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VOL XIV. • — .Si' »* " * ' # ~

CAPE ISIAND. CAPE MAY COtlNTY.' NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1869. — i, • >•' M *i«-it »■> m "i'T i

'. NO. 713.

BU»|WEM D1MCT0RY. Dr. E.H. Pfc»lU|»«. H 0 BRO? IT H 1 C PBIBICUX, '•basest orr»c«niopRV-«'»» *. H„«iesnvfea - -jwT • — - * John W.Lycwtt, urn. ec.ivtxr. rru axb urn rrocn _ '■ ■ ■ Cj»» rsilsn, ».J._ XAt TOT nit'RED ! R. B. SWAIN, itiiv RvrA?lin»Iu«o»V0«'*'tTi _ l«r 1S« Ofk.il of Cnf *»f J °" a. w. Burn, j rremntr-if-tsir j^i.'t'bVrjr srcrs, *». t.Cor. Slxt* k U*»< MIL unifH i A; J. SrurUle l«Kh. srroaaer wwiwuonr-i'i'. Ml su»r*MlTB mm, ^ John ll. Hull niii ii. AttorasfefeOssiBBdiSMt-Uw, Mlcftoi, ^SHjgSgSn' CkfE HSTCOPRT HOOT, new UMIT H. T. milrr« ATTORNEY AT.LAW, orrtc$,- w«t cor. PWgf * aopTH s-rs. ' H. CRI'.T, imunr^M^'i Hints, * oucrr Prosecutor o< Iks rM u of C ipa Ms? Co««l». »li' _ tOotolM root HoMoool lut ..-J?.'/ ' • F' X) . "orrtcz osis: ■ '■ I *'. JU RPHEl. «m Asterleaa'and^ otter Watches, Flacks. Jewclrj . Ac., ^StXttt^cnUtWT, JIILLV ILLh, ». 1. ^ none and sign pa'xtcr, j *"* t REAL EOT ATE AGENT Commissioner or Deeds. lOSVEVASCISK. I *— , JEREnUlI ICIIELLEVOKR • ^nxsrsssTas WMMIwiluiir I 2 J. I. GARRISON, i w" hlL4»Sl^ MMM ' Do! Aix-nos Bi»ur.u. rocwur IJw-iimO Auotlouo»rl.nd Umdy bow , nemMHeism*. OOCyiVP MITH? * I _ *Vr? *r " Flu" Brand* of Olipire, ' | ""•'"JStLT* !?"• I ...r.iM., HOTEL8. f WASHING TUN MOURE, s "" ozoaus a. can, t ■ ■ • ■ .- Pvopclstoi. q COTTAGE Bt T1IE SEA, „ WL. JOB VMLK, Proprietor, T,'n aaaBa&wsw^ . ^COTTAOK II htm r I "a* <"»<"«' ratW '.AMdaA. ~ SmvtUaaard. R1DGWAV HOITE, HARKLT iT r"i^_/pVt|i/?f i!"" AVrMl'; j 3£Sn^i5«$S5£ ; OrTTA-aWOHTH k LEONAAO. |, ■»P.I«.W-Ip. 0 INTTKD STATES HOT HI.. F«or of hmzjvut street, ii Oppoallo til. MfW York Orpot. .] PHILADKI.nYl« „ t ' "a ^ A MKWOAJ ua MMH< s ■ QM.R. W-i *• "**"* »■ P~PQh'"ARCH STREET BOCSeT " ^OBUldAlimillilliUlUMAr. h - C*A ua w.Fu«£KL"^*_ ^ ■SSs ssjsiSSi l Lra^jSg^aigr^'- . SERF BOUSE, CAPE HLASf, sw ItKEI. 11 Skhrrt Sire, PVorrlrtor. c iXm tke Sm-.' W A*orrf. J^aggSjg-*.. : gSsSS?8 , F An FIC HOTEL, »« lTMn^l74 fcl79Qmjwfab Strret, P WARk a BUlRKDOE, - ■-!

Sorts' C'trorr. • BROKEN TnREADI. • " ttaodtac wllklti llntrri lirhr* Warp aad woof IIU Ikap oolu a. it. umiuiiu^pur, Aad our proclona Onr mptop | Burd rnloc U» aohlr mind I Brokra thrradr la llflr Abound, * Hap PallbN kind aad friendly bund Tbera .ball be a prrfrcl web. , ItErONIIILIATION. And clear Ihem^-lti, . .una, hcAtl. ' I The ralndilor wiealh. that arrhthr dell, And .weep tbe monataln'e praacp eidea, I Wonld flap Ite plorp did Ump dwell , rorcrer on tbe daike^ed eldee ; . The aluizUb lolda to aaowp cbapee. ! And H. alirn frleadchlp reattrre pride, 1 Like two lair aalU Utal fojc dlelde , i Wbda auddeal, the win. Mae break.. At'it and At'isdora. ; 1 — A iltwirsMe Hnmratim Urd— A ! duck or a wife. , — The aunt of ClirisUau momllty in, „ give and forgive; bear nod forbear. , — Men arc like wagons, tlwy rattle a mqafwhen there !a nothing in tlicm. e » DeutUte are favored with mor# t open countenances than any other 1 class. [ — Kindness is the golden chain by ' which society is bound together. ' 'foelAe. 1 — Look upward fbr the grace needed ' now, and forward for the reat that remalncth. — Tie la truly prudent who looks r ' upon ail earthly tilings— that he may , gain Christ . r — An Arabian land V hump- « camel. A Grecian bend— A t — An imsophiMicatni gifl recently ' Inquired at a tlrys.'Oods store for "three » yards of Grecian Bend. " r — When the trumpeter was desired 1 to play louder, he replied: " Tou say louder,' but far Is tie vtndt " v — It has been discovered that an In- T nocent man has served seven and a .' half years in Michigan PcnilenUary. — A young man getlehiUy gives a v lock or hair to his sweetheart before he h marrieaher. After marriage she some- b Utnes helps herself— and doesn't inc c — "Father, wltnl does the printer a on? » " Why, my cldld? " " O, k you said you hndnt paid for your paper for three yean!" Exit b father with ft Ilea In hb nr. » — Doctor, what rem I dn to induce 11 Bleep? '• asked an old lady of her fiunl- ' ty physician. "Try to think of some- S thing- you cant remember, Madam. " The more you can't think of it, the " sleepier you'll get." r — An invalid disturbed nil the in- ® mates of ills boarding house up-town [' recently, by imitating a dog. When askod why he did It, lie said he had " been ordered by his physician to take 11 port Wino and hark. 11 — A person who had got tome little ,, smattering of zoological lore, said one q to a not ice that erteoMti were p often seen in Icon. "Oh, that's notlr- (| Ing," rejoined the novice; "I've oiteh h myself seen vWo' AfaMre." ^ — A young lady went out with a h rather timid beau sleighing one even- j, ing, Compkirently remarking, to him h she seldom went ont sleighing but the gotshapa on the lips. The youttg „ man took the hint nnd «bu|i]icd. ' I, — The classical historians hare al- '' ways mid Uiat lo was changed into a but We lately saw tbe following " |ihnise in a phyaidan't prescription b which seems to shed new light on that h young lady's fhte: " Io-did. of Po- « tasainm! » w — Eels hare been skinned ever since ** came out of tbe ark; and printers " hare Iwm cheated out of their Just dun * ever since tbe Orientals |irioled with " blocks of wood; yet neither do the eels d get need to being skinned northeprln- " tors to being Hreeed. This argues T great obstinacy on tbo part of eels and P printers. u — " Why, .Insan, tr.y child, what ° you about there?"' "I'm going to dya-my doll's hair red with tliia bear, pa." "What a notion.' How do you ° suppose you can dye anything r«f with " Wf Why, mamma mid it was beer Uiat tirade your noae ao red. and I— — i— " But the fether didn't stop to hear tb« ° reat of the slateaieul. — Tbe wife of a shoddy aristocrat, ^ when risking lier daughters at board- j ing sebwd, was told 17 their teacher that their only lack was Usatuf eapaei- „ ty, adding: " But of course, they are ^ not to blame fbr that! " " I should ^ think not!'' answered the mother, „ "but yea are. Why didn't you tell us d ofthisbeftm-? We're aUc to give our _ daughter, just as many eopsrifio as B theyt-sd!" evidenoe that Ibc alk^Tn^who .ft SSSr ; lunacy,' • said tbe judge. "I know e, it, your honor, " said the htwyar,"b« " we Intend to riuAr that rim abo swept d

yBisrrllanrotts. Forgivon,. Forgotten . It matters not what crime he com' mitted that caused his lncarceratinii , within a prison's loathsome walla— bf led committed a crime, and that is sufficient for tbe purpose of this tale. That In had been wicked, and merited his punishment,! I win not deny;' but this I grin spy^and 1 do affirm, tluit i( spirit, humiliated, and bowed down with remorse— If ever man had truly repented -of Ids past evil, Ttdous life, and knew by dear experience what it was to feci the bitter pongs of conscience—this returned convict, this John Harridan, was such a man. Fire yean ago he was sentenced, for a crime that shall be nameless, to hird labor in a Slate prison. It was on Christmas day that his shuddering son) entered those gloomy walls, and it was on Christmas day, fire years later, that, with a heart scarcely uplifted with'a knowledge of freedom, lie crossed the threshold of the prison. O, liberty! what did it signify to him, an outcast, a released convict! Where should he go? which way turn? whither wend hesitating footsteps? TW that home that he had disgraced? to that lonely^ heart-broken wife and tho lilllo innocent children, who wonld blush for shame beneath Ids gaze? No, no; and yet— and yet, he could not quite give them up; down deep in his heart a yearning wish to once more see tliora hid his steps to seek out the home ofthose who were so dear to him— ol those he hail voluntarily dishonored. He would take just a single glance. ' only one little look at theiu— perhaps clasp of the hand, a kiss, a parting word— KnU then, with swift fret, like a soul in chase, forever leave thorn, forrid them of his hatefnl presence! » Surely tile world tras'Iargr, and somewhere, it muttered not where, fur ail places would bcjdlke to ldui, lie would bury Jdmsclf and his shame, and thenceforward lead a blameless Jife of virtue and honesty, ne was a branded man— would be shunned and pointed out by. the finger of scorn; but he would strive to bear up, for there wonld come a time— and be prayid in his Inmost soul that it might conic swiftlywhen he could lay ills poor head upon mother earth, never more to bear the stings, the remorse of conscience, or the slurs of his fellow man. One stem, grim purpose was in his heart— he Would visit the home or his" fftmjly, and, after a glimpse if Ui..ncaiyW mayhap a flircwcll wonl, wocRfecniX them in pence forever. ifc tJ * And so, when the shades ofBfeht crowding around tin* cityjRtolc with hurried •l'T* *T*"*p' had left five long, dreamy ynitrs 1 1 is heart Was in his throat, and strong, burly, broad-chested" man thougii he great sobs welled up from his as the thought shot through his that he might find that wife and children were past nil dishonor— past the knowledge of shame— past tlio the slurs, and malice of manis their grace-'. The house had not changed -there it stood. Cautiously, as though ho wcfe a thief, be opened the little gale, that itt creaking might alarm the household, and, shunning the graveled path, stole silently, like a shadow, nearer the honse. Tears streamed Trasn his eyes as they again rested on the home that once was his There it stood, with Its green blind* and snowy cia^lio«rds-tlie trellis a whit the door— the very vines tint Ids own luuidt had taught to trail about It!— Die ono little window looking down upon him from the sloping roof— and even the bird-house of his Tom, Ids blue*yed, ruddy-faeeA Tom— there it was, under the Jutting Just where lie rememlered placit fire years ago, and where the came to build their neat*. Nothhad changed, save tbe trees— they Btpwn loftier, and their leafless branches, sighing in the keen Decembremc, reminded him of himself— lie- Stood alone, stripped or all tliat mode life beautiful, even at the leaves deserted the shivering brandies, them bore and desolate! For hours he hovered about tbe bouse, unmindful of the gusty wind, Jot his was bounding Hke fire through veins, nnd lie was unconscious of wintry air. He longed— oh, how wildly I— to enter, but dared not.— makes cowards of us ail. and the strong man, with happiness in fcis reaoh, oonki find no courage to grasp it— to appear before his wife and God pity him! far he was sorely tried. He could imar their voices— could catch the words Of the prattling children as they romped upon floor, and the gentle, patient tones very window where ho stood! Drawing the curtain she peered out into the night, and for a single instant looked him full In the fiu»! But alas! from her changeless features lie knew Uiat she had not seen him, bad not recognised him, for his Usee, woru'and haggard, and white as tbe snow on the rose-bushes where he stood, had not riveted her attention, end so, with a OS it seemed, the curtain fell, and she disappeared; bat his heart kaput into his throat "«t that momentary of one who wasao dear to 1dm, so near, and yet, O Go4J so (kr. The that had wrought a grievous in him had left her untouched —she was the same, save that there an anxious, wistful look In her targe gray eyes, and njnllor upon her fltce. _ . "I have aeeu her," galped the watcher, gulping dowu n choking sub; I will now go my way, and never again crews her path. And j«," be crkd, "ho. can I go without owing my ■

' atgTs StfTTSf: — sobbed hke a child, murmuring the roll. feaio— "for tbe last time, for tbe hist lime.'' (tearing footsteps passing !mi" al"nK lh° uearly deserted street lie withdrew into the sbsdow of the bushes . and waited until the sounds died away. Then he stale nearer the window-and listened. " Would thry look 'into' .my face and call me papa? ' ' be whispered J"' hollowly. " Would Uioy let roe hug them to my heart for one brief moment, and kiss their innocent feces? Or would they renounce mc, 0 Cod! ssybig they knew me not, and turn from lit. "» »" from aattmniCT! It vrouhi break m my hreiri! it wouli hrpiy my heart! Five years— they were babies then— TO five long years in a ' Tlien1 was a sudden movement of the curtain, and he had barely time to slip ^ into the shadows, when two rosycheeked children pressed tbclr fkcca ra against the window-pane and. peered . into the darkness beyond. ' ^ The watcher's breath came and went ' * in gasps. lie clutched the edge of the "i windrjr for support and gaxed stcaltli- ^ ily into the luces of his darlings. They ''' " Will hqcome, do yon think, Allic?" 3 reached the cnlprit's ears, anif he ^ stminrel his every sense to ratch .She or "Mamma was certain lie would ' tearful reply. ® The wateher started, and placed his hands over his wildly beating heaft. - » "Will ie*« come?" lie hoare.lv " whis|sjred. " H"»o are they cxpoctIng?" Suddenly his heart gavcagrent j leap. " Perhaps— prrhaiw 5Tw! Mv *'• God! " and he sank, half feinting to ! tho froseu ground 4nd wept alond.- { l|? Were.they indeed expecting him? were ttloy even lion- waiting to welcome him? wnukl Gwl vouchsafe so much creatures? Slowly, with an eflbrt, he ' ' raise.! JilinseTf, and With wildlY throb- j ™ blag heart again rcsomwl his watch. 1 Once more his care drank in themclody " of his child's tone* , "Oh, pftpa, wiawe are yon? " ami the voice was Tom's. '• Please come, i 'c for Allic and I are so hungry. Mam- 1 ' ma lias kept our Cliristnms dinner | waiting so long for you, and her heart j is nearly breaking, thinking you will ] not dome — Mamma! mamma! he's 10 eomtg he's here! Papa is here! for ! ,r the uutn, n-ith a joyful cry, hiul fiureuiy j "' brushed through the suow-ladcubuslies 10 and stood revealed before them in tbe! I ' golden lamp light that streamed from 1 "*■ tho window. 0 O, the welcome awaitiug liiui at, the : ^ widely-oiiencd door! O, tho tearful j 31 wife, tlirowing her arms around his ,c ivcck! O, the noisy rbildnjri, clinging & -to his gitrnicots ! All w.jv weaping. ( and laughing, and shouting in the ; 'c N'oWord of reproach from wife or ; children— no nlluslon to his jsist life— ^ all had been forgiven nn forgotten. j ,t 'A Story ot n Stngi— Driver. io I once knew a nuui who, though | u- now in wealth, wax once a stage-.! riTcr. of whom I will here relate an Incident. 1 re Ho Was striving to make a eonncctlon j » for the sake of a feiyy load of passim- ! e, gers xrhlch he was carrying, and he | m I woke down not fhr from the dwelling ie of an old ennnudgeon. The driver went to borrow hh lumher-wagon to rs take his imsacngvr* on with, "the man in was absent from home, and Ills wife reftised to ieitd the wagon. " Tou are 'perftelly right, madam," |. said the driver, "hitt I must lutve it. I sliall tako it. and I will settle with U your husband for it when he returns. ' ' It- <!e tot* It, used It, nnd brought it ,g back in good order. When he come to U settle for it, the man met him full of ■ft anger and thunderous with rage. After some expostniatious, he said: c- " I have come to settle with you for ,c the wagon," i- " Well you shall,'' said the num. y " What shall 1 pay you for the use is of it, an hour or two?" "You shall pay me fifty dollars." He made no objection to the charge, (t handed the man fifty dollars, shook •s luuids with him in the beat good iuij, tore, and thni mounted his coach and rode off, his passengers protesting against his yielding to such an exohiis taut demand. Two or throe weeks I, afterward he found this man hanging >f about his boarding place, and aald to w him, " Good morning, air." ;t about thai tragon- " 0 "I thought 1 paid you for It, How ,1 much do you want?" ls "That money has burned me ever |r since I took it from you. Here's your » fifty dollars — I cannot keep If „ (pirns with dlfficURy thet be eould a be made to accept about tliree dollars— ,e a fair price for the use of the wagon. r. When the neighbors heard this story, ,e and looked at it from beginning to end, d they said: "Was not that the bcejwav, „ after all?" ft not beautiful?'' II A DBOLL follow WWB Hated by an old lady to rwtd the newspaper, and taking It, began as follows: . * "Last night, yesterday morning, almut nine, in the sJVrnuoa, befiire breakfeafon hungry boy about forty yeara old, bought a fip custnni feu- a " b-vy, and threw it through a brfck wall 1 thick,- and Jumping over it ' broke hi. right ankle off abo re the left knee,*n into a dry miU-pond and was drowned. About Jbgjy yearaifter on the same day, an old ate-htft tweuty turkey gobbicra; a Ugh-; wind blew Yankee Doodle on. ftying-pnu end * knocked the old Dutch cfcrch down. " ■ and killed a sow and tyre dead pigs nt *' Ifoeton, 'where a .leaf and dnntb uiau y A Yot'xbbarrisCOThel^g reproached . ' - - - :

j jitr.Caidyle, in summing up tlicchar- . RclerixiUn ef the F rcneh nohtUly at the Q( U'ginnlng of .the rerolukm of - 178!'. j,. gives them credit for having possessed opa merit, audi as it was: "a perfect ; ' readiness to duels." Thefullouing is an scemtnt of a duel whereby a coxcomb was brought lo grief : I One of the moat celebrated of these duellists, tin Count de Imrillicre, was 1 • a native of. Bo odea ux. IIo was at tho ! ' ' time of my story a man of bctveei. thirty-lire and forty years or ago, Uft. [ r weH-msJe, sod wUh polished uisnuca ; , ip short, hfe appeaiaucu utterly belied ' , tho giAxl-for-uothing kind of life, he 1 ^ was iuthc habit of leading. One llay while he was walking with a frioud, or rather an accomplice, in the most f re- ! "" queutcd. street of Ikrdenux, lie saw a|v '' preaching them, on the same side of i ' " the way, one of the, richest and niuet i ^ honorable merehanU of flu- town, with his newly-married wrife upon his afin. | When tlio young couple were witliin [ c hearing Larilliup' advanced conrteonaly towanl them, hat in hand, and Willi a ' smile upon his lips, and with ail the : outward semblance of a well-bred man | .. who Is about to deliver himself of a j t speech .of more than ordinary polite- j ncss, "Ibcg your pardon," said he, addressiiig himself fo tlio iiicrelisnt, | y who, with his wife had abruptly halted, j c "but I have just made a bet with my friend, whom I have the honor of pres sen ting to you,"— here lie mentioned j lux friend's luitne and quniity in due I .. form— "that I will kiss your wife on ! your anu"— tlio Uu.iaod, knowing the ' j bocune ghastly. |«i!e — " after having. p leuge and a meeting followed as a mat , j ter Of oo'Ufsc, wHkIi n -sillied in the iny j juryd party recoil hie ld« ileaih wound, ! and the aggressor going forth in sean-li j j [ of new victims. After proceeding for some time in j r | boast that lie luul killed no l' -s tiinn I eleven iudividnals; of those wiiom he | II | had roereiy wounded he took no kind j f I of nccpant. He had feiuglit altogether r | upward of fqrty duels, and was bent ! , : upou uclking up III" doteu, after which | j | he projioecd io rest for u time, anil to | „ I cavalry sabrv, to wbicb, a» bring a fai | more deadly wenpoirtlsin the ordinary I „ I small swonl, he had taken a aUbngc i j fancy. This laudable desire of life iya» | a j not destined to be reaiixed, for lie was j i, i killed In a dncl, under rather strange j ■t circutiistaiH-ea, a fow days afb-r the I duath of Ills eleventh and butt vicltm. I ; On the evening of a masked ball at j r | Bordeaux, Larilliere was scan-d in an | . ; adjoining cafe, wliicli lie was iu tlie 1 of lib own particular set. It was eleven | ^ I for the moment abandoned by lib onli- j '• | nary eonipanions, feeling in no partic- 1 • j uiarly qoatVelsonic humor, was oecu- 1 11 ! pietl iu peacefully Imbibing a glass of | " punch, fiiiddoily a tall young man. ; 0 wearing a black domino, and with his ) 8 j face eonoealcd behind a black velvet i ' (rinask, entered the cafe and strode up j " to the table nt which l-arillh-rr was i " None of the ordinary habitues of the | cafe took any particular notice of the ! new- comer on Ills entrance, as the: • masked ball, which was to take place ! 1 that night, sufficiently explained his ' rioue visitor olwdrvrd Hfthc vicinity of 0 IjiriffiercM glass, threw away the punch lf it contaiiyd~mid ordered the iraiter in r a loud voice, to bring a small bottle of orgeat In place of ft. T Witnesses of the scene say that, at tliis mouicat. fur the first time In their lires, they observed Larilliere turn ' pale. It was the common belief in Bordeaiu that, during the fifteen years this man l«d bcou applying Idmself to • the task of destruction, he had never k ouce allowed hb countenance to betray the slightest emotion. '' "Scoundrel!" he exclaimed to his 8 , masked adversary, "you do not know ' who 1 am!" making at the seme rno1 men i, e vigorous, but unSuceesaftii e(- ' fort to remove the mask from tho • stringer's five. "I knoWWhovouaibpetfedtty writ," coldly replied tlie unknown, fining 1 LoriUbre violently back with otw'hniuf. All pnaent started to their -fret, and ' though no one among them ventured r tcmpbUeil none the Iras anxiously the r issue of this strand ge provocation. . " M'alttr," cxclalra63 the unknown, " fee quick with that bottle of orgeat "■ At this second command the bottle • was brought, whereupon the masked > mail, still standing immediately in front - of Ixtrftlicre, » ho was foaming at the • mouth with rage, proceeded lo draw a pistol from lib right hand pocket.— j Then, addressing his adversary, he ^o p?'*o®?"of this company, and for tay owii personal satbfection, • you do nqt at once swallow this glass r of orgeat, I will blow out your brains , wiUi as little compassion as I would 1 those of It Jog. Should you, however, t do my bidding, 1 will then do you the t honor of fighting with you to-morrow , morning. " , a ",Wlth the sabre?" asked Larilliere, r in a paroxysm iff rage. j replied the stranger dbbablfuliy.— Whereupon latrilliere swallowed the t orgeat, with an expreerien xif ceunte- , nance as though ll ware to bin, the . dregs of a HUtr cup indeed, while every onu present praaervuda.lmUilikt ' slbnee. . I «»rt produced by hb provocation, now 1 retired, raying to Larilliere as ba did ' u'-Vi y"lrr lood CTW°C1' V » "-To-day X have hnaabbd you aufli- 1 ooartly; to-morrow I intend to take . * '

: your life. My eocoodt will wait on you . at eight o'clock hi the morning. Wc ; will fight on the spot where you kilkd " ; the young Gbevalier de.C." ; 2 i This was the name of the Count's "7 | eleventh victim. ! The following moruiug IxiriUbre i found himself in the presence of a man . no louger'wearing a mask, and who , appcaml to be some twenty-five yeara 10 j old. The seconds by whom lie was : " I aecoiupanied were two common soi10 Idiera bdenging to one of the regiments ^jitatiouNl In the citadel of Blnye. The ' ; bearing of the unknown was collected . ' ' ! and dignified, ami singularly resolute. His socomls hail bfnught weapons to " the ground, but Larmiercx seconds < J j took exception to them, at which a 3 I scarcely perceptible smile passed over [ the stranger's dux-. "j- On taking his position, Larilliere tunnd toward the second nearest to . [ him, and said in an -undertone: "For I once. I believe. I have fimnd-inv equal. " ' f Tho combat eommeneod. ' At the . I that passes the Count was confirmed . ' : in hb opinion iliat he had to deal with , " j a skillful adverenrv. However, his ^ j courage did not fail him, though there ' parryings succeeded each other with . '• nfpidity on both sides. I-arillicrv. ile- ' j sirous of bringing the affair to a close, , ' | had already tried his finishing thrust r | two or three times, hut only to find " ^ j efforts ^ unavailing, hi- Ittsoli-iltly • , There was a momentary sili n.T. I ' J I broken only b>' the rlaali of the two j 1 1 Nevoed tii ImiVpro'he.l'bv tlnii 'sHglii [ 1 ■ | nary, who sprang luck, tottered, and 1 ! Putting Ms right luud to hi. wound. 1 1 tho Count said, with diffleulty: "That. 1 3 j witli the point- with the sabre I feared ! ' 1 1 bock dwd. • ^ ^ ^ ^ i ' I '■ Will youatleaslteU us your name?" j 1 ^ I asked Iboy, in reply. j ^ L" nt Itlnye. When thefnet of the Count • j i F ally luul masses said, in tliankfulnras ' to the Almighty for having delivered | , • ! them -from such a scourge. j e 1 " William Look: tell us. Wiliiiim. j ' i William," who was considered a fool. J ■ 1 s'pcec." - j" . • »ni1 aildrvasing the court " the j ' and more than I thought' b|m capnhb ■ of giving, for it shows that he has some feint idea of the Scripture. 1 submit-] B that ft is not snfflclcut to entitle hlln'.to . c be sworn as a Witness, capable of givcj ing evidence." i/j B ! " Sir. Judge," said tlie f . d. " may I , ! | " CertrRnly," Aid tlie Judge. ' f " Wall, then, Mr. lawyer, who d'ye I, S'posc mmlc you?" , f Grey, imitating the witness. After the mirth hail somewhat sub- | I sided the witness drawled out: r " Wall, now, we do read in the book , i Uiat Aaron once nuidetikair. but who'd i thought tlie darned critter had got in . A here?" ■ a The Judge ordered tlie man to be . FEET.— The editors ot Terns Haute 1 ■ and Lafeycttc, Indiana, indulge them- ' selves in occasional pleasantries like 1 " the following^ The reason why Lafeyvttc doesn't ! » build a ritilc b this: The Ladles of that ' rity have sugli lag Csit that no more ' than four or five could skate in a rink - 8 af one. time; therefore Uic concern ' wouldn't pay. — Terre Haute Journal. ' It b a number eleven lie. The La- ' I fayetto ladies ore celebrated for thdr - pretty feet. All's well, yon know, 1 '' Uiat ends well, and the Terre Haute editor, afflicted with the daily cxhibi- ' • Uon of agricultural hoofs, is dying of envy. Goodwin, of our city, once , e made a pair of twenty-eights for a t ' Terre Haute belie, "tic built them in | t the back yard on a soroof marine rail- , 5 way, and launchod them. If ever an i i old woman lived tn a shoe, it was down i - at Tcrre lloute. — Lafayette Courier. \ Tns Hhart and Blood. — The Bimrtmt of Mood fh an adult 1. nearlv 1 ' Yhirtv pounds, or foil one fifth of the ' j entire weight. The heart is six inches j in length and four inches in diameter, j and heats seventy times per minute, ; _ 4,100 times per hour, 100,700 times e per day, S8, 775, 000 times per year, 2,r 505,440,000 in threescore and ten, and at each .licat two-and-a-lialf ounces of . , blood are thrown ont of It, one hundred . and sevrnly-flve ounces per minute, six i Imndrvd and fifty-six pounds per hour, _ seven and threo-fourth tons per day. , AD the blood in tho body parnes through _ t lie heart every three minuU*. or should f d,"<3' - ... e X MOasatN A mason, on hsr way to | e a eouvention, asked for S seat in a , crowdsd ear. An old gentleman with , c keen eyeo inquired; "Be you one of ( i the women rightcr.?' "I be!" an- j i swered the undaunted heroine. " Do ( e you helbve that a woman has lbs same I rights as a man? " " I do!" (rniphsti- '- ! cally.)- " Well. then, stand np and e enjoy them Bke a man!"

i HEART AND MEL, * O Sout of aise! why droop ,ou, wl„„t . 1 Tksra SIX Aswan roa w»il B«r (Sis. j' Fur rrat.'obro oof work n done. ^ P And iSe II ..ri re,,|IM , Tber. .re dtplh. sab- g IVMes'lh lljtil kl ted " SI, mold! , ' if 11^ .km A. , tl SB or rarll. will IPs. iro. dir.,' g ! *°A„Ud '.f ' '"J"' " *" p I Mfsrii. AtTtvlTV.- If tlie water " runneth, it hiddeth clear, sarrot and | |( ^ ::;t" «!- and"' " 1 boar-HU Is-mg .hump ft grow. tli thick | Up- ranker «"•!- it will predure.^ All j '' I.f the fal-uliu S .lu|»-ml on j j' . ; n-giirrt Mien ss to our uiirlertaking.. j j The Bruevei!-. IIei.i ek. - The | fi : pose, every step. Hut a 'stair iuul 'n ' t swonl are provided for l.iln in the M' nam*- of his guiding and protecting ! x i I ami. " I am tluit ! am. " <hi this 5 1 and ferars. aud (rain- By this he ran ! a ' still the same ever mighty, ever mar. ) " . j Tlw feeblest pilgrim mny grasp it by I u It is " as Mount Zioti. which ran not ! h or "j1* fon v' r "" « J A, -Hot... TO MrrrttEtts.- "Dear " 1 Mother." said a delicate little girl. " I „ ' I teree broken your china vase ! " , j troublesome littb thing, always in n i some mischief; go up stairs and stay p the closet till 1 send for you 1 " „ And Ellin was a Christian mothro's k struggled wiUi, aud conquered tlie teiuptaUon to tell a falsehood to screen her fault. With a disappointed, dis- s heartened look the sweet child olieyed : ' and at that moment was crushed In u ' little heart the sweet flower of ^ truth. |ierhaiis never again '1ti after , 1 parisDn. Dyko.- There b a dignity about J —that wrapping Uic manUe of imntor- " , t.ility about us ; that putting aside " with a pale hand, axnre curtains that 8 drawn around Uils^efRdlc of n 1 world ; that venturing away frpm ' liome for the first time In mfr lives ; " fer wc are not dead— there is nothing n <Hndto speak of, and we go off seeking ' foreign countries not laid down on the we know about. There must be t . lovely fends somewhere starwanl, for r ever return thnt go tliitber, nnd " , wo very mnch doubt if any would if n tiiey could. — II. F. Taylor. c ' ' Tltr.lll: are two kinds of policy ' adopted J>y the Christian Church now- , - nilays — the olio is to trust in man, and j 1 Uic other to trust in the Living God ; j. - nnd I daily notice that where man is | ' trusted, there comes the withering and ' the lading of tlie leaf ; but where God ; is relied upon, that wo?k becomes as | 'a tree planted by the rivers, of water, th.t twjngetb forth bis fruit in hi. i*n.' , . ; his lcdf also shall not wither ; and j | whatsoever he docth shall prosper.'" j, , Patrick Henry leftln his will the , following Important passage: " I have 1 ' is-* dbpoaed of all my property to my ' - family; there b one thing more I wish I I could give them, and that b the ' f Christian religion. If they had that, ' I and I had not given them one shilling, ' 1 tiiey would bo rich; and if they had " I qot that and I had given them ail the •' - world, they would be poor." 1 I ■ ■ r -. b I Ux who lias love for nature can n nevrr be {Jgoc. In the shell lie picks i up on the shore— in the leaf, Esding— „ ' the grain Of sand and the morning 1 dew, he area enough to employ hb I mind for bouts. He studies tlio work I of hb Master, which he sees A around h and finds pleasure -or which the o ' dovotre of sin and folly can form no 1 conception. ' I Always refuse the advice which t passion gives. I

Our Mather. At the gateway ofonc of our beauti- * ful rural cemeteries a large funeral was just eutcring, as our attention was , trailed lo a wry rvuiarknbia sightr Thw 1 bier was resting on tho shoulders of j four tali, noble-looking men. In Hie j prime of life. Oiu- 'of theta- pas a Judge on Uio bench of the Suprapic f our! (if the : nation. A second was ( plisbetl bwyere whom this nrnny,othcr ^ ciuntrj- can l-oost. A third was a very . distinguished divine, whose pen b a great power. And the fourth was ' lhvsident of tho Senate of hi- State. And these remarkable men were brothers! They stood "strong m life"; Wt 3 were howed ami silent aud solemn, ak f the hier was too heavy for their J strength. as if the .Iwiwr'aMmM tmt fed the' nit J carefully and tenderly b.nie? It was ' their own mother! Never did I area " grief nionwB-wreiit or respect more ' profound. Yt seemed to me that a ( Tliev were all. doubtless, gohig l*ek ■ hi memory to their early ghiltlhdnd, ( nnd to tlie loving care of their Uslt of , nil earthly friends. TlieyWtidWthcw, „ they, the soiiTof a |»«ir village |iastnr, „ eould never have l.s-n trained audedu- e cat.-d and fittrit to ure-upy tlieir sta- t mother. Tiiey well "knew Uiat tiiey hutch, in. list bre 2 | bauds hut theirs must' deposit ft in ° bet resting place! That body lias , J thnt an- ornaliH-lile I., th.-ir rex; j anything in life-, when, most likely, if , I character which w,- .leveiopr. And ft ! i. iiiueli owing loigimmtuv ofthe laws , I of inlilM-ner that |iD-renf tlie mother ' SomoP few who 'have eartv lost their i mother tlirmigli death, or" tlie ln« of I but tiny would, probably, haw | nuicli more so. had they enjoj-ed. I mourn (icr loss, ull their days. The i names of the motliers offflnscs, of Samuel, of Timothy, aud other onii- i nent men, are recnnled, and so nro tlio . of the motliers of the wicked generally recorded, as if to tie . them to the disgrace of their sons. i One of the most heartless things ever was a trick onco played on l'ope, - tlio epicurean actor. A wicked friend nskud him hi dine off a small turliot and a boiled aitchbone of beef npoio- - gizing for the humble fere with tlw usual fcigrted humility of friend". "Why, it's the very thing I Hke," said Pope, in hb reply, referring lo the aitchbone. " I will come, my son, with all tlw pleasure in life." - Ho came, lie saw, he ate; ate till he grew nearer the tabic, and could eat no more. He had jqst laid down hb knife and fork, like n soldier tired of wnr's me a smoking haunch of venison. Pope saw tlie trick at onoc; iw cast a look of bitter reproach upon hb frbnd, trifled with a large slice, then again hb now useless weapons, and into hysterical and unrestrainaA friend of twenty years' standhe sobbed, "and to be deceived this manner." One of the greatest vexations to a inga of an ignoramus who docs not what he is eating. A dinner was given to Lord Chesterfield on hb quitting tlie office of Master of tlw Buckhounds, nt tiw Clarendon. Thirty persons sat down. It- was ordered by Count D'Orsny, an epicure of tiw highest taste, and the price was six guineas a head. A dinner got np at the Albion, under the auspices of Sir William Curtis, coat the party bethirty and forty pounds apiece; then, special messengers bad been rent to Wrctpbalia to choose bams.—. Southampton ones gave a dinner nt the Albion at tan guineas a head. Ox a very pretty girl's raying to i Hunt,- " I am Tory sod, you see," replied, " Oh, no; 'you belong to tlie, | other Jewbh sect — you sre very Jair, , om I" He who fishes in theses of matrimomod not trouble himself to put any upon hb book— if hb hook b gold.

Tuesday, Jen. 2^.— In the Senate a resolution to appoint, at the tieghinfog of the hextifesaion, a joint cran- ; mlltce to cxnmW hitojlw expediency ' of reorgahixlpg the civil sen-ice in the . departmenti/was adopted. A MD for the reorganraation of the n4vy was introduced by Mr. Grinira ettXnffift'red the Cuuiiufrlee i*i Jfiaral sjpilra.Pensloh^Ufpropriatlon Nil was rrjiorted hack with amrndmehCs reducthe appropriation about $4,000,00,1. Mr. Kellogg introduced a bill fork new Pacific ItaUway from Now OriBans. via the Bio Grande, with clauses providing foi. the usual .aulaidiea raw! * grants. The MqUarrahan Claim bill again brought up. liut ft agaiu morning liour. The MH rotative to the Central Branch, of the linion Patlw Senate adjourned without taking action upon iL A caucus of tiw Uepiililican Senators was held iu the morning, wlwiviu it was decided nut to oust- ' tirni any more nominations for iuporlu the House, Mrs. Lincoln's petiliim ws^ preacotadto tho Cesiunitter hill from the cxmiiniUoi\rvUlive to lie opcratioiu of tlw I'cusio^ laws, which, after a slight debate, went over on tbe expiration of tiw mealing hour. MoUuiis to proceed tu busiuoss on the Speaker's table, and to go into Committee of tlw Whole un the legislative Appropriation bill were negatived, and Mr- Lynch called up his bill for thoresumplioii of specie payment, and made siwcch upon it, being followed by several other members. Tlie Uuusu Wednesday, Jan. 27.— In the .Senate Mr. lloirc presented, a meiunrbl asking tliat an aide phreuologbt U allpointed to lest the capabilities of otUce-sis-Lcrs. Mr. Cliandk'r presented a bill to prevent the collection of a tax un |iu»rongere by .Statu authorities, aibirli mcree. Mr. Morton tried iigaiu to cull . up tlw McGarraban Claim hill, and an exciting discusaiuu look plou-, hut the morning hour .expired, before the. atthject could Is: voted tqion. Tlio Central Pacific Branch ltailruud bill was postponed in onkr to take up Aft. Sber- - j man's bill relative to tiw puldit debt I and the currency, I-J a vote of aa toSU. Mr. Slmi-man nude a sjaweh ou ft nnd was followed by Mr. McCreery, of Kentucky, iu n loug one (lib first during • lib ternij. which was so eloquent tluit 1 1 in tin- conclusion Smators from ol) I sides warmly shook hb luiud in eftu- ' i grntuLillon. At tlw conclusion .the ' ! Central i'neilic Itailnioil lull wasngain ' ! taken tip. ami defeated by $ yule of 211 I I to •>. Tlw S-nalc llra-ii adjourned. In tlw House tbe consideration of Mr. I.yncli's bill for the resumption of ' «|K-c-ie payments was continued. Mr. : ! several members pro]sired to speak it • : was finally agreed to devote cvenuig f ions to delate, .several substitutes , meiit ivlatlve to suffrage were ofifcred, • than one from Mr. Bhigftalu I di-fninchbing only those citixens who i shall hereafter uugnge in rebettIo|L-T - The bill relative to the operations of I tlw Pension law was "tiwu takes up and tiw wand section was warmly de- ' nnunced, Tlw lull again went over on i tlw expiration of the morning hour. Mr. Boutwdfts bill anil constitutional - amendment relative to suffrage was f taken up and discussed, hot went over • without. a vote. The legislative Api propriation bill was then discussed iu L Committee of tbe Whole. The appro1 prialiou of LCto-OUt) lor the expenses : of the House was adopted, and the f House, after a short evening session - devoted to fibllticai s peech -making, tulI JonriwU. I Thursday, Jan. 2S-— In the Senate < Mr. Rice introduced a bill for tls* ^construction of telegraph lines between New' York, Boston, Baltimore and Washington under Ac direction of tho r Postal Department. -The motion to , take up tlie McGnrrahan Claim biU 1 was agniu discussed, aud finally eart ricd by a vote of 27 to 15. The special - order, tbe constitutional amendment i relati ve to suffrage, however, was taken up first and generally discussed with- ' out coming toa vote. The Senate then t adjourned. , In the House, Mr. Ifeitw, from the lteconstruction Committee, reported a ■ resolution for an InvcsUggUon Into tho -i right of Georgta to be repreeenU* in B the House, which wss adopted. The s Election Committee reported that i neither Christy nor Wimpy, the cou- . testing Representative! ftum Ovorgin, i was entitled to a seat. The bin rcla- , tivc to pensions was again taken up i ami discussed, bufwj-nt over on the 1 expiration of the monilag fiour. 'Mr. - Boutwctl gavo notice thaOw woujd move the previous qUMtipt^uFriday - on the proposed oqQ|(itult|pfl a^n'dI nwnt relative to sufl'ragc. An evening session was devotod to political debate, I 'and the House adjourned. t 'I'liE I , atT-ht CntiOnmEA—A fence made from the railing of » seoUtng wife. A plate of batter from the r "cream of a Joke." The small coins in "the change of themoon." The original brush used in painting " the ° trac^^WfoJhe^ ^ trade winds." The ' nwnt for the noted eye. Hi e hammer wliici. broke uji the meeting. Buckle . to Iksten a laughing stock. Tbe anl- " mai that drove the lnlbrenoe. Egg fropi a nest of thieves. A bucket of j water from "All's weU." A Three year old youngster raw a drunken man " tacking" through the ' street. "Mother," said he, "did God make that mm?" fifes replied L the affirmative. The IKMe fellow , reflected -for* moment, and than exclaimed, "I wouldn't tene done it" lr a writer does not make his book . r concise, the reader can do it for hlm- - self