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q^PE 1ST. VXD. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. AI'IUI. -."2. ISfiS. — : " ~ " "

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY. John w. ■ urt, ACCtDtlT. riKK UNO urt! STOt K J INll! RANI- E AGENT. CST* IsLSSD, N. J. j H. W. Bene*. t j JTTOMXtT.iT-LAir aso cosrerssca, I No. IK. South Four* Mr»»t, PHILADELPHIA. J. Uranvillf I.rm li. tTTOU.Kr AKD COCKSKlLOk-AT-lAtr, : tu SOUTH FIFTH STREET, . 37*. sillier, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. or net,— west cor. peart a south sts. , CAPE ISLAND, N.J. 'IS Bipedal altsntfou »:»rn to nollsetloas- " Dr. E. II. Pbilli|»». Homanpathic Phynnau 3f Surgeon, [Adjelalex luu II Smith's Stora,] lohSS CAPE ISLAND. W. J- , dm ' : H. II. «BET, ATTOWEr-AT-tAH', if AST AS. SOUCITOS, 4 HXAMIXLM IS CUd'SCmr, Ma*»ct sraxrr. asovx Fawat, Canon, N. J-. all Adjoin In* IT n. I National Rsuii. AKE.VOl' WWMD t K. b. bWAIN, SALEM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, i for Met fusty o<-C«p« Maj K.J BEIRV iwll.V Deputy Collector of Istaiasl Revenue f»r Cape j Map County. OMaaal Toooaaad'a lolat House, i Wrstcotrs ] Capa Nay Coualy. aul» j « R. B. IWAU, REAI. RfftA TEpMLLBty. SURVEYOR . CONVEY ANCISIt, (Alee, Cor. PERK I a SOU Til streets, jstt-y C»a U'aod.N-1. AlCTIO* RJDIIKIIM. TiHEaader-ignad would rvepeetfully Inform hi. j friends aau the public, that he la a rryula | Li canard Auc'lonaar, aad Is raady now to alien. J Cape Island, H. J . AtCTION FUR'S NOTICE. TS I ma ftlanda and tar public, that b* U prepare- . to attaod to l ubllc aalrs In any part ol .Cap. May county, at short notlic sad on reasons id. farms. WILLIAM CMA.UBs.lt , Jan. s. I SH ly I Co>d Sprias, N. J. John B. Ilulluiiiu, Atlornrj & Oounsollor-dt-Isaw, Solicitor, MASTER h r.AAMIM.K IN CHANCERT, JUPREXL COURT COMMISSIONER, vans NOTARY PCRLIC. ■ CAP^ MAT COURT HOUSE. NEW JERSEY I Cls*rlt-» SI. Real. a rroBSsr at law p p toirroB is ADMiiuin. OOcc, 1S4 south FOURTH si . Philadelphia. Spar la I attanOoa (Iran to all oratters relating to V atari Property. majn.tr Dr. J. r. LcRinlug, Dentist. MR orrics dats : QBBt* CArCtnrcOUtTBOVSC. -Tuesdays, a ad WE-W^Jo'slNC-Flrst Thuradaya of each month. s» A I i/.f.x.— Friday*. Ep Tbssss Moonnars. Conditions Cash. j»l-t JEME BLTTMITH, \ REAL EST A TE AG EE T, * Baa ramored Ids oBrs (rup MM rotner at Wilregion a ad Jackson streets, to JACKSON STREET, Oppeshr Mr Aalrr Ifeusr, • Caps island, ff. J. jsA.wn < / \ji CARD. JEME M. SMITH, Commissioner of Peed.. OHMo Jaakaon SL, opposlte tho Pejrt re Moss- , COHTEYAMCllVCi. DEED*, RONDd, MORTGAGES, and other llstrameats oa •rttlag tacitly drawn, with asatoens and danpatsh, aad Asknowledsment. and DopoalUoaa taken by HtHH I»tl.\ OMoa at WeatcottU m-aidlng House, To waaead . ^ ^lafoLCap* Kay Coaaly. X. J. DENTAL OFFICE. B. L 6IUIOIB, D. D. CAP. ISLAND,^ jKMBy NITROUS OXIDE OAS admlnlstcrsd when orriCE HOURS— From S A. M. to It M., and from 1 P. M. to • P. M. OSes for Consultation — At Cottage on Pront ROIITH JERSEY PLOI'liH FACTORY At PeUrrturf, Cape Mag Co. Dealer u> oil kinds «y ploughs ut CASTING*. atari cultivators. HARROWS, Double CORK PLOUOHS, CORN : SHELLRRA, MOWING MACHINES, ism ntMsss Van OQder, PyeopefeUw. Cer TSWMII s Hawse. Tons rents win anna pay for your bonne.— BuUdlaf Lata skaapar than nw, bow to bo ktd Capa tab aad. Hwtdl Prsysrtirt A CsUsri BATHINO SEASON. App.ptoM.dw-. . *■ *«*"*- mkSS* t Apt Island. K. J. '"STILL AT IT." Will a ELD RE DOE, Contractors and Builders. —

LEGAL NOTICES. NOTICE. JytOT-ICK Js hereby ^rt« that^lba aerounl^or reporlej lo the Judxes^ul the Or|ihnai' Court „i asst. forMttlemsjrtaad nitowame. { Dated Teh. Idlh.ldVt notice. VfTICF is hereby yum th»l the aernunt r( ^^Lrw^ JGdward. .dm.nl.Lrtlor el Keth ^ II. I neat, (or setliamen . nod iHowam-f. j Prted »-■!. IQlb, IWR NOTICE. V OTICE la hereby itlren that the Anal arrouct I .> al Thomas T. Malth and Wnrton (ryden, adreportrd lo the Judera of the tiiptan's Court „• nan, orse •'"* |."K ' mirioaate. - -t - M(«a,-rn»:T<mi.Tm r ~ \otice.7 NOTICE la hereby jrlvrorMtVt the acrount Jamee YVHIeta, admlnlatramr ul Lnoeh Wli lets, nersaaed. Will be audited and elated by the Surrogate, en. reported to tlAJudgeaof the Orphan's Court ru I the Counly ol ■'apr Mar, at the lent o! April : Dated Feb. Ittk.lML *"""«*"• _ N ' '* I *>0[ j reported lo the Judge, of the i.rphtu's tourto : ' the County ol i jpe Mey, at the term al Apri ; ' nent, fur scttlemeal and ailowencePETFK atlPDLK. Surrugate. , i D* led Prb, loth. i.-w,. NOTM ETO t'REDITOIIN. 1 J^NOCH HKWITI. adm.nlaWalor. airn wii By* 'direction of tb* autrhgatr „l the Count; j ot Cape May^ twtvbi giv.. notice lo^lhe nredl . Ihey will be fomer baricd ol any act.ou thetr I for ag.laat said ndmlnietrnior ^ ^ . Dated Dee. Tat. 1W7. A dmlni.tr . lur. notice to 4 reditorn. > I S ills of 1 i.uiua, Ri.arii. deoeeeed', t I By dii.^Don oi the Surrogate id the County , . ,• I Ma., hereby gtien notiee to the creditor, o ; the .aid leeedeht lo hrlng in their debt., ilea, and, ,v i aad eLetm.sgalnal Ihe eatale oMhe ealddrte'teui i I SARAH BOWEN. k'nernlrla. j j Dated MnrrH l.«t, L | kotic i: ol' replication. I' ' OT It i: lahereb) guru that the aulacr.tei j roua^'of *ii|wMa|,ttls iL'^aprtSn^TaM.. J •. 1 i ' t^o**'n^»'iald*tsHer'^ MMi'^SireSI' "n i 1 i part therm: : will wake application lo tne or j ol April nasi, for the appotn'rnenl ul oonuaio • I "U.°"' nHERIEI'N HALE. * CAPE MAY CIRC UIT COt'RT. TtoinnaM. Cham|tleiLj^aij*Ln. Pa. i ^ Holrl of Jae<'ih Wells, Deaniswiir, on SATURDAY, Ihr NINTH of MAT, ISCa, at »w„ n'elack r. St.. (he following Ossetibad re> I | ralste, situated In the Upper tOWsdUp, eount; 1 of lape^Ma^, and Stale ol New Jerae.. ..djoinlt ITeamer^dcoeaard. MiM^C iuwplni and Mkrr ^Drtrn* jTareTinodt'lS? (a^i) * '"suriir. Sslitf of Applirucion lo Ol - phnita1 Court. N OTICE la herrhy given Ihat the anbserlh. , wboelaima lo 6e reaanl >a nana al iy -• un '.l. lde.1 lwel« e^S.enlea". Ih i la-It r |mn of re--tain land and real a.ut», situate In the city . I - log lands of the African M. E. Church and idhru. h and bel— kaawn aa the -oi.i School H.mse pnperty." Lemuel Learning, tv aters B. Miller and Janas MtUer. being tacb entitled to one-evei-trenth part. EUls Hughee. Sarah H. Maraha; . 'a (wife ol Randolph MalanalL) Lydla P. Han, , (wife of Philip Hand, Jr.j T num.. H. Hugh.,, Martha (l. Hughes. Samuel Smith Hug nr., John H. Hughes, Albert H. Hughes, anaie M. Hugh,, and Richard N. Hughes, bein of Ellis Hagne.. deceased, hetag sack entitled bmae-tentk of Iiaeaererteenlh part, Rolwrt llughra. Mary Hughes : and Mamocan Hngbea who are uilaors, being ea.h an tit ten to an undlrlded one-thlrd ul oooweem,- ! f. taenia part therein, will make application to tie ' a Orphans' COnrt of the said county AT THE TERM OF APRIL NEXT, j for the appointment nf Cummhmlonrra to dlside the asms betwnen aald owaria >n the shr re. a for - said. GEORGE HOWELL. ,t Dated March <1h. IMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ^OO.OOO FEET " white me floormg, i_ For anla at the LuiiVr_Vard of N JOHN F. STARR it., A CO., Camden, N.i. FOB MALE ! : " THREE BDHDIHQ LOTS, '* U the moat Central part af Cape UUnd. opposite the Called Stat— Hotel, aad fronting on WASHINGTON STREET, are offered for sale. The Lota are SO feet front by 1— SSatdcoo, aad the p urchaser of one can bare the psteOmr of buying the Ihree at the aw prlao. For further particular* addres. JOSEPH MrMAKIN, PhlladelphU. Or apply to THUS. B. HUGHES, " FEET ~ ~ WhitP Pine Lumber ! For —in at tha LUMBER TARS of t JOHN P. STARR, Jr.. A CO.. >■» Cooper Street Wharf. ~ l"T ' ' ' Camden. N. J. !*' CARPKTI A OIL CLOTHS. T> HOUGH. Jr., would twrtta the attention of

tthc i'ort'o tf otnrv. [ From the Havre Independent.] THE IVEHHI.tTEN REPLY. ' "T>" VhiTnVo rhTi Lout hie Lorn-. Sj-ek rioi J-" offer fufore^Ught.^^ ' I -e t'h'iSmss Mwttk halllah glarJL™ ' "* wStaf' forfofy? "4"MrTTh >■ man o^fjud ! IuV"n^yV~w'°yd/™l."!^Jlu" j f.-, aiaim*. a. x. jr.er* a. -li. ■ ^HioccUaurouOa Dr iukluii Like a CJwnf Ittiuatt. ! | A few yekrs since » yen tig man who 1 ; insnced business in an najacral city. His I •■dacatton. bis iiriiiiaul wit, nud mora tbso I all. Ilia kind heart draw round him man; j I Irienda, and not seldom did he find him- j . eblf in company uiore coneKial tlipn wise, j | He was a charch member, and should ' hairs sol bis lace aa a Oiul against nil infraojictncnls of tlis laws of lompnranco.— , llel ha d.d not. Ha thought himsell ■ strong enoagh to withdtnud teinptatiun, | and lamgined be ruAi thus get n good eg. j ample, lint he limffn. right to laca the 1 tempter unhidden , nor aten it look on ; ihe wmn when ii la red. Tba transgressor meels his punishment giouad. This youth s cot«inal Irmuilr' acre am aged at hit "obatinnet," for Ihey ; bad failed lo induce him once ey»o to take a L'la.a of wine in bis hand, list befe b. ; met a friend, who lavitsd him to hit home ! j and intredaeed him to n sister, who en ! long became his wife. Now itiis juunp lady bad been reared lo latbjy<uai,i« Ills and was reared alone by Ihe maxims o : the gay world. Wbso her prize aas onei made sure at the ullar. sbn let him knot. j out of ihe world like a nan, aod reminded ; bin Ihat she bad gieeo him no pledge lo do so ! bbe -df»w him ere long, almost . ! insptecepvibly, on Iba enchanted groosi! ntiernsbe lound lirr own delighis, and i away (rem the faithful Irienda who ware uioarning Ovsr his apostasy. ID felt Sure , that bo ceuld i, ct serve U'Kl-nnd Usmmu:, at the sams lime, sad rgsolred to tarTv tutilber hot to maintntti neutral ground , ■ uiil, at he raioly hoped, his wil'w would - by soma magio nHseuce, come to s right ; y.ew of life. He had, kowseer, DO right ; to look for any change in her, wbeo b>< . was exerting no efiorts to bring nbosi . I ihnl change. One mgbt be arcompaniei^Ber la n < I pwrly where wins Honed dance Vthi'lsC ■ and cards were shnfileri. He eomlorted b.mrell io the fact that he was only on< > of a acme of church member* there, and ; the only one in the room whs maintained i lite integrity In the mailer of 'drinking.— . | more Ihlu once declared in presence if; is was cunscieniiensly op posed to drink ing, aod ban promitsd bit toolbar, on gomg lr,.m homo, never to touch wine, aod he felt as if ibis boldness almost atsn.d ' lur his being in tach a place. But bis j t>ra*rrj oat not as 'pleasing to kit own r wife as it w»s lo hunt If. Her pride was ; sorely wounded at his course, and she wa. ' : not bach ward mi felting him know It. — When ih.-jr entered their owrriage to re. torn humy from tha tceoe of folly, the said, iu a boor of one deeply mortified : "1 naveKwilJ go onl sin yon again il ; yon are goirVko d-llver iempsrance lee-lu.-et and rebuke lbs cempany for sot be1 | ng as elifl as yon ore on thnse littln mst- . iters! You made bolb yoorsell nod n,e | ridicolont tvnigkt !" ; i "1 never rehoksd any ods for drinking j and neither did I defend myaetf till nsaailed and urged to drink, and fAdf 1 dais ' not do." "Why not. pray!" asked tha offended lady. "Do yon fear thai a glass nf wilt will make yon a draakard J" "Mary," said the young lean, solemnly, "yau art trifiiag with a paiaoB vipsr ! 1 will tall yoa why I darn aot take wina. — My graodfalhar and thraa noclrs, all aw-a af ability aod property, filled draakard's 1 graves. My brutker died al college — the physicians kindly said nf brain fevat, bift really il wac nl delirium tremens; and: matbar's baarl is breaking uaw through anxiety about my father, wha teems madly . rushing on after tba ethers. 1 always liked ardant spirits, and Ibarafora also 1 am arrmid of It." "Oh," said tha lady, coldly, "yoa seam ; ' to think 1 am pleading with yoa to be a i ciruakard! 1 should shudder al tba thought or sating y'oa hiloxicatad ; I only I want yon lo drink Ilk* a gentleman ; can't j J yon Uka a gitsa for eivility'a snke, with- i out filling a draobard's gruva? 1 would 1 Be more of a maa than that !" Thai taanted lime aad again by thai ; mad woman, oar poor yoaag frieod re- , - suleed st length lo "drink Uka a geulie- i niao." In one year ha want beyond her . i reach ; and lc-duy ke drrakn— we will net insult the lower orders of ere alien by saying "like a bin's;"— ke drinks Uka a maniac I Tha yoaag wemaa wbe was** mortified at hit delivering ttwrperaacs lectures . U now a pear baart-brekso erawlare. with bepea shattered aod hems lost, a dependant/with two lillta children, an her biker's beauty! She lures sway I heartsick from the ace sea thai ones 4asr sled bar eye. aad Jro— tba friends who led with rovtane, aad bawaiia-'hsr fata."- r : Hat aba torgats who it was that led. the , j peer victim en le rem, and fails ' to -sw ii i ihat sbv is raaptag tha bnrvaal ska than ; Many a woman is th— stirwa to her j own inter— 1. — well — lo vtrl— . .when j the tempts where she oeght to warn hod j teve. — Ckriition Ere

The Secret of Success iu Life, j In Dickon's rhsrmiog-fffftei of David! Coppvrlieid. which is snppotvdtto eoulsio a grval many incidents iu his own life, j occurs iba following, chapter forty-two : j 1 feel at ifil warn oot for m» to record, wen though this matascript it intaoded , lor no eyes but mine, bow bard 1 worked j at that tremendous short hand, tod all | imp evamenls appertaining to it, io my ; aenso of rstpontibility to Dora and bar j aunts. 1 will oaly add, lo what 1 hava alrtady ; written of my perseverance at this time of 1 my life, and of a paliant nod coatinuoni aaargy which then began In be motored ; wjihin ma, and which I know to be the .treng part of my character, if it have any sireagth. at all, that there, aa looking back, 1 find the source of my success. I . bar* bean vary fortanata ie warldly niat- ' tert ; many man have worked mocb harder wed oot succeeded half so weli; bol 1 nwer eonld have done what ! have dons, without iba hnbitv of punclualilj, order ! and diligence, without ihe determination to. cancen irate myself on one object al a j 1 time, no matter hoe qairkly its sucreseor | shoald come upan its bsvlv, which tbea j I formed. j licsvea knews 1 writ* this in n* spirit ! of self-lnadBtioe. The man who reviews ! his life as I Ho mine, as goidg us here. from page lo pege, had seed tu have bant, • a goad man indeed. If ha would bo spared the sharp cuusrioutneia ©fyrtuny taltnU . I tieglvclad, n.aav opportnoii its watted. . mtuy erratic anil perverted feelings con. I tfaotly at ear aubin his heart, asit da- > ! retting him. I do not bold one natural : • I gilt, I dare say. that I hava not abused. » My meaning simply it that whatever 1 ; S.I have tried lo do in life, 1 Tlare tried with ' all my heart to do well ; that whatever • j 1 have dsvotvd mytslf to. 1 bav„ devoted . i myself to completely ; Ihat, io great aims i mid in smnll. I have always baeo Ibor- \ ■ \ usgbly is tarnetl I have never. believed il po«t iole_ thtl , 1 j any natural or improved ability can claim . immunity from the companionship of the - [ steady, plain, bard-woikmg qualities, and r ! hops to gain its ead. There is do such i I thing at such folfillmant en this earth rioms happy talanl. aod tenia fortunate opportunity, may form tha two tides of > ihe ladder oa which soma men mount, ' but tba rounds of that ladder must be n.sda of staff lo staod eaar end tsar ; and r there it no substilsta fur ibereugh going, ardent tud sincere vsreettnest. Never ' ie pa' eue hand lo aaylbing on wbieh I 1 could throe my whole self; aod never ti> r ! effect depreciation of my work, whatesrr il wai. 1 find. now. lo have bean my gold . Stranbrrrirs in New Jersey. Tha following ' account of strawberries in NoBlhem New Jersey ie from the Ii«- " j part of the Wast Jersey Frail Growers' ' and ihat part of Biirlingieo county wfcer,. the toil is pensrally Yery light : "Oar ' L-encrsI system of caltitatinn la in beds . irom four to five feet vide, matin front f single plants set in rows about two feat , 3 apart, generally in tba spring. Ysisoui" I ' very gaad results have bean obtained 1 1 when the row system of eaMivstion tin* ' bean adopted, mostly wilt Wilson's Al '' bony, which seems to b* gaining coufi1 dance in the other tewnships beside# liur1 lington and Beverly, where it bas been 1 j moie generally caltivatad for years. In addition lo the Wilton's Albany Seedling, 1 . Downer's Prolific, . French's handling. " c utler's Reedlitg, ami Ida, ara tha gsn1 rral faverilesjlr cnitivating for market ' parposrs. The latter variety, tbosgb introducad recently, has been largely plant. 1 ed of. and ae far as vignr. heallhfolness . ' sad prodnetivaness is caacarned, it eaems 1 to meet the withes of lbs people ; yet, the size beiog from mediant to small, will. . ■ war fear, prove a drawback Tha Jacuc1 dfi. after aaetber year's trial, corroborstai I Abut was said ODu year ago, that it "is a c * p0! *ro",r"n *ny ^Bl r,ry "roog soils." II Tba foliaga barns badly la tha suuimsr. * uad as far as has been tseisd io this vi- * tinny is not wprtby af CBllivatien. Mai- - calf's Karly, iatrodacad from Nilss, Michigaa.repr—eulsd to basavaral days earlier • » than the Wilson, prodnciag a lares crap in a vary short time, has upoo trial proven ' no-aarlmr, and tha berries art ao soft as < to rander than unsalable ia the market ; 1 hence we weald deem it Bill far gsnsral cultivation. AmoBg tbu new varieties oc • trial, ara lbs "Stinger," a vary vigoraos grawar, hardy, berries said to ba Urge, ' bright colored, aad firm, iotredoead by • Charles Narmer, of Philadelphia. Tha • "Dorand Seedling." iatrodacad by F. Brill, of Nawark. N. J., is o vigorous J grower, of good flavor, pramisvs to bo a . ■ valuable variety far market. H.iravt' Mammoth, strong grower, horrios .large aad handsome. Oo# plant was oa oski1 bltion at tha Strawberry Show, al Moaras - tswa, tha paat season, which was of oos1 stroaa visa, aad full of froit. The Phila- " delphia, which fruited io this vicinity last ' sasson, was suvaral days earlier than any . J other vnrMty, good flavored, vigorous ' . grower, good size and color." I ] — 1 —■ V , 1 Teal Your Hcrosenr. * ! In vinw ol the many lamp explosioqs ' resulting almost invariably from lbs nse i of bad Kerosvoa wo argo apaa lbs beads " j of feoiitiea tba importanca of Uttiag their * 1 oil before an in tha lamp. This may be * readily doaa by any mas, woman, or child. ? by mesas of a iht rmomrtsr, a little warm 1 f water and a tablespoonfnl of tha aiL Fill " > the cap with warm water, Ike temperoi tare of which is to bo broagbl lo 110° Fir. Pear the oil oa tba water ; apply 1 I flam# to the floating oil by match or ethar- ' wise. If the oil is oanfe il will lake fire, ' i sad its sea ia tha lamp is daogaroaa. for ' it is 1 tabla to explode. Bat if the ail ia 1 safe and good it will ndt lake fira. All persons who toll kcroaoaa that will * aat stand the In teat ot 110= an liable • to prosocatioa. " —Two weavers wan ceaventog aas ' day on authorship, when one of teem obD —read that tha maa "Fiais" waa a gnat J aalhor ; bo had —en that writer's nam* j ~ attaches lo a grant many hooka. "Ye ] 0 i man ha a stupid Maokhaod.'. replied tba 1 ' I other ; "that maa "Fiaie" is tha King's • j printer." a I — Coaeoni eg the anatica of sfeepiag ! iff charch. Hear j. Ward B— char — ys J , j "If a maa ataopa aadar my pnachlag. I j ( i da aot saod a bow to waks htm ap, hat I j g ] fesl that a boy had boUor com a aad aaka ! 'maap.'

, j Items of Interest. / 1 — 7~ ■ n i —In Portlard, billiards ore a moid j after six o'clock Saturday night. — / I — F.ggs are said to ho tnareplonlifal in i ! I New York than ever beforhat this eeasoy 1 They are selling si twentyk-vc ceota/fer 1 I dozen. ]n Philadelphia fyrfi' thiny to j thirtj-fiva tents is the price per dfz»n. ■ j — We see by the Bridgelnn papers thai 1 j gstinn in that city, are taking steps to ' ! establish a third cburrb of that denomii ' naitoa. to bo licstsd 00 the west side . f j — Th* btbrnln Monument in Wstlnv-r- I inn was dedicated Wednesday Mr. IS. i It. French delivered Ihe address and Pre. f ideal Johnson unveiled the statue. The I War Office was rlcsed during the duv and ! ! a gao waa firdd every half bear ul th. j — It is snderstood thai Ihe difficnliv j between lies etui Duller and lieners! 1 The friends of bnlh parties Uavi been enbr'aging Ibem together. The chief acter 1 ! — .Sergeant Kites, the rer oral reeling ! i pedestrian, who oa undffitouk t- ; walk through - he rioUbe.U .-«»te. <« - r. : Vicksbarg (o Washington carrying ih. money uboul bis person, arrived in Wsrb I ingtoa. the end ul his journey on Ism ceived by Prosideot Johnsuu upon the ^ j Jrelrom-d " He 'limn proceeded ■ ef pluotieg^the Rag an ihe dome', and ie J one day tu bis scholars thai a visitor was coming soon to szaminc them t'lf ho' questions you in geography ask yua what is Ibe shape suu lunituf in-' earth, and if yoa de not rnmambet. " v en | only have tn cant yuur eyes at me. ead I ' "ho" y*a 01> vaafl-bos to remind yjn that It is roeod New, -he teacher bed two snuff-hove* — uoe mood, which be mod ou Mondays, riad on Ibe sectlal.dsys of the week.--I he fatal day came . jhr vieilor, ae Ui« I matter had foieeen. asked uoe ol ta-« . scbuiurs the form of the eortli. He *a< achrst a little eu.Uarrussed ; hut lookiu-t New Jurat*} Itiiilroml lt t itlr tits. From the aiatenirnls contained in the receoily published reports ol the railroad companies of this Slate, ue nave the fe, reads respectively : Hn the Central tber a were tbirty-foer accidonte during the year, . of whiob eighteen were fetal. Do tbo occurred, eight of which were Isisl On the ltelvidere and Dalawoze there wen three accidents, two of which were fata', i Four accidents occurred un the Cuiude.i aud -Vtiantic road, all ul which were falal. 1 Oo the Wast Jersey there wsra two «e- ! eideuts. Oc Ihe New Jersey and Trans- . ; the 'Clorrts and Ktsex fourteen accidents ' occurred, all fatal. On the Peterson an I ! Hudson there were hftesn accidents, si which eight proved fetal. On the Iters- ; tan sad llalawaia Bay road five accidvols j ocourrsd, all of wbieh were fatal. Thti j makes a total of ooa hundred and tweety. I five accidents on all the roads in Ibis riiats 1daricg tbo year lfiCT, of which seventy- • five reaalted in death. Tins mortality, allhoigh large for these railroads, is st feast one bendred per cent less than o i reads in etbsr Slates, and is a favorable commentary on the carsful management •f tha railroads in New Jersey; lodes J when wa consider the vast amoonl ol travel aod holiness oo snch, jl it retsenabla lo conclude that the per aeauge ii vary small. A Home or Taste.— Engraving* abe l ibtlr spirit over a household ; Ilia cali.i portraits of the grant worthy-- dead czarcisa a great toluenes u«or mo. says Sid. noy Smith. I cosld ifiok on those over my-ffwo fireplace until tboy m-emod neither absent or departed, but living yet. Every good picture is tba heat of sermons aad features. The soaso informs the soul. ' Whatever yen have, hava beaaty. Let bvealy ho un ibn paper on yoar walls.— It is assy to choose a paper aaggvative ! of the lovely ia form and color, as the on- ; conth. Why should not every household object bs sanctified with tbia gralcfel charm ? Each chair, each tabla, each tea or chembar-iervics. and every object for kitchen ar parlor, for the burnt at tke poor man, artisan or mechanic, 1 would hava them all woriby af a heme of taste. Daor That PirKS.— Yet, drop it. Too r niggardly and mean lo sohscribe and pey for yoar county paper, which is stesdili labeling lot tha promotion of the wallarc of society — for tbcb welfare — yoa have been sponging oa yoar neighbors aver •iacw II was established. You ara always eager Ul read it, and frequently, b.fon it ranch— tha heads ef tin iiunurabla ownvr. It it eravpled aad torn by year filching Sogers. Drop ill Never pick il ap and read it again, anl—a yon-van do ao with iba pread eoasciuasaass thai yoa hava thr , right — a right secured in a legitimate way. If yea are to# poor to atd ia a— mining It, ; let as knew, aid wa will send yaa the paper gretmloasly. But it is downright menace— in yoa, abaa yaa are as able as yoar neighbor, to tend yoar children 1 through Use aaaw, aad sleel, aad rwia la ; ] borrow it. ! — Of tha aavaa Kxecaiite liepartmmu of aar gaaeramaat, with their siT teoo- ! aaad or mora cferkahips, three only, the i Traaeary. Teat Oflfee. aad War Depart- , meats, empfetr waaea — ragafer clerk-, j , I with eateries fixed by tew at at— hundred dallan per aaaam. 1

/ ^fvicuHuv.il. J j .nuiiatwa ti^tl tlicTr iii |>I i i a iTou ' - Natoru it alwati just : she never re. I Shu requires the soil lo produce |1 an Is - j only in proportion to the pleat foud she - I wit F, the Irsea of tile forest ? The Bt-Od Ii f dropped upon ihu vol! and comes op a ! I small aud tender plant, requiring hot lulls | food Its f ullage is uuuuully dropped . Site It yields more linage, e large portion ihe U.ril., I he iu«reee«d emuual ul feud ' - always ia eiveaeLPuf the dsmeod sj it at ' r depth. In am idAt forests, whose 'ii.ua#- • meatal tiuoka stand as Uod<n.rkauf the 1 - t Uedlussses of feliage. thvduc'ay >eg iia'e, ' . 1 supply them w.tii abundant feed. How • 1 ; wooilerlel is leia process el latere. b» ' able pbyluexphy Beys Biorhbardt, "ts'ue J latve'it better tbaa yoa feaud ii. . l" , lerlereswith her up-'anoni Hi* nmihntf I Ihey Me small, "hen they h.ve become ' leaves, he can. .a *eay tba Iruil. aod tbs Winds scatter tba leases II. re ere leu . hundred beriele oi vex.l hi* mutter at. I ameuot ul vegetable sahalear. lemma u0<l ' 1 ou' II. expert.' the toil* to *'") d ;h. at..' creusiag grewtb ol the rr.os. suit He ' lerger taey gruw the lest cuiuvatmh b« • j , unless be applies euiiialbing lo prvtert ' ' take, twe luoa nf stover and blty busbs . 1 or CU'U rrorti his acre. Will h- take s. - supply rem: bud to the sot) b« m suae ' ' ' ' v" j"' ' ^ urL"'|t|j , "hvf, the v'ut I 1 the Nile aud the Sana-brakes ol the Mis- J i lose their fertility, "vn.s thsory is cot - ; firmed by uaivursal exyierieuce In the 1 i new ...lis ul lbe|ea-trio aud a.rtb.ra re- I ' g.uu. ul uur cuantry. scarcely two cr ! • ■ three crops can be taken IrAm the laod j ' • eitaeut convincing^ pruuf nl the truth ■>! j ' > i comparatively' thin and sterile, sad lb.' I 1 I effect of vcvry d.maa.i upun its resource. . 1 ! like that of the demand upun the reseni- I ' • | cue of a poor man, becomes al onoa appu- ' 1 i I is, to relarn to the soil aq equivalent ft r 1 - rftb# crop taken from il. By rotation 1 1 : 1 i jFrop«. and try draper ploughing, lolerahls 1 . ! but tba itiproduclive and ucseried' Belli t in some of the nenhrra ritates aud in i the older southern Stales show that lb. » 1 i is enly a battle with lime in which lime is I sure to win. I We arrive, then, at the conclusion thr t i 1 ' there can be no good farming without mu- ■ additional ergomenl for the use of im.nure. Many of lbs most valuable ero| ► require oatarally a lunger ssaton for the i I growth and maiarity than the climate al- . them lorward by stimulating manures. j r Such being tba facts, it-is obviuos th'.i^ the farmer mast draw bis working cupitel. | ' \Vhat, then, is manure? W i have said it 1 ' is plait food — nay substance upon which the plant feeds in tha soil. Auylhioc which Ihe plant derives from the atmo'- ' phsre, altboagb it contributes toils noni- ' ' isbmeot. is aot denamiBatrd manars. Wv confine the term to sab-iaoces applied te J the soil. Tbs term is said lo he derived ; ' Irom man us, the hatfd, add is confined io i [ subtleness applied in plapls fly the hand, i ; The food of plant# caasists, Jirgt, of carhoaic acid, ar carbon coahiu. d with uz>- ' ! geo. By this chemical combination ear- ! bwa is raadrred capable of being lakea i > [lata tha ccssats t.r plan is. The frsu.f work orahierbnlk ef. all trees sad plant- - I is composed if caibon, and. at it decay- j ' mora sio.lr than most ol thr oiber can,- ■ puavala ol vvgatab). t. It in lafl laflg. . ' process af decay mare #r less frsa from all ' athaf elements. The bulk of fill tha rolw , • sxcremeol that panes thruogh animal- ! ' . cunaiati ol carboaataou- mail.'r. Blarrh. : gum, sagar.- oils, and wsody hbre cnoei-i. 1 largely or easbuo. ,l'*at cocsitu ef ds- ' cayrd vegaiabte matter, chfetly carbon. • ! ' j cumblnrd with aarths, acids. sn<._s»H. ' ■ All tha tabstancea cumpoaibg tbacogipusi . [ > I hsap, whether aaimal excrvmeut o( d.- ! , • cayvd vsgelabls mailer, -u mack, grasses. 1 ' straw, baaas. vines', trails, grates, seeds. ' ei othsr vegetable growths, centisl largely , > 'pf carbon, either com biaed with oxygen'. • or rapidly coming into a condition |>wl . ■ ill eaanle it to cwmbitm with H. ■ .Second, Salts.'' Yariout.salla eater i»lo ; 1 tbo composition of pisnls. nt Ibe salts *s< ' i. aw. polaah, seda, stlvl, magwaaia, aal- ' i phar. true, manganese. Nitrogen and - j hydrogen also ate important clcnonu oi • j plants, bat aa they ar* extremely velaltis . < they are applied ul Ike form eLamatssam. 1 which consists ef these two gasee. Am-

! omnia is never found in plants, bat is ds- ■ composvd either in the toil or in their vt».«|« befeie lis consuiusots ore appropriated to their oss. These salts are all - j found ;o (he secretions of animals, especially in ihe liquid secretions, being derived which rliey feed. Ammonia is aknndaat in aoiinal secretiou-. being lormsd in tbsm oy lb. chvteical anion ef bydrog.n and oiirngs u. I h. element, of ammonia not unly enter inio lb. compstition of.planu. liul (hey operate a* stimulants to their si-crelisg aod a.siiollatlog vessel*. Decay ing animal subslaucst. as Hash. hair, wool, feather., skin, and gelatins, yield a .argu aiuuuui of ammonia, it baiog lormsd 1.1 the process of putrefaction by Ihe amen nl lUeir nitrogen with Ike hydrogen "l water. Alith.se sails are also found in 111. soil, tha source frem which th.y arc uliirnntHly derived by animals. By ..Its an iu.an varihs, alkalies, aad mslals, kunsie and sulphate of lane, salphata and muriate of potash and suda. silicate of nm». salpbste of iron aud manganese. At. I bsse all come mlu the category of plaut food, and are esseutial elements of 7n lid. Acids. These ara important elements in manures. They ara seldom, with lbs exception of carbonic acid, fonad • IU a lrr»| sfaii'. liul cumbioed .with the use appears to bras solv.atl for these sun-lances. Sails compounded ol them ent.r sparingly into the composition nf found ia Ilia fruits sad juices of mauy P'sbl* ^ _ m.ut ol plant food, and coosaqaently of uinrd'wiib""* s* i"' "i10" *""" C#IB" I lis-y are .alphuretteil hydrogen, consisting ..I sulpnor and hydrogen; carburetled bydrog.n, tonsisling el carbon and hydrogn. . pliu.pbar.tted hydrugen, consistiag ul pl.ospbo.ns aau hydrugen ; end carbonic acid gas.^cuusisliog ul carbon end oxygen. •ivr udora grvao off by maoaros in n pelren a gas.nai lorni, axc.pt wbeo combined Ounaceuu. or nlamioois substances, which a combination with acids ur alkalies, la ihe universal solvent employed by nature. __i I p. re Water c.nout dissolve a. Suoitaoee. efleci ll>. selutioo. Water cssnnl dissolve ailvX. hul. ky til « t dissolvisg a gioat Y« g.iug oo. sapplying to tee vee<11. -mo wh.cr. can be eflectrd only by 'fon. Hie malerials which Ihey reqnir. sides Line il, sitters largely latn the comcamt.d be.ugs, end readuy allows itself Iu be uecompoied when either its oxygta nun. sails with alkaline, earthy and mei laliio has... sulphur, irsu, mangsa.as, acids, gases, and walsr, ars the principal I ditlctoBt proportions ia dilVerenl tnaaarga. j and »iu rarely all lounii In any ooa unI num. . The dilleruut effects of diffaranl | to Hid soils t« w inch they ara appliad. j i sri.uuac.ou. manures applied to a soil consisting largely of humus will pratlura oni iiil's utfecl Upon iba growing crop cxc. irt as a uischaaicul tn.ans of lighten. | :ug ins seil. ^bucb soils rvquira alkalies ur nmiter ceoumiug nitrogen. On the other hand, sandy soli.-1, which are deficient in carbun, are greatly benefitted by manures containing a large percentage of carbon. Hence we mey learn the aceuutage of mixing soils containing differafford tea ailex aod Inn. needed to give j hrntness and slrviigtli lo Iba culms of grass who grain. Ten eaudy sail does aol rarnish tba carbon needed lo coustrnck ih.tr growiog frame werk. A mixture of . -h« two will furnish all Ihe material* j ceded. Manures containing a large pru- | portion of nitrogen stimulate ulaols te a i large aod tigoroue grow.h. TbosertehI taming phosphurua, or phosphate ofiime, vartfntfteale to the size aud plumpness of i the grain and seed — hunce tee benefit of combining teem bulb in ibe cnlmre of tea j garden and field. That may be coqssffered a manure which supplies any went ol Ihu ! -oil, or of the growing crop. But a per- | led manure is lhal which supplies all film ! aunts of all crops in all soils, or* mannre .'Obtaining all the elements above named. | To use such p manure 1u all cases would j oe a waste of material, for they are aol \ all wanted, perhaps, in any one case. To can mosl economically use, it is necessary lo ascertain lbs condition ul tha soil, aod j lbs element# ol nutrition required hy tee ' crop lo he raised upon u. rieseral of ten ! el-mwes of plant food, as w» have re so, ero volatile, aud will not remain perm*uenily in ibe soil, inhere ara rradily I .oiufife and will aeon be washed oat of il. ill Ihey or any of lh*m are nel wanted for : tee immediaty crop, there will be a wast* ol material. Could a# make use. in every , instance, of ooiy those elements that ale wanted lo enable tea toil to produce the prtaool crop, of loose that will remain lierman-olly in ibe foil for the ae* of latere craps, it is abvioaa that mock ma* : terra! wo Id be eared. Bcieoea and or. . penenae may afford us some aid, bat tea oilkculliet iu tba way of determining tba ! wauls of the soil and of tba plants wa cultivate, aad of adapting oar manures la ifirto revolts, are so grant lhal w* mars be content tu suomit tu the loan resulting iKsds uur inability aad ignorance/ — The State Democratic pooveatioB f will be' held at Trenton on the 10th of June asxx'lor tha purpose of appelant g ' I oar lawn delegates te lb* Democratic National t'Saveniioa. to ba held I* New V ' k ;ity.>n the Ibank of July aaxt, t.. | aoaifate teaadidaletifcr i'residval anfl 1 Vio-Frea i-qt of tj.fi toitefl butvfi.