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M:".acer. solicits a continuation of tho same, fooling assured- Ih-u tho utmost *atis. faction will bo given, i\ud that tho high reputation of our bread-unit pastry tviU be fultv ruai^taitiod. vHir' s\tpenor qutdity of nt BREAD, BUNS AtiD CAKES eliverodi fresb .nround 'the vi'.lnso and viciq'ky every d-"- A good stock always ou hand nt"'.the Bakery i'ret[ and cheap for cash. >o credit civen except to prompt paying monthly customers. lYFeddins: aud Fancy Cakes Made to order on tho sl^rtcM possi ble uatico, and satisfaction guaran teed.' ) - Allgoola are . wnrra-tx\ed pure, as uotliiug but the best materiMlisUsed. R.T.GALLOWAY. : Actop, tV'.. ]T, is". l.ADl.Y MAt<iu:u. K.licrt. "V"U.is: f "?c^\/r'.A.s:ii i?r5/-Vi-*^ CARDS. j.lia Aujr.3 for old ami w. nyLovrny, n. r>., m. fi V. S. 'irtitua'.o >T Tr,i:u'.y xr- :.t.ck. -: ttce'-r occap: =t it. Lit:: i'-~\- ti. X--> 1"r 1IOKKOW. Ph* KASOMIC BLOCK, Upper Wyndhr.in Street, htrlUlui; Insiani-o or Sinn's Devotion. HY rAUMLXAH, MIX. Jake lioffgloa vas a cmuitry youth, Who paid his debts and told tho {rulh. ffo labored hard, an.l hopiiuhI coutont With-life, 110 matter, how it- went, ' Till with a girl named Sally.Skrcola . He foil iu lovo head over I100I3. ; -Vow Sally's fathor wasn't.worthi A dollar or a foot of eartli. And .lake's parental parent owod , Mii.-t -every other man lie And Ja.ko, who had a valiant heart, Vowed that he'd work and got a start, And with tho help of Sally, dear, ;He'd own a farm within a year. ;Xow Sally, who was cold Ami prctt.v that 13, pretty old, .^ Pretended that for her dear Jacob Tho-heavieat cross sho'tl gladly take up; But really, she eared no more - }-'or Jake than for tho shoes ho wore. An old maid's matrimonial chances Grow very slim as time advances. And this explains why Sally Skrccjls l*roposed to ?hare Jake'o bi^t^iud nioalB. Iney married. Time fled on .tpac'b Jako rented old Hill Sercygin'a placo Ami went to work re.solvod to nialceT A fortupo for his Sally'3 r.ake. 1'oor soul, he toiL-d with all hi.-i mii^ht, From early morn till late at night; I':;t, ah I no Hi'ml, approvir.i; -n-ord Ticm Sally's,lip.-, were ever heard. She lay around, chewed y'a* and Juti^ l.ove miiijts phe'd le.irned| when t-hif was young ; -Head old love' letter.-, sheh.-.d rot :. bo.-.bi ' which way it wpuld ntovo ;-. the ship boat about; jthb sailoru Bcream- Tho " Auroru's" prow pursued tho coui'su of the drifting ship.from .VJTOS- D. aESa.EBs.).'*. :f A'5 1 . pr--:". 4- L.ifi on G:"-S50 -r i. Ct:n M.-T-. Z t i-a o^^f. Ac * ': .\"S i ', \ ;.' !' , ' U'l.':' KM AUK S tVl- All ilD .sniia lS. l:".;t > /.vivo 1- X-,- ii .'1' 0 3MV K:-J:.V. i -':l , S:i- '-.' jive: Workvrc luai- a: f , CuuUo m:".), Ioi:ie. bos. od (jho', captain gavo morning until near mid day beforo nothing Jjnt bc|a 1"i V;nviii-;1 o'e bo.-h. Collected b loll^'slliee a serai)-bo to riot; . idled with .'.01 1:. \v. rn:iE. . u.--.Ti-:owii.. > iLS T. w. c.aorss,- "y* .)7. ProTih-cial LindSurvojcr ?- X\rj. L1II>L\**T. Harris;p~. I r::T;- .i\ n^ji^lflS Iii .-.took at . '. ay's Nev/ Bookstore GUEL.PH. Tr>!;.j 'With all in :".-..:, .- A .-ii"-.d: l'o.-rJ:.k Wore :<> W:uj!loi APolVv- Co: hr,-.: ,Wa !::-.! 'l'^i reV 1 C::e d.:v. 1 r-..:: (ft.!. her'(."I'U.-ill Jo>.ll, .-oli! " h'.'i oh! lias m various \va; the ^iiv-^;n\s .-he could raise, 1 herself to.bo i>: friv.di-.y. ,j -. lie worked and at.- cold meals. k< witii neither toes nor heels. hi.-i own eh. no pr.'Yi ..1 iu:nj 1 r fr-.-li bn .'-.L-.': .'.-hell Si-uday iii.thovs.\"iuo. ;!lv fclept. 1, opt rllJ: !-ea:;-, ln-r neelle::. .- eldi.m .-pi i-.-irt V..isi:l.],,,... And \v-ii-... f!(lVo now lie e \ e^ on hi: and ^rievi-.- threa.il.-art E. H EX SI" 1.-3 2 Tho ! TOO iniL~ . = Tm i.-Ui'V. I.V A5at fjr i!i A'.! "il,.:--^- ai-'.r-----! to f -5Til: riCOlVe'l- M -r- r.\T. f; >:1 r>"i or I<- L trie Buok, l.y by Samuel Teachers, by 'J'. iter PAT E \ T : fo- , I'" - t:-.-:-iv and rn -^ !.-i Ctnlli. th L'.'^t-:- list it -s: F .'.-at ~ arm:" d or -.in crar,'-. =-" Sor rriat..-:t ic-'.te'.TO-. Wx'-icy :n op'-r- ation tea years. HES}:\. (, KI- r. Ott.twa, t. un.oin, ilecla-.i!-.^! 2r.:lr.or, Sn.iclio: " ' Pj tten:5.-::I Dr:i".;h:?aii.i- ____ w ILLIA3I Vi'ATIilX'S, lca.le> [ea in Ithe Mirr ;:.i-rrlasr llrrar & l'rrtl! By Iloyal Ai'i.olr.tmc-n;.) l!iii^o%i pAvate ai.d cor.Gdcr.r.al "-nince at tin fust u:Uee lilc-L'.vlKUlil,. ty iia:ton. 11 .-. 01). r l:,:i-r: The S.'.od iy Se-'o ol 1.0U'r t l! :\:-. - T:ie C:ii: i : R^h-r: I-u'i-ii-;;: Tii-'J A^iostie Ore. n. c/si-.-c-:s Lo S A. (Irt'.cf. Tue N.iln So'iik. Our Worn by W H. Cro-ier. Ti:e ]"ouV Cospeis of the one Chrut. by lj. B. dohuson. The Art of'leaching in Q Sunday -School, bv J. H- Fitch. lleady lor Work", by W.lL'C'rosier. Brines' Xo!e. k,c. ic.,-i:c. ! A cheap, big stock at Day's book store. I>iyseils cheap. The above What aiTil .-: written to let you see. -Lred lool a man eau be. M RS S.-C.lBTilil. 3 ' Ttarher atMur.le, Drawlns and Trcnrh, (J'nurch elrec-;, Ar: n- . ^ o LIVER LOZIETS, Flastr'rcr, A.-am. 'Jut- K.-ery de-'.'.-i 11' l.'il ol PIj.-.:*ring ao/J P.o:i;:i-ca_-lii,; 4U-\ mo=t re e^ouufjlc t-er:us, ^u iion ^uiiranteed. ilnlie s.i'-i^i UJ 3t ' , 'HCG >C3tM t CTOS FLOIR MILLS. 1 A.. li. < E..NICKLIN, Proprietors.. | Ploar and Feed always on Hand, whole-.! tal and retail. Grhilng ami Clyipi'iuB j' Uallv. Vfsliforall kin-J.sof Urjin. ( S3 ^. R OS.SIS eOFSE, Acton. __^_ Cirwc to the O. T. Hallway Hlutiun. ExcU<-nt accommodation for the travel. ilnsW-dlC. THU-i. UAMl'HELL.r-rojir. DOWIMO.S nOTEL, Acton, i:,<jsn Aisneir,- rTopn.-ior.lhis ne* Hot*l Ii nttel np in firm-class stvie -with .-ic- rurn'-ture. Commercial Travellers wi 1 .'Jci' --r>od -Hccommo ifaHQD *n-Jom noJioi'v^'impie tloomti. Special a;t>ot!o 1 n.-d totha *am 01 Hie travel- Hnr-ji-,1^. ({arsoppMB-" with ttie best Llfn-.r'sa-i.i Ce,"rs. '-ool -S ahiJng and tttea-Uv..- Ko-itle-ra. ' . - |TXJ JerseV- . V> _: T-' Yoa cjn t portion- ol \ interea'- * cantaB*.'0' I piano*^"* i ' St to'J:S. L FnlliP**' i New Jert^- M. IIRMSTKiiET, " Licensed Auctioneer forth'! Ooa.it! r-.s of V.'elHr.gton md <l id- ton/ :(>r,t<-rs t.-tt ar. the Kiike Iji:i:^s <Jfllc, Aeto*T or at i.'iv r.-si.l(-ijf'.', m K'ttMfO r\. Wli! Ill: ijj-Oru'j'lly altO'odrf'1 l". Terms reU-.'i.'iahlV;. , .'Lhe iinder/ignod begs leave to irlronii the pronle of Acton and sur- roundini; neighborhood that he ha_3 procured a magnificent UEAHiiE. And is prepared to attend and con duct funerals on the shortest notice and mo.-it moderate terms. i , Catktii, Coffiiu, Burial Ituhi:n, And all kinds of .Funeral FurnUu- ings kept in stock, and supplied - . on-the siiortest notice. HatB.ind.sahdulbves-Bupplied'tvhen required. JOHN" SPEIGHT. Actwi.Fcb. 10, 1ST". T7 TBOLttfPE Cil.VI'.WA.V, Practical BbokTaiador. All Descriptions of WiiuUw. >'catl> Executed. [ A-wmnt Bz 'j'jKi of all Kinds Mad'1, lo Ord<:r. -i Ealing Promptly Attended to. 2i?dekv >St. George's Square, Gueph W Orders Ifcftat 'file Vitix'. Vi-.Eis *vffiee will receive proinpt -ittirntion. t.an buy firot-c'ass. Pianos and 01:0ash chpaper of DAN IEL F. BFA1TY, Washing; to 1, New Jersey, than ^any other manufacturer in the United States- Why? Because he sells only "for cash, takes no risks and has no book ncccuots. .Every instru ment n fully warranted Tor six years as strictly lirsf-claas, and 'arc sent on from '~> to \~> days' test trial, money ' refunded and freight paid both ways by him if they are-usatis- factory. Send for Illustrated An- vi:i'.'fi-bu '('Jataloguo Jviition) and readue-.stimoiiials from his pittrons, ^ome of whom you may know. Ad dress. DANil'.h F.ttE.VTTY, Wash- ington,.Ni'\v Jersey. neatly oil promptly executed tit the FUBE'PBESS OFFICE, ' \c\t the Vuil Oitlcc Hill Street 'til^aiMksy b yiUSia IJiehurd _" didn't- wnnt to go to sc:i ; not a bit. _ -. lie told his father so, lie told Iiis niothoF so, and he told everybody el.-.o so to whom he spoke' for u month beforn he went. Eut he liad U) go all the samp, and if ho had not gone thei'e would- never have been any HicLaril's Dick. - Ho went in the tsbp " Aurora," and it sailed the ocean over be tween Huston and Bombay. The captain of the " Aurora," when a boy, bad lived in tho same towji, by a harbor's mouth, in which .Richard's father had been a boy. The two were great friends, so,! when, after u homeward voyage, Capt. Goodhope that wija! his .name want to pay a vkit ltd" tho old homestead arid the old friends, he said tp Richard's father , .'_" Coiniadd, send your hoy to me, I'll inake his lot a.s a cabin boy as lio;ht us I can. It's a good chance for him to learn something of the ti'orld while bo's, young, and .you Qitifltn't lose it for him.". - Richard's father said he.wouldn't lose tl,ve chance*, and so Richard went.'" ' . . . [... The " Aurora" was a fine ship." It had an immense black hull anjl tall masts that went t1p.~11l.nost lis high ar. ship's masUs ever do go. \'It had so many yards of white canvas that, when it was met coming down upon u little craft at sea,; the little craft had to skurry awayi right" or 1 eft, as fast ns it .could, to-kjCep from being swallowed, up between the ship and sen. Richard rbook his head and look ed black ; lie poured.- and sobbed and-said he didn't want to go away and leave All ert (Albert was hi~-, baby brothei)and he wished every thing under tjio sun that was naughty might' happen to Captain Goodhope and the " Aurora," but nil the fiitino ho.went, ] The first day out it was pleasant. __There was no very great stir in the iiir, and the waves slept in peaceful little rolls up and down and sidcwayB, and Rjcbard liked the ship and sea nnd'tho captain when ho was in rthe cabin talking to him, and Wiling iiiiii of the pranks ho used to play with his own father in the town, -that very moment slipping down the waves. ; Tho second day ! Olh, horror' of that second day! Richard was in tornieilt Vith sen-sickness. The sea itself ;\v,ia fighting away be tween .the depths; apd. nil*, never knowing for two seconds at a time orders tlirougll hia truinpot Everything was wot, and cold; and miserable-. . ' Richard " was afraid he shoukl <lio wjith soa Bicluiess," and .tlion, before night canio, ho waa afyaid ho shouldn't, for, ho wuntod to, and in a hu^ry, too. ' Thia latato of things lasted- for nearly a week, and thou tho " Aurora" found herself one morn ing on a calm soa, sailing in closo to warm islands, full and to spare with 'spicy odors that crept out seaward and touchod with their fragrant wood incense) tho faces of the palo, sea-.sick passongers. Tho " Aurora", was not r pas- eonger ship, but on this passage was taking to Bonibay thro"o gontle- msn. " Oh, how good it aniells I JtiBt liko tho arphnd when wo pull up winter greens in June," said Richard. Ho begged the captain just to stop and lot liini got oil' at ono of the islands ; but CJapt. Goodhopo was hardhearted. Ho. wouldn't do it, but sailed on right pagfc tho lovely hits of shining 'green', and bird songs, and sweet ncoiits of summer, and shouted through his trumpet to have tho ship's prow turned fight out into great distance of sea, and. sea, everywhere. -Richard] looked landward' and wi.shed he fouhl' swim and said BO, jaiid had a gi-cilt mind to try it, .-but a big sailor said, " Swim here Why, you'd swim the 'first' thing right into tho open jaws iof- tho biggVst 'kind of a shark. ' Look out ' See there', and there ! Them litis standing righi straight up are tho flags .sharks cany, though everybody don't know it. They'll fiitiow.tiH nobody known how many iniles Eo sea. You'd have jn.st no chance at all of getting to the ahoro outsidi.' of a shark." ; . For'oncu in his life Richard-was 'willing to take advice,'and con cluded In-'d lake his chance of sail ing to Rombay. Ling before the " Aurora" reached that harbor the. boy hud gotten over .sea sickness and rather liked the rocking of tho ship, in not very, hard storms ; aud as for the. cracking of tho cordage, he began to think it was a good deal like some kind ol music,- though what kind lie didn't exactly know, but lie liked that tcai, aujtl the'cap tain, and tho sailors, find well, pr.etr.y well hard tack. As for Rombay when.- they reached ft, why, it was the.queerest place he had ever dreamed of or re.ad about; it was much like pay ing a visit, he-thought, to the man .in the moon. The "Aurora"- discharged lie)' cargo, took on a new one (no pas sengers this time) set sail "for Bos ton. Three weeks went by, and three more, and the good ship was making a line voyage homewanL, when, in mid ocean, it met a heavy storm that put everything on ship board in; the wildest coin/notion. It lasted, and it kept on lasting, until even, the old sailors and the captain wondered at it, and wished the ship could find its -way ,out of it, ' : -. In the midst of the storm tho captain fell sick, and the first oilicer took command, and that very night two of three sails went suddenly into narrow strips of canvas. One mast not being able to stand up against ho.much wind, was'carried away, but 'happily no one was hurt, and tho ship cqttld do' very'well with tbeitwo that're- .uiiiued. , ' Ono night tho " lookout" cried down to tho sailors below that he saw sigiiaLrftckets, but Che " Aurora" hadull she could do to on her own keel it reached halting distance, then it hniled. No answer camb hack from tho silent barquo. . " Deserted, air, and sinking," was the report that reached the Captain.- " liourd tho wrook," waa tho or- der., . " Tho sea is high, and she's sinking," carao back tho unswer. " Board her," thunderod tho captain, a mighty twingo of rfieu- m.atiBtu helping forth tho order. 'A boat was lowered, and manned hy four men, put away from the. "Aurora." Coming up with tho wfeck tho second officer managed to board it, followed by three Bea- nion. , - No man walked tho deck no man clung.,to tho spare no man appeared on. board of tho deserted ship. Tho four men paced up;and down and on nearing the ctibin, paused in astonishment at" at sound issuing from it. Cioini^ down tho coniiiauioii-way and entering it, they followed tho pitiful wail and found a' baby tho whip's only crow. Tho little ono at ;tho sight of tho human, faces, raised' two cold, bluo' arms, and changed the pit'ifrl wail to a crow of delight. " Well, if ever," exclaimed one, of th<) sailors. " To desorb a baby in this way," said another. " Look about and sep if its mother is anywhere around," ordered tho officer. Every nook and corner and berth was starched, hut no mother was there to bo found. worider 1 I. don't - want :ifc, but it stall haro a ohaneo nt life." ';';I want it," suid Richard. "jYouiboy?" .1 ' f'YesJ" said Richard, '.'ildon't think I'd mind so. much being at saaJ if I had it]' It makes mo think of Albert at home." /rTak-it then jj it's ybura and you shalL.take all the care-of it." said the captain. ; " What' will you call it'l" " I'll name U, after my self," said Richarri, " and you can call ma Richard and it Dick." So the young Dick ^ept that night-in? Richard's berth. -Tho old, old sea rooked them in its shifting, billowy aBtns, and the light ofi morning erept in-upon thorn sleeping still. .. Every day as it passed Richard's Dick found a new friend on ship board. -iBy the end of the voyage the infant, tinder the care of the Cook and Richard, was so fat "and plump and rosy, and eferything that in a baby is charming and lovely, that everybody, on board, from tho captain down, wanted it, Richard, secretly fearing that .when the "Aurora" was in port somebody would try to carry off young Dick, held fast to the ehild all tho way up Boston harbor, and the moment the captain gave per mission, to go on shore off ho wont, the big baby in. his arms wrapped in a sailor's coal. He found his- way lo the rail road Btation he wanted, and, taking tho train for the old town down by tho rivor's mouth,'surprised its passengers by opening the coat and displaying a baby. At length-in tho spring evening twilight he was at hoiiie. Seeing him enter, baby in <arms, his father held up both hands in Meanwhile a seaman had lifted ' horror! , His mother nearly knock- keep '. straight through the stormy darkness, and when morning came Richard him self ran.up the 'must to take a look abroad and see what he could see. ' Ho soon discerned, far:on '.the horizon's ed^e, a dark object was floating helplessly. Down he sprang and made straight for the captain's-berth. " There's a, wreck a drifting," said Richard. "Won't you oruer the ship to bear down for it]" " Send the first officer here," re plied poor Captain Gr/pdhope, some- *vlmt hMIT the least bit surely {as he might be with inflammatory rheumatism). The first otiisor .responded to the summons, mid after n while the " Aurora" was put about and; sail ing away for tho w,reck. Meanwhile, tho wreck drifted helplessly, sinking lowei-und, lower, and all the time going away from the htjlping hand stretching out toward] it. . ' The officers and seamen wished to give-up the.search and keep to the ship's course, but the captain ordered the helpless boat to be overtaken, if it took all day to do .it. the.child. Its pillow was soaked with tears and its sobs began again. " What shall wo do with it?" became tho question that e.roh one asked, and no one dared to answer. " May as well leavo it. The ship will sink before night and its troubles end Wo can't bo bother ed with it on ship boatd," said the oflicer. " No ship ever makug port, that, leaves the baby | behind," Said ho, who held the child in his arms, " and I'll take this infant crew to Captain Goodhopo." They .searched, tho cabin and found 11 few articles Of baby raiment that were quickly, rolled into a bundle and cast witht other valu ables into- the boat. The return trip was made- and to tho utter surprise of the captain and Rich ard, an infant appeared in-the cabin and waa placed, in the "cap tain's berth. ' ' ) " This is the crow of tho sinking ship; crew and passengers com bined," wad.that which the sailor said, as he laid the burden down. Captain Goodhopa forgot for. the moment his rheumatism, and sat upright'the picture of miuftehible astonishment. "That's what cOnies, captain, of following floating hulks in niid- OGean," said the officer, entering the cabin to report the result! of the trip to the wreck. Richard hurried to tho berth ajidjookcd down on thp child. ' "It's hungry," ho said. The waif begins to wail. " Feed it," e.aid the captain. " Feed it," echoed the officer, "How sir?" " Find somebody, instantly,-who. knows something about taking care of a baby-"' Each sailor on board declared solemnly. ,that ho knew nothing about taking euro of children, " A pretty how-do-you do," cried the poor head of tho ship. " Here after my first office shall be; a nursoJi Meanwhile, Richardhad reached forth his arms and lifted the baby into them. The red little cheekH snuggled down lovingly against the human warmth of tho lad's own ; 1 tho baby druw long sobbing sighs, as ic breathed, and Richard re membered just how his mother touk care of Albert, tho baby brother he had left at home. So, without saying a word to anybody, he ran up the companion-way with tho infant and rushed into the cook's gallery and gave orders for such foq I as the ship afforded. Patiently lie waited until5 it was prepared, stilling and hushing the cries and screams of tho hungry child, _ _ ~ When food touched its lips it ate and' ate until Richard giew frightened, and his arms; ached with holding and feeding, Every sailor took a look by. turns at the waif and said, " Poor thing lj.we-shall wrap it tip and drop into.the sea before long." " Not ifil can help it," thought Richard, as he bore the infant back to tho cabin, and, seated in Tlic Fan {ijl.00 per nnnnra In Adrcrce i 3* of It AH. A-correspondent describes a dis pute he witnessed in a railway car riage, between an: Irish gentleman A^t Editorial Brutus. An: editor out west indulges-in the following talk to his subscribers and patrons. The famous speech and a, clergyman,] on the atrocities'of Brutus on the death of Ctesar, ed thai baby from -his grasp in her effort to got at.her boy. " What does this mean, Richard J" cried the father. " Itlmeiins," said Richard," that you made me go to sea and' this -is what I have made by tho voyager. It's my Dick." "-Your Dick J" ;" Yes,, father, it's the cargo -TVe brought home." -- " Hand tue that baby this min ute, and tell mo^wbat you mean," said Richard's mother, more at soa in her own mind than her. boy had been in all his voyage.4 But Richard's Dick hud not the least idea of going to a woman. Tho little ocean waif clung ,tp Richard and set up such outcries of alarm an 1 terror that it was full ten minutes btforo tho cabid boy could tell his story. " What 'wall you do with him- now,", was' the- united question when the tale had been told. " Do yon think I'd turn Dick Ocean off now 1 No ! not if I have to go to sea to earn his living. Would 1, Dick, boyl" : " Dick, boy," dropped -his tear- wet face down on Richard's cheek in a telling -way, and so right there the matter wae settled.' Richard's Dick became an accepted fact in the family,' Richard's father' said : " You mustn't lovo the baby too much, for, like as not, somebody will-come along one of these days and lay hiim to him/" ' "Ii should like to 'gee -anybody claim my Dick !,fa replied Richard, with valiant air ; but, nevertheless, it must be confessed that all tho 8umraee.be kept close watch over the boy, conscious of a vague fear of losing him in some mysterious way. ; Richard's mother had the busiest kind of a summer, for in addition to all her cares there was a baby's worllfullof clothes to make for Dick, who reached home wrajj^ped in a seaman'B jacket. Richard himself, worked away for his little man tight valiantly, considering himself responsible for Dick's expenses, and. growing more and more fond of the baby every day. ! , Captain Goodhope appaared one day and offered to take Richard on another voyage, but tho lad said, " No, Sir ! I've had enough of the sea ; besides, I must stay at home now and work for Dick." ' " But I'll take Dick, too, and make a.seaman of him." !'No!" Said Richard, "Dick and me will be landsmen together."' Captain Goodhope appealed to Richard's father; but even he shook his head and; suid, "I guess both' mother and me aro satisfied with one Cargo, und don't care to have the boy fetch home another." Poor Captain Goodhope went back to the " Aurora" alone. The latest-news from the old town is., that Diekris .growing as fast -ekj be' can, no one having claimed him its. yet; that Richard is growing very manly, with all a man's care for the boy, and that both father and mother are . .well Satisfied question. He says : f'The fun grew fast and furious; tho Irishman was working hinnelf up to a.pitch o( fever-heat, jwhen suddenly^ to the horror of everybody, while empha sising some statement, he whipped a formidable looking knife out of bis pocket, brandishing it about wildly for a secciid,- and then stuck it intothe very thick of the thigh of his .right leg. It must have gone in at least an inch, and there it stood vibrating, he sitting perfectly still, calmly looking at it. Every body was afraid to move, lest the blade should be tjraosferred ffbni the gentleman's own flesh to our bodies, j - The parson was the first " Goodness gracious, sir," Said he, " for Heaven's -sake take it eut At once, sir; think what a mess the' carriage will .be in; besides, you wilLsefiously injure yourself." " Nob a bit of it,f' mildly repeat ed the son of Erin, all biseKcilement having j apparency subsided-: '-' I positively like & It doesn't hurt me-; I j have accustomed my mus cles to it. I assure yon I don't, feel it ^he least" - j f " AcietiBtomed your muieles to it 1" exclaimed- the parfion ; " im possible; do take it-out, and obligo me; itj makes me shudder to look *t you.f 1 ' " Well, of course, if it pains you at all to see it, I will oblige -yc-u-^' but, as I tell youl tfae effect-is rather pleasing than otherwise so far as|;l am concerned," said the stranger. And. having pulled it, out with an apparant ~ effort, he carefully wiped' tho .instrument with his handkerchief, :e.hut it up, and pnt it in- hia pocket to our great relief. ' " Do you often do 'such a silly thing as that?" inquired the rever end-gentleman. " 0,! yeB, --frequently5" was. 'tfc-e reply, i -' '. If.'.' ' j' Have you ever tried iif on. your arr|i J" j '"...'.': " No, never 'on hit arm ; tte muscles aren-'t yet'4Ccustomed'ito it." " ' "Really?" And the eccentric individual got out at jthe next station. We called the guard. - " Is: that ttian mad V we asked-: "Ho has juBt horrified us by run ning aLlarge knife over an inch into his!e^."s "Mad, no; he ain't mad," ob served the official. "" It's a very old game of. his that. He has a cork leg, and likes to frighten people 1" as rendered by Shakespeare is rnade to do? service [in. this , amusing travesty :-"-Hear us for joitr.'debts, and get ready that you may pa/T trdst us, wei have need, as you have long been trusted; acknow ledge your indebtedness and dife into your pockets that you may, promptly fork o_ver. If there be any among you one single patron -that don't owe us anything, then to him we Say : ' Step aside, consider yourself a gentleman.'. ;If the rest wish to know why we dun them, this is our answer : ' Not that we care about ourselves, but oitr creditors do.' ^Would you rather we went to jai^and you go free,, than you pay your debts "and keep us moving 1 As we agreed, we have-worked for you ; as we con tracted, we have fnrnrshod the paper for you; but as you don't pay we i dun you. Here are ag* greoments for yob work, 'contracts' . for subscription, promises' for long credit, and dims for deferred pay ment. Who is there soigreen thia,t } "he don't take a paper? jf any, he ' need aot speak, for we don't mean bita. Who is there, ad green'thit he don't advertise t If any, let him slide, -he ain't the! chap ther. Who is there-so mean tbat hre" ' don't pay the printers ] If any, let him spenk, for he.isthe man we're after,.- ,-' .V Hi SXaskoka The Place Tor Con sumptives. ,.! Don't be so^0c>llsh. Old farmer t Pettingill went into his house and caught John, the hired man, hugging Mrs. P. The farmer said nothing, but -went to the field. After dinner he ^wanted John ; but John was not to be found. He went at last.into_John's room where John was oh his knees pack ing his trunk. --!.- What's the matter, John T asked Mr. P, " 0^?etn'nS>" *""i John; ** Wfiat are -you packing your trunk for ?' " 0, you know," Baid John. "No, I don't; come, giri-spme reasons <fer .-your -srinuen desire to leave'*' . "Well, you g^w what I was doing this morning.", *' Oh, pshaw !"- laughed, Pettip- gill-; " don't be so foolish.-'. If you aud "I can't bug the'old. woman enough, I'll hire another man." Two Jersey City physicians : of experience have been spending some time in Muskoka, and speak in high terms oT. the salubrity of the climate. They regartl it as a specially good place for topsump- tives, that dread disease Iking un known there.^ The< Hunbville For ester . says : ' We iwotild recom- nrehd' our iicedfcal mennf theftont, instead of "Bending" their caRes of pathisis (consuaiption) to the (far- off Minnesota, Colorado^ California, ifcc., aud give them the benefit of the freoiighland air of Muskoka a'-fcoon thaf^ati'be'reached in one day's journey from Toronto. We attribute the almost, complete im munity from 'consumption in this region-to several churp-s. Whereas those on-the shotes ei Lake-Ontario are;284 feet above the] sea,! the lake of bays in Muskoka iiy ac- cording to Sir Wm. Logan's geo logical survey, mora, than '4,100 feet, above the sea level. The air of Muskoka mitst therefore' be rarer, moro elastic, and consequent ly distend the lungs more than the. highly condensed air of Southern Ontario.' it -r 3ih iB U. Mi M Not a-drum, was heard,, nor a funeral note, . 1 . '.- . As his corpse to tho outskirta-.tUey".' hurried; . j 'r" Not a ranger discharged his fareweftv shot O'er the grave where the Bt--anger was buried. They buried him darkly,'A. dead of 1 night, . "i And without any pomp or pageant; 1 As ithey shovelled him in, thfcy EaieL- , '!All right, '- He was only a.Iightniuc'rod agent." Splendid Idea. Men -who have riseu-fr-Aeronauts.' Why 'it the!heat opens the paurs'of the -oloude. . It h,ts been found -that fin nearly every civili2ted -country- the tree that bears the most fruit to market 'My; lord,' said the foreman' of a Wielsh jury, -when giving in tho verdict,' wp find the man who stole th&uwre not guilty,' Charles Barth mado a treasury - of his bed in Boscobel, Wis., an3 after his death securities for $13y OuO were found -in it. The word d-e b-t is composed 6f the initials of' '-dun everybody twice-J1' C-r e-d-ii-t is formed of the initial letters of ' call \ regularly every day ; I'll trust!' i , Queen Victoria's crown, is com posed of -1,-363 brilliant diahiondp, 1,273 rose diamonds, H. large ruby, 148 table "Hininonds, 17 sapphires, 41 emeralds, 4 Small rubies and 127 pearls, all .set in-silver and gold. _ The wife of a New York bauker distinguished herself the other night at a Washington party. Her dress was covered on the skirt, so as to make it appear one piece, witfe one hundred-ucd-five hundred dbl- hir'biils. The waist and sleeves wore $ 1,000 bonds sewed in, and her fingers, and envs. bhized with diamonds. The tiara was said to- have been worth o!),000, Hnd the ' An inebriated individual wend ing his .way homoward, down King, street, Toronto, .late one night last week, was attracted:) by the! head light o the 8team| roller. I He 'stipped. and, getting hold of n. friendly telegraph pole, \be solilo quized as followB; I " " Whu's dnr Cit' Fathers 'bont 1 Rninin' taxpayers. 'Idear of-(;hic)-. puttin' lamp-post i(hio) on wheels and rtmniri' it 'roimd thut way." "Oh, er see what it ish,"he' con tinued, winking at the roller ', "put out all er corner lamps an'run tbisb one (hie) till over/ Light the whole town wis one lamp and-save er gas bill 1 Splen-splendid idear won't care cuss whether moon shines ornot!" ' And; having ^irrivrd at this con clusion; he let go bis bold and con tinued his serpentin'ecareer. A German, who. was asked ifUotal value of| the notes and . din- lager beer was intoxicating, re- the captain's chair, soothed it to sleep. " It's a pretty child. 'Fetch it here and let me see it," said Cap iain Goodhope. " Who owns it, I Richard's fii'Bjb voyage at Bea. witn .p]jed;r 'Veil, I drinks.from 70 to ' '80 glasses a day, und I feel straight in my upper story for any kind of Agony personified A bachelor beesness,, but 1 -can't tell vat il ..editor trying'to prepare an able and could do mit m.eu vat makes a nudicipus article on-the baby show. swUlj-tub of himself.' monds was $'2'60,0O0. Two .iia 'ea o.-trriud her train, and watched Fe>t tl ? jewels and gry>nbiicks snuuU fad to thy floor. rirerb.is no law iu the. United ftatej Co' justify knocking'such a w'omau oa tlfl jhead. 1 -'1