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VOL. XI.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27.1385.

NO. 31.

5hr i'oct's Cotnrr. casti.es. » Then- Is a picture in mf brain. That only U<lM to come The euniubt Ihrough a yell uf rata. To lerwwd. glidtac, A narrow stretch of brown aea sand, A llghttwwsv half a Iracur from land. And two young lorrrs, hoo t in hand, A aaatta-bulldln*. *!|«n the buddrd apple tree* The robina ilnj by two* an-! threea. And ever at the (alnteat bteeie Down dropa a Moaaoa ■, And ever would that loter be The wind that robe the burdened tree, And Ufta the aoft tree daintily On fleauty'a bowia. Ah. greybeard, what a happy thing, It war. when Ufa waa In Ita tprtag, To prep through love'a betrothal ring i At Fletda Klyaian. -4 *o «<-< e and breathe In magic air. To thtak that all that arrrnr la (*!>,- Ah, ripe young mouth and golden hair, Thou pretty i iataa 1 i Well, well I think not on lhaae two. And the old dream, •» tl 'twere true. In my heart neetlea i Then tear, come welling to my eyea, For yonder, all In • Oct ly gube, At 'twere, n tweet dead woman Ilea, Upon the treatlea I

irlfct gUsding. HALF AN IIOI II IN A IIAII.UOAD OFFICE. Traveler — "New York," planking the price of a ticket. The clerk jerka out a ticket and jerks in the money almost. in an iaaUni, without a word, and the traveler gives piece to the next comer, who perhaps baa the aatne designation, bat who occapiee much more lime in making bis wanU known, something after this style .* "Whal'a the fare to Nesf York f i "Four dollars." "How long before yon start ?" "Ten minutes." "Ah— er — can you change a fifty dollar note ?" "Yea, air," "Give me change in Boston money, 1 (laying out a lift) ) and iu fire dollar bilia if you can." Change is made and ticket thrown otft in almost a second of time. "Do you get into New York aa early at tuna I?" " Yea, sir." "What time dors the Fiiadelfy train Issve in the mornin'f" By thia time the querist had gathered op bii bank notea, folding them op, pot ' tbem smoothly into a pocket-book, poked bia umbrella into the atomach of a heated individual from the rural diatricta who 1 waa waiting nervously behind him, and 1 by the delay caused the collection of a 1 dozen applicants for tickets (Breathlessly) "Ticket for Boston 1" : "Yon are iu Boaloo now." ' "Obi oh — ah! Yea, ha! ha 1 I want 1 to go to -Flimptonville. (No show of; money ) "Wal, IU take one ticket." "Yea, air, fort/-five cents." : 1 By this time the gent from the rnral district comprehends the pay in advance principle adopted at the well regulated ' stations, And fishing in the profound 1 depths of bii pantaloons' pocket, with'- j draws, in a capacious band, a miscellaneous collection, which from a hasty 1 glance appears to be composed of a 1 piece of cavandiah tobacco, a lead pen- I oil, a piece of red chelk, a large jackknife, a political medal, leather shoe- j ' string, a couple of buttons, a aospeoder 1 buckle and some change. From the lat- 1 ter a twenty-five cent piece, two hair 1 dimes, two three cent pieces, and four ' cents are laboriously extracted and deposited on the counter, from which they are rapidly swept by two or thrre dexterous passes of the clerk, who turns to I serve a lady. i 'I want a lady's ticket to Providence.' ' —depositing s five dollar note. The < clerk throws out a lady's ticket, which ' bears a striking similarity to, and in fact I would be called a twin brother to a gentleman's ticket, algo some change at the ' same time. Lady cautiously examines 1 a bank note she baa received Id exebeugo < —"la tbli a good bill P* i "Certainly, madam ; we give none ' other." I Lady retiree, perfectly satisfied. The i , next customer is an illoatrious exile, ' wboa we have every reason to believe has fared samptnonsly upon a repast in which onions figured conspicuously "as a , vegeVable, and moderate priced whisky , _ as the principal beverage "Shore, what is the price uv e Ucket j ,

now to Ne Ygrrk ?" •Deck passage. two^trihrs and a half.' - "Wouldn't ye take a dollar sefeotyi five, sbure it's all the money I've got, at fall?" "No 1 two dollars end fifty cents." i "Sbure, wouldn't ye teke two dollera?" j "Not a cent lets then two fifty. Pass 1 out your money, or pass on." , Pat finding blarney and persuasion no I use in this instance, counts ootids cash, i which the qnick eye of the clerk disco- ! vers to bo a little sbort of the required j amount. . "Three cer.ts more." The stray three cent piece is reluctantly dropped from Pat's warm palm, laud the individual who succeeds a«xi--4 oui-ly inquires "whet time does the five j o'clock train leave?" and is* seriously informed at sixty minutes past four. The next inquires, "Has Mr. Smith ; bought a ticket -Tof (bis train ?" "Can't say, sir, don't know bim." ; "Oh, lie's a dark couiplexioned man— | had on a dark overcoat, and uu umbrella j under bis arm." _ ! In consideration of the fact that about fifty d«rk complcxiuned individuals with i dark overcoats on, bad purchased tickets of the clrrk, some having umbrella* 1 under their aruM and some not, it is not j very extraordinary that he does not re- . collect wh ch one is ,M'r. Smith. , All the time these netotiations were i i going on, eager interrogators on the . onter circle of the crowd about the office i are propounding qnestions, and arun- [ ning fire of them and replies fill up every ! - possible pause. i "When does the next train start?" "Teu minutes of five." i "Say, you ; what do you ux to Mansj field ?" ! "Seventy-five cents." : * Sailor. — "Purser, give us a card for • New Bedford." Slops down a green- ' back and sweeps the ticket and change ; into tbo crown of his hat, taking a bite ; of the we«d, and rolls off to near, "well ; forard." I "Does this train stop at L ?" "No ; this is lb* express train." "Which one dove?" "Accommodation — leaves at two and half o'clock." "Tick'u 'arf to Providence." "How old is the balf ticket ?" [ "U.j I" "How old is the child you want the 1 ticket for ?" "Between seven and eight." "Is this lbs boy ?" pointing to a lad.; of about a eleven, who was endeavoring . ; make himself as short aa possible, by ; crooking his legs and rcatiug his chin on the coonter. "Yes, that's him ; I suppose you only ; | charge half price for boys." 1 "Full price." "Full price 1 why he is only a boy ; | yer hadn't ought to charge full price " . "Big enough to occupy e seat, sir; Toll price, If you please." | The epplicsnt reluctantly draws out the money, and the boy grows some eight or ten inches in stature is as many 1 i seconds. j| "Ticket for New York," »aj» another, ' ! throwing down a too dollar note. The clerk gives a rapid glance at the bank note, followed by a keen "one at the applicant. then replies: "Counterfeit.'" — The dropping of the under jaw, the blank and i>tu|ffified amazement prove* ! at once the official's judgment was cur- i rect, and that the applicant was unconscious of the character uf the note until be tendered it in payment of the ticket. , .Mode of tteuMiring Time in the East. The people in the East measure time by the leogth of their shadow. Hence, j if you aak a man what o'clock It in, he immediately goes into the son, stands erect, then looking where bis sbsd.iw terminates, be measures the length with feet, and tells you nearly the lime. Thus the workmen earnestly j)e»irs the shadow which indicataa the time for tbeir work. A person wishing leave hit toil, says, "How long my shadow is in coming I" "Why did you not coma sooner?" "Because 1 waited for my shadow." Id the seventh chapof Job we find it written t "As a servant earnestly drsireth bis shadow." — Robert's Illustration*. — Swxtaixo in conversation indicates a perpetual distrust of a person's own rcpuuiion, and ia an acknowledgment i that he ibiuks bit bare words not worthy | of credit

Face* on tlic Ilmt It- Civ-Id. f.' Aft r the tiattie of lnksrman, the farei y- of many of the dead still wore a smile, at while others had a threatening expression. Some' lay stretched on their bseki as if friendly hands bad prepared them >" for bnriai. Some were sttli resting on .. one kneo, their hands (grasping their mutkota. In some instance* tht carlo tridge remained between the teeth, or tbe musket was held in. one band, aed j. the other was uplifted aa though to ward d off a blow, or appealing to Heaven.— Tbe faces of all were pule as though cut in marble A* the wind swept across .. j the lialtle-fislii it waved tbe hair, and i gave the bodies sorb en appearance of j. life thai a spectator could hardly help e j thinking they were about to' rue to eonyjiinue the 6irhL.AiMith.u- surgeon describing the eppygpke'bf the corpses on h i the field of SMgenta, says that they for- | uiab indubitable proof that man tnay j cease to exist without suffering the least _ pain Tbo»o struck ou the head cem- „ rally lay with their faces on tbe ground, their limbs retaining the position they lt wAre UTap the instant they were struck, 1, and mo»t of these still held their rill-s. . showing that when a bell ehterid the „ j brain it cause* such a sudden com Taction lt i of the muscles that there i* not time for . | the hand to loose it* hold of ihe weapon i before death. Another peculiarity obe j served io the ease of those who wc?k e wounded in the brain was the suddenf liens with which they died even when . j suspected to he out'ef danger. During f the battle of Solferino, a rifleman wan wounded in the hea'd by a ball which j passed through the skull and buried it j self in tbe brain. His wound was dressed . ' and be was strectched on the straw, with j bis bead resting on his knapsack, like his woocded comrades. He retained r j tha full use of bis faculties, aud chatted . about his wound almost with indiQVr- , ence, as he filled bi* pipe and lay smok- , ing it. Nevertheless, before be had fiuI relied it, death came upon him, and he j was found lying iu the same attitude, i with his pipe still between his teeth. He hod never uttered a cry, or given any | sign that he wis suffering uiin Incases I where the ball bad eutered the heart, ; nearly the same appearances were prr- ! suited as in the ca»es of those who had : i beeu struck in the breiti ; death was wbsi | we term instantaneous, but it was not quite so stfifl aa in the former cast ; there was generally time for a mometi in the act of dying' There was a Zot . arc who had been struck full in the breast ; he was lyin£ on his rifle, lb; bayonet was fixed, and pointing in suck ^ a way as showed tbat he wns in the act I of charging when struck. Hi* bead wo* r uplifted, aud his countenance still bora threatening appearin -e, as if be had ! merely stumbled and fallen, and were ii tbe act of rising again. Close by hiri lay an Austrian foot-soldier, with clespt-1 hands and up-turnod eyes, who bad dir4 ' in tha act of praying. Another Toot- : soldier had fallen dead as he was iu tbe . act of fighting, bis fists were closed, one . arm was in tht act of warding off a blow ' hu^l the other wn» drawn back in the act rof striking. Oo another battle-field several Freuch soldiers lay in line, with _ their bayonets pointing in the dinction of tbe foe they were advancing against, when a storm ofj grape -mowed them . down. — Dickrni' AH the Ytar Round. I _ ; fw- . Hook* in the Vivien Tisne. Before the ert of printing, books were . so scarce that ambassadors were sent I : from France to Rome to beg one copy | of Cicero'a works, and aoother of Qnintillian's, becaose a complete copy -of ' : these books were not to be found jn all s ; France. Albert. Abbot of Qerobloea. ! with incredible labor end expense. cdP ' | lined a library of 150 volumes ; and thi* ( was considered a wonder indeed. In . it IE the library of the Bishop of Wint cbistcr contained parts of nveDtren books on various xnhjects , and on hia ^ borrowing Bible from the Convent of Saint Swithin, be had to give a heavy \ bond, drawn up with great solemnity, ' that be wonld return it uninjured. When a bonk waa purchased, it was aa affair | of sacb ronseqaence that persons of distinction were called, together as witnes»es. Previous to the year 1390, tbe library of the University of Oxford consisted only of a few tracts, which were carefully looked up io a small chest, or » else chained, lest they should escapi ; > and at the commencement of the 1 4th l century the royal library of France conr i tain id only four daisies, with a lag devotional work*.

Congressional. res MoxdaV, Dice. k&VSftotb houses of Coo j)t. gr«»s reassemblyd to-day, The proci-»dfa|r* •a. i >n tli'e Senate «A-re of a business and rou■k* ('D" or^i"r- snd though many matter* of imtm Por,"nM> received attention, thore wm nothing of an exciting nature under con*lder,n at ion. A petition of Vice Admiral Forrar!r ; gut and eleven hundred other naval oflic.-tv sr- for increase of pay was presented and Iv- : ft-i red to the Naval Committee. The House ltd hi" appropriating thirty thousand* dollars r(j to refit the Presidential Mansion was passed Tbe joint remmittes appointed to devise proper testimonial procacdings in memory of President Lincoln made a report, which was agreed to. providing fur a eulogy ou the virtues ol the deceased by Secretary Stantoo. to he delivered before the two houselp on tbe 12th day of February next, the ann- j ntvermry of the late President'* birthday. 'S- Resolutions were adopted instructing tbe |r. : the manner in which American vessels transferred to British owners during the ^ rebellion are now being refurnished with American register*, appropriating fise linn- *" j drrd thousand dollar* for the rebel of In-i-y i-rdenne the payment to bis widow of the k, amount of money due the late Senator Cols lamer, of Vermont. Bills were introduced ]e : and appropriately. referred for change* in )n tbe tenure ol irflice s.f appraisers, assretaut jr ; appraisers aud examiners in tbe New York Custom lii-u*<-, it being, among other pro- ^ i visions, made unlawful lor employes to he J engaged in other business ; providing for ~ ubern'ions iu the mode of procedure, and »• ; the original cognizance of cases in lha til ] Court of Claims, and the United State* g ! Circuit and District Courts ; removing ceris t>in disqualifications ol juiors iu uatiooal courts; giving a million acres of lands lor .. | the beuetit ol tbe District of Colombia pabj > be gcbools ; securing the votanlear bounties ^ • to army officers who. after enlisting as privates, became commissioned officers ■ for e ; building a bridge over the Mississippi at ' d j St. Louis, and to detiae the boundary bell I i ween California, Nevada, Utah and Aiizo- '• ^ na. Resolutions were introduced for the ' printing of trD thousand copies of lienvral i_ i Israel's report, instructing the Military e I Committee th .inquire into tbe expediency i ; of instituting a board of examiners to re- ' ! ficve anmeritoriou* or inefficient officer* of ' the regular urmy and give their place* to ? ! those most distinguished lor service to the is j MHiutry during the rebellion, and for oilier I, ! parposrsof less importantancr. After hold- >- i ing a short executive sesvion. the Braale, d | without taking actioo on the House resolu- | tion for a recess from Thursday next till the t . | 9th of January, adjourned. In the llouae of Representatives tbs cre- ' ' deotigls of ^amti M. Johnson, member elect from Arkanssv, wero presented and refurred'to the Committee ou the Southern 18 States. A motion to admit Mr. Johnson if | to the floor, pending the action of the oomk j mittee, was made, but was not entertaiued. 1 I There were also referred to the Southern B i States Committee resolutions, introduced n ! by differeut gentlemen, providing that no J I lately rebellious. Slate shall he entitled to | representation in Congress until its LegisI latum shall, have repudiated the rebel war " debt and all cUims lor slaves eniui.crpaied;' declaring that the representative* should 4 be admitted Truin those of them that have ■ - ratified the anti—slavery constitutional u- \ ameudment, repudiated the rebel dehi, l(. j passed laws lot* the protection of the freedw j men and complied with other requirements ;t ; of President Joh^on, aud anunenstiux tbe " /theory tbat clot* rulrwad oris(ocra.«y aboulj not hereafter be recognized b^law* but thalall should receive equal pToleelioo, without n retard to social position ot race. Pertnis t. ; sion was asked, bpt refused, to introduce a m : resolution inquiring of the President why : Jeff. Davis has uol been subjected to triui. Mr. Thornton, of Illinois, offered a prei amble and revolutions setting forth tbat * j any extension of the elective franchise by ,l I either the President or Congress would be , an onwarrantabls assumption, which weie '• : ubled,by a yule of on hundred and eleven )f i to forty-vix. A resolution was adopted roll ■ questing information of tbe President rsla- . live to tbs steps taken by Maiimiltian and hit friends to obtain bis recognition by oar js government aa Em|>eror of Mexico. Bills ^ were introdaeed and referred providing for j national baok'ng association* withdrawing *' | tbeir securities de|K>sited with tbe United D Stat, s Treasurer and redeeming their eiri* calation ; repealing all fishing bounty laws, )f : consolidating the Indian tribes of tbe lore - dian Territory, author reiug tbs eooetraetron ^ i of a railroad bridge over tbe Mississippi ,u river at (Jnioey, Illinois, and to prohibit ;r wny person hereafter being commissioned a i civil or military officer of ibr national gov.. 9 I eromenl in Utabbotil ho has filed a diso» j to »al of tbe doctrines and practice of polyl '» 'camy. The Territorial Committee was in-^ >- -tructed to inquire into the whole sabject e ; of polygamy ia Utab. A joint raaoloiion )r wiv* referred to tbe Jadieiary Cummitlee , ' instructing tbe Secretary of the interior to ^ j demand from tbe State of Illinois, the proceeds n f tales of lands grentdd to her by I Congress in 1850 to aid in tbe construction s" j of a railroad to Mobile, the stipulation rej quiring the road to be completed wilbio

! ten years not having beeu complied with. >o I The Special Committee on the Southern gs Slates was. instructed to inquire into the iu- ; expediency of giving tbh friedmen of thg in- ! South the same civil anu political rights io- that tbe whites enjoy. A resolution rc -r- [ enunciating the binding force of the art «- i requiring a certain oath to be taken by all rs | government employes before entering on v. j the di»cbergp ol their duties wts adopted. ; *• j House concurred in tbe Senate errs j rsniiemenl* for anjoration on the virtues of | ni | Pre-iitent Lincoln. A bill was passed spsv : prupriating twenty-five tfaou«snd dollars to i ry i Mrs. Lincoln. A resolution endorsing the :h j views of t he. Secretary of tbe Treasury tn ; n- regard to a contraction of the c6rrency was | n- j adopted by a rote of one hundred and fortye. ! f.ur to six. The House then went into. | D- Committee of the Whole on the President's : j. Message, and tbe remainder of tbo tessiiip j ■e was occupied in a speech on reconstruction | io by Mr. Tbuddeas Stevens. Tilings in New lurk. b - N».w York. Dec. 1-th. 'Co. | "• Dui WavR.— The wi»b expressed in my ■ last, that kuuieib ug of interest would torn ' ld up to give your readers this week, has not j ie been* complied with ; and with perhaps ihe ( 'j the single exception of the fiacos among I 10 present transpiring in Gotham. In absence 11 ' therefore »f everything else, let us Imve a h talk on ^k iting.' which insy be considered i '• the principal topic, just lion, among iter i " Shaking is not the smoothest thing to I d manage, althuugb it is one of the most slip- • pery of ihe i-xac' ecienci-s" It has its "ups : " and downs," with which he or she who • ' wonld master it must be willing to form no r est thing in the world to pro|iel in agiaceful and dignified manner on steel shoes, and • euch being the case. I have never attempted " the hazardous undertaking. Before a mull r can make rapid prngrcM in the science, he | t 1 must expect to be put through a regular » ' course of training, which- cousists in lofty - tumbling, spreading on all-!ours, balancing » on the tip of the nolo, attempting to die. I cover which*!* the hardest sub*tatice--one'* f forehead or the ice against which it come* f "ker-tbuuip," running into a man who I* • culling hi* name ou the icy plate, breaking ' f iuto the water, und running the danger of » never geltiag out aguin ; all these must be » experienced by that individual who desire* j r la do ample iirelice Io the science of skat- ■ nig. To tell you whether being an arcoinit plishad skater will repay tbe means of at- ' • Ulniog it, l» more tlmu i can soy, not being • i enabled to to speak from experience ; hut . ' from tbe fact that thousands strive to be- i - come adepts iu tbe science, one should r judge that it must more than repay the . I hardships encountered in acquiring It. You i may bring nil the logic you can think of to , ® bear on the sabject, bot you could no soon- : I- er convince a person living hererbout* that I- skating is not excellent sport, than yon - n ; could turn the spire of Trinity church stee- 1 '' i pie upside down an<i balance it en the end ® of joor na«al department. Borne may itna- j 0 giuu that this favorite exercise is of late ; origin ; hut it's not so. It has the ug<- of . " centuries to recommend it, Ainoug the ancirnt Greeks, it was a divertisemeuh »•-- ; '1 cond ouly to the Olympic games ; aod 1st go » j sums of money w-re expended in the pie- j 4 paration and embellishment of the natural |_ '. slid artificial lakes designed for thai pur- \ '' pes*. We also read that among the Hot- : Under*, English and Icelanders, skating is : ll' ' an ancient sport, so we see thai it is not j J i pecntiar l<r«Ry parlTculsr nation. I sup- '*• pose ibis too good a thing to be enjoyed by j 11 , only one people, and hence the rrn*on why 1 • 1 it is esteemed so highly by all cls*»t4 of people where water freezes. Last week )' j there was u general brushing up aod bur- : I- I nubing of steel shoes ; and all the necessary >- | gear being put in order, tbe gay and fes- 1 II i live fraternity of skaters wero Jubilant with j )' ; anticipation oo Saturday' morning. Ten '* ' times ten thousand human befogs, great • ! and small, big and little, male aud other0 | wise, that were Impatiently awaitiog the »- advent of tbat season of merriment and fes re I tivity which is known io this region as the J d i Skating Term, w»re almost delirious with ,rjjoy. Young men and 'young ladies went • '* down to breakfast, at usual, and made re- j " ' pealed efforts to do ample justice to beef- " ! steak, coffee and buckwheat cakes, but it d 1 seemed their appetites ware on the wane, j f" ' Their eyes were on the "good things" be- ( fore them, but their hearts were on skates, and only wishing to heaven tbsir feel were D 'Also. Follow said young gents and ladies, '' land are long they may seen hurrying as fast 'l a* legs aud wheels can transport them to tbe scenes of tbe inaugural carnivals of tht '■/ winter sports on tbe icy stags, which were ■r held at some of onr principal ponds on 3a1 lurday. i- . --M,.rrie Christmas" it at baud once more :l aod all hearts are attuned to iu gladness. " Wishing all yonr readers a "merry Xmas" •' and many of tfium, I am still a o "WATBB." re ■ - • * w j — "My Lord," said the foreman of a Q Welsh jury, wben.giviog in tbsir verdict, K "we find the man that slola the mare not o guilty".

b. ; The Value of Brains. tl j Working as an ordinary band iu a Ph Usere j delphte chip-yard until very recently, waa ill ' a man named John M. Knowltoo. Ilia is 1 peculiarity was. that while others of hia c class were at ale' houMt, or iadnlgiog in ■i I jollification, be was incessantly engaged in ll's-udying upon mechanical combinations, n . One of his companions secured a poodle i. [dog, and spent six months in teaching tha quadruped to execute a jig upon bis hind if I leg-. Knowlton spool the same period in i- | -'recovering some method by wbicb he could 0 | saw out ship timber iu a bey-led form. Tha e ' first man taught his dog to dance ; Knowln ; ton. in tbe same lime, discovered a mecbans j ical combination that enabled him to do io ( (wo boar* tbe work that srould occupy a .. ! diixvn men. by a slow aod laborious pro- ■ i ces*. an entire day. That saw is dbw ia n , u-e in all tbe ship-yards .ia the country. "It n cuts a beam to n curved shape aa qu ckly ' a* an ordinary saw-mili rips op a straight ' I'lank. Knowltoo continusd bis experi- ! •mints. He took no part in parades or Wri gel shooting*, and in a short time afterward* he secured a patent for a machine ' i hat turns any material whatever iuto a pcifectly spherical form. He sold a portion of his patent for a sum that is equivalent to a fortune. The machine ia now io oper- ~ uliou in tlpyciiy cleauing'off cannon balls a for 'he Gotrrnmi-nt. When the bell comes from tbe mould it* surface is incrusted, and , I the ordinary process of smoothing it was -low and wearisome. This machine almost in an instant, and with mathematical accuracy. pe.els it to the surface of tbe metal, I a! Ihe same tunc smoothing out any devia- ( ; tion* from the perfectly spherical form.— j Within a few days the same plain, unassuming man has invented a boring machine that was tested in the presence of several scientific gentlemen a few dsys ago. It bored 1 at the rate of twenty-two inches aa hour, I . through a block of granite, wjtb a pressure ^ of but three hundred pounds upon the drill . , A gentleman present offered bim ten Iboa--aud dollars upon tbu spot for a part interest in the invention in Europe, and tha , offer was Becu]in!d on the spot. The motal of all this is, that people who keep on study. [ ing are sure to achieve something, llr. K uowlton does not consider himself by any ( iui-biis brilliant, bot if once inspired with , , an id-ra he pursue* it until be force* it into [ langiblo shape. If everybody would follow ( ropy, the world would be less filled with idleTs, and Ibe^streets^with grumbler^ and I'ovcrl)' of Nttttesmnn. Statesmen generally fail to secure fortunea They devote themselves to pursuits which, if honestly adhered to, rarely yield rich reI wards. 1 .L-ffi-rson died comparatively poor. Id1 deed if I'ongress hsd not purchased bis li1 brary, end given for It five, timet its value, he would with difficulty have kept the wolf . from his door. > Madison saved money and was cotnpara ■ lively rich. To add to his fortune, or raI ; iber that of hi* widow, Congress purchased his maonscript papers, and paid $110,000 for : I hem, f James Monroe, tbe sixth rresideolof the United Btntee, died in New York poor, hie rwnain* found a resting place through tbe • : charity of one of bis friends. , - i John Qgincy Adams left some $140,000,, ' LL+forYesult of iodo-try, prudence and inheri- - tance. lie was a man oCwethbd and ecoa- • Martin Van Boren died very rich.— — i Throughuut bis political lifo ha studiously - looked out for his own interest. It it aot f ; believed ^that he over spent _ much io pollF tics. ^ Daniel Webster squandered some millioaa '• rn his lifetime, the product of bis profes- - oinnal end political speculations. He died Y leaving his properly to his children abd fait - debts to bis friends. Tbe formor sold for k loss than $30,000, and the latter exceeded " $250,000. ' Ileory Clay left a very handsome estate. - It probably exceeded $1,000,000. He waa • ' a prudent manager aod a scrupaloosly boo* est man. " James K. Polk left abonl $150,000.— k $50,000 of wbich he saved from his Preelt ileocy of fonr years. John Tyler left $50,001). Before be reached tbe Presidency be was bankrapl. t In office be husbanded bis msaas ; and then ; married a rich wife. Zacbary Taylor left $150,000. „ — An amnaing debate look place in (he street the other evening between Mr. W'., [ a skeptic oo religions matters, and a Uer- , man Lutheran. Tbe skeptic, ridiculing , tbs truth pf certain pa-sages in tbe Bible, , and tupposing his entagooist about cor- . nered io argument, asked bin if be believed Balaam's ass ever spoke like a man. Tbe , Lutheran was silent for a moment, aad thee said : "Me read mil the Bible dat von Be- > hum best bis sbackase, and sb* speke cbust like a man. Ma believes dat. Ma never b-iar a sbackaas speke like a man asyaalC but ma bear a good many men speke Ilka a > sbackass." It was some time before tha , skeptic could recover. I —Never break an engxgemaot. Lai I yonr word be as good s» yoar hood.