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prcptrei to funih pltss rpicetiaas tad estiiatet fcr all cti5t- of ijjiidicgs and execute tl liis ds of 1 deessixg i jfatchxxg r ecdhollddcg vtf emxi of sadies doors ahi windows snd door franes and dre esed lumber and keen tetoefco hard all orders prompjj- itteded to john camerok acton livery bus lfne the uidettirj rcirctfaiiv solicits the itroa e of the prtjiic ed iefom thets tcet well equipped and syiish rigs can al- waye be secured at his etimcs a comfortelie l3 lccts all -traics- lcfvrtta 9 e- n tid tl pm carcfnl ettcntioa given to ererjorder the uls of comcereiel ttavel- iert felly met johx willia3is mutual fire nsurance company or the cquutz of wellingtok u litiziuuiz isiq head ofr cuelph ihsircsbcijdiegesrtrcuendife ifaccfectories ead all other descriptions ci jrcnle property on the cth aud t xote system f wstone chs davidsok fvesldct manager jokk taylor aosht lowof lles hooks i d- wn- or drjre box 1s6 s- ka cook co luctu meers baa tea omo 51 qoeeu bl east torouto iw cook 4 co auctionecra gwrgetown and toronto katiuitous jrarwe works hauutok e kiocl ifcrkcriy hatchs block the grc corner of woolwich end xorfolt 6ucctgcejh0a john h hamilton proprietor wholesale end rttaij ccnierend direct importer end inaonfactarcrof autrfcds of gnmite end marble ltoliatflenu tonibstoces etc having had en ertfiosive eijerince for the last ig years the pallm may rir ch getting all ecperior articleet a cheaper rate thin any other dealer ia the west x b 1j jierccnt- oit oa a direct order rc- ccirod for the next jj davs thield tbas in canada for ciinespoltible foot heater over 500000 fa use ia canade and the c tatef tes hours solid comfort for 2c luraloahle lor oi in tu toru of vehicle la the out bold and in efoiefi and ccom how is th time to eod ia yoor orders write for tamplrt and price to the cline manufactuirng co l 2d fboxt rr vet touosto agents i wante0 guelph branch corner o wycdbaiu aud quebec strcow advaucca tutda to tanner oti their own notes tl uio lovctt corrcql ruto of interest ealca and other uotet collected protnplij no charge made for cohecunf four per ccut 11 crest paid on dill balances of mtus of 61 aiid upretdi doivatilod in the saving bank department icd eompoanded cterj tli months special arrangements can be undo for catci depoaitcd in the deiknit keccipt deirtumt forttatod periodi drafts lkued and pavablc inaupartaofcanda failed states and great britain at very low rate i a general banking business transacted a f h j0ses uanagcr g celph branch cjucliihdccvicbcrisso season 18ll binder twine b6st brhnd silver composite crown red cap blue rrlfeon bottom wholes a tr prices ok apflicltioy john if bond co guelph flower garden seeds kll f kinds wooden toothpicks only toe a package drug store i j v kanijawiri mill street acton machine and repair shop cfundell dickieson have their ne steam cachine shop crv in fell reining order end etc prepared to do all sands of repairs to machinery boilers agricultnral implements etc steam or water pipe pitting on the shortest possible notice eepairs kept in stock for all the leading makes of agricaltcral machines- we have both iron arid k cod working machin ery have had long experience in the business and can guarantee eatisfection in all orders cn- tmstod to ns binder repairing a specialty geindell fc dice3e50n hill street acton kcar haneys kill w seaon1891 thiiil retcrninp thictsto osr inany pit- mes fortheirliberal fnpport in the past ffe iriil to intorm yon that we have entered into an amegement with e stewart gcelph tokeepconstantlyonhanda full stoekjof the ordinary sues of 8ash doors etc and will eibo sspplyeny special sires on fhort coticeetgnelph prices frames of ail kinds made to order vcalw keep in stock e lice of base window tod door cacn corner blocks ac voarlaciur dressed while von walt pricei50perlf pumps bein better able tfcan hereiforo we will etipplj either wood or iron liaps promptly all work guaranteed satisfactory ticase call and inspect before parchafing elsewhere tkos ebbacb hannffcr or a wiiford halls health pamphlet disease cured wlthontmedictae jas matthew acton hii lecn sppofaled ient tor tte circatelion of or bs- eelebrtted heiia pawph et which be kr oo bicii the 1imphet e urns bvuie mitsst it adri sure enre for disease jrith- t medidnc hie price for tie pemi four dollin and eiarjiie u pvmtiutit thenarchijierisnotlatlsfied after ratline the rroussttato consctotloro pneuee for one ssse to refnnn the money on th re nrn of the pmpljet ith pledee nnu jcln jo trouaen or allow it to lie naed in hii familv the wiiford hall treatment wlthont medicine fofse rilne reeelred from lauhof mestpieue eaqnire of any of lie follotrins parties icrds j her dr gilford uotbb cook o uolhollflild wri g hnlholland john harvcr ur john harvey vcjiham hemstreet t c moqre mr t crmooro jaine uuxhewe sin jas ualtliewj m unlled hohert afoore noble uclaiii thomas ceaeron mrs t cameron wis grippe lncksocst jaixiee urtld tfrs j uartlii win lane lira w lane other uamee will he added weekly fodnj the housekeepers hosg ll is swoop iwcop i woo ji though youve done it an hour before and hi icrub icmb icmb table and chair and floor and you ncodnt bo weary a bit to lad your labor fa vain do it as well at you can odny you can do it tomorrow again tt i cook cook cook there i moat tnd there bread to bake it u cook cook cook there i pujdiug and pie to make tbc but tool are eiwevs dropping tlie itockingt am over to mend tiic men in the field to look after tlie children towaah and to lend it is fight fight flgbt for a man in the tug of life an 1u fight fglit fight for a clean and tidy ifa a man tan plant m acre of land and gather tbc goldou wheat and got the price in his open hand and the price of labor li cwcel but work wort work is ever a waqiaui lot it is work work work if iicxrcathcrii colder bo and lb u ia the wont of the trouble ebc basut a dollar of gain and though she may icmb and clean today she meat do it ocjorrow again oh tvifc wife wife dont worry anl fret and poat 0b wife wife wife von arc cross today no doabt for yoa know very well your labor isnt done for a do2ar or two jctt think how happy yoa make us all of the love wegire to you oj wife wife wife if yon could not eookand clean oh alfc wife wife v- what sorrow that rest would mean to toil lor love is bctttr than gold and the way we differ is clti che work you dy ia done by the day and mine is one by the year llniicldarr stl 3ffffniit tlra5ing f os le tlfsca ed iv insi wfllu- woman wiiowhb determined to mtirry him willing or unwilling hit appetite failed and at last his woebegone looks attracted bis uncles attention it was not difficult to win bis confidence for ho was deaperale she tells everybody she is engaged to me she u actually making her wedding outfit and she will drag mo to church some day he grouped in sptte of myself t you ever make jove to her inquir ed ucnry wallace soelmnly kever i hate her did you ever vrite sweet notes to her ver wrote a line of any kind to in one of the most eiylish boardiptf houses in boston where sirs colleaiin and lier fair diughter julia accomodated a few select boarders of whom they invariably spoke as guests emory wallace clerk in the counting housj nf wallace it co and acknofrhxjgod heir to the head of the firm had a large square room beautifully furnished with even- comfort and conveni ence his heart could desire and in which he was supremely miserable henry wallaoe in speaking of his nephew would say a handsome feilow fucfeetin his stockings strong broadshouldered and with a splendid head inside and out but bashful as a girl itore bashful than any eirl i ever saw had to take him into the countinghouse because he actually couldnt j answer customers where he got his shy- hess i cant imagine im not shy his father was a clergyman and he wasnt shy and his mother was a brisk smart j yankee girl and she wasnt shy but emary you should sec him in a parlor i he blushes if anybody looks at him and as to conversation he couldnt say boo to a i goose j and yet in spite of his nephews bash- fulness henry wallace had set his heart npoa his courting- and marrying pretty grace elliot his favorite amongst all the girls in his large circle of friends a tew wise ones who had been yoang when henry- wallace was still in his youth had said that he liad loved grace elliots mother and tliat when she married john elliot he vowed to remain a bachelor for her sake whether this was true or not he mourned her ded and her child became a pet with him from the hour of her birth he was cncle henry to bar as soon as she coald lisp his name and his dearest scheme for the future was to become her uncle in fact at well as in name j bat he was cunning in his scheming and the young people never met until on the death oi his widowed mother emory then twentythree accepted his uncles invita- tioa and took a place in his countinghonse the first step towards the consummation of his uncles wishes was taken when emory was introduced to grace he fell in love bopdissiy helplessly then and there suffering mate agonies whenever he tried to talk with her worshipping her but never imagining he could summon courage to tell her so it was understood amongst the friends cf the wallaces cncle and nephew thit the younger man would be heir to the large fortune of the elder one already emory lived like a man of wealth his handsome room his ample wardrobe the horse upon which he took daily exercise his library his piano upon which he was more faian the average amateur performer all betokening ampie means miss julia colleman owning to twenty- five recorded in the carefullyconcealed family bible as ten years older tall hand some resolute had yet failed to capture a husband kot for want ot effort faith fully had- she tried her power to charm upon each and every bachelor gnest in her mothers house for fifteen weary years but they all slipped pat of the net and she ground her teeth viciously as she fastened her eyes upon emory wallace and vowed he should not escape her he combined all her heart desired youth beauty and wealth better than all she decided that he was a fool who could bo twisted round her finger at will she was wrong there but she understood only too well how to work upon his sensi tive bashfnl disposition she took him by etorm she met him on the stairs and in sisted anon stopping him there when all the boarders were passing to their meals she invaded his room on all sorts of pretenseo and went into ecstasies over his musichis books his pictures- she twisted ins bash ful speeches into compliments and sent him into agonies of blushing by repeating them at the table she embroidered slip pers for him put bouquets on his table set the pins in his cushion to make sentimen tal word and phrases forget me not fidelity eemembranoe and other devices she met him on his way home from business andlinked her arm in his to accompany him to he hbaae she ad dressed him as emory and spoke of him to her friends as dear emory and count ed all too successfully upon his awful bashfolnere t5 let her pursue her way un restrained it began to wear upon him he grew pale and his nervonspebs increased to a pitiful degree hewas haanfced by a vision too often materialized of a unwaokeyed emory i see but one escape for you i shall quarrel with you and disinherit you but you cant you only hold my fathers share of grandfathers property in trust and yoar own share comes to me if you do not marry how can you disinherit me dout le a fool emory i have three timesas much as my fathers property that is mine and nobody knows but my fellowtrustees and yourself that it is not all mine oh if yoa only laved grace but i do love her i adore her i worship every golden hair on her pretty head i live in the light of her bine eyes love her l idolize her her i am an idiot before her i so adore her 1 dare not speak to her i so reverence her hullo well henry wallace fairly gasped yoa love her and yet yoa wilt let this grenadier of a woman dng you into matri mony but emory wallace was fairly sobbing the great all fellow could no more re us his constitutional bashfulnss than he could turn his curling brown beard black or his black eyes blue for a moment his uncle looked contemptuous then know ing the good qualities in the rae heart of the young man he looked sympathetic will yoa follow my advice if i promise io get you oat of your mess v he said i will obey yoa like a slave go home now look as dejected as you can groan a utile refuse any ex planation i will be with yoa in an hour and in an hour henry wallace entered his nephews room much as he knew he was scarcely prepared for the scene that met his eyes emory was extended npou a lounge his face hidden and the fair julia was standing over him imploring him to oonfidn in her to tell her what troubled him t well sir v henry wallace cried as he broke in upon tins pathetic scene and his nephew jumped as if he had been shot well sir his cncle continued i have come to tell you will you be kind enough to leave us he interrupted turning to julia thinking he s safe to listen t kosc- elevated chin well op step long and firm iliis colleman strode out of the room to enter the next one and put her ear to the keyhole of the communicating door her kiir could not stand on end being pinned on but her hi rod chilled in horror at the torrent of ubse henry wallace poured out upon his nephew winding up with a threat of disinheritance and conse quent beggan- before twentyfour hours later all ifiss julias friends all her mothers guests had heard the awful tidings xfra colle- man wrote a curt little note asking when sir wallace would find it convenient to vacate his rroms and received the joyful response in an hour and in a little more time j aba had lost her victim bat emory wallace was not prepared for a little note that was forwarded to him from the counting room where to keep up appearances his desk was vacant such a sweet little note full of sympathy from i grace elliot who was so grieved to hear that he had offended his uncle and the ojended nncle had hard work to keep up his dignity when his blueeyed pet invaded his prim to ofiice and called him to account what cocld poor emory have done to make him so unreasonably angry how could he turn him away from his store when he knew how he detested strangers and how hard it would be for him to get another situation she had seen emory far more through his uncles eyes than through her own it was from henry wallace she had learned of the young mans proficiency in study hidden by his shy reserve of his upright principles his strict integrity his devotion to his mother his business capacity she had given her pure young heart to an ideal emory built upon his uncles description and yet it was the true man she loved though he could never let her see that henry wallace blustered and raged bnt under cover of his long ejelashco watched grace keenly as he said and the beggar had the impudence to tell me yesterday that he loed yoa loves mef oh uncle henry 1 are you sure sure i he got fairly poetical aboat it the puppy he roared suddenly recalling his part of enraged uncle as if yoa would marry a bcgpr vrlo dnnt dare say his soul is his own bet if he ioves well if he loves you i dont mind his having no money yoa know mimina left me more thin i can spend beta great goose who cannot tell you that he lores you kot with his lips his eyes tell me so ever time he sees me uncle henry coaiingly do forgive him i dont know what he has done bat i am sure it is noth ing very dreadful we dont want your money oh dout ict said cruel uncle henry down went the golden head on the hard desk a door oiened softly umaneatered the room uncle henry stole away an arm crept round grace and she sobbed j dont make fun of me 1 am so miser able for me grace but it was not henry wallace who spoke he was in the next room gnarding hjs private onlcefrom intrusion there was an old house in cambridge the family homestead that was a portion of the inheritance of henry and emory wallace for ten years it had been closed when it was thrown open to plumbers painters upholsterers and made beautiful inside and oat mr henry wallace took possession but after one of the most fash ionable weddings of ihe season to quote a boston paper emory and grace made their home there hiss julia colleman is miss colleman still in her secret heart lamenting she was in such haste to act upon jho wallace quarrel and did not wtit fox the recon- cilation and even grace was never told 1 what a farce that quarrsl was a howapoor boy prospered iy eleav0b libk the following is a true story tod is written with the hope that it miytrttn encoarafiemeat to boyi who are dishearten ed by- nsrd uncongenial work and small wages and who feel that baiioess promo- tfoa is slow if not impossible at the ae of fifteen a boy whom we will call william gray found himself fatherless and motherless aocjjiu far as any practical help wa concerned friendless his parents had had a bard straggle to procure the commonest necessities of life and so the lads education bad been sadly neglected bat bo was trustworthy placky and indastrioob and not ashamed to pot his hand to boneat work the first job which the boy secured was sweeper at one of ihe new york ferryboat docks he awept the ladies side the meas side and the highway for the horsea and he swept every day or eight mouths without stop- ping to this work he gave all his time and attention he wai never seen loafiog and talking with the deck hands thoagh he always had a good word aad a smile for everybody this anaiaal devotion to a generally couaidered ignominious business attracted comiderable attention and one day william was approached by a police officer who was accompanied by a very unclookidg man ive boen telling this gentleman about yon said the officer about n air said ihe lad wilh great astonishment and instinctiteiy touching his hat yes tveiad my eye on yoa or some time was the answer and this gentle man asked me to try and find him a rood lad for his atable ive brought him to yoa do you know anj thing aboat the care of horsea v the gentleman inquired not a thtuj in the world sir- do yoa think yoa coald learn v i would be ashamed if i couldnt air was the coarageoas response the newcomer took a card from his pocket saying as he did so i will wait for you a week bat come as soon as yoa can i will give you thirty dollars a month and year board if yoa suit me to begin with that aayakweepiog william gray will never forget jle took as much pains as ever with every crack and crevice bat his astonishment and gratitade were beyond description how could it be he asked himself thit so common a toiler and plodder should have been noticed and re commended to a good place thirty dollars a month and board were to the lad a small fortune he was then not aware that tboroah work inevitably tells its own story everywhere and that integrity indas- try and perseverance by the immutable laws of god will win a way for the ham- blest of his creatures a few days later william went to his new place- for three weeks he wait in structed in his duties by a man hired for the purpose at the end of that time he was left with the care of a team c fine horses and a pocy belonging to the only son of his employer one erenicg as the owner drove into the stable william inquired if he would kindly tell him where be could find some books about horees i have some in my library the gentle man replied what do you think of do ing why you see sir i want to find out all i can about them if a horse gets sick it would be awkward not to know whit to do till we coald get a doctor here yoa are right william was the ap preciative answer 1 will give yoa what you want tonight i see yoa have some school books here i am afraid yoa dont had much time to study oh halfauhour here and tea minates there sir william replied then this u only play after the dock work i had to do and jest think the horses know me and everybody is so good to me it does seem fast like home and so day by day the lad worked and stadied with a little help from his em ployers son he made rapid strides in arithmetic and grammar while in geogra phy bo was far in ad ranee of bis teacher the books relating to the special subject were eagerly read and at last the boys employer foend that he was not only learn ing how to take the best care of welt horses and treat sick ones bat he was etadying their anatomy and phyelogy and in this way edncatiug fiimself to be an authority on ihe subject dcring the progress of these studies william was asked bp give his opinion on the meriu of a horse which a ceifihbor talked of purchasing the young man looked the animal cvr and laid with bia cscal fransness fcl tbeowcer stood by hes bound tote bcrtflicied air with hat build acsuheo by cirefal examin ation of other points proved each a mar- vellpaa discrepancy between the real age of ihe beast and the number of ear mention ed by the owner that the negotiations were immediately ended in such ways did this lad progress at the age of twenty he was sent west to pur chase horses he was known to be abso lutely trustworthy and incorruptible ad vised bv the nun whahul taken such an interest in his welfare he placed a proper value en his services aud his future was secured william gray is now one of the wealth iest and one of the most respected men in this great country and certainly no career could have had a more difficult and a more humble beginning it ia irae that such success ia exceptional but it is also true that the lad who works with his heart and brs head for the interest of bia employer who woald prefer to pive an hours extra time thau shirk a minate and who in the hours of business is to be foand right there is in the direct hue of progression he is bound to climb the ladder and if not the ladder upon the first round of which he placed hii young feet it will be by another and a better one v 3 ltdqcr peculiar punishment humorsofthe patent office the good wife axv mother a collection of epistles which the present chief clerk of he patent office has made for bis own amnsement is a mine of humor dot onmiied with pathos one cannot help noticing in how mauy of them the halfformed notion of a paternal govern ment is mingled with the idea ofpopo4r sovereignty a straightoat democrat for example evidently thinks that he is conferring a favor when he informs grover cleveland the foather of boaer country dear sir and president of the united states that he has ioveoted a new frate car coupler in which the president may have a half inter est if he will pnt it threw the patent office another correspoudeol sends to the white house a few friendly jines hoping to find you well and all the cause of friendahip soggeete that the president ihall forthwith forward him a patent for a liniment which he is sore the president will be glad to learn has been tried on the inventor and hiswifc and his daughter for nineteen years occasionally one meeta with a pitifal story addrwiod to his hih honor beggingfor a patent because the writer is getting old and wants to give the children a atari in the world some how quite differeut are the letters addressed to the commisaioner of patents ko path etic appeals are made to him his corres poudenla tell him what they want and give many stories are told of an old german him to understand lhatthey want it right off who formerly kept a small hotel at like a lur fn the iky like a gem in the crown is a rood wife aad mother in city or town her husbands companion his helpmate throng life la the norm and the tunihiac the j07 and the itrife the two walk together throurh paths that are fair or climb hands still elmiung oer mountain of care while he may be nluckiog the- thorn from her way bhv li tcatlering the roses to iwooten tbc day she hiiles ia tbc morning her children to meet ai thoy come to her chamber with yattcrlng feet to thtc dear little children her sweet tuffle it bliss aj they lift their red lips for her fresh morning kiis and her heart is repaid that heart that has yearned x so over her darlings uy kisses toturaed like the gold from the mine lika a pearl from the sea ls the good wife and mother whereer ihe may be ircf if a kidder d he was sure to go- withoat fuling about it either as one rays one individual makes a modest as- maud for 100000 because he avers the government has offered that as a reward for a perpetual moshen which he tells the commisaiooer he his discovered an other will be contented with 3000 in re muneration for an insquair block what ever that may be another insists that the commisson has in his immediate control a large collection of secondhand army saddles oae of which he withes bent to him immediately another informs that functionary that he bought a safe which was patented in lila and cannot find the key and willtfie commissioner kindly send him a duplicate key i proposals that the commissioner shall act as attorney for iniivdcals before him self or shall make a reduction iu the overnmtnu fees because one persou pro poses to take out several patents are not at all uncommon letters warning the pat ent office against granting patents to rival claimants are in every mill and the reasons usuilly given are variegated to the extreme themost original one encounter ed is that he the rival 1 got mad at me and tried to cheat me out of it because be done the whltling ai for old things for wbich a patent is demanded the name is legion oae mm wmls to know if his name has been patented and if not he woald like to patent himself another desires to patent the name of south dakota if it woaid not cost too macb and still an other wishes lo be informed if he can get patent foe a smell with general de scription of an exhibition of odors or scents in an enclosed space perhapi for genuine tin mar the following is anijre iu its way i am here as an exile far from home says the writer whose numerous inquiries have been answered as usual by sending him a printed copy of the patent osice rules and wilhoat money for though i own a farm of 21 acres i had lo fly like a lark frcm the field of wheat tor fear of my life from a frantic scolding wife so i have a great many ideas in fire- eicapes for buildings but money makes the mare go which leaves my mare to toter fall and die it is said and it ii true that there ismannya socratns in the hands of the plow and manuy a uleses herding sheep the connection between the invention of a ficeescapeand the uncomfortable behavior of this gentlemans better half may be in- ferated but what is a socratns in the hands of a plow here is tbe chinese questioo in an entirely new aspect and it is needless to state that the letter comet- from the golden state mr commissioner of pacnts herewith please find my applicaiiua to atop leaks in garden hose my improvement consists io the simple wrapping of a piece of cotton batting around the hose i stole the idea from a chinamen bat it stops leaks around the hose the adjutantgeneral ot the united slates will inform yon that i am all right that ia lam intellingent and honest whether the chinamen would agree in this last personal estimate is perhaps op a to conjecture even the patent office itself stem and mechanical and monotonous as its work is is not free from an occasional vagary hidden in its report for example ia the patent for ihe illumicated cat so 30o10j september k isi a 6gure cf the animal coated with luminated paint eo as to shine in ibe dark and perfumed so as to be obcoxidu to tats mice etc and for the pistol which splits open lengthwise and of whjch the two parts hinged together be cornea bootjack xo 323570 november 3 lsso and for the aclisnorer so 132 00 october 22 lstji an arch of some hard material secured upoa the back be tween the shoulders and constructed oq the theory lhat if a person ia prevented from lyics on his back he can uo longer snore and for ihe automatic roost ko 104632 jane 2s 1370- by which when the fowls retire operates by their weight to close the doors of ibe beehive and 60 keep out the nightprowling beemoth topladys conversion funny incident in a mani- tobachurch a magistrate in ceylon finding a wit ness would persist in prevaricating and telling lies ordered the culprit to be hand- caffed and tomtommed around the village as a liar what a picnic there woald be in some of oar towns and cities if many of the wi to esses wo testify at election trials and on whiskey selling and division co art cases were treated in such a summary manner 1 there woald be a pretty exten sive tomtomming we fancy mr walson why do they call fishermen anglers mr hooke comes from aojzte you know crooked they never tell a straight story aboat what they eaten great imusement was created ihe other day by an incident iu a certain church a young lady evidclily a stranger while seated in ouo of ihe pews accidentiy let her handkerchief fall on the floor in making a desperate effort to regaiu pobsesiou of it by repeatedly btoopiug down on one side 1 she attracted the attention of a gentleman in the pew behind the gentleman seems to have got the impression that ehe was seabosly illand about to faint wilh the best of motives therefore he btood up and gently took her uader the arms raising her of very much to her surprise as she tried jp release herself another gentleman alongside came to the rescue and before the lady knew what was the matter they were moving her oat into the passage natur ally she wastoo mach astnnlsbed to find words to protest and they managed to half carry half lead her some distance when she directed an appealing look to another gentleman in the pew as if asking him to help her he too promptly rose from bia seat and- rendered assistance by helping lift op the lady and carrying her gently to the outside when explanation came to be givfto the feelings of imagined v j gregor ia the house was noted far find wide for the excellence of its table andthe ecceotricity of peter the landlord who as he expressed it ran the hotel to suit him- self and if anyone didnt like it he could go elsewhere one day there came a drummer to peters hotel and before retir ing be left orders to be called in time to catch ihe downriver boat which was ex pected at the mcgregor levee between mid night and daylight dont forget baid the guest earnestly 1 mast catch that boat all right said peter confidently the guest retired yawning and peter who was very conscientious sat down in the officer to wait for the boat about 6 oclock in the morning the hoarse whistle of the miry lee was beard and old peter hastened upstairs and rapped loudly 09 the guests door what whats that came the sleepy qaela its the bead answered peter git oop quick 1 there was a short silence ayd then the same sleepy voice asked what kind of weather is it rainin like cat3 ant togs replied peter well yawned the guest i guess i wonlt get up ill take the train in the nro ruing vat cried peter explosively yoa vont go no i tell you yell you vilf go exclaimed peter- giving the door a mighty kick git oop right away 1 the guest was oat ol bed in an instant and throwing open ihe door confronted the landlord with an indignant iace confound yourinsoeuce he cried dcut yoa suppose iknow when i want to go by way of answer peter strode into the room and seized the cuests garments lying on a chair i know dis much he said stolidly your clothes will go if yoa dont the guest struggled pleaded argued and stormed but peter was inflexible he bad been told to call the guest for the boat the boat was at the levee the gnest had been called and now he must go and gu he did he had to dress in the office amd then peter took his bag and literally marched the drnmmerdownto the levee and saw him safely aboard the steamboat then he rttarned to the hotel wet and wear bat exaltant in the coo aciouness of having had his own way m the following with reference to the con version of toplady the well known poet of last century is inserted by request while improving his natural talents with which he was eminently endowed it pleased god in his providence when be w about the age of sixteen to direct his steps into a barn at a place called cody main in ireland where a layman named morna was preaching the word of god which was then delivered was fixed dpon his conscience in demonstration of the spirit and with power thai showing that his faith did not standin the wisdom of men bat in the power of god a few years after ihe above memorable circumstance mr toplady reflects anon it tn ihe following words february 3j itcvs thai sweet text ephesians ii 13 ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of christ was partic ularly delightful and refreshing tomv sonl and ihl more so as it reminded me of the days and months lhat are past even the day cf my sensible espoasals to the bride groom of ihe elect it was from this passage that mr morris preached on that memorable evening of my effectual call by the grce of god under ihe ministry of that dear messenger and under that ser mon i was broakbt nigh by the blood of of christ in august 1756 stiange that i who have sttt so long under meanb of grace in england should be brought nigh to god in an obscure part of ireland amidst a handful of gods people under the ministry of one who could hardly spell his name surely it was the lords doing and i mar vellous the excelienucy of such power must be ot ood and cannot bo of man the regenerating spirit breathes not only iu town but likewise when where and as he listeth 1 strange that irish landlords are so nervous i didnt know ihey were why yes the leased thing worries them wbcnloore langniiand dull in the ipring of t the yoar when stomach iid liver are all out of gear when youre stupid at morn and fetpriah at night and celling fives mian and no thing goes nab t toni irj- any nostrum elixir or pill golden medical uiseovcry jot- fllta th wu the surest and best of ol reroedie fcr disorders of the liver btomach and 1 is dr pierces golden medical diuaytj at what age were you married tp asked inquisitively but the other dy was equal to the emergency and juietty responded at the parsonage v j j- when vott go to buy hood- swupuai the trio may bo j be sure to i it- dont be pat ofl with u 1 interior jubuitote iuut upoa hoo4v psaswsa