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RUTHIN BOARD OF GUARDIANS. or. —— ZEnormous Increase in Rates. Guardians Condemn County Council Extravagance. Ruthin B')ard of Guardians, Monday, present :—Mr J H Simon (chairman), Bev E Stephens, Messrs T-lenry Williams, William Jones, Richard Jones, R R Lloyd, G R Edward. John Evans, Llall- gwyfen Owen Williams, R Lloyd Williams, J Evanq, with the clerk (Mr R Humphreys Roberts), the union master (Mr J E Roberts), and the relieving officers (Messrs R A Jones and G 0 Morris). •THE HOUSE. According to the Master's report the number of paupers in the house that day was 78, as against 82 on the correspond- ing day last year. During the past fort- night 8li vagrants were relieved an increase of 61 on the same day last year. GiFTS. The Master further reported having received illustrated and other papers for the use of the inmates fromJDrs Fish and Calvert, Llanbedr Hall, and.Mr Vaughan, Stanley-road, Ruthin, v t A cordial vote of thanks was accorded them. COMFORTABLE SICKfcWARDS. tI; The Ladies' Committee reported having visited the sick ward during the fortnight when they found everything clean and comfortable. :ENORMOUS INCREASED RATES. €0UjNtIY COUNCILS SEVERELY CRITICISED. The estimates for the coming half-year, submitted by the Clerk, showed an in- crease, the total amount being E4,719 as compared with X4,580 for the correspond- ing period of last year and X4,784 for the year before. Therefore the present call was X13) in excess of that this time twelve months ago. After getting in all the rates for the current half-year there would be a balance in hand of L417. Out of the £!,719 already mentioned' the county rf quired X3,284, leaving XI,435 for general union purposes. Mr William Jones It is a very big trier. The Clerk Yes, it is a big order. It is an increase of X429 for county purposes on what it was this time twelve months ago. Mr Owen Williams The estimates shows a decrease in the amount required for union purposes ? The Clerk Yes, for tha Common Union Fund the call is £ 330 less than this time twelve months. The county wants Cd for general purposes, 6d for elementary education, 1-d for higher education, and 2 1 07 from the old school board areas, making a total of £ 3,294. In answer to the Chairman, the Clerk said the ltural District's call was not included in the £ 1,435. That sum was required for purely union purposes, such as salaries, officers' rations, fees, registra- tion, &c., &c. gThe Chairman remarked that they would nnd that after paying the officials the poor got very little of the rates. The Clerk explained that out of every sovereign collected last year the poor got 85 Gid; the officers' salaries, superannua- tion, and rate collection took up 2s 5d 2 whereas for county rate purposes 9a lId went out of every JE. The Chairman said he thought local taxation had become a very serious matter, aud he did not know what was going to become of the country. It was time a atop should be put to it somehow. Out of an estimated sum of X7,412 the union itself only required XI,435, and out of tnis even salaries had to ba paid, so that the poor got very little indeed. Where, he would like to know, did all the money go? The race was called a "poor rate," bat it ought rather to be called a public rate," because most of it went to public officials who drained the county. It was all very well to say that the Guardians were hard on the poor, but it was the people who drew big salaries that were the burden of the country. Mr Richard Jones (Brookhouse) You talk in a very healthy way, Mr Chairman. The Chairman: He ilthy or not all I say is that it is time for us to go on strike, and let them sell us up in order to get the money. We have heard a great deal about "passive resistance," and it may be necessary for the ratepayers to resist the heavy demands made upon them. The time is coming when we cannot possibly pay any more. Old people complained that whereas years ago their fowls and pigs assisted them in rearing their children, but nowadays these went to pay the rates. The County Council did not care what they spent! Mr R R Lloyd said members of the County Council, or at nuyrate a good number of them, did not pay heavy rates, because they lived in private houses. Mr Richard Jones Let us change them then. Mr Henry Williams said that if they were going to criticise the work of another body they should suggest a remedy or an alternative of some kind. The Chairman explained that the fact that they wanted X.130 less for purely union purposes than they did 12 months ago, and the Local Government Board Inspector when at Rutbin last found only one ftult-that they were giving too much to the poor. Yet the poor only got one- sixth of the rate, and that was their point. Mr Henry Williams said there was no doubt that the members of the Board sympathired with the poor, but in criticising the County Council one should be careful to suggest an alternative policy or remedy. It was easy enough to make au open statement as the chairman had done, but could anyone say what he proposed to do ? Did they wish to go back to the old order of things ? I The Chairman said be did not wish that, but he considered the calls upon them were too heavy. Mr Henry Williams Well what are we to do. People clamour for better roads for instance, and to improve them entails heavy expenditure. Mr G R Edwards said the new order ef things might be all right, but it created new officials, and every new official wanted a salary. The question was does the new order pay us here." Mr Jobu Evans (Llanivdr). instanced the clerk of the County Council as a heavily paid official, who wanted five or six assistants also well paid. Even the stationery of the County Courcil came to over iS30 a quarter. It was outrageous, and the remarks of the Chairman were fully justified. It was high time for the ratepajers to look up." Mr William Jones (Glasfryn), said the roads were now made fit for motors. They were put in first-rate repair for rich people who lived outside the county, and the majority Zof whom came from the large towns of England, such as Liverpool, Manchester, and London, and from whom the county hardly got any benefit. Hundreds of pounds more were spent on the roads now in order to make them fit' for such people. Mr Henry Williams pointed out that as a member of the Ruthin Town Council Mr William Jones bad acquiesced in a policy to spend a large amount of money on the maintenance of main roads in that borough, and yet he seemed to be blaming the County Council for allopting the same policy. People living in glass houses should not throw stones (laughter). Mr William Jones said the Town Council simply fell in with the request of the County Council. The Chairman said that four years ago the amount required for county purposes J for a similar period was £1,750, whereas for the coming half-year it was £ 3,284— nearly twice as much. Mr Henry Williams But in the mean- time the Education Act was passed. The Chairman But how much better are we with all the education. A good many people talk about education, but they all seem to agree that the education given 25 years ago in the British and National Schools was much more useful and a great deal better than it is now. It is time to put a stop to this huge expenditure. Mr Owen Williams thought they were not responsible for the County Council, and they only had to deal with the expenditure of the union, which showed a decrease on the same period 12 months ago. The Chairmen Yes, we have reduced our rate, although the Workhouse i3 kept in a more efficient state than ever before. We are also fairly liberal to outside paupers, and yet we are nearly C350 better off than this time last year. Mr Richard Jones That shows that we have a good chairman (laughter). The Chairman Well I am trying to do my duty here and so do you. The matter then dropped, and the Chairman signed the estimates. THE POOR LAW CONFERENCE. The Chairman and Mr William Jones, who attended the Poor Law Conference as representatives of the Board, gave their views on different phases of the Conference. Mr Henry Williams regretted that so little had been said at the Conference in favour of the Old Age Pensions' Act, which he said was experimental. Old age pensions had been promised by Liberals and Conservatives, but the former party had sufficient courage to introduce the principle and act upon it. Defending the constitution of the Old Age Pensions' sub- committee for the Buthin district, Mr Williams said it had been intendod to put representatives of Boards of Guardians upon it, but acting on the best advice it was thought best not to do so, so as to completely eliminate the tiuge of charity from the pension given, and that he thought was the much more satisfactory course to adopt. CONTRACTS. The following contracts were given for the half-year:—J and P Williams, Well- I street, bread, 112 lbs, best and second, 10s 8d and 10s 5d flour, 240 lbs, 27s 6d; cheese, 7Jd lb butter, Is ld lb raisins, 4 3^1 lb salt lld bar. J R Davies, Crown ;z House, pork, best cut, 6id. M Williams 1 4 and Son, Well-street, beef, õfd lb mutton, 4 7id Ib suet, 4d lb. 0 R Owen, Railway Stores, tea, Is 3 i ib coffee, Is ld Ib; Epps' Cocoa, Is 2rl lb rice, 15s per cwt pepper, lid jb. Messrs Rcuw and Son, St Peter's-square, sago, 3d lb mustard, lOd lb vinegar, Is Id gallon. E B Jones & Co., sugar, moist, ld lb oatmeal, ltd 8 2 Ib currants, 3d. H Aldrich, sugar, loaf, 2^d lb. Richard Evans & Co., Ltd., coal, 15s Id per ton. Ruthin Gas Co., coke, 16s 8d per ton. Thos Roberts, Market square, flour (C Fines), 25s 6d per 40 Ib5 split peas, 7s per bushel. The re- maining contracts have not yet come to hand.

Ruthin County School Governors. SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIKS AWARDED. An adjourned meeting of the Ruthin County School Governors was held on Tuesday, when there were present Mr Ezra Roberts (chairman), Canon Basil M Jones, Rev W G Owen, Rev Isaac James, Rev W G Richards, Mrs J C Davies, Mra Hughes, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Stephens, Dr C, Medwyn Hughes, Messrs T H Roberts, Henry William?, Thomas Jones (Plas Goch), and Edward Jones (Llanbedr), with the assistant clerk (Mr Rowland H Jones). The principal business was to consider and adopt the report of the Scholarships and Bursal ies Committee which recom- mended that scholarships of Y,6, and angumentations of from j64 to S6, should iw granted the following girls :—Annie Jones, Glanclwyd, Rhewl; Gladys Bridge- water, Ruthin Irene Roberts, Rutbin Elaa Thomas, Brynelwys; Rosaline Swainson, Ruthin Nan Winter, Pentre- eelyn Florence Williams, Llandegia R H Jones, Prior-street, Ruthin C E Hughes, Rhos, Llandegla Glady and Belle Williamson, Derwen Hall Helena Jones, Gellifor G Edwards, Well-street; M M Roberts, Ty Issa, Efenechtyd and Bella Butler Graigfecban. The following boys were also recom- mended for renewal and augumentatioyis —W Jones, Llanelidan J T Lloyd, J T Thomas, and W Ellis Lloyd, Gyffylliog J P Davies, Clawdduewydd T S Jones, Glasfryn; Thomas E Price, Llanelidan; W Mostyn, Borthyn R J Owen, Ruthiu H H Roberts, Gellifor R H Roberts, Derwen D H LI Jones, Rhydycilgwyn J Jones, Llanfair Alill S M Owen, Pentrecelyn and T Jones, Llandegla. On the motion of the Chairman the re- ports were adopted. CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH. The Finance Committee recommended that Miss Rowlands should be granted the assistance of a teacher of conversational French two hours daily in exchange for board and lodgings. It was recommended thac Miss Galloway, the temporary science mistress, be paid at the rate of £ 110 per annum ar.d her expenses. On the motien of the Cliiurnun the Committee's recommendations were adopted. OVER AGE. Miss Rowlands, the head-mislresf, wrote asking the Governors permission for the following gills, who were over 17 years of age, to remain in school another year —Mary A Davies, Annie Hughes, Annie Jones, Olive Thomas, Gwcn Pierce, Rhoda Price, and Margaret H Jones. The necessary permission was given, MISCELLANEOUS. Another letter was read from Miss Rowlands iL reference to the prize distri- bution, and the matter was referred to the Finance Committee. Miss Rowlands also wrote complaining of the inadequacy of the room and stove which was used for the cooking classes, and this matter was referred to Committee.

-«• National Band Festival. Crystal Palace (Boys Section). 13 Bands competed in this Section 1st, prize the Woods Challenge Cup value five guineas and a prize of the value of X5. 1st, East London Industrial School, Lewisham 2nd, St Pancras Schools 3rd, Ashford Industrial School, Kent. It will interest all Ruthinites to know that the Superintendent of the cup winner, the East London Industrial School, is an old Ruthin boy viz James Cartwright, of Rhoe-street. Mr Cartwright was some years schoolmaster at the Ruthin Work- house (previous to his entering reformatory work) under the late and respected Mr and Mrs Williams.

A REASONABLE TRANSLATION. The teacher was telling the class in fourth- grade geography about the great seals of the different statc. using the picture.* in the diction- ary as the basis of the lesson. Pointing to the seal of Virginia, she asked, Now, who can tell me, from this picture, what should be the meaning of these Latin wor-cls, 'Sic semper tvrannis ? Bobby's hand went up. "All right, Bobby: you may tell us." Take your foot off my neck,' was Bobby's reply. THE GUEST'S KICK. A good story is told concerning a guest with a. grouch. He carried it to the proprietor. "Look here," he said, "things around here are just about as rotten as they make them. When I went to luncheon to-day I found hair in the ice-cream, hair in the honey, and hair in the apple sauce. Now, what do l. think o' that? Is that a good hotel? Well." replied the genial proprietor, "I can explain the hair in the ice-cream. That likely came from the shaving of the ice. And I sup- pose that the hair in the honey came off the comb. But I don't understand about the hair in the apple sauce. I bought those apples myself, and they were every one Bald-wins.Colum- bus Dispatch. A RARE NOBLEMAN. The American father of the heiress greeted the Count who was a suitor for her hand with digni- fied frigidity. Sare," said the Count, your daughter has done me ze honnaire of consenting to be my wife. I am called to complete ze negotiations." All right," wearily said the father. "How much of a cash settlement do you expect? Nossing. sare." "What! How much will I have to pay for your poker debts? Nossing, sare; I do not gamble." How much will I have to put up to settle breach of promise cases brought by chorus girls? 0 Nossing, sare; I do not flirt." How much will I have to pay to rebuild your castle? "Nossing. sare; it is in fine repair." But there must be some expense for me. Out with it." No, sare. nossing. I simply love your daugh- ter and she loves me, and we wish to be married. Is not zat enough? Is it not enough to ask you to give me your daught-r wizzout your expect- ing to Come to my arms," exclaimed the American father, and tried to fall upon the neck of the delighted Count. But he awoke on the floor, having tumbled from the bed as a foigfc to bis amazing dream, j

H UTHIM NEWS ITEMS over a Quarter of a Century Ago. [FROM THE Free Press OCTOUEH 1st, 1881.J Amongst the doings of the week corres- ponding with this week in October 27 years ago, we find the following :— The Revision courst was held that week before Mr Alfred Coxen, barrister, the pre- decessor of the Hon Cecil Grosvenor, who took up the work, after the late Mr Trevor Parkins had done it for a time. The four political agents then in court have passed away, the Conservative agent being Mr William Lloyd, solicitor, Ruthin, who was afterwards town clerk, and Mr Evan Morris, of Wrexham, who it will be remembered was afterwards knighted by her late Majesty Queen Victoria, when she paid a visit to N ale, be b'!ing Mayor of W rexham at the time. The Liberals were represented by Mr Llewelyn Adams, which was prior to his becoming clerk of the peacø, and Mr Robert Parry, formerly of Denbigh, and the father of Councillor William Parry, of Denbigh. T'.1e Conser- vatives seemed to have had distinctly the advantage. There are recorded the details of a grand I concert which was given at the Assembly Rooms, and at which there was a fashion- able audience, including a large party from Denbigh. Mrs Birch, of Maeselwy, was the accompanist, and the singers included Miss Lloyd, of Berth," to whom refer- ence was made last week, Miss Bradwyn, who was at that time a famous local singer, being a member of the Royal Academy of Music, and the daughter of the former Rector of Llangwyfan, and amongst the instrumentalists were Messrs P and M Lush, the sons of the late Justice Luah, who were frequent visitors at Pias Draw, which was the residence for many years of the late Judge Watkin Williams. At the magisterial proceedings of the week, only one of the gentlemen then on the Bench now remains, namely, Mr J F Jesse, the others being Mr R G Johnson, Mr Brooke Cunliffe, and Mr Robert Blezard. The proceedings were remark- able for a sharp discussion and division amongst the magistrates as to the particular state of sobriety of a certain man, who had been found on the premises of Mr T J Catterali, of the Unicorn Inn, Ruthin, and who had been charged with permitting drunkenness. The division of the Bench arose as to the degrees of drunkenness," and the degree reached by the particular defendant was not so clear, so that it caused the case to be dismissed. The solicitor who had succeeded in thus securiug the dismissal for his client was a man extremely well known, especially from then to a later date, namely, Mr Alun Lloyd. After serving his articles in a remarkably good school of advocacy- with the late Mr Marcus Louis—he com- menced practice on his own account, and one of the entertainments of the frequenters of the courts in those days was to listen to the legal wrangles, which were often rath r hot, between the former master and pupil. In those days certain inhabitants of Ruthin provided plenty of employment for the police, as they often do now. One cise dealt with was that of Harriet Platt and Maria Roberts, who had falUn out because their children had been pitching in" in the course of which Maria Roberts had given Mrs Piatt 11 a taste of her fist." Needless to say, she had to pay the usual fineand costs.—A well-known name figures amongst the prosecutions during this week, in which the Rev Rees Williams, rector of Gyffylliog (and piior to that vicar of Bodelwyddan, an eminent scholar, and most estimable man in every way), summoned two parents for not send- ing their children to school. The rector appeared as hon sec. to the Gyffylliog School Board, now defunct. r\ A meeting of the Charity Commissioners was held under the chairmanship of Major West as he was then publicly known. • Inspector Humphreys was looking after the food supply of the people, and as a result a local herring dealer had his stock-in-trade—a barrel of herrings- destroyed because they really were 11 all alive ho and unfit for sale. *t.. The continuity of the good old Grammar School was set forth in an advertisement that week, showing, that founded in 1594, it had been reconstituted under a new scheme in this year, 1881, and remained the only First Grade Public School in North-East Wales open, without restric- tion." The teaching staff was announced as :—Headmaster, the Rev W P Whittinaton, M.A. (a position he still so ably occupies), Rev D Hughes, M.A., and Frank Shervill, Esq., B.A. Last week, by a compositor's error, the words 1 Miss Lloyd, of Berth,' were con- verted into Miss Lloyd, of "Rhagatt." MiQs Lloyd, at that time, lived with her mother and brother at Berth, that being the home of the family from 1866 till 1894, and she was well known as Miss Lloyd, of Berth." Here Miss Lloyd (whose beautiful voice was much sought after, in those days, in musical circles) resided until her marriage, in 1883, to Major Rose.

THE DIFFERENCE! Ask yourself! Are you always well—day after day—week after week ? s » :» Or do you have a ba3 day for every good day—a day of de- pression for every bright day- ;a day of pain for every painless day ? ? ? iK Nothing .serious—just a ten- dency to feel below yourself—. to lose your nerve and spirits, :and to suffer. ? ? ? Ja&JI It can only be a wrong stomach. vC You are overworking it. The — help Mother Seigel's Syrup—the great digestive tonic—can give will make the difference and turn all your days into bright days.

liotier Seigel's Syrup is now also prepared in Tablet rgtmg as Hatha Sagel's Syrup Tablets. 3/9 per bottle

North Wales Association of Change Ringers. MEETING AT RUTHIN. The half yearly meeting of the above Association was held at Rathin, ou Satur- day. Members attended from Abergele, Buckley, Bangor, Denbigh, Llandudno, Llangollen, Ruthin, and Wrexham. The business meeting was held in the Church j Vestry, with the Rev A Abel, in the chair Tea was partaken of in the Council Chamber, provided by the ladies of the Parish. The Rev Archdeacon Griffiths presided, and after tea extended on behalf of the Churchwardens and himself, a hearty welcome to the association, He eulogised the work of an association of this sort and said there was no body of Churehworkers whu deserved more recognition than Bell- ringers. Societies of this sort did much to widen the sphere of labour for Churchmen. Bell-ringing did more towards the advance of bodily activity and zeal than anything else he knew of. He hoped that the out- come of this meeting would be to stir the Rutbin Ringers to become efficient in the art. In conclusion he said he was glad to see such a good number present, and hoped the Association would soon again visit Ruthin at an early date. Mr J W Davies, of Llangollen, thanked the Archdeacon for his kind way he had spoken of the Ringers. He hoped that this .meeting would be of lasting good to the ^Ruthin ringers, who knew from ex- perience would soon become efficient ringers if only the bells were put in a ringable condition. Indeed he complimented them for sticking to their work nnder such try- ing conditions. Ou behalf of the associa- tion he thanked the Archdeacon and the Churchwardens for the kindly welcome and for the use of the bells. Mr R H Williams, of Ruthin, then said how pleased be and his ringers were to see the association. They in Ruthin had been plodding on in the same old way and it was a great treat to hear some change ringing. Until the bells were pnt in order they felt I it was of no use asking the association for an Instructor. He thanked the Archdeacon for the kind way he had treated his own ringers as :instance the gift of a beautiful set of handbells. He hoped that in the near future that the Archdeacon would see his way clear to have the bells put in a iingable condition. He thanked the association for holding the meeting at Ruthin, and that they would do their best for the eause of change ringing. Mr A E Pegler, of Bangor, gave his opinion on the state of the bells. He said they would soon have to be seen to aa there was no doubt that they were in a very bad condition. He hoped to hear that they would soon be put in order. and that the ringers would soon become efficient in the art. The Archdeacon apologised for the ab- sence of the Churchwardens, as Saturday was a very awkward day tor them in Ruthin. He felt he could no leave thp chair without proposing a hearty vote of thanks to the ladies for the way they bad attended to their wants that day. Tiiey had taken up the affair as a very short notice, and it was to their credit that they had supplied such an excellent. repast. This was carried by the ringers in the usual way. Tea over, a course of Grand- sire Triples and Tune ringing, the Hand- bells was indulged in by the Bangor ringera. Ringing during the day consisted of Grandsire and Stedman Triples, and a 72o of B6 Minor the first on the bells. The outcome of this meeting has been no doubt to stir up change ringing in this district. The meeting was a most success- ful one, and thanks are due to Mr R H Williams, the energetic leader of the Ruthin ringers for the excellent arrange- ments during the day.

OVERHEARD ON THE VERANDAH. The dozen guests at the farmhouse have finished their breakfast and congregated on the venmdah, and the fat woman who has consti- tuted herself the leader starts off with: Well, if any of you ever sat down to a poorer breakfast than that in all your life, then I'd like to hear you tell about it." Then follows the regular order: "I say it's shameful." Think of fried pork for breakfast in the summer." Could anyone drink the coffee? Why, it was made of corncobs." Becher life I'm going to get out of this to- morrow. The farmer wrote me that it was the next thing to the Waldorf." "It's a good thing my husband didn't come down with me. There would surely have been an awful row in that dining-room this morning." Say, did any of you get fifteen minuter' sleep last night? Such 61s! That is. I suppose they are called beds, but I'd rather sleep on cobblestones and be done with it. Think of his writing me that every bed had its hair mat- trees." And that butter! Say, the man who would use it even to grease his waggon ought to be kicked." And there were lumps in the potatoes and the bread must have been baked two weeks ago. The doctor said I needed a change, and Harry wrote to this man, but I'd rather go home and die than stay here another day. I know that staying here will only hasten my end." And then there is a silencc. and presently the gang breaks up to go wandering about and feel that life is worth living. They are getting board at six dollars per week, and there will be no more complaints until — after diiirier.- Brooklyn Citizen. HIS OX-CART SERMON. Here you go," said the Biliville citizen, rumblin' along in a ol'-fashioned ox-cart, when you're the richest man in the county, an' might be speedin' along in a 3,000dol. automobile, givin' pleasure to yerself, ver family, an' yer friends! Why, right over in the next county ol' man Jinks—you know him well—what ain't got half the money you've got, bought him a high- class automobile, an' now goes ny!m' all over the county, an' makin' the biggest kmd of a show! John," said the old man in the ox-cart, "air you through? "Yes, I've had my say." "Well, do you know whar I'm a-goin' in this here ox-cart?" No, I don't." I'm a-goin' to the funeral of the man you're a-talkin' 'bout—him of the high-class auto- mobile. I've just got a telegram sayin' that the contraption pitched him on the top o' the barn, an' didn't wait fer him to come down, but went right on, an' killed two mules an' four cows, an' then committed suicide by drown in' itself in the river. So long.Atlayita Constitution. THE ONLY SAFE WAY. Don't sleep on your left side, for it causes too great a pressure on the heart. Don't sleep on your right side, for it interferes with the respiration of that iung. Don't sleep on your stomach, for that inter- feres with tho respiration of both lungs and makes breathing difficult. Don't sleep on your back, for this method of getting rest is bad for the nervous system. Don't sleep sitting in a chair, for your body falls into an unnatural position and you cannot get the necessary relaxation. Don't sleep standing up, for you may topple over and crack your skull. 1 Don't sleep.—Puck.^ I

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WORDS OF "WISDOM; J T'noso who despise common things lack com- mon sense. If you nurse and coddle your troubles you will invite others. Many persons who really have an aim in life are too lazy to shoot. Where the sermon is only a work of art the saints are usually artificial. Having the key to success is little use, unless you fit it into the keyhole. We may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone. No man ever succeeded in walking one way when ho was looking- another. If you sell your soul you will never be able to make enough to boy it back. You never will hare the privilege of sympathy without the price of suffering. You can always get fine feathers with money, but a fine face you cannot buy. A successful man is made by opportunities- the opportunities that he makes. There's a lot of difference between saving money and hoping to be saved by it. Some folks never.appear to enjoy life's roses until they sit down among its thorns. A judicious and reasonable estimation of onc'e own character has nothing to do with pride. Some persons have ability enough, but it's like goods in the piece; they never make it up into anything. If we had no defects, says a French writer, we should not take eo much pleasure in discovering those of others. It is true that we don't get all we want in this world, but it's also true that we escape a lot of things that we don't want. Thos-3 who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing. Those who are not quite satisfied are I the sole benefactors of the world. A few hook." well studied and thoroughly digested, nourish tho understanding more tkan hundreds but gargled in the mouth. There is all the difference in the world be- tween the desire to do high things an«l the deter- mination to do the next thing in a high spirit. The struggle io climb to a higher place in life I has strength and dignity in it, and cannot fail to leave u<s stronger for the effort, even though we miss the prize. I Life is a game, and come of us have thrown away most of our pieces before we realise the value of them. Then we are left to checkmate Fate with a king and a pawn. j Patience should never be confounded with pusillanimity. The one puts up with wrongs from faith in the righting power of the future; the other because it is the line of least resistance, Strength for to-day is all that we need, As there never will be a to-morrow; For to-morrow will prove but another to-day, With its measure of joy and sorrow. There are few things we need more to guard against than discouragement. When once we come under its influence it makes us woak, rob- bing us of our hope, and making cowards of us. Some men put such serious handicaps on all their endeavours by their bad manners and un- tidy dre,os. by their use of slang, and by making a bad first impression, that they are never able to use their real ability to advantage and are always kept back. Calms are often dangerous because they are so treacherous and deceitful. The wary seaman knows that they may be the immediate precur- sor of a storm.' There are calms of pride and solf-af-surance, of ease ajid seif-content. "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." The way to make yourself pleasing to others is to shew that you care for them. This is the spirit that gives to your time of life its sweetest charm. It constitutes the sum-total of all the witchcraft of woman. Let the world see that your first care is for yourself, and you will spread a solitude around you.

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THE PEXATTY OF GREATNESS. A certain learned man was superintending th«" A certain learned man was superintending the- education of a king's son; and lie was chastising him without mercy, and reproving him with asperity. The boy, out of all patience, com- plained to the king. his father, and laid bare- before him his much bruised body. The king- was much offended, and. sending for the master, said: You do not treat the children of my meanest subject with the harshness and cruelty you do my boy what do you mean by this? Ho replied: To think before they speak, and to de- liberate before they act, are duties incumbent upon all mankind, and more immediately upon kings; bccause whatever may drop from their hands and tongue, the special deed or word will, somehow become the subject cf public ani- madversion; whereas any act or remark of the commonalty attracts not such notice: "Let a darvyesh, or poor man, commit a hundred indis- cretions. and his companions will not notice one out of the hundred; and let a king but utter one foolish word, and it will be echoed from kingdom to kingdom: "—therefore, in forming the morals of young princes, more pains arc to be taken than with the sons of the vulgar. —THE GCLISTAX C SADI. CULTIVATE PATIENCE. Patience may cease to be a virtue, but Im- patience never was one. Patience is often a matter of nerve control; therefore it should be- cultivated from a health standpoint, if fvom no other. An impatient munner is responsibl* for more business and social failures than the owner of that manner would believe. Soma men act as if they thought patience was an attri- bute of the weakling; it is the truest mark of strength, ———— it JEFFERSOX'S TEN RULES. Never put off until to-morrow what you cart do to-day. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. Never spend your money before you have made it. Never buy what you don't want because it is cheap. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst, and cold. We seldom regret of having eaten too little. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. How much pain the evils that have never hap- pened have cost us. Take things always by the smooth handle. GOOD WORDS TO PARENTS. Remember that each of your children is & future man or woman who Rome day will havo an individual opinion on all the faults vou com. mit, and who will judge you accordingly. Remember that your children are like plants, which, for their well-being, require in turn sun- shine and rain-that is to say, love and severity. Never forget that you are the model on which a chIld practises its imitative instincts. If you wish to make your children into truthful beings avoid all untruths, even those which seem harm- less. Shew your children again and again that people can live happily with the smallest means. Above all, teach them that a shilling is not only composed of twelve pence but of forty-eight farthings. If you would keep your children unspoilt, do not offer them the pleasures of grown-up people. A child's best ornament is its childish grace; therefore dress your children in a manner which will not interfere with their natural movements. Leave your occupation now and then when your children ask you to join them in their play, for in this way you remain their best friend. Try to vary your children's occupations, for in this way you will keep them mentally and physi- cally bright. And be most careful that your children's sleep at night should be long and undisturbed. WHERE THERE'S A WILL-- In the battlefield of life, confidence and cour. age are as necessary qualities to gain the victory as on the plain of carnage before the canon's mouth. You may think you arc unable to per- form, but you never can be sure until you try, and you never will try until you get confidence in your own power to accomplish. Remember that what others have done may be possible for you to do; take examplt3 by those who have suc- ceeded, and make up your yjind to do likewise.

ot I- OTHEXLO'S OCCUPATION GONE C. The Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin, after remarking that during the five years, 1903, Great Britain's share in the total exports from Germany declined from 20.1 to 15.5 per cent., goes on to say The main reason for this decline is that England is gradually ceasing to be the middleman and carrier for Germany's oversea trade." BRITISH WORKMAN What! you've taken my trade and you won't let me go on carrying your goods for you?" Hbrr DUMPER; "Ja, so, I am now quite strong enough to do it meinself,