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CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1S67. > - ' : ( i

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Sht port's <£#rner. GOODNIGHT! Tka Leularllta taM qual/i fram a iwhaol gtri'a papar, poWlltliM by '»• pnptlf cf Mmr. ■MM fcOianr. Mkool la Laulavlll*, th* follow. I*fw>. HUul perf. t ; but wartlsamaldni ton • as tar 1» inr aaau.v* us. That «utk ■ Pre* tu£ mf°"M *,>uu"' '• r«nt oljbfl « - Hi I- -*■ ' Tha hlillsiu atlad kflpu lu wkuoloi ; TU oolf Whoo mm ko ft Hot daad. Ob wh e» mi oara in* Dining. W. *f« • raMaalag •*»>* ~» TM U*l [oouttkl aloag Ik* soul. (feudatckt! l*lOO*Xb#t«0*#»Alf Itfuli >lo*( *k. *di*k.Bln< ear, Aa« Sender ■*!«* af m'suvy rom.rw.ltllM.rj Whan aUUad Ik* .om-ok ! cm! of p*l»— That *•'•* (ball breath. »ood-ai*St »f*te. Goud-wlghtl II moaksus from Ik* fnrrII mttll* Ik. I struct world1, bond, From *r*teb n.r. flow, o* kockw.nl w.ro i > Oa Tmr 4M, .roond, shoes, ■J..tl^<J|Dr.r l if1"!" Ufa Bad lor. 6aad-alfht! Oh. wh.folor* fadaa owor . Ik* light that Urod la Ik.l dahr word I , | ma »■"•-* «k.l M°d *lfM«» d*r ' Wh> are our souls so atwr.dt . O, rather ««r, dull hrola, MO* more, - Iloi atghl i thy Urn* of tollli'iH. ow^w; yr» *i«p. . , fa4,U*b* Oral fill Ilka walouma rakii. ! uood eight i o, k»r. btoM .od u»f The root tk.t follow. PUB! Huw.sfcauU we iwrt Cod". upp*r lifki u uiw. im« d*p had ** aoodmigbi i ^oaliantons. THOTy A ^iiuiTSIAS ITORV "Usspadalai" I #p*a »d my alrapy tj" u Ike condaotmr'. rot** ru| throagh Ik* ear*, and, ukiaf m j -carptt'-bag, sprang *at a poo platform *f U* little atatioa. My brt*f holiday wa* *T*r, and wilb a ebreg, J prepared Cor my ahart walk through th* saasaiag eir, looking forward to lb* food •r* aed daltatoaa cap of uotfo* I wu aor* Mr*. Walaoa >U hasping for m*. It waa a r ary r.T* erkat fbr m* to laat* tba lilll* village wk*a* oaaa* b*.da Ibia eur* ,Kj folfivrbad b**a the only r**i. drat phyatalra there, - frem lb* lima wba* la bU prefaea iraai r Quads, b. (all dead with heart dlarae* la the aiaia at r**t , laav. ' lag tea, hta heretofore aMtat.at, aola balr k* hie oaaa*, properly, aad practice. Tao .pee a* helora, they bed carried ary d*.r •other to th* liUte oberehyard, aad io. atallad Mr.. Wateoa houeake.par la bar ■pieaa. Tba aillagara eata williag to 1*1 tb* yoaag d actor atop lata bia father's place baauia (hair aJck bade, and aa for Br. yeaio l had Iliad bia do'llaa. laalttbpa* Bta yaara I bad t»b*D Bo holiday, so wbaa aa fovHatiou camt frdm qy old coltogafrlaad aadciocyYorreapoauani, Clam. eat Pajrra; to apaed Christmas with blai, at hie fatbar'a place on th* Hudson, I war rarely tempted to accept, aad BaaHy co»olad.d t* do ao It waa lit.rally Cbriei. au I epaat, laariag in** at midnight on the Mth, aad ay friaad'a boaea exactly twwaty.fdar boara later. It bad bean a pl.aaaat break la tb* monotony of my lif. aad ** 1 atood at anuria* oa tb* Hapodal. etetioa platform, 1 waa tar* my raereatioa •raid gleam* raw afgur fbr ay daily datiaa. Aa I tarwod to daaaaad tb* Map* l**din* to the road, tea* iapaU*. bay,- a Paeotdawaa led a* to took 1a at tha windew of tb* reoa, by eoaru.y 11 Led I**' Eraa,' 1 af the (tatiao. It waa cold aad fci'l"! No «r* waa lif bud, aad tker. ■MM farailar*. aalaa* tba bard, wood.n beaohaa agtiati the Walla eoeld b* ao daaoaMaalod. Bat carlad *p aa an* of lb#** bnebka, al.tplog aoeodly, lay a ; KtUfi child, ilia dreea of rieh far. Wlaeaad Talaat, U* wara liar cap. long galtan aod ttittaaa. apoka af wealth and BMa, akd tb* pal. fus^ roa.d which *1... eerad then eerie of a anny brown. teaad with baokh nod porhotly koaatiC.I. Bo waa ao Bapadnli child , I kaaw thai* "" alL My profaaaiaaal laaliact made a-. - heat thrill wHh a anddan aback, ea I a— ght eight af that pal* low, for wall ] kraw the danger of that drap alaap ja tba hhh* winter air. How.long knd hnhaa* ttara J Wee b* already doad? war# tba qeentiara I aekod ayaalf aa I etrode aoroa* the ran., ^ lifud bi. io m, arm, T^nre « eh brenU **•* frea lb. wkii* Mpa.ee throb at lb* wrM, oely n faiat, fmj Mel Battarisg nedot ay Sagat* brae aoa.tdirakly aaanaTZy peiioat*. ' ,nhB ^ aarly aaeraaecL h fuwoid bar into aatri**, «B«etfM "* JJ>.- ra b.d ^ " m> **• t -

paliaot cioMd bia «y** agaia, add taraod orer to fioiab bia aap. He wee aafa bow. , I know | ao lasrlog biw io Mra. W»laoo'» ear., who by tfaia tin* kaow aa oscli .boat bin aa I did, I w.«l to alMp myaolf, j to bo ready lor tb# day", dali*. It waa eoarly aiaa o'clock wk.a my [ hooa*ka*p*r ronaad m. to aay tbat bck. [ faat we* ready, aad tb* child aw*k«. Very wid* awake I fo*od him, lb* glo>i*aa browa »y*a atariag roaad my room. tahiog la oirory detoil ol iu arraafem.oi. "Who 'are yoa? How did I g*tb*ra! Am 1 Marly at Aaatraliaf W.ho'e that maa in tba plelaraT" wor* Ik# qa**lioat poured rapidly forth hofor* 1 bad li»* to fraaa* on* iaqairy. "1 w*al t*g«tap!| Wbo'a got my elotb**?" cam* o.et, then "Who pet aw I* b.d wilbont any night- . gowaT' Nat* aiga of foar, or a word of bom*- ! ■ickoita ! i waa poxzled. 11 What ia year nam. T" 1 aakad aittiop ' dawa baeid* bis. U Trot I I waalto gat op." 11 Voo aball galop i* a miaat*. bat fir>t tail mr yoar a.aa, aad bow yoa came to ' be aaltap io tb* atation T" "My aama'a Tret ; aad tb* plagoy ear. 1 t.arUd t( wilbont m* when 1 got out. It waa a dark oigkt, aad 1 tonld not catch j Itbam, a* 1 want iata tb* room aod aaat l* alaap qatii thay cam# agaia. " H'*t jaat moihar ia lb* train— io tba j " Na; nobody bat Jaat m«. I'm going j to Aaatralia." "Uoiogto Aoatrialiaf" •■Yaej'Ell.n'e tbara! They bar* roa.a j than at Cbriatana, nod a* waotad tao. I , for aqr traeT" ■ "But, my child, yen did not laart bom* •Ion.!" ; "Yaaldidl I nin't. afraid! I'm going > back right away, aa aooa aa 1 find Ellen, - > aod gat tb* roe#.." f "Bet, don't yno kaoe yea will bar* to j ■ tall ia a great abip for aoatbf to gal to » -Aeatrelta!" — I "Elhao want io hb* care. Wo aow bai ■ go', mamma aed I. W« waat in tb* ear. riag* and amid good by, aadabt gol io tb. " car. wl^b Mr. William*.'" ' "Who la Mr. William, r I enld, - aagarly emtahlig nl n name. > "Ejlen'a. hatband. Oar milkmaa h. ■I waa. before h* w*at to Aaalrali*. Ha'i • jolly I alway* filled my cop for nothing ° "And wbo wa. Elian!" ' "Mypwra." "Wbnl'a yoar fathar.'a nam*!" ' "Papal" 1 "Bat bit other nam* !" • " 'Barry, dear." Mamma alwaya called 1 him ao." "Whore do#* bo Hap!" " "Ha'a dead!" eaid the child, is a whia- ' par. "Mamma erlna *11 tb* tlma, moat, aod w.ara ao ogly black gowa trary ' dv-" • "Wall, where dona mamma lit*!" "At graodma'a, with Aunt Dairy, and Walter, aad So*, and baby, aad— ain't il " fneay !— heby'a my aael*, aad ba'a to litV ti* ha ka* to be earned abaat, aad Wsl- ■ tar'* littler than m*, and h*'* my oaelr " Ira; and He* i* only aix, aad aha'* my ■ aaat." ■ "Where doaa grandma lira!" * ' "Why, bomt, in bar owa bona*." "Wall what ia bar aama!" "Grandma!" la a *ery po.il ir. to*.. 1 aod becoming recti.* andtr to macb qn.»1 lock him (rem tb* bad aid b*gaa to J dreaa him, aad *zpl*is hi. po.it ion; bat ' *rtn wbrn b* onderciood that b* man 9 fie* Bp tb* AiMraliM joatoey, was mad. - to foal aomatbiog of hit molbtr'a daapair ' at 1 wing him, k* coold girt m* ao cla. • by which to Sad hi* ham*. Uraodp... • greodma, mamma, who waa called Mary ' by tba real, Aaat Daley and tb* three ' childrea, ware all mantianad, aod peralat- • ant qaaatiooiog rarealed that ha lived in ' a large boat* ia tb* coaalcy, Lot that w*. • all. My heart grew folrly tick a. 1 looked ■ ,n hi. baaotifnl faci aod pietared tba gri.r t of bia widowad motbar ortr lb* loaa of 1 tkia oaly child. In *ala I aaarehad kit I clothing for tb* myatariona "locket eon, • Iniaiog the ■iniatnre ot a beaalirnl fo, ■ mala," alwapa foaod an th* stray children ItrareU; no "atrewbony or reaprarry 1 mark," ditfigartd bia imoolh. whit* akin. - Hta dolhiof, af Ik* moat dainty matrria. » aad make, wan marked wtlk tb* Mtial. • "A. H." • Day* paanad away, aad atiU tba UtU* - Tret— for b* wowld owe aa other aam.— • Wa* ao htkanl* of my catiag*, th* rrrj I dnrliag or Mra. .Walaon't motherly baari d I ad**rtiwd htm ia all tb* largo citfoa. '• hoping tern* paper wo* Id reach bia cooer Uy bom*; yet. as lb* dafi were away, and be baias* rewrailad I* hi* raw kam*. • end tea aad t* grfoe* forbid family, I bt i XZFSt&Zm&Z d Ma mrery predate, Afofo-fogarewaraea, toII «• ln*ia« tprenny. She sadehfo. pretty. U gnmrat* 1* repfom* Nfo' Heh ralrit (ait • Bha^tteMad for bta Mafora* . a-W) •- •' ' ... ,

I : him to ball h»r grandma, whil# Unci* I Cbarlry bream* my newly acquired lltl*. i To Ull bow h* waa prttad la tb# village h i woold bo a Taia taak tb atrempt. To aay t , : that b« waa tb* bare aad idol of Hop*d*l*. o will glra bat a hint Ida* of bia popolarlly. ( Oradaa'lly the memory of hi. bam*. Elian. Ii . ik* wioit to Aaatralia di*d away, and b* I s.emi-d to lorget tbat b* had er*r lirrd r awdy from oa. Mamma and Annt Daisy . had barn th# two of whom h* spoke moat; I bat 1 jndgrd from all b* said, that bia folk' a • ar'a death waa e.iy r.cant, aad hit rati t i d.nc* at bia greodparaot'a a brief riait t , ) oaly In bia memory. h i Klsrtl months bad tfaia daar II tl* trea>- ! j or* been an fnmat* of my barn.*, when , there cam# into my Ufa a new dream of I j hops and bapploaaa. About fir* mil.. . j from Hopedat* there reside I, and had . . i lived for many long years, ao eccentric j i ; old bachelor, by nam* Herman Urahatn. i b I His home, Laebarea, waa for away from j * I aay clo.Ur of honae., indeed, nearly a | c j mil* fram any other reaidenc ; and hare, j i l | in solitary stats, with only two an'lent j I , j servitors for bia household, be had lired I t [ ever sine* I coold remember. He wu * f , morose, ill-tempered man, and some early j t ; cro.a bad mad* him adopt a perfectly ( , j hermit lib* seclusion, though his wealth i ] l ! wjald base commanded e»«ry adeantag* j . | society coald btfar. It waa aarly In Nd- J , | r.mbar that 1 wu eommonad to atlend > ; lb la eld geslot, profoaeianally. Tb» little : j eol* brought to my olfiea by aa elderly | maa oo horseback, wu signed "Lilian ; I ! Graham," and urged my immediate atten- , j lion. * it , It waa a long, cold drtre, bot th* maa represented III nutlr aa vary III, ao 1 , ■ , { prepared to abay the anmmona. "I had 1 i no Idea your muter bad a daughter," I j i said, reforriog ta my net*. "Tbat'a matter's aitea," wu the re. I ' I ply; "a Dice, awatl-apokeo yoeng lady p »a arer I see. She cornea down oo a visit I i aomatimaa from bar fatbar'a plae* near I Albany. They were burnt out. her fotber ', , folks, lut wialar. aod tka family all went i . to Europe wkll* tb* oew boute wu a- i , bnllding. Thay cam* heme about a fort, i night ago, but tbay won't go toJ|ba new i boast till spring, ao same of<hem'« btfafd- i in g in New York', and same in Albany^ , i and Miss Lilian ska's com* to ap*nd the i t winter with ber uncle. They're all aom- < f iog dawn for Chrialmu, I expect. " | I foand my »ew patient vary 111, and for a weak my elaita war* freqatat, and i more than oaco I puaod a whole night by i bis badsida. I do Dot mean tkia for a i Iota-tale, a* I will oat weary my reader with tb* why aad wherefore Of my heart ^ blading io allegiance to Lilian (Jrabam'S ! i eharma. Har beauty, gentlrnaa., and | winning grace touched my heart aa no 1 woman bad erar before thrilled it, and | before tbat weary week of anxiety and j Batching wu ovtr I loved ber. Aa ber uncle began to teco.er, my .iaiualid from a professional capacity to asocial oa*. and (1 1 saw that my welcome waa a line. re oa* I fram both lb* old gralleman aad the fair . girl, whou deration to hi! lick bad proved I her lav*. 1 waa agreeably -surprised to r Bad tb* barmit neither a* savage or ieacj ceeaibl* aa b* bad basa represented to me. H* bad a painful chronic disorder; bis manoer wu braeqae, and his eoice oflan bank, bat bs coald aofivo, it aad I wa. abl* toglea him relief from pant, for which be repaid m* by agraciaos rueptioa. Chrialmu waa drawing aear, and 1 bad resolved to lay my heart before Lilian. „ aad uk har to b* my wif*. I wu hair to | ,, caoaiderabl* property left, by my fotber. |( I had a good practice, a pleasant bomt, r aad caold offer her the pare lov* #f a -r young heart, so I wu aot wilhoat bspv, . eapecially as 1 coold ae* the floth deepen |i( en her cbeek, and a glad light spring to j ber blue eye. whenerar I waa annonocad. t She wore mourning, aod I often loagad to , qauti.n bar abaat tb* lou It implitd, bat n oar privet* interview* were very brief, and ^ bat aeldotn occurred, and she never apek. j of har sorrow. I, too, had a atqry to tell. |f Or eouree, if aka biuaii my wifo, aba lf man hear aboht Trot. a It wu tha day before Cbrlatmu, aod | th* too? wu smooth aad hard araand (lopedala; ao I Motored to prop#** a B" alrigh rid*, m.aaing to apeo my hurt to bar u w* drove. 8h* .copied my pro- . peaal readily, and w* were soon oa ear ( way. Bomabowlbaraf.il a l.ug alienee betwuD as ; I longing bat not daring te speak, my eye. Bxed npoa that lovely fee* ( framed i* its pretty far-boaad keod, tb* «y.» looking down, the sweet mrath ul with a sadder cxptauioo thaa 1 had aver j **** K wear. 8odd*o1y ah* apoka : ( "I expect my pareata, brothers, end lister* here h -aonaa." . "Tor Chrialmu ga/eiiea!" I qaaar "No, !o tatap* them. They are comiag bare to pau tb* day qaiatly, far away froa'aay foatl.ily. It ia a aad day for K* Va- Doctor, do j»* btUav* in a broke* \ * Ye* ; 1 kaow they axial '' I ;:&£S- ikareuanbuvyu, J r** drain a way life ! ' ' , "My poet Malar." aka .aid udly.har ^ vyu hiliag witb tear*. ^'1 foar bar heart ir krokv. " Aod after a pause .be .aid : at TV*. y**f ■!«-!«' liUte " _".»y ■»* died M

" itied !" I said, my bopvs aiakiog. " Burnt to death, she aaid udly. "We bad a Ckriatmu tree forth* children in ( th* aureery. My aiater bad been a widow only three months, ** w* had ao holiday " gathering, but w* drv.avd a trev for th* littl* oa*. aad lighted it oa Ckri.lmat The n.xt morning lb»y (the child. . we mean) were *11 in tb* aarsery, and .appose eu* of them trlhd to light tb. Certain il i* that tbay ut th. room i on 6 re, and before w# coald ear* anything ( tb* whole room wu ia Bam... All escaped bat my sutler's child, ber only on.: b* pcriabad in th* Bre." "Are yoo certain 7" "Where *!•# could he h- ! My two brother# and my eietar were weed witb difficulty, and the roof foil io while we were all franticelly . .arching end callI tog for Arthur, ot, u *e afo.ys called * him. Tret. My aialar'a haaltb gate war ( * ectirely uader tkia blow. She bad eon- ^ ctotrated all the strength o( ber lov# upon ' ^ Iki* child aflar her haabaad died, and tbe . loaa prostrated ber allerly. W# took her £ Europe ; wo hate bed the heal advice j ( I her. bat ah* ta slowly dying of a broken | ^ { hurt." I " It is from no impertinent curiosity," j j uid, "tbat 1 question yoa. W ill you [ ; my Inquiries!" j W* were spuetliog over tb* fros.n ground toward my home, u she answered: . I f Certainly." I "Tbi# little ebild— bad he a pet name j for you!" " Yse ; my home nam*. They *11 call 1 " | m* Daily, aod ha called me Auitl Daisy." | " And yaur aistsra' nam*, are Mary ; 1 and Sue, your brothers' Whiter and Ba- , ' b* " | ! 1_" Yu, y*t,"abooatd taraing rery pale. _ j " And Trot'a ourfe, Ellon ; did aba go j | to Aaatralia!" j " Yu, * year ago Uat fall. Your face la radiant ! Speak quickly — our lost boy!" |J W* ware at my door; her face was > ashy "kite with amotion, hut abe obeyed j j my motion, aad let on load har from th* •leigb to my office. 1 made ber tit down, j , and began to explain, when— " Uncle Cksrley'a com# ! Uncle Charley !" rang ; ( k out from my pet'a vole*, and Trot buret f into th* room. Lilliae rote to her feet 1 with a wild cry of "Trot ! Arthur ' Dar- ' ling!"' For a moat.nt ka aload bewildered ; i ' then a aaddeo rush of memory came over - the ;hi!diih heart, and he sprang into her '""Aont Daisy! Where's mamma! ii' waal ptamma! Quick! Quick! Unci. I Charley; Auot Daily, take ma to mam- ! For nearly threa hours we aat in the lltta office before Lillian could tearb.ri.K < away from tbc ebild, but at lut abe !*t \ me tak* bar to the ttelgb. couroliag Trot by a promise tbat lo-merro* hn ahoald •a* bia mother. I left the disclosure to her womanly ' taet. Bot oa tb* morrow, when I drove over with the child, dressed in bit black ! 1 valvat anil, altered to St btm by Mrs. WaUoa's trembling fingers, and moiiten.d l' I am sure by many lean, 1 found all pre- j pared for tb* great joy. Baeb a Cbriatmu never dawned for me 1 To tell af tb* gratitude of th* pele widow. | 1 the joy of th* grandparents, the bolster- : aus greeting, between the ohildreo ia beyond tha pewer of my pan. Of coarse tb* precis* time aid manner 1 of Artbur'a neap* fram iba bouaaw*!' could oaly conjecture. Tka part* we. I io tb* kitchen nearly *o boor whan th. ' alarm af Bra wu given, and lb* Barnes bad galaed great headway before they | 1 war* discovered, tb* family ■ittiog-reom being oo a differeat Boor, and soma distance from tka nonary. Of edaru tbe ' foarlaai boy bad laft tb* boos* before tha ' attempt t* light (ba trea wu made, bat ' the others, absorbed Io Chri.tmud.ligbli, did ost mln blm. Tka distance from th* boas* to tb* station waa very abort, aod Ellen bud goo* la Now York from th* llul* eillag. near which Mr. Graham's 1 boost wu attested. Tbe departure far Europe, aad th/cartaioty all foil of hi. ' fate, had prevaMad aay March baiag made for tha boy, aad w# presumed tba railway ; offickla .uppo.bd._he balougad to some party oo tb* traia. It wu a glad day for all. for if I Inat my littl* treasure, I won fram Lillian tbe right to ba eallad io good irath Trot'a 1 Uael* Charley. — A waroiaa needed at all fashionable aaumbtagea : Look oat for lb# palat — What did Juk Froat aay when he worad th* vlstet T Wilt thaa. — It bu bras asked, whan raia folia . doaa it avav get ap agaia f Of eaure# it , d**s, ia dtw tiara. r — "Caa yoa Ull aa haw old th* devil I 1. 1' ' aakad ao irreverent fell#* of a clergy, "My friend, yoa mul kvep yaar aw* foally varard," wu tb* repty. — A- aroaey baatdr balag about to marry a fortara, a Mead aakad Mm bow r Irag U* koaaymooa -raid hat. "Don't y ull tq* *f Ibo bw.ymooa," ha faulted; "U'a tba barvaat mora with ma." ' h*1*' »h*t v» I awamu aaswaawd, -Aa »p

The Old Garret. We love garret*, becao.e they contain j tba relic, of tha old and the pa.t-.oaea- J aire of other and happier and umplvr I , T8oy b.ee com. to build houaea now-a- , toddlin' thing." — that you o»v*r wora . , ruffle dr.aa," or jinclvd a rattle-box witb , infinite rialtrbl— that yt u never bad a mo- , th.r, and tbat ah* never became aa old , mora, after all ih.a. yean of ahacnc. all , I •• J" »'•. and I.I a. gn up th. ataire to. • , gather, i.to that old fa.bm.twd ap.fioa. , | garret that extents from- gabl. to gable. , I of a resh. through which Steals ; of tbinga unuan-eable, that one. ligui.d , out by tb- Yrad.l band of -b. a modern | I Th. loos, board, of II.. floor rattle ' , ' somewhat us ili.t urrd to -to— don't tb»y 1 , wbgn beneath jour l.tlla pattering.' | longued importunity, granted tho "Iwl us , j go up is lb* gat ret aad play !" Deeper. , we'll warrant, .lib soar looks of digntty | ' and your dreamings of ambition , Here we ar« now. in the mid.t of tl.e mago il ! Old files of new>pa|Mtr> - dnaiy. | looks. Ilow it oiindf yno of old times. When you looked over the rdg. of the j counter a ah the "letter or paper for ta- ' th. firehide. and perused and preserved u thay ought / to b-. Stare ! Damp* Ah! many a star baa est etnee - dewy and dump with ram that fell not i from tb* cloude. A boatlla— up it aom#., ia acloodof da.t Almanacs! Almanacs, thio-lcaved led. ' gen of time, going back to— Ut us sc.. how for— 18-I-. IB:!-. IBS-, —before our ' lima— 180-. -When our mnihare were j children. And lb* day-book — how blotted ; and blnrred with many records aod many ! Thar* yoo have hit yoar bead agatnst to il now, by more then "tha altitude ol 1 a repine." That plate is filled with for. gotten papers of «e»da .for tint year's sowing — a distaff witb aome few shreds *1 tbo rafters overhead; and lucked away ' that aeed to stand bj tba lira in lirnea long j and perhapa aba thai drew tboa* flaxen ! tbe Una, don't yna ! I Well, lot that pau. Do yoa eoe <h:n j j It wu red oocw; it wu tba only casket in { jewels. Th* old red cradl* for all th- j 1 | world ! And yoo oecapiad It once— aye, | 1 great u you are, it was your worlS once, j j and over it, th# honion y»o beheld, bent [ ' | the heaven of a mother's eyes, aa yoa I | rocked in that Httl* barque of love, on | i tha hitbar-abore&f time, foamy a mother's Aad tbara, attached to two rafters, are : the fragments of ao untwisted rope. Do j , yen remember it, and atbat it wu forjand who fattened il there? 'Twas tbe "child i ren'a swing." 'Fob era here, indeed, but 1 where are Nelly aad Charley! There i hang* bia littl* cap by (bat window, and i tbara tb* littl* red frock *b* axed to west. - A crown is tsstiog on his cherub brow, i and bsr robu are spotless loth* better > land. Bot wa aiit aol tarry now. bat wil] ! return aoms other day, for that old Gir. ret ia mora nearly like a human heart, full of genii* and tearful memories, than aught el** no earth Btrt btftnua hearts thumaalves. i God ktap that garret with all lqs treasure, aafa, though foipa duty proea a viaian, fortana an Idte dre.ra— g. F. 7ap-*r.. Frozen Kindness. Th* world la foil ot kladaeas that never i wa# spoken, aad that is not mack batter tbao n# kindneu at all. Th* foal of the , at sea wishes ike wood wans, bat there are ; great pila* of Ulan iraai lying among roeka oa lb* top of th* bill, bare noI body can gal than ; there do not make anybody arartn. Yna m'gkt fre.x# ta death for waat or wood fo phii sight of all these : treea, it jraw kai so means of gat ting the wo*d aad orakiag a fire with It. Jaat aia a^foaSy ; lov# is what makes the pa1 rests and children, lb* brottiers aad aia- ' tare, happy ; bat if tbay care aaver to aay 1 a word aboat il, if lh«y keep il a profound • araret, u if it ware a Crima, th*y will nat ^ b* Back happier thaa if tbara was ant raj ■ tara among tb*B ; !k* boa* will aeam t raid avast iaaaataer. aad If yoa llv# (bare ■ ^ra will navy tb* dog wbsa aay on* tolls

Ilow tin: Atlantic Cable 1» ' Worked. { ThilA- bow lb* A tUntic cable is worked: | , Imagine a small oecdle— it' walgh* only' ' 1 bl.ck-bn.rd Tbe end of the needle, or rather magnet, is (lie J.nsit.ve. and the oilier a negative one, j lilhar end coojains only threa rupa- a , wonderfully small number when y,.« k.-e ' way. N. Y. th* head office here. Tbe be detected by lh*TnakeJ eya. A poe - r fnl magnifier. Imwevar, carries tbe rell.c lion of the mot inn ->f the needle tbrragh 1 the hole io the board above, slid transfers > The alphabet ta stmtlar to. thatigb not . exactly like, the Morse. " and lb* motion , of the neadie ooe way implies a dash, or of each can b. u.qde use ol u .. d.-LsbU- , Tn. magnets^ betng squally .t.iaef.ve. been popularly suppo.1.1. wool/ sal ■ oo violent to us. a vulgar phrase. .1 would be perp.tu.llj wabbl.og about Tbe r in ill current ased bar oo such efl. ct ft- tit alt- lidiH-nlioit. "No woman |e educated who is not equal to lb* eucce.slul management ol a family Althoogh it does uol roS0tre ' do., to govern . state, still it requires taletll of tbe sau.s kind. At ",uk" 1 admiral wbo entereU the navy m th. mult lufenor posit, on. because, says Ituiuap. tbuj. and they alooe, are ut'i|uan.ieu «tui ber of it. Daiigbiers wbo ueglei-t tbtpart ul education ar* ent.r.ly withool blame. Tb* vary apology wbtcb ta often made for tbe negl-ct of it. IS tbe greatest condemnation ol those wuo oiler . I. It ! is said by those wbo are growing in igo.. ranee of ibesa Hung*— Any on* can leain how (o keep bouse when il Is aeeeasarj man say- Of what usa i. H formeu. i ' j leant a.prolessinA, or make nijaelf acI • W i. en 1 am married, if I lov. my wtl. , it I ! will then be' lime enough to learn a pro- I > [ fossiou, or accomplish inyseli' in toe d._ j • tails of boatness.' Would there beany ] surer omen of total failure and di.com. > ! liter*? That which a Woman caa l-aru ■ | a mother. If ,M. at. so easy lX.. j ' ! the finest lady to koow all the details ol domestic affairs. It ia honorable, uod | — Many amusing atieedot. s are related ' of tb* Rev. Joshn* Brooks, of Manctns- - ter, England, a clergyman of trriiabl- - temper. Perhapa th* following ia the r best ;— Tbe churchyard was sn rounded by a-Jow parapet wall, to walk along which 1 required nice balar ring cf tie body, and - waa one of tbe favorite feats of tba neigh. ' boring oys. The practice greatly annoyed '■ Joahoa, and on* day, while readiag the ' caogbl a chimney sweep walking on the ■ wall. Tkia cauaed-th* eccentric chaplain by abruptly giving aa order lotbe bradle| to make th* following laierpalatioo ia tb* r solemn .words of Iba foaeral service , "And I heard a soica from Uaaven say . ing— knock that black rascal off the , wall.!" ' —A prominent bachelor polltlevn re marked to a lady tbat sospaion* was eg. r caliant to krap th* faat warm in bed. 1 Y*a." *«id th* yoong-lady, who bad bean an all entire lialeaer, "bat torn* gen. ' tlemen bav* aa improvement sn ihpt which yea knew nothing abnuf.'" Tb* baahalor turned pal* aad, mala. - taiaed a wistful aileace. I — If twaaiy grain* make * scruple. h*» , otaoy wiU mak* a doabt ? D acta# days , mak* a a* weak, bow many will mak* oa* t strong ! Ir In and a half yards maka a ! Pola. baw many aiil maka a Turk! 1, a fear qaa/tare maka a yard, k#w m**y mils i make a fardra f .

Congressional Sumoiarj. M ox day. Fxn. 4th.— Ic tka Senat* a 1 resolution was reported from tba Judigi- , i ary Committee to pay tba Kaaatora from Teen atee from tba sginniagorthsTkfr. >y ntn'b L'ongrasa. Tba conaidaratiaa of , 1 th. resolution v. as postponed. Mr. WU- ' llama, of Oregon, presented a bill to constitute aucb of I ha so-called Coofa£arat* Siaiea a military district, to bu cam. I manded by a regular officur not balow tha s grade „( brigadier general, wb* shall have , ' power to orgaaix# military comBiastera alien necessary iu bi* judgement, and bia , judgment, and bia approval shall be required ou all sentences of aucb military comraissioas affecting lb* liberty ar Ufa . of aay pereon. Th# bill also provide* . that write of habeas corpus may b# iasaad r in behalf of prtsoaura in military custody oaly w lien endorsed aud approved by lbs officer couimantiiog lbs district. It was ■ ion. A bill abol.sbiag imprison Bant for , debt was introduced aod referred to th* Judiciary Coinniittaa. Tba Jadiciary Com inula* reported adversely to th* rat. lUHun declarative of tb* principle of th* , constitution ia relation to lb* writ of h*- ' ! U the House, onsltr tb* call, Mr. K*|ly [ introduced a bill making it unlawful for , the Secretary of the Treasury to null any r 1 gold now *r hereafter, which was referred to ill* Committee on Bunking *Bd Curiutton that tbe public interest demands | that ll.-r» shall not bu any redaction of tba amount of outstanding United Elate* •...to., called gfeeubai-ks, during th* cur- , "-ut jear. ano instructing tbe Committee , on Way. aud Means to report a bill to , effvet^tbat obj-cl. Tb# raaohitioo wa* . , adopted without a division. Bill* topro- , <ide for lb* resumption of specie pay. itirnla aud >o piovtda ugatnst tb* uodaa expunttuu or coutraclion of lbs eurreacy were reforrad to appropriate commute**. Mr. Kelso's impeachment resolutions were , rvlerred to the Judiciary Committe*. A I resolution declaring it aa tha opialoo of uol justify u greater curtailment of Iks , national CI I filiation than four millions , per month was offered, but giving na* to . debate a as laid over Until Monday and. Auutbvr resulutiuu, embodying tb* aama , Ideas, «as immediately offered aad lb* , 1 prevtoas questioa demanded, but tka House refused to seeood lb* call, aodthn , tesolutio* also Went near. A resolutlaa directing tbe Committee sa Nasal Affaire t to inquire into tbe propriety of removing the Naval Academy at Annepolia to some point in a loyal Dtata was, alter aom* dis- , cuhiob, auoplad. t Temper, Kan. 5th. — la tbe 8eeata rea. ulntluna wara adopted inquiriag If Uetaral i, Snrrman had isaued any orders lor the t protection of trcins crossing tba plains; , relative Iu the management ol lb* C'bafUa- „ lief ot discharged soldiers who have font, ■ heir paps re. The bill providing that tba . | not be cousitued to provide for th* :pay. I 01*1.1 of "such claims in 'b# redel gSatjs, ! . tie hut. defining tue rank ul aomual and . j ..all officers, and upproptmtiug fiJJ.xOU, ■ ,. L ...Ion. for the ye t euuo.g June 'jQ, j ainenoineiits. The Baukropi bill as* .hen tak*n op in Commute* ul the Wtula. „ I Several important abisuumeata sure |ffuI ii.it of tbe commute* lb* bill Waa voted i. up..n, resulting iu its defo.t, by 'JZ nuju 20 jeoa. . . Io tbe Uousa, Uer.aral Bharidaa was u received aud proeated to tbu members, II during a recess taken for thai purpose, (I and on the resumption of buriuvsa, reports (rum committees were called. -A number of memorial hills from Ibe Committee ou '* Military Affaire ware reported and pasted. '■ The H»u'a Iben went into Commute* of 1 the Whole, and Mr. Hooper made a speech " oh tbe financial qurMion. Tba bill ap- '' propria' lag S2.500.000 io carry oat th* :l' -iipulaiiona of Indian treaties Was repotted "" 8-veraf h xecutrv* docomeats war* prwh- seated. " W rbKcanat, Fu. Sth.— Io lb* 8*aat* " the Military Commilte* reported Mr. "• w'llson 'a bill for ih* I. mporary increase of It* pay of army nfficera. Bill* war* », introduced amending tha act granting '• lands lo Ibe Elate nf Kansas, fixing tka " valanaa ol tbe Jud aa of Ik* -Soprame - Court a io tha Tarritoriea, and fixing lb* ■' time for chooaing aleetora of rrtsldsal lr aad Ylca I'resldwat. M r. Duo#, of Uaaneriicui, offered a bill which ka xotvadad - ... ".a amendai-ut ... Mr. .Wade'- craalHut.»aal aooudmaat. The bill w I'jelai* ; he tenure of offirc waa ih-a called ap, and. after sousidarabla diacas-ion, lb* 1 1 -use Bii.ead.neul including Cabinet sffierrs among tbo-a wba Cannot be resisted >. withoal lb* adviea and conwni of Iba Seoare was dfaagreed to. Iu tba Uoaaw lb* bill amendatory of tha. *«• rcp-ctiag aapyrightl srea pasaad. I Mr. Elasaa*. from Iba Jaiat Cemmiuaw » I oa' Baroastrucliso. reported tha MM to I pravida lor th* atora-vffieiaat gosMsnarat 1 ' af tka .a.urrrc. iooa.y Btatva, wfoch aroct. sack 8 1 at* into a military district, lo bw | commaodad by a brigadier gaoarml. 1 A | syaopait «f tka bill wo* given asteral fey* . ago. M r. Etaveaa im imated that ka would jwkably demand a vol* oo ia oa Thtrm