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fUf 111. Xo.39 Whole No. 1W AGION, ONT;, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1878. / t /:. FBBB PRESS - *. Is Published EYEBT THURSDAY MORNINC, - AT Til* ;Frae Press Building, Kelt to tho l*rtt Oifitj*, Taow"- Ooe dollar a y-ar, nrriclly In ft4ran.ec. U not r-ftUI hfrthr** months M dollar an<l a-halfviUbe cUarsca; or j o.J.i!lr If not -v.! J till Ibeeml of tup j v; !*iajl cop'lca- ltr*e cent*. So fl-paWr -rill <> k lo ar roron more VBttn.ir vnvKunlNtJ Right cents jLsr Uaof nf 9rHu.-.r'tl.>n. and two CUltl S-.r Uo* fir -.arli kii-jnoiiii-iit |:v-.orUi>u. aort a-tT->riUemenl t Is'.iUint-* ami salar, t for tlirw lumertioiia. Ka*lue C.r-1 or eir-U tine* and uiidor, *l per tllQUIA. A, liberal dlKount allowocT'OB -.ilver- tUemet-talaiertevl far extended p-frlodt. AHK>r:UBtfi)U wUhoul ipll tOMruc- niat lns<?rt4!*illl forbid, and charged aaeordlaglj*. 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Office at 1>T Ootore, .l.-.elph.i .ler by m" mt'reo^d to (ji-ipuoT l>oo!i I'oaiome* 111 recelre prompt attent^n. DRA|E muE oVtario SADDLERY, ACTOIT. Bay your HirneB at the Ontario Sntliilery, vhere you get the worth of your mpney. A splendid lot of NEW COLLARS <on hsnJ: J- AH parties lntendiric to pt>'r> chase Harnesi should Jo so at once before the rush commences in OrJer to secure a good set. K. CREECH. Acton, Jan. 7. 1878. PVTEXTS far IXTESTIOXS eto? liUou.lv and properly aecureU. In C o 1 v, th- Unit* 1 SUtea allil Kurpp*i- "1*aI*iii ( iarate-<1 mr do eharee. K*" for prt'nte-1 i'truello. Aeeuey inoper- . tea yaara. ^^BVJjM^^ ya^anlral Enjtoer, rvjlleltor of Pa -|iu>k! Drauchuraian. %Jf "ir'tra, ijnl. E.-ery'iJcj*"<-rip!lon f.jl.-^rltvc ao<i Roueb-eaatluK done on OT TAKI GRAFT LIVEE LOZIEU,PJjtslerer, t a-r^Ti tint. E.pry deHCTipllOD of ., -_ on <u* rati teed- RossIX hoi.St. Act?"- CI.we to the (i. T. Railway Station. -Excell -ntaeoomttmlailon f"r tbetravel- Vlni paMe- 3?KOS. CAMPBELL. Propr. DOrllMO.N HOTEL. .lei Iloaert .veneir, "roj.rifior.-li ww Ko-^l U ;Ai;el "P '" nrat-clas' trie with no-! farn.ture. Commercial T-"veller wi l.flr.5 kotJ accommo-latloi; an 1 commotion* Sample Room*. Special >t-iiUoii.pal i loth* nl <><lhelravcl- Ilnj-pn.Ue. P.rwr .applle-' H>tne bet Llaa""*'"1 Cigar*. Uool S.ablluK attentive HoMler. and (Ticliti* liapid, Orcfihr Writing.^ Those wishing to learn- SHORT-HAND Boultl c\i> well to adilreas '"" k W. CALHItAITH,' Tin. M'.w mi ma uoctuinf.. There"s come a singular iloctriuc, Suo, Into our church tu-tlny ; ' These cur'us wurtls aro'wliat tho new Youuy uroaclicr hail to any ; That literal oyVrlastin' tiro Was mostly in uiir eye ; That simier.i tluad if thoy ilesim, Can gotunotlicr try ; Ho iloubtcil if a warmer climo - ' Than this worhl, could he proved ; The little uii> I fear sumo tnuo lie'11 yet hia ilouhta removed. I've watched my,duty, straijjtft an' true. An' tried to.'do it well ; Part of the time kept heaven in view, v An' part teoreil clear ' hull; An' now half of this work is naught, If 1 must list to Uiiu. An' tliia 'eer dovil I have fought Was oiily jut a whim ; Vaiu are the ihiuj-ora 1 have, liravoil. The sacritice they *i>st. For what fun is it W ho saved. If no one else is lost? JustthiuU suppose wliou once I view Tiio heaven 1 toijod to wiu, A lot of unsaved siUuers, too, Comea walkiu' graiidly in ! j An' acta to home, satuc as if they I Had read their titles clear, An' looks at me, oa \t to say, " We're glad to scje you hero I": As if to say," Whilti you have h'eu So fast to too the mark, JJ'e waiteiLtill it rained, ou' Uiai Uot tickets in the ark 1" Yet there would lie some in that crowi I'd gather like to see ! My boy Jack -it must be allowed, There was no worse than he ! I've always felt somewhat tit blame, Iu sjveral different ways, That he lay down ou thorns o' sharao To end his'boyhood's days ; An' I'd bo willing to endure, If that the Lord thought best, A minute's i|uite hot temperature. To clasp him to uiy breast. Old Captain Barnes was evil's son With heterodoxy crammed ; - I used to think lied he tlic ouo If anyone was dammed ; Still, when I saw a:,lot o' poor. That he had clothed and fed. Cry desolately round his door ; As soon ai he was dead ; There came a thought 1 couldn't coi trol. That in sonic neutral land, I'd like to meet that acorched-up soul An' shake it by the luind. Poor Jennie Willis, with a cry Of hopeless sad distress, Sank sudden down one ni-ht to die, All iu Her ball-room dress ; She had a precious; little whilo - To pack uji au' away ; She uvea left her sweet good smile 'Twas on the face next day ; Her soul went oil" unclothed by even One stitch of saving grace ; How funhl she hope to go to heaven, Au' start from such a pkice 7 But once, wheu 1 lay sick and and \ve.Vk, She cahie, >'i' begged to stay ; She kisted my faded, wrinkled cheek She soothed my pain away ; She brought me sweet bouipictsof flo era, ; As Iresh as her young heart -. Through many-long an1" tedious hour.- She played a Christian part; An' ere 1 long will stand arouu' The singin' saints among, I'll try to talce some water ilown To cool poor Jennie's tongue. But tears can never oueuch,Jiiy cree 1, Nor smooth(iod'a righteous froivn Though all the preachers'lcai-ii to. read Theic'IiibleB upside down. I holdihiine rjght side up with care :To-shield riiy eyes from siu, An' coax the Lord, with daily pr.tye To call j>oor waudbrer*' in ; But if the sinner won't draw nigh. An' take salvation's plan, I'll have to Htaiul and see 'cm try' To dodge hell if they can. bo Kent me to lly: to America. I auw'iiui'run across tho Hhnibbury towards tho hoiisu. I witttiid font fow moments to catch tho lust glimpso of hoi as sho entorod tho drawing-room window, but lost sight of her; alio must havo gono Bomo other way. I no7er saw Lor again. Since then I luivo roamed tho earth as a fugitive and vaga bond alone, for I loHt my life nit a Bhipwreuk. Oar vossol was lost, uud I alone was spared to grow old with Uio murk of Cain on mv blow." " And what of"Lady Culutirooko 1 Do you know that sho was never BOiii sinco that interview with you i It in'su[)[)OHed tlmt Hhe flrd witli Eouio {laratuotir on that vi'ry nijht it is Sllljpoaed ho was, Mjb8 Mars- den's-murderer !" " Shi$ never did; sho told mori that evening that she hai married the man she loved; there wuh never uuch it thing as falsehood in her !" "Then, >iliat could have 'be come of her 1 Wretched man, .if you know aught, confess it, for .the unhappy husband's sake, Who mourns her as false for your owrn sako, for God's sake, speak !" J.'r' " ^lan, do you think that '1 would have harmed one huir of her hciuM 1 tell you 1 never heard of her disuppearauce till 21 my years afterwards. I know oolhint; niore than I huvo told. No bad us I was, blasphemer, drunkard, gam- blur, robber, inurderer /' raising- his voice at each word ^ill he al most Shrieked tbe fearful climax, " I would hot have wronged my gentle, loving sweet sister ! No, no, no ; I swear by (he CJol before whom I shtlj stand this day, I kuow nothing more ! nothing Frrr Prr**, Acton ! ;- XVJ-3I. HEMSTEtET, Licensed Auctioneer Forth* Counties or Wellington -md 'Hnl- Inn.' OrJjr. 1-rt at the Hi PR*** OflS., \fSlon, or" at nrr renhlence, In Ko-a">^o->^ lll ti* promptly alteudiii to. Tenoi re^ronable. H TCI TBOLLOPE CHAPMAN, Practical Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Blndfnc Seatly ExecatetJ. ksJ Sf-jnul Book* of all Kind* (ITitrr. itadt to Bulling Promptly Attjended to. Bmitnv St. (ieiirge'cS^uare, Oaepl ; tar Orders leftit the FltEE Prk'S OrHe will recetre prompt attention. J mHE ROYAL EXCHANGE X HTKL. AGTON. m The undersigned beps leave to inform tbe people of Acton and sur rounding neighborhood that he has procurod a magnificent HEARSE. And is prepared to attend and con duct Funerals on the shortest notice and most moderate terms. Ca'tet-f, Cfffinn, Jin rial Jlobtt, And all kinds of funeral Furnish- incE kepiin stock, and supplied on the shortest notice. Hat Bands and GloreB supplied when required. JOHN STEIOUT. Acton, Feb. 10, 1877. V This well-known house, has recently nderjjone a thorough renovating and repairing, is now furnished with- new and modern furniture of tbe best des- eripti.m, and is prepared to provide dr.ttclaas accommodation to the public The present proprietor has received-n Keefse, atid he will keep the bar well nppliediritJf the very heart of Jiqnors andrcij/ars. . The stabling is JarRt and *eU-fjttil up ; ilso ample lied-r(ki!ll.; TUe patronage of the^public is respect- lly solicited. ' JOHN MANfeY. Aotoii, Juae 2C, IS77. can buy first-c'ass Pianos and Oroa5.i cheaper of DAN IEL F. BE ATT V,- Washing __ to 1, New; Jersey, than any other manufacturer in the United States- Why? Because he sells only for cah, takes no risks add has no book accounts. Every instru- mentis fully warranted forsixyears rb strictly first class,'and are sent on from 5 to 15 days' test truth money r^fuiidrd and freight paid both way* by him if th.-y are usatis- fiictory._i Send ^or Illustraled An- TBKTlBrt (Qatalogue Edition) and ead testimonials from his patrons, some of.wbom you rwJtPPW. Ad- dress -DANIKL F. BBA'fl'X, Vash- iogton, 6t'ew Jersey. and 'Vil.S 'VUS for he >ad me -He. a. en .1 A TRAP FOR A YOUNG BRIDE. PART IIli '-' (Cottfi'iiucil.) __ I quickly produced a glass poured out a glassfuV. which, drunk eagerly, New life Hparkjled from his eyes. " Yes," he: continued, " I Arthur Temple,, brought ii| the Church, La! ha! ha! laughed wildly. " Ic was company, bad company brought to this ! I went from bud to wo The night before my sister's ding (I and my wife were hid J in my mothers cottage then) robbed Miss Marsden's house vith a mate who was caught and hang ed for tho murder I committed! How well T remember the hoivors of the next day, how I lay con cealed in Colebrooke woo Is, in 1110- ruentary fe.nr of detection, and only waited till" they were married to extort, by fair means or foul, from mv brother-in-law, tho means to enable me 4o fly from tile gttllokvy ! It was about half past seyen.o'c oek at night that I saw the police con stable eater the hall. Soon after I saw my sister on the termce- wulk in front of the drawiug-rooiii ; I confided to her my dreadful Situ ation : I entreated her" for moLey. I told her unless sho gave me^tne her brother would be hanged. How shocked she was! "W6uld fifty pound do 1 she asked ; it was all she had. Yes ; I urged her to hmry. She ran to her room, and returned breathless with a rol of notes. I buttoned them beneath my cont.iind said farewell, I'cjmld not kiss those pure lips, but wrung ber hand, and we-par She promised she would try to ttun the; constable for 'half-an hour. IJean while, I had a gig-ready, would be off with my wife Bristol, where more uieney I ted. de ll 1 und to wp.ull more : 1 .Overcome with the exertion of speaking he sank down on the pil- low-^he gasped for breath, clutch* ?ed tho bedclothes convulsively, u shudder shook "his frame It was all over, aiid tho immortal soul of Arthur TVmple returned to Him who gave it. Wc kuow his earth ly, \vliiit-wii8 bis eternal fate? who shall U-H ? Perhaps a mother's 'prayers were answered; perhaps the good seed sown by hid pious lather, though it long lay dormant, may have sprung up at last. . Like tho dying thief on -the cross, he may have sought und found mercy at. the eleventh hour. It is not for us to judg-'. Let us part from him in Hood's words: " Owning Am weakness, W* evil behaviour; And leaviug with mee';ness //("> sins to/ii'i saviour." PARTY. Found. " Hertruth too dearly proved." LanThat ;dtivo home was a very silent one, very different from the drive out. Awed at the death scene, and amazed at the revelation we had lie'ard, neither of us were inclined to speak. .-The .approach gateH were iu Hinht ere I^B;'.id to my even more sombre CO npanion, "Instead of clearing up the mys: tery that man's confession seems to add to it. -l. ' ; " Would God be had never spoken; would (Jod he had died with bis secret!" exclaimed tho young .clergyman in an agonized tone of voice. " Why, Richard, what is it?" I asked, astonished at his emotion. " Can ijnii ask," he replied, ' Was not that poor wrclc'i my blood relation? Till today T was proud of my name, proud of my family ' I did not know . we num bered among our race a felon ! This morning. I asked for your daughter's hand; how can I sue for .it now V' .^ You forget, Richard, that hi) was by marriagp, too, my unclu'H brother-in-law. One cannot'help such things. You should remem ber that amongst the chosen Apos tles one was a devil! If I kuow Alice righfjly this will not make her alter her mind ; besides, thero is no occjusion for the matter to being made public; you and 1 can keep this us a secret of the confes sional !" " I thank you for yonr generous view," said tho young man, bis faco brightening, up again. We had now reached the lodge, where two of my children were ready to greet US. " Oh,' papa, eome quick, and see the big holo George has found," said'little Annie, a rosy-faced child of five, " so deep, so deep !" "What hole? Where ?'\ - " In tho . shrubbery, answered George,, who was aged eight, "very deep ;,T couldn't reaih the bottom with the long fishing-rod." " In tlie shrubbery," repeated Richard 'f empde. "Was it near the drawing- room 1" " Yes, closo," umswered the children. * - - " "Tho spot where poor lady Colebrooke was seen to disappear. Can ahe hare fallen down that vory pit J" ' "I do boliovo you art) right," saitf I. '.'. You have fathomed tho mystery ; but say nothing yet wo may bo wrong." Following tho eager children, Richard Templo nnd { soon arriv ed at the spot whore all tho rest were gathered. There, sure enough, among the dead leaves and rub- bis!!, butwoen the evergreens, was a yawning chas-n with rotton wood clinging round its edges, the de serted shaft of a coal pit. " Keep back, children," cried I. "And George, run and fotcli Me- Phersou and the gardener, and tull them to bring a good long rope ; we jnust explore this mine." Tho children were all in, high glee, and soon the gamekeeper and head gardener, accompanied by Bovoral other outdoor servants, arrived. Jem Archer, who rode a^thorough-bred steeple-chase mare for me, readily volunteered to de scend first. Tite crowd around the pit's mouth;- was momentarily increased, first by my wife'und daughter- Alice, and then by the nurses and other servants. We lowered a lighted candle for tea'-of foul aiiy and then Jem Archer,., lantern in hand, was let down !>V the stfojij? arms of MuPherson, a stalwart Suo% with instructions to sliake tho rope violently when he wished to bo pulled np. . -' J Richard took tho oppoiiiuliity for a fete ti-fete with Alico ' down. the Firwood Walk.. Laming over the mouth of the abyss, wo'watch ed the. light descending, descend ing, circling round and round, till it looked like a spark only. At- ht8t it beetme stationary,.arid then moved along to the left. "Ho. has now ground," said S mdy McPherson, *' an unco' depth it is, twu hundred foot, sheer !" The rope shook violently, and thoy commenced hauling up. What an age it seemed to u.s bystanders betoro Jem Archer's lietd appeared again ! He wits looking-very white and- spared. * , ""YVhat hae've seen, lad J" ask ed McPho-soii. "Stand backjgivn the boy time," I said. -< What is it, Archer ?" - " Richard Temple, who had re turned at this moment' hastily whiaparcd in my ear : Your pre diction has.come true; Alico is un changed ; now for mine !" " Tlierd has been fl murder down yorjder, sir," said the boy, who had recovered his voice, '(I exchanged glances with Richard.) " I saw a skeleton, the skull dash ed in. There has been foul play ) as sure as my name is Jem Archer." ' - . , " I- must go down' nnxt," 1 said. " And II" uxcluinod Richard, and t'," from several coaled beneath' the dead leaves. The boarding, placed over the abandoned shaft by careless miners long years ago, grown rotton by exposure-I to the rain and-damp, gave way!beneath her'"light tread, and precipitated the unfortunate lady into an untimely grave on her wedding ! night! Tuere. she had mouldered peacefully away, whilst her more unfortu.nate partner had sought from shore to shoVe, as he ] supposed, a faithless wife/ " I must take the first train to town to-morrow morning, Annie," I said to mv wife, after de'tailina our discovery. " My poor uitcie must not be kept in ignorance an other day; it-will console him in his grief t'o kuow that she was leiil and true after all." , " I>et uji thank God," snid my wife (^vicU a truo mother's feeling), ' that none of the dear children fell down that fearful pit; you must have it built over the first thing." "I will, my love, aj soon.as wo hiivo removed my aunt's remains from their unhallowed tomb, and buiieil tlfeinin consecrated ground ; meanwhile. I will havo u strong fence put round it" Hoir to Pop the Question. be- ' Grucioij-s,'- says f, ' I'm t ^enty ono past.jjjld it's time to loolc jtfter Nance?' > I ' Next dny down I vyenfc. was aloni;r,and J axed her {9.1.00 per annoib hi Ad>nrr Nancy if the Squire was.in. She said he wasn't "Cause,' siijid I, mukin' believe I wanted to see him, ' our colt has spraiaed his foot, and 1 came 'to see if tbe Squire wouldn't lend me bis mare to go to town.' She said she guessed he would. I'd tetter sit down and wait till the Squire came, in. Down I sat; she looked sorter strange, and my heart felt quefer round tho edge, i- ' Are you goih' down to. Betsy Martin's quilt-in*?' after'-' a while, sez she. Sez I, 'Reckon I would.' Sez she, ' Suppose you'll take Elizji Dode'?" ' To-ttay and To..1Iorrow. Morrow is a town of some impor tance about forty miles from Cii - cinatti; - A hew brakemon on the road, who did not know tho names of tho stations, was approached by a stranger the other, day. Stranger. "Does this train go to Morrow to-dav %" '. Brakeman, thinking tbe stranger was making game of him.- "No, it goes to-day yesterday, the week, after next." .PART VI, Too Latf. " 'J'liou cuiu'st like suuuy skies, Too late to cheer the seaman's eyes When wrecked, and lost, his bark fore him lies." SJuorc.- At half-past eloven o'clock- the express train rattled into Padding ton, and, chartering a.hansom, I drctye at once to my uncle's resi ilenco in Park-lane. The blinds wort) down. I rang tho bell with that sinking sensation which is often like a presentiment of evil. Tho door wa^ opened by old John B.sunett, and I saw by his face that something was wrong. " What is the matter, John? I-i my uncld III " III ho is .dead, Sir Henry. Did you hot get my telegram this morning?" "and the faithful dor- niostic fairly gave way and cried like ft Clljlll. ', <rMy God! I came loo late, then. Oh, John, if he bad lived one more day it is all cleared np now, the mystery of Ltdy Gole- b^-ooke's disap|>earanc&?" " Oh, sir, you cannot m<-an it !" "I do. Only yesterday after noon, at the bottom of an old shaft close to the drawirig-ropm windows, I discovered her bones. ' I identi fied them by his ring do you know it?" "The very one my ladr wore that, "da}-"--I remember it well thinking it was the handsomest riug I ever saw ; and, strange te say, my master must have been taken ill about the time you made tint d overy." " And why why did you not inform me then 1" ' Beeaiise. my master gave the strictest orders you Were not to be summoned. He told me ho wish ed to die alono he often mention ed my Lady by "name, and said ',1 shall know it all soop.' Do not grieve, Sir Henry, ha knows it now ! He knew it before you could have told him. He is happier whole he is. How often he long ed for death, how often he said : If it would please God'to take me but His will be done !' He was a really good geutleman." My tale is di<awiug to a close. - I only , , , , , need add that i ai week after this first time either of mis bad descend- thei.e ^ A Uoub)e faaeveil at Cole- ed into a coal mine, but this was, , us it wore, exjdoring the secrets of you to Sez I, ' I'uiouglit, and the^ again T monght not-.' " ' i - . '.Sez she, 7 I heard yon wm Joivl to get married.' Sez I, ' I wouldn't wonder a bit.' I looked ab^ her and seed the tears coiuinV _ Sez T, ' Maybe she'll ax be bridesmaid.' She riz up, she did, her 'ace as red as a boiled beet. 'Seth S tokesl' and she couldn't say any more, she was too'fuil. 'Wouldn't you; be bridesmaid, Nance ?' sez I. ^ : 'No,' sez she, and burs aright out. .' Well, then/ sez I, ' if you won't be the the bridesmaid, will the bride?' She looked up to me. -' I s^wan to man I never saw anythin" loijiV so awful putty. I took* right |h6ld of her hand. ' Yes or No,' sez I rigbjt'dff. ' Yes,' sez she. 'That's the sort,' her a kiss and a hug. We soon hitched traces to double harness for life, and [.never had cause to repeiw nay bargain. Strain jer. "You -don't under stand, I waiit to go. to Morrow." -Brake-nan. "Why don't you wait till, to-morrow, then, and not coine bothering around to-day; you can go to-morrow, or any other day you please." '^ -' Stranger "Won't you answer a civil question civilly ? Will this' train.go to-day to-Morrow J" Biakeman. it will go to-day and come, back to morrow," . Ah the ge-ntletuan wliO|Waiited to go to Morrow was about to leave iu disgust, another employee, who knew the statipn alluded to,-camo along and gave the desired iiufor-: matiou. . " . A Key to a Person's -Same. of By the accompanying tabic \ letters, the name of a person or word may be found out in the f-.-j- lowing manner-,- you be " Au.d others.. " And Annie. And at s: P-V a time, - said little _______ _ ____, I'm hoping," lid McPherson, in his dry way. "There's a. windlass and bucket over the' old well ttiat would do first-class, sir," said the garileuer. ' You are right, itn 1 two can go down at a time ; get' it fixed at once; and Jem, yoli saddle a horse, and .ride over ito Hereford and'bring back the policeman." The impromptu apparatus was quickly set up, and Richard and. I were lowered into the pit. Deeper, and deeper still ! It was not the lescend- Winning W I, ays. trot in A G E G .1-'- K M O <-*' S u w ^Y B 0 F G J K 'N O R S V w z D E V G L M N' O T U V w H I J K L M ,N O X Y Z P- Q K S T ir v; w Y Z the "rave. We did not for a mo- ment dimbt into whose tomb we were let down, At last we reach ed the bottom. It was tho very scene for a tragedy. For above us, shrunk to a span, was the irregular surface, stmng'-ly . si-ivdded . with stars; I; had. often helore noticed this, but not so markedly. A- round us were the dim galleries of the deserted mine; Beneath our feet, lying among decayed leaves and rotton wool, were the relies of mortality that so : alarmed' Archer. I tlnew tho light of my bull's-eye lantern on the remains. There Was the poor skull, crushed in by the terrible fall; '/there was the double row of pearly teejh (once so admired) ; there were the hollow ehaauis, where once beam ed those deed violet eyes, And this was all left of that pearless ,, . beautv ! us if to banish tbe smallest,! The most caramon error of men doubt from oir minds, on tho third /< '* wpinen ib tiujt of looking lor bony linger of the left hand, hang- A ,good storj- is told on Judg-? George Miller, of Jefferson <Jity, which we believe has never ed in print. The Judge is successful politician and at one time knew every voter in the district. Time, ' however, has fadud the Judge's memory a little, although he will not admit it. He shakes hands with,-and pretends to know, everybody. He was holding court iiji Miller county a; short time ago, approached by a long, specimen of the Osage liills, why held up his paw and said : ' How d'ye do, Judge ; you don't know me, do yon?' ' Oh, yes,' said the Judge. ' How is your ftthei!.- , Osager 'Oh. h6'8 beenf dead elsven years.' Judge out how isjyour mother?' Osager ' Why, she's beon dead eighteen years!' ., <T:iidge: " Well how the devil are yon.? You ain't dead, I know V This brought-down the crowd, which soon adjourned to the near est, grocery, to drink to he live man's nealth. Smlalia Bazoo. appear- & verv u nd wait ubherly The Tanner's Sis Ji. brooke Church, and husband and wife parted so long, were together laid iu the cold wedlock of the grave. A simple marble slab re- c.irds who rests below. "JJpon it are inscribed the following words and lines which a friend suggested as peculiarly applicable : Sacred to thoTiiemory of Sin Jons Ai.i:x. G'6i.km.ookk7 IUgt., aged 89 years. - !. . Also of \ Ai.ick Ti'.Mn.K,. his wif.-, aged 18 year"-. ,liy a'strauger fatally I'li030 two never niot from taeir wed ding day , ' ~ Until tlie day they'were together laid to s|eep here; . Where they rest in hopes of or glorious resurrection. - ;> . . ~ It. I. P. _--------' . jL ' ------'_ Idleness not 'Happiness. A tanner having erected a build ing on the main street for the sale of his leather', the purchase af hides, etc., began to consider wiat kind of a sign would be the mo;fc attrac tive. At last, what he th aught, a happy idea struck him An auger bole through the ....!. .. _'..'r>- ..:! :^ and. stuck a calf? tail in lie -bored doorpost! it, with the bushy end flaunting on;. -After a while he noticed a grave looking person st'auding near tlio door with ing loosely around,' were the plain bond of gold with which .she ' was> wed, and its'koeper, a whole hoop of oiueralda and diamonds,- the exict counterpart of the ring given to Annie on her marriage by my uncle. Stooping down, I reverent ly removed tha.sparkling gauds which seemed a mockery there, and then I gave the signal to. he drawn up. It was alL clear- as daylight. After performing the act of mercy which saved'ber wretched brother o happiness somewhere outsido of useful work. It has never yet been found when thus sought, and never will be when this world stands; and sooner the truth is learned the better for every one.' If you doubt the. proposition, go around among your iVieDds and ac quaintances, and select those who have the most enjoyment through life. Are they the idlers and pleasure-seekers? We know-what your answer will be. Of- the miserable human, beings it has y at the tzo'that out and from the vengeance of tbe law,;"she ; been our fortune or misfortune lo must have hurried back across the \ --w. -^ose were the most wretch shrubber the cons------, . - ghastly, trujj J'Or a yuumj hride con- selves. ve hurried back across the *-" *. "uoa oi -= -""^ "l--u rv, all eagerness toWetaiu , <" w& ' -" relitedTrom useful em- istable, ignorant of that *plovment in order to.enjoy them- spectacles on gazing intent sign. So long did ho j finally the tanner stepped addressed the individual :' -,' " Good morning." 'l "Morning!" replied the"' without moving his eyes irom the sign. " You want to buy leather J" "No!" " Want to sell hides?" "No!" " Are you a farraeci?" " '.'No!" : """ .-. " Are you a merchant J' "No.":/ "liiwyev?" " Np!" ! ' " Doctor r "No!"i" " Whatin thunder are you ?" " I'm a j philosopher. .]'ve been standing liere half un ho ir trying to decide How, that calf goi through that augerliole, and for t to life of e I can'tj uju^ke it out, You should forgive many things in others,-jbut nothing in; pin self. Work for other people not your own; arts. ! i .'. I; this Let the person t^hose name you wish to know inform you iu whisk'- of the -upi-igot coluinha the tir^fc letter of his name is contained. 11 it be found in but,0119 column, it is the top letter,- if it occurs in. uiore than one column, it is found by adding the alphabetical numbers of the top letters' of these columns, and the sum will be the number of letters sought.j By; taking one letter at a time in this way, the whole can be ascertained.' For ex ample, take-the word June. J is fou^d in the two columns commenc ing witb.B and H, which are the second and eighth letters down the alphabet; theirsura is ten, and the tenth letter down the alphabet is J, the letter sOujjht., The dext letter, A, appears in but "one column where it stands at the top. N is seen in tho' column, headed B, D aud H; these are the second; fourth and eighth, letters pf the alphabet, which . added give tho' fourteenth, and soon. ..The ase of this table will excite^ no little curiosity among those unacquainted with the foregoing explanation.^^ Ilandliiig Improved Poultry. One op the imrJortiiut principles in the breeding^)f itnproved poultry; and the principle will apply as well to.tbe breeding of stock of any kind, is the absolute necessity' that each individual should be absolute-, ly without fear of .those who care for them. Many clutches of eggs are ruined every year by uuatteii- tion "to thfi. matter. The birds should be used to be handled, and should be taught to eoihe freely to the breeder or bitendarts at call! If birds are early'taught this les son, and are not allowed to-ba frightened, they'will-have no fear whatever of those about them jtud will soon conie to boas much at tached to the attomltnts as the house dog. On'the other hand, if allowed, to be driven and goaded about thoy never forget it, and will not only give uniform satisfaction, while setting hv.d rearing : thoir flocks, but will also thrive bettsr, ., an-l fatten move kindly.- There mnii] will ba no fear displayed while oh the nests, wheu -examinations tr-j made, nor at any other time. <, s vanifc A ease has been before tlio Courts in Bryan, Ohio, which in of a novel character and has excited great interest in that lo.e-ality. A . branch of the Meunouites. called tifo " Ohitrch of God," placed one John Lichty under the " ban," for bidding all the members of his family speaking tohiui except when strictly necessary, -and eating at the satire table wihjt_J,he ' culprit, until he repeuted>-'r^Phe wife, how ever, was alloweiT to keep house for her husband.' Jb'oru year L';chvty strove to overcome the sentence,-' and then sued the Church authofi- . ties for 10,000 for estranging his wife from him. After hearing the evidence a jurv awarded him 2,500.; -' ,." : . :' is the art of ' Misery requires action --Lappl* ness repose', ,- T" " .' V ~^_- '.' m &:' 1- ^^^^^m^^^^^^^ J$&*iP4fS!3ls,