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CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1888. rv.,. I'-l.tiTT. .... i! j r - . ■ - ■ ■ - ■ - - ■ '■ -I1'" :

NO. 698.

" m'JU " TBfS M^'shbdISWs'M Saanm. TIM MM V- to DII I* Inn. Now wkU* 1M loklBi in uMh, WkiMlt.nlll.ll.lMI TToOgl, yfrxitt temt Mod rootlof, Antbor. nasi to lata la Ihd'VTsel. Count ato woo n Low -'- of. ta>"' ov it tko fth bfUM kUPoldo, Ma o*t wort* »to k, nl«bt, ton. w wBo an Aon tko mlll-stSe, HMp un lopn op tko koto' TO-MORROW. Mi lltlU Into on Mood llko tko Socks ; Faonnlotooa Ikon tko -okotol ■ locks koop . Tkoio oolltory wolak oa Moor sad atoep i AtotaSto toto kM^mhUa'^r"'' »j|aUoun*t: -IManUMUdt i Ml* kot»ok| 1 koow not »k.l to ko.t ; Ood kolk olroodjondfaol okail koUdo." Wkfildr* Wirklti li^MUItaw^Mlto.ooo. .:i.™,ton.«k«ut.l..M.n.. Bwoo. Jlttto dltoplo ckln, kow oko woo ddooco I Dou RtOo Uufklna rjrt, kow lk« would ®U«0tl)U5. WHY lit the letters F and L Uke a grist-mill? Becauso -they make oar Thcmaitwho did the abort haa fled the country. A Porr in the Somerset Htrafd write* a half dozen qnartrans declaring that he "knew a spot." Probably hi* mother did alao, and apankcd It too. A Print eh "n apprentice aaya that at the office they charge him with all the pi they do find and at the house tliey charge him with all they don't find. He dot* not understand that kind of logic. A Yovno man who spent a little of hi* own dm*, and a great deal of hi* lather's money, is reading for the bar, was asked how lie got along. " Very well," said he, "1 answered . one question right." "Ah, indeed," said the old gentleman, "and what was that?" "They asked me what a qui lam action was, and I told them 1 didn't know." a Uoot> One.— Pat was helping : Mr. Blank of this plaoe to gst a safe 1 into his office one day and not being 1 acquainted with the article, Inquired what it was for. * " To present papers and other arti- I cfes which are plaoo^in it from being ; burned la case of lire," replied Mr. ' B. I " An' sure, will nothing irer burr. < tiiat is put in that thing?" "No." ' « " Well, thin, yer honor, ycd bi-tter > bo alther getting into tluit same when < ye dlel" Mr. Blank "wilted." ' A4*two of our children were playing ' together, little Juno got angry and po -tot, Johnny said to her, "Look 1 out, John, or I'U take a seat up there 1 on your lips." "Then," replied Jane, ' quite rami of her pouts, " I'll laugh, 1 and you'll foil off. " DCBINO a reomt slander case thenwas a large number of ladies pteaeul, ( who caused a gentle murmuring all the while. The usher called out repeatedly, "SUenoe!" when the Judge ' mildly sold: "Mr. Usher, don't you . know better than to call rnVeOw when Mia are nt court!" ^ " Billy, how did you lusc your flu- ■ Rer?" ' 1 "Basy enougli," said HUly. r " 1 suppose TOU did, but how?" 1 "1 guess you'd a lost vourn, If it i bad bam where mine wa*." " That don't answer my question i" i " Wen, lryon mutt know," .aid i IHHy, "I had to cut It off or else steal the imp," ),,l,r^ddrmM*k^,rt "" A Max hanging is better than a ' vagabond, he has risible means of sup- ^ "SiMXti. SSj' . yowirtir . X. Howevbe active a gooa*'* wing. , may he la life, they become stationery , rSES"^-: A ut~saAXD cmnplslu* sadly al pros of " duoto." Hi. wife recently b ..c-fal direr for «*k via : A "duck" ,

THE JfYBTERIOUB WIDOW I During' the summer of 1814, the British had only laid claim to all that portion of the district of Maine lying cast of tha Penobscot, but Admiral Griffith and Sir John Sherbrooke, the latter bring then Governor of Nora Scotia, hod been sent with a heavy fbrcc-tn lake pnaasasirri nryl had oooupted the town of Castine, which plate commanded the entrance to the Penobscot river. Shortly before the arrival of the English squadron. Commodore Tucker had been sent aroune the Penobscot to protect the American coasters there, and while the British sailed ' to Castine he lay with his vessel at Thonmston. It was a schooner tliat the Commodore commanded, but she was a heavy one and well armed and manned; and that she carried the true Yankee "grit" upon her decks the enemy had received too proofe. Onthe28th of August a message came with the telligence that the British frigate was coming from Castine to tnko him.— Tucker knew that the British fen rvl him and that Sir John Sherbrooke had offered a Urge reward for his capture,. When the Commodore received the intelligence, his vessel was lying at one , of the low wharves, where lie would have to wait nearly two hours for tlir , tide to set him off; I ait he hoslcnrri to j hare everything prepared to get off as , soon as possible, for he had no desire to meet the frigate: | The schooners, keel was just clear of ,, tlir mud, and one of the men bail been | sent upon the wharf to cast off their , bow tins, when a wagon, drawn by one H horse, come rattling down to the spot. , The drirt-r, a rough looking country- , man. got out upon tile wharf and thai , assisted u middle-aged ■ lady from the , vehicle. The lady's drat inquiry was , for Commodore Tucker. He was | pointed out to her and she stepped up- | on the schooner's deck and approached , him. j "Commodore," shr asked, "when ( do you sail from here?" , "Right off; as soon as possible, ma- , dame." "(Ml then, 1 know you will be kind ' to roe," the My urged in |»-reussivc | tone*. " My poor lioshoud died yrater- , day, and I wish to cany his corpse , . to W leased, where we belong, aud ] where his parents will take care It." t " But my good woman, I shan't go , - to Wicasseh" j s "If yon will land me at the mouth | r of the 8heopecot, I will ask no more. r I ran easily liud a boat there to take , "Whore Is the body?" asked Tucker. , I " In the wagon, ' ' returned the lady, at the same time raising the corner of i ber shawl to wipe away the gathering n tears. " I have a smnll sum of money j. with me, sir, and you shall be paid for „ 1 your trouble." t 1 " Tut, tut, woman, if I accotnmo- ' dntesyou there aum't be any pay abont ' \ ' I ' The klnd-licartfd old Commodore < was not the man uWrftlac a fevor, and r f though he liked not the bother of tak- „ ■ ing the woman nnd her strange accom- „ , panlment on board, yet he coukl not „ re friar; and when lie told her he would , 1 do as she required, she thanked him j ' with many tears in her tym. g 1 Some of the men wrre sent upon the t 1 wharf to bring the body on beard. A ii ' long buffalo robe, was lifted off by the c man who drove the wagon, and be- C . ucath it appeared^ neat black coffin. I! . Some words were passed by (be teamen c they bore tile iviffln on board, which k went to show pretty plainly Uiat the J affair did not suit them. It may have t but prejudice on their port, but p yet stamen should be alloweffaptsjadice ooc* in a while, when we consider I the many stem realities they hart to encounter. y "Hush, my good men," said the I Commodore, as he heard their inurof you were to die away from homewould you not wish that your list re- g mains might be carried to your poor d parents? Come, boys, hurry now." tl The men said no more, and ere long * the coffin was placed in the bold and 1' the woman was shown to the cabin. •) II kas.than half an hour Hie schooner r' wn« cleared from Uis wharf and stand- " Ing out from the bay. .The wind was * light from the East, but Tucker had no (mr of the frigate, now tint he was d out of the bay. w In the 'evening the lady passenger h came on deck, and the Commodore as- tl sured her that lie slinuld be able to land her early the next morning. She ft ii t |a ran »l her gratitude ami ■sHsikcticn j and remarked that before she retired t| she would Bke to look and see that her eor]ise was safe. This wis, „ of cotrise, granted,- and one of them h off the hatch that she might go tl down Into the hold. „ "1 declare," muqpivdPnnlcl Carter, n an old sailor who had the whsel, "she ,, takes on dres'fully." y ."Ye»— poor thing," responded f, Tucker, aa he heard the woman's sobs ]j and groans. " D'ye notice whafn eve she's got?" * continued CsrteV, u "Ko," said the Commodore, "only p that it was swolWsrith tsars." „ "My eyeal but they shone tho', « ^ when she stood here lonUn' at tin- ,, Tucker smiled at the man's quaint h ' earnestness, and -without further re- t ' mart he went down into ffie eahtn. R When the woman came op from the « ' hold sht looked shout the deck of the t alt There w*s something in her counK «■ S u naoc that purafcd Carter. Be had ' r Km' one of Uks.- wj.o had otjectod to b I heoce he was nut iredisprssri to look . ■ :

boat, and ffien the came and stood by tb* faHMcie again. " Lank nut, or you'll Jibe the boom," I uttered the passenger. Carter started and found thai the * mainsail was shivering. He gave the 1 hrim a couple of spoke* pori, and then * cast his eyes again- upon the woman whose features , were lighted by the * •'Thank'rema'am," taidDan; "Ea. ' hold on— why, bless my soul, there's a big spider on your hair. No— not there. r Here-I'll— Ugh!" " This last ejaculatlou Dan made as he pretended to pull something from the - ' woman's hair, which he throw upon tlie deck with the " Ugh!" . Shortly afterwards tho passenger 1 went below, and ere long Tucker came on deck. I "Commodore," said Dan, with a 1 J manner, " is tho 'omnn turned in yet?" "I rather think so," said Tucker, ' : looking at tho compass. "Look out, ' look out, Dan! Why, man alive, you ' 1 are two points to the Southward of " your course." I ' "Blow me, so I am," said the man, ' "Bot, say. Commodore, didn't you 1 notice nothin' 'collar about that wo"Why, Dan, you seem greatty in- ' forested about her. " ' " So I am. Commodore; and so 1 am 1 ! about that black coffin, torn Wouldn't 1 ' be as well for too an' me to go and v 1 overhaul it?" 1 1 " Pshaw! you are as scared as a diild ' r "No, not a bit of it Just lmrk n 1 ' all!" The Commodore pronounced the c of his anionic mnjcely in a most „ emphatic manner. I ( "It's Uio truth, Conlmoilnre; 1 can ! „ nwtoil. t pretended there was a|„ spider on her liair, and I nilils-d mv „ agin' her face. Ily Sam Hyde, if twant aa ruff and bearded as a holly „ stone. You see, she told me as how c I'd let the boom jibe if I dldnt lock . out I knowed there wasn't no" wo- j, man there, and so I tried her. Calfo j. somebody to the whHTand let's go and K look at that coffin." |. The Commodore was wonder-struck ^ what ha had heard; but, Willi Hint E cahn presence of mind which made Mm „ what he was, he set coolly to thinking. a few moments he railed on one of the men aft to relieve Carter, and then ,, went down into the cabin to look after t his passenger. The latter had turned ( and seemed to be snoring! Tucker returned to the deck and took Carter ,. aside. n "No noise now, Carter; but follow ,. as though nothing had happened. " „ "Sortain," responded Dan. (i The two approached the main hatch ,, and Carter stooped to raise It, when s liand touched a small ball which t, seemed to have been pinned up under „ the after break or the hatch. j "It's a hall of twine," sold Dan. „ "Don't touch it but go and gct'a f, re-piled Tucker. * Carter sprang to obey, and when he „ returned a number of men had gatlierud 0 about the spot. The hatch was raised anfl the Commodore carefully picked the ball of twins and found that it „ made Gist to something below. He ^ to the hold end there he n that the twine ran in beneath ,, the lid of the coffin. He had no doubt hia mind now Muit there was mis- ,. child Kixed up before him, and he sent s! for something that might answer ,| a screw-driver. He winked very i, earefrilly, however, at the same time f, keeping a bright lookout for the string, g At length the screws were all out and „ Ud very carefully lifted from its , place. n ' Great God in Heaven!" burst from n lips of the Commodore. „ "By Sam Hyde!" dropped like a young thunder clap out of the lips of u tl "God bless you, Dan." ~ „ " I knowed it," uttered Dan. H The two men stood for a minute and .. gated into the coffin. There wss no ' there, but in the place thereof, u was material for the death of a c; Tho coffin was filled with gun- n powder aud pitehwood. Upon a light „ pistols all cocked and primed, and q the string which entered the coffin from u without ccnimunimted wiUi oach. „ The first movement of the Coomio- y was to call for water, and when it I. was brought he dashed three buckets tl into the Infernal contrivance; and it bequeathed more freely. " So, no," he uttered, as he kaped *1 the hold, -'No, no— my men. g Do nothing rashly. let me go into 1 the cabin first. You may follow me. " Commodore Tucker strode into the b cabin, walked up to -the bonk where "■ his passenger lay and grasping hoffi of h female dress he dragged the wrarer k ool upon the floor. There waa a sharp li resistance and the pameugrr drew a u I'fr'oi, hul it was quickly taken awaygown was torn off and a MAM came from the rifomants of calico aijd . The fellow was assured Ui»t Ms I whole plot was discovered, and, at Tie owned that It had been his p plan to turn out in tie course of the night and get hrid or the hall of twine * whict he had left in a convenient 0 ptace; he then Intended to have gone q aft, carefully unwinding the string as * the boat, and' Uien cntthc ISUfe, and would have puBix) smartly upon tljr J "AMd I think you know, " he* con- " s noticed in the fuss — I'd have gst £ I ggp&Sj murdering the villaiB on the .jeH. Jie n

J proved to he ooo of the enemy's officers And he was to hay* a heavy ravrftd if -' he succeeded hi destroying the American Commodore and his crew, e The prisoner was carried on deck e and bis bed to the main rigging. Where 3 got Into port. e " What n horrible death the villain meant for ns," uttered Dan. , " Yes, bo did," sold Tucker, with a i shudder. " He belongs to the same gang that's been robbing and burning houses on s the Eastern coast," said one of the i "Yes," returned the Commodore, with a nervous* twitch of the muscle* r around the mouth. . A bitter curse from the prisoner here broke upon the air, and with a , clutched fist the Commodore went bei low. ' In the morning. Commodore Tucker , on derk. Scgnin was in sight i for the prisoner, ho was gone, r " Carter, wliere's the villain I lashed last night." " I'm sure, 1 don't know where he . is. Commodore. Perhaps he's jumped i overboard." The old Commodore looked sternly into Carter's eyes and he saw- a twinkle . of satisSietion gleaming there. Ho hesitated a moment— then ho turned away and muttered to himself: " Well, well, , can't blame them. If tiie murderous villain's gone to liis death he's onlymet n fate which lie richly deserved. far that it be he, than that nty noNc crew were now all in the ocean's cold grave." Tact— what 1s It? What is tact'? What is this peculiar qualification which one possesses' and [another does not? which enables one j to avoid disagreeable issues Hint others . .apparently quite as keen sighted, quite ns well informed, quite as experienced. , are unable to shun 1 All concede it to be an element of success. We often hear it said in cbm- . mondation of sdfoe eminent man, that [ "he is a mnn of great tact," that "ho ; tho tact to manage men," that he \ "a superior tact for business," and , so forth. If necessary to success hi life, , can it lw obtained? Before Hie , question can lie answered intelll- , gently, we mnst know what it is wo , seek. Tho primary meaning of the word i tact is touch— feeling. The -figurative j inclining which lias been attached to , Uie wool is difficult to accurately define. has been defined ns perception, pccu- , liar skill, or faculty, discernment; but . neither of these definite ns is complete ( or Rntisfhctory. Thus, when we say | "he had sufficient tact to withdraw," , do not mean Hint lie had skill, or , or perception, sufficient , to prompt him to withdraw; Uicro is | something more subtle involved than . definitions express. There is [ nothing so good as the primary mean- , -ing of the word, touch— feeling. Con- ( ccivc the mind to bo able to touch, lo , other minds, and you have got it | exactly. The mind has many subtle | modes of expression. An elevated , eyebrow, a puzxied took, a modulation , in the voice, an impatient gestnre, or a , quiver of the Hp, reveal hidden feelings, | oftentimes against the wiD. Tactcim- , its possessor to immediately recog- , nixe these indications, and to shape Ids , conduct accordingly. . In its highest perfbcUon it is a rare quality. There are men who have , sufficient force of character to thrust , into prominence without it, , they are few, nnd generally more , feared than loved. ' If placed in situs- , of command, discontent and de- , moralisaUoo are almost certain to arise ( those who submit to their rule, ] marked, as it is sure to be, by total disregard of the finer feelings of their ( subordinates. The want of tact is the chief chorac- j tcriMic of the nomerona family of bores; , men who rail upon you to chat . when your Jiusinea* is most pressing; ( who come into your siiop and misplace . your tools; who interrupt you when , look over your shoulder when you ' to be writing; enter your private . apartments without knocking; are nl- ( wa^-s just where they are not wanted. . and duiug that whldi is disagnvable. ' people are not, generally, inten- ( offensive. They mostly mean ( well enough, but they are mental [inch- ( ydcruiata, who 'can feel nothing but . A hint is thrown away upon ( and the only alternative, in dealwith tliem, is the kick. Tact is born of aenaibUlty— it is sen- ' To some it seems a natural gift, bat I? can be cultivated by all.— , habit of observing carefully the [ countenances, the manners, and the of men, the study of character, [ and a general acquaintance with nature, will toon impart a knowledge of the secret springs of emowhich, if touched at all, must he ! touched with wise and delicate skill. ^ Wk> Run lip Stairs. We do no^ run in the stxeot, nor in i the park or garden; why then run up i stairs, and then complain that the i stairs are so high? It is difficult to answer this question; nevertheless , people generally do run up stain, while foreigners are well satis- i Orel with walking up. Servants fre- , quenUy complain of the height of Hie j stairs, awl leave their place* in oonse- , qucucc. Houses of six and eight , stories are now built in ttngiso.1 as i they are in Paris and Edinburgh.— | there la resdly but little -more , difficulty ^ yoending several flights of stair* than there is in walking a strait Urn, provided we tbke sufficient ' time to do it, which should he abont 1 twice a* long as we aboidd be in walk- 1 -S^f?mi'rtheTci : iralk up stair* slowly, n*t at each KXi?ipiiWM 1 m^'aJd^riTl^ a-""* 11 '

rs Oar Ptxn«t — Its Past Mad If Fuluxe. j. The-aliove is the title of a very interrating' littie volume puiihsberi by Willie in Denton, Boston. It Is a series of T cigiit lectures on geology, in the popoC1 lar style now so much in vogue, and is wSU ralmlsted to bring science down n to the level of the mssK*. They abound in vivid description, awl are, q* far as B may be, freed from the technical char- j scter of more extended works. The , following extract, 'hitendrd to sliow | n that the resources of itfoderu cjvilizatlon will prove sufficient for tho future necessities of mankind, is a good speei- : . men of the style of the work : s As long -as the world exit (si then, we may be assured that man's ingc0 unity will keep pace with the nisressix ties, and tin- human race march on to . the goal that lies before them. Man is'an important port bf Nature; r and his importance mcrrssrs hourly, t At first a helpless log, lie floated on d the stream, but now stems the current, . or boldly directs u. 1 If the land-mrftcc of the globe should not increase naturally in hie future-, as * wc liavc antid|xited, man's agi-ncy 1 would, without doubt, bring it to pass. us is evident from what lie lias nlready accomplished, e In Lincolnshire; England, four hun- , f hire-ding swamp-land have been trans- , , formed into fields (if wheat, Kirh-y and ■ oats, and excellent meadows. ' in tlir , ,- Netherbuids, lanjs lying still lower ] . than the fens of Uncolnshire, and a|i[larently more hopelessly doomed, have : , been reclaimed, and in-come among Hie - most productive. It has been en leu- , ' diking nnd draining. " Tile province , ' of Zealand consists of Islands washed | ' se[«rated by tin- many channels through | which tlie Sehelde aud some oilier rlv- , ' pn-sent. They liave been gradually 1 enlarged, and in several instances, at 1 last connected by the extension of their . ' system or dykes. Walcherin Is formed ' or ten isles united in one. At the mid- J - die of the llfteeuth century, Gneree and » Overt1akkeconsistrelofae|urateiskiuds , ' containing altogether, alioat ten thou- | successive advances of Hie dykes, tbey j ' have been brought lo compose u single y ' whose area is not less than six- | a few year* ago, an English genUi-. ' purchaw-d for a -trifling sum. a ■ : small island, whicli waa covered by , ' tho sen every flood-tide, hut left dry at | the ebb. lie enclosed it with n lamk . of earth thirty feet wide at the bottom, | and seven feet liight and four feet wide , : at the top, with a slope on the outside, , 1 two frcChorizoiltal to one per- . luilf mill's long, encircled the island, ' except n ga[i about seventy feet wide, ■ through which Hie tide flowed in uud ' ' out. Earth was at first used to-till U|i I ; the gap ; but Hie sea swept it away as i 1 fust as it was thrown in. Piles were- < - then driven in a double row and eluy 1 i rammed in between them. This sue- - > creslcd, nnd tlie little island was drained. i In time, excellent crops were, raised > it, a house and kim built, nud 1 nearly three hundred acres of bind, by 1 Hie energy of one mail, won from the ' 1 Tlie draining of Lokoliaartem is ' 1 one of tho best examples that we pus- t scs8 of man's.disposilion nnd ptare-r lo < change water surface* into dry latal^ 1 and is at the anine time a prophecy of 1 what will be done in the future, when i hie earth *hall be as densely populated f over its whole extent as It is Dow in ■■ - -Here was a lake fifteen ntlk-s long, ' and seven broad in its greatest width. " What fine farms we might have 1 said an enterprising Hollander. I - " if ufis lake were only drained ! < ' " Tee ; but it lie* ta-low the scn-tevel, f ' and it would be impossiMe to drain iL" 1 " Then wc triust pump it dry ! ' " Pump it dry i Who ever heard of 1 such an abeurdity 1 " But [Atnip it 1 ' dry they did. For this purpose three ' huge steam-engines were employed, ' each pumping a million ton* of water 1 in twenty-five and n half hours. Thcv 1 commenced pumping In May, 1848, 1 and laid itdiy in July, 1832. Where 1 the boats sailed nnd the fishes qwam, ' arc now comfortable cottages, fertile 1 ■ fields, and a population or five thousand thriving Inhabitants. In Hie j same country it it now proposed to - drain the Zuydcr Zee, which covers . ' two thousand square miles. The time j will came when the hmd under I-ajic , will be ofSaJfovnlue than tlie ( ' water* within it, and, when that tins- , comra, man will aay to the waters, , ' " March I" and they frill go, leaving , the land ' for man's occupancy. Its 1 greatest depth K bat 270 feet, and it* drainage would t« an easy matter. In '■ like manner, the iands of l *kpq Michi- 1 gan and Superior will be Deeded, de- ' manded aud obtained, and the sea In ! i made to giVe np a large porHoff of 1u | I shallow sjpp*, to supply man's con- - stnnHy Increasing demand for room. 1 ' The remarks of the author upon tlie > climatic changes that have occurred » within the historic period, and the re- i - mains of man, in coimecUoa with those • of extinct aninials, arc intonating and , ! Although wc ran not en- - done all the Inferences and opinions , I contained in the book, wa believe it to sdentiflc fiterature.-Srirati/c Ame- ' TtiK eminent ilii-inc, Dr. Gumming*, , 1 take* the ground that, as Cain had ! never seen a dead human bring, and therefore did not know that n haevy ' blow would destroy life, his killing of I Abel cannot be ranked «* q^Mgbre J vindlaate Cain's daim to tlw. right at trid tw jury, nnd the »»p!oymcl.t of i , .am. New York, lawyer a* 14* coon- I •d?

Pencil and H*ney. Obi Judge Cole, of Texas, was chare "■ uctcrixed by hi* attachment to that Se- '• ductlve beverage called "peach and (f honey," and by his hatred of whisky J and whisky drinkers. While liolding 1 brought up on a charge of a drunken ' 1 affray. It was a plain case; the row ' " i lmd orritrr.-fi in Hie public street, in ' L i nptii day, and .there were fifty witne*- ' "j see to Uie whole transacUoo. So tlie ; r I two delinquent* pleaded gulltv, by the ; " ! advice of their counsel, and threat' ! s themselve* on Hie mercy of the court. ' " They were then brought up for sen- ! ! tonrij separately. , " You are guilty of an affray," ' - 1 growled the Jutlge. '! Yes, you Honor;" whined tho of- • 1 fender, thoroughly frightened. ' " Drunk, I suppose?" grunted the 1 "Yes. yn^ir Ilonnr," murmured tlie | , bring drunk would mitigate the punishment. I " Drunk on rye whisky, too, I'll ware ' • rant." roared tlie Judge in a voice of ' ."Yea, your Honor, drufik on rve whisky." . ' "Mr. Clerk, record a fine of fifty 1 • dollars against this nran," cried the 1 ' Jodge, "and send liiui to jaU for sixty 1 days. I shall line the next one who is > ' guilty under such aggravated clrcuui- ' him to Jail for six months." ' ' ' trembling. As he passed along by Ms • ' lawyer, that thoughtftil gi-ntfoiiinii ' I ^reiv* *»»»(.." IK- look his ■ 1 stand. " You, too, are up hcreforanaflhy," 1 growh-d the old ^ Judge, ^gnashing^hi. ! tlie culprit at Uie liar. •• Yes. your Honor/ ^ . "Oh, no, your Honor, I never drink ' whisky. I got drunk oh peach and < " Tlie Judge's featunw relaxed in an 1 Leaning forward and raisiug 1 fender with interest, and then with ' "Ah. sir. '"said the Judge blandly. c re unity, Indian, i, having gotten ' through her term, wished to amuse her ptqiita b> lielping them tlirougli a little tableaux, etc.. nnd the programme « gave tie- clone ns a bridal scene. It 1 assistant on llie stagi-. were going to ■ he married at the close of Hie concert, ' nnd consequently they fiuislied the pro- t gramme by a bridal scene. The night ' stormy, the house crowded, and ' tlie manager came out just l-cforo the * close and informed the audience that I (Nissibie, as they were going to af- ■ thorn a pleasant lltUc surprise; - and- Uien he politely invited the Rev. ' Mr. Williams, if in the audience, to < step Kick of the curtain, which he did. The audience wa* then waiting with ' breathless anxiety for the finnlc. TEe s manager again came forward nnd requested the audience to" rise to .tlieir feet, Every onoarose, every head waa ' uncovered, a whisper from every lip — 1 "Who is it that is going to be mar- ' - rled ? " etc. The bell rings, the cure * tain rises, and behold the bridal scene! ' one in the crowded house is ' 'struck dumb, and then followed one of tho wildest peals of merriment that 1 ever heard. Wc looked on Hie ' bridal scene— two boxes sot on end, and a pole reaching from one to the 1 other, and on the pole, a pair of oldfashioned bridles. And wc saw it all. A Fact highly honorable to typos . disclosed by n late report of the New 1 Inrpector of State Prisons; while | all other occupations are represented j thcirlargc number of convicts, there is not n single printer. Is it because 1 they are more moral than other people. 1 ' or are they smarter and so escape de- < lection?— weH, any way Itis creditable 1 ' to them. ! A Logo Uroo ago a little boy twelve , year* old, stopped at a country tavern nnd paid for his lodging and brcaklast ' by sawing wood Instead of asking it as , gift. Fifty years biter the same boy ' , passes! the same little inn as George ' , l'ealxidy, the hanker, whoso name is . the synonym of magnificent charities— , the houorod of two hemispheres. i •' IWk got no hoops on this motp- ■ observed Clara. "How is it ' you don't slug, then?" asked couMn 1 I John. u Wnatdo you mean, stupid?" • " Why, if there are no hoops, the , I stave* are liable to come out, you i know.'' i . ■ A Bill posted on the walls in a - eountry village announces that "a ! lecture will be dbUvered in the open , air, and a collection made at the door to defray expssises." r the recrimination of married people i . resemble the sounds of the waves on i ! lheU.lv. r A rrnitT rrarmhfes a dipper attached , r to * hydrant. Evsrybody is at liberty^ . - to drink freen It, but no one desires to t 'take It awRy. ,

Remarkable Core -of Consumption. , The Transactions af4he Connecticut j Stnto Medical Society contain a paper! f Bom Professor 8. G. Hubbard, tt New 1 , Iisvcn, in relation to the cure of the! 5 iato Rev. J.-re-miah Day, fdhner-Presi- i , dent of Y aleCofltgo, of tubercular con- i , snmptlon. President Day, during his t , early life. gave little promise of long | . life, and'Yrhen in 1788, in hia seven- , teen Ui year, he entered Yale CWk^e, ■ . lie was soon coni[icIled to Icdve from , pulmonary difficulty. He rallied, how- , ever, ayl was able to finish the courge : . and graduate in 1705. He was very, [ fi-ebte, however, for many years. He j . a clergyman ttnd in 1801 was j elected Professor of Mathematics tttld I . Natural History in the College. But j lie could not uridertake the duties. An I . alarming hemorrliageof the lungs pros- 1 tinted him, which were treated "lenra- j , cdly " by bleedings copious enough to j [ have charmed ev»n Dr. Sougrado. He i . went to Bermuda, where he was plied with digitalis to such an extent as al- . most to take what little lire was left. r camo Imek to lite native town, I Washington, Conncetieut, to die. lie suffi-re-d from continued hemorrhage and reficnted. venesections, till he to meet Doctor Sheldon, of , Lltehfield, who had made the treatment with iron a hobby. He expressed , belief that Mr, Day .-ould K- hel|»sl. i I tens, the intient was plncerl under the ran- of in. Slielduu, who tn-nted him w ith iron nnd rallaaya lnrk. feeding ' from the dead, in suffieieul rigor to lie i I inaugurated in the prufaisorship. He , afterwards exhibited -1111 Jilonis? lmS,7bI'Tfor„n,t"^"^ri. . was ninety five years old nt the tjine of j purently healthy. In the ajs-x ofen'eh I clratrix on the left side of tin- left Involving such n depth of tissue a* to I or long duration. Both lungs' were ' slightly ndliemiit at the apex. pying twelve years In Its [wriod of are J A ORAt KINO Bridoe. An olw-v- , lady suited in close JuxtapdiiUuu, nud judging from Hn-ir conduct. Imagined that they were exceedingly intimate. , front of the eomfnrtnhh- pair sat tho train |ia*sed through a dark Amid the thundering aud uohwf that sounded for nil Hie world •macks startled all tile party. As we emerged into daylight one of the Ger- , mans slowly drew his spectacles down ; over his nose nnd exclaimed: " I'tll I rinks did. i,h n bad bridge. I heart him The lady drew down tier vgil, and lb" remainder of trip looked mntc occnpation was that of blacking stoves, . tire-places and stovrepipes, bearing . iqion his arm a [Kit of blacking, with . and other implements of his trade, addressed n denizen of this city, ( who was standing at hia door: . this morning? I'm tlie boy for that ^ The person addressed, not being of . a courteous manner, gruffly answered: "Go abont your business." Pat moved a few stepc off, to be out of the way of a kick, and replied with 1 a' knowing wink: " Your honor would not be the worse ' for a litUe polishing yonraelf, I'm ; thinking." A " Noatis." — A traveler in Ar- , found tha following notice stuck' ■ the ferryman, s door at Cache Noatis.— Ef enny body cams hear _ arter Ucker or to git akross UK river, t They can get tiiis hear horn, and cf I , don't cum when my Betsy up at the ( House beam the horn a biowin, slide . cum down and sell them the llcker or , set em Akross the river. Ime away | from home. John Wilson. N. B.— Them that cant rede will have to goto the House arter Betsy. Taint but haff a mile thar."» ; Small cheer and great welcome , make a merry feast after all. ' TmTaHempt teTread many books ! often ends In thoroughly redding A Chicaoo paper says that in thai i city "hogs affect the money market" i 8o they do in Ncy York. 1 An exchange saju I In llliillmiary of ' young Kd'ie# contains Just two wcnMs — tlie "horrid" and the "splendid." t You don ft seem to know hyw to take - uie," said a vulgar fellow 10 a geutlre I he had Insulted. " Yes, I do," A* exchange toll* of a girl, who on making her first visit to a pig-sty, ex- ., claimed. " Why grandpa, I should 1 j think the pigs would feint away— tbey sm^ so!" ,

- Organisms art the Bottom or ; the Atlantic. it ; Professor Hoxloy road a paper, on ! r ! some organism* which live at the bot- 1 v torn of the Ntwthjfllantic. in depths i e ! of a, own. to l&^OOft, Ho said he had i- no doubt they were all acquainted witli [ i- Hie subject of the Atlantic cable, whiqh s [ lay over 1,700 miles af sea bottom exg tending from the west coast of Ireland j - ; to Ncivfoundland. In 1857 a plan for ! ! Laying that cable was first taking a ii ' thorougly praotica! shape. Onr "Gov- j - eminent liad at that time been moved j , r by representations tnade to thcra to j i- have the sea bottom throughout that e extent carefoUy examined, for the pur9 [lose of findiug out whether there were ! , j ! any impedimenta to the safe lodgment I , t of the rablc nt the- Imttoni of the se*. j . the subject, and many persons mnln- . tainisi that there w«ffi- gtent rocks j 0 I which would catch or cut the cable, — I P - The Admirably despatched the "Bull- j 1 I dog" steam vessel, under the command J . i with nil ingenious apparatus, by means i 1 1 of which larger or smalk-r portions of i p I In# could K- made. Captain Dayman i f made his soundings, find brought hack I . his specimens of the sen bottom, and ] the Admiralty sent Uie whole of tho . soundings to hiin (Professor Huxley) . j for examination. They were extreme- I p Iv Interesting, a* they for the first Una- 1 , sypplicd the means or ascertaining . wliat was the preeise nature of the mud ! . . , which covered tlie Imttoni ot toe sen. ! , i brought from n depth of from 1,000 to I 1 ' 2.400 or 2.500 bthortis. or from tt.OOOft. | p wv soel, that in tJdrarcslpart "nt. j/if Mont Ilhiiii- was sunk, tin- top would Lis- cnend. ami lie |,ad specimens of| ,. !.U"' Kittoni from that depth. It Up- j j and he stand In hil rvpoaHy the de- 1 , I to all npponmnei- consisting of several rjeiincretie layers stirroundiug a clear . ranter. As tliese liodira were rapidly ' . | dissolved by dilute acid, lie thought at , j that time that they could not lx- organic. r I minute and ran-ful invvstigntion. to i«nil imperfect santrinrnl of tin- fna4feof 1 tile ease. The largest of thein was tlie 1 , ltl-ltsith or an Inch In diameter, and , 1 1"' had tlu-m at first with j j Three or four years afterwanl. Dr. j , ! Warwuk prinl.d his "Notes on the- 1 ' ( , wliat in- i-alksl corosjih.-rr*. whirl. In- 1 , : tlimlght 1'Vikc.l cxt nmuH v like as If 'they j ! I oilier |w[» r. in which he stnterl Dm! j . ! the cocolin-s were identical with mi- i ' i in chalk liv Mr. Swahv. who was the 1 1 sphere of glass: that tbey were, in fact, j > Uke thick watch glasses; and he showed I I thnt is. Unit I hey could not be ofnni- ■ '■ | mnl nature, lie (Professor Huxley) . n-oxntiiiuid tlie specimens of the deep | ' much higTiur nuignifyiiig power than ; ' he liad used before. He migiit menUon i 1 tint ail persons who lind Ken con- i rarned in liringing up Atlantic mud - ' spoke oi it as being a wonderfully tena- i ' riotis and sticky substonra. He found i i( to contain on iinmcnsc nuniKr of minute slieUs, and of an enormous - ' nuniKr of little, irregukir [x-llets of Jel- ' fey, dotted all over. It wns to the ; * dotted pclh-K that he desired to draw nttention. On applying n po«-er of 1,- " 200 diameters, Uiey could be analyzed ' and resolved pretty well. In cuclt of Hie pellets would bo found a great number of granufes scattered about, each -King the 40.000H. . to the 20,000th of p an inch. These lie found were ab or- . Rrinfe particles, yielding, as they did, to all the changes to which organic bodies yielded when the proper mate. , rials were applied to flirm. '-Tfrc average diameter of each heap of granules was the 12-100th of an inch, and each represented a mass actually living at the depHi of the sea, and developed in itssUme. So Uiat, intermixed amongst .. the shcb, tliere was an immense body It' of jelley, which contained the bodies of c Hie simplest kinds of organisms, each representing a kind of splculu of primir live organism. The fact that those. bodies existed at the depths he hod stated waa beyond dispute, so that the e depths of the sea contained those living e organisms from which old philosophers r held that ab things proceeded. And y somo persona were coming round to _ that opinion again. For Ids port he o expressed no opinion as to whether ff they were plants or anim&ls. They were, perhaps, tho simplest rcprescntativss of that ground between plants le and animals, as to which so much was said in tlie present day .— London Mea chanlef Stagnxtae. IS " Well, Sambo, what's yer up to now-*-daya?" tt "Oh, I Kacarp'neraiidjincr." " " He! I guess yer it. YYIiat d<qsu-t-ment do you perform?" f "What department? Why, I does de circular wodtlV „ " What's dail" " Why, I turns the grindstone." * " Gftray." A Gentleman, speaking of s young .. beauty's -fesbiooab* yellowish Uok. called it pure gold, "it ought to be," quoth K— , " it took* like twenty-four d C4rT°t^ - y What's brat. to prevmtraeu from despairing? Echo: "Pklri^.'' ^

f | The «er I I«T Electric U|M4 A now electric light exhibited nigl.tJ ly on Hie steamer St. Zawrenl, at - Fler • 50 North river, New Y'ork city, ha* * ; attracted a great deal of attention.— ' Jlie Son gives ds good an Ideo of the i nature arid advantages of this new opI pbcatioo oT elcctijcity aa we should J - hope to do without an attended des- a I cription, for which wr have not room r in this Kane: i j " This light U prodiKed by the burn- _ ■ j ing of carbon pencils in currents of 1 1 electricity. The latforare furnished ' j by induction, and witMqt the use of I j Uilteries, by an improvedfomt of Nol- ■ h-t's apparatus. Tiiis consiatk of fortyseries of horsenihoc magnets set in a i j circular frame, within which It an axis ; hearing sjxty-four reels of copper wire, i and ravolving beforwthe magnets at - : tho rate of three hundred turns a ' | minute, A double current of electrici- - I ty is thus induced in tho copper wires, - the one direct aa tbey approach the 1 j poles, the other revet scd after they hare I | passed them. No devioe for breaking ' the current* i» used, aa it is found that, f though the current is interrupted at i - i each reversion, the light is not perce p- ■ tlbly ntfected unless the interruption ■ I exceeds one twentieth of a second. t j "The nuiguctic apanttus U about I i four fret six inches square ; it stands - j in tin- engine room of the Sr. Laurent, ) ! nnd is driven by a dontyy engine of one • ! or two horse power.. The cost of the • | light is shout twclvq cents an hour; : | tlie same amount of llghHiy gas would I J cost two dollars. The llgh,t is dis- . played cm the .St Laurent, through a i Foucault fens, which ran K turned by • hand in any direction, placed on the . ' bridge above the deck. It is percepta- ■ | hie at sea to tho remotest distance at I ! n-aif by it with a glass. In fugs it is of the greatest value. 8o it is in enter- - 1 ing harbors by night. It will render : collisions in the dark almost impossij Gold Pens.— Not every one wliu ' writes with gold pen knows how Hioy , ly known ox "diamond point*," are tipped with iridium. ThlE is found & , small griiins in platinum, slightly oiI adapted to the purpose of the gWcl ffinI j nqfeer. The gold for pens 1* oHqj-cd I with silver to sixteen carats fineness, ! rolled into thin strips, from .which the f blanks are struck. Tlie under side [ or the |M>lnt is notched by a small cir- . | cular saw, to n-ralvc the iridium point, ! which is selected by the aid of a mlcro- . scope. A flnx of horax and a Mow- . pi|s- secure it to its place. The point i is then ground on a copper wheel with emery. The pen blank is next robed to the requiefte thinness by means of rollers es[ieeinUy adapted to Hie purand ieni|iered by blows from a luimmcr. It is Hien trimmed around . the edges. stain]icd, and formed in a IKiwerfol press. The slit is next cut , through die solid iridium point by ' menus o? a thin copper wheel, fed with dm- emery, and a saw extend* the | aperture along tlie pen itself, i I'sRvi'i. Invention. — A new nilI, way brake ha* recently bran tried in i stopping tin- train to the engine driver, the guard and the passengers. The Jesuit of the experiment is said to have from Hie following report— Tlie first • stop was made, on an incline of one in l hundred feet, while the train was i going 35 miles an hour, and space in l which the engine driver managed to i pul! up was 323 yards. The second i stop wns tin a level, when the progress . of the train at 40 miles an hour was I checked, and brought to a stand stib. • in 220 yards. In tile-third trial the i engine driver's familiarity with the f apparatus became apparuet, as he tuci traded in stopping within 200 yards, - the speed then being 55 miles an hour, • nnd the place an incline of one In r 100. | Sirloin. — It is said that Charles . the II of England gave that name to tliat of beef called the Sirloin. Having dined from a loin- one day, and being ' particularly pleased with it, he- asked what that piece of beef was called. On King told that it was a loin, ho • said, jocosely , that it should be knight, '• ed for Its merit, and called it 81r Loin • A Clergyman observing a poor Ii man by tbe road breaking stones, and t kneeling to get at his work better mado a the remark: " Ah John, I wish I I could break tbe hearts of my hearers y as easily as your ore breaking those if stone*.'" ' "Perhaps master you do not h work on your knees." wa* tho reply. Ln Topsfield, Mass., is the fobowing ^ epitaph of * man who evidcnUy wished others to mind their own business e and let Ms alone: ° Somebody advertises for agent* to • retail a work entitled, " Hymcnlal Inr stnictora." A co temporary adds: y "The beat hymcnlal Instructor wo '* know of is a young widqw. What " die don't know there It no use learo- ' >ng-" ^ A -PRETTY woman, Uke a gnat truth or great happiness, has no mole 0 right to bundle heradf under a green veil, or any other abomination of Uke character, than the sun has to put on t- green spectacles. Yocnq Beeswax, on being asked • if he was going to keep Lent, topUed with great simplicity that nobody had twrfowed him yet, to fer as he was aware. Tub New Y'ork correspondent of an g English paper states that - ' the ladle* or 1 *»*■" x^r. T "I THINE I see a new fee-tare in thK caas," at the lawyer aid when ids n client informed him that be had got