMAN, Practical Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Binding Neatly Executed. Ace&unt Boohs <>f all Kinds^'Made to ! . I Order. " ' J. p. Allan ! " - ' Taken pleasure In announcing to rthe ! pnhllc generally that he Is prepared to furnlsJi First-sl&ss Horses and Carriages At Reasonable Bates. I His Rigs and Horses are the. best that can tjp had, and he Ik determined not to t>f *r.rpai*ire'1 by any CTity stable. I Actx>n July 1st. IK75., | day shows -the largest stogkTof The church' ioned- pews would tea high-bucked nncnsh- uliout '300 Eulinflr Promptly Attended to. BiKDEBY St. George's Sqnare, Guepl " Orders left at the Free Peks OfEce nrjll receive prompt attention. u 1 PARER UJ m ._ The nndersigT>ed begs leave to Wforra the people or Acton and sur ^Bfldine neighborhood that ha has Crociirod a magtiiBoerH HEARSE And ig prepared to art tend and con duct Funerals on the shorten notice Ad moit moderate term*. CJoifet*, Coffin*. Burial Rohu,/ *4 allkiods of Puneral Pornish. Wp kept in siockf-and iupphed oo tbe shortest notice. t Bands and l0*ee supplied when ' quired.. '. JOHK SPEIGHT. nfi**! Feb. 10/ .1877. Eyer shown in Guelph, all jlfffcw and Clioice and prices lower than ever. 21 Children's Carriages To be sold off cheap, at Day's New Bookstore Nearly opposite tho old stand. Ouelph, April 121,1S77. JOB PKI STING of all kinds eotly recntetl ntHthc FEEE ?R-isS OFFlUE, In due.course tho Superinten dent stood up iu front of the pulpit, with a closed hymn book iu liis hand, his forefinger inserted be tween its leaves, and commanded attention. When u Sunday School Superintendent makes his custom ary little speech a hymn book in tho hand is as necessary as the in evitable aheet of music in the hand of a singer who'stands forward on the platform and Bings a solo at a concert for neither the hymn book nor the sheet of music is ever referred to by the sufferer. -1 The Superintendent was a slim creature of thirty-five, with a sandy goatee and short sandy hair; ho wore a stiff standing collar, whose ' uppor edge ulinost reached his ears and whoso sharp points curved for-, ward abreast tho corners of his mouth a fence- that compelled a straight looking.ubeiul; and a turn ing of the body when a side view was required; his chin was drop ped on a spreading cravet, which was aa broad and as long as a bank note, and hud fringed ends; -his boot toes were turned sharply up, in the fashion of the day, like sleigh runners' an effect patiently and laboriously produced by the young men silting with their toes pressed ngainst a wait for hours together. Mr, Walters was rory earnest of niein, and tery fiincer^ und honest at heart; and be held sacred things and places in such reverence, and so ssparuted them from worldly inuttir, that unconsci ously to himself, his Sunday School, voice had acquired a peculiar in tonation which was wholly Hbsent oa weeks (Iur8. H began after this fashion : . " Xow children, I want you all to sit up just us straight and pretty os you can, and give me all your attention for a minute or tWD. There - that is the wnygood little boys and girls should do. I see one littlo girl who is looking out of the window. I am afraid she thinks I am out thero soniewheie perhaps iu one of the trees, making a speech to the little birds. (Ap plausive titters). I want to tell you how good it makes me feel to Luext ten years. see bo many bright, clean little faces assembled in a place like this, learning to do right and be good." And so forth and bo on. It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration. It was of a . pattern which does not vary, and it is familiar to us all. The latter part of. the speech was maired by the resumption of fights and other re creations, among certain of the bad boys, and by fidgetings and whis- perings which extended far and wide, washing even to the bases of rial he was made of and thoy half wanted to hear him roar, and they wore half afraid ho might, too. Ho ' was from Constantinople, twelve miles awsy so helms travelled and soon the world these very oyeB had lookod upon the county Court House which was said to have a tin roof. The awe which these reflec tions inspired waB attested by the impressive silenco and the ranks of staring oyes. This was the great Judge Thatcher, brother of their own lawyer. Jeff Thatcher imme diately went forward; to be familiar with tho great man, and bo envied by the school. It would have been music to his soul to hear the whis perings, " Look at him, Jim ! He's ago ing up there. Say -look ! he's a. going to shake hands with 'iin ! By jings, don't you wiah you; was Jeff?" - was. The boy stammered, gasped and got it out " Tom 1" "Oh, no; not Tom " " Thomas." " Ah, that's it. I thought there were more to it, maybe. That's very well. But you've another one, 1 daresay, and you'll tell m, won't you? " Tell the gentleman your other namo," said Walters. " And say sir you musn't forget your man ners." " Thomas Sawyer sir." A> Irishmam's Will. In tie name of God, amen ! I Timothy Doelan, Barrydownderry, in the county Clare, farmer, being sick, wjke on my legs, but of sound | by a vehicle on Gratiot avenue and ' That's it I "That's a good boy.' m/ ^^ and kin tLat haro gne Fine boy. Fine, manly little fel- j before jue and those who live after, Two thousand ' i>ei-on3 ; the edifice whb but a small, plain affair, With asortpf pinebourd tree-box on i for a steeple. At the door Tom dropped back a step and accosted a SSunday-|dressed com rade. " Say,.Billv, got a yaller ticket!" "Yes." " What'll you take for her ?"' " What'll you give?' " Piece of lickrish | and a fish hook." " Let's see 'em." Tom exhibited. - They were satisfactory and thp property changed hands. Then; Tom traded a couple of white alleys for the three red tickets and some trifle or other for a couple of blue ones. He waylaid other boys as they came, und went on buying tickets of various colors ten or fifteen minutes longer. He [entered tho church now with a swarm of clean and noisy boys and girls, proceeded ' isolated und incorruptbile rocks to his seat and started a'quarrel *"'"" c'" ' Mr, Walters fell ito " showing off," with all sorts of official bust ling 'and activities, giving orders, discharging directions here, there^ everywhere he could find a targot. Tho librarian " showed off" run ning hither and thither with, bis arms full of bookp, making a dealj of the splutter nnd fuss that insect authority delights in. The young lady teachers "showed off "-^bond ing ^ sweetly over pupils they were laudy being boxed, lifting pretty warning ringers at bad little boys and putting good oheslovingly. The younggentluni.tm teachers "showed off" with small scoldings and other little displays of authority und fine attention to discipline and most of thv teachers of both sexes found business up at tht library by tho pulpit; and it wub business that frequently had to be done over again two or three times (with much seeming vexation.) The little girls " showed (?&" in various ways, and the little boys " showed off" with such diligence that the air was thick with paper wads and the murmur of scufHings. And above it all the great man cat and beamed a majestic smile upon all the house and warmed himself in the sun of his own grandeur for he was " showing off" too. There was: only one thing want-'j ing to make Mr. Walter's ecstacy complete, and that'was a chance to deliver a Bible prize and exhibit a prodigy. Several pupils had a few yellow tickets, but noDO had enough he had been around the star pu pils-inquiring. He would have given worlds, now, to .have that j irermnn lad back again withn sound mind. i low. xwo tbousand verses is a great many very, very great many. And you can never be sorry for the Ttrouble jou took to learn them ; for knowledge is worth more than anything there is in the world ; it's what makes great men and good men, you'll be a great man and good man yourself, some day, Thomas, and then you'll look back and say : It's all owing to my dear old teacher* who taught me to learn ls'a all owing to the good superintendent who encouraged me and watched over me and gave me a beautiful bible, to keep and. to have it all cay own, always -it's all owing to right bringing up. That's what you will say Thomas and you wouldn't take any money for those two thousand verses no indeed, you wouldn't. And now, you wouldn't mind telling me and this lady some of the things you've learned? no, I know you wouldn't for we pre proud of little boys that learn. Now, no doubt, you know the names of all tbe twelve disci ples. | Won't yon tell us tbe names of tho! first t*o that were appointed 1" Tom was. tugging at a button hole and- looking sheepish. He blushed now and his eyta fell. Mr. Walker^ heart sank within him. He Baid to himself, it is not possible that Jhft. boy can aasver tbe simplest question why did,the Judge ask him 1 Yet he felt oblig ed to speak up and say : " Answertbegentloman, Thotnaa, don't be afraid." + Tom still hung fire. "Now, I know you will tell mo." said the lady. " The names of tht first two disciples were" " David and Goliah." Let us draw the curtain of char ity over the rest of tho scene. with the first boy that came handy The teacher, a grave, elderly man, interfered ; then turn eld his back a nibment and Torn pulled a boy's hair in the next bench, und was absorbed in a-bbok when the boy turned around'; stuck a pin in another boy, presently] inorder to hear him say " Ouch ?'| and- got a new reprimand from hfs teacher. Jom'B \ whole class . were of a pattern- restless, noisy and trouble some. When tliey came to recite their lessons not one know his verses perfectly, but had to be prompted all along.; However, they worried through, and each got I pnings ; conscience-smitten;! too like Sid and Mary. But now every sound ceases suddenly, with the subsidence of Mr. Walter's voice, and the conclusion of the speech was received with a burst of silent gratitude. A good part of the whispering had been occasioned by : uu event which was more or less hire ihe entrance of visitors ; lawyer Tina cher ^accompanied by a very aged and feeble man ; a fine portly mid dle-aged gentleman with ironrgray hair ; a dignified lady who was doubtless the hitter's wife. The lady wub leading a child. Tom had been restless and full of diallings and re- { 1.6+per annai i iu Adraace. " 1 * - The Hearts of tbe t.owly. { One day, three or ^our week-sag"?, a gamin who seemed to have no friends in. the world, was run over bead a id. warm heart Glory be to God I-^-do make -this my first and last .will, and ould and new testament. First I give my soul to God when it plazes him to take it shi re no thanks to me, for I can't hi ilp it then and my "body tg be buried in the ground at Barryd iwnderry chapel-, where all belongi ig to me, are buried, peace to theii' ashes, and may the sod rest lig ltly over his bones. Eury me near god-father and mother, who lie separated all together at the oth ;r end of the chapel yard, I lave-the bit of gro'nnd containing eight aiTes to my eldest son Tim, after the death of his mother, if she lives to survive him. My daughter Mary and her husband, Paddy O'Reagel, are to liave the black sow that's going ti > have twel ve black bonifs. Teddy, my second boy, that-was killed ri the war in Ameriky, might! ave got his pick of poultry, but as lie has gone I'll leave',them to hit fife, who died a week before him;-1 bequeath to all mankind the fresh air of heaven, all fishes of the sea they can take, and all' the birds they can shoot; I lave to Ihem all the sun, moon, and stars. I lave to Peter Rafferty a pint of potheen-I can't finish; and may God be mertjiful to him. Sexl Jkus P*U Office, mil Street. his reward in small blue tickets, each with a verse of Scripture on it; each blue ticket was to pay for j two verses of-the recitation. Ten blue tickets equalled ! a red one, and could be exchanged for it; ten red tickets equalled a yellow one ; for ten yellow tickets the superin tendent gave a very plainly bound Bible (worth forty cents in those early times) to the pupil. How many of my readers would have the industry and application to memorize 2,000 verpes, even for a X>ore Bible } And yet Mary had acquired two bibles in! this way it was the patient work of * two years and a boy of German par entage bad won four or five. He once reoited 4,00.0 verses without sleeping, bu the strain upon the j mental faciilties waB too great, and 'he was little better than an idiot from that day forth-i a grievous misfortune for tbe school, for on great - occasions, before company, the superintendent (us| Tom eipres- he could not meet Amy Lawrence's eye, Lo could not brook her loving gaze. But when he saw this small new comer, his soul was ablaze with bliss in a moment. Tho, next mo ment he was " showing off" with oil his might cuffing boys, pulling hair, making fuces in u word, us ing every art that seemed likely to fascinate a girl and win "her ap plause. His exultation hud but one alloy tho memory of his hu miliation in tliis angel's garden and that record in sand was fast washing out under the waveB of happineBs that were sweeping over it now. The visitors were given the high est- seat of honor, and as soon aB Mr. Waller'n speech was finishod he introduced them to the school. Tho initldlo-aged man (urued out to beu prodigious personage no less a one than the county Judge altogether] tho most august creation these hil-| dren had -ever looked upon and they wondered what kind oi mate- { And now, at this moment, when j I hope was. dead, Tom Sawyer came forward with nine yellow tickets, nine red tickets, and ten blue ones, and demanded a bible. This was a thunderbolt out of a clear sky. Walters was not expecting an ap plication from this Bource for the But there was no getting around it here were the certified checks, and they were good for their face. Tom was, therefore, elevated to a place with the Judge and the other elect,and the great news was anmunced from headquarters. It was the most stunning surprise of the decade, and so piofonnd was the sensation that it lifted the new hero up the judicial's own altitude, and the school had two marvels to look upon," in place of one. The boys were all eaten up with envy but those who suffered the bitterest pangs were those who perceived, too; late, that they, themselves hud con tributed to the. hated splendor by trading tickets to Tom for the wealth he had amassed selling whitewashing privileges. These despised themselves for being the dupes of a wily fraud guileful snake in the grass. The prize! wasxlelivered to Tom with as much effusion us the Super intendent could pump up under the circumstances, but it lacked some what of the true gush, for the poor fellow's instinct taught him that thnre was a mystery here that could not well bear the light, perhaps ; it was simply-preposterous that this boy had warehoused 2.000 sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his prem ises a dozen would strain his capacity without a doubt. Amy Lawrence wub proud and glad, and she tried to muke Tom see it in her fac& but he wouldn't look. She wondered; then she was just a grain troubled; next a dinr suspicion -came' and went came again ; she watched ; a fur tive , glance told her words, and then her heart broke and :she . was jealous, and angry., and tho teai-E come und alio'haled everybody. Tom most of all, (she thought.) Tom was introduced toftbe Judge, j but his tongue waB tied, his breath would hardly come, his heart <j-uak--j ed partly beonuBe of the awful | greatness of tho man, but mainlyv because he was her parent. He would like to full down und wor ship him if it were but in the dark. The Judge put his hand on Tom's bead and called him a fine little man, vtnd asked him what his name The Bwmaaee of ngares. If one cent was set but at compound interest in tie y.eajr 1 at four per cent, on the 1st Jan. 1866 it would amount to one quintillion 201,558 quadrillions 1 332,000 of dollars. If we were to take this sum ar a capital, and use its yearly interest (four percent), tben the ioeoma tax wo; would have to pay at the rate of one per *t, would be 48) quadrill ions 583,320 trillions of dollar*. If We paid tbe tax collector this sum in silver hewouldnerd 3,006,345,000,000,000,000 wagons for itB transportation, and the line of wagons would have the length^ of eight trillions 442,000 billions of miles. The speed of light is 192,f)00 miles per second, and it -would take 759,000 j^ears to reach the.collector,.beginning at tbe farthest wagon o^i both sides, himself stationea in the centre of tbe line. Again, a robbery could be com mitted on the hindermost wagon which might not be discovered till 24,780 gen- Arationi of tax collectors tad come and gone. If, on the contrary, instead of using ^he.interest on the capital, (the balk of which by-the-bye^would be equal in gold to 44 globes,) this capital was dis Aa Alphabet et fieod Coaaeit. Attend carefully to the details of your bi sines*. Be pr>mpt in all things. Const ler well, then decide posi tively. -'.-,.-" Dare lo do right; fear to do wrong: Endu -e your trials patiently. Fight life's battle bravely, man fully. : Go not to tbe society of the vici ous. Hold four moral integrity sacred Injurs not another's reputation or businesi. Join lands only with the virtuous. K'p your mind from evil thought i. Lie nc t for any consideration. Make few acquaintances. Never try ta appear what you arej net. , / i _ JJbser re the Sabbath day. Fay yoar honest debta promptly. Question not the Teracity of a friend. Brfpe-:t the counsel* of your pa* rents. .,.. " Sacrifice money rather, than prin ciple. Touch! intoxica not, taste not, handle not ;ing drinks. Use j >ur leisure time in improve ment. - ** I Venture not upon -the threshold of sin. Watcti carefully over your pas aions. _.";.' ', Extend to every ooo a kindly salu I tation. Yield not to.discouragements. Zealously labor for the right. And success is certain "" T tributed among the people of the earth, each one of its 1,000,000,000 of inhabi tants would receive about 1,200 trillions dollars to live on, and could every se'cj . ondiiaetwo million dollars for 38,000 years without reaching the bottom of his parse. I ' i---------------.C'*~------------.. [-\l A Girl's Composition oh Boy si Boys is strange things. Boys is three kinds ^tite baby, boy, the lit tle boy and big boy, I don't like the baby - boy, cause he squalls and kicks, and Z have to rock him with a eradle. But if the big boy or lit; tie hoy squalls I rock him svithj . tones. I like <be little boy best when'he has caody and gives me some.; I like the big boy when it snows, .'cause he hauls tne on a sledr A boy is a little man if he be haves himself and if he don't he a a little devil; that'B what mother\said brother Bob was t'other day, when he told Miss Smith that he was a little boy once, but mother says she wasn't and wishes papa was a little boy some more. Sister Julia .eayB she didn't like boys,! and wheh I saw her and Tom Brown a setting an the same ronkinc'chair. Sniiday/ she said she was trying to siju'-t-za the lifctsnt of him 'cause she didn't like M*b ; but I don't think sue was hurting him Any place, for he would not,let her get up. This is all 1 koow aboat boys, and mother says she hopes I won't never know no more about 'em. Taktj your o unty Paper. Do tli'o city papers say anything in regard to your own county? No thin j;. So they contain notic- a of your schools, meetings, churche.", improvements, 'and hundreds of other ,1a sal matters of interest which home pipers publish without pay 1 Not an item. Do. they ever say ji "word calculated to draw attention to your county and aid in its pro gress aid ^enterprise I Not a line. And there are, men who take such contiaced views of this matter that, unless they are getting as ninny eiiuare inches of reading mas ter in t ieif own an they do iiLa-city paper, they' think they *re4npt get ting the worth <Sf their money. It remindf us of a man who -took tbe largest mir pf boots in the box be cause the price was tbe same us the pail, much smaller, that {fitted him fatally injured.. After he had been in the hospital for a week a boy about his own age and size, and ' looking :as friendless and forlorn, C-illed to ask about him. and to leave an orange. He secjied much' embarrassed and would answer no- questions. After that he came" daily, always bringing somethings if no more than an apple. 'L'ist week, when the. nurse told ' him- that Billy had no chance to get well, the strange boy waited around" longer than usual, and finally axked if he could go in. He had been invited to many times before, but had always' refused; Billy, pale and weak and emaciated, opened bis eyes in wonder at sight of the boy, and before he realized who be was, the. stranger bent close to his - face and ebb.-d ; ;, - " Billy, can ye forgive a feller? We waa alius lighting and I was alius too much for ye, but I'm sorry! Fore ye dip won't ye tell me ye havn't any grudge agin me I". The young^lad, then almost in the-shadow of death, reached-up. , his thin white arms, clasped them around the other's neck, and replied: - " I)on't cry, Bob don't feel bad! I waa ugly and mean, and I was , heaving a stone at ye when the/ waggon, hit me. . If .you'll forgive me I'll forgive you , and I'll pray for both o' us 1" Bob was half an boar late the morning Billy died. 'When the nura* took him to the -shrouded corpse he kiawd the pAle face tenderly and gasped: , ' about me T' " He spoke of you just before he died asked if you were here,"* replied the nurse. go to the funeiall" " You may;" And fie did. He was the only mourner. His heart was the only one that ached. No tears, were shed by others, and they left hint sitting by the new-made grave with heartso big that he could not speak. If, under the crust of vice and ignorance, there are such springs of pure feeling and true . nobility, who shall weary of doing goad ? r Defroif Free Press. Aboat the Fly. When a Congress street woman an swered tkedoor-bell yesterday sh found a stranger on the step. He had a bun dle in bit hand, a smile on his face, and he said:", "Madam, con I sell you some fly paper?1' , ' " Does the paper fly I" Bhe askei'. uNo, ma'am, but it makes the Hies fly." "What do I want the flies to fly for?'.she continued. ' j. "Every fly, msMam. j" he was.ex plaining when ahe called bat:.. "I want you to fly! 1 can get along with flies better than with agents !" ' " But I am not on"the fly," he! softly protested. i ' Our dog is," -she grimly replied, and so he waa. He flew around trie corner, tie agent flew for the gate, Ihe roll of fiyyaperflew over the curb, and a new bow climbed up a tree~lx to be out of the niuBs: and snouted: ' _ . . "She flew, thou flyest, he flied, aad I believe the dog got a1 piece of meat with that usoat-tailj" . , - Chatham now population of 6,907. boasts ef a * AjWhlstUna: Hatch. A Hasardrille coiresjiondent tells of li novel wager recently wjn in thatl town. A. party of men being together, one^of \hem pro \ posed a bet that Peter Toombs would Whistle one hour without J stopping or .speaking, and' without. A Bard Bun of Luck. The unhappy Kentiickian who bet on every race during the week, and lost every time, illustrates the freaks of fortune in > this resjiect.' He had just $50 left,' and in sheer ^esjjeratieQ cried oht in the crowd that useedi!Jed at the hotel after the racea; " VIA bet $50 I 'can name two men here iwith twenty- > three fingers.,' -Wheat the bst was -taken this child of fateicontinued ; " Anybody'U do. Here my friend, Til . take yon. I baye tbirtoen ngors asid yes have, ten that stakes twenty-throe. | I knew there was one bet I could not lose." The stnfnger gHzed at him a moment with a pitying ^expression, and then, " Well, I" am sorry ' for you, ; You have struck a hard r in of luck. / had three of >*.$ fing irs shoi'pjfitt Ch ich- amduga J" repeating any tune.. The proposal was juaie iy another of .the party, wb'oxuoed the tjme to half an hour. J4r. Toombs accepted the amendulent, the stakes were put up, 1 Mi. Tofjuibs beguc ia t.ir?k. - "ft \Vonfc Go Hoi nt- Till Ijl'kiiing,"-he ->n through fais Tepertotre, ending with " Paddle Your Own aBTaee," in l grand style. When" the kaif Jiour ended, not being blown, the whist ler'kept itup twenty minutes long er, winning of course the stakes. Harifirtfi Times. The Tillage Paper. It is .uanncessary, perhaps,:; tp in- iorm you of the valuable contribu tion a local paper ss'akea to the ,' material and actual prosperity of j the village in which it jajMibluihed. K .\ - A deitut's tign ^Pcawing, nrasio and dancing. - _ Every intelligent ]iaon knows ... that it is a mesaeoger giing out j into the surrounding oc untry mir roring the charaoteristica, progress . and improvements identified with ' the couiuiuiiity. Thil tact l.haaj beeu o thoroughly deuranatrated* ; that rt is no longer debaUble, and ; he- is- a akeatio lacking necessary inteHigvnce to be a ancoeasful one , vrho pretenda to doubt \i. '. - It, therefore, become.-) an import- ' ant duty one brimful.' f self inter- v est 'in tbe. part of tb people- to assUt, by is liberal pat,: onage, th > rblisher in making Ha papar a t'air representative of: he wUU-a and* its aurrcuadtDgs.T -f njU.