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da S . iaiae .-' I will find ii^ i - ellw, ttsnr: lm* pise* to Sloi*,Acton. 1 .'i-M'. Ins N HO"| *-fottMe II.Xo.3S Whlc Xo.4M ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877 ft. I.05VRY. M. B.. !H. *. C. P.". J*. *'r-diiate or Vrhiltv CaNefp; Vwnb-Toi Of>lltrcof rnysielanV vre'erVK siiwt, AeroN. in the- Iioump w ^telyVcoiiriea ty.lt. I.iu! Ksvj. DR. R. MORROW. Phvsi- can. S;trci->n, .ti- . o! H ll.vu ' Vol- lj.No<v Y.ir"*wUsit*r.nl.si\to oi Victoria C**l8f<". Cinada. ConsulttiMou (lavs TaPM*"^*'""v' ti'-M*y*.'f;'rtm"y n. in. (UI4. p. r. Kosi.louco .ACTJS.4. r\ HE? JL/i " HENDERSON. rontev. p., also \scni Canada _ _ " Co. , l>e..-ds, M<>r(i;>4tfS te~, preP'-rel neat I v, pram .<Uy rorrort ly -aaj on :'t:ii.i\M term*. Money ito jju ou-yM'TUrase security, Oflice $iU|OW'lIOUS>', Acton. *-_1- JD. M1TUESOX, Attorney- 0 al-L.-4\r. Solieiior in i'l^HTjcorv, _Jtr. O.H:1- Corner of Malu and CUurch Biier (s. ^Horctovrn. m W. COOPER, Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, (iuelph. .; Oc* t-j-matl promptly attended Uv? . \ PPLEBE & SIMPSON;, --.7^ Il-irri^ters. Au6nie> s-.l-L^w, So licitor- iQ Chancery, Conveyancers,^, iltia Street, 'Je.iko-j.t >w,s." : CATM. LAIDLAW, Barrister. \ J - Attoruev-^trL^iW -S lie: lor ill for the| million B. $ E. NICETLIIT IVg to announce that they lircvo socured ' the services of a First-Class iBaker, And", i hat then* '.Raking! business i'i now in full operation; intlui premises o\\ned by .Vrsj Hanila, : Bread will Ik- delivered daily at tho houses in the1 village ajinl vicinity. Wedding .Cakes, 1 Tea Cakes, Pastry, Buns, &c, made in the verybes-t manner, and kept always on hand, good and fresh. Also all. kinds of Confectionery,, Biscuits, Cheese,- ,te..* - . '" - . 'The patronage of the public is res- pectfu-llv solicited, -,'" :i passing K. XICKIilN'. -lctonjFeh. -20. l.STt". . Hamilton. 10 1 jj :ig~slre^t; Mili.>:i, M;un s:ri-t-[. The j M..lton Office wi.l ly nn.ieT th.*ma:i:ie- Jn'ent >>f i'- W. C.impi>'ll. -.ui 1 >Ir t.-i;I- , liV will a'.t^iij-at tne'-'Jli'.cou Office" j oafrt-lav-o.'eaoh weet.' -" '. H EN BY X. DRVKE, 1X*1 EtVCE AGENT. CI l.LPII. Aie^i~&>T lbe"Mercant:leau-i Waterloo. SlS business.-atrHsleJ 10 11 is care will be --. fillhiuliy atltniied 10. _ Office at liay's .:. ijofeiwofe, i.i.elpa. O-'rAien? b^' niail x sid^reseT-d to Gu;-;pti or lVv)n Post Oiflcp : in. H. L.HRAKE. ITEMS Tor INVEXTJOXSi Pile-*', g .iPinTcJ >>r* 1:0 *v{i:ifge- Seiitl forrxia;eJ :n-iriic;:**n-:. .\g:--icv in ojH-ri _ " o;: vvriw Canada, MffCl^nVcr Eriiriceer, SoicV.br of Pd ' tea^and I^ru-acti.siuitn. * "".:' JAS. MATTHEWS ! ACTO.V,. CLERK *TH DIVISION COURT, Oor.vTV. or HaiTox. ALlllil BT THE AMJF.LH. The faniutr'g wife is sifting aloijo In thu dusk of a wiuteV's day, While over the hills the hiulo\vs fall, And over the meadows gray, And the cares of many a huay hour Steal fast from her heart away. . Her eyes have wandered through mist of tears , To the churchyard under tho hill, Where the snow, like the wing of a ! , brooding dove, Lies soft and pure mid still, And where lier treasures, 'so long ago, ' She laid at the Master's "will. Aii.l ahi! how oft, 'as the days j;o hy, She starts, as her listening car Has almost taught on the i hrviexe. ! Voices so sweet and clear, "'Tis the angels calling!" she thinks. Ah, mc. It is weary waiting hero.." The farmer from his work, at last, In the dusk of a winter's dav, And he sits him down by his faithful ,_ : ' wife, * . Aiul she part,M his locks so gray. And looks in -his face with a loving smile i T*h.it years cannot steal away. And back again as her dim eves turn To the hills where the shadows fall, She thinks, ,:My treasures are lying there, ! . But lie has not taken all, Since fine is waiting beside me still Till the angels' voices call." But the weeks are slow, and the aged two; -. , In the dusk'of many a day, -\\ ill watch the shaihuvs come and go, O'er the meadows cold a-lid g ;iy. Ere they, at the Master's will, may lie Where their treasures are laid aw'aV. / . Coavoyancer, 1 TV TILLIAB WATKIXS, mrr HirrJa^r Llrniw t rcrllBcatc* - .By Koyal A;i, -oiiitmeotj B-siue55 p:iva:e a::ii cotni-Scntlal -tltlie a', tho I'ost OSlce, UUuwil'iam, Coa-ty Ha t"a M kij. S. t'AKTEK. i Teacher rHp*ir, DraTrlns andFrcnrh, *- ijh-irch siroo:. A.c1--ii. j OLIVES L'JZIER, Plasterer,' A-! is, Oat- K.--_r.. .iescr.piioa o: Pia>-ri.ig aai i".oSgh-cu.-i:::s Oone vii 1 the m f5:-rtr isonaole Itrm-, aiu saliafac* : Uos ia^an:>e-:i. A CTOX FLOIR MILLS. a E. N1C-KLIX, Proprietors. Flour una Feed aiaays off t:and, wjjoie- tale acJ re'.un. (?ri*urj^ anil Clioppiug Uxiir. Osu :or all kin :s 'jf Gr^iii. "POSSIX IIO l'St", Acton. XV Clo= m tb'- >j: T. Km.way Stanou. ' Excellent aceGmmoJarii-n for i^p travel- Uarp^bHe- -rhi.^/^. cAM eiiELL, Propr. i. ' . DQMiXIOX BVTI>; Acton, B-jbert Agnew, yro|jrietor,Ttiis' new Hotel Is iii;e-i'-ap in tirsi-cl;iss tyi wit.b no furn'.tjre. Commereial TrTelleF5 wi lnr-dacKKl accomm'f loii'm aad-eoinmoiToas Sarqple tloonrs. Sjv^ciiil CentiQn-pai to lh>aflW o* tbe.LruveJ- 'Unepa'iHc, Ear .supplier' -acilhtne best LliuorJn ;d Cl;irs. Gool S.abilng atid itIferSy* Hostlers. ; , - CoTTiTTi^naioiicf in Q. B. Firo lasursis.ee Agont, Life Zuauranco A^ont, Issuer of 3Iarrlase Licenses. Accrst iloacy to Loan or Borrow. .' Agoat iioairoal.Tclcsrapli Co. Dj'bls'Coilcctca oa-Conaiissloa. ; And Scasral A^eat, &c, &c. LIVING TOO FAST, OH- THE Confessions of Bank Officer. I CIIAPTKfl I. .. GKTT1SQ A StTL'ATIO.V. "1 don't wis.h to stand in yoiif way, Tom Flynn." ! -."And I dou'c wish to stand in 1 jour way,. Pidey Glusswood,'.' re plied - Tom, with u ret'resliing ! promptness, which wua intemlell to i assure iu, and did at-suro nie, that I he was my friend, and that lie was I unwilling to takp any unfair advuu- i ttiye of uie. j Txitii and mysji-lf were applicants I for the situation tf thrcouiit' cleiik ' in the. Forty-ninth Nalional BaTrk had snbiiiiiCt'd our :d nvoney hud boon -misaotl. Thoro wiiB no proof that Tom took thorn, but a few pcojilo in town knew that ho was Huspnotud of - the theft, especially as he ti))poared to bo liv ing beyond his income. I do not boliovo my friend oven knew that ho \yaa suspected of the theft, but inasmuch ns ho was tho only porson besides tho two partnois who had access to tho~ safo whei'o the money vhts kept, itseemod probablo to Mr. GorTiam, the sonior monibor, that hn was guilty. At a convenient time, without sttttincr any reason for tho step, Tom was informed that his services were no longer required ;" that a change in the business rendered them, unnecessary. The' junior partner retired from the firm, nndr tho senior carried on the' store alone. Mr. Gorham was a relative of my mother and knowing of my intimacy with Tom, he regarded it as his duty- to inforuvher of tho Kiisjiicions which ho entertained. My mother was shocked and appal led. Tom was tho son of one of the best men in the town, nnd as there was no direct, proof of tho crime, it was not deemed expedient 1 to say anything about it. Mr. Gorham did not say anything, ox- cejit to my mother, and she, ap-: piecialing the kindness of her kins man, faithfully- promised to keep t ie momentous secret. Probably thero were not.a half dozen persons iii Spiinghaven who knew that Tom left his place under suspicionj and those were the.family and in timate friends of j the storekeeper. I will not say that the knoivledce of this circumstance afforded me any (-ntisfaction, bnt rit helped me to feel that I was the superior of spoko to her. She was a beautiful " I am sorry to. hear it," I re- creaturo, and though it would have plied gloomily. , j been quite proper for me to tor- "Tom Flyhn has theinaide track." minate the interview, I was not As usual I It seeined to be luid inclined to do so, for the lady filled down as the 'immutable law of cir: my eye, and I jcbuld not help look- oumstanees that Tom should always ing at her. come out just a littfej ahead of. me. " Be sure and come, Mr. Flynn," 1 was vexed. Tom i had six hun- said she. . dred dollars a year, whiije I had but " I shall certninly go.if nothing five hundred. It was cruel and unforeseen occurs," replied ' he. unjust tome. His income was to " Miss Oliphant, allow mo to make- be doubled, and mine to remain as your acquaintance with my particu- it was.: ", . j lar friend, Mr..Paley GlasBWood," 1 "I was afraid Tom would get ho added, turning to me. ' 'ahead of me," I added. "But I1 I was very glad, indeed, to know., would rather he should have'the | her, for I could not remember that.;.place than any other person, if I any lady had ever before made so 'can't get it." i '. captivating an impression upon me, I "Nonsense, Pa'ley. Don't talk even after a much longer acquaint- ,bbsh ! I haven't given up all hope ance. She was not only very iyet, by any means. Tom is well pretty, but she was elegantly dres- Enough, I dare say, but you tquBt sod, and I concluded that she be- have this place, if possible." longed to some '" nobby" family. I "I should like to have it," I add- was pleased with her, and said ed,-hopelessly, soma of the prettiest things I could j " Puleyj what was that story invent for the occasion. I hoped about Tom which was kept so quiet "wo should meet again, : in Springhaven ?" continued Cap-, "Mr, Flynn, you must bring; tain Halliard in a low tone. "I your friend with you tQ-niorrqw : heard your mother say something Al.i.nmn " cl, n. /.n*. * m n,\ -I-------A. Z t. __1.___-1 _ ______.______1-1____ Cents of Thought. A' felicity that costs paiti gives i Not many years ago, . w double conterit. Nothing but. a good life me|ti for a better one. ing tranquility of mind. Little -.sticks help better than large ones to kindle, the fire, More are they that drift into evil, {91.00 per annum in AdviErc Paying for His Whfsi le. lofty building was on the ptint-f i ' completion, the ^ mason wh ) w. s ,-.' finishing the highest, portio i _ ->< ' in llie habit of whistling o 'tl.-Money is Well spent in pjircbas-. laborer who wait- attend^ whenever be. wa-nted a fresb of lime,-and as the scaffdd which he wroughfcjvas rather Ibis occurred very often during .day's ivorlc A joiner y? thfjn .deliberately steer towards it. fitting ia a window immeH As thrashing separates the com I underneath, noticing. Pat i.nswt-r fro'rti the chaff,. so. does anectibn dutifully to every whistle fmm U;p punfy? virtue. ' inason, thought of playing i trie!; evening," she'continued " Thank you, Miss Oliphant; I should be delighted to take him with me, and aH be is hero, he can speak for himself," replied Tom. "Just a quiet little party of hulf-adozen at our house, to morrow evening. I bope you will, come, Mr. Glasawood," she added.' '". I should be very happy to join you, und I will do so," I answered. She was very j>retty, and she seemed to grow prettier every mo ment that I looked at her. Her eyes sparkled and she smiled so sweetly, that I am forced to ac knowledge I experienced a- new sensation, in her .presence. I re- Tom ; that in being honest I had a | peated my promise to join the little decided "advantage' over Him. I could not disbelieve the story as it came from the lips of my mother, thoiiyh it was possible there was some mistake. Within three vears party, and no entreat v. was neces sary to render me a willing follow er. She bowed and passed on, mingling with the bright throng that gaily flitted up and down People who like so much io talk their mind, should sometimes try to . ,, A , r. . ., , mind their talk. L , hodfii? oflime-when thera wjw m of wisdom; but the want hisO' on him by imitating the and thus brought him up vith room for it. The mason told P. Politeness is not always a sign'that-he hkd not whistled, of it; bad ho otlier. alternatiTe then I always leaves room, for a suspicion! trudge back, with bis load. This of folly. -.' ' Ibaving occurred for the thii't time- Hear not ill of a-.frien|l, nor d'.ring one day, Pat thought ho speak any of an enemy. Believe wf?,d, wutcb } be:ir where the not] all yiou hear, nor repeat ill you! whistle Came ,-ft'Oul. "He LuJ not - - - . . W(Uti ]ong with the hod en after the change in the firm of j Warhington street. My eyes Gorham & Welch, the junior part- j followed her till she was lost in the lier " went, it) destruction," imd in J-crowd, and I nluiost forgot that I , the light of this after revelation, it ..was an applicant for the situation [was possible that he had appropri-; of discount clerk in the Forty ninth money. Mr. Gorham ' National-. Bank. j of Boston. W Parties intnistinc their husfne^with": -l'l'Hcution sej.arately, ami each me will be satisfactYriJy-dealt with. j u MJ,oul l^'e kno^'h-dg" "f the other. /... . fit we had taken counsel together Otfiee at the Post jOiSce, Acton. j bt fore doing so, jKJSsibly some sentir Lumoef^ Lath -and Shingles FOR SA.LE. uieiiial outbreak would have . pre vented one or the olher from placing -hiiJi.self even in a seeming attitude of competition with the oklier. We had been Ecliool-niutes in Spring- I harven, had been cronies, and agreed i ated . t hinted as much to my mother, and | " Well, Piiley, they say the place she, knowing that Tom'aiid myself will be filled at the meeting of the were'still intimate, gave nie the directorsTo morrow forenoon," said suggestion as a confirmation, of Tom, calling me away from the what I had always said in his de- sea of moonshine in which I was at fence. I hail found it quite impos- 'that tnoment; floating, as my eyes sible to dissolve my relations, with followed the graceful form .of Miss Tom, strongly as in}-mother desired ; Oliphant. I it. Without exactly believing thut I " So 1 have been told, and we he was guil'.y of the iniquity, I felt that lie w sufferer on account of it The position in the whispered shall have but little time left to ould be a | work. Bv the way, who is Miss I, Oliphant 1". bank for f J " She is' a very pretty girl," as wel'l us ix.'xji usually 'do. It; is \ wliicli we were both applicants, was '-"""Jl^ Tom' kablv The undersigned have for sole at.their mills in Acton a lai-ge quantity of all kinds of, j : ' PiHE AHD HEMLOCK LUMBER, __ Pins Siiaglos an4 Lati. .Sbiugles-ofi the Best quality for only true be had given me a tremendous considered a remarkably good one tlirusbing on one occiis.ioi>,, when' I for !l yonnS ,ni,n likH T,,ni or ,m'- ventured to ri-gard uiyself; as phv-?I "d considerable influence which siciilly ins equal. Though I c/iu'ld ' I could bring to bear upon- the ] not quite forgive iiiin for the drub- directors," and so had my friend,"; bing he' gave me, I did. not resp.-et I 'but it seemed to be an even thing ,-,,,. ' biufanv the less, Wbils we1 were I between him and me. Iii the light, marriageable daughters. Tell me what I don't 'know. What is sheV " Sho is the daughter of a small ; merchant, who is in rather shaky circumstances, they say. He lives on Tre'mon't street aud has three Wt HEMSTREET, $1.85 pe t square. Licensed Auctioneer;; .; Pot the Counties of Wellington and tfnl- toa. orders l>-rt at the Kbze Pkess . Office, Acton, or at my r<rsiuencer in RoetvroTd. will be promptly attebdei' to. . Termrreasonable. S "JlflL&pX - PLffiING- MILLS. GUMMING - We have just -Gnmming Machine, MACHINE. : , ntrodtfeed a new and. -are. prepared- to gum- Drag or Crois-cut .Saws. Acton, Dec. 12, 1 UJHwd Tim * : 'ii U.-A*** J. R. MJTCHBLL, Manufacturer of Sash, Doors,. Blinds, 5I( uld- ings, Door and Window ' Frames, Pickets, etc. Planing, Scroll Work and Matcliiv-g Done to Order. \ -. - iH" BHnds 30 cents per foot. "E ; -, ^11 work delivered in ^4ton free. '-. Ordert;Uft at Secord Bros, will-be proniptly attended-to. ifilton,-^uae 6; 97.G. f 50-ly - JV TFtiLLOPE CHAPMAN, Practical .Bookbinder. good iiifrnds, as the world goes, I !"' l'St experience, I felt that Tom was sometimes rather annoyed by |'wo.u4d get ahead of me again, and sciouaness of. being siighth-r I w the cjnsciouaness LIVERY & SALE STABLE All Descriptions of Binding j Seatly' Executed. AmovU Boolot^of all Kind* Made to '. Order. ..-_ Baling ^-ornptly Attended to BlIDttl St., GS^r^'s Sg.narei Guelpl ^Oroerg left at-the Phe^ Press , *"6 will receive prompt attention. gE50 Kc. to O. P. HOWELL, <t CO. ia.,?,** York, for Pamphlet oflOO page, ' Su-JJln luu "f 000 newspapers, and 'TM"*t**PwlDg-cottofarf>ertllng. $12 S.da/ at Wp XT Ontdfan.Jt*r .^y+ -gngnma, aJne; Agents wanted ODJtfrau tree: THUg & 2?*o $20 per day at home *...,; rTZ 8l,DiPle8 worth 51 "issoa & Co., Portiand, Mains. bis inferior. . Both of us'had been graduated at the Spririgha'ven High School, "with the highest honors, though as ! lisual Tom was a little higher than B^ROWX i H ALL. 'myself, for while lie received the= S76. ;-24-3m ^ Jirst diploma, the second was aw arded to me. Tumi was my friend, and always treated me with the utmost kindness and consideration, but I could! not help feeling just a little stung by his superiority ; by bis continually coming out about half a length ahead of me. Spring- haven is not/ so far from the metropolis of Ifew England as to be "regarded as a pioviticiul town; and though engaging in business anywhere except in the great city was not the height of his or my ambition, Tom had gone into a.store in his native place, and obtained his earliest knowledge of the ways of the world. But when he was twenty-one-lie obtained a situation in an office in the city in which be received a salary of six hundred dollars a year. Again, at. this interesting period of life which seems to be the be ginning of all things to a. young man, Tom was ahead of me, for. I bad gone to the city as a boy of sixteen, and when I was of age, my employers refused to give me over 4ive hundred a year. Tom had , been lucky Was my view, of ithe case. Tom had blundered into a -good situation, and it was no merit of his own.. I deserved something better than) I had, and it was only the stupid and stingy policy of, the firm . which had " brought me tip" that rendered my position inferior "to that of my friend. " I had one advantage over my friendly rival, however, in my own estimation. My character was J. P. ALLAN ' I r t : ' Takes pleasure In j announcing to tho public generally thit ne Is'prepared to ; furbish Pirst-class: Horses and Carrlaeos At Reasonable Bates. His Rigs arid Horses are the best that, can be bad, and he js determined not to be surpa&ed by any Olty Stable. 'Acton July 1*1, IS75. QTEAlil Carriage | & Wagpn JSaia -Street, -Acton.- ; MfCHAEJL SPEIGHT, General Blacksmith, Carriage and - """ Bust HorfeShee^s in the County. Perfect satisfaction euaranteed "or no price chargod- ras intensely anxious to succeed, of wbicl iders can nd I de- I have Flrt-Cln* FJow* 'ond CoHard'* Pntenl Iron narrow* alwayi on hand. A ood stock of Carriages and Wagons. Repairing prorriptly and properly at tended to. ' Aeton, July 18,1876. in order that I might regain tho ground I had continually, lost. I have called my book " confes sions." I mean that they: shall be such ; and of course I do not set myself up as ii.model man. I. did wrong, und that was the source of all my misery. 1 shall riot, there fore, deem it necessary to apologize for: each individual fault I was guilty. My -re blame uie as they will serve the severest censurfe. sent grief and dismay: into the bosoms of my friends, irnd my story is a warning voice to all who are disposed to yield to the temptations which beset every man in hisi busi ness relations. I met Tom Flynn on the street,: and I think he was sincerely desir ousnot to step-into my path. | I am confident he had a genuine re-, gard for me, and that it*' he could; have been "sure of- securing; the situation in the bank to. me: by withdrawing from the competition himself, be would have done so on thermoment. But there were other applicants, and if he retired from; the field at all, he was as Oikely to do in favor of some stranger aB of me. . .' . - "T should like tho place, Tom, though I don't wish to stand in your way," I added, but iii^saying sb, I am afraid I only indulge in a conventional form of speech, desir ing only to appear to be as 'generous and self-sacrificing as be! was; " Of course it is my diuty. to dp as well as I can for myself, butif I can get.out of your way without losing the chance for one of ui, I will do so."1 ' . ; "Thank you, Torn. That's handsome," and I- would do as much for you ; bnt as neither of us i can foresee the issue, we will eacli do above sticpicion, which could not | the best he can to get the place. be said to Tom, though in the city j That's fair." not a word effecting his refutation ' " Certainly it is ; andwBichever bad ever been breathed, so far as I was- aware. At; the .store in Springhaven wbere Tom bad served twoyearsas clerk, several sums.of is successful, there shall be no hard feelings on.the part of the other." At that moment Tom raised his bat to a lady, and turning from me, "If they are all :as passable as the one I have just seen, their chances are good." " I don't know about that," add ed Tom, laughing. Misa Lilian dressess magnificently, you per--' ceive; and whoever marries one of those girls will find money a cash article. You shall see them all to morrow." ' " I should say thnt a wife like this Miss Oliphant was cheap]at any price." i "I think so myself, if a fellow can afford such an expensive luxury. But, Piiley, we must not w"aste our time," added Tom, glancing at the Old South clock. "I must find a man who can do a-good thing for me at tho bank." .'"So must I.">' -We parted, and asLwalked doWn the street I could not help- rectll ing the vision of loveliness I bi*d beheld in the person of Miss Lilian Oliphant. I was on my way to one of the insutance offices frequented by my uncle, Captain Halliard, a retired ship.master, who dabbled in stocks, and was a director in 'the Japan Marine Insurance Company. He had influence, and I relied principally upon him to engineer toy application at the bank.. jHe was a man of the world in lthe: broadest sense "of the " term. He believed in making money, and in getting "ahead in business, and though he paid a reasonable respect to conventional , forms, I am not quite certain that he believed; in anything higher. In character and purposes he was the very antipode of my mother, whoBe brother he was: I found him reading a newspaper in the office. He dropped It wlien he saw mo, and I thought he looked' very!anxious. He had undertaken to procure nto the situation I was ambitious to obtain, and though I don't; think he cared; much for me individually, he was persistent;in carrying out any scheme upon which he had fixed his mind. ft Piley, your chance is small," said h, candidly,' after we had passed the time of dny. My heart sank within me. about it, when she was speaking about your being intimate .with him. I.have forgotten about it." " His employers in Springhaven thought that be took money from the safe." " Exactly so, that was the idea," added my uncle, rubbing bis bands involuntarily. - ' . " But I don't think there was any foundation for the suspicion," I protestedj rather faintly, too, faintly to produce any decided ef fect. 11 We are not called upon to try the case," he replied, chuckling at his 'own cunning. ..'"', " But I don't 'wish to have any thing to say about the old. affair." ' "Then, you needn't' have any thing to say about it, except to me. I have begun to manage this busi ness, and I shall finish it." " I don't want to injure Tom in the estimation of anyone," I added. Don't i be a spooney,' Paley. You;, must look but for your own chances. You can have this place, if we can get Tom off-the track." Although I was not the author of the brilliint idea foreshadowed in my,uncle's remarks, I permitted hibi to develop it. I told him all I knew about Tom'B affairs with (Sorham <fc Welch. If I stated that tliose who .knew anything abouttbe matter now generally believed that the junior partner was the thief,j I stated it so mildly that. aty uuelo took no notice of it. .1 confess that I virtually assented to his scheme ; at least, I offered no decided oppo sition to it. I knew that Captain Halliard had only to whisperrthe fact that Tom had been suspected, and had lost bis situation in conse quence of this suspicion, to throw my chief competitor out of the field. Practically, I assented to the scheme ; if I did' anything to pre vent its being-: carried into execu tion, I only "fastened the door with a boiled carrot." t wauted the place, not alone-for its emoluments, "but in order, in'the race of life, to surpass my friend. , I regard this weak yielding as my first crime the crime against my friendj one. of the basest and most loathsome in the, calendar of offences. This wasi my real fall; and it was this,-it has since seemed to me,: which made me capable of all that; followed. I left my uncle in4he office, and j I went back to the: srtoris in which I was employed. | Between the bright vision of Miss Oliphant^ loveliness and the dark one of my own perfidy, I was nervous and un easy all the rest of tho day. What was the use of being! over nice 1 If 1 did not look out for myself,, no one would look out for me ! I think I did not sleep ah hour that night, believe, j In prosperity it is the easiest of all things to'find a friend; in' ad verity it is of all things, the most, difficult. -Ask . yourself- before sp evil of any man : First ^Is it Secind-rl8 it kind ). Third nec< ssary T A smile'may be bright-while the taking right? hen h'l.i ?up|i!\'- ii'. We, itHteLv h> his :denif- j shoulder when he heard the cal whistle directly nnd'e-neath where he stood, and leaning ov< > he saw the head of 'the "joint r pro truding out of the window withouv ihorevado emptied the hod right ....n ...!....'.. i____i "Flip >eauti- ifl the heart is sad. A riinbow is ful i n the air, while beneath moaning sea. E!e that cannot -forgive others bresks the bridge over-whiih he must pass himself j for ever/ man has" need to, be forgiven. Eour things are grieviously emp ty a head . without bra ins, ' a wit without judgment, & heart without honesty, aid a pui-i with out money, ! Sin brought' sorrow inljo the world ; it was that made the world a vale of tears, brought shadows of trouble upon our Hearts, and 80 de luged the. world. In order to learn, we must attend; in order to profit by- what w) havb learned, we "must think-r-tllat is, reflect. He only thinks wpo re flects. Borrow .treads heavily, and leaves over :the whistler's head. Is it joiner yelled and spluttered while attempting to clear himself -fror. the adhesive maeji, and "in the. midst of his confusion heard Pat- above si|onting at the top )f bis voice, "whistle when yon want more-mortar !" behind a deep impression e'en when I Bebve^a 10 8nd 12 pirn she aenarta: while iov tnns bv ' - r . - -. she ? departs; while _joy trips "by ; ammer-. frostv in winm, with, steps light as wind and Scarce- j Between jg aD a; Ct lnd ly leaves a trace upon-our heurt of !'0ij0 j. a m -'- - "" her faint footfalls. The Fatted Calf. . A good'story is" sold in E lg'land concerning a town-bred curat i, wliis had!} consented to do duty on Sdn" btayjjfor his : friend,, the rectcr of a. both in winter and summer, country parish in the midlands. U Between 4 and 6 a.m. :lwind Tbej! subject of the morning iienuon 'and rain in the Rummer, stormy in was the parable of the P :odigai -j the winter. Sorifand in tho hope of imp -essing Between 8 and 10 a.-m. vcliange- upon bis hearers the joy whic^h the! able in the summer;' rain vith a patijiarch felt on the return of bis | westerly -wind, and snow- with an and the next day I duties mechanically. [jerformed thy ~~ About one o'clock I was rather itartled to see enter the countihg- coii- Tom Flynn room! !' Paley, my dear fellow, I gratulate you," said, he, grai-ping my hand. J : '.^VhatVtbe mat'ter, Tom T 1 asked. " Why, haven't ydii heard ofjtf' "Heard of what 1'[ " You liave'.been appointed dis count clerk in the Forty -ninth Na- tipnal"Bank. .' 'Pon my soul, 1 am glad i to be the first to tell you of it," added Tom, with enthusiasm, as he wrung my hand, i .!',. . Iniquity had prospered, but oiJLly for a time. ' (To b* continued.J - --.> ,, i ii " I have lived for twenty-two yeara,i,and in all that period nevaw experienced such awful weathaw as this," was the remark of a.dandy as he was assisted to! his feet from a full length position on a side walk. .'-'," "| An Irish emigrant, hearing the sunset gun at New York, asked a .sailor : " What is that V " Why, that's sunset 1" .' wis the tvply. "Sonaot!" said Pat.; " And does the sun go down iii this country with such a bang a that J" priied and loved by the fanily for many years I A see of' wile eyes and gaping mouths arrester for a moment the eloquence o t>h e. fledg ling parson, and in the"nei t there was such a chuckling and grins and fluttering of bid heads belov as bad not| been witnessed even in the memory of the ' quaint-legg ed sex ton for more than " many y aars." - j:;.-^-------- xj Happy Men. -The BpwischildB have counted their money, tiidnnd they have still on hand lib ;ee bil lions four hundred millions of dol lars. The - Grand Duke Alexis, wb,6n in New York, was'permitted to look at sixteen millions i i gpld. BiTgham"Young claims to be worthy thirty, millions .of dollars It Is quite refreshing; these hard times to know- that Some one, ias got money Dr. nersnell's Weather *j Table [ The following weiither tabl,- pro posed by the ,renowned Dr Her- shell, is.seldom found to fail.. Far- mers will find it valuable : : Jf the moon changes at 12 x 'clock- npon, the weather immediatdy afr- terward will be'very hot-if ii! sum-' mfer, and there-will be sno v.and- rain in winter. j .If between 2 and 4 p.m.: ciange-, able, in 'summer; fair and rcild in winter.^ : Between 4" and 6: o'clock p.m. fan* in both summer and winter; [Between 6 and--"10 p.m. :_in sum mer fairi if the wind is northwest; rainy 'if south or south we it; in winter fair and frosty, if the wind is north or northwest; rai ly af south or Bouthwests Fair in; nigbt and 2 fair in euw r and frosty in winter, unless'tbe v ind \% fronVthe south pr southwest. Between 2 and. 4 a.m. : co d and showery in summer, arid snoiV: and' storui in the winter. Between 4 ^and 6 'a.m. : rainy easterly wind in-the winter. Between lOand 12 a.m. :'show ery in-summer, and cold and' ivitidyr- in. winter. sonjl as instanced by. his ordering tbe| fatted calf to be - kill';d,--.the young curate felt a pare oriable pride in dwelling upon a subject which:could not fail to be compre hensible to the dullest plough boy Exfeeilent Interest Uuie^. in the congregation. "Remt inber," Finding the interest or ;aiiy he said, " this was no ordim ry calf principal for any number of days; which was.to be killed : it vas no The answer, in, each-case ibeingin common calf or beast sufferhigfrom cents,, separate the two right Jhand murrian; no half starved calf, slow- figures of the answer ^expl ess it ly awaiting'death. No ! it vas uot-i in dollars and cents. even merely a fatted calf; btit," } Four/per cent. Multiply the heebming more impressive, 'it was/l^rincipel by the number of cuys to the! fatted calf, which hajl been run; separate the right hand tigure from,product and divide-.by--).-. -__ Five per cent. Mupipy by number of day's and divide ly 7." Six pee cent,- Multiply h r niinT-, ber of days: separate .ribl hund figuie and divide by.'6. Eight per cent. Multi^y by number of days and'divide 1 y.45. .- Nine per cent. Multiply, by number of days; separate right hand -figure and divide by.-i^-. Ten per cent. Multiply .. bj! niiniber of days, and diviueiiy 36. Twelve per ,cent. Multi Ay by number of" days, separate right hand ngure'aud divide-by 3 Fiftefcn per center Multiply by nuipbei' of days and diyide b *;24. - Eighteen per cent. Mult: ply. by - number of; days ; separate right hand-figure and divide-by 2. Twenty per cent.^-Multiply by nnmler of days and dividejb^ 18. . Twenty-four per cent;-^ "Second class m gramme r, stand ,'hv nuaiber of days and div de' by up"!" said the schoolmaster! "John jig. ', is a bad boy' who does Jo in cor respond withT " I know,1' said a little boy at the foot, holding tip his band, "if you meat John Sinithera,*he corresponds with niy sister Susan ;'. here's- a. letter he just gt'v-6 me to carry hurae to ber.".. .. - - ,v-. Mamma " What | is tli e baby crying for, Maggie V] iMagiie^ "I don't know." ManHuia- -" And what are you looking so! indignant about r. Maggie y dog's been and took and , eat an my I'pwnge oak*." Marnma^"; Wiy,' T; saw yob eating a spnn#;o cake a minute ago." Maggie-f-"(), that was bby'sr-r ' '"", " i < : r - - '} ~- It Would .Remind Him:^-|-At a party on West Hillthe othe - even ing a number of young iat n pre sented on9 of the pitrtyi wl 6 was very obnoxious' to them, -v Tth targe tin "jackass; withan.iij*; iroiwi-- 4tte presentation address. E nt- tie mean man got the drop on tliem'by accepting it gracefully sayiig-that. he would always keep it, and never part with it, and, as soon n* he- looked at it,' it could not fail to re mind him of the doners. --And then Boinehow-or other,"'it teemed to the young men that the p resent- atiun bad. gone "off. kind of tjme.' Afr sU. .<^|