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H^r; e-> >ii >usl >lo -~.o ui oucc beloie tiioni-'i ivjinincncos in tirilo'r | to secure .-. j;;.oii *i-t. j R. CREECII. ' Kailctl, you toll i^io1, for all yoiir striving, Failed, iu spite of your "utmost cure, Fnilcil, with iudolcnt poople[Btriving Why sliould it breed iu tli<i mind do- spair! i .Although your vnnity may bohumliled, /-Your energy back into its plucc re- ; 'call; - -, Your foot have tripped, you lmvjc mcrul-y; stumbled, i ; You'll learn that a stumble -is uti't a* 1 . fall. "v Pate is against you, and nii'uto play- ' ' .'"*' -. J'..: " " AVhen you diseover t^io^'oddd too -great," That is it vulgar nainstur'st sayitiR ; ' . l.carn that pi'rsistency laugha at fate, 1 Persevereiiee, you see, has wondrous virtue I To win its intent iu the faee of all ; I .Some cheek to yo'ir purpose will, not I hurt you ; | Tin only a stumble and- not a fall. She whom you lovo "has been won by .nuothor- That, is a loss you may yt replace : bet your rose utnieii t your sorrow smother-r- ' ; What is the lossnf a han:lsonie face"? Such a mishap is a trille merely ; The woiuid in your heart, tor a while may gall. Hut jou'll liiul another to love you ilearly-7:. - That pitiful Etumble isjuot a fall. ! Laughed at and mocked at yiuir endea vor, ' " ; I Writhing alone in yourmeutal pain. Drop.not and faiut not ; but learn..who ever Clinya to'liis purpose at last will gain.- Have, trust iii the future, and faith in the present, bet hope not, J'dude you, nor failure app- I'. : Voir may trip at times, which is no ways (ileas.iut, But that is a stumble and not a fall. ; " Down in the world" do youthink so,[ Wherefore.': " Lost your labor ami toiled in vain !" Nonsense, jny friend ;-but a failure therefore ' Pluck up lour courage anil try. again. j A spark is left hi flic rlyii'n; tnilur, And vigorous breath may the llarnes recall. . Then to your task and still remember . A istuuible's a stumble, and not a fall. Keep uii courage, and lorjl; before you ; Though it "lie rugged, and steep, and straight, Wind-- howl after and clouds har.g o'er Walk in the path with a steady gaitt Who pers<vyrc?, _m the end \v:hs s-.urelyi Who shrinks it; terror can't win at all; ilo f'ortli in cotilideiiee se..".irMy, And l>e gla I that a stum'ule is not' a -fail. A. : \m -A07ToSriT;OF .MY BeOTHSS.' a seetcu rnoii LIFE. JI'. Acton, .';:n. 1? :<romr'- at:.: Vl.'fi. 1>BaKK XjIi3ir^5?L^X 1 ?pTI^^^f^^-;KiTAi5IGRAFY (j i~ Ur. i'i i.Tn t^J K"r..p- . j . ____________._____ f*-.'-i-. i sir fo.- :,-' M or no e 1 initrueti'-ns. Asj yenrs.i HKNni \In- iiTiir ii .E-.i;ineor, \tV.%nn\ Dra.:2h-.emau nc 1 icv in oper (iV:I-T, >;: ,-*-s. (.-ar.:i-:n So.iclior ol 1' OlITES LOiSlKR. Plasterer, ' PlA>?rinjj irj'l iX--5'3,5h-cas.:lrir done <>ii K n llaip-i dji-SlX HOUSE, Acton. Clr,*e va i G. T- Railway .Station, il-rii'ice-irnm i-i:i:i'in f'*r<.lii-- travel 0. THOri.i'AMPilEt-L. I'roj.r. D^ilIMOX^It>TEL, Aei It "rojrl'jior,'li A'f ilo?-l is 31 < I !>') Ml nrBi-elos"- ,s:y!e -wit*i no- . rurn.fjr...' Commercial T'-ivc-'frrs wi 1 'Itl'l vo 1 t p.ccornino Ir.iioo tn 1 c^thmo lioui Satnpie tt-ioms, Speeia> .-1 <ntIoi pal ' t'>,.h"-Kanls o' trie irisvpt- Hi^pU'lic, P.ir-:upp li'.q-ltii a-i't C':% irs. att^nUre Flostiers. / Tac.'tui l\.\]>:d,_Uraph: Writing.J Those wishing to learn 'SHORT-HAND , ; S. W. OALBRAI^H, : / , Fre? Prttt-i, Acton C3 x:\\\ t tie \}oo 1 S Ht)Iit!g I r,d w JI. HEM STREET, Licsnsed Auctioneer nd -!!:'!- h Pittli" Counties of rt'fliingt -n til. (jr lrs tr-ft e plSI-r, 0 n > A-ton. or at imvi r-nlenw, m K'iW'Vo >b will ') - promptly mtende.' to. T.<r:ni.'e:iiion:iSle._ *v" A INfi mt- Tp TBOILO^E CIIAPSlAN'i- Practical Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Binding N&atlj" Executed. {91.00 per annum in Advatc ajjipetito for a whilo. But in an vil hour ho fell again, and lost his position in consequence. i heard of hiin next in govorii- tit|cnt oiiiploy. 'H'J was onyu^ed in rrying tlio niail.s across tho plains of Oulifornia. It iviib then a dun- gitrrjus and dillieiilt work; Jj'or u itir or two thu riuw life suemed to rend him from his old habits. But it wan not of long; duration. Dur ing a heavy dtdianch tho Indians. H'Vtij.iptld down upon Imh camp, tJe- a'royt'd hi.s hordes and Leuniri, and lijft him for dead. . . This advtmturo Kr>tni:d to lmv'o ill Kobe-ring eirect. For a while a blotter spirit'was'iu him. J(o re irnetl to the haunts ot' men, and htored upon aourcer of ii.sefulne.sa \\i a lawyer. Then came iliu lierco vil war. His lot was cast with tje. North, mine ..with thu South. J; hi;urd.of liiiu liiit.mddom. .Once. iroii",li a stray Nortllern paper, 1 aid thai be was a Briindiet-Geu- 'i-.il, ulid bad been engaged in some I ravo and dari'tii; feat. I heard of tiui only "once uftiT\viii\l.H during iviir, Ho had been c.isltieied frjri-driiiikennfHs. riiun the war ended. He moved |>eyond the Mississippi to 'olio of he new states, and resumed th>- raetice of bis profession. lie was |io\v married, and four precious lildren,. us pledofs oiveii to ortiuie, seeitied'to bind him to briety. Bcj-id'-.s this be was 1 uis ii'4 in the estimation of bis follow- C'itizei.is. First he -bad somo itn- 1011.1 fit county o.liice and then ho ins elected tortile legislature, nl- no.st any office be aspired to beein- iiy within lits raK]i. A year or \\6 passed., Utir coit'espondSllce ulli'd. I next beard, ol him as hi Veil out of'a bar-room and kiek- d into the street for disovdeily ;ondticl. I have two' letters from bis Inoble hearted \iife lying before mi). In outs kIk: says : -U bt oilier, :1 11111 liea-tbi'dkeiu My husband isroone I don't know where lie is. Cur last penny was sijiialuVled by -him tot drink. Tiliie-iftef- tiuil; have I l.ii.-ored to extricUe liiin from dilujuliies. My own patrimony has all gone'iii that lifectioll. And 1:0 V in." lias tied for ti-ilf'i'f ji'riMiin, leavilio his wil' What Rum Will Do. John B. Gondii tuli'h tho follow. 11115 : A minister of the Gospel told, iiio once one of tho most thrilling incidents I have heard in my life.; A member of bis congregation caino home for tho first time in his life, intoxicated, and his hoy met him upon tho tloor step clapping bis hands, and exclaiming, " Pupa has: come home !" lie seized the boy by his shoulder,-1 swung him round, staggered and fell in the hall. That milliliter said to me, " T spent tho night in that -.house. 1 went out, btired my brow that too night itir might fall upon it and cool it. I walked up nnil dowir tho hill. There was his cliHil, dend ! There wiis his wifo in strong convulsions, mid ho asleep." A man about thirty years ot age ash ep, with a dead' child in the house, having a bluo mark upon-; the templo whore (a corner of the marblo_steps bad pome in contact* with the head.as ho swuiig him round, iird it wife upon the" brink of jIkj grave ! | Mr.. Gougli," said toy friend, ': I .cursed the drink." He l)ad told uio that I must re main until he woke, and I did." When ho awoke ho passed his hand over his face and exclaimed, ' Wbat'is the matter! "Where am I 1 Where) is my hoy ]'.'"" You can not see him." "Standout of my way. I will see my: boy." To prevent confusion I tpok him to the child's he'd, and as I turned down the sheet aiud showed him the corpse he u'ter'tda wild shriek "Ah, in)- child." Tii^e minister said to me ; " One year after tl'tit ho was"brought fiom a lunatic asylum to lie side by side with Jjis wife in one gr.ive, ami I attended bis funeral." Toe minister of the gospel who told m'J- that fact is to day a drunken hostler in .1 stable, in Boston. Now tell me what 'until will do) It will debase, de- gdude, embiiite, ami damn every- hinti that is noble, -bright, glori ous and Godlike in a human-being. There is iintbin.i drink will not. do that, is'viie, dastardly, c owardly, and hellish. When are we not to light till the day of our dearth ? England's Army. A well-informed correspondent "111 London, liiiviii"; cnumdorabjo in sight into War Oilico arrangements, furnishes a detailed Btateinent of the mobilization preparations How going on in JSigland, imd which bears our Sir Garnet WolseleyV paper in the Ni/ic/een/h Century, but. with further particulars. Com- incnciiig'.with the ciilistmoiitH, lie says ; Avi'iingetneuts -ai^^ibeing inado for extending tho maclJinevy for recruiting on tho basis of be tween two and three thousand, re cruits per week ; and the terms to be ofTeied uio under consideration. Staff officers, of the army reserves have been notified to hold them selves in readiness to report for service. These reserves consist of men wbe have enlisted- for short terms, and are liable to serve in the regular army -wlienerver called upon, for a, certain number of years, I forget h6?v many, anil number 30,000 men. Excluding India, tho number of men affected I How to Detect People. .Married by there arrangements ia us fol- lows ; . 14,000 . 40,000 Kugular army .ijt-home stations. .13:5,7-20 . 14,830 . 3(i,030 1SS.000 j If you see a lady and gentleman t disagree upon trifling occasions,7 or correcting each other iu company, I you may bis assured they have tied the matrimonial noose. If you sirea silent pair in a car or stage-, lolling carelessly, one at each window,'without Heeming1 to know they have 11 companion, the sign is infallible. , ' If you see a lady drop her glove and a gentleman by \1im side of .her kindly telling her to pick it up, you need not hesitate in; forming your opinion;, or If you sea a hidy whoso beauty and accomplishments attract the attention of oyery.gentleinan in the room biitSone, you cafj have no dif ficulty in; determining their rela tionship to each other= the 0110 is her ljuaband. If you see a gentleman particu larly courteous,, obliging and "good natured, relaxing into smiles, Bay-, ing sharp things, niid toying with every pretty woman in the room excepting one, to whom he appears lav'f :e it- Indian Bow-S'hootinss. Indian nrehery is somewhat dif ferent from Ujut pitacticod by. Ike1. young ladies atjd gentlemen ./"if more civilized Bocliety'. Tin;-, ter take tho urr'ov.- betv-'een fingera, iihioi- h :'.,':-..'...-t the b:t'.v' string, an'l~nial:o : itsni^t ih bend ing tho bow. - An Indian d(f::J; not" do this. He takes the arrt/w \><t- tweentlie (nVJe.'v; finger and-pulls tho string with his middle finger ; nor does he raise his arrow as our boys and girls do; \w shoots straignt out front the shoulder, and appears to take no aim whatever. He hit's the mark, thrtugh, too often, as the "soldiers about! the garrison can-tell, who liay'e-flung" their cans orMiutS mto the air, at some Indian's sug gestion, .only-., to have them pierced by the unerring arrow. The grow ing papoosirs, thttc is as soon as these are able to toddle,iare fur nished Wi'.h, bow and. arrows', of which ib.e points have beep sharp ened, "and may be seen about re servations shooting ""sit: murks,, at small birds, of- any thing, elso that niiiy'hap.pen to attract their atten m particularly cold and formal/and is | ^ ""^Q'y gen^lTr uecorna ex'i unreasonably cross is, nobody is at a losp to discover, ji cisanl Bool:* of oil Kinds Made to Or.hr. "Ruling Promptly Attended to. BtsuEHY St, George's Souare, Gucpl S" Orders leftat the Fkeb PltF-ts Office will receive prompt attention,. TUE ROYAL EXCHANGE 1IOTEL. :: acton. The undersigned begs, leave to inform the people of Acton and sur rounding neighborhood ttiat.be has procurod a magnificent HEAK.SE. And is prepared to attend and con duct Funerals on the-ahorteBt notice and most moderate terms. - Caiktts, C.vJ/im, Burial Robe*, And all kinds of Funeral Furnish ings keptio stock, and,supplied- on the shortest notice. Hat Bands and Gloves supplied when required. JOHN SPEIGHT. Acton,Feb. 10, 1877. 'X. This well-known irtime has recently undergone a thorough renovating and -repairing, is now .furnished with new SQd modern furniture of the best des- riptif>n, and is prepared to provide first-class accorirmodation to the public. ^The present proprietor ha? received a can buy firfit-c'QSB Pianos and Organ's cheaper of DAN IEL F. BISATTY, Washing ^__ ton, New Jersey, than any other manufactured in jthe United Statee- Why? JJ^ause he sells only for cash, takes" tK. risks and IrOS no book accounts. .'Every insti'U. ment is fully warra;. ced for six years as strictly first cl'iss, nnd are sent on from 5 bo 1 '. days' test trial, 1- * . u* -11 1 *i. 1 . ,0ii:mon2V refunded and freight paid lieense and he- wll keep the bar well | J by1 him if Ihey.sre usatis- .uppbed with the very best of liquors boM. _ y y muBtratedi-AB- and cigars. The staldin^ is large and 1cly ;^.; , Vir.!n\ nH also ample slied-room. i VE.fnsRR (Catalogue Edition) and "The patronage of the public .is respect- \ ead testj.n4onialB from his patrons, mlty solicited - 1 H some of wllom you may know. Ad- BEATTY, iVaeh- Ajston, June 26, IS/7. -:. In^glnn^tSew jerflej'.. ' Twenty-five years" ago I bad a brothel' whom T <loved with-sincere ;ili-c'i in. He wis tiie joy , of iruiJ whole t.iinily, ai'd our fat lierVpi iile. 1 ndeed,.there weitf few sucli boys. Bright,'nitiuly, talented, of a fair and -ruddy countenance, first in hi.s cla.ws, selected.for hi.s powers iu declamation, to grace anniver sary and exhibitionot-ciKiins, win- 11:114 pi izes and.medals, with ease, ho was'at the same time"envied by bis schoolfellows and praised by i-... .supeiriors. I recollect one iiuig- nitijeiit"'triiiui]ih so it apjieart-d to our boyish eyes ^when, before an audience of two thousand pliiudinjr listeners, he carried i.fT tliclii^liPNt honors from a hcliooldf two liYiiidred and upwards.- .'He entered college at an earl age and bore himself .t_y^^;e f>nt| rank of his class-es. He Tfriis not] .only bright be was als6 a hai.d working student. When u juniorl ut college, he arid -I w-er-e together at a teaparty. His wit and repar tee, his keeii satires, his varied and, yet modest -stores-of invention made Iiiill the centre of an aibnir ing ciicle At- table, he sat op pj.-ite to ine^ Nellie Bttlice, f lie'atriful and accomplished girl U girl whom be loved with his whole soul sat! next him. The wiui was paused. , But as he was strict ly temperate,in his habits, he al lowed it to pass. 1 . "No, I thank you, it is itguius my principles," With her own bands she filled his glass. "Surely you will take i; from me I" He faltered.: "What," Hho asked, leanin fondly toward him, " will you not take this glass from me? If yo love me, you will drink with me He put it to his lips and dran it off hurriedly. It- was his firtjt glass. Wouldi to God it had beei his last? Butj.it was note his las even on that evening. ' Before the midnight hour lie drunk so deeply that even Nellie spurned his maud I lin affection, and others had t;o help him home. It was a year after that, that 1 left home for ever. He felt 1 keenly the disgraco of his fall thit he' turned to- other and wor|ie society. He was led into an u fortunate encounter with the poliite while stiH a student, and to. say open shame left his home at mi night. , . t I heard of him afterwards 1 captain of a Mississippi Bteamejr, He had riReii to this position confidence, notwithstanding his i creasing thirst for liquor. Indeel, l^e iseeuis "to ha.ve controlled h: t Hid eliildieii helpless iiurt tleso- 1.1 te :-- " I beard three days since- that my husband on his was home was I taken sick,'ali.l lay dying twenty miles away. At once I went dp him. Hut hit did not know me, I mentioned vour name hut it cre.ii- !\ no eniolior. I found unto leatli ^Voul I to God it iim si el; iad been some other kind of siekiieis. Oh;-my brother he is dead I and he died ot tl-.Hriitnl //Von-/;*'. .1 received'this letter last night. So have I given you a plain, tin varuisht-d history of my brother's living aini dying. . It ia-iu.-t an 1111- icommou history. Many a one of your readers will recognise .some kinship in the statement to records iu experience. ' 1 draw a long breath and sigh as I write these words. T cry out, " O Lord hoW long s" Dji'h the uLvstroyfir wasto for evei,:J Is iIii.Te. no.- end to such histories us this. ' No, there is not. Coolly, calm ly I"Write'it.. I write it with sup pressed bitterness. No, there is not, .so long us tallies of refinement must needs be garnished with' the v/iuo cup and lair girls press their iiiwiispceUiig victims, to drink. I have just, returned .from the meeting of our synod. I had a host wiio eHteriainc 1 mo with all kindness.. He had wineon his table. He pressed even hi.s ministerial -guests : to take of it. And some di-.dTkT . -List week I saw a young gill oiler wine to her brother to drink. Itupid Locomotive EJaildinjr. The irost rapid.feat on record in locomotive building is noted by the Detroit Free Pn:.<i at Jackson, Michigan. The gangs of workmen, nutilbei ing fourteen 'men each at tempted to put two locomotive to- ether in the shortest time yet Total...............'.5j7.0'50 Of these the regular army, militia and army reserve are priic- tically available for foreign service, the militia, although enrolled j for home service, being liable tordrafts to-reinforce tho regulars in time of war. This gives a force oF.3jD4,220 soldiers, from which must i be de ducted absentees and sick, Say 20,- 000 men. These gaps, however, the authorities estimate they would' be able to fill up. rapidly by recruit- ing. In mobilizing this torce, the plan, T believe, is to call out the whole of the militia, yeomanry and a part of tho volunteer force to fill | the vacancies caused by drafts on tho militia to reinforce the regulars. It is estimited that, reserviugn 'necessary1 percentage of regulars', preserve and militia, for garrison ofn'y in Great Britain, Ireland, the ^Vtediterraneaiij and foreign sta tions, tho country could put into the: field at once a well-equipped army of"150,000 men, raising it to 250,000 men within a month after ward by calling . out the whble of thfc volunteers to replace the militia, and this without counting tho recruits. Army officeiB claim that thef'counlrv contains a reserve Interesting Facts and Fisrures President Hayes receives 100 letters' a day. ' A ton of coal yields about 8,000 feet'of gas. Now Orleans clairas a population/ of 200,000. , There are 11,000 men on the ,London police force. San^ 'Francisco has about 100. gambling houses. , -England: fed 600,392 out-dooi-i paujiers last -year, Texas would make 210 States equal-in size to Rhode Island. There- wero 1,-593 buildings er ected in S.tu Fraucisco last year. - Tennessee's tobacco crop is esti- matecr-at 60,000,000 piunds. < Europe expended for telegraph messages last yean', 813.400,000. Members?of the Mississippi-;Leg- pert at the age of about ten pr twelve, but are not allowed to graduate iiito buck-age, and all the pleasure of the chase, until they are sixteen or eighteen. Then is the time the pleasure of the Indian is found to culminate in his'first bunt after-buffalo. made. The i ick.t were applied, -,,,, - ,, , tb, huge boilers were raised aniHof veterans to fall back on equalled bolted 0:1 their fr.i'uias, then, Miey \yere placed on their wheels with ill :pii-sihle expedition, while simultaneously work was progres sing 011 ,eviiry portion of! the machines, which were rapidly as suming pei feet foi'm. Water was let ii to tiie boilers, and even while-, men were working at the gates the tires were kindled and the" infant" began to warm up for their work. At last one of them is ready foi the smoke stack, and is pulled along the track uot-.l .she Slons be neath the one dijjigiiitd/fur'her, w'hicMi hangs above her. "Ljwlt uwny, ca.-,t i/fi' your tackle, go ahead," and the yard engine pulls her ou't of tho house and to another shop lor completion, her construct ors working as she moves, and busy hinds being employed in fastening the bolts which hold the Kiiioke slack in iis place'. A few moments more and the last screw*, is turned, the last, bolt is fastened; tho eiigineter stands in his place,' anil ill just'two hours and fifty-live ininut.es frlun the time thu signal; to commence was given, the throttle is pulled and the first of the twins moves ofF completed, followed a uicfnient later by her mate. All d. at' his scruples for I the pieces of machinery'connected with the locomotive bad been fin ished and ready for use beforehand, but none hail trHEn-fitted. Oiftho same day, tl e two new engines made" trips of 76 miles each and worked nicely. (only by Germany, in the vast multitudes of discharged soldiers who have served their time and been absorbed into (the general population,! who .would be sure to re-enlist in case of war. Some pains have been"taken; to discover the number of volunteers; who have pass-td out of the service ?ud are still in the country, having .become .efficient soldiers', and the number is confidently 'stated at 050,000, or A Badly Scared Editor. An.-editor was sitting in his easy- chiiir, buoyant in mind and heart, with the calm serenity and Jdisst'ul tranquility:that none bat -editors, know. A 'shuffling sound lufc the door -brought him buck to' earth, anJ facing nervously- jtboutiho be hold a man of deep; detetiui'iied look, closing the door behind him. With a sickly fselingpf foreboding, the editor motioned towards a chair, and gazed upon the intruder, help less and breathless, resigned to meet the worst. The hand of the man wandered towards his breast III-- it- pockfet.^ Tue editor's cheek blanch- islature receive S'500 per an'rmmJ j ed and his lip3 turned blue. Alis, - " (S n,.,,..]"!^ he had gnessf total, including the efficients of the piesent year, of 840,000 men. Kiag but not. Gentleman. She langbc hesitating. He d ed that one glass And so the destroyer will go on Wasting for ever/___ ink and 1 notic as not enough-. pf IS A Good Wife. It is astonishing to see how well a. man may live on a small income who has a handy and industrious wife. . Some men live and make a, far better appearance on six ,orj eight dollars a week, than others do on fiOti-en or eighteen dollirs. The uiuii doushis part well, but the wife is good for nothing. She will even upbraid her husband for not living in as good stylo as her neighbor, while the fault, is entire ly h?r own. JHis neighbor has u neat, Capable and industrious wife and that makes, the difference. So look out, yoirng man, before you go into matrimony. It is a lot tery in which most men can only buy one ticket, and if that turns out a blank, your whole life had better be a blank too. Luckily, rio one need go into a wedded state with his eyes closed, us it is the case with his lotteries, and we judge all wdio are senible enough will'" use their optic3 sand draw prizes. ./ Mr. Sanies Dickson, probably the oldest man ill Ontario, died at P.ilmorHton on S iturday last, hav ing lived 112 years, 2 months, and 3 days. An exchange makes tho follow ing sensible -and truthful' remarks : " Suppose the country paper was done uWay with, what Would take its place I If we wish to make known to others what rich soil we possess, what agricultijral u.nd stock raising facilities wer have, [jean: we do it more effectually than (through the.columns of otfr home paper 1 Do the city papers say anything in regard to our county ? Do they contain notices of your, s'choola, meetings, churches, improvements, and hundreds of other matters of interest, which your home piper publishes without pay 1 Not an item; Do they say a word calcul ated to draw attention to our county, and aid its progress and enterprise! Not a line. Tue Duke of Wellington once told George IV., that he was not a gentleman, and had no business to act as one, and he purs Haded the Iiug to adopt that view. The cir cumstances were peculiar. The King hated Mr. Canning be cause he had not supported the King at the Queen's trial, and spoke of him as " not a gentleman." It became necessary in the forma tion of a new ministry to offer the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Gunning, and tho Duke undertook to overcome His Majesty's objec tions. " Good heavens !" exclaimed tire Kink, roused to anger at the .men tion of Mr, Canning's liame. " Arthur, yon don't mean to pro pose that fellow to mo as Secretary of Foreign Affairs! It is impossible. I said on my honor as|a gentleman he should never bo onij of my min isters again. You hear Arthur; on my word as a gentleman.; I am sure you will agree with me. I can't do what I said on my honor; as a gentleman I would not do." " Pardon me, sir, I don't, agree witlryou at all; Your Majesty is not a gentleman' replied the plain- spoken duke. - j The king started and blushed. "Your majesty,. 1 say," continu bd tjie imperturable-soldier, "-isnot' a gentleman, but the Sovereign of] England, with duties to your 'people] fur above any to yourself,_ nnr]| these duties render it imperative that you. should at this this time employ the abilities of T3.i: Can aing;"' -'.;!k '".' ' "Well." answered the King] drawing his breath, " if I. must,* 1 mW." : : . ' Mr. Canning subsequently he came one of tho most "papular with] tbe'Eing^ of his ministers. One thousand polygamous riages took place in Utah' in 1877. Nebraska raisedlast yejar 25,000," .000 bushels of corn affil,.1.75,500 . The railroad rioters cost'Pennsyl vania 8700,000 for luillitury expen ses alone.. ' " ' The Cherokee Indians are enough civilized to possess a public debt of 1187,000. - ' j Of 3G9 members of Congress-only 193 are natives of the States which [hey represent. J .- I ,_ There were eighty-three^murder- rs hangftd last vear among a popu lation of 56,000,000. Boston people eat - each year ^Viout 120,000 beeves, of which the West provides from 38,000 to 40,- )00. Iu Hale County, Ala., licenses to marry were issued last year to 44 white and 202 colored couples. During the ytar 1876, 108,761 Italians came to America. Of this number, 89,000 are set down as temporary ""tourists. There are1 estimated to be about 350 match-girls, 700 boot, blacks, 100 sweepers and 250 flower-girls djily uful nightly busy on New York streets. sed aright the. mission of the stranger. The man pulled out a bundle of letters and . papers. The head of the editor fell forward " upoii his breast and his at me dropped listlessly froni.the arms of his chair. -' ;. "Aly errand'1b not a- pleasant one," said the visitor, speaking slowly.. "-Thank heaven !" exclaimed the editor, plubking up courage, ." Oat with it susujnse is worse:' than fate!." ., _', . : - , . "I have an execution on your honie," continued , the ;mauj with j professional sadness. _" The mort- f-gage has been foreclosed." "Ho-ora! ha!.J ha!" roared, the, editor! 'springing upt und- nearly' shakiugthe man's arm off. "Hea'- ven- be praised, but;-what a. scare you gave mej Bl^gtc.r my-corns, if I didn't think you had a chunk of spring poetry. Drive on sell the old . shanty : it's .-a rat-eacen. barracks, unyivay, and rents arc cheitp. Hh, jui, what a load you're taken off; myrTrrind. L ;trs have your nariie -down it goes for two years' free, subscription. You're an,-angel in breeches, old fellow, 1 but you don't look it. ' Cut your hair, man; Out your hair, aud wear -a stand-up "collar. It'll save your children sorrow." -i ' ' m "^r-H A Novel iFire Escape. An Iowa deaf tr>.ute has invented a novel fire esc.ipe. It is a cap or turban to bo placed on the head and fastened under the, chin. / It- contains enough material to forma small baloon, and when inflated looks liko_ a baloon. It is so .ar ranged that when- placed on itie head "in its collapsed state, the air can enter it from underneath^and expand it. In case of dauger,vit is adjusted firmly on - tho head,.and The new Baptist taberuicle at Ottawa cost SI8,000. xBerlin g.-iol will recei?|i- klter.- tious and additions shpetry," .' Tlief weakest spt in "every nian is where he thitiks*_ himself the, wisest. r i^L : Do not eat -cherries with your superiors, they: will bind yon with the stones. :. v" _A./?J Leara not to yujjo too harshly __ _.-j __ ..._, __ . -- '. ~~i~'.\p{ any one, either in respect to "=r the weavar jumps boldly trom their < \ ,-\ -' - r- window of the burning building j' Pooc ." ' 1 | the air instantly rushes into the(|: !Timo is gold ; throw not!'-one turbaii, swells into a baloon, and, buoyed by it, the wearer comes down sb gently as to strike the. ground with very little force. The inventor . claims that with tit one can jump safely from a fourth storey window ; but to make cer- j tain of it, and to impart confidence to the jumper, there is a pair of hdgo padded slides to be fastened on the feet, so as to blunt the coii- cussion, ' Receqtly-a very modest young Boston lady, who wanted a pail- of garters, addressed the shopmau thus : " It is tiiy desire to;obtaiii ii pair of circular e'lasti.6 appendages, capable of- being contraeted or e.x- ptiuded by means of ..oscillating hur- 'nished steel appliances that sparkle like particles of gold-leaf set with Alaska diamonds, audi which are utilized for iet.uning iii proper posi tion the'habdjimeuts "of the lower extremities, which innate delicacy forbids mo. to mention. minute uway, but place eacliTDne to account. "'. -' . .- Potest Yillage Council has fixed hotel licenses'Vi" 100, and ' shop licenses aJi-$L40: ' .T.10 5.y"j-sUy.in . G iHege 'at Dundas is td be closed; cause, want ot'patronage. - " Human things must be known to bo loved ; but divine things mi.st be loved toLbeknown. 3:>ufs are not* Saved in'buudler. The Spirits asks.'of every .man, "How is it with ili.-ei"- -"Hope.Is; {ike a bad clock, forever striking jtlie hoiir"-of happintiss vhetheip.t has come .or not. j B j always -at leisure to-do good j never mnko business an 'excise to decline ollues of humanity. A firm of cattlo drovers at Bdle- ville \a siid to Jiava. received orJrtiy for supplying aipE lglish army oju'. tractor with beevei