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T*1mc III.Xo.4S -Whole No. 153 | I 3k ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1878. #1.00 per annum in Advare moE ACT0X FREE PRESS Is Published EVERY THURSDAY MQRNINC, AT TUB Free Press -Building, Kext to tlic Tost Office. T*"x^. ">ne dollar a yer, strictly In Jt.uviv If not ytalit betorolhree months ono dollar aula Half will be cuarxeJ; or two dollar If not nald till the end 0f tna ' yar. ^tucla copies tnree cents. No | piact vii! be eni to any person more , r M%n one ye-HT unpaid, j n\Ts <>i> AnvKariilso -Eight cents | par Hue (it writ insertion, and two coins . })-r Hue f jr each subsequent Insertion. I ssort Advertisements 04 eight lines and under, $1 for threa Insertions. Business Crdi of eight Un-fes and under, $1 por innum. A liberal discount allowed on adver tisement* Inserted for extended period*. i Advertisements without spe-ial Imdruc- Iioqi linserted lilt forbid, and charged accordingly. 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I'e d*, M-Tlfi Ki * iro:n -lly, Oi-r. -" m-i i -^ ri*ir^fcie irrm*. .M.TiT'y &iu on ^l irlj'.i-.je ne.-urity. ortlc ROBT T. GALLOWAY; TIIH Hill TO LIVE. Life ia worth the living when Wo can earn our daily bread With, the spade or with thu pen. With thu hand or with thu head, ; With ono taloht or with ten,' Following whe-o truth haa led, Alksl how many livo in vain, Aiiuless, cold and hard arc they 1 Nd pity for another's pain, JNo kind,' tender words to say. Sorrow pours her tears like rain, ,_Not for tluiu to wipo away. i Lifo ia worth tho living hero When our hearts for others feel, When wu look beyond our sphero, When we seek our neighbor's weal, Wecu wo dry tho falling tear. When the wounded hoart we heal. Yen, lifo ii a blessed: borm To liira who to himself ia true ; Who lives not for himself uluue, But with others ood in view, He's a king upon Ins throne, Crowned with deeds bright as tho dew. Life Is worth the living now ; Human hands can reach so far ; Where the stately steamships plow, Where calorio drives tho car, Where tho wire-trained lightnings tlow. Objects of, love and pity are. Woat Sad Fookstore* OUELP-H, ^_ von BOOKS & STATIONERY lly JD. HVf;I SOX,-Attorney . a:-..u. .Solicitor In L'buif.rj M .. 13.1 - : .r ler or klaln .ind Church Str!t>-5 ts. tieor^^towu. m w. coo? k. Provlnoial Land Surveyor and Civil Ensincor, Guelpb. OM ti by ni i-i prorapMy ittienJed to. lira. LVIliiillV. Barrister. \y A!.iM-i-.i-!o s lie it.r : In < Hamilton, l'1 K i< "!?. :. t'Me it iCia u;a.-e wM b nn Jl-> ih.-TTunuge- *t of .1. tt'.l.'irap'i'll. in I Mr f.ild- - -- ' Sllltoa UCTce" a j w.U a-.fnd at tne , r'nuy^'-a-"! weefe. H XliV L. D31K IX^CEISCE AGENT, Alem fjr tae M-rcanf.le GiKLPn, ..uid vVatcrliA* Ail & J * nes -nlru*ted to -<U <-are wt:l t^- r lUhftt'-ly tllrndol to. uMce at V Bnjiiiorf, Quelpn. urders a I iresisaa t CJ J rlpa. or LK>-1 willre-elve prompt af.entlnn by rriMl' ^-t VlTiee Seaside Libraries, Liakesice Liabraries, , t F'ireside Liibraries, Boy's Libraiies, Nr~ Y. Libraries, And all ' the Latest Xovcls. Silo at aad Tree, Mildred. A Jcvol of a, Girl, ToaaE Hasjravo, &c,. imijilh/ Ut- rKniiB. SADDLERY; 0,-l.-r< - ,t bij Moil V icu'.L i in. * K. w tj\ll CM /ii Buy your Harness at the tintario .Sa-i.llerv, wh^re you get tho worth of your money. A splendid lot of NEW COLLARS on han 1. ^ ty- A.11 p-irties mtetuliu): to pur chase Harness should ilo'so at once before the rush commences in order to secure a flood set. * R. CHHECII lb"78.te ' Acton, Jan. MY NARROW ESCAPE. I never told anybody how very, very near I was to death that night, just (i year ago; but us I can now look and calmly recall each thought, each wford, each net, 1 think I. will write it: down as u wiiruing to,nil who iiuiy timl them selves similurly circumstanced, hop ing, with inll.'.u/y heart, that the number may be'few. In the tiiiit place, my name is Frederick Putnuin. . I uin, unJ hiivo been for the last ten *eltrs, tlic foieujiin and ItookKeejiii-^lof- the large lumlieiing establijjhiiierit of Willium. Wiiiht'on it 0^534 hope to be for anotlier docmltfp&iiliss something better turns up. Mr. WiuBtoii is th ; resident partner liud manager of tliej/iiiahuiactniiiig part of the ImsinesH. The other ineiiibeis of the liiui; of which there are two,-tive iu lhe city, at tlib fool of the lake, aiid attend the sales of luuilii-r, -which, we eml the:u by V sels- 'JThis is by fur the largest. jshiire' of what the mill cttty, iilthouglf f'11' amount of oil- sales directly, from the mill, to supply the coiui'lty to tho west of us, isojiito large > Wrfcll,oiie cohl December evening, just ua I wua piepaiinir for home, I heard footsteps on the creaking .snow outside, and presently the ullico door llew open, us though s'.imcono iu hasto had given ir. a push, admitting a tall, stout, well- ilresscd man,.with a small travel ling bag in onu hand uuJ A shawl JI.'L. Dn.vKE I>VT .NTs for IXYEXTIOXS /\cx;>r 1111 . i-ly and properly .euureiJ: la i_uh.id.-v th - Uultol suites mil E.urup<-. t* tteat gar-in:e.-d or no charge, .-"end for pflnve I lnUructUins. \g-ncy In optr atloWtea jrors. IIES'KV UKrIST. T. Oil'Wn, Canada, Uee'ianlcai EnglQeer, So'.lciior of Pa touts and Dra-JUh.jmun. o LIVER LOZISB, Plasterer, TAKIGRAFY Pl-ti-erlng a.id rtnagh-caHDg done un U > ID-Mi revMinable icrms, j J aails/ac- on ta.irant^ed- BOSS IX ttO.l'SK, Acton. Close to the G. T. Hallway .Station. Kxoe.lent aceomoi.->Iailon f"r th<- fraTel- llng-pa-jllc TH05. CAMPBELL,. Propr. IA9HIXIOX HOTEL, Acton. l/ RiMert Agnc-w, ' i'roprieior, 1 he aew Hotel U ntted up 10 first-clavs ityle with ne furniture, pommcrclai S -avellers -w-1 ldnd^oi iK-eommo lalion c 1 eommollouj Sample r.'iom; Special attintlon pal I to th" wanu; o< tiifc travel- ltazpa'Itc. Brir-iupvllc"' with the best ^l^aoMaod Ci?irrool S abilng d. tttentlve HottlerB.^ (TaeliUA Eapid, tjrujjit \\ ritiug.J . Those wishing to le.irn SHORT-HAND . would do well to address S. W. OALBRAITH, ',' Fret Pi-f", Acton w H. HEMSTKEET, Licensed Auctioneer . 9ai tbe Coanllei of Wellington nad Hl- lo-n. urdf-n !-ft at the Kkee Phess iUSm, Aclon.'or at mv residence, In K.oekvro>d. will be promptly attend**> to. T arms reasonable. TO THE PUBLIC OF ALL >*A-' TiOilS * PtL.iriCAL CKKEDS. f f yoa want a good AUCTION"EEEt try GEOKG GlB^BSi H UDderiiarids his huslneiss. Nuft ^ald. Address Hlllsbnrs P.O. . ^OTlt^? "; ... ,... lhe unJeltisned bees leave to an. noanceto Knrmen.aDd otheis eng; g'.d in hatterimaKinjj wl;o purpose getmij: a navr Chiirn tTat tbey w..uld consult their own iuU-resi by -rderine one of A. Uolmei' Ixaprofrd Tabular nasb Charms'."'I am now tak'iig orders lor Vh?m, uavtngpurcrfa*edthep_ntntrtgbt ^o m-inu'iicture and- (Sf-11. They are without doubt the best in tho rairkct. Toar patronage ia respectfully solicited. Cirnlars and testimonials free on appli cation. Territory lor sale, Manuiactur- BJan-J*.!d.b/ .Ui1lJIcD0.V4L[J J5-Cm. Acton, ijjt. BBATTY'S PIAN & PARLOR ORGAN IXSTRUCTOB MJ m The undersigned begs leave to inform the people o^Acton and sur rounding neighborhood that he has procured a n\ngnificepi HEAllSE And is prepared to attend and con duct Funerals orf the shortest notice and most moderate terms. Caikele, Cojjiks, Burial Hbhrt, And all kinds of Funeral Furnish- - ings keptin stock, and supplied 1 on the shortest motice. pat'Bands and Gloves supplied when required. ' JOHKSPEIGfIT, "Act-on, Feb. 10, 1877. u can buy first-c'aBS Pianos and Oroaxs cheaper of >AX? IEL F. BE ATT Y. Washing ___ ton, New Jersey, than any other manufacturer in the United States- Why? Because be -sells only for cash, takes no risks and'hns no book accountg. Every ine't'ru* mer,tis fully warranted;forsiscyears as strictly first class; and are sent on from 5 to 15 days' test trial, money refunded and freight paid both ways by him if thpy are usatis- . . , ,,. . ,. . , .,_ ^ , , 1 factory. Send for Illustrated Au troduced, anU should be in the hands of1 '. "*"*/ ,S " , ri .... . j ------------ --* --------- Seiitposi-iVPTiBEB (Catalogue Btiiuon) and t ad testimonials from i-his.patrons, vJintiiningtrieeicmEntsi fmoslo.with easy an I progressive exercises to pe/fect fhe player in the art or-rou^dc ;efther piano or orgai.) to which i add/dover *lxty Waltzes, Polfcas, Mmrches. Galops., Uperatio Meiodlei*. X>ances, etc., by Oan- lir'. Beatty. Washington. Naw Jersey, ,om of the best worts ol Its kind ever In troduced, anU should be in l every piano and .irg.'in player, paid to any part 01 tho Untied Staleu or Canada for ooiy Oft hivlajj j^ea re luce '-veryw>ere. Adiress ____ BEATi'^rvsrashiasioe, Seir Jersey Canada for ooiy Ufty cents tbe pi'ce j _ bnnro Art a to mtro<iuce n some of whom you may know. Ad- Daniel- S. J dross DANIBL F. BEATTY vVash- ington, New Jersey., thrown over one arm. I mis uluni;, Mr. NVinstou.having gone to the house some half an huiir; befoie, locliing the safe, in which hekipt our hooks mid pa pers,"mid taking tbe key with him, us usuar: . . I had already closed the itampi r to the Htove, put, on my overcoat, and was just in the act of turning down' the liinp; butj of course, 1 waited. . "Guid evening, bir," ea-id the man, bustling up to the stove, anil Jiicking the damper open with his (fight'foot. "Has Winston j;one (to the house 1" 1 answered that he had. / *' Wlien 1 I was afraid of it." "He drew out his! watch l-u vory. fine one, I thought. " I shall not liaie time to go uj;," he said. ' The tiain is due in bf- teen minutes." " Ii thero anything I can do T' 1 asked. ( " I wanted .to leave so/rite money with Winston. I intended to stoj) in town a day or two, but I hiive just got u despatch that calk, me home.',' . j ' " What name, sir 1" '- " Anderson, of Andeisanville." I knew him then,'though I hud seen him but once before. He had been one of our best Western cus toiners. I say hudi been, for the reason that during the past year his- payments hud not been so prompt. Ini fact, he was consider ably behind, and Winston had that very day told me to write him, aijn "punch him up a little," 'as he ex pressed it. The letter was:theiV in the breast pocket of my overcoat : "You call leave the money with me, sir, and I will give you: a re ceipt." 1 ' , He seemed to hesitate, which nettled me somewhat. I have never blamed auyone since, how ever. ".: " Hpw much is riiy bill V herask ed, eyeing nie niiarply, I anawered promptly, for I had struck the balance not more than half an-hour bufore ; '. .,- . "Eleven thousand seven huudreil a^id fifty dollars and twenty-three cents.!' " Humph !' less than I siipppsed. Write out:; a receipt for- that amount." : , "' He left the stove, and came and looked over a\y shoulder whito I vyrote. , " It's all right, Mr, Putnam. 1 1 Winston a long time, jl can toll your Bigiiatiiro aiiyMlmre." 1' Ho drow from an insido poikot ' a largo,- black wallet, very round and fall, and, counting out eleven different piles of barjk-notes, hi) told 1110' to run them over. It was a short and easy task, for each pile contained just ten ono hundred dol'ar brills. Tho balanco was in fives-, tens and twenties, andli,t-took moro tiino to count thorn ; but at last wo got it so that both vvero sutisued. At thiB . moment wo heard the whistlq for the station. Anderson aprang for- his travelling bajj, und, giving mo rt hasty hand-shake, was off on tho run. I closed tho door rnd counted tho mdney agnin. Finding it all right, I wrapped a piecu of 'news paper; around it, and slipped it into my. overcoat pocket. I did not feel qiiito easy to have so much money about me; but lis Winston's houso was at hmst a mile distant, I concluded to keep,it until tho morning, when I could ; deposit it in tho bank. > . " I closed the dumper again, drew on my gloves, took' the ollice key from the nail just over the door, und stepped up to put out the light. As 1 did so, I saw a bit of paper on tho floor; which, on [licking up, I saw was tlje receipt I wrote foi Mr. Anderson. - He had droppod it in hia hurry. I put it in my pockot, and thought no more about it, only that t- would mail it to hinj. I would have done it. then, but us the last mail fjbr that day had gonojotit on the train which took Mr. Anderson, I could do it just ad well in tho morning. Then, too,,I was in something of a hurry that night, for I had an ap .poimment ; and I may as well state here that it was with a young lady, who, I hoped, wotild bo my wifo' betore many months. I hastened to my boarding house, ate my su| per/an i then, went over to Mi". W.-liner's wearing tha over coat with tho money in it, as I did not feeljeasy about leaving it in my room. Annie was ut home, of coins?, as she was expecting .nie, and, leaving my coat and hat" in. the hall, I went into the parlor. I do uo't think that a repetition of our,'conversation" would be very in teresting, so I will pass it, merely remarking that fiitMug occurred to disturb me until I arose to take my leave.. Annie went wit j the cntty for my coat and hat, that I might put them on by the warm tire, but she came back with only my hat. "Why, Fred, you cei;t;tinly did not venture out on such ii night us this without an overcoat 5" "No coat'" I exclaimed, in a dazed sort of way, for I ho thought of the monoy flashed upon' mo so suddenly, had almost stunned me. The next moment 1 tore past her like 11 mailman, us I was. i The coat was gfano ! . Then I was unnerved. I grasped at the gtair-rail, and caught it-just in time to-support Tnysdf. Annie came .running out, her face pule with alarm. " Oh, Fred ! are yOn sick 7 Let inn call mother and the dnctoji ! You are as white 11s a sheet I" I ' " No, no, Annie !" 1 entreated. ' There, I am better now.". r And I was better. 1 was strong, all at once--desperately "strong. And" what jbrought about this change?'that simple receipt which I bad [ill iny pocket. Anderbon had nothing to show that the money had been [mid ; and was not my unaided word as good us List Iwjis foolish enough to bolieve. that I*could brave it through," und I grew confident and quite easy at once. : ; "!There,' Annie, I lim.nnu-h but ter now. The room Was too warm, 1 guess. So some sueaiiing thief has dodged in and stolen-my'; coat? WitII, let it go. It was an old One, und now I'll have _u_ better one." keep qiiiob to-day. Uy-thewuy, did you write to Anderson 1" I do not know how T managed to ro dy, for the question set mo to si ivo ing from head to foot, and I was so weak that I could scarcely sit in my chair. 1 must havo answered in tho uilirmattvQ, however, for ho said : " Thon wo may; look for nomo- ihing from him to-morrow i>r the next day." ; Immediately after he added : " Why,i Fred, you shiver as though you had tho ague, and you u'ro swi using hko a butcher!. You're sick, man ! Oo'fiio, jump into my cutter, and'I'll take'you home." I was glad of tho chance to get away, upd; roaching my room, I locked njyself in. Wii s.oii sent a doctor round, but I refused to see him. Then Wins ton cai-iio himself, Iriit I would not open the door. Then my landlady aiiif, thon somo of uiy fellow- boarders; but I tujimed thorn ull away. Ah ! thoso were terrible hours that I passed, and the night coming on brought me no relief. Can you not guess what I was meditating 1 Coward that I was, I had at last resolyed noon^self-destruction; 1 coinuiuiicetl my preparations, with the same calmness und deliber ation that I would have used iu iho most common transaction. I wrote a short explanation for Annie, another for Mr. Winston, a third for my-poor nlothor, und I sealed them all. Iu a fourth envelope. I enclosed tho receipt to Mr. Ander son. All this accomplished, I went to my secretary and took out the weapon of-death.. Tt was simply a revolver, small and insignificant enough, in appearance, but all-suf ficient. Having examined the cartridges to make sure that there would be no failure, I sat down before tho fire to gather courage. It may be interesting . to know that no c :urage came to me, for the desperation the growing fear of life I can in no wise call bythut name. It was simply cowardice. Yet, whateyer you may term it, it- was ull-suilicienc for the time. It in, i to? His OoTimdchcc. Some one,; a figure arrayed in white,/with frills around,its head and blood in.ir* eye, lot him i and ho lugged with easy gracejn tho first chair that went past him, after ho had made *evorwl vain ut : tempts to ait upoji the piano. The reproachful figure of Mrs. Bosbys chell regarded him with calm severity, und her icy silence .made him fe.ul uncomfortable. " Moggarcck," he said thickly, hut with grave earnestness,'" Mog- gureck" ("Mrs. Bosbyschell's (ii<jt name is Margaret), M I've hic-r- I'vo gotta gotta quincken^d coshielste." ' " A what?"- asked Mis. Bosbys- chell, in calm disdain. " A quicker) coshience," repeated Mr. Ilosbysclieil. ' " A quicked coshience. A -I've"got some thing ommy mine', liloggart. I've gotta ^-codfession got a cpflession t' niilke."i " Ydi^ can muke it in tho morn ing," she suidjimppriously. " I am going to bedVNyYtfu can sleep where you please, or rather, where you can. . " Naw," protested Mr. Boshys- eholl.with mucli,vohemeuci3) "can!t -can't wait can't got' sleep 'ith th' sload ommy ommy mind. Got cofi'ession t','mako, an' inns' mug'--make it.' Dono suthiu', Moggart beena load ommy mind long tune. Been hie carryin' guilty secret 'round 'ith me too long. Quickened coshience won' gimmic won' gimmy hope-^- hic no peace. Mua' tell you sumpthin'-ilogert;; sumpin' ' Tl s'jiriso you. I've-------" "Mercy on me, man 1" exclaim ed Mrs. Bosbyschell, startlod from her composure. " What HiTByon beep doiiig ? tell me quick, tell tie, for heavou's sake !" . "Moggart," said Mr. Bosbys- chell, " it's sumthin' yenev hic-r- nev;ersuspec* suspected. > It'll mos' kilLye. Hie-: ^nigh drive mo crifev. 'Sawful t' thiuk b'lieve it of me. : Margaret,1 y' ye wouldn'. -Fye been ------" > " Speak !" . shrieked the almost AVI a Woman Knows* A sensational reporter on a Chicago paper wnt to see a young lady he is^keeping company with, thc-other wight. She. met him at tho door witli a colorless face. - " u)h, i'om !" she cried, in an agitated voice, "we have had such a scare! Mil was coming "down stairs, and sire caught her foot in tho.',carpet and went the whole- length " ^ "Hold on1." shouted the excited youth, diving nervously in his hip pocket for his note-book, while J>e whipped out',a pencil from another recess, " Now go on ! go on, Matilda - but be calm . For heaven's sake be. calm ! i-be calm ! Kill her ?" j" ; " Gracious, no !" " Break her back ? Crusli her skull i Be calm !-rbe calm! For the sake of conscience, be calm 1" " Why, Tom !" gasped the girl, frightened by his impetuosity, " it wasn't serious.- It was-------" "Wasn't serious ?" he gasped, in turn, ." Do you mean to say she didn't break anything after all that fuss?" "Why, certainly no i She never hurt herself a bit J" " Well," ejaculated "the young man, witli un expression of disgust -on his face; as he 'sadly restored tho book and pencil to their places, " that's nil a woman, knows about business." .. '; " But-wu's there nothing in the pockets?" asked Annie. It ;is stiiinge how suspicious guilt will make, us. I really thought that Annie suspected mo, and. un angry reply vvjis on tho end of my tongue.. I suppressed it, however, and utter ed a- falsehood instead. : VlNot,king of any consequence, Annie: ..A. i;ood pair of glovet and some other tiiding'notions," " I am glad it is no worse, Fred. Now,-if yon will wait just a mo ment, I will got you one of father's coats to wear home." . Tlius equipped,! Ieft!her.- j You may guess that my slumbers that.-night were not very sound," nor very refreshing. I never pas$ ed a moro miserable night, nnd in the niorning my haggaud looks were the sntijeet.of rerhuJrk. : '. , j , "Why, Fred, you look as thougji you had met a legion of ghosts last' night i-' Baid. Winston, " What is the mat,ter1" : 'ili had a bad night of it," ll answered, with a sickly smile, : "And you'll have another; if know you now. You'vo been with you're uotcaioful. You had better suspense. _. " Speak, tell mo all, quick! Oh, I could .tear her eyes, out! Tell me, you. brute, what ds her name ? Who ia she V " Wh hip"1 Who'sh who !" djmanded Mr. Bosbyschell, in blank amazement. L " Tho Woman,, yon wretch!" yelled hiff wife : " who is tlio wo man V [.'::';' " Oh, shaw, -Moggart," ejaculat ed Mr. Bosbyschell, ," tain, th hic^ that.' Wusaun that.', 'Siuorn dreadful. Hic-^ 'smore crushiu'-. You hie, y'wpii't hardly b'liovo it " " S[ioak !" wailed the anxious woman, wringing her bauds. " Sjieak; let me know tho worst ! What have you been doing j" " Moggart," said Mr. Bosbyschell solemnly and with the air of a man upon whom a quickened conscience had wrought its perfect work, " Margart," he said, nerving him self /or tho slioGk^pf confession," " Mnrgoit, I've yhic^Tjexn drink ing !" nerved my arm, and, lifting the re-; frantib woman. "I'm wild with vulver,. 1 phiced its cold, deatJi- dealing muzzle against my fore head. Iii another second I should havo been lifeless ; but, just us. my finger began to press the trigger, there camo a tup on my door, i , It startled me, unci, Jjastily con cealing my weapon, JD 'Sailed out that I could admit no one. " Not- me, Fred?1', I know Annie's voice, and a yearning to look on her ioved'face got the mastery of me. ; Quietly slipping tho tell-tale letters, which I had left on tho tuhlu, futo my pocket, 1 opened tho door. " Oh, Fred,.you are real sick !" exclaimed' Annie, tho moment the light fell on my [face. " Why did you not seud forf me i Aren't you better ?" . , . "Worse," I answered,'huskily ; " but, Annie t^ood heavens.!'.' As I uttered this exclamation I started back, and then forward ; and then I Ecaivply know what, for, hanging across Annie's arm, was my overcoat ! - ' . Recovering from my astonish ment, I snatched it from her, and tlirust'myi hand into tho pocket. I drew out eleven thousand' seven hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-three cents. You have heard about, - and per haps seen, the singular capeis'bf a mailman, or the wild' unties of those crazed'with rum, or the gro tesque dancing of sjyages. Well, judging from what Amyo told me,, and from tho uppearunco of my" [>;irtuieut uftt-r-dt was ull over, I am led to believe- that were it pos- siblo to coiieemra'ta thoJ three ubove-iiiehtioHed s]i(,'eii'B of demors into one, their-capering and danc ing w-'Mihl apueai- tame in compari son with mine.that night. But I cooled down alter a whilei and just iu time,.to save Annie's head a thump from the chair or the washstau 1, which I had select- ' ed as partners in my crazy, waltz.. Then I asked for an explanation. It "was the-simplest thing iniai/iu' able. I do pot know why I had notthoughtiof.it hofore' it;\v.as. siiiiply a blunder of Annie's father. , fTe bad mistaken'my coat for liis own, and -Worn it down town, never drcariling .that a small foi'- tune was lying idly iii the pocket. ', Wellj'.I didn't have the brain fever over the.atfair, but I was the next door" to it.-'. - J;' mado a. clean breast of the wholp thing except ing my?attempt; ;Or, -rather, my resolve, at self destruction.. - No ono over guessed' that part of itr and I d,oll. it to-day for the -first time,. .......:.. I sent Mr. Anderson his receipt, handed .over the money;-to Mr. Winston, and went right on with my ..diiti(js,..a" wis6r.ahd.ia b'etteV man, I hope. AndJ tomorrow, God. willing,'I Bbnll- ie$\ Aiiuie to tho altar, -. :' . ' . . When times are dull wages are low. Accept tho situation and take lo'w'wagea rather than remain idle. Trade's" unions are fushion- ublo among the lazy, who want morn pay for less work. Tho best trades union" is A ;urii'on of body and soul at'hard work', for the best price that can bo had. If you cannot get five dolhrrs for a job, take four. If you cannot get four, take three, or two, or even( one, rather than to do nothing. , Every man should be his own. muster. He should master his 'mind}., his body, and his will; anddo masterly work to insure better times. Mind your own businflssl lijid do not at tempt to , master otlier people, or control tlie.ir wages or their hours of labor.- Earn something daily, and then'at. least one person,' will seo hette'r timep. .' j Go to Work. Tho way to make gpod- timea^is to (work for them, 'Standing idle will not improve matters one whit. Standing ...still, and whiningi and wishiug and doing .nothing wijlnrjt make corn grow,; or ships Bail, ;dr tiurniy wheel, or,build a, houso, or a debt.- Go to work, j Do thing. If; you ..cannot j fiud; ling else to do, dig your |ow.a' gray }, for you'will soon need ,it ifi you jontinueiaithe rnpks,.ofidlers. How Came lie Tliere ? i i------------- . i . One day a visitor to a prison saw a gang of convicts going from their day's work. They -were walking "lock-Btep," each jirisoner crowded close against another, their "feet moving together, theirurms. pressed back, with each due's hands on the forward one's shoulder. ; Between a great roiSTgh man, and a negro, with a low cruel face, Vas*a slender refined young fellow. . " How came /isiierel" asked-the visitor, and the prisoned overheard the question, if not the reply,""Oh, a breach of trust cheated his em- plovers out of twenty! thousand dollars." - r- ;"' A^feSv minntes laten, the young man sat alone iin his miserable cell, out of whk--h daylight had faded ; cowering on his hard bed lie pictuij- ed to himself thp world outside, full of warmth, and.light, and comfo'ct, That question came to him again sharply: " How came you here? Was it really for tho stealing of that last great sum ?" Yea or no. Looking back twenty yoars lie saw himself a merry hearted school-boy, ten years old.; Ha remembered so well one lovely Jtiue day^why he could fairly Beo'thoroses in bloom .over tbe porchy an'4' the dress his mother wore whilo at her work. Freshest of all before him stood his good oidlTJncle John.-such a queer,- kind: .forgetful old nian !.;. That very morning he had Bent-him to pay a bill at the country store and there was Beven'ty two cents left, and,. Unci John didn't ask for,it. When, thfiy met . that nonn, this boy, now in prison, stood there under the beautiful bluo sky, and a great temptation came. "'Shall I give -it back because I ought, or' vvuit until he asks ? If he 7ierer does, that ia hfs own lookout. If he does, why. I can get it again to gether." " ' '; Tho birds sang as.sweetly as if.a Bdul was not in 'danrrer as if u boy was not making his whole future.' The boy listened not to the birds, but to the evil spirit whispering, and ho never r/ave back the rrionetj. Yea, twenty thousand dollars brought the man to the prispn door, but the-boy turned that way~ years' before when he sold his honesty for seventy-two heins and jiever re deemed it. That nighf iiJ5 hesat in the chilly cell-} Uncle (John1 was long ago dead, the old jipmq desol- atoj hfs qio.ther broken-htartsil, and- the prisoner knew what, brought him there was Hot the man's'deed alone, but the child's. - Had. the tcn-year-pld bdy been true to his honor, life now would have been<ulr' different.- One little cheating was the-iirst-of miny, until liis charac- was eatnn out, cpul^'bear no test, 'and"'he vvrecked his.hopBs:ani] man; liness.- - . How to Live a Couyle of en- lurics. If anybody wants to Uvea couplo of centuries, (V) let 'bhu never overfeed, nnd (2) lot "him-never get drank. At least, these nre tho rules of Iw-alth laid down by Miguel Selis, a 1 a'.f-broed farmer :in the foothills 'of .tho' SidYra Meslia, New Gnnida, who- confesses to , being 180 years old, but ia boHeved by lvis neighbors to be really much older. Dr. Luiz Hernandez wiio has recently paid him a visit, found him at his , woi-k.rhs his Orchard ; his skin whs the color of parchment, hut Le'warf robust tfnrl acijve; lisBnow white hair was twisted^ turban fashion round hiS^ head, :afi"d his eyes were so brighii that the- doctor felt quite uncom- forta!uV:when they were quite un comfortable when thoy were turn ed upon him. Miguel said that the secret of his living acentury or\- t wo was -very simple sioiply nerer getting tfrtmk and never overfeed- ing. '" I eat'Jdijly once a dav, a big, hearty meal, which is oftep takeH me half an .bohr to get through; but, yon see it is nDt possible in half an hour to gat moro than you can digest in the next twenty-four." He went on to say that ho not made "tip" his mind about -merfV hu.t he,did' not eat much of it. He fisted on the first and middle days of each . month, eating nothing, Jmt drinking all the water-he could- swallow! He al way a let cooked food cool' before tasting it ; and to -this precaution ,he attributed, the fact that hia teeth are as sound as they were 180 years ago. Dr. Hernandez was informed by some of the oldest inhabitants, of the district that they well remembered Miguel as a re"- piited centenarian wJienHhey we-'e. boyo; also that Miguel" Solis, colored farmer, appears ifJ^o writ, still.preserved, of the contributors jto-tbo building fund of a S*rancis- ican monastery near Sad Sebastian, which was founded'in 1712, and that the present abbot is posit1>'o it is,the same man. But protract ed as has been his sojourn.on earth, heJma not succeeded in winning the respect! of his fellow-beings. The Indians, in. the neighborhood firmly believ^e that he has sold hb soul to the devil-.- - 1 ! A Remedy fdr Decaying - Fruit. . About forty-five years ago there vvas Btanding .in thp vicinity of Honesdale, Pa., a.pear tree which, was'so nearly dead that it was aboiit being cut ;'down. Tho mother of [the - having a partiality for the.fruit of this par ticular tree, and: thinking that* it" might be suffering from worms at the roots, resolved to attempt its restoiation to health. ~ She accwd- ingly caused the earth to be remov ed from about the tree, uncovering the 'huge roots upon which was paurted a largo quantity of lye made from wood asl:es.; Tho > ex- cavation was filled with leachedashes, and all. the dead limbs ra-T moved, which- left the tree a nearly lieadless trunk. The results in; this case were a most remarkable growth of wood, followed1 by great produbtiveness, which continued ceitainly forty years afterwardo. some anyt icides arq mora- frequent in sprir g-time,. but true inwardness' comtsonly with the green apple season, , . ...!. .;: tvp.w last' rfay ffennery tho TIII;"; aajitho p saidT-when.he rjaused-. at the heii'Toost lie visited before" nrpak, Tlia Cuban correspondent of the Pittsburg Vts)kitch hrtsTlfeen" in. Havana three Weeks, "anyt the; only thing h& has wi-itlOn-'tO bis-paper is thelstartling fuo.tithat .H.a can.get' two glasses of brandy for fifteen cents.., However, he did ,well 6 rerrieruber even that much. ., The discovery -htisi been made "tuat the world do88 not revolve' wit,h.t^& sarue niotiqn^thftt .it.did u' thousand years ago; but it- still swings'round fast enough to^atisfy the man with tk heavy note,coming due. : When a young man in Patagonia wants a wife,'he rides out and lasspes one.jindMn ^he niore eivil- ized.United ^tetatGS of Atiierica when a.young:man,. wants ; a wife, but does'not como to time, thedas- floes him for a,breach of promise1. :~?4 Two brothers lived in a village ih^fe!isey.. .They Were twins, and their extraordinary resemblance to each Mother caused many queer mis takes. IThe, following story is told of them, hut wo do not vouch for it:" An Irishman, was offendied by one of the biothers, arid was along time Watching his opportunity -for reyeiige.. Tho twins woro constant ly together, and although.Pat was pretty well able to manage one, lio* considered .'Unit tho 'whipping '.of both together vvas a...luxury he- could not ufi'ordto induLge in. At last, however, be .-net one of -theni alonej but was not quite sure that he had thu right niaii. He deter mined to inquire into the matter. " Is that you ?" said",he, "or aro you only, your blether'?" Tho .fellow, taking iu the . situation, answered,'." Oh, I'in only in y - Brother."' ' ' Then it's' well for you it:isii't yourself that's in it" said Pat, 3 ho walked "off-'with a clvar cousdience. ^t..' Edison's phbnogntph can whistle, sing; howl ind jaw, but' it can't throw a'stonc at'a yowling cat on the" back fence, or- 'kick a cliromo agent off tho froqt stdop. There is.-stili lots-of roam for improve ment, .' ;.'....' ...'(. ' Vyhe.n two girls meet; they kiss. When frwo'young tiiery meet, they don't. That 8h6\va-~'ho want< kissing the worst. ;'l.i. The phonograph is likjs the small brother of a yqung"'-I;id}V . It will repeat everything said in, its "pre s. ence without regard to blushes. The^.n\b_ja so -balmy tha(r;th yoiuig woman who'is taking-piaat lessons can have the.-window , up. This is very gratifying to *li of ij :'-'> "..'.- ' . I ,1 ' ' fit -. It djv 3! i:' I': I.' r^ f ii! if; i'i-.;-Sa