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VOL. X. ' CAFE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COt'NTV. NEW JERSEY. "WEDNESDAY. MARCH la'. 1865. VP. Y21

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Ml MOTBEK'S CARAVEL it unciL i A»r»o». Three bn\>:ltkl 1IM !"» S»aiuct f rnrxoo. Esq., rati tied "M>'. Mother's Crave " bread.- the very •ptrUM poe*y, **d will Rod «a ecku M 11. rU ae|- ■ oriiuly nurlc ta ersry frympatbrtw brevet. Mr. Ciurrti ia one o( the n.-t rwG«l poet. of the reunify, aad hU cffj»iua»>ave eatltcUbur papirewH ewx"*" )'«» « b •"* j »» Ola lltetrkrnw aad re*a««' Ihn mm, nod puit. fl#i *ad *1 tOKaoa the Uriu*. Every I hi n| bo wr.ui I* tinged with a" meUnrhol) abtvlBMt.aM 1*1laded with a lose of putai el iijl.ua *ttii jivjj'- : . . toag yearv hare Sown, dear mother, • Since o'er thy t oleclraa grave. ra* beard the alshl-wlaU'. re^ulrm, __ A nd the willow. pensive wave ; Where twiaea tha uyler cypres* viae. ami Llooaral** ytaleTlalr, had twee teat odor breaTOr ratiW AffixUoa I'iaslail there. I'll know thy Jove, dear mother. Ho more whtlat time uovca roar.!, Wrapped la thy ahrwud then alee peat now Beneath the oold, damp ground ■, A aolihtry traei-1. 1 droop Above life "a learning atream, *• And jouth'S bright time bet aeetni to mo A lofTiy. myailedrtwai. Oft Ell -return, dear mother, To that 1-aa, hallowed f|Ot, Co wad and yet ao aootbiag, ko far yet >inlorgo! ; Aad fancy Ihloe ta oiingllcg With the voice* of the wind A prayer lor the Imrl; one ' left w rep.ngly behind. ■Tla awert ta thlak, dear mother— A aouhbrtght thought lo meThat rev ort-nee. love, ilrvntlou, Moved. my greatlul hrart to thee. 1 feel thy tilraa at pieaonee now. Love doth home mrmortes bring ; Chr naked tkyrtenT." innat honored cantr, Rirrr.aro— » holy thing. And oh ! hoar bleat, taken life la o'er, Turn life whkrh la but a breath, To rlrep near thee the tranquil aleep, Hreamleaa, but not of death . With the auatalned aod aaeryd lope That Wf ahvtl meet once ta..tf. Amid the bower. aod bj the atreama uo beat en 'a unrlouilivl ai.oie. tfowraunicatnl. VlIHOtK!!. Parti*. Th#re»-re lay bare your Voaum ytafMB. Ay i hie brevet : a.ya the hood >— luth it not, nobie judge I— Nearest hU heart : Iheae arc the aery woida .Wer.Vevlqf Imirr peat a of social} *a«m to have had an existqpeu coeval with the birth of tbe eatliaal notion'. Curtain it it, that ever wore tha Son uf-Mary entering the temple, scattering pell mrll the contents ot-*hr- . tallies of I be niom-ychangar* about tbe floor v —dnubtlca lo ibe iofiuite satisfaction of •iiaintererteii aprctatqr., «» w»U a# that of the lueklata devila who*# pressing MCeSfb ties forced tbem often to asbtnit lolbeex. „.i luteal rat-s of intererlfcttianded by those lirartfoss n ouadrel*— -tld*£rnfl bave'locrrahed. and pltdd tbeir trade witb topunjty, in tyile of legal eoarttnenla hod la defiance of ppl lie opihicn, with an effrontery l bat H old PWIataff, in hie palaneat days, would erwti in bis line of bosioesi scarcely have dreatued of. No ppe, nation or cootlify bot bae been intealed witb ll-e to.. And atunlrl all tb" chancer of lime and atate, the craah of empirer and the Ml of king*, they bare groan "r>ok a* iba ereotU on Letbea wbnrr;" and at the rlprtiMr of At'tof fepoblica or rtein^ dynaaliea lire)' h»ve, with "6rei»y boaoina and roagh bearta of aleel," stall eonlinuad to add. to l heir pletoric purn", nail (alien alike on tb» weel or asm of tbeirfeHow-hven. ICtery turn in tbo a keel of fortune bringr uat jo«g "fibybirk"— Iba eame hated and derptac^ J'U^(:'-S»J-AO-d}»fo:Aad. l! at like tlia clown who enacts a dozen riiff. rent part' in tka aaaie romniy he can only be detected OJ?1if«' afyle. Dtit araome what character lie may— from the tnilliooaira in ike luaible JialuC», who shaves I he paper of hi' neighbor in the "brown alooe front," to Uepmid "brown gt.itw .front" frutn tbo clktcheiof the ahrrdf another motrlh. down vtrv thV awpeala lively .mail rpccitnea of a ^'Ihjalar'1 io tT.a Shy lock ml, -ha bo abater tuwuahip bonds at exorbitant ratal— ho it the same cYog un atcieiy and- enemy la hit race. *fbere art, are ai* loih to alate, in tar . viwn wrttttnoBllr, individoala worthy- of being claased in the latter category. No sooner have tba township committer* issued tbeir bonds for tba purpote of raiting Ihn necea•nry footir to rafieTt thalr towuvhiju from ibedtad, Ikan tbeea pturiour rpaeiinena or fcntaaaiiy— man or property and ample meant ; mi ma wf whom the (ortnnet of war '-*!•»*« made tub. ami iu ahoai the coBimilt»ra neutrally looked roreaeonrngi iikaotaod avietance— ir.'trmd "f pal tic g their afcuuidnrn to tha wheel and furtkev ing the good work, hare actually cont ribaled ie a great alafree lo defeat the eery object f«r which lb* hoada were ireaed, by reTuving to cash tbem, except at roeb rai-.oaa eateo that nlMrly ptcrlodud tha pnaaibili'ty of their r.Iby Ibe township cotkinittee, under the ffim.y plea that they wcrr'nol )-galh»i!, and otben oqaallpm fneologe And now <t*t tbg drab fcetAnhaw piece, aad the bot. J. havt beet iesuvvd io drafbe ,1 man in sudor I o araisi tbew it. prorutiry vubetivofe, tbcaa ».t -

| ibirty, aud in tome ciptr, even at high av , j forty per cgui. Ajui, n» if to out-Shylock [ - , Sf.yl.ick, we haea tt on credible eotborily, j . ■ ; that .-cms indivifl.Balt of wrallh and position it • in aocieiy, arc actually borrowing nil the , s pitpsre capital ilit-y cau find at six per cent.., i ry fur tl.e put pote of buying up township bonds ( , at tba ulurrruiU rater, renderiog it tmpes- ■ *t . fcibla to iioidera to uegoliato their sale at j e i nnyibing iiiie di-crnt tatea, and l!m« iltiving \ <}' tbwiSfaltcd poor loan from the couiaebv.iy, . ^ ' wbere bit luburitao greatly actided. nod [ Iroui bit family who depend on fit strong , , light aim fur litoir topporl. Nor dost ibe , Ji miicbief stop with I bote about a turplaa of i ! inantit ha* robbed of conrciencrs ; but like , ■ ihu.tmnll j tv* in n ueigbbotbood whore vac. , | douiion it uuknuwn, the contagion spreads ; , ' from house i-> house ,tictil every man with j ( i ilvv h ur.drrd ilidlafv Tn hit pbekel hccotr.es * ) : n Sbyiock on a small ten!.-, and the uofor- ' i tunate uigbt who it drafred it niet at i-vcry . •' door with the chilling rebuff— "thirty per ; | cent, or nothing." Now, if this it r.ot | "laving bara tho bototn." and inking the I •■pound of flevli nearest .tho heart," abut 1 i ■ iu the name of Heaven Is? t I k liter* a ftinjt that walk* and claim* the 1 oattin of (nan deserving of greater wxecr*. ; ! ' lion iliaa be who— while amai-ing hit thousand*. through the increased value of hit < property and bin furtuusto epeeolation*, all , . ranted by tlii< vary war that carriaa riaaola- i , tipn to hn'.f the fitt-tidet of Ilia land — in- t stead of performing what it manifestly his ■ duty to bia country and hi* township, by coolrihoiiugaaoial! portion of his tuddaoly , t accumulated wealth towards ameliorating ' i the horrors af war and tha difficulties of hi< ! ! neighbor, prafer* rather to play t lie miter- I able rule of usurer and speculator upon the | i miseries of his 'follows. And shall such ,t , Soulier* specimens of humanity always br i nnrwiitaged lo auck Iho life-lilood of com- ' inanity and be dertnrd respeclnblaf We imagine thai some sign* of a ravulaion of _ public feeling in rmyard to tbeir trade ate nl%fdy apparent ; (a»d theaa v«|ii| y te* of : society— Ttka tha'ir faniau* prototype nhutr ■ oh me , immorlalizcd by the hard of-Aron. ha* eear l.eqji famtliir to e'rery hotisehoh! V as ibe synonyme of oppression, while exacting such usurious rates for their cath. t from their poorer bjit worthier follows, and 'that forcing the honest and industrious from ■ Iheir homes and all lhart dear in life/to L'ghl (he ballU of freedom for ihom ; whHe : '* tbey at home rolbu in "putple and flne ,r liaeti." flghv the batllrs over by their comforteble 6re»ide», and coovil ibe numbers of ,v ^tbe elan. w(th fiendish tali-faclion at the nr Tftought that a further rail for men may add , another moiety lo-ibelr] ill-gotten gains — Ihnald bear in tniod, thoegh soma legal aubtwi luges May ei-raan tbem front atatele pan- " allies, the tune may come when rutraged humanity nan an lottcrr stand tha pressure I vrhea tha "higher lew" of peblie opinion, J' assartieg iu »U[ r.meey, shall consign all I such drivellers to that Infamy which they ao riAIji daartve. Soma 1'uriia taay yet stand at the bar of popslar tights, and say: j t* l*as thsn a' j ust pwtail— be II to much 'n As mahrsll ll(ht or heavv. la the ■utwtauce, «v lhejllvlsio.1 of the twentieth I Art Of one ("Hi e .-tuple ; ca» . If the scale do turn - , But Id iberathnattoa of a halt,— I Thoudtrtt." in TttW!*sn!P CviMMITTKE. . . Match 4 th, ««. id nwv. - id aai,

A Itrnainiacriice— lion tbr >rws n* of Peace way Received In Fil-I. Year* ago the office of the old GasiUr sn wev in'llaoovtr square, neur the corner of, "■ PenfttTWi" It wain phc» nf resort for K1 new* and cooversatiou.eaperi.lly in the evening. The evening of February 15, 18l."> was CwlJ, noil at a lata hnnr pnly Alderman Bl S. -Bra and aurther gamfeman were left with *»• father Larg. the geuiui tif the place. Tha office was about lining closed, when a pilot : in rnshrd in, and Stood fur a moment so en "r UHy exhausted aa to lie unable lo apeak. "Qa has great news," exclaimed Mr. 10 l.ang. ,n Piraently the pilot, gasping for breath, wliisparad fUeHiglhly— ••Peecf J Peaca !" ! The xanlleman lost their breath as fast as !• [ ihc pilM-gaJftqdeffTs-. Direetly the pilit was ' ! able , to say "An Euglirh iloop is below, with ncwa Dr of a treaty of peace !'•' '8 Tbey soy that Mr. Lang exclaimed in tr j greater words than aver he ut«d b'efur#. and ''r all hands rushed into Hanover square, exj claiming, "F»ace! peace !" * 'm The windows fl»w up— for famitia* livrd "r there then. No sooner were the inmataa *ur* of the eweet sound of ]««ew, than the »r tUbdot/s began lo glow with brilliant Illnil- , otiuwiioas. hmhumi "Veacal "tiaiBPB i" n:! i vprvad 'tbrtiugh tb« city at the top taf ail i •I- j voices. 'No one stopped to inquire about bd , "free trade and aailuta' rights," No on* en- : '•l ! quired w hatha r av*a thaWmtii4ns) honor bad ch : (wan preserved. Tha mitlera by which the *b | politiefaaakad irritated lha nation into the ; "• | war, had lost all.thvir importance, ft was ■5" j anough tbat th* rnincu* wyr was over. An •y ; old Bias ao Bcoadvrwy atlrAclad by tka aoita ■'» ; to hir door, was a*ao lo phllriowe a placard be | -To let','* wh'ch bad bre'li Jo^r povlvd op. " Nam was tbara such joy in the city, A iu : few eewwlagi after tbcaa was a geaaral Klw- * e : uiiuatioo. and alihoogh ibapanw was a fool r,. .aaep wild soAJtv-d w^b^ralr , y .-t •!,# styvat. JlJiAtm fhe aight cr town id |"bb| jlaM "• <•<***»•

setrn-up for a Wife) oa, ooou as iv k k ST. i In the Stat* of llltnoit there i« a ctrtaiq [ tillage boasting of h tavernrthreo 'afotev . and four grocerifs. where from mttrnlirjr till ' , night, and from night till dawn, a yervon entering Ibe town may Bnd in the tavsrn, ' ^ ; and groceries nforesnid one or rooro 1 ^ : groups of perScua playing cards— gambling ' , it reduced lo a science— the history of j the four kings is thoroughly studied, slid from the school boy to the gray basiled . veteran, from the mis* iu her teens to the ., ! mother of a large family, they srs initiated" . , into thh mysteries of high, low. Jack, game, ! riiiln and left bov»»>«, the honors and tho ' ^ i odd tricks. Ode of the best plsyers in the ' village 'wn* M»J»»ij-tffn!tiVthoturi-rti kei-p'5^ j I or, as he expressed it, the proprietor of the j hotel— a vfidawor who !i\:o . j • — — "Joptha, Judge of Israel. ' Had a daughter, posting fair." 1 Fanny. Ibe daughter, was one o! the proltieet girls in the village. The aweet- *' of Fanny was a y oung farmer, residing °' in the neighborhood, whom wo shall dosip1 nato by the nr.me of Bob, It happeued that onr day before harvest. I '' th* roong man was detained in the villain. | j and night found him a* uvnal at the hotel, 1 " ; seated between the Major and his daughter. ' " i After a desultory convetsation between the " ' gentlemen on the stale of the weather, '' ^ th* prospects of tho approaching harvest, ' f' und important staples o| conversation, the ' " Major atked Bob how It i^jiiiwwrt-^cTKiv pro- '' , mised to yield. In reply hn was tub! that s | the young farmer expected to have i^easl '' , five hundred bnsbals. The Msjor appeared " I to itndyibr a moment, then abrubtly pro- " , posed a' game of "old aledge," or "serentip," tha stake to ho his daughter Fanny against the crop of wheat. This, of coarse, ' the young man indignantly rafueed. tiecause " : he 'could not bear the Idea that the band of " . her he loved should bs made the auhjsct of s a bet ; or that he should win a wife try gam- " ' ' bling for her ; and ptrhapt becnusa liu knew the old man was hard to beat, sod thsre " ' was a strong probability of dosing both and wife. ' It wat not until tha Xlajor. witb hia usual 1 j ohatinacy. bod sworn that onlesa Uu woo her 1 he should. never hove bee. tbat lha young '• ■nan was forced relaciauily to couavnt to' 1 lo pity. The table was placed, candles lis. tb» ' ■ cards produced, and the players look their 1 vests, with Fanny betwecu them, fo watrh 1 r tbo- progress of the game. .The cards were 1 i regularly shuffled and cot. and it foil to tha I Major-* lot to deal. The first hand was 1 played, and Bob made jack lo hia opponent'* ' ■ high, lot/, game. Bob dealt ; tho Major 1 ■ again made three to bis opponent's one. i "Six to two." said ilia* Fanrv, with a ' ! sigh. The Major, at he dealt the cardi, Vvinked I knowingly and said : "I'm good for the wheat. Master Bob." t Tho old man turned ap a trump— it was . < : a apade. Fanny glanced ol her father's j hand— her heart sank ; ha held tha trey,- ' eight-*pnl and the king. She than looked .vl Hubert'* hand, and lo. be had th* ace. ' queen, dekce and jack, or knave, iihr ' ; whispered to Bob to beg— hn did *o. 1 "Take il,".said lbs M«j'-r. I , nobvrt ftd the deuce. whMsJhe old man ' tcok with Id# three-spot ; ami he then fol. 1 , losed by playing the king. Bob putting his 1 qoeen upon it. Th# Major soppreing it to 1 ' bs the youne .man's last trump, leaned over 1 tke tib!#, and tspphig the laet *ffck:w(th i ' hi* finger, said : ' '•Thai'* good aa wheal."' !' "It ill" asked Bob, aa hr displayed In I 1 the astonished Msjor thu ace and jsek yet ' in hi* hsnds. ■ ' "High, Iu*. Jack, gift sod game, "shouted ' Bob. •"Out," ejaculated Finny. 1 'Hood a* wheal," added Bob, a* he flung ! ' his arma aroand her neck and kitted her. In doe time they were married, and over after that, when anything occurred of a J 1 pleasant nature to the happy cuapl* they ! ' 1 would express their emphatic approbation j I I of it by the ptrer* - Oood a* wheat!" ■ 1 CUtS#, 1 Floods ore a mystery in rer ehildish ; - ' year*, and bippily not left *o than in after i life. * Beautiful curtains between earth and 1 heaven ! sol# instance ye of reotioBAoid of j 1 noise, of celor without nitft, of form wiib- ; ' out onmpreaaion. What is ii clip# y#^ round. ! ; and weave*\onr varied shape*, and t.uta 1 - ' 1 ytmr-ffrtsliiM h>«* t ' :i I "Tranquil ir»«wtms~ai', *n< arreeth alow, i . , t t» «• very motion tlirr* U rest" ^ Y- r, there is rest, among your crowded ^ , fold*, end ye may t .« th«ir delicate tine. : ' B tares and aluiost oounl their *l»d*.' : anon ( a breeze awaepa by, aod tha light fabric t mella away, tnore slowly then the foam 1 q floats on th* luinmer *»a— than morning 1 b | steals.on night— than age auccaeda lb youth; bot it wer# rain to amWphr what II excels. • t There is but one flush on this nether earth, ^ which ran atimpele in aofto#**, brilliunry aod beauty, aritli the summer cKwif— the lt radiant Mash of iromen^ a* it glows tod ^ j. — Twik" as you will of the "sovwrwigpty of « '• r»«." ta wTar.wttfij'i' i th# rrifow ew«a.

Artcmus Ward on Forts, S Frery inau of iiitelleckl hoi got hit Fort. Daniel Webster'* I-'ort was to apaechifV in the hauls rf Kuogris & make LlickshunShakespeer rote good pit**, bot he wouldn't have been uruth a dint of knld Sider as a sienerguffic Reporter. Wood he? lie but 2 dnl|.*re he woodent. Old George Washington's Fort wai not to bav# any publik man reiemble him to any alarming extent '. Where bowl# can | equal be found ♦ t ask, and bold, j answer no nhftrs*. or any whares else. I ' Old uian TownwVa Fort »*sj to make " -Sataapariller. -Gey to th« world ! souther ; w t^eaarerf.' (Cotathin from Townaiu't ad- 1 '' IVliiSFTort j* to lay sub machine j ® telegraf q^der the houndia biller of ' (Uhiin i then hev it bnst. Mr Fort is th* great moral Show biz!r.iv ' and ritin choice famerly litsratoor for th» Tba'.V what's the inalto; witb ^ Etc.. etc.. etc. So I mitk go on to an " infinite extent. Twice 1 endevored to do thing* which * wasn't io my Fort. Tlie fo»l tiiu* »s> | ^ when 1 undertook to lick a ondashuu cn«v ! ^ who cut a hole iu tpy tent and crwwied . threw. 4 S«z 1, "my jei.'le air. go out, or 1 ' shall uivto yon pu.lty hc» y ' S>-z he. 'wada | ( in, -old wax tigger*.' whaien|n<n I wenl for ! him, but he enwt rue powerful on tha head ' and knockad mo powurfol ll:rew the lent ] into a cow pastor. He gur-ood the attack ! und flung me into a mud puddle. As 1 nros# and rung out my drench garment I f konkluded fit in was Dot my Fort. 1 now rite the kurtin up on Seen 2nd: : * III* lately reldcm that I seek kon'oiathun , in th> Flpwin B«le, But in u certain town : ' io Injiunny. in the Fanl of I j*— . my organ 1 grinder got lick nf the fever and died. 1 " never foil so ashamed in nil wl^'li'e and 1 I thawt i wood bin in a fotv swwller* ol ' sathjo elreag'henin. Konseijiicnts wo* I i Listed in to much 1 didn't zaelly know 1 J whare boats I was. I turned my livin wild ; of l*r»y loose into the vlreet und • upvet my wax works. 1 then bet 1 could pl»y bofs. So J bnri'ist to a Kauai bote, flhi-rn being two other liorse* hitched od ' likewise, 1 behind A 1 ahead of me. The driver hollared out for ■:« to git and we did, ' But the horses being onuted lo *u.-b arratigeioenl hvgan to kick and squeal and tip. Kohsequeat* was I was kicked fiWntly in the aturemnch A beck and 'presently 1 found myself in the Kutiul with the . other hos*e* klckin and yellio like a tribe of Ftucarorus eavljis. I'was rescood, and ns I wuh being knrried to the tavern on a ' board. 1 said in a foebel voice, i 'Boy*, pUin hos* isn't my Fort ' - j 'Morel— Never don't do nnthln which it isn't your Fort for if yoo do you'll find yourseir epleshin round in the Kanal. fig. gerelively speaking.'

The LA tit! to Live InThe return* el the income tax muke an Interesting revelation of tho wealth of the ■ country and its general distribution. Th* number nf men who enjoyed fortune* i* proBably greater in this enu&trj than lo euy other on the globe, an-f, In many fnutanee*, ibe amount is equal fo thoie of old nristo. crelic houses in K*llni2A]ii; New York, according to the Herald, Wc'rk f» one gen. ilemaa enjoying an Income ofa miljion; who camo lo this countpy a r 4fr Irish boy ; another, who has ut> IfiffomMr. thres-quar-tera bf a> million. Ihe^fieaadgi^ay whose lanilly c»ni* here froB^ermtns a pennllesi yontlrp und-yet nn^hee, wfthan-uitomc.oL. million, who cojpmeliedH life a* n Whiteball boatman. ^ii* la the peculiarity o* American wealth. It Is seldom derived from oda*k anerstor*, but il" the resnll of | individual enterprise and sagacity. There are no bara here to th* exercise of the t talenta which command Wealth, and, in the ' r#cu lor It, th* ihorhluck 1>a* as good a chanre uaThe merchant, ir ho ha* trained hi* thought*, edncatcd hi* nilnd, praetirr* j the liidoStryand enterprise, end exercises I the forethought which ure necessary lo it* I j tuccvssful accumohatlon. This equality ii | what makes a country prosperous, and its : i institutions re-pected and supported.

Th* Hky an (ndicatur of the Weather Th* color of th* |k>, at particalar times, ; ! affords wondrrfuLgnod guidance. Not only ! doe* a roey wnnael presage good weather, | j and a ruddy sunrire bad wetttber. bot there I I are other liuU uhlchlj^vk witb eqqa! clr»r- - j ness aod accuracy. A bright yellow sky in i lb* ereuiug iudiclte* wind i u pal* yellow wat ; a neutral grey color const i tales a form-able sigaiotbe veaatag, end* an uafavorebl* os* ia the morning. Tba cloud* t are affsto foil of roeauiug io thaoiaalv**. If iheiv forms are aoft i;odrfio«d, and lull ; feathery, th* weather will t-a fine ; if their edge* ore herd, sharp aod definite. It Will _ be foul. fiemtrsBy speaking, any deep'nn usual hue* betoken wind or raid f while ih# more qoiet and delicate tint* bespeak fair weather. Then* are fitaplc maxima ; and 5*1 nut so simple but, what the British Board of Trad# jiss thought fil tq publish j ikem fof^naa ofjatlariBg myg.— .Scirp. mm

■ - r«B THE CHILDREN' V MKHKNTO. I 1 M» toa. b# thle-thy simple ptsn; ; be Sere* God. *ad love thy leltuw-iaan i i Ftwgct aui la tmpUPop-a hour j . Tliat sin IcoJt sorrow UouKr power) Sire nET ' ' ch* The Ruin bow, 1 hnl ; ^ Lille boy once stood loaking at a beau- : lifol rainbow, which atrmea tu b« pvintcd |(> i u dark cloud. The day h..d b-i-i. very ; warm, and in the aferooon the cloud* gudenoting an approaching A-Ow»r- , f„; I he tlmndrr roared, and the lightening . ! and the rum fell- in (orient*, llul r It did ROt last long, for in a fow moments [ | 1 the cloud* wkru seen tolling eastward in V| clear, and ^tho sun *"'• : sqi 1 seen curvjag across the cloutls. an brch of all who saJ^i.j.-yrd, Whilo this little boy, with others, was gazing at Ihe beautiful scene, a gentleman i seeing llipt Itv «»> interested, came to him. *ei I and said, "My lit le man. du you know «luil t"i . that rainbow is a sicu ol ?" <i" ; "N'o. sir," eaid ihe boy. "I did not know *.x ' that it was a sign i-f auy thing." ' ho ' Ho you red the Bible : t*. gentleman ask-d.' I*' | "I'u be euro 1 do," aard lha little follow , "1 ham, una tbat m\ .Sunday school teucber i g/Ve 4*. ami I lead in it every day." th "And did vou uover^rvad in riie Bible , abinii the r ihliuw 1" "O yes. I've read about tie rainbow f" ! coming allrr ihe flood : but 1 never read .u 1 " ] the lllble (but lb* rainbow was a sign of J ' anything." ) • But yoa will find U there." anid lha 5 gentleman, "if you louk sharp eupogh. God _ ' *aid to Nonh. afler ilie deluge *»> over, "1 , | do set my bow in ibu «|oud, and it shall b» . - : for a token of a coveuaut between iuc aud ■ "isotok-o the same as a sigu ?" the »-• i llttio boy inquirod. , or the grntlemtn. "God bad promised Noah «■ that he woald uerer again d-itn.y the earth with a flood. And beset Una bow in the ^ clood as a sigh of that promise, that when Noah looked on It he might reinembi-r th* covenant, food hud made. When J-qgo hqroc. £*t your Bil-lv and isad sn account of ii in tbe ninth chopter nf Genesis, from ■ the eighth to thw scYeiiteri.l'li rerse." j "Then aftwfdfiiir." tsi'l the boy, "when I see a rainbow I will think of what Gad promised Nonli : tbat u flood should never come again." "That is not all you may think of," the gentleman said. "Every lime we ie* a rein.bow anaktto think of God as a covenant I God. Whatt*mesn Uy thac-is, thai God has promised lo bestow blessing* on those who trtl»l in him. And he i» reedy lo do 1 this when we give oar hearts' to him. and , ure willing to love end serve him ; for there ' must be two pRrlies to this covenant, God 1 and dbrseltes. The b.rw in tbo clotkU reminds «s of the covenant he marie with i Noah, and Ml faitbfhIMtd in keeping it and il nlso teache* us that God will be foithfol in ovrry cov#n*nt mad* with ot. We are also to be faithful; to do God'a holy 1 will in ell things." By ibil.ljht# the rlonds had all gona, end - with tliem the rainbow, and th* sun sUon* ! brightly ihronglf the clear air. The getiifo. . 1 man felt the little -boy, who politely wiahvd < f - him good aft -rnoon. thanking him for what i ' h* hsd said. ' On his way borne th* boy thought of all ' the gentleman bed l"ld him. ond wondered o ' if God would make a covenant with n child. , ' He promised God to be a good boy, and ' ' whenever afler that ho saw a rainbow, h«- ' thought of God's goodness and tnercy to th« 1 world, of the promises lie has made, and of 1 j bis faithfulness in keeping tbem. He also 1 : thought of his own pruniire to God, so that 1 the rainbow became the token of a cove- ! 1 , nau| jsstween God and him.

' A Beautiful. .Thought. • A writer whose life liia pasted ii# uteri- [ ! dian, fhtia eloquently diaeoursea tipoa the * i sp.-frdy flight of rime : "Porty y«ar* once c ' teemed a long end weary pilgrimage to . 1 / t make. It now teems tin" a etrp; aod yet . i slong the way are broken ahriura, wbere a r , thousand hopes wa*l#d toaabvs ; foot -prion - "acred nntb-r tfreir drifting, dual... gnfifi , i i mounds where grasi ia fresh with the watar. . i log of tears ; shadows evea which we would ; > out forget. W« will gvntr the juushine - of lho*e years, aud wiihchaalwordatep* and ( I a hope* path os toward* the craning whoso f signal light will, soon be s**n twinging c I where all ara.t'.ill and .the atorms osier r beat*'- ' . — C.hildbooJ h*s little retrospection ; its C , heart and soul are iu the future, a glorified ^ r dream. Memory, woh-all it* pleasures and ' „ pains, h iter the eld. *od etflefiy for tba preI, maturely olff. Ml fhtih is • vision of tw* b islaods of tbw blest ; Il tails its Owe fairy Sato b . to its aslt sod is «t once tbf iunntnr aud | « th* b.ro, ' •

Worth Knowing. following may at one tim* or another •e fiuind of ot* t" every fomilv : A box Iwenly.foar inches l.y tirieen it), •he. .qn.re and t»enty^l>ht inches dr-p • ill enn'ain a barrel (3 l>u*h*l>.) A h"x twrBty-foor inches hy'rirflfn « -he* square and fourteen inehrs deep, will ou'aiu half a barrel. A twenty-six inches by .eg, mil inelir* sqn.rr, *»d eight iockr> deep, sill contain .ma hu.hel, / A box i welve inche* by a eleven and a lialf inches squ-vy. und nine iacbv* dsqpr " »UI cntaih hplfu bnahwl. A I.OX eight inches l.y eight and on#, fourth inches -quure, ailll eigf.t 11)Cbea 0.,^ A b..x eirwt I.Che, hy eirht In, -he. •quare, and fourai.d .inr-eight inches deep ■ ill cnataiu nni- galifiu. A I...X e.vrn inches |-y eight il-cliM ■quare. and for.v and nge-elght mrhesdeep, • ill enntuin half a gallon, A box four inches hy fonr inches square, ^ and four and one-fo rth inches deep, ail) remain our qnurl. — A young man. rather rj-rflobt. aed very •em imeuial. while mnking himself interest. ing to a vming lady, the other evening, hy quoting frem ih* poet-, lo iht other rhoica extract* he added, "These it ao plaew lib* "l>o you i rally think «o»"a.id the young l-.ly. v "Ob. yea: ' a., th* reply, "Than," said calico, "why don't yoa stay there? — Au^trfoh .oldier ami wit, ir. the ho*. "I see my uaine reported in the li«U ef deaths .t thie hospital. I knew it w.is a yon liour «r u.y death, write tu me aud fled out if it i< so before publiehfn^il."

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