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\y i-%:!'-"t v-'r. ::-^"v , ..'. Xy\^n,:l\-..tfc-"--'vir'^-:i'->c:': - , U'SJ ' - <. | cents. price io l.vard. <** |nv> goods, to U AW. Toinme II. Xo.33-1?holo Xo. 86 ACTON, 7 ONT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY BUSrXESS- GAKD& WH. LOWRY. Mi. B M. C.r. si. --Uradiutto.-.or Trinity CaUer*. Members Collrtv of Physicians mlSartJ?ons Miti.STB.KEr Jivross. . . .lfc B.TIORROW. Physf-j . Surseon, Ac, ot Bollevue 001- J_/ flail lr, N**r t<irk,als.oHr.ulviRtv^t Ytotoria Otflesk. Canada. Consultation Urtys TucfaAT* "** Fridays.from tf a. m, till 4 ip.m.- Residence ACTOS TV HE\DERS<KV, CoiiYey- JE^JT* aaoer.,*c.. al*.^ Affont Cannula tare Assurance Co. Pe-Mls, Mnrip\i;(-s, *i- prepared rio-alU". prom ;>Uj\ ooVr<>eily ma-S on rc*on*Me terms. Money-fro bean on Mortyajte security. Qlwioir House, Acton. _ +o Offlee rf 0. M VTHESOX. Attorney. 0 kt-trfiw, SoUcitor in i'cnne<ry, Ms. Office Corner of Mala auU Church tra^la,Gepreetow n. ------r-----h-----:------------.--------------------------- "[PPIiEITE & SIMPSOY. r _ \i '.Barristers, Auortieys-:n-l,.iw, .-Mr*- lleK4?C* la Ctiancprj'^-Conv^yaucors, *.fcc. Min .-Sireet, Meos^ubtown. -' |* or Jtjiiif J it they peet," 7 is ten; *ecuire<| ijst lies, can not fcs- WTI. LAiDL.HW, Bnrrister,. Attornc-.v-Rt-i-ww; s,.licil<ir in Hamilton.. 10 S'Of *tfe*t; Milton. Main vtreel, the -Milton OrHe* *rltl 1>j rmder the mMfi-- -r*nt of D. \V. C.itup'-n'll, anl.Mr Lui.l- lnr*w 111 .attend m tne "MiltonruffiCo" on Friday of each vrve!- _. '" r' ^CTOX BAKERY. Cheap Bread. GALLOWAY BUOS. ARE STILL AHEAD; And wo intend to keep so witl? our . ' Superior BREAD, BUNS AND OAKBS. -, TIIK MALE COQUETTE. Oh, who caii-loVo tho vain co^uotte, That sports from sido ti) side ? Though nattered by a thhusaiid smiles, Not worthy of n bride.! He's like a gaudy butterfly; That Uvea in rosy bowers'; Or liko the fitful humming bird, ' Thai; flits around tho flowora. His heart ia made of adamant, His heels of patent leather His brain is an equality " Of heart nnd heels together. His form, liko the chameleon's, _ I& changeable in hue, Though vri'ucs have decided that j 'Xia far more green than blue. Bread\\Buns, and Calces ! Hcm papUvato a..tiios<ui<\ hearts, T ,""i , ,,, ... ,1 Without tho least regret, Delivered fresh around the vdlage and j Then chariro you with severity, Vicinity tsvpry.dnyj A good stock of , . For oallmg him " eo.iiiotte/' His tongue oV.rllows with" llattery, And many a honeyed "jvord, i,. uis ii j While with an artful woven not, , J Ho snares the wo inded bird, freeh anvl cheap tor cash. H EXR1L. DRAKE, IX*VEl\rE AE\T, GVEiril. Xo Credit Given, Except to .prompt-paying monthly cila- "-toiuers.- All kinds of Produce taken in ex? chamie.'for uoods. WEDDING & FMiCY CAKES Made to order in the shortest possible notice, nnd salts-faction.jjuarautoed. - ;' N. B. All goods are warranted pure as nothing but the'best of material is used. The patronr.gfi of tho. public is respectfully eoiicited. ~t %.. ' GALLOWAY BROS. Acton, Atig. 9, 1ST0;' -' Axtnt for th?.'Mercantile anil \Vaterloo. ' ill bu>iu.es vn.tru--.le J to '>is care'.wlll he flllhfnUv attended to. Ouicrs hy mail. moUelteJ. - _ H. L. DKAKK PATEXtS for iXYOTIONS il;< Sllfe is.ly and jiro>erly >eeurrd', In Can.-kl^, t-l<e.-U:*!i S'.ntes jr,il Europe. ^^^^"^ ^-WS^S^iFOR THE MII/LION C HElFiJREAD atian. t^a y^ars. wa, Can'a'ls. i VchxnVeaE Engineer."rNviiielior.of F-u. f ntt and Dr-injh'.smaa. - T> TlLltlAM WAIBLIXS, _ luiir tarrla;r I.lcenic* A Ccrtiuealrt '^ly."Royal Apj.ointtuc-nt.) -- -B^ine&s i-iivate at-d co-:::dt ::'!al :-{ifiii: :h:> Post .-t>ii-e, iiltn-.viiiiiuii, Co-ty Ha'toc. eg to:aniiotiiicf tha't they have sucurad I the services of -a First-Class Baker, With innocence aud.artlftssnesa, , She lends a lietcuiug ear, And of his deep sincerity, :Anticipates no fear. )' TiU cross tho path another form, And fairer face appears,- Then tho changeable chameleon Another,color wears, j He softly draws the silken string, .; - . .Vnd swift tho arrows tleet, Till the fairer and more beauteous form Lies bleeding at his feet. Regardless-of his cruel work". Ho spurns th'tVaching-heart, And slyly places '.iieatl'jthe cord Anoihei-jpoisonod "dart, Talk not t'o me of female flirts. Nor chido their honeyed smiles, While the heartless lords of earth de fend ..'-' . And boast their.cunning wiles. From such rtimorsliless poison shafts, . Though deep may be tlie quiver, I'll pray with my last waking"breath, Kind heaven nrc deliver. WHO TOOK THE STRANGER IN? an-l that^their T^akiiii,*- Itnpir.ess is rrow in full iipt-r.it:"n, in the premises ou ned -'TaJer f Slnstc, Dra-n-ln^ and Frencl^_ j,v ^rrs . j.,nna Ch.nrcii slre;, Act- n. -"' ' " ' I Bread wUl be delivered daily at the i houses in the village and vicinitv.r' LOZtEF.Plasterer.: Ont. Every descri-.c.lon of I Plaitcrtngaud. Roughr-cas:iL-i; doJie on \ Weddillff Cak^S, Tea Cokes, the aini"EeasonaMc-tvj-ms, an-.i s.-i'.lsfac- j . uod toirahtseu. . I Pastry, Buns, &C, _ A CTOX FLOIE HILLS. B. * E. NICKLIS, Proprietors., S made in the verybes't mr.tmer, and kept always on baud, good arid fresh. Also I all kiiidsr of 1 Confectionery, Biscuits^ Tlour an-J Feed always en : and. whole--': Cheese, fie. , . ' B'.5 r-'aJ rcsai'l.- Oiilj. Cpih ;or alLfciaas of Gr :n. ! l he .p-.tron.15e 01 the public :is retv ' pectfully 3olici"ted. ..- O S-S/x HOrSE, .tctou.J ? G. Ti Ha! way Stp'io::. ! X\j Close to th Bici'iiaut jLtcoiumo-Jaiiii! for the iravt-1- ltag 'public, 'l'iiu.-?. CAMi'B-'El^lj. Prov-. DOHIXIOX HOTEL, ieton Boberi Agaew,: i'iroitrieior.Thls '. - new Hoti is ClieJ up m Cr<t-a!ass ! itv! with ne> ruriiltuKe. Coninic-rcjal j Traveller:; wi 1 find Ko.-*a,-a<rcou,moi:.ilon ml commolionsSample nnoms. social | anntlo;i pai toth v.antx pt the travel- 1 llarpuullc.. JlarsuppMf.' with i:iev be.-j Iiiqnors autg-Cisaxs. Uooi a.abhi-g aud j atte^atiVje Hostlers. ;" :, ; ' B.-W. XICKLIX. Ueton..Fc-b. -2$, 1S7G. pit. ^EMSTfitET, CLEP.K 4-^ DIVISION COURT, j COUSTT OF HaLTOM. Liiceriaed Auctioneer; _ yptthe.Counttesof'.Velllngtonuud Hu.li ' ton. Orders l^a at the f'aEE Pbes-j.. CoarcyaiieOr, Office, Actoi, or at mv re.-ldenc:', "i" _ '. Bocfe(Wl, will oc- promptly -at;emie('_les . Termi reasonable. JMILTOX -..'lltANING MILLS. J. R. MiTQHELL; -f ' r Manufacturer of Ccsna.ission.or in Q. B." " Fire Iasuranco Asont, Issuer of 5Iarriage Licenses. LT & ww.. HJK. rs ^ -.J.. ^ :'-:/ H-Tf I of Rash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- ^wgut Uondv to Loan or Sorrow. in8, Door and >1 judovv' i "7 Frames, Pickets, ere.: | ' Agreat Sdoatreal Tclogrraph. Co. -I Pbming, Scroll ' Work and \Zalching - . lX\mi to Order. ' S" Blinds. 30 cunts per foot. "3 -dllnrprk deliversd in ^Icton free." Ord^M -left, "at Socord : Bros., will be promptly attended to. ~~^'. - J/ilton, Jane 6, 6/6. _ 50-ly. TOLLOP CUAPMAX, Practicalr Bookbinder. F All Descriptions pi Bindine ReatlyTExecilted. ^. otnit Boole* of all Kinds Made to . Order, ^ ( Euling Promptly JAttend4d to. Bri)KRT St. George's Sqnare.jGnelpi: '-"" Orders-left at the "Fi>.ee Pbejs OfSec ,-viriJl receive prompt attention. ^JASH. saal* s& CO. I page, eqntalntai; llsts-of-R000 nRWBpapers, anil tlloates showing co"st.ofiadTeTtlsinE. 1 SB?<D'->c. to (i. y. KQVVEI,!, & Ufav York, for Pamphlet of 100 p <6l O auayat horrie. "A'eentfi wanted jr.*-** Dntflt and terms free. TK.UE & CO. Angrntta, Xfaiac. . '!. Ji 1 ' , . <fiR i._ Q0O Per aay at homo PO GO tJ>^3U Samrles worth-31 Tee. BTisgok &. Co.t Portland, Mal,ne. JOB PBINTI5 of all kinds eatty ana promptly er"eeute<l at tho *EEE7 PRESS OFFICE, I -V "( Hit Pon Qfliee, Jin street.' I Oily: Van L^on-sat in tho corner of'her poor "caliin smoking a pipe, and dandling a Bidlow baby on her knee. ' .'Xiiar the door stood a pale -woman, lioldini: a bright boy by tho hand,.wliiio the master of the house I stood like tli,e ideal of the giant of lnzinesE, towering almost to tho ceil ing, his knees being beut as if ready to let him down on tho floor. Oily had more energy, and she; was now displaying it by abusing this poor woman who hud lost her good nnme,~and was suing for shel-' ter among those she had once des pised. " No, Lnney Dtib'oise, you needn't come here usin' up my house, aud eatin' ii]) uiy bread. Go to them that's us fino as you used to be, and they'll feed you and your boy with their, pigs," was her deli cate salutation. Tho wanderer winced beneath tho taunt, and Oily continued : " Pretty fine place this . old cabin for yau, that wouldn't' oven como hero once to 11 prayer nieetin,' like yoh thought the mountaineer folks hadn't no souls ! I remember your ridin'past here a horseback with a feather in your hat, and your skirts slappin' the ioss' feet, and most ridin' Over me that was a luggnv wood" Here tho little" spirit the man ihad; rose inhiin, and he. lifted his Life Insurance Agoat. ;l'and feeblv, and said, " You quit tl\jat !Shes a human cretur, and sd's the boy ; nnd I'm master of this house, and" "Oh, you be, bo you?" cried Oily, with a hysterical laugh. " Well, let's see you take care of the house. You. and the children would ba' starved for want of wit- tles, if it .hiidn't been for me. , I pick-huckleberries/-and raise bins and_I"_ ' ' '" And steal corn and apples, and now and then, a sheep when it comes handy," interrupted the man. " But as I said afore, I'm master of this house, and I can show it if 'casion requires;" ,r Oily knewj. just bow far to go, .and now stopped short in her abuse of the wantrerer. "Isay/* continued Tan Loon, " you are to fix up a place in the loft for this poor human cretur, and get some supper for her and the boy." / When Oily had spent her ill tem per, she put down her baby and began to spread-but her poor fare. Hereuriosity now rose nbove her temper, and she began to ask the poor outcast the tews of the town below, end to abuse tho people for not sheltering the homeless. Oily and her; lazy giant were of the claes styled ".mountaineers, in the hills back of :the Hudson, who, while they boast of a common origin with their wealthy neighbors, too, Often- live by begging-, and stealing sheep, poultry and fence-, riiils., She would work rather.than Btarve, but Jim would doubtless have chosen the Jatter fate, if he had been a Birigle man.. The unwelcome guest was the daughter of a rich farmer on the plain below, whoso flpcks.and fields ;ha'd suffered from the depredations of theae hereditary squatters, and who had gained tlieir ill-will more i than once .by handing offenders over to justice. The farmer was dead, his lands divided, and bis sons all alienated from their unfortunate DoUs CoUcctcl on Commission. f - ' . - And Sencral Agent'; &c, So. Parties intrusting their bnpincss with me .will be satisfactorily dealtjwith;. Office-at the, Boat Office,-Acton.- - "jiOMIXIOX HARNESS SHOP. E. K. COOK " Having -purchased the stock and good will of "he .business lately carried "on by Mr. J. F. Deriipseyi begs to announce to the' inhabitants of ^cton and vicinity that he will continue the' harness busi ness in the. same premises, . .Old Post Office Building, Mill Street, Acton/ f "where he is,prepa'red to turn out 'work second tojiQhaia'.the Dominion, Jbeing a practical workman of considerable ex perience. All work done gromptly and as cheap as -tab cheapest. : On hand a large and well 6electel"8tock- of^ Harn, BorS lnnlfs. 1 Truf/kit, Whips, Briwliea, Combs, tc, . Ef^iairing$rcrii'p!flj^Hen3ed;to. . . Ei*:. COOK. y Acton, Sept; 26, 1876// \j . 5000 Dressed Hogs wanted-weekly, for which the Highest Cash Price wall be paid. ^ From 2,000 0 55,000 in cajsh to be paid out to farmers forPork every we'JIc during.December, at I- . " SECOED BEOS.' Store. BiBter. The neighbors felt that iis she had brothers living,. they were free of all responsibility ; and so Bhe had become a houseless wander er. She had humbled herself as much as did the; Prodigal Son when he asked for the husk that the swine did eat, and not eyon a brother had given tliem oher. ' " When Oily who was not as in human as her words would make her appear saw that her guest did not eat of her bounty, she Baid .to hor, " yon needn't bo afraid on't it's reasonable clean, consitterin'." ' Then the. woman burst into tears, .and said, "O Oily, Tin: too sick to oat 1 Givo nio A:pillow, and let me' lie down and dio here. My own brothers have shut their doors in my face to-night, and wouldn't oven shelter"the troy j If they had taken him in, I would have lain down and died on my mother's prave. It seems as if my. agony must bring her out of heaven to-night. God forgives, but sinful man will not!" "What fetched you up here, then ?"..asked Oily, quite subdued by the scene. 1 "Because you wore sinners and outcast like myself. I thought if the righteous cast me off, you would not that you who knew what scorn waa would pity me," was the roply. " Well, now, child, I'm powerful sorry I roughed you ; bnt you see he is sich an aggrawatin' feller,' he wtm't workfbut he'll eat and ask everybody else to; and it was to dress- him down a little that I loughed you. You may eat all we've got, and sleep a month right through on my bins' feather-bed and pillow, and I'll. give' your boy all the molaseshecaneat tomorrow, to keep-him 'way from you, for I see yon'i-e in .. & roastin' fever. There, Jim, if ."you ain't too lazy, help the poor child up the ladder, aniTI'll giye-her some yarp tea and settle her down for the ni&ht. If I live to see daylight, I'll go down to the plain, and I'll ring the'village bell, and get the dominie, and all the grand folks out, and then I'll call Jcm everything I can lay my tongue to, I. will ! sarpints and vipers, and hypocrites, -and lots more ! and if I get a good chance without being hung for it I'll set fire to her brother's barns, and tench'em to forgive like they hope to be forgiven. I guess I can teach them 'ligion, 'tlionf their coiuin' up here and holdin' of riieotins 'm.png us and never axin"us to go duw^i into the church where the carpets and the clock and chunteleers is; and--------" }' "Look a here!" cried Jim, "she's a' tired out -while you're a preachin'. Better settle her now, an' git up in the pulpit and bov your sa^ to morrow." Oily took the suggestion meekly. Her heart was too full .of'pity for this outcast, to quarrel with Jim now. " I've he'ered some bibles read in my day, nnd know more than they think,I do; and I'll give the dom inie a piece o' my mind ef I live till to-morrow," she added. , "Oh.no, don't, don't, Oily ! he did all he dared to do for me. He offerrd me a home, but my brothers said if I went there, or stayed any where in the town they'd have me arrested for a vagrant. What can I be but a vagrant, if I'm too ill to work, and'my own kindred turn me from tl eir doors?" - It was a stiimge eight that child of plenty, once the pride of a happy home, thankful for .a shelter und a pillow in that poor loft where the pitying stars looked in through the chinks, and through which the riight' winds bewailed the cruelty and hard ness of those who had been kept, by God's grace, from open sin. Poor Jim did all he could under Olly's direction. He made " yarb tea," and heated water, andcarried them up to the loft; and Oily, who Was regarded as skillful among her neighbors when no doctor could be" reached, did her best for the wan derer, She even lay down on the bare 'boards beside her, lest she might need care in the night. This was a sad place to die in ; but it was the appointed one, for this child of every love and happi ness. For a few days her fever ran high, and then she sank'into per fect helplessness. Hermind float ed back to tho happv past, and she rejoiced again in the smile of her mother and life fohd 'words of ;her father. She talked With them j' as if she had passed' through, the deep waters of sin, humiliation and rer pentancey- and had come forth io walk with them, in: robes 'washed and niade white'in the blood of the Lamb.1 She talked of her child, and said, " I will give him to one who offer ed me a cup of cold water, and he shall lead these poor friends here up to heaven." " . 'When Oily and her poor neigh bor, Letty yanrTine, saw that-.the hand of death was on her, their hearts were softened > towards the brothers who had cast her out, but 3H5 'iim.M 1877. {91.09 per annum lS Atfr who, they said, would relent in the face of death. " Oily pUt on her black cambrid /.sun-bonnet, and, went'to the plain. I She knocked at the rich man's door, and was told that " no ber ries were wanted " there. _ j " I didn't come with berries? My hands are too full with your work, to pick berries; and; walking in, she stood before the rich man, and Baid, " Your sister is in. my cabin." "It's just the place, and just the company, for her," was the reply. " I hope you'll keep her there !" " Well, I don't expect'to do that., Doath iis gettiu' ready a home for her; and if you want to say a for- givin' Word to her, you'd better hurry, elsowise she'll go up and tell the Lord that you. wouldn't forgive hor; and then most liko He won't forgive you." " Oh, I'll risk her dying!; Such as she don't die. They hang on to torment and "disgrace other folks forever. No, Oily Van Loon, I hayen't sunk so low as to visit any body that, finds their company in your shanty 1" " Werryr good, sir, you can set tle that with the Lord. I didn't come here to quarrel with you, but to give you a chance to .forgive Jier; and here I say afore the Lqrd that has forgiven her, and that can for give me, that from this hour I will lead a new life. I'll starve afore I'll steal, and I'll make Jim do so too. But yoit look out, for the same. Lord is above us both, and He sees and hears us." Tho rich man shut the door al most in her face the -very door through which he and his sister hud passed in their happy childhood, morning and night, from school and from play.. Oily was almost n heathen, al though under the very sunshine of grace ; and did not know how to approach any one in a proper way.: She walked over to the parsonage, presented heiself before the " dom inie," and asked, " Do you want to pray for a dying sinner V" ' _ ' " Yes, Oily. Who of your neighbors is dying i" was the re sponse. " It's'of your neighbors V's daughter," said Oily slim-ply. " Not dt/lng ! she was here only a few days ago," was the reply. "Come nnd see," was all that Oily would say. .- -The man of Ged mounted the rocky path by Olly's side, (listening to the sad story of one who had been a-lamb in.his fold, in days long gone by. . When he stood by the sick woman's side' she said, ." Oh, :.yoit are the one who gave me a cup of cold water ! In return I will give yon.an angel to live with yo,u; al ways and j see -you that he leads these people!, to God. I was a stranger, and they took me in ; sick, and they ministered tome. Remind God of it, day and night, nnd never .Jet Him rest till all these in the mountain are forgiv en and '-eceived, as I, the chief of sinners, am to-night. Good bye!" . The minister, by his influence, induced the hard brothers to go up to Jim's hovel that night; but it was too late ! The lips that would have craved, pardon for all the errors of a sad life, and spoken forgiveness for their neglect, were forever sealed. Teal's stole down the strong man's cheeks j and;one of them said-^as ( if in compensation -- for the work done the dead " She may be ti'ur- ied from ray house, and I Will pro vide for the" child." But Olly's spirit was only sub- Jdued, not dead; " No!, she shall go from this house to the-grave; and if you're too proud to' come here to the prayers, you can stay away." There was'a prayer at Jim's poor home, and the faded form, that once was very beautiful, was borne down by old friends to1 the open grave around which the relatives 'were gathered. Here services were held, and many a tear was given to her who had sinned in her youth, been long cist off by her kindred, but who had yet found mercy at tlie eleventh hour of ber short life. Old men and women, who had been friends of her parents ill child hood and youth, gazed on. the -scene conscience: stricken; for they had done nothing to save Piis imperiled soulirom becoming a.total1 wreck. Many .had to admit,, in this-^earchr ing:! hour, that: hey;. had never uttered a kind word or held, out a baud' to encourage:. her " return. They all knew; that .the- last: place on earth she looked ; to for: mercy was her native, town, :whero ;hestinnocent days had been.spent. Her brothers, if they had any conScienae left, must hate quailed under, the eye. of.those chief.of sinners the mountaineers: to whom their sister, had fled as a last refuge .when :the- weakness of death was on her. ' The .men .who were to. fill.the grave, loaned on their^spa4es,.as if reluctant to. slvut out the lust gleam of day from one who had seen so, little sunshine, =A dead silence bad: fallen on air,there, when .an? old man, with uncovered head, startled them !all by exclaiming, in tremulous tones, " And now, in the name of Him who came to call, not the righteous, ance ; who, w oworld and all but sinners to repent hile He owned the that is in it, had not' gt where to lay '.Sis; head I, a Btran- and the sojourner of; a ' day among you, thank these poor, neg looted dwellers in. your hills, for thoirmercyto the dead.: Shgj was a stranger -among her own,: and they took her in ; she was hungry, and they fed her; thirsty, and: they gave her drink; sick, and they ministered toner; in prison shut out by cruel ^srs from tho mercy of Christian tnen. and worries rand these Whom she had regarded as enemies took her in, ministered to. her, and closed her dying eyes. You know the pronns*. of God,and you" know He is true to all ' His promises. God forgive you and reward them !\ Anion, ?" Cems of life, and go ments of it. of Thought. Knights of-Pythias. | the knowledge that the wife and - As there is to be a lodge of <&his ! children of his love are not'left en- ' very respectable ' ' "" ' *:""'" J--*:i--1--------:.l.... ^...i: and honorable order instituted, in.Acton, immedi ately, perhaps a synopsis of "their history, aims, objects, Ac., may be of interest to our readers. From a small book containing their.by-laws, rules; <kc> we cull the following : On February 19th, 1304,' in the city of Washington the order of Knights of' Pythias first saw the light, and Washington Lodge was the .appropriate name of the pioneer lodge. But the order did not make miioh progress, till April, 1866 tirely destitute or without Triends, that there are those "who will look i after'*and care for "those helpless onesjie. is compelled to leave. There are many other benefits known only, to knights. '..;. ' I shun Brave actio is are the substance od sayings the orna- If the block of the tongue be not Bet by the dialjof the heart, it will. not go right, j -' To mo'st^men, experience is like the stern lights of a. ship, which illumine only 'the. track.it has pas sed. _. I .- To rise to a moderate position by mere merit is more noble than to attain to the highest by favor and partiality. Oi all others, a studious life is the least tiresome; it makes us easy to ourselves a id others, and gains both friends and reputation, There is no| greater obstacle in the way of auccessih life than trust ing for something to turn up, in stead of going; to work and turning up something!. A little misery sweetens life. It is the salt that makes it palatable and wholesomp; the shade that re1 lieves, and sejts .off the monotony ind brilliancy of the sunshine. Anger in dispute ib like an un quiet horse in a dusty way it raises such a cloud in the eye oi the undei standing that it obscures the vision, and im ~>edes its operatians. When we ti.ko pebjile : merely as they are,, we make them worse; when we treatjthein as if they were what they shopld.be, \re: improve them as far as they can- he im proved! .1 True joy is a serene and sober emotion : and they are miserably out that take Wnghirig for'rejoicing; the seat of it is within; arid there is no cheei-fulness, like the resolution of a brave mind.' * The important truth cannot! be too. early learned nor the journey that leads heavenward too.soon' be gun. The enemy is.awake while we ^lumber,, and if..we neglect tp cuitivate the good,seed, hii* tares will cover, all tie surface. _--..- Man' is "deiigiied for'hh active being, and his spirit, ever -restless, if not employed npbh worthy ahd| dignified bbjec s, will1 often rather engage ih met n and low pursuits than suffer the tedious and listless feelings connected with indolence ; andknowledgeris no less necessary in'.strengthening; the inind,' than in preserving the [purity of the affec tions and the peart What Breaks Down Yonne Hen. It. is a eomironly received notion that hard stuoy :is the uuhealthy element of' a college life. But from tables, of tlie mortality; of Harvard Uhiversitiy, collected, by. Professor Pierce, ; from the 'last triennial catalogue, it is clearly demonstrated |that :the excess of death for the last 10 years after graduation, is fpund.in that portion of each class ofjinferior scholarship. Every one whO|has seen the ciirri- culuu) knows tpat where ^Ea'chylna and political eaonomy injure one, late hours and rum,punch, use up,a. dozen,; and that! the, two: little fingers are heavier than, the loins, of ^E'lclid., Dissipation ..is a sure destroyer^, and.! every ybiing man who follows it \k as. the early Bower, exposed toi untimely .frost. Those who haye beenjjinyeigled' into the path of. vice arei called. Legion. A few hpui-s .sleep each- night, high living and .plenty .of, " smashes," make war upon! every function of thebpd^. Th^ bVain, the heart, tbVlung's',' the liver,'the 'spine, the limbs, the bone's, "the flesh, every part aho*'"faculty.ire overtasked and weakened hy; the teki-iflc' energy . of passion '.iooBened Vfrdm. restraint; Until like a dilapidated mansion the " eartuiy lious^. of this tabernacle" falls into ruiniius debt. East young menj, righ't about. '"',".'.' ' " - The ladies fairly revel in the sweet buy and buy. since when- the order lias gone on i man's prospering, andlcow its muster roll shows about two hundred thousand KnightB in the United States alone; Eight years after, the. order ef KnfghtB" of Pythias- was intro duced into Ontario, 22d February, IS72, ind eight months after(it had crossed the border eight subordinate Lodges and one Grand Lodge had been farmed, and to-day theeity of Toronto.alone contains no less than six .subordinate Ljodges, and the headquarters of the Grand Lodge is sIbo in that city. Its success^ in Canada is" almost unparalleled, and its members .are composed of those 'holding the highest and most ex alted position in our land as well as -some:moving in bumble spheres of life.. : The .society prides itself and .iB "noted for the respectability of its rnembership. .Pythian friendship has taken at one bound such a firm hold; in Canada that it now bids fair to flourish for many geneiatiomj yet to come, and, it is fondly- hoped, forever. .""'-. - i I Thalsecret societies are a;benefit tp mankind is npw-beyond all dis pute. That covenants have existed almost since the world began is so qvidenti to students of biblical lore, 'that it is unnecessary to^nter into 'ai defence of what all cheerfully ad mit. ' When a society has for its objects the promotion of good fellowship, the spread of "brotherly love, the befriending of widows:and orphans, who can lift .up" his voice againat.it, and, say, that its founda tion is not resting on thesolid rocks of Christianity? The Knights-,of P|ythias do not seek the fellowship of infidels n0, they seek to bind bv an indissoluble tie, all believors' in the one true God, in one- vast bond of peace, love and true charity. Founded in the time of war, it flourishes in times of peace only to help those who in fighting life's, battles are obliged to succumb tp a will stronger than .their own. Wberewpuld the suicide be found, could every man when adversity I pushes him, hard, but look .around him flfrid reckon, his friends through the medium of Pythian Friendship -j-sworn.friends: by hundreds and .by thousands. . j Friendship, say some, will flour-' ili in all ages, without the help of -niystip ties : true, but then it will be the friendship of individuals, not one grand universal1 friendship, Birch' as it is the object - of the Tonights of Pythiai to establisb.- T; he stranger is cast upon our shores, 8iclr and wearied, cared for by ncue," known bj- none, but if he be. a Knight of PythiaH, then the strong hand of fellowship, of brotherly love is held out to him, and he who is thought worthy by our.brothers to be their trusty fellow "knight no 'matter how'g'reat the distance over which he: has travelled is gladly \y-elcomed with open amis"sEndV.smil- itig faces. He is hot p. Btranger, he has true and tried friends innumerr al/le. A brother dies, his wife, his ch'iMreh are mourning his loss, they are in despair no comfort is at hand r starvation stares them in the face -nn, there are friends at Mahd. But who are .they? none" but his sWom brothers, bis childpsn ,are their"chilb\ren, his^ wife ie;their<lear sister. _Such are the-first elements of Pythian Friendship. '.We ask no6e to join "bur Order, Without first examining ks princi ples, and convincing themselves that its objects are good, that it in nb-way conflicts with their religious or political freedom, and; that its very existence rests Upon the purity aid integrity of its' members. If they can find anything in anfagon- ia^n . irT our Constitution to their moral or, heaven-born tendencies, let them leayejus alone -we do not, wish for any but those who.are willing to join heartily, band in" bind, iwith.ii'B for-the great and lgiarious objects we have in view^-r ;nu,mely, the spread of. brotherly Jo tre,:. and the "inculcation of true ^charity.. -. * r,' _ \ The,romantic story of Damon ;and Pythias is too well known- to ineed lepetition here. . ,.(-..- . ! In. case ,'of sickness' or accidjent mismbers are entitled to a weekly- benefit- of .from two- toI'sijc dollars iper .week iso long bb un'able-to at- teud to business; in the event of the deatb' of a Knight his funeral iex'rjonses are paid by the lodge, and hii widow draws forty, dollars per year'so lohg hb she remains a widow, [winch :Ts..a nice Httle': insuii'ance ; and" wb'en a Knight dieis his "last moments are somewhat cheered by Slander. Never use a lady's-name at an1: improper time, or in mixed t com- pahy. ITever make assertions -about .. ner that she herself - would blast to -hear. When you meet with men Who do -not scruple tof use a wo- name in a reckless manner tbeni. They are the. very: woi-st members,of the cbrnmunity ; men'lost- to every sense of; honor,, every feeling of humanity, !-54uny a good.'aifd worthy woman's Charac-. ter ha8_ been forever ruined and heart-broksn by. a lie, manufactur ed by som* villain; and repeated where it should not have been, and in presence of those whose -little judgment could not deter them from circulating the foul and brag ging "report. A slander is soon ,:. prorogated, and the smallest thing derogatory to a woman's charictey-. will fly on the wings of the w"ind.. and magnify as it circulates, until its monstrous weight crushes the poor unconscious victim. Respect the narne.bf womim. . Your mother and sister .are women, and as you. would have their fair name untar nished and their lives rinembirtei'ed bv the. slanderer's bitter tongue', . heed the ill your, own word may bping upon the mother, the sisterj or wife of some fellow-creatnre. r. A h A A Whining Man. If there is a cowardly trait in hurnan nature more- disagreeable than, any other it is: whining. The" man^ who ^oes" honae.whining and fault-finding -ito meet his business perplexities.; whining becabse 'his' - plans fail, and to. relieve his ;own surly disposition, is a burden ppon=. biB friends and the..community in which, he lives. " You can't-esipect anything bet- . ter from people n )wadays.J' " Oh ! you ought to see tbein administer justice back East.!" " " This- is no place for an' honest man/' and so the.,croaker. goes:bn fulfilling his' misaion of grumblmg and whining year in and year oiit. /' '.' Give us the man! ami a worn in, 09, for tnat matterTT who have the gift to carry tlieir burdens-wjthout whining. There are no successes that comb to people, without labor, - thought, care, pjriyation, and Application, reaching through years. The whining men and women seem to see nothing" in the past, nothing toliope for in .the , fature-^-always prophesying misfortune and.ruin to' the whole country, ;- and sickness, L rheumatism, and ague to every in habitant. We. dread their coming and welceme their going. rlioD'b be a grumbler.: Some peo ple contrive to get hold of the prickly side of everything", to run against all-the eharp-corners, and find out all the disagreeable things. Half the strength jjpent ip growling would often set things right. You may as well make up your mind, to begin with, that ho one ever found the world quite as he would like it;..,but yOu are to take your share of the world and; bear.it bravely., "You will bo very sure to" bave burdens Laid upon yoa that^ belong to other, people, unless you sire-a. shirk yourself;;"" tut don't grumble.. If the work needB doing, - and, you can.do'i,t, never 'mind about the other boy who ought;.to have idone it and didn't. ".Those- workersjwho-fjllup the japs, and smooth away the rough apots, and - finish 'ftp the job that' others" leave - undone^ they are the true peace-' makers, and worth a whole .regi-J m'ent of growlers. ' . " ; ' ' m m m . Newspapers are a very cheap and- often' convenient : protection -to. plants' liable to the"exposnreof cold air. Butrthe advantage^.of several thicknesses is not well understood. . They opei'ato in the same* way as forest", lei-ves, namely," confine tkiz}' strata orair between their layers.-; . only newspapers,-being-larger' than leaves,! hold the tliin plates of air more perfectly. A large niimher- ofpapera, spread one above another, iwili.afford'an amount of protection from cbld that will be, surprising to those who have not-given themV .trial, 'rL. ".;.-'. It ns undoiibtedly'a; justmaxim- .that m J;he long run "" horresty-Is' ;the bestupolicy," but he whose praoiT: :tice is |gbyernefl^by-,this maxim .is not-an honest man.' "And it may be addied.tliat a steady and umfbrih adherence to honesty,Viever wiH-re- Bul.t from this tnaxi^i." ..' . _'; is Old father ,Tayjof, tlip celebrated' sailors' preacher, v sed'to 5?y!| .". The way .for. a ma i to be eloquent is to gut himself clfitck full sf .his subjebi;. and then chock' out 'tire bung'and let his idpae' flow, natur ally."