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r^~> _:zJe..- ,Sy \* P, Before. ipS, MoFas- . New Cur |! Sa& Oil, j' - i >atis, etc. [ [hitc Lead, apd |es, Starch, ioz, Cigars, latches, ftc i :es r [japan fcud ^m 10 cents ^punty. d Baos. >ather I iots; ON of i I jon. V. The Acton Free Press. SSSS9 ftlaae II. No. 48 "Whole No. 101 ACTON, ON1\, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1877. BUSrXESS CARDS. c HE4P BREAD W. ?>LWK&? orBr^!;. FOR THE MILLION BbIIW*. Men\b*r ot CoH*s;*or I'll} siclaiut kad Surgeons. Oraeo and Uc*ldpiice rrettarlrE ^H*<***W A.OTOV. in the ftousc *" - "=-CBt>UKl by R. tattle, JStq. %wly,oco m. E. MORROW. Phrsl- * & E' HWEUN Lf *n. SUrfOvin, *e.,ot B\!llevuo Col- . . ^, . .. , l5S.SYorft.i*oUruliit.. ot Victoria -^g to.ftnnounce that they have socured CJlef*. Cialn,_ Consult Alton i!a\s j ' the services of a flirtay* and Friday*, from 9 a. m, i'nu p. a. Rssldenee West Jiower street, ACT*- t Pirst-Class Baker, D HENDERSON, fonVeV. 'ttll thKt their Baking Wines* is now t .mm-, , also ^cent Canada , ,i Lafs A* irviee Co. De*d, MorUrMc*.*, *s^. prepared neatlv.prora >lly, correctly aaS on reason ible terms. Mon*v to 1^4u oa \l Ttcmja security. QUifoir House, Actum JD. UATHESOX, Utornoy-. a".-Li*vr, solicitor In ihv.ncery, *i 033-C irnerof Mala and Church ! tiesta. Qorcetown. rp W. COOPER, Provincial l^and Surveyor" and Civil Engineer, Guelph. j Orduv b/ m>U prompUx sttenJod to. \TTM. L4IDL4W. Barrister. J f Attoruev-at-L.iw Sollcnon in ' Caaacery, Ac unices: Hatuttton. 10 K bk tr*el; Milton. M^in-i-lreet. the Hilton Offl<5e will t>- under-'tho maaase- KKt of u. W Cmpt>-.11. in-i Mr r.>d.t- in full operation, in the premises owned by Jfra. Hanna, ' Office Bread -will lio delivered daily at tho houses in the Village and vicinity. "Weddinpr (lakes, Tea CakeB, Pastry, Buns, &c., made in the very best manner, and kept [always on hand, good and fresh Aso all kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, &<J, | The patronage of tha public is rea- peotfully aoieiteiL i - B. & E. NICKLIN. -4cton. Feb. 29. 1&7G. UT tUI attend al tne on Frld*^- orcacs week. "MlUou Office" H EN BY L. DRAKE, HSrKANCE JtSEVr, GlEtPH, Acsai far the ittraantiK'and Waterloo ill bai'aey a;-u4t^d to nis care will be fitth'olly attend*?! lo. Offlce at D*y'i Hoot*.ore, -uelou. overt hy ra-\il iiit-WJ^i to Ga-lpti or Dqia l'o>t Uffl-e will receive prampC alien:nn___ - H.L. DIt\KE PITfiVTS far IXVEXTIOXS exjellti >Jiy and pror>erli eecured laCa*di. t*" Kall* 1 stales nd Burope.: plot j^ariQte'd or no enarge. Send forpria^J .n-iirjettt>"S ^u^-icy In rvpet. ill lit-a j ..ir* HEN'KV Ghl^T. Olt^jETa, Cannd^, Kee i*nlcal E^sioe--. ^3-ilujr ofP (ea^sind Drsuch sum. , -nTILLIAH WATkl>S, timer Harrlaxe Llreiue* Jt rrtlaute* By Rojal Appointment.) Bosineo P Hate ai d corfldcntlal i ttae*al lin Pse: Ul:e, rUeccrllllam, CoajJy Uaiioa. M ftJ S. ifiT.EK. Teackersf >iulr. Draw la: tadFnus. Cti>rch tlreet, Xct^n JAS. MATTHEWS ACTOX, CLERK 4TH DIVISION COURT, COVVTT OF KaLj\)>-. 1 Coavoywiccr, Conmlssioner In Q. B. yire luaarancs Agoat, Liio Zasuroacs Agoat, Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Ayeat 24oaoy to Irtaa or Borrotv. As*3nt I3S.trs&l TolcsTayi. Co. OLIVER LOZiEli. Plasterer, Delrts Qclleitcl ca Osanissiffa. Atiw, Or. K r.- iescr y i >a \tC 1 PiMlri'>j a-i i RiJgb-oistli Jciio "ft j -* tit a '. rf crib's U-rraN, iuj uill(c- ..- ,. ^_ ^ 11,3.1 cat-am-.'. i Aui &aer&l AgKlt, 3ccM Sm. \ ctox FLorn mills. B. 4 E MCKLl.f, Proprietors Floor an 1 F*ed alpay*; on band, wijole- til? aaJ re~uL OriiUng and Cco^ptng UftilT. C'lh 'or all kin-hs of Gr^ln. ; LIVING TOO FAST, OR TUB Confessions of a Bank Officer. CHAPTER XV. MY UNCLE IS SAVAOE. Captain Halliard was aa grim as an ogre, and evidently intended to make me pay tho thousand dollars I owed my Aunt Radiol, Of course he did not care half so much about the money aa bo did to bring me to a realizing sense of the poril of liv ing too fast. He had worked hard for me, and used his influence in obtaining the situation I then held. He was fond of power and influence, and a failure to consult him in re gard to any important movement was a mortal iuault. His views on life and living were different from mine, and I found it necessary to steor clear of him. I do not say that this was not a mis take on my part it was. If I hud followed his prudent counsels, I Bhould have kept out of trouble. I had sinned against my uncle, and was no morn worthy to be called ft protnjc of his. I had marriod, I had token a house, I had furnished it, I had given a party, without consulting him, and even without inviting him to any of the later fea tive occasions. I know that they were not to his taste, and it wsb almost n cause of offence to ask him to attend a merry-making of any kind. Ho had lent me_ three .hundred dollars for my bridal tour, though he did not know what it was for if he had, he would not have loijied it to me. He made me pay him when it was least convenient fofr-me to do so Now he crossed my path again in tho same disagree able manner. Aunt Rachel was very sick. Probably Captain Hul- liaid had deemed it his duty to look over her papers while she Iny in sensible on Iter bed. Notes or in terest might fall due. Perhaps it was proper pnough that he bhould do so, but it was deuced unfortun ate for me. I I h Parties intrusting their business ith me will } ht aitoiiy dealt with. Oince ct the Post OSce, Acton. RDSSIX ftlOlSfc, ietonl T71 TROLLOPE C1IAPMAX, _ l Clo* to th- G. T Rjl wi) fetation. _|J s Practical SoolrtiacLer, xoiill,sce6ranB.odx.!i[iD jvr tlie travel Uatjnbllc IHlte. LAHrSEH, Prow. DOHIXIOX HOTEL, Acton, I ' ' j_ -------- J-Su^iSfnc ^uu^.'conS;^! AH Descriptions of BiiHliUe Travellers vl I1ndo>d acCommolallon j an! CCTmnallrw< Simp ertoomn. speci.il | \ attention pal iitba wiuu oiiheiw\cl- ' U%cpa tile, Ba'supjj.Ie ' villi trie beat Ltawsa>d Clears. >ooi S abilug and . attealtrs tlaeien. Xeatly Executed. w , I Licensed Auctioneer Account Bool* of all Kinds Order. Made lo Pot the Counties of Wellington ud HaJ- taa. Orders Inn. at the Kke? Press Ofllee, Aeton. r at mr residence, in Boekwcod. wil. be promptly atieiidei' to. PLiNING MILLS. Ruling Promptly Attenoed to. BrsDEEi St.-George'sSquare, Gnelpl J. R. MITCHELL, __ Manufactnrer of * v ftasht Doors, Blinds 35enld- inss Door and Window Frames, Pickets, etc. Plaminy, Scroll WorL <tnl JSatr-7itn.g Dont. lo Ordfr. tar Blinds 30 cents per foot. " .all work delivered in ^icton, free. Orders left at Secord Bros, will be promptly attended to. ifitoa, Jnne 6, 1876. 50-ly S3" Orders left at the Fkee Press Office will receive prompt attention. npRAVELEBS Life and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford, c'ona. Po.vl-vp Caeh Capital...... $000,000 Ca>h AneU............4,004,000 Surplus for protection of Policy holders .. 1,170,855 Deposit laltJt. JDomtnion Gov- cryimcnt.............. 240,000 w AR IN THE EAST. QBEATISLAUCHTER IN^LEATHER. 4. iaimense quantitils of leather is be--f "n? ""^^ r^!^ hg znanafactared into harness for the J "- Utgett Accident Icsuram tl [est mak^8-^ 5d Wotte< Artillery Horses, e prices ha% e consequently gone up. Nevertheless e.jk:. oooik: * prepared to furnish a arti*es 1 n 1 He ine of Swans, Sadi&oi.^Traalts, Etc., JJm reasvxaWe rates as ever. He ifi o PrsetieaJ workman, and jeady to fill k Waert as qmek, as good^ and as cheap tayw^ttt else in the Dominion. **y All work, guaranteed. "B> Repairing jproiaptly ytUnded to, A god stoe!c of Harness, 'Whips, shesf Combs, etc, awayB on hand. . I E.K. COOK. Atlan, Fb. 20, 1877. I The Travelers is a STOCK COM PANY and writes Life Policies upon the Low Kate all-cash plan No un certain promises of impossible "divi dends,," but a reduction of the pre- tuium at the outset; equivalent to a "dividend " in advance. The Trav elers wrjtes Life and Accident Poli cies combined as cheap as most panics -write life policies. It is largest Accident Insurance Com- pany in the world, ha vie g written 426.000 policies and paid in actual cash benefits to accident policy holders alone over 2,565,000, An accident policy costs but a trifle. No medical examination required. Get a policy and share in the general benefit. ASO*** , td| fiWo ae. too. p. bo-wfli/a co. oniSE..Tk*torPamPtlletf 100 page. , SSiSiSiS* KMw?_of 300 newspaper^ and 'C. F- RTJSSEL.L, j " Distnet Agent, 33 Adeaide Street East. Toronto. WILSON IRWIN, Special Ag nt. J OB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the FBEE PEESS OFFICE, SText the Post OHM, Mill Street. [t was equalh unfortunnte that i-id *inten tliis ,'note "v'n (lo- niand, with intei-estJ' I hud dpne bo b^.tufce I uid not wish to fix a time- when Auut Rnchel would feel coui]>flIed to ask me for the monej. In avoiding a dun in this direction, I bad courted one in another. Ab sharp people are apt to d >, I had overreached myself. The Captain was in ba 1 humor. I had once been his favoritn' If 1 was so now, I was under a shadow. Bat the case was a very simple one. 1 hud been acting without his ad vice, and contiary to his well known opinions, which was per haps very imprudent in me. He whs a man of the world, with no fine feelings to intei fore Iwith what he regarded as his duty. Of course X could not think of such a (.liing as iiaying him. He looked ugly, and my pride was touched by the attitude in which he pluced himself. " Paley, you are going too fast!" said kny uncle, sternly. I - I don't think so, sir." " I think bo !" he added in a tone which was intendpd to indicate that he regarded the question as settled, and that it would be useless for roe to attempt to argue the matter with him. " I don't know what you mean by too fast," I replied. " Chanlpagne suppers !" " Only [one, and probably I never shall have another as long as I li\ e." " You had a party at your house and the champagne flowed as free aa watsr. Two or three hundred dollars for wine in one evening, ss1 I am informed by one who knows!" " Who was he i" " No matter who he waa. Deny it if you dare." " Well, I dare !" " Show me the bill, then !" said he, fiercely. I was vexed and indignant et thisVude treatment. I forgot that this man had labored to procure my situation; that he was my mother's brother; that he had always taken a deep interest in roe. I could not bear to be regarded as a child, and to be taken to task as such by any one. My pride revolted. " I don t understand that you are my guardian," I answered. " I'm not your guardian? If I were, I would sond you a hundted miles from the city and make you work on a. farm. I'm the guardian of this note, though ; and it must be paid, or I'll trustee your salary. When you owe your aunt a thou sand dollars you shall not fool away your money on champagne suppers. Pay the note !" " The note don't belong to, yoif," I added, doggedly, as I beat about me for the means of escaping from the uncomfortable dilemma. "Don't belong to me 1" growled my uncle. " What do you mean by that 7' " How did the note come into your possession V " Nono of your business how it caraointb my possession, you puppy I Do you mean to insult mo 1" " No, sir; out I think you mean to insult me." " Insult you 1" sneered he. " Why, you young cub, I am your uncle, and old enough to bo your grandfather 1" " You aro not old enough to in sult me." I' You have said enough I Will you pay the note i" demanded he, impatiently. 11 o talked to me as though he' wero on tho quarter-deck while I ' belonged in the forecastle. He was not in the hubit of permitting his positions to be disputed by those whom he regarded as his dependents or inferiors. . " Not till you have shown me by what authority you hold the note." " As the agent of the promisee !" snapped ho. " Did she authorize you to col lect it J" I inquired. He drow out his pocket book, and trembling with rage and im- patiunce took a documont from it, which he thiust into- my fuce. It' was a general power of attorney, authorizing him to transact any and all business for my aunt, and ratifying all his proceedings under it. Of course it was dated before Aunt Rxchol's present sickness, but I could not deny his power to act under it. " Are you satisfied ?"" said he, in a triumphant tone, and he folded up his paper and restored it to his pocket-book. " I am," he answered. " Pay then !" " When do you want the money?" I asked, in a tone of easy indiiler ence, for I saw thut I could make nothing by attempting to bluff tho old fellow. " Now !" " Ot course I don't carry a thou sand dollars around with me, in my pocket, and I did not expect to be called upon to pay this note to day. It is not convenient -for me to do so." " I bupposo not," sneered my uncle. " But you seusa to have money enough to pay for champagne Mlppoi8, and belter furniture than I cm afford to base in my house." Buckletou was tho villain who had been talking to my uncle I " Betterf furniture" meant the et'tgere ' But I must not quarrel with my uncle. Ho had the power to throw uio.out of my situation in the bank. As my mother's brother he would not bo likely to do that.' I was even willing to be lieve that he wa3 ucting for my good, but certainly he was doing so in a very ungainly and clumsy manner. Ho evidently wished to get mo into a tight place, where he could control me, and thus compel me to forego ruy habits of extrava gance. " Uncle, the champagne supper was a mistake. I did not know there was to be any wine until I saw it. My wifo ordered it with out my knowledge^ I did not sus pect she intended to have it, or I should have spoken in season to prevent it." i " Very well j let that pass," Baid be, considerably mollified. " You bate fifteen hundred dollars'worth of furnitute in youi house. I will sell jou all mine for half that sum." '" Buckleton cheated me into taking tv. ioe as much as I wanted." " Humph! Did LeT - " He did." " Did you pay cash forrall these things J" " Of course I did ; though I did not intend to pay Buckleton for a month or two. But be is a scoun drel, and I was glad to get lid of him, even at the expense of sacufic- iug some stocks I hud." ,. " Stocks?" said my uncle. " I havn't been so reckless as you think I have," I replied. " I saved two thirds of my salary till I whs married, and doubled it by sppculation every year." " What did you borrow a thous and dollars of your aunt for?" " Because I didn't wish to sell a thouB ind dollars' worth of " cop- peib" I had, and still have," I con tinued, knowing very well what would satisfy my uncle. " Some body was " heai ing" them Then ; but they are all right now, and I shall make apietty thing on them by-and by." " That's all very well} but you are living too fast." I was ufraid he would ask me what " coppers" I had been dicker ing in, but he did not, probably reserving an inquiry intoi the de tails of my financial operations till we were on better terms. " I don't think I am living be yond my means." " I do think so. You must give up that house in Needbara street, and live within your means," he abided, Bternly. I actually began to think that he was in league with Mrs. Oli- phant. ' I think I can live as cheaply there as anywhere e'-Be." " You can board for half the money it will cost you." " I differ from you theFe, uncle, I replied, mildly. " I paid--------" " You differ from me 1" oxclaim- ed he angrily. " Do you think I don't know what I am talking about. I am older than you, and I havo seen more of the world. I know what it costs a man to live." " I think I know something about it." " No, you don't!" replied he, as arbitrarily as ever. " You can disposoof your lease, and soil your furniture for all it cost you, for houses aro scarce." " I don't wish to do so, the house and furniture are worth as muoh to me as to any one." " Paley, you aro a fool !" said he, impatiently. " I came of your stock, then," I retorted, rashly, for my blood was warm again. " None of your impudence to mo!" " Nonojif yours to mo !" " I am an older man than you aro." . ' That gives you no right to call me a fool." " Will you liaten. to reaaon ?" " I will, but not to abuse." " Do von know Brentbone ?" " No,' sir." " He would have taken the house where you live if you had not. While he went to consult his wife, you took it." " I wns told that another man would take the bouBe in half an hour if I did not." " Brentbone was the man. He was terribly disappointed, for he had set his heart upon having the bouse. He is an old friend of mine, and still wants it. Ho is willing to give you a hundred dol lars bonus for the house, and pay all the bills for the furniture." " I am uvich obliged to him -for bis liberal offer, but I must decline it," I replied, firmly, for I could not think of leaving the EngliBh basement house, when I wi8 just beginning to realize the joys of home. " Are you mad, Paley ?" " Not just now." " You can't afford to live there. Your mother in law will board you at half the rate it will cost you to live in thin house." Upon my woidj it looked more and more as if Captain Halliard was in leugue with " dear ma." I Late mysteries, and I may as well explain the fucts as I after wards discovered them. Mr. Brent bone was a man of considerable means, who had just married a sec ond wife. The houBe in Needbam street pleased him, and, too late, he found that it pleased his wife even more. He was acquainted with Jlr. Oltphant and 4vith my uncle. When he ascertained who had taken the house, he went to 6ee Mrs. Oli- phant, but this was about the time I moved in, and " dear ma" was too indignant to mention tbe sub ject to me, though I remembered that she hud suggested the idea of selling out the furniture and giving up the lease. Aa we movod in, Brentbone gav up his purpose, ana tried to nnd a home elsewheie. Failing to suit himself, he again turned his atten tion to the house in Needham streel. and spoke to my uncle about it. Captain Halliard was probably staitled to find I was living in a house which would satisfy a person of Brentbone's means. The matter was left in my uncle's hands for negotiation. He assured the would- be purchaser that there would be no difficulty in completing the ar- langement. All this Bientbone told me himself in gplf defence, a few weeks later, when I mude his acquaintance. As my uncle had in a measure pledged himself to complete the ar rangement, he felt a pnde in doing so. He honestly and sincerely be lieved that I was living beyond my means, and heie was an-opportun ity foi me ta'cbange my style, and make something by it at the same time. He might have succeeded better if he had not begun by at tempting to diive nTB into com pliance. " I have no idea of boarding with my mother in law again, and paying her thirty dollars a week ior accommodations J can pi ocure foi ten," I rephed to my uncle's piopomtion. " Then board somewhere else. I don't care where you board; but it will cost you three thousand dol lars a year^to live in that house." " I think not." " I think it will," responded my uncle, sharply. " Time will tell." f' Leave a fool to his folly," snarl ed the captain, out of patience with me. " I will leave you to youre," I replied. " Will you pay the note ?" < When ?" " Now." "No^Bir; I will not." " When will you pay it ?" " To-moi row," I replied, willing to gain even a day's delay. " Very well; if it isn't paid to morrow I'll trust* your aalary, and keep doing it till the note is paid 1" exclaimed he, darting out of the ante-ropm where we had gone to talk over the matter. - I felt very much like sinking through thi floor. Not only was I cut off from obtaining the two thousand dollars from Aunt Racbsl, but I was called upon to pay the thousand I already owed her. The means for making my account good with the bank were gone, for Aunt 'If I wero reasonably cattain I should Jiold on ; by all means.' ' O, I'm dead sure ! I wouldn't Gems of Thought. The man .who is only honest when honesty is the best policy is give the president of our bank six-J not really an honest man. Hones- pence to insure me.' ity is^tiotswer Of conrse you will ibid on, then,' I added. ' That's tbe trouble,' skid he, slapping bis fist upon, the table, and then swallowing anothejrpotion. 'What's the trouble?' I inquit- ed, kindly asking the quet tion he suggested. ^ ' Why, the holdina on.' ' But, if you are sure of tne re sult, you cannot be in doubt in re Rachel was too sick even to speak i gard to your course.' to me. What could I do ? I went into the banking-room, and balanced my cash two thous and short j No one knew it but myself. Mr. BrLttlebach was a careful man. He made frequent forays into all the departments of the institution, and tha fact could not long be concealed from him. It was aboutruime for the directors to make an examination a few days, or weeks, at most. I could only study how to defer rather than avoid the catastrophe. I put my cash in to the safe, and left thebuild- ing. My face was like, a sheet as I Raw it in the glass before I left the bank. My heart was in my throat, I could not see anything or any body as I walked along State street. " Glasswood, how are you 1" I turned to tbe speaker. It was Cormorin, paying-teller of the For ty-third. I was well acquainted with him', and he lived near my house. He bad been present at our party, and had drank more champagne than any other five per sons present ' How are you, Cormorin T I res pited. ' In a harry, Glasswood V ' ' No, not specially.' ' Come into Young's with me and drink a bottle of wine.' That was just what I wanted in my misery something to enliven my spirits, I went, and found that Cormorin had a mission with me. CHAPTER XVL CORMORIN AND I. Corjnorin was not a man for I'm in no doubt about ihoutf the whom I had ever entertained any great respect, and I wondered how, he contrived to retain his position in the bank, for he was rather dis solute and dissipated in his habits. We went to a private room in the hotel, And he sent for champagne. He talked about different matters! for a time, but I was soon satisfied that he had something more than these to bring forward. X was not raiBtaken. We finished tbe first bottle of champagne before the plan of my companion began to be developed. He ordered another; but I ought to add, in jnstico to myself, that he drank three glasses to my one. His frequent potations, howevei, seemed to have but little effect upon him, for he was accustomed to drink stronger fluids than cham pagne. " Glasswood, what salary do you get now 1" asked Cormorin, after we had begun upon the second bottle. " Two thousand," I replied. " The same as mine. But can you live upon it ?" " I think I can, though I have' not had much experience since I was married." " I can't live on mine." " You drink expensive wines." " 'Pon my soul, I don't," he pro tested. " I haven't tasted cham pagne, except at your house-warm ing, for a year, until this afternoon. I can't afford to drink champagne more than onco a year; and I have to stimulate on cheap whiskey. Well, even-on this camphene, I can't make the ends meet. 'I'm as economical as a Lonlon Jew. I don't go to the opera above a dozen times a year. I don't own a horse. I don't average hiring one more than once a week; 1 have-beep, in the same fix these two years." " What do you mean that you run in dsbt?" I inquired, willing to help him reach the point at which he was evidently aiming. " Just that; and nothing less, nothing more. I'v* tried every way in the world to eke out my income; anl, just now, I'm in a fair way to put about ten thousand dollars into my pocket." " I congratulate you." " If I had sold my stock to-day, I should have put five thousand into my exchequer." v Why didn't yon do it, then " * Because I would rather have ten thousand dollass thun nve.' he replied gulping down a full glass of tho generous fluid before.ns. ' When a man can make a good thing by selling, I believe in real izing.' ' Isn't it better to wait when a. | man iB aure/lof making twice as' muoh a week hettoe f 1 Are yon sure V ' I wish I was as sure of Jiving a wf"ek as X am of making this money, if I can hold on for a week.' ' Well, that? ' What are you in doubt He looked at me steadily, and appeared to be uncertain whether to say anything more or not. He was struggling, to reach,some point, though I cou?d not imagine what it was. I began -to suspect that -he wanted lo borrow some tnonoy of me. ilf bs did, he had coma to the wrong man, He labored heavily, like a ship in a storm, anc I was beginning to be rather impi.tient at the riowness -with which he pro ceededL ' Glawwood.give roe youi hand,' said he, after a long pausn, as he extended his own to me across the table. I took his hand, for I cculd not refuse to do as much for a man who was paying for the champajne. ' We Are friends are w 3 not 7 he continued. ' Certainly we are.' ' Do you mean so V ' Of course I do. I din^t say one thing a,nd mem another. If you want to sayanything,Cormorin, say" it' * As a friend, I will,' naid he, with compressed lips, as though he had made up his mind so do a des perate deed. ' This is betT'een us, you know f ' Certainly,' 1 replied. The champage I had drs nk bad somewhat muddled my brain; and I was in that reckless frame of mind which, is so often ind iced by stimulating draughts. If I had drank nothing, I should ha re been cautious-bow I permitted myself to be dragged into the counsels of such a man as Cormorin. As it was, I was becoming rapidiy-tprepm-ed for any, desperate step. I was very curious to know what my compan ion was driving at. ' I'm in a tight place, then f said he, filling his glass again. A tight place I Why, I thought you were on the high road to wealth !' I replied, rather to help him forward in his_stateme it, than because I experienced any aston ishment at-his apparent contradic tious. '^Exactly so ! i Both propositions are'exactly true, and equally sus ceptible of demonstration. You aro dull, Glasswood. Yt u don't think enough to sharpen, ycur wits. Don't you see that while I am wait ing for a further rise in my stocks, I am kept out of my capital V 'Precisely so; tlint is not a dif ficult problem to comprehend,' I replied. ' Well, you don't seem along as fast as I do.' ' I understand you now, on.' ' T,hat's all.' ' Let's go liome, then,' '.'. added, rising from the table. Not yet. Hold on ! D understand my position ?' ' Very clearly ; you are sfc am T. If 1 could help you, I would do bo with the greateBt pleisuve.' . ' You can help. me. We Jare both honest fellows, and don't mean to wrong oi injure any one ^That's myself for one,' '.'. replied warmly. He seemed to be using the very arguments which. I had aj plied to my own case while borrowing.'the funds of tne bank that eniploved me. What did he mean by it? Could it he possible that lie even suspected me of taking the money of the bank ? Had he by at yjneans obtained a hint, of, my financial1 operations ? He was in another establishment. He could not sus pect whati none in our bink sus pected. I was excited^witii chain pagne, and I dismissed ' the) fear as preposterous. ' That's n|yself for anotrjer f ex- ' claimed he, with more i mphasis than the subject matter sesnifd to reqpire. ' My coppers hav e doubl ed on my hands.' ! 'What ate your copper i J* I in quired. 'The Ballyback,' he , Answered promptly. ' Do you thank _ I haven't any ?' (To be continued.) ; swerving policy, but stable principle. An honest man est from lits soul, nor d< stoop to aught that is mean, though is l.on- igns to great results fraud. hang on the pletty We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or our censure1 on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil io, the same character that it may require a very accuiate judgment and a veiy elaborate inquiry to determinate on which side the balance turns. An tW writer says : ' Read not books alone, but men, amongst" them chiefly thyself. If tliQu-hnd anythiig questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend - rather that the gloss of A sweet-'" lipped flatleter. Thoie is" more profit in a disusteful truth than deceitful sweetness.' Every liuman soul has a germ of some flowers within, and they would open if they could only find Bnnshine and free air to expand in. Not halving enough of sunshine is what ails the world. Make people,, happy, jand there will not be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness there is. Our success in life generally bears - a diiect proportioa to the exertions we make ; and if we aim at nothing we shall certainly achieve nothing., By theliemtsbion of labor and en ergy it often happens that poverty and contempt, disaster and defeat, steal a march ujion prosperity amd i honor, and overwhelm us with re verses and shame. "1 ., ?: How many great men have testi fied that their whole lives have been influenced by some single re- niai k made to them in their boy hood I A.nd who cannot recall words j spoken to himself in his ehildhood, to which, perhaps, the speaker attached no. importance but which sank deep and immova bly into his memory, and which have-eever lost their power over him I Make sunlight 1 .The world at best is d*,ik enough.1 Do what you can to make it more cheerful and happy. j ' Tbe City of ErzeVonm. The pastmlic of Erzeroum is the most importaut in Asia Minor, in cluding a population of 800,000 people distributed in 1,500 villages and towns. The cLief city is Erztr- oum, which haB a population esti mated, at 40,000, besides its garri son. Of these 40,000, 30,000 are Turks, 5,000 oithodox Armenians, and 2,500 CatholicArmemans. Iji 1827>the population was estimated at 80,000. The number of tl e in habitants is constantly changing, however, owing to the great number of peqple who arrive and depart with the caravans. Pestilenep has often made, seiious in loads rpon the population, and emigration^ has taken" many people away. The city coniaius 28 khuns, 13 public batliR, 70 mosques and uiesjida nnd cilinches of the Aimexiiau X*itin and Gieek Clnistians. The new pait of the town is partly tuiround ed by an old castellated wall, but a large part of the- place ife not wal led. A deep ditch was excavated round the suburbs some yeai's i go on't you I to keep off' the Russians. Thei e are some curious ancient buildings in and around the citadel, and n<si- ly 30: tombs in,tbe foim of circular towers, with conical fctone roofs, after i an eaily Saracenic stvle of architecture, dating, some of them, as far back ?is the twelfth ceiitui \ . The plain about the city, whieb is 30 or 40 milis long,- formeily con tained 100 flouiisbing vtllHges, but emigration haa now d< populated many of them which no"w lie in waste. The-chief trades aje d\ eing and , tanning moiocco' Itatht-r. Great numbers of hoises and caitla _ are reared in the j liin. Regal <h-d strategically, the town is not fnvor- ably located. Although at a high elevation, it is Rurroundrti] on one, side by a higher hill, which in the hands of an enemy would render a defence exctedingly uifi^cult. Some of the sum kiits of these Ifills ate contihually covered with -snow. to g"t Go orr. So i i The best base-ball catcher in Minneapolis, Minn., has outdone himself and caught the small jwx. Vinpgar, mustard, and oil makes a good dressing'; but it's jtist us well to stick to flannels until tbe fcuaiuier sel? itL A husband who can't pull two' hundred pounds dwict weight is not. strong enough to tie I up his wile's pull-hack. i A New^Haven frog company -uses a attain hatnmer and anvil weighing thirty fivfe i :; a thousand T Ollendorff, the Montreal (runaway jeweller, is iu Detroit living a fast life on his creditors morey. He has offered ten cents on tie dollar ,,-, to bis creditors, although he hand- pounds. This may tje fun for the ed over tha proceeds of his large company, but the Cotiner Journal and valuable stock to his mother thinks 'it must be deatb to the and family. J " * frogsV