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V OLUME XIV.

CAPE MAY CITt. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1869.

WHOLE NO* 726.

gtuiuM* Cards. Br. E. H. Pbilllpo. BOIBOriTHIC FITBICIiX, orrrce-*io.o» cow., i*it*u Cape Irlmd, V. J. ~ " ^8^IS* "B0DUPa^igfc3t^» te a J, * to » John W.LyMIC, LirK, tcaoarr. nt no urx rrocx tfcsOOANCI AGIHT, AfcE T*D IIIVI E D J B. B. BWAIN, MLU tnrro»tiii«o»t«c* COVF*NT. hnnoml; ol Cam Msy. a. J. ■ on », W. jrrotxxr.jT-t.jir JXO • oxrtrJscTt, «. *. car. >mi a Uxnut J. Granville CeacU, jrroasrr no cooxnuou-jT-u* tii south rrrrH sTaarr. ' John B. Huffman. Attorney 4 Ooun»eUor-at-L*w, Solieitoi. MArrcn a lUJimn «!» oh»«c*»t, .ad HOTAHY rtnuo. j)tiitsT B. T. Miner. ATTORNEY AT-LAW. orrici.-wm Cot. Ftanv a »OOTH «T« cm uute, xi. «*'" I. n. OBEY, tTTOXXtT-JT-UJW, ««Il SOLICITOR, a txjitisKx ix cnaxccxr. M rrror" Uracil* ASOTa rMtt,C»»it«. » piCJ, r. UtBlBI, , ' D"?orrtaa oar.. CJTt HJT COURT \/Ol/I£. -TUMd.lt' tail vStOB/XE-rUrt Tt.tr.t'1 ■ of oath noota • ^hm^oitnA omiitewCM>.RM a. r. MOBPnev, OtJLSM IX Fine American and other Watekc*. Clocks, Jewel rj. Ac.. MAIN «TBEXT, MILLS I LLC. W. 1. 1L HOUSE AMD SIGN PA1STKH. ujmioi i trutrr, CAP1 I8HHB, SEW JEESKT. I ml n.nm. t t'y> REAL ESTATE AGEMT Cooim«ti»«nnee | of-^EeeA*-.^ rl.V oj^aweSSrS* rtlSStSl i!Sid, ~ ~ COMYCTAM^CIMC.^ ^ tedgWfBtarSS tnpoalUoa.J.'k.a^^^ Ma7t *auI*Cwi'»?.r"Q°«a'r. *-4. JEREMIAH BCHELLEMUEW I raUrtka«J|ataalM^^^^^^^r ol aad rvrrr vsristv ol t-ulMIs* lunfetr. Tht ^.tt.ntlun of Ihs puhllt It rssrestfunA. S. GAB BIS OA, » Trnt'xxn,v. J'i0[sr AUCTION flMimia. IV«7e. BHOADS, PLIUBKK, STKAM AXB CAS PITTEP rr'bo rtstsm Inratihtd jod pot up jssogaaR-.syea^^.mn-WEt ZELI.E. MANUKACTCBXS AHD DXALKB IN Fine Brand, of ClffnrM. '•m 'i »JF. SEIBVa So. iw/Nootk ElEklk Street, ^ ^ [M> rMlLAOXLTUUHOTELS. WASHINGTON HOUSE, T S NOW orXN, and rolaalna opca durlac IS' OKOBGX kCAJg^ COTTAGE B* THE SEA, COL. JOHS PES LIS, Proprietor, 'FAKKR «r~t AaUfhi la tetanias hit OA A frltaiU ud the tutting !.»«,»• th.l tb, COTTAOK or Till: IU It opea tar lAo Maaoo of I Ml. Thoor who bate raj-rtd All UqOOBS ar la. Hit to Unit belaf ol ttr Mr cA.w.0 »*rlu, mute's e n*.IW*£vsT*a» always Ol LLBsttsmrtk. What teaao*. RIDGWAY BOISE, BASKET 1 1 ^Jjjjt**1^111 AVENUE, ri'mi sstsSllsbissst It sow la Bratolmss or^^Tba poSoaaft o^Uia publ.e n Mtwclfulij C X IT ED^WT ATES II OTEL. FOOT OF WALNUT STREET, OrPpSli»?i»"l TcrkPtpol. . PLASL* ktrM^XFtTJltjSra^M^tjd who ouaa ^ gaaham. rrOpiitioi. .WfW - ABCH STHEET BOISE, 170, 171174 4 178 Gmnw«4 Street, f V - v artrnawntrane.; J H'HrSrHTEr; ■ I. be An .In to ■ ^ y". »m w nnaiifuiir tuppnm .ttt A

PROCLAMATION TO THE PROPRIETORJ Of Hotels and Cottages ! W at rim T i'laiii'lae* tun FUENITtTEE BED ROOMS, PARLORS, v SlTTDfG ROOMS DINING-ROOMS rbiladelphla on Cape Boy Co. Bible m.i ii ti . 1 1 oSS! iSE « 1 "•*'*' c*p* CARPET WEAVIMG. leal. »». IW» -It. COM tprtaa. i J, tTEW.lKT UEPI t, l< ' Ln to at-couD otukct, above E. 3 amiLCK, PHIL* dm. J 3 r'xrirrx "fLU*i*uorHi.*°ir7>DOir 5 h ^ f/jtfS'Vrf'1' t ' * Sa rnrf?-' f ! """""" "^'jr ■' IMS. HPRI\« I HBO. ' "liilfKi : BplWTOlI, Jr.. ^ rfciladetpMa at»no» . FOR BALE, \ «S "hmW* " fbTcouri • "rlj"ai,r«" I 'a'.Tf" ibe I.M PbUlp Cretieflle- , " V?r hittiVpartnaUn .JP^T J°EXKEDr J^'^'Y^rtd^to Oder for yrtir laipceitoa, I taoaMUMOl tbo atnear t'a.res la atf.w. Ilk aad Glmu IIA't, BONNETS, Ae.| Vritela tllk O'-.lt. Rlbioaa, 1 1. re.lb.tr, .urate, naiMA^moed.. nr.tb, rtra.a.an , lite unV 'aeeuai at ^mia" Ill^ioopMims. jus BR, . ^nOPRlMB ^ ^ it tin ^t^eIt.utTte MMtt^,hu "aMep^o^pa"! ■ a'^prta^ ototir» I- 'u'.-l "j bar, 1^1 ^.,,|-ltl>-^T,,^.ei M b-t Ij . rjrex 1HM.I.V03, lr WALL PAPER. Snmrlklnc SaMBor tape Island. , £ ll""" - "b"""p"A' P*"E RJB^ 5 PAPER hangings JAMES A. MOSS, * WaH Papers, 'i Paper Curtains, j ; Fire Board Prints, Ac., Ac.. . Ac, 9 _ ^ NO. TO NORTH SMCOND ST., 5 N. A con. kLevcnth a TorilSa.rra.,

. Onpialeaurnt to uliy Charter. siipplement to no act cnlitlial " An act to incorporate I be city of Cnpe In- 1 lanil." approved February twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and fifty- j 1. Be it enacted by the SeaaW and | ■ General Aaaembly of tbo SUtc of New i Jersey. That all Uiat portion of land , lvrng and being la the county of Caps j , Slay, beginning at a ye tint In the At- ' 4- lan tic Ocean opposite tin' mouth of Cold Spring Inlel. ae far southerly as the Jurisdiction of tbgJStnle extends^;, ' ami running avyesywardly couim, until ■ opposite an inleTTjetwren Ca|-> Island ' ' and the lighthouse; thence following 1 0 the several courses of the said Inlet nr ' ' creek to Mount Vernon Bridge ami a ! 1 street or road known and designated ' j us Broadway; thence along the north- i J side of its junction with the Cape Is- ' ' Land turnpike; thence alnng the north ' , side line of said turnpike to Cape Is- 1 3 land bridge and creek: tlicnre follow- ' ing the several courses of the said ens* ' down Ibe main channel to the place of ' beginning; and all the freemen, dti- ' mm* ibis onuet, resiamg within trie ' ° limits aforesaid, be and they arc here- ' H by ordained, constituted and dee'uired ' to be. from time to time, and forever 1 •. hereafter one body corporate and polii- ' r ic in Diet and in name, by tlic name of " The City or Capo May; " ami that « llw said "The City of Capo May and ' - their successors shall by virtue of this 1 , -ret, become and be absolutely and ' J. unnpfcu ly vested with.possesa ami en- ^ ioy all the jstate and properly what- J J it the'time ofXc passing of this net. ' ire vetted in hEong to "The City of ' t 0a,ic IsbAUr^ S- •>. And be it enacted. That the Mayor • .f Mid city shall bbld office for two (2) 1 t. years, and It shall lie lawful for the city ' [ council to pay him lor his services as " r thousand dollars- i«:r year, and the said 1 1 Mayor shall be ex-officio a member of ' i. til standing committee* authorised to : • be appointcil by the city council. • ' '■ A -Vnd'U- it enacted' Thel all taxes 1 levied and assessed updli property hi ' the said city shall and r, main a In n : n thereon Ibr tin- 4|rieo of five years from ' - and the said city conncR, before thoy " proceed to sell any lands, tenements of •" ■ real estate for the (Niynu'iif of taxes. 1 .ball ill addition to |iio ndrertlscmenl., j '' the ranvc for the sjatv of tluve weeks 1 li in a Iiews|sipi-r prmtisl and published ' '• in said city; and the commissioners or « n ippcol shall meet on tlie fourth Satur- c day In August in each and every year, ' for the purpose of hearing and deter- 1 mining all eases of complaint of ui\jusl 1 ■ taxation iu said city. I "• . 4. And be It enacted. That so much ' •if the twenty-fourth section of this act J to which this i> a supplement, as re- 1 |uires a majorily in value of the latid- I Holders on any street or highway, to petition the city council to grade, pare, 1 . travel, Hag, or curb the same, be and 1 '• is liereby re|wnlcd. « And lie It enacted, Tliat it sluill- ' a be lawftil forthe city council to perform I ibe acta pngcribed in the twcniS-flftJi ! " ellon o T the act to which this Is a 1 l! siipplenuot, after a neglect or rcfttsa! ' if the hndlioldcrs to jierform tlw same 1 for the space of twenty day* after tlw * : "rjOTftsSfTfi. I, .h.u ! ) -■ lawful f"r the Mayor of said city to 1 ippoltlt five persunA. property holders 1 n said city, eimmisAioners to perform ' !' he several acts and duties here iiialV r 1 • iresgrihed, and iu tlic cbmi of ilnith, - j vstgnation, ndglect or re'ftisal to serve, ' i. .f 'any of Hie commissioners so np- 1 minted, the Mayor shall fill till- vacau- ' ;■ y tliereby ix-easioned. .' 7. And Is- It enacted, Tliiit It shall ; lawful fir add comniissinnrrs, orn • , Majority of them, and tney shall have ' ■. rod ponies* tlic exclusive raiwer to lay ' 1 ' -ut streets, avenues and thoroughCin's " < r > itliln the mid city, of audi width, ex- ' ent anil direction, ns to ilicm shall ' tiskl; and to close Any streets, nvc- ' „ tues, resnls, highways, lama or alleys, I „ ,r any pari* therein, which have hern leretufotv laid out. and have lint Is cu 1 J inly surveyed and recorded a. public ' 1 [■ -1 reels, a vi- mil's, nAla,^ higlnrayo, ' in tlic said city; null it sliall be tlie ' * duty of tin- sa'M ciirainisaiom-re to lay ' t :iut the IradillAatreet* ami pHnc!|iil ' ■ asTKKaiaSssS'J ' ant in any rase lay ont any street or , venue of less than liny feet in width, anless tlie same shall he a continuation < ■ if n street or cvenue already laid out ind ois-m-d according to law. i>. And be it rnacUil. That it ahall - Is- lawftil for sold eotntnlMlouers, and all persona acting under tlirlr authority, to enter itito and upon any land*. ' a m-mcnts or hereditament* which thev - „ shall deem necessaiy to be surveyed, ] » uad or converted. gjrJbe laying out i J ind opening of any si rev t. or a»-eniies 1 11 is aforesaid, and the said sommlssion- 1 11 eta, or a majority of them, sliall cause I maps, plans and survi-vs to be made 1 .miles so laid out by tliem or the alter- ' ation In any streets or avenues already 1 laid out, and tbo i-onunbsiom-rs, or a i majority of them, shall take th-- elev:'- 1 k. tinn of the several ttkreeotions of i -• .[reels or orenucs above high wat- r „ mark, orso many of tliem ns they ma v e think sufficient, aud such' oilier ' levels ■ * as may he wrrssflT fin- the establish- 1 0 injr a system or grades for said «treet», ; 1 »• aim shiH cause profiles to be made. which shall be filed in tlie office of the • ' - city stork of said city together Willi : 1 such notes aud remarks or explontions i > as may be deemed necessary to render 1 tlie same explicit and intelligible. : V. Aud be It enacted. That the said i eommlwioncra shall before they enter U|»ra their duties severally take and i subscribe an oath or nffinnatlon l»-fore-the Mayor, Recorder or A Merman of ' said ehy or some |iererm authorised to ' admiiiitn-r an oath, tliat they will i " faithfully and imiautially execute the ' dulies of their office to tlie best of their : ability, which oath or affirmation shall ' 1st Bh d in the office of the clerk of tin- i said city. 10. And be It enacted. That the maps, profiles, plans nnd surveys of the said commissioners, so to he made by them, or a majority of them, shall iu all respects be final end conrJttsive. as well In rcsnrct to the Mayor and city council of Um said city, as in rroi, |ire.-t to the owners aud la-canants of : the lauds, tenements anil hercdita- ! menu within the said city, and In re- 1 spect to aH persons whomsoever, front , 1 the filing of aneh maps, proflk-*, plans j : and SU1-TEJS, or.any distinct or sen*- - rate part or (arts thereof. In the office of the city clerk at lha said city; and the said onnuabalouers sliall cauw dupltada maps^of tin- mid dt^- to be numb -r. of djatin.-t nnd svporah- ports, J but In all respects similar to the afure- ; a-tkl maps tiled in the office of the Aty clerk nf the said city, which mkpa sliall hcnUested hy the signattlgii °r ,lu" Itam.'^'tofflSL'o^rta the offiE of IftpSg 5

. 1 ready laid out in said city, according , < to law, so as to make the same conform . thereto, as fcr as in theijj Judgment . may be practicable and consistent with _ thejiubbe convsnienw, to the end that ; tiuifbrmiiy may b» produced, and the 1 1 permanent intcreat* of the city contul- . | ted (n laying ont the streets, nrennes i ' and thorough fiiieiaa aforesaid; and lj> . i seeurp such uuifortuily the said com- . missloncre may designate and. deterr ; mine the changes or alterations In the i , width, lines and course of any avenue, lane, highway or street already tawftilJ 1 iy laid nut in said dty; provided that I no avenue, lane, highway or street al- . ready lawfully laid out, shall be Altered, ! widened or closed nntil the payment or , ] tender of parmenl of the damages o»- 1 I sessed to the bwner or owners of nny • . , lands or real estate, by reason of tlie , : closing, altering or widening of nny . such uvrnuc, lane, liighway or street, I which assessment of damages and i«y- . ment and'beneflts hy reason of such . change shall he mode by commission1 quired hy law for the estimate nnd assessment or damages and benefits to . nw,u>. -r L>uU. lukeu air ine opening of streets and avenues In said city. 12. Aud be it enacted. That the said , streets; avennes and highways shall be opened aud regulated nud em verted to • the public um fotvver; aud tlu- said olnets. arcttdn, highways ami thoroughfares shall be widened, altered or | closed in the manner herein' desig13. And be it euacti-d, That- whrn- . ever proceedings shall be taken hy ■ street, avenue or highway Laid down ■ any of the aforesaid maps, plans or surveyvBt for the alteration wi, liming highway determined uiaiu by said commissioners aud laid down on any of the shall not be lawful for the city council ' of^the Mid clly^t-i make an rstlmnte ; any owner fcr owners of any lambs anil real estate will sustain or lit nny bene- ; • tits thereby accruing to such owner or . . owners by the opening of such streets, j . avenues or highways, or the alteration widening or dating of any street, nvc- ; : nue, lane or highway, to aUnw any sunt or compensation" whatsoever, for • any building or buildings or Improve- 1 ; UH'Uteofiuiyklndordescription, which ut any Ume subsequently to the lihug I of the itforesaiiT main, pliins orsurvevs iy h ive Isx-n built, plrnsd or en-t.d, 1 or made in part or In whole on nny • street, avenue or highway, but 1 compensation and recompense shall lie , and the partita, interested thcre-in, for all building* and improvement* built, )>Uteed, wholly or in part, ujton anysuch street, avenue or highway so to . be opened, rloscd or rltered at nny time. , . before the filing of the aforesahl ma|ts, plans or surveys. 14. Awl he It enacted, Tliat the mid commissioners slmll receive the sum of three dollar* p*r tiny while actually emjiloyed, in ^aililitiou to all charges mid till- Mirveyora and a,*Ulani- mcvssary for the (s-rfornumee of the do- | ties required under the provisions of this KuppU-meul, and other expenses of said commissioners, and they shall have power to employ such person or Is-tsiom so thev may deem proper as : , cierk or t,ili«rwi~-, i . currv out the provisions of thts supplement, and tlie - or moneys required for the pure aforesaid, sliall be |«id l>v tire Mayor and eiir comieil of tint said city the wnrrnut of tlic clminnare and I" 15. "And nit it enacted. That In ull , coses In tlie perforumuee of the acts nnd duties prescribed in the act to which tliis Is n supplement, and tlu- , sereml supplement*- thereto, wherein . advertisemcute are required to 1st eel 1 up In public planes iu said-city, the I i same shall Is- pnhiislKd for an eqnal . of time in a newsinm-r printed and published in saifi city. Ilk And Is-, it cnaeti-d, Tliat it shall lawful for the ritj\ council to n-gil* - ' late nnd fix Ire ordinance the rates of . fur hacks, stages ami vehicles in j said city. i ] 17. Aud Is? it cnactisl, Tliat this act sliall take cffi-ct on the second Tuesdav 1 ol' Miifrh next, and that all acts iiicousUteol with tiw |irovuions of this act ■boaW the -amc an- Iain-Ire repealed. •" - Approved March SCI *ci>. ,' cuAtWu CCXLVIII. — A further nc-t concerning taxes." approved April fourteenth, eighteen liuudred nnd forty oiix. 1. Be it enacted by tlie Senate and ' General Assembly of the State of New ' - Jersey. Tliat in all cases where a tax I ; : warrant lias been or sliall hereafter be : i for tlie collection of taxes in nny ] I township of the State, nnd the officer . | receiving the same has neglected or ! I foiled to execute or return the same, or j i ■: t-> collect any part of the taxi s tlicreby . ' directed to hu collected wiUiiti the iinu- . : now limited by law. the justioe or the I I in case of his death or disability, or . till! expirstiouof his term of ofikv, -.Inn ■ other Justice of tho peace of the • said county shall, at the request of the , • township committee of the said town- 1 , ship, issue alias pluris tax warrant for . the collection of soeh taxea iu shall re-- ; r j main lineollected imiler the prevtons ) I warrdht, which said alias or pluris • • I warraut shall be good and cflbctirc for ' , i tliat purpose, and shall lie executed | , and returned irr like manner as is pro- ■ vided in the com of original warrants, ami shall be directed and delivered to ( | such constable Of said county a* tlie ; r township committee may designate, or | I such special constable as may be ap- j . |s>inted by the said committee for Unit f purpose; and snch constable or spi-dal , ooiistable so designated or appointed, 1 after giying bowl, with such security , as th.vsaid committee may direct and r improve oft shall, in the exeeotloo of t said warrant, hare the san*- posrers , nnd perform the same duties, and he subjoet to tl*' same UabUlttrs and fore j , fettures, and receive the name compenf ration as is now provided In sebtion j > to the township collectors of the sevr-^ 1 ral townships In tlic execution of traf- 1 rants for tlw collection at btxes. | 2. And be it ronctrdt That this act . sliall take ett-ctlmnicd lately. f| A pjiroved March 24, ,l«fc . | — An anti-tohacconiet, in addreaaln* I a ismipaay of Bailors, warned tbeui i against chawtngond siqoking, and that ; i " Avast, there! " exelainKd an oldsatt ; . " I kh«w a pipe tliat never hurt any- , j bodv." , What is It?" blandly asked the lct- , | turer. " A hornpipef ' yelled the old | [ — The religious revivals now so ' > fa-hinnshlc soinetimrs catch okl sin- , i ners. Aiuoug the convert* in Iowa is I ' a lady over oBt hundred year* eid. -A drf»p*d»te.l otd darkey, iii ! I Mmitgonwfj, Ala., while wotehing; ' tho monkeys In . meosfivrie In thit • City, -poke Uirnd,! » Dmn cUMreb got

' gtirtrit, ^ i HOW THE POPLAR WEFT A . i- WOOING. p WARNING TO BACHELORS. N Ox New Imo to«- , 'Teas ths •pn«lt*l"»« *f t»ve -SUA ibe bird. I L r sod the bower., . -Twee th. n'One-tln. of Ice hold lbs .Met- ' , Ha poT^on bla ureas psata, palled down hie A 1 wirh Md af Dear .Valwrrbr Bead up guile prln r | Ilia nooa'sabr. tip lop. wae too (reen br ball. . And eees to looks! It, ost eouU sot bale r laurh. - Now. Vosilene ce/da' w.a fuU alrhlj and four. . And for ousbt I know ae near rear. more. " Why. why h.e. I .past thl. lonx.beche or life, u j Nowtn brow! opes flrtd, aoroewhet oeer the .. r Ueed WUailpr..toll ofeoquattlih pl.y: ' ' 1^:°" "Tmrew 'il'TIop! " ■' Hold, ll^joutb and 11. .wacineaa Is tceplna r ' '-'Tta bresklnr. near breaking for Ibsr you'll ' 111. aid besrl 'skrcaklns to evil sir hi. bridal-' r ! luat iiU up your trunk and comaorertblawsri i - DrboW! Ibe old Poplar atraUbl pulllas bla » 1 "tool'.''' "" °J"*Ub , -Twaa more than Ml.. Aapea b»d reckon.,! on , . fright. 1 n'r wbatJlAldra wnS' rout' nj au.wef'l. 1 I Von abould bVo married, to my aolloa, a v loss lime ago, f -e..o. b > -mil " i [ lloaia with you, Soair with ]Ou, fit ourormy- * I/ a, nerd tee TopUr teukte, b And alorrter loworde bom* la bla very bl» ' boota, / i 1 Itearyk, bomph.H. about prally much ae I " ,1 k beeain". . 1 , j roob, pooh, tear, are plealy uf tab In the era. t ; ; Aad crapes crew other tbas at lop of tee Ire, » r : PS"- ** 1 ,- WkUe-^Uut I'm up, -twl'll sol bo maahofa , ' -Baa Jew, Madam. Oat, pray bow do yoadol * 1 I oRaa joae, Maaatvwr J-aptar, waal brlaca you In V " j "Madam, dear Madam, I*ee he.rdol jour aoe- < r | And bseo broucbt all the aympathy my poor « q"-5Kr— "T" | II II aw youager alrlpUnc baa C0l»a ot m. Ibe -■ I *""• i . ohatoe bleb aad « raw. my tare, MM.',-, Mote. I m ( ° I Aeoapt my poor band, awaataal, fcr waal aad ^ ? f'-e.- , „ 1 „ j "What, aid MoaMapr Pqdar, bar. you all , j Whan upon earth wrreyouaelied wub Ihlr SU 1 I Go home, my dear alr.doa'l ahatae booral (olka, 0 That to", erlva sow, would be, if dead or j " Plly bla poor toocue bed aot beeaearherlooae, ( a j Tbo oeat one ha triad w.e. flood Walaur Dtmt. ^ ! But aha toon reformed him, hie tool, made him ' pr „ I i The! a lease, wltlaaa old coon aha neeer would | -I i ""T- . , •' That -tarta uaeUraa at baa doorlaagar to tarry. I J* iy rash ehlt ol lha wood aad took atlly old "I ' neswatahe the wr>mea, thtpURue a* mr Ufa' 'Tta BO woader -are lbla,l. theaflSI sol el a <! ; 'a flood haul I **" "My deer Madam Strok," mrtd bo, wulag.-l-i Pea" Mopped la. flood M.darn, to wblapar a I Tost dar^hlor— html Um I ebo baa hreoresj *1* ,M7 ■ "*^1 . .. ■t Hot It of yoa. d*Uflhtor. world wt. bar awoel j "" *-""1

-Ho doiM, my dear atrtriy ekirra to year Bat fcr year need, etr, hpw mad? hge'do yoa Bad I ^ t | ' t So to ale p I ram my hoaao, alt, t think you hare That Near. Poplar was boat OB por-ptnfl lbs (lace nobody wealed him, (hoUflbl him quite | Cold, when prni-oeela to her bad been made. And tkouflht that quite turned were flood pcoAod U beast Wet thoy did quite uadorolnod So be atlll. Utile kow, no mora need ypu tell, For 1.1.0 womankind hebod pulled up hi. room On tcarhlBfl bl. borne, wb.t there should he «y** |Hi5(cUaucoii5. .scnsoiinblc Fmiii; "April showers bring forth May lmvcts." CrocusoR, hyacintlis, tulips mil other spring flowering plants ami rain show their prettj- little bc.Hls, atnl wc should at least give them a clean wcicome into daylight by removing nil the litter that lln^- have ■bccirciivcred with, rake the Iwdsovcr, and fork ttjnlic rod ImineUlntely around tliem. This hud Iwttor not he done nntil the Icarra or flower atom-pro ju*t alrjve ground, in ease thev should be cut. Presuming tliat nil prtyiing » lone the beds should have n dressing witli manure nnd forked in. Do not UN- Uic spndc, as It will Injure the roots, dust and well decomposed manure to the grape vines and dwarf pears. All grape vines that lmvc not .been - pruned, l^t tlicin go until they nro in knf. wlicn they ain lie cnuyritfi impunity. PctkCh hnd ittlier stone "fruit can now be pnined, ns the Inn is nre suffl. cicutly dcyx'lopcrl to tell the fruit hud from tlie wood bad. Spur well jn -, remove nil wood that has not flower bud* on. They nre easily known, growing in pairs like n pair of kidneys. The fruikund flower buds are together ; when they are single (tho tmd») thoy all generally wood buds. ' When nirpte-rrics nod other things have hceu covered . with earth or . straw, remove them ; if left on to lung nnd the 'sun getting strung, when brought to sudden light and extreme heat it will likely to kill or materially injure the young wood. Uncover ronoa particulis Uic sudden change will kill tliem to tho roots, thus losing your enrly flowers. If a large stock of roots, and you do nut wish them t follower together, cut some down to the grotpnl, for a succession, bearing always in ; mind that rooes are very -gross feeders, plenty uf manure and then plenty of 1 flowers ; nojnqnure, no flowen. Sow if wanted, your first sowing of annusl | seeds in saucers, or pots, saucers being preferable. When they show first I rough leaf, transplant, one in five in a pot, according to sorts. Balsams or | such plants want to be one in a pot. ' Those that can make hot beds can use ' them to profit, getting their tomatoes, 1 cabbage, egg plants, Ac., started. I Make your manure four or flvn feet high on the ground, leaving it two fret ' wider ftir your frame than the sin-. ' When plenty of manure is on hand this ;i is Uic best plan. When manure Is an ■ item excavate your ground thirty inches deep the full lcugth of your sash. ■ Board it up otwfiwtabbve your ground , level ; this will keep the host iniichlonurr than if it comes in conUOt with » blur bare earth ; giving a slop* of oo« t eighth to the foot to allow the water: to rain. Flower or bono in mho very good * [ for top

• HE AND SHE. They had "grown up" together lit I the fuil'sente of the' term— and that .tn t'j wn-Jdtt the hatter: They had eaten P each other's mud pic?, token the frotip cr in each other's snow forts, "fned. hot , ol the surngwu each other's siates. tinprei i .1 over" rach other's ink-tiottlcs, sopped s, e up the Ink with tjielr muftial turndker- • A elileft,-*itoUl"of etch otlicrin rttvuft ' tqnal jiroportions. and " rnndc up" In st t a common exuberance of sobs and »a«->-sv: —afrits. They had played at lovers bo- tL hind the wood-pile. b»eli married by ni the prize speaker, been 'divorced by the gi •• first bore," been" reunited by the tl t minister's daughter, and gone to house- tt keeping in the pent swamp, nt regular in i intervals, as fiir back as their memory w ' extended. l» ' .s'Ae had bine eyes, and newer uridcr- dl i stood Vulgar Fraction. Ill used to miss, so tliat she might M get to the head of the class. ir One day slnHiraidcd her hair in two " little braids behind, and tied it with a w pink lutestring ribbon at three cents a j II • yard. When they walked Uo«e to- j n' i gotlier he tom-liod "it gently. i« signify ! tl his approbation, and she hluelied like p ' a May-flower. n > u could not have bccii long nftcr c '' seiiool. nud was apt to lie going home n when he went to St. David's College', j u I. -lie cried herself to sleep, forgot to j a " crimp Iter linir. arid said that nothing j 'n wa« the matter. * on his lint vacation, jfnll lwp|« n,il I u as it could n-.t "very well help happen- ! li j inc. and :i« I suppose it must go on I y Sit Kit in. the choir In a bin dress ' o » IT. grown rather tall, rather quiet, t! " Willi long luiir. and the unmistakable tl St. David's shawl, sat below in Id* fa- * •tiler's box |iew-aad listened. * One Sunday it ,-hanred tliat the I a ./ Itevenieil Mr. lone, the recently scl- ^ tied and very popular stiepfo-id of tlie j p as it* must fitting musical n.-comi-am- - ment llynn, MT of the " <w.vt Singu. [ d „ of Israel" ljust intr.sl.iecl ). ^ ' „ fotliers "struggling" to keep your tiiOi » . under the discovery »r Tom's Ifr-l « - cigar, do you never sus[fcct in your » stupid goo<l licarts. tlic tears of solid ■' e "comfort rolling into yourft|iegtacU-s as h : you sing, and your soul* a-glow with a ; irtt the hidden meanings of fellowsTdp 1 » in tr.b one Master whom Mmy flfho low- " it tuuy he very mncii too laul. I nit it h - i* very much the case. It is quite ns c bad ionic to suggest tin- sacrik-gcto f' f your young people. . Bless your indig- n * nant »oubt! tiu-ytffiand in need of no s j auggi-stion. \dl tliem. ^ I do deny <" l' liyuin fdr y-ryljut that is^uiother mat- " !'. ribc tlicn, in the iiluu and white, tl r dress, with a stltilieairi struggling b • through a little ground-gloss gallery li ' window upon her pink bonnet, song: a , It stnick liim that her voice was less * j like incense now, and more like melted t silver; which was n very good fiincy, (j I. by-tho-wny, and lie would nuke * uote ^ II faltcmi the liltk- silver voice; nnd so h i- tinkled into this: • a a "VVhrn«MUa4«iJ.rt.|„ ii i* Bui ws-h,ll tllll be Jolsol in haatt...." 1 1 d And lie, tuniing round with tlie nu- : dience, Inek to tlic Rev. Mr, Love, n* r was the fashion in the Bloomsbury i, First Cl.ureh, lifted ids fare tolicnx^ I. and their foolish yonng eyes met— MR A ami dropped, aud the work Was dune. .! y — Er.ut.vnKTit Stcart I'iiki.iS, in "] il Harper' t JAmasise, " St-ARMODtVikrTV.— A quaint writer compress a certain class of profes- c sots of religion to "sheet-iron sloven a II heated by aliaviOg*. " When there is a a little reviving iu the rhurch thoy all S at once flame up nnd bccotne exceed- c II ingly warm and xenlous.. They are i r ready to chide the pastors and riders for their coldness and wnnt of activity, t !r Rut nkui! Uic shaviugsare soon buractl a I out, and then the heat goea down ns it went up. Ttiey are never seen in tho t (i prayer-room or more spiritual meetings t ,'f of tho churdi again until them is nu- „. otlicr cxcitcmfnt. If such people had ( no souls of their own to be saved, they , „ would "not ho worth ^taking into tho ( lt church. They encumber it, though , tliey may themselves receive sonic bene- > )r Of from their connection wljh it. '• — The reply of a former (according i K to his own account) to a tax-collector i *i wliosc receipt be had Ibst, who asked « for payment a second time, was somcwhat foicihle: rt I " Would yon b'UoTe It, when 1 told I him 1 had (mid it ouce, and would not lis pay It agaitf. the scoundrel beglin to ai'use met •' 'I " What did von do? » asked ids **• j Wend.' ' "1 I "Why, ! remonjlraled with him. " Aud to wtiot ellect? " th j Well, I don't exactly know." was M I the reply, " »*/-'»' r*t<r *OM tut!" - "HumUcnsIam," saldabuByra ling flponter towmasn -meeting of the th ' tm u-rrificd, " I still remember Hint I •* ' »m a fraction of this msgnlftcent ro- , ; pubtic."-" You ore, Indeed," said a ily bystander, 'Mmd a vnigsr one into ttfo 'taqpln.'' *

A Good Rflary . A very mniamng anecdote is told of mi Irialmain who happened to la; iu J a short time ago, while three crowned heads of Enrols; were tbfre i a visit to hi* Imp-rial Majesty Napoleon. Tliesc distinguished per- , sons were the Eni|x'roni of Hussi* and | Austria.' aqd.thc King of Prussia. . One day. liaving thrown aside , all , state ceremonial, tliey determined i to, c •sty tlie sights of tlie beautiful city on i the Seine, for tlicir own delectaUoflU t nnd for tliat purpose the}' resolved to r incotj. so as not to be recognized hy „ people. However in . their stroll j through Paris they went astray, and meeting a gentlemanly looking person, - wjio happned to he an Irishman, tliey '. l«liteh asked liim if he would kindly them to tlie Palais Itoyrii. " Faith, and tliat I will, iny boys. " ; mcntnlpliathgraphoftbc1' three boys." , "This way. my hearties," oral they - conducted An* tlie gates of the [ Itoyat Pslxee. and tlic Irishman was , jaliout lidding them farewell, when ' liuiiA-ror of Kti*sia Interested and of Pat (and wliat sou of Erin was j ever yet deficient iu curtesy nnd polite- f ncss.) as by his ooierna nnd witty re- ( marks, asked liim who he was, •' Well. " r j.iin.-Olr guide, " I did , ! you. perhaps you would tell ( ; After some fort her parleying, one S lid, " 1 am Ak-xaiuler, and lligv call . llw t sar or Emperor pf all the j f j ! " Indeed. " said l'lit, with a roguish [ . j an incredulous n.al of tin- heail (a* [ -•-Hiding nio a "bil* I "And might ij j " Thin, rail me Knineis Joseph, the ! Irishniau, whothlnking lic was hoaxed; ' and in liis di»|«filltlg elforta to gel Uic | truth, as In- conceived, out "f any of litem, turned to the Ulird one, ami , | said. " Who are yon?" j " Tin y .-all uic Frederick William, | They tlicirereiniralrtl him that lie I his hand to id* mouth.- whispered— " "I am tlu- lunjicntr of l hina ; but , I liliiiaelfeontinually. Iii- featlicn stauil- j all wrong, always lidgeUing about* and ill ever}- way looking very needy. fu vain is another saucer of clean water j alienyfl kept in his cage, a" I Undnrm out suggest for the Utile prisoner done -. lint still nil is or no use, ; cause or Ids wn-teln-dnl ss lias not been out, and until il is other ntlcinps ' but vain, inhr owner of a pet in such difficulties will take down the ' roof thereof, Ihcrv trill nios't likely be 1 sccu a mass of stufi' looking ns much like, red rust a* -nny tiling, and from nee couus Uic cause of llu; poor binla uiK-asincss. Tlie red rust is 110U1- ' more or less thnu myriads of iiarnsites infesting the bird, and for which writer is no remedy. There is, However, a remedy, ami one easily procurable in a moment— Tire. By procuring a lighted candle and holding il undur every particle of the top uf the cage till all Chance of nny tiling being alive is gone, the remedy is complete. Tlic I ict will soon brighten up nguin after his cheerful and deiightftil way thank again for this, though slight, to him assistance — Land and li'aA- Fact Flta, oh Mkamno.— Mere is the finest hit wc have seen nt tltopRacntiKipulnr distinrtlon between teeligion and morals \ |ji a religious cXritemrnt in lkietoii, :fl p rson met a cliristinn neighimr Alio tVsik him by the hand, and said : "1 hare become a cbistian." " You are a christian, then, all at once," said the other; "you profes* to act strictly on christian principle*. ! glfld of it, I congratulate yon. we now have a settlement o little nccouuts between us. Pay what thou owest.'' " No," said the new-born child, tnrningon h'ni heel, " religion is religion, So Out paper tolls us. And what is there so woriderftil about It ? Is not tbei world full of snch Christianity. A PttEEDMANts II TUX.— A Southern friend, who Is curious in Ids observations its to tlic cflbct of freedom on the ordinarj Ik-ld-hand freed iqpn, says that iii no way docs Sambo " foci the ' oats " of liberty more than In his devotions; nnd in support of hi* assertion ; sends tho following, which he says -Is ■ many quarters a favorite hymn in I public religious sendees: I Wstk UK SsrtHl(a.|WMl>fcr»i»l«l ' On yff wajs , - On (he failure of two Mnkers In Irehmd, narived Gonltc and Going, . some wag jierpetrated the following— • >'*Sat •s*«MMsnr uow hoth sas, I For Goaaa la G*tsfl s*4 Gats* Is ' — J'addy 'a descriptieo of a tkkUe ifl - IU foUowt: — " It was the shape of a : »»"syfcifiSvs3»a Ibr belly with a sUtRTOnd rich I Ht. Patrick . how tt diil stptaisl "

4 ^f>hanifal Mb. Editor: * A majority of ytur reader* nre nioro less iiflcrested ta the use of green puot. I wUi therefore givejrwz tho .v.nipoaent ports, namonUl^gred .of son* large cstnblishfocgita in our principal cities, nnd sohl as genuine. To in- sure when first sppliod il is H beautiful green, but aqon fides, nnd whitens ont. ns might be expected, when you informed that one of Bw principal is Kmet < Tlie body is Areeate. color*, use Bine VRrtaL To set, - iUroadt. For tmly, Good Thomaston LimeTo coior". Bine Vitriol Baromlt.' ; To set. Alam nnd n little Salt. Put up in tin cans and marked 1ST " Pure Verdigris Paint. "JM This costs, per ponnd, to oianufnc- ' tun-, about 12 cents, and retails at ' alioiit 40 cent*. To make a green paint "tlutt is l«int,'' pulverise Verdigris. First 1 prime with a lead color; then two or three roots of Verdigris and Linflecd Oil. This will lastan age. Tofrcshcn tlie color, once in eight or ten. years ' apply a thin coat of linseed oil. A durable and cheap paint for ham* ' nnd but-building* is nti To five measures of Fn-nrh Yellow ' 1 mix one measure of lampblack, with ! Linseed Oil, applied raw wlthout-bull-1 ing, or nny spirits of turpentine, which ' ' the painters will object to, etpcclatly ' if they work " bjtthe job." Oil used 1 1 in a r»w state dries slow, tint will wear 1 1 |s-ntim> is used to make the paint spread | easy, ami to dry quick. But it kills ' ! lite quantity used: ns may he observed ' by examining tlie knots in n pine board " -Uic pitch "kills, or eats up, the point. - One mensem- of Venetian Red added • to tlie above invisible green, makes a ' 1 very handsome paint for out-bulldiugs, f • ami we think tlie colors look none tlic 1 j worse, nk tliey Tade. ' Town Clock tn the Middle Ages. At the time of Lucrezin's arrival s town clocks seem to ltafu been almost 1 ; tutknown. True, there was a large " j el's-k on one of the towers of the castle, ; which served to indirate tlie time to remained inside anil tunwsl th* hstuL ; and struck the hours, his itio*Mm-nl- , twins regtdntae b}- an Irour-gloss besltb . I him. • P.tssilde there might have been . : .-tine excutut for the wattlof mnchinery /! from th" foet that time was then colcu- . j luted, ns occasionally In the present ' I day in tlic south of Italy, from sunset I t« sunset, and the nutchinciy for a I ! cluck unaided by manual labor would . have been far above tlie resource* of ; ! lite meclutnical scicncv of the time.— _ . In the miitiicipal arri|ives nre frequent ! allusions to tlie salaries of tho persons I I havjng charge of the clock, who seem I to have been officials of no little import- , atlcc, the remnnenition they received , It ing for Hint time n liberal one. Any , dereliction of duty on their part was ! punished witli great severity. In the . criminal records of Ren-am mention, . , is inadc of a severe punishment Inflic'- , teil cm the officer whose duty it'wns to . turn the hands of the clock, for having . omitted to strike it nt the Arc Maria. " thereby canning great scandal to thc , church nnd ntfoojoncc to the pious." . —Clilbirt'l " /.tqrerin Boryto.". Tun Coton - or the Sky.— Pro- ; feasor Tyndnll It now engaged Jt the r cltemical action of light upon vapors, ; and he has quite recently handod in a ; paper to the Royal Society on the : color* of the sky, on the polarization r of light by the sky, and by -cloudy t mattcrgcucraily. By the condensation t of liquids of various kinds into particies r so small that tlicir diameters are i measured, liot by tens of thousandths. - but ity hundreds of thousandths of an Inch, he succeeds in producing a blue which equals, if it docs not transcend, that of tho deepest and purest of Italian |f sky ; and this blue exhibits all the edi cts of polarization which have bren _ { hitherto observed in skylight. 0 1'afeh Fnon Htoxe. — The New York 7Tisc • recently liad a stone Epistle from its Florence corrcspoodent, the. l( letter being written on (toper made „ fibre of asbestos. Signor Del Corona has a pleutiftd mine of this substance, 1 from which a pulp is tnado, and tin* , paper. He oflrrs it to tho world as a Y good thfog— for it make* towels and textures ns well a* taper, aud these 1 resist fire. A lady's asbestos dress u would be no bad invention for these kerosene times. Hut then on old news s paper would refttse to kimlle your Are. >t —/forton TranicripL M'BV DOES PsiNT IJkt?— Faint, dries (says Mr. Tomlinson, F.'R. b'.l > not because It loses anything, as in tlw n case of ordinary lisping Lyevaporatio: • Irat because it ncsorhs oxygen MMt fh» |e air solidifies in combining with it. ^ Tlie drying of paint is not, therefore, a ^ pnysi^kl eflbct, as In the esse of CTnporis ntiou, bill a chemical one, in which n there is a tetangc of properties attending a y~ ng"-'- from liquid or viscid to solid. / The sproots of the (teflato contain an niknloid termed by chemist sefoninr, which is wry poisonous fir taken Into the system. This does not exist in the tubers, unless they are exposed to tin light nnd als, whielt sometimes ooctn from the occidental removal of the earth in cultivation. A potato that shows a blakhdi -green tint on one side. „ ahouhJ never t* cooked for flte table or **" frd to stock SitoKixo-nnts to the aggregate - value of fifty-two milho. tnSt Vn ., manufactured (a France last year. 2 SassasttM-c-as