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^PPlS^w fttiMLtf& \ '. V i\y ^ .! .^^^^^)l^pi^^^^^^^^^^^f^^^!h^r -, '-i^mss?ss?M~ / ;' Telnmc III. XoU-TVtaolc No. 106 } ;'i*.iYri JAOTON; ONT., THUESDAY, JULY 5, 1877. 191.00 per tanan In A4t&mc. J?r^/vr55 c'aiWs: rvtrEVP itREAlb t*r H. li'OWRY.- M. ., St. \\ # i-. r; s. Or.tJii.iti> of Trinity -pi;VC, Memoir v>! College nt Physicians iiiJ w.n:Ma- OrUe*; and BoUderioo r^Jcrk-K Sue.'W vcrox, tn tbo. bouse \U\t ocoupld t>y K--"IAlUo, Kso.. m p, ;au. Sunrooa, Jtc.,ot Bellovjue Col- W<*. N'e* YorK.Hisoyrndnntp ol Victoria 'Oil***. CiuAda. ; Consultation dnjrs Tues-i-tr* iina Fridays-from ;> a. xu.tuij p. r.v. K-.'>'.,d(.-nee West liower street, AC-i"-"- ________________- j D HENDERSON. Oonvoy- .0 ,-tHoor. Ac., also ,\i;eiil Canada n:e \.:ri-uv Co. Pt>.>ls, Mortc^st-s, *.-.. pri'pire.l ii>.\;lv, promolty corroetly irA on rL'ai.i:nMo lerms. Money to L.n-i oa_.Morn.tso security. Otuec tfliujjo* House. Acton.- J. D. H.1THESOX, Attorney- at-uixr, ^olfeciior In Ctuacerv, *j. v>^,"^ Corner <u M:\ln ana CUurcU w. COOPER, [f Before. s T Provincial Land Surveyor and" Civil H^gineer.Guelph. Orders.t\v man promptly niteri.led to. \V".U. LV1DL.VW, Barrister. . T T .vt:orm>v-nt-l.:\\r solicitor In Patacory, 4c. t>:!Kv-x: Hamilton. 10 K ns slrf-l; Miltoa. Mi!:i str^i-t. Ths Milton Office wt'.l :> > nn.ler Uie nicinasii- tn? = : i>/ l. Vi'. C.imiil>,.ll. Jin 1 Mr. Litid- l\r w.iTf,-.!:iJ a: ".He -'Milton Office", oa rri.iay or.afh weefc. FOB THE MILLION Beg to announce that they have secured, tho services'of a 1' ! First-Class Baker, and that thoir Baking business is tiow in full operation, in the premiaea on nod by -Vrs. Hanna. Bread-will be delivered daily at; the houses in the village.and'vicinity. Weddinpr Cakes. Tea Cakes, I Pastry. "Buns, &o., made in the very best manner, and kept - ' - - - A so iscujts. Cheese. &c_ i' The patronage of tk public is res pectfully solicited. - always ou hand, good;and fresh. - ajl kinds of Confectionery, Bi: B. & _4cton. Feb. 29. 1S76 E. NICKLIN. [nps, Molas- " X err Cor Raw Oil,"'.', bans, etc. "HKc 'ieatlf s iand '"".: " ' * :cs, - $tarch ;os: Cigars, hashing latches,'etc.. ; -J' ' ' F-r-i J^pan an >m 10 cents jountv.V J b BROS. leader;! lt*br : i kason. >est Imake rs. LOWEST red lo. TT-EXRT 1. DEAliE^ I>sCIiV\'E ir,t:\T. ui'KLrii. A!!".-. 'J- V'-e J^"- --riii-.:;:e. una Waterloo. :~icJ :o n^^ care %vlil t>o IiiltltMViV f.v".l>i vd \o. OrtU-e nt Day's i3oot.s:orp, ;:;\.i pli-. t.'r.!ers by niuil ai-rres^-^l to *> .t- ipti or I>o us 4'0>l Ortlco ir;i; r?cc:Te p.-\>KiplALiontl m. -. ' ; --" H.L. nRAKE. p'VTEXTS 1 :o_ IXVEXTIOXS v:i;i,! pro-v.-rJy -ec-iired in c " .( t. nv> V' _ilv t s; vt-< ;nul Kuropc. P.tt-5l a :*- ' * *>r r.K> cnuree. S^nJ f,i-yr: ., _;'.on-. A* "icv in oner- aUDS ia~ .-=-rs-. -HKNKV i.V.I^Ti i, Oanrvla, Xltr ! :.? i! Ki: zi-^-*rt S^:icI:or of Pa' t?a: ;r. '. rr.i-.'.^: ':-:iun: ^TlLlllM W.VtlilNS, s_a_r HirrKi-e lKta-esiS: <'crllttcii!c B^s.'iics- p;iv.i:-- u:ul c-'i::'.J.iuirii ':n--?x*. ;":w' :'o-: t>:lljo." ;JU-uwi::ij.tii, The Acton Plow Go. Are manufacturing th* celebrated STEPHEHSON PLOWS, AND -Tho 'Boss5 Gang Plow They keep .-v full "stock on hand, and are prepared to' do "all kinds of Repairing on Plo"ws, ! and also also, kinds of ; L.iiKe IVoi-k and Iron JRhiniitiJ ! on the shortest notice. DKU'K. ' V A suioido from.drink,"! '! ejo long We weary nvw read and think, And wonder when (hall coaao the wrong. , Tho herald told the talo, The sit'mo old talo from day to day ; "Whiikw," tiio vile word growcth stale, And yot it growoth in its sway. ] ' Before tho latticad bar ^ A daughter stood ; it ia a shaino I That innocent must go so far To plead for homo and lovo and name. And-tb.ua she plead in tears, j " Soil not my father drink, for woi Aro seven children young in years;; When father drinks wo all must Hoc. " Ho oonios with storm and curse. And ever since poor mother died,_ i Ho has been drinking worse and wbrso Sell not my father drink !"' she cried. Cry to the: winds as well; [ The traffic hardens human hearts, Tho trade gocisjou ; its coffers swell. ^Vith ^old, whoever weeps or starts. . . Ye pass these gay Baloona, Your shadows fall upon theso dene ; What care have yo what victim swoons! What protest havo ye, citizens ! ' O for a majnly word, O for an imligiiatiou peal ; When shall the people's voice bo heard ? When at your tdtara will ye kneel! Ye Christian hosts, and pray Till Christ's own courage ye shall know; Aud.ye go forth the same royal day Aud shout deliverance-from the foe. M 2S S. {. t?.TKU. TrarU.T of>Iu-.lr, Drr.-vvin: : and Frrncli, , Act--n. O^ E2 t-iIEE, Plasterer, Please call and ex amino our plows before purchasing elsewhere. , ' . 1 . " agf.sis ron Sharp's Self-Dumpincr Hay / . and Stubble Rake. :u-. .in i ." '. KURJ3AH1 HURRAH! LIVING TOO FAST, Confessions of a Bank Officer. GFLATTER XXIV. AUNT.RACHEL'S WILL. AlT OX FLOIR MILLS. 'LlJ.'Z, r.- -i rie'.or.-. l-.v^ys on liand; vrb' ;:>'::;i: an 1 Csopi-.: li kin li of cir iu, .- .-. nor st: :nil.i;i"2 f.-r J~. CAMI'BS 4 Ac! ;iy SiiL ll:-tr: LI., I' Oil. :ivel- rqtu-, iDtflMOS HOTEL, Aetna, It itjerL Ax::-iW, ' t*ropri--Lor,Tlii 0= J. Uo-_ei is lit-_-i a;> iu_. iii-il-clai.: DT EEST PH0T0GEAP1IS in the County, at 'Tho Oatario ?hot:erayli aallsry Fur B'::inL<) of FiiilsV- i.tfil'IirH/i'.in- COPYING & ENLAEGING 1 'ie Tith no-. fiLrnUuf.1.-CbinuXenTiai In al&its brar.clie?) in tfie best style T.:Ave'.lers wM fit;-", aslcoinrnollo'j- S--. A :^.r.t:u -.-j'.-.i. ' t l':i linipii .lie, -B - ^ 1 -.r,- ;arKf iiCCOlB IQO tilloD i;e Kwim*. Special a::l-i ol ini- [r.ivel- beit Both Lilian and myself were miserable while wo waited for an iinswyr from Toni; Flynn. I pic tured! to myself the surprise of the noble fellow when he read my let ter. I ".was not worthy of the disinterested! friendship he had ex tended to mo, but I did not tx-lieve that he would spurn me, as I do- served, iu my guilt and shame. We were tired of London, and rather to seek relief from the misery ..that preyed!. upon s than ti) see : ; the'sights, *e went ^ver to Paris. There was no peace- for me.in the day capital, any more than in Eng- 1} nd, and at tho "end of a forliiight v.6- returned to Loiidon. 1 had writ ten to |Tom tliut his answer would find mo there. I wished him te inform:oie \rliether I could safely return to-Bostor., for I wish ed to go there, settle up my busi- (ness, and then begin to liv-p anew io some part of the country where I was not known. The future, therefore, waa still a problem to rnd. Uy first duty wan to pay all that I owed the' bank. With the ill-gotton wealth I had with mej and with what Aunt Rachel had Tho tears stood in my eyos, for it Boomod liko tho dayB df innoconco to bo thuB wftimly greeted.by:hipa. 1 ..OQuld, ot jpoak. V tKftw., riy- [iolf bri the BoTti 'arid wept like a "child.' / " .- - " Lilian, how do you do?" cried Tom, entering the room, and grasp ing the hand of my wife. j; Poor Lilian 1 It was more than she oou,ld boar. She had.no bur- don of guilt on her pure soul, but 8ho boro mine aa though it had bean her own; She burst "into tears, dropped into her chair,- and covered her face with her hands. She sobbed like an infant. ;: ' " Come,- Paley, don't take it too hardly," said the generous. Taiii; clapping mo on the shoulder. *' I received your letter, and of courso I knew ull about it." 'iTom, I'm the: most miserable fellow in the world," I said, ventur- iutr to look up at' him. ~" To bo candid, Palty, I don't wonder at it. Tou deserve it. But I rejoice to know that you have come to take a right viow of your past conduct," replied he, with the candor which, always dis?" lingiiished him. "I deserve all the reproaches you can heap upon me. You need not spare me, Tom." " It is not for me to reproach you, Paley ; and I will not. I know how much yon must'have4 8uiTered uinco you came to self." - " You are pure-minded and inno cent, Tour; and you can form nd idea of it." " If you ropent of your error, Paley - " I do repent, and I havo asked my God to forgivw rue." j "Give tne your ;hand,' Paley. Let us not say another word about it. All shall yet be well with you, if you have made your peace-with God ," said Tom, .as he took my hand and pressed it warmly. ." You ate too kind, Tom." " But I am talking here while my wife is waiting for mo," added he. " Your wife J" '"Yes," replied he, with a amile which expressed the pleasure he her property, as I had anticipated faithful to Him. and to "my; fellow ] for which a lifetirnevia no. -mqre she would, but tho moat that I bod j creatures." / ! ; .... J wm not incUned over heurd her rated at was thirty) Before I could tally'comprehend f to evil bj^nature or-bj edncation, thousand dollars, and according to the city standard, this would not make a Very rioh man. I Was wil ing to wait for an. explanation, however, and I followed Tom put of tho room. " Wo went down to tho offiob, whore rooms for the his purpose, Tom had gentty: drawn me upon- my kneesatlhis side, on the floor, and thet-e' he prayed for me more earnestly than I could have ottered- the -. petition for , my self. I- folfc; bottler. The prayer did me good. ' Wa talked for half nowly married couple were secured ! an hour of.the religious aspect of near mine. ^Tlie baggage was; sse'ut; Up, and Toni and I took the parlor for a conference. ' \ j my cae, arid,I caoie ^;jbeiieve that I was a true convert. [.-,[;_'._ '". Hovir'did they .explain, my ar> " I Buppose you aro anxious to ' Bence t' t asked, as we rose to join know how your affairs stand in I our wives. . " Your wife's jmother said you had gone to New ['Orleans to ' talce your- felt at being able to use the endear- w ^5l. HSHSTRtET, Licensed Auctioneer H-d: ttieCTautie/or NVcUlPRtpn itad ' Hal ts-.. Urders-trtft at. "lhd*. KSJ.'JrI'-E=i <3-Tl". -\v-toTi. or at mv .rflK'teiint', in Ro?i-r>jiJ. will ne promptly aHeiidei1 to. Terais rea=onii.b:e. the art, done on the shortest notice and at reasonable ratea. ' --lUo a splenoid stock of Moulding3 and Picture frames kept on hand and ! marie to order. I .. . . . ,. A call is solicited and yon .will, be ! left me, if she had lelt me anything, convinced that this is the place to get , I should be able tO discharge all photographs. Y'ours respectfully, . .. C. W. HILL, A ctq-n, Dec. 5, 1876.; T RAYELEBS TEOLLOPE CUAPMAX, j.-. I -Life and Accident Practical Bookbinder. INSURANCE COMPANV A.H Descriptions! of Binding' Neatly Executed. BvAs of all Kin'di Madt to Order. ^ Eulirtg' Promptly Attended to- Rikdeet St. George's Square, Gueph, n B3~ Orders "hpffice will receive prompt attention. Of Hartford, Courx. Paid-up Catli Capital.. 1... 000,000 Ca*h A**eU............'___ 4,054,000 Surflu* for protection of Policy-holders.......... 1,170,855 Depoult with Dominion Gov ernment.........-----;. 140,000 The Travelers is a STOCK COM- _____ ' PAN' and writes Life Policies upon ! the Low Kate all-cash plan. No tin- left at the JTbee Passs oertnin promises of impossible "divi- jdendB," but a reduction of the pre- minrri at the outset; equivalent-to a "dividend" in advanfee. The Trav- |elers writes Life andjAccident Poli- '-cies combined "aa cheap, as most ! companies write life [policies. It is' j the largest Accident Insurance Com- panjri; in the world, having written 486,000 policies and paid in actual cash benefits to aicident policy holders alone ovar 2,565,000. An accident policy costs but a trifle. No medical examination' a policy and Bhara benent. my obligations, . I felt that I deserved a term in the State Prison, but I was not willing to endure the penalty of my crime. I hoped that I hiight be permitted to escape if Tj saved the bank ftom loss. This settle ment was now the question ubovo. all "others with me, and I looked more earnestly for an opportunity to restore my stolen plunder than I ever hud to obtain it. Perhaps if Lilian :had not been possessed of my secret I should have felt dif- ing term. " Where is she!" asked Lilian. " Down stairs-; I will bring her up at once." ; " But stop, Tom," interposed Lilian with no little embarrassment in her manner. "What, Lilian]" " Who is shel" asked my wife, timidly. " Who is she 1" exclaimed Tom, opening his eyes, andthenlaughing merrily. " It seems like an age since I left Boston, and I did not know but you had changed your, mind;" " An age ! Why, it is only three months. My wife, of course, is no other thati Bertha.. We were talk ing seriously of marriage before yo'i came away. We had fixed the tiraa when I received your let ter, but we made it two weeks earlier, so that we could take our bridal tour across the Atlantic. I desired to see you becauseil could not write you .what I wanted to say." '- " You- aie more than a brother to me." ' '. j " Wait till I bring Bertha up before you say any more. 0, by the way, she knows nothing at all about, this affair with the bank. Boston, Puley,'" said my friend. "I am only anxious to make my peace with God and man,", I replied, earnestly. '.' I have sinned against God and man. I am a wrotch."! j " That's a, faet, Paley ; 11 can't deny it. But repent and sin no more." . j . " Tom, ,if it were not for my wife, I feel $hat I ahould be willing to serve out my term in the State Piison. I feel that I have no right 'to bo' exempted from the conse quences of niy crime j but Lilian would suffer more jthan I should, if tho law were to take its course." " Never mind; Che law.: You must Buffer the peualty of: God's jaw you need not fear man's. When you left, Puley, I took your place. I soon discovered wbat you had done^ to your books, ll had nearly fainted away when I found what you had been doing. There was a deficit of something -like twenty thousand dollars." "Just thirty-eight thousand, Tom," I interposed. " Tberijyou were more ingenious that I took you tor.be," added he, with evident disgust. " I am going to tell the truth." " Well, no one lias investigated the matter very closely. Indeed, no one: knows any thing about it but your! uncle, Mr. Bristlebach and myself; not even the cashier." "That's very strange," I replied, wondering at the secrecy with, which the affair had been manasjed. " I don't know that it is. j You wrote me that you had learned of your aunt's death. She died on the day after you left home. Your uncle telegraphed to you in Albany, but was unable to ascertain where you were. The funeral was defer red as long as possible for you, but you did pot return. ._Beforel__your aunt was buried, I discovered what and, I Btill-feeLthat; my ci-ime was the legitimate resuU of Liyin^- too Past.: -\h-i~ , '.'-: -: [Thb.tENI).] r- .\xr~'- : A Very; Big hog. .1. & situation in a!-blanking -office. Your uncle senta'messenger" there to find you. W8) all supposed you were there . till! I- received your letter. I showed it to Captain Halliard, and explained; my plan to him. He approved it, for the executor is waiting for you to claim your aunt's property.11 " I must return immediately." No; I am going to stay over here two or three months, for I have given up my place in the bank." '-' What is.tn'at'for r: ". " I have a chance" to go into busi ness in-' the; spring. My old em- ployer in the dry goods business wants to ;6ell out to me for forty thousand dollarB. If you'\ will go in with me, with a part, of your capital, we can make a good thing of it." "Will you trust me, Tom ?!' I inju'ired, wondering at the "confi dence he proposed to give me," alter what I had done. "Paley, I believe your repent ance ib sincere; and believing so, I think you are not bo likely to go ' aBtray as you- w'onld be if you- had had no bitter experience to remind you that the way of the transgres sor is hard." " I hope to prove worthy of your confidence and regard, Tom," I re--| plied, churping his hand. " I shall be glad to go into business with you." . 1 ."*' In the spring, tbenj we will do, so. Nowl am over here, I "mean, to see something of Europe. You. must writo to your uncle, stating i TkEi. STbRY -' TOLD BT ' AT?"BTHOCENT ir- B^BANGEBXO THE BOW," ,, It was remarked afterwards that He had a eneaking, low-down look, and tho boys were1-sorry, .that ibey- didn't arrest him; as' the: Nathan triurderer; He called at the Ninth avenue station, asked if they had ah aquarium there, 'arid if they didn't want a Lake St;. Glair'-fro* to put in it * ; ;i " Gentlemen, it is a frop; whiiJh I caught myself," and ie really1 ought to be an exhibition. I never'saw a frog of his size before." "How large is Hi" inquhed. & sergeant, instinctively glancing to wards the top of the coal s'tove.: . " Gentlemen, I hate fcdjgive' you the figures," because I'm "a stranger," ] replied the man. - " There's some old whoppers up in the lake," put in one of the te-_ lief'squad. "'I've seen 'em as. bijg as the stove cover, .and even ^big ger." w'ell, some one ought -to have I this frog who can feed him well," said the.stranger. ' "I:ain't miich on natural-, science,'and I've seen about all there is to see, but this frog great heavens i Some man ought to take him round the coun try 1" . ;"_ . "How did you catch him 1" a.sked the captain/..-. .-.-' . " Run hiui dowawith. a tug and. threw a fish.-nbt.over him." '., .. " And he's a monster,, eh ?" ". A. monster 1 We'll, I don't;want tq gi.va.you dimensions, Three^e- porters were at my house Jajt night to get his length over, all, bredth of beam and carrying capacity,/./but I wouldn't let-them in- LdOn'^, care for the glory of capture, but simply- .desii-e the advancement of,tLegene- ral interests of the. state. ' .; " I have heard saiIors_tell of_see- .ing.iroga up there as large as;a nail Gems, of Thought...-' ' He ^bal lends J all ^hows good. will, but little senae. , Vety few have sense enough' to despise the praise of a .fool. _ . .Good nature, like,the bee, col lects-honey from every-herb. ..'^ " Fancy runs.most furiously when a guilty conBcience drives it. : Christians should be humbio and thankful,'watchful arid cheerful. The best education one can ob tain...is the education- experience F^*8- The brightest jewel is, of a woman cour age. .;-; - -- " .- i' Every whereendeavor to W use ful, and everywhere you'are at home. ;, - . ferently. /As it was, she suffered ' Don't say anything to her about it. required. Get in the general S O. P. The undersigned begs leave to inform the people of Acton and Bur roondiBg neighborhood tbat he has proeared a 'magnificent tJEARSE j And is prepared to attend and con- ' du.et Funerals on the shortest notice Mid most moderate terras.^ Caskets, C'oJJinr, Burial Robes, "And all kinds:of Funeral Furnish- . in^s kepi id ^tock, and. supplied on the shortest notice. iiatBaiids aorf. loves supplied when ' - , ' 'w-! ---'-JOHN SPEIGHT. Acton, Feb. 10, 1877. RUSgELjL,, District Agent, 33 Adeaide street East, Toronto. WILSON IRWIN, Special Agent. TOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the PREE PRESS OFFICE, Next the Post Office, Hill Street, not so much from the fear- of what the w-orld would say, as from actual "consciousness of my. guilt. She had vastly more of real principle than I ever-gave her credit for. I had measured her by the standard of 'her mother, rather than her father. I .could not persist in a crime which she so sincerely con demned. My wife saved me. The misery whicli I had suffered before she knew!-of my guilt was the fear of consequences, the fear of discovery. Her anguish rebuk ed mo. She loved me, even while she despised me for ,my sin. Day after dsy :we talked of the matter, and I was more and more impres sed with the folly and wickedness of my past conduct. . : A man iff a fool to c< m^it a crime. " _ \ " The three weeks expired, and T looked for my letter from Tom j Flynn. It did not come, but I was willing to' believe that there was some 'unavoidable delay. . Tom would Certainly write. Another ;weeB:; elapsed. I saw .by the morn ing paper that the/steamer had passed Cape Clear',- and ] T waited, with intense anxiety for the arrival of the mail, which was due in the evening. Lilian and ,1 sat in the parlor: awaiting _ the poBtmaij). There was a knock at the dqo'r. The letter bad come at la^t, and'I hastened to open the door. Instead of a servant yith the letter, at tLe door stood Tom Flynn! "Pal17, how are you?" exclaim ed he, grasping both my bjaude. It would only make her miserable for nothing. Besides, everything is all right with you, Paley. It is, upon my word." . - i. . " How can we conceal it from her !" asked Lilian,- as Tom left the rooiri. . i " We must do it, since he desires it," I replied. " He says it is all right with me, and if Beitha don't know anything about my conduct, I suppose others do not/" In a moment Tom appeared with his wife,'who rushed into Lilian's arms. They kissed each other, and I think Bertha -was the happiest being I ever saw. My wife had not written anything about my crime to her friends, because she feared to compromise me. " Why didn't you write to us before, Lilian ?" demanded Bt-rtha. "I did.'but "my letter did not reach" yon it seems," replied my wife ; rnd I saw that she shudder ed at the /deception she was com pelled to use. \ ' "We thought you had-gone to ;New Orleans " " "No, we "did/not; but how ig: dear ma, and father and Ellen?" aud very chappy, after Ihey had heard from you. You are '.a. rich man's, wife' now, Lilian,.ajid'I hope^" \ '_".' , " Come, iPaley, I must look after my luggage;-' interposed Tom, who 'evidently did not care; to have me hear what his wife had toay, I'was hear Bertha call Lilian a rich- man's wife. I could, not fully compre hend it.' I supposed from this that Aunt Rachel had actually left me you had been doing, and realized tbat you'did not intend to return. I told your uncle and the president what I had ascertained, and we examined tlte books,-. Captiin Hal liard cursed and swore like a mad man, but after a while he cooled off, and declared that, the news would kill your mother. " Mr. Bristlebach_ only, added that the news would injure the bank, and it would take a year to convince the public that it had last only twenty thousand dollars ; for that was what the deficit appeared to be then, though the rest of it would have soon become apparent, as the foreign accounts were settled. It was therefere- decided to say nothing about it. After your aunt's funeral, Squire an old lawyer in Court Btreet, I forget his name " ' Squire Townsend." " Squire Townsend came to "the bank and told your uncle' he hud your aunt's will, and that, after! paying out a few small legacies, heV property was all left to you! This information settled the uinttor. If you had property, enough, the bank would.lqse no.thing by.yon.. .Your disappearance, called; forth a para-, graph or", two in thetpapers,,, but Mr. Bristlebach caused others . to be inserted to the effect that the bank would not lose a dollar by your absence." ' " I. saw ail these items." " So " you wrote me. . Now, Paley, how much do yon- suppope your aunt left!" " I don't know. People used to say she was worth about twentyl thousand dollars, but finally'the! sum got up to thirty thousand," I replied, "Both were below the fact. Her inventory amounts to over fifty thousand. They say she had twenty thousand more than fifteen years ago, She has never spent much of arrything,,;andr her- stocks paid her from six to twenty; per cent. In a word, Paley, you; are; a rich man." , , '/.';'.. I was astonished at this informa tion, and more than ever conscious of the.folly of my past conduct..' : /" You can'return to'Bo^ton, and if any body ever suspected that you were a defaulter, your money will cover up the error." ' pod"for- tune, Tom:" . ... .- '"..'..'. Z'; .- "That's very time," replied torn, It is only those who have done nothing who fancy they; can do everything. " . The friendship of an artful man is mere, self interest; you will. get : nothing, and may; lose much by: it. The love of display which results yin vulgar ostentation is the result of. selfishness, of the desire to ex cite the envy of others rather than'1 ' the wish ,to share benefits with. ': them appear great without striving to -e great in. reality. If you have the feeling of hate or revenge, subject it to a severe process of mental chemistry - ex amine into its nature, its nses, its philosophy, and before you have, finished the. scrutiny, it will pro bably /vanish like volatile essenea . into the air. ' A text worthy of remejnhrance is : ." HLe .tha condemned, sm^ll things shall fall 'little,'_'by*: little." . Gould: not manyj.'an unsuccessful persoh. look back and see that it has been the neglecting of small thingsthat has caused the. want ^of. _ .success3 ........... ... . the amount of" the deficit.;.ZGivei kei, but I thought they^were .ly .dryly.. "If ypu are.honesty and jtrtie, you may'enjoy :'itj-;I hjfipe it his wife bad touay. will not undo.your reformation." somewhat astpnished to' it wni not7. Tom;" I added; i ,i solemnly. " I am grateful to^God for His inercy in sparing me from the consequences of my errors ; and him a draft on Mr. Townsend, vho :is your aunt's executor, for the whole sum. Write to the executor yourself, also, directing him'to take care of: the balance till your i:eturn/' "I have about -the value of thir ty thousand ; dollars with' ine," I added, with a blush, as I thoiighi of the means by which I had ob^- tained.it.-"' '"' :, After this conference I felt mbre cheeifiil than for months before." I realised that Tom's earnest prayer for jme had been heard, and that God had forgiven my great .sin. I pledged myBelf anew to be faithful.. I trembled when I thought that, if my aunt's dying bounty had not been interposed to save me,I might have spent a portion of ,my ; life in prison. Truly, 1 had everything to be grateful for. .' When,-after Tom" and Bertha had retired, T, told Lil/ ian what bad passerl between" my friend and myself, she wept tears of joy and gratitude. My story is'told. We travelled in Europe till the end of February; and then sailed from Cadiz' lor Havana, and thence proceeded to! New Orleans. I.wrote toIniy p-1 cle, and Bent him the requisite pa-5 pers to adjust, my accounts. ' He; replied.- to me' in " n very'good " natured strain, forto him Crimean-' ;discoyered was no'crime at all. I wrote to my motberi also. I could noS wound Her with the terri de' truth, and therefore did not alh de to the reasons for my leaving Bos ton. . J *...' When he : got home,-we were, warmly welcomed by all our frien is. 3j was regarded as a rich man, for. a young one, and people were nr^t disposed to ask hard questions.; :I do'not think my mother was cfer- fully satisfied' as to the reason of ihy leaving jBoston so suddenly, hut she did nofc-press rce for an ex planation., j . ' . I Tom and I went' into business in the springs After payihg^yory dollar I owed, I, had about foiiy I thousand dollars. Sly partner ptit in .twenty thousand 'dollars,' arid;! the same,' ^ye are-doing well; and both of us stand well iu the com munity. "Mr. Bristlebach is dewl, and my .uncle keeps my secret. / | - I bought q. house simihtr to the one Jihad occupied for so btiei| a- period iu Needharh stx-eet, and ojar home Was all that peace,..plenty and grateful-hearts could make it. -". '" i V. . I do not yet feel like an inno'-l cent man ; I can never feel so. | ij shall regnpt and repent my sinjitq the end of my life. But I/appii-e- j elate all my! blessings, riot .the least; ' of which is tri^r, wife, who has been my guardian, angel ^eirice, the .jiSjay" that her horror of tny. crime assur ed me of. the reality of truth and goodness. | '"'*\f': I am trying, by every means in imj,' observed the sergeant. /'. ., " Nail-keg ! Why . d'ye aupppse^ I'd come around here- with, a frcig which jou could put Into -nail-. keg.r ""--. / , '" I supposa he'd go into a barrel;", tremblingly remarked the sergeant. "Geritlemerij'yoa may have sail ed across "Lake St. Clair," : coldly:*j replied the stranger, "-bifMl-'fi plain to meryou never shoved ,a; boat through the triarshes. "Would I -fool away time on a frog no larger. than a barrel 1 Would a ttig-boat j chase Buch a!frog ?" ' / . . : " Ifshoii'ldp't-'be a bit surprised if this/ frog vras as;large as a bggs-; " A Big'ltat Tr^>. ~n- r : Tha Sacramento .(Co1.) Hecord~ Unioit- of. Teoent date reports the following xtraordihary rat. caioh- Ing,;." The kitchen and store-room pSa hotel in; this'city/ ha,vje. been infested by rats, and it became evi- derit, alsh, that, a hogshead in which jjwill was" kept jTurnishqd the/to- dento ah. oppprtunity- to -iXu.their stomachs when other sources failed. Tuesday-eveningthe hogshead was almost emptied, a little fopd being left in. the. bottom to serve aa/bait. All the holes were stopped,up, and' ! when, the mammoth trap was finally 1 set it was so arranged that as many rata could'enter, it as deaired^^b/ut tfiere were no means, of .escape, '.A [few minutes after.it/was^, three" or fouir rats sprang into it,,and,"riqt finding.much food,;beoaiue hoggish head,", said the captain.- " ive and be"gan-/fighting.for the posiss- seen-'em upHhere even larger thaa sion of what "there was. .Tyre: that." ' - ' stjuealirig[attractediipbre rats, and " A hogshead % -"Gentlemen," _ ~'~- ' ~ " see that you don't care for this frog; yon are "willing tbt*t I: should" ship 5t away id soineother town.; Good bye, gentlemen."; ' ': : " -r ' "-Hold-on!-' cried out-the cap tain, holding ont his last-cigarv "We believe ^pu, of. course. If. ;you said t,his frog was "as Jarge as a wagon box, I should believe, you, for I've seen .'em up there fully . as large.as that. Please give usthaj dimensions of this frogj1* , . /| - The mun lit his cigar, took-a pill box from his. vest pocket; .shaking out a irog not over three days transformed from a polly-wog, he quietly observed. " Gentlemen; get out your tape- lines.!" . './. - I . \,"~'.[\'/ / " When' they- rose -wp.he tad vaii- isiied, Not ;a/ single baton met liixn.^ Detroit Free Press., when, the 6rap/ was. examiried,/pe- fo'fe" midnight,' it preBent^d" a'singn- lar spectacle^. _ be jng Jx- apparently about "one-fourth filled with' jthe pests little rats and. big ones, gray- headed fellows, and others that had scarcely sprouted their moustaches ajl .squirming, scratching, squeal ing,, and biting. Soon afterwairda ^h'e'y/ were killed, when the'nnmber disposed of"proved to be l&r}.1--. -" You wouldn't take me for twenty would you. 1" _iaid n. young lady, who looked much younger, to ari old bachelor. ."Take you for twenty !" he: exclaimed ; " yes for life." ""; ! ' "T "' /'_ . 'f: - ' -T-".Wh7 didn't you put on a clean, collar before yoji left home ! oalled^out an impertinent fop to. an omnibus ^driver. /"Cause yooir mother hadn't pent/home my wash ing." was the extinguishing "fegly.: ^-^Dr; Holland says, *,' the - rnost iprecious possession, tiiafcever copies ltd nian in this world is a .woman's [heart.'.' It" wotild'seem/that he has1 'never observed the tender care'with 'which a man handles n meregchaum pipe that is jiist begirininB to have a bilious look arourid: thei base of the bowl. '___' Lt is indeed.true that every, man ought tq. have, a wife..- He may be familiar with thejiterature of Ao,cieut'.p-rpeca orrlomej'ho mitj.J linderst^nd . logarf tlims . and-, conic seotfons,. qr'ba. may, be able to pilot a ten ton tflcscope with Kepler's taws for a rudder, but Ihe can't crawl - through the "iky-light lot ; Wronsr. ..; It is wrong' for'-people to drive their waggons over: the sidewalk; or crossing and 1st them remain there for hours at a time. .;-, : ; -^ .It is. w rong . for yqung men.' to cluster together. on the corners, of the streets, on the Sabbath even ings, to smoke and. spit and pass remarks.on young ladies as they pass by. It is wrong, for young men fo gather at the church doors after aervice^and. compel the ladies to crush though the best way they can and then follow after them, like farmers "driving sheep to .market.. .. :: It is wroag to be se*n laughing and smoking when in a funeral pro-, cession, for neither has the appear ance pf mourning. . Itti8 iwrong to stay away from charoh because it is " only a local " who is to prea'ch. ... /All of which is.resppqtfuliy sub. raitted by . Bloff Hiq ' " Professor Tioe says we shall have 45 thunder storms thiB summer. . When is a dog most like a.hnman beifig ? -When he Is between "a man. arid b boy. "Pieduced. fare/ is.; an; excellent thing in ntilway trayellipg./jbut a Ipoor thing in ^boarding: . I. L. ^; , "ifpfc/roahy -vbtnW aire iblack- stnithsi we learn frdatbe/'TToribes-. ter'Press,-"but -mostofythein "can shoo a hen,"; ;'- /" '^ '" ;' "- A- Detroit restaurateur hangs out UlD-UUUUCllUBllLC. UL IUV Ol I'OI H , K11U I ' - - . T-- I promise you that I will try lo be 1 ml fWf.ft *W ^ . m7 ,.efFfr'