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....________ *&~s ' "V |<* retail by Person lueljih. . . ^ritnefr. raisin. . | f<* the Piaao. |-'.'*r the Ikuio. I School. J a-Mastof._ ^m.School. i . on sill ' - |OOKS oln's [STORE j ' Rehire Street CURED. '" ^ -t:.i -rr. ^-'__^'* -'.< iXtn-.-t, I*. J-a. ^ let,. - K. Arty to .-" v A. _L COW. I .. W e a-tr= now '-^ lh Ci'U- ; h- s-'roie of ~-re mi a :: s. -o2: i.b!- . fer. " P:ir.-> Tom'53 .'i ^ i-r-C-Jr -n:fM<- ;^rl'.oJt- Aim ? :o .*r:- -a^.h ::?.i:!t ".: w:.o >.-c- this *-:: J l*-.-t ;.< ':U.Tir-.!!:e *ed ul;,r^, -.arriy-Jea ~Trir side,p^e- rfn -eil *uh!>. s;ii!. Kwifrr, it -iCo., Panted. 9 i: f 4. -sr Tiiitll. >* Ifliolo No. 115 } AGTON, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1877. {91.00 per aimnmiii Advance, '/u?s/av:j>:j CAJWS. ________.fi__ \Y, M. HURRAH! HURRAH! II. LOTVItY. M.... i\ V. s. r^dualo..ir'Trinity' nl':>\iro.'>n*. Ofllce anil Mcsidctrpe Kiiii-n-ic,st^^, A-ftos. In the house- ,\j ,vo4w>i "r k t<mits Es>l._______I DK. R. MOUttOW. PhYSl- oian. sanioon, *c.,ot Hpllevne ful 1H*. So Virt / Iff- isoUraduate ol Vlntorla OanaJa. Consultation' vtrvys ' 9a. nilUlU Kt^ulotico West Uower Ktroet,. i/mT Rwule'.ice West Jkv PHOTOGRAPHS in the County, nt Tho Ontario Photograph Gallory For Iii\iutij of Finish and Brillian cy l'o>u,~ihty ctimioi 6t <mrpne.ittf. D HENDERSON, Convey* a ar, o.. also .VKcnl Canada Ltf Alior*iiM C* , lMds, MaTlgHRft. -. prep*rcJ ne*ity,rproiftnUy"oNrroPtlT.' c.i on reonbl<>. term*. Monoy id Ua\\x n Koriicago socuclly. Offlce J. SIATHESOS, Attorney- at-l.w, tAolictuVr In Chanepr)-, AC- vi.TJod Corner of Main *ud Churdh 8lr*ffl'. Oeorcolown. Provincial Laiid.SurV*yor and 'CivQ Engineer,1 Quelph. OrtteriT^y mwtlpr*u>r<tl7 atieQtlisl to. W3t. LAIDLAn*. Barrlste^i \t;orncy-M-iJw s..ucnor ta CftniMry, At. <>meci: Hamilton. 10 ^n| tiro*;; Milton. Mln sireei. Xtie Mlllon-Offlo* *1U h>> under Ihe Cjiaonce- meat nf L>. W. Campbell, in J Mr. Laid- la\r irlil a-.i^ail at tne "MUtop Offlee" Frtdv o/tach treet." I COPYING- & ENLARGING In all its brjinches, in the Iwst style of the art, done on the shortest notice and at reasonable rate*. .-Uo a splenJ id stock of Mouldings and Picture'frames kept on hand and made to order. A call is solicited and you will be con'vineed that' thisj is the place to got photographs. Yours rcpectfully, C. \V. HILL, j4eton, Dee. 5, 1876. H KSBV L. DRAKE, rpBAVELEBS Life and Aocideat INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford, Cons. M LOSSES. In the silence and the twilight, Sad, and all alone, t sat brooding o'er the lossos That my life had known- Loss of wealth and loss of pleasures, Theie, thiuua wero but BinaiT, Hut my anul htul dearer treasures, Aye,'and lost them all. Ouco I had a friond, bolovod, Constant to the last . Just when most I scouted to noed hor .From my world slio passed ; I was left to toil, forsaltcn, Wh ile her rest was won ; \'ot 1 said, with faith \uinhakcn; ^ " Lord; Thjvwill b<j/dono '." I had once a lovo, whoso s\vcotncss Fod njo day anil night, , Made mo strong for Work aud sorrow,-Kurved mo for the ti^ht. 'I Once, when parched by thirst unspoken For its stream I signed, j Tlieii I found lovo's cistern broken, " Arid ita water* dried. was in tho ongiaoroom with her | ioundahoad was ttiatofTomGroy's Ami liai. USCl\fi: ACEJCT. crEUTM, *|*n\ tor Wit Mercantile uml Waierloo, All ^s!dc cnti-us:.ed to rls caro ^rlll t> fitlhfu'dy attended to.- Office al Day's BooKlor, Uuelpn. Orders by mail c aJHresaM loXiiltsfph or'Doon CoitUIScn viUrcealre promr'-MUnunn H.L.DRAKE. X>VaSTS for INVENTION'S 7 etpeatllously a.nd proi>erly ecurcd ta CazaHa. lhe.L"oltl Slales and Europe, for rt'.a'^* imiructions. Agoaey In opcr. iJ.= t.ay-a. UKN'KV GRIST. Otl*" *, Canada, jt^^'jablrjl Eojrlneer, Solicitor of Pa t*au afl Draught*">* Paid-up C*h Capital...... 000,000 Cu*h A*Ktt................ 4,054,000 Surp'.ut for protection r/ I Policy-holders.......... 1,'nO.SSS Dtpotit trifA Iiominion Gov ernment............... 140,000 W1 1 .mo Haiinsai p:iva aial cou'l-"entJal ^Kett.li* fw Oace. Oie &. 1KTEX. J^BnvluaMrnatk, tlie Travelers i r STOCK COM PANY and writes Life Policies upon tha Lovr Hute alt-c&sh plan. No un- oerUun promises ofimpotsible 'diTi- \dends," T)Ut a redaction of~the pre- mium at the outset; equivalent to a "diTktend" in advance. The Trav elers writos'Life and Accident Poll- I had ouco a trusting spirit, Kven Ray; and strong, Thinking ovory smile a sunbeam, s Slow to see a wrong ; fancied friends closed in around it, : Armed with sheer and doubt, In thsir iron fetters bound it, ' Cruahed ita sweet lifo out. Yot I think that I shall find them, Friend, and love, and trust, When tho mortal vail about mo Changes into dust. Through the quiet twilight creeping. Comes an angel's tone, " They arc in a better keeping, Thou ahalt claim Thino own." TWO MINUTE8 TOO LATE. ILLIAJK VTA-THINS, , biSU-Xlrrtu' Ueca> * *>rtl*<*i*S ,Br li^rxl Appoln.ni"-ntO . i . . * ' - *>~ . '.-.ntiai jCies combined as cheap as most lil'iam, 'companies write lilQ policies. It is i tha largest Accident Insurance Com- ---------j paay in the" world, having written MRS Sc iKIEK. I 436,000 policies and paid in actual : ' - -... I cash beneiits to accident policy %amtCktxJtMMMle.9zM'mtm**w4trteMA.{bCldeTi lone over $2,565,000. An.: ' jjjocJQ^nt "policy costs but a tride. No examination required. Get d share in the general Cburea ret. Aetoa. iNS. roiijr order Factor7 <(rTiceabIe ruick for tin ' best Ei3tc:rxa3, some -Buygi'* lie -to securp jiveu to , * - _ * ' ' U 1 IctiomAbt BoorLi . Paces 'Qn*rU7 Iture- lis Heretofore1 in Tee cave add&U IperliitendentTOf C snen an " aLrn Northern, pbteru Biaifff^ ~ i, about 600G,-" ly, >,0-*arly: iiide piovitlPO LuhaaBupp"11 ' Bupplled hel It, has m4 P10*! lana were sOP-| aud many each, -. pics baVe been SooltorclUe* t cap. be mad .< :s as many ex >. ^-les, as of a"? Ift'lV the School laliouiir own I, and of the re. je an 6t*nd*rdy' Erirgfleld, MS" OUT E2 LOZiEB, Plasterer, FiLM^n^t aad lt'injli-e-jLitlng douo 00 fck^ nix*t r^^anaJ:ie ^rt-a^^aga.saUnfa^u A^VTOS PXOia HILLS. ii. &. K._NlCJiLlK, Proscietonc Ticar acd Keed always.on Land, whoJe- a*lr aal retell. (.Jrlailns; and Cnoppins; SJi.l t. Csu .'or all kla^l,; of Gr ,lu. jsaedi & policy.' beirat. C- P. Ext^SELL, . Strict Agent, 33 AdeaLle Strict Easu. Toronto. WILSON JHWIK, %Mv:ial Age.'t BOSSIN BftFSk, Aeti Clo-k: Vlltll OTT. B TJ- .-eai<iij. fc.i*'.]4nt>efjaimlatlc>B fnr QtrtruveV ll=i piMIe. tec-' * -~-------- "CX3IPBCI-U f ">pr. D( kOXIMON HOTEL. Acton, U >*j.jfl Agnt*K. Vrow-ieior.ThU tyle vitti ncv farnllure^Comint^fllaa Travellers wi 1 fled noxl arconimo lailon *cl cornmoiioa< Sample rioorun. Sjecia3 a..t-otlon p**tn tli* vQU ol Lbe iXMVtil- Hili pa-'lie, Bar *ppCe-' ^ritb. tr t>eat iilO'iursn'-vi CiZATV <iool '.^1.di5 ana M. HEMSTREET, Licensed -Ajiictioiieer w Tftf Ite COUOUC-S Of Wettln^lon alid :Hr- tf^a. Orders l^ft at the l-'iiKi: PttEMS O.IU^e, AcIod, -'or at my residence, m Itoeiscood, will be promptly attended to. Term* re asaaabl e. \\ CTOX "I? TKOLLOPE UAPMAN, Practical - Bookbiader. Ail Descriptions dI Binding "Sely Executed. LIVERY & SALE STABLE -r 9. 1". ALIAS Ta*e pleasure In nnnnunclne to lb* public generally that he Is prepared to , furnish yirat-class Horecs and Carriages ' -tA RewonfiMe KsteH. HIb Riband HorfiesHre the best that can bR had, and be Is determined not to be urpafise<l by any City Stable. /^?U>n July 1st ftrrc 1 VI- 1 jt.eecr^al Boohs of *ll Kinds Ordtr. Made to 1875. Bulintf JFrvtaptiff Att^ii^i to- DA3T SBO'Wrg THE LARGEST .-- ; STOCK'.or... WALL PAPER BiXD-zur St. George's Square, Gueps, J r Orders left at the Flute Tzut OffiM will receive prompt attention. Eyer aiiown in Quelph, all m i The undersigned begs lea*e fro inform fcfo peppjo of Acton apd sur- *oonding neighborhood tti'at fie has |>rocarod- magnificent BE ABBE AbsTU prepared- to ait'end arfd con duct Funerals on the shortat.coiio >b4 roost moderate terni,. . ' . (Like.tt, Covins, burial Robes,, "I Acd.all kinds of Funeral. Furnish- ings kepuin stocky and x'uppbed r oh' the Bhoetest notice. Set Bands and Gloves sapplied.wnen ; required. ,".... -.'. f , JOHX SPglGHX- jAcion, Feb. 10, 187J. .' 1 Netv and Choice *od priceSMKr than ever, Oittdrea's .Carriages To be sold off cbe^), at f Tray's New Bookstore ffearly oj^oette the old stand. Guelpbi April 'i\, 18T7,_^~_________ With liia good-bye ringing in her ears, Drucie Miller, re-entered iho little telegraph office, and dropped into tho chair before the clicking instrumont. Glancing nt the clock etbovo hor head, she noticed that it was almost time to close tho oflico for tho night, and seek hor humble, home at the foot of one of the dark est streets of the village. The rumbling of tho trmu which hud just left the station waB growing fainter and fa'iiter, and the girl lis tened to it as though it was the voice of a friend who was leaving pjer for a long tiiuo. She did not expect any more messages... that night ; the engine breathing heavily from its great iron lungs on the truck near her window-, w-ould not move until the night expreus had passed up, and the engineer knowing this, had sought his sweat-heart, who lived in the village. Tom Gray, tlip engineer of the train departing, whs Dmcie's lover, m'd his intimate fricudsknew when thv' \*edding was to take place. Ho had n.">t bown her long, but that did tiOt Jr.."-tter, as he was a true fellow-, who loved her. with ull hia heart, aud wlu. Tom. - ! The nimble of the tr.nn at length died a-ay, and she wksj nbout to :shut off the current and i'.a^e "*e office, when & message began to.ull ujion her care. She Btarted. for the first word drove the color from her cheeks, and standing <ovor -tho instrument she heard this juessage '^-JTumber ten. witch' at Colby till- number six paeees. Six: just starting." .i "Six just starting! My.God! They will meet!" cried the beauti ful operator, starting roia the table ; " what can I do to save him .tbem!" And willi Ikt eyes staring at the clock she stood in the centre of the room, thinking of the two trains anproaching each other through the mist that almost hid the moon. The real situation, enough to blanch a young girl's cheeks, was up]>a.lling. The order for the train winch had just Jeft Fieteher to switeh at Ool- ;by, could Dot be obeyed now. The telegraph, even, could not stop' it, for .there -.was no night office at Ool- by. It was an unusual matter fox number six to leave Fort 'Wayne before the Arrival of number ten; but as Xibe. Jatter tiatin was some twelve eiiuutes Ajehlnd time 0*1 that particular night, six, anxious to leave on time, to save its connec tions, telegruphed to Flocther the message which had so .startled Dru- C16 Miller. From a point four miles Jjejow Colby, the, company bad com pleted a doirb'le truck, <whicl\, when hand on the boy'a.ohouldcr, " That you, Miss Drucio 1" said tho boy, rousing himaelf with a yawn. " Love's a mercy ]" 1 "Got out and uncouple tho froight I" she cried. " Tom's moved out, end if he doesn't switch ut Col by ovorybody will bo killed. We must catch him 1" ' Tho boy with a cry of horror loft the engine, and a minuto later, tha freight bars wore BUnding idly on the track, whilo the ongino and ita ' tender wore moving out, gaining' momentum' at each revolution of the wheels. " What'll Dick say when he cornea back and finds hia engine gone ?" said the boy, looking up into Drucio'a face. " What do wo caro what ho saya 1 What is Dick's lifo to the procious Uvea on tho two trains 1 Jim, how fast can your engine travel". "About two miles a minute!" the boy answered with : a' smile. " She's the swiftest, bird oil the road. But I don't think we can catch number ton; we might if we had Dick with u. He knows how to manage the Belle." " And so do I. Wood |up, Jim 1 FU1 tha furnace chuck full.*-' We must catch Tom this aide of tha new track's terminus or-------" The girl paused and looked at the pale boy. " Or what, Miss Druci* 1" train, and the girl prepared to warn her lover of hia danger. Tho Ins this Round. The American Agriculturist calls j attention to a swindle of petiy de- track s were quite close, and Ue.Jtai|8| but'large in the aggregate, told the fiteboy to watnh tha ma- I Eastern firms and others are Wdver ohinory while Bho attended to that f tiging viaitine cards at* price which " Or blow up " That's wha't'a the matter!" said Jim, catching her spirit, " And we'll catch him, too ! ;-. Wood ! wood ! Goll whir! how we are gointj! - Drucio smiled faintly as the boy noted -the hand on the guage. The engine had received new momentum w^ich momentarily increased, and all ut once, Jim, who had beeu try-, ing to pierco the hazo, said : " Two miles a minute; I'll bet. Miss Drucio ! If it was daylight tho telvgranh poles would.resemble a fine tooth comb." But the girl did not reply. She stood before tho lever, wishing that bhe could urge the engine to greater s)>eed. She had calculated that the two trains would meet in a gulch that embraced a curve six miles from Colby. .It was a terrible jdace for a collision, and the loss of life there-would be great.' The huze of mist would prevent the engineers from signalling each other, and a collision was inevitable. ; The engine, which seemed to have broken loose, rushed madly on, with J|ni looking at Drucie. :11 hera,she loved J whom he #as inclined to believe mad. The cold mist slowly turned to a drizzle, was occasionally blown against Kis face by the j wind-; it served to cool his heated temples, and to make him think calmly of his situation and the (oiks at part of the warning work which alio had alloted to herself. - With pallid faco and almost throbless heart sho took" up her station at tho window, hoeding not the- drizzling rain that beat into her face, aud o,wuited the decisive moment. The sound of the train on the other track grow momentarily iuore distinct, and the darling girl fan cied that sho heard number six coming through the valley below Colby. I " Yes, it's .Tom !" ahe cried to encourage th boy at the lever. " I see his light. Now !" " Switch nt Colby ! Switch at Colby. Colby, aix ! Colby, aix]" Many , times she repeated her cry, and all at once she daabad by the heavy train ! " Right into her lover's face aa he leaned from his engine, sho shouted "Switch at Colby !" and heard the shrieks that told her that ho would obey. 'Saved! saved, Jim j" she cried with joy, turning upon the breathless boy who already was cheeking the Belle's speed. 1 " Golly----wbix ! Drucie, they ought to give us a train !'r he said, laughing. " If we can ever stop the Belle,, we'll go back; but the girl'a got her spunk up and woiild run on forever !" Diucie Miller returned to the window with heart filled with thankfulness, for Tom had heard and was alroady running oh to the switch at Colby, After a while the Belle was got under control and backed with lessened nrea, " Listen.!" suddenly cried Jim, " Ys, number six is coming; but we don't fear her now 1" said Drucie, with a smile. " Tom and his passengers are safo on the switch !" The next moment number six dashed by, and Drucie laughed and actually clapped her hands. The niectinjj between Tom Gray and his lovo cart not be described, " Your head-lrght seemed a -me teor," he suid to her ; " and I knew your voice '1 dou't,know why. I guess you made time eoming down." "Time !" cried Jim ; " I don't think the wheels touched the rails moio'n half the time. If it had been day, the milestones would have looked like a rake."; There was * luugh at the boy'o exaggeration ; and when Tom took Drucie aside he.kiased her. 1 It was not the only kiss the got that night, for all tho women on the-train kissed the girl who had saved their lives, and Toiu Giay said I10 Wouldn't get jealjous when the miiBtaclied passengers bent over] Drucie, blushing like a rose. The story of Drucie's feat crept into the papei8, and, though my some of my it' because I believe it will bear repetition. Dick Lanilert forgave Drucie for running away with hia engine, and Jim, the lire boy, never grows weary of telling about the "run." Tom Gray is still on the road, but Diucia does not listen to the click-click of the sounder any more. Every night at 8 she holds a little I boy up to the windo w, and ho cries j " papa !" and claps his little hands as an engine dashes by. does not cover the price of good card board. These advertisements are directed to the young poople, and receive attention, usually from none but the young, The first one or two orders from any locality are filled promptly, as a rule, and large inducements are offered to; agents. In this way it often happens that some person in tho vicinity con sents to act as agent, and secure it club larger or smaller, as the case may be. The names and money are sent on, the advertising firm pockets the -money,'and the agent is left to.make good the loss to tho patrons, who have ordered cards. All this is bad enough, but the evil does not end here. The lists of names secured by them in this way are turned over to the publishers of I obscane literature, who use the lists in directing circulars, etc. The' first adVertisements for oards, ate.,. frequently appear in the amateur papers, where they escape notice, except among the young.' The Agriculturist advises all- parents whose children have sent their names for these cheap ' cards, to carefully supervise the mail matter received by the children: It has been of late more than - once assert ed that literature of evil tondency "was more freely circulated among the school children of the coUDtry than ever before. The exposure by the Agriculturist seems to explain one reason why this is so. fOB PRINT!JVii of alllctnds eatly irid prom ptly executed;t tfiei] iFHEE jP.RESS QFFJJCE. Next the P * Ofttt* 5UU Street. r---------- finished to Fort Wayne, would ,ob-, viatetbe trouble of switching andJ preventing accidents. When Drucie reeovered her Belf- posseseion, she started from the of fice with the message in her hand. It had .arrived just two minutes tod late,] and Tom Gray, -unconscious of ita existence, was driving his engine J ahea'd and thinking of the girl ihe had lately iiisaed'adieu. He knew that it-was known in Fort Wayne that lie was unavoidably behind time, and thought that according to custom, the express waiting there 'would not move until he arrived. D.ut let Ma .return to Drucie Mil ler. . ' '-'. She-saw the freight engino stand ing on the new track already men- i tioned and caught,a glimpse of the' home. j Sso fast were they moving, that they ssemed to glide ovdr therails, scarcei v touching Ihern in the mad career, and when Drucie told Jim to listen for M10 Bound! of Tom's j story may be old to train ahead, H8 boy poked bis head \ readers; I have told out of the window and held his breath. | ' " 'Pears to me I hear a sound," without turning hifl head. " Meb- be I'm mistaken so many things 'pear to me just now." " Thank God !*' ejaculated the git-L -"Listen with ali your might, Jim. Oh, for the speed of- the bullet r Her faee glowing with heat, and whilo Jim listened she opened the furnaci door and threw in the last slicks of wood <cbey possessed. " The wood's gone,, Jim. How far yet can we go at-this rate" of speedf . . .'II " About fifteen miles," the boy answered " twoaiy of ihosi if we must do it." - "Then we'll catch him. Colby must be nine miles away yet, and the glucb ia six miles further on Aifteen niilesj JinL can't you hear. 1 him yet <" " .No; guess I was mistaken a while back," the boy said, and Drucie's countenance.fell. "There's the sound again 1" " Listen furjyonreelf, girl." Drucie went to the window And {tut her head out. j ' -"-ffhat'sfTom !" she cried. "Oh, heaven, let me save .him and all the other iprecioua-liyesitOinight J". With this prayer she turned to- the furnace and smiled at the red- hot , doors. The engine and its empty tender seemed to ^y over the track., and'when Drucie looked at Jim - again, Jihe .found him sta ring jit the gyage. Leadon. Some idea of the size of London may be obtained from the following which we take from the Medical Pru* and Circular : London, the greatest city the world ever saw, covers, within a 15-mile radius of Charing Cross, nearly 700 square miles. It numbers more than i,- 000,000 inhabitants. It comprises 100,000 foreigners from every quarter of tha. globe.' It contains more Roman Catholics'than Borne itself; more Jews than the whole of Palestine ; more Irish than Dub lin ; "more Scotchman than Edin burgh ; more Welshmen than Car diff. It has' a birth in it every five minutes^and a death in it every eight minutes; has seven accidents, every day, in its 7,000 miles of streets, has 123 persons everyday, and 45,000 annually, added to its population; has 117,000 habitual critnjnala. on its police registrar ; has 23,000 prostitutes; has as many public houses as would, if placed aide by aide, stretch from Charing Gross to Portsmouth ;. baa 38,000 drunkards annually brought before its magistrates'; has as many paupers as Would more than fill every house in Brighton; has 40. miles o( open fihops. every Sun day, and has an influence on the world represented by the yearly delivery in its postal districts of 238,000,000 letters. --------' Conductors, Beware! Bail way-conductors should not always put trust in appearances. On Wednesday last, Sandy , one. of the wealthiest men in North { Easthope, suddenly discovered that A lite trad pressing business in Strat ford. . \Vithpufc waiting to ' put on his coat, he hastily hied '.to the Wiijrcs Cost 6t Livin&r. The common laborer in 187-2 in New England received an average of 81.60 per day, though some had 82, while the number that received a much smaller sum .was equally as lar^je. The street laborer in Boston,^ howeyer,[ j received $2 -a day, which was a .much larger sum than paid in. the neighboring cities or towns. At present the' same grade of laborers ijbat received 81. 50 get only 1, but in this city the daily pay has be'en reduced but twenty-fivo cents. Among me1 chanics tho reduction has been in some ' instances j proportionally greater, and in ! some less. A mechanic who used to command 4 per-day how gets kljiout S2.50 and one who once earned $3 now works for $2. The reduction in - the wages of mechanics aa a class has been about equal to that of com mon laborers, and rhay beset down as averaging about ithirty per cent* So much for the receipts, *nd as for the Icost of living, it is stated that potatoes were considerably higher I in 1872y. flour about the4 name, bnt salt beef, "eggs, oheese, butter and other articles bare been reduced, thougb.raost of them bat slightly; The ruipor articles of table use not included in- the above are nearly all to, be bought at prices considerably!lower than five years ago.:- Sheeting has been re duced 12 per cent in the paft years; prints, 30 p|ercent.j corret jeanaf40 per cent.jor the same as has been noted' to have taken place- in the prices paid for labor. Other articles in dry goods have.fallen, to corresponding prices. vBesides dry goods there has been a fall in' rent of above 80 per cent., the real es tate , owners in Boston assert Many beaatiful cottages still let at high figures, .but {the majority of tho dwelling houses let for only about two-thirds What they did in 1872. There are 1 many instances in which rent has been furnished free for the sake of having the House occupied. Coal, another im portant article fori family use, has been'redifced at least 40 p^r cent., clothing -40 per [Cent., furniture 33J per cent., crockery 15 per cent; and glassware 35 per cent. . It would seem that the -reduction*-*^' ""= "! J above given fully! balance the relth^ P">found rel duotion in . wages. The difficulty with, the laborers is in finding any- tbingr to do, and there is where the suffering originates.' lioston ^I*osf. Gems of Thought Virtue- is a flower that blooms in all climates. Tradition is more frequently an inventor of.fiction than, a preserver of truth. ....' . '.' 1 - This world will never^bave its difficulties explained - without -the aid of-another. / Wisdom is/the abstract of the past, while beauty is the promise of ~ tlKs future. Man's own good breeding is tho i>cst security against father people's*' ill-manners. . We are never apt to bo more ; deceived than when we think we are deceiving others. / Adversity is the trial of princi ple; without" it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. We should stndy in all things to conciliate and cherish continually that charity and forgiving spirit which-we would -^ave exercised to^ wards us. : One may live aa a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate, but he must die as a man. The bed of deata bring* every human being to his pure individuality,. ' . Ke*i6t it .as firmly, despiso It M proudly bs -we may, all studied ua- kindness, no matter how contempt ible" it may -be, has a stinging power ip it which reaches to the quick. i This world is a world of struggle^ - but it is not;truis that to ho com pelled to struggle is a misfortune, To_ live i to struggle.^ Every human being has to. struggle, and it is the point of vitality and the polrfl of victory. . Conscience is^an avenger. It stands at its post ready to vindi cate the majesty of broken law; it rebukes sin .with a stern voice, an4 passes its. seiftence on the" trans gressor ; it ia aean'a best friend or his dread Cui enemy. What goes deepest, reaches high est, -wears best, and lasts longest, ia not any mere,iuteHwctual theory of the.tiniversejor its antbor, .but igion of the Spirit which allies ca to God and all good beings in heaven nod on* earth. ..--' .* CIrcumventlue the Husband. What it calls an amusing inci dent, recently occurring in its city, tho Waterbnry (Conn.) American thus describes: " A son of Erin had a drinking wife who was fust becomint; the ' plague of! his life.' All hia efforts to prevail \ipon 'her to give up whiskey were unavail ing, for every evening he would find her drunk upon his return from work. He hit upon a plan what he considered a happy plan. Be-' fore going to work one morning he fastened down all the windows and locked the door after him, leaving his wife a prisoner. He proceeded to his daily toil, chuckling to hirii- aelf that she would. W required to keep sober <>ae day -at any rate. In the course of the forenoon one of his wife's whiskey cron-iea called at Shakespeare station. He had bare ly time .'to get his ticket when the train' drew up--and Sandy stepped on the rear car. He. was confront ed by the conductor, who thought he saw' the case at once. ' "You trumps can steal no rides from nie we have hid: enough of yoir tramps." Sandy wiped the sweat from this brow, and then calmly regarding *he^ official, said : V Wait u'wetymon, there's a' nietapheesical . view o' this case which I would like yah to under- Btan'." At this the conductor lost all patience, and'then Sandy quiet ly produced his ticket wilh the b'it of advice that " graun ofllcers" in braw elites should not be too irough with those who chose to wear iihen:^ own homespun. -Beaeon. Boy Lost., Missing, from about the third of j'next month, 1870t:a taU-complei- loned -young .man, -about five feet nix inches of agei;-height, tlhirty- seven_yeara; had fen-when last Been, a pair of swallow-tailed seal skin trowsers, witn sausage stripes^ fashionable mutton-chop waistcoat, with cast-iron' trimmings, double- barrelled ; frock ebat, with stripe collar artjt tobacco lininp j -water tight canvas boots, with patent- leather, tops, laced up at the; soul; is deaf and dumb of one eye iind hard of hearing WEth the other ; is slightly-pock marked at the .back of his head ; stoops ripright when he walks crooked; has a slight im pediment in his look) ahi wears a Grecian- bend on. hia upper lip; whiskers cut off sport inside; was carrying an. otnpty-caipet bag in each-hand,, and a wooden bag in the other, containing screw steam ers, railway tunnels and blacking ; was' born before-' bis; younger brother, 4.iH mother being present on the occasion;'"11 Any ono giving j such informatibn %s will leave him where he is, will t>e prosecuted aB the lw directs.- He had in bisj] possession a pocket book containing six bags of flour, three tons of coal, one^sett of bedroom, furniture, one dozen silver button dishes, t^o eightday clocks, three watches and six hams. M Mnch^f ttre tntpp4n8s of life dqpehds on our outward demeanor. We-all have expsrienced the charm of gentle arid courteous .conduct ; we have been drawn irresiBtibly, towards" those who are obliging, affable^ and - sympathetic in :their demeaiiot. '" , .; A/'passionate temper renders a matt unfit for advice, deprives hira- of hb reaBon, roba him of all that is great arid noble, in his-nature, makes him^mfit for cohversatum;, "destroys frie'ndship, changes juBtice into cruelty, and turns all_ oi-der into confusion. .'*" Happinoqs is the perpetnal pos-. session oS*beings well .deceived," for it ia manifest what mighty advan tages fiction has over truth ; and the reason is at our elbow, because imagination can build nobler scenes and produce more wonderful, re volutions than fortune or_ nature can he at -the expense to furnish. young fireman asleep on hia :bojc. fA determined resolution filtered her head and .the next .moment she V What's tfajenaatter,, Jim f aha asked. He came ibrward with a band extended toward the little instru ment. . - "A little more fire and .we'.ll blow up V'.- he gasped. " Tom would hear the explosion And top bis train. 'That miglit prevent the collision I" was Drnciels reply. :. It w.a8,, 4M)W evident that the the bouse, but, of course, found the door locked. She culled to tlie in mate to admit her, adding that she had a.'quart of the beat |' ' Be- gorra, 1 ean't let ye iri, &* it'j locked in I.am myself!' Was there- ply.1 " Howld on a bit,' came fi*m j the one but<ad. The woman van .isbed and in a few sninutos ,'eUirn-1 ed .with a ^lay pipe 'with a /lotig| stem, which she sti\ck through the ikeyhale-into the-mouthbf the priB- .orier. .Sheiheri slowly poured the' whiskey into -the bowl of the nipo -Until the other signified that^he had had .enop^h. The urpise of .of the husbarid -upon findittg iher w ilyingdrunk on' .the nborwihen he I promptly n-ejplied itoturned home jbmi be;ipmpfinod-"- 1 pupil. Timely Advice. .4. A melancholyj-Iooking colored man was .yesterday wiping his dusky To'Keep Tomatoes for Win ter Use.- As the tomato season is now here, I contribute one way for keeping thum for winter use that may be hew to some of. your A readers, 1 ate them in February, sliced and seasoned with sugar and a little vinegar, that Beemed. every Way as nice as : tomatoes picked frbrri the vines". They wiere pre served in the following mariner: Dissolv6"a teac\rp"of salt hi a gal lon of water. Pick ripe tomatoes, bt hofover-ripe, leaving a little of- the -stete on.- The tomatoes must fee- well 'covered with brine, and they keep, till spring is over. In tha eentence, " John: strikos WiUiam," remarked a school teach* en, V what is objeot of strikes 1" "Higher wages and shorter runs," the intelligent j feet high s*ounctyour jlianty^ext brow as he halted in the shade of theCentral .Market, when Brother Gardner paantered .tip and said ; . | ... \. .' " W,is yiOM 'ok'eincome wid de heat?".. .' .. V ).. f Ise 'near dead," groaned the other. _ / ' ' . '"] ' . " . .','; Biit 'doRH1* >jfiW forget dat de month ob August is -slidin' right a'lotsg (like a boy g wine (past a grave yard," -said thefold .philosopher.- " It wpri^t be loj^g iaiaKe.de'harvest willbe oyer an' de summer ended." ( An' I shall b^ |le happie,st pps-'l son in; tow*;'" wearily Be^sliedtbed sufferer. -- , j- , ., i, " " Wil, dat miy.iha,;Jbut:lodk dis way while I gin ye- some advice,, Now, ef ydUiia |iin rde :.veaeuiit.y of an ,auction Bale,] an* youXdipar jets auctioneer CFyin'iout dat he|cot a bid of -ten cents,on i. J3i\ow, ahavel,, do you gallop rightlintp -de-crowd,;j my boy, a^ gnii^entjbetiter, Hyoan'; let "dese hot -days rna&e-jion ^beliave. dat snow won't ipile mp .raqr'n fo' J. Post-Office Iucideht. A tall, gjay-haired ggntlemari^sp runs the story, lately went it one' of the branch post-offices in a west ern part of-'England.- He asiked some question relative to the regis tering oi a letter, of. one of the girla in attendance, and was answered in a manner which he considered sharp'-and rude, He"repeated the. question; however, not being quite sure that be was-not mistaken in hii Buppositiou, am] he repeated it - vety- 'mil Uy. She answered him more rudely than before, He.thcn. made some reaioestrance, and asked, her if she thought that was a pro per way to answer an inquiry- in a public office. She said that stie had been quite civil, enough for him. He asked her, with; an omin ously increasing mildneei of man ner, if she would faw>r 1 him with her name. She emphatically de clined to do so. He then said ho thought he would tell her his name, which,.. lio-wesjer, she declined to" liear, aayihg that his name was* no I concern of hers. He calmly replied that he thonghtit was, for hia name was John Mitunei'8, and he was the Postmaster-General; : . > .winter. IW-'ll mm ' p- r '..-.-1 -1 *--' I '! m t -^ m mi- r..'!-..nT.-M.-'x!. .- imm' mi, ". .-""--i'-ii^j; mm imi: uWM 1 -,- ?it^j'ii(ji^ -J.r-.'-i*'! i^a: .?^:^,P' - mm I i :i':?i' '-- t ' 'vlfc i. lSv:"JjSBr . if fir 11 llllii **m ".B**ffeSH ^H>* 5 ft * --Jiimes Low,-a. Lnchine'labor er, ,wprth between 17,000 and $SOjQQft, anade all his money with in the ilast twerity-fiye- yejars, and et never earned over 1.25 a day is .wa^ea ranged fi'om that sum to as low .as :S0c ,per day. As li nearer-Aiacriedj !he was Saved the " expen8d"iof ikeeping a -wife stjrd:' family; anS'hasisllw'ays lived parsi- t monioualy. (Compound interest ^ha.8 a'wonderful-power in uiniii tf money graw.. '^i- i^--. -1 k *t*^ 1, 1,