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W&& srJJfe *3* "Br "S^-** ***'&* -"^ss'JSjT?^ tfc **. - v* "J* Sk^sS ?--;- S.1 V. j.; "*" .. ;..-- J5S fe BUSIXJ-SS CA1WS. XT' H.'LOWRY, M. B.i N. \W #'.C i\ s.- liraJunto of THn(ly ^ llMn>. -slcui>*r ot OoUrsc or iMxystclnns and HurKeon*. orlloo "and KosUI*nco KTf.'orlct stto.'t, m'tun. In trie Uunise ,aW occupied by" U. Little, Esof. t\R. R: MORROW. Physi- : If cian, Suivtvv.i, ,tc.,ot li 'lloYUi* Col- legK'Vav T4rk,nX*3r.id'iati> oi Vi.'lf>iia CollHE<>, Canada- CmvuiltnMo'n! days Xnosday* n11^ Friday., from 9 :i. 4n, t'll J ("p. ra. -Rosldolice West- llo-wor street, T, HENDERSON, Convey- _S % liuv-t^c AC, :i;so .v-etit Canada Lu jLsar.*!\co; Co. .IV-hIs, MorlK8Kr*, *e-, prepared n^allv, prom:u!vi correctly and on reason iMc UTms, 'Sloney to bom on M'ir!;:i(ro security. Offlce Olufow House, Acton". J MUEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION r ! -J, JO. M.VTHESO>", Attorncy- -a;-L.aw, Solicitor In <."l-.:incery, *r. .Ora>-TOofaer>f Muln and Church "Btratl*. Georgetown. rjn Wr COOlyER, provincial Land Surveyor anii ' Civil Engineer, Guelph. ' . ^Orders by man promptly attended, to. . W. tAIDLAW. Barrister. Attoroey-.v.-Law Solicitor 1m Hami'itou', 10 K'.nj fWtt'Ml lion. Main street, Tho MUton Office will rtjit under the mausire- casnt of U. W. Ciaijib-UI, an.i -Mr IJti.i- Iw will attend a :ne "Milton OtlU-e" oa Friday of each.Sfeek. B. & E. NICELIN. Bojj to announce that thoy have secured the. services of si' . -First-Class Baker, ami th.it th'oir Baking business- is now in full operation, in the premise? ot\ned Viy Jfrs. Hannrj. Bread will.!bo delivered daily at the houses hi tlje village and vicinity. Wed|Ins' Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry. Buns, &c, made in the very best manner, and kept always on liaiid, pood and fresh. Also all kind* of. Confectionery, Biscuits, .Cheese, .to, " ' The patronage of the public is .res pectfully solicited. ' ; ! B. & E. XICKLrN'. Jcton. Feb. 29, as"tj. * H EXBY L. DRAKE, WSrEl>"CE 46F.VE, GIEIPH, .At-TOSj 1 [ps^ Mola* ' - * Xew Cur Raw GU, ins, etc. titc Lead, t^JS^n^u^dnol^",^^-CLERK] 4TH -DIVISION COyRT. fjltlifuUy a^letu'.td ici, u:!:c^ al It.iy'-s ; ' ' tio-jistore, (J'-.eh'D. Order.- by imj!; i Co'-stt or HaiTov . will receive prv'tuptjuit'titi^n. - . I ; ^- 'PATENTS for. INVE^IONS '^^^^- ^ . "" "la Caaai-u '.h'J T'.^te i S;;.t.->s and Europe, j " Patsnt .g laraaie-J or uo coliaje; Send | for priuied :us:rue:u>:v-. Acucy 'a *per* atioa ;ia vears.' 11KNKV li.'.Wi, I'-.: .v.-a, 0.,:;i ia, ! . UecTicIca! Kn*iceiT, Sn.':c!;or o' I'a j Tiro lasuras.es Agoat, w sLLiAia WATrxs, 1 *cr Marriajc ILlrm.ri .<- t'crliQc-tlcV f !. TSy Koyil-Ap. o;r.:i!K-i;:.)- ' ', Basihc*! p:ivaie a:.d ct i.fnU ::t!al . office at ihs Host U;UcW-, "^ii--u-.nliiarn,.f .- - Conjtr-Ua-ton, ' _ r'H"- "------' - -A=rcat Konoy to-lioaa or-Borrcw. Lifa IasTiraaeo: Agre'at, Issuer of Xlarriasc iLicciises. M RSi S. :CASTER. " Ch'jreh street, Acton. [ Agsat ilontroal Telesrasa-Co,. OLIT-^R,loiZ-IEE, Plasterer," Babts Collected oa Cs=inissioa-' . Ati'a]/V"-i_U. f;.-vrv.|.:.T.j..,,iior- - -..;.-uii> ; Aad G-oneral Ageat/Ssc, &c.. . ic r* 1.4 re iM:;i'.-> lr;P.i-. Cioa ruir*^ije^-d_ A CT05 JFLOrS 551LiS. -II -; t '- \s. Starch, Washing * Itches, etc.v > ./ ' . j_ . - l^apan and 10 cental iaaty. ttherl N makers ; :. IX. & E. KI e:<3rs. Flonr and Fee*l ^J-sra^t oa hand, wh.^I :ir.yT -*[*^! Caop;,iI2 I Parties intrusting their Lmsinesswith i mc-'-.vill.bq satisfactorily dealt with. ttaii^ Csu Tor all ti .it of tjr.in. fji^rnce a at the Post Office, Acton. J-T^1 TSOiLLOPE CHAPX3AN, ~D OSSIX HOLS5;. Actouft-B-' * JLtf Cice-to IheG. T. Eiljway Sia::-,;:. - -i ... . Eiceflent Hccorcrco.Ja-:i.-a ir the travel- Bwa a*i Afll BOflT? nl 71 f! fl'r' .Uat public THUS. CAMl'irULU Hropr. dTraCWlW&A BOOiSi WiiittWi . "TlOWISfOX HOTEL. Alton, 1 R-'joerL AsineB-;"- Proj-ij.--iur.ihis nw Hot^l is tilted up in' ar'i.-cij.b ^ style vtth ne- furaiture. Omuulerciai "ij7ra.veUers Ti.l-and i;o>J accomnioi&ti'.u ^Bd done m<Ktloa3 Sam p'.eJiooruK. .Sf^cial . ETtentlon pai J to th wants. Oi the-travel- -'UagbauUc, Barsuppde.i witUSne-be.it Llqaorand Clears. Good S'_al)tiiig end fctte'atlve Hostlejrs. ' ! :. All Descriptions of .Bi'ndiug Neatly Executed.- w M. HEMSTREET, Licensed .Auctioneer Foe-tie eountteE of Wellington ucii.'Hiri- ton. urders 1-rt- at the^-.HitEK Press Offlc, ActoD, or at my Residence. In . Rockwcod.wiU be promptly attt-Ddei* to, A<-e.ouzi Boohs of all KituU ICade to i Order. Ruling Promptly Attended to- Bisijkry St. George's ?.juare, Guelpb LTOX M1 Pt'ANINffa MILLS. "'CirOrders left_at "thc'Fintt Pnr^s Ofucc vrill receive prompt crttcution. J. R. MITCHELL, Mann facttirsr of ; Sash.'iDoors, Blinds?! Mould- " ". inssi'Dopr and Wiaao-w Frames, Piekets, etc. Pltmiarj, Scroll TForit arui Matching- [ Dane to Order. S^-Blinds 30 cents per foot, "ua Jill work delivered in-4cton free. Orders left at Secord Bros, will be promptly attendid to. Jfilton, Jtuie 6, 1876. 50-ly rpBAVELERS' ' . Lifs and Accident INSURANCE CC^PAHV Of Hartford, Conn. Paid-up Cash Capital...... $00,000 Oath AtstU................... 4,054,000 Surplus for protection "of Policy-holders.......... 1^170,855 Deposit wiOi. Dominion Gpv- i .trnimnl-...........'. .. 140,000 ^TAB I3f THE EAST. CM AT SLAUGHTER . -- IN LBATHBB. Worlfc & sosr. i Y At immense qoantities 6f leather is be ing manufactured into harness for the Artillery Hprses, >the ^prices have conseqiiently-gone up. i . ' Nevertheless ^k oooik: Ib prepared to furnish all articles in the line of r : S&rasBs, Sallies, Traa&s, Etc., at as reasonable rates ar ever. He is a practical workman, and ready to fill all orders as quick, as_ good," ami as cheap as anywhere else in the Liominion. J635* -All w&rk. gttarant-eed.'t-aj '^pairing pro: iifpthj di attended to. A. good stock bf Harness, Whips, Brushes, Combs, etc., always on hand. - . E, K. t'OOK. ^Icton, Feb. 20, 1877. .'Hie Travelers is a STOCK COM PANY and writes Life Policf-es upon the Low Kate ajl-cash plan. No-un certain proiaises of impossible "divi- denda," but a reduction of the pre mium at the outBet; equivalent to a "dividend" in advance. The Trav elers writes Life and Accident Poli cies cornbined as cheap as most companies write life policies. It is the largest Accident Insurance Com pany in the world, having written 436,000 policies and; paid in actual cash benefits to accident policy holdersalone oyer $2,565,000. An accident policy costs but a trifle. No medical examination required. Get a policy and -share in' the general benefit. . O. P. RUSSELL, ' ' District Agent, 33 Adelaide Street'East, Toronto. WILSON IRWIN, Special Agent. SEND 25c. to . P. ROWEL I, &. CO. -New Yortc, for Pamphlet of 100 page, containing lints of SOW newspapers, and tlnateB bowing cost of advertising. mo BBEEDEBS, ';_ The yonng thoronghbred Durham Bull "Duke of Kent," bred by Mr. Stone, of G.ntlph, out of the imported cow " 8ultana the 7th "; by " 3d Uuke of Springwood," (see 3d vol. Canadian Herd Book) will eerva cows on the premises of the undersigned, lot 24, 1st con. EsVjuesing. Terms For Durhams ?5 ; Grades ?2. ALEX. AVALDIE, Esquesing, Feb. ], 1877. 31-3m LIVING TOO FAST, Confessions of a Bank Officer. ; I went to my station, after tak ing yiy drawer from the Kafo. I was! not quito willing to belioyo that thp" president considered mo guilty. If ho did, ho would not trust mo-with the funds of the bunk, though ho hail forbidden mo to leavo the buildiug. I proceeded in the disclmrgo of my duties* as usual, but I soon discovered that tho eyes of my superior were upon mo, and if I had been disposed to '"udulgo in a coup d' etat, I was too closely watched lo pemiit-it to baa success. "Within half aD hour after tho opening of tho bank, tho cashier handed mo twelve hundred dollars in payment for a draft, which had been placed in my keeping, . and which I had deposited iu^ the safe. Just after the bank closed the day before, ho had accommodated a friend from my department, by giv-1 ing'him tho cash for this draft on' a bank, which, for some reasons best known to its officers, declined to pay it after- bank hours. It is not for mo to discuss tho propriety of this action on the.p-ait of my superior. It was irregular, and tho cashier was personally respon sible for his conduct. The draft hud been handed to nie, and 1 in cluded it in my cash balancing. I learned that tho cueliier had not been present when the presi dent counted mycash. The book keeper and receiving teller had as sisted him, nnd as the draft was not in my drawer, the amount appeared to Wa deficit on rny jr.crt. It was very .strange to nie that I did not think of. this transaction sooner. ' . Perhaps if my family trouble had not perplexed mo, I should have done so. But it came to .my niiud soon enourdt to correct the impression in the mind of the presi dent, if I had i.ot chosen to sutler rather than betray tho irregularity .of my superior. "That ruiikes it all right," said the cashier, as he slipped the bills into my drawer, rather slyly. " I'm afraid not, Mr. Heavyside," I replied, in a low tone, for Mr. Bristlebach seemed to be all eyes and eirs on us this forenoon. " What do you mean,. Glass- woodT.be asked. " What time did you leave the batik yesterday '<" "About three. I went out to ) rido with my wife." " Where do you get 3-our teams!" "Of Shaytop. Why do you ask?" r " My cash was examinei yester day afternoon, after both of us left; and'I am charged with a deficit of .twelve hundred dollars.". - .. " Whew !" whistled Heavyside, more alarmed than I was. ; He stood by my side at tbe coun ter while I told him that Shaytop " had; put a flea into the ear of the president" on my account, "Tho scoundrel! I.' will never drive another of ibis tcania I" ex claimed the cashier. , ', " " Shaytop was not likely to make much by his snivelling 'operation, i which was too mean for any gentle- :ni:m to appreciate. There was no jgiound for. a charge against me, and 1 think the stable-keeper niado it out of pure malice. " I said nothing to Mr Bristle- bach about the draft," I continued ;. " and he still thinks the cash is twelve hundred dollars short." "' " This is bad," Baid- he, biting his lips with vexation. I paid a check, and the cashier walked away to his.desk. I saw that he was much disturbed. Ho was an honest man, in the ordinary sense of the word, and " the worst which could:bo said of tho transac tion in which- he was implicated was simply irregular-. He came to rue again soon. ; . . .. " Although this affair amounts to nothing at all, ib will cost me my situation, and perhaps my repu tation, if the president knows of- it," said he. ' " He shall not know of ib through me," I replied.- ; "Thank you, Glasswood" lie added, warmly; but'the conversa tion was interrupted, so that noth ing more was said on the subject. ,1 Mr. ; BristlebacK was a very particular manj.but I do not com plain of hirn on this account. It wan proper and right that he should be -very exact, and even -very ex- actingin his requirement. Though Mr. Heavyside had no intention of defrauding tho bank of a single dol lar, he was imprudent. I believe he did not realize the nature of the act when he obliged his friend out df the funds of the institution. I w.ij?" fully satisfied in regard U> his integrity, and I was more dis posed to suffer myself than to excite a suspicion against bini. | I am willing now to acknowledge that my position was wrong. Tho truth should have been told in the beginning. Mr. Heavyside might have been censured, as doubtless ho ought to have boon, but I do not think he would havo boon dis charged. If ho had been, perhaps tho toudoncy would have been to make bank officer? moro circum spect, moio inflexible in the -dis charge of their duties,;..It ip.not safe to step over tho straight line of duty even for a moment, for there fis no. knowing how far one may wander on the wrong side of it. ' V If this incident did not injure him, it pated the -way for rfho lb tako'a long stride down the road to ruin. When, ho consented to he sheltered from the displeasure of the present by the cunning of his subordinate, ho placed himself, to some extent, in my; power. A superior should never ^aorifice his dignity before a subordinate, and should never placo himself- in the attitude of dependence upon him. The business of the bank went on as usual. My griefs at home bad robbed me of my appetite, and I had taken no breakfast. I waB not permitted to go out for a lunch, and when the doors were ^closed my empty stomach and my sleepless ' night had produced an eSfect upon me. I was pale and faint, but I was too proud to say anything, and my looks-told against me. I could hardly stand up, ahdjdoubtle&i Mr. Bristlebach thought he saw in my wan features and trembling frame abundant evidences of my guilt.'< He looked triumphant.- Tho examination ofJmy depart ment was commenced at once. The checks paid'where callel off^ and the bills counted. To the in tense astonishment of the president, arjdj I am sorry to add, to his intense chagrin also, the balance came out all right. There was hot a id c liar missing. Tvo counts gave the same result. .i.[r. Bristlebach .was compelled to jive it up. I persisted that my account had been squared the day before, but I sug- i gested that some papers had been laid upon a. few odd lills.which bad probably escaped us notice in counting if T had been present the mistake could not have occur- xed. The president atcmbled through something which, he intended fo1- an apology, andtrbilehe wa^doinu so I absolutely fainted away" from sheer exhaustion. Mr. Bristlebach was not a bad man,.and. I am sure be regretted his inconsiderate ac cusation. I told him I was not very well, and that the satisfactory result of the investigation was aldT desired. I did not blame bimj I thanked him for. his fairness and all that feort of ;thing.. "From t)hat> moment be had'iHore confidence.in me than ' over-1 and Shaytop lost another customer. -" I have just furnished my bouse, htmcle, and that cost mo a good deal of money," I pleaded. ' " But you got trusted for said he, sharply. " For only a Bmall portion of it," I answered, wondering how ho could'know that I owed anything. " Paloy, how much do you owe ?"_, he demanded. - " O, only a few hundredl dollars I I don't know precicely ha\v much, but not more than 1 can pay in a Bhort time." f ! ' ! "I'm glad to hear-it," replied he, rather dryly. "In hbw short a time 1". ,-'"'"., .','- : -.- L' " In' a few weeks." ;' '.- "That wont do. 'WhenI lend money to any one I'expect him to pay me, whether friend or foe, in the family or out of it. I'm afraid you are getting along a little too fast," : , I " I don'tthink so.", "Your wife is rather oxtraragaut, I'm told." " I don't think so.'. it. til"Was 'ftwlrwara^^becSi/se have a' babit of pajring'tip'ill thes^ ] I little" things ' at right, Bveh 'if I that," j have to borroftr tbe money to do soj I shall bo flqsb in three or fon^ days, but I dislike to make this .particular fellow wait. Could you lend md a hundred dollars' till Hon] day?". ; . :r - 1- u I am very sorry, Paley," re-; [:plied the poor fellow, the wind all taken out of bis sails. '.'The fact! is, I'm short myself:" "O, well, ijeyer mind : it. I'm sorry 1 said anything," I continued^ " inhere was no harm' in saying CHAPTERVXIV., ;-:-. , COMISO TO Tl^E POIN'T. A cup of coffee: and *' beefsteak set me right, and ;I'started for my miserable home. I was thinking of meeting Lilian, \yhen my uncle, Captain Halliard, stopped me in the street., "By the way, didn't I let 'yrou have three hundred dollars some months ago T said he. ,' 11, "I think you did,"'I replieidi blpndly. ~ " - .; He wanted .- to -< talk with me, and led the way into an insurance office."' I was not pleased at the meeting, and ventured to suggest that I. had important business,;atVhome j'but my uncle gently dragged fele Into the innurunce office. It was not pleasant to see him just, then, and for several weekB rl had -avoided him, so far as it was practicable to do 60. Captain Halliard wns a "rich man and it could not possibly make any difference to him whether or not I paid1 the money lowed him. "But I knew that he was exacting. " I think you said- you did bor row three hundred , dollars of ,me," said my uncle, as he seated himself at the long table ar^d took out his pocket-book, evidently for the pur pose of finding the note. " There is no doubt about it," I ( replied, with what self-possession I could command. - i "Just.BOi I, had forgotten the particulars," he continued,, as. he took the note from, the' papers in his pocket-book. He might as well have told me that I had forgotten it, as that he' had; but I .to.sorry to say that both of us had.a bid habit pf pre tending not to riimembe'r what, from the nature of the case, must have been uppermost in the mind. It was a stupid and ridiculous af fectation. My creditors were often in my mmd; and;;3'am sure his debtors were as faithfully remem bered. " I am not prepared to pay the note just now," I began, with more candor than I generally used.~ " But, Taley, it^is three or four I months since I lent you the money; and you promised to pay it ih a few weeks/' , | His memory was improved won- ! derfully. . "Where- have you taken 'a! house !" " In Needham Ltreet." . "Humph! What do you pay for it 1" " Six hundred dollars." " Six hundred dollars;!" exclaim ed he, leaping to his feet. ' " A very moderate rent for the house," I added, not at all pleased at what I considered the impudence of my tinble. . j " That is moro than I pay, Paley. I'm astonished i" " I think it i8 a fair rent." "I don't .think so. Whatvdid it costyou to furnish it 1" he con tinued, fixing a severe :gaz upon me. - - . " About eight hundred dollars," 1 answered, not deeming it prudent to give- more than half of the actual cost;. ' , " You are crazy, Paley 1 You will run yourself out in a.couple of years, at this rater Eight "hundred dollars ! When X wan mkn-ied I didn't spend a hundred dollars on my house. Paley, I will give you three days to pay this note. If you don't do it in that time, I shall do the "next thing." .'; ,'i",".- '." " What's the next thing.1" Xak-' ed, indignantly. . -" I'll trustee your salary.'! .- :.j.' "You needn't trouble yourself about the little Bum I owe you:j I will pay you".I replied, rising and' walking towards the, door.- "-The1 next time.I have -occasion to ask a favor, I shall not 'go to a relation."; Doubtless he regarded-this as a" -very Bavage'-thrfeat, if hiiigli: perhaps he did not think its exe^ution*-in-* volved any great hardship on his own part; "I.-w4H&dS)ue^fafie in*-' surance offica__with a degree of dignity r. :andr- selfrpossesflion^^whiolij would' baVe- been creditkmelin iffi bank president. My uncle.must be paid. There was no doubt oti that. I would not be thorned'.byi him for all the money in the world, for he was a -yery uncomfortable- sort of man to a debtor, and very obstinately insisted on collecting :his dues. : - .' It was patent to me that some one had been talking to Captain Hull.iartJ. 'PorbupB that mischiev ous stable keener had been in com munication with him ; and it was possible thas my friend Buckleton- had mentioned"" the trivial circum stance that I' owed hirn' eight hundred dollars. ' I.t" yra'a not'im^/ possible that Mr. Brisddehach and my undo had been disedssing my affairs. ^They : were intimate ac-, quaintances, and .ttie: captain did busines3'at the Forty-ninth. ,. I must pay Captain Halliard, or there .would be a.tempest about me at once.- Not thatbe would tijustee my isalary, or anything of tbatjkind, for this was ' only; a:, hint that be would mention the'matter to.the. president of our hank,./ I.must pay him,-but how to do-so, waB.a.mat- teri about which I could not venture an opinion. I had. little money, and I had already bled my friends. as much as it was prudent to bleed them. I must "raise the wind," or' go. under.' I walked "up 'Statel street, tryiiig to think, who; Bjbpuld suffer for my'Binsyrwfcen I-met Tom Flynn. We never passed each other without stopping to speak, though" We'Btood side" by side in the. bank during business' hours. Ij saw that'he looked embarrassed, and1 it flasKei.apon mymrod;-bef^ he opened his mouth that he wanted, j his money,'and that he iad mode up irisimind'to ask me for/it. I, did not legard it as proper .for Mm to do so. . .; "Tom, I'm glad to see you,". I begam " I wanted to meet you." -" ea8e.:. I was going: down to tfce'bank'tb find you, after calling upon you at Mr. Oli- phant's. ' I, wanted,to,see you very- badly';" and the honest fellow] looked more embarrassed than ever, j ,. '!' W^ell, /thai^a .a^^oin,oi,dence;" I. replied, deerming' it my duty to, .spare ,him any unnecessary embar-1 rassment.' ' : " I have just had a call for a little money I owe, njnd; it was not convenient for me to pay tailed the,- funcls'so, reidjily,- and li> even hinted at a desfrej to be jap-, lightened on the subject." 'To r-i more'.irty- -disagreeable impregaiona1 from' his mind, I said something about having a Tompf money- due :'me from, a mend which |l had kept in reserve for another purpose. - After the excellent character the president had.given me, I think my uncle' wa satisfied."' He| apologized for the sharpness of his jwords and ideolared that he had more regard f9r n^jmoral-w^fare. tban-for any- thingaejlse, Perhaps he -had, but his ideas of morality were very: in- it to ine," laUghed he, kpparenkyj defitute', for he had helped me'intr. more troubled at my necessity than ' ! - ,-: 1 a.sit-uation by pulliiig-down Toni, thoiigh" I must do him jthe justice to Say thatbe belped rayjfriend into his own. " I had a chance to: biiyj apine ' stock "at' ":a -low figure, if I could,'"raise thr'nibnej today, bo| that'the crwner can leat Lto-nightt for iSTewy^rk. I ath one "hundred short of the amount required ; but no matter, l'et'it. go.1' " I'm sorry I haven't the amount about me,v I replied, with a tro'ubl-; ed;look. :"Perhaps;! can raise it for you." " O, no ! .1 don't'want you to do that. You said you should be flush' in a few dayB." ' '"Yes, I shall have some money on'LMonday." "Well, then, Paley, since yoni can't help me out, I can help you out," said the noble fellow, with a' generous, smile. '-' I can't buy my stock,1 and you may as well hare the money as to let it remain idle." " Thank you, Tom," I replied. " You Said a hundred dollars," jie continued, Btepping into a doorway1 and drawing but his wallet. < "I Baid a hundred dollars, but only because I had not the cheek to mention morel ' I;must raise three hundred to-morrow but only till Monday, you know." ! " Three hundred," said he, mus ing. " I think I can belp you out." " Thank you, Tom. Next Mon day I Will pay you this and the other hundred I owe you. And by the way, 1 had quite forgotten that you beld my note." ' - "It's o{ no : consequence. I haven*ti wanted it very badly. But I have's chance to invest what lit tle I :po6seBS- next week, and iif I can get it thertyit will suit me be^ ter than to receive it now.'/.. :.:: . "Yob shall have the whole next Monday, without: fail/* 'ft replied, though" r bad no more idea;whbrB. tbemoney Was to come from .than" 1 had'of the source ofi'!titeJSrUej.-i: i !: ',:That willfiVmy1 'ease'eiae^y.?"- ' ' " We: Tijill Hteji jhto tbe"baHk^atid I' wiltgive ybtia'tibtei-^3 :".^ '-^ i!' Everybody had left -thVblipk^X^I eepl tbe inessingeavBn^i wrote the' nbt*7 '^-' bad the .'^'ri.fhundia: 'dollars-il my'ifiatilVi^wwtiiBt^rit' upon^takfng. theatingjiiOoliwOf dnf 1 uncle's;: tongue.Lf!r^eBjBj;$o^pverrf wbelifftlutt byi..pajinjtimy,fo^efb9K |forelBtept,(;;I.ipartedrlwij&i |5?m- ii tbje!etree^!n4f h^teae^i^tei. the insurance/office^ where; Ij h^,lieftl^ortL^cfu\ifloweiJ8."; Captiin HaUiard>rl(; I .found him,/ *i""-J -f'i -'-> - tipped back, in his chair in the inner room* talking with Mr. Bristlebach. I suspected!that my .case.tvi%a the subject of their discussion^, .., : " Isthat you,- jPaleyV' called my uncle, as I made a movement to retire, . .;'i- ,. j " Yew, sit, but I. won't ^rotible you now; if you are engaged," I replied.- ...'.-. j " Come in;. we were talking aboutyou^ lit illasswood," said the' pjeid,ept... ?; L wa^ just UlUng your uncle how well Satisfied'T".ain," with'. you'-., '::. *...... -/ V ^fATh'ank'yoi^sir.. I am very much pblhjed.fpr.your gopd opinion, arid I hppej .$ shall always' tnerit it,"' I added," witS bepbiriing modesty. V , .. o'!}4^o..you .^iab 'iff Bee-me, Paley V asked my uncle.,;,.-., '.. ".'.' '.y I i i";.Only.foB.a!ni9ment? sir ^b.utl will wait,tilll you, are,at ieiBure," [ , Mr! Bristlebach took his hatjand left the office, Baying he had no par- ticularibusiness with myT.uncle, . y. " The [president, of: the :bank speaks well oflyou, Paley," said my Uncle, good-naturedly. " I was glad to hear it, for I had a hint that you were going a-littlo too fast. Bria- tlebaoh and ; I: talked; tbje .matter over yesterday." - . I : "Pm glad'yOu found it all right. Have you my note in your pocket HOW I"-! continued, rat;ber stifily. '.':Yes,[I bayei it." ' . I drew my wallet and took out the threeAundreddollars I hod just borrowed. ; | "You needn't trouble yourself about that just-now:" said'.-he,- j ". I don't; like to bb driven into BO close a corner as! you put me into a lit'tJLe while ago. Here is the amount of the note with interest. If I don't know any better than to borrow money of. my, relations an other time, I ought to be hung for being a fool.". | '.'.I am sorry now that 1 said, any thing, Paley. I'll takeit all backJ" : " Take principal and ^ntereBt, and :I,shall boB'atisfied."'.'..' | j-' It was not in his nature to refuse- money under any circumstancee: He gave tip my:, np|e and.pocketed, the amount. It is quite probable that he wondered where 1 had ob- his preaent sitntttibh' by declaring tUat neW , light entirely I convinced him" ef 'Tom's innocent!(.| ; (To be continued.) . . Brief Remarks on the Month j-..- of April, j April is; thet' month j when the earth ia most relit by earthquakes, ^j,In' April a bald-headed lie is called a joke.- ' . In April there irB eitne r a bonnet' in the family or. a row, In April a-woman ;t^cs-a towel round her baek-bair, snatches, up carpets, Swears out braoms,. and- never rjeglects to leave a];chunk of soap on the bottom stair11 for a man to step ion. In April Sunday fbhosl children: begin to look forward to picnics,' lots of attenuated lemonade, and' very robust colic. In April girls prepare for croquet by buying shoes a, size smaller than before. In April big brbwny men chase little spheres of stocking ravelling around," cow-pasturea eknd call i; base balL ; '.. "4 I In April a young man Hightly stuffs hia coat tail pockets with maple sugar and strikes out for the -home of his girl. Two fond souls chew the Bame cake of sugar quite frequently that night, In April children, are not happy without ten hard-boilejd frescoed eggs. They eat the eggs and tbe doctor <?alls preaep tly wiph' a stom- ach-punop.". _'" .".- K { ; In^A'pril the ^farmer igoetli forth tq Bo^f.-f-seAi?. does'the ReamstreBS.' . Ja. AprU tie. Jramb ttirneth up histnca at, s'o.u'p^h'ouses iahd goeth iforth seeking whose cllickens he . / may,devour. ;: j;. ., _- ^ In April.rhutj^rt),pie1 and other abominations lead the b ;St of jieo-' J pW info-proftCniiy, <ndn heir - coutj- teriknoes^iBtii} bow-k^ota; . - - j "'JlrkA'pril ftlift honseifly TBappears Ob tfe'd *'Wlk'pitih)ef.i H^: is; not a ' -' -When "o*i^g6e4"iii;rHininBr|^t-j f lometimett"Bbcrwer^i a 1 itfcb.v .Th|e. Aotoetiikte ^ueefui}foT(as.every-j' body knows, ' April she weralninjgl P^C^uygqwem."i; rj\ . ^ . i^BiqrtC^.r^.i,ii^t the'festive| iSpasirM that it jig eivtok'e^ MP^'^i, h? in-yie_ B^v-ept ;Woj-da of" i npaisiq'ried verse Aprili?:8kim-railkraajath ,t ; ., .'Taint warm fenough.forIpcdicocbati ,-: An^'^oti'feel-like'&'foolii'^nXlifttcr.- ; rserui Kno^^edse A man walkir thre^ -milea jan hour, A horse trots eqven. St^mb^ate'run'eithteen. Sailing vessels make" ten. Slowrivera flow fcrar. ;,[ J^apidjriYora fJoTT.peTea), K!t.o(h?rat^ wind plows aeyen.. Storm njoves' .thirtyiiix 'l l Hnrrieiher, eighty. '.' l - ,, A rifle "ball, -one'tioatar d miles an, honr. ;: . . '" ... ^ouud,; ceyen'. hundred and forty, three. "'-..'"' .-"'. '"' ".'-'.""'. " Light/ biie hondred' and ninety '-fcboti sand;.-. ' ^Electricity, two huudrel and eighty .thousand. p -:\f '"' " ._ ' A barrel ot flour weighs one hundred and ninety-six ;poundB. - ' ,;, A barrel of pork', two. hu^i dred. ':', A barrel of rice,. six'hUnd red; A barrel of powdel-,1 twehly-five. A firkin of putto'rffifty-si3;' A tub of butter,jeighty-c ur. i Wheat, beans and clover seed, sixty pounds, to th^ "busheU * ! Corn, rye'andjflax aeed, fifty Bix.- Buckwheat, fifty-two;' Barley, forty .eight. : Oats, thir.ty-four. Coarse salt,'eighty-five: Sixty drops make a drachW . Eight drachms-an ouncel, : Four ounces make^a gilLl Sixty drops a teaspoonful. Th'i ee ' teaspoonfulo a t blespoonful, or one .third of an ounce. ' . ' Four, thousand eicht h indred and forty square, yards ihake an acre, : A square mile, six hundr< d and forty acrea._ ' * ' 'i ! " " To tneLSnre an acre : t'ro hundred and nine feet on '- etich .side,-. mwkj-ng square.aero within an inch There are two thousand ifreven hund red and fifty languages. One person dies at each pulsation of the heart. " .',"'.' .. ;l A generation 5s fitteen: yeani; Average of life, thirty-opp jears, Th, various "Toronto| . ohnrenes make free use of the toeal news- papers on Saturijays t| advertise} sermons and services, in giving the ' subjects 'of discourse. They believe in giving a cordial inVitation to the'hear ng of tbe Gospel through this grei t medium ofc6mmunicatij|. " ' * Ceps of Thought. ' [ pnecan|i6tbe your friend and your flatterertoo. '- -' True weight ..and measure .is' heaven's treasure!; It is better to hold back a truth - than to 8peak it urigrabiously. Tbey- that stand high have many blaBta to shake them, and, if they fall,'they ;dash themselves to pieces. The'- brook Js ^the bath of ; litfe birds, the-mirror- of heaven, the imago of lifr, ^i .running xoaA, the font ofj baptisjn. Life'is a duty and one ought to desire, its preservation. .Wilfully to let it decay would be a sin in the sight of God; -There is a peculiar happiness which springs frDm the hope of . heaven for a soul one- -loves, -from seeing it united to God, the Sover eign of good. ' . Beautiful lives baye grown up from the .dai-kest places, sa pure - white lilies, full of fragrance, have' blossomed on . slimy, stagnant water?-,-. ' * s Don't talk nitich, neither long at- |/i time., Fow: can converse^profit- ably above an hbrir. Keep ;at>tbe utmost distance from pious cbit-:hat and fropi religious gossiping. : ; - Miserjf assails riches, sb lightnJ ing does the highest towers; or a'sr~ a' tree that is heavy laden with; fruit bretiks its owii; boughs, so do: riches destroy the virtue of their possessor.. - - You see men'.of the most deli cate frames engaged in active pro fessional pursuits, who literally have no time for illness. ^Let them . become idle, let them take care., of" jRiems'elvea, let them think of their health, and they die. Thertist, rots"the steel which.use preserves. There is dew in one flower, and V not in another,; because one opens its cup" and takes itj while the other ; closes itself, and the drop runs off. So God rains goodness arid niercy as wide as tb'e dew, and- if we lack them it ia because we'will not-open our hearts to receive Him, ' ' The Blarney Stone. ' Five miles tip thasrest of the city of Cork, inia-valLy where two streams meet, is. tlie little 'village of Blarriey,. with--its ciEtle, whose fame. J? widespread,.for high in the. northeastern'side of the castle ;is" a stone, and.be who-iB adyfenturons enough to reach it_ and .has. faith eno,iigh_.Jfeo kiss it, will ,6a sure lo possess-henceforth: .aTigifi-c-f mar- "' vellbHB" efEcaby. Honied ' words wf^flnw'Trpm: his .li^s ;' persuasive- power 3FilI fiang on his utterances; he'^ilLwiri his way e*erywKere and wlttt'lanyh'cVfy ' ', arid,"wherirnWnkind, arM'.imnci; jnoi^.Lwoiri'anlaiid;. af-e T taktini csptiyo by,,the i-itchery Tof Jiis t^nguei they sayy "lie-.has kis sed ;.the. Blarney ;b tone," >- There are two stweawbjch each clairn- to ^be the ijeal talisman-rrrone qnthe um- . niit pfithejcastle^ being about, two ~ feet;square, ,witji the, date.... 1703 ; ihe:otLer,; that which records the" diteoftherbiiilding, 1446.; .Thanks ~ tp;Mr: Jffryk. any one:may';kiss the ^ ' formeri Toj kiss tbe Jotter the Jyorpry, musf'be Jet down 20 feet'by f_ - \a puUy-.aridltackle. Try. the iirst. . If.it^wprktfltbe.charp!, well; if not, I let-no amount o " hlarn.ey " induce you to'attempt the other. ..; . .rCurlon^ Majtches-- In a.iwestern'tow.n a man 'Wasv~"'*- serit -to prison. !Miss Mann, who lived across ^ke street,.flirted with ,! him through the ba'rs of hia Cell '!_.-.' window. . They, became engaged, <, and theii\wedding waa held in jail, - -where the happy coiiple are now . spending .the honeymoon. In Baltimore an aged'German went to an asylum, picked ; out a woman, from among the wil3 patients, and married.tier. He. explained that h^B previous wife had; been crazy, and he liked her so well' that he T wanted another. .- '-" ' -, ' -^! The' Canadu Screw.^Company's '. works at Dundas are to be greatly enlarged this year. The! "-non'-- protection" policy of" the Govern ment does not appear to have injured that iridustry. - '. Dull times have driven many..'..'j - merchants to the cashjystem^ and t they are! now -ornaniepting their stores withnotipes such as ; "Pay- today, trnst- to-morrow;"." If' I trust, I bust;" " In God wejrust : all otirs cash." "v It seexis difficult to account ifor so small a creature; as a bird^iriak- int; tones as loud in singing as i.an animal!pne thousand timfes its[S|'ze. But it has been discovered'thatj in birds tbe lungs have several open ings, communicating with, .cprres- ________ponding aif-.bags or cells, which fill - most ca"ses f the whole cavity of :tlie ^odf^ftom m the Meckdownward, and into which the/air passes arid repasses , in the process of breathing. ; Besides thiB ths.bories are hollow, and ac6, with the lungs aa air pipes. . \. I tL