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:-r, .v *at;ty or W~: <ia -7 1_-" 1 li^A .-!:.'prop.- U.SiiVCti.; ;hoes ;3Mpam lk'. MS :vti:.by. ?rson :rm. :r :he PiaBO. Ir' the piana. |CuOOi. Jlister. \ - I SchifoV. KS ON' _?syY___is'yr7 ftImc lit. No. li-Wholc No. Mt} ACTQN, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877. W B USiS-K$ CA Ji DS H. I.OWRY. !H. B.. .11. S. Or.-ulujtto of Vrltittv <r riiy HURRAHT HURRAH! FOR THE ^'Kr^^^^^r^i;!^^ :best photographs ----- . In vho " Irs Ksq. rolicrlrt ftrt-ou tvmy. In Uie housu fAiiT occur-!*.! t\v R. I.Ut P in the Comity, at 5'.,l"n^?5*S^Vo^^:; T*- Ontario PhotoBTapK Gallery i_.N YorK.niiiiiUr.iilOM* ol Victoria I _ ' ColleT^ Cn*la. Consullsilon Uays for >-(!ltf 1/ of Finish and Briltiaiv *.__-d FrtJavn. from H a; n\. nil -l ' " p. I. Reldpnc* West ilower si root, D HENDERSON. Oonvcy- 9 ur^r, *c*-. also Asonl a'iuuuu _f AHOtaneo Civ l>cou.. MortK*y;i'S, ar.,' pr*x**rod neatly, promptly oorroollj- cy *.'* Totic, Mey cumiot 6c jKryxiwcii. COPYING & ENLARGING In aJl its Hranchcs, in the best style of -----. ..- . . .^ .. . . mJ on; r ion*r.!o term*. Monry lei ! th-i art, done on the shortest notico :u>i J^.U..^H^7^*lS^neeUrUy' 0mct,_ I at reasonable raU*. ,__:----------------------^--------------------:____-I -hIso a splendid stock ol Mouldings *-,. XATIIESbX. Attorney- and ficturo fr.,mo3 kept on hand and O* Hjw, Solicitor in Chrvncorjr, made to order. .. ,w...n.,...(u.i. .>.>.i .-i, s solicited and you will be convinced th.->t this is tlio "place to get photo^raplis. Youh rejipoctfully,: O. W. HILL, .leton. Dec. 5, 1S76. it oiaof-Corncr{ Mala aiu\ cuvircli Hrctliiflorc:oTrn. T, IT. COOPER, Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, .Guelph. . Orderj'fcy mail rrornrtly aitonde<l to. rrr. ItinLAVr, Barrister, \f. - Atiaruel'-a'.-Uw Si.4lo!Uir *" Ui Cfciueory, *c. o;TU-c>: Hamilton, 1" ._n_itreei; MI!io:;^MiUTi'V'.reo:. The MUloi OSfo will t>;> tjaJerihe m-n::i::e- :) I Mr !.<:.!- l^r will :t*t"J at ne '.M:::.'U. OtlK-e" i7 ~~ E.VBV t. DEAIiK, rrUlAVELERS Life and AccidQnt INSURANCE COMPANY Or Hartford, Conn. t^slHiME Acr.vT. firorn, Ajnt for tbo Men-^ntrie .im! Watortoo. i XU*K*!nf- fntru-ste.V.o n'-> care will 'oe fjllirolly nu-nJid to-- -i':'.ioe nt l),ij-'< Bok*iore.--Ur.e:?in. on.'ers by ru-i!) : drfr*J-U> C3urlpi3 or rXv>n lVwtOrSc^ lllreeleprv*ir>t att<::iM .r:. '. 2i.I..TU*.\KF,. J P1TEXTS for INVENTIONS XT>Oil,.l",-i"iy ar-.il pr.>;>eriy xtveured tCAOd&,tbe I'uue ! 5Uil-.^ am! Kttru^e, Pdent fiarn:crJ or uo charst^' Send / rjflnieil instruction?. As-uicv laojicr. C.:s\A*x:s.........-.. for }r>.J-' v-A-.>.'<Jcr*.. JiE-NKV Gl.i-^T, I^-p'.fi* irifr. Dovii'iior. Gor- 8600,000 J.OJJ.tHkl . S,1T0,S5S. 149,090 Tho Travelers i? a STOCK COM- PA.NV ami writes Life Policies upon Hhmumi E-igiDeer,.s>:ui-.or or p i^s i^ow j^ieaU-cash plftn. Ko un t oertftin jiroiiiises of impossible "diTi- i ...., jdencis," but a reduction of the pre- WILLIAM WATfcl>, mium at the outset; equivaferit to a ,,,. ("dividend" in advance. The Trav- l^" tes Lifeand Accident Poll- J By tU>yl Apfi>lctrnf nt.) . __ ^ kr^ r.r.w,::!!,! " <=^ combined as1 cheap as most .rMHlllkll fdHUto, (iicnT!!Uai;VComran'e5 write life policies. It is Oiinrj fjm "~n ti-e largest Acciden t Insurance Com- cnmcH bi LK8 ron tm; uiim.s. Dress hard all morning, Biich ia fate," Then cuter church some minutes late. All'eyes will then bo turned on you, Anil will observe your bonnet new. Let all your thoughts bo fixed on hif;h, Ami rearrange your cardinal tie. Let all your heart bo tilled with praise, And uotioo Mrs. Migylu'a lace. Put from your mind all thoughts of sin, And ro-adjuat your diamond {)in. Think of how Rood religion proves, And then smooth out your buttoned gloves,, Catch well tho procopts as.thcy: fall, - And smooth tho wrinkles hi ycur sliawl. ' ,.--' Think of tho sinnor'a fearful, fate. And notice if your bonnet's straight. Tray for the influence diriuu That lady's basque, mark.the design. Let-tender peace possess your mind, And criticize that hat behind. Reflect on Christian graces dear, And fix those curls behind your oar. Let your heart warm -with silent prayer And view* that horrid jrreon silk there Reflect upon the wicked's ways ; Seo if your 4-old chain's out. of placo. Think of the peace tho good shall find, Aud wonder who arc aittiu^r behind, Think of the burdens Christians benr, And notice tho30 dtrango ladies there. The last words hear with contrito heart And fix your pull-back when you start. THE FIRST CLASS. M RH :S. C1RTEK. tliuter tflulr, Dra-rtas -LBd Frr-siJi. trnnreh etreet, Acton. p-;nT ic the world, having written 435,i)<XI policies and paid in actual cash, benefits to accident "policy holders nlone over 2,565,000. An accident poi:cy costs but a trifle. No __ , medical exumiaaiiou required. Get /~|LIVEB LOZ|ER, Plasterer, impolicy and' share in the general _ Aeiott. Oat. EJr> dfSfripUon ol; bau-dlt. KMterini;"*s(I IV>--rn-ca.s:ir.^ -f^71" t,n ' $i iE<ntreior-ati;> Li-r.---.-S *:J 4jUA/iC- liss cauxnteeJ. fl. i E. .VleSUK, Proiirlelors. 7l9r anil Fei alar ays ->cis>l. Mf- ! 'lilt aal-retail. Ur>i:;ii; u'-'i-l/i."h-iji-.-iug . SPiiSj-. C.n .'ur all kia-J-i.or lir .lr. C F. RTJSSEL.L., District Agent, 33 Adesidc Street E^st, Toronto, WILSON IlilVIK, Sp^-cial Agent. E0SSIK HOTSE, Acton. . C!o? Lo i!i" '}. T. Kal way Stat:-.;:. txe<rllffn*.-u"-eo:r-.m.'>iaU!-rj r*-r tuet-iAioV-i HafpJbllc Tii'i-S. CAai'BELL. Prupr. DMIXIO.f HOTEL-, Acton; ~-&o*>en JLZ'.iev, i*ro^r;t-Mjr.Tl-^ t* .Hotel U nw-jj uv m ilr;-clas *t7ie --citti no-r furniture. Con*tner<-i^.I rrTellers'-rl 1 3nd gooj acco'mmo lr.iion uieostmolloiii Sumple-t'-oomn. Sivcial ,lttlori polJ lo tt'< -fioL* of Uie tF.v.:l- *lapaulle. Bar supplie--.!, wit}- trie test Hqaors*-id Cutars.. Uo-ii Suibllng ani tUeitlve Hostlers. A CTOX I LIVERY & SALE STABLE . HE^STEEETL, Ldcensed Auctioneer Fof the Counties of Welllngtnn ar.d ,Mr.l- X-ori; urJers -. ! **! at the Kbee 1'he^s -6"Ece, Acton, or at mi" residence, lc Back7o>l. will bo promptly QtiendcO Iv. Terms reasonable. 'Takes pleasure In announcing to the . '____________________________________1 public generally tbat tie Is prepared to furniBU J. P. AEEAX F, TBOLLOPE CHAPMAN,! * -t i First-class aorsos aai OacrlajoB "PraCtiCat' BOOkTjlUdSr. I At ReasUnatm: Itates. --------- I iu.= Ri?^ and HorBCF are the best that ... _ . ... _ -.,--,., -can be hs<), nnd hels ileKirlnlned not lo All Descriptions Ol BimLinS !D1. snrpiiFicl by any f:ity Blable. i SeatlT Execnte-a. -itccu-nl. Booh* <jf all Kinds Order. Made to St >NS, . your oxier 5 MP" irriceab Ivl'oek ir 4- ' \j"'vj e = . l Moling Promptly Afctepded. to. 1 ' i SlfDZBT St. Gcerge's Sq^njire, Gnetfn, ^ti.ij juiviKt.rsro. DAY SHOT'S THE LARGEST , .- STOCK-OF WOrders left-'ttt the FjiEE PeESS *)fie will receive prompt attention. WALL m I 5 .***-Undersigned begs leave tij> ttaftmiihe people of Acton and sur- w wwiding'neigb'borhood that he hag frocarod . rnagniCcent-HRAKSH- H*n* prepared to attend and con- - ? Fmierals oft the.nhoricmi notice1 " mwt jnoderate terms. CatitU, Cofuit, Banal holts, **1 all kiads"of Funeral Furnish- r-fcepwn stogie, f}nd fiupplie'C.- { **lfikudsa.nd gloves sjupplied vrben .inquired. ~ . iI7'/ **, Feb. 10, 1S77. Eyer.6hownln Guejph, all XVTgw and Choice and prices lower than-ever. Children's ^ Carnages To be eold off cheap, at Day's New Booltstore Nearly opposite the old stand. fJuelph, April 21, 1*77. _____ job printing ofallKiirds eiit'y L-yJ prom ptly* oxecnted at- tbe ; FKKE Pl'-EKH OFFICE, Sv?t ::i- P t O;0ze, IHI.l! Street. I had often noticed whon vre were in any party of pleasuro ..am ongst our own coiupanions, /how Cjrua Greyson -avoidud liquor. The memeiit occ-aioii, tho LotteH day, or Uio coldest evening, found him ever, Btrictly temperate \o. cold-water man of the most rigid ty^HS. And yet, he inude no etroilg professions of temperance, and in bis life thero was every temptation to mere pleasure-seeking. , Ho was wealthy, an urtist of no mean standing, a favorite in society, aud would have been emineHtly handsome, out for an expression of sadness that never loft his dark eyes, ft reserve that hung over his speecli on all occasions. Hut that he loved die, that wo had become like brothere in five years of close- intimate friendship, I should never htivo learned the secret of his snd- uess, or' the cause of his strict practical temperance habits. I remember well the morning when he came into my studio quite early, to find nio lying under a lounge, nursing a splitting headache instead of finishing tho picture upon my easel. It wus but'seldom I allowed "good company or great occasion to lead me into drinking, but my headache that day was m03t Gertainly to be attributed to a free flow of cham pagne on the previous evening, and <_!yrus knew it. .' TTe made t^o com ment, passed ubout the roon} a lit tle, and then sitting near bie, he said, in a voice that, to me, proved .that he had nerved himself to somo great effort: l; Will, old fellow, I am going to xiiako you -my father-confessor, to tell jou tho story of'piy life," His face was so deadly pale, and his whole appearance so shocked me, that I cried : " .Not if it troubles you to tell it, Cyrus.!"' "J^fever mind (hafc. I want to tell it. - You, will respect my se cret, Wil., I know : 1 was a boy of five years old, I think, when my father Biiddenly disappeared from oiiriiome. I cannot tell you what .-__ 'business had been, 1 never know, but wo had jilwaya livod in comfort, and my vaguu memory of iather recalls only kindness and love for my moth or and myself, the only child. " After he .left us, my mother .eank into a most deaparing sorrow, weeping convulsively at all times, often praying fervently, wasting away to a mere shadow.of herself. .She was absent from home & great deal, and my (jrandinother came _to, care for me. They would be gone for hours at ja time on alternato days, always-coming home weeping and prostrated by sorrow; I can not tell, how Jong this lasted, but one day they went out together, .were gone tilllate at ni^ht,leaving' me with tiicservant. When they came home mother was carried into the _house insensible, and my grandmother seemed scarcely more conscidua. .All night, from my little'ciib, I could^hear them sob- bingr and praying in xvhat, evenmy. childish compiehension told me,' was the extreme ngony. of despair _nd grief. The njjet day my futller was brought home dead, in his .cof fin, and I kissed him for iho last time. u " I remember a long illness of my mother^, and her death. Then we travelled,.grandmother and.!, a long, long distance lo a. iiew city. . " Here I was sent toi .school, and for the first time I heard myself called by tho namo I now bear, Cyrus Greyson. I questioned my grandmother about this, roruombo: ing my mother had alwayu calle mo " her darling Freddy," but alio told mo sadly I must ^ry to forget my ol.d life, my old namo, and Bom.Qtb.ing in her whito face and busked voico oompollcd my awed submission. :. "TkOBo aro my childish imprca- sious of sorrow, aoon forgotten in my happy life. For, in spito of tho unultoruble sadness of my grandmother's f-aco, I was very happy. My1 home wai vory pleuH- ant, with every comfort wealth could givo, and I was allowed any chiklliko indulgence, and my re straints wore only judicious little, ones. I went ^to good schools, and" when I wished td bo an artist, every advantage of study and travel was fciveu td mo^ till, at- twenty- ono, I was legally put-.into posses- 'sion of my: fathor's share of my grandfather's property, and learn ed " Horo CyniB paused, great bBa'ds of perspiration-standing on hiB face, but after a moine tarr struggle, he said : " Tho night before I camo of age, Will., some of our friends were" in my studio, and we sent for chum- pAgne to ct4ebrate my birthday. I had, years' before, promised my grundmother never to ibnch liquor, but carxied away by lay compan ions," urging'and example,'I took, on that night, my first- glass. Be fore the party broke up I was in toxicated, for the only time in my life. J. have a dim recollection of my grandmother's cry of horror, as I reeled up stairs, after my friends left me, and my own pang of shame as I heard it, but 11 slept heavily, and awoke late tho next day. " I expected a reproof and lec ture when I went to my grand mother's room, but she did not speak ono, word referring to my condition the previonanight." " CyniB," she said sadly,".' before you go to the lawyer's I wish you to read some papers I bavd horo." "-Old newspapers they were, dated sixteen years before, and tho columns intended for my reading were heavily -^narked in penciL Mj grandmother left me alone, and I read all she had marked. It was the histoy-of a -murder committed in the heat of passion, and while -the murder-or was under tho effect of strong drink. Ho was described as a handsome man, under thirty years of age, of talent and jjroinise, mid TiOt addicted -to liquor.. At some festive gathering he had been led into intoxication, and while craty with drink had become in volved in a quarrel, striking his opponent with a poker, and killed him instantly. 11 I read every word of -the long trial, when the best talent of tho country defended the criminal, where money was freely spent, ami every effort made to save.tho guilty man. I read the app<iil to the governor for pardon, after he was convicted and sentenced,-, praying for pity in consideration df his youth, his previous good conduct, his position and his family. I-'read his own letter, pleading his bewil dered brain at thetimo ho strtiqk the fatal blow, and tho entiro ab sence of any intent to kill the man who had been an utter stranger to him two .hours before, he lay dead at his feet. I read tho governor's refusal of the prayers and petitions of some of the tnost influential men in tho country. j " Then I camo to the prison Bcenes, tho last, days and hours of the condemned man. I read every word of the harrowing, accounts of tho parting with friends and family, the sickening details of the execu tion and closing scene of "the fune- xvd. In the last paper, there w'ns simply the notice of the death of the murderer's wife, a few weeks luter. I - - f- " When my grandmother return ed to me, sliesaid, in a low plead ing voice :;' " Cyrns, you .see how drink, brings strong: man to the gallows," and she shuddered, turning white as ashes. " I tried to brave it out!" " This is nn exceptional ense," I said, " I am a gentleman, grand- iniotherrand drink cannot load me 'to murder. It is a beastly habit, I own,-but it need never become- habitual. A glass now and then will hurt no one." " She put a. shaking hand on. the .__. 1 4 \ 91.00 per anntun in Advance, papers " I have heard that argument from this man whoso trial you have just read, '"ho gave up on the gal lows a-'life tliat might have been noble and : useful; because in his youth he would not give up the occasional glass of good fellowship and-sociability.' "'.You knew him?' I cried, as- tonish'-di - j " 'I , knew him well. I have pleaded with^him.as;I plead with you' and here, to my horror, she knelt at.myfeet ' to entreat him to leave uiitouiked and nntaRted the fatal .giasE that lends, to crime; Oh, Cyrus, do not read this story with cnreloss .hoart, do not turn from my-prayers and tears.' "T raisgd hor up, and held .her tenderly in my arms. " 'You take my state last night too much to heart,' I aaid. .* I shall never beconio a drunkard, and really, grandma, it is not very flattering lo'jnipposo I uhall become a murderer and die -by hanging/ and I laughed aloud in my pride of strength. j " 'I must toll him! I Must tell him 1' my graudiu'othor moanod! / I hare kept it from him ail these years, but I must toll hitn now, Cyrus, she said, rising to her full height and looking down upon mo where I sat, ' you say'you are in no danger of this man's fate. You aro a gentleman 1 Ho was from ono of the best families in the country, a scholar and man of wealth and refinement. You aro young 1 Ho Was not thirty. I say to you atop now 1 Make a vow and keep it, that you will-never again touch liquor, fori tell you that this man, who gave up bis life to expiate his crimo, was my son, and your futttcr I' "' My father !' I caRped, feoling as if tho hangman b ropo was al ready knotted at my throat. ' ' Frederick Carroll was your father. ' You must have learned your namo today, hut the lawyer mercifully promised me to tell yon no more. 1 tell .you, becauBelsee' you hovering cm the vergo of the precipice over which .your father hurled by tho demon of drink. I tell you, Frederick Carroll, that if with your father's namo and wealth you inherit his careless disrega/d of tho dangers of the path on which: you havo taken your first step; so also will you inherit tho fate that gave him a murderer's grave, that killed his 'young wif<i, _i<l drove his widowed mother and oniy-child to seek a homo in a distant city, and hide their shame under a false' name." " Cyrus paused.for a long time after he quoted his grandmother's paasionato appeal, and I lay yery quiet, "inwardly resolving that ;lhe painful sacrifice ho was making for my sako should not bo made in vain. . After a time ho spoke again : "I took up my burden, "Will., from that hour, the curso that I will carry to my grave," that no deed of mine can ever efface. I am the son of a murderer, who" was hanged on the gallows for his crime. I can never tell you what ;I have suffered,. carrying his secret over hidden in my heart. -"The sharpest pang of all was when I saw Orace Dyer. Yoil re- :me_ber her Will. 3" . I nodded assent. Only too well I remembered that episode of my friend's life. Grace Dyer, one of those gentle beautiful girls who seem too pure nnd good for the Struggles of this life, had been one f-a party of young girls fiom a' popular seminary, who sat for a fancy picture of the " Muses," to commemorato their -graduation. I had noted from the first sitting how CyniB would linger longer over this fair face than he did over any of tho other lovely ones sur rounding it. She had been chosen to represent Euterpe ; and Cyrus, I think unconsciously made her tho most prominent figure of tho group, as she was certainly the' most beautiful. In the white, dress, the: classic arrangement of her rich hair, the pure ovAl contour of the face, the-large:.upHfted eyes, the very spirit c-f-music seemed to breathe. " ' But alas, as Cyrus painted,,.he reproduced upon ' his heart thk glowing picture, in bright unfading colors. I knew his lovb. . I read it in every look- he gave the beautiful girl- I law it in the unwearied toil -to make the lovely faco perfect upon the canvas, lingering over it, retouch ing and perfecting it uftor the others of the group wero complet ed, '.' And I fancied, tco, that the gentle girl would be no unwilling listener to the suit of tho handsome and wealthy young artist. I had. seen her soft eyes droop when; Cy rus epoke, and a brighter Hash sprang to her pure round cheek. I had noted how her wholo face irradiated when Cyrus talked to them all on subjects he hoped would draw expression to tho faces, apt to be .set.and .stiff, during his task. In. tlioss daya I wondered why Cyrus starved his own heart, kept aloof from the.companionship I was sure was precious to him ; why he refused "Mr. Dyve'.s gracious invita tion to visit him,. iiftei^Graco \oh school; why, hardest task of,all, he refused-to duplicate the picture for the father, or even-to reproduce the figure of Euterpe alone. J -understand v/liy. Cyrus paused after:Lo spoke.the dear flame, and waited : silou.tly >.until .,ho spoko ngnin. V "1 love her, Will,, how deeply I can never toll you, /and because I loved! her I lot her go from mo, whon my heart told ino I might have kept her by my side. I would ask no woman to bear my burden.. I would give no woman tho pang of knowing her children could never boar their father's name without sharing the heritage-of shame that clung to it. Still less would I de ceive any woman who trusted in trie. Ilet her go out of-juiy life forever. ..* " Will., dear'friend," and Cyrus took my hand in his own, "doyou know why I tell you all this f Bor cauce I lovo you I You .are dar to me as a brother, ahd' I 'would riot hare you trend , the path tbat might blight your young life, as my father's was Wighted, curse your son as I am cursed 1". . " And you hvo not told it in vain," I cried. " God bless you for the trprdf," he said : "it will be some comfort in my weary life if I can think I have enatohed you froin tha peril ous path where so many young fecit stray to crime. I will add one mora; secret, to my story, Will, Physicians tell me that my earthly pilgrimage is nearly over. Whon the coffin lid-closet over me, Will.it when no heart can be torn by the story I have told you, will/you use my confidence, to try to win others as I have won you, from the.demon of drink r _ '> ' I promised cumplianco - with ii wish, and in this sketch, prayer fully and teaifully recorded, I keep the pledge, and tell the fstory of Cyrus Greyson's fibbt glass. WJien Whiskey nay be Taken aiedici_ally. After'goose, or Irish stew, or any; delicacy of the season into which onions may havo -bean Baaaonably entered. . Invariably after, salmon. When there ia wiuhing being done at home. '. When the painters are" in the house. . . .' i When a person feels laint and doesn't know what is the matter with him. When a friend turns up after an absence of -several years, or when; you are parting with a friend whom you do not expect for several' years. When a person has the tooth ache. When a person'has lost at cards or has come into property. . When a person has met with a great misfortune, or made a tre mendous bargain. When a' person has qaarrolled, and when a reconciliation has taken place, i When a man ia going ;to be mar ried to a beautiful young lady, and has made her a present of a $600 set of Jewelry, and she elopes with her music teacher. When 'a person takes a rido in a buggy or is on a-sea Toyago, or goes out between "the acts of a five act tragedy, or before ascending in a balloon, or after-coining off the jury of a coroner's inquest, or when you aria sitting up for your wife, or .when a friend drops in to smoke a cigar, and, in fact, upon all suita ble occasions of sadness and-merri ment. Gems or Thought. Time-.tnay unfold more, than pru dence ouget to disclose. -'..* .. If youTvish-^o pronounce an im partial judgmaat, -never, accept any favor.. , Men will wrangle'for religion, write for it, 4,te'for it, anything but live for. it. Great powers and\,natural 'gifts do-not bring ptivelege to their pds-. aessor so much as they bring dutica. -..'- 'He that studies books alone will \. know how things oagh t to be. He that Btudies men will know-how things are, We would-often; Jiave reason, to be ashamed '.of Qurarmost brilliant actions if the;. world cotdd see the motives from which itbey pprang; By flowers, understand faith ,-by j, . , - - fruit, good works. As the flower, "height.of;44 milea. Some Facts, ; Black and "white silk-stocking* and ribbons -in contact generate great electricity. ; ; ?_ ! } There will be a trAnrat of "Venus December \6,1882, which will be followed by/another in 2004. The earth, per day, moves 1 ,- C01,900 miles .in its orbit, 66,745 per hour, and 1112. miles per min ute. ' Tablets founc^ in .mummies give 28 parts'to the_odiac, one forievery day of the moon. They begin with Aquarius.-^ In 1835 the nineteen Provinces <x Sraxil -contained bnt &vet mil lions of inhabitants,, of whom two millions were slaves; ' j Twilight lasts" till the 6un is 18 degrees below . the horizon, :when tlie solar rays are reflected from a What the Microscope Keveajs Lewenboeck tells us of an insect seen .with the ruicroacope, of which twenty-seven millions .would, only equal a mite. "' " ,.;',. 'Insects of variouB.'kipds may be seen in the. cavities of a grain' of aan'd. .... Moldis a5forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves and fruit., Butterflies are fully feathered. ""' Hairs are hollow tubes. - - The surface, of our bodies is cov- ored with soalea like a fish; aain- gls,grain of;Band would cover one hundred and Jiffy of these^goales, and yet a scale covers five hundred pores. Through'theBO narrow open ings the perspiration forces itself, like water through a sieve. _och drop, ofistagnant'.water con tains a .world of -: living creatures, swimming .with as-much1.liberty.-as. whales in the sea.' . : i - ':: !. ,. , Bach leaf has a. colony "of injects grazing oh it, like ucows.in.'a mea dow. A farmer's! daughter in Mexl -co, Mo., committed suicide., last week after writing a very tender letter to her accepted lover. , .<<:'I can't.keep up this ghost ot'eontent- lnent any longer. , I shall .go mad, if I. am not already. I' tell you this, darling, because. I,know ,you will forgive me when t 'tell you .1: could not think of dragging,you down to misery \yith myaelf. I could not marry you wit^ort'tbring- ing you trouble, so I have made up" my mind to free'myself froth this world o( care. .1 loVX< you too dear ly to cause-you.(t.aiinuto of pain." .There are few passages in the lite^ ature Lpf suicide..mp.ra,pa*hetio_liaa ..this.. . -. ' or bloBsom ii before-the fruit bo is faith before good workB ; bo neither is the fruit without the flower, nor gobk works without faith., " Compliments which we thin'k are deserved, we accept .only as debts, with indifference ; but.those which conscience informs us we do.not aerit, we receive 'with:'the eame gratitude that wo do favors given away. ' " ' ' There are-many men,, especially at the outset of life, who, in the too eager desire for the end, over look the difficulties in., the way:; there is another class who see noth ing else. _he first class,may 'some times fail; the latter rarely suc ceed. It was among the -loveliest cas- tomi of tho ancients to bury the young at morning twilight, for, u, they strove to give the softest in terpretation to death, aa they im agined that-Aurora,,who loved the young, i_d stolen them, to-her em brace. It is * -most ibeautiful truth:' in' morals, that we have-no such thing as a distinct or divided interest; fro_ oar race. In their welfare,; as ours, anS fey ^choosing the broad est paths to -effect- ftbeir .happiness, wo choose the surest and tfi&short- eet to our own. ' - > \ The most harmless men are not on. that aocount enemies-without,; particularly" if they add.to prudence plain and honest speaking,'but nothing excitesi some" pei^o'h's to; violence more than the spectacle'of that self-collectednees and self-re spect that, they 4do iioi foel'inthemr selves. ,* - " , : ' -.--- There is nothing to be said im favor of fashion, and yet how,many are content implicitly..to obey.its commands j ios rqles are hot-even dictated by the Btandard of taste, for it is- certainly running into extremes, and condemns one day what it approves the next. The'generous-and polite man has pleasant recognition and cheeiful words for all he meets. He scat ters sunbeams wherever fibiyjoes. He pares the paths of others Syith i Bmiles. He makes society seem genial and the world delighfful to those who would else find them ' cold, Belfish-and forlorn^ ' Pi-ofanity never didany man the least good. No man. is the richer, or happier, or the. wiser for it. It commends no one to any society. It is disgustiiig Jto ^tlm_ refined : abominable to" the good, inB.ulting ' to'those: With whom We .'associate';' degrading.to the mind; uriprofit- .abje, needless and injurious to so ciety. ;;,... A l>es*An3H Pciietaation, Punctuate tbe follwaigcrBO as ib make it true: . ; Every lady in the land ' ;_." \ '-' Hath twenty n_lB-'Upcin each hand ; : ' J"iya and twcnty^n.handaand feot, : And this fa tra without deceit. - 1 Make penaeoqt-of this ; Lord Pulmerston then entered on his head, 4 white.hat, upon bis .feet, large'and; well :poliahed.boots Upon his brow, a dark cloud in his hand, his faithful,walking stick in Ilia oye, a menacing; gki'tt. saying nothing. . : ',. ; , And seeif punctuation will ninke the ifoll&a'ing poetry any less ab- SUlrfT: -.'.'.. 1 I saw _higtaoji nxaking'^>roa4>>,-'r ' r I saw;a girlxoinpo'ied .of <thjead; 1 saw a toijrel one mile square; ' [X sam a meadow'in tneAir; ' I saw a rocket walk a.jnulQ"; f* J.saw a pony make a'file.; i . .1 saw a blacksmithiu a boit; - _I saw an orange "kill an ox-.; Jjawa out'eher" made of steel ';."-' .1 savi a penknife dauce a reel J' 1 :1-saw-a sailor tw.olvofcetliighi ;' ' l.saw ai_'.ldor,ih,apie ; I...; ... :I saw a an'arrGW.making hay.; .' . ; I'B'aw.'a'farnicrUiko ajipg ; - "' ;.Isaw"'ji'pui>pyfhiixing;grog:; " ; th*.mea who.bbw>h_e toe Ahd will confirm what I^tall ypu., .; 1,'; ": . " ii __ Iron wire .conducts electricity four hundred million times better than water, and fourraillioa timw better than sea water. Astronomy' was cultivated in Egypt and Chaldea 2800 B. C; in Persia 3,209 B. G.; in India 3,101 B. C; and in China 2/942 B. C. The TJhaiaoans had made obser vations which extended 1903 years before itho taking of Babyl&n by Alexander, Le. to _233 B. C. The river Amazon rises in the ; mountains of Qjuito, and runs 3400 miles -before it discharges itseff by ten channels into the Atlantic.. Mohammed Ali in 1S19 made a- eanal ia _Igypt an two. months, of 48 miles long and 90 feet wide, on which he employed-at onajtipie 250,000 workmen. ,.*. v- At Cairo, Egypt, there is an ex tensive printing estabkhment -con taining sixty presses -for books ia Arabic and. for a daily gazette in Arabic, Italian and Qfn^kiib. -i. Hortjche], an authority in astron omy,-states- that the'-spots in; the sun are mountains on its] surface In H7S.he:_ea*ured a. spot in .the sun which was JBQ-fiQO' rnilcs in. diameter. Lake Mcerisfia ^gypt,-ancientl3r described as an. artificial wonder, 450 miles round and 300 feet-deep, is now only 35 miles long and -fi miles-broad, and'is believed to be-a natural lake." The angle of tnja Earth's diame- ter-at the sun.is about_7 Beconda, at TSIercury" JB, at T^enua 62, at Mars 42, at Jupiter 4> at Saturn 2, at -"Uranus 1, and at the _loa 6908.4, or lH'5-aniautea.""' \ The first recorded observatory was:"on fche'Tenifi4*of ;Belua; the tomb of'Osynandiast^in-Egypt.'Wtta another, and it contavned a golden; circle 200-feet in ctiaroeter. That at Benares was equajly aa ancient ' It is-esttrruited that there-are-..,-. OpO.000 of Mohamntodan and Brah min'Fakirs in: India, fanatics who, like the Christian Anchorets, prao- tice'selftmartyrdom in a thousand absurd: Austerities and disgusting tortures. Grand C-airons the madern capi tal "of Egypt" It is nine milea around, and in 1835 had a popula tion of ha!lf.a million. " It fetande near -the eastern side of thei Nile, and adjoining it'is the.rocky piiun- tain Mokaddeh. ' j V ; One.hundred thousand pounds at the equator would weigh 100,315 poiinds at London, since"|he Eame. pendulum which -vibrates 86.409 times a day at the "equator; vibrates 86,535 in latitude-SI deg. 32 sec,,'- and the effect rs as iheir'Sqtiarei. iration renders. - the. otr/f rooms negative when persons are at rest,, owing- to the lungs being ia. action while the skin is quiescent School rooms; and- sleeping, rooms thus.become negative, whiie tkeex- iterhalair, is poaitiyje. _ . , !The mopnis 231,107 -niilesl&ora th'e.earth at ber mean distance i.'K.. 59.9643, semi diameters of the earth token at 3953 rniloi, or 59,833 at 3963 miles, and the circumference of her sidereal Orbit is nearly. 1,- 490,000 miles,:and of the synodial rl,it is 1,605,800 miles, j I The Egyptian8~claim' that:in 48,- 853 years (doubtless- moons, and " ttie.period from Vulcan, to Aiexan- 'der)"-they had accurately observed ,373 eclipses, bf-the-'sun and '832 of Hhe :,mooh. This goes back: 3900 years, t423jQ B. C, anoSaccords with many other determinations. . ;The-oojarnandmerrfcs'*f the Budd hists bf& not to kill anything ; not to steal; not to coniniit ^adultery; *not. to -speak ; falsehooda-j-not to drink anything ten"" sins aresJalling animals, theft, adultery; falsehood, discords,severe language,: idle:; talk, ,-covetousness, _ -envy !-und nmlib,-ahd. false.^Qda. ir^A Kentucky newspaper says that-'an'investigation of thareeorda eSthte' shows that not n sipglo -I -r-;A Ginoinnati liquor dealer- tip plied to a oust'omer, for 'a letter of rocoimmendation 6f'a: certain iirand of whiskey be had recently-sold bim. 1, , i, .,, , earned- . aU sorts of lnBeot,:poison. and find (notlnhg. I liu thi ri>>age>.thete none equal ' whiskey." that-ii i.of-v .man ov-woman within .->ls -l^oWlers- fTlmV to your old .-cabinet 'not a single man r .'.' man *.hl (.niarried ar._l. - if?;"-" ::il- :ir< ' V' : --." is f-'ji mi I ," f : Sill i-r.'fl__75"* :'-i- iHl'IS :>iK.-{Jj;| tte 0m \n % _i^_ f Car-^-v^-S " -1<* C*4"^ ^__^^-__tl_____i^Si i- *if ^t-^__af* ^he_^_i__ sa_3sa?s