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VOL, XI. CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER -25. lS«k NO. 22.

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MOTHER'*- OAT'JDBEAJft * A mother **t *1 hrr milK. • But hrr brow «a full of thought i , The llttlr me pUrmg b«ldt h" Hrr own rwert niwkfrf wrought. A book on ■ ehslr toy n*sr bvr; | Iwm open, I ntrorr to rrr. At the old Crrrk arttsCe story, "I pelnt for eternity." So I fnnelrd «lt her drrnmlwr ; I wetrhrd hrr rrrtnur ryo _ I At the broidery dropped from hrr fingers And .he bmred A heartfelt *igh. She ilrew the llttlr on- nearer, I And looked oo the eunny fa.*, , Jtwrpt the bright ™U from the open brow, , And kleeed It with loving freer. And she thought, "1 too nm en nrtlsl i • My llfrwoek Urrr I «rr. 1 Thta rwrrt, .trnr tore, in) hand must trace, ( ImueCpelnl 'or eternity. Mbee encli dark p«r.lon eh«Sow ! I rale's <U rply grown llnee 1 , Herts inuet be the rrtlected beauty 1 het from the pure heart thine.. "But bow shall I blend the colors. How mtofle the llfht and thad.. Or ar.-snfr the weird eurrouDdlnfS The future l.at arrayed t t O, Life I Ihou halt wear) nightfalls, , And da) • all drear that be. ► Bui. from thy darknrse, marvellous ftses | Wilt thou evoke lor owl "Alan, that 1 am but a learner ! So whet* ■hall I make me wlte, f Or obtain the rare old colors, Ths blaster's preehiue dysst | I must haste to the fount of leant)', ( M&t pleaslnfl) kneel at his feet, And crave, 'mid his wiser scholars, The humblest pupil's seat- I "Then hand and heart together, i Soma f rare shall add each da) ; Thus, thus, shall her face grow lustrous With beauty that eaanot decay. I My darling ! Cog guide my jUnelt , And grant me the vision to see In the light of His loss, without Memleh or etala, I la the coming eternity." Then the mother ssrokr from her day-dream, I Her face grew bright nrfaln, . And I know her faith was strengthened By mors than angel's ken. Her flagrii flew the faster I As she sang .soft, low sonf 1 It seemed like a prayer, (or the child so (air. t As It thrilled the sir along. Olsrrsrr. , ©tiginal £t«g. [Foe the Ocean Ware 1 j I ABION", T11E SEA-BIRR, Or m Tato of Lore and Conatancy. | B* GENEVA. ; 1 CHalTER IT. (COKTIKPED . ) | I Long, long be sat that night with hi* j ' face boaed upon hi* bands, thinking of 1 all Arion h»d said, and than hit better 1 nature would obtain the mastejy, con-ing ' bim to exclaim, "No, 1 w ill not meke ' ber life miserable. Child of the ocean, ■he should be as free as the wasrs op..n ' which ber infant eye* first looked It I is etidsnt she never can or will lose 1 yoong Marshall, and yet, meihinks, there 1 is nothing in the generous of the young 1 * men which should bsse so roused her. ' He is handsome, and has a kind nature ' < not at all selfish." . 1 Not at all selfish. Ah, blinded man 1 if yon could see the plotting and plan- I ning of that soal you call generous, bow - quickly would yonr opinion base (bang- I ed I Then the reason why the sacancy > in Mr. Graham's firm was 6llrd by an- t other instead of yon, would has# been folly explained ; for Mr Clifton'a prid- I had forbidden him seeking sn explena- t tion from one, whom be considered, h-d . I wronged bim without a cause. < "And yet,". he continued In his Aus- ■ iogt, "It Is oser a year since A riou heard < from Harry. Brase, aoble Harry, not I wonder she n.ill clings to the hope that I he will retorn and make h-r life happy " As these thoughts passed throogh the i father's mind, he would fully resolfe to i let Arioo decide for herselT^witbout any persuasion from him Then the temp i ter would whisper, "but think of the ad- > Taatage which will resell from this union > —half a million of dollars, 'lis a good, i round sum ; no more bard work for me ; eaae and compeiency for the family," < until he would firmly resolve that hrr i will ebould yield to bis: And Arion, poor girl, bow she snl- i fered during that weiry week— she wept, i thought and prayed o*er the proposition, alternately. One moment mentally i saying, "I will do thia fur my father's i aake!" Then when a revulsion of feuling I came, would say, "I can not. no, I can not be falae to Harry. ' What, if be •boold nttorn and find me, whom be - deemed so constant and true, the wife of another, and that one Kiwod Marshall, whom I know to he oo true patriot I Ab! bow well I remember his parting words the night we sat on the old gaa'led oak at Cape May— how be MM), 'I will come hack with honor*, and data Ike 'fairwat diamond' of Cape May j l«r my wife.'" — •

Th- w-ek had now drawn "to close< j and Mr. Clifton bad received his daughter's aimylr, ','No, never t for an anaq> r. ' and that evening he sat i(| the perloVr" awaiting the coming of Elwood Mnr- , shall. At last he came, springing op ■ the steps, and the door being opened by ; liltle Fanny he was shown by h-r into i the parlor He came smilingly forward to greet Mr Cliftop, but in a moment his countenance 'Changed when be saw the crave face of Arion 's father. "Well, my dear sir," he commenced somewhat petulantly, "what does Miss Clifton decide ?" Upon receiving the answer, somewhat | modified however by Mr. Clifton,. the j I gentleman's Hp curled scornful!*, i ■ and he used language, which fairly ' ; opened the eyes of Mr Clifton as to his : rest character, and he sileoily thanked . Heaven for his daughter's escape. That night, when little Lucy Graham ' in from School, she said to her! j motb'f, "Ma, I am sorry that 'surprise i party' whii h came off a few weeks ago, surprised Fanny Clifton's pa and roa^for ( Faony says they came wiihou' ^«n mvi' ' laiion, and her pa says everything has wrong since its occurrence and# that some gentleman, she does not know whom, sent a letter to her pa, saying that extravagance was ton reason he could not ' " ''Th»ro child, hold a moment," exclaimed Mr Graham, "and let me hear that again; perhaps I have wronged my old friend after all." . And Lmy repeated all Fanny's con- : versation that day. with regard to the 1 'surprise party, and what papa had said. ' And, pa," continued Lucy, "don't yon i think It was menn in Elwood Marshall not to tell you it was a 'surprise party,' the oiber evening wbru lie was herc "^ ' Perhaps. Lucy," replied her father, "he" did not know it was one; bestdrs, ■ you most not speak so of papa's visiI tors." | But Lucy was nut 10 he silenced thus, i and she answered quickly, "yes. he did, know, fur be was there, and started the j party anyhow, for Fanny said they would : not ha-e had as much fun, if Mr. Marshall had not come, Arion feeling srowith so many of the friends 1 she had ant seen since they removed the city " Mr Graham then explained all to his wife, concluding with, "I did uut think Marsh II possessed such a selfish spirit; but I will mfcke amends in j the morning, if possible, for Mr Hazel tells me he shall rssign next week, wiih- : ing to try bis fortune in the West, so that if my friend will overlook my error* j the vara cy shall be secured to bim ". Accordingly, the next morning, Mr* Graham called at the hoose of his friend, | mid after an apology and due explanation, it was agreed that Mr. Clifton should immediately co meoce his duties the following day. The December nights have given place those of April, and during one of these Arion sat all alone in tba dim par- , } |or, looking at the shadows which flltleil i and down the garden path. Suddenly i footstep coming op the walk to the ; door, caused .her heart to beat wildly, 1 t hoping against hope that it might be ; for whom she had waited so long. The d»or wss silently poshed open, and the form of hrr long lost lover stood be- ! side hrr, and was saying, "Arion, darling, have yoo no greet- j ing for yonr own Harry 1" and she, like a tired child, holding out both hands him. was clasped to his brave "heart one long, loving embrace. Neiifier could speak for several moAt lei-gtii she found speech to say, "Where nave yoo been so long, j Harry ? 1 thought yon were dead !" and i a cold ahiver ran through ber veins, even at the mention 01 the dread word. And then he sat down, that beautiful j nigbt, with Arion's band clasped in hit, telling ber how Unm after oae of opr bloodieal battles, as he was bending over the form of one of his comrades, to ^alch bit last dying tones, in order to cosbfdy with his farewell request, thinking that evar? rebel b«d left tbe immediate vicioity, a patty of rebel scouts came np, ' and overpowertd by numbers.be was, i obliged to surrender He then went on to relate bow he waa > confined in several uf the Southern pri I buns, and bun,' for the Wat five moo Hit, r he had been tloaly dying to Lihby, nnI til our brnvn buys, under Grant, bad j

1 come and opened, wide the_h^(S' doors. That he had been allowed income bums, , • but ,wiih a constitution shattered, and , liuaiufcum "But," said he, "Arion. de«r Arioo, I have a healthy heart which ' • is brave and true, nntToverflnwilig with love for you. If, "Arion. you can still i love me in spite eft my ohanged appear* - ance, why hrre it my hand, my brart^ you 'have long possessed. What say J you, Arion ? Will you be my wife?" And she, with ber band clasped io his, and pillowing ber bead upon bis shouli «er, murmered with Roth of old, "Where j j tbon guest 1 will go, where th"U lodtiesi 1 will lodge ; thy people shall be my j - people, and thy God my God." Then she told hiiiT about tbeir sad re- : verses, and of the trial tbfbugii which 1 1 she bad ju t passed ; ending by saying, ' •^.Rdlliroogh all, Harry, have I loved you^jfcbG> did you find us ?" ^isily explained," continued Ilarry ; "upon reselling home, I found uiy father deceased. He died, my mother said, with my name last on his lips. Mother had. from time to lime, heard ' Irom you, aud easily gave tbe desired iiiforqiatiun. Aud so, Arion, do nut gyi*re\ecau8e yon are no longer wcalI my. Tbe whole of my lather's fortuoe, aitb the exception of a sufficient patri- ; muuy fur mother, is enough to render | us free Iroat care, at reoards tbe sha- . Uowy future, aud with yon, Arion, for my wife and nnrte, I shallNuon regain the vigor of health and form." Two months atier, when tbe bright ; flowers of June were shedding their fragraces oveptbe earth, and the birds sang lurrrlly Mia every tree, Mr Clifton gave aw|uy Arion, bis sea-bird, in marriage to Harry de Haven, simply saying, < "'Harry, son, Juic_and cherish my seabird, my Ariou;"an4 with a father's; , posing be disamikted the id. On the first day uf July, Arion Clifton, now Arion de Haven, started with : her noble husband for their beautiful villa on the Hudson, where, surrounded by the southing influence of nature and the loving c»re of his wife, oar hero Is fast regaining his wonted health. Mr. and Mrs. Cliftoii still reside^in Washington where the former is doing a prosperous bu-ipess with Mr. Graham t Little Fanny Clifton and Lucy Orai ham are Still sirong friends, and talk indignantly of fals—hsarted young men, ( whenever ihey meet Mr. Elwootf Marshall. who, finding that his pressure is not so much sought after among ihj* ladies as formerly, intends to leave I Washington for a more congenial city. as h- pronounces it quite a stupid place • ( Fanny pars her s'sier short visits, .. aud says, "Bruib r Harry will be just tbe model for my lover and husband, if , ever I possess one." Arion and her husband still think no [ place like thrir former ocean home ; and ! I probably, next summer will again find ( ; ihtm at the much loved conntry teat, ] which Harry intends to pnrchase. , J If any of oar rca-iers be visiting the f ; Cape at that time, and see a tall, graceful woman, with rose tinted cheeks, and f' eyes of hcpfenly blue ; wfth bright gol-1 , den ringlets, not gathered op to suit the I , i the fashion, but falling in soft, showery ; masses abont hrr, and by hi r side a [ | noble looking young man, with black, ! wavy hair, and dark hazel eyes, they | : may knqjw it it Arion and Harry— the j | hero and heroine of onr story. THE END . MEtaphtsics — A" Irishman describes • ; metaphysics as follows : — "Two men are i talking together, and one of them is tryt ing io explain something be don't kfiliw anything aboot, and the other cau't no- . derstand him." > New Sulk or Illumination —It it . i proposed to light the alraett of a city ! I not a thousand from 8yracnsa w'ith red i ! headed girls If we lived there we'd j p'"T every night and bag the lamp I posts. ^ About " ends " — Teacher — " Come r right here, you youug scamp, and get a r sound apankinfrf" • Scholar— "Yon aiut cb» ao right to I spank me, tbeVopy vgb jest set me taya l SO." NV_-' Teaeher— "I should like to hear you , : read th»t copy peer to me " % I Scholar -"You shall, pie-reada ] | "Let ail tbe ends thoo airtiVt at be thy a country V and ao for h, and no fur b. and ski* JOJI spanking me, yoa ain't i, j aiming «t 00 saeb end" - | — Sad d ua*stic ex, Vision— an Injured d wife lately bant into teafe.

A Brace of Ktamnirrcra. ! Stephen t' waa a joval tool, an<l „ j basitateai Slot to play a l rick on any on*. Among bit acqoiiniaoc* waa a young lady • ' , aad a young man, both of whom ttammetni 'very busily. They were nut acquainted- 1 1 »itb each other. , ' i. 1 It b F— , the young man alloileil in, * '.was quite sensitive; am] to think (hat any o t one «a» Disking fun of bitdefeci. niadehitn , frequently fly into a pussioo. It was Ste- 1 1 ! pbeo's fortune to meet both of them at a ' party, and be very soon determined on a ! jfke- ii ^ s 'Miss Sue," said he approaching bis 1 Uny frimd, "may i hare tne pleasure of I j miroduciug yoo to one of my acquaint - ' | ancos, a worthy yuung g*nil*inan ?" !" "C«r<er-cer-ceriainly, sir." ■ | A way be s l.irted for Bub F— — « I I I "Bob, old fellow, here is a nice girl.'l 1 , ! want to introduce you to. Come on." | ' "Does she law-iaw-ialk. j "Yes— like blazes." I Ho off they started, and soon approached ^ I j the seat of the lady. Hlepheo introduced ^ them, and inimeduuily drew to one side ' j that he might see how they Would mauug* - ' each other, when his ear- was greeted with I ■ the loliowiug cunvereatiou :— I r "iluw are you enjoy.eoj enjoying -your- J t ; self tb-lb-lbl* evening, inarm I" . , I h-tb-tbank yoo, pleaeanily. Dal it is ' ra-ra-raiber warm." Hob'# brow coulntcle-d, but he restrained ^ r i his feeling* and continued i ^ ) "1 pr-pr-pr-presamu you are ocquanled wilb uioel of these pr-pt-pr- pre*enl. " r ! "Ye-ye ye-y— s, s-i-r, «ilb all I be-be ! " 1 b*-bclievp,' ' said she, smiling. "By Ih-lb-lbuU er 1 uu-a-daot, if that j J L | is the way you make f-f-fou ol * r-f-lrllow's . I lofir-fir-Drmiliee, yoo may go to gr-gr-gr- 1 J p I grass." i |( | I StepbrU Uugbed immoderately all the ] lime, and was aubsi-queiiily called io ac- * | count lor the trick ; bat Ins good nature ' ! drove away ail bad feelings. i Josh Billings on Nlsangltai*. 11 The ahaugbi reueter is a gintde, aud . ! speaks in a uruu lung. H* is bill on plies ( I like our nan -y Hill ciane. II he hao bin '* . | bill with legs be aud resembul the peroj vian lama. j ••He is n ■' a gum-- animal, bui quite often ' | comes off sekon best u) u ruff and lumbj^. " 1 I file; like tbe injliis t at kaut stand Sivilisaiion, and ore fast disapi-eanng. Tlia | ^ > | roost on the groand similar tew the mad- ; ■ ' turkle. Tba oltcD go to sleep standing, the enter tbe grouud like a pickaxe.— j U I There lead consists of corn io the ear. " | .Tba crow like a j-ck*»- troubled with a J * bronkeeeucks. Ths will eat az much to # * j oust az a district »kole,ma*ter, and gener- , s ' ally its down rite opb to keep from lipping „ R [ over. Tha are dreadful unhandy tu cook, {i 6 you have tu bile one end ovtbem 'ua lime, _ ' you kaot git them awl intu a potash kittle j tu onsl. Tbe female reuster lays an egg t az large az a kokeenut, and iz sick for a . ,. ' week afterwards, and when she hatches out , a litter ov yuung i-hangbis.she has to brood ! r f over M'ein standing, and then kant kover ! | ! but 3'ov ihem, tbe rest aland around on the i o 1 oauide, like b.-ys around a irku* tent, gil- j , j tin a peep under the kanvea wliooever tha : j kan. Tbe man who fosi brought the breed I . i intu this couuiry ought tu Own ih-rn awl ; ( ■ aud be obliged tew feed tbem ou grass- • : hoppers csaghl hi and. I never owoed I ^ 6 . but oo», and he gol choked tu death hi a , kink in a class line, hut not till be bad ; ^ 1 swallowed Ig feek-ov it. Norany Shaogbi | t <J j for me, if you pieze ; I Would rather board _ e i a traveling eolporlor, and at for eating one ^ y give me a biled owl rare dune, or a lurkee ( B buzzard roa-ied bole, and stuffed with a pair ov injua rubber boots, but not enny ( shangbi lor me, out a shaogbi ! —I'augk j ^ i lr«/man. The Duly of Youug Men. 1 } There is i o mortal object so beautiful to 1 ' me a« a conscientious young man. I waicb • * hint as I do a star in ths heavens ; clouds > ' e . may ba before' bim, but we know ibit bis 1 * ' light. is behind ib*ni, and will beam forth ' ■ again ; the blaze of others' popularity may I i- | outshine him. but we kouw thai though on- ! seen, be illuminates bis own true sphere. 1 . | He resists temptation not without a struggle, for that is no virtus ; but be resisU ? and conquers ; be heers the *arca»m of tbe I" j profligate, and it slings him, for that is a d trait of virtue, bui>e»l« with bis own pure p touch. He lireds not the watchword of fashion, if it lead to sin. The Aiheist *bo f say., not only in hi* heart, but wilb hilipa, "There." J UsnbbaL Scott. — Chi* old hsro ,ha. re0 turned for a prior beriod to hit resiilenca in rg ' Elizabeth. He may be eeen almdlt daily in tha streeis, erect es io bit y-uflgeT day*. u ; sod soldierly like, as when at tliJ head op J the army, We learn tha bi« Itaalth i* 1 ; good, an.t thai be is as active as ever. May maqj years be added to hi* life, which now '* . cun-id*rah|y ezc ed* fuar-core. At lea«t ■ so seya the KiiZabeih Jmmml. , I — U-4a pretty evident thai when a man 1 [bays aban-irvd d-dlat handkerchief for a ^ . '"deck ef a wile;" Diet b# l--e "goo-e ol a 'huabeud." |

. Tiii: r.tunjfu bei.l. Aad all will Virget him tu-mmiw'l | 'Tl# tna* when V l-rl-Mi- 1* B-ior In the tide, . a nomrnl Ih* eiM) In* rlrvlr* «ub*lde, i| 1 And tlw blue vauirol hCBVB u Btlrror'd again ! \ ' Or e'en as an arrow that passrlh through air, ' 1 > ad Irarr* net a trace *» It flle* ; the air elotcs over, and nothing It there— j , AUd thu will It be when man dies I For a moment a trar-diop aia) molaleB the ehrek— I Nccrt-I of l uliupps ' lluurt, Why goes lojfili thai man this .Saturday • evening frifer-Tne roof under whirh htsrhil- ' dren live! Why t ids Ii* from-lhe engag f ing l^lle ntlamnis to detain Inn, roughly j moves them away, while he lovea th u. | dearly 1 Why tilt another by hi* fire sul- J Inn, discontented, unwilling to *|»ak lb* word, while bis heart is yeaining for i ' converse and euj ynn-nt I Way flies the! strongest affection i* nituri-lie.l 7 And why, : ararclnag lulu deep depths, why does mun | Hal 10 his humet Troth ha* to be told; ' but oh ! listen tu it kiudly, for it is bard to j tell. It it ec*U*e w.nnuu doe* ool truly! appreciate her mis. inn in domestic life. I | sh* ha- become w--ighc i down by car.-s. I A* a W-fe shu i* •■•fleieiit to* what she was j a mistress. Siio |« ever employe)] in - drudgery for children and hoii*eliold. She j negleci* ber drcat, she forget* her manner*. I Her husband sees th* cliaiig*. *t!oe« not I p*rbaps find suflU-o nt -scu-e for It Irom | the condition- she labor* under, llelLgj^# the tavern am] billiard uhli , un" i In ! owing io the pres.-iilcircum.ia' ce* of social j life is true ; but that much ol it i< charge- i able to a sad -abmi-siun to ibuae circum- I «uoc*« is also, but loo trn*. It is more or 1 I*** iii ibe power of women to make their diiuieslic life more attractive Io tbnir busbund*, and more holy in its discipline and I end* Ibsu Ibey do now. A great regularity | ; in tune — a great simplicity la dress— a ; more dutirtnined idberance to that which ! is right in one's own eyes ol oilier*— ail ' | orderly appurliouiug of vailou* periods fur [ I different occupation, — would make evenings < at home p /» away v*ry differeuily to what, | in the greut unijurily uf cases ibey are now ; j doing. Iitiluoiicr of it Newspaper. A acliuul teacher, alio hwrabeeti engaged i long lime in hi" profe»sidh^Jind witnessed I 'lb* influence uf a newspaper, ojtou the ; mind's ul a family uf cluUien, wruea as i • lollows: j I found it to be Ihe universal fact with- 1 i out exception, that those scholars of both •ex*s and all ages, who. have had access lo ! ( newspapers at horn*, wb*n compared with ' , tho-e who ' have not, are belter reader*, i excellent in pronunciation, and consequent- i read more undsrflWodingly. 1 1'hey are better spellers, and define j word" with ea*e and accuracy. They obtain practical knowledge af g*»- [ ' grapby iu almost half the lime it requires j j others, ss ■ be uewspaper ba* made them j fainiluar with tbe location of the important places, nations their guverumeuie and do- ! ings, on Ihe globe. They arcJn-lLir grammar, *o*. for having f so familiar with every variety of ] style io the newspaper, from ibe common- ! place advertisement to the finished and j cl ssical oiatioo of- -the statesman, they , more reaoily comprehend l no meaning ol the text, and cnffC-ljiJhqrty anaylz* ll* con- | siruciions with accuracw^ They write better) coVpusition", using : belter language, conlaiuibgmure thoughts, clearly and Cnnnecledljlj <r#Tiio*e young mgn .-"t1m» li»*fcN^f- years , reader* of the new*ua|ilr» #Aky» taking the lead in ibe debating societies, ex- ! bipitiug more gziensivo knowledge upon a greater variety of *object*, and expressing tbeir views *nb greater fluency, clearness and correctness iu their u*e of lao^iage. Girl i. There are two kiode of girls. One ia lbs kind <bst appears tbe belt abroad— the . iris thai are good for parties, rides, visit*, ba.ls, etc., and whoso chief delight is in such things. Th* other is tba kind tbai appears the bast nt burnt — 'ha girl* that ate useful and cheerful id tbe dining room, the sick room, sod all the precincts or ibeir home. 1'bey differ widely in characters. One is oflro a torment at bom#, ibe other a bles-ingv>t)tie is a moth consuming everything aboot ber ; ths other is a sun. . iit-sin, inspiring life and vladnets ail along her pwmwa). Now it does not necesaanly -ol low Ibat i be? e should be Iwo classes of girls. A slight education will modify both * Utile, aud u it* tbeir good qualities in i —Tb# lai# R#v. Sidney Smith observed , in ■ a railway wm-tle »— med to biu sometb '-a Ilk* '!■* -■-•••am a l#wy~r would give I ab*n tbe devil cangbv bold ol mm.

Children Half Pric*. Neatly everybody remembers MeDonald | ('larks, • bp waa so well known in New Yirffa^rW years since, as tb* 'Mad Poet.' PjiftrfgJJie last years of his llf», Clarke »ai frer at tbe Astor Hoose table, and II nften times this errant of genius could bs V seen sccepting it* hospitalities, when other I doors were clo«#-i upon his fallen fortunes. Every one knew Clarke by sight ; and one : day while quietly taking his dinner, two ; dandy fops, *»eling tbrmvelvse opposite, ) commenced a conversation intended forth# 1 ears of Clarke. One aaid: . •■Well. 1 have been to NeW^fork two \ ! months, and ha.l-~^een all I wifh to s#e, I "Ah I" Said lb* Other, "what Is that !" , "McDonald Clarke, lbs great poet," | responded the Br*t, with great emphasis. Clarke, raising bie *ye» slowly f om his plsfe, etui arcing the attention of the labia was oo htm, stood up, aud placing hie | hands over bis heart, and bowing with great i gravity to the dandies, said: "lam McDonald Clarke, th* great poet." Doth ol th* latter started in a mock surprise, gazed at bim in silence for a few ooi meat*, and then, amidst on audibln titter ! ot th# company, one draw irom his pocket : a quarter. dollar and laying it before Clarke, j slid looking at him, wttbout a smile.— : Clarke raised tbe quarter in stlebce, and . bestowing it in bit pocket ; he drew thence t a shilling, which lie deposited before tbe | f.-ps, with tbese*words: "Children, A of/* -price !" j Tbe titter changed to a roar, and th# I dt-comfiled jokers were misting intlanttr^ A Batpli of Conundrums. | "Talking ol conundrums," jays Old Herj ricsny._» retching himself all nvsr Social ^MfTTsnd sending out un* al those mighty j puffs of Havana .mnks which bad given i him hit name, "can toy nf ton tell me when — 1 a ship may tie said to be in love ?" "1 ran tell — 1 can," snapped ont little ■ Turtle, '11'* a hen »he want* lo be msnn'd.' "Joat missed it," qootb Old Hurricane, | "by a mile. Try again. Who speaks | firtTt" "1 do secondly," answered Lemons. — ^ - '"It's when she wants a mate." "Not correct," replied Hurrican^-iiTbe question is still open." f I , "When she's a shipofgrestsi*," (sigv) I modestly propounded Mr. .Snurfftlln \ "Everything but correct," ufpondecY--. Hurricane. "When she's "track back by a heavy ! swell," suggested Starlight. "Not aa yet," said Hurricane. "Come, | hurry airing'." "When she makes much of a fast sailor," cried aina-bpipes. ) Here there was a great groan, and SmatbI pipes was thrown Out of the window.— i When petcb was resforod. Old Hurricane ! "propelled"' again. j "You might bsve said' 'when she bogs i the wind,' or 'when she roos dowD after a I smack,' or 'when she's altera eoneort,' or ! Munething of that sort. Hot it wouldn't j ' have been right. Tbe real solution -is — i when she's attached to a buoy." ' Well Answered, j A ropbiit wishing to puzzle Thnie, the ' Milicen, one of tha *iso men of Qreere, : pr-'potad to bim in rapid succession, these difficult quvaliofl*. 'I he philosopher replied to tbem all without tbe least besita. lioo, and with how tnocb propriety tbe reader can judge. g W hat i« the oldest of all things T ' * God, became he always existed. What is tbe mo-l beautiful? Tba wurld, becsoss it is lha work of J Uod. ' 5 What is the greatest of til things? 1 8 ace, becsot* it eontsiat all that ia created. Wbst is the swiftest of all tbiags? Thought, because io an iotioMl it can fly ' to the eod of (be universe. Whet it ths strongest? ' Necessity, because it fee* all ' dangers of life. W hat i* the most difficult ? * To know thyself. ( Wbal is Ibe most constant of all things? 1 Hope, because it still remsies with men after be ba* lost everything els*. — At t Printer*' festival, oa Franklin'* 9 birth day, tbe following waa th* fifth regu- " Isr toast : "Tbs Editor sod Ihe Lawyer — > The Devil is satisfied with the copy of tha J former, bnt requires tbe original of tb* ' latter." 1 — Little Seili* wes teaching her younger ■ brother ibe Lord's Prayer. Tbsy went an r smoothly till lljvy arrived at "give a* oar itaily broad." "No, no, Sissy— •# want ' rake 1" and bo refused to proceed antil lb* f dosired amendment was mad*. " — The Boatoa Poet says ihst sorab tsr#a- ' ty boa*ek»ep#r* at tb* South End, after ' comparing market aecounU, have corns lo ^ the dalsrminsiion to dispense with tbe as# of butter,! with the exception of osa pound a week for aacb family, antil it eon ha por. cbasad for thirty cants a poand. I f aacb • i movement wa# gens rally adopted, it would - insure a reduced prjee uf butter. . ~r~ * — tion-i audience for an auctioneer— stsfders. - ' i — - -jg