(Tap Paj Itei Wwe.

VOL. XI.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1865.

NO. 23.

' (Hit port's. (Corner., A lii'iuir ni' irixiv ten A SCORE YEARS AGO.

Down b j 1 e. w t itooO. Opes tap nuj- shot* j TJia brave waves whispered roarage, Awl bill with (rlrndly roar The fallrilo* words thai lold tie lain - 1 dared tot fell before. - I aak'd If with the prleelsCl gift. Ho lore, my Ufa she'd blcaa ; Forsooth, I » sirr ran *ura»— That Uapcd so a»«llj ■•Ycst" - And then, In happy ailrnce, too, I clasped her fair are hand ; And loop w* stood therr, oawlrsaly.^ Wt.Ur o'trlEe daiVrriln* land The a\.n art, and the Ashing tarata ft seerss not many daya ago— Like y»at»rda> , no moroiSlnca thus a e stood, mj lova and 1 • Upoa the sandy abut* ; But 1 was four and twrnty Urn, And asm I'm fort) -four. The Illy hand la tblnnrr now, * And In her sunny hair I see ewnealltery liars, and on Her brow eo»e lines of care , But, wrinkled brow, or silver locks, She's not one whit leas fair. \ The Ashing boats a score of years Go sailing mm the strand ; ' Seta o'er the darkening lar.d ; And hen- benight upon th* elltr We're standing hand In hand "My darling, there's our eldest girl . Down on the bench below ; Whet's Stanley doing by her abler' My wile says, "You should know ; He's telling her what yon told mo ©tigiuar itorn. (Written for the Ocean Ware J REHl'RRECTION IV THE DEll) ROOM, Or the Club of Six. a BY RALPH RUSTIC. TThe mo* was fallinir in eddying fir clrn— the lights from the window* fell upon slippery and dMerird pavement* — the colt' was so intense, that the very dry goods in the wiud.-a* turned up their edges, as though to w»rtn ri.oio -t the gas lights— and the policemen, seeing no on# td) welch them, or to be k watched by them, bad doubled themselves up like coils of rope and stowed themselves in neighboring rislauronU or within retreating door-rill* The studeuta from the — Medical College, tirod of study, had left the bnild ing one by one, till only five remained, and tbey were all clustered around the dieacrting-rooin stove Study had vanished .ailb the smoke of their cigars, and dissecting was forgotten 'uiid the geniality of their conversation Thty were all cbums, or in other word*, living together in the tame ciiy, making the , same country lours in company, and al last, from long association, their ideas, ; tastes and faucies had become similar ; •nd they ha'd all iraolied to become professional me and study medicine in : company. A novice, glancing within this room, would have pronounced the scene ghastly and repulsive, and perhaps, even for I midsble. Ranged at equal intervals •long the trail were, numerous red tables! each covered with the remnins of the deed. Near our party lay a man, looking as though the life's breath had jnst psuad from him, aod his pallid face and ■uukd'o eyes gleamed with unholy expression beneath the glare of the gasjet*. On the next tabic lay the corpse of s woman, with her face gashed and the muscle* of her srm banging iu slice* across the tahle'e edge. Her long (gown hair had been cut short from her head, and bcr body was all stiff aod distorted , in death. 8ii!l farther on, lay a collection of bones, surmounted by a bleached •nd sepulchral skull Away stretched i the bodies, far back in the darkness— , for the only burners lit were* directly above our party — in all the shapes that I a morbid fantasy oould conceive. Round , the walla hung mummies, and shrivelled i arms, and injected heart*, ioierspercnf i here and there with diagrams of wounded meo, abnormal , rowtlu, Ac ; wiilla be- i nealh the tables lay little tafu of hair, and here and there jawleaa teeth and teelbeaa jawe, seemingly delivering tilent orations npon the horrid uiysterirs ' of science The tables were arranged upee threa sidva of the room ; the tiovp occupied the centre; while opon the i fourth side, doors led to the oulier ball and the wash-room Our party were . similarly arrayed in long, black gowns — ~T~ stratcbing from their necks to their knees, and lied round the neck and waist, which guise in oo way tended to relieve i

| the sombre ,a«pret of all around To all this repal^uMwAie. one putty wpr» a* """ ; insensible n* though the nearest dead. ; were n'lentrue away, and they seated in the most cosy, clean and respectable of parlors. For the pest two yesr* five night* ont of every seven, saw more or lea* nf them in this self-same room.— Tbey spoke, of amputation, litigation,, morbid growths, und death-dealing plagues, a-i a merchant would of bilks and stocks, wealth and prosperity. ) Directly in front of the stove, upon a ! high office stool, leaning with bis back | against a table, and his hand reposing j upon a skull in hi* lap, sal Ralph S»ud- ' ton. expatriating upon the last ca*e "f StrabiuHUi, which be had assisted Dr. Coepan to perform, lie was tall and well-developed, dark-lined and ccfimnui nicative, and loved the disseeting room better than his home, j Opposite sat Harry Pluaet, intently listening to' the speaker He was dark- | lined like his companion, but possessed greater grace and ease. When he spoke | 'twas iu a peculiar, yet not onpleasaut voice, which, the ravages of a throat affection had left him. ' Leaning negligently upon the latter, ! was Carlow Kitrey, with crisp, curling hair, and a semi-aristocratic face ren derrd plebian by a moustache and goa- j Vtoe. To a stranger, hi" countenance j and manners were not at all agreeable, ' ! but his companions knew bim to possess i - r< Guemeot and intelligence, courtesy and ' sociability Melon Brewster "lone, carefully examining a case of imported knives, I and comparing with lead pencil upon ; the box-lid,, the profits of the import - r, ; after dedocttng the actual cost and gov eminent duties He studied medicine, hojli from love aod because be thought it paid He was shrewd at a gne s and I sharp a* a foX. Tlie last -f the 6*r wa« Chafl- y E-itOn f — .1 li me which tallied well with bla dl»1 position. At present he was eugagvd ' iu imbibing ibe juice which had followed * . il.e withdrawing uf hit teeth from a rosy ' kopplc, and was equally unconscious of - the words of Sendton, and the thoughts 1 <>f lire* Met;. Nature had been boonii- ' fill to bim in her distribution of adijwui, and bis sleek, fat form and ruddy face ' were '.be admiration ol the emaciatrd of , both »exrs A i timet he would start i look cautiously around, na though fear- ' ing some of ibe numerous .object* had ' j an 'iivious jry upon the object of his I repast, but finding tbem stiff and motionless, he proceeded again to masticate ' with incr> ased vigor. "1 say, Ralph " exclaimed Harry Plo- ■ set "when did yon hear from Charley I McCanley »» i "Not for six months," rotdied Send i ton but he's & gay old rover — always ■ | on the tramp." "Perhaps he don't get cough to cat 1 in one place," suggested Eaton, "and ' like a migration bird, he wanders wher- ' : ever food is the most plentiful." "That's yon. Eaton," said Pluaet — 1 "I'll bet you know more of the anatomy ' [ of the stomach, tnau at any other part of ' your body." The general laugh which followed at Eaton's expeuse, caused bim to frown, but finding great muscular exertion necessary to wrinkle his fat face, lie reIspved into a laugh, and dived Into his pockets after another apple. "McCaoley's father has got the ttampi, hasn't he, Kitrey W' said Brewster. "I believe they Mrs quite wealthy." replied Kitrey, wilii a marked accent upon the word wiklthy, ae though to reprove Brewster far his slang phrase. "Hadn't we a g*y yild clob last winter?" said Scndtun.fit. terms of enthusiasm. "Just six of ate. and if MhCauley 1 were here oow^pnr old number would ! be complete. We were on all the sto- J dents' committers ; w^rc iud>ipen*iblc stu eols' suppers, ait(J to everything : else except study, which didn't find us \ very esger votaries Our anniversary sapper will come off <o-morrow night, but poor McCaulcy will be far away, and j perhaps dead." j ' The last 1 heard offbim,"eaid Kitrey, i "he bad oblained the position ot aseis- 1 taut surgeon ia Shrri lau's army ; but I gue*s he has gone before this, or wr should have certainly heard from him " j "Dell Quern givJ* the anuiferaary supper io-tnorrow uiJtbt; but little enjoyment ebe'll ha*w il McCaulcy isn't there," said SendtoA ' Rumor aays, tjley will t>e married," said Plutet. J

ill | "Hope they will, by Jingo!" cried is Eaton "Dell's mother will give the id* dub n fr<j»Uo last a we*-k." in ! "Rather a good looking girl " said )f > Ki'rey, who ne'er overrated anything re j Outside of thr English aristocracy ; "tjul >r ! I'd prefer a' blonde to • brunette " - j "The very reason she likps MeCauley," said SentRun ; -"he lias blue eyrs g I and fair hair, while she has dark bair ;* and lustrous black eyes." ! "1 could almost wish McCnuley would not como back," said Brewster, "so that k 1 some of us might have a chance." g ! The idea of the "fox." as the boys I- called Brewster falling inluVe «/.s such •f a novelty, tfotl they all expressed tbeij; r. ; surprise by a loud laugb. d : , "She hag been quite sick, lately," said i- Pluaet, "with soimttAing likwjow typhus u symptoms. Perhaj)*9^is froui worrimint about McCaulcy." y ' "It's because she dou'l keep Iter ays- ;- tern up by. a wholesome and free nutrtd lion, like 1 do, "said Eaton. "You never e »oe me have typhus symptoms." t ! "No nor auy other kind, except hun- - i gry ohet,1 •"replied Sendton | "Boys !" suddenly exclaimed Sendton, ! "you kuow Anthony, the old ogre who g guards tbia room, won't be back till twelve o'clock, and we are to stay till - | be comes; what asy you to drawing lots e as to who shall go down cellar, and get . a good aubj-ct for our table ? The one ' " 1 we have isn't worth dissecting, and five ' jolly, big ones came last night — judging from the boxes tnurked chtmicalt, which f , contained them " Suiting actions with his words, he 11 drew from a broom to the corner, five ■ strews of uneqoal lengtMTlnd held the uneven ends in his clmedust "Drew !" • he continued. "The two longest go to ' tiie dead vault." E a'on drew first, and • to his immense joy, the shorten straw. Pluset and Kitrey were similarly favor'd, 1 and it thus fill t" the lot of Brewster ' and Sendton to make the ghostly (ill ' luge ' As before mentlonedf tine door at the ' end of 'he dissecting-room led into the ^ wash-room, where numerous water spi- ' got- were arranged and basins hung " against the w*H. for the ablutions after • dissecting. At the fsr end of the room e was a case containing various anatomi- - ' cat preparation* in alcohol, Ac. In the 1 opposite corner via* a closet, whose floor ' consisted of a trap-door, which, on being ' raised, disclosed a pulley, a long coiled 1 rope, ant! a murderous and blond-stained - hook — .11 of which bung over a damp, ' dark mid enclosed hatchway. Here the whole party had come, when ■ Brewster 8»U, "Now boys, listen, you ' three take our subject, book it on the ' rope, wait till Sendton and 1 reach the vault btilow . when we will give the word. 1 and you gently lower liiui down. We can easily pick out a good sBbjcet down 1 there— bo matter if it is dark-wbich. after I (lulling our present one in its plsce, we ■ * ill hook to the rope ; you drew op. und . Anthouy will be none the wiser in the ■ [ morning." r! 8o ssying Brewster and Ralph left f j the room and made their way down the | creaky and deserted staircase to the eel- ' ! lar. Kitrey, Pluset and E>ton went back i ■ j to their table, dragged the subject off to , i ' \ the floor, and grabbling because of its ' 1 | weigot, slowly tnafle their wsy back with ! | it to the closet. Tbey attached a rope ' i around its nerk, to which they fastened ; the hook, and waited, by the liglit which ; ' shone through the opeu door irom ibi j : dissecting-room, thr sigual from tb« 1 vault below. "What would you do, Kitrey." said ( Pluset, "if you would find a frieud cf yours upon the table ?" , "Dissect him," said Kitrey, "and say i nothing " i "I have a good joke," aays Eaton ; < "let's scare those fellows in the cellar " 1 "You isn't," said Pluset. 1 j "III bet you," said Eaton. to bx continued in oub next. ^ Didn't Know who uadk Him — An or | J chin of leu summers was sent to school , i for the first time. The teaeber, to test , > j hit acquirements, aided him : ; ■'Who made you ?" The bay couldn't i ■ answer. The teacher told bim the pro- i ' j per answer, and desire the boy to re- 1 member it. Some hours aft, r the teach, r ' repeated the question The boy. rub- ' bing hi* head far a moment in a kind of brown study, replied: "I two*, l*'e forgotten the gentle- i msn's name." i

; ' The following is clipped fyim one of t«nr ; j . Xrli«nc-s, and i» pUced'fiefbre the readers . j »f itbc lien, al 'be- special reqa-»t of a ! 1 # young lady, who »av* it's true : j I ^ i O pshaw, such n.>usen>- ! Old folks el- , | i ways advising young men to watch and pry : into the affair* of girls ; and the greatest ' j absurdity is to be around to hear tile morn- ■ j tng-cwnvifrsBttiin. Just as if a gtvl had not ! r a right to speak crossly occa-ionally! 1 think thr mornitig is the best lime, at t a ill feel- ' J ing it apt to blow over by night ; then w.- ' i can bo to bed with a light heart as we i should always do, to prevent unpleasant ( dreams. 1 thii k it would bo a generous | thought iq those all-important old 'utiles. 1 ; to advise the giils to listen to tb« morning 'j c ' coDVi-rVoliot) between their pattern gentle- ; moo and their horses; Of. in (act, with • I whatever thby come to contact wnh befu're j , I j vetting their morning rations. If there j' . isn't some sp.ee m il my name is not Mio- ! nrret. T-Ire pour ••critters" would tied ra- i j. _ ■ tber Warm lodgi'tg if 'hey^obejed the n- ' lucky commands generou-ly given them. ! [ ' Bat O oo! the geotlemou oeed no leuking after! if ho only succeed* m getting „ " t writ. tampered wife, lo uphold him in his „ ' tantrums, he'll get along well enough. But j those dear girl- are objects of solicitude ; they have so many fault., mid are r tally saucy sometimes. ] RUeis anybody would f I be if they did nut pusses* the puiiencr and meekness of some men l'*« read about. Th»*e dear old creatures eveu have the audacity to tell us we "better stay at home "reach to onr rufli.-s anil bows, preparatory for month* trimming our fancy dress s» as , ] lo create a sensation, am! chain clpttve .somebody's heart! If anybody can keep ' ! cool then, ipey must"' have tflnr temper: ' ! thermometer leu degrees below xero. ( By " the w^y, that aiticle is an invention of my " i °*1' The beaux are vometinirs very thonghtful about tbe greatness ol the ladies' hair : '' and dress in thr uiuiiiing. They beve an Idea a lady has a band lor every piece of ' '' work she has to do— one to umke the tire, " | sweep the room, set the table, feed the * rooin, so H wiH.be comfortable for the boys " when tbey come down. Of course il is too " ; coin upstairs (or them to brush their hair, j * Ac. Thai mou-tecb, loo. must be brushed ! *' to an exact point uu each stda ; then they ! ' sit down and toast tbvtr shins and read the ' - paper uutil tbe breaElust bell suiuuiuns " i tbrw to the dintug-room. Boon at they : ° i leave ibe inirror tbey assume a frowuiog j % face, sotHewbak reseiublmR a tbuudoi -cloud I i -prepared lo tied fault w.th almost auy- I j Man.— coffee too but or loo cool; eggs ^ | Ibe same Mine loo\borl ; or it uatU-rs Out J9' III thr meaowhile the raid girls must see I that tbe cbarolltg It done ; (lie uuik prop ^ erlyseeoto; bed* uiaile ; baking airangeuenU completed; stoops ecrahbe'l, Ac— | ^ But that "plain print dress, snowy collar t ■ and glossy buir">oiu»t be around alru. 1 ; think one's glo*»).braid* would look u lit- j lie rengh alter putting on and off a sun- * <; bouoct worn- half a doxen times, and that i ri | calico would look quite stylish Willi crt-alli i a dots and suap suds oo it. | „ ' But on a re-consideralion of tire subject. , j we ought nut to blame the poor buys, fur i „ I wh»i they dou't have to do they know ; „ j nothing about ; we know "experience is u | tl I dear school," Ac. It's too bad to talk so, i |, 1 far 1 think too much of tbem tu.do so any 1 i, i niorr. I know my admirer would prefer ) me to show u little spirit, and it he don't : I like it, why of course, like a good girl, I will do— jutt thr ttime in spite of bim ; for, i ! really, 1 would not want bim to imaginr j , be Was getting an angel, when be would have to discover bis mistake, and better * • before than after marriage. — Monmouth ' Democrat. Hon to Make Huckwhcat g Cakes. tl The lesson fpr buckwheat cakes has or- w rivrd. A writer in the Aviericun Agrfedl- ci turist reccommen'fls the following method i «i for making cskes ; j g Tbe finest, tenderest cakes can be mada , m by adding a little unboiled wheat (or Ura- I * ham) floor to tbe buckwheat. Less than u | I1' quarter kill do. Mix with cold soor tmllr i ftl fresh (not -weet) bolteimtlk which is. The soda (temptiuga are dispensed 1" with) when not in cold baiter will not act ; •atulactorily. Bake at once. The heat j ri •ill start tka effsrvesencc, and a* ibe paste ri arise* H will bake, that preventing it Trore 1 falling Hence Ibe cnioynaiing point ol j * lightness il attained. Tbe batter rises! iu snowy sad beaottfnl, and Ibe pancake >ily iii swell to almu-l undue dim-nsion-. absoloieC | K the lightest and tenderest tbat can >|s ; 0 bsked, wilb not a toocn of acid. Morhsi sail, however, most be added than usual, ' to coaoteract the too freeb taste, when w soda alone ia nsed. Pancakes in tbia way ul can be baked al any time aod al the ahortesl notice. d — " j g — Id a trillion vl seconds tfirie are 31,- li 867 y ears, 82 dsj». 1 tour, 46 minnies, 4U ; U secondf. ) '1 f ^ \

Water Works. Ancient an 4 Modem. j The Aquaria Martin of Home 1* described I tbiuy-right jniles in length, and sgpI ported on seven thousand adebrs, and iu ••oujii ction wi(h nfBer, aqaeaacte. which ' the city po« csse'd, il supplied 'daily tRree ; hundred and twelve million gallons of water, or about threr hundred and twelve [ • gallons for each inhabitant. This wa* he- j ! Tore the time ol daily newspaper*, those ; potent lospirere and supporter! of' public i | of water w-nks in Peru, <-x ■ ending over four I hundred and fifty uiilee, winding around j th- sidrs ol tlie Andes, ore adnder* of en- j ! gineeriog skill, und nn iiuments of the im- j i nietlse enterprise of ire uneienl people who I not the enlightenment of that "beacon ! ; Tbe oqneduci which supplies the city of j : Marseille* i> sixty unl. - in length, .ml look { (twenty teivsa to llOltd, The water works ■ Rt Versalll. * and lJ.br.ll, built Ire the "JTlT Ifeir civdizuio'n" of Europe, are wondor. I : uf beamy -nd .kdl ami public .pint. The uqm-dnct forty und half miles long, a river i I thirty-nine miles, and various tributaries, j ! With a natural lake and ponds one hundred and rinrty-six tulle* long. The first ouriey \ was twelve million* five hundred thousand ) : dollars. It supplies a delivery of about ' flfty-fom mil gallon, per day. Since j pair ol re.ev»irs or (he eup.n-.i_v of one hun- 1 it re.l and fifty million gallon, have |heeu ' cetiel rut-led in I enlrnl Park, having a water .urface of thirl y-oae acre.. A new rese. voir is •-■Hiding in the >««i. park. will, a ' feel deep, itn.l u rapaci'y of one ih-u.and and iwenly.iiinv million* eight hundred and ' lire II, ch Bridge, to contain ihiil ten We buve no'. «l hand any statement ot the cost of tbe additional work., but it his probably reached a total ol fifieon million dollars. Th- .nter-sl and n gradual .inking I fund is paid liy the water coles. The lax too dollars u year lor a house ol rile average site. The Brooklyn water works were constructed under lire direction ot J. P. Kirk wood, chief engineer, who recently Uiade a survey iUr exivuding the Cincinnati thirteen miles from the receiving resevoir. confined to the nearly level surtace of Long .aland, lire water has to be elevated hy pumping. Tbe aqueduct t* audicient to deliver forty million gallons a day, ! but is arranged for twenty millions. Tbe daily consumption in 1864 was eight miltwo hundred and eigbtv-five thousand gallon*, with a population of about two | hundred Ihourand. Tbe I'-ochituule water works at Button cost nearly six and a half millions, and have u capacity for drlivc-riug leu million gallons s day. Premium $500 to l.cfl-armt'tl Soldiers. j There are many men now in hospital, as 1 well as at their homes, who have lost their J (right arm*, or whose right arm is so die- ! allied that they cannot write with it. Pen- j ' mati.bip Is a urce*Ary requisite to any man ; ment. A* an inducement to the class of ; wounded and disabled soldiers here named } make every effort to fit themselves for ; locrstive and honorable positions, are of- j fered-the IoIIwwHmi premium* ; * I For the best ■peciml-n of left-hand penmanship 8200 ! For th. .wce.-.Mre.t Specimen. . . 150 ! For the third best specimen! 100 , For the lourth best specimen 50 j The specimens of penmanship mutt be ! wiitten with ink, on fine letter-paper of the j ordinary meo (eight to ieo inches), and Rut ! to be less i ban t«u pages. Tbe literary part uf the ffork may be ori- j ginal or selected. Briel essays on patriotic ( and especially narrative, of the ; writer's experience in tbe .ervic, of the : country, incident! or tkeicbe* of tbe war, preferred, in all cases, tbe writer mo»l give his name in full, hi. company, regiment and rank ; lint or battiei in which be was engaged, as complete a. po-sihle ; tbe piac- where he loel his arm, aod tb dale, and bis post office address. The niunuscripi* mast he sent io on or tbe 1st of January, 1866. Time will tbu« be allowed for the men wounded in last battle* near Richmond to enter the lists as competitors. ( Tke manuscript* must be wrapped about wooden roller, to aroid folding or crashin transportation, and mast be addressed to Wm. Oland Bourne, Editor ol "The Soldier' i Friend," So. 12 1 Street, New York. — A negro preaolrer w*. holding forth hie congregation upon the enbjeet of tbe command* of Goo. Bay* be, "Bredren, whatever (»od. telle me to do ia dit book, (holding ap the Bible.) dot Pm gain* to do. If 1 eee io it dot I must jump a etoo wall, I'm gwioe to jomp al il. Hum' troo il 'long* io God, jampin' at H 1 10

('homing Hit. bands. When a girl marries, why do tbe people * talk of fcer choice? lb ninety-nine cnaee - out of u hoodredhb* she aoy choice? Doc# 11 not the men, probably tbe last otie she " would hove chosen, reluct her? A lady ' "1 Have been married mafiy years; tbe c I mstch was considered a good one, suitable * I Jti "vary respect— age, position and fortane. 9 i Every oue enid I bad made a good choice. : I loved my hnsbnird when 1 married bim, * because be hod by unwearied n-eidoity »ncj reeded in gaining my affections; hot had I choice been my privilege, I certainly would " j not have chosen him. 'At I look at him io ' j bis raty-cheir sleeping before tbe Are, a ' ] huge dog at hit foet, n pipe peeping 1 [ out of one of the many pocket* of bi* ^ 1 shooting-coat, 1 cannot hot think how dir. j terent he Is from what 1 wonld bavechoien, ' . My firet penchant «tt for a clergyman ; ba I was n Haiterer, and cared little for me, ' { though I have not forgotten tbe pang of I i derertiou. My next was n lawyer.!* ' 1 y nog man of iaimeurp talent, imootb insiuudiiug manners ; but be tuo after walk, ing, talking, dancing and flirting, left me, j Either ol tbete would have been my 'choice;' but my present husband chose me. and, ^ itierrlure. 1 married bim. And (bit 1 can""Hflffp rijqA,nAr, must lie tint way with — I rnqfrred folka of my acquaintance.' ' I I Mirth II Medicine. . i 1 know ot niithiug equal to a cheerful and i . even mirthful cunvertalioo,' for restoring r the tone of luiod and body, when both have . been orerdooe. boms great nmf good , men, on whom very heavy cares aud toil* i have b.-en laid, manifeet a cuustitntional I tendency to relax into mirth whew their I work is over. Narrow hearts denounce the I iiirnngiaity ; large heart* own God's goodi "ess in tlm fact, und rejoice in the wimr provision umde for prolonging useful lives. I Mirth after exhaoslivo toil it one of nature'! i instinctive efforts lo heal tha part whicb i ha* been rack.-d or braised. Yon canoct too sternly reprobate a frivolous life ; bot : if the life be honest for God or man, with . here and thorp (flayer of rairlbfulness pro- - trading, n soft bedding to receive heavy cares which otherwise would crush tbe spirit, to snarl against the «port* of mirth, may be easy and amies occupation of w I .mall man. who cannot Uke in nt ona view I tire whole circuid-taoce of a large one. — A YVife in Trouble. "l'ray tell me my dear, what is the caaso of those tears?" "O such a disgrace •" "What is it my deart don't keep me io snspense." "O, I have opened one of your letter* I supposing it to be addressed to myself. | Certainly it looked tnere like vMr*. than Mr." (. "Is that all? What barm coo there be I in a wife opening her hutbelfd'i letters?" ( | "No harm in the thing itself, but the | content.. Such a disgrace !" ' ! "Who has dared to write mo n letter unlit to he read hy my wife?" • "Oh, no, it is couched in the most chaste i and beautilul language. Bot the conleut*! r > the conaente Here tha wife burird her face io her . handkerchief and commenced sobbing ali oud ; while her hosbaod eagerly caught up the letter and commenced reading thaepiaf J tie tbni had nearly broken bis wile's bsnrL I It was n bill from the printer for two yearn' - subscription to the county paper. n ituviics Three. Shortly before he died. Patrick lfenry, | laying hi. band on tbe Bible aaid : "liore u a book worth more tbao all the ! others, yet il is uiy misfortune never to i have read it unlit lately, with proper altesWitb voice and gestoro pertinent, John Randolph mid : "A terrible proof nf oar depravity ia that we can relish anything bettor than : this book." - 1 When the shadow, of ilsath were galher1 ; ing around Sir Wallet Scott, be said to - j the watcher: "Bring tbat book." "What book?" asked Lockban hie ton- ' in-law. "There ia bet on* book," »aid tbe dying — A witty gentleman, epcaking of a friend who was prostrated by iUaeae, remarked that "be could hardly recover, since hi* ennatitotion wa* all gone." "if bit euealilaliOB in all gone," aaid a bystander, "I dou't sae bow ha lives at nil." "Ob," responded lb* wag, "ho live* oo the by-law*." — A hosbaod ran readily fool tbe bide of a wife who is sot ashamed to be eeea fooling hi* stocking*. — What i* it we all freqi^Dily say we will do, end oo one has ever yet don* ? Stop a annate. — Ion railway accident, what in batter l ban pressure of mtud I Absence nf body. — Though death ie before the oM man # !***, he may be a* near tbe youog man'# back.