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•CAFE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1863.

NO. 24,

NOT ALCOHOLIC. 'r i A HIGHLY CONCENTRATED. i V3SG -£Xi>BLfS EXTRACT ' A P« RK TONIC. } DOCTOR flOOFLAXIVS. 4tt.Rn.tY BITTEIW, rREPAREC^VY j SB. C. K. JACKSON, Philadelphia, FA. WILL EirECTD ALLY CTXRIJ ' I.1VKII CO*mi*t. j DTIPltMII. Wtvi'i": Chronic Of Hwryovm Debility. Dlaeaae of Cha Kidney*, and all Atomic ■ suiSbjg firciM a disordered IArat o* Btorawcir. JOlfey,. fu&re* Of BlooC IO Itw , • Mtttl, Kridltj of the stoa.ri, »}h* t»«iurr, ixnnra of VUwn, Don I" W»v?th» sjrtt. IVvrr *a4 PuU rein 1 -ErtHr,Ht5L ItofWhrarv of rerapl- ! 'ration, Vrltownras of tlto ; »r mat, Barainft rata* of Ervi! ml f|3i?Dq>MraaMe4^rita AAAwUlpo^llra^piew^Vellw Ft'.r, BiiTf! uv itifinh* tun tnti of • buadral. Po >ou >uM< >mnlWi«'tn «lra«ntt» ion ) SDo > oo w«ot « »c«»i npifi. : IV. C n« wMMMi Ma*ot» raorflWtioB t Doyou v .ollu faolwifn ; JVi JOU w*et to gft rlijof FMwvouioc" ! Do jn vul Mwtf > I «* ! J It rouAfcUfn ; " irOOPl.AND'B OK.UMAN bitters.' PlKTICCI tlt Wtltr,. nJBXt t&S'nrt'Lwn, mS™*] j .1 T*~4 threhmipMI w IMt; m ...taaoa im, «•!- ma Irani (won utttu voerarfiuara mlluu, to. luit . 4lira.ll tH«<ill»wOAi0*»A«fJv -•■•*' Sli'lw.1 VRVr. %m 'UWl «n,i will mmJIku* ItoHw.alMfuilranii he «.M. huitomM t» tiioiAo cara* oFflra rahaku*. ny m«» w «*«■ •ratoa MM niUqUlly mm «ho Mlonn of l iloofcotit*M«uia»a!»of ffcr wont kind. ISx .to»lre aaaho^^otT?HtoAoo> tSCrV AnpBUawlffi For the** oho .'rife* tout » M «»** a Uqaor Mlr |gPl^ .rarai hlra ■ - Vaa wuthora oil tho irlrtun of > ^Es:ss=53S!sraasss* 1 moraH— ■wAl not yon. ATTENTION, SOLDIERS 1 ; AID TltBS FRIENDS r(fK. A' UJJJI RRS. (irtraos tuimn" *m «w*oi»r.»nah« of tho m.SImk* gaiiMa.^i ZMSFEX? MMo rant o rW) Iwpr propotTioa *rr ■nnrrlo* , riga.'x.a"»,ry«a^iBB, Mnillloc Iron iluoMton at thr ofcvtftr- nrr»o« *» ! opooOUT raraarnL Wo burr an oralis too lo »t«Tlac 0ml. H thrao Btt*i4 ntro Iwofr u>M omaor cl n"* , .3KHr3&"tiSn3X.Si2'^ •• hoo hooo owod br-M- tuwcfTf!-. , • tfe«JWKBaay & ; JS3SISBK.XVS aiSffiS! of w> mm rmho, mom ol whom o«».r« or* «pi» ■>.•«!, I foot yoira, > mrmbrr of AhmW. crt*.v,»nl h... : tr»t,on4 uo*r Ihr immrdwi.' mwiiw ■ ' : ■ sxaJDS, & w ■vs&'B'5sm>.a';s.*sf«afc otoamofc. Ula nwU mhlni mtort thoor flrrmo- > MMh oad, II II BMKUiMpiyilolopo who hod i bora vqiUacralihtiJl), ihouah uwumMfidlr, to ; a2&ffcr5ral?r .fjjVu^Eiiuyi wTS SS'fesWB'J: : a®»iia?r^avs fstan . doraoMword lokma tbrm UmdoootJ ohadow of dnuh tooodrd, ond I AM aom.Bira* fiod for it, «».- sseSSSsi,1^' wjsat SSrjL"3%&T&,?SSii3 • ? 10 ■» Vonranraylms », IS.UC M-UONK Wo follr eoodur in fir troth of tho Atv*o ototo- | ^ i • -jiirapriitow. ' j t ,.a

Select ^ofhw. n — - — — — — - — a j — — HOW C'Ot'LD IT at Ogata afoKLon. ! !1» cojVioJ my roicbvl lo orbdul. f Ami thfon^h i Ho driflu coVrloA. too ; j Conlil I think why ho htfrori fno no clA«r;? Jf I cooIiIdT. how cosW 1 • eonld jloo ? | j At »t» lit tit J under my chin j ! My hood will, if* bright ribbon* blue ; B • Why ht r.irtd'in mjr race could I u-U f { i II 1 codljo't,'hoa*oold 1J could. you? 1 [ H» told m« my ttes ttoVo lo EJoCl;*- ! * Tim hrii'|.»oI| of any ho lf««» j | 1 bluihod owl looked down ; could J help it 1J i II I couliinT. Uow could 1? could you? •) ! lit loft on atjr rlwwk a aarm kior. i Thm hf with a liBhininir^iiotddom ; I j ' If I eoald I'd baio scoUI«d »nd rfaiaped : j If 1 coul4o't, ho" could I ? could .jrofl ? j i 'Taao la»(j yaar* aro. and ilntn thtn R« hM nftok'-a raordw lnrinc And tnra; | < I oii») loAoed close to bii breaot, For Kp* could I help it f coold ynn? >drrt j^i5trU.ratt. A TAL.lt ABOUT < OTTOft. , , * . TParaM ofcaorf s ,-j }«< I , " loq, D0»er it* pnr tprpR in the padf.did_jUJa?^|e.i4Aff0f .««>}• eiDUr, tuking op the corner of Iter apron and rxamtning it, " A proa* don't grow in podi," cried i he litileyprl, letigliin^ a liftic scornful I Imtrh at Hi* rtdlttilbtts idea, u'if tiiht »at B«_rauel| A* a boj knert ' iMhllifcHi 1 ; j , * lee, it ma, said Amos. '' Xo, U di4"'i," criod Annie and $o ; a quarrel wiitM. have apruog op, for qnamll utoallf aento more from a mia- ■ nndorstandiag of words than disagrea- • ; menu. ' ■••- c '■ Undo James happily entcrwd the room ! al that moment, snd hcTnghppcalrd to, illte"fci the malicf nght. Tlie apron iliil grpw in a pod end it didn't,? said fUnde jomcs. 'j "Annie's apron it niedo ul cotUa," j Un«l> Jaoies west, on to *ay ; " and cotjon it that woadeifbi plant which riythet the higgaaW part of the world. A great dcul, and sonic of the best kind ! is, y'oo know, tjoltfeiited fo large field* Ij at the Sontb. Ik grows about n fool ; and bylf higb, nod bear* n bqncli of ;«1i low.flowuru. The Bewerg go torocd in r, ibrtc cv nic red pod of throe ceils The ' cells contain seeds, bid in a lock of l.csufifak labile daaia. When rtyie, thti pofB Karri open, and Obt eomeS the' down; which Is tire trotWn pi which' | Annlt'aaprtm i* itfudV." i Amos looked at Annie, as much as to | J say, " Didn't 1 uil jcu so T*" j ^ThaJ iv.GxidJsi .part oj thawurk^" laabl Uncle Jamas, "crcaliag.it. AU . the colli) a growrrs in ilia world coold not croat««nttuo, 'They dig thai r fields * an* piawt - Urair »co<f, btil r*cH*o their ;i crops from Hie hacd. ' Wc la»r, then, • the tottdn In tho pod— the fiw tnatcrial, i'u it Is called. ^ 'fAhd'ndfiVrkrmiiit. pot <hoii*bt.i»iit ' 10 bring oat .itsiKK*. W.e turn it into { muslin, and ealicooa and Lees, and that | is call. d manufiMstaring and-our moth;!er» make these up into drciaes, snd • :J ap^BA ap.1 .apreia and abiru." It wai ' Annie's turn to look at Amos, and sbe .! looked as much as tq «*J, " Mother makes aprons " The Drsi thing which poitsled pto-»plra.-«btres-tmtton was to sepsrste the seeds from thl down. Thay used to piek Ihem out with their fingers. That waa slow. It look a man a day to clean a poond. At that rAia'rcrjr Uttl* conld ; tic got 1o market." i •' Set tVon*t>t to work.'-' said Amos. " Tea, thoqght eonld plan a toettif way, and It dW. A young man, EH Wfiitnsj, just graduated from Yale Cob lega, Kis Ilsieo, went South to ssak , h's fortane. On Umt Jo^s, V tela In - comparay with . A lady fW>m SaTaiiu'ah, ' who waa on : her way from the North. ! She took A hmd in ^a gt^ang > man, and iarited him to make her boose his home. Ho was ttrj happy to accept too offrr. And went a:- '^swete bK' ' ! ... )r u «.w ,u - <m« |i. a.

glad, at loast to try.---He.tpok it to-hia i room, and.io it few days Inrcntcd a new " one. On handing it to Mrs. Green sbc i ; deKghtsd wffif'tti Improiemcnt, 1 and showed it to her frionds as a won- ' derfnl piece of ingenuity. The young.; fuHth 'too, he delighted e'sery now and! ' then, by a new toy ; for, Yankee at >ie"| [ was, "he well knew what execution a g«>od j knife coald tlo. j "One day h party of gentlemen iWftd ' Jnt.fbe bon«?,~'aitd tho coh*cr*ati(Jb | turned upon cotton. ".Yt1! no use t" j ihinV 61 Twlifng cotton 10 Sell, while it , j lakes to long TO clean it," tliey said I "Ah I" aiid* ihc lady, turning to yonng ! I Whitney, ''apply to my Yankee friaad ' j here; he rati dbeny thing, lie can In- j j vciit a machine' to plfek out the seeds in ' [ leas than no time." And what should alia do b«u shratr them her tambobf- ' frame and the children's toys ; yes, and i hie, work-room, loo. .'.'J du not auppose the gentlemen' thonght any more ahrant it, but tba yoang map did. At it was- not in the' season of cotton, he hunted the ware- 1 hooauaio find a batch in lie pad. lis found one. took it. to-hia room, and set ' to .work (Making. Hi* tools wore poor, ; 1 but he .thought .and tried experiments, ! ' and tlionght sgaia, until at the end of winter, he prodaqed q machine n^ichJ pulled the. cottoq throqgb.a set of teeth, j ajinlt^t'fhe .Seeds. 1»fhiod. Mrs. Grcwi j ; pronounecd it a^ijjcqeM, aj^d she 4ookfl ' ,bi5''' .riKt".1!"!'*. .sii'vi'Wr wn» , oU^jmile^ew ,t^ coiqi and . w^eu^tsj 'iaja? I nlsMM pqwers. Their, tarprlse and j • : :tw np. l-onpdi, wjirp t.bey saw it could pick .three hundred pound* in . about' the tamo lima thai a man could j ' JjWf ,!l'- ■' f Wi/at lhV^XujM'i)iej| exclaimed ,l "this fy the fa'mdiw coitqa-gip," qop- ! tinned U n tin James, " which helped to L bring ootlou into ilia market, and moke it obtap. and the planter* rich Before this, cotton #aa little more than a gardfp '' ^>laAf,"' ' ■ (. I.. ■ j. h "Gin," aaid Amoa,.;" what Is Ihatf" | "Gin Is a contracttou fbr engine," roplied Uncle Jawiea:; "cotton engino, it I * *•«")> d .t-wiiNJ j) So that is what a Hide thonght dld,*v|i said Atnoa ; ''and other ihongh'.a set to Ml •milic, ,ui,i,rf'y,y,d »hui ilel, "«u*d w hc'tle , anu "shafts" togetKcr Into mi)lvapd *pna and wore a w*o .' feloth.'' , rut l J. Ye#," 'said' Uncle Jamc<, "(..'od , works and work, and we. working with I J Urn,' carry hn the hffatrs of the world." ' ! WHK.-4 THE lONSTITl'TIOX WAS ABftt'TKB. Tlie CoastitntioD of the Uni od Slates was adoyrted by the original thirteen States lu the following order, it baviog ' passed Congress Sept. 17, 1TE7. j 1. Delaware, December 3, l»P7,.uaa ; cimonnly. 2. lVunsjlranin, December 13, 1787, ! : 3t New Jdmy, December 13, 1787, unanimously. 1 4 Georgis, January 2, T788, unsni- . meanly. ■ S. t'opnwtle«.' Jwnnaiy 9, IT88, 129 6. Meaaashoeetb, February (5, 1788, 187 to 1G8 7. Maryhurd, April 88,1788, 63 (or 18 8. 'Booth Caroliua,- May 23, 1788, 148. 9. N«* Hampshiro, Juno 81, 1788, 67 lo <6. 10. Virghrla, Jene 25.1788, 89't6"T9i j l'i. New York, Jaly-26, 1788, 30 to i , sk»»» "i'"""1 18. N(wth Carolina, Notcmbef 27, ' 1789, 193 to 75 ! 1.' '' . ' 1* Rhode Island, May 29, 1790, majority of 2. Is witt kra jWS-dal Ikeoaly ftutoa . '.dnpiid^'lt ntaimial; iifrtin, iia • two of them still arm slaro States. • Mascaehhntts, New York, New Hamp- - " '"Sjl11 i 1W, *ra(*»I ■' ;

,i From It, WaUIiowa »ml m-flactar. i| A HINT. 1 OK MOTUERS; j OB. Tua CBOOMD HCKJ.CS. - ' ' The sonnd of brisk atcps. directions ! : . in subdued lone*, tb« carefully laid tea- : i | ikblr, with it* Chins and silycr, »1! con- !*■ I j firmed Minnie Warren'* whispered ■ f" We're got company. Aren't jou, i glad, Dede 1 Uncle Aaron'* come." , , | And fond Aunt Lucy had granted the i I ' inmost with qf her liuln'biari by slim ; Hag ber to think hrrself uvrfai on litis | , 1 great domestic Orcadian. ;? M May' I get the pickle* ?" ' " Mind art'd pick out all (lie atraiglit ,-! ones, desrT" • [ j " Yts'iu," and back she skipped wilb ! . ! a plateful, so green, so bard, so sure to ,'be brittle, that even (fastidious Auut , [4 Lucy was satisfied. Minnio dropptu into her little chair watching for another opportunity "to ( take a stvp fur auntie," and as ale sal, grate lines weru drawn upon the aoriou* ^Jittlc face, that drew Auut Lucy's eyes , j towards her, busy as she was. did you tell me to get the ^straight pickles, Auut Lucy P . i "O, because they look nicer for eomj pauy ; the crooked ones taste just as | well." Miatrte ffclf "hack pondering the idea ..she could not quite express. ' "Aunt Locy !'' ' "What, dear?" " Do you loto Uncle Aaron belter 1 than yets do Uoric John 1 Didn't you < T.teU at -Uncle John was e dear good ' man. Aren't they both your bruLhcrs ' just the same f" ( ! " tndei-il tbey are, and I love thera 1 ! both,1" answered Miss Trnc, qnick tears , ' dimming tier glasses. " Rut — but"— the earnest eyes, the • j quivering lips asked permission to go , U>n. Miss True'* smile granted it. ; j' " You have made loan, and cooked i ' chicken, and pat on Uio prettiest dishes j 1 for Uncle Aaron . but « h»u Uncle John j was here, you said, Dhker mind, the bine I dishes arc just as wall, and you told mo ' j not to gar the straight pickle*, either 1 . | But—bul—auntie, I'm very sure yon ' Moid tne to treat my little playmate* just t * (' alike." i " Well. Minnie, I knew that Uncle A«ron wsa more particular abont hi* - eating than Uncle John. Jle is used to i hating tilings very nicp nl home, while j Uncle John ia not." [.j I ' "J know;," chimed in the flexible, cx- . i prcssivo child's voice. " I know why, 1 ■ UtawM Uacle John ia poor. Boti , aUBlie, if he don't get nice things often, | won't hc'Hke them better when he doesP TliW'sidiYe home (Question, put with' 1 nmist eyes and deprecating tone, »m | too much for Auut True. She would ( i ( have boxed a pert, child's ear*, bnt she , | answered Minnie— (nou)d that all of n* coald be aa wide,) humbly : . I | "-Dear child. Anal Lucy was wronr ; j ' she love* her brother* jti*t alike, anil i menns to treat tbcm so, and when Uncle John comes again lie shatl have a nice suppyr." " Yea, opd I'll gvt the ttrafyhl picUtt n-' i:«.- ! " I declare, " exclaimed Aunt Lucy, j abniting herself luto the buttery, while 1 the four years of experience outside . walked away with a happy face, " I de- 1 ' r clarc, LuelAda, that child of yours does ask such questions. Ihd you hear bcr? I oevcr shall fee a croekiffl pickle again without, bajQg asUnfed of myself. \Y e • must be careful ; that piekle jar baf tsqgbt Minnie more about tba si u of . respect for persona than the whole secI ood chapter of Jemea would bove done. < 'y-8-SABBATH hCHftOL TKACHIKO TKSTBB. The follow iog iacidrnt ia given with detail* in m. RnglLh magaxine. It pt-triomphantly teats the valoe of BabUth school instruction under sorest eircomsunees of trial, tad proves it* power r for motildieg aad strragtbrniag the young eharaeter, eudcr -the bleating of ! ; God, in the prindplca of uprigfaloett ' I I an9 religion. '1 A poor woman. during the Lancashire ' \ dialrcas, removed to a neighboring town ( to lite with bsr daughter. Her kind ; pastor paid btr . railroad fare, and gas# i

bcr half a crown besides. Hcarbiog her j jonroey'i ond, a croq^ of boya at the j ' station bcgired bi rtrry her box. She ! refused, thinking to baar it herself eod j l^save the rxueose But one poor lad j j implored with suclt a piteous look, atal- | iiig that they were starving at home, | | that she could not resist him. lie . I shouldered the box and carried it to the , | house of the daughter, who was found \ ! to he out upon sn errand. The daugh- j I tor was. also found to he strsighienad ' I wiib poverty. S'ie hod been oui trying j In get a morwl fur the children. She j | rained i or liar, -Is on acting in r •moths r, . | and cxciainird : . "Oh, why hate you curae ? for wc are starving for food, " i The mother tried lo coltn ond comfort her, and drawing forih her puree, gludiy , remarked : "I have bi re a half crown, which will ( earrj ub over tu-mureow. at any rate." , < Bill imagine hrr domay cn seeing tho , half crown gone, and on reflect iug that | •he n ust have given it lo ibe boy, in the dim light of the e*cuing before, for j carryiug her big. This wm too much for them lo bear Both women sank j . down aud cried long and bitterly. Tba! mother, however, was a truly Christian j woman, and when the first burst of sor- , row wa* over, her faitb triumphed, and sbe begnu to coiufyrt iter .daughter. I She tried to sleep that nighfNjn the | promise, "God will prrtvid®." j Early next morniug a boy tapped at 'the door. "Didn't 1 bring a box here last night : for an old woutin *" { "Y^a-" | "Where ia she!" 1 J "Up atraira." I "1 want to see her ; tell her to come , down." j Very soon the mother came Jowo. and , 1 was greeted wiib, "Missus. do you know i yu K*T* mc • bulf crown last night , i instsad of a penny ! lircausc you did, | i and here it is. I have brought it back.'' I "Yes, my lad," said the glad woman, "I did, and 1 atn very much obliged to , f yon for bringing it back; but didn't you | i tell me you were clemming (starving) at , • home 7" . "Yes, we are very bad off," auid the ; boy, brightening op a* he spoke, "but , I go to Suudav school, und 1 love ! , Jc*u», and I couldn't be dishonest." 1 ! Teacher* iii the Sabbath school, be t encouraged by this instance, aud seek; > to itnpres* deep upon the young hearts j under you the principles of strict, on- i i bending integrity, feeling that this is I ' the only fouodution of a virtuous, j hotioraide character among men, and • the surest basis upon which to buila a ( devoted, faithlul, Chri«i»ti character, ] , when God's grace shall visit and renew ; ' yoar scholars' hearts, j "ME OR BY** H0Tili.u." A very talented young man made the | 1 acquaintanco of a Quaker g> ntlcman j : und hi* wife. The Quakrr bad a fine ( j daughter, and al*o a library, the books ] I I from which he freely loaned U> the , | young man, who gecerally csuie in the ; , i evening to return them, when he sup-, . . posed the daughter would be at home. ; I Sbe ofun exchanged the books for him, , and bad a friendly chat with him. One i evening he cdme as usual, aud the young lady met him at the door. Sbe was dressed to go out, and said : "Who ' would you like to see, me or my mother 1 ! 1 was about to call on a friend. If my ! mother will answer your purpose, pleaae to walk in the drawing-room ; but if yon desire my company, I will postpone my visit till another time The yonng man besiUlcd and stammered : "He did not — not want to — to detain ber from her engagement, bat if 1 the bad not been going oat he would I hare rojtiyed her eodety." i " All right," she rejoined, and accord- . ingly took off her bounui, ud they passed a very pieaaant evening. Tbet question— "Who woold yon like lo ace, ' ma or my mother settled the metier, f The roaoll was, he toon proposed, and I I tbey Were afterwards married. — The gentle tendrile of women's be*- ( 1 eometimei iwtoe around a proud, vis. v . , spirit like roses and honeysuckles aroun 'V . lightning-rod — etiogiag Fov support to whst 1 brings down oa them tba blasting thunder I .' bolt.

LtlE ASB UU. ^a rawsi. | Two hr-gars, and Lazy, wrrn in I wsnt of bread. i One lemDed on hi* crutch, end the other- ; reclined on his conch. I Lome railed on Chanty and humbly ( s>ked for a cracker. Instead of a crecke* he received a whole loaf, I Lazy, seeing lira gift of Cbativf •» i claitned, - What, a«k a cracker and vtrvv" j a loaf! Well I will ask far a loaf, an* j shall rrpeet a' load tif bread ; or. If I ask * } biscoii, she will giro me a batch of braid." Lazy now applied 'o Charity, niid calk'-' ' for a loaf of bread. "Your demanding r ' Innf." enid Charily, "prove* you *« a" loafer. Y"o are of that class and character «hn a«k and receive not; yon n«kcd nmb*." I .azy , who always found faul. with fortune, and had rsthrr whino than , complained of ill treatment, and even e- | reived Charity of a breach of an exceeding ' great and precious promise— "ask and Jf" J shall receive. ' Charity pointed him to a paieting in her room, which prevented to h)* vision threo 1 i personages. Faith. Hope, en'd Charity. Charily app ared fairer and targer than her i j sister*. He rut ced her right hand held a pot of honey, which fed a bee disabled. , j having lost *ts wings. Her Ml hand *«e armed wifb a whip go keep off IheJroties. "Don't underetand It." said l.aty. ' Charily replied . " "TY'tneae* tlrarOharity : feed* the bine and flop* the Inxy." Lazy lorned to go. ' Stop.' said Oharilr. ' instead of coin 1 will' giro yon counsel. | I to not go anil live on your povr mother, ; for I will give you a rieh unt." '•Rich ent ' echoed Lazy. -Where shall , ' I find her?" "You will And her in Proverb*, math ' cnepter and sixth versa." " HOW TO* WIN 10TE. If you wish to Ira a woman's love — her hero, her ideal, ber delight, her utter rest and ultimatum— you must altnna your eon! I , to fine issues; you iDuat bring out Uio angel r | in vim. and keep the brut* wader. Ilia L not that you shell Stop making shoes and 'begin to write. No. sir. Yno may rank* 1 shoes, jo* mny run engines, you may carry coals ; you may blow the huntsman's horn- ' barl the has# hall, follow the plow, smite ' the anvil; your facn might be brown, your > veins kaottsul, yoor bunds grimed — and job I mUy be a hero. On tlia other han.i you may writo verse* end be a clown. L ie ant , | necessary to feed un ambrosia in order to I become divine ; nor shall one bo occurred s though he drink *of the nine-fold Sty*. * ! The Israelite* ate angel)' food ia the wil- ! dcrnevs. and remained stiff-necked and uu- ' ' circumcised in hearts and ear*. The whita 1 ; water-lily feeds on elime and unfolds a 1 j heavenly glory. Come as the June morn- - ing comes. It bee not picked it* way » I daintily, passing only among the rose*. It , | has blown through ilia field* nod the ham. j Lysyd*. and all tho common places of tho % ' land. It ba* shrank from nothing. Its I parity bat breasted, aad ovsrbcrnn ail ' j things, and to harmonized all that sweep* j aroond your forehead, snd sinks into your' I heart u* soft and sweat as the fragruncy of j Paradise. Bo- eemu too, rough ftphi the ! world's rough work, with all out -door aim c blowing around you, bat with a fine itrwarJ i grace, so strong, so sweet, so salabrioue, u ' that it meets and mastera all thiuga, blasdt | log every faintest or foulest odor of oartl'- ' Ijnese into the graceful incense of a pure 6 I and lofty llle. B ' . , .. . - ! Tuk following ia too good to be loat, i. i of ft schoolmaster and p*pils. i, I "Joarph, where is Africa ?" "On the e map, sir." "I mean iu what Continent, e Eastern or Western 7" "Well, the land e of Africa ia in tbe Eastern Continent, 0 bnt tbe people, air, are down 800th. " "What are the products ?" "Of Africa, j air, or down South?" "Africa, yoo a blockhead." "Well, air, U haan't got a any; it never had any." "How do the y peo[fo live 7" "By drewing." "Drawing what— water 7" "No. str ; by draw- - ing their breath." "Sit dowt. Joseph, a Thomas, what ia the equator I" "Why, 1 air, il'» a horixouinl pole rwuniog per1 l<endical»rly th rough the un^inatiocs of astronomers and geographera." "Go, . take your aeat, Thaataa. William. wh*l t do yoo mean by an edipae TV |"An old ,t race horae, air." "Jack, what ie an ' eclipse 7" "An eelipsr ia a thing as j appears when the iKoen geta off oe a bust, and, mas agin tbe sun ; consequently Iba sun blackens the moon's • face." "Ciaas L dlamisaed." . — A newspaper aranounoeDtoot. that a t lady w>* to give a brilliant party ie Ura r evening, is mads tu read in another prist, "A Wllitrd pany."