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V ' GLUME XIV.

CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERjgET, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6,1869.

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■QnflttH ■ Quit. ' »r. B. m Phillips. hokeopithic phvbicuy, OFFICE— SUss'a OoiUja. Lar.ralta StlMI, ^ Cape Island, 1. J. John VP. Lycett, urt, AccnticT. rris akd unmet 1MDB ABC* AO INT, . ' Onlinra, N. J. ABE no MIOIED f ft. B. SWAIN, »kLK«'*OTtULI!IStra»XCl co*Fa!?£ "• w. Beeves, tmmtT.AT^LAw jvo co.vrcrjirccj, phiLadklthia. J. Granville Leach, ATTOESET JITB' COOntKLlOE-AT-lAW sdp.kmk cottar commissioner. * *ca>« atr court kousk. hxw itmr B. T. Miller, ATTORNEY AT-LA.W. OH)cl>-wmi Car. PERU* fc SOOTIl «Ti Bspam slUnllaaclT.o la sollssllsa.. 8. ii. ORGY, .ATTOEMZT-AT-LAUr, 31 ATI EE SOUCITOt, . t EXAHISEE J* CHANCES r, Praaaautar of Iha PlasaarCspa SlajrCoanty. si? ARahlar Writ NsUsssl mat. ] Dr. J. r. Learning, 1 D",m,T''urrici DAYS: SR l-AfSMtr coor^nocir.— Lneadsyt and | WOo"*/.vp!"— Fir.l Tbiipdsy, a( aaeh monhl . W.'.<t'jr.l.l..-FrM*]r». \ EJ-Tl«MlMODIA«iatho!IUO€iCA,6.jrlJ I a. p. mBpiiBi,deale* in riae American and other Watches, HAiHCiTaAEiJe*u!yiLLj' N i , >-xj SOOIC AND afO.W PAINT AIR, mansion xtzcet, , j otriouiu, saw J«s"-(ij) ; BBAL ESTATE AGENT ! Commissioner of Deeds. TCSSK M. SMITH. nasi Kjt.1. Assyt aoa Kal w'asalfoaa'r— llc^a lals'sJ. _ I ED a'" O "oVaO 1T<)C OE? ' dA lhar ' IsdnusWs"! D^?nK«uiMaaj^^°W" ' ■an?, lalat'c' w"m '"coast* ""j"*' T"""" JEREMIAH flCHELLENGER , f NrORMS kls Irtaada sad Ika publlr aaoa. - **Ut ""cJoAJi^tnwoilcr ,upplT T»s aftaatloa al Iha pub:u I, tvapsctfully J •at II ' JEREMIAH SI HELLXNGER. C" "sr.v.t?"""' II W. BF.AUI.K. aasiollar of Palanta, washinoton, 6. c. rl- All .gjdlnflou prynpUr Altaadad to. AUCTION BUSINESS. ° IJ'HE uaArntfort ^nMrea^lluHyJatora , raalublrumi.1 '"oEORir'^W^IMW'H?" J YJ N. G. RHOADS, J rLCWWt, RUI arb bis yittkr. ; AHOPa— Oaaaa ami, EaM WstillSftos, Capa , SUp^ad ISP1 Mara at lira, I, rkiladalpbla. " SfRBSnShftT \ aa. r fallen J wen zelle. NANUVSCVURK* AND Dl.M.NS IN J Fine Brand, of Clssr., , ■a. SSI Dab Blarat, PHILADELPHIA. M. r. Mren , So. ioo As nth Eighth II reel, r b iMiis ,r. t HOT^t.8. a washington iioi'se, p caps island, It. j.. ! ts now open, AadraauUaapaaAarlM IAi 1 OKOROI D CAKE, . risntssoe. ■ cottage it the sea, COL. JOIN yes lis, Proprietor, 'CAKES gnat dillsRi Is O.fomlM ku olil - i I.lhMsML OUtot LsresrL I bidgwav house, • MASKET ST aaA SXLAWABE AYENDE, PHILADELPHIA. niTTEawoaTR a leonabd. Not, a. sssa-ip- ■ J united states hotel, t (LATE BLOODOOOD'S.I FOOT OF WALNUT STREET. ^ Oi-pwlM tha Kaw. tors papal, rLANMAjtn«!l"lSElVj °A*A NT MM-ad wilt tsa ii a jit- ^ O BAM AM. rroprtalor. OaL sa.mh-it arch street house, QOBNKR SI ASCII ST. a I'KLA WASK AaaCHARLES W.IScKI^*'™^^ mZrZl JStwotssW % ' MSr" surf house. • Cars ISLAND, NEW JEBSKY. IU BAB uasoakaa OTUaSalaa Wlaaa ind }^rssjy.r^?^"°iXra. PACaiC HOTEL, 170. 172. 174 k VQJhtmwKii Slreet,

^j^ccllnntous. PROCLAMATION _ Hotels and Cottages !. fcbnilfcre i j. g^JKLn ."KSi.'yaa;: ' bed booms, a fabloits, sitting rooms ' dining rooms c No. 10 Stralb SECOND NT.. rsuadalpsia. n 1. T. Po'srAQQU. 1. LlANisa FossrACaa ^ Cape May Co, Bible Society. J, i > E|2^t H°o" C*P* M'' <* L. C. Edmunds. 'cap* Island'. •» _wl m . -ly m CARPET WEAVING. l' tl AO CARPET ol all daarrlpltan, WOT. al "j IV abort nolle, and at u law ralnaaa an,, tl Liana and ealL'a Carp.1 Cbaln rnpntanil, '' on bind. Rosa r nllrd for and e,rp.t daUvarad Li . ifdeahrd. D. C. uUVER. t| s«pt.ss.iss».tr. cold sprint. ■ i | J. STEWART DEPUT, < ui • | an so second street, above |. hi O - SPBCCErPHILAD-A, ' . c ' 11 Kr.asi.ism -"'_F ■ NOV. SPRING l»8». ' O "sHAWLS. Oiwelaa ol Ntw"cHINTlSL Opanln ol NEW POPLINS. Full alack ol suple and Fancy _ SI'RINO pOO»R, H 1 EYRE A LANDELL, Fadrtb fc AlcS StrMta, N.h— Jaba fro- AiXlloa dally raartmE diarap i:,rprtw T*rr cScap. Call and raa'mla.. in Pkluaaa Housh. Jr.. Nd. to. North Second St.. Pbiladalphln. tnbtLS— " FOB SALE, , PV°r fu"bt*%r!!cu?nrc a^p^ jKNMEDY ■ tJ 'r'Yh^chdirr '*co "** * por_ ( Pbllad.lrb'a, Match to, nas. ^^iSaPu^rtnanotor 1 ■?£ UaM * cl L, p1 H A I S* fo N NETS, '£c '"TL 'r. our ntora, or raclau your order. Priem lam IO ' Jar eaa*. ^ , on tod tatN Scaond St *PWla. BU 1115 n«°r«hmb. xh5 -f wA. T. HOPKINS^ ^ £ H room "to" No. IIISCHEITIt'SV BTBELT. to ITrsVnlaaa WkaSmala and Mail Tr-W. will -caUiTtba Colon, and all tha laiea' and —oat dcalrabla 81, la^ db.pca, Laartba and s.aro, Cl r'.rt"it ol »Mi and°cSldraWaSS|rta,aU rj. ,.| which, lot ,y»m.ir» of iijic. dalab, ll«bi • noon, alnillcl'y. durafcliilT and ml Ifccpon, Je S sSKISSHSSifS ® ■'aS.IW'S.L.T,,, con, ii . s i'i SSSiSW KlSTKitEK- nr .11— laal Coratu, Fr—iaS. Ea(l{|a aad Do— .a- DO 3SIS" !I,"ro*ni^ob^*rin"jili° 'al tsSU No" mT tir cblnca. Ptl»M« aaaLarw Mat dtu away u., Jucrd' Sol" perom la "antral artwlra L an no ll.W aK.uIt .aamina ou, r-lW MSlia 1c. a WALL PAPER. Romelhliig Row for Cape^ WMM. __ Cl t "inthr atttsaas""a Island, ami io to. E^bc^SlMeacflBaaloro^nPWatiM^M S..„ «« that S«d .^..^,-ortn, '"TapI Rt^jt sSSSS2s?3to^1S at tta aSortaat aatnw and St rcaaoaabla pnead. TVS" is. IML^- CEO. W. aSIITB. paper hangings i St james a. moss, ■' ! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Q Wall Papers, h, v ! Paper Curtaius, , Sr® B°ard Prints, . NO. 70 NOBTH SKCOND ST., fTSraa da— ta below Arab aL) ! n b. CPS T....„.n n poplar rrt 0 aad « U ; IS. SB W SKNJJtD «T k

(BT' RtnnORtTT.) ■ Chaiteb CCI.I.- a farther supplei mint lo on nli entitkul " An act rolatlve to juries and vetdlctR." approved April seven taenth, eighteen Injndrrd and TortrHiix. 1. IKi It enacted uv tin. Senate and General Assembly or the Suite of New I Jersey, That the right oT each party in any civil suit to cluOlengt', petvm|*orily, three Jurors oa their names are calhd. le unci the same U hereby extended to triahbjn the courts for the trial of small cauaPs and other actions before Justine of the peace. 2. And be it enacted. That nil acts and parts of nets inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. A And he it enacted. That this act -hall take cilect immediately. Approved March 24, 1809. CCCXI.— A further supplement to " An act relative to commissioners for taking the acknowledgment and^roof of cl«<D£ a^£J2{ed and forty-sis. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Assembly of tho State of New That all commissions hereafter issued to commissioners of deeds shall date ou the day of their appointment by joint meeting, but Uic term of said office shall begin on the first day of April or the current year, and two months in "which they are required to take the oath required shall computed from the -beginning of 2. Ami be it ciSte-tcd, That nil aRuud parte of acu/couliicting herewith arenereby frpsnld, and Ibis act aliall lake effect immediately. Approved March 30, 18C9.Chapt'eh CCLXXXVII.-A supple authorise [lie extension of the Iiuildings of tho soldiers' cl.ildren's home," approved April third, eighteen hundred and elxly-cight. tlic appropriation made under Uic act to which this is a supoomplelion of Uic Mention and iiusuhllcrs' clilldreu's home; Uierefore. 1. lleSt tnactel by the Senate and General As~ mMy of tlie State of N, .v Jcreey, That tho treasurer of the Statu is hereby directed to pay to the commissioners, on the warrant of tliccom|H troller, out of any uoiieyn in Uic treasury not otherwjse appreqirinted, any sum not cxcctding flva- thousand five hundred dollars for the eompleUon of said extension and improvements. 2. And be it enacted. That this act shall take effi-ct immediately. Approved March 30, 1801*. Chapter CCXXXV.— A further supplement to " Aa act to incor|H>rate trustees of religious societies," h|h proved April sevratueuth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. Be it enacted bv tRo Senate and Antrably of Uie State oi' New Jersey, Thai the provisions of the act to wMctrt&U Is a mpptemcnt, nnd the supplements thereto, with nil Urn petiallles, privileges anil advantages thereof, shall bo nnd hereby arc extended to but j"* he 'tunam Assuctations," in the State of New Jersey. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take eflbct immediately. Approved March 24, 1809. : Chapter CCLXXXV— An act to prevent accidente on railroads. 1. Be it enacted Ire the Senate and General Assembly nf the State of New . Jersey, That if any person shall be injured by a locomotive engine, car or , airs, whilst Walkint, standing or playing on any railroad in this State, or by , Jumping on or off a car whilst in motion, such person shall he deemed to , contributed to the Iqjury sustainod and shall not recover any damage* tin n-fir frem the enui|>iny owning or operaUng the said railroad; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any person or persons crossing . a railroad at any lawfur public or private crossing. 2. And be It enacted. That hereafter no railroad shaJ be laid ujtoa any bridge* across th* Delaware rim intended for public travel, unlesa sjieeial , authority for that pur]iose be given by ] legislative net, particularly designating the bridge to be subjected lo such , 3. And be it enacted, Thac this act shall take eflbct immediately. A pproved March 30, 18W. Chapter CLV.— A farther supplement to Uie act entiUed " An Art concerning taxes," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. - — \ Whereas, the religious society of woman Incorporated hy the name of '■The Sisters of Charity of Haiut : Rliznbeth," hold certain real and personal property In this state, nnd may acquire otlier such property, which in view of Uie benevolent purposes and objects of that society, ought lo lw exempt from taxation equally with property of oUier associations and eoqm ration- re igion. and beoevolvut in this state, whieli isnowcxemptrd from taxaUon; therefore, 1. Be it enacted by Uie Senate and General Assembly of the 8tatc of New Jersey, Tliat the" property, rwU and persrmai, of Uie saUl'-Thc Sstera of Charity of Saint Elisabeth," in this state^shall be exempt from aaaeeement 2. And be it enacted. That this act shall lake effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1980. C'CCCl V. —Supplement to an act entitled " An Act toauthoritr Uie extension of the Stale Prienn," approved April sixteenth, eighteen and sixty-eight. Whereas, the inspectors ofi the state prison were' authorised to build ail additional wing to the state prison for the purpose of providing room for Uie fi-nmie convicts by an act entitled " An Act to authorise the extension of the State Prison, ' approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and wherers, Uie sum of six Ibranand dollars, which waa appropriated for that purpose has been expended and found insufliclent, as shown by the voucher* pertaining to Uie same, as examined by the joint eomtnitce on state prison aflkira, to the amount of. nine thousand seven hundred and thirtv-fnur dollar*; therefore, * 1. Be if- enacted by the Senate and Assembly of4he State of New Jersey, That the further stun of nine thonaahd aircu hundred and thirtySagrSggBS ■wit of the stake tre asury to Uw said iu- :

. Chapter CCCCXXXIX — A further supplement to the act entitled " An act concerning taxes," .approved April fourteenth, curbteen hundred le- , and focty^ix. M re- i . 1. Be it enacted by The Senate and ,p- ! General Assembly of the. State of New t-n Jersey. That there shall be assessed. levied and collected, on Uie inhabitants id of this stale ami r{*m their taxablo !w viral and personal property, and upon Uie other objects I la We to taxation, a it- state lax of three hundred and fifty re thousand dollars, which is hereby apx- .preprinted and shall be applied as fid- j ic lows; two hundred and eighty-three is thousand dollars, or so much thereof ( as may be needful, for the payment of j ts such interest as shall have secured ou . :h tho first day of January, and ou Uie I first day of July next thereafter, on ■ ct loan authorlxed by an act entitled I •' An act authorizing a loan for tho the purposes of war, to repeal; Invasion and suppress insurrection, and appro- ' 5. priating the same, and providing I . for the payment thereof." approval , , May tenth, eighteen hundred and d «j«yone, ^dthe re^^ujmlemer.t u wlal may be necessary to pay the said . j interest, shall-be applied and added to v tin- sinking fond, provided for by the : ,r fifth section of said act, towards the . M |iaymrnt of the principal of said loan; and sixty-severe thousand dollars of ' ,f the said tax sffiili be applied, or 4oit much thereof as may be nee, Hut, to the I payment of any other indebtedness of _ the stale, and the residue thereof to II any other Ones of the state; which ,f said tax shall be and the same is hereby apportioned to and among the sevJ tluitlstosav: U To litre ,-Rinty of Atlantic the sum of three thousand and three dollar* and To the county of Bergen tho sum of' fourteen thousand five liundred and' 1 To tho county of Burlington the ■ sum of eighteen thousand nnd nincty- ' three dollar* and seventy cents; To the county of Camden Uic sum ,ir eleven thousand four hundred and • ' '"Toyth"rouuty of Oape XUytTc'aum ' of two thousand two hundred (tod - twenty-eight dollars and twenty ecuta. " To the county of Cumberland Abe i and s :vcnty-»lx dollars and forty-eight C To 'ihe .county of Essex Uie sum ol' ' - fiily-eight Uiousand seven hundred and - thirty dollars. 1 To'yiie county of Gloucester the sum • of eight thousand five huudred and , To'tlie county of Hudson tho sum of ' lilly-four thousand nine liundred and , three Hollars and eighty-three cents; To 'the county or Hunterdon Uie sum of cighteen'thousand seven hun- _ drvcl and four dollar* and eighty cents; I . To the county of Mercer Uie sum of , . nineteen thousand and sixty-four dol- , . lars and ninety -three cents; To Uic county of Middlesex the sum 1 of llfteeu thousand three hundred and 1 ? sixteen dollars and thirteen cents; | I To tbo county of Monmouth the sum t . of eighteeu Uimneind five hundred and . seventy-four dollar* and *lxty-two , To the county of Morris the sum of , sixteen Uionaand one hundred and five t , To tile couuty of Ocean the sum of Uiree thousand three hundred and • t seventy-!! vu dollar* aud forty-four ; 06 To' Uie couuty of Passaic Uic sum of fifteen thousand one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-nine To the county of Salem the sura of | 1 Iwelv* thousand and eighty-five dollars , : and furty-ftine con to: To the county of Somerset tho sum 1 ' of ten thousand seven hundred and " iwcnty-aevcn dollars and forty-two To tho county of Sussex the sum of ? eleven IhousauJsix hundred tuid seven- " 1 ty dollar* and ninety-seven cents; t ? To the county of Union the sum of; i fourteen thousand nine hundred and To the county or tVirreu Uic sum of 1 ' fifteen Uiousand four, hundred and t " thirty dollars and forty-threw cents; I Which tax and the sums required to t ' be raised for county, city, township . ' and other public taxes nail bo levied, ! " assessed nnd collected on persons i ' and ;w6perty, snd in the manner direct- a ' ed by the ubore recited act entitled , " " An Act concerning Taxes," and the ■ 1 several supplement thereto, and the law* of-- this' state which shall be In ' ' fort* at'lho Ume the said taxes sliall ' be assessed, regulating the assessment ' c and eollectimi of taxes except as liiand by this act is otherwise ordered and i - directed-, provided, that it abaii be the ; ' t duty of the county collector* of Uie ; ' 1 s. vend counUe* of this state to pay to t 1 Uie treasurer of this state tht quota* j , due from their respective couuUis of , f the taxes imposed by this act, wi or ' f la-fore the tenth day of Decemhervnext ' t after . the passage of this act, and at : I Uie same timcannually thereafter; and I . 1 ii shall be lawfol for the said county J , collector* and they are hereby required '■ . to pay the raid quotas out of the first ' , mourys which thall be paid to them ; by the several township or ward col- 1 - ieetore of their respective ' couuUtw; . and raid town»hipor ward collector*; i are liereby required to pay the takes i - by them severally collected do the «rti or before Uie first day of Decomiier, ' r next after the passage of this act, ami • 1 at the same time aiiuualiy thereafter f snythlug io any former law t-ithecoo-s trary notwithstanding. 1 t 2. And be it enuctetl. That this act ' shall take effect immediately, t Approved April 1,1009. - i Chatter CCXXXU.— An Act con- ; rcrning chattel mortgages, „ 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and r General Assembly of Uic State of New ; 1 „ Jersey.-That every chattel mortgage j - , shall veathx the mor^agea or own» , j the chattels tSrmn iWcribed. *0°" fiu- 1 . a* may be accessary for the purpose of 1 , preventing the removal Uwreof out of i 0 the oounty wherein they did lie at the , . time of ihe execuUon nr deliter)- nf . such mortgage, and of recovering jueb H ehntteis in case Uie aamo shall have i been removed out of soch oountyl , 2. And be |t enactfid, Tl it whan , ' such chattels shall be so removed by x "C""«sd by the mortthe removal thereof shall he pnvenhd n by like psoffeedings, the court m whieli Ssuidi proceedings are had may regulate ' the disfgjeiUoQ of such cluiules and ' preepribic sndi terms for the prenro- i j sion thereof by the morUte-e or other , person, interested therein as will prof ted the rights of such mortgagee or iSmm r- ' jj

^rijiiaal ^ortry, t j WHAT DO THE FROGS SAY? * ^CNeia « J ttrossltor ihrotwh the mmtf iSy . The lllrnt ooonbr *m .his.., y on etrcsmlel, Iske aafl vverrwherc " The Belt foeUtep ot ihe evcalar sir, f| ^ ^ ^ I Seve. fttei ISr Idle bo«l , Ot, from Ue tdfe ol thr pwldled deep , | Ones miiele or thr frofe ij Ah 1 ISen • >eir wtee UV» ll he. ^gisfrihuicous. He who wishes ti. rest must work.~ | THE most effective ey, -water, wo-j A corn extract- >r fli.it lias 'never! . I won patented,? The crow. *! Who can not keep Ms own secret : ought not to cumplkiii if onoUnr tells " A ntncii roil inscribed, "Spare the j \ rod, and spoil the child." was present- j ed at a wooden wedding down rent. A oreat many persons wisli to live 1 their lives over again bsause they see where they might haul sinned— and fi axe says i h his new lecture: "Laws, j like sausages, cease to Suspire respect . proportion as we know how limy are ; Many regard themselves as moral, ; j disinterested, truthful and gentle, merely fiteause they inexorably insist i that other* «hn!l is- «o " Jclios, who! you looking over J dot |ia per fur? •' " G'. 'way, fellah, i guesslcim read; 1're big >nufffordat.'' ; ' " Dat 'ain't nnffin; a cow'* big 'nuff to coteh a mice, b«t she can't do IL" | .Some people art so pious that they ■ i will not blacken thsir boots liefore go- : to church, yet many of them will j . blacken their neighbor's character j . while walking home after service. j One of Josh Billing*' maxims: Rise early, work hard and late; live, on 1 , what you can't sell; give nothing away; and if you don't 4ie rich and go ; to Uie devil, you may sue ute for darn- 1 ' ; — !; , An Irishman being in church where- - the collection apparatus resembled the 1 election ,bpxes, on its be ng lianded to ! ! nhlspered in the carrier's car ; that he was not naturalised, and, thcrei fore eqtild not vote. | Tlie rapid progress of American in- j L(«nulty is conslaotiy supplying new i word for tho dicljonaries. Tho latest is to speak of die " veloeipedlty '' of j certain invenUona, instead^nf velocity, i Truly the world nfovc* faster tlian | An Earnest Request. At a | meeting hutfall, in the highest of excitement, an over xcalous worker In a frenzy of fevor exclaimed , ' aloud, ' ' Lord, come down nniong us — i I dontstoptochanguyoiir clothe*!" ! AMONO the gifts to n newly-married ; pair at a town in New Jersey, was a . i broom sent to the l-uly, accompanied ! i with "tlie following sentiment: j - ] ; An old gentleman by the name of | finding a young lady's glorcat «- watering place, presented It to her , with the following words: ' • To which the lady returned the fol- 1 , t k th. nu Dl'Cii ailll- described Um custumes i of the court of 'King Dipoa in the fol- : lowing manner: "The king wore a dress coat— and nothing else; hi" first minister wore a shirt without sleeves j —land nothing else; his second ramls- . ter wore a necktie— and nothing else; the, third was adorned with a bat— - and nothing das; but the (Juetn varied _ A wewspater is no bod index of i the character of a community. If ill supported, if ffiw in moral tone, or deficient in character, it. argues ill for . Oie people among whom it circulates. - Good sU|tport usually make* able ncw*i papers. With the means afforded by 1 a large subscription list, the character ' of ujopcr improves; ^snd fa an ini dustrious r.adiuS rdblrouuUty, the adrnntagnto paper and Jtartmiv are ■ reciprocal. J Jennie June "—otherwise Mrs. Oroly— saj-s tbst when die was reI qoetfled to nwpond at a riofasis pre** ' dinner, Sho SOM far husloud she was ,' afAhl she would break down ; bat fa , replied. " When you blow tor up you t never bfask down. " and she was thus J cneoitraireil 0> make Uw required re1 zr°'tor*pto f"j to be your husbsmd, and blow It up.

READING. i ' Show tno.a mau's 'reading anil I will " slum- you his mind, lie who "behold- 1 ctlt his face in a glass," finds not there a a more nccprate repreacRlJitiun of the 1 real, than does the mirror of sdcctcd ' reading reflect the mental form and t lini-amcnts of the reader. A good book strengthens and devel- 1 ops menially. It is one of tho great " sources of soul nourishment. ( Like the loveliness oG» woman ii leave* us with 1 :* delightul sensation of its presence and holds us in willing thrall by its '' must feci couseious of her superior vir- 1 c tuc nnd goodness, so to be liftod up by | reading must our book be above the of our mind. An easily comprc- 1 bended work may be |M>pidur, but it ir ' promote* growth and vigor. Few realize how much well-selected 1 reading educates. Take a volume • which a gbtuce proves to require real, digestive thought and though tin- labor 1 of mastering it at find be dry and irk- ' route, little by Utile will be the gradual dcviWmeflt or light thereupon, until tlie great word* of the author become | a part »f our souls and by the wings ol , , form, but uwm mind must grow. True. \ ly viewed, belli to unfold the inner life, , developing power we do not always ( want the ••milk of the wortl." there , j aud ralc"in Uic empire of their sphere. , , A good hook is n true friend. It , I |ier* no unhallowed thought, or toys ' , I not with our must sacred feeling.. "We ' , | may know it by Uie number of fragI i I I ture o|K-ns out a fine foreground, jv licr. ( _ | wart." Wc are falter morally ami | 1 spiritually for having mod. There arc j j rated nature a high moral state is at- ' . I tainnblc and this morality is to .fa found ' ( j in both incn and women. Did you J r j have you never passed from their coiupany with tho conseiousm-ra that you ' j almS ' I or individuals is, like the sunlight, si- ' r J lent and mysterious in its workings, aud lias power to light up Uic world, , { luako it blossom with tlowcrs or fill it 1 , [ with fruit, or to close in with night and ! , drag to Ute veriest depths of hclh " . J j 'Ti» not Uie a >.ount of reading that 1 . j one accomplishes, bltt tlie thoughtftil, ' ! careful mind, witli a just conception of j , ilsucods, brought to bear U|*ni the book ; ' before it. The literary gourmand must ! , j aufi'er a* the pbysind. t >nc may dcr . vour pages and swallow v ilnmc ujioti f . volumo ail infinitum, yet lie u8 better I oil" at the cmkUum Uie beginning. The ' . j mastering of one knot of good, original , | thought, its contents weir notod and ] t : digested, is a real mental advancement- i f ; and a stepping stone to Uie spirit's up- t j ward flight. . t , 1 Take the recent publication — Lift, , | In Natnrt. VarUtiu and t htnonxena, j J I by L. II. Grindon. A hook to fa rend j t and re-read, thought Overand ]K>ndered. > s ' One arises front a perusal of It with as- i j ; pi rat ions after a better life and a con- | . sciousnras of power* within him hi- | , ' tbcrto scarcely known. , , | It was the reading of Gui'ctf'i Hilary \ J i of Eurnptan CiaiUtaiion , that roused t , i Margaret Fuller's mind, says her Uoj J graplicr, to tho concepUon of its great i destiny. And who that lias road Gui- ; j zot iu lranslatiun or original, wonders i j Hint a sensitive mind could Income so iiubucd with his infiuenoe ? AYho, to watch wilh him, Uie p.tarohof I'rovi- ; dencc, which, uufaiding and developr ) ing, te OS the gods of llomer in space, , | measuring slejis with tho centuries, , wonder* Uiat by it a dormant soul I- j -should fa sliakeo toUic centre, and frotn i . such shock expand intoa life of useful1 uess and untold loveliness ? - i What wriUngs of more fascination " , than the Ella,, of Mat aula, I Yc^ how many women iu the land would * not lay tfam aside for the last novel ? ^ It is a truth alike aad and unfortunate, that woman oftener than raanfii}ls in 1 this means of mental cultivation, Fic- I I' of a ldgh moral tone may, perhaps, fa I read without apparent hurt, but it eel- i dom atrengUiaDs or expands. The 1 world. Irftffl of that which weakens, if ' it do not corrupt or vitiate. There is •' no standing sUll mentally ; the mind H must go forward or backward, mast ! Ir develop or dwindle to smaller iiroporr lions. Woman, too often fails to reall jze this- anil stuffs precious hours wilh . '- meaningless, purposeless reading. In ? bar ignaranoe she tall* Jhort of her high 'r destiny. Her natural disposlUan may ; '* fa lovely, kind and good, yet she fails " ■ ofUte fail perfection of womanhood.— T Tb have gathered one thought, to have 1 ' 1, anted one great truth, and to fa able ; «. ' l.s write these alone on the unformed e- boy nl h.-rkni* were worth a Ufe-timc. w It would be a tride, perhaps a great is one to hold in Um, 1iqliiii-,njpln-( >c spent hours, when hours sjitiu Or mis- - *i spent must fa made ucrouut ot Ifwtii, is "oioffl, each one In her little sphere, | , e- gather uo sweets from the Uotsomiog i •t l.-ores of literature, whereby to tempt 1 , a- the taste of those who love us ; if we * gather nu sheaves, to scatter golden i>- gram iu the paths of our Bttie on.» ; If :

life fa aimless, save for its temporary j possessions, were it not belter for a* t There is soother powerfttl argument v against desultory, indiscriminate reading. Philosophers say; and wilK great semblance of truth, that what once - tl- t tho mind, fa it subject or not to. of the dark, impure blots on the long mental sheet us it stands unrolled fa-, fore the searching eye of the Almighty, Do Qufacy, the celebrated English an- J tbor, faJlevcd this and so did Cokridgc. He, who gave the mind, holds to the t extremest extent, the owner the'reof responsible for its cnltlvation. Tis A stone to fa iwlislicd in the I Teinpk of Creation, its brilliancy come* ing. If we nmir into only IL- nsefni and the good, will it perpetually 1 draught, washing away life's dust, ' bathing the forehead in its fragrance ' nnd sealing the lip* to eternal purity | and truth. " 1 by J. K. Paulding, the novelist, and I first went llir rounds of the press about | vernation fa-tween a member of tltc | Cabinet nnd n hanger-on for office, and i is very suitable for tbo present time: . The Secretary was (gtljcj from hi* fad , cold morning to attend to business i of the -utmost importance." lie 1 found a queer, long-sided man, at least I six fc*t high, with a BMa t aptilsj^l j ,'fXta 1 ; if I took a limitation in oi <le|iart- j Holler, Auditor, or something. " , | wvin-d struggling lo bringdown th.- j " cl: -• Why-y-y, yes; don't rare if l|! sldp. or Naval Agrucy, 'or anythlitgVf j | " Really, my good sir," said tho Sc- j ( not only all these places, but every ' other pldce of consequence in lite (Government is at present occupied, l'ray think of something else.'\ He then, after some hesitation , asked for n eierksliip, nnd finally the place of messenger to one of the public office*. Finding no vacancies here, lie seemed vast pyrplrxity, and looked all around the room, fixing hi* eye at | . kngtli on itir, and measuring uiy ! from lieaU to foot. At UiM, ' putting on ..m/of the drollest looks 1 that ever adophed the fiu* of man, he ' said: *- Migte-r, you and I socm to fa- ' built pretty much alike; lirseo'i you How to Get an Invitation to ' utiles apart. One day one railed on ' the other happening around at dinner time. The person called upon, by tlie was a rather penurious old fellow. He was seated at the table enjoying Ills dinner. The visitor drew ! up to the stove, looked wishfully te> ' wards the table, expecting the 0]j to invite him to dine. T'nc „i,| kept on eating. " \\ hat's the news up your neighbor?', Still eating. "No news, oh?" ' ( "No, I believe. not,„ j>re«,nUy a thought stru.uK the visitor. "Well, friend., 1 j|d hear of one item of 1 " Ha, wlr.it is that? « ' " Neighbor John has a cow tlialiut* - five calves." "IsthjL so? Good gracious! What i does tlie llittgalf do when tlie others , are sucking?" I "Why, lie stand and looks on just > as I do, like a dumb fool" " Mary, put on anotbir plate." , Judicial Wit.— JudgWD , a , witty fellow, after spending an evening I with a young lawyer whose office waa ' in the second story of a building, took , hU departure and had got hair way i down stairs, when he stumbled and fell to the bottom. The young lawyer hearing Uie noise, rushed out, and see- . the Judgo lying on liis back at the : bottom of tlie' moire, inquired in a tone r of great anxiety:, i " Is your bpnor hurt? ' ' I The judge, by this time hud regained : fcet, and looking up, he replied: " No, but my legs are." ■ A Word to BovR.-Begin in early to collect libraries of your own. Begin with a aiogle bofik ; and when ' I you find or hear of a first-rate book, | obtain it, if you can. After a wbDs get another, aa you art aide, and bo ; sure to read it. Take the best rare or , your hooks f and in' this way when you j are men yon will have good libraries iu your beads as well as on your — An old and well known Washing- I - ton beau, who waa engaged to ayouug - , and beautiful lady, on applying to fa i , confirmed in the Episcopal Church, re- : : | cenUy, was refused by the bialtep, who , could not lay bis consecrating hands • upon a wig. On hearing of this the i young l*4y, who suspected nothing of r that kind, broke the engagement. P

Waltm* 1 J 'Throws* wutelsc U»rs. ~ r..MIrvaSoli»«loa».«tS. ' teste to valt-Rops's .low Inaltloa ; I. Jojr la «ech roodltloi.. [J. cHSSSiSSL. w ^'wro°°W»te romiT" ' in Buftuloes versa* Telegraph ^ The Ttltgraphtr is responsible for T tho foliqwing good story: * |wlrs of the overland line a uew source " of delight on tlie treeless prairie— the ° novelty nf having something to scratch, j ° against. But it »aep.t|' iiMvi scratch- 1 P for the telegraph company; «ml | 11 there, indeed, was the rub, for the hi- f« son* shook down miles of wire daily. P A bright idea n thick somebody to send '' to St. Louis and Chicago for all the : b that could fa purchased, and : these were driven into the potes, with ! « a view to wound tin- qnj^naU nndcheck a their rubbing propensity. Never was "• - greater mistake. The buffaloes were r delighted. For the firet time they came to the scratch sure of a sensatiou > their thick hide* that thrilled them ' from lioni lo tail. They would go fif- ' teen mi!., to find a brad-awl. They , fought huge battle, around the pole* 1 - 1 cinlainlli- tin-in, -and tho victor would ] ° i Iscniteh'unueirVilo Miu, until Hie J ! j during tlw war in the Western lXqwrt- j c mcnt was .-omnnded until after the i faille of Murfreo.lN.ro by acolunel who { i ' j by ehoict- and adoration, lie nevei'i • ' I a sliort way'of Oxpirasing himself I . in iuqietiioa. exclamation* that was j , ; I disabling an advc reify. Till* anecdote j } ii* adtributed toliim :" Once, when c boo- of lit- it wit* likely to involve, be. , j liapiwning to fa present, Isiwled out : , | made for? Soldier paid to fa killed, py l | Al the 1 tattle of Mur frees bore, wbcu ! . j on Wcncsday. to nssist in tlie attack ] I on lite Federal right, the regiineut com- l to, meet with such a furious recoption , I from "tlie boy* of tlie West, " as they j |. prided in calling themselves, that it j wavered, and was ou the point of fall- | j ing into confusion, when, it is said, he ; ! dashing madly along Uie line, brandish- , ing his sabre over their brads, and , | shouting at tho top of his voice ;" Go , , tali, mej|l On up tali i Pjr tam, , a Lawyer and an Irishman.— 1 t While a number of lawyers and gentle- ' men were dining nt Wiscasset. a few ' days since, a jolly smil from the Emerald 1 . Uie appeared nnd called for a dinner. 1 The 'landlord told him that ho should ' dine when the gentlemen were done. " I>.t him crowd among us, " wliis- 1 pcrffd a limb of tho law, " and wo will 1 have some flin." * The Irishmarf took his seat at the 1 1 table. "You wore bora iu ibis country, 1 were you my frtcuil? » ' "No, sir, I was bora iu Ireland." 1 "Is your Father living?" , 11 No, air, ho 1* dead." ".What is your occupation? " , ' " A horac jockey, sir." " Did your Fatlier cheat any jwrson -i while ho was there?" " I supiws- he did cheat many sir." , " \ MV'hero do you suppose ho went t H'l , To heaven sir." ' "And what do you iKippoac he's ] doing there? " 4 "Trading horses, sir." " Has fic cheated any one there?" " He's cheated one, I bolieve, sir." ' " Why .lid they not prosecute him?" " Because they searched the whole ' ^ kingdom of heaven and conldn-t find a ' . lawyer." tne Memory of a Mother.— i 1 When temptation appears, snd we are i r almost persuaded to do wrong, how of- ' - ten a mother's Words of warning will 1 n fa recalled to mind and tha snare tare- t < ken. Yes, the memory of a good : mother lias saved many a poor mortal , from going astray. Irang gras may bo , 1 growing over tlie fallowed spot where I all her earthly remains repose. The I dying leave* of autumn may fa whirled "1 over it, or the chlU white mantle, of • f winter cover it from sight; yet the i '. spirit of tor, when he walks in the 1 right path, appears, and gently, sadly, . > mournfully, colls to him when wonder- ■ ° ing off into the wap of prime. I C In 1781 there were only six post- 1 i offices in New Jersey— Newark, EHza- ( fatiitown, Bridgeton (now Bahway), 1 r New Branswlck, Prinecton and Treu- t ton. Tfa total of their receipts, for | the year ending October 6, 1791, was j - five hundred and thirty dolhu*,ofwhich t [ tlie postmasters received one hundred t i and eight dollarl and twenty ceau— ] - leaving four hundred and twentyrone i • doBare and eighty ocnta aa the nett t Mb. Crow has been turned oat of a 1 f clerkship in Washington. Ho was t probably "removed for daws, " i

^riwt^r^^fffcawral ' Tfih-ft tfa season wlfon many of our'rradcr* would like/to wMte*". h surroundings, Khd we ofler or their use a h-ceipt Which baa always proved good: Cse a Aran harrekjvlvi -h will hold water. Tui^luto .U faJf Jy Water over it till it is covered 4 or 5 deep; now stir it wall until it is thoroughly slacked. When the ebullition has ceasec), pour over more water, untH it is of a creamy consistency.— Add two pound* of sulphate of zinc, and one of common, fine salt — first dissolving them in two quarts of water— aud mix tlicm well with the whitewash. ingredients cause tfa wash to adhere to the wood-work or plastering. To produce a light lemon color, add to quantity of whitewash 3 pounds of yellow ochre. For a pleasing fown color, add four pounds of amber, one i pound Indian retl, and one pound lamp- ' i For a gray or stone color, add four [lotiiids of raw umber and two I pounds of lampblack. The wash may J fa put on with a common whitewash 1 brush; and any boy of twelve or four- | teen year* or age can apply It, tlierejiy ! greatly improving tltc out door appearof barn or llinco. Whitewash table than the usual preparation. The art of gold beating, says the London Builder, is a very ancient one. There seems great probability, that, like some other arte, it Iras been known ainl practiced and forgotten. Homer ! refer* to it; Pliny, more practical, : statrs that gold can be bratcu, one : ounce • making 5.70 leaves, each • firnr j finger* square --afaut four times the I (hieknen* nf the gold now used. This ! i* most probably sucii gold as wrs u-od tta* covered with plate* of burnished I gold." The Peruvians had thin plates 1 nailed together. It is possible that if ; these parts, their insreunty would ! trouble some folks that they would 1 have no rest till they were effi-ct Rally nailed. •' Tlie Thefan* have in their wall histories some gold character* dune with leaf said to fa as tbin as the j gold of the presont day, Coming down ! with a jump from t belong past to tho present age, we find our country celebrated for its gold leaf. Italy used to excel us, but Italy fas been in a long sleep, and is only. Just awakened. It i* one of the last things our overgrov : offspring undertook to make for he • nil tlie gold -leaf she required Jrom this countty. Tlie gold fa.„cr-5 „kju mad, re is Still the ndinlrntiou of the world (ofgoldfaaiira). This skin Is gut skin, , stretched nnd dried ou frames, after i which each surface is Tory carefully a labor intrusted to the delicate hand* of young girls/ A mold (as tho number of square pieces of skin beaten at ope lime in the gold beating proccs. called) is an expensive article, coat-from-CO to dtflO, nnd when useless fur gold beating is still of some value. or sixty years back a workman made 2,000 leaves of gold from 18 or 10 iln ts. of gold; now, by better skin and skill, he is enabled to produce tho numher from 14 or 15 dwts., sliawinga considerable reduction in tho • Cost of produce, and, asTnay bo expected, n determination in the quality of the nrticlo. One gain of gold beaten tills akin can be extended to some 75 square inches of surface, the thickness of which will fa l-367650th part of an inch; These figure* represent what may fa done. What is done for the purposes of trade bAomewliat less— namely, 50) square inches grain, 1-280WXHU of an inch inthickness. To give an idea of it* thinness, it would take 120 to make the thickness of common printing, paper, 307,650 sheets of which would make a column half as high as the Monument. New Floor Paint. An oxefauge learns that a norf kind of paint, especially good for floors, is made out of water-glass. It unite* not only the qualities of beauty nnd durability but it is also advantageous as a ' means of protection against the action of fire. In order to lay on a covering ' of this.paint, first of all the floor is ! neatly cleaned, then any crack* or crevices between the boards that play exist arc coated with a thick dougii ' made of water-glass and pulverized chalk or gypsum. By means of a stiff brush a coating of water-glass of tho consistency, say, of syrup, 1* then spread over tho floor. Again In the same planner a second coating is laid 1 on, consisting of water-glass mixed ' with the desired color. It must, however, fa a mineral color, from the foot that the alkalies of tho water-glora commonly decompose vegetable color*. coating faxing become diy, Mb r layers of water-glass may fa thereat! r given, until the floor has taken on tl - required lustrous appearance. In i - der to give the surface a brightness ini dicative of polish, It 1* ground off a : oiled, and thoroughly dried. In : this way a coating for the floor is ob1 is very durable, siucc tlie r water-glass is not worn awsy either by ! or peat, or yet, on account of it* ■ hardness,, i^gran* or continued use. , As regards bcaulysjml utility floors . coated in this manner afajbuud to fa folly equal to tfa fast lacquered or varnished ones — humor', Gaunt. A AuntOBs experiment is said to have been recently performed in Prance ascertain' whether Ashe* can lire in great depths of water. The tlsh were placed in veneris or water nude to sua. tain 400 atmosphere*, under which they lived and preserved thsir health/ is therefore concluded thai fishes penetrate to very great depth, b, the ocean with Impunity. During the past sevan months, there bavahes* lltt he United static, sixtyof them involving lore