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The Acton ESS. T*lmme III. No.49 -Whole Xo. 150 AOTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1878. V i -j-J; r Ql.OO per annum in Advanc ! miE AtTON p^Bil PRESS 18 Published fVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AT THF. , Free Press Building, Xext U\thc Tost Office Tir (One doIHr a y*>a,r, strictly In 4vft&rc f not pa J b* for* three nionthfc on* dollar and a half will bo charged; or two dollar* It not ivald till the end of the year ^itifilo c^>pit.!> three eeuts No p\p*r will bo seut wan} per>ciu mort k*n ono year unpaid. Itvrssor \.o\ lU-ristNo ElglitceuU jwr lluef w arst ln>cr|loa. and two cents p*r Uae for *aeh subsequent llnortlon. Sa>rt a tTextlsements ol eight lines and under, %l for tlire^ lu^ertlon^. Bulnps Crds of eight lines and under, $lier - annnm \ liberal <ll<co.int allowed on ndver lUcmiania Uiirtcd fo' exiende I ivrlod-. Atvertlseuieats withontipocl.il ln^iruc- v.ooi m^ertod till forbid, and charged accardtn^li. An; Spec ^l Xot'oe, the object or whlcli li to" pnmo.e- the pecuularj benent ol o\ tndl\ rJ-ial or c >mp.\ny, 10 bi; conoid ereJ an aJ\ ort-euionl Tra.-slenl adNertiniu tils to be p Udfor who i ordered. All .iive-uwni: acci>aat~ Ten ter-*d quarter'* . ^Co.icea Of Birttvs Mi-niges and r>ia< inverse! free ( T. ALBE&T MOOKE, Pub'lsher.5; Proprietor A.' CTOX BAK.ERY BCSIXES3 CARDS. w c .... I- l 1V-^ - H. Lb WHY, M. B., M. >! 1 inlii ' 1} NU . lll^ ROBT. T. e-'-c .'* } OCJJl1 ' ' >f ' t III 1 1 t'l ..t-l t t-t >w. Pay si- . l '1. \ J L'ol- . ,r ' i-ite ol \ ctorl i. i n "oib 'i. m,t't'4 \\ et Bower -treet, D<;. it. uo n. ir,- n, l*-f.. N iV \ '* C * a Ta^* 2aF =*"d t^<-jn p, tu. H-s'.-l nco - A-TiiX. D HENDERSON, Convey- Afc-s-. AC , alo A^enl CvmJa PIT* i-ict Co. Uo.>d-. Mn-tg*;;t ? tit on r-fA.^vb'e Krn Mono* to sl,T*a oi \t i-t; i^e aecuntj . Office- It %fO r A >a->. tc.on. __ $7est End Bookstore. GUELPH, VOK BOOKS & STATIONERY Seaside Libraries' Lakeside Liabrknes, Fireside .Libraries, . Boy's Libraries, N. "2" Libraries, TMV. UONtST UASKBDPT. Yon, I'm a rinaod man,-K a to I Evorythine is gono at laat! Nothina to show for the trouble and tot? ! ' Of tho "iroary yoara thai ato iBt; ) Housi'i anil landa and uionw aud all, Have taken mugs aud fled, This \ ory niorniug I sigucd away Tho roof from oNcr our| head. I shouldn't cam for myself, Kato ; I'm UBcd to tho 'world's rough ways, 1 \ o dug and delved, aud plodded along Through all my manhood daj a ; But I think of } ou and tho children, Aud it almost breaks my hoart. For I thought so surely to gi\c my boys And girls a splendid start. So many years on the ladder, I thought I *b eottiug bo near tho top t Only a few > ears longer, and then, I foudly expected to stop. And put the boy a in good places, Kato, \\ ith an easier life ahcal, But now I must c'\ o tho prospoct up ; That comforting thought is dead. "I'm worth more than myxoid," eh, Kate' | You re good to look at it bo, But .t nun isn't worth \ cry much, Kate, \\ hen his lmr 13 tnrniui; to siun\ ; My pour little girls, i\ith thuir soft u hite liands And lunovcnt eje3 of blue, Turned adiift in the cold and heartless world, What can and vthat will wo do! the Latest JD. illTHESOS, Vttorney jt* )-! j inerof \Jaln and Ciiurcb lud all Sliest aa.d True, ISillred, jo-wel of a, Girl, Toung No>cls. A Ol hi- Uuhlt "j M'ul i>n*u\iitbj at R. \Y. rEl'KIE CpiiE 0>TABI m W. CJOi*E, Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, Guelph. Ord*r ^y ra^ 1 p*nip:'T attended to. "DOYALEXCUlNGEUOrtX JLV "1-jK.C.ars, Hni.ille o- Hue o s t <Kn bar i -^ ITil ,sl^ brani" ">' 1' 1 ' '"" ^Ul^ ns, u' ' Hr.il-d .11 V.H. Ml-ase lb Th xl comiuo-! >--. Hon - In ii n^l e mm r<- il room. l,lir Hie clioice* vi 1 c ^.r* r-;-"l is- e Ki^c '. 1 r. Hum > j^ t^^^ p;l^- if til"1 K. CT. \KK, Proprietor E\KY L, DUVIiE, in H1 f.1 ELPH, c M-rc.ul If 'i-l ^'st,rI,f All bii.ne.s ntr.is-oJ to *>-*J<\ *}" '^ Bc^fc.tore, li leipn. orle.s.br aitressetl t * 'j4 P or uo 'A wlUreeeire prompulicnU^ DRAKE mull l'o-io:ace<, ADDLERY, ACTOIT. Bay yonr IIimes nt the (Jntario Nid'ilerv, where jou get tho worth of your money. A splendid lot of NEW COLLARS on han 1. r^J- \\[ parties intending to pur- cna^e Harness thould do so at once before the rush commences in order to secure a pood set. R. CREECH Acton, Jan. 7. lb"8. " An honest failure '" Indeed it was. Dollar for dollar piid, Aud never a creditor siiffircd. |\liatc'or Hard, uufWliug people ha\e/said Better are rajja and conscience ckar Than a palai-e aud thi&ht.3 of uhainc ; Oni. thing I (shall lea%o to mj children, Kate, And that is an honest narae. What'a that' "Tho bo>i aro not troubled a bit1" The} are roadj now to begin And cam us another fortune, and work Ami toil through thick and thin, The noble fclloi\8 ' alrtadj I fttl 1 ha\eu't so much to bear. Their courage has lightened my heayy llnad J 0 miaerj and despair. "And the girls are so glad it ^as honest ; Thoj d rither not drees so fine. Than think thi.3 did it uith money That wasn't h.mi-atlj mme Thcj're ready to show what they'ro made of. Quick to eim as well i to sire, My blessed, good l'ttle diu^hterd. So generous and ao bra\ e ' ' And yon think we needn't iret, Kate, \\ hile wo have each other left, No matter of what possessions our lues Have been by thia stroko bereft Ycu -ire right, Kate ; with a quiet con- Beieuc.e, And a \v lfe so good and tr jo, I'll put band to tho plough agiin, Aud I know that we will pull through. PVTEN'T-i for INVENTIONS ^1 - ml 1 -1\ a 1J pr > wrlj -(.cured lo 'ia il-e, in- Tulle! -*t-iTj. i-nISurope, i*iii .. ff ia-^ 1 ,1 or fur ^rli^ li Mtruct.ons atls'i t-*n j <rar* htrd \ I U~ i*n'-ii EijlreT, tsniianl Draixn.sniAn. r< \K .u<-> innptr UKN'Kl Uhl-T. *j' 1 ,wn. I'an.i la, -~o lcl.or of P -OLIVEE LOZIER,iMastercr, -. Pl*aurtng ail K ijb*cas:ing done on * - . -*.* rrta^nrih'e terta^, ixx s ills fa c- on 2UAfantfted. TAR I GRAFT C 2'acAu? Rap d, G/d, h- Writing ) _ Xhose wishing to learn -HAND to addreS3 THE OLD SQUISE'S MISTAKE. "Tree heirts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Xorman blood owned a fine T>OSSlX HOUSE, Acton. JLV Close 10 ibe G. T. Hallway Station Excellentaccomiao'lalion foj;thptravel ling pabllo, THOd. CAill'BELL. Propr 9HIMOX HOTEL, Acton. Ribert t?T=w, "roprievor.rhe SHORT^ would do welll S. \Y. GAXBRAITH, Fret Preei, Acto new Hovel is nt1 up in nrst-cla^s style with ne furniture. Commercial T-aTellers w! llnd^ojl accommaloMoD >i l comraolloa-i S imple rtoomB. Special vit.ntlon pall to tu wont, oftbetr Un? pn jlic, Rarnupp'le' with the LitqairK^nd Ciirs. attentive Hostlers. Si>ec ravel- best ng anu w M. HEMSTKEET, Licensed AnGtioneer - ------nd Ifoi th Cojntlei of Wellington una 'Hnl-' ton. Orders l<>rt at the Kbee Pbeis Offl^e, Vcton, or at mr residence, In Koekwod. *s|lS bp promptly atteudei' to. TrmiTeasorf*ble. TO tffEPUBLIC OF ALL >* V- TlOfiB POLITICAL CREED*. If yoo wjant a good AUCTlUNEEa try GEOSGE GIBBS, H underttandi his business. Mail aM. Address Hlllsbarg P.O. Squire Atheiton owned a place, and lmd a plethoric runt roll, s>o that money need not have been an object in the. helection of a wife for hib only bon, fcJynl. Not being of a romantic tempera- iuent,he had given but little thought to the mutter, merely looking upon it as essential, that at some distant tinio Cyril should form some suit able ulliunce, so that the name need not die out, but there need bo no haute, aud a fortune must be among the lady's advantages. ~ What, then, yas his surprise and* dismay, 'when Cyril Qaine to him one morning and asked his consent to a mairiage with a poor "Then it will be with a clour conscience. Your father is an old man, and it might shoi ten his life, if you should prove-] disobedient and ungrateful. I can not conio butwoou you and vour father." . | Qyiil listened to her with flush ing eyoB. " Then you will throw mo over? I, whd worship the very giound youi feet have touched. Oh, Hilda, I did not think it o( you. My father was right," he continued, gloomily. " llo said all women are alike solhsh and mercenary." " Don't, Cyril; I know you can not believe it of mo ! Hear me ! If you were to bo crippled in mind and body, and miserably poor, and no one else had a prior claim to you, I would work myself to a shadow for you, and consider my self happy in doing sn. It is bo causo 1 lovo you better than myself that I will not let you do wrong But I will protuiHO to co solitaiy and alone, bo fai as human lo\e is concerned, to my gra\ o, if it so bo that-v.o cannot marry. Dearest Ujil, go home to j out fithcr and do as.he wishes, fully and ejitiiely, God's blessing will surely rest upon the dutiful son " Her voico broke.? With a v. ild impulse she thrrw Hei aims around his neck and kissjjd him again and again, between her sobB. It whs her furowcll. The next moment Cyril was standing alone in the poich, and the heavy door was shut aud bolted between them After a few momenta of bew il derii.g Invitation he niountfd and rode away. Ho could not but think forgivingly of Hildt, as he recalled her anguished Bobs, and felt htr kisses burning upon his forehead sho wiio had ever been so chary- of her c iressea Strive as he might , he did not again boo Hilda. It seemed as though sotuo unseen measniger us e\er on the alert to warn her of his approach. At last ho grow des perate, and deteimined to leaf*e homo. His father proeUicd him a commission in tho army. He wish ed for Wctivo service, aud, as it was the time of the Crimean war, ho had no difficulty in carrjiug out lua purpose. His regiment was one of the first sunt out. Hilda heard of his departure with teal fill eyes. Still she did not legtet the course sho had taken. Following tho noble exiinplo of Florence Nightingale, bhe wint to one of the hospital ti anting;schools to fit herself to follow her soldier, if necessary, and nurse some poor victim of tho war back to soothe his dying moments if he wub beyond help. But other work iwa9 in store for her A- letter fiom homo biought news of an epedemic of tho most fatal type" of uphold fe\ei in her own villige. The inhabitants were so alarmed that they were leaving the place, and nurses could not be i obtained, bo gifat was the fear of contagion. Tho concluding i item was thiB; Squire Atherton is down with it, and of all the indoor servants at the uaanoi, old Hannah, who took care of the mistress ni her last: sick ness, is the only,one left. She de clares if she leayes jhe master in his sore need, it'll only bo feet first. Without a moment's hesitation, Hilda went to tho matron, telling her sho was needed at home, and It was alveary fight with death, | nover 'will bo wiser ]' Ypu but a stioug constitution, aided by ' j *i careful nursing, carried the squiro through. Tho delerium passed away, and a deep sleep came upon him. It was the crisis. " If he nwakos rational and comfoitublo, he is Bavod," said tho doistor. " If, on tho contrary, ho fallp into a corcn, nothing can help him." Hours passed on. Every tick of the silvoi-tongued repeater; on tho mnntlu seemed to find an echo in tho hearts of the anxious watchers. At last tho critical moment cauae. Tho squire awoke freo from fever, though woak as a child. He waB saved. At first Hilda kept as much as possible out of sight, shrinking into the shadow of tho heavy damask curtains when ho was awake But ho did not Boom to notico her, and sho giadunlly forgot her caution. During his long and tedious con- valoscmieo he was often querulous and intractable. Then Hilda would take a book and read to hmi-ui hol low, musical voice, and thus soothe him to sleep. 1 She was only waiting until her presence was not absolutely nooded to go back to her self-imposed duty at tho hotpitul. One morning Bhe had been rend.ng tho Timet until tho squire was, as she thought, asleep Then the paper dropped listkpsly in her lap. Her thoughts, unmindful of time and space, wore with him sho lo\ed so faithfully and'self sacrificingly. A trembling \oice suddenly rous ed hei from hor reverio : " Hannah tells me that you, nro going away. Is it necessary ? vCin any other sick perwon need you ns much as I do ? 'Hilda looked at the old man in suipiiso A cadence, bom of lone liness and Borrow, in his voice, touched her unspeakably ; and lis sho recalled tho hale, hciity Bquiro, who often rode by tho farm in tho pleasint otU daj s, calling out a cheif il good morning to her uncle, 59 -4 , , t c tinocured her discharge. Then, young gl, the_f orphan niece ^of a." ^ ^ her prccl0US nowly. gained knowledge, she took the first -N OT1CK. In* nnlerslgned b^gs leave to an- nonee to Farmers, aDd others engpged In butter vaklng who parpoie getting a ztetr Churn toot they would consult tblr own Interest a b> ordering one of A. Holmes' ImproTrd Tabular Dash Chum*. I am now ta'k'tig orders for them, having purchased the patent right so manufacture and sell. They are without doubt the best tn the market. Tour patronage Is respectfully bollcited. Circulars and testimonials free on appli cation. Territory lor sale. Manufactur ed and sold by P. U-Ssn. L.. McDOV/VLD. Acton, ont. The undersigned begs, leave to inform the people of Acton and sur rounding neighborhood tbat be has procurod a magnificent HEARSE And is prepared to attend and con duct Funerals on the shortest notice and most moderate terms. Cabletf, Cuffins, Bin ml Robert, And all kinds of Funeral Furnish ings keptio stock, and supplied on the shortest rtotice. Hat Bands and Gloves supplied when required. " j JOHN SPEIGHT ' Aeton.Feb \0, 1877. BEATTY'S PIAN & PARLOR ORI IXSTRllcTOB Containing the elements i fmcslc.wlth easy and progressive exercises to perfect the player In the art of music either piano or orgat.) to which Is added over sixty Waltzes, Polkas, MarcbPB. Galops, Operatib Melodies. Dances, etc,, by Dan- lalF Beatty. Washington. New Jersey, one of the best works ol Us kind ever In troduced, and should bp in the hands of v^ry piano and organ player. Bent pos i- neldtoany part of the United States or Canada for only fifty cents the pj'ce having been reduced to Introduce It evervw'tr Address Dan {EL /". PSAITT. XP>mnlngton, New Jerey. V can buy first-cIaBS, Piakob and Organs cheaper of DAN- Washing IEL F. BEATTY, ___ton, New Jersey, than any other manufacturer in the United States- Why? Because he Bells only for cash, takes no risks and has no book accounts. Every instru ment is fully warranted for six years 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 they are usatis- factory. Send for Illustrated An- TERTisuB (Catalogue Edition) and -ead testimonials from his patrons, some of wh<5m you may know * A ! dress DANIEL F. BEATTY jiqgton, ^feyr Jersey, Ad- WaBb- small firmer, who lived some 4hree miles from Atheiton manor. A stormy scene ensued. They 1 parted in anger. | Cyril mounted his fatorite " Madcap " and rode at once to Deepdale farm. Hilda saw hira coming and met him at the door. Tho rash young lover had not waited for his fathei's consent to woo her, and they had been be trothed for several weeks. He had led Hilda to beliove that sho would be welcomed to his home, and, given a daughter's portion, of love. It was haid to tell her the bitter truth, and in his_ anger and disap pointment ie did not_softon jane haish word his father had Slid, even to calling Hilda a millc-faced doll, whose pearly teeth and blight eyes bad captivated him in spite of his better judgoraent. i " But we'll be married in spite 1 of him, won't we, darling? He'll ! come to liis senses then, J'll war rant. He'll think it all light when he can't help himself." Hilda's roses paled as she listen ed to the eager boy, and the happy light which had made her dark eyes so brilliant, had died away in som ber shadows, but she answered with gentle resolution " No, Cyril, two wiongs never made a light. It doesn't sound like yon to say such a thing ,Wo aie young and wo can wait until your father changes his mind." " That's what he'll never do," aid Cyiil, gloomily. "If be takes a nation, an earthquake wouldn't move him. If wo wait for such a thing, we'll-wait forever," homewaid bound train. Old Hannah was seated at the muster's bedside, looking worn and weary. Ab Hilda came softly in', diessed in her clinging groy flunnel dress, with her glossy hair hidden by a^ close fitting muslin c ip, she looked to the guipiibcd old woman like an appaiition Hilda smiled and held out hei hand as she whiB peied . ' Hilda, of Deopdale fai in 1 I am hero to help you I know what to do, so don't be aftaid to tiust me. I'll watch the master faithfully if you'll go and take a lest " I Something in the giil's quiet, lesolute manner impiessed the faithful old servant that sho was making no idle boast, or she would not have yielded up her post. As it was, weary human nature assert ed its claims, and she went gladly. She soon camoljack with'a^bowl of warm soup It tubted gratefully to the young nurse, as sho had not bioken her fast since the leception of tho letter. i After this, Hilda was left alonp, with the sick man. The night woie weaiily away, the silence only bro ken by the reBtleBS moans of the sufferer,when Hilda would straight-^ en his pillow, and pass hei cool hand With a magnetic tounh over his foreheal, thus giving him a momentaiy relief. After old Hannah was thoroughly rested, she and Hilda divided tho time in clio sick loom, and liy that meani kept theii stietgth fiom giv ing out, ' iu his stuntouiin tone, tears cumo to her eyes to boo what a wreck of his former self he had become. After a brief hesitation sho said softly : "If you need me I will not go away for the present." ,,I do need you very much," was tho reply. " So that matter is settled. Now, nuise, I want to ask you a question. H ive I ever peen you before 1 Somehow your faco seems familiar, but 1 cannot place it." Hilda felt tho blood dyeing her to life, or (face, oven to the border of her cap. She turned away, ostensibly to ad just the folds of a curtain, in re ality ts avoid a reply. Just then Hannah came in with tho mail. Important news from the army was expected, thete Tiav- lug been rumors of an engagement. Get the paper, nurse, aud run over the war items.1' Hannah caught the words and pabstd ,ou her way out In her way she was aa much interested as the squiro Wits it not her nurstl- mg who was far away on tho battle field striving to win Ins spurs? Hilda took the papei and ran her eves over the columns Ono painful aioarj| escaped her lips ; the next moment she lay appaicntly lifeless on tho floor. Tiio heavy fall loosened her c^p, and her han rolled in all its uch luxuriance around her a kindly lnantlo hidi her deathly face- fiom even old Hanna'B pitying eyes. A dash^ of cold water soon le- vived her, and as soon us tho flight occasioned by her sudden illness had subsided, the squiro tcok the paper and saw facing him in staring letters : A BLOODY ENGAGEMENT. , Gicat lo^s of officers and men Cyul Atherton, ol the Giays. mortally wounded, while endeavoiing to silence have gono forover, and thinking, too, that Hilda was critol and heartless. Oh, cruol Hilda 1 and more cruel fathor I" It made tho old man's frame quiver like an aspen loaf to hoar j tho beieavod girl. Ho folt himself almoHt a murdeior, as the low plaintive tones made an accusation against him. Ho took her hand at lost, and said : " My poor girl, forgive mo and help me to bear tnis bitter, bitter punishment. From this moment, l bo Cyul alive or dead, I will make amends to you for my unthinking cruelty both to you and to him. You shall be Iq me aa much my daughter as though you were Cyril's wifo. But as long as Cyril vas not reported dead, there may bo room for hope. He may oonio back to us yet." Hilda caught eagerly at the ray of hope. -T " <3h( tell mo truly," she said, clasping her hands in her intense eagerness, until the nails almost cut into tho tender skin, "could it bo possible that there was a miB- tako ? Do they ever put the wrong name dow n 1" " 1 have known of instances of one officer being taken for another in the haste and confusion of a bat tle, and this telegrani was sent while the battle was raging." So they tried to hope evOn while every ono else was thinking sorrowfully that tb i kind bright- faced young master was lying with his faco to tho stars i, no longer ig-^-j norant of their voiciloss mysteries, in his Bolemn* sleep. Hilda remained at the manor. It was a comfort to the old man to make, as he thought, this expiation for his fault. In order that Hilda's" position in the household /jmi^ht be fully understood, he announced her to bo his son's betrothud wife, and in vited Lady Hargra,re, his widowed sister^ to come ami lend the sanc tion of her presencd to the young girl's residence in his home. The next telegran brought cheer ing news. Cyril hia lost an arm, but was doimj well and ns soon as he srould be able to" bear the journey, to be sent home, wearing on his breast fei decoration earned by his own braver/. After this tber) was a happy household at Atherton manor. Lidy Hargrave was versed in all the womanly accomplishments, and she found Hilda an apt pupil. The Bquire cot(ld hardly show The printer and 11M Types. I How to gerre Slanderers. enough fondness fdr tho gentle girl who had been so patient and tender in care of him through his tediouB illness. The sight of her, pietty face beriding over hor embroidery, or enga'ged in weaving some deli cate ciochet pattern, seemed to him liko a tangible promiie that he was not to be h)ft a lonely old man. So the dayB wore on until the palo young soldicq- came homo. Then there was quite a wedding the festivities consequent upon tho maniage of the heir of the manor being resolved until the return of the biidul pair from a lengthened tour in Italy, when it waa fondly heped that Cyril would be fully re stored to health and strength, so that the tenantry oould he made happy by his presence, Tho following beautiful extract is from the pen of Benjamin F. Taylor, the printer poot :^- Perhaps there is no department of enterprise whose details are less understood, by^intelligent people, than the "art preservative," the achievement of the types. Every day, their life longj^people aro accustomed to read the news paper, and t9 find fault with its statements, its arrangements, its looks ; to plume .themselves on th* discovery of somo roguish acrobatie type that gets into a froluj and stands upon its head ; or of some waste letter or two in" it; but of the process by which the news paper is made, or the myriads of mills and tho thousands of pieces necessary to its composition, they know1 little and generally think less. Theiy imagine they discourse of a wonder indeed, when they Bpeak of the faiij white carpet, woven for thought to walk on out of the caga that fluttered on the back of the beggar ytsterduy. But there is something moie wonderful still. When we look at the hundied and fifty-two little boxes, somewhat shaded with the touch oi inky fingers, that compose the, printer's " case," noiseless, jsxeept the click of the types, as one. i>y one they take their place in the growing line we think we have found the maivelof art. Wfe think how many fancies in fragments there afe in the boxes; how many atoms of poetry and eloquence the prin'ter can make here and theie, if he had only a little chart to workjby ; how many facts in a Bmall "handful;" how much truth in chaos. < Now he picks up the scattered elements, until he holds in hia hands a stanza of 'j Gray'a Elegy,' or a monody upon Grimes' " All Buttoned up Before." Now he sets " Puppy Missing," and now " Paradise Lost ;*j he arrays a bride in " small caps" and a sonnet in nonpareil; he[announces the languishing " live", in one sentence transposes the word and deplores the days that are few and " evil" in the next. I i A poor jest tiekk iU way slowly into the printer'* hand, like ihe clock just running down, and a strain of eloquence marches into line letter by letter. We fancy we can tell the difference by hear ing by the ear, but perhaps not. The types that told of a wedding yesterday announce a burial to morrow -perhaps the same letters. They aro the elements to make a world of. Those types are a world with something in it as beautiful as spring, as rich aa summer, and as. imperishable as autumn flowers fiost cannot wilt fruit that shall r^pen for all time. ------------- , -4 Wealthy Men of San Eran- cisco. a battel y. lette'is swarm 1 Tho lette'is swarm beforo his eyes. He lose feebly and diagged Don't. Don't insult a poor man. His muscles may be well developed. Don't fret. The woi Id will move on as usual when you are gone. Don't color meerschaums for"a uply dying rby vn your nose at slight-!1 Think df .bread and tax- boast of your pedigiee fool has had a wise an- his shaking limbs to Hilda's Bide " My poor giil," he said, broken ly. But he did not finish his sen tence ; for, at the Bound of his voice Hildi opened her eyeB and looked at him, tiist in a dazed, be wildered way, then sho put out both hands and iuotioned him away. ' " We have killed him between us ! Do you hear t You and I Oh, my dailing ' my darling!" Tho Squiie tinned to Hannah : " Who is this young woman V ' Loid bless us, sir. Didn't you know it was Hilda f Mastei Cyiil's Hilda, wio has been linking her own life to saye yoursl" Hilda's voice mtciiupted them * " Tne grave iB tho lnnebome couch wo hiw0 given your bonny head, and your father may think it a better one for "you thtin youi low born Hilda's arm, Oh, my own O/nl, could you but know how my heart ached when I shut the doov in your face, and sent yon to do your duty; but you nevei,^ th ation. Don't Many a cestor. Don't throw dust in your teach ci's eyes. It will injuio tho pupil. Don't buy a coach to please y-our( wife. Better make her a little sulky. Don't say, " I told you bo." Two to one you nevei said a word about it. Don'6 publish your acts of chanty. The Loid will keep the account straight. Don't wiite long obituaries. Save some of your kind words for those living. ' Doij't mourn over fancied giiov Thero are over forey men in San Francisco, whose fortunes exceed $4,000,000 each. fThere are- as many more whose wealth is from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 each. None of these fortunes wei'e in- herite^d, but were acquired by business and speculative operations, and all within a period of ttfenty five years. None of the million aires have passed the prime of life, I and they are all juBt as eager in their pursuit for riches as those who enjoy nti reputation for opulence. The passion for great wealth in California .is unprece dented. Sharon, whose fabulous wealth reads like the story ofj Mo4te Cristo, arrived in Sacra mento in 1849, wheri it was 4 tent town, and laid the basis for hia fortune in a small gtocery On Ej. >street. The best way to destroy the " yarns" spun by industrious gossip-mongers is to keep straight on in the even tenor of your way and let their backbitings ' die a natural death from neglect. If you pay attention to tho unkind hremarks of false^ friends, or if you I lie awake nights brooding over slanders that run tbrougli vyour brain like foiked lightui^ga, you are only pleasing those malicious persons the more, and 'assisting I them in' their object; for, after all, / their purpose generally is mora to annoy you in .revenge for some s__ petty spite or jealousy, or envy * than to do >pu serious injur/. Besides, what is the use of getticg into a wouy about it ? If a bee should sting you, would you rush to the hire and stir it up to de-v stroy thft one who attacked you ? Would not a thousand venoined tongues then come swarming upon you who_ would-" otherwise have never molested you \ Depend upon it, that " discretion is the better part of va'or" in these cases ; and there is also a passage of Scripture which might be hero qaoted t> advantage, but which you will doubtless lecall to mind without further mention. The meddlesome busybody is generally a person with little or no ' character of his own, and with nothing in life to do, and is there fore of veiy small consequence. The worthy woikers in this^Kisy, trastling world .find no time for nonsense, and their industry ele vates them far above such little ness. If what the gossips Buy of you perchance be tru?J see to i that you set yourself right at onee, apd be grateful for the correction, however unkindly given, and thua in due course of time yon may retrieve yourself and " lire it down;" but if it be false (and ninety-nine times in a hundred it is), let it go for what it is worth, and bold yourself so high that all tho poisoned shuftB of malice will full far below the mark to wound. If \re pause to bicker with back- " biters, and to refute all the Blander* ' we encounter by he wayside, we shall soon have both handi and, heart full, and inevitably come oub- losers in the end. Tx> be Bure,. un just criticisms and accusations of which we are innocent are exceed ingly annoying, but they are never dangerous unless by scolding and combating we give them character and standing. Characters are not sudden requisitions, nor do they blossom like the cerens, in anight, for either good or ill; but rather like leligion, they are of slow and gradual growth, proceeding from the heart outwaid, aud ptiiaeating one's whole existence. They are formed abd sustained by our own purposes and actions from year to year, not by the histy and super-/ ticial comments of others. Cal-1 umniators are oftner actuated by, envy than any other motive. ^Ee- member that slander, like death, " loves a shining mark," and that, if innocent, you have no need to fret, but maiching str light ahead may safely trust your cause to the low but sure justice of publio opinion and to time, who " makes all things even." Fa.iny B. Ward. o( S> h ^Arithmetic Extraordinary. Useful Knowledge. A hour man a walks three miles horse trots seven i an31 ance. Bide your, time, and leal Bonow will come. ' Don't put on airs in your new! 'clothes. Remember your tailor is muffeiing. Don't bo top sentimental. A dead heait properly cooked will make a savory meal. Don't linger where your love lies di earning. Wake htr up, and tell h^i to get the breakfast, and 1 steamboat lutfs eighteen;! Bailing vessels make ten; sl,nw rivers flow four; storms movo thirty-six; hunioanes eighty ; A b iriel of flom weighs one bundled and ninety six pounds; a bauel of poik, two hundred; a ban el of powdei twenty-five; a fit kin of butter, eighty-four; a tub of buttei, eighty foili ; wheat, beaus, and cloverj me.&\ sixty pounds to tho bushel ;| coin, rje and flax si fifty-six?} buokwheat, fifty-, oats, thirty foui ; coai eighty five; sixty diop^ make a te.ispooufril , ttuee teaspQoufuI, or a tnblespooiiftil, one tlmd of dn ouncuj four thousand eight died and Foity squaie yaids ui. acie, a cqu.ue mile, s\x bun died and foity acres, to measuie an ucie; two hundied and nine feet on each bide, makings square there aie 2,- vo salt, hub make The Scottish Highlanders, have long been famed Tor their rough}! and-ready, but shrewd, mother wit.-^ The following, for instance, is merely a common specimen of the natural logic of the Gael; Donald, biown as a berry, and newly from his native hills, was a passenger on board & ceitain steam boat plying between Aberdeen and Glasgow. Two smsit young city- bied gents on deck thought they would have a side splitting laughs at the simple mountaineer's ex-" pense. " Donald, can you count any 1" "Och, ay," replied the High- landman, " she'll may be can count one-or two." " Thon h<iw many are here," asked the second swell: I mean my friend,luiysolf and you V The.' Gael seemed to consider deeply foi some time, then slipping his knee in sudden glai'ness, us if he had just M)he.d some problem, lie cried aloud, " well, shentlemens, theie will be ahunnei !" " A hundred," cried the laue;hter- convulsed fopsj "explain, your self." ? And a r umber of the "giggling hasseugpiji gathered jaround the tuo to hoar th*i explanation. , " Well," said Donald, thumping himself on tho bieust, " hei nansol is onr (1), and you two nothings (00's) , is not t'ut a hunnev?" (100^ The ciest-lallen coxcombs ret're<i ' ti their cabin amidst the unboun le4 : t ! - yon g fct off to work. acio within one ineh 700 languages ; ono person dies at J* '"'" , each pulsalioTTof the he.nt; aver-< la"=htei' of tha Passenger*. ugo of life thii ty one years. ~----------- , . X------------------- Owe no man anything, j we I i As we sow in temp nml hull l^arp. * lfTairt -~M 1