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VOL. XI.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1S66.

NO. 3-1.

5hc l1oct's Cotittv. axon. Silently dnwo. (rarrfulljr Jokr.. Orrr the trvrrt anil over the Iowa, RoUac the earth in a pm* while gown, Wafting t» era! ft"-, Drifting, etrollog, «0d;lag round. (.limn the leather; >u.w. Ucnlljr laila, i|uletlv fall". Covering hula and covering fcalU. W Building Ita miniature elites and waiie, Over the earth below [ Spreading In sheet*. rutting In balls, looelaj, frolicking anow. Cold and bleak, (rota am! blank; Flying about In a «en; Irvak, • Twtriiat around the laouotalo'j ps-k. bun n In the valley tvlow ; • Loetoalterll In the ilppliagerrrk. Fickle and fleeting Mk»w. . Over the ground, the froirn groan J, 1 -rue cr petal flake, chase «aeh uthy round j IShMflriug n t allr 1 J'l l-ulltuag CMUIUg; - , -I. ' When the north wibde blaw, With tbeb- Uy beeath and sicuroltc round, , - (Jriltlcg the virgin enow. Clinging to tirea, the eertgreen tree*, Fuming Btntaallc images, Heatterv.1 again a a the nterr; bn no Rushing otn ard doth gu ; Loalhg Itaell in the enonj atna, Fair and fragile »nuw. Sweeping sway, mailing away, , When the run with Ita gotdee ray J Inb. the atlir etrep* t» play. Where the vloleia grow: Melting, w rating, hiding away, Frail and beautiful anow.

j? elect ileiiilinii. ODU-FFFFOM V NIKKEI' I.I1T Ol'T. The lodge of I.' oTo F„ nt M n, - determined to have their done op clean nud nice, an*t it vfa» fy ■olved unanimously (lint Mr*. K. ah'ouyl be hired to do the job J Alter the lodge •dpfornrd, the pilardifln, who kneW I hr Inquisitive character of Mr#.-Krj*j»rueufpd n billy-poet nud placed him in a closet. .lie then informed the lady of the wirhe* of the" lodge, and taid be wished her to come early next morning, as be then- would be at leiinre to show her what wan and what was not to he done Wording came and brought with it Mrs. K , with 1 her broom, brushes, pails, tubs, prepared and armed for the jolt, and lbs guardian waiting for her arrival. "Now, madame," said he, "111 tell you what we want done, and how we came to employ yon. The brothers said it was difficult to' gat uny one to do the job, and not meddle with the secrets in that little closet. We have lost the key. and ean't find it lb lock the door 1 ass n red them you could be depended on." "Depended on 1" said she, "1 gness 1 can. My popr, dead and gone iiusband who belonged to the Free Masons or Anti-Masons, 1 don't know which, used to tell me all the secret* of the concern, and wbeo he showed me the maiks the gridiron made wbea he was initialed, and told me bow they fixed poor Morgan I never told a living suol to this day. And if nobody tronblea yoor cioaet to find ont secrets till 1 do, they'll lay there till tbey rot— so tbey will. "I thonghl so," said the guardian, "and now I waul you to commrutc in . ' that corner and giva thn room a decent 1 cleaning, and 1 have pledged my word 1 and honor fur the fidelity of your prom- ' iae; and now don't go into that closet," and then be left the lady to herself. 1 No soooer had she hesrd the aoond of bin foot on the last step of the stairs than ' abe exclaimed ; "Don't gu into thai clu- ' act I I'll warrant there is a gridiron or ' ' some nonsense, Ju«t like the anti-masons 1 for all lha world, I'll be bound, I'll ' joet take a peep, and nobody wi^brony ' the wiser, as 1 can keep it to myseif " 1 Suiting iho aclijn to the word, she 1 atepped lightly to tie forbidden close' — ' turned the button — when bah ! went the 1 billy-goat, with a spring to reuain liberty, ' which came near upsetting her ladyship. 1 Both started fur the door, but it was full 1 of implements for house cleaning, and ' all were awept clear from their poaiti"h I*1 to the bottom of the stain. The noise and confusion occasion) d by inch unceremonious coming dowu stairs, 1 draw half the town to witness Mr*. R '» efforts to get from the pile of pails, tuba, brooms and brashes Into the stn'et, Who should be first to the spot bat the rascally gaurdiau, who after rr leasing 'the goat, which was a cripple for life, * and uplifting the rubbish that bound the good woman to earth, anxiously inquired If the had not beau taking the digreca "Taking the degrees !" exclaluied the lady. "If yon call tumbling from top to ! X botto o of the stain, seared to drath, '

■ taking things by degree, 1 have them, ; and if you^ightin folks at you hart- me - o~4- bmi—to boot. Jwk- warrant that they will make as much noise as I .did." "I hope you did not open the closet, : madam,"1 said the guardian. 'Open the closet ! Eve nte the apple when sh» was furiififden ! If you want s woman to do anything, tell her not to . do it and she'll do it certain. 1 could ' not sffliid the temptation. I wanted to s kuuw It, so 1 opened the Moftr and ont popped the Ufnel critter right in wy face, and 1 thought I was a goner. and broke for the sulrs, with Satan batting ' me at every jump — I fell over the tub, and g'4 down stairs an you fouud us, ail in a heap." "But. mad*™, "said the guardian, "as ~ Lyee-are-in piijseniun of the great secrft 'of the order, you must go* up and lie ' initiated in the regular w*v " j *"Urguiur way I" exclaimed the lady, 1 "and do yon suppose I niii going through ; the tarttcl place again, and ride that i critter without bridle or saddle ? No I i sir, nuri r ! 1 don't want OQtUng to do i with the man that rides it. • I't^Jpofc nice on a, billy-goat, wouldn't 1 t No, never! I 'it never go nigh it again, not • into your ball untber— and if I fan help , it no lady shall ever join the Odd Felj lows. Why I would rather join the Free : .Mason*, sod be fried on a grdirot.- as ! long as fire could be kept undi r It, nod ' 1 be pulled from 4 lie' garret to roller with a halter, just as nir pgor-de,id husband •was, fur be lived oi er it. but I nyvt-r • could iMitlive inch another rid* u* flook u.d-y. flow the Chinese Dig Coal. It is always (oriona.to kt;u« how they do thing* In the Cel.stial Empire, the Nnd of Jtig-iaiL, little feet and aiinotid eyes Tbey nre not a slow people ; but • iugenluu*, foxy, patient, enduring and ' industrious ; they achieve wonder* for an Oriental nation, and a race hampered by iron conventionalities. The manner of their coal mining is described in the appended article from an Aj.gto-Cblne*e paper :— "The only coal mines in China of which we have an account are located . about five miles north ol Kuh-sliuu-kuu, and not far from the citv of I'ekilt The editor of the 'Chiuese Mail' recently visited thrse mini s, and makes the following report, which will be interesting, as showing lite manner in which the Chinese c^rry on mining operations at i home : There are but fifteen shafts open, each of their entrances being enlarged iuio a roam, where the collier* est and ; sleep u' times, though more comfortable dwellings have been built for overseers and contractors. We engaged a miner to show us down the largest abaft, wrtiieh measured on the uversgu only 4j feet high by 5 feet wide ; it is cased with willow leaves in a secure manner, and the roof is particularly well guarded.— : The l^ottoiu is lined with the same to : form a-Tadder, up and dow n which the miners travel in their daily labor. This shaft is about 150 feet deep, arid tbe ladder down to the diggings Is, perhaps, . coo feet long. The coal is secured on . small wobdan kludge*, and drawn as the " miner slowly crawls up along the narrow nnd slipperj steps, by a strap pining over bis forehead, each load weighing SO ; catties. One workman, brings up six loads as l|ia day's Wurk. The sides of | ibis abaft showed the width of thd veins of coal, but the top and bottom were not I dug out. The whole was very dry, owing probably to Its elevation up the hill; some shafts bad been abandoned ' fratn wet and bad air. and their mouths closed. The laborers are hin d out by ; ! the contractors, who sell the coal to the ; dealer* from Pekin and nlaewbere ; it is I all carried away on the backs of eaturl* or mules, aod it Is a painful night to see the unwieldy camel* coming down tbe ' rocky, uneven roads, bringing their loads . of coal. It ig.j!elivrred at Pekin at i.sbont three picula fur a dollar, and a ■ large pari yf Jbe jyjee is for carriage — j 1 The coal is hard, but such elimination a« tbe time afforded, di*r1o»«d not a ves- : t'tfe of a aluinp or leaf to couipara with the fossils of other coal regions; more . i careful aeararche* arill doubtless bring to' light, soma indications of this kind, '. enabling scientific men to compare the l namrrons deposits of soft and hard coal ; in this part of China with the European { eoal measures. I — Hood says that lie conld write as i well as Shakespeare if be had a mind to, j hut tbe trooble was, "be had not got the ) mind.

flow (laid I.n re I* Made. (laid lace u hoi gold lacs ; it dues not y ' deserve this title, for the go)3 laCe I* applied as a surface to the silver. It is t, not even .silver lace for the silver I* applied to ('foundation of silk. The silken \ e threads- for making this material are . it ' woond around with gc^tft" wire so thickly o as to conceal the silk j The inak;ug oi'i rl ' this gold wire is one of tbe most singuo lur mechanical operations imaginable, i it . In the first place, the refioer prepares v "u solid rod of silver about an inch in d . thickness, lie heals the rod, applies upon the surface a coating of ghld leal, burnishes this down, applies another coatII . ing, bucnilhes this down,' and si until the gojd is a>>out one hundredth pan the i a thickness of the silver. Then the rod is ; ectcd to a trait, of processes which j c firings it l4"~f>j~ _Jt"' 1"~'" uf fine wire, and It is pnxjgQwr.iugh holes in n steel , plate, lr>-r^»d step by step in- diameter ii -The gold never jesert* "the silver, but ' t adheres rhwely to it and scares all its mutations. It is onr-huutiredth part the 0 thickness of the silver nt the beginning; k and it maintains the "same ratio to the 1 A* lo the thinne** to whigh the gold p coated rod of silver cao he brought, the - limit (icpeiul* 'upon the delicacy of ha c man skill , but tlm moijt reniarkakle ever t known was brought forward by l)r WolJ • liston This wn* afi example of suiid i gold wire, entirely free from silver, ne 1 procured a small rod oi silver, h ired a r hole through it from etui to end, nnd insorted in this hole tluvimallest gold wire ha. could pr.ieiire. He subjected the *11- | ver to the u«nal wire-drawing process, ufttil he hud brought it to the finest hl- ' lainahle state, lieing, a silver wire as \ thin as a hair, with a gold wire in it* ' centre. To isolate tlm gold wire, he subjected it to warm oitrou* acid, by > w inch fhe silver was dissolved, leaving a gold wire, by which th* silver wn* dissolved, leaving a gold wire one- thirty ' thousandth of an inch in thickness— pirhap* the thinnest round wire that the hand of man ever pfdilut 'd. | But this wire, though bey.nnd oonl- 1 psrison finer tOao any employe'! |n ra,R- ; ufartme, does not approach in t.hinoess ' the One film^of gold on the snrfac"' silver in gold lace.. It ha* been cmlcu- ; Inted tbni the gold on the finest silver wire, for gold (arc is not more than one- , third of one -millionth of an inch in thickness, that is, not above one-tenth the j thickness vl an oi dinar? gold leaf. Ammonia in lire. An apothecary at Nantes has just tlis- ' i covered by the merest accident that am- > mcnia will put ont fires, lie happened i to have about seventy litres of benzine in bis cellar, and his.buy on going down carelessly with a light, bad set Gre to itAssistance was speedily at bend, nud pall after pail of water was being poured into tbe cellar without 'producing the effect, when the apothecary himself took : up n pail which was standing neglected , in the comer, and emptied the contents into the cellar. To his astonishment the Game* were quenched as If by magic, , -nnd opon examination lie Funnd'thnl tbe pail, which belonged to his laboratory, had contained q quantity of liquid ami moniu. The result is easy to explain on scientific principles; for ammonia, which ' consists of rigbtn-two parts of nitrogen and eighteen otfbjdrogen, is easily decomposed by hc*fl, and the nitrogen thus ; set free in the midst of a conflagration most infallibly put out the flames A . large supply of liquid ammonia properly ' i administered would be tba promptest fire j exiiuguioher ever imagined. A Good Comparison. One of the New York papers com- | pares tbe publisher of a newspaper who j baa to tend to all parts of the country to culled iiia pay, to a fanner who would *"11 his wheat on credit, and. not more than one bushel to one person* If any : farmer will try tbe experiment of diti IrfboHiig tjie proceeds of labor ovar two J or three counties, with an additional one or two to far distant States for one yeer, < wa will guarantee that he will ncvrr, j alter that year's exprri|pce, a*k a publisher to supply him wi k a psper a year I | or two without pay for it. — A man named Oat- was had up j recently fir beating his wife and ebild- , rcu. On bring sentenced to imprison- j meot, the brute remarked that It. was i very bard a man was not allowed to I thrash bis own oats. ! — ; — Idleness— buries a man alive. I

Facts on Advertising. it - The advertisements in an ordinary num. f j tier of lha Londw -TxaVs exceed 2,;"J0. ih« j , annual advertising bills of one London . ; li?<t art said #b amount to 8200,009 ; and i three uther* arromentioned who each annually ex|end for the same purpqsa. Sf'O.OOO. i The expanse (or advertising th«- eieht ediy ; tions of tlie Encyclopn-dia Brittaniea, i« d I said to kavo been £15.00'). If is also a-s-rted that 810.000,000 a year «r* exp-ndrd In Emfttud in extra s udvrr.taing, by circular*, hai dbd!* and pia:l "sedf In large cities, nothing i« n.or.comtlon than to see large busineka estab- " ; advantage over all competitors l-y the ' wealth, experience and pieeiage tbey have d a.'tjuired, drop gradually out of pntdic'view e asd bf succeeded by firms of a stuallex t i capital, mora energy, aud ulurg del irmiuoI, i tion to have the fact that they sell such , • and inch commodities known limn one end J ; of tie- land to the other. In other words | the Sew ustBldi.bo.enta advertise ; the old | ! p«-» out of oWttfUy into publirity ; the. first undvretaud 'hat tliey must thru-t tbetn- ^ selves on public attention or be uiMtgirdnd; J attention, suppose they Have arrested it r j purmanedluly wbil». in fact, nothing is j muru characteristic of 1bu world th«u the ease with which it forgets, r »-•-- - - Rule* fur Home I'. <1 ileal ion. j The follow ingare worthy of In-uig-prinled \ conspicuous _I?o»Sl(jU in every househ-'M : • I. From your children's earliest infancy. " , inculale the necessity uf instant obedience. "jonr chfldrah always understand that you mean fkactly "what y«.u say. . : "3. Never promise th-m anything airless ' vbu sr.- sure you can give' them what you ' i 4. If vou tell a child to do anything, ' shnwr hii/hovc in do it, and see fuut it is ' ' dona. 1 ■ 3. Always ponijh your children fur wil- • j fqlly disobeying yon. ' | 6. Never let them pecceive that they . . can' vex you or make you las* your sellI j command. , T. If they give wcy to peiulance end ] temper, wait till they are Caliq, and th-n j gently recon with theiu on the impropriety " • of their conduct. 1 8. Remember that a little present puuf|ishm«nt, when the occasion arise*, is much 1 ■ j more effectual than the threatening of a ■ jg.-ealrr punishment should the fault be re. . neweb. * , I fl. Never give your children any thing , ! because they cry fot it. IS. Oo no account allow them to do at | ine titfic ivhat you have Embolden, under i he.lik* cnrcum.lancos, at another. ■ j 11. Tencb them that the only aarn and . j easy woj to appear good i« to he good. I | 12. Accustom them to mike their little ( j recitals the pcrfac't truth. ; 13. Never oUow a talebearing. | 14. Teach them that seK-deuial not selfi :udulg<-nei' i* the appointed aud sure mi l hod ' of -ecuring bappioe**. * A Masonic Fact. Dr: R. G. Hcnll, I'a.t Grand Master, in . I an address delivered years ago, made the i j following statement. It is honorable to | ■ the .Masonic Instisntian — and we presume i j the membnra of that ancient body will be ; j pleaaod to read it and see it circulated : j ! "From source* of information on ahjrblT • entirely rely, I state the fact that RRyVdl ; j least of tlose who signed the Declaration i | of Independence were Masons, and the 1 same history informs u* that every Major- 1 | General of the revolutionary army was a j Mason, save one — and that ouo was Bene- : i diet Arnold." Fuck ii nil Labor. Luck is ever walling for something to | I turn sp. 1-nbur. Willi keen eyes and strong will, will tnrn up something. Luck lies in : j bed. and wishes tba postman would bring | him news of a' legacy. Labor tarns out a: i six o'clock, and with busy -pen or ripping | hammer, lay* the foundation of a compe. j t»nce. Luck whine* ; Labor wbialles.— Luck relies on chance* ; Labor, on cbarac- ! ter. Luck slips downward 4o indigence. l.xbor utride* upward and on to indepeb- ; dance. — Robert Hall, hearing some worldly ! minded person* object to family prayer as ) inking up too much lime, vsid tb.it what j might vucra s loss will be mors than compensated by tbat spirit nf order and regu- -| lanty which tbe stated obaarranca of this | duly tends to product. It seres a» ao edge i and border, to preserve the web of life I from unraveling. _ / I — An English Barrister, who was sccus^ | turned to trsin students far the practice of i the law, and who w*s not himself a religious | man, was once a-ked why he put students | from the very Brat to tbe study and analysis | of tbe moil difficult part of the sacred ; Scripture*. "Becaqee," ssid be "there ii* nothing elsa like it, in any language I for the development of the mind and cbarl actvr "

llints to Toting Kk«A«ra. ii- Nearly all young people of both sexes, j i« i who can spare the tune, have taken to skat- j - in j ingws a diversion, Tba passion for it pre - i id j vails now as extoneividy in the winlsr a« I n- ; tbe rage lor ba-'V-'ll d<»» in all other sea- ! J. ] ions. It is n graceful atidlascinaling amuse- i i. ! inent : and when moderately indulged in \ i* > must be hcaltnful and invigorating. Bui I i it is' rather loo fascinating. When- the I young girl who ha* jusi learned to akate, or •a ! is yet learning, gels the gle.nr.iog steel | j. | blade* under her feet, she rarely feels dil : re ponid to take th»ra off until she Is tired j >. j out of t.e shades of night overtuko hnr on k- I the ice. ' By giving way' to this desire-to is , continue skating lung afto'r a proper ntM re ! prudent enjoyment uf the exercise !m« i w i elajwed. a gte»t deal uf barui is done. The j ■ •l j ska'e* |l nul carefully strapped, soon check j - u.iU» hwiliby eii rillaiiuil Of IIMI'gRBM. TE? 1 b I feet are chilled by contact with the metal i ; id j of liivskaia*. which is in contact with tbe j 1 Is , ice. am! «oon gvt benumbe'D. All Ibis time, ; ' d | the body being in acttre niuliou, tbe circu- ! i ie ! Jhe feet »ud anktei. xJ*. •( will u« si^n, ! ..'reverses une of ibe cardinal maxims nfj e ; health, vi* : to keep the feet warm and tbe j >. head cool. Young men and yonng girls in ! I; vigprnu- heal h cau stand tin* for un hour ! c or so without much harm, but four, threw, .. it or even two hour* of the spurt under such I e or later. Duriug the la*l sbatiag 'season]1 *»■ hoard ol niuri- I bun one ca*a of death ' traced directly to such Imprudence, sad of ■ 1 U young skitters should be warned about.— . .1' sed >U their warm, palfltuhle and regular!- | - mnala «t bomr, '.hey go to lh« skating " ' Ey tllOhiiUlves with a few cold sweet rakes, 1 ° or frequently nothing si all, when the an;. 1 derange the wpole digestive system. This ! aggravate* tH • damage done by Iho pro- ' " , tbl- irvcessive indulgence aork* harm. Da- 1 '* i rents, guardians, and alu persons of mature I |. •*•*. shonl.i thorofore impress it upon joaug ' 'person* to lakn it moderately I -v . How I. tt it g ahull i i.ive. , 1' j You will live forever. I There are no dead. The blow which | d Struck a*un>ler body and spirit did not end , " tbo spirits » life. And so the countless . | >' myriads uf the past, whosii diul has long, | '• | The men. women and rhildpen of Noah's j h ! day. and Abraham's am! David's ; the mot- i , j ley tritros that' heided benrutb the ctf'"- ] , - < cunt of the Arabian prophet ; the swarms ' | j of Goth and Hun, Tartar am! Yandsl, that : t K swept the plain* of the Eastern World ; the ! ] red men' thai roamed the forest* of the ' t ; Western World, und left in the moncrf: and r , true-grown ruink th« dtin history »f their ' early existence— all of these are yet olive. ' d They rnnnoi die. Immortality is ihotr : ' ] birthright and inheritance. Willi the fir<l ; ' * i breath of life th»y inhaled immortality. • 1 | On lbs highway of hravvu noli" rail. In I ! tbe hollows of hell none ri*e. You have , I • , fixed your stole for ever wbnn ynfi lenve ' ' 1 I ibis world. TM rase is closed. You bava i | either united jrourself to Christ wbh an ' j eternal love, wbrcft*«Ai possibility cnn\sun- j 1 , ! der, or bum entombed your soul in »orri>w* : ' ;• ] which no pirtSbility can lift off. All cliaXge 1 , must be made this side the grave ; therdixiJ j no change beyond. The preparation must ; . ; be fiuisbed bare ; for there, there is no time, ' i Time is ended, and you are in eternity.— - ' j - The decree is unalterable : "Ho who is fil- • 1 i ' iby, lot him be filthy still ; be who is holy. ' , j let him be holy still." f. -How long will you live! You will live; . | forever; and your life there will depend ou 1 ' i your life hero. Every day, at you complete : 1 „ "H, will reappear in the years to come.— | ' ; Every hour, every moment, as it hurries on ' ; its way, leaves a page to read before the j 1 'throne. Every word, every act, every l " ' thought and feeling of yoitr heart, reeords ; " itself imperishably in Iho momory of One ' 0 j who nsvsr forgets. You are m riling yonr j ' ^ life for cteruity. s VVoiiicii Must Love. Disguise and sbuu the facte as we will, j , - women must love with nil her soul, or the j , u ceases- to bo a wonian. She may lova an i t idea, or a cold-hearted, selfish man. or one j j i- who give* the deep passionate love of * waim heart in return ; or she may love a; child, oca lap-dog, or a bird, a plaut, or j, jj some good-fishes; any or all of these she i ( 1 may lure, bat lova she must and love abe ! . /<1L !. f And, pray, why shouldn't sho ; Is it not j < a* uiach her ualure to luva an it is »« oat ? j , She would be a Very singular mortal if she i r did ool love soaiotbing. Nor is the tBas. f / culina gender exempt from tbe same weak- j noes. If be be properly organ iied be It a ; s ,niore passionate— lest epiritual — lover than i I ' i he woman. ; c , — A man getting out of the fltreet csrs a i * , few days ago, made use of two raws of j j kueee as bannisters to steady himself, at i t 1 which tb» ladies took offense, and une of! , litem taid aloud : "A perfect karigo!"— ! . '•Trow," said a wag ; "be belongs to lha j c Paw-kosa tribs." | ?

The First Iron Ship. | According to the Worcester iK"g) jfdttr. j rurr, Mr, John Wilkinson was the inventor 4 aud msivina^hailder of imn ships. The authority fhr ibis statement is an old letter | (unnd by his descundents. Out of them thus Speak* of ft t— ■ "This letter i* dated ! Brnsley July 14, I7g", and the following j is an extract :— 'Yesterday week my irou ! host was laonrbed ; it answers all my expectations, and has convinced the onbelievers, who were 303 iu 1000. It will bw a nine days" Wonder, and then be like l-'olomlni*'* egg.' The letter I* signed •John Wilkinson.' In another patl of tba same letter John Wilkiosoo says— 'My C-dnage I expect will be out shortly," and accordingly it did appear In 1730, as eel. drneed'ljy coins st'il existing, on th# field of the reverse pf which i« pictured the iron ship alluded to. Now, 1 think it will bn i perceived from what has been stated above, that John Wilkinson of Broslsy, in Sbrop. . •hire, and Casilehead, iu GartiMl, Linca. shire, and not Mr. I! iioidom, was th* , inventor of iron •hip-building. This vessel ■*n* built at Wtlley, jn Shmpahirw, and ufi«rward*i<radrd b-twcen several ports in J the Severe." An Avvkvvaiil Mistake. A farmer who bail bought a calf from • butcher, desired htm ro drive It to tbe farm, and place it in his stable, which be accordingly did. Now it happened that very day. that a ninu with a grinding orgau and daucing bear, passing by that w*y, began their amies in front of thfl farm. After amusing the fsrmafs family for soma time the organ man entered tbe farm hna*a -■ and asked the farmet If ba :oold give birn night's lodging. The farmer replied that he could give the man a lodging, bat was at a lo*s where to put the bear. After musing a little he. determined to bring the calf in*ide tba house for tbat oigbt, aud place the bear iu the stable, which was done. Now the butcher cxpnctioR tba calf would remain in tbe viable all oigbt, x-s-dved to steal it ere muruiog; and tbe and bis guest wore iu tbo night uwnkened bj'ITfcarful yelling from the outi building. Both got np and tokicg a lantern entered . the stable ; when tbe farmer found to bit *utpri*<>, the butcher *uf whom he bad b./ught the calf in tbe grasp of tbe bear, which »as hugging him tremendonsly. Tb# farmer initsotly understood lbs stats of . tic? caw. and briofiy mentioned tbe circumstances to the owner of Bruin, who to puntbe butcher for his intended theft, called out to the bear, "Hug him Tommy," , which the bear did in real earnest, tba j rourlug most hideously tbe whole time. Mischief, v There seems to be a priuciple'io human nature, a kjpd of roguuh^carfbsity, which impel* one to net upon suggestions given in sorb a manner as to imply, that, although wrung, it is expected they may be )pr will I m followed out. The farmer who bad • ho'king frolic, and told bis neighbors boys . prevent tbat thsy must be peaceable and i ord-'riy on their way home, and not pat neighbor Smith's cart on his corn barn, not surprised, or ought not to bava to find that tho cart was actually astride of the corn bxrn when the sun arose next morninfc. Neither is tb a principle i-mifiu^uVtw-liy to children. There is X/' ; story of a Rom«»v.NCath(>ltc priest.^anC a ; hustler, which- is uot "inappropriate! When t . u hostler bad finished- makirig confirvsitin of [ sins, the old priest inquired of him if ha hud ever greased tbe teeth of hi* customers ; burses, to prevent them from eating oats! i The hostler not only declared he had never I done it, but said he had never beard of such thing. The next time hs went to the confession the first offense be bad lo acknowledge, was tbat ne baa, been greasing ; tb* teeth of his customers horses. Pill a Hole Tlicougb It. j The rumors of the war come in. An ! officer in Georgia writes : Une night Gen. wa* oat on the line, ' and observed alight oo th» mountain nppo. | site. Thinking it wa* a signal light of thw i enemy, he remarked to bis artillery officer i that a bole could easily be put through it. ; tbe officer turning lo tba Cor- ] poral in charge of the gun. said : "Corporal do you see tbat light." j "Y»», sir." , "Put a bole tbrougbl it," ordated thw J (JspWsr •" ' * ' » The Corporal sighted the gun, nnd wbeo j all was ready he looked up and said] "Captain that's the moon." "Duu'i care for that'," was ilia Captains ] ready response, "put a hole through it anyhow." — I'll bet a a beep," taid old Meredith to ' bett»r half, "that our boy Otbo Is going ! eraky fur ba's grinnin' nt the plow, he's i grinnin' at tha barn, and he's grinnin' to , hinweir wbere-er he poet." "Shot 'old man," said hie wife, "yon doo't hnow no- | thin' I Tba eritter's got a love-letter I" I — Patrick gave his testimony in a riot lease: "B«jabers. tbe firai man 1 raw com- :» I inc at m* was two brickbats. "