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I hope bleaching-powders will go out of use. 

 I never used but one paper a neighbour re- 

 commended me to try, saying that it would 

 make the things much whiter ; so I tried it on 

 some of my own clothes first. Sure enough 

 it made them very white at first, and with half 

 the labour; but, after a few times, I found 

 them wearing into holes, though they were 

 nearly new." 



" You acted very wisely in seeing how the 

 plan answered before you tried it on your 

 neighbours' property, and honestly, in prefer- 

 ring the extra trouble to breaking the rule of 

 doing to others as you would have them do to 

 you. Is your little boy at home ? " 



' ' I expect him in every minute, Sir ; he is 

 only gone to the village on an errand. I was 

 very grieved to hear, the other day, that he 

 had been found birds'-nesting in your orchard. 

 He came home in great trouble, and told me 

 all about it ; and I gave him a good talking to. 

 He was very much afraid that you would take 



