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VOL XIV.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NSW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, HMD. ' ' / -- - V. ' ~| = ■ ■ ■ =- =-■ ' . 1. The Demon of Kerosene. Ml NEED MI ONLY CLAIM.

NO. 714. . ii ,i u [• , N - (OA UK El*.

■«E'- ■ ■l«ar JLTHlrrmtBiciis. urrtca-sw... coiuf>. ittsjme *d~i, IWtUMLJ. ornci«MM-4NH)i„ii.>nui i JIM W. Lyoett, Zitrt, sc-muwr. rtu am o urt tract ' imMnei AGENT, ; • f MfimwiYJ. HE IOI' HICRED I ; R. B. 8WAIN, I IALRM BUros L IHBURAN :■ COMPANY ' * t 8. W.ltlMn. irrawCMMj'jn cmrtrttcil, i A I Corpora* ^U|ai its., > irrrnur sra oovmiioi-AT-uw, HI *OUTH rUTH ITUIT, 1 TSC^BSSm • J Attorney k OouwDct-U-Uy, Solicitor , Master a examiner in chanckbt, M4 notar* public. „ CArEfelTOOUET HOUSE. BIWItMII „ U. T. Miner, ATTORNEY AT-LAW.1 orncSr-We* car. KHT A BOCTN sts. » CAP* ISLAND, X.J. ft* 0 «. ■- cnuw. * a TT-otntr-AT-iA w, «<rn solicitor. . t tXAMiMt* or asAMcur. Prasrautor •« IAa Hau «(0kpa Map ttaaMr"in . A4HaU* Flwt BIHOAAI fcU. . * Dr. J. F. Learning, n s:r^,^r T , . !ffi woor'siAi."— First TkumUra of «a«A Mat*. [. S^.^.rr..«Ur,.L-.c.^ L • »J!SKr"' VIM iarrlran aad otter Witehe*. r flock.. Jewelry. Ac.. MAIN STREET, MILLVILLE. W. J. » !L ■ HOVflB AMD IIOY PAINTER. ( IPS UUYfl, »W JMSI1. J.W U. IMA (17) . H SEAL MUM AGENT rommlasioner of Becdi. t sTW.fc2SS.JS! SSXX&ti T r»i QM'iwm rtr.pt. cap. i»u»s. 1 CONTEYANCl NG. ob i w r "ItSuSfiVrag "" c" JEREMIAH ICHELLEIIDER lisgscagmsgar* ; •Xif*" 3 ESJnUAHSCI I ELLEN ORW j J. a. IIAUIIM, » ^ wagy »■ . " ma mtEcj 1 MAjllir.-CrcBXR AND Dt.Al.KB IN -. • * " Fine- llrud. of OlB»n*. HOTEL?. J WASHINGTON HOI'S*:, eAPDJSLAND. N J.. "|S NOW oeBN,0B4leman»«p«s 4ur,»*lt>« 1 : --—vast.. : COtTADE BV THE ISA, fflU JOflk rnui, Proprietor, '^TnMMp i**""* ** °" '•fS.T.'.'*, hl^Hje'vraWs Llql-OBl ess J-Lflslssyiafo Bitten faamA RtlMlWAY BOIIIE, MARKET »T ISO DELAWARE AVENUE . rlllLAtiKI.HH I. BtlTTntWOATH A LEONARD. NOT. R. I"B.||. _____ _ EXITED STATE* HOTEL. (LATE SLOODGOoD'S.)

yvor f>y WAiKirr street. - OppoBW IM Now Yar» Depot, PHI.lDfGI.PIIU 1. A ONaHA-M PraprWior. . AREH IT MEET IIOISE. ^JORNEHol ARCHIL a III LA WARP. A. o- | rsaaisSSasSSS J ^aggar1- . CAP* (.LAND, HI.W J EMAIL Bokert Rlee, Prof rlctor. ( 1 rl.ltor.. It 11 > or« Hi ..... .to I. w.ll • 0*1.4 optor tap i ■ i ■■ it. lBrooa.arP.lr.-ao4 olaaa. Ik. Ia>lr >W Waapt Itaattk all tka Dtlicmcim (AM 1A< .W-AVorr AJforrfr. w">' PACIFIC MOTEL, 170, 17S, 174 k 1TB 9m:niricli Batet, , 0m floor aim r.VKoorfr Street. ••2=SS5S£."rLJj^Mm ■SL^u STILL AT IT." WAHK k BLDRRME. (-^twdore and Builders, CAPEULANCLNl. .^4

fcets' <g> mn. ay labhm. aod ktfi Bat. r«7 a»ao«?.bk. »b44. Ha alala'4 t&o pal i cbtaf aliraYB, allbar la DtclB orooroati UiourBt of .11 ■( laatba 1 loro4 Ala. mat, Aad 7«t— •■>4 701— YUBkt.oo-a ^ ^ ht akbhakm^l^^ °> paaaloa.'rSf or faota, ^ ,»♦». Tkot 14 *«k ik jd*' -7 k«ri p.. Ha alataad' aoalkar laak. wltk aaABr plalat. There apt akclpeelr aa aa aaiel'i draan. galdao laeka wltk aoallckl kit apt. am. I0I7 iy« allk haaeea to their (warn j i.MIItopr.7. -••la It tk» wlllt Pathar, ipj, otoil Uila pel laBbba flTtal Por one., a rata, that utiepherd laid kla kand Upon iha aoblaal of our horuehold band 1 aol hlldea aa f.rei.tl i b^ft, o, ^ tta II H ^ t| TMdMl I M hare heard Ma «D mj •• Dear wolkat "-hul lo He. era twill ka Ike M7 cold*. 17 aoontar when Ikla life i. dope 1 Mr kaarl wooM hrrkh. o. plik tk.t thrill i heard kla e alar I hot i did aol know iroeltwaadofB IbolbPhod roMPdaoao, Tho Idol of m7 aool l-ha aoold aol (o0. hrarl, koallll i jwl Coa, aoralaf 1 ran f t.11 How nil. poor ftvar lu ^rrowDil r.oaal kepi i Pot w.kloc lepra war. ala.; i. ilea plat, wapl, a od darn, w net (ha, poi thai waarr rljj kaph at and think, and wonder, loo, ioaatlmr, ii nawar will rial oul ii vp Mortal chlaa Tea, 7m 1 thank God i no«rief ik./ Slen. ahall Or atrlka awtel hnrpa upon ita .llr'r llda— Ajrpl it la wal1. often coor (ran KloHon' lljhl to ae> Tal o, npol whUpprn. lie) da map to at | %'it and Wisdom. t — Always tired— a wagon wheel. ' — A caao la «nl»— a mother-ln-Uw. — A full purse aekrr Urlgt fiicnda. — A llttk Bhavrr-iB a barbr rP boy. , - " A full Une"— under the equator. — The 'White Crook— Grecian Bend. : — A man of dtanifa— Uncle fiamnnl — A broken nhocnukep-loat hlenwL — «elf tightening ntrnp— bhkctoitmp. — A favorite Amcripui letter— An A lavonie Amenpui letter— An h

X. — A eniart thing— a moitard plan- t. — Bzpoaed turn her— a board ofbrok- * — Tofic for the Ineoknt — eacy-par- • — The age which doga reach— eau- , *&■ 1 — The Jeet that give no pain la no t J«t- t A very dree «"i with eplcarew— ten- i — Faebloaable paradox — a wore ' r shade. 1 j -Printing office rata — irequad- _ nipeda — A troubled atraMpbere— the Heir j at Law. | ! — A great jwitreo of the turf— Old 1 . Scratch. | — Not the bird foraaailor-anlght- 1 in-gale. ( — Bacon without liver la ftxxj (br the mind. 1 ; — A turn- that every one i» reeking j J — Motto for a ii engraver— cut and } eoreea^n. — The voire of NaMre-the blow- - ing of flowers. — SoiomoB advlass the uluggard to : k go to the ant, out the kblfUeae of the ( preeent day go to their nneles. . — At a negro ball, in lieu of " Not * tranahTabte" no the ticketa. a notice r, was posted over the door, " No gentle- " man admitted unless he comes hlsselt" — A firm Ckith u the best Uwolugj-; * a good Me the best philosophy; a char eocsciemc the best law; honesty the hint policy: aad tenqwanwthc best J myhoyhuT- eaidutl admiring hither ■* ton drrte of Mends. "Came here, toy son. You're a t«r_ of the .M ' V::.- :

^fRisffHanrws. , THE STRANGER. , ST wax. *. A. DrSlSON. i a ' - ■ — T Mrs. -Parsons was busy with -her t d. needle when one of her nrlghbors nunc ^ : ' ' j .. h "Well, the little place Is taken ot n last," said the visitor; "but by whom t do yon think?" "Dear knows," said Mrs. Parsons, (| looking unJWini her work. " " A yoilng woman— a verg young ,, woman," repeated the gossip, with ero- fi w pilaris, "and pretty;" then added in a lowervoice, "sheliae a little child with . " She is a stranger here, then?', ^ * "Of coui Be, an entire stranger, ftom the city— brought each a bit of fiirni- d turel Mn. Davie, of whom she hires, b said ahe didn't exactly like her looks; ^ there was something so easy and for- d ward In her manner. Besides, she ^ thought she acted as if there was trouble ou her mind." d " Poor thing! she may be a widow," y 7 said jier listener. „ ° "Mrs. Davis tliinks not," replied x the other, with a peculiar smile; "and Mrs. Dsvis is not one that speaks with- v out reflection. She said slie had a .j very singular tray with her. Thechild d called her aunty," 11 " We should never judge from np- f, pearances," said Mn. Parsons, rolling j; her work up. " How the days fly! i - must he getting tea, for the new minis- j| tee is coming to-day. tl The caller departed; but ahe had left seed for tlrought. „ The "little place" was a tiny cota tage that had been long empty and f, much talked about, as it belonged to (| disputed propsrty. It was scarcely ), more than a shed, but there was some- f, thing *pleturpsqua In all ua anrround- , ,, (ngs. Rose-bushes climbed the white- j, washed wall, and blushing flowers • hung lYotu the very roof. A splendid elm, whose branches Held t know not || ,, how many liirtl homes, completely f, ovenhadowed iL Its three small win- 0 7 dows were soon neatly draped, the fur- j ^ nlture . placed in order, and a sweet, pensive (kce, singularly lovely in Its , dead pallor— far there was never the j. shndow of color in the cheeks— its lus- ) trous dark eyea and hair of raven bhtek- , . ness, might He Been in the bonny little f garden at timet, as the new comer walked with the child. „ The little one was evidently sickly; , her face was wnn and tlUn, her bright eyes unnaturally large, her limbs were , not. rounded, hey hnnds were very imnll | it. In some way Mr*. Davis' tln&tvoralfc hie Impression got abroad. There were i did she keep herself so aocluilcd? Why ^ did she hold her head »o haughtily? , Why did she never speak to tlw neigh- ; bora? They did not know the sensitive heart of -the stranger; nor could they t 1 tell if its springs had beeh broken up ; jj by sharp sorrow. They only knew , lliat site was rtrrnge; and that Mrs. , Davis, the lender in the village, did not . Eke her. ( '* The jsti* fees of the child, with its ( whitish gold curls blown by the breese, , aiade a IwautifW pWnre at the cottage < door— In tenth, it was not marred by the presebce of (he aunt— mother, some , chose maliciously to enll her. , So tho days passed end the summer ] came tosclose. The child grew strong'- ; — er; the country slrwasNowlngstrcuglh , over the MdUlnihs— the flowers Infused , - fragrance in her braath, brightness In , her Hrabs that were rounding softly. w. She Bimpcd oceualoanllv with a milk- , wltilw'gunL, that was' one of the surrounding. of the Utile cottage. , '• But the other face seemed to wAw | ■r. thinner and sadder as the child waxed , d. rosier. Did the tephyrs bring to licr , bL ear the whMpoc* of soandal? Did the , , averted fecss sting her seasMw soul? , Did she by tatnltlon ftel that the vlllaP' gers asked of one another If the fclt , In herself better or worse than they? better ^

Most of the Inhabitau inclined to q the latter opinion, and Miss Blakely, as her name was soon known to be, u was not only the observed of all ob- h scrrerabufthc talked of of all gossips. „ There were plenty ot 'goad;* In the b village— they were ss thick as ears of g corn In harvest. Orad sally from gness- . and sunnltings, a story came to a circulated, extremely prejudicial to the new comer. Nobody inquired as to proofs; nobody gavo her the benefit „ of a doubt, and In time those who had g been inclined to make advances grew d cold and distant, and turned their vir- ,, glances away. d Mrs. Panoos, with whom the young t minister boarded was one of these. , Naturally a good-hearted wotntm, she 0 had not allowed rumor to prrjndlce her a long time, but almost before she It, she, too, was infected, nnd f to dislike the stranger, without , . being able to gtve any other reason „ than— "They say." The young minister knew nothing . about the diaaffectloo tor a kag time. , , It was brought to hit notice at a to* ( party, and the next day he queatiuued , Mrs. Parsons. ' " I don't know, indeed, who shs is," said his hottest adoring painfully; , ■ " stin I have not cared to make her acquaintance— for— there are stories , "She has never boot to church, I , beflsve,'' said the minister, looking up t from hi* book. " Perhaps she veaota . . a Utile attention; she has a soul to be , . saved, whoever she is, and ought not , to Hvoi like a heathen In the midst of , Christian privileges." 1 "I know," responded Mrs. Parruuis; , f ".but"- » ! " Do you think 1 had better call?" | , ' The mimater was veey ymtng. or he . wmffil have asked otamsd uf no owr In ; , 1 the marts*, perticularty a prejudice ; . p 1

' "Vy— : ikH would not oounsd youtogo." " "But why?" • anwhspt her Sj«i teed dhtte work in tier hand. * 1— don't know a» I am exittlytoB. are reports notfn heffevor. I am afhiid" — ' ' " Bul ls It right to neglect toy. one this matter? Suppose h« erringmay ebb-not be repentant? Itdont teem theChrtsttou sptril-Hbntamst-like. Some of ytm sisters ought fo attend to it." "Well, perhaps aft; and 111 try slid war It in mind. It wonld be no Harm me to call, I suppose, so make yotrr-'' self easy abont It." . ' No doubt that the good woimut felt in her heart that she would call, but with another day came doubts • and queries of what Would be said. She Not like to lie seen going wliere nobody else went— the wafr fcarfnl of how might be received— and If those dreadfhl stifHitf should he true- she as she thought of R. "I'll put it off to some evening, "she decided, and thus kept putting It off UU gradually the duty faded fborn her mink ami the work was neglected. tho winter passed and the summer came again. And now the village was shocked by new gossip. woman wcnt""sbincwhere everyand left that poor little child alone —yes, all that long day, to amuse herself. It was cruel, It was harborous. ffcppoac the child should play with fire, get burned or drowned, and as none of these things happened, it 1* possible the goesips were disappointed. Tim little child was seen in the garden with her wooden doll, her cricket and her goat— the latter always come at slightest call— but she never ventured beyond the gate. She scorned a little thing, nnd so different other children, that when people and moved quietly away, no matter what inducements were offered. One night a pale light shone iu the j "cottage parlor. The table had cleared, the work-basket taken out, nnd the child was railed to be un- " Aunty, what makes such a bright spot on your cheeks?" asked thechild, pointing the small forefinger at the Uniting signal of disease. " Aunty don't know, dear," was the fairit response. " And what makes you hold your side so? Is nunty going to die, like " O! Lulu, don't!" cried the woman, snatching her up; aud pillowing Iter hend upon the child's shoulder, she bdrst Into a fit of |>naaio!iata weeping. The child was still as dentil. She aimed her little random shaft, and the result bad frightened her. ..She grew pale and shivered, for she was still only a pale Utile leaf shaken by the hrecre. " Don't mind me, darling," cried her aunt, lifting her drenched face; "auntybad just then, and foolish, to sbc cricd. She should be ashamed of herself." she added, kissing the vrliitu Iter, for she hat startled ber little treasure. coine-dBBr.up, or l entil be (lightened, too; smile dear, anil nunty will bring you something nica from the elty to-morrow. . The child, re-assured, soon lost tho scared, blanched look, and In a few moments was lauglilng and talking: to aunt, licr little cheek sunken deep the soft pillow. An hour later the lifted herself wearily from Iter chair. The', tears bad been filling silently far along time, anil the right with which Itiiey alternated now and then were very piteetis. "To die, and Iravc her! Who irith, God. who with?" and her streameyes were raised heavenward.— ' "O, my Father, strengthen me— ' strengthen me, or send rnety. friyud: ' fin- O, I am very lonely, and I am 1 dying." And were not God's angels tent ' down in answer to that yearning cry ? could net see the luk-ndor fallinr the failing d

their preseuce. She did not hear the soft whispers of love and sympathy wafted softly Into ber throbbing L brain, but an infinite, toothing quiet I stole through all her frame, and Into t very sonl. The tears erased p> ? the plllfttl sighs were stin, the 1 had received Ita inysteriotL an- 1 -swer, and rested on the pnwhlaea of '' God. " 'J MB it looked very dark for her the' t next day, and the next; fhr the beetle ' fever'hHrreaiaed, and tho Uttle strength 1 while the pulses of her torn- 1 pie* brat till their tbroha seemed like I Vrarily ahe prepared t the simple meal, wearily confessed that t the toiling watt must not he ventured t to-day. It was perhaps nine o'clock of the morning following. Miss Blakely had risen, but ber strength-falling, she hud : thrown herself upon hrr couch again, ' almost hi despair. "Leila, dear," she arid to the Uttk > child, who was playing in her usual I noiseless maimer, "do'jrouknow where the nloe wh(tc"h6nsC is, where flis flow- " Yes, nunty,'" said (he chltt. ' ' "If ! ptit yonr little' bonnet and ' ' cajie on, can jo« go there' fiir flte?" "0, yea, Aunty,-;' cried tHe child, 1 with sparkling eyes. Not long after, little Leila was heard coming up the watt, but not alone. ' Kind eyes looked Into bent, s gtntic 1 grasp held ber tiny pslm. Tin- door " 1 reo-ived yronrjnfc by tby'liauns ' of this little meMcngc r, ' 'Ssidriic young jiastoe, gnxiuft 'iidrrowfully at the *i<|- : 3B£-igpsi Utmwa. My -sac, aod I wore left ***%■ ; ..

I atone,, with this, my slslcra child. We were'Joyal citireus of a Southern - Stated and takiqg' what little means we t 1ml, as— thia way. My sitter died id ' my arms, (p. the midst of atrangeo. 1. This bnb^ traa.rety HI at Cbe time, arifi O.sir.tfo world was dark. The eoun. ' try was recommended for Leila. I ic ranrf'otrt here. :Thclilthrmoney I had - kept irs for sofwrttme, but. sir, if only q one tad but come to mens a (Hend. i- T saw from the- first I was suspected, t- aad -HhonksMri me. R was wrong. ' tat womanly pride Woo outraged, nod A it rtaaertst— It was cowardly to judge n ;me. 1 woukl not meet Ihcireold glance* -•* by any advances, and so I aeetud/vl - mysrif. But now. I feel that I shall t soon die. 1 mrat fere I ho enormia - t tions of religion; I must find a friend a and -protector for my poor darling. o, e' air, it is haol, .very hard, to suOtr as i e sufliirad." ,Ucr sobs choked licr v utterance. Tho young minister found e lrimaelf cgring like a child. So youths' ful ao boautlfuL so stricken and suffering! lie, too, had helped, unconsdouse ly, to immolate this poor victim. if Well, the aid, the flowers, the rer freslrmcnts, rte condolence, the rcpentl once, all came too late. The hectic e deepened, the cough sounded more and e more hollow, the bright-eyes glittered i. with unearthly Ore. Slu- talked freely, v of hey past, rejoicingly of lier future, e ebo had known the luxury of wealth, - she had been thrown, with a heart i. shattered and Mealing, from the pin- , nncle of Itappiness. if There were jiroruisc*. in plenty, now. e The child could huvv the choice of a L donen homes. O, if tlio kind word, a the sweet siuilc had come a Huh- soon- j i tr. But l»'dLi|is God u illsd it other- j I- nuiistencd, many a heart felt a slmrp j twinge of icmoraq, as die little graveit stone gleanttsl whilely from the nral <• enclosure— the gsrden of the dead- on | o ger's nameL The 71 on key and lire Ilnwk. ' The cook of a "French nobleman. ' j tvliOse cliateau is In the south of France, ' " had a monkey which was allowed the ' fine range of the Ititchen. and which i wa* so intelligent that by severe train- ! ing its natural propensity to mischief I ' had boeu subdued and it was i-ven : 10 taught to perform certain useful ser10 stones, at which it was uncommonly expert. Ouq . fine morning a luir of lr partridges n^S given it to pluck. Tlte monkey took them to an open window of the kitchen, which looked directly ^ upon the park, and went to work with pr great ililligeticc. llnsoon finishnloue, 10 Whleii hp laid on the outer ledge of the "• window, and then went quietly on "j with the other. A hawk, .which had been watching W* proceedings from n 10 neighboring trro, vhartrf down upon u the plucked partridge, and inn inimile 16 was np in the tree again, greedily devouring his ptwy. T The consternntion of the monkev at 'y , this nntownrd adventure may be easily i imagined. ; He knew ho should lie ser" ! verrty whipped for loosing It. lie "• : hopped srtfaut In grest distress for some *' i minutes, when - suddenly a bright | th/nrght slrurk him. Soiling the remalning pnrifidge, we went to work 1,0 with firiflf energy, nnd stripped off the fi-nthers. -Befh'cn laid 11 nn the ledge, ■ Just where lie had placed the other, w and eloslug obo of the shutters, oonicatled himself tichiml it. The hawk, "T which by this time had finished his 0 meal, very toon swooped down upon ®r the partridge; but hardly had his claw "fi- touched the bird, when the monkey * sprung upon faint from behind the >J slut ltd*. The hawk's head was instantly wrung, andlbe monkey, with • a triumphant ehuStk1. proereded to strip Off tile feathers. til s done, he rarricd the two picked ~ fowls to hn-suasu r, with a confident ' and self-satisfied air, which seem to "" Bij^ ''sere are^ two Uids, sir-Just what yon gave me.''' • \\Tiai the co«)k said, on finding one ' ofthe partridges converted intoa hawk, ne , L ..

more thiui we are able toll. ■ J udob Portly got up an eartbquae t Uiblrau recently. He had takon sup- : per with.au old Thespian friond after . the perfogmatfa at the theater. Both • it) a oonviviul mood, numerous : *»*«*•.; fie-wpj) aq.juku ytcm cracked. | Finally, UtcjotlgeloiuidhimBBlf oit tlie i *W*J tqtilcbodidde. of hlastately spouse. , Not, wfehing to disturb the ahunUir of j . the judge thought he , would grope his nay silently tu bed iu j the nearly darttoxd pkuu; but tliat lost , pickled oyster had upset qis center of gravity1, and stumbling over an otto-' ■ , matt the Jfiflge wAt' to carpet with a , (hat mad" the glius ware jingle, ; the windows ratflr, and the floor trem- ; Uei " Kerctfttl- Hraven," exclaimed : Mrs."Porttre ts she roae from Iter bed f Wturnedon thc gas. "My dear.are I yod TmrtF'' "No; but I think tire earthquake must have renclwd New X'orictc repBeff the old sjmrt. trylng to ' . regain his equilibrium. " I think so, 1 tbfl am really shocked!*'*1 said I MfrCPooai-atie' rraBred Mm situation. Statics yr.-If you get a woman to ip^ro spruce up; iiut that gate cm Us . hlngoa; put a llttln paint ou ti» picket fence you built last year; trim up about • your doot-yard— make It cosy aud in- ' viting. DouTaoy youiqut't find time | to attend to three things. The fact is you have no right to be slovenly. Your \ wife and children will be liappier, your ' farm will sell for more money In the r -market,' and pill be woyth more to yon at home, IT yaattorote odd Iiout now , and tfeeAtoij^uring ti^. _ .lona fafanas torn l«n experi- < kuA aodmye: "Ef vu »r looking e aftreapiRBXWld a»|* taaili, :tnd » - - "T » (""*• toothed cmh. Buy 'Dr. RMEhatr1* Silent Pesansbtllnt-ir., I .a i. an ' ' " hr reipedtiul dduNUem. Thera pRls dodt pbool nan -Hp"— ■ in tta drad or ' An wo«i'"iuivr"a^pltnph — "Gone."

n Prot Chandler, Ib hi* report to the e New York Board of Health, says that 8 out of scrcnty-nlno samples of kerosene v L Oir, purchased at various places In the d elty, Mit one wns found to be at all fit " i. for use. The oil bought at a shop in q East Broadway, a part of the. city d where proporHonatoly as little gas and a y as much oil la used by private families , i. as In ;art of the world, contained Ira " i, ports of explosive oil ! The professor ;. ' remarked that gunpowder would be " d safer In a lamp than this oil, because A e the powder wonld not ignite until the # fire, by some aeeldfnt got to it, but tho [ I volatile and gaseous port of the oil is ii seeking the flame of the lamp as long "■ i- as it Is burnt, ,1 ' There is no reason to suppose that ° I, the kerosene oil of JJew York in any ,, worse than much that is sold elsewhere, r Of course, those who are in good cir:1 cumsjances ran afford to buy n propi- erty refined ML which is considered t ■- safe, but tWs. class use but little of it. I- preferring gas. It is the poor who want kerosene and everything else just . as cheap as they ran get It, who take " this impure demon into their houses t c and put into its power their il children and possessions. Everyday a il We hear the tale of Ita ravages, bnt y, every night we know that thousands i, solves in danger of the most horrible * ' But It may be asked. "What an- they . to do ? They must have light." All " a that we ran raj is this : If tlu-y ran- " i- 1 and thoroughly refined, let tliem Mint " ■- j tattnr randkw, srhoh* oft. anything, j ^ 1 | nearly always the first mail 'art of (he 1 '' ^ j remembered. It is^pnfoahle that ae-l^ h wholesome cliange in tlie diameter of ' ^.j tire article offered to the public. This I J ^ | beginning of reform. -/'*ifu./« Ton w What is a good cup of coffee? No . W one can Iran, bow to make a good cup J lj. I of co fits- without Is'il.g aide to appn- | r | Tu J™ ii™,i ^ * ^.,ikh j | I rnnte firllghtftri sensations. Nothing at ! ran take the place of coffee; whether ' ly 1 we regard it with the critical eye ofthe • c- 1 physiologist, or the sensual appmaa- i le j Hon of the epicure. This gives us one ' lit ' cessarily elaborated answer to tbequrs- , i t- i tiou: What is a good cup of coffee? A rk I cup of coffee must be made of roffiv, he and nothing else. p, Sup|K»e we look at the colfee ques•r, lion as it aflcctatindtyiduals, Excludn- ; ing, with* profound sympathy, those k, i few who are coDStitutimially op;>osed lis i to coffee, tho effect upon us iiuliviilually on is as follows: By its gentle, slimubl-' tw ing Influence, it excites tie braip to *y j healthy and chcerfiil work nnd probe vide* against subsequent exhaustion. ■ In- 1 It enables sedentary persons to rat jth I more modem tfly, and to better digest their food. It srtll prepare us fiir any I unusual mental or physical strain. It eil , more surely will than anything else regit move, almost magically, the exhatisj turn which follows extraordinary lalwr ast I of any kind. Allowing for idiosyncrasies, coffee taken in moderation lias ine no bad ctfects, either immediate or re-

OJBCL— There Is a pleasant supersti- tn I tiou, supposed to have originated in tie ■ Poland, that tho nativity of eWcry in- l'i: : dividual has a inyafarious connection tli i with soote one of tlie precious atones. > ' I Hence it is considered by many as ai>- bo . propria to to wear these jewels which i are imaginod to give significance to g T ■ certain month, if the birthday occurred f iu that tuontii. That l*. one bora in p : January should wear garnet or jacinth; p i omvthyst belongs to February ; blood v t sldBe to March ; sapphire »nd diamond " f to April; emerald to May; agate to the „ ' month of June; camel ion or ruby to ' July; sanlonyx to Augual; chryaolito » to September; opal to October; topa* to d| and turquoiae to December. 1 01° course each of there gems, in their 1 fated , character, ia supposed to have a , ' special signification. d| r Stw.'JOlTN G. Saxb recently met on " j boaril of « steamer m'txantiful young 11 , to whom he nudo himself agreed i abK OT conwe he made an Iropros- ^ . sion upon the damael, who «oM at parting, "Good by*. Mr. 8ax». I fear 1 you'll soon be forgetting me." "Ah, *■ ' Mis*," replied the many time* defeated 1 candidate for Governor of Vermont, 1 '"if I was not married already, you J may be sore I'd be for getting you." " 0 T* '-r— »« l- i ■«! ® J A LBCTUKKRin Iluladelphiaclfrer. ti * ly alluded to the greenbacks aa ."a U r piece of pa]>er stamped with tlie image b io of sumo great man at Washington, n which (the paper, not the man,) Con- } V grew had made legal, and every shopkeeper fait to be lender." o i_ An- u'uhtt little boy, Mnbberlng r r. because his Mother would not let him t g go down to the river op the Sabbath, e d | up-m being admonished said: "I didn't * y want to go swimmin' with Yxn, ma. I i, only wantedtogodownan' see the bad t- bdya drown for going a swimmin' on a i 11 d Ntindsy— bmehoo." ^ — - "there Is a good reason why aBt- 1 1 • tie man should never marry a bounc- , j j lntwMow. ne utlgbt be called "'(ljg j e '"' widow's mile." 'l

A 4»r at sspiUS, «rnr sod fesr— "IsWOwf eMsjiBBtiir wknp( t •wHtsrt.wlmts of lovls* bun a Csj of sn*ul/h, rrte^ssd leer— I tave a rich neighbor tliat is always busy tliat he has no leisure to laugh; the whole business of tti life is to get money. He is still drudging on, nayhand mnketh riclL" And U is true, indeed : bnt ho considers not tliat it Is j 1.M in the power or riches to make a a man /Ifgrent observation, tliat Hare .Is- as ouny miseries beyond riches as [ *J"ti """ "t " ifi'i -hl An<1 yi;1 ''""J j may lie ronlent aud tliaukful 1s t us I not repine, or so much us think the j gin. of (;..] unequally dealt, ifSve sec . tied knows, tl„. are the keys thai | keep th-e ri.-t.es, hung ... laavily at j tlie rieli Iwiii'sginlli'.lhal they rlog hint j sra hui lb-- outside of 'tin- rich lunn's ' And this malic' tie!, ui.-i. d.. loading . | M... We must hear it an lb Ism it. . And how did He U-ar it? " Who. flu J the j«iy tliat was set lsifore Him. en- . duml the crow, despising the shame, . the throne of God. For consider Him .! sinners against Himself, lest ye Is . Iiavc nol yet resisted tmto Moral, striv- . ten the exhortation which sprakell . unto you us unto cliildren. " My son u desjiise Ml then the chastening of thr 1 Lord, nor faint when (lion nrt relinkcr of llim: for whom the Imrtl loveth H. » wSm He receivcth. ^ " / Vain man.-WhlistthounrtbuUd | ing ensiles, tlw carpenter is trutldin; 1 are gilding thy future prospects, tK ■ pninler Is leisurely putting the varnisl 1 upon tlie casket that is being fitted fo thy reception. While thou art striv " ing hard to distinguish thyself amon; r tliy fellows, tlie marble worker U fittln Uio slab that shall mark Uiy grave. - ' While you arc querying as to the where v withal you shall be clothed, tlie inati tiali for ytrar bnriitl rralt are npon th

trade-nun's shelf. You add field to tieljg nud^anxiouslv reach outter more ; 3 go fo tlie graveyard and strike out " lot to which death will soon assign ' you. " Then whose shall these things " which thou host provided? " 1 Facts about the Hiblk.— ?'A« Old i nt has 30 books, U2jtglispters, 1 33,314 verses. The mtfUe %ook is t die midlife vhaptirUob-30. r The shortest verse is 1 Clirog. 1, So. ) -All tho fetters of the alphabet are found i in- Etas, 7, 21. Tho 10th ohnptcr of t 2 Kings nnd 37 of Isidah arc alike. , TU A'«w Testament has 37 books, 300 ; ciiapters, and 7,050 verses. The mid- , book is 2 Thcssnlouisns, sad die i middle chapters ltomaaa.13 and 14. ■ TU Whole Hib'.e ha* fiO books, 1189 , chapters, and 40,201 verses. The mid- , die books ore Micah and Nshum ; the . middle chapter and the shortest In the , is Psalm llL | Education does not onmmenee with the alphabet— It begins with a mother's lore; with a IktherW smile of j approbation, or a sign of reproof; with a sister'* gentle forbearance; with a handful of flowers In a green ami dainty mendow; with pleasant walks In s'liady laneo. and with thoughts directed in sweet tones and words to nature; act* of beneynkmce; to deeds of virand to tho source of all good— God biuuelf. __ Five of (he tweetrat word* in Use language begins with the letter n: ncart, Hope, Home, Happiand Heaven. Heart is. a hopeplnee. and Home is a heart-place, sod that man sadly mfstaketh who wonld exchange the happiness Of homo for anything fesgtbnn llravrn. Though sometimes small evil*, lib I invisible, insect*, inflict pain, , and a I small hair may slop a vast machine, l yet the chief sdrret of oamfarMe* in : not suflrring trifles to vex one; and in pruriently erdUvattog an undergrowth j of small pleasures, tinee very few great ' ones, alas! are let on long lenses.

A Colrisnn of Information. | To Dyk BLACH.- Husty mils 'or f( any rusty iron, boiled ill Vinegar,' witlf j ^ a small bit of copperas, make a gohd j-bhek. _ , I Watery Potatoes.— Put into -the , | [>ol a piece of tlmo as large, as a hen's d j egg; iuid how watery soever the pota- 0 j toes may have been, .when llio water ia ^ j poured off the, potatoes will fi^ dry d ; sut^iuealy. p i SjjtEP.— It Is stated tliat a jnrtiun i i, I of a raw onion faten just before retir- ) k | ing to rest, will insure refreshing sleep ) I ! to persons 'Uffering with lungs over- I j I hurdoned witli oppfassive-antl trritat- ' (i I ing matter.' ' la A Sure Rkmedt ron a Felon.— j c stir in air-shu ktvllinie till il is of the c • cAtudMrney of giaxlvr's putty. Make t i a leather thimble, fill it witiuliis com- I ;>ositiun ami insert the finger therein, I ! and a cure is curtain. 1 1 To Critit Sonit TiiiiOAi; - Take the 1' whites of two eggs and liral tliem with J two s|KHiuftil* of White sugar; grate in I • j a little ui^pli-g. and then add n pint of I f i lukt-wiirni water. Stir well and drink ! ' | often. Repeat the prescription if occ- j ' .oral I TllK Isuidun Lancet says toothache j i can "be cured by tlw fotloyti^jnAmrm- 1 ( - of collndion raid two drachma of Cal- j j re i wrt 'a carbolic acid. A gelatinous mass ^ i t , which, imc rted In tlwravity rfanach- j ] e ' "HI. 1.. re. " " - - " ' i ] esrence of ]-eppcnnlnt and whisky, in j 1 proportion of one ;«trt pcup rmint and , <i [ three of spirits, and apply with cloths, . re j ami il gives perfect relief instantly.— j Peppermint ami sweet oil is equally , «l good, put on with cotton. This should vc j danger from such accidents, as It acts j , likea charm, and will not fail to relieve. J To Stop tue Flow op Blood.— ** Take tlw Que dust or D-n nnd bind it a| sibfe ami easy to l«- obtained. After |f- wound. Due regard to til-re lnstruelions wonld save agitation or mind, *il' baiily make nn better prescription If he "}:[ Nails a tue Foot.— To relirve ' from the frrribb effects of runuing n "B j nail ill the foot of man or lioree, take " i peach leaves, bruise them, apply to the ' | wound, ennftiw with Inmlage. and the | ™ j cure is a* if l)jr magic. B-noa tlw np- j one application generally does the ,Ve work. Both man ami horse ltaVe. ta it. I point of having (lie lock-jaw. bra n im relliiral article, should know tlmt in- j of J spectiou shows it in infected with tile y<t- j tea or colfee Is ultra with veriuiu. A elh pound coiitaiiia a hundred tiiousaml of the I liand, is free from iinpuriti.-s.isswe.-trr, ted better, aud then fore cbrapcr titan tlie lowing iiisTrueliL, by ^wlticl. tlw ild- toughest turkey may be rendered n* ine t'-i'iier n* a spring chicken: After J, dressing nnd sniffing the turkey, put It in » l,oik'r "»'■ "'»«« enough to cover . . the bottom, and n basin to put tlw, , turkey on. Tiay It on tlie back, not ^ letting tlie waier reach It. Outer the Iwiler. and steam two honra. Boast one hour. Boll liver, girr-ard anil heart in this water, then chop fine and "' _ put in the gravy. Pour the water from tlie boiler iuto the roast-pan, to baste the tnrkcy with.

A Novel. Method op Catuihxo uk. —A correspondent of the Journal of Thirmacy says: "Having on several occasions noticed mice in our seed barrels. I bethought mo of sonic nielliqd how 1 might trap the little intruders; tlier liaving gabtul entrance entering throogh the cliimc. To kill them with a stick was impracticaas tlicj woukl invariably escape soon as the lid *ra» raited 4o any bright. I then thought of ssturntliig - piece of collen with chloroform and ! tbrojring il in, tlicu cdoAing tiie lid.— On raising it again iu a few minutes, 1 found that life had almost or quite • depqrtcd. Having ou one occasion left 1 Uw piece of cotton in the barrel, on again returning, found -Thrro mice with their hnuls hi close ramtitot with It, • and dead. ■ In the evening I saturated ' another piece and placed It fd the bar1 rel, and oh ojienfng It the next morning. to my surprise, r found nine drad ' To Cn'li A C(JLD.— The following \ from llalr'sJoum-J If f/ro/ll ought to , be known by everybody. To foBow this would save thouaancl* of Hvra an- - ixallj: n» i . i , '-.The moment a man is satisfied . that he ha* taken cold, fet him do . three tilings.— Firat, eat nothing; seoI ond, go to bed, cover up. In a warm j room; third, drink a* much eold water as he can, or as much a* be wants, or as much herb tea as -be con; and In - in thirty hour*. To neglect a cold for - forty-right hours a**r thorough com- - menora 1* to place hlmaetf bey ond csire, i until the cough has ran Its course of I about a fortnight Warmth and abr sttnenrr are safe and certain cure*, wh«;n applied early. Warmth keeps tbe notes of (he skin open, and relieves ' it of the surplus which oppress it,whilo II abatinencc cuts off the supply of mato- • riid for phlegm, whichotberwise would ° be otra^wd up." ii What is that which is alwojxln,l vitiMe. and never out of sight! Tb» fetter L »

.AIoSDAxflWl.— Itt the Serota the i.?b to transfer the. Indian Bureau to life' War Dspartpaent was reported ■from the Comntfttee on Indian A (Burs, with n recotuitiradsti' >n thstil to lndefimtely pogtponed." Tto Oosnmittee on Commerce reported (be Mfifora telegraph line to AsU. CotoldesaMo Waned oils resolution aui Ik. rising tli- SecietatJ/ff ti»» Inferior : erect a neWhhildlng for the «xfesI klon of Uie Inferior Departnfcnt, Mr. and Mr. Ooakllng taring a sharp passage ss arms in tto erranc of ' it A communication wa* promoted slating that Miss Vtacle Brain bad completed her pUster enst of Mb I.ta- . coin and asking far the appropriation or 35,000. The Consular Appropriation bill was then taken up, and Mr. of Nsw Ilampehtre, pro-l-,~-d an amendment reducing tto a;/propriatinn to carry into efftet the treaty with Great Britain rehttiTe to j tlw prevention of the slave trade from j $12,000 to 33,000, amf aftorwards ho - 1 propoetd another amendment redndng j it to 3430. A spirited diecosalon ensued between Mr. Sumner and Mr. \ Putin-son and tto Senate adjourned. In the House, under tto Monday • rail, Mr. Rubinson (democrat) tntroi duccd UlU-incrvosInx tto J'resident's salary io^lW^OO nnd\donnting 375,- | to tlie widow and children of Pree- ' Ideut Lincoln Others Were introduced j to present the Mlntjtonomoh and Aga- ' I tounboafe) to tto Greek jgovernment'itiul proposing au amendment to ' | tlw constitution in reference to tlie Electoral Colleges. A resolution to increase tto compensation or civil employes ten per cent was laid on the 1 table by a vote of 70 74- Mr. Orth in- • fl,r tto annexation of St. Domingo as u Territory, and moved" the previous ' i question, which wiu» not ass/ndcd, <unl 1 i tlie resolution was laid on the table by • I a vote of 110 to 03. A resolution tU- • [ noting tlw Sorgeaul-nt-Arms to arrest ' . Florence Scannell for contempt In reI fiising to answer questions put to him 1 by tto New York Election Frauds r solved tluit evening sessions should to I Ill-id hereafter, in order to dispeae of c 1 1 io Internal Kevennr bill In Com- • mlttw of the Whofe. The business <m • | tlie .S|eaker's tslife was tlien taken up " iuid thr House adjourned. ' TtJWDAV, Feb. 2.— In tto Senate tlie Consntar Appropriation bill wns e again eonsideretl. Tlie propdsetl " amendment to reduce tto salaries of '• judges imder tto Slave Trade treaty I considerable warmth, especially to1 tiveen Mr. Sunmerand Mr. Patterson, II : ,,f New Hampshire. Tlw ameudmcnt wns amended so ns to leave the salaries " as at present, provided the judges re(lie Committee ou Foreign Relations, reported a hill fixing ivrtaiti atipulait I lions umler Which telegraphic commuefl ideations with foreign countries may ic to ,-stal-lislu-d. Tin- Senate then adle I In the House a resolution calling fur s Rear Ailniir.il Davi*' correspondence of | relative to tto Paraguayan difficulties is - was adopted. The Pension hill again A came up and an amendment providing of that no feiu*lo'l%li*ionor should forfeit .r lwr pension by marriage was offered, r, Hie Mil was theti re-committed. The HI hill to authorise the construction of a i. bridge over tto East river ifns passed ,1- after some discussion. Tto cortvsiwtiie dencc relative to the imprisoned Feu, uians in England c*me up a* the first ,.r business on the Speaker's table and ilr. Robinson made a speech on tbc subject. An evening session was dc|1C voted to tto consideration of die Inot tcmal ReVemie Mil, and th* House to adjourned. iri Wednesday, Feb. 3.— In the Senad ate, Mr- Colliding introduced a bill to ad encourage the building of steamships 'U1 in jjw United State*. The bill to (te amend the Judiciary system was reported back wHIi amendments from the

committee. Tto Consutar Appropri- ■- ation bill wa* sgain considered, anil other debate enmffng between Messrs. r Suntper and I'slfersoti rotative to the e reduction of. tho salaries of Judges i- under tto stave trade treaty. The bill, * with some amendment*, was flfaally O passed. Mr. Grimes asked when tin d 1-111 to repeal the Ten are of Office art io wo AM to reported (torn tto committer, y The President, Mr. Wade, ruled thn g tliat was no part of tto present Irasi d ness. Mr. Grimce tton.gara ootid that la- would call it np at on eorij day- -Tto propoacd conatHutiona amendment reiativo to negro suffrage ft in all tto States was considered unti 4i a-yourniiu-aL • . . . h In the House, * JeinH»B0laUa*i wa . reported front (to Committee on Priui Ing directing the Secretary of tto In r. tenor Department to withhold rertaii 1- payments Io the stationery ocotrautorn g which, after considerable dbrnadon was pas**]. FlofriKv Bcarihell am Henry Johnson, of New Tor*) wen ® brtnfght tofare the bar on a cbjfrge o ' contempt in refiLslng to (ratify In On New Y'oA; election fraud* lDveutign tion. Both having signified their will ingness lo answer were remanded nnti lo the committee was ready for them.The Mil to constrnct an air tine rail m road between -New Toric aud Wnsli iugton wa* reported back by the com loittee, aud psreding Mr. Oook's rt nSTto-qj support of it tto morn In ^ liour wpltai^A MB far a onifen •vstaui of natuJWiratiuo was intra .. dtloud. In tto evening sassioo tto In « irrnal HcTenue Mil was again roosid erad, tto inrorae tax coming la for i . fair share of ventUatirot whfeh reuull . ed in striking out the srothm Hmitin ' tlie duration erf tto tax to IfffO. Ml 3 Hooper moved to amend by taxing th ^ ;x-r cent, but on tto vote no queflht Bi