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VOL. X.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1865.

NO. 32.

':f elect fofitg. " : — — 1 HOME 8C'»:>E. ; l Tb, loilovus U froa 'Hitter »*««" * P048" ^ ! * J. G. HuUwti uu of Iki »xlJ»on oi ths J A RrruUicAO- VSm 4outl If our tests! u* a j | trix*tfrf*wtfc*w lit*. ] orrr Ur UU'i rruUr, Ul^ta* *:»mJ *» »5>* husLe* tie lawoceal to *l«*P. ">!*** ustf ,oue*«r»r*Ja <■ uorr beautiful litat 1 Wtatls It# Utile oo* tMntleg *V»utl . j Very uoo^rWuJ iMa^, uo dowWU , l I'r.wrlltva tltloryt j * t'»f*tU.mr4xaj»1rr7 I I1 Yet he t*u*h*, erte*, sei est. "4 ^rtsX., , r A*J c»«*Xl«w. *w4 crows, ^ wlass, ] As It it* "«N aa fat1 *4 Uak* Aul cvnoua riAilrt tl **T *PhJ »« I W«i|«4 bj ckolK sai •'* * V "*"• 1 ruuturr4 l-y pl»a *»4 toitwred by *ar*« , Our iillVo u»p*«w wiy lu*» twojesr* | ^ A *4 k^t anri kiw* Wkcrethesueuii«t*X*>l '< He »«*>! ool Umb, for ha ll Cai It so. j | [ Who ran tell w i*t * baby Ituaks 1. j Mbu ta* folio* tfce j*»*l*nicT llfck* ', | I By*bWhlUo®.*oa»ki»f«t*lil* mMT Out fion the shore of tic crest uriaawt, WUO. SD4 watilnc, *a4 aloor, latu lie lif it of d» j I J I Oat from th# *i*n* of lb# uukoowa »rs | I TOMXBC ta pitiful AfocT— Of tbr ubW»«"0 sea that r*"«Hs **4 rr-«rs, * i •pack c4 oltb barks of Utll* soolsBaiks Itat wet# launched oo toe c-the» side, AoJsJ'.p.wd from hes»fti on *• otlssf lids! What does h# tfask ef his outlier's rjest I Wkst Crf b« tftlsk of hU mother'* Aslr I , What of lh* crsdls ro*.f that 0i« Forward uck] Uukwsrd thnmih the air! What does he tilak vfjil* mother** breast— • Bare "-1 beautiful, l*jf*a l ubltc, Xeeilsf It ever with fresh deltc^t— Cup of hit Hfo nfwwk ol hit mil What dor* he think when her quick eaiUare Presses hU bead **4 buries hi* face Deep * here tia b»*rt tkrurU alpk *»J a»«U With a t«»VT?»era »he DCVt r^esa tell, , Tho««h*haaurmur Iheworva ■ Of all U»e»blni»-i t Words iha has :<*rofd to murmur utlll Now ha thick* he'll C® »•> 1 1 ran are tha ahado* a ereep Oret hit ejea In toft relljee. Or tt kit true tml o»er bit Unttohla little Incrrllpa! ItofJy •aiktni.h.an he foet I Chrun ha fT*a! down ter***' *<e t ha It huahetl In toft rrpota ! j f elect ^i5CcUa«g- i AXECDOTE OF GEXEIt.IL WAKI!lXGTO.\« Hometitnei tr*Jition b»*Ja tlown an an* «cdo1« or- fact worthy a pl*c/ io bulurj,

nod ha who fa io foitoonlo »» to recover . ( that nnecdot# or fact fc«» tJoW o k*oaJ , work. Kvtrjlbiog r»ofl»loir»g to Gaorjro Wnaiilopl'in I* lOQAht oflor. »od tbo mo»i | tijefal fact peruiolcg to him potiaaita no » ooctual ioleratt. X /aw mileo weat of iho city of No work i It found Iho pUco with which tko following j anacdoia fa conoacud. Tl»» towt of Spring- j fiald, N. J.» i* facialis fur two battles, tfti» | riog the Ullor cf which tho town wna . btrnad by tbo ionwiy. West of this town nhoot oo« mil*, nud sonth of iho Morris ond ; K*sex lUll ro id, I* «* rnogo of blgb Mill. • mud or» ooo of tbsrr. dunur',tha lUvolotlonsry w»r, 1 itn told a r«til»n«l *t« coo* , • ua'ly itatlootd. From tbo rock where | h*> stood, cajk be seen New.ik, Orsoge, Klixsbelhlown, Amfaiy, end New York City. The Ifassilc fleer sod Nowork Uty» ! below tbo city, »ro so aider the eyo Ihil a • small boat mpy be ieao with lb« old of a | glmas. t am told that tho tlew front this j pUco it ouo of tho lineal iu the Stato. The J bleodlag of iboto eltmenta which eoter Into i rsajcstk landscape, la said to l»o very <harailng, as wjtuossed from tbo watch- . tower of oor revolution. Tbo timo whan tbla ootcdole occorroi ia : JU*d by trodlllon as closely coonecfad j with tho lait battle or Springflald. In 1T60. | Itliaald thai oor offsira did not wear a ; eery promising aapect. Tbry were peca- : liorly unpromising at tbnl time of the year, becanso Iho opproachlng harvest dr»w off tbo militia to their farms, tbua leaving the

strength of tko army Icadeqasto to lbs I wmerftney. The enemy at thla llrao, under t the belief that thera wore faryo qosotltloa i * of aoimaaltioa and protfalooe at Morris. , towa, wofa evidently bent on reschiof that J place. Hhoold tboy aoccoed, tho misfar* tuoe would not bo measorod to tnocb * tbo loeeof stores, at (fa offset on tbo rolads j ^pfoar soldiery tod cltlions. It was Indeed a dark time, aod ibe venernhlo lelicto of 1 tbuso tlcnea, lUll rovideat In Morrts^onoly, bear wilcess to the panic J»blcb ran like -electricity through the Htnte. All eetmed f dircoartyrd bat Wsahingtoo. Ho aloue appelrrd calm aod selLrab'sot. There was Miometblog noeartbly In the conduct of this tkltajg scarcely allied to iha cotn^g&r/onn infrmili-s of saaaklnd. All admired, although soma In their del (>e ration re^^^iaphed.^ hi a. T & « world called ble> a ^^liert;v€: bra v a man, a esif.poaaeaivd, aelf^^ailtalnloi^ a groat wiao. In fact, bo eoemed - #o tinch above ordinary rave, that soldlert ^S>'#od -cltlpfat, w»n, womsa end children, a ventratkiB al/rost Lko worship. yoofao ta of Watkingloo'l habit of prayer, rolait4d^.fcU ebapUlo, le asoo. galley .^o r go , If my memory is Ktt'i'iaec do t e whfali^WW «i>*t<r

veals bis Uablts, and proves- th»l bis calm, •elf-pouewed nad coble bearing in dark limes, when earthly props failed him, and the doom of ibe traitor most have risen up before hiin, wo* ncf battd on owy Auawn or ktlp. 6ut on Cod. llut to the anecdote. Tradition elates that Washington fro- J qaently rode with Lit officers to the Short j nad to the rock already described near , Springfield. On oca occasion, it may have , been immediately after the horning of tbo • village, Washington was discovered In a : retired place In the vicinity of tbii rock, prostrate on bis knees nod io prayer. After t spending sometime ia this employment, so [ appropriate to any man, bat particularly to one with bis responsibility • and reverses, j arose from his knees, and seated himself on a rock, and sang one of Welts' admirable versions of Ifavid'e Ftalics. I J ad the author been Wmbington's bsium companaod acqaatotsd with every trouble, anxiety, difficclly and reproach, wbicb he was at th^l tiate endoring, I do aol think ; he cootd have composed words mom per* I fectly tailed tu his situation. They are so j remarkably appropriate ibal I will copy tbrrn. lest seme who read ibis anecdote . may fail w refer to their Hymn Hooks, and j because many not using Watts1 I'talmi • may uot have them on band : rtkLW l«, (c. w.) tat ntrt. t. Htu&r, O (w«4, Dor hide thy fw, t'si t uu«n, I ret I Clt, Ilul ihou tot built a throne of grare, To tear what Hum rrj I 1 My «la>s are wsaird hkr the smoke, Pt*»olrltg la Ihf sir | My itxrcgih laCrj'4 ; ■) heart la Iruke, ad I alcktrg Id Ort|-*lr. ► • ! • 19. Out thou forever art the Mar, o »tj rlr rual GoJ ! Agra tu cone shall kcow thy aanr, AsJ i; rrvt thy works »1m*1 4 | II. Thou "lit artae ami show thy face ; Nor will ny Lord delay, JVjoa J the appolaled hour of gr*ee, That loag-eapeetrti day. JX. lie heart his talcta, he kaows their ery, And by mysterious ways lUdeetas the prisoner* doomed to die. Aod Oils thalr tocgucs wllh praise. % i Hy recorring to the history of oar ltevn. , lotion, it will l>e found that at ro period bad Washington greater reason for die conrasetnent than in 17*0. The people were wearied with long a-irvipe, aforei were " ^ * *r 't - — — ■ -

difficult to proenrw, the ensmj were flashed with ike victories obtained at the South , under Cornwellis, and more than all, 1780 • was mad* mournfully mvreorable by the iraasnn of Utoedict Arnold. Taking lhe»e ■ facts into lb* accnoot, tha anecdote recor- • ded is ona of tko flneit in the history of ! oor Washington. Lot oor children com* ! tnil this l'aslm . which was sang by the Fa- , ther of his Country at tbo boar of her peril, j sod ever reintmbvr that at tbnt boar it was j i not boman bravery, or |K>*rr, or wisdom, which sustained Wssbioglon, bat thtt bis mpport and cooanlatioo Iheo, ai at nil other times, were In (Sod. A word concerning this anecdote maybe allowable. Hearing that an sged men, still ; liring in IVhippany, bad related the anre- ! { dote, 1 visited bint expietsly to nuthenti* ; cato it. 1 found that hn bad not related I it,* bat by gond fortune, his dtogbter, an Intelligent lady, remsmtared to have haard | a Mrs. tiayre, wlfa of on# William Sayra, 1 and motbar of Calvin Sayre, all nnw de- • ceased, but formerly rviidanta (o Colombia, Morris county, relate tbo story, aod iadao* tifj it with a place tear B}*ingflfld, aid ! with tha time of the last battle of tipriogj (laid. From two other sources I bear a tra* ! Oil inn tb*t Washington at roioo tJrae was ; haard to sing ona of Walts' Psalms. Ona of these comet from Calvin Howell, Kiq., of Whippany. who remembered that bia father related an anecdote of tbia kiod, tbo

particulars of wbicb hive escaped bit mem- ! J ory. 1 publish tho tradition without any donbt of Its seneml authenticity, but In bopet that Ibis publication may fall under ( tho eyes of soma ono who can throw more light opon It, And if any ouo ia tbte to ( do so, I bop* h« will not be rvtnisa ia confirming and authenticating an anecdote ex* bibitiog Washlog ;oe in such an estimable and noble light. — .Yerarh AJreriiter. I ~L Korel and HItnple Gun Cleaner. ► llr. I, W. Parmentor, of New York City recently brought »o the office of the Areer- j lean Agricollurist a simple arid efficient 1 gun cleaner, that he had bran uilrg in lack j of low, which he could cot readily obtain, and to which it proved superior. A hit nf corn enb about throo Inches long was whittled down small enough to ontor ibo barrel readily, but not so much w la oniirtly cut off the rough projections— these sorvo ad mirubly to scour tha interior of Ibo barrel. Tha lower end ol the cob was split up about an inch, aod the two balrts were kept sprung spart -to flji the bore, by a small wedge across Ike upper ond of the opening. The inUretlcen ou tffe tarfsca Qf.iho cab may bo filled with askos, emery Jtfwdor, or other aconring mnlsrial to ramove roiC etc. Tie cob so praparad aod »c rawed to Iha i v4i^aT;ir|ih a'fai «Md an a saab, > ag^fa ja^yvry fkArt ltii» fto tM ther- ^ t^gkly eUsated.

How Oil Companici Arc formed 1 A corrospondsnfof tha 8a1rtn Standard, who has bteo through the oil regions o£ 1 lfannsylvrnia and Wast Virginia, givra ' tba following account of bow soma oil com* 1 panics are formed : 1 A few persona bay or laase an acre or j half acre, or it may be a aingla rood, in Jlosc proximity ta a yielding well, and in (idition a few acres of ucdevaloped terri* i lory, tha whole casting probably $5,000 or j $10,000, dspcadiag opon locality. Tbey i orgaaixe a joint stock company under tba provisions of the gea-rsl mining law of j FenosylvaoU or New York, the property ■ representing a capital of from $100,000 to ; $1,000,000. divided into shares, tha par • : Value of which is figured at $5 or $10. If ' ' tha property cost 85.000, tbey divide it iato lfat.OOU sham, and if there wera five ! nriginal pnrcbasera, each one receives 15,000 shares, leaving 25,000 shares to be ■ sold as a reserve or workiag capital, at S( ' eubkcriplion price, it may be, of $1. par ^ • valce $5. The sale of the reserve stock ; brings $25,000 into the treuury as a «o^- j ! Ing capital. The cost of sinking a wsll is i about $6,000, leaving $19,000 still in the > treasary. If the well fa a-cKall prodocing ( one, tha proceeds of ibe-oilfetd, with the ! $19,000 «<D hand, enables iha directors ta ; ! declare a handsome first monthly dividend, ' ! and as a conseqoeace tha atask la suppoiad ' to enhance in value, advances ooo or two . hundred per cent above the subscription j price, and tba original owner* and holders ; ; of the 15,000 shares sail out on the rise, j ! while tbo new possessore wail accnsidera- j ! bl* time. H not longer, for the next dlvi* . ; dtnd. It cost yoar corrrspondeal just $175 | , to got his first Insight into the workings of 1 ; a joint slock company, as a mem. from tha j ' broker rerraled a few days since. Other i j parlies purchase an interest in a wall being ' pot down or in operation, aod on tbii ' working interest, without aay other oil \ property of the sligblrst value, organic* . companies representing large capital, and 1 what is singular, find plenty of fools io puri cbate tba slock. I'bitadalphin is flooded ' with these bogus concerns. I A gopd company purchases Its property in fee, In ondoubted oil territory, if it is j in tbo bauds of business managers of loteg. rity, who desira to make money legitimately s ; by tb* prodaetion of oil inilaad oT specula* s tioo in its stock, ih«y employ their entire %|AJM at* lav -WW" | -w* J |

wotting capital in davcloping their land, | conlanl to wait a few mouths for tbslr first • die ider.d, and rtceiviog tbem regularly ' thereafter. If tbey bava more territory ) than tbey car* to develop, they leave it out ■ iu small parcels io working parties in con* •idermtion of a "royally" of ooe-balf, quarter or eighth of the oil obtained. This adds lathing to the expenses of tbe cornpan^, while frequently yielding large rar*- : nues to its treasury. At the ssme time it fa profitable to the small lessees if tbej j succeed in "striking Ma." On some tracts i a boons of from $1,000 to $5,000 is cxsctsd in addition to tbe "royally" for the lease. U£oa a thorough Investigation, your correspondent has com* to the conclusion that • the production of tbo material fa tha sorest aod most reliable way for those of small capital, who desire to invest (o the boiidsss, and ara not Afraid of mud and work, to make mooey by leasing on 'royalty' from aoy compsoy owning good territory. ffiot Deep Enough* for Praying* A good story is t*1d of two raftsmen, which occerred daring the lata big blow oo lb* Mississippi, at which lime so many rafts ware awatnped, and to many steamboats lost their sky riggings. A raft was just emerging from Lakn I*epln, as the I eqosll came. In an instant the raft w»s : pitching and writhing as if suddenly dropped ; into" Charybdis, wbil* tha waves broke ! over with a tremendous uproar, and ex-

pecting instant destroct-ou, one of tha raftsmen dropped ou bis knee* aod commenced praying with a will eqoal to the •mirgency. Happening to op*o bis eyes an instant, b* observed bia companion net engaged in prayers, but pushing a pole in tbe sinter nt the sidt of the raft. "What is that yer Join, Mikef" said be; "get down on yer knees now, for ih*re (•n't a minnt* to apart between as and porgatory 1" "li* alsy, Pat," said lb* other, 'ash* cotlly coolinuofl to puoeh with bis pole ; "be slsy now, what'* tb* us* of prtylo' when a feller ean lech bottom with a pnU?" Mikoisa pr*tly good specimen of alarg* class of Christians who pr«f*r to omit prayer aa loifg aa they cap "tech bolloqi." Homo genllvmen waited on a w«i|. known .baaker, a short tlm* ago, to ruquvst him to subscribe to a certalo charity. Tb* booker put down bis nam* for ten pound. Oo* gentleman ventured to *xposlalate on tb* sronlloess of th* sum, eaylof, "Heron, yoar sens have pel tbelr names down for twenty poonds each." "0 1" said ear modern Crotios, "that fa all very well Tor my eons j they have a father who is a millionaire I" ££ y;- ' * ■ ■ ■■#*• i - Tut strongest men yield to the loflaer ce of women, as the migbllesl oak qalverv In 'a gentle breexe. To bring up a oblld la tba way he iboitd go, i facet tbet *ny yourtblf.

liou .Much Lumber from u Log I i J. k. Hardisty, Harford Co., Md., codtribnles to th* .tmerican Ayrievliuriit the ) following trnbl* for ascerteiniug tb* amonot • | of lumber which can be mad* by a eerwfo) | ( from logs ef different dimensions : Liu«*r. l)i*ax*tf r. «<ju*T*. . I Ktf*. larkrm. flo. ft. ImAv*. favbrs. No. fL 10 7 4 24 17 24 I U 7J 5 25 174 26 12 hi 6 26 18j 2d 13 V} 7 27 19 3U 1 14 10 2H 19) 32 1 15 10$ 9 29 204 35 i 16 lt$ 10J 30 21] 37j , 17 12 12 31 22 40 1H 12 j 13jj32 224 42* 19 134 15 '33 23} 45 I 20 14} 16] [34 24 4$ \ 21 15 lb]j35 24] 51 22 154 20 .36 25 1 53] 23 16] 22 1 ' The first celumn is for diameters of loye, , ! from 10 inches to 3 feet. Tb* '2d cttamu shows lb* unmbcr.of intbrs which each log will square. The 3d celoma gives th* uum1 bar of i**l. board measure, 1 ft. square aod ! I inch thick,) which each foot io th* l*agtb : of lb* leg will make. Thus: a log 10 ! lochia in diameter will square 7 inches, and , ! if 1 foot long, it will make 4 feel ; if 10 f*et I | loo*, will make 40 feet of boards. Again, 1 ; by tbo table, a log inches io diameter, i | will'square 25] iecbt»; if 1 foot leap, will ' cat 53] feet board m^asir*; if )0 f»*l long ; will coaUiu 535 fu— allowing tbe usual thickness uf saw. If th* logs art to be sawed iato lumber with squared edges, of tbe seme width and I thickness at esch end, and no wane-edged boards allowed, then the loge will make ].£Mh part lv»s than Iha amount named in ' the table. If for lumber j isch thick, add 1 about j part more, if tb* leg !s crooked, reckon the dismeter less to allow fi»r , straightening. For the calculation* in th* table, m**»aro tho email «ud cfaar of the ! bark, but if the log is to be saw. d tapering j or as large as each end will niske, theu measure for tbe diemeu*r about i tbu dis- ! ttuc* from the small end. Facta uUont nc«l Itooitsa. T — If two persons are to occupy a bed room 1 i during a night, let Ibein step upon weigh* \ , ing scales as they retire, s«jd then agaio io . the morning, end tbey will find their actual C | weight at least a pouod less in the moro- - ; iag. Frequently there will be a loss of t j two or more pounds, aod the average loss • — — i > - - *■ '

throughout the year will t>e more tbaa ona poced. That i», during tbe night thsre is ( J*loss of a pound of mailer which his gon* off from the bodies, partly from the lunge, and partly through tbe ports of lb* skit. • The eic«p*d material if carbonic acid ead decayed animal matter or poisonous exhalations. This is diffused through lb« air In part, and In pert absorbed by tbe bed. ' clothes. If a single ounce of cotton or wool be homed io a room, it will so cote- . | pletcly saturate the elr with smoke that i 1 eoe can hardly breaths, though there can i be but on* ounce of foreign matter in the •Ir. Han ounce of colien he burned every . bulf bour during Iha night, tb* elr will be j kept continually saturated witb smoke, unless there be an open window or door for It to escape. Now, th* sixteen ooncat 9/ smoke thus formed, is tar less poisonous than tb* sixteen ounces of exhalations from the luogs and bodies of tbe two persous who bave lost a pouot\ in weight during the ; eight hours of aletplag; for, while lb* dry j smoke is mainly taken in the lungs, the dsmp odors from lbs body ara absorbed both into tba lunge and inl* the ports of j ' ; tbe whole body. Need mere be said to \ ► | show tbe lmportanee%r having btd.roomi j 1 | well ventilated, aod of thoroughly airing 1 ; the sheets and coverlids and matrasses iu 1 , the morning, before picking tbem up Iu I j tbe farm of a osatly mad* bed ? Drpth of Foal Drdt,

Heath's mis* In Virginia is repressnted to contain a coal bed fifty lest in thickness. A coal bed near Wilkesharre, P*nna., is said to be twenty-five foet thick ; at Mauch (.'bnak is a coel bed forty feet d«ep; and ; (n. tbe basin of tha Schuylkill ere fifty el* t*rnal* seams of coal, twenty-five of wbicb are more thsu three fast in thickness. In Nova Hcotia is a coel farmat.on fourteen hundred feet deep, and containing seveatyfivo alternate layers of coal. Tbe Whitebaven coal tnioe, in England, has been worked to a depth of twelve londred feet, and extends a mile nnder tha see, sad 1 V Newcastle coal mine, in tho same country, has been worked to tbe depth of fifteen hundred feet, and bored to a similar additions! d*|<th, without finding tbe bottom of the coal measure. — Judge a man by his aclieos | a post by hit eye a lawyer by bis le*r ; a player j b / his strut | *0 Irishman ly his swagger ; | aa Kegtishmio by his rotundity ; a Scetcb- j lian' by hie shrug; a jsstlce by his frown ; j a great man by bis modesty; a tailor by bis agility ; and a woman by ber ueatoess. ii — Three things that nevsr agree 1 • Two eats over 00* moose j Two wire* in out house ; \ &§&Bd two lorere after ©ae maiden. 1 1,1 — 8amet|mee society gets tiree of a mm I and baags bin. 8otn*lim*i a nan geta tired of toeIsty» eod bangtblmeelt

NTOllli:* FOIt THE tlllLHUKX. j 1 THE LITTLE BED 1IKN. "Tell us abool the little red Leo," said j ' Herbrrl, paying his tneney, and mooching ; * bis candy. "Aa' thin ye'll trundle yer hoop out to j J lb* big tree, an' lave Glory an' muoorlaoe I ' for a minute T" j1 "F*ilh, an' 1 will that," said th* boy— 1 aping awbiliouriy the racy Irish accent. j * "Well, thin, there w»a onc*'t upon a ; 1 time, away off ia th* ould couetry, livin* j ' all ber lac* io the woods, in a wee bit ov a 1 ' house be brnelf, a little rid bin. Nice an' ' quial sh* was, and nfair did co kind a' her- I rum in her life. An' there lived out over I th* bill, in a din o' tbe rock*, a crafty nuld I felly ov a fox. An* this same ould VilUin , 1 iv a fox, he laid awake o' bights, and he ' pruwlvd round sidy iv a daytime tbiokin' 1 always so busy tow he'd git the Ijjll* rid bin, an' carry ber bosnt en' bile ber up for 1 his shopper. Hot the wis* Utile rid bin 1 niter w*ol intil ber tit iv a bos*#, but she • locked tbe door afthtr ber, an' pit lb* kaj , In her pocket. 80 tbe oold rashkill iv a f«<X, be watched an' he prowled, en' k* j Uld awake nights, till he cam* all to skia j and bone, on' sorrm a ha'portb o' lb* littla ! rid hia could he git at. Hut at la*t there [ cam* a echame ititil his wicked ould head, an' he tuk a big bag one iifirtuti' over bis J ' sbooldher, an' he says till Itls mother, says , he, 'Molhtr, Lava the pot all Jidin* agin' 1 | come liome, for I'M bring the I i • tic rid hia to-night for our ►hoppprr.' An' away he wint, ovrr the hill, an^c*ma craping sbly and soil throogh th* woods to *t ere the . little red h*o lived in h^r sbnug Llr ov a ; bouse. A«»' shuif, jiel at the very nnnut* • that be got along, out eotr.rs the hill* rid bin out ov the door, to pick op shrieks to - ihil* her lay. keltic. • Jfagorr*. now, but I'll have yes,' says the ably ould fox, and iu It* shlips, unbtkuownst, ioril th* Louse, en' hidra buhind the door. An' incomes the liltlo rid Lin, a intuit afilier, with her apron full of shrieks, an* shuts to th* door eti' locke it, an' pits the lay in her pocket. • An' thin #be Inrns rouod— an* there aiatids 1 tho ba»le ov a fox in the corner. IV* II, ' thin, what did ehe do, hot jist drop down 1 bar ablickx and lly up I . a great fright an' ' flatter to the big bama across Inside u' the roof, where tb* fox could'nt get at her. ' " *Ali, ha !' sajs the ould fax, *1 '11 soon ' bricg yes dowa out o' that !' An' h« be-

gan to whirrul round au' round, au' round, faaLher au ' fastber an' feslher, on the floor. ( 1 uftber his big, bushy tail, till the little rid . 1 bin got so dizzy aid lookiu', that she jist ' tumbled down off the lurne, and the fax ; 1 whipped her op and popped her iatii his bsg. an' started off home in a minlt. An' j hu wint up the wood an' down the wood, I half tbe day long, wid the little rid bio •hut up ernothcrin in the bsg. Bona a know she know'd wbsre she war, at all, at | all. She thought she wa« all btled an' ale ■ op, an' finished, thurw! Ilut by au' by, I she rt-miinbered herself, aud put her band • • in her pocket, aad tuk out her little bright ! ! schistorv, an* shnlpptd a big hole In the ; ; bsg behind, an' out she leapt, and picked I up a big shtona an' popped it iolilthe hag, j an' no aff home, an' locked tba door. "An* the fox be lug{,*«l nP 6Ter , tbe bill, with tb* big sklone at bis back 1 tbumpln' bis shoulders, tbinkin' to himself how heavy tbe litrie rid hio was, an' what • a fine ebupper b«'d bsre. An' whin he came in eight ov his din in tbe rocks, an' spied his ould mother watching for him at j i tbe door, he says, 'Mother, have y* the pot 1 > bilin'V An' the oold mother say*, 'Sura I aa' it is; an' hsTt ye tbe little rid bin?' •Yli, ji«t bsre in my bag. Open the lid o' ; lite pot rill 1 pit ber in,' say* lir. | "An' the ould mother fax she lifted the • lid 0' tbe pot, and tb* ravhkill untied th* ] bag, aod held it over th* pot o' bilin wath*r I an' ebug la tbe big, hravy stone. An' the bilin' wather splashed up all over th* U|I|U waiuvi *|M«*if« u *• Y *** ■ w • » • • |

rogue ov a fox aa* bis mother, an' schaldrd them both to death, Au' the little Fid bin lived eafa la her home forever afiber." —/hilt Gartney'a Girlkood. "Howlni Lliht," A blind girl came to ber pssior, aod gar* him tweaty-eeven franca ($5,40) for mleilnnv. Astonished at tbe large aum. the miaister raid, "You ara a poor blind { girl ; H is Impossible that you can spare so much far missions." "Tro*," said abe, "1 am blind, bat not ao poor as you, perhaps, think ; and 1 can prove that 1 can spare this aiotiry scoter than tho*a thai see." Tha minister wealed to hear it proved. "I um a ba*ket-maker," answered the girl j "sod ts 1 era blind, I make my baskets just as eaay in the dark as with a ■ ! lig hi. Othar girla hsv*, during last wlatar, I ipviil more than (went-seren Lance for . j light. I had ao such vxpeuve, and can, ; j tUiwfore, briag tbl| money for* the poor r hsalhee eod th* missionaries." — Clouds never sead down to ask the grass and pi sals how much they need ; they rain for.tb* relief of their own full bosoms. — "Did you know I was there T" ssld the bellows to tha Ora. "Ob, yaa, I always x coatriv* lo get •lud of you," was the reply. ( |&'*1 The child who cried for an hour L«t wvt k, didn't gel It v

Wru Should Treat Women. A Persian poit gives the fallowing In* structiues opon that important subject "When tbeu art married, serk to pleas* tby wife; but listen not 1c all tba says. From mao's right aid* a rib was taken ta the woman, and never was th^r*- seen a rib quita straight. And wnbhM Ihou atraighten it ♦ !i breaks, hut brr.«I« rot. thee 'tis plain thai Clocked i> *i.« men's temper, forgive her fauiu, and blame her not ; nor let her ang*r lliee, nor cuescioa use, as all is vain to straigbleu what is curved." Musical Catecliisiu* What fa a slur 7 Almost any remark 00a tir.gcr makes about another. What is beating lioie! Hinging *0 fa«l that lime caouol keep up with you. What is a rest ? Going cut of the cLoir to get some rsLesbmint*. What is a staccato movsment T leaving i tb* rhoir io a huff, became on* is dfaratii* ■ fi*d with tb* Isadrr's requirrmsots. What is a swell T A professor of muric | who pr«t*nds td kecw everything about th* ; science, while Le cannot conceal his own igaoraace. — What i* tb* diff-rruce belresn a sailj or aud a soldier ? One tars his ropes, tha 1 other pilches bis tent, j — To th* lover there are hut two pfaces in all the world— on* wb*r* hi* sweetheart is, ar.d tbe other where sLc isn't. — Yea may rusk* an ignorant siomarb \ . gi** ap its poison, but an ignorant faith never gives up what it La* one* awalfawrd — "Confusion to tfce man," ws tbw carponter said, "who first iovroted working by candle light." "Yes, or hy daylight vithrr," rejoined his apprruiir*. * — A young nun "down East" was a«k»-d bis agr. to wlihh In* answered: — > . V Wall. I d9n't know exactly, but I hato had the st-veo-ysur itcli three times." — Have courage enough to resfaw your 1 own couduct : to condemn it wLer* you de1 led your faults; to make good resolve* for your future guidance, and keep tbem. 1 , v — Th* mslhnd of adrertiaicg for a bus* f band io Java, is hy placing an empty flower pot on the roof, which is a« touch t> Wi s»y ^ "A young lady fa in ihe bourc. Husband • wanted."

— A cotemporarr, noticing tho marriage of Mr. Janiet llegg to Miss Ella Ifaar.u, saya pork and brans farm a natural uuiou, but thinks that oaw beau to a hog ia a small allowance. \ * Staler'* (Corner. • —7— - ■ ] ALL t'-xilrtasa, RlJJki, Q^irstlor.s. Ac , must U sctodiack-l *»|ih the Aosncrs ssS Solulloa* lu orvScf to seruhr luacrtloa. Miaccllmirotia Enigma.— >0, 13* 1 ■ 7 cm compared of It tier t. | ilyffih, 3. 22, 24. 34,"ii a boy's nam*. My 10, 32, 35, 36, C, 23, is u county 'in , Maine. % • My 20, 36, 3". 30, ifr. fa an animal. My 10. U». 7, 36, 2o. is a vr gel able. 1 M y 2, 5, 22, 26, ia a part of the body. , My 6. IS, 23, fa a color. My 1, 12, 22. 2$, 17. 30, 30, 25, 3, face* of the Ufilied Slates, My 2, 27, 4, is a covering far th* head. My 9, 21, 22. is what we all arc eoine timet fond of. « My II, IN, 12, 16, belong to the body. My 37, 31, are vowels. My 33. 10. 5. 29, is a email animal. My b, 13, 19, 25, fa not coarse. My 30. 36, 19, 14, is musical, | My whnl* (a what a great many complain ' | about, and try to get rid of. [j K. I- H. iLA. II. Answer n*xt week. • I ■ ~-w-vw ■ a.%1

Itlddlc.— 4 letters. F.ailre 1 am' an insect. H*hrad me. aod transpose, end 1 am aeotbtr insect. Again transpose, aod 1 am prodaead by tha effscu of the too on tbe skin. To my whole add a letter, and tranayose, and I am a brave and skillful Gen'l. Mat. Answer nexl week. Answers lo Enigma* In our Lust. No. 13:— "The Hsthlng Grounds."— Answered by Julia Leach, of Cap* Island, Willie Miller, New KnglaDdviile ; Dick, of Cep* Island. No. 14 "l'hlllp Sberldao."— Anin'd by Julia Leach, of Cape Island; Mr*. Charlotte II. Godfrey and Miss Julia Town send, of 1'ownvcnd 'Inlet; Dick, of Cape Island. Itinoi.it: — "Weather," CirThe following aaiwer* to Koigma No. 12, have been received ; Forman 8. Town*eod, of Beaville ; Hannah M. Belover, or Orwei Creek; Willie Miller, orNewKagUodville; II. Matlhewi, Nellie Meltbews, or rhlledelphla; Wiill# aod Charley, of Cape Msy V. 1!.; Jalia II. Spealdlng, of Dy«r> Creek ; K. Cresee, of ColdBprlog; Harriet 8. 1-oag, of Gravelly Ran; Preston 8tr*tlo«» of mUvllle, KnoUend Wiaale.of KastCrvaVf®