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VOL. XII.

CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY., .NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 186(i.

NO. 898,

She fort's Cornet. FETCH. WuU, -«I1, food soul ao mstlrrII U all tb* same to me; ' p-'— th* window Just a little — That tka musicians plaj, rot felrret faol lo Usees bj titer tbe way. Vou aaod not [If hi Iha vanUle, But draw Iha a'aod lo a>*. ao Thai I na aaally »ol it— Ho, lh« In la not loo low, nmSlSftrM how ' Goomuvwr. ttew- - Oh I thai wy brain mjintU Thai Iha ■ualclaaa plsr, rot Iha aaarrlaal haarta lo Us are by • How atraaft are Iha ahadowa, Blltlaf Araoad I ho dually wall, Bui Iha fl -a la aay ha an growa alranfar, had fhoatllor thaa iha™ all. U lhai iha Iowa cloak r rihlaf l I think lhat II la tomlf h* 1 My lever will ranch IU..1.1.Thara an loaf hours yal fill Itghl. mttaala aoollnf lata Ara plaaty thla alfht la May. •< , Foa llltla tad llpa to toy with Oaattha way. I w sad at If aha laraa wa la hat pridt, and I ao poor I Tal I poor my Ufa oat tot hat— Wu lhat a a lap at Iha door I It waa only Iha alfht wind rtalnf With Iha waning moon. Ah, ait ! I with I could ana II glimmer Droops* aia Iha ahodowy cyallda, had low an Iha worda they aay. Aa tba whlaparlnf walla* ra paaa them Caa J cm nfcap whao your hoy In pain IA«i aa tor Iha loath of your Bofara To tool hla fatcriah brain I alaf aw to real with tha murmur Of your hymn, wllh lie holy tune i to my broken dreamt I heard It Thraagh toe loaf, loaf afternoon. Afato Iha wnlte of Weber ■ale heart and feel lo play. Whirling and thrilling aad throbbing Oaar tha way. rre grant, great work la do | Wealth I muat win tot the dear ooeeX Parhapa, parhapa aha woold Iota ma. If aha aould bol tea Iha atar That will awe day ahlaa abora me I j Ah, mal Hp aa aery far I Tba aafl while cheek la Huahlng- * Talk Ihny oaly parly gaaalp Orat tha way I Quiet aad gray waa Iha gtoamlag That brightened upon the wall t rot the merciful day waa tweaking . Aad the htrde began to tail t Bat a face waa changed In the ahadowa at Iha early, loaeeome dawn i Aad a pulae had aaaead Ha throbbing, Aad Iha ferar all waa gone. Bat huaked waa the wall, of Weber Tha beetle and feel lhat danced ao Oaar the way.

misrriknttBttS. ArtdBiM War* nt flic Tewer of UBfBB. (Pram the Lemdea ranch ] I iknrcaly heed inform yon thai youi excellent Tower in aery pop lar with paople frem ttoagrlcultooral dintrikarnod it waa chiefly Uaa clean which 1 found waitlB ht the gut*# the other roornia. I nnw nt ooce thnt the Tewer wu eaUbI inked oo a Arm hnnia. In Ike entire hlnlory of Ira haniai. 1 don't And a haelr mora Arm than thie nne. "Too haee bo Tower la Amngien!" ^ eoid o man to Iko crowd who had noma, how del anted my denomination. "Alan! BO," I honored, "we boete of ear enlerprine nod improvements. nod yii J we are deroid of o Tower. America, oh my db happy oooatry, Ikoo hail get do Tower. It'a o sweat Boon." "0 The fate* were opened after awhile, / god wo ill purchased Uckoto, god wobi i«M *ko WBlt|B-room. "My frtown," naid a pale-faced Utile otaa in klaok elan, "thli ii . e.d day." "jgacgme* an to hawf 1 Bold. "I ami H te and la think that oo maty people hheo heel killed within thai# gloomy walla. My frnoe, let Be drop n | "Wft* | Bold, "yao mn«t egeoee me. U there may drop am if they feel like It; I hot BBtor me I deeltoe. The early man agecg of thin toctitootjoi wen o bod tot. aad their ortmea to troely orfol ; boll ooo't aoh tor tto** who died roar or At. j haadewd yeora ago. It's aboard to shod , Boha oaar thing* which none i led daria the toto Of Beory the Three. Ut os to •Wrtol," I ooottaaod. look ot the to*. Ut WordmB. 1* tholr ftaoool jackals.Ttoy are ctoavfel. aid why akodd it tat X Tudw now took on lo ohoqf. otad atom* a* dm Tratavl Gate, to* armor, aad thioga The Trata#-. Qota la wide pocf to admtt stout tweity tnton ohreet Ito^^hmhgrnMtotolc^do'i ■

1 ootiat tha .bow arrar which thoe* hot. bedded old chaps need lo eeodnct battlee . wilh. It it qaile like tha bow and arrer ; ured ot Ibia day by certain tribes of ! American Injone, and tbey ahool em off with each a excellent precieion, thai 1 alnioil tigfa'd t* be at lojna, when waa in i tba Bocky Mouolio ragin. Tbey are a i pleaeant tot them lojoue. Mr. Cooper and Dr. Catlio bsaa told oe of Iha red i man'* wonderful rluqnencr, nod I fonnd I | it co. Onr parly waa alopt on the pinion, I of Utah by n band of bhonbooee. whoec I j chief Mid: "Brothers! the pale-face la i ! welcome. Broihera! the can ie ainkia in | ! the Weal, and Wa-nn-bocky-ehe will aoon I ; be done tpeakin. Broihera ! the poor red ■ j man belongs lo n race which ie fa«l be- . cootin exllnk." He then whooped in a i -Ttbrtll manner. Hole all aux_hlaD'taU and i wiekey and Aed to the primaaal foreel to t r conceal hie emotions. i ; I.will remark her* *hile oo lb# aabjeck i of Injiioa, lhat they train lb* main a aery I ebsky tot, wilh eaea lesa tente than the i Fenians, nod when 1 beer philanthropists I j bawallin lb* fack that eaery year "car- i 1 rips the noble red man nearer the seltin i r j eon," I simply ssy 1 am glad of il. though i it is hard on tha aatliu sob. Tbey call i | yon by the sweot name of brother one 1 minil and the next they ecalp ,yeu with | ' J their Tomaabawka. Bat I wander. Let j oa return to the Toner. I I At one end of the room where the ! dbppios is kept is a wax Agger of Qoseif i | Elisabeth, mounted oo a Aery staffed ( boss, abuse glass eyes flashes with pride, I : and whoa# rani red morocker nostril dl- I I late* bnwtily, as if conscious of the reynl < i bordsn he bears. I haae associated Klitahetb wilh the Spanish Armidj. She's mixed np with it at the Sorry theatre. I where "Troo to the Cora" is hein acted, and in which a foil bally cor* is iotroo- I joocod on board tb* Spanish Admiral's ' ship, gi.in Iks oodieos lbs idea that hs in- < tends opsoi* a moosic-hsll lo Plymonth I the momeat hs conkars lhat towo. Bnt ' a .try interest!! drammsr is "Troo to the I Cora," ootwiihstandio the eccentric coo- I dock of the Spanish Admiral ; and eery i tic* il is in QMgwBflSSk^th to make I Martin Troegold a baronet. V ' Tb* Warder abend ns some instroemenu of tortnr, inch as thomb-acrews, | ikroat-eollare, etc., statin that these were t j coakerad from the Spanish Armady, and j addin what a crooll people tb* Spaniards I i was in them days, which elissiled from a I bfight-eyad litlla girl of about twal.r | snmmera the remark that shoilho'l It was 1 ! rich t# talk abonl the Spaniards osiu ! thumb scraws, whan wa wac ia a Towei I wktra so many poor peple's heads had < : bean cot off. Tbis made the Warder slam- ; mer and tarn red. | 1 waa ao pleased with lb* little girl's I brightness that I could hsre kissed the dear child, and 1 weuld if aha'd been six 1 | yean older. I think my companions intended makio

a day of it for tkey all badaaadwiehra aas aigaa, aU. Tba aad-leekia man who bad wanted at to drop a tear afore w* started to go reand Aing'd sack qaantitiee *f lar r siga lots hit month, that 1 expected to see him cboke himself to death, II* said to m* In the Beaochamp Tower, when the poor prisoners writ their ookappy names no tba cold walls, "This is a sad [" algSt" ~ "It is, iadeed," I anserad. "Yoa'r black in tba fae*. Yo* shouldn't eat sas•Ig* in pnblic without soma rabtarsals beforehand. Yon manage it arkardly." "No," be said, "I mesa this rad Indeed, ho was quite right. Tbo' ao long ago nil thee* dreffal things happened I was very glad lo git owty from this gloomy room aad go where the rich and sparklln Crown Jewels is kept. 1 waa ao plaaeed with lb* Qaeet'a Crown, that it occurred to me what a agroe'bl* surprise it wonh) be to seod a aim'lar oea boms to my wilh i and I asked tk* Warder wkat was too rally of a good well-eeastree'rd Crams lib* that. II# told too; bat os 1 cypherin ap with a pencil tk* amoost ol toss I bass is tb* Jiat Btoek Bank. I coacloodad I'd send hor n genteel attrsr watch instid. And so I l*rt to* Tewer. It ia a solid ' sad commaodia ediA**, bat I daoy that ; it ia obaartol. I bid it ado without • ' pang. I waa diorea to my kotal by the most j molasehslly drirer of a fbsr.wbaolar tbat i larsraaw. 11* k*a.*d a deap algh as I gar* bim two ahillies . "Ml gie* too tlx d's mora," I said, "If it hirta yoa ao." -It isn't that," bo aaid with a haart. readia groan, "it's only a way 1 bar*. My mind's spent to-day. I el oa* Urn* tho't I'd dries yea into tbo Thames. I'm been readia all tb* dally papers to try aad • aadentaad aboot Goraraor Ayra, aad my mind's iattociw. It's really mowdactol I 1 didVl drleeywe lata tbo Thnmnn. " I oOked the ochappy man what Mi asm1 bar was, oa 1 eeald radily And bim ia eaa* 1 I shoald waat Urn agin, aad had bim ' gwsdhy*. And toea I tbe't what a frol- - llcfcaam* day. I'd made «f it. Beapact- . tolly, dm.. Awrawe WAan. I — Nobody Hhon u b* aobady; hot 1 WT.W? " 9>mm* W. Ui*'1 . a^U u£i' hM to to

A Elttle Too Punctual. Tb# hoar waa approaching tor the departure of the New Haven steamboat from c bar berth at New York, and lb* wsua! i crowd of p#»seog»re and friends of passen- j i g»rs. news-boys, fruit venders, cabmen, j t and dock loafers were assembled on and ■ about the boat. We were gaxing *t the ' i motly group from the foot of the deck. . I tb* singalar action of a tall, brown I Yankee, io an immense wool hat, choeo- 1 1 late-colored cost tad pantaloons, and a | I fancy vest. Aim stood near the starboard j ■ paddle hq^wtjffecrutlatxed sharply every j | female who came oa boaftl, every now end j eye wnlch.wbicb be raised from Ibe depths I of a capacioas fob by means of a powerful i I stoel cbaio. Aflvr mounting guard io this j t manner, ha dashed torioasly down the ' gaug-plank sad up the whirf.-reapp*arlng I i flushed face, expressing the most iotease , « anxiety. This serios of operations ho par- j t formetlseveral times, after which he rushed j r abotit the boat, wildly and hopelessly ejac. ! I j ulstiag : "What's the time of day! Wonder il | j - my repeater's fast? Whir's tha cap'n ! J f | W bar's tha steward ? W bar's the mats ? j 1 Whir's tba boss that owns the ship! I ! "What's tha mattar, sir t" ws venture?! i ' axk bim, when be stood for a moment. { • "Hain't aeoa nothing of a gal io a bin* | ' soo-boooet. with a Canton crapa shawl, I i (cost Afltao dollars.) pink gown, and broao t boots, hay? ooma aboard whtla I was i t looking for tb* cap'n at the bind end of I I th'e ehip— bav# ya, hey t" "No such person bss come on board." j 1 "Tormented lightning! she'smy wife!" j i screamed ; "married her yesterdgy.— j All her trnnka and mine aboard under the i t pile of baggage as tall aa a Connecticut ! t steeple. The darn black nigger says ho • can't hand it out, aad 1 won't leave my j r any bow. My wife, only think | ' of il. waa to hiva come aboard at half- j I past foor, and here it is utost five. What's t of her ! She can't hove eloped ; ; t we hain't been married long enough for ! f that. Yon don't think elm's breo ab- j i ducted, do ye, mister! Speak— answer— ; ' wont ye! O! l'ui raring distracted!— j ' What are they ringing that brll for— is the ! I ship aflre !" ' "It's the signal for departure— the first i | bell. The second bell will Le rung in (our i i "Thunder! you don't ssy so 1 W bar's ; tk* cap's!" 1 "That gantlrman in the bloa coat." j | The Yankee darted te the captain's i j side. I "Cap'n, atop lb* boat for ten mioutes, : | went you T" , 1 "Can't do it, air." j t "Bat ya must, 1 tell you. I'll pay you | f for II, How much will ya tax !" ' "I could not do it." i "Cap'n, I'll git* yoo lew dollars," gasped tb* Yankee. • The eaptaia shook bis head. * r I I ne captato anooa nts nrao. *

I "I'll giro yoa Bra dollars and a half— and a half-Band a halt !" be kept rapeat- , jng, dancing about la bis agony, like a I mad jackal* on a hot iron platter, i "Tb* boat starta at five precisely," said tha captain shortly, and turned away. I "0, yoa stooay-heartad heatbia J" mnr- ■' mui.d tha Yaahes,^lmm.Jnntisg-!B.|P. . r lean. ."Partio' man aad wife, and ws . just ou* day married T" At this momeut the huge paddle wheels hegaa to pew lb* water, aad the walking. I beam dascrnded heavily, shaking tha hug* fabric to tbo centre. All who war* not i going lo New Haves went ashore. The I hands began lo haol io th* gang plank ; i lb* fasts wtrt already east loose, f "Let go that plank !" roared tht Yani kee, collaring oss of th* bands. "Drop i it liks a hot potato, or I'll throw yoo into tba dock." i "Yo— ys I" shouted tha men lo chorus > as I hay heaved oa the gangway. I "Shut *p,you buying donkeys," jelled i lbs msddvned Yankee, "or there will be I no ugly sort of work!" | Bnt tbo plank was got aboard, aad tba r boat afftasbed past th* pier. Io no iostaatkh* Yabkt* polled off hi* coat, Bung j hi* tot beside it on th* deck, -and rtohod [ wildly tojbe guard. "Ara yoo drunk or cravy!" cried apss- ! Sanger, seising kirn. I I "I'm going to Bug myself into the dock ( ; and swim ashore!" cried tb* Yaakee, "1 I i moso't lease Bslry Aan alen* io New , | Yorktlty. You may divid* my baggtgt among yo— let mo gOr-J can swim I" (I# straggled to torlossly tbat lbs eonf sequences of bis rasbosss might bav* boat t total, bad not a sadden apparition cbaagod , bis purpose. A very pretty young wo- | maa, i* a bias buses t, whits Canton trap* j (bawl, pink draae, aad brow* boots oasis I toward bit*. Tb* big, brawn Yeukwe ut- . Aa* r clasping her ia bit arms to spit* , of tor atoiggUag, aad kissed her baartily, , rtgbl tofora all tb* pasaaDgert. "Wtots did ye* cwsao fnm !" bo ia- ***■ ' Pram lbs ladies' cobra." aaswevsd to* bsto*. "Tow told use balfpwst bar. bat * I ttoragbt I d mato Bar*, aad mm at nhato tow pwaetaal I" said to* Ya. • too. "Bat it's all right www. Ooatowd r mtostt: Rem* a* time., Iirara J_ . . . '

The Two Bridals. ; I watched her as she went up the broad \ aiele. The splendid colore from the great | stained wiadew el timej enveloped her in | a strange bewildering baio. The bridal . I robe, rich in textore, dazxliag is lustre. ' swept Ihs yielding rurpe*. ; thu veil, fusti enud here and then by a diamond shaft, . fell in folds of soft while beauty from | crown to feet. There were six brides- j maids, ail richly altirad, aod tha bride- | I stood tbere. a Uod-defying man. I and corteoa's to aft eulward iteming 1 a rich sentaalist— a well dressed beg- : I hud known him for yours. Ho was the | ^ His Midas tooch seemed to torn I the wilderoeus grew populous, and pulucet ap *t by mugic, wheneter be willed J J A great, strong, ruddy, rich man. full rf . wine, ut p»ca with hit conscience tnd all ' the world ; fearing nothing, for be knew I god but bimtelf, and in that self bis ' ! To tbs right and left of me soil hearted j people wiped away their tears, as the fra- | gtle. beautiful creature was given into the 1 of another. . "Well may you weep," 1 thought; , j "thu moo will break tbat truttiog heart j as h* has broken others." "Magnificent ! what a splendid match!" ! whispered one aod another, as the party j turned, with the solemn charge upon ' I ihum. "Bow ooblu, how distinguished ! looke ! bow bsautil I she is !" Ab! ifthuy could hove sese that man's | | as bis acts bad partly revealed it to ' | j There waa a clatter and rush. The car- , riaga tops and the silvered harness glit. j | tered io Ibe sua ; the whit'e-gloved coachj men cracked their whips, tb* crowd mur ] merrd, and the rich man's heart swelled. ' doobt, with pleaeurabie ttttsisfsction. the wife* name will not be sacred on | those pollol'ed lips. Silver and gold, aod 1 much show — servants to eomn at her call, j eye* to envy, bad hearts to grow lick over ber luxury aad state— these will i not bo . wonting. Sba may even never : waka op to tho misery of a thorough knowledge of bit iniquity. Uet a shadow I will fall apon her, reflected from bis companionship— from bis coarse nature and ! godless soul. "Please uir, they've come." This time I waa net to be an idle observer. John aod Mary waited in my parlor to bt married. Jeho was a car i pastor — a maa of mora thai usual intelligence — a Christian who knaw what ba i ' professed and in what he believed. Mary was a pretty, humble girl, who bad long tuogbt a cists of infant cbildislr To' the Sundqjr school. In every sense of lh» word, they were trne reformers, calm, ob. i i servant, forbearing and temperate. Mary tnrnad a trifle rosier, when I I entered ; John's good, honest face lighted with a look of joy aod wolcom*. tuch as onu might think a light from some pnrsr ray than that of onrth. She was dressed in wbitu, the fabric so soft and tbin tbat it full aboot heria wide graceful foldu. Tbere were no jewels, there was no well, oaly lbs saintly, syrane beauty of n bsart at rest shoo* oo tha white forehead. i I konw tbat * little home avftrieaTEe fir '

neatly farBlshtd ; that tba Bible stood " I upos lb* utaod, ready for lb* uurvic* ol ^ , God. I knew they would kaoul together '' i and consecrate themselves anew, morning 1 ; and night, to God sod each other. Ns* , body said, "What o splendid tnateh I" A I plain, oneooth servant wu tb* ooly wit- b oett. .Nobody preiud his bearing or her ^ comeliness, but uomuway, 1 full u if tbure , i wu an unseen eompnay of nsgol* lo my L i little room, waiting to mnko thnlr borne ■ no sartbly paradise, angels sock as aevtr g . liogsr io tha pretence of tba bold, bad ^ blasphemer, tboegh he have ail tha world I I at bit command. i Aod in my hurt I rejoiced over tbia ( bridal as tralv u 1 bad sorrowed our tbo f i other.— B'otchuuu wad Htfltctor. ^ Paylni For The Bight. k | Thoy'ro got down to Coortlaod coast j. 1 ao old Termor, noted for hip greediness r . aad his kus lookoot for • spot whoraio 1 to torn a penny, honestly, or (to ito't k . vary particular) th* ravsra*. A whila 1 I ago be succeeded by oeeid*Bt to raising * " I very large hog. It wu soon neisad I , abroad and Ut poepl* to tbat viciolty began to tall oa toe old maa to see tho 'monstrosity.' A gentlemen from 'laown' wu ' | stopping, awhile la too viltogw, sad hear- ! . lag of ihs 'porcioa, aad u mask said abosl it, detirad to so* tto sight, and having ' obtained diraottcn* u to too 'local* 1 storied fir too apu. Arrived there, he ' met to* <M gulleasen, aad iaqiirad ' .bout tto •aalmii*.' 'Well, yes, tha old 1 ' fallow said: 'he'd got task a critter: 'mi'ty ' big 1* ; tot to gaauaad bo'd ton to ' ckergs a ubilho' for lookto' at him." Tb* 1 sires gar looked at to* old maa for a mto- 1 uto or oe; palled oat tto desired oak, 1 handed it U Urn asd started to go off 1 Hold u. soya tto ottor; doa't yoa waat 1 x tasaattotogT 'No.' said the stranger; •I torn ssa* so Mgs bag uj waat to soar a»d •« towwai. < -Up sorvica h oscssderahly diurad- - UoMa to a etototas. tot it ia a doBgbltol

■' Visitor* in a Friiiting OOlcr. I Daring the ebaenc* of the boss, yeslert day. we had vivitors. A blooming laae^ I inevitable noisance. the "big boy." (big , boys are hombaga. tk* world over.) a i , , lady informed os that she was on a tour of ; i ! inspection, and wiihed— . ! "Mam. mam. O! mam. ' interrupted j . j that in boy. plucking at the plaita 1 her drees, behind. "What'# this yarn ! ! I gosh !"— pointing at a job prvet openiag I tie regnlarily. Tha matronly spectacle* eomethiug that don't know what it s a I doing' ; keep* a-Comiw bol bank agin as The blao eyes looked brightly at the ■ mother, whispered in her ear. "fly. trap" I "Mam, I go.if I tell you what, bit I mioda me *v a joke of niggers a 00:110' ! —watch 'em come together— thar. d'ye j see lhat Hacking' squeeze ' Now watch j , " .1/, son and the hut. wosfasrly looked ' w. Laow^tbey were, for we^felt »s though , terfly's wl»g, dipped in otto of roses, while ; j the dim echo of long lost music whispered ) Wo were aroused by tbegood lady," Wall ' t i well f law me ! look beck yonder ! If there nice !" W* explained to her that il tai printed. "Dear I my soul, me': is it !- I Now, mister, do show me wbaraboots id tbo Irick-a-bob idears are bred, made, 1 \ tail fan before ber note * We could do j I better tamo poiot to th* inking apparatus I next ; but. mister, don't they look sorter I muckey. tho', just in their natural state !" We admitted they ii:d, and thought the term "muckey" might be applied to many 1 ideas in their fimahed stale, but we did ( not say s* I lers ara a motiooia at over them tlopin' | tables!' Wu answered. "Distriboting type, sir tad w* pronounced "sir" sharp euoagh t* cot tha whelp'u throat. "Ob. dod rot 'em, I thought tbey wer' | , aukeerio' flies outau them little boxes " j Th* bin* eyes fell from ours to the floor 1 j Ulko o pair of stricken humming-birds.— > , j W# fear that wo had been, perhaps— well , ' staring. The old ltdy now bethought j | tb* way. At the big boy brought up the I rear, ws discovered that ha hud been ssatI ed on th* "form" of a horte-bill, for acres.' ' ed horie-bill. for

bit roar, on hit whit* cotton pnnla, wr read in large letters, "Young Bulldocat —this fine oni— ," Ac., Ac. We never I said a word, nod Tell io onr heart that be j ■as most wetceiD* to tb* ink. As thr j' good lady bowed herself out, tb* asked j ot "how Mr. Irani likes bis homey J" j Heavens ! now, when tso lata, we have i learned that th* it Mr*. Jsrrold. that the | Alu* «yos toloig to th* "budnf ptomilv.". and that walking proof-Oheet of a horsebill is Jonas, "the boy of genius." New look nut for n storm. When Mrs. J. sent that proof, th* wuathur will chug*.— Ex. Woman's Lot*. Woman gtnsrally lor* Uti for youth, beaoty, or fortaoe, titan for fame, especthe higher minded portion of the eex . and thie proves the purity of Ibsir affections ; for what aflur dl, can be the ob ject of tra* love, but mind— th* high and nobis mild — which uttstta itself by Ite vol** of fsm», aid tto rdsctant **idencu of unvioas mankind! A nobis spiritud woman io th* prim* of youth and tb* morniag of beaoty— whom will aha ohoos*! whom toutow her affections! Not on th* gay youth *f tor owo agu, piiding like another lady, on bis tmsotb face and flexible form. Bha will lara away tht fair braw without a laurel, and th* delicate hands that have reaped no barvatt from th* field of honor, and place heart in th* eoatody of bim who** vigaad aotrgy of thooght have given bim a place amoogel th* gnat of tb* world, — Juramy Taylor says if yoa ara for pluaaara marry ; if yoa prise rosy health, marry. A good wife ia Heaven's lut tool gift toarao— aa angel of mercy— minister of grace* innam*rabl» — hi* gem ol maay virtie* — hit caskat of jowals— -tor roio* hi* uwsouot mode— bur umilao, his bright**! day— tor hist tto guardian of Innocence — ber arms to* pd* of hla aafaty, tb* balm of hie bedtfa, th* baUsm of hit life— hor industry his isreil wodlb— her economy, his adust steward— bur Up*, kit fdlhfd counsellor— bur bosom th* soften pillow d hi* cam— aad tor prayers, thu ablaut advocates of H seven's blessiags en hi* toad. — M. Aboot, io a recent publication, say* aa •roricioo* maa that "il bad toowpravad that, after toviBgkiadlod bit Are. to Mack a cork to tto ssd of tto W. I lows te Ml lb* Utiio Wtad that wu Ml

A Mistaken Idea. Tiler* is much sound seosa in this, bj , timothy Titcomp : I Somshow. *11 tho students ia all our > • to be "somebody." must b" in public life ' ! Now think of the feci thet the. million" f , it either needed 11 public life, ..1 - ! I success there Let this furl be realised. ! and it is easy to see tbat the ..in. hundred and ninety-nine will (eel Ibul they sr. They desired to be tn public life, and be - "noma tody." but th., at. not. and v 1 their life grows t.meand twteleas <c tn.n.1 bodies, through the avenues of profaa- » i of "uobodmt." Thepulptt !• lull 01' goad | tsh "nobodies." inen who Bar* no power, j " j The lawyers are few ; the pe-lifogger* are I ■ many. (The bar, more than any other mo- | 1 tad vmioence. Thou.oodt go into tb. , study nf low, not so much for the sake o' ' ' lbs profession as for th* take of the ad j . ; vantage tt i* .opposed to give them for ' . political preferment. An ambit 100* boy . | - rsadv to bagin bit political scheming A » - their profession and 1 cursttfh ll.nrc.iun ■ make them appear respectable, aad the . morals requisite for good neighborhood > Tbey live on quarrels, and breed them thai ! ■ tbey might live I bey hare spilled them As for lb* medical profession. I tram they bove neither piety enongh for preach > log. nor brains enough 10 practice law -- r When I think of tbe great army of lull. forth into the «orld with 1 ens* of tber|> Itnivec in ope band, tnd a magitine ol I drugs in thA other. I heave a sigh for thr the spoiling of thousands of good farmers men, nhil* those who would make good 1 professional men are obliged lo attend to lb* simple duties of life, and submit to ' | preaching that neither feeds nor eliuro ' Isles them, and tnedicioe tbat kills or rails I Brains and Brandy. t I From Ohio conutf a capital temperance J I Story. Judge <J*nt. the lempereilrr Irelb* following : ! All of those aho in youth acquire a

| habit of drinking whisky, at forty year. ( of age will be total abstainer* sir drank. | j ards. No one can use wbtsky for \eaft itfl ^ j moderation. if-Abtra it a pertun in the | _ jjiudienc* before no whose own experience . dispute* ibis 1*1 bim make tt kuuwn ; I • - 1 • ill account for it, or acknowledge tha- I I ' am mlttakon. f j A tall, large nun arose aod, folding his , I arms in n dignified manner across bis " BUSItptsid T" ( "I offer myself ut one whoso own ttt perieocs contradicts yonr statement." "Are yon a moderate drinker !" said ' , "How lr-ng buve yoo drunk io moder# j • tioa!" . -*"• "Forty ynurs." "Aod were never intoxicated !" i "Wall," remarked ihb Judge, sesnuing '• hi* subject clotvljr from head to fool, ' "yours is a singular case, yet I think it i> > easily accounted for. 1 am reminded by » it of n littl* story. A colored man. with ! n loaf »f bread and fiatk of whisky, ssr n down 10 dins by tb* bank of s clear stream. I Io breaking tba bread sunt of th* crumb. • dropped Into th* aater. Th-se were f eagerly seised and eutun by Ibe fish.— 1 That circumstance suggested to th* dor0 key Ik* id*n of dipping the brand in lb* ' whiskey and feeding it to them. He tried • it. It aortod well. Bome of the fish ate a of it, b*eam* drank and flouted helples. ou tb* wslur. In this way b* easily caught a great number. Bat in lbs stream was • ' larg* fish vary ualiks the rati. It par- ' look frauly of lb* bread and whisky, bm 1 with an pereeptibl* effect. It woe thy at ' retry eftirt of tto darkey to take it. '' "U* resolved ta have it at oil tisxards, ' that' to might Icaro Its name and herare. • Hs procured a act, and aftar much effort '' caught it, carried it to a colored neighbor '• aad asked hit opinion ol th* matter. Tb* • ottor sarvryed tbo waodor a moment, and ' tbvn said : "Bambo, 1 aaderstendt d v 1 ease. Dot Ask is a muliet-h.ad. Ithsiu'i 1 got nsy brains " "la other words," 9 added tto Jadga, "alcohol affects oaly tb* B braia, aid, of Mint, thoe* having note may drink wilhoat injury !" Tto storm nf laoghtar that followed '• drove tha madarate drinker seddesly from d the koas*. Is .—1 L IrUtakss feat Noil* lb makaaaa Qaaf. ft tar. tow maay latlraad spikes will it Ukt , »F»w'f»tovraf

A Mora tin's Friendship. It It a wendruos oduoUgeto aman, la there is at once a eubtla delicacy of taot, snd a plain touu<lnets ef judgmant, which , sre rarely combined to ao equal dogre* . in rieo. A woman, if ah* be really yonr . ' yonr character, honor, repute. 8 he will •eldem euantel yoa to do a shabby Iking, for a woman friend alweya desires to ba . 'tnutuui"! timidity mskas her more cas. tniusThsa yonr male friend. She there. . 'ore. seldom counsels you 10 dean tinpru•lefct thing A man's beat femelo friend . is a Wife of gtiod sense and heart, whom him Bat supposing the man to be with- ; i out such a helpmate, female friendship b* j must hove, or his intellect will be without 1 j heeded gap, eeen .0 its strongest fence. : Better nmi^eofur, of courte, are sack . j otreaiaataaea* pJ'a the idea ol lots out of , I the question. M'ddl* 111* Las rarely ihis - much older, sud ihute much younger than ■*rrpc(utsl .Motiou. J/'iyurine gels off tbe following election! , John— I .« traveling i* Virginia by siege, end spending thr night at a coun- , try lutcrn. was greatly eutertaioad by • th* talk of the stage drivers sad other* i sitting by the bar-roourttre ia ibe evosI tug. Una old codger worked off s good "V. ten 1 was dona to tka fair, a good ' "tuny years ago," said tbe old fellow peiuttl motion. Well, nil sorts ormackines ol all shepes anil materials, ware fetched tin-re and shown, and the uiakere ol them told how lung they would ran At I was I over a tent: III who waut lo tee peipet- ■ ual motion, end no mistake, meet here." - 80 I paid the admission lee. and went in. a hoi that seiwd (or a platform, aod ad. ' Jresteu iha audience: Ladles aod geotia- ' men. 1 am going to exhibit to you tba ' most woiidorluleat invention you bava 1 seen. Il has been tunnln' for full thru* years and il nobody stops il, it'll run for- • evei lie unrolled a pieeo ol paper.— I bis ie a /Vmler's bill Aod as b* held It up to tbe gax* of th* people, tbey s 4di)iltUsil lhat whether th* bill was paid

Enterprise or n Reporter. Due day, wu<-u the I'lace da I'affibeoo, | ■ Farts. w«s the sceu* of a riot, Doogelot | installed hi illicit in tbo midst of a shower p. of stones and other missiles, pen in hand, to not* the incidents, as a feithfal repor1 tor. Amid the yells and groans of com- ! I intents, and the clatter ol cavalry over ! . nu hard pavement into tho ranks of the seditious, * friend, espying tb* iodufetigi- ' "Men! are yoa mad!" b* shrlekud ; "run from there or you will be killed!" ILongeTot. sritHoui btsdlog bis adrlcs, retained bis position, w#lch in on* band | end pen in tbe other, recording, minute j by mibulr, the aspect uf the conflict, j "Itu yoo not liaar ma!" criad the friend I 'goto ; "it i* certain death lo rsmaia "Heaven will guard me. Bnt sine* yoa sre going, oblige ma by bending thcs# iotas to my journal. You will tell tbum ; end of tba affair." ^ | One hoar after the adventurous journal. ^ let was struck by a stray bell. He was B conveyed to a bouse, aod a surgeon has- , tvnad ta bis lelitr. "Ara yoo wounded ?" . "Yes," rrpliaJ Dougelot, "and aurioo ». "Y'ou positively must not think of writ- .. ifg." said the doctor brusquely ; "it will , excite you too much. You must remain a quiet." r "That is net the most important thing , it present," rejoined tTie reporter, x»sp- , Ing for breath. "Ej-h one to his task j . miae is to chron.cle Jblf sffoi*. .Give m<l , fur me at th* bottom of tbe psge this pott |( icriptum : " ' 7 krte o'clock and trrnt) minute* P. •If. After a divet srg* of mavkctry by iha soldiaiu, there were louad among tk* raak# t, uf thu people, three wounded aad aa* f drud.' " - • r "How, oa# dead T" demanded th# swrj g#on; "who then is dead !" repU d Daagrlot, aad exp red. — A yoaag lady ia tb* moaataiaa of , Virginia, asked a member ol her Be a day v school ela>< whs mads him. Opoa his coofvssiaa of igaoraac* oa tbat suhjoct, d ah* triad 1* sham* him by potatiag la a B »#ry small toy wto waa »• /oil oa tto radimaats, bat wua rather lake* aback whoa to re pi i«d : — "Thihk h# eaghUtaj '- be doaT leak as il h#'s toaa mada mat* a thaa Urea wests, aad toa'l tod UP* I* ferpt Wpan to #aus* from. ' ' -a. *