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VOL XIII. "

TAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY' COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15,1868.

NO. 668.

•' BUSINESS CARDS. ~ : ~ A t .4 B D. ~ , J ul!i J «k w«™ 'opp°™ Tr r^Hi. u. IIEAKV SWAlV, ^IVp-it J rollrctorcf lntn»l A... a or for Cap* ; C.p. H«r Count J. ~ AI'CTIO.V BlNUKKf. rj'iiKUB<irr*i»B^JwoulJi«j>oriron»lBf'in»h-» j Llcea-ed^Aue-IOkV-r, xUlA. '.ad) now loal'ruO I ^ **"" c*i*- laiaad. n.'j. j * n. H. CHEt, AiroMXKr-jT-Ljw, tunc*, soucitob, * fHi: 101 iYM Hi:i) r K. U. 8 WAIN. salem mutual insurance company, , 1 for I he County of Cop* Map. W.J. oP At f HtnOEBt AOTK E. rpHi; underalgaed ha* lac takoo ouS lie. use u P 1 an -i.cfToBasr. ira.Hrtfull) rive* OeUre lo I l.ta liltLda aoijm public, that Ac !■ r"P«" •: lo attcad tudmgnc Sal's la an) part of .Caw Ma) count/, at abort nolle* and oa r<a*onal4e c term.. C. WILLIAM CHANBS.H , Jan. •• rear. It) COM »ptl*«. »- J. R. B. SWAIN, HEAI. ESTATE AG EST, SURVEYOR CONVEYANCER. OSr*. t or- PKREY-A SOLTH Streets, jab*-, Cap* Island. X. J. JESSE M. SMITH. ] REAL ESTATE AG EST, Ha* removed his oOn from the man of WaahJACWPOW RTREET, *.OU»VB~. J j*^««Mfr . i CON YE * AN C IN G . ^ TAUM. >08 ML MORTGAGE*. udatBeto j < ii.atMww^l'V'.p*"'.'' aad*S*k!»wted«ai*al* a and Depositions uku by "LAHt tW AI.S. °^***' ^ntJujCnp/K^Snrty, 1».J- I ' -STILL AT IT \J\[ i WARE & ELDRKDGE, Contractors and Builders, TAPE la LAND. X. J. , eugH-l Mor- Chestnut Altar. ■»" Manaloa aired. , c ran e ' s rilOTOGKAPH GALLERY, Fhotngraphe Ha* Cart* da VlalU to Ufa Rise. — * ams.' It i^L uTiaifrB-l'^rT - a. can Pkoto- 1 Miaia unaTiun of various palletus, Ac.. a Bio.a.iami, jona- Monaon, . Cap* lalaad. pnUedelphla. - HOI SE A RICH PAINTING, GLAZING, GRAINING. CHINA GLOMINC. GUILDING aad PAPER HANGING. ( aw on**, tout', Ur^ Cream Saloon, WashYoor patronage la respectfully eolldtad auf l»-lf aMITH k MORRuW. Pt'MPE I PI MPS ! '1 'HE undersigned la bow potiln* la 1 WOODEN PUMP* ^ To*a* utiBp* air a aupcrlor article. «lv» unirri. eato.ti.iaeuae. aHtttt^gRPk "'hlVv*'1 MuatDlUin' Otuil 1*0 with Eldrfdge John* aoo.ai Miller It Johnson'. s.orr.wlUtoprompti) flbedZS?* M a siSu.* joaa k. La*. B. F. ABiiiaa. Rich. R. Wmua. JOHN 8. IXK A CO.. TX OPX.aMlP CHANDLERY k WAV AL STORE"-. NO. U North WHARVES, helow ARCH St„ PtllLAUl LrHI . . j CILLINO and SEINE TWINE, OARS, OAAOM, PITCH. FAR, ROSIN, FAINTS, OILS, BLOCER, CANVASS, k Leery article required aboard «*aa*l«. Wa also hseeADepartment of UROCBttlfeH A PROVISIONS, Noa. IIS fe ISO smi h w'h.r! m%rtuw Rao* Street. JOHN S. LEE k CO. rhH.der.J-ie. A pet I a lean. statk? N E R Y7A c . f

J. S. GARRISON. ( WASHINGTON STREET. j 1 oppoalta tb. Port office, j T CAFE ISLAND, X. J, « W WL»SS£S& oe°£.M£tl^- i STATION tit. I AND NOTION* I I?, FAMILY MEDICINES. s TOILET ARTICLES. RROONS, . TOBACCO A IMAM, COUNTER RHOW- J COAL AMD LUMBER. ;■ ..mi. MaauatBu > i ' (Lrj»wm»o(LT«nK.},-T i -SBSStK?d.*.Mi«i.Lnoo ! 8PwwBi.aoaTBgsa.TP i BBSBS.WO.PBoeau.ACo. ;

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 30.000 FRASCK HERRXNG-0 Oiiampidn Safes. AWARDED Tllr PRIZE MEDALS AT WORLD'S PUB, - - l.e-aditw WORLD'* FAIR, - - "•'» *.>«"' ! LXPtnlTIIII UIIVHKIEI.LBTI Pall* WIXXEt OF IHF. WISER or 30,000 Francs! ISLOOO IB Gold.) . KsMMIML Tb* public at* Incited loeall aad oaawla* Ut* ! leal aa,l are ibfoffi'eial award to Ik* Hrrrlnc - HERRING, PARREL A SHERMAN. JSI BraadnaT, ^ t k ' PARREL. HERRING A CO.. PHiLADELrXIAHPKRINC k ca, CRIcago. IIERRINO.FARREL k SHERMAN. ( JIJIES TKR, IMPOBTEE ASD 0 BOW EE CF ILOWIB 4 VEGLTAILE SEEK, 1 1 ROCIIKSCKK, N. V. | , VICE'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Seeds & Floral Guide for 18(38, j 1 now puNuhed and^rradj to^^rnd^ oo 1^^,' | , PafirtL rtiaialBias'luli dlietlp* .«''••* of Ch..*..t Placer. A V-N-tahl" Ort-crv ! wilb j'lalo dl r«Oo cfa^lor *uwj j ' ■ DcVdTIFUL COLORED PLATE of FLOWER* j I*gaaa^faw»«gl88!8i i . ,i dl*™ V]. K, ™e.i„ N. V. : mikth liincil 8TUX8HIP <»• I TIIBOCGB (JSE TO CALXPOHN1A, j " Via Pcnama or Nicaragua, "sallln* from New York Btb and Olki J.na.rp MIL, l»tli With Ne« rtcamiklp. of ihe Piral Claaa. pueac* Lower than bj an) Other Lin*. I'or Jnrlher (nformallon apply to tb* iind»> , alynod *1 ITI WMp'hi. CARRIKGTOM, A«L, j For IMS. <( wijh to TJr°|r 1888 GOOD REUttlOUS PAPER Pur Ibc *w ADVAhCL'' ^ ^ ^ ^ ' j km J4 'Lontald B*^k i«s* . M * A"VAW ^ ' A" GENT* WAJTC.ll. POR THE AMERI- « AN PARMC.R, tb* eh*.., J I and b .1 Palnicr'e I'-M in America, only *1 a ; rar, Foi , ma,»u,ld.to..4:c. K. 1:„ohMtr! s v. G.P.F.OWELL 4 Co AMERICAN i I.01E < O.. » l ortlsnill Iiwti. >•'« I opt. RVTn THlituv CLOCK". TIIF." ULl'E COATS, r j A^n^^wHB ' i Wy.'*T*» I'Ub'lc are ber.1.. 11 1 bar* ao rtgbt lueh.i** mom Iban »1». R*n'i : ! l,„ rt.cul'ra. Addma J. NK. BRurHKRS a I ' ! CO., Philadelphia, Pa. ! ! OWE DOLT AR EACH. I ' : TV EE* Colioa, llotb, Dr*»a latte r,. Part 1 1 YY • alien,,. »• Wlnj M«bl ea, Wrtabt* Di> 'wad Fancy G.od,, ,f. »*n.i TrOrrataf. i . Palrbl lv a rn. ataln. wilb aUp deacribtaf atari. clc In our dollar t*.e. .,.'.1, . ™.'" ! rati, aad *ei a inalun itw ao dolor, send ... i lircl.iarml Lrllera. Saajple* mailed IT** I* any adurvaa. EA"TMAN fc REM) ALL. • i • Hanover Bortot, Ma... ' ANTBD.— S ALES M EN lo tr.i*l a»d wll (taxi, by .ample. Goad rapi •nd .lr.v-. I employment. Addter- with al«mp, LAN -HLA h . k PEltKY, 1ST soparta* *1.. ClOTrtaadfOblQ-

AZ'YGOS! I art ata(BlRe**Uy 111 ua Dated Medical Book,. | t coalainlox lm^rlart i . ! matijby adltioortn* lb* fc.-reia*) the N*w | Tocb Madloal Uineecrtiy, locDntoa Maac, N. \ . AUKRT* of Se-llW M.ckla*. .au amura the p aarne) of Pooie'a Patent N*ed» Tkrjwdrr : Aiylom R»o Hart'ord, Cooo. A Ubor*l dlwoni I made to Aral* aad the trade. Seal to any vl- , i dreea, prtymld. apoa mmlpt of ffi- , j NO MORE NEED I Op neonf* la tb* country poylop three or four assjri.'fK.'t"; .-.w. JS; > | rtplk m tffibiff by QlLMaH fcCO.. lll Hiyo » fiS?3£22^ti«s: I I REYOLCTIO.Y IS TRADE 1 I iR "LV ' IYERIBWI TARE NOTICE. wb dkpy coNPrrrros* ONE DOLLAH, I llmarHMn'MH* lw IMI Mllo V..T ..Ql.M .Fir..- .. w..

Sht ®cfis Comet. || ";L " Y' ^ "^"v^to^«fca"wSW. j 1 SIT* SIATITE HOME. Mroallve home, tbrt chen»bJll epol.' j ' Obi mS" tflroc«h' 1 1 fc'eaa'br fir*o'. j " Tbouyh l.r my fuoiatep# rtraj. 1 f There firt^a WdheU* toe* I koew ; ^ | *N Nor'abuaSrJrt^Daaur bl'm. j< AAad with i'*» joythfol f,m*i (' Too bi IrUL too pu.e, » ere they to laot ; , They lire bol to a name. , J There la tnuibi found In malurer as* . , To eiilial ll.oo brlrbl hour. 1 No aungy rlram on M*.m>r, |m«. cahpSai auoh Hrto« Bowera. j, ToV"dear 'b!y weee^to me- ^ ^ jl ^'ate'paaledtoto Ih'r" Lljbl. Tea. deaPmy o.tlvehomoto me ' [ ' fto®" 1 •'<£* 'Ol'torf.-ea. D ''.V.'^Tj'-J- ■' Rrmt'iBlirr the Poor. , Hrmrmber tbe poor. far bleak wlnda af# Motrin*. ' And |bnth") the IroaLpcarlr »r*.|Uafnlnt j ; i " vod'a'nowdrlfla Uc reatteiwd all orer tbe crannd ' j Remember Ibe poor to th.fr eomforilea. dwelli 111 elaluod IILfed. and o'erburdened with ear*, j 0 »orn not away with a took ao re-ieilin*— j Thy a iiuinc,. may .are them pertupa from - | « ; I Mi.b-rVo* may toalterJhy rre.eol po*»eaoloo», And Meaty lo porerty ieare iboe a ..rrj . s I How blltorly then will Ibon Ihlok of Ihe bleaa- . Thai Charity a»he from Ihy rlchee lo^ay. Hrmemher ihe poor aa you ihanklullr yalher rarh mnad hlTr.ch table with luxury ept*adt ■ Thou loo arl a pensioner on a rtoh lather, j For haallh aod for ii lend. hip, lor raiment and Rrmrmbc. I he poor— thla thoo art commanded- j ' YTu- Havtourthut kindly re mr inhered Ihe pool: I Thy poaca'lRthla Ule .hall boHkettdfwHw. : "Te' frtlbtSi <aIdWhlHM?d of my'palher, come i hHher did || to me " jfHisccUanrotis. now FkMm liked lUe Olit § Msu. by jorj <jc1l t. Paehlea had jc»t u-ked Mr. MarriwoaM.nr'h dauiihter if .he would (t.ee him h ' I lift Oat of bacholordom, aod ib* iai.l It iberofor* becama aboolu'ol* oeccisarj to»#t ihe old mau's perminiun. ,o. a* Preble# raid, that Brrau|»menl • . iiutfbt bo mad* fut boppiog the conjugal 1'erbles said he'd rathor prop tb#int*»i "calory to all of old M.inwealler - * daaghters. aod hla aitter*. and hii len-al-,'uq.iB. and bis aant Hannah in ihe conr • try, abil the whole of bir female ralalioa. , lb, i. a* If old Mer.;.ealher. Until bad in dune, ami a., L# .at dowa and aiodie.l cut a epoecn which b.- an going lo diirye to old Me.riweather the wury f rai • chase* ho gof 10 ah} it at him. X. !'»e. | ; ii|*e dropped 10 on lnm on* Sunday ever 1 i If*. wNrn all ibo ramily had maaNd-re ■ j aiound to cUae moeling, and (aiind iiim > i duias a .am in beer iiieaaupe. Hying t" ' ! calculaU Ih* ekairtmuinhor irf quarto hi. , I Uterioi could bold without bluwiog tb* 1 .lead i.ff uf him. "Hue are y.to.TiJVtU-aaid old Herri- , ! ...tner, a, I - effirt walked in «• Whill K. > i enui.lt *( ehalk, and trembling aa If be :.*fi .wallowed a lOUiiena-J pariliqoake. " Peebla* waa wlraid to apiwer, bccauie he ■ '.'Oan't fare about •hal apoecn. He knew he had to keep bia grip on il while b* had y it there, or il a-old clip away fron him q- icker I bah an hilrd'eel through ao auger uuie. Sn he b'.uriad right OUI : il "Mr. Iterriwoather : Nir. i arhaps it may I not he unknown lo you. Mr, that darii g an extended period of rom* bre yaart 1 bare barn bu.ily oagagad in lb* proaacoi hod of a commercial eutarprie* " : i

j "1* that *oT aod kaepin' il a Herat all . I i the nm*. while Ithouehl yon wa* a laudio' ; i >.ior*T Well, by Ueorg", jau'r# on* of ! I I 'am saw ain't yon ?" .1 i Peabla* had to b#-in all erar agom t* j | i gal Ibe ran of It. I j "Mr. Marriwoathor : Sir, perhaps it muy | i I ant bo unknown to ynn that dnring an »x- j tended period of lom* he# year. 1 hare | engaged in th# proaoeuuon ef a com- j niercial enter pria* with a datirmlnatioa to ! a sefficiant maintonane* " i "Sit down, Peab, aad balp yooraalf t# • Don't Hand there holding your , hat lib* a blind boggar with tb# paralyai*. W bat 'a th* mailer with yat. anyway T I i aeeor ao* yo« babau* joarualf *• in all my , barn dsya." Paublaa wa* knocked out of tim# again, and had to wan da r back aad tak# a fr#»h aiarL "Mr. Karri waa tbar : Sir. it may not bo ■uknnwo D> yoe that dnring so axtaoded puriod of #*■* flu* yaar* I boTa baao #*- gaged la th# prooacation of a eausRtoreial antarpti-e. with ibo dotaralaaUon to pro"A which aaeat" Baked old Merri weather ; bol Peebloe bald oat* tb* laat word lika It ww bit osly chance, aod "It ih* hop* that soma day ! might eater wedloofc. aad he-stow my uarthiy poaaeaaioBt upon ana whom I eoold cell my owa. I hare been a lowly maa. sir, aid ha*0 (th that it I* sot good for man la be aloe* ; therefore—" "Neither 1* ii. Peatlaa, aad I'm all fired glad yew have dropped la. Bow's tb# old msaf" "Mr. MefTiwwlbar: Sir," Skid Paw hlw. to doapwitiag owfwmw. rwtoto* hi* uwtoa to a y»il. "H may aai be aakaoww to ; yaw that iwriof aa «W*h» gonad of

lonely man I hat# been engaged to enter ; wedlock, and bestow all my commercial enterprise opoo one wbum 1 cuiid procur. j b« a datirminaiion to' b# good lor a „ sufiicjeBl piMseaaiooa— no. I mean — that tl ■ ia— that— Mr. Merriwaatbar, s.r, it »*)' -• , not be ookouwn " T "Aad than avaio it may. Look here. ' I'-ebl**. yoo'd batter lay down and take , something warm, y^n tin I well." (i Peabla*. • weilmg lika a fonr^fa- old i( I coll. went in again. a "Mr. Mtrriweatber: Sir. it may not he fl lanely fur you lo prosecole m# whom you a 3d call a filand for commercial maintence. but— but— oh, daug It— Mr. Marti- a { weather: air— il " ' ii "Oh. Peablea, you talk as wild as a j, ; jackets. 1 sever sea a more Sral-eUsa ( idiot in th# whole court# of my lifo. — f, What's th# matter with you. anyhow J" j , | "Mr. Merriwaather : Sir." said i'aeble., , in aa ugony of bewilderment, "it may ool e I be unknown that yo* prosacated a lonely , j man wb* it oot good for a commorem! , period of wedlock fall far aom* hv# year. , —but " • "See here. Mr. Peebles, you're drunk and ifyoa cao't behav# batter IBhn lhal, ! you'd better leave. II yon dou„t I'll . , 1 chuck you tut, or I'm * Duiubisa^. "Mr. Merriwaatbar : Sir," said Heebies, ( frantic with daspair, "it may net bt uu- n knows to yea that my earthly pa«t#»etooa , an engaged lo onier wedlock five yeart ( wiib a sufficiently lonely meo. Who is not f good for a commercial mkintesanco , "Tb# bloody daua* he ian't. Now you , I jest git up and git, old base, ot I'll knock l . what iiuia braia* out of yOB ,JO«'Y| got t j left." . „ r With that, old Merriwaather took Pea- j t bles by th# thirl oollar aad th# part of his ( pants thai wears out Irst il he tits down ( much, aad shot him into the street. »• i' ( he bad just run against a locomotive go- ( in g at lorly mile# aa honr. Before old < , 1 Merriwealher bad a cbaoc* to shut the j ( ' frent door. Peebles collected hit legs aad ( >00# thing and another that were lying ( ! around on tba pavement, aod arranged j himself in a vertical poaitioa aod yelled ] not : . i "Mr Merriwaatbar -. Sir, it may not be ( unknown to you " which made the old f man to wretched mad that he weut out and set a biill-femer on Peebles before he bad a chance to lift a brogan. aod there aa* a scientific dog fight, until tbey got :o tba fence, aod even then Peebles would have carried th# bolUlarrier home, grip- 1 1 uled like dfclatnp oo to hit leg, if it hadn't • >>»#o that .the meat was too tender, and lha dug, feeling certain that tometbieg or Other meet eveilually give way, held on entil h# got hie chap oil' of Peebla's calf, end Peebles wont home half • poaqd^ . lighter, while Merriwaather asserts lo tbi, . day that tbey had lo draw ell the dog » teeth to get lire flesh not of bis mouth, "for ho bad an awful hold fat such a email i animal." ' Of conree Merriwaatbar e daughter beard aboat It. and she was so msd th*t she never gave lb# old man any paare | , oaitl he went around the next d.y lo see ; Peebles about it. Pe*le» looked pale : as a ghost from loss of blood and beef, and he bad a whole piece of mnslio wrapped around bis leg. Merriwaather saiu : "Pabb, I'm sarry #i«al that muss la.t i, , night, hot if yoo didn't behave lik* a i raving maniac I'm a loafer. 1 never *** v soch a deliberate ass line* 1 w»s born. What's tha meaning of it, any way !" I "I was only tryin' lo ask you to let I ma marry your daughter." groaned Psenlaa. "tjreat — what?— yog didn't mean 'o . • r.y-*.! . I hstpm I nisy---ti" ahqt. V\*|i. 0 if "you aint a regulafwoodeD headed idlol —I thought y-ur mind wa» wandering. . Why didn't you say it right out* Why. (| of coorsa you cau have her. 1 am glad in .1 gel r-d of her. Take her, iny b-y j go ii. . I go it, and I'll throw a lot of hrst-cla.. 1 . blps'iiigs into tbe bargain."' - 1 And Peeblee looked ruefully at hi* d*Vetivn leg and wished b# hadn'i bs»n *ueh i j * loul ; but ho weal o«l and married the o : iriri, and lived happily with her foi ahou> .1 I so monlba ; and ai the red of that lime IS l<* laid A confidential friend that b* would • willingly lake more trouble aod undergo a million more dog-bitva to gal rid of i. her. ei — Th# following amount* have been. •- I paid by tbe General Government la tb* i* j tsveial Slain undar acta of Oo* great In- • w 1 demnifying lb# Stales for expenses in- . 4 . rcrred by them in defense af tha United is 1 Stale* : Main*. $86»,g4C; N'ss Hamp--r shire, $>&8,4bl; Vermont. $519,404; Maesachntelto, $2,553,649: Rhode Inland, y I 8735 117; Conneeiieul, 81.7U2.BUC ; New | York. $2. 500.192— claimed, $3,225,000 ; . I'enn.ylvaoia, $1,989,228; New Jersey, s- ! $1.108.231 ; Delaware, $3, #19; Maryland, ■nihinrr- Vireiei* S",; :i I •! ■ Ohio 32.i $28,319; Ohio. $2.-

; 164.559— clalaad, #2.172.000; Michigan. $346,400 ; Kentucky, $2,1 16,034 ; Illinois, j ; $3,888.845 ; Iowa. #100.000; Wi.eousin. . $924,363; Mingesou, #103.433 ; Kama., #9.360: Miasoun, #7.908.86; lndisna, 1 $58 1,615. Total, $30,933,459. YVbOl* | amaont claimud, $40,293,000. — Tb# Naw York oorreepondent of Ihs i I'mladrlphia Ltdgtr. saya : William B. ' Attor will pa; a tax this year oo $2,000.000, besides persoaal property tax on $53,500. A. T. Stewart It toxad upwards of $250,000, nearly an* quarter ef which i* derived from his parausal property. Cornelias Vandsrbilt pays oa $1,200,000 an part" oal property, aad aboat $80,000 ■ ex oa hit Harlem railroad city aetata. Tb* panosel property tax of ax-Mayur Ganther. ia rata read at $100,000; that of Alag. Stuart, th# eugur rufiunr, $150,000, Robart no*. $75,000; Jaoathaa Tharna. $450,000. Tha Apple teas pay an $14<>.000; lb« Harper pabliahars. #170,000; and Psran Stavusa. th* boUl iaeper, #125,000. w ■ ■ Dun*.— A Scotch Profaaaor reoaitly Strang ly coadamnad tha practise of Allow, lag ehildreB to go shall wTthoot saBcisnt covering for thalr toga. H* aaid ia Addition that mothers oammit child murder, aad than wonder bow God ecald be. ao unkind a* to take away tbair darling.— Thes net only mardar their children, bet ia bis opiates commit saieid# tbamsalvas by ex posing tbolr owe each* to tb* cold wir. It waa a paxxU which b. coald om anderstaad, that women aknld cut off lb* <*p of ihoir drooeo* aad appoar with bare boaoms, ia raised aomoiy. wbito that port af Urn dree* which ehnald prelect tha heart aad !**(*, aad at bar vital organs, f in teailiag to th* mod.

Machine for finding Water. the existence of Wa'wr en th- * most arid land, is attracting immense at- " teotinn in; Pans, and experim. n's^ are J' The'Vmperor Napr-lesn h.s perch-,.-,! th- v machine, and personally enp-nniend* the r exp.rim.nl. .0,0, -o 10 the Park "f N-. " t'lunJ. The instrameat conairt. of elo .u 1 tub*, terminating in n abarp point. . I which, forced into the ground, has never ; . faileiNvithin twenty-two minates to brine j ' , used throo^ha»e~ttiw Chirvd^Sial-s. ^ l"« j ' I its" it, fitting it for pumping. Wherever > ! there is water at a depth of lees than 33 " end no rock ioUrvaoas, th# cylinders. < ' when driven dowa to th* water, will form ' ■ connected lobe, throueh which the fluid I ' 'can be drawn op. It lake* bnl a few j J ! mioolra to put 00* af lhaee pamps dawi. ; ■ aad th# aniy wonder is that the invvntina was net thaoght of year* before it was. The Trice of fur*. 1 A fir detler that epitomizes nn expert I of twenty-five yeers in the busioe.. : ( ^ Just t querist of * ceotory ego 1 entor* i ' ihe far trade, paying eighteeo ceo IS Jcr | two dollar* lor little yellow martin ekius ' During these twenty-live^ years thars^bs* l sold a lot of mink for eight hundred dolthat now would bring twaoty-fonr . thousand dollar*. Theo, again, 1 bar* sold a lot of coon fox timleen Ihoursrid j dollars, that in London to-day wonld not ] bring two thousand dollars. Tha lilll# martin ■km is now worth ike same pries of a yellow dog skia— two shilliags. The opossum has been from three lo sixty ; i and is bow dowa to sight cents. War been 00* cause of these fiuctuationa ; . i ibst mightier power than arini-t, j faebiao, has don* the most. While the j combined armies of "Koran* coold only pot down coon aod skunk fifty per cent., that pewerfal goddess, fashion, ran th# - eighteen cant mink up lo fifteen dollars. ' and knocked tn# big black lynx muff down ' four shillings.

Healthfulac** of Api»lP*. ®' There is scsroaly an article of vegetable g, I food more widely usefel and more oniver- ^ j sally liked than lb* apple. Why evory k farmer baa not an appl* oroharo where ^ mysteries. Let every fcou*ek-ep-r lay 10 a good supply of apples, end it will he the m -'is digested :n an hour aud a hall", eh- e boiled cabbages require five hours. 1': * (| most hvalthfel deis.rt tbet can he plecc l ^ on the utile is a baked apple. If eaten frequently at bteakiast. with coarse breed , and hotter. With--;: meal or flesh of any (| ; kind, 11 ha* an admirable effect on the % \ geoersl system, often removiog conetlpa- , lion, cerrrctiog acidities aod cooling off n , i febrile condition* more effectually than ( the m«»t approved medicines. If families eoold be induced to substitute apples— f' suuod and ripe — l«r pies, cak-a ai d sweetmeats. with which their children are too e , frrquenlly slnfied. there would be a d:ui- ^ in a single vear, snflicieutto lay in a stock 1 ' af this delicious fruity (nr ihe whole saa. ^ ••Lot r Creates Love" , la a saying ro commoo that we lorget lis „ worth. Convince a cM'd lo.l joit love J him and how easilt will lie be led to yieln , tender that they can be much more easily j, taught 10 pi*ctice_lhose virmes which >o n-eutlfolly adorn our f.llen nnlure, then , ^ when, by contact with the world *"d 11- , hosts ot vaniiies, tbey have grown cations ( . snd almost unsnaceptihle^t good impre- , , more aarue^lly 10 crash uui tbe evil woh in . their children's hseris, and nnrtiirv ioor- 1 ' , ii-nderlj th# virtues that b!o>s«m tile--, il bow beppy would be Ihd rvsulir. 1V-J „ | wonld Re', only render their children tot 1! ; belter and happier, bm in blessmr, woul" ■ he tbemselvas blessed. Let the almas phe e surrounding these hill* ones be o n | lo-'e, and, 10 the heeuiilul w--rds of auother. j , I w. would say 10 every tbougbtlul pare in . j who peruses theee lines, 'Make your cluld- . I ran beppy. Whatever cares prats, give j - d it a wtrm gond-nig bt kits at it poet to it. „ ; pillow. I'be memory of this, iii ihe stormy I . years fat# may have in store for tbe little \ I ' ooe. will be like Ba'hlobem'f alar to Ihe bewildered tbepard's 'My father, n v ! mother loved me I' Lip* parched with : .' the world's lever will become dewy again j' at this thrill of youthful'limfforire. Ki-s I yoor littlu child betor* il goes to slvep." j

Iliuts to Public Spralier» and Singers. Wbes tinging, writes Dint Boscicault, , • in ths J'aJl Mall GautU, tb* vawal* are ' principally used becaure H is necessary to . dwell upoo a note, and wa cannot proloog . a consonant. In speaking, on the eon- > j trary, w* dspaod for articulation on tba j consonants, bnt (hair short pareotaiva ■ soand do** ant travel. When wa shout, I 1 or ia opoo air speaking, partakes of shoal- j 1 1 Dp, w* proloog lbs vooals, drawing the 1 syllable at each word, hot what w* gam in sound is lout in clearness of srlieolalion; I expression ia lost in monotony; because I lw flutoea* depends 00 th* infinite variety . of which th* coasaoaot it capable and r boutowt on tb* vawal. Two thousand f voices singing or speaking t-.gothor, travel ; no farther then one vale#. Tbey may fill , a certain area mor* completely with that - intricacy of wsvos which, when very ; troubloaome, w* tall a din, but each voice , exerts its awe iofioeac* oo tba air aocardtog to iU power, aad die* away within certain limit*. A second vole* *CU Uder panda* lly, aod prodieou its own soporato - affect, sol fortifying tha firmt bat distract 1 from it : aad so with any number of voicot ■ — *av ton th aaaod— shoutrag lojtth.r, - if* eiagl* tram pater war# pieced among ' than, th* Beta* of hi* trumpet woald hv - heard clearly at a dislasee where th* Ba1 be I af veieo* woald bee* expired jo a ' murmur. Yat among th* dm produced 1 by to* Ua thousand note* th* trumpet I would be ioaudabl*. To illustrate Uw s theory more clearly, it i* plain that two • thousand poreoos caaool throw stoave < further theo ro- pareoa. H 1* ire# that s tha air within certain limits will b* mor. . fall of staa-s, bat thvy will all ooat* to tk* grooad wtthia a liaitod ana.

' Solomon"* Temple Exbnmed. 7'h* Loddua 7i*e« publi*b.-'ao lu-.i- ' .•r Jviaanlvm. from wnlch w. select the ^ lullowiax : — 'The coltwaal fountlations of llvo temple wall, which ate "stone, of lei"aolsmor. or his succes-or* on tlfSraXne. - * are now being Laid b>r« at tbe enornfv-o. 11 : deyih of 90 feet aad more beneath ihe " | present eurlr. . Tbe bridge that one- j -punned the ruvrae between the puluc* ot j ' Zioji and the temple ou Morieb i* Bnw . ' i proved 10 have been upward of ISO fee- , ' ! High. If this t.., av it seem*, the ascent 1 I the lions* of tbe Lord which .Soteman 1 1 | showed to the VJneen ol Nbeha. w. cannv | wonder that on eeen-g It there wis no ! " •piril in her. The pmnarln of the Tempi.- j i bo. >«t been uncovered to lbs base, ae-1 j ' found still lo hare an elevation of 136 j I feet. The statem-'ol of Jnsepus, is there- ; '.fair, no acaggeratioo. if any one looked , ' 1 from the battlemcule into the vall-y be ' 1 would be giddy, while bis sight coulii not 1 reach to such an immense depth. Sec- j lions of ihe ancient wall o( Upbal have j ' * says 11 was joined to ih* southeast angl.- ! J nig.. Its arraugv -lants. and tbe service 1 ol tbe Temple. The great work 01 a coin- 1 thus fairly ao-i auspicious!; commences, j 1 Grand Visor to lbi« count ly, and rfe rep- ' ' re»*htittoBir martr- to the tetter oy th- I Archbisbor o! York, followed np as thty tact of Liaotouaol Warren *nu tie adira- ' til# staff, have vmoothed down Moslem ' . prejudice, removed local oppos.tioD, soil I . thus brought about opportunities lor ax- 1 , ! accurrrd hetore : and besides. Urge nam- - work, aed are eager to be employed , and , | tb* axact points far th* successful expln-

Jo-.lt Billiug* ou (lain*. Tb* clam fx a balbus plant, ahfi residr* 1 on the ouder side uv tba water HeiZl born ax th* hir.it ere. hut don't cum out bis sbal. He izareerled by his pureclt Uis tuu.per :» s»d tu »>« cold aud c.an - aiv. bnt he most have . reli.b for somlbit , for bis moalh eaierv ell th* lime He u the life ov the kump-sny at a clan, bakv, aod qnn# ojyu 12 or lh.-.n, ^Ubd^ IL . p'ere'lv"h Ive* binCk n "an t# tula and pile . inter a in so. below the belt, and kiet up the oyster ha. ih. beti edunkauuu ev iz groat difference 10 the thickness 0* ih. r •kuls. un.i in th* vi.ftoet# ov their brain-. There is tiotliing more ducile than the Clam, end altl.augb -hey aummnwa git m a Stew, they ere »x exy 10 lay yer band ..u and keico ex a eluii, but they 1 ra like a.. [ iiijoo, not very ulky ; tbey have got in - too much tight'nvas. end then ' mouth ia loo toll ol tongue to be r!ib. There iz as much difference iu tb* breeu i luff, aome are guou UJ tbe balf ahel, ! a mighty sight i>* ehawlwg besides. Glean were first discovered ne.ilramea. : Zle. wus. by being C.URRI. how long s clem kail lire 1 dou't^ell.ve they hen ieli tbrmsvlvws, piobahly 5 tboat.no year.; "The Miseries of lluchrlnr a. Kerry yoorg men', wardrobe, .ay- .n j ezchubge, la a ec.o« of l-aifal dilapidaI lion, ariaiilg liol su much froui imuecuni .ne 10 00 the required rnpairm*. Tb. I young man boarding ra New York, thm ; is, the young maa without aoy aitter to care for his alothes, it hut a wbitrd *epj ulcber. Outwardly he may app«ar in in. be-vbl of fatbiou aud arrayed iu all th. gu. g.ousne-s of purple and tine linen ;

. but inwardly h.< It ibe ab-.de af rent* ana j ' irare. The lining of thai haadsom. over- j j coat ia diversified with Itrge gashes from j I which ptotrod* ansr.inly wadding ; Ih- : i truwaer* pockets are fuimshed wltb littl. | holes tbruugb which a procession of p.n- , | knives, nickel eeuu, meertchtim*. and | door keys quietly meander adown the leg . ] to th* pavement; the walstcoet without j ■ its buckl.s at th. hack; th* collar it hrl-i id its place by an ingenious and tkillfal ; i device of pint, aod lb# skirl— alas .' tbe ; ahirt !— i* bol a memory ol tbe lata Jai mooted button* whose place know* them ' no mora, ^ ______ A New Wat ro Pat rat National Dzbt.— In a lata lecture in Chicago, - a ! the Artie regions. Dr. Hayes mad. tb. 1 ' int.resling ttal-iu.nl Ih I ba bad aaan *0 : icsbatg to large that if it w.re brought to Naw Y'erk and told by th* po'.od at market rata*. Iba proceeds would more than twice pay th* oellaeal debt. The Tribune tbibkt the Doctor it no doobi a reliable mathematician, aad eomrocodr bit di.cpv.rv lo th* oatie* of th* Secretory of tb* Treatuiy. Tbe Great Kasi.ro might ha chartered, and aeot to tow th* iey traasare into market, aod Jay Cook* would undoubtedly take tha job of converting it iota greenbacks. To# project it oertoinly an tee on*. — Wagivatb* following aa iUaalrating tha baaafil* of advertising : A man living on tb* aatskirU of Springfield, Mass., found th* snow drifts so deep ia froat of hu dwelling that he concluded hie neighbor* should break a path for htm. Hv inserted an advertisement la 00* of tb* , paper* offering hit hoete for salt al a 1 marstoag. Tha plaa worked like a eharm 1 From immediately after breakfast oatil 1 lata at aigbt. and on lb* aaat day altn, . a stream »f hungry speculators, oa fool 1 and in tl.igha aod carriages, penr-d down 1 ib* blockaded street to evcur* tha great • bargaia 01 eoaree tb-y war. all just-two : 1 lata, aad lha a treat wa* aawotb and hard a* a plaak fioor-nigd W) fw ball a dflM- 1

Agricultural. « do Not Our Farmer* Study TISFip Profession t We *>k our caliivalore, why it ie that all who comr ned.r tbe danomination of larmrre should take to little interest ia , Why should tba nablest profeaaioo on ; -a'tb have lor many af it* profseaioael frieuii* and o>-op.ratort thus, -ha rarely ; opsin a bm-k. or read a paper, #r study a of trn-b in the science from which j ih.y drew tbvir daily bread T No lawy.r that would make himself ; .minem, but feel* Ib* necessity of a good library, and a-corws th* opioioat of all ; vliatiugaubed Jurists Courts, ate.,; and ha . reads tbea* opraioas, aod finds idea* to | guide him in bis own advancing way. No physician taut t.aks from lb# prac- ' ticsl labors of bis fallow draft, aad free, ih-se written aad printed apralena, light and knowledge to guide him oa his way. No clergyman but what will paras* tha ! ariliofs aad diecussious of all ol bis awu j seel, aud even those that widely diff*.* I rou. him. ra order that he ma; aalaet th# traa aod reject tha falsa. No manufacturer or mechanic but what stores his mind with reformation from tb* 1. est bcokt. sail lb* jonrnala that treat af tb* *H*oc* appertaining to hie own bustBat the ooblaet science, alaa ! for lb* tb« farmer, he thinks too oftoo that aa b* ba« ploughed from his boyhood, be uadersisoOs alt about farming, and books and .papau are but lilli* use to him. How lata! 10 hi* success ii this folly. A lifetime spent iu practical fanning noly show* to lb. intelligent man. 4h*i he has but just sutured upon tb* threshold of th* great Tempi* of Nature, and aaecordiug a. he desires trua kaowladga, so cartels will b* bis success ; but thu mao that 1 fold* his aims, believing bs knews all. Heaves will withdraw tb* light of truth from him. and saccaeaean o*«ar raetapoa bis laboryr — Col. Farmer. e> Little Things in Farming. Tb* whole eaocese of a farmer brag** , upon timaly attention to lilll* things. , . This, msraiy. makes tb* differeoc* be1 1 tsreeo thrift and povarl*. I b* pbilusu- , ! phy ef euccass is expresssd in that old adag*. "For want 01 a Rail a she* was lost, for want of a shoe a bore* was lust, , lor want 0! a bore# a man wa* loot." H is a litil* thing to keep aceuants of lha pecuniary transaction* opoo th* farm. A nail hour Naturday evening would airahl* d.osi farmers to Iraow jest how tbey stand with ib* world. Yet, w* suspect ualf of su entry in a bonk, aod for waot of ibis, ihe account runt up fearfully at tba store, aud man; articles of luxury era purchased "i«uich ih-y *r. unable to pay^ ai the •arm 11 11 urigagad, and finally lost, for . »L-0 not in U.e. \ at many bav* n* tool noiye. or place of th.lle^for any impla- , - ii— y ware leal used, ihe p'ow 10 th* field, „ ine cart hi th* yard, th* chatue in tb* expensive impl.iii.nu they have boegbt. , and reapers aud 1 crashers are treatod ilka -Id plows aud hhrruws. Tb# parts mad* , decays. A machine that |» good for luirty I _.r»i. with prup-r carv. is used Dp in five -y abuse. It is a very lull, toll f 10 lura -he tigbteniag lh« nulls lost, th* bolt cum*, out, and in* loaded wagon breaks _ du.n 00 Ih* way to market, and a wbol* lay for man aud team U lo«L It is a .. utile ihiog to keep a horse properly groomed, yet lor want of clean f-tlocks ,, in* t-wu-r loses toe u*e ul bim for -i-onlhs ..r weeks. Yxnlilaiioo is a small affair, jet lor warn of 11 ih. beall- of stock in ..able, suffer* severely, aod disease sets k 10. It le a email affair lo provide gend whole eucsa.s Ol the stason day -ude upon )- -w It la ju easy thrag tu deal iaiily with ,our ueighoura and uiaka a nam* thai is .1 u*. tor ibao "pr-cioua oiolm.ut. » Many o cheat 00 small occasions, oo oot deliver - ehal tbey sail, and gut a reparation for , uieBduess that sunds in the way of tbair

liuw f<» .'utlKt- Use < lia racier of u llorsc by Oufwaril (ppcarancei. L'harlss I,. Thayer writas to tb* Cbunfry GtmUtman : "1 oiler the following sagfestlone, the reiall of cio.e observations aid long experieoc*. If tbe color ba light sorrel or j o lettnut, his feel, lag* and fae* white— the** are marks of kindness. If he is : broad and rujp Between ib* eyas. Da may Ire'depen-iedon as a bora* of g— rd sens-, aad capable of beiag trained to anythlag ; aa revpecta each bursas, lb# more kiodly yon trust them lb* belter yoo will be treated in reioro. Nor will a Bora* of this deicriptioa stand a whip if wall fed. If ! yon want a sal# hors#. avoid oo* that's 1 dish-'ac*d. He may b* ao far gentle *t j uo'l to scar*, bnt fa* will bava tu*" o-ach go-ahead lo kin to b* eaf* with #*s>rt - body. If yoa watt a fad. hot a b-.rt« . f great bottom, gat a deep bey with oot a white hair about bur If hi* fee* ie a littl* dished so muck tbe ware*. l.#t no man rid# each a horse that i* cot an expart rider ; thay ere alwayt trieky aa-l unsafe. If you want oo* thai will a* v. a giv* oat. oavar boy as ov#r-grew» oe*. A blank bora* carnal stand beat, sec a wbito noa cold, ir you want a gaailv horse, gal on* with mars or laas whit* about tb* head, tb* more tb* bettor. Selections thus mad* are af great docility aod gsall*ata>" Tilt Px* Wxvil.— It ia staled that tl a New Jersey market gardener* prevent H * pea wavil from dasiroyiogtta gara in Ibe early pass which tbvy wictar for seed by spriokling tbe heap with spirits of tortien. traa after wiaoowieg aod betor# rtariegle bios. One quart af turptraliaeitawffiutaat j for 13 or 2# bush. is or peas. — Some rood varieties of paare maka j nk ly shaped lops. Tale can b* improved j sy Eisftiag 'La bsd-grewiag hui sicallvas 'iii*.1* b*t