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volume xiv.

cape mat city. new jersey. wednesday. march 17, 1869.

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■ninn cards. Dr. b. «. liumsi. bo URoriTHIO rUTBICUX. ovriOA-mm« coiuo. rat.rwt. suott, orrics * ,** John w. Lfccll. urw, jc'ror.tj.. net. j.rp urr noct insurance ao tflt, ril*«c lmiaeor 7 b. fl. bwa1n, ■•Lin mutual ura««»!r oomfaitt, • ». w. bnht inwtr^iT-LA* j*o corrrfajfcu, * a ;c*r, ami a tmost au.. •• j rstilaast-tnia. ■ j. Granville Leach. , irroutr an oMmrUon-jr-liar, ~ jatn aaalnaa. Attorney It Oounselior-at-Law, Solid tm , Can matcqpat Hotfst.new jxbset j -r.f. jtlfier. , attorney at-law, i orricc,— m cot. fbsrt a ■outm-lTa 1 urmmilwiw piu u mtnouu. ■ 1 ... irnutoit^r.asin; toucrrot, ' » ejajtutej if cas kcw. ' pro»a#ul"">fthe flaasofcaf* majc-unly. j j"! ! Dr. j. f. Leanlni. i),"hrrorricr days • ] : VrjiwriiET, < Viae AnrelraH ami other Watchrs, i 'J- , hodic amd aicm paint cr, ctri nun, «w mm. rrai. ebtate asetft ' tfsv»& snlsss*lf runnn.il in t n iiaomiw<n. . j«t oa-t . -n WssblBftsa •treet, Cap* ulasd, * convoy arcing. " i i hsjkks "sasae' jeu man ichellemuer i inform* Ms lllnil ui lbs puMHceiiewhite rial lumber. j.ltuarbiao.v, 1 ^ci*er"y>^jo'or7 tor ^ ie a " ^ ^acctiob rcmrem. ^ . 1 °"ti hus""'./.' ! wn; «. ruoadm, 1 rlchut. steam am) oas fltf l*.r. j iirorj— oe-aa ftrret, Baa) WbtfctszthS, lara , "■r,aniw «»« tuael. rkimmpau. it- Of i lit'om fiusuhad . lul put «■ ■ jisasts'ss..,, i wen eu.i i:, manuf ACrUBEB abd sealer i* , f'tiw HrmrvJat of denra, , i .a, n, ten. " ntirau. ( m. r. reirn's Is. 100 loath Eighth Stmt, r**.n,imS"'UDtLrm'' if HOTELS. 1 washington HOCir., a sow r ran' "|l mm" ii m , i" 4„lnt ^ oeorge a cake. . mpilegr. cotttue ry the sea. col john mu.v, Proprietor, oal ttaoi.a' th » sc. i..oj, hiilmboiua. la tattanawtk OllWn l«aua UOtlWK noese. market it >u delaware avenue, HiltAtikWii; (. ■•imler. „lprrctwolltb leokard exited |t ate! hotel, ( latp rloodoo- tca) foot of kalmn street. t> the st. Toah Depol, . »Oa •>» rnmricar or EttROrr.an rlan^aowta* aaurj t tttr eonwieo ahctt ' street TlbtikK. ^jorhereo arch n, fc dilawahe a,c can •t~* "vfca UWa will i. rtih'2. 'hi /Miooeiej h*t a e &o-nur« ajfo'jhew tore. i'lIKima

*»' • ' a.tn7!t)iufr.] vv*** Uwi ot Mew Jrrsey. ',, CbaPtib lxii.-a ouppfcmrat to ttw act entitled " An act concern i no , idiota and lnrmtire,'' approrol Apnl abeteqith, eighteen i bandied and 1. ^itroacted by the Senate and ' General Aaoembly 01 tho State of new ' Jctacr'Tliat in caae a wflb baal been l - or ahaU be appointed guardian or one of tho guardtam of the pcraon or rata te, or too, of Iter hmatfc husband, she may notvith»ta)iilinr bcr coverture, , , (dra the bond rehired by aald act; anil i such . bond aliall be aa ml id and cSbctun! mid sia Undini? upon her and her auroty -j or anretlea, and all those who JAIn In anCh bond *aa if abc were a feme sole at the time of giving auch bond. o and tc it enacted, That this net shall take effect immediately. Approved: February 10, 18g9. i CiiAPnat lxvxtl.— An act to prevent municipal officers from being < interested in public contracts. 1. be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of tbe State of New Jeraey, That it shall not ho lawful for member of tbe boards of chosen freeholders, or of township eommlttcer, or any board of aldermen, or common , couucilmeu of anv citv or borongh in this state, to be. directly or indirectly \ concerned in the construction of any or building of any kind whatsoever to be constructed foe the public use, or at the pubMe expense, or to be a party to any contract or agreement, either ma principal or siftety, between the county, township, dty or borough, -the case may be, and any other party. . 2. And be It enacted. That any chosen fttdholdir, committeeman, alderman or common cmmcilrahn, as the case may be, who shall violate any of . tho provisions of the foregoing section, sitall forfeit and pay Into the corpora- j tion or body of winch ha is a member, the frail amount of his share In such ■ contract and agreement, tlieaan^ to be recovered in an action of debt, with costs or suit. In any court of competent JOIisdictiou. ^y tl>" said corporation, or by any anoe or persons It may 7 autliorliu id praaccoti- far tliu same. 3. amma it dnactetl. That this act shall take iw-ct ImmodUjely. a pjybfed February '«». ClUTTKR l1ii.-a supplrincnt to an - net rntillrd "An act respecting the prerogative court and the power anil authority of the ordinary," approved , . April alxtrcnth, eighteen hundred • and forty-six. l Be it enacted bv the Sonata and General Aaaembly of the State of New ' Jeraey, That all persona aggrieved by 1 any orelef or decree of the prerogative court may appeal from tbe aaine, or any part thereof, to the court of errors and appeal a in the hut resort In all causes, which appeal shall be taken within the Same time and protocoled ; in the same manner In all res|*cts aa now provided by law for appeals from tbe court of chancery. 2. And he it vnacLd, That this act shall take edict immediately. Approved February 17, lsoo. l'iiaptku xxxiv.— a further supplement to the set entitled *' An act smfmfcietbak liundred and forty-six. 1. He it enacted By tho Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That anv person or persons who shall hereafter wilfully or maliciously destroy. Injure, de&ee, or cover np any hanaliills or public noBcre, that may be hcreailcr posted upon any fence, building, bulletin, of in or on any public place (after permission shall have, been obtained from tbe owner, owners or lessee of said f races, buildings, bulletin* or public place*, by the Klc* posting or cnusing the same to o* ted, to post till- *•( j'tiandbllls or public jioticee therein or thereon), previous ui the expiration of tho lime fur lughitld handhBIs or public notice* aralntended to give notice of the time anil place of sale, or of the time and place of meeting, suck person or persons so offending shall ho deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 1 thereof shall be punished by a fine or ton dollars and eosts. or imprisonment In tire county jail not pxcccdlng ten . days, or both, at the discretion of the 2. And bo u enacted. That upon complaint being made before any justice oftbe peace or police justice In this 1 state, by any person competent to testify according to law, such Justice of the peace or police justice shall forthwith issue his warrant directed to any constable or police officer In this stale i raving jurisdiction, for tbe arrest of ' snch |wr»on pr persona so offending, and upon tbe testimony of aald complainant, or^rpny other Jieraon or ' persons in opmourt. estobnihlng any ! of Use off.-n-es as mentioned in the first section of Hits act. or upon the confession of the party or parties so arrr-sted. " the person or persdus so offending shall be deernrd guilty acrorrUng to the • meaning and intent of i his act S. And I si It charted, Thirt nothing ' contained in the foregoing section of r thb> art shall he an construed as to prevent any constable or police officer from nnvsUng any person or persona found violating said act without -firsthaving obtained a warrant for snch arrest. -t. And be it enacted. That this act shall take effect immediately. ! ciiaitkk xxx li. — a supplement loan act entitled " An act incorporating hoincstend ami building companies," approved February twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and flfly - two. 1. Be it enacted bv tlw Senate and General Assembly ofthe Stole of New - Jersey, That it shall and may he lawI IU1 for building and loud associations, r which have been or may bo organised • under tlio act to which this is a supplement, or of tie- supplements then-m. to divide or postilion the lands bv them owned, among the members of such . Rsaoclalions by kit. in such way as to If said associations shnli stem mofit ad- • it ennctad. That all dseds ' of conveyance made or to be made by « wbiAta^h^rTiU^alMtS/lkil^ ' be and are hereby declared to be valid - and iumcbait In Taw to convey to the grantees therein named, such title and Interest to said lands as said nssocintiou lusd llwceiB previous to aach alka3. And be W emteted, That all acta s. or parts of aota ineonslste.it witli this " act, beomiwsnwatv hereby repesJed, " and that this act shall take effect im5 Jj-w™*1 F'"tara^7 10, • pbacdcoi. vs. tlleoitlffhl.ai — a

f wis' (Corner. uebe to a poem which, among the J MS. or tbe British Moseum, is said to i bore been written by Sir Walter Hal1 cigh just before he died. It seems to . partake so much of tbe sublime spirit ' of his character that iu genuineness i well pass unquestioned : . ' Sir Walter Ralrlxk la the Inqelct Rest Of His Last Sickness. To •fcs^aat^er^loi rawos wh«t tSeu WL.ro SUB, U> proud. tt oresterr, sets Mi P««. Whom job sis. I I know sot why '■ ssll, Tho world** conlrse ted sue, lbs Htils silt Aro Bet brut, brssts ss lUosat Asd birds s. to *^7 "k r" tb.w purr not., •icrsd uolo Thy tbrooo, Wh.ro MsJ'.ty dolb alt with Sny crowo'JI Tbst bono but tbloe, thine Is the .»> ln« Tbs^b., eencueru'd Hell, .b.ll troui Cemlbsfcdlsf earth sud aesa to eaodrr Unto hlshUtafscwRuaa h. paid Ma woeal Thy wordaaeatnje,Tby prumtara aro Juat; , JittiMtlUnfcus. THE SHADOW OF FATE. . •» mm EWEBNttALl.. "UMBlblei horaibie!" i' tRdainusl. " h Jding the paper %nd fanning myself. '• What to. the world coating to? anil allj ifiupukjamnr""*1 1' »■ "t Dear me! why did i buy this abominahl, l«pevr' I looked at it remoraeftilly. It was au Blast rated aflhir that i jrntl pn rehased hi ratotake. One might intngine,' from fi glaacc at ita fitroclqus wood-cuta, that one half the world was murdering the' other halt There was m iss Sinclair stabbing her false-heart. .1 lover, fiLGeorgede Vivian; Mr. 9n*ggs throwing his twelve children down a well, with Mrs. Snnggs looming np in the distance in an attitude nf prayer; Ilcrr Bohly, the bigamist, drowning hlmaetf to save ma irony from the onslauglits of his six wives, who stand on the lank of the river; Miss amrdn Snoggin, poisoning her agod mother to gel i w yellow baregodress; Mis} Ann Mrltay, shooting her third hushnnil for turning up Just after she had married die fourth; Miss Foldoody butchering her entire family with an axe; two aged ladies blown out of their bed hya charge of gunpowder, placed under it by t$eir ungratcftil adopted child, etc. All thto and a great deal more served to enchant me at the little inn while awaiting the arrival of the stage. 1 was in no' enviable frame of mind. i had Just kit the grave of a friend, and was hastening homo to test, for i was not strong, and the scene i had 4*1 -wed through affigrted me considerably. i felt nervous and unwell: i could not banish from my mind the particulars jf my unfortunate friend's death. to hp hod been murdered— handsome, warm-hearted, accomplished George ' Herbert— just after he had hren tnar- - ried six months and retired to the family estate to devote itac reel of bia ex- . i was sitting one day In my office in New York, thinking of froorge— for we ■ were deaf friends— when suddenly he " i fhoughtyori wcreat the Grange?' ' ! i said. " i left there two ds^s ngn," he rc1 piled. ■' What are you doing liere? " i . ahltcd, f "My wif.l birth-day will occur next - week," he said gayly, "and i have ' come to New v ork to see you and boy j, her a present— something handsome," i lie added. "i have drawn a large turn from hank, and—" 1 At this mome-.it i was called away, and George, seeing me busy, passed t out, saying, "i, will return directly." next morning i received the new* that a dead body bad boon picked up in the North Illvcr. Ik was George Herbert, robbed and murdered ! No clue to the murderer could be obtained. i took tbe body to tbe brokenhearted wife, and remained a day after the last sad scrviccahadbecn performed; and now, with a heavy heart, i was having the lonely boose and returning to New York. i frit that the impression of the scene would never leave my mind. The cursed newspaper seemed to bewilder my already over-exsited imagination alii! more, and i took a drink from my pocket flask to revive my drooping spirita^ " What can keep die coach?" i muttered. Tbe day was exceedingly warm, the sky painfully blue, without the vestige of a cloud to give k motion. The oiletwe which prevailed filled me with i, melancholy. a crow (bird of <rril h omen!) Ikw croaklug over my head. Everything seemed to contribute to depress my spirits, and i tamed with nn k Impatient sigh and began walking to d arid fro. The dusty, yellow, rutted i nsul streJohed raontly jmt of sight, * iu ^il^u'h"^^

tbe m&uey from the bank, bad been decoyed to some lonely place where be had been robbed ami murdered, and his body thrown Into the river. /&i detectives could not discover the perpetrator of the deed, "It to too late now," i murmured: " the murderer of George Herbert will nuver be'dtocoyered." Tbe craw, which hod patched upon a tree, seemed to comprehend my Words, for with a contemptuous croak it flew off, leaving mc to watch it until it became a mere speck in the sky, when i until at lost the sound of wheels attracted my attention. " The coach st last ! " i murmured, and my eye fell upon the paper— ifcll upon tills paragraph, in an article describing the murder ot George: "At us tame time He Uar.e arrirtd, and He body •/ He unfertanau man—" i rend no farther, . _ " fthaw ! " i exclaimed, and thrust the paper into my pocket. But as i listened an indescribable something in the sound of the distant whoeto reminded me of the hearse which hail yesterday horn) my friend to his grate. i tun not superstitious, but i am easily impressed, and the idea was unpleasant. x endeavored to shake it off. a moment after the coacli turned the | i looked carelessly at the driver.— i Surely i had seen that face before; | hut aiay? tlic coach stopped at tho j "Good-morning,'' said tho driver, ' with a grim smile: " down our way? " ! My heart jumped into my throat. j "Don't remember mo, rlo yon?" crm(inued the man. " It Was my day oil, j yesterday — " i i remembered all now. This man j wiui the driver of tlio hearse which hail ! taken my friend to hi* last rest. i " Is there— Is there— no other sin . i to-day? " i stammered, Instinctively | "No." | 'vi— i sflpposc, then—" " What are we waling for, driver? " .asked a voice from tlio coach. "Whoa! whoa!" .exclaimed the ! driver, excitedly for his horses seemed | exceedingly restless. Jump in, sir, if ! you're coming; we haven't a moment ; i obeyed, but In doing so was thrown violently against a passenger by the sudden starting of the coach. " Pardon, sir," i murmured, aa 1 endeavored to straighten my battered hat. ^ " All righ, nil right!" si M n jovial voice; "accidents arc common. Yours, sir?" and he picked up tlic newspaper which had fhllen from my pocket. " Yea." " wut you permit me — ?" " Certainly." He glanced over the paper, smiling as ho read. " Nothing new, nothing new," be aald. i paid little, atteution to him until i heard Ids voice, reading, in a halflaughing tone, ,:t tie same lime Ike bearer arrirtd, and He bod) nf He un/artunat, man—" i laid mv hand on his arm. "No more," i aald nervously. "i have Just left the grave of n dear fftend who was buried yesterday, and—" a liarsh laugh from the driver caused me to shrink back and close my eyes involuntarily. As i did so, the funeral cortege glided before me as in a dream, so vividly that i amid not disabuse my mind of the belief . that i was not in a stage-coach, but in kt hearse. As rapidly the idea passed, mid i heard mv companion apologising for bis thoughtlessness, as lie called it. '"Will you permit me?1' he sgfll. drawing a flask from his pocket and presenting it. "Tliank you, sir, and, in return, allow mc to oflhr yon minr. Going to New York?" He laughed merrily." "Oh, no," he replied. "i am going to — That is, 1 sitall turn off and moke a tour in an opposite direction." "y'ou look like a New Yorker," 1 said. he was a mtdlnm-aiml, weU-ballt man, with that peculiarly dashing, showy appearance which seems to specially brlong to New Yorkers. " Yes," be said with an air of easy familiarity, " i was born there, but am going abroad— going abroad for my health," lie added, laughing at his i jest. lie laughed particularly well, with a , mirthfttl look that was contagious. 1 "How long will yoo-.remaln?" x s " i don't know," he replied. "lam : tie detained— i can't say," shrugging , hi* allouldees, "but 1 hope not. America to a charming place, and I hate like - the deuce to leave It; but a change of ■ air and scene will do toe good; so I r make the trip." ; lie paused for a moment, and then t added: " Yout*foce Is fiuntliar. I beg ; pardon, but to not your name Hsw- . kins?"., I" "' No; Xtawdon," I replied—" Henry 1 Bawilon." - 1 " Y on nse evidently a physician?", 0 " Haw you vwsu^Rri loMg in New York?' " Yea, a number of years. What to the matter with yauq'thumbV" c U was wrapped fn a piece of cloth, c and several times, wher. the coach had . jolted over tho tough road, be had nc1 dilwiully struck hi« hand against the 1 panels, and uttered between his teeth . some formula which sounded like an . oath. i lie smiled *t my question. He a smiled eoutinually, aud seemed to brf

to- "Mistaken?' be " Ye*. These maiks of teeth don'l . id look Uka thoee of a dog." & ~MIe drew his hand from me with his | ire everlasting smile. " Wrong, doctor, wrong ! » he sold. ! d: ' I looked at him in surprise. Ill "My dear sir," I began, "I beg tn^ in The coach stopped, s, "All right, ma'am! " i beard the w driver say, endeavoring to restrain his e- restive horses— "plenty of room." I I opened thedonr. and assisted a lady s, in black, deeply veiled, to enter. ' t» *' Mr. Rawdoo! " slie exclaimed. "My name! " i ejaculated.', I, " Yes," she replied, raising her veil. II It was Mn. Herbert 1 •- "I thought you were at the Grange?" I said, for after tho fttneral she had left f, the lonely manor fot the farm, some j " miles In-low, with a friend. " I have been," ahe answered, " but It' i received tills letter from the drtsotivv requesting me to start immediately for | n New York, and, knowing you would | I- pass thto afternoon, determined to ask . > you to accompany me.'' i " WiUi pleasure," i replied, and was y about to examine the letter^ she had i- given mc, when she laid her hand ui>1 half turned and regarded the stnui- , i; gcr, who, with his hack toiratds us, i 0 was looking carelessly out of the win- j '. ct, saying i would read it hereafter. " The stranger, who had been nsing | the ncwaimfbr i had lent him as a fan, i '■ now tamed and politely offend it ns I, such to mm. Herbert. .slic thanked him and took it, but ns ticulnto voice, with her hand pointing. : e she whispered. >' "See! sco!" 1 looked, and, :ls if fatality itaelfliad indicate^ the iciragraph. i read— | " and the brulp nf the unfortunate man- •' She cast the paper from her with n * bitter' cty: " George ! George ! d " Madame, i—" began tile stranger. If " Hush," i said softly: "ho was her j it husband." " Murdered? " he exclaimed, cvi- 1 n dently much shocked. * "Yes." "And the ntunlcrcr not discovcr1 cd?-' d "Not' yet" " But soon will he, 1 suppose? " d " i llojie so." " And the letter- ' he continued. r 1 looked at hint In some surpris.-. "Not liavlug rend it," j replied, " I he drew bock, and after a moment's hesitation, remained silent. 1 turned s io Mrs. Herbert. g " We shall reach the station in linn for -the eight o'clock train," I re. marked. r- " When shall we reach New York?" she asked, with frvcrish impntit-nix-. " Wo have a gooil day's journey." " "So long?" slie hltinmitvil "so long? '• I Silence fell upon us. d Time and the coach rolled on rapidly. .The road was rough, and as cvenil ing approached tho driver's voice grew s louder and louder in expostulations il with fire horses. Our speed gradually i. hfffameawiwer, and, ou my looking out a informed mc were ascending a steep i- hill. The sharp cracks of the whip rey posted themselves among the surround1- ing ridges. Tho wheels creaked, the horses labored, the driver cacouragid. I The snmniit waa reacbcd^ind wc comj mellcetl tlie descent. Tho heavy coach now rolled on with hardly an effort |. from llie horny — Ushered of tlieir Q drawback, Uicy jhecaroe capricious, tlicn the brake gave way, and it required all the driver's skill to prevent h their dashing off in a mad race. i was j about to question the rapidity of our - descent, when, with a sudden lurch, the coach overturned. )t Whan I became conscious, 1 heard tlic driver at Hie coach-door, inquiring ■; if I waa hurl. " No," I murmured, scrambling out; " where Is Mrs. Herbert? " " Safe," he replied. .. She was seated upon a rock near by, ? llw stranger in-side her. • " Where are the hones? " 1 naked. " The) "re off sir. Snapped the harness before I'd time to'pick myself up and stop -em, snd the next Inn is two utile from here. You'll' hare to walk, sir, as there'll not he another team to-, night." "Sent u* hasten then," said Mrs. Herbert, overhearing our conversation. le " The suu it sinking rapidly, and it will be night before w» reach the Inn." "Here's your paper, sir," said tne M "I don't want it," I said, hastily. " He thrust it In his pocket, and sccurr_ ing the mail-hag, remarked, "Voliow me; I'll take the shortest wqy ;" then ^ Ohtaiulng our portmanteaus, and Ot- ' firing my arm to Mrs. Herbert, we ~ silently followed. ^ -[e'om'ludul) next week.] Hydrophobia.— This terrible disease prevails to an alarming extent throughout our county, oral in case mj any persons hare the misfortune to be bitten by any of those rabid animals, we reproduce the following remedy. th Neve* having luul occasion to try it, ,n wc cannot s|ieak of its effidcncy, but give It for wliaf It to worth: " An sgrd je Gentian forssUtrtqicr, wlui to on ihe W' revge of death, hat published a secret core for hydrophobia, which be says he haunted with success for fifty years, savins many moo and nhlmabt from a * hnrrih'k- dralh. The wound must be stt^rar'iintwarerr'u* 1 when this is j wc

"f re. to. -oisi . m 't "a Drcaus— Which Wat Not All a Dream." 1. j No ouc cares for mc, thought Bar- 1 | bars. Life is lonely and dead pits du- , ;o ' tire irksome, grim shadows play about 1 1 frity jotti and living flowers tali lifeline j nffthy fret. Alas, must it ever be so ! j ie ; Barbnradreamcd— a ivide.unbouud:s t-d desert lay before iter and by some unseen impulse she seemed driven lo y 1 rjoa it. a hot, torrid snn blazed fenrully% scorching the .sands and hlister'hig her feet. The south wind, laden 1 with fire, played about her brow and i. fell- on her sinking head. Tlic timid , girl saw neither flower, leaf or tree and " in trembiipg dread shrank hack ns she 1 looked forward on the ocean of sand , i- 1 and felt her weakness and insufficiency , i to walk alic dreadful way. Drawing , t ! frointhefoldsofherilressapnpcrgivcn ] r i lii>|<cfully unfolded it to glean aught oft | j | comfort therefrom. a lone on the scroll , It] was written, "This is the way, walk ( lycinit." "be ye fhitlifuL" t , Harsh accmetl the first sentence, but ; j with the second came the light of love, t ]a The desert grew a little brighter, \ , •ml tin- wild inunsoon't breath with j , i_ ! witil i-ctals folded as if ready to die.— i , i, j Barbara's eyes filled with sympathetic ■ , » | blossom smiled and unfolded ita leav. s. j | " , '"The desert lluwers need the dro|» of , j sympathy's showers." it said ; "press [, !* j hand. a p-or little toad Lteofls and j !• , of her voice fell on lite ear of the stink.- ) r : "You are beautiful, if i am ugly." raid j t j the toad, kissing the little bare feet and j j waddling off. ' i loving help that she had forgoiui/ln-r | burning face, her blistered fret, theiiisr. tancc inamxi and tin- way yet remaining heforu Iwr. Tlic very lluwers ca- i them! days liefi.re. tlmt she luid bound iu her hosotn, sccnied to revive and continually lo delight her with their ' Just in tlic pathway lay an oasis— foe! were almost treading thr bright •„ green edge. Tie- snn. the wind, the lighter, and now she wondered Hint soon the ewi had come, looking lack. ,a the long jmlli, barren and dreary, lied grown short and was now one bright. little airs of music walled through (lie „ branches. An intenrf tliiill of happin«ss passed through tho girl's heart. Seating hor- |. self by the fountain on the oasis' edge, i- she saw lying at lier side a crown iff s "Faithful unto death." 5lie grasped ft The vision bad chilled her murmurii ing *[iirit and Barlnra went forth to |, scatter "flowers by till- Waj-Slde." The .. gums of hearts sustained aa 1 elevated 1- through the instrumentality of her c teachings, sparkle now and again i.- through the clouds and sunshine of her |i ward of llim, who said, "As unto rt these, even so unto me." ir Arc there not hearts — is not this >, world full of them— who like Barbara c- fail to strike the key-note of their own il happiness ? How many precious morn mcnts wasted ! How many beautiful ir thought* and deeds ungarnered ! How 1, much love pent up in miserable little heart cavities, which _ unloosed would licaran untold tide of happiness tgid ^ life upon ttie desert hearts of the world ! >g How we women, bound in our sellishncss, tail ! How often society ('• and fashion, like iron lands, hold us fust to all that crushes out the hcttrr nature and freezes up the heart ! Then. our ldtr|w from the willows and mourn j- for the past, while nruuml us are dry f- roots waiting for lyinpatliv. and rich, >1' luscious, golden-fruited happiness is to ours If only we reach forth tlie hand to k, help the blossoms and ward off uic bito-. tor blast. s. "Planchrttc. n. a gentleman rtalding In s sorbtirban town was called to his door tho oile r evening ly anenergrtic pull of the bell, ne found the Irish servant of a neighbor, who delivered herself sa folbiws: j. " If ye plate, Mr. Cooker, master ir- wud like loan of your plain shirt." iw " My plain shirt! " said the puzzled en Cooker, " what the deuce does he want a shirt for? " „ , ■ Of. " i don't know sir, " said the doniceve tic. "Only i heard tlic missus say •he tliouglit abc could make the plain shirt move. If ahe put her hands on it"' "What?" screamed Mrs. Cooker, is- who of course hail been listening to the nt conversation through the crack of tbe isc ]iarior door, " put her hands on yoar plain shirt? i would just llko to seels, he? about it; the htusy! " ly. - Cooker grinned, and then exploded it. In a loud shout of laughter; as soou as lot lie could recover, he turned to his rx*d cited spouse and said: he "Don't get excited, my dew, hut ret hand Biddy the ITanchctte from tho ys parlor, 1 think thto is what sb« wants." rs, "Yea. ear,'' said Biddy, "the la [of i a board and tlic pencil, wid the devil in em," which proved to be the ease, la FBAKtas 1 having asked Castehui, ~ Bishop of Orleans, whether he was of 7 radde extraction,." Hire," replied be, he " Nonh had three soas in the ark-i we cannot say front which of them i . descended,1'

i ( dtnssmvtakmtawkre* **' tl j Blot .lrtBDl t.BiUl.. tblUSS 1 |, s i T k ' - T'l ra*" *"a ra'i'i^ ai/i J' - ^tbf thrush uflu to bsiw ; ' u I F°' h°t** M*"b h" klllfcS. p, 1 "The *i>rinE Tiine of Year is I ** Coming." t ft The snow-drop rises uptimtdly froifi strewn tliickly wlHi the nhra of last HI year's flowers. And yet It is so fresh, ]' j ff Um-O'^-v.T !o decay and .htvu 1 beauty is not a thing of chance, hut of * design. The whole mass or the earth w circumference, ! nusl have Been taken 1,1 j the accouut and weighed, in order ^ I tam stage, (ho stalk bemto. and its licad hows, and again after awhile tlie I health of tlic plant require, that it „ j should lift itself up once more. Were j the hulk of the earth greater or less the I loo strong, and this flower could uol °l moment of its perfection, all the rli- '* ri nn-uls of nature contribute to it. pro- ' ' csww. and seem as if made bin for this : I the ground, and the snow nff.-r.ls it :i ^ i i mid the .lews n-frvsli IU leaves. Tile ' « ; j fr'ri". etion. and earth, Uke njiapp) 1 | beauty of her offspring. , . , : ' | wun-luw and withers it. Hie wind tear 1 ti ' disid and gone, aud tin- cool sneering i 11 | su|iertlriaf" rvas-mer asks why oil this j si t Doner," and enters life a m.-lrsl stran- i o ' per in Hie inidst of a world sTrewn I li ' thickly with the relics off Hie dytug and il ' Hie dead. And yet each generation V j comes Willi n freshness aud a filth, n | I' ita own, lliat sa-ms as if it eould brave I n ' the law iff misery and of mortality— j " 1 Wc may be tolil thai, like the flower, I all this must soon wither. Wluittlien? tl ^ It is a shallow pliilosopliy that cannot a - row; that refuses to adore the great lf Author for the beauty and fragrance ' - w» now «ij|op^ccatiiai-ts> cannot poo- ^ ' alike of mfftter and of mind, must have k " Isxti t^^Chito tl*' neeount and Weighed J r thto on n more extensive scale than in 11 i the life of any flower. Mark how yon ^ * first the blade, and Hum the bud and " » then the flower. The physical form, " tlie intellectual powers, and last and 1 8 the chicfesl, Hie mora! character, rear- * n ing themselves in mild supremacy, and 1 ii in tlie fullness of their glory turning 1 ' flower to the sun. The marks of do- 1 ' sign are more perfect in hie work, and 1 « ways of Providence to man, Hum in " j tlie whole creation beside. All pliysii eal and spiritual laws have been taken . into the account and a^usted to man, ( and man to them so wondrously tlmt „ y it would seem at times ns if they were- , 8 arranged for nothing else, loit his ( r temporal happiness. All have fiir more of Joy than sorrow in the lumglfm ; » eup of life, nor is there a singjt law -v , ii nature, whatever |»iin il mnyViccaaloy ( >' when violated, but produces aiair pre- ( '• p.mdera<ngjimoutii of happiness on ) » the whole. - " ° And yet the human flower too soon } f- ddcays. And tlio very laws and cle- ; mcnts which contribute to nun's de- . vclopmcnt, soon combine to -lay him , low. Tlie exercises tliat strengthened , n his youth overtask his age. Care , ploughs its furrows io tho fitoe, and ' passion, sorrow, and error bend down r' alike the head and uto heart to the 1 oarth. Yet even this has nil been taken 1 'r Into the account. All is p^ft of that ' . necessary process, by which the seeds 1 of clmraete* are ripened. And if there ' are thus laws that gravitate down- 1 wards, there are higher forces gravttat- *" ing upwards, and drawing tho good to j '■ the true centre of happiness. Besides ' " this, all the joys and sorrows of each 1 nation and individual are re-producing ' r' germs of experience and development " for the service of every future age.— 1 " Thus is wrought out that highest proof " of design, and of a governing power in , w human aflalrs— the law of progress. | •d a good story to told of a prominent | " hotel keepsr who fell asleep whllq iu ( k* attendance ml church on slate Sabbath evening. He slept tho slop of Hie ( ]t good man until the contribution box ( 10 was jiassedkfvhcn ha- awoke, and hue- ( " riedly searching his pockets, found a dollar bill which he deposited in the ] III box. Meetiag'the pastor of the church the next dsy, he informed the clergy- ! „ man of the circumstance, begged hi. af pardon for going to sleep daring the c service, but stated that the dollar cou_j Iribu tion . was ail right— it was the u»j ual charge for lodging in all well teg-. 9

James Bowie and llrairy Clay. Ecvcnly Johnson jisial to tell a story of Henry Clay, ajmem^ ot hiaiself. I think in' some previous fetter-Hsnc '* told you that Urveniy married Mary Bowie, a cousin of JanM-s, or " Jramcs" IJowie, Ha- .infrttlarcof the Bowie kulfe. One day Henry Clay, who liad nrrived id Frederick, Maryland, by stage crevcii from Wheeling, met Reyerdy m "Bcvcnly," lie said, "I have just lutd an extraordinary acquaintance licre at Cumberland. A man got Tl half ray scat in Hie staae conch, a litUe, freeklod follow, ami oil the nest m seat were a man and his wife, on tlie fo1 third scat a couple of big men. Bn We luul no sobner started aud got clear of Cumberland than one of tlie, '°' uien on Hie forward seat Ut a cigar. i allied and pulled, till in a little WJ while Oil- stage coach tras full of "' tumoq and the woman grew very sick. She asked her. husband to ral'se the I h" window, nmlfetill unable to bear the ^ "f ■raste, told him she must loan upon ^ The huslund leaned over and said "" to the smoking man : P° " My wife is sick, l'lcase do not u' sinoku inside." nt Tho lag man smoked like a blast chimney and pfiid^uo heed whatever. 8l1 woman grew binter and coughed. My blood waa luijiug, hut I kucw the Wl nutn could double me up and throw mc ni: out of.the window. in Suddenly Hie little being at my side forward, pulled n howic knife Iw out of his coat collar, and said lo the "" smoking giant: !»' " You damned sonofipussyratonthe- ' w fellialeside! 1 ant Jntues Bowie.- ' Hi nwny that cigar, or I'll split!*' "The man," concluded Mr. Clay, j** "dropped the eigar like nn automaton, 81 aud we had not a word spoken for U' thirty miles." Hi Das, «>!».»** G.7rro.l«y. "] ;• Darnel Weto.br,' remarked oltl „ Colonel Gumpey, as he trimmed a quid fll of nlggerhcad, aptl fastened it seeurylyj cj side or liis mouth, " Darnel Webster j I was a great mat.. There wam't | nothiu- mean in him. I've beam him I tl talk; hut 'twan't his talk so niueh as 1 tc his giucrosity that luck mc. lie had in a kinder cureless way Uke, that kept j tr j was a couill.' up in Ihe Hmlsou river 1 *| ! Iktpwl Wehsler and me was washin' j It i aud brushed Ids t- 'b- I didn't rev no j ,, And after I ureal it I bonded h Inek to him, and what do you think? j d I liuith-brusli into Hie river, and I s'pasc { t, liest day In- went mid hough) him a i I new one. That's nil la- cared about ! ,. j money! There ain't no sueli men ns j t, Weleter livlngnow," coucludrel „ Colonel, meditatively, as lie splrtnl „ place at the other end of Hh- room. j] Ink fiiosi elueh.— According to a j *, nent hlnck ink nuty Is- made from the '' common elder. Tlie bruised berries are- placed In nn earthen, vessel and j ill a warm place for three days, , and Uien presm-d out and filtered. Tho ^ filtered juice is or such an intense color ' tliat it takes 'MO i*irts of water to redure it lo the shade of dark red wiuc. . Add to lij parts or Uiis filtered juice, ' one ounce of sulpliatc of iron and the # quoniity of pyroligtieous acid. anil au ink is. prupana) wbidi, when , first used, Ims the color of violet, but w lien dry is indigo blue black. This ~ ink is superior in some respects to Hint prepared with galls. Il does not he- ] come thick so soon; it flows cosier from the pen wifliout gumming; and in ( writing tin: letters do not ran into one Business men who undertake to sell i their goods without advertising, and to do so, may perhaps find a hint lo the reason why in the following story with a moral, clipped from a . contemporary: fo-ndon. Conn., one day last ' •Winner, wiih a hag of gre^ii "soru lo sell lie was golte all day, and re- ] turned with the Ing unopened, which i diimjvd oti the floor, saying:— . 'There's yonr corn, go and sell It f London with it, an3 nobody said ' anything aliotit green com. Two or Hirre fellows asked tne what I luul' In ( bag, nnii I told them it was none ' of their business.' " a Colored Pbeaciikb on henry- t olrnue. — "Iseknowed many a church 1 to die 'cause it didn't gill ruuff. but 1 1 never knotted a church to die 'cause it ; gib loo much. I>cy don't die dat way. , hob. any of you knowed a ] diurch lo die 'cause it gib too much? If you do. jest let me know; an' IU 1 make a pilgrimage to dst church, an' j I'll cliinb up by dc soft light of de - to its moss-covered root an' I'll, j . stand there an' lift up my hand* to ' heaven an' say, ; Blessed are the dead i that die in tho Lord.' " , r Says Hie Little FAQs Gaeelte: "We | 1 don't intend. to offend any one, but we , to be permitted to remark that a i man too mean to pay the printer must ' a small soul. SMalli Small to ' name for It You could blow such 1 a soul through a humming bird's quill j 1 a mosquito's eye. and tbe mos- ( qulto wouldn't wink. A million of i them could dance quardrilks on tlie < ' point of a needle, and leave room 1 enough over for a foil-grown burying ! ground." The Future— One might sa well try to calculate malcmoltcally. the contingent forms of .the tinkling bit* of ■ glass in a kaleidoscope, as to look ■ through the tube of Hie future and .foretell its pattern.

TS&Li w. ibm, < lenii\ines* of Stoops. The want iffaltcntforfko Cleanliness •is coating matV a ohbirln'this country 1 than is tmSgined. In one shop' '] wc visitrd lately, we aaw-a workman search for a mislaid too! longer tlian it took him to nse it after he found it— ! The incident did not seem an minimal ouc but one of oridituuy occurrence, as we'inferreti from some remarks of tlie who saw the whole matter and even suggested some places where tlio missing tool might probably be The floor of this shop was covered a moss of useless lumber, Tho nul oT* the simp to the other, would have necessitated a previous rctpovn! . - rubbish to clear away that would havq. consumed a considerably time. - a sotvenly state'of tilings mi -t . inevitably breed carelessness on .tlie port of employees, and greatly foe.litate accidental niispUcemcnt of tools, nuts, and other small object liable tobe dropped. Tbe effect upon hands, of strictly enforced order in the'piocing of tools and cleanliness in a shop, is alin the highest degree beneficial, and should never be ovrriookod by an intelligent foreman. Nothing Is more refreshing than to Irom one of these fil-rcgulated solovcnly shops into one where order anil cleanliness prevail. Even the person, and tidy in their attire, ami to fcrt-thc elevating tendency of tiie discipline wliichjircvails. Everything moves on qiuctly, rapidly, and surrlv to Its accomplishment. No I. time or malcrinl is wasted. Every- | thing to in ita place when wanted and | ready for nse. A comparison of two ! such shops is a demonstration that there Is, no such thing as perfect manueconomy jjiuu order Rud j ' The art of coloring stone and marble ■ the entire mass, is supposed ns among tlic Greeks riil^s traces of colored marbles and stones are found. They have seized upon by i travellers and explorers and are oeea- ' sionnliy met with in cabinet* of curiosJ Hies Many attempts of late . days ! hie, alabaster and ptlicr stones, but j without success. Tlmy have been I painted nud stained on tliesnrfaoc, and imitations of marlde have been pro- | on slate and Iron, hut Hie uinss j of those sultstances has not hren pciicj Tlie potent for au interesting discov1 erv fur coloring marble and stones has | taken out, roccnUy, nud tlic proJ ecus is now being tested in New York. plan is very simple. . Meal troughs an | ]artly filled with a coloring liquid, and | slnlis are iiiifl In them. The liquid j does not rise higher than a third ofthe j of the slab, yet it ascendj and permeates Hie dense, pores of the ; stone as completely, though not ns readily, ns if the latter were loaf sugar. . stone* and glass are too den -• the process, though agates ha e been colored by a ten days' Uumcndeu. Tlie ordinary. Ume required is twelve varying with tlie density of tlic stone. Wdod is also colored in the manner, but requires a longer i wmftaio*.' The molecular attraction less than in the above substances. — ' Nature furnishes very few varieties of color in marble, and no red, blue or violet. Tlio new process gives these, •ir any others required. Mantel pieces, tables, Ac., can he furnished in colored marble at from a quarter to a tenth of the price of tlic natural article. Tlie discovery promise* to he much availed of iu tlie interiors of lulldingS. Tclegru|>hs— Europe and United States. The whole number. of messages sent Europe, In 1800, was 18,883,000, and the sum rccciced, 810,320,000 in American gold, or 81-1,401,000 in currency, at 140. This make* the average cost of these messages 77} cents each. The Western TTniod Company, which does abodt 73 per oepL of the In this country, -for the year ; ending June 30. 1807, transmitted 10,messages, and received for the [ same $5,739;(W0, equal to 57 cents a message, and in that number is not ineluded the vast amount of railway bnsineas, nor the regular dispatches to the press. In which the number of words delivered were 203,000,000, equal to 14,725,000 messages of 20 words each, Europe the press dispatches are not a tenth part of those hi this country. The nunil-er of office* to population is vastly greater hero than in Europe. In > Prusssui there to an office to svery 1 33,000' In France, one to 32.000; in I Great Britain, one to 14,000; In BolSum, one to every 13,000; in flwltser-" nd, one to every 10,000; and In the ' ni led States, one to everv 7,500, and L the Pneifle States one to every 2,- . .wt So In the use made of tbe telrIn Frspce the number of messages scut is mayo ever. 13 persons; in Pruss la, uiie toTTteai; in Great Britain, ' one lo every 5; tTf-Hqlgiumand Switz- » rrlatid one to every 4 ; *Bd In tfie United i one to every 2}. , dkwarj! or Benxole.— From the , facility with which it removes grease ! spots from tkbries, this sufastanee is regard rd almost as a household neees- ' sity. But few persons, however, sre I aware of it* explosive character, or the i »» . tents of a four ounce phiaL If ovt - turned, would render fteairrfa mo-v 1 rate eimd room hlgkly explosive. The • greatest care should be taaen in handlf mg this sutwtancc in proximity to fire, , ana it is important to remember Uiat , the vapor escaping from an tmcorkod ] bottle wUI cause a flame to leap over a ■pace of several feet.