did you see anything of those two men who were in my office a little before you left ?"

"No, Sir; is there anything wrong?"

"Yes, wrong enough; I must have given one of them a hundred-pound note in mistake for a ten. I am sure I did, and if so, I am never likely to receive it back. They are both strangers to me, and they have been gone some time."

Willie knew the secret well, and with an arch smile he quietly said, "Why, you gave me a hundred-pound note instead of ten," and pulling his long purse out of his pocket, handed up the money with an air of triumph. "Thank you, Willie," Mr. W- kindly said; "you are an honest boy, and I must see that you have another situation when you

rity, took his place in the very bank at which the hundredpound note had been changed. Willie is now a worthy and influential banker in a large and prosperous city; and if you could see the motto according to which his life and reputation have been modelled, you would read in large golden letters over his private desk,

"HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY."

THE VOICE OF JESUS.

HEARD the voice of Jesus say,

"Come unto Me, and rest: Lay down, thou weary one, lay

down

Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,-

Weary and worn and sad:
I found in Him a resting-place,

And He has made me glad.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,

"Behold I freely give
The living water-thirsty one,

Stoop down and drink and live." I came to Jesus, and I drank

Of that life-giving stream, My thirst was quench'd, my soul revived,

And now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,

"I am this dark world's light, Look unto Me; thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright."

are attended with danger, and not all are as profitable as the

walk

'Till travelling days are done.

PEARLS.

HE pearl is a very beautiful, as well as costly, ornament, and is much prized as an article of jewellery. There have been several theories advanced in regard to the formation of the pearl, but none are quite satisfactory; this is one of the mysteries that Nature has kept hidden from us. The ocean and the mountains are her workshops; the latter men have excavated and tunnelled, until they have discovered many things not before thought of; but she reigns securely in the deep, blue sea. Many treasures are stored "far down in the green and glassy brine," but few are venturesome enough to attempt to fathom the depths and bear away the rich spoil. It is very dangerous work; for, although we have now the diving-bell, making it possible for men to stay under the water for some time, they suffer if they go down very often, or stay long. But most enterprises

The divers are provided with bags, in which to put the shells taken from the bottom of the ocean. These are then broken open, and the pearls drilled and strung. Black people are generally employed for this purpose, as they are very expert; but, though they are very carefully watched, they sometimes succeed in secreting a valuable pearl.

The best fishery in the East is near the Isle of Ceylon, where the season commences in February, and lasts until April. A gun is fired as a signal for the boats. All go out and come back together.

Twenty men go in each boat, ten of whom are divers; the remainder row the boat, and assist their companions in reascending. They go out at sunrise, remain busily engaged until noon, when they return, and are relieved of their precious cargo, and ready for another trip. This is the way that the pearls that people highly prize are obtained.

Pearls possess an advantage over precious stones taken from rocks, in that they are found with that appearance which

gives them their value. They are perfectly polished and finished before they are taken from their ocean home; while stones obtained from the different kinds of rocks, need cutting and polishing before they are fit for the use of the jeweller. Nature gives them their rough form, and leaves it to art to give the finishing touches.

White pearls are most prized, although some persons prefer those delicately tinted. The

Oriental pearls are the finest, on account of their largeness and beauty; they are of a silvery white.

Pearls have been used as ornaments from the earliest ages, and among all nations. Even the Indians esteemed them before the discovery of America; for when the Spaniards first came over, they found quantities of them stored away; but these were inferior, being of a yellowish shade, because the Indians used fire to open the shells.

Cortes describes Montezuma, the Mexican Emperor, at their first interview, (1517,) as wearing garments embroidered with pearls; and the natives, also, wore necklaces and bracelets of them.

A MONKEY'S INSTINCT.

WO brothers, Englishmen, were once travelling on foot from Dondra Head, the southern extremity of the Island of Ceylon, towards Candy, in the interior, about one hundred and twenty miles northward. They started upon their journey very early in the morning, and expected to accomplish it in three or four days, though, as the sun is exceedingly warm in that country, they intended to rest during the heat of the day under the shade of the many broad-leaved palm-trees that grow by the side of the road.

They had travelled some distance when the younger stopped, and, gazing inquiringly around, said, "I surely heard a cry, Robert, as if some one was hurt. Let us look and see what it can be," he added, as a low moan now distinctly reached their ears. It proceeded from the direction of a group of cocoa-nut trees that grew on their right hand.

The brothers sprang hastily, but cautiously, forward, and searched carefully around, till at last the elder exclaimed, laughing, "Here it is, Arthur; come and see; and, as his brother turned towards him, he

pointed to a monkey, who, having fallen from one of the branches of the fruit-tree, had hurt himself very severely.

"Poor fellow!" said Arthur; and, taking him up, he tore a strip from his handkerchief, bound the wounded limb, and then turned to resume his journey with the monkey in his arms. "You surely," said Robert, "do not intend to take that disgusting animal as your companion to Candy!"

"Do you think," replied Arthur, "that I would leave this poor helpless creature to die of his wound? No; he shall be my companion until he is cured, and then he may return, as soon as he likes, to his home in the forest."

The two brothers travelled on their way, though the elder could not sometimes refrain from joking the other about his companion. They had journeyed two days, and were about half way to the place of their destination, when the heat became exceedingly oppressive; the numerous springs which had hitherto flowed along the side of the road had become dried up, and they began to suffer from the want of water. Their strength was failing; they felt as if they could proceed no

further; and on the morning of the fourth day, when about thirty miles from Candy, both brothers sank down at the foot of a palm-tree exhausted and parched with thirst.

"Must we die here?" exclaimed Robert, with a groan.

"Trust in God," replied Arthur, raising his eyes towards heaven.

Suddenly the monkey, which was resting by his side, sprang up and ran eagerly along the road, as if he were searching for something. "How strange!" said the young man; "what can he have found?" And, summoning all his strength, he arose and followed the animal.

When he reached the spot, what met his delighted eyes? There, growing in luxuriant abundance, was the silky, downy pitcher-plant, or monkey-cup, so called on account of its being sought after by those animals for the purpose of quenching their thirst. The flower is in the shape of a cup, about six inches in length, and one and a half in diameter; it has a lid, which opens and shuts with the changes of the weather, and is filled with pure water, a secretion from the plant.

The two brothers drank of the water, and were refreshed; and when they at last reached their home they related to their astonished friends how the monkey had been the means of saving their lives.

"Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made them all."

A DOXOLOGY.

HE morning stars in glory Sing of the Saviour's love; But the redeem'd sing

louder

Than all the hosts above; For He to them is Brother, And they sing praises thus: "For He," they shout with rapture,

"For He was slain for us.' And He was slain for us, too, Who dwell beneath the sky; And we praise at a distance,

While they are praising nigh; And we would praise Him better, Although we praise Him thus: For He hath borne our sorrows, For He was slain for us.

And we will praise Him ever,
And call on earth to aid
With its ten thousand voices,
In sunshine and in shade;
Yet were all praise too feeble,
Though all should praise Him

thus:

For He hath borne our sorrows, For He was slain for us.

N Act passed in the time of King Henry VIII. contains several curious clauses; namely, all translations are allowed, except Tyndale's, (the one most in use;) but all comments or notes are ordered to be

cut away or blotted out from Bibles and Testaments of every translation whatsoever. No person, unless appointed thereto by the King or the Ordinary, may read to others any part of the Scripture in English, on pain of a month's imprisonment. But the Lord Chancellor, Captains of the wars, the Judges, Recorders of cities, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, "which heretofore have been accustomed to declare or teach any good virtuous or godly exhortations in any assemblies, may use any part of Scripture as they have been wont." Likewise every noble