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• 'VOLUME XIV.

CAPE MAT CITY, NEW JERSEY. 'WEDNESDAY. M.VIICH 84. 1869. - j hrsl -shores wi1 sii ■..rsvnsone. With 1

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- Corwr. ', • rw#.Ocm».,i *■' LOVED AND LOST. !l_ T1T»aWwNkArtlZkdalelL W, hn. aad to... aad pat Uve aa. wia toiaaaa ..naij poanna la ; WbMe BTM-rr o( Id. lrvy«.r. f™. ~ mniatld.ltoarlalllmn'. .AJI-' r ' HOMEWARD. "* . Aad tor. i. uvea a daarp tdraUlac TSal kaapa a. Irala Bp fair e.laa*. ! Facia Ida aid laaUia. plaaai :t | DMd N.luca Ua, tor a. dolh Hat, i a^"^i/"7* "iu^,"L!r' *"*"•*"'• » T»al waltk (to aa I. kaap a kpat ,*arl r.llrjra Idu Id. .Ip .loop, van . - I to l.adarlp, to uadirlp, ; Alrcto, leapt. Ida rotlof baa, Mp heart I. .1,11 j oar hllblal lorar, p. S^toabarlae .kana. aoaa Mm wll\^ac. !d ■' '"Titj°^toa«'uto^.'in!to I - J clM flail, aa to, ■!>. draw, aia to ; "* I fa.1 Ida aid ipll. (raalde aliaaear, Aud. Ua da.., waled I I Uwow_ », I Haa* to Ide aaadaw. lal *a pa I "(Uisitllantous. i, ■ . -- — : p... — * THE SHADOW OF FATE. , J [COHCLCDSD.] Tbft^ldeu akk-a grwluRlly decpeaed |i to tbe tender blue of a Rummer night, e. *od the Bret i»jre of the full moon gBnt- - ed through the ahadowy Urea, and „ nude lumlnouR the foreet |*th, while J, the. wind, low 'and ewcet, muruiuml ■unonget the foliage, adding to the myalery of the eeene. "How lonely," murmured Hr«.IIcr- _ beet, clinging to mc. ■ "Ornrage, courage I We Will eoon " afrit? at the Inn," I aald. "Do not fear," ehc auewered; "I un full of coo mgr. 1 am linn In the '' belief that the murderer of George will ° be dieeovered. Something telle me that he cannot eeeap<-. laut night I dreamed— oh, no vividly I— that George i, appeared to mr. eaying. 'Follow me ! fellow me !' And In my dream I gone . sad went offer him, until wc came to what aeeined to be a dark, lonely home, a ' Enter: belt there !' he aald, und 1 wo* " about to do eo, wlien I awoke." In tbe dim moonlight 1 could ace her - eyes Were filled with tear*. - "You mint not allow each dream* j* to work upon your feellngt," 1 told. "llemembcr they are (imply the re- ") f ulu of an OVrr-eRcllod mind. " «, " It erne to virid, no real 1 "eheaaid, -. ehuddrring with nneontrollaUe emotion. " O George, my poor murdered liuebMtd, my own love, my life ! - 1 will eearch for your iiewimin, yea, though long yearn poae before he It diti. The cl leery voire of the •tranger, atriding ahead with the guide, buret into merry laughter, which echoed - through the eilent wood*. " Who it that mauf " tailed Mr*. Herbert, auddenly. "I doo't know," 1 replied; "liut be "• I* evidently a light-liearted, clever fellow, Calm youreelf, dear Mre. Hepbert; do dot give way to "lliit uteli-t* ngltatlun. Everytliing |»w»lble wtn^be done to diecovwrGeoigv't aataaain; hut M I unut tell yod, (Vonkly, that I fear there i* no hope. The myeUfy In ■ which the affltir I* msloped Menu im8he did not reply, and seemed buried A in reflection. A half hour's walk brought as to *• the inn, a small wooden house, irregu- ,. lsr, picturesque ami covered with ley, 'j ami mrnmuutcd with n sort of CfipolA, ■ In which hung a Ia-U. The oacupmits of the house— the landlord, his wife And daughh f— wore at the door awaiting otir arrival. Our driver hailed him. lie came forward, agj-iag he cxv ^cted ua, having seen the horses doth ! 14 "Supper i*. ready," he added, leading the way Into the house; "and if tho lady- Your wife, slrf" e- "No." " Perhaps tlx lady would like a cup of tea? Your stater, sir* '' •- "No." to " We can giro the lady some rauf'i fiotaor pamakes, sod— Your cousin, »lrf" "Not my cousin. Bring ao.no tea and teewL" or "WUl your neioe have green or black, 2 **" , ■* Z " Not my atlre. —Mixed." " Perhaps, " told the ioniltadjr, with a touch of qialice at my reAtml to ratto Ufy carieoiiy— " perbapa your— your '* mothrr would lifcn eomethiug warm?" "Bring ua a goad tapper, and lai quick about it," ttid the stranger. < Ttai voice of the driver in tlx kitchen wot beard celling flw something loXet. The tandlonl and* hit wife departed, to while the daughter, a pretty girl of «. eighlBB, removed Mrs. Herbert's bonto «t aed thawl and administered to bsr 3 ^The stranger utood by thsdeor tn i to the dmt niooulight, gridaKly w jypped i £ ixmtrmptalion of rtja tarau. . 7 , " " What ta the im-anUm of A bell up " three I"' Iw atk-d. sAtrcia, the tand- | tandhwJ aodw.-icl, ••Jwl'-TZ'lt^ "• ■ammn

Into this room." he added, poinung «e an apartment opposite the ohe in which — were Mni. Ucrbet and myself. " Ah. yea," said the stranger, and the landlord passed on. Ha. Herbert sank wearily in a "I have a presentment of evil," she " Why," I asked. " I know not, but I am strangely iow-efdrited." ■ • j. " Wliat hat become or your' boasted courage? " I said, •milin^. She shook hst^«dWly- " Gone, I fear; my heart ta heavy, and I feel like one in a dream. IV by did the stage break down? Why did we coiue to this lonely place? There seerat to he somsthiag strange, son drilling ominous in U all, as if aomo in- ' visible Power had bronght us here." "Are you superdtlliooB? " I asked. "No." she replied; "bat since my husband's death I feel at if I were surrounded by invisible beings. They do , not terrify me, but seem to be leading me oo, is if df reeling my steps in search of George's murderer." "This is felly," I exclaimed losing j patience. "Let mc feel your pulse. ) Whew ! I don't wonder yon talk in | this wild way: your pulse is running likes race-horse. This won't do at j all; you most compose yourself and give 1 up these fancies. A cup of tea and a ! night's rest will <fc you good." " Would that morning were here I " she raurmurtfe — Then I-" "She was interrupted by the, entrance ; of the landlord with *uppi:r. The meal was soon over. As the targe, old-fluhioned clock in the corner struck nine, Mrs. Herbert said to me. •" ".I must apeak with you before I reTha room was empty. The tand- ' lord was in the lutcln-n adjoining, talking with the driver, and my companion of the slogr-ecaeh wna walking in tht nffonlighi at the front of the house. " Bead tho fetter," the continued. 1 " What letter? " 1 " The one I gave' you thl* morning." I put my hand in my pocket. 1 Tho tetter was gone I " There was a moment of suspense. 1 "I hare lodt it ! " I exclaimed. h "jAWtll?" "Yea. In the overturning of the v coach it must have slipped out of my pocket Why are you so agitated? " I 9 asked. "Boca use it contaiued a deocriptioii ' of the murderer." ■ " You can get another copy nu your ' arrival iu Now" York. It eras simply l' sent for your information: of course , ' you could uiokc uo practical use of • itShe did not reply. ' 1 regarded her earnestly. J " Why do you not iqteak? " "Because—" she snawrred relir1 meutly, then |suis«d. " But no: since tbe description is lost it Is usekss.1' ' r " What do yon mean? " 1 oried. " To-morrow I will fell you. Ami ■ now good-night" "Stop!" 1 mid. " I cannot let you " go thus. Explain your meaning." " B'alt till to-morrow." t "If thereys anything I should know, ' why uot fell meat once?" 1 " Because—" ' "Why?" ' " Do not urge me. I will not speak - until to-mdmBL'' She turnod-to the taoBonl's daugh- > ter. who bad entered, aqd they tail the ' apartment together. " You and tho other gentleman will room together," uid the landlady at ' my elbow; "andBihenever you Vant to retire— " " " I.wlU go now," I Interrupted. "This way, air," said siie-A' tlds " wuy.air. 1 "hope ynur— your moUirr • Moored her tea? " " "She is not my mofltsr," I said, ' sharply. r '■ Oh I " uttered the landlady, com1 ptetcly mystified. *«kr." 1 gave a parting ghusw at the solitary figure in the moonlight, and fol1 lowed ll« woman wpthe Sfeir*. " Tills U yonr tady-(risad> room." " said the landlady, maliciously, ss we ' passed a door marked No. L "Yours • and the other gentleman's ta No. J. 1 right opposite." She opened tbe iloor " ss she *[wkc, uud ushered me Into a ^ mat, pretty little room in which vrere " two dots— one behind the door, tbe 1 other beside a window which ovur- " I looked the court-yqnL Placing the 1 light on tht table,' she bade me goodnight and retired. t I gored arpund wearily. IfeUexr hausled, yet 1 knew I.oou'id not slrep. fur tbe excifement of the day had been so powerful thai I eould not compose P myself sulBcknOy to re«L Still, I resolved to retire, and, extinguishing the candle, was about to throw myself on the cot, when Die sound of voices from ? tlx room beneath attracted my aUaaliuu. life Window was open, and the • moonlight, streaming in, filled the apartment with its strange, auaertoiu radiance. I listened, and as I did soafeoliug of supers titiou crept over me, for tbe k words, and the only wards I amid dfotinguish, were— r " Ai lit mu time lit ktmrm nmrtrf. " mi rt« Ms tf tit ■*/*-'«■. atr Man—" ■ I drew back trembling. I knew that it was anly-Uw driver Q reading the account of Uk murder feom '• tbr paper I had glrsh him— retoliug it [< probably to Abe. taudfonl -yet there " seemed something supcrnatnral about ltd rcpotltiou. ^ T With s rain olfert at composure 1 threw mysrJf oa Abe txd and chwed my ■ieyrs. Bleep would not cams. lkMl ; reatfemly, and frit ferertsh and agttafed. rEHESE » ; in tht night bnwAe and. SHwiatl feosar- • ; Mre"*H.ra« ! "T thought ■HHP i- 1 it

ss. fey fear wild words until morning.— th " Her imagination lias been worked up to such a pitch that if she does not id hare rest she will be ill,- 1 matured. Then I thought of George, oftho fanenl of the day before, until the idea brie with a shudder. "This will nerer dot" I exclaimed; "ict mc moke another effort to sleep." ly With- almost a groan of weariness I ; again stretched' myself on tbe cot and > closed my eyes. ; [ At I did so I heard a step approach- 1 i ing, the door openal gently, aud the r, ' stranger enured. j! '* Asc you asleep? " ho asked. , d I did not reply, a* I had no desire ■e for conversation. V He advanced to the cot and waved i i- the light ho carried before iny cyrs. I ] did not move. Evidently satisfied, he { L went softly' to the table, put the light y upon it, and a moment after I beard a r- slight rustle of paper. 0 I cautiously opened' mj eyes. His h shirt sleeves, and as he bent over I taw he was reading something. He g j laughed softly and held it near thekan1. 1 dir. Tho liglitf Oared up, and mast n t hare burnt his fingers, for he dropped g i tho half-consumed paper on the floor, >t trod on it angrily and kicked it under e the table. A moment. after tbe room s { was dark and he was in bed, soon ; j breathing' (warily. " \ For a short time 1 lay undecided ! what to do^ Why did the appa'rently c [ simple proceeding of nail ing and do- | stroying a piece of paper fill me with e j a suspicion that something was Who was this strange man. He had teamed my name, yet I liad - ' uot discovered . his. There was but ; ! one way to satisfy my suspicious. A I - portion of the paper lay uubunit | - ! under the table. I resolved to poesc*" ; gi Breathlessly, I aroseaiidgUdeiliioisi' e lessly to the table. > Another mofneiit J and the fragment was in my hand. Yet ' how— hod could 1 examine il pnqierly witbout lighting the candle? Fetfeaps the moonlight—? I knelt by the window And rngrrty scrutinized the paper. One side was !ilitnk,feti<' other contained the follow - ing: "... florid, with a hearty laugh, e . . . pleasant moaners. ..." Here )' the pniwr was so blackened that only 1 the followiug could be discerned: " . . . derer . . . BUiqwaed . . . Canada . . ." i It sras tho lost fetter 1 Overcome, I clung to the window: r- at Um same tlnw I hoard tbe driver's t voice again. It wna thick, and lie * gqnks inarticulately; lie was evidently f drunk. "No, sir," he said— ^ " honest man, there's a heap of money—" Somebody, doubtless the lanillord. - said something which Irritated him, » for lie replied in a loud vote. ' " Well, wlial If I did? He ain't a thief! He's a gcntlrmout Ho told I you to give me as much liquor ns I i There wna a slight pause, after which I caught die words— . t " I'll sleep where I aai— mail-hag bc•IdB'mej" then followed a door-thut-ihig. She reflection of the light thrown on the court-yard vanished, and all was t feUunt. f I waited n few moments, and then, - scarcely knowing wink 1 was doing, r hegan dreasing. The fdjly of the proceeding coumcd mc to stoji. I " l'sliaw," I muttered:'" why should t I exaggerate life ibingerr-s^_ t I wasaboul to Uirow myaetTtipou the bed aga'in when the stranger tossed restlessly, and tlien sjiok.-. Had a » thunderbolt entered the room, it could ' not have Iliad as much cficct upon nw > "Fools!" the man muttered. "Catch me, indeed? . . . Description. . . . * Murdered George Herbert! Well, what if I did? . . . Struck inc! . . . * I Aft:, life, life ! ... O Heaven 1 . . ." ' He turned over with a gruau, and after mannuriug indistinctly, relapsed into B The blood rushed to my brein, and * I thought I would stifle. i> Gracious Heaven ! the murderer of r George hiv before me ! " I was abluent midnight. In the room c with it criminal cscnping from justice ! * I was unarmed. What Uiould I '• do? 0 Quickly and silently I approached " tbe chair on which he hail thrown Ids " Yea; as I suspected, 1 found a pis- '• tol. I waa armed now, and did not " fear him. * I would descend, arouse the tandlord, tell him all: tlie assassin would be r captured, and George avenged. " Yri to nocli the door 1 muat pass his " cot. . What If he should wake? Even i- while murmuring those words 1 benrd e a moremfint front his bed. Instantly c I shrank back to my cot. u - Tbe man rooe stealthily. What was be. about to.jlo? Would" he murder 8 me» Had he seen mc takr the |«stol * from his coat? -If no, there Was but b oae course. Grasping tlx weapon, 1 lay watch-' '• ing his morentant*. " He dressed pwrtudly, and, advawing to the centre of Ow room, paused * and seemed to ltatrn. - 1 tirrathed with B the regularity of a steeper. He a|>il pea red satisijeri, and moved low.inl jhe' e dgbr. it IuaianUy his iuicuUon flashed si-ns--my miisl. He was abont to munl r 1 Mm. Herbert ! y B* opened the door and (is sand oat, J dosing it after him. I crejA from the I- rot, and had almost reached the door, j I wfasti I hood a sound which shitted ' d my Mood in my reins, d H-Jusd bfetesd tts done ! ft' .

tp ] the strength of dmpair I tors them in- 1 ot I to strips, and, as fail as my trembling I d. hands would Allow me, fisstened them e- I Mgettlre-URd tssd the rope thws Binned r- J TDtlie 'heavy buroan. A cold perspi- • ■ df ration stood: upon my forehead, and I !•' ; breothrd like a cat, "God grant that ' 1; I. may be ta "Hrne ! " I whispered, and, ' ! « clinging to the rope, I thd down noise- ' j iratly into the court-yard. 1 ,d ( The windblr of the room beneath ' i was open, and the Worn bright with < i- ' the moonlight. I looked in. Lying on ' ir the floor was life body of a man: il was • a i the driver, drunk, the mail-log and an 1 1 | overturned bottle by-his side. It would I ' e > be Impossible to muse him. " i ' 1 climhad iu sad glided toward the ' i I liaIf-o|ieti door which ted to the entry. " ] but had seirrce^krossed the room when j b e 1 1 heard the bsuutliing of some one nplt pronohing. |» a I s blank into the shadow, clutching ; " the pistol, and beheld the stranger 1 11 . »«. i ■ a He advanced to the driver, laughing . " softly, pud seemed to amure himself I s that the man slept. An instant after- 1 j' ward ho held something up An the | ■' a moonlight. It waa a key. j" j Bapidly he opened tlie bag, picked ll out letter after letter; at last he came ! ° r to one which he tore o]«u. There was '' i, money iu it; another, more money, " n j which he crammed into his pocket. ^ I Suddenly be paused— for a moment re- 0 J o mat tied motionless, and then ap- * prooclied the door in the shadow of " I which I wns concealed, and closed it. c [i The moonlight feil upon me. The \ s s man recoiled. 1 raised the pistol and ' c pointnl it at bim^ S j "Y'oti are my prisoner,' I wliisI -pered. j 11 t He drew a knife. | 0 i j "I mean Ui kill yon," lie hissed. ! P t[ "May God forgivu yon!" I said: " „ ; " your test moment has come." b I pulled the trigger; tlie pistol did K I I pistol now receive yqur reward 1" j * Tlie knife glittered wickedly in the ° moonlight as ho crept toward mc. — •' With a stilleiTcry of auguish 1 uiicoiij- sciously put one hand behind mc. Il 1 f touched something: I gave a st-roam " of triumph. My hand was on the bell- '' r°pe ! i " t ."Back, viliainJ-J cried— "back! | '' 0 You are in my power ! '' j 1' j- And with superhuman strength 1 1 pulled the cord. Instantly the bell in j v • the cupola paled forth wildly. Clang, j clang, clang it went, clear and sharp j " ; in the stillness of the night. v S , The mail seemed paralyzed. : ' c "Murderer of George Herbert," 1 ] ' Clang, clang, clang, went the licit , Spst-Hless, the man glared at me like ' . • btmtrd tigrr. ... 1 Clang, clang, clang ! ,L , Clang, clang, clang ! 1 , Clang, clang, clang 1 " Wlthont a word, with knjfe ralmd. '' 1 lie sprang s't me ! » 1 • I caught tlie innpon as it descended, ° I and closed with him . in the struggle of " life or death. He wns much stronger " i than myself, but in that supreme mo- p incut I seemed to be eudowisl with more than natural strengtji. . " nelp ! help 1 » I called. J I heard the sonnd of hmvylng foot- ° , su ps. >' I " Help! help! help!" ' I clung tB him with desperate tennri Ity, hut my strength was beginning to " give way. » . "He will kiUme," I thought. "They will uot come In time." 1 With a rapid movement, he caught " me in his arms and bore me to the Iloor. " c Not a sound was uttered, hot na I P | Jooked into Ids eyes and tow his lips i writhing into' a devilish smite. I felt " 1 that my last moment had .come. My " I strength departed— mv-biaiitreckd— I b beheld the kaifr mired. - when the re- ■' ! jmrtof n pistol shook the room, and '■ my oppoueul, with a cry, relaxed his !' . hold and fell lienvily'to the floor. ■ I turned and beheld tlie driver— he • who had driven tbe batrse which coo- ' r tained the body of George Herbert, to ^ „ the grave - with the pistol in bis hand. H In thoghaslly moonlight, toinyexdted " 1 imagination, he seemed like Itenth the 1 open, and tlie tandlonl, followed by the 1 n peojde of the liousrhold, entered with ' ! lights. 1 "What it this?" lie cried, behold- ' ing tlia body lying on tbe floor. < .. '.'The inuidererof George Herbert!" r B Mrs. Herbert stood witliirf the' door. " She advanced Aowly into the apart- 1 " la he dead? " she asked calfltly. ~ « The man raised hUnself with o.vio- b .. lsnt elhrt, his fast glazing eye* endeov- e ored to fix Uwntselvr* upon the wife of c ids victim, Iris clenched lisnd went np '■ t wildly in a movement of agonising en- 1 treaty, ami he made an awftil effort, to . speak: c "God—" , 7 A shudder passed over bim and he ■ fi-U back dead. i * " Kneel, " said Mrs. Herbert, her r T eyes -yet dim with tears for her mur- r dend. huslsiml. filling with divine pity a —''kneel with nv, and pray Unit his t ■RMfnl sou! ntay lie forgiven." l We knelt, when my eye*, u if obey- t Ing on invisible mandate, feij upon tbr s ^ bond of iheoorpse, which lay upon a t half-opened "paper, the index, finger I .pointing. A thrill of superstitious ter- t , ror crept over ine, for I rend— s * " At lit tnmt Umt tie h arte arrhrtl, i ^ nni lie mf Ike Hnf-rlnnolt sns- " c r Brows.- it is, a good sign to are a ' man do an act of charity— a bad sign ' I, to hear him bnntt of it. a ' h is a good sign to sec a nan wipe r, tilt prrspriailon from his brow - had j d 1 1.) see him wipe hit Hps as he come. , : oat « a «jtar. , It's is a good sign to see a man ail- ; U*l verttaein the papris- bad to sen the f L j sheriff aAtscttos for^Um. — Nshtoikw claims to raise move ' d >,onfl a bettet quality ut spring alieat to i .? [the orro than any irthiw fkafe in die j m ITnlon.

'"""rum"""' f1 ST SSCHIL RtCLUSC. d I. I gtvi- this storjr— tohl by an eminent i_ , Arassican lecturer— Dearly aa I remcmI beg. from ita narration to roe by one I who beard it. •< " sald the lecturer, - i "a hoy rnmo to my houae hungry nn.1 . poorly clod. I teok him in. wormed i and fed andafiotbed him. I soon dl»; , ^ covreeil lilm to be of more than ordi- , i nary mind and a child of unusual Wit , , and lutelligenc*. I helped liim. TryII to open the way for hh Rental cul- [ ; tivnttoti and the devebipineni of what serened to be mighty dormant qiowers ! . within, I did what I could for him. myself, and influenced friends, in his 1 . | " Years passed and the boy became I ; ! body. Truly had I divined bis lalcpt. ' 1 but t had suspef ted not tlie half or the j I fourth of tbe atali tics that lay williiu .'histoid. He wrote -and scarcely wns his 1 r| surcharged lirain ridden of the title of 1 . | language und beauty that overflowed 1 , it, than tile literary world wns on lire ' ! with his power. He earned with uic- ' I otdtLftcr years of toil. The songs of ' , soul swept through his native land otiu the Ocean. An eminent, lit- , . entry, English journal pronounced the , . scintillations of his genius, the brightest ( p in the language aud tlie roiupleiest | exponent of poetical nature. He waa , a lion— scraec beyond the swaddling- | I ; clothes of boyhood and wrapped in the i j garments of the full-grown man. . " At an evening, literary entertain- ( j cities, 1 leaned on his anu in the crowd, , . _ nizcil Its his friend. Idobilry, the tri- \ ' j raress-'sl nnd llall.-reil. ' Were I to] ' I would know it. for like the |.al* ofhis , , j own Sweet* sad music 'tis graven mi . . j every American lienrl. j j them, wc had not met. 1 had heard ! , , j much of him, much that saddened my | . . i heart; when one day, I received a com- , I j him* at the earliest moment. In what i \ place to find him, I hardly knew. But 1 , j 1 did find him and I will tell you f , j where,— I, " In a by-street in New York City. 1 1 | j in one of those foul, miserable holes . which are blots on tlie face or God's I | creation, alone and apparently dying. ! ; . I stroked tuy lingers through tlie luiir | ' that 1 had nlavcil with iu liis bovhood., • and pressed my baud against the brow I • that 1 bad seen to shine in purer white- i than uow its it fay in fretful fever . t islmess against tlie plllotv. lie know I lilt' mid talki-d: *nid lie was glail 1 bad j come. I seized the moment to try to j r impress upon him the necessity of a j . better life. He listened white Ids flue | ( ' by the glory that luis crowned your j ' youth, by your. undying fame which . only shall cease with time, 1 entreat to wine liftk to virtue nnd love." ! " I took from my pocket the picture . , ofhis little lioy and sliowiug it to him. naked, if for (he rake of the child who bore his name, who to him owed Its being, would he not determine to break the chain that bound him. Agttlu he murmured, 'no.' I then took up the picture of Ids' wife nnd plead her saflbr- , ings, her pnticuce and her love. How through his fortunes she had , him and how her heart had ; bled at the evil power of the might) , upon him. He seemed slightI ly touclusl, but again the dreadful look . , passed over his features and lie only ; answered, 'no.' "Unclasping another care, 1 placed ! before Ids vision the bright-eyed swret- , and lovely face of bis own Imbygirl; tlie looked at though' to speak. I nnd oft™ with just such expression as— . the artist had given lier, had she climbed upon her father's knee and . stroked lite face as her pretty lips ut* , tered his name. I saw tbe power of , this last picture upon him and ventured to press still harder the matter of his . return, untramtneled by vice to. the pnrL of light and truth. I Said, ' WUl yon not swear by this, to tread forever , t)tt runic that is gnawing yonr 1 . life aud verily destroying your soul? ' " Rising from his bed in demoniac strength, with the ndruitufal power of , . fevered hand ho seized me by the . collar, and uttering my name, ex r claimed,—' Sitenee \ pe til lie •mh of , tint in Ml, 1 MUST and SHALL late , Tell me, ye whose eyas fall an tills colamh, has rum no power? Asnisn who allows it to control him you *p- : ta a fool. Yts, a /apt, truly he but who of you, who toocfa it, are r hot fools? You would he slow to od- • mil that yoyiwen willing to stake life ' and love, yea, and eternity too, upon ) the venture of a single glass; and yet, have you ham tried? Have you owned - the I tit of your measure of moral r strength against the gigantic power of > evil upon you? Dull tali bound bamsou r by withes before she overcome him; • by one withe, or two, but by the Ulccstsirc landing of withe upon withe, , influents upon influence. untU the liair ' of hit strength was thorn and he was powerloM to combat her. Permit rile [ to say to you that are <t*'w men, lot 1 this Delilah -rum— alone. : Pkactu-ai. Pbatxm.— A Kansas I paper states that a woman out that < (Mrs. 1tufltim).is so strongly in . favor of her rights that she dotes tier - prayer, " A women." and not Amen. > he also prays, " May Thy qusendoip and kingdom come. " On the question of " Thy win be Hoot" Mrs. Hofltan. j , ; l> non-cotmaitted, as she is decidedly ' t . In favor of ovsry woman having a trill ' of her own that should he obeyed.

DDE UN OCEAN. . t I O.im-l.w'^t.l.lM, okiew'nre osl>( t upsoltr Ocrsa us oct.s od uur«rbo'er,|Irr*d. . Osinlpolss', o ctwksleilor Ir mtROTHat ! ' ^^-raLtswam . J LAMP CBIMNEVs.— Kerry person . who hot any experience with tamp ] cbimueys is aware of the want «f uni- . fonhity in the length of time they will . stanil use. Some will test four months, white oilier*, aiqmren'tly as sound and good, will break after a short use, without auy apparent cause. The grfiat cause of their being so brittle ami breaking so easily lies in the material they are made from. There is " shoddy " , glass as well aa in cloth. Cheapness, being tile- order or the day, a great roam' "manufactories make chimneys , • from silicate of*tend. Tti* initiated , by ringing them; tho vibration of the belt-like sound, whilst the lime glass \ ■ a short, harsh sonnd. - Slightly Exaookhatrd. — An ' Iowa exchange, in order, to be even ^ Villous pin story, veiicbi* for tbe truth of a stateniedt that a*ladv ill that til- ' w hen quite a child, acddcfitty 1 run a splinter in the thumb of her left 1 hand, and was astounded the other ' and twenty-three inches in cimimfer- 1 encc. jump from her heel. This is like ' 1 the stories of many Western stump speakers -on atom of fact nnd a large ' | j sworn to with siirli penlneity that j l land, iu regard to tlie giiiiintliig ofeiiIvelopis. ennsi sting ill applying the ' I inueitagi' to the lower |«irt of the en- 1 ! velnpe, in-bad of the flap. On mois- 1 I and pressing- }' down upon tin* vumadhesion takes place, witlmul the oil- 1 I I jection of getting tlie taste of the gmn 1 j yumiqpst innii elected Freaideut te I j ohi.au the A-'d of A|iril. UKtk Waslij iugbm wns 37; John Adnms was til; i ■ Thomas Jefferson waa 37: Mndisoii, « ■i&: Aflflren'^cki™n ^tortki, ' . Van Buren.V; Wtlihim Henry Ilof , I rison, *17: Jnines K. Folk. 4ft; Zachary , | Taylor, I'Cl; Franklin Ftoriu. IK: .hum* , I Buchanan, t'.*>; Abraham I.ineolii near- , , j ly 31, uiign they wen* elected. I who was going out in India. When . | the pii'iitre waa done, ami the Gvneml had sailed, the Earlcnme for the piece. "This picture looks strange sir," raid the nobtenutn. "How is it? 1 see- ! , I think I sc.- inraitiyt in that- Cic.;.' ; Tlie first jtcrmint lainl Miilgrave had | froth htebrotoryw.-n. that hisiuoanlly, -- A newspaper published in the regions of laikcs Mcniphreuiagog and IV innepesaukee, rays that "the fish I in Lake llolleyhnnkemunk, Maine, arc I said to be superior to those of cither Lake W'wlcyobncook or Moosctockmc- ■ gnntlk'. Those of Cluubungogungani- ; ,ating Were very very fine, hut they all r got choked to death ,in trying to tell i where they lived." ' : — Summer anticipations with refcr- ' etieo to velocipede riding are dnsiual by the iiortcntions announcement that, in - i the summer montlis, untess one be' ' "aintent to move at a slow. pace, the ' morhine eottiiot be used with'any com1 fort. It 1s the warmest kind of work ' to propel it at any beneficial- rate of speed, even in tlie coldest weather. ' I a- The following notice lias recent K» j heefe removed from a bridge in Athens | Georgia: " NoTIUB— Twenty-five flolr lars fine forjlrivlng over this bridge ; footer than n'sralfe 1 f a negro, twenty- | five tashes on rote" back. N. R— Half . : tho above reward will be glren to the , —Here is a soliloquy of a l'ariaian . ineliriato, oddrroaed to his lint, which ,• had fallen off. It was overheard one , night in the Boulevards. " If I pick you np I GUI; if 1 fall, you wiU not , pick me up— then I leave you;" and , he staggered proudly away. — A good sort of a man iu Maine was : recently asked to subscribe for a chan- ' delierfor tbe church. "Now, "said be, • "what's the usK-of * chandelier? After ' you get It you can't get any one to play ' — A correspondent III view of the ' tact that filicide means killing a daugh- ' ter aaks if sunny-side means killing a *" son. This Is a question with two 1 sides to it, nnd we decline to answer. ^ — The .Coluuhia (Ohio) Jmrnal poinfediy reiuayks that "evsry conl of 'r wood giveu lo the i»or there will be , so much fuel saved from use in the , other world. — The'folloSHng typographical error allows Um vaSt ifiiportauce of the oom- ! -am. Ala IzinqusttMs toast waagiven: " "Woman — without her man, te a ' >HR|- — " 1 — " We're 1n a plrklc now," said a r man In a crowd. !' A regular jam," said another. " Heaven preserve us!" > mourned an old lady. , . — Coocsnl, N. H., has bad eighyr I three itagaof uninterrupted sleighing up y ' teat Monday. Nearly «x feet has fallen this wfctet. ¥ :

Anecdote nf General Hancock. | We cut the following anecdote of Genor.d nancuck-frpiu fa history- of - tlie 140th regiment, pnblishro '■> "n" "t . • dur cxcliangrs. -TheautlHir »;icaking . s of thctcarcily of rations, says: Tliey were scare.- with us - so rodcl so that sjime hoys bought of okla-r regiments. During this scarcity, Blake ' -liappuncd t-i to on guard 'at Hancock's ' . headquarters- Iloans pacing his l» -at ' 1 cgai's tent, about daylight, when tlii- ' 1 t.cncrul rolled out of lied and conic to ' I***™- - • -V J "Soldici, am you frwu Ua* Ifejtfe? " ■ "Ye^Mri"" I "Y«u haven't enough? " 1 "£<>. «r." "How many have v.hi» Half ' ' enough? "1 drink fu, sir.' ' •' Well, it'll a d n poor soldier ! 1 who Can't sfcai tlu- iitiu r balC ' With tlie but remark he ajaiil to bed again. 1 white Blake renew, Mis la bora. Before long the'eook began pre;s\r- 1 ; ing breakfast. Que thing after another ' ' Was put on the table in tlie mi ss tent, ' and finally a [date of hot biocuit. — ' , the cook returned to the kitehen, ' i Blake stepped, up, rmiitU'd thciu into ' . haversack, And resumed bis walk. 1 t Breakfast wns nnnoonked. and the ' . General went in. He lia.l not -toon ' there long Is'fore he ralkd tlie c-fe to 1 I some bresd. The cook toldhim 1 . be had put hot Hikes on the table.— 1 , Some conversation passed between I door, watched Blake cWly.-' 1 , Blake walked his heat apparently tin- 1 . mite. Finally the General railed a cor- 1 . |hhh1, relieved Bloke aud-sent htm tn 1 his quarters. He had twenty-eight ' Hl'tlDAII KOIt JlCRWRV. The follow- ' . vBe steamlssit not long a-d There I . sengers in the eafau Just tofore Tlie 1 . boat landed, and mill the general hub- 1 . hdh of conversation * mau remarked 1 , Instantly an old. man, who had rat ' . moodily and silently pondering by the lloni; t.sik n v'ynge once to Liver- ' 1 !f this ain't the first time I ever heer'd ' a man a .'knowledge that he kum from ' I New Jersey.^ Boys." turning to the [ road runners, haekmcii, boot-btacks, and apple-girls, forthe lsnt had bmdnl. the hmd of Frelinghuvsen. Old ID-sen! and Young Hys. ii, Comm. id. ire Kt.wkI ton, nnd all tlie oilier Stockfous. ' Et-oqupxT 1'assAok.— For tls1 greatest intellects them is no exception from the common doom. I hare somre . times thought how subliimi must have 1 tscn the emotions of that man whose i privilege it was to stand by the oolHn • of Sliokspenre and guzc on the sw'tvt - out oil the strange beauty which ever. - lives there one minutr— to have laid 1 your baud on that broad brow, and 1 started at the cold chill— and to, pausing to have called, up iu memory all . tlie magnificent cfratlons of his geniu^ y ami worshiped him there in the silence ] , and the gloom. " Jw> tliey all go. Man died, lmt nature j. te eternal. Tbe reasons keep their appointed time; dnv retornl with its golden splendor and night with its r "Kant, mystery. The same stars • nfoolijit the ghastly tiattle field of I- Tiny, rough with the dead bodies of e ancient .heroes — which shone on tlu1 - marble streets of iuiperial ltome, and f on tbe.sad eyes of vigil keepers in. tin: e Uvlng glow of inspiration— the watchfires of tho angels which lhrdugli mill turies of devastation and change, hare b still burned on unceasingly— speak to e us as they did to Dante and (iiialupeara k ami Milton, or the divine glory, the t omnipotence. Hie everlasting beauty d and love of God. A Stray Axoel.— ltatlier practi- • cal people tbaee who manage tht little " details connected with public worship '' at the Rev. Hepry Ward Bore bert r church. Up ta a certain time tbe r seats of pe >v -holders are reserved without question. "After that strangers e are treated with oil the courtesy that • time and occasion wttt. Now and then 1 a presumptuous sat appears and at0 tempts tb " travel " on his digiHty; qa '• was Um case not long shioe, when a j tall, thin-visngsd gsutteman. white,f cravotted, presratevt himself, oral prree eeeded to march into the house. "You can't goto there," said Mr. I'atmer, the veteran usher. r " But I am a eiprgy man. " '•We have no particular need of . yratr srevtess to-night, Sit " j "Be not forgetful to entertain stranger." said Um minister; "you may \ " Very Woe," said Mr. Palmer. "1 have seated person* in this house for twelve years. I have seen all sorts at peopte. I aiu vary rertahi II I should - see an angel I should 4mm hhu. You I' mutt hide your time and take your I- chauoe. Sir." — Km Tom's Dbawrm, Herptr'i if* pacta*.

j? ilPATTE IT A ^^KTBUR'tl. The priporry s^ifioiffon of the : word science is knnwbcdge; bo' as geu- , vrAly .-teeepted ij mrevis knowjjfarvw^ . comprise^ at thctr idh-rigicil infer. , ell res from Dicta. The Bates of all sei. ncr .Uwri is fact, and-the prime oh- i ject to wjiieh all srteuttflc research . should to directed l« thr determination of facts. Facts, ladng the foundation upon which tbe Ingiral snprrstewture They may not be «»- simied; nR gnraswork is to to strictly f shunned. People are tdorapk to forget that it te quite powAMe to reoson rnrtvetly a»d ■ ably upon totafiy false premises. The , world i* foil of honks that exemplify . our proposition. Old lihrariea are filled • with qiuimt and tahnrcil expositinna of . almost every onhject upon which men * ran think, vnluctess now, because they torn-found to conflict with facts. . Il te wiUi feelings of admiration that roam through a collection of these , almost forgotten tabors - -admiration for the talents whicHHu the light of the brilliant display! which, even in , the darkness of medieval times, made manly ami brave struggle to reach. , We pride ourselves upon the progress , of the tinu-s, and wc have good reason to do so; at the same time it te noi~tiy . any means improbable. Unit nuusy of , our views ujioii subjects reUting'lo the , clous by a future' gerteratlon, A* thosc nl'a past age have been by u*. It seems to us Unit there is too mtu-h inquiry- as to wiy things arc and too Utile as to . *..«• tliey pre. What te of practical . value te how -things occur— what arc . occorrenre. Had Newtou set himself . to spseiilaUng'as to why gravitation . takes pbiciv rather than to the iuvesI tigaUou uf the tews which govern the attraction of masses to each other, his latoirs upon tliat subject would have l altogether vaiu and wortlileas . But his was a mind that applied itself ( lo the Investigation of facts. It te true I lie liacnrded some hypoHicscs, buf they • ; ' were only entertained by him as liring j wliat migbt ultimately todemoustrated by experiment Li to true, not made iiw - tciste or system, 'lite work! lias bod I loo much theorizing and is uow getting' dywn to thr true foundation. Ow vrri- ; | t'< rliaps there is nothing tlu latter . j Illustrates tin- manner iu wbicli science ! the o|HTatinn of the telegraph. An , interesting example of this te sent its 1 cireo. For this purpose the wires of . tin- Wester]! Union Telegraph Uom|m - . nv have nightly been connected for nearly a month past, from one side of the continent to the other, and tbe ' ' ticking of a chronometer in Cambridge University has brcn- observed and ns- ! corded in San Francisco with a most remarkable degree of accuracy. ' This is done by connecting tbe pendulum of" p tlie chronuinctcr at 'Cambridge with i the wire in such a manner that tlie . main circuit te broken and histauUy :> closed again at every lieat or. tky of e the timepiece, aAd'tiic result te that i each second of tiiV, ss' marked by the t cbn>iions't<u^at_Uamliridge. goes forth 1 from the University on the Allelic r const, ami, with abnost tbe aptrd of 1 light itself, hurries on over the magic 1 wire, passing through intermediate . cities, towns, and villages, across rivers, 1 over mountains, and along llic open ^ country, until it finally reaches the ree cording instrument on the Fncillccaaat, in all of its origiunl fullness of pulsation. Think of' it once! The ticks of a clock in Boston are heard and recorded In San Fraiicteco almost in tlm ® same Instant lliat they n nHisil the ear *• of the observer in the Ant-named * place! * Velocity Per Ilotir. |f The speed ol' our ocean steamer* In l(- crossing tbe. Atlantic rarely exceeds U ^ mlkt per hour; the speed of riversteamj cr* te from 14 to 24 miles per hour; of . n rare-horse, from 29 to 30; at e Mid, • 30 to 00; of n high wind, SO, Rnd of s ( hurricane, K0 miles; of sound, 804; of _ tncchnnicRl force in nir, 780; of the 0 earth around tbe sun, 08,000; of light, v as deiuonptratod by Foucault's apparains, 090,000,000 miles, and yet this ineoueelvnWc speed te little more than half tlie velocity of static electricity, which latter IVhealstonc has shown to ;. be 1,040,000,000 miles an hour. If the a earth were a rannon ball, shot at the p sun from Its present distance, ami with „ the velocity it now travels, and iC almf ultantous with the explosion, a telcgram was wnt to the solar, inhabitants, , the elect i id ty would puM the interred ing space of 03,')00,(X» inilea end the „ nnwsnge be received in five minutes; tlie74tethwould lie seen coming toward ,* t beui after -Um !»|>se iff right minutes; tlie inhoMtaka would havr* nearly two - ». montlis to pWtasj^or tin- shock, which y. would lie rerxi vedofakq™ years.btfore they bearel the oxiBoti^^v " " W* vw imsilsb high," are oU a myth- The highest ever ..Swerved, were but 48 fast from trough to craat, ff or 22J frot shove the mean k-vol off the A lu. t-HoMS will dear frohi » In y 24 feet at n bound, in galloping to (dares but mo foot on the ground nt a • 1 time. r~ r ART precious stoat, except the «a- ' raffed, lane* ita iuatre bv Immeniou in i alcohol er water, f*--' ri tigs npi tin! a ly are ruined by mop tasd water In * tbs bonds. A real Jewol will " I, feet much eolder lo tto tongue than a gtatt imrtatkm.