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VOL. X.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1865. = - •• — = = — — ». - — - ■■

NO. 38.

£ elect f ortrg. HOHE, BKIGI1T and PLEAI1ST. It iUU WS.LJJW#TOB. Met* «hta<mliClw*hovj noMiucs— Moi* than dfoos and array— More Itu Ota" aad loRj Kttije*Mort I baa iU'Ju.. puwrr. #*d : Ntkr jour boa* h»Ui »*»t oao Ustelut, IrtjM and plauul, olwap lair ; VMratL heart shall rest coolrnleS. Gvatolul-ler earii beauty lh««Morr thaa lofty, tweUiaf tlUeaNorr !t|b ruHm'i 'lurlof (toreMm this Mi|>aix>% r Med hooorsXuee Ibid ■ Mouth! caa wrtl romparv : {#* Hi at home to made altnwlln *T •irrouadlDte pee and bright I thiuht. arTinfaO with tost# aad order, J low en, with ad their nr. el deilfht. faek to lib your hone wat toreiy. Let it be a an 111 at qmt, Whyrr, to tnel eonteatmeot reall*», Care and eorrow are lortot : Where the Bowers and treee are waeluf, Birde will alay tanr aweeteet roaj | I Where thepursot tyn-thU w U! Uoger, C jritdenre end lore helm* Make your hone a little ndeo. Imitate her aaiUBC howera i Let a aeat aud emi-ie cottage dtasd amoutbrithl tree, aad towere. | ■ v There, whet fracraae* and whet btl(htoeae WUI eaeb Moore las rao# display! Hare, a slKple Vlao-siad arbor Brlghl.os through each lu.emrr day. ' • . ' I There each heart will reet racteated, VMea wtohtof Wet to roam : Or. If roentot. >tUl win chctleh i idem 'rice of that jleaaaot home. , lerb a home raahre man <h» betlar : Hone, with height aad i Hire aurrouadtate, Lravra Its impress on the soul.

gntmstmi) £t«g. (From me Little PUgrinr.) HERBERT LILE: OH, THE TOCHO CONVICT. ■T was. rranr e. ■'■inc. CHAPTER II, coKTiirto. -■Ynu'csagood boy any way." Baid Mark, the unwonted lean ailing hi# great brown oyer. "Aa I shanl ur?d yon, bf you ihiulc eit wuald be wrong, Be hinged ef yon don't know hart 'bout lieb thing*, of you era a little hop-o-mr-Uutnb, nod I una of Uen'ra' .Scott's hot men. Bat I'll tell you. 1 wouldn't stadb that atad'i carryin'don a bit • longer a f 1 *nn yon. Lai liirn fool with in#, 'thdt'i all," putting on one^f bii mint formldsble looki. "Bat I'll go now. af it'» to •are yon from trooWe," and Mark Rogers pe'.tod Herbert affectionately ot tba head, bidding him chaor op aad ha would coma ' agin bafera ioog. Scarcely hod he dieappenred ia Iho thick coppice Uiht skirted the Sold, when Mr. Albert Smith emerged fruia behind a tal> j pine which itood within Uo pacta of where Harbart wot at work. "8", so, my pretty gaotlaiaua ! Caoght at loat, ore you ?" ha eiclaiBod, ia b mocking tob». "Elogbol plena tboae. y#o and ytur friend have been concocting, to ran away nod ba your own Ireo man ! When do you atnrt, pray Mr. Lyle? When do your ^Jardabipa porpuae leaving?" Herbert tow that he wu» e»ry angry. «o be thnaght it boet to auy nothing. j •'Will yrmr lordship cundoacend to no. awvt me or oul I Bay. wbeu do yoa expect ' to Marl 1" "1 bare no intention ofUaringyon. will, oat permission," replied Herbert quietly. "You lib!" exclaimed' the man, wroegbl Into fury by (hi calm diguily of the boy.— "You lie 1" Didn't 1 bear joor plana and the pretty bdrica that raacal gate yon, and dldo'i I hear the eOMpllfflttrtary Damn* yoa konorad mo with T" ••Caaein Albert"— Hut ihe reel oevsr ' •t me, for Mr. Smith at that moment Airblog up Mark's ho«, itrnck the boy n blow ] thai laid hire seosetest oa tba ground. Bat a moment elnpnad, whan the load report of b pinto! cam* to roaan ap hit (lumbering consciousness, tad in e moment afterwards he felt a roagb-bw* kind tuarb oa hla kaad, end a rotce, which ba rccogDiaed al Hark'., naid"Harbert. at* yoa hart? llama, ronae •p, my lad, an' 'tend to Mr. Smith. I'm *frnid it'd all oear with him, poor man. Bat Gad i< my witnaod, I didn't aim to do it! Ilowavtr, C mart be off ; 1 didn't mind fnciog the Injont, but to be alraHgled in cold blood id a different thing. Good-bye, Good-bye, my lad, aqsj. don't forget old Berk, Ho'H tqro op agin otto of theee day*. ■oa If he don't." So tayiog, he torned j leaped the tall fence nl a bound, and in an ! initial w*» not of light. Harbart got ap. end wiping the blood from hit brow, looked around him. Not a do ion paces -from the spot where he had Ja&. we* e eight that eordtod the blood in hi* veins. "Cowrie Albert" lay llreachad ■pan iho ground, woltarlag in a pool or Blood ! Ha ran down to the erewk, and gnthMteg up tba water in hie email baadi, came and Aeebfd it on the white face, yell-ing-htai hp mm*. sad bogging kirn to iptpk to him. It who! no aae. Tb* glased eyea Um rigid llaaba, the half-open and net j.wi, told but toe truly that the toil of Albert Smith had gone to meet it* Judge J « "" -

CHAPTER IIL The ceurt-roum iu the little town of New- . ton i* crowded to oeerdowiog. An interest. . ipg trial it jart aboct to cutae off— the trial of a yoeth irurcele fifteeO run old. for mardee. The moat iuUnae excilement |ffeeaiU, and nheu the pritonrr il cooduct-d to the bar, * half-auppreaaed utu.rmur of . aTmpethy and aalmiralioo ran« tlirOtiv'h that iniaiMie* ir.euiblugc, and many * mother'i heart guea up to UoO in prayer el aba g alea apon the e**eL child-face before her, end ^ tkinkr of her own little one! at home. •Ah ! ebu little recka of the hare-bettrt | beating beneath thai ilcft<le!* form. llrrbert Lyle la paler and thinner than when vr u( him laat, from cloae dnnfioe. 1 , tnrot ; hat htf faeTli eery calm sod Mill. ! , Not a quieer about the mouth, or contrac- . i tlno on the amffoth brow, to indicate the , aiigbieat ibrinktag from bi» fate— for Her- | ; barl qcecr drenmrd of betraying his frieod , ! Mark. Prom the mutB eoL in which he had ! bavu atirpriaed staiulioef'Bffe a atatue o»er : j -t bo inurderni forui ofAlberl Smith, he had . , j kuoen that death would ba bis portion ; i | • f<otn that moaiunl, tbe-magnaoimoaa raaelra . ] j hod taken po«*er(iet< of him that he would t j die te aaee his fri»nd, and that Jiot one word i • should b* wrung fruin him iu/frgard to the < • I real anthor of-tbe murder. \jVly, indeed. ! . ' should he desire Iq lise ? Erer since that ' , faarfal baptism, long, lung ago, in Mr. A'.- j a bert Smith's maadow. It*}bad worn ltfeaal 1 a garment which might be laid wide with- ' i oat one regret. And ahat waa death hut j the lifting of the vell.wbich bid front him j ■ the beautiful beyond, where the 3weel face j t of hii mother amilud 1 What mattered it ! ■ that rude hands were to thrust il aside, sn , : j it waadiftad and ht/oond rust at last. Rest- - Ah, bow be had longed fur rest 1 Oh, what ' 1 beautifal dreams bid lisited him in bis little | c i oarrew cell I No wonder death was hot a j fearful thing to Herbert Lyle! Hy, with a : , | quick, firm tread, he mowed along the pais- J ; i srsr and takes the place assigned bint. , Herbert had nrrer been in a Court-room 1 < i before, and he looked aroendhTlrtoiih^yye. , thing like curiosity on the eager facas that "J-j were bent on hitn. That tall gentleman in , the (Vend, with the beneealenl face and , whita hair,— that mast surely be a miciller* , Tbeo his eyes turned to where the jttrjteat. Ah! belittle drmmed those iwtlsa men, ! ■ , with gmee sisagra, bom*||>un coalit and red i ' brogaos, held hi* destiny in their bonds j I There wna but one face in all tbia crowd ; I that he recognised, — that of tl»e men who j ' hid eisited him in the prison for the vain • , purpose of d rowing from hitn the particulin j i of the murder, and who called himself hi* ; 1 ; "lawyer." it The murmun are hnsbid by a call of the < ; sheriff to order, and the counsel for the < state proceed# to open the ca«r. j , ' . He had a most painful du»y to perform, . ' be said, the nioet painful that bad erer come , wiltiin tj'e ecope of fail profe'sional ex. , 1 | perieuce ; and bis heart hied withiu him i when he looked on'tba licyiib face before , I ; him, aud remembered that he too wad-a fa- j > ; l her. lie tlim nenl on to stnta the facte J ; I I iu tba caae. ! i " ' Herbert l.yle lbs piiiuoar hid btun foind ! iu Air. Albert Smith's cotton field, standing ■ > beside his mnrdered body, n discharged , I pialol in his hand. Ac., Ac. Deceased hid : . i evidently corn* io bis death by the hands of , i i tbi prisoner, whether in nelf-dafence. it re , - ! inalued for the pruuier's coinael to ehow,', , . ' Ac. Ue then wound up with "Look at the 1 : . prisoner— ecarce more than n babe la years, t | m gaill a man. Murk hit fair exterior, the , - mild, innocent blue aye, the white, smooth 1 | brow, the chiselled lip ; withio such curve ) lingers a grace. Ah ! thst boy reminds me l -i of a 'wbited sepslchre e it heat ill il eyaj metry snd grace and beauty — within, all is r 1 writhed and warped and dwarfed into H - j loathsome mummy ! If he i* a murderer at-! ' ! this aarly age, what etlP lie become if left , i at large till he gfowi np\o manhood ? No, j - ; airs, the penitentiary ia ihe'yjlace for nil such 1 r "preencious youths ; tb* workshop the theat trt on Which to expend all this enper-abnn-i dial vitality: Once safe jsitbiu those bigli - walls,' snd thsra is ne danger of eoulamina- ' lion td the morals of our seas. Lut him ' s be ibat op in a penitentiary, tbera to be- ■ wail for a whole lifetime an act that will t fotarer stamp his memory with the blackest ! ingratitude — the ntnrderer of bit bsnsfactor - and friend?" i Ah ! be knew hit fate now. To be sent | , to the penitentiary for life ! That was | J dreadful ! Hitter death a thotftaod limes i s than this ! Aud fur the first time there was d { a cootrsctioa aboet Ihe month and a dropb ping of the long, golden lathes. Yet be .usrer far a moment faltered in his purpose, d | Herbert could oot btlp wondering bow he ! had ever Incurred tba alrungu genUaman'a d displeasure, he, la hit ignoruner, never for n an inatoot imagining that it could bean; ; d onn'e rfuryto say soeh crnal thing* or on- j v? other, lie waa very aorry any one should I i- think ao badly of him. Hew he wished he I s, could go op aad beg the gantlnoma'a par- : 1- don ! ,k Now ram* tlj# examination of the wit. a oaeaea. a! Jagk-Helliday first sworn. Depeted that rt oa the morniag of the aixteenlb or May, be bod beea bind by Mr. A>h«rt Smith te ban1 i* timber far a cottci* screw. That crossing tb* Httte I stsmock htneb Just theot her aid*

| of Smith'* oewgrouat!. he hamrd Mr. Smith j in load tons* talking to aomebody ,- raising 1 himself in bis wagon and looking ovsr the fence, ssw nobody hnt- Smith aud the pri- : soncr. both were excited, hot not eurc, as prisoners'* hack was turned towards him. Heard tba words "yon lie." quit# ,-dirtisclly. Bot Tearing Mr. Smith, srb# w»s a haul worker, sionid catch him loiteri iug, ha whipped op and passed on. Had ' not gone tbrve hundred yards through lb# j woods before be heard the report of t pitj tot. ' Got cut,, bitched his mules as quick ' as be could, and ran to the fisld. I'osnd ' Mr. Smith lyisg on the groand dead, and priloaer standing by. grasping in bis band on empty pistol. Blood was on his face and ; vloihet. Asktd prisoner who killed Smith, I prisoaer inset-red not a word. Sacmed : stunned like. Immediately gave the alarm. Didn't know how Smith and prisoner got Bit) Csrraeay — Had l>e#n at Mr. Albert j Smith's frequnotly td do blacksmith's work. and aeen prisoner often (Hero Herbert ' up with a glance of recognition.) ] Had on tired that Smith did not tern kindly | disposed' towards prisoner. Had never spo. j ken to him. One day stopped to apeak, but Mr. Smitb said sharply. "What are ysu ■ about ? G»t to your work." Think* ho wsa not treated "»!!. Saw Smith givg bitti ! a severe cut one day wuh his negro whip. 1 Hoy did not fiincb. Knows nothing about , tb. mailer. j Twoorthrse other witaessss trere es- | aminstl, but nothing further was elicited' that had auy bearing in the case, tine S|gleJ that unmaking prisoner who killsd Smith, he looked excited, and 'replied that j "he would diekefore be would tell a won!.' Next the counsel for the defence arpre. | nod addressed the court in an elaborate speech, though he was evidently rmbarrasj veil from tli«,fact that he eoald offer no explanation of Herbert's conduct. He could f { only dwell on two points ; its improbability f ! "aey, almost impossibility, that such a mere ! child as that sbenld commit »o foul a •teed," | aud that tha oeidenee that he had don* to purely circumstantial. He ended with ; a most touching appeal to the jary, wbitb drew tear* from every rye in the house. j Finally, the judge in a kind, feeliag tuannsr, suoinied uj> the evidence ar-d subuiilted • it to lb* jury,. "But there is one thing," laid, "gentlemea *f the jury, to which I i I'eel it my duty to call jonr attention. — Whilst as should eagerly welcome every . circumstance in the slightest degree favor- . able to the prisoner, *e may not oserlook , the fact hi* pretence oa thai fatal spot has j '. not been accounted for. If Herbert Lyle t did not kill Albert Smitb, who didl Aud ■ why was there no solntion of the prisoner's j conduct offartd by the defence ?" j The. jary retired, aid after a consultation of twelve hours' duration, returned the ear. die: "guilty." The excitement was so in- i thst it ess with greet difficulty silence i could be maintatoed long enough for the ! judge to pronoonce sentence, which he did ; in a voiu# broken and inarticulate with emo. "Niuety-nine years in the penitentiary !" j Scarcely lukl^lie word* left his lips, when

! io re* bed Mark Rogers, breathless, travel-, i stained aud axcited. exelniming in a voice j of thander, "Well, now, I reckon yen wor.t! j is a* innocent of Albert Smith's ' i murder as — as— well, as innocent *s GIn'ret ' ' Scott, ev^ry bit sod grain. Ef you want to - ' put anybody to Uii- pinsteatiarv, why, yon c ran just take me, that's «1! ; fur by the ' bl- iss Ac shsnt go." !•' Th* effect waa electrical. A hundred 1 voice* sxclsimed (imnluneoasly. "Clear \ 1 the way thsre ! Clear tha track:" nbsa | Mark, tlepping before the judge and res- ' ; pectrully duffing bis hat, conliuusd : "May . ' •1 it please voor honor, I, Mark Rogers, am the ' man that killed Albert Smith, though God j ' I knows I didn't mean to do it ; and am aorry ! ' enough afterwards for it, and I'd been sor- ' rier still #f I'd thought I was brigglo' this j 1 bar* lad into trosbie— a good boy. air, as i eser livsd, may it please yooi worship. — , ! Well, yon'see, sir, on# mortsin' in Mar— ! God help ma. I shall oever lorgit that day ' I *r 1 should live to be a thousand and ona ' years old! Well, is 1 was savin,' one : ' moroin' in May l*)t, I (height I'd come . • over to the field — only a half mile off. your I worship— wbvre the lad wa« workin". and r try to cheer him up like. An thinkio' the old codger — Ifg pardon! Mr. Smith, waa sale an' suuod about his screw — for pinai* ' yeor honor, he never lu -ed Herbert to have ' ' | 'greeabie company like"— But a* Mark will never get through ailb his story, as will ! tell -it for hiui insa few words as" possible. 'Mark bad also^ssrd Mr. Smith's tlxrea. teniag tones, #d becoming aiarmsu for ' Herbert, retnrued tu in* field just in tiS^e . to aee-bimAtriku-Jowii the boy. Heangnly , asktd Smith what 'ne meant by sneh brutal conduct, whtp Smith draw a pistil and 1 rushed on him. A scuffle turned, Mark uyr log tu wrench the pitldl oat of Smilli's r 1 hsud. when ft went off.^vliaehprglng the . ! whole or its contents SmTHrriTbreaxi. - j | Albert Smith's death tym pstqjy acciueil- * j 1 need not t*H yen how there wasn't on# - , in that dens* crowd who discredited Math's ! simple store ; bow oar ynoog hero was , | smothered In congrslnUtiuns and kiaaee ; " bow Mark eqowened htm inAis (tool brawny arms -till lie al«ost screamed onl, calling it binxhii "denr,.bvave ooy how the judge, a struck with his nobis conduct, adopted sac! I rd scaled htm for hi* own sou ; nor how be still Uvea in the beautiful "Land of Rest," S beloved nod honored by all who knew him, to under the sum of "Harbart Lyle Mason."

Horoiropr for I Jtdlc*. « | We extract the following "Horbtropev," ' in wacb month in the ytlr. from an old ; paper: j Jtvcstr. lie who i« born of this month . will b# laborious and a lover of good tine, : - but very sahjecl to Infidelity, bat te will ; be complacent and withal a very fine sing- j I er. The ladies born "f tld# rnoith w,!I be ( pretty, p-udei.i lions-wives, rather rnelac- i ckoly, but yet good tempered. F csnrar.r. 'I h» luaa born of this mom!, i | will lore stor, y meek, hut the ladin- more. he will be stingy ui home, bat a prodigal I abroad. Tim lady will be a humane and cffeetionale »ifu ar.d under mother. > Msncti. Tb# man born of this month will „ J be rather handier.-.*, will be. honest aad , prudsr.t ; be will dio poor. 1'h* lady will , h# a jealous passionate chatter-bcx. . I , Ami::.. The man who hss the misfor'.ur. i p , to jie barn in this mantti will be anbjuC.sd , W maladirs. he vriil travel to his advanUgu , ' and love ladies to his disadvantage, far ha . | | will niarry u rich, handsonu- hcirrst, who t ' will maku what no deubt you all on- , darttsc.J. The lady • f this month will bu till an 5 su.al, with agreeable wit and L ' great Ulk. Mar. The man bora in tbix monb o.l' ' „ be hacdlomr and amiable ; t» wid inaks j ,, hia wifa beppy. The lady will b* equally i , blntsd in every respect. j t Jest. Burn now iie will ba of small »U' ' , ura, pasvioWsiely fond of women and cinl- r I Ire u. bnt will not beloved in return. The < lacy will br a giddy [, -rioting*, fond of cofI fuo ; she will marry al the age of twenty. , ono.«fid be a fuol at forty fir*. Jclv. -Tb* man wjll bo Wr. ba will aur- t fer death for the wicked woinpn be lovas. ' Tbi female of this month will be passively j r bhoilsoma with a sharp nose, but hue bust. | She will be of ralher ss'.ky temper. j | I j Arc. far. The man will be ambitious acti . ■ j coaragooos be will |,avo several inaindtei ' - i ; and twfr wives. Th* lady will bo ambitiucs , and twjes n.arrisd, but "her second husband will cease har to regret her first.- | t t" Xtrttt xu. Born tn this month fce will j , | be strong, »:.•« ond prudsnt, Lift loo easy ' , i with his wife, who will give him grant uo- , easiness. The lady, round faced, fair-haired , ' I witty, discreet, amiable aud loved by tier • , fiiends. , I Ocroncn. The man of this month will j [ have a handsome and florid cnmplexioa ; , . - he will be qnick io youth mod always incon- , j Hint. He will promise oue thinjf aud da i 1 , | undthc^, aAi remain pa'or. Tile lady will 1 - ( ' be pretty, • little too fbnd of talk. She ( j will have two husbands who will very likely j j 1 die of grief, she will beet know why. ( | Novwksr. The man born now will have ! n fine faro and be a gay nucviwr. Th* l<dy , i of thi* month will he Lrge, liberal and full ! ' | of novelty. . I I'tcitniii.r, 1'h* man born io this month : f will bo a good *ort of person though pas- . ! j sionair. lie will dwota bimevlf to the j ■ army, and bo betrayed by his wife. The j | : isdy will he amiable and handsome, with a i | j good Voice, and a wall proportioned body ; ! . . she will be twice married aud renmiu pour, . ( bat eonliauA bouast.

A Futt Stop, I ti An invocent old lady, who never before i j 'rid on a railroad," was pssfenger on { a one of the Yerment-railroads at tb* time j ^ I. of * recent eolliiiou, when n freight, train | ! collided with a passunger train, smashing j 1 , of tb* cwra, kiliog several passengers, j upsetting things germrslly. As soon ! ko could recover bis scallerd tenses, the i ^ : conductor went in search of the venerable ! { [ dame, whom be found sitting solitary amd • i olunu iotho.car( the jither usisrngurs baying | sought terra Grma,) with a very placid i "■ 1 expression open bsr countenance, uolwith- • 1 standiniTsb* had mad* a complete aummrri sault over lb* seat ic front, and her bandbox ! • snd bundle had gone unceremoniously down j f the passage way. "Are you hurt ?" inquired • the conductor. "Hurt! why?" said the : s aid mdy. "We have just betn ran into by freight train, two or thru* pawnees* have [ killed, end several others severely i iojored." "I* use ; 1 didn't know hot ' i thst was the way yon always stopped."—! r Vermont Record. ^ j j Toothache. ! ' j. i Tha great causes of toothache are cold ' ' aud decay. The Brat is more easily gaarded | I against tbun th* second. All importaat as j 1 is the sobjwct on account of the ever re- : • curving snd constant pain it oceasious, it : i has uot received so much attention as it I should, becmuto it is not thought daogsrons. • 1 It is, however, a greet tr evil then maoy i i dangerous mslsdiev. From what we have I read sod board, w* attribute th* decay o? i , tba teeth chiefiy to acidity. This ia eoauteraeisd by claaning tha tevlb svary night i - with msgessia. This is a prevention. A i core for * fit.of toothache is not so easily , given ; a few drops of eaa-d#-oo!ogn* ia tha t meath and on th* aid* affected often givo ' ; relief. Another remedy ia of • mere homely : nature, bot no leas effectual. r Take a piece I ; of coarti brown paper, aboat the six* of tha i . cheek : sloop It io Jasaoica rum ; then grate 1 a thick layer of ginger oCer the ealarwtsd r brown paper ; apply it to the side or the , ' face affected, and lie down for half an hour. , This application will bring-toot a great doa] 1 * of radioes, hut leave no mark whatever. 1

STORIES FOR THE CHILDREN* | THE FIHIL/ Tic Ikmltr uiae a Thi-rMMrea are !Le Darea, The jarrstr «!• the cover, that l~.'«llvr t*au!j- pvooAt flrat. th* r*X'« of the took j Very Proud To-Mglil. ! h was a cold sighTIn winter. The wind | blew and tbe snow was whirled furiously j about, seeking to hide itself beneath elepks , ; and hoods, and iu the very hair of those ' ' that weru cat. A distinguished l#rtur*r ! 'was to sprxk, and r.otwithelaud.ag ' eturin tha villagers restored ft r is tu b--ar : : him. UiilUiu Anrc«l*y. baltoa*d up l .. the chin in bis thick overeual. accompanied . ; mother. ! I was difficult to wcik :krough ' wind, cud U'l.tuxn said.to Lis mother : j • l'erhaps 1 c«.ld. "• his mMher retlieii, i us she pat Lcr arm through bis, asJ drew 1 i is city* as possible to htm Together! i they breasted the storm, the motlwr ar.d , she c.-.r.M nan loan do his. The* hsJ uo'. j waited l#r Iipfur* he said to her | ''I am very proud te-nighl.^^ ^ ^ i > ufau Ksii tu b:c-. nith a heart gushing wuh j "Tbi* is the first: lima you hsvt Uun«d | : npsn me," said the happy boy. Than will ha few hour* in thst child'* j life of more rTaliad pimuur* tltau he en- 1 | joyou thst evening, oven if lis should live j i tu oh, ng*. snd di.iuiil iu his icir.Loot*, iov- . ingly ptoviric for her who walchod, over him j in In* helpless ii.fuc.-y. It was a nohie (-rids I that made hit mother tr-vc him. if poss.ble. ] more thus ever, snd made her pray for him i wiih new earnestness, thankful for Lis d*- | voted lute and h*pcfnl fur his future.— • There is u* luuir beautiful sight thsu uITrci tiooal- . devottd. obedient children, i am I sere that lie who cumnianded children tu,! honor Iheii fathsr and mother, must look j | upon xurh with pleasure. May SeNfdr-ra | dear William, ucd oeery othsr ^Jtey whose j is filled with ambition to bt a blessing and "snuff" to M* mother. Pouting Jennie, j Jenr.y and John were brother had sister. : Jcngy had a temper which was apt to fire - I up like a luciier ma'ch wheu things didn't I picas# her. At such times she punted her j lips until they looked as if thoy had hern 1 stung by a mosquito: Oue day John did something^ which she 1 did not likw. Out flashed tba angry firesfrom her large black vyAC ax the ponied i 1 lips until ihuy looked twice their pro- 1 • p*t*six*. "cr broiher,- who was fuli of I good-nature, laughed and said : | w

"Look out Jeaim.s, or 1 '11 take a scat up : i on your lip !" | This funny rental!: fell like santbiue on | ! heart and changed her pnuts into • a smile at once. With a sly glsncs al her '; : brolhsr she replied : I ^ -Then I'll laugh and yon will fill off." j , The* Johnny's s ••Ft answer turned Jean- i j nia's wfalii into good humor. Had be j j pouted ami spoken hack, both ol than t would have been made unhappy. I bopu j the boys will all spank kindly when their sisters pout, and I hope, too, that all the ; girls will It-uve off pcniing. Pouting spoils ! their good looks and makes tbew ugly in | the sight of God and nub. The Will nn«l tlic Way. j I learned grammar when I was a private ; j soldier on the pay of a sixpence a day.— . > Tb* edge of my berth, or that of my guard ' | bed, was my seat to study in ; nty knapsack i my bookcase, and a bit vf board lying > io my Ian waa my writing-table. 1 bad no to porchase candl* or oil ; in wiotar, | was reraly that 1 could gat say light but I that of the Ore, and only my turn even of | that. Tn bny a pea or piece of paper, 1 ' ' was compelled, to forego some portion of | lood, though' to a stale of half-starvation. | 1 had net i moment of time that I coald ] ! call my own ; and 1 had to read and writ* : amid tha talking, laughing, singing, whist- ! aud bawling of, at least, half a score of the meat tboaghtlais of man— and ibat loo, in the boose of thair freedom from soutrol. And I say, if I, under these circumstances, ceald eacoanter aud ovcreout tb* task, is tbera— csn thsre be, in tb* worlda youth who can Ond an rxena* for tba aenparformanc* T— William Colbert: tr— ■ Tax CaaDLS. — Great as yoa may be, the cradle waa yoor world onot. and over it, tha otily borisoa yon behold boat tba heat, gn of a mother's eyes, as yoa rocked in that little barque of lore. Talent, not genial, can be repressed— that id, annihilated ; jast as a compound can ba destroyed— that is, decomposed ; bnt MS a simple power.

•I Children, i IVhsn a child iabnrl. nsrerhosh it. JtU an inexcusable barbarity; Il it fighting against nature ; it is repressing htr io. siincts; and for the treason, if physical panisbmcnt is inflicted on a shilJ, it i* a perfect* breUKiy. Case* ate on record wberj children " base been thrown into i ronvalsbitis in -thair .Wort* »o silence. |A thotuandibld better is? It to soothe by kindly words and acta, and divert the mind i by tailing stories, or by explaining pi uteres ' or hy provioing with c»w . toys. W e have , nanr a lime in our professional experianca I us iv sick cUiidrvu. found more benefit to bo derived from a Lesotifal or iitarestiog . ' toy, than from a don • of physic. The . ' great* si humanity a mother can exhibit in : r-speci to ber sir* rMld is to divert it, , - dire: I it; Ltvxcr tr. in all the pleasing ways . possible, as we onrvet.lv** who are larger children feel som-limee really sick, whea ; u cheurful-fi-ced and much loved friend has c one in. nnd bsfer* we knew il. we had r..reet»rn what was tbe matur with ns. — ; .tar. w ' - "Tommy, roy sun. whut are yon going s, > to do with that club?" ! "riend it to lli* editor, of coarse." ! • 'Hut what are yoa going to send it to ' the toiler for?" "Cause h* says if anybody will lend him a cl«b, be wfil tend thein a copy of his paThe mother cxin*'"pratty near fainting, ' hut retained conrciunsness enongh to ask : • • I'.ui, Tummy dear, what do you suppose . ho wants of a club !" •-Well 1 don't know," replied lb# bope- ; fu". urchin, "unless it's to kseck down 1 | subscribers us uan't psjr for thsir psp«r." k?«55lct's (Coturr. 1 1-ir.M-soI all Ceicriptbuxs, laleiuteU for tkls I*a- . |isi-.rr.'-::l. niu.t be mint* et they will reFar the Ueeos Wave, (irotraphicul Enigma-— No. 33. . 1 am eampoted <i f 'J.'i letters. : My 23, 12, C, 9, il ono of tbe United | My 1. 17. 3. 1. It. 24, 25. is the cap i til j «.f one of th* U.S. My l«s. 5. 23, 17. 14. » a river In France. ' ■ .My IU, 16. -J, 3,. 12, 17, 4, is a coooty in Teancase*. My C, 5, 17, ll, 15, is a county io Goor- | gin. My -!, 9. 2, 11, is a river in Sweden. F My la. 2i». 17, 21, 23, 23, is a capital in r My 9, 22,^ 13, "'17. 16, 4, is a town la " ! j 51Sm#.— My whois is what al! loyal people wish * for. ' F„ S. II. A F. 8. Hiwcllamous Enigma. — No. 33.

j I am composed ef 20 letters. My 3, 9. 14. 20, is a man's name. .Y,y 16, 12. 18, 6, is a destructive intact My il. 15. 7, 8. is a fish. My 1, 17, 10. 19, 15, is a part o? a star. My 3, 4, 10. i( a common noun. My 2. 13, 14. 20, it n girl's name. My while is the name of a celebrated • authoress. _ Cannie At Atx*. Vat the Ocean Wave. Double Rebus. A boy's utck-naaie. An animal. A girl's nsnie. A book in th* Bible. My initials and finals furui two of the United States. Jcua. IVr the Oca si. Wave. Question. From a rectangle 16 inches long aad 9 wide, cut a 12 inch square by dividing in " j two pieces. V. Answer to Euigmis Mo. 31. The English Alphabet, "A B C," Ac. Tuiri.t OnsBsbK.— "ludigo,"— lrt, lud-i-go; 2d, ln-di-go; 3d, la-dig-o. The following additional answers to i Enigma No. 20, hav* basn recsired; ! Rebecca S. Stevens, Emelin* Steven*, l;M. W. Reava*. Charles C. Reeves, Emma i J. Reevss, Mary A. Warner, of Unioneille. Cap* May coonty, N. J,; Willi*, ' Charley and Lisxie, of Cap# May C. II.; Jacub Livsae of Pbiladalphia; Lidi# J. Smitb, of Mannahawkin, Ocean conoty. N?J. IjT Yie again, and for tbe last time, call th* attention of our yontg friends aud cen- ' tribators to th* "Coroer," to the following rules, srtifch In jrf) case#, will fae eteietly i adhered to : 1st. Enigmas mast bs accnmpsnied by the rdW), as well aa tb* assumed uam* of ih* contributor; and the enigmatical lime made gs brief as poasiblc. 2d. Enigmas must bs** the solutions written at lbs sad of each linn, and the I answers writtes under tb* figures. This , eaves us a deal of troebiw iD oofrqRtef i htm fat publication.