Year: 1874

"Pardon me-" says Rccdcr, step
ping daintily into the middle Of the
room, with one hand thrust into his
bosom and face literally beaming
with good nature. "Pardon me a
thousand times. I quite misunder
stood you. supposed you wanted
to see the chief editor only. If its a
responsible man you are seeking,
that's another thing"


Certainly. That's all l want; a
responsible man-somcbody l can
rassel about this article. That's
what I've been saying all the time"


"Behold him! George Washington
Reeder, at your service, sir, Pm the
responsible man of this paper, sir"


The astonished giant looked at
Reeder, and then at his pistol, which
was nearly as large as Reeder, and
his face became battle ground where
surprise, Disappointment, disgust and
amusement struggled for predomi-
nance. Then he stuck the pistol
back into the case, picked up his car
petbag, and, cycling Recder all over
with disparaging regard, blurted out
one short, protane expletive, and
then left, swindled and injured man.
-Neac Orleunos Rcayune.


Charles Dickens Advice to his Son


l exhort you to persistence in a
thorough determination to do what
ever you have to do as we'll as you
can do it. was not so old as You
are now when l first had to win my
food, and to do it out of this deter
mination; and l have never slacken-
ed in it since. Never take a mean
advantage of any one in any trans
action, and never be hard upon peo-
pie who are in your power. Try to
do to others as you would have them
do to you, and dc not be discouraged
if they fail sometimes. 1t is much
better for You if they should fail in
obeying the greatest rule laid down
by our Savior than that you should.
put New Testament among your
books for the very same reasons and
with the very same hopes that made
me write an essay account of it for
you when you were little child.
Because it is the best Book that ever
was, or will be, known in the world,
and because it teaches you the best
lessons by which any human crea-
ture, who tries to be truthful and
faithful to duty, can possibly be
guided. AS your brothers have gone
away, one by one, l have written to
each such words as am now writing
to you, and have entreated them to
guide themselves by this Book, put
ting aside the interpretations and in
ventions Of man. You will remem-
Der that you have never at home
been harrassed about religious
observances, or mere tormalities. l
have always been anxious not to
weary my children with such things
before they are old enough to form
opinions respecting them. You will
therefore, understand the better what
l now most solemnly impress upon
you, the truth and beauty of the
Christian religion, as it came from
Christ himself, and the impossibility
of your going far wrong if you hum
bly, but heartily respect it. Only one
more thing on this head. The more
wea are in earnest as to feeling about it.
the less We are disposed to hold forth
about it. Never abandon the whole
some practice of saying your private
prayers night and morning. l have
never abandoned it myself, and l
know the comfort of it. l hope you
will always be able to say in after
life that you had a kind father. You
cannot show your affection to him so
well or make him SO happy as by so
dolng.-Foste''s Life Of Dickens.