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VOL XII. ' CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -23, 1S67. NO. 607.

fib port's (Cornet. JLIFE LEAVES. |TW following p>«mi Is tousblnflj beautif .1. y luruiji will be dimmed fa .tear as It read* to %uwr'> wild wood..* Thsdsj-, wttff II* ssadsts dipped ts-dew, Hwpuwdlkrosfh Ihs nnU|>|oldnpt>i. r<* the >u:a( moon la sUeacs wells ; Wblls Oa winda lha; al<h to th* l>a*uld heura A lellsfa brsslks o'ar lha folded Oowara. lha tll.iaa aad Is lha sous* of <ha air. am Thai wiada aloof with UUUf low, mdhn seeks. or k*JJ-**li*ast, Wklls faaap |W wllh au j a aailla Pram lha kwsSavs of memory a mafia Is. Tharaara jopaaad aua-hlnr. aorrow aad laara, That aka« lha path of Jlfa'a April keurt, Aad a taagiap wiah for Iks cornier >*ara. Bowers I Tkara aia Maadablpa falDlrat— lota aa brlfht Aad para aa «ha aura la lha halla of olfUt. Aad borird bsaas, sad a broken tpw, Aad aeaabdae heart bp lha terhlr* mala, _ Aad maamlaiar ma lha ahrlHim-d a bare, Uetaaiaa far aaiaaa thai apaak no morr Thara arr paaaloaa atraag. aad ambltloaa wild, Aad daioo daairr lo alaad U lha raa of lha battle at Ulo-aad the haul of a child laanabad la lha breaat of iba sirmxlief man , But abort Ua rag* la. aaJ law ara lha I ear. lhaliall al th* loaab at lha baolahad jean. Thara U qulel aad paaaa, aad doauaU* lore, Aad Jopa arlalaf (ma faith aad (ruth Aod a truth uoqus.l loalhf . far a bora The paaaloaala draamlof of ardaat pouth ; Aad hlaaaa of ehlldrra oa Up aad cheek, Aad lha parent, bltaa. which ao toagua aaa apaak. Thara are loved one. laal! Three ara lldlr la tha dlataal dall, -aaatk rretartlag 're- s, Whata th* stfsawist wlnds-sod the . lolal ware. Aad rhd alfehra dm lack to Aa earth fa rul. I gaaa, 'aeaih thoaa be hattfol Maarr skis*. At tha plataroa that baag la lha hall of tbr Ol aaarew aad ley ehaat a elhgUd Up. Whaatauaaaarpm wild-wood wo waodar swap t.

Igisrrltonrons. « WO CiROI." AB BUB aaa's orntioa or w«dpi»u». Thara. id snmelbing pscollerly sadden log In lha fhoorht i hat, aaa by ana. tb. time-honored cu-lnms of ear forefather., are becoming aeaalata, aad thnt, iodUad of lha hearty aad ganataa maonrri of Ik* laat aaatary. we bhTa a mrlaucboly eeri.s of oold aad fbrieal enirektionalilias.— With tha doclioa of tha old a.-hool «n stately, dlfoiddd elofanco, and lha gdraoi of that off-head nonekalat I impudence which aonalilalaa tha modern coda oi alhlaa, wa ha*a aaaa wan; of lha mo*i ehariabad eaxtems of the laal geo'eratloe raplacad by forma thai, in tbia ara ol "style," wo Of* com palled to ateopt ai tho command of Imperloas Fashion. Thin, of aaarae, rwfara mora particularly lo ll» aillaa, for la laraa of lhaaa rural dlatrict. bbw (aw aad far balweaa— where ih* happy yaome* alUI ratal a thwir primitlrr j simplicity, wa My rat Sad a telle of the j past Is lhair ald-laahioaad ..stems and earomoaiaa. Whether a higher civilaaa. tioa' demands lha tsiabllsbmeal or a oa. steadard of aaeiai alagaoer, la a qaaallon wenhy af tha considers! ion of a rats rath aad letMed antiquarian twisty ; - bat, b. thil aa id amy, mbea ma camper* ©n* di tha lew remaiefog rapraeenri, lives of lh*J old achoel of roartly polite one with a mad -ra fasMoasMe gvoilemsa, and lb. oM Jaahioaod manners aad caetoaia will, tho oradsraeegjal formal. Dee, wa ara cob. paUadtoam Haml.t acomporiaoa-.-B)' pari da tw a 8aly'r." Tbia plalipg of para gold with dooblfal tklagaa 4m - la oat social fpaiharloga ii blagaa, aad church servient aren— place, whata wa woald, tonal af all, sxpaet u fiad awrdawewa of the change. that styl* has i Mile ted — lha ethical atodaat may aaiia. a constant and rapid transition from Uib. way grave of former Umaa to tho pnrliamanfarj or riina isUc foimnlitis. thai BBW aharwetoriaa Item. It itfny-4* H .BBftalaly looks, abac cooiparad with f—"— nadfahAmi Mtejtoij, -Boommoafy Uha ratrogrmaioa. wiofcr.waddi.ft, aa caaiiwatad with o.ptioi fatomitoe thoA m imd ahoat ha aid ah t*y * «-» wpj hBw Ihml his da ihohBBii af thoaa -bo^

Joaa all that aoy one hae a right lo az pact when ihry ioeart a aotlca ia lha daily papara with tha odTBae afBi that alwaybrioga tha laara la oar ayar — "no card*." I If ibera ia any ona af the old-faehionetl , coetoma thai, morr than the real, in da f -rreiog of alaraot porpaioatioa, il i» Ihr morriagr rfloa and wadding feaelr. Thrrr t war a glory aad prida ia lha I'uriuu cmmm of reading from lha Tillage pulpit. Ibr naaiao of Iboao about 10 bacoma nuin aati ' eifa — a glor)- aod pride, tor it showed boa. faarlaet of tha world's opinion wera thow who wohtd aoler l'iat Hale which ha* reraired tha saoclioo eod blreitog of (Sod end m«o. How diffarant it wta-, and bow much ii darogalra Tram tha tiigoiiy I of malrimony, whan wa mnel gae.i at j ' rngagamrote end hear of marriitg't by eccidaat. Take what Iboa sill, in.PoraI bit Faabioa, bat epara u« iba old faeb- < iooad wadding! of oar g raodfalhara' duye 1 Although wa occasionally altaad wad diagt in which thara ia atill arrmiaiecrnr* of the haarty hospitality and boaolaon. | cheer that fannarly ebaractanzed anch t IrHira oecaeione, yal, as a rnlr. Iba mod- , ' . aro wedding ia a stiff, formal and ancn i| joyabio affair. How oaldom, oompara(i.aly, do we bare aa opporlaoity of ee- : latiaf tha bride with a holy kite, pr ol P . graapiog tbabriJegroom by the bend, with ^ rongrel jletioni and haartfalt wiakaa for hit material happiaaai in tha form of mnl- ( litodiabaa yoang responsibilities How •eldum, compared lo Ibr oombtr of marriegas among oar yonag ft it-ode, do we God .n open Itcair slid a wadding fraal, or ^ i bear the merry maslc to wbicb, in days gooa by, wa ware want to trip merrily throegh lha intricacies of tho cooatry deacr. How erldom, area, ara wadding. ^ wo ottaod ot'ada mora jotial iban (hr mglaoeboly ebsaqniaa of nor now grey. | headed playmates, who fall off, one by not. with auch alarnting rapidity ibat ii 'aggrati nnplaaeant thoughts of oar own < •eu.reble years and snowy lochA Ala* ! it modern wadding ia almost aa aad ae a ( faoarai, foe it ramiada aa thai, not only out , egad aaiaaa, bat iba araonara and eqeluin. of oar day aad generation, ara paaaiog away | aad that, while bsildiag ae monumeale, oar posterity ara obliterating tb- r landmark! tbair (ethere tat ap. ^ Far tboaa who ara still la -'croae tho lias" that divides iba cold oad chilly from lha warm aad aaaoy waters of life's oceen, we hers a word of adelca aad warning Aa soma weather-beaten tar woald toll bis |, eeihaeiaailc tailor lad of tba dangers aod truoblel of tba laog voyage bo ia aboot lo take, so woald ara, who bar* alam-i „ reached- lLo tod- of one last craias, Ull near oar verted experiences to tbora a ho f, follow or. Ufa have watched oae married , friondr wllh math Interest, aad have made ,, l be as a life clsdy. Woald yoo know the e •am of oar ex- arienfv T It ia tbia: bad ; g beginning! make bad oadiap. cooplar, ona marriad pablicly and one ; „ privately, tba cbtncei ere ten looa»ib |h 'ever of Iba farmer pair livlag Iba loagar i b aad dying tbe keppier,- aad of having i t ' — IT—,

( fewer of what ara aommoaly known as , i "matrtmoaial iafelieitiee. " I I What sea Say ia true, aad lea yaart at cersfai observation will dense ni tr.le th. r feet boyoad a doubt to aoy logical and , -lodioae mind. What can arosaal far the slarmiag increase af dthorre tails ami legal qaarrvh among married people, tl , it be not lhat tba modern wedding lm ■ presets tba paiy with a leaa tones of dsty t end raepoawibdily ihao was taaght them , by tba amrtiage eeremeniea of the good old ttaaa a faw of aa cab etiH remember. It ia a daogerooe laaaoo Abat losara teach . -ach otbar whan thay lay Iboir plaaa to keep (bo aapgeaieat aad proposed mar , riaga a secret Trom tha world. That tki> is oflea dots, caaaot be dthbtad. One of oor lady frlaada, whom for years na bad known aad losad almost oa w eitlor, wa. raeeolly mwrriad so qnietly that «a onij iearnad of It wbea, ia ooo.eraatian, she , caawally meoiloooo aaa of the places ahe . had siattod dariag has wedding loar.— "Ah, my friaad," waaoid, "mois jtrinci- , ps'i asofai jfna-bew.ro that draoit does , sot ripea into tha hl(tar fr«it of dacap. liaa." No Cords ! Wojwvtr rood this hateful appendage ..Iba marriage notion wilhoal mataally oduiog, "ee heart, .ao |ot. 0i frioada, ao pride, ao boaeaty, aa hoapiulity." 3a toe: i mas. perhaps, wa are | *rong ia ear criticism ; bat oftaaer no are | right. Oh, yoeag man ,- yea who ara cooUmpialiog marriage, let at eoaaaol ' aad advhm yaa ! Thara ara ««ip lb re. timoBia tha hfo o t as ordiaary man io whitdi haoao eb.Ua ao lha gale hero-hie birth, Biassiage aad faaoral. Tmai of those srtwiBiaini ahaat whlah be has liufa ' f »y i bat on. ram.iaa ia whiah ha can bo admired, eaeled. obBar»ed eod. gwa ' rally Jeoaised. Oo -kie woddfag day ha ( seag gaiga a hiag. add skaw U. iosaly coaqmaat by bit aid*, with more real amd ! thmh il fa |k l:«Hy. Uvia. J oaa to Ms Atada fa»» meair be tow. Ur, ! !. Woald b. hfa mMi ffteg H.

life, as if yoa were enntrabaod goods, in- ( stead of tbe prleelete p.erl ba sboald wear ■ with pride up6n bla Uoeom. Don't lei ' bim mafrj ydo ae If be were ashamed of I it. or bear yob eteathlty a « on your wedding loar. at if ha bad another wife • somewhere who' woald send the sheriff • after him, Dod't ba sly about it. or try - lo i.ka yoar friends by earprise, far il is > a dangerous sport ; hot make him proclaim I lo the world that ho loses aod has chosen Jos from all jour tingle sitters lo ba hie ' companion through life ; er.d, above all. don't neglect the hospitality dee yonr 1 friends, or show bow eelfeh and inconsiderate yoa ara by publishing those odious woid>, 4'00 CMS..' j flow Pelcr (iol II i» House. I Tho ' a/it Ann Adttrlitrr publishes the j followirg little alory, which contains re I exealltnt an example, that we tranefer II | Several years ago there re ided ia town Ha lia-l a jypp family, aod badpurcbaeed j a hou.p, giving aa part payment a mori. ' gaga en the building. Time passed off. { sud be got io arrears, and lha mortgage I ihnytl'oed lo foreclose. This was anI vera blow to I'elar, at h« knew not where | lo go or bow io r-diev. inm-elf. In his | rouble be applied lo a wall known Gone- | cier in town who liatenad to hit story, blamed bim for hia negligence, gave-bim sums good advioo, and concluded by saving tbal ba woald help him oot of tbe difllcnlly, and pat him io tbe way of paying tha bonte, if ha would aolcmolr sgrc to fallow bit jostreciioDi; and if ha deviated it the least, he would have oolbing more to do with bim. Peter assented to this, aod received the money to pay ap the mortgage, amounting to Gse hundred dol"Now," said his bensTkctor, "1 want yoo to own that bonte at soon as possible; and to do to, yon mast give me yoar oote; and a poo your return from every trip ol fishiag, I want yoo should come lo mi, end Ull me bow mueh yon have earned, and bow much yoo can afford to pay towards tho house." Peter promised, end want bis way. A fortnight passed, and one morning l'stcr knocked at the door of hie patron. "Walk io," wea the r«epoo«e. "How mnch did yon make tbia trip?" "forty dollars, sir." "How much can yoa pay towards the "Thirty, sir. " The amount was daly endorsed on tha note, aad Patar again left. At the rwtarn from every trip, ba never failed Id report himself, although sometimes he eoald not pay bat onal dollar; yai ha was alway* kindly received and cn- ! couraged. At tba explratiaa af two years ; made hit Inst payment, interest and ! | prioeipal, and received a cUar title to tb. i house, which ia owaed aad oeeapied by hia family to th.e day. who woold have | pnorly off indeed, had ba not left | lb»m, at hie decrasa, a plena of shelter.

* There is a moral to this sketch, which i-, lhat thoaa dtsirons of owning property '* nwt make a begiaalwg, -n-l add lo the ' amosnl-from their oaraings. area if the 0 •urns are soawtisiea small. Tbey all help * in swell the aggregate, and loach lessons d of •easeai, abiob saAbamtelres are more l( valawbla than lha money tared. Y oanc rn;-n, save a portion of ynar earnings, and f "invest Item a bare they will be aeb, in11 sisad of epeslding ifaesn foolishly, a a la too d oflea (he ease in these day*. 1 A liuakc lite ffeef Long milks n Cow. " A gentleman in tha lower part of this '- city has a ap I sod id milch cow. Hheordi- ' oartly give, froa two to throe gal I one at <■' a milkug. it ia a remarkable fact that. 1 for lha last two months, aba baa gisao ' ' mora milk ia cold w gather lhae io warm. I When tbe weather is cold harmitk ia-ahon. ' daol, bat whan it moderates bar supply it r radaoad down, frequently is lew thaa a 1 • quart. Tbia remarkable Lean attracted tbe i notice of bar oaraer several weeks ago, - aod svsi since ha has been aadalossly try. i ing te divine tba cease. At first he 1 Iboagkt tha was milked by oUar partita I i t baa members of bit family, tolas iba con ' earn con Goad ia o lot ssijoiolag hie rwsi- ' decea sed closely welched, he became ' sella led oo poraea fiber than soma one » of*i>ia family milked her. Dariag the re. ' cent exirvme cold wrntbar bar milk waa 1 abandaat, bot yotUrdsy (the weather barF Ing become very mnch moderated) aha • failed entirely.- This mornieg ha waa up * verly. delarmioad. If possible, to learn V ibs cnaes. of the failere. He bed hardly » este red lbs cow yard before hie attention • woe attracted la s resiling noise is soma ► c hanks eaambeoloble. I'rawsilj bo saw • a -bags seeks easerge from ssderaaath tba » atkbie, sad crsei ap Uha brariU milker d and deliberately begin atripning has UsU. * Tba nnskn waa at laaat Gva feat long. !» and aa.ltfga aa a aw', arm nl th# shaalh. (fat. H m Stal k known w a so. . tanks, Tbq myilary WW no. sgplnfaod. d In sold wsoikar lha aoska lis. dorawnt, v f)>aru'ini_ !■! shu Ihi siilhiiain " wsfafcAKjm^ frsm hw wiaur qwmUra.

s- Piiyloaoptay of Bhaking llands. ir There is s philosophy in bond shaking. , •t It ia an indication of character. 1 1 gives r»r expression lo tho degrees in which you j ir ere appreciated or esteemed by soother. I re There are a variety of methods of (baking ff hands, according lo temperament, dispoy sttion, or oecaaion. is Some itiza A3 il r band with a fervent | n grasp — ona foot extending — and holding n yonr aye with their own. Snob ia the ie salutation of Iba jolly tar reedy lo share I, "tbe laal shot in the locker" with the r stranger of Ihe hour. Otbere, again, seize < I- yoar hand with w mnch fervency, and I may mrao as well toward yoo ; bat they do oot look directly at yon, but past yonr cheat, wilh ryea aleady tel. as if looking for seme undefined ghoaliinrss beyond, j and seeming to converse with the same. Other* give too great a show of ferven ' cy to (ha (alalatibn, ranting yonr fingers to tingle wllh pain; yen involuntarily glance at the Injured hsid, expect iog it' ' to have been compressed into ouu horrid, , braised, extended index Inger. Others, - " again, add to tbia exhibition of muscular ' power, by twinging yonr hand up and ' down, a sart of imitation that tbey are ' about to "pomp" yob. Ji faw corns ao close to Jon thai yon ' can feel their breath upon your face ; ' others aeem to be experimenting on tbe i ' J greatest distance at which tbe animation . • " can be exchanged. 3ome daintily offer r" yon tbOglipiof their Gngert ; it means j either tfamt they consider themselves your • ' c superior or that ihey nr. ooi disposed to ' be etpecfallxgiacions. Others, again, take yonr whofa haod, even endangering ® tha immaculate whiuneee af yonr wrist5 bands. ' The mast agreeable shake of tba hand , ■ ia that meaning, welcoming grasp, warm but not paiofnl in preasare, wbicb stands guarantee to tba eytupsthctic look and • kindly spoken word. The most abomi- ' oabls hind shaking ia that lesy, listless ' offering, giving no preutue and averse to V TeUeUlw any. Wa have shaken bands ' with eaclrpersoDs, and the memory of it ' has annoyal ns for an hour afterward. It ( was like touching a wet dishcloth, or a i ' cold, quivering frog. Ao embarrassing i shake of the band is when the parly grcels i yon hastily, yet iiltntly, as if he fell guilty ! ! of boldness, or was not qaile sore thai he j had not been misled by a resemblance. — i it is as awkward as a panes in tha cunver- | < 1'erhapSj to yonng lovers, the quiet, , half auiotentional contsct of bands is ; ' most pleasant— that cofi, lingering rest- ' , leieoese — that delicious remaining at j , ' love's diclalloa— that fetal allempl el • ( ' withdrawal, at propriatiaasaggestion; tbai | 1 | electrical thrill of contact which Gres the : , ' i reins, modtilates the vo.ee, colors tbe i 1 cheeks, adds n brightness to the aye, aod 1 ' a tramulonsaasa lo the lips. How many man profound in pbylosopby, ' I brilliant in scholarship, high in position, i I ' bava sat far hours in tbe still moonlight, j 1 holding In their hand tb* toft white bent) of a woman ? their thuagkta idjy born off < 1 by a flitting leaf. .or lha ibrtlfoTihisJiob. I I o.ljnk! Who ono any that tbey adrs'aol.! | all lbs bettor for it? Can Dot the lion be ; ' 1 to lovot. : j 1

The Waste of War. The immense amount or arm. and am. monition asetf dariog ihV wnr by ihe f I L'oien armiee aro shown by a report just made from tho Ordoanre linrean, at Wasbingtqa. By this report it appear^' that from '^apoary 1. lr-61, to June 30f 1866,. there wars provided for the miliia^) service 7,892 cannon; 11,787 artillery csrriogot; 6,333,195 Artillery projecliJes( •hot nod shall ; 6,530,909 poonds of grapp and canister shot; £862. 177 pounds of fixed nrtillety ammunition ; 3,477,655 , small arms, mnskets, riGet, carbines and pistols ; 544,475 awords, sobres aod lances; 2,I46,175comptete sets of infantry accou- ; tremenU; £16,371 complete teU of cavalry aecoatremenls ; 539,544 complete seta of borue eqaipaiealt; 2fUd4 sets of two-horae artillery harness ; 132.526 bora* blarkrta ; 1,022,176,474 dartridgei lot •mall arms ; 1,220, 555,435 y^rcassion caps for small arms ; 10,281,305 caadtRi primsrs; 4,226,377 faaaa for shall ; 26,440.054 potnds of gnapowdar ; 6,395,152 pounds of nitre, and 90, 419, 295 poonds of Ifad io > pig* aod boltou, botldaa immense quantities of parts far repair jag and making good lha complete articles which were i damagod. losi or doatrqysd ia the ssrvica ^MUlbfa Adwlcc. On* of tho most ssastbls things ws bsva fa n Ol ratter taaaad by tha Yesng Msa'a Aaaociation of Ohicgo, advisiag yonag aaao who havs amptoymaos 1b tba eonalry to aUy than, aioos thara axa mora parsons aoaklaf situation, is that city thaa lha ra ara ptoaaa. This advsca la rant tola aod Uody evarywboro. The gaaoral lip 1 1 niua of hastaota (a aolavor- ' a bio to that kind of labor which lags*, rally-aough t aflor fa citisa. If a young man has a eoafartofai. sua.Doa in asms!! ' «l«y fat bin-hold on tohralbar than least totho.hwana.nl ^raxfag any H mtarga -OA If ho-ta gottieg a hv»f fa lha ao t c - ' try, .fat him taop away (rmm cuiao af oil

» | An Aucrtlofo or Ceu. Sheridan. . | (its. Sheridau's experience wilh a stiff s i old Virginia gpntleman, juet bafuia !.*•■ i surrendered at Appomatnx C. H.. io told . [ excellently in a recent bonk on the Uki j campaign ol Lee, a* follow! : -j "Tba general dismounted here, at tb* i : fence of a Itiff old geulleman who was sit 1 1 liog oo bit high piaxxs, end scowling J [ | severely si we rode ap. He "11 the typi. , - : cat Southerner "f 50 years; bis long grey - ' hair fell over Ih* collar of hit (oat behind , j hi* eere; be was arrayed It; Jhe swalluwijtail of a by-gon* mods, 'a balf linen v*»l. I ■ j ing far over his .feel, tbal wera orally en- - 1 full adorned bii bosom; and from the emJ brasnra of his wall-liko collar be sbul.d>6ant gtouccs ai us a* we clattered up lb* e walk to his house. Prine" Kdwanl Uourt indignant friend was looking low for the , I Grst lime ou ihe like of u*. and certainly j be did not term to like looks. II* ' .! bowed in o dignii. -d way la the general- | who bobbed at Mm corrletsly and sal ' down oo a step, drew out his inevitable ' map. lighted a fr**h cigar, and uked out ' host if any of Lee's troops had been seen i about here to-dnr "Sir." be answered. "ae l con truly say thai none hav* been i seen by me I will say so; but if I had *ei n | any 1 should f*<-l it my daly to reiuie to j reply to yonr question. 1 can not give j yoo jjpy lulormaviou to the disadvantage jgdao. Lee " ,1 This little speech clotbedT in onexcep. ' loanable diction, which no doubl hnd be,-n i awaiting u» from the time we tied our horses tt the gate, mimed fire badly II waa vary patriotic, and all tbal; but lb* general n- s not in a bumor lo dro;> pn- ' " Haw far is il to Buffalo riser?' - i ' " -Sir, I don't know ' / %i " • I he devil yoa d«oT llow long have I ! ^ " 'All my life ' I . Captain! pat Ihii gentleman inVbarge uf i j a guard, and when we move walk him . eveuiog tramped Gva miles away from ] bonis to look si a river which »< fa ' I miliar to him as bis own family. Doubt- ' , leaa to this day he regain th* neighbor, with the story of lb>« insult that aaa put \ upon him. end still brings up Ms children , ' in tho faith far whose dogmas he k offered ( j Doubtless, loo, he coasters ties, tibert- • dan a perfect g. nifemau." JMuacuHlic Ellqnelte, 1 Geultomen walkiug ahouid keep, their ' : hands io tkair pot-keu. It ehowa their ' : figure lo advantage, keeps their benri> I nod unl of otbBV people's pockets. ] ' ! In tbe aficruooo congiegete in front ol j ' ;j the hotels and salooos. Then upon ladies j t passing, set up au equine cacbfnation , ' J (translated horse langb). This wiH gi»* j 1 j them an exalted opinion of yonr taste and ! j refinement.

Xeep tbe eeatru of Ihe sidewalk. By "j this means othera in meeting you will J -j know which aids lo paaa; wiinu tbey al- 1 • tempt it, iicp in tba direction with litem, j ^ I'his affords an agretabla vniiely in a ' • If yoo wish' to ao)< a pert do oO the op- " posiio elde of the street yon wiah Id interrupt, cry ns loud a a possible So bim,"Ho: • Jones." Of course Jr-ora will "Ho!" ; and yoo will ebow passengers that you take a grant iuleresl ih tba fata of Janet, j- When turning a corner, walk rapidly . with your eyes in the opposite UireciiBo. ■ You msy meet somebody, aad give them ; ' en opporlaoity to study' "astronomy bj - daylight." Dog fights sra so ag res able variety ' with which to "spies" city life ; therefor, ' gel Up a few bete «■ to wMoh will whqv. r Punching tho Wrong Man. i One evening at (be theatre, 'John PkaU ; Biz absolved a man sitting three seals in I front whom ho thought ha knew; be r»- ■ quested lha person alltiag nsxt to him lo i punch lbs other individual with his cane. Tha polite stranger did to, and lha dis- 1 ; lurbed parsOB turning hi. head a little, hr i discovarad hia mittaka — tbal he was not iba person ho took him for. Fixing biattention steadfastly on tba play, and affecting bis IDconeeiotMneu of the whole affair, ba left Iba' mas with tho Moo to aavla with tho oth.r for tho disturbs i.e. , who being wholly without aa uciaa, there , >aa of course a ladiorou and ambarassv saana, daring all of which Pbaatx , was profucdly iolarwated ia ihe play. At t laat tba man with tba case exked, rathe, icdignantly. Didn't yoo fell ma lo puocl. ' thamaa wfth mystickT' "Too." "And ' what did yen want?" "I waoted to tee i whether too asaldyaashhiwiiraat. " I • Tbat'b So.— Dip th. A Use tic dry with i alsaipns ; twin your W iato Um toe i at yoa « hoot ; trod ap fiahtcg koMa with I IwdloBM ta fish for surr ; ga! aatrade • - K'swasr wad chat, a comet, eboh. w i wan«ai. wiih a hrfah ht-ia «hon I. praraaU thtof. hoharlo IMmgaa.d im. . I possible U ba paaaihle. Ml wevar attempt I te ctu t wsmoa te any aha will, when I ah. ha. arafc up hn mi a J U aay aha mT

The Ntage and tin- Pulpit. J Faery ilia ibrtiling effect of the Scrip. 1 * ture« if read a* Keen. Murdoch, or Booth ' I reads Hbakspeare or recites Macaoley. — : t And why sheuld we not have'il so? Is I il right uod proper that every book for . lural and impressive delivery, religion, j . I pit bare been begailud! ar hove begailrd ; tbemsvlves. is, tbal such reading and ra. J . citing would be theatrical, and that theal.oase^qf God. To Ibis hollow und ridt- i | rob, ih. Script t-rea of half their power. ; and have ,-flen made th« dullness of a i •rrinon prorrrbtal. Sal .Murdoch lo ram! I 1 Ihe song of Miriam, or the fighl between ! ' David ood Uoliah' or the alory of the j Prodigal Son. .s-of -Christie deauwetalion >- of the Scribe, and'd'liarisers. or to recito ! see Ihe people who bad begun lo adjust , : themselves in the corner, of tbeir seat. l.-len t., bun ver- do!*, with eager aje- ' and bated breath. A„d all this .imply because Murdoch woald do the p.cce jos ' tice, that is, read it naiurally, and as il ' ! ought to be read. On abat possible! lural delivery of al (east tba sermon J II ! Uarnck roald set even the grim told,*, •treet. blubbering lik* n child, and if Mr-. Stddon* could so overpower tbe tragedian Y onng. that he coold col refrain from : the stage acting the villian of the piec* ' guttering Ihe words ol a fictitious tberacof ow.keuiug unn-;rs and pressing l.oiii* Squeezing. While wa are growing very tens:'.!* In laces uut.i her breath becomes /hoil, aud ' | lika a codiloriable feeai. \\ * , ay nothing ; against a nelisliaped corset, worn looselybdl then, Ilea tbe difficulty. I loose coi" j : proriag it, and people wear corsets lhat , they may have small waiMe. All we can 1 I aay is, dou't squeeze, whatever you do. J ■ Y'ou may bavo smell waists, but you ar* j

,! exposing yourselves Ion dozen misfor- ' . tunes which arenas bad as a largo waist, t , j First, you'll surely have dyspepsia, and j j grow yellow and cross aud unhappy; sec- , ; ondlr, yonr hnnds will grow red; thirdly. I your nose; fourthly, you will be unable to , , ] walk a mile al once; fifthly, dinner w il] ; | be a misery; sixlbly, yoar shoulder b1a <cr : t will jocrease tu size and aiti'ude; seventh ! ly, yonr eyes will grow weak, eighthly, j . you will break down at thirty or there. . nbpols, and be a sickly old woman from J ! that time forth. If these truths do no , • frighten women fram tight corse s, per- i j liapa the information that ganlleman gen !' •rally do not admire what dressmakers t-a! I a "prefly Ggtire," ao mnch as a Datura I , one, may buve qoniu fafiueoca. Thr Exprrsduu of Dress. ■ ' a Women ar* more like flow'are than w. • ihiak. In their dress 'and adornment ' ' they express iheli nature, as the dower, | do la their pedals aud cn) rt— theyfaevei i look or fed bwller lhan when draseed in s morning wrappo^ Others ara not' them- . selves unlets Ihey can flime out in gnr i geone dyes, like lha tulip or b|ub-r"S*. Who has not seen women jost like white , iilie-? We knc-Sr several double n-uri- . gold's and poppies. There ara women fit . (paly for velvets. like the dahlia*; other- , are graceful and* airy, like a talent. Now i and thro yoa 'era hollyhocks aa. son- j , flower*. Wbea women are free to drat* ' | aa ihey Uka, uncnntrellnd by olhrri.ee. oot limited by circumstances, tbay do ant , fail to express their trug character, age , dree* becomes a form of expression vary . gaoaioa and ntaful. Bcras I* a 1 lore:.— 3l ranger — Have, 1 yoo a good, strong porter about lbhouse? Clerk, (eagerly,)— Yet, wa bava thi strongest oaa about tha piece. I Stranger— la he fatelligeni ? Olerk— Oh. -yeo,sir, qwiu intelligent fa. a pastas, ww ikisk. . JUraagwr—Oo* l*»iot awe. Do you consider him barfaax— a.t is bold no- ■ "wr& far that matter, j know b- j '• ia ; Va wsaM .ol ba afraid or tho devil • bitty.* - •• l mrragai I Wow, far. Clark, if jmt- p»- -- Aar ia iateiligeet eooagh lo bad MO -.No. i 117. toartoee aaa ugh la ante', aad a'.rtrag ' eatifl te got mj traak away from lha > boJ-w-fA I *o ibt ltb« IB hmra Ua. Was,

Congressional Nummary. h Momhv, Jsk. 1 Alb. — in tha Sanalalha _ bill io change the mode of appointing , I pension agents was called op, bat peadiag f its cooneideralioa the morniog hoar axt ,.|-tred nod the bill to regolats the tenure , of office was taken np at oafinithtd butinA«. Th* question waa upon tha motion _ 10 withhold the paymaal of talarits or „f Cnngreet onlil he is approved by tha ] Senate. It we. debated io brtor aad ( finally withdrawn. An auiendmaat allowing un appointments lo be made us fill varetirie* occasioned by expiration of term resignation, during the recess wee agreed i In Ihe House, nnder the cML Mr.flhsl. hibergrr'a bill ileclaridg' 'orf*Tte>aj>f privI I i leges for acta of nfaollion. was referred i j to the Judiciary I'uniinittae ; Mr. WashErne's hill to re-establish cidfl govero- ' meats in the Stales lately io raballioa, lo , '',e l-cmmitino on IleconilrnctioD, aad Mr. Siblack't bill to re|ioal tba lax oa iMiiiianafaetured cotloa to tho Oommittoo on Mays and .Means. A host of olhar hills mainly of » private character, came np nnder Ibis call, aud »t iht conclusion , Mr. Loan's impeachment resolution was prescnto-l. Mr. Loan proceeded to" adJr**s iho Ilonse and suggested, la lha course o'f his remark*, that tha l'rsaidant wne privy lo tbe assaaalnatioo of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Hale immediately arose to a point of ord.r, bat the Choir, ia » •oniewha: elaborate rating, declared tho point not well taken, and M r. Loan finished hi* speech, Mr. Hale insisted that it was due lo the House that Mr. Loan should specify some pioof of tba assertions he had mad*. Mr. Loan declined lo do *u and the morning hour expired. A J-'iffi resolution suspending Ihe payment of loyal uwunrt of colored volunteers was passed by 107 yean fo 35 naya. Tha Nebraska Admission hill waa lakeo np, ill* pievioue question seconded, and pending further consideration, the House adjourned. TrrsDAV, .J*w, 15th.— In tha Beasts Mr. Chormun presented a petition asking Congress to prohibit aoy ouo addicted to intoxicating liquor from holding offlco uufler ih- government. It was referred io ihe Commutes on Itelreachmeat. — Ihe resolution offered by Mr. Howard i -oil.* days ago instructing ibe Committee on Foreign Delations lo inquire into the i relations ol France aud lha republic of Mexico, the success of Maximilian, iho ' prospect of a speedy withdrawal of tho ' ; i'Teucb troops, and ibe action of Iho Kxirv. was c-uii-u up, and Mr. Howard apoko i ai eorne length uu tba subject, whoa hia ■ remarks ware cut short by lbs expiration | of ibe uimuiug hoar. Mr. Johnisn took ■ ! the floor in oppeiilioa 10 the bill to regulate ihe tenure of office, which waa thaa > taken op. In the House Mr. Washburos atkad ■ | leave lo offer • resolution directing ia-

■ quiry by tbe Committee oa Elections iato tun recent elections io B-altimofo, tad whether the IVsulenl interfered in each - elections ; but objection wae made, aod the resolution' wea aol received. Tho Jommiltce fur lha District af Columbia I ; made a report adverse lo lha petition of « loreign citizens of ihe Dielriei, preyiog ; lor Ibe seme .rights as the negroes. Tho , Nehr.iskn Admission bill than csma op aa ■ in ii lushed business, and tba rota second- ■ ; iug ihe previous question was recuoaidartd j mix lost. A discussion then earned upon ui'eq^tmuun whether Nebraska should be I admitted while her colored population • era deprived uf the elective franohita, 1 and whet would b» ihs practical effect of ihe condition impo.eu ia tue third section of lb* bill. In liu r uisrka Mr. 3itv.no j ,ii|:i\hi»l thie govetnmei.l had oevvrbeee j a republic. Mr. Boulwall offered an unesdmsnl that the couditioo ui negro uDfjge »oell bjK*Trt»uuily aueated lo by .be Nebraska Legislature before aha shall be adiiiitlad at a Elate. The qaeaUon • as taken on tins amendment after a short debate, aod waa adppl->d. 1 fie bill as ' nnended was then passed, by yea» 193, nays 55. Tho Colorado Admunioo bill ( ws* '.ben to'ren up, uad lha amsudmaut of Mr: Bwolwell was ali.chod to it. Tb* _ bHI was than passed by joaa 90, uaya 60. Tbe f-cVirr- u t Nciada. '■ About twouly aiilss from Carton City. Nravaia, sra Some remarkable miner. I pvisg* railed Hteansboat Eprtogs, from the oaiea thay make which sounds like sevarai steamers dwebargisg steam,— I'hes. spring* cover an area of abo«l tkraa acres. Tut water i- I Hiding hot, aad lbs -scaping steam cub ba sesu for aavoral rilas bafars saona*. aod toe atmosphere iq to. vicinity is filled with lbs small of lilpbcr. Tie water carat the rheums! !*•'' ff-ci ually. Th*ra era crevices ia tba > o;k« wkara lbs wei.r cu lm aqeobqihag ' .1 a depth ol thiriy toot. There ia abo s •priag which is railed the Breathing •"pr-ag. Ji is sbap-d mnch like a well. ' lie wa'er reCedeii to tho. dwplh'uf ton 'or' iw#tve fas I, nod remains calm farfiwilriciln otta it sfaMt-ia ih. sir sxfasto lew Iraq sddts fie. miMlaail fa-psa tow- — - - — M hy ia the te.ode.ii, liz. . irsscst - , r-n ? b -coo*. its ISrfamg to Itto rafijh