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VOL XIV.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW- JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1868.

NO. 700.

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"I BBS. VATHP8 TOOTMAS. '• " Yea, mother, I grant all yon say, readily enough. Mia. Wayne ia beantiful, and agreeable. and.arcomptiabed. She ainga anperbly, and pbya with taste and akilL And ahe wears her dry goods with infinite gnux, and has * ways fkvora the contribution box with a greenback; but -still I am not ao tore nf her heart An4, mother, If eirrr I marry la-rant a woman whom I can - respect and love." Seymore Lyle threw liimerlf down on an ottoman at his mother's feet, and engaged hlmerlf dfligrnttylua busluumt • the silks and worsteds in the work basket he had taken from the ottoman : to his knee. Mrs. Lyle lifted ber silken morning : robe a little out of her son's way, for , ahe was one of those immaculate ladles who cannot bear to hare their robe* ; - crushed or tumbled, and let her handsome dark eyes rest a moment on his , . face. She amileri jilraaanUy. as if pleased , with the picture, fthe Bad reason to . be. Seymor was her only child— , I twenty-four, handsome, and noble, and l He bad Just entered upon i the practice of the law in his native ' city, and hade Giir to distinguish himself in the profession he had chosen. | "*JVell, mother?" he aaid question- t iugly, smiling up into the still youth- i ftU looking flmt or his only near rein- < tire. | "Seymore, I am sorry you are so c suspicions. Do you not know that it is a point of law alwnys to consider a I innocent and pure until proved otherwise? A lawyer should be law- y abiding, my son." " Perha|w tile business makes nu J suspicious. I do nut think I am that by nature. But in this case I am, to f certain extent. However lightly I q may sometimes speak of it, I look upon t marriage as a solemn thing— a com- c pad too holy to be entered upon with- I out some thought. It is an obligation d one cannot put ofl* at will, like a tlistaatrftil garment, and if I marry, I | want to marry a woman with whom I t can be happy. Annette Wayne Is lore- d ly and charming, and all that. But—" g "Well, Brytnore?" "I cannot take heron trust, even » supposing ahe is ready to accept me. c I desire to prove her, and I shall do r I am going to lire in the same E house with ber and in such a capacity d that I can read her character as I never i< could if I met her on equal ground." II " What wild plot now, ticymore? I truirt yon will remember that you have h proud old ftunfty name to keep up." "Jfever fear, mother, mine. The t dead and gone Scyrobtee shall not blush " in their graves at anythiug'I may do h —God helping me. Mrs. Wayne has advertised tor a footman, and I am o about to apply tor the place.'* tl "Youl OeyuMie Lyle. Are yon a mad?'' i p "I think not, mother dear. If lam b there is 'method in my madneee. Iam n going up to my room to prepare for my C advent In scrvontdom, and when I am J I will call on you." A half hour later, Mrs. Lyle was p surprised by the entrance of a strange h into her aitUng-mum, and the genuine scream she uttered at his ap- •' pea ranee was good evidence of the ■ of his disguise to. Seym ore's J His dark locks were covered with a 1! coane rod wig, his clear complexion f had been skilfully painted until it was a as a turkey's egg, and the £ fivdefi suit Of dollies he wove indicated £ long credit athis tailor's. v _ > " Well, mother, howdoyoa like me?" asked Seymore. I " Like you? You are hldeonsl Ho ? of any one's penetrating that Try" and behave yourself " properly, though, If- Mr*. Wayne does P engage you." ' " I am all propriety. UooAhy, mother, for a day or two. I would kiss 1 you,' but it would be impndeht, you 1 know, for n footmpn to take suchKber- 1 ties." Mrs. Wayne was pleased with the « applicant, who railed himself John » Seele; and after a few questions as to ■ his aapabUity— the answering of which 1 put John in a cold perspiration— he ' was duly instelM as footman in her * establishment. Oho of his duties was f to tend the front door, and see after c the flree; and in these capacities he ob- > toinad frequent glirapars of Miss An- I netta. c The MOODd night of hie oogngenteut I flrlSs Woyne monalsn, there was a £ grand ban at the bouse of Ura-lashlou- ' aldra. and Miss Wayne attended. John ' to keep a fire for her in the dree- 1 sing room, and admit her whan ahe borne. < John began lo think a footman's life 1 anything but ia*. when one o'ckck 1 struck, and still no Miss Annette. Just before two she rang. John hastened 1 the doe* and let her in, and in cloe- < ing it he managed to Sethis foot on the ' trailing skirt of her dress. « "You awkward dosrnJ" she ex- ' 1 claimed, sharply; "Learn to keep off a ' I dress, or I will have you dls- ' ' charged." "Beg parding, mem!" said John, 1 politely, pulling his red fbtetap, "but ' It ain't every poor Wb r ns hju. been ' brought up in the school of pohtenese, 1 and learned whit to do with his hands 1

thatsdlarannds are mare to my taste- - "I dart say," muttered John, hof, tween his closed teeth. "I dare say you would Save no objection to. begin '• the kasonat once." All the next day Miss Annette was cross and out of sorts. On poor John her wrath especially deaoended. lie r could do nsthtng -tf* suit her, and more » than one sharp reprimand helistened 11 thought so soft and sweet, as to be in0 capable Of being pitched to the liigh ' key, which, after all, seemed most natu3 raltolt Annette gave John orders not to ad1 mlt any one; she was not at home, and 1 . she passed the day curled up on the ' sofa In Uie back parlor, reading an old I novel, and taking her ease in a frayed 1 wrapper, and stockings none too fresh 1 from the laundry. Just before dark there waa a timid > ring at the door. John opened it and r saw a little shivering figure on the < broad steps. A pair or brown eyes ■ looked up wistfully into his lace and a • musical voioe asked— " Ia Miss Annette i at home?" Looking Into the brown eyes, and I noticing the soil color which cninc and ' wentso charmingly ou the pearly cheek, - John forgot that he had orders to dony I young mis trees to any allien, and i replied quite in his natural voice — i abo Is; will you walk In?" The girl stepped into the hall, and saw that she was very thinly dreneed and that she carried a bundle. He ushered her into the back parlor at where Annette, having renounced chair, with her feet on the fender. She looked up and frowned at the " John, you stupid blockhead! 1 told I was not at home to-day." " Beg pardon, mem— I forgot!" sold norvously. " Well, It's one of my working people, ao It's of no particular conseMiss Ainslic, have you the cape? John put some coal on the fire. It is cold as Greenhere. Let us eee how yon have it, Mary." The girl unrolled her bundle and displayed a pink thlbet opera cape, emin white so exquisitely, that forgot himself again, and stood "Don't stand there gaping, John!" said Annette sharply. "Put on some . cools!" Then to Miss Alnslie: " It is really very well executed, and I will give you something of tbc same sort to , before long. You can. go now, for . is nearly dark, and you'll be afraid you stop longer."-. Miss Ainalie roec, and hesitated on way to the door. to-day," she sald.ln a troubled voice— , "my rent is due, and my little sister isiil^-" > "O, don't trouble yourself to proceed," said Annette coarsely, " I know whole story by heart There is always -n sick mother or sister. I can't you to-day— It's eight dollars, I — and I have only twenty by and that I want to use to-morrow. Call around next week, and I will pay you." "Indeed, Miss Wayne." said the girl. In a choked voice: "Ism sufferfor It, or I would not ask you — " " Dont trouble me, my good girl. I a head*che,to-day, and need rest and quiet I will pay you next week. John, show ber out " A bright scarlet roec to Miss Ainscheeks as she followed the tali footman to the door, and John was be saw tears in the brown eyes. hurried down the icy street, but' she hod gone a down rods Mrs. footman had overtaken her. " Here is something for you Miss," he said, hastily, and thrust a ten dolnote into her hand. " O, Miss Wayne sent It, did she?" ahe exclaimed, joyfldty." "J am so glad! And you were very kind to bring it " "Thank you, mem!" said John,' blushing aud not knowing what to ray , bnt feeling someway strangely well pleased with himself. " Dear liule thing!" raid be to himself, "I wish 1 had given her a Sty instead of a ten, hut then ahe would have mistrusted it did not come from Miss Wayne. How pretty she is! I rather think I'd like to be ber footman. 1 '11 make her acquaintance some way. It's fortunate for me that she dropped her cart in the hall as she went out— let see," and John drew out the bit of pasteboard and studied • the delicate chlrogapby by the light of a street lamp—" ' Mies Marietta Ainslfe. Ho. B- — street.' She must he drrndfrtlly poor, for B street is a wretched place. But I'll make an errand there." The next day, John knocked at the answered the summons and Invited to enter. It was a meagre little room into whidi she ushered him, but, for all . that, U was neat and cheerful. A ger- , anlum waa blooming on the windowsill, and on a table by the side o^ a cot-bed, there waa a red row bush, covcred with blossoms. On the bod, lay a golden-haired child of five or six years, ber five wasted by disease, and one little hand resting on the ! quiet brad or a white kitten. , Poor John waa terribly embarrassed and Mils AiruUe kindly helped him to , explanation of his errand. " You come from Mtra Wayne, I sup- . I*"?" . " Yea mem!" said John; " that is to .StiZZJSSZT'"*' fesssrs." ; V . •

te-| " For a friend, I suppose?" a John caught eagerly at the suggra0- tiou. ty "Yea, yea, for a friend. Yes, you. in are correct. Can you do it for use?" "Certainly. What color is it?" , is "O, any color," raid John; >' itdout in matter! that is, it does matter. - How le would a green one look?" re "I should hardly fancy that color," al replied Mary. je ' Well, well, I "leave it all to your 1- good taste. It is for ar elderly lady, h and heceis thu rnoaay to purchase the t- material, and you needn't hurry about Ihc work. Any time will do." I- Miss AiosHc picked up the one hund drcd dollar -nute he laid down, and rc19 garded him If pit*—,' i d " I am not insane;" he said laugh<1 ingly, " only a Httlo eccentric. " It "But here Is much more than enongh i! " O, never mind about that! we wilj d settle that when the work is done, e And I shall wnnt to rail now nnd tlieu « to see how you git along with it." X And John bowed himself out. e The next day he gave Mrs. Wayne notice that he must leave Iter; the work 4 didn't agree With his digestion, waa 1 the reason he gave, i He was satisfied as regarded AnY nette, and Mrs. Lyle was forced to give up Iter long cherished plan of seeing - her son the husband of the gay and beautiful belle. i Seymore Lyle was in his office cvery 1 day until six o'clock, and after that e hour no one know anything of his t whereabouts. But John, Mrs. Wayne's 1 quaudam footman, was at Ho. 8 B l street, almost every evening. ne was so Interested In the progress -' of that at|ie that he could not let a daypass without giving its inspection his I personal attention, and he contrived to make himself so agreeable to Mnrr 1 Ainslic that she looked for the coming of ILo u™ . ..... ...a .1- ...I - hair under the old seedy- hat, ns one - looks for a ray of sunshine on a cloudy1 day, .J, > Little Nellle. too, the sick child, was ■ never so free from pain as she was when i John's strong arms held her, and she Ustened to the stories he told her, nnd * the songs he sung her, ns she listened - to nothing else on earth. I Poor little thing! her life of suffering I grow feebler every day, and one morning, while alone with her sister, she ' put her two pale hands together nnd 1 " Mnmma, take mc!" I Mary caught her to her bosom, hut ' she held only clay. The beautiful ' spirit had flown to the mother, who, ' perhaps, even in Paradise, hod been lonely without her darling. 1 Two days after the foncral of Heilie, John came to spend the evening with '■ Mary. 5he confided In him folly now, - and she told him for the first time her r simple ipstory. Her lather had been a distinguished physician, but through ■ his many chart ties he had left his ehild- ' mi only poverty at his death. Mary ' hail sewwl and embroidered ever since, 1 and taken rare of Nellie. Now God ' had assumed tha rare of her. And what will you do now, Mary?" ■ said John, taking her hand. ' " I shall go on in the old way.,' "No, you will not!" he said enrarat- > ly, "that is if I can prevent it. Mary, ■ you know just how poor and humble ' nnd iD-looklng I am, but I love you, ' darling, with all the strength of an I honest heart; and, thank God, it is an - honest one! Do you think yon could love me, Mary?" "I do love you, John, "ahe said, 1 softly. i '• What; with my freckled face and . shock of red hair?" t' " You have beautiful eyes, John, and * your free just sultajne." " My own Mary!" he pressed her to ' his bosom, and kissed ber tenderly. Then he put her away from him, got up and tore, off the red wig. One vlgo- ' rous application of his handkerchief r left his free flear of- mil freckles and 3 spots, and SeSmore Lyle stood before ,s -/She uttered kfeint cr^jTdhmly. "You have deSmaiti me!" she ex?" I claimed. "John, what means it?" I have been enjoying a little nuis- - que nuK . Forgive mc. IsliallnNmys 0 life when I made application for the " situation of footman tp Mrs. "Wayne. ' Else I bod, perhaps, never known you, ^ my darting. " ■ " But who are you? I do not uuder- ' "I am Seymore I.yle. My good f mother has been for some time arrangc ing a marriage between myself and ' Miss Annette Wayne. And I, not he- | ing qnBti wiiii that the young htdy " disguised myself, and obtained the slt- ' uation of footman in her mother's boose. I am satisfied with the result, c and now when shall I have my wife?" " "Indeed, Mr. Lyle, everything is changed now. You are a man of wealth and position, and " ° "All the more reason why 1 should " not wait!" be exclaimed taking ber ^ into his arms again; and we preeume his arguments were all convincing, for * a month later there was a wedding at SL Paul's, and Mary Alnslie was the * bride. II And Miss Annette Wayne, ravage ® and envious, wondered where on earth Seymore Lyle managed to pick up that wretched little Miss Ainalie. 0 " Hcxrah." — A great many people t time and oft;" but comparatively fewknow itBjteri ration and primary niesu- „ lag. It originated among the Eastern j nations, where it was need- as a war cry— from the belief thxf every man who died in hotlir for his country. * went to Heaven. It U derived from Mm Shtvopto HVr* "M..rr.h o which „ means "To Paradise." " A ranmof aoctontific tarn, ,»b- ^ fished in iWlw naively ngn-essed " «*»

Keep Wssgt sat Save Tear Within thirty days from today there win be many deaths which might be prevented by warmer clothing. Many ' a fatal case of dysentery is caused, by f • the want at a woolen undershirt, or of w an extra blanket at night. The sudden changes of temperature which oe•i cor at this season of the year are very Pi of them. Frequently the thenaoiucter it fells many degrm within a-fcw hour*. „ Not only tbo feeble, but robust and . strong persons, suffer from such great variations of temperature. When the , weather grows cold rapidly, the pores of the skin are suddeuly chord, nnd the result frequently ia a had cold, which may hold on all winter and ter1, initiate in consumption, or a fiitai attack of dysentery, or that dreodfol disjj ease— the typhoid fever. u brigit. It is much safeveo wear pteoty of underclothing at this season. In the evenings the dews fell, aud it grows x chilly 'Very suddenly. At all times, k even when it feels tlic wannest, one s experiences the difference which is so marked*, htuw.t-ii the autuuiu atmosphere and tliat of summer. There is e something more than tlie' mere differg enco In temperature ; It mny be in the j electricity. An occasional tire in n room dries the sail" nnd purifies the atmosphere. A little timely attention I to oil these things would prevent a „ great deal of disease nnd auflering, a which are among the ills to which liu- _ manity is liable. There are many ready-made coffins , at the cabinet sliops and undertakers .. — little, short, tiny coffins— wliiclt are K going to he filled up soon by little chll- , drcli— some of them ns sweet, brautir foi little children as anybody's but . your own; and just to think of it, these "| coffins might hd left einntfe and the „ little children might he felt in their r homes to ]Uay and frolic, and make tliose homes bright, if only warm shoes 5 and stockings, which would keep little , fret dry, and wann clotlu-s and salt f woolen blankets were more plenty. I Do not bother youraclvcs to hunt up j a missionary, lie sure tliat whenever , needy child, a good enough uiissiou- " «;-s traveU Insiile'ofthem!* Iu'w'mn- , ing feet and warming bodies, you warm hearts also ; and besides, itsrann- vour own heart to do tlils.-N, I', .iw,' 1 Goml Advice, ' Never shirk your duties, however 1 llememlier tliat you do as well as ever you can what hap|irns to bo the only • thing within your power to do, is the ' best and surest preparation for higher ■ service. Should things go against you, r never give way to debilitating depres1 sion ; hut be hopeful, bntve and cour1 ageous, careful not to waste ill vain " and unavailing regret, the power yon Y will need for endurance and endeavor. . Irani well your business, whatever it * may be; make the best of every opportunity for acquiring that sort of knowledge tliat may enlarge your acquaintance with business in general, and enable you to take advantage of auy offer * or opening that may come. cluiracter Is essential to success in life; ' and that character is the best which is 1 real .and thorough— true and genuine J to the core— which hns nothing underlying it of tlie eonsdoujncsksQf secret sin ; which is as pttre aud unspotted ns • it is thought to lie, aud the moral and. the moral and manly virtues of which, are baaed upon and Inspired by a religious faith— by that love aud fear of God which at once preserve from -'great transgressions," nnd prompt " to the cultivation of every personal aud social virtue. 1 --- „ Pretty Goon.— The Indiaunpolis f Senliatl tells this story : j ' A rather ludicrous Ificidetit at the c Metropolitan, one- night recently, afforded a go«l d&i of amusement to those who are familiar with the relaS Uons which the parties bear, to cacli K SH- , one of the actors, hns been „ on hnd terms witli his wife for sOmc „ years, never spooking to her except oil f the stage. Some time lost fail, a dl- . voree sras obteinnl in an adjoining , county, by some sort of " skuIl-dTig-gcry." tliough tills is not gvherally to Mr. Barrett's llamltt, and ' the dld vorced wife was. a page in the same . play. Latrlri wss kllleil in due form, j nnd fell magnificently, tha page, his y wife, catching liim in her arms. She _ eased him do-^-sgently, within two I fret of the floor, when, suddenly witb- ^ drawing her alfectionate support, the , head of the dead latrtei came in con- , tact with the boards with a "thiA," ., which undoubtodiy caused him to see ■m a cousteliatlon of stars. A vixcnisli h smile stole over the features of the felr page, while an audible titter ran through d the audience. Being dead, latrlti could not, or crurse, resent the ludignijy, but it is (air to pnsurae-tliat the malidous Ir page maintained a wholesome seclusion ^ oiler the resurrection. 18 Lord DncnRX*rv haa just given his opinion with regard to that ranch F vexed question— marriage with a deh ceased wife's sister. "I — I tlilnk, "he 'I says, " marriage with a detheothnl wifeth thithter ia very proper and very k, ecooomical, Inrathe when n frlloh % murrlelh hlth hcthealhrd wifetlv thithw ter, he — he hath only one mother-in-x- U,r- . w BstTTH. spent two whole days and ir bights in considering an answers to n the conuudfnm, " Wtgr is an egg unV. derdone like an egg overdone?" Ife in would suffer no oils to tell him, and at h. last hit aprei the rohiflim Hbbiiss both arc hardly done. J- Soxr: time ago tbey started a female d seminary io 8ott Ix«ks Uty. It fiour- . ished well, iait in the higfat of 10 pros- ■ j ssr jsisssjr

r The Ear tbquakes at ffHB Francisco. The earthquakes ut Bon Francisco 'J on Wednesday last, some' twelve or thirtoc-n-ia number, extended, as it appnus, pretty much nloug the whole " coast' hue of GsUfomia, and back to y the foot itills of the .Sierra Nevada, or I'- .nmvy momiiiiiii-. Which ;'tv piirt "f !l the groit volcanic chain of the Ameri"r ran Continent. Earthquakes come d WO dare ray that ail these volcanic per11 turbailons in lioth hemispheres since 18 Mayqlust limy ixi traced to the grand * eruption of that mouth of tbo terrible d Mauua Lea of the Sandwich islands, I. the king of ail the earth's volcanoes-— fr That eruption, we conjecture, caused fe such n commotion of tliu fiery fluids *• enclosed Witliili tlic thin, shell of our globe that they have been, from time d to time, breaking out at various chilliy ncj-s and sinking the earth more or n less severely ut various thin places ever » since. h It is a remarkable fact, while from e the 13th to the loth of MUgust last o those fearful earthquakes came upon i* Ecuador and Peru, involving in ruiu - s numerous towns aud cities along the n were felt aud seen at Y okohama, in i e Japiui, aud along tlic southern aud 1 n eastern const of Australia, and tint on » tlie JOth a pretty severe earthquake i . shook down a number of hqildingH at : !- Peslnwur. in India. These almost i simultaneous disturbance were doubt- , s less the result of the pressing of the in- i * trrnnl liquid lire from one side rigid I e through the heart of the earth against I - the otticr side of the shell. Them- I t forma camrfromtheagitatinii imparted I 0 to the lava which uuderU.-s tlie com- t a pamtivclv tltiii crust of tlie western i 1 Mississippi river we" repose II ; Kill a ' a thick, solid and reliable crust. We 1 t cause we have uo use for these safety , valves nnd escape pi|ies. We are all | i right. But in 181 1, it willlw temcm- , r bcrcd by some, there was an earth- ' i quake at Now Madrid, on the west side i - "forests went down and some little lakes , - were creaU-d. From the west side of , i the Mississippi, Uierefore, we may as- | r sumo, the crust of the earth to the Pa- , " otherwise an- ns widely difli-rent ns Euroj*' and Asia. TIk- Continent cost ■ 1 But we have spoken of the great vol- ] B conic chain of America. This chain , of mountains and subterranean tires i ; extends from C'apc Horn and Terra , del Fucgo, or the land of the fire, up , " to Mount St. Ellasju Alaska. Through | ■Soutli America it is tlic backbone or | llieCoutlueut; through Central Aim-r-but abounds in volcanoes and earthquakes. At the southern boundary 1 of the United States two great chains 1 branch oft" to the northward, the Rocky 1 Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.— 1 r The Rocky Mountain chain is the beckis no longer volcanic. It was in ages ' ^ gone by. but its craters have become 1 B backbone chain, ou tlie wny 1 > Great " Salt Lake, we have Fremont's Great ' 1 Basin, an isolated region of some five ' , Hundred miles wide and seven hundred 1 miles long, the water courses of which are loot in the rands of the desert, or, ~ expanding into lakes, ar evaporated by ' the sun. This Great Basin, from the " water marks on the mountains of tlic rim, was at one time an arm of tlie 1 ocean or an inlandsea like thj Caspian, hut whs at a later period lifted up'by s tlic fiery forces inside tlie earth and made dry land. Aft tills vast and ine hospitable region, with the region f- northward to Oregon, was aptly deso cribed by Fremont ns a volcanic region i- hardly yet cooled down— "a land of li fracture and violence and tire. " The numerous hot springs in the mountains n and valleys nnd the volcanic chemicals c of the ashy soil of Ibe Plains support ■l I'remout in thia description, i- On the west side of this Great Basin g we have the Sierra Nevada, or the con- ;- tiiiuation of the living volcanic chain y from South America. It run nalong a parallel with the Piciflc coast, ajiuivi- ilred miles off, more or lens, aft the way ic to Mount St. Ellas, in Alaska. Tlie i, chain has numerous peaks, rising from is twelve to seventeen thourand feet above ic the sea, and two of them, Mount Hood, a H* Oregon, and Mount St Helens, 1- ftirther north, were reported to 1* ie smoking last autumn from volcanic " mountain chain in Its whole length the * volcanic form of the earth ore conih paratively near the surface, and so, for ir centuries to come, perhaps, oil the h countries on both sides will be liable to Id earthquakes. Hereafter five and six it story buildings will be rather a risky i> business in Son Francisco, at least for >n a year or two, though such a shaking as they had on Wednesday last may not occur again, perhaps, for fifty £ year* to come. — A". Y. Herald. K EARTHQUAKES. , d A correspondent of the Herald writes :y as follows to (hat paper in regard to th the causes of earthquakes:— h- In the concluding part of an article n- in your valuable journal of this date on "Tho San Francisco Earthquake" , you say " earthquakes have been com- ' rnon for oen Ulrica tu other countries, ° end yet we know nothing of their I submit the following ss the exploa nation, and would like to gel thc qpiu^ "* lou oToiEors more competent to decide: Earthquakes are most common in r- these arc situated near the ana. The a- contents of their caverns born rnltil sd the crust that separates theui from the .ucaan beocmeaao ihin that by ife IBM- -

pure it forces ife way In, when the generation of steamlsoq rapid and extensive that tlic earth is upheaved aiid c rcndod, as top *se H, in wlist we term n o uu eorthquijke. - A slmllgc result at- I r tends the letting in oft cold water into t H a heated boiler, and my impression* i e are, that oil earthquakes nre occasioned > 0 by watef flhwitig into ilicse burning c r uivcrus, either from tlm sea or sprne f. othtL KUtxs._ Jxtrge bodies uf . acakl- 3 - ing water are thrown from Yesuriuk « e at tho time of eruption, aud these could ( 1 not ccJholu contact witli the fires wifii- i ■- out producing a power that woukHqi- t b heave and reqd the earth. I J submit the above as n reasonable I e hypothesis which occurred to me upon I v the occasion iff a nx-ent vi»H to Yesu- < - vius. i 1 — f s The Lost Ov Keeping u Hotel . r "Fembrokc," tlicNcw i'ork correa- i e pondent of tlie Cincinnati GaieUe, gives I r pense of hotel-keeping in that city: I r The bills of a first-class hotel for sup- < plies arc enough to support a good 1 i many small families, especially if they ' I practice economy, anil dont keep dogs, ' i and horses, and Saratoga trunks. For ' - from tlie balance sheet of the Astor I : House, the oldest find-class hotel iu the ' i city. The Astor House pays 875.000 I I ycai for groceries, including 88.0OO ' I for flour and 833,000 for butter. ( Who - 1 flour? but SO they tell me.) The mark- I 1 etiug bill L. about 8160,000-they pay 1 - one tuau from fifty-five to sixty thoii- c • rand dollars for beef alone, and tlie : balance uf the hundred anil fifty goes ! : for mutton, veal, pork; poultry, vegt y ' ■ tables, llali. etc. The milk and ereafi ' for the Astor cost 814,000, about ' I thirds or it hying for milk und/m. . I ■ tliird for cream. Eggs c.v-1 ialihul | » ' dozen daily, or 30,000 dozen actually. ! 1 ' pretty much tlie same; friction 1 matches cost n dollar atuklThalf a day, " would tlilnk of |iaying for wooden * i tooth-picks ii hen anybody call whittle 11 ' om- with little trouble? A mifttou an- J hundred dollars. Urowu tissue pa|*r I " - cut to about the size of common note '' ' limes a great dral more, lu-eoriliiig to * 1 the patronage lis- house has-recclvcd. f I The bill for liquors for the Inr-room Is « ' a heavy one, but fortunately for the » I proprietors, tlir amount received from 1 1 face, a man whe can keep a hotel is r i entitled to all the praise of his fellow- » 1 citizens, and can he set down in tho r 1 of plplauthroplsts and practical Colorado Photographed. ( A corrcs|».ndeiit rays: As I'enn- | . sylvania is tho key-stone in the Atlnn- , , tic belt or arch of StaU-s, so Is Colora- ■ do tlu- key-stone in the grand eonti- . . nental formation. -She holds the hack- , . lione. the stiffening of the Republic. — , I Lying a huge square block in tho vory , , center of tlie vast region bounded by | , the Mississippi Valley on tho east, „ , the Pacific Ocean on the west, and ( I British America and Mexico north , , chain here dwells in finest proportions, , | exaggerates, pulls Itself up and spreads , , itself around with a perfect wanton- , ness and luxuriance of power— great | i- mountains of gold and silver, and load , f and copper, and zinc and iron— great , P fountains of water that pours itself in p nil directions through the whole into- ( rior of the continent, feeding a wealth ( j- of agriculture that is little developed, ^ 1 and never yet dreamed of oven— great ( . fountains of heath in purified and tcm- ( i iterate air— groat fountains of natural ( - Iieauty ; she nuty proudly bid tlie nai tion come to her for strength, for . if wealth, for vigor— for rest and restorae tion— and may well call licr mountaius s the Sierra Madre, the Mother of M.ouu- ■ tains of the contin.int. t At (1,000 or 7,000 feet, in the vallcyij of the mountains, tlic small grains and a tlie tenderer vegetables are success fully ,- cultivated, and at 7,800 or 8,500 feet, :i potatoes, turnips nnd cabbages thrive, g The Middle Park ranges from 7,700 to r 8,000 feet high in Its level sections, and y the South from (1,500 to 7,800, while e the higher plains and embraced hills of a both run up to 10,000, and even 11,000 e feet. Y'el grass grows richly and abunI, dantly through both. ^ Titx pREAcnxR's Parrot.— In a „ certain neighborhood there lived a vrry , plods old preacher, who prided himself on the possession of a pet poll parrot. Some of the mischievous boys r of the place'had taught the parrot to f swear, much to the chagrin of the old 0 gentfemau, Ou entering (be house one x day, be wss much grieved to hear hit j. pet swearing with a will at the old cat. v This sras more than he could stand, ^ and to punish her he took tbc bfauphc- - raous bird from her perch and repcated- _ ly plunged her into a tab of water that was standing near. When Poll was released from tier master's grasp, she t crawled under the stove to dry ber bathers. Shortly after, a female ser- " rant found a chicken neatly drowned " in the slop-bucket, and put it under the store to dry also. Hie parrot quietly lc surveyed the newcomer for a moment, ° and then comically taming up one eye, " sagely chattodHil! teHnirlng words ns '' plainly as she could: "you nwnr been "• raying dam, too, have yon?" The " preacher was ao pleased by the quafntness of Poll's remark, that he never afterwards punished herfer swearing. A t-ntrrtTRXH wss dilating upoo the " powers of the magnet, defying any one " to show or name mifything surpassing " its powers. A hearer demurrod. and ^ instanced a young lady who used to

A Great Evil. Our race groans under evils, and carries buijkns ifeavy to iu Iwrno ; some, of thcjfe-tnSy he traced back -to ! the first sin and are beyond our cou-M trol, but most of them arc of our own 1 producing, and may he am-sted by a ' resolute will, or by, the aids which ' Two evils now fill tlie laud lind ' and are sustained by human authority. I of these is alcoholic drinks and tlic other is tlie use of (oboccd —of (lie hit- ' Tliis has grown and overspread the nations of the earth; till now it dial- 1 observation, reflection, uuil Uie 1 exercise Of eiiftglilqncd conscience while the naked fact* in tlw fuse. — 1 Such ia its present ex jynt, tliat five and J its growth, producing two millions of ' , nntlually, and costing the human 1 far more than etWiugli tu |av tlie | . whole deltt. in one year, of the United; 1 States alitl Great Britain, startling us ; ' the fact may seem, in our own coun- j 1 ' nrc expended annually iu Us con- j sumption, 'by far more than is appro- 1 print,,! t„ support the gospel of Christ^ 1 and the cause of education. How np- j ' -ailing such a' state of things, while j waut and suffering are all around us ! ! ! Multitudes are without the Bible, mil- 1 1 lions have never lunrt the name of | Christ, and the most important enterprises for promotiug the welfare of j ' mankind, falter and fall for the want 1 of support. , !>MS the fa tter for'lhc use of t.diacco « in any form. It is a mere habit,. Inno- I pleasure, has grown to, i-e a master ^ ] eln-reli. in tlic ittriur/tfa^Llics' ra- j cises whlcli tlic liiglier nature craves. ' Multitudes, using It. are ashamed of ] be rid of it, if they knew how to break J I nature, wrakctiitig tlu- system, ami ' I leadiiig to premature death. ^ ^ wfa ther"u eati^fa" right "to continue J promote health and eleaiUitiess, ami ] provide for personal ami fan'dly wants. 1 bll"<l "P "* •"""rid? tnl1'' '""l ■ ••A House Of lour Own." l-erson, there is nothing so important 1 one's life ns to live under one's own ' roof. There is something more (linn a | wife: " We have our cozy hoiuted^js ' thrice dear to us. with the raviugs of 1 tlw confectionery saloons ; and the niceties of the market w« liad. , pass: many times mv uoblc liushoud , denied himself the comfort or tobacco, , the refreshing drnugh of beer; wore his • old clothes and even patched up boots; , and I, O! me, made my old bonnet do, , the plainest clothes, and did tlic . ■ plainest cooking; 'saving was the order ' of the hour,' and to have a 'house of ■ our own' luurbeen our united aim. lord* troubling us with raising the rent 1 and exacting this and that. There is ; no fear harboring in our l-osoni that in ' sickness or old ago we will be thrown out of house and home, for it is our own, and the money we have saved to pay rent is sufficient to keep us in comr fort in tlie winter days of life." ® j What a lession does the above words teach, and how weft 'would it bo if hundreds of families wquld heed them! and instead of living iu rented houses, ! which takes a large share of their capital to furnish, nnd a qaurter of their I earnings to pay tho rent, dress and cat ' correspondingly, would harvely curtail their expenses and concentrate J their eflbrla of having "a house of their own." Better a cottage of your qwn ® than a rented palace. II Howe After Business Hours.— The road along which the man of buntucas travels in the pursuit of-campe-l tence or wealth, is not a macadamized ;• one, nor docs it ordinarily lead through - pleasant scenes and by well springs of i delight. On the contrary, it is a rough ■ and rugged path, beset with " wait a D bit " thorns, and full of pittalls, -which ] can only be avoided by the watchftil e care of circumspection. After every ■ day's journey over this worse than . rough turnpike road, the wayfarer ^ needs something more than test; he re- - quires solace, and be deserves it. He - is weary of the dull prose of life, and t athirst for poetry. Happy is the butia ness lhan who can find that solace and e that poetry at home. r Warm greeting from hearts, fond ■- glances from bright eyes, and welcome 1 shouts of children, the many thourand e arrangmenta for comfort aud eqjoyy merit that silently tell of thought and expectant love, the gentle minlstras and easy seat before, we are aware of u It, those and like tokens of olfaction e and sympathy, constitute the poetry > that reconcile ns to the prase of life, r Think of this, ye wtvei and daughters of business men! Think of the tofts e wear that lathers undergo to secure e for you comfortable h^rnes, and comg pensate thfan for their trials by makd ing tliem happy by their own fireside, o The sober and Industrious man's home I- should be mode shappy one, — PiaEng. [Advocate. ^

Tlie Last NssqaJN «f Hammer. Mosquitoes have abonded this year. ! Island. -Staten Island and New ssleraev, as wsi! as New York, have made musical . by tiiem. Who hot grumbled at their stings and at their Jiangs, through many ; I mubM hours of the but season? But the igy wind of yesterday have congcaled their melodies and destroyol theit appetite. Tlie last iingi rerXwae a huge one taught on Natimtay uThM and ptawl ~' under the microscope forvlnspectiou. , There he displayeil sucii infinite iwaut v that one could forgive, for/his sake;ail the tortures life race lisj|ro brought. in* wings arc or a tcxttntw infinitely T more complex and 'ilcUcatc tluui the finest fabric Jmnuui liands ever wove. , They are l>arr«l and branched like ■ with vessels for, nourishing i fluids, and fringed with a (lossy down ! which might drivo a silkworm mail . j with envy. Hi* long ttiigh*, too, have their Iitiimilee covered with Iuii(.to , ; which tliat of a habyis oil enormous . | cable. Ufa liend is almost coyvred , . j liiude of myriad* of ftttlc mirrors, fin|S aud fiankeil by the long; curious and , i delicate feelers, is his proboscis. . [ This is tliat which .make* him wliat ; u: it is tlie mosquito. It is prodi- ' . j gioualy long. jierhHian^xtli ol an ineh. !" "Ting come, through it. - ! its organisation, tile beauty uf ife form ! and oruniiKnts. and above all its sharpness. Tlic point uf tlic finest needle . looks like the butt ofa club beside it. Doubtless the lady mosquitoes are i admired anil courted for tlie fawity of . their suckers and their wings. What- • ness has fawn rudely destroyed by the first breath of winter!— N. F. Ere )><„i tuny be^ccii daily, ou Chestnut' ; Stre.1, Philadelphia, a mau clad in fuuUlcss apparel, witli a great diamond his breast, vainly endeavoring to ' r ontglitter the nuignifieent Militaireunoii , liis finger. Ill a German university he knows it lietter. ' His occupation is (he mixing nnd fin- a-iultorntiau of liquors. Give liini n 'doreii tasks of dcodoyizctl qlfoohol, autl tlic next day eacli of them will represent tla- name or a genuine wine or populat spirit. He enters » whokaalv drug store. Iicnring a large . basket tqioii his arm. Five jwuniU of' Iceland moss are first weighed out for him. To raw liquors this imparts a , degree nf smoothness.' of nlcuglfioustiess. that gives to imitation bntndy 1 mrcd. An astringent rslle.1 catchu. tliat would almost cluratlie mouUiofn couple or nuiires of strychnine, next vest (lockei. nnd a pound of sulphate or zinc (white vitrei) is as silently placed in the bottom of tlic basket. Tins oil of cognac, the sulphuric add, mid other articles that give lire and body to the poison, are always kept in store, i* Tlie mixer btfys these thing In various ( quatera. They are the staples of his 1 Wife.— There is no combination of 1 iu tlie English language which excites more pleasing and interesting ' associations in tlic mind of man, than - the word wife. There Is magic in this 1 little word. It presents to the mind's • ■ eye a clieerfiil companion, a disintcr- • cstcd advisor, a nurso In sickness, n ! comforter ill misfortune, and a faithful r jure* up tho image of a lovely ami confiding woman, who uhccrfully under-. - takes to contribute to your happiness, t to partake with you the cup, whether • weal or woe, which destiny mny offer, l The wort wife is synonymous with tlic i greatest earthly blessings : aud we pity ■> demned, by fate's severe decree, to - trudge along through life's dull pilgriuiuge without one. f Salt Your Chimneys. — In buildt ing n chimney, put n quantity of salt , Into the mortar with which jlic intor- _ courses of brick are laid. Tlie effect c will be that there will never be any t Accumulation of soot in that chimney, v The philosophy fa thus stated ; The e salt In the portion of the mortar which r is exposed, absorbs moisture every n damp day. The soot thus becoming ■lamp, falls down the fireplace. Outreaders should remember or preserve _ tlifa little piece of valuable infontinThbNewspaper.— DeTocqnevidc, — ^ in his work on America^ says: " A 1' newspaper can drop the same thought lf into a thousand minds at the tame mouient. A newspaper fa an adviser who does not require to be sought Newsh |«pors, therefore, become more ncccs- '' sary In proportion as men liecome ' )' more equal individuals andViorc to l-c " feared. To suppose that they Only T served to protect freedom would le to " diminish tliplr Importance; they malu8 tain rivilization. d 1- As old gentleman by the name of ' d Gould had married a girt sairccly nineteen year* of age. After the wedding td the.frfaky bridegroom addressed to his •c friend Dr. G., the following couplet, to a inform him of tho happy event : r- "" rrtST" ™r ^ To which the DoctoTre^todT ^ id e. — ■ « . . . . u " Madam," aaid old Roger to his y boarding house keeper, "In primitive X countries beef fa often the legal tender. s but madam," aaid ho .emphatically d the 1a wi in Christendom could Y make e Uie Utf lender. •- Tub British product or iron ore in e. lSfff coojLUJof 10,(ttl ,058 tons, vqhinl • ?_^^098, 'ft0m *Me1' 4.7,'l-lr-;l