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VOLUME XIV.

' , z:\;u.^aT, 1 11 ■■ capc;iray ' InsW jersey. Wednesday, may 12, im.

WHOLE NO. 730. i .

Dr. E. B. rhllllps. ■ iisiPiiiic rinicia, ornct noou-<uii. i.tuikiui - ~ , i»*« W. Cyeetr, arte. iccntnT. nut tn urt tract JMUHI ASCXT, — ' ■■ JMIMUMnGDI a. b.«vi*4N. I—,..,., .-'.f'tamr.iii. fcBriw,. riaft* wS*ciStScin. »» """ 8. t. Miller. CMOMW . '» iiiimi to Jtr **t*a retreiiut. ' * » m»i>n'wc«wc«r, ■fr j rJ*36 L"*V •« , ssucl" «. r. likruf. VIM iMrlni »«4 01 her Walekea, Q-V»- ii HOI'Si: 1MI ■!«.* rAI.WTUR, KW mUT.^ i >111 MT1W ACBET COWTET ASUDfi.-. ^ oi) _ i f ' l_ jsla°' ^jh.3gs »•»• « ~r— wit ww. b. hhoauh, mNHfRM til' iw mrr*. to»*3»y»ss&2r jtijSUBS^SSS^. * wei milk. maniir actltRCH AMU DKALKR iii .: sf-lssrs^sffl!"-ju.8. w naLiB*LTbU; Wilh^SlhWl^l."0 ML 'HOTELS. W4ianUT«!l HOI sr.. .■ndJ npB y,iIeV* fiTrr T'vI- ,..- f ***' . «"»»« \stsk,. "CMfiif: fit THE RCA, DM. JAM niui. proprietor, sgfaaitts ikysssws •Jutt "**" " l.AaUtomitk. OttsrtUsssrt, RIMWAl IIOl'IC, iSEiK*^ ZT VkitttiriTei HOTEL. (LATA IUIOUC'IOD-S.1 ^5aasr,jsx!s,» CAAALMW.TSc^."^^Mfctefe. 8.! IV SftroMsr. AJrorfr ~ PACiriC HOTKL, ► 1 1V1' V' " ^ t\

pwriUniflus. proclamation * to the rauraixroa* or . Hotels and Cottages! *2j;ssmjs FUENI^TUEB . . . «5SWt'KtS.,i£.'3£ bed rooms, .parlors, sitting booms dining booms , Cava sir Ca UMi Society. j,*"^rojjj*-o«^«swi— . c«»* "•» ■* ; , ' 4 J. iTCWiiT DEPcr, I •= ; 1 - •o:K^rj;,A,ovci| - 8 -Pswqff? w~s now | P Simm, K.I TTOi.' pr.tr.. .t vrrT 1 ft gss • Hit. IPBIVIi 1MB. 1 QrujMji'M jaojjpa-M-gj "•sull^kli vr^t c SI'IUNO OOODH, r » .II8ILI»M|M.I||I|>A Aieb "J»K * I'. ilOIM.H. Jr.. ~ 1 , yammtei^Tfstm j mr CLUTHI, WIKIniW IHADU CiCUA. r ;*m@3£en-! __t f mivi.ija a. a»tk i>. im 1 'mmtsi ■ £^,sssiiy : Mares aqfaflii ■ , 1115 boop meift 1u5 , M.T. IIOPKIVS > M I^oj^io^yAm^^^OOT Wfrtjj i - ;s3swssa?stfss < hly k.^ 7{ji .TCT7 I ■ cts&wtt^s&srkx « . 1 WW. I HOFIIHA I JIM.3 11. !■«»-»■ , , | nrtu it a. \ visas, tr , , , PAriaL ' 1 BeiaHhlx >. H for lAft l>lud. i ■ fH A y >»i^jpgl inaijj rtMBMg , VlbqMM.. AVAM'MO. ! ' 5 luZmSSSS •JfLB\'urA,Mw*»»"»1' 1 " ^ _ 1(W ALL _ ^j, &!)£"££" nt~a; ■ ; ; PAPERS I r K.2r.";frii5^5»7?,ki!r7siS 1 J fir III in. 1.1— I "-I IM.I ' .Ihlnn.l. ,t,k. I ' ; ; UI 'mI M. CBO. W. AU1TH. 1 : paper hangings j james a. moss, ' 4 WHOLABAU: AID AKTAIL DAALCB Ut ' Wall Papers, 5 Paper Curtains, V Fire Hitard Prints, **-. AO- Ae. s -vo to yorth skcond st.. j j nwa— M. AN^M . ft* w

^rltrt Softrij. DEATH." Ool of lb. akAOow of ■« In..., koW roflur. of ml. '■ Out of If-lOT*. «1» AOO eirtoo U1OA0., .I.boot »loo»; . Out of > Iwl HIM fcilh .«hlorbll of Uii'Ani'ooO Ih. fflnf— ■mot Art »UAo»l«o«. Out of I bo tabf, In •bo«o>owon Obt of lb. I«0 ol 0.MTlab. Ib. Aon. -hrr. f.lfo.1 "'blJi'Tkiiil IsilUtlSiy.*"' | Obi of Ib. world of ibo W.mni. i Tkrobfrt wilk Ik. UfblAkAd ud .Ui«c I World of brlfhl «l loo. .ad roU.., lata Ik. warid of Ik. (lad. i '"rt^b^.'ir.k.Mo lor. re- ' ^tiarUantouii. EXTBACTI [ FROM THE HISTOUT WEST JERSEY RATLHOAD. ! *«v' i The hl»tor7 of Kallroiuls iu Uit« i country. i« yet to b& written. It will ■ require no ordinary ptn to record the i Achieremerit. end portray the stupou- i done reeolta Vhich in varial'ly follow i the introduction of UicMiinprovemciito. i We en point to no agency wliich lula . done more to people the Innd, extrud • civiliaation, increme our prodnctiro- i and to derelop the rcaourcea of ' tbia brood continent. i The work of uniting the ehoree of the Atlantic with thoae of the Pacific ia ' now in rapid preureea, and Mil anon : be completed. It will require a com- , prehrmiTe mind, to eati'taatc tho odvantagea that mnet accrue to the country upon the completion of tMt Herculean taak. It cannot fail to exerciae a clriliaing and chriatlanieing infiuencc oror the Indian trlbea— oerUiuly It will prove more potent in autijagating them, than all the military power we could exeroae; for it' will eanae a population to aeUie along the arlcea In the pursuitn of agriculture, mining, meehanUm, masubcturea Ac. ance of thli great rutcrpriafe, for there ia acareely a Slate In tha T'nioo that i Am not owe the m^jor port of ita : wealth and proaperlty to . Railroadt; but when we reflect that the Paeifle route runa through the richeat yalleya of a eortdtry alnioet nntnown to dvllltatlou- touching maun tain* eootalttlag untold .Ilia ay ud', tra are almoat bewndered to coutcmplatlng the vaat amount of valuable miderala and pfetZX2,£,£*uZ£S. edge of the poaanaloc of ftnae ricbca tlmt itrengthm. tbeeredrtof the oounnhligiitiona, wore the Xatfonal debt twice aa largo, will he promptly met. Added to Ihia, wjjl be a cnoatant increase of individual wealth, which the rvmuteaA parta of thlt hruul con-, tinent— nwMtiag in the vaat aapanalon of agriculture, commerce end mauulacThc utility of ltuilroada for general purpoara i* nnlvenally acknowledged, and it ured. no argument to prove their kxal importance. We are not aajiect which this dlatrict preaentcd before Hailroada were cstabliahed. ! of acrua were only valuable the meagre aupply of timber fiirI niabed nnoe in a quarter of a century, ; and thouaanda more were nhaodoned to waate for the want of thoae rtcu|KT- : I alive manurea now ao abuudaiilly . tnuiaported to all polnta. Thb Ihmatage, the aandy rooda, the UtrUUcaa flelda, or lit no longer. The I " iron borae '' la daahlng along, and i ; the thrill whiatlu wnda forth tho noire i j of prog net that la foal brushing away the cobwebs of the past Gravel torhpikre Interoapt many stations, and the once poverty-stricken land now yields a golden liarveat to the tolling husbandman. Mart, which ia to be found in many parta of South Jersey In great quantities,' la unearthed and profusely distributed along tha rente of thfir different railroads; Lime, compost, and other man area, are rendered accessible in the remotest localities in our State; and the prosperity achieved by these agencMa, made available only by Railreads, lias made a garden spot ofbleak wilds, and barren Odds, yielding an lament, hosed upon the va»t. amount of wealth they hove developed. But look at our villages and highthc^val table real eatsto areuimtbu^ •iuou the advent of BaUruuU. While 1 tho older towns have rrpsndeel and greatly improved, new cities, towns and villages had* sprung in to e*htonee; manufactures and mechanical arta have taken rapid stride; capital midst. Bariums enterprise lout re-

rlting kspeet of the aofl; for the ailment which has made ft rich and fli- • tile srsa sttUfnobaearity hr Inacrwl- c • Me. Its preaenoe was known; ho#'' tvrr, and '• Vankes shrewdoere 'Uwas i not slow to- discover that Railroad, would soon make it m variable,. They were not mlsuhcn. Tho manM UhsIbrattieeounuy. 1 -The foregoing remarks seem to Inn f necessary prehufo . tn-tbc extracts ife , will hereafter give from tho history «f e the, Wept Jersey Railroad, and, esacn- c rial to a jnsi comprehension of tlw ad- b vantages which they laerc conibrre.1 upon the people. d hi* Btrnoph-rnsa tvosuv TO a , aiKU*M»o— TUB po vara :A*P1, d Pn&iVDtcDt or TiusreoTLK. , b Many oT our readcra are still iamUiar U with the abortive attempt to iniugti- < rate Railroads fn Sooth 'Jerfjy, when J the old Woodbury ftiilrol* was con- a ..rncttri- ltamrieivnserace am .«ts- J osteons ftilurv, damp<'ned tbif (odor of I the most sanguine, and fen like a srrt I1 blanket upon the spirit of Improvwacnt d which Ififi germiifoted In this, section 1 of tho S la tryst that tfroc, A lull that r neither apathy nor Indlfibrence couH c ••rprvss, followed. IV almoat amonuted '■ to alsgusL The |«oplc again became f •arisflird with stages, and the trnsty t Jebus onoe more ifclt secure ftom hi- 1 ' union.- h Many wi|h: the rude Jcata indulged fl in by agf Sooth jeraey State Drirera, ; as they gnsed upon the abandoned r . track of. t|w ' Woodbury rond. They 11 would point. It .out to pasaeagere, and t eloquently portray the loss iiutained p by ita prupwtors, until they gradually a iutroduced the public mind with., their v i own doubts and pfejudlccs; lor, my ' I wTiat you" will, this trutty class of men h • powerful agents in moulding l»P- ■ ular opinion, bcciuso Uicy often lutve n ' the car of prominent men on t|us route, c . and many of them nre gifted iritli rare d i conversational abilities, wiikh tbqy c I never foil to cxcre-Isc againat any and 1 - oil iuuevotiijps. upou thair calling.— t f They. are tile custodians of .important a secrets, they bring anil amy valuable I • phrreUs of money and goods, they ru- t ■ toil the news in advance of the papers,' ,1 I and are looked foe with an anxiety and f - greeted with a wcloomc, that gives , - them a heart -cheer In Uie dlschargv of t - their duties. Aside front this, they i - love thetr.hofsM next to'-wifc and t : ahlldnm, arid regard BW cooch usee- < . ond ooly to their cottage homes. With , - iaid» attachment*, wh* cm- wonder' [ . that they look with a Jealous eyi. ttpon i V all " new-fangicd ftoflons," which tend < i Trite, here and there could be found t . one bold eooagh thdeciarr, that Roll- 1 , roads wonld be contracted, and could < . be maintained In. this "District; hut < . three expression* were looked upon an t ! the ehirnerlral Ideas of '• over-xaakms i t oilyocatcs—rtienildlespi-cubitioii, which . i failed to tnak* any Impression upon i 3 the public minrf. AmM Ll thvsy diy ( paragenifato. bowsvt.'r,;our genial cli- i ■ mate and avnilable goegreijdilenl pn«i- | -1 tftm, yfmlfl dray an oeeoelouoi stron- - gcr to us; Ana thus, added to lbs nnt- . ural increase of popuiatiiai; began to t crowd oaf fntada^ndmnsldi; singes, its , - wi;ll -as our buy; upjl tirev "steamhoats. 1 Thatimrcl le Oapa May City In -the i - summer months, giro ,'pMnM.l W the i neceaaity of a Ilsllrnail. which siioufd i tnc point at or nva* l^uur den, and penstrafc Uy fown; coanths : t in its eocreedo that point. The moro . sanguine mad.: tla, meal of tbi.liiuii.d , - evidence of pregtesa; jOid lidpe.'grew i apace, until It oulynerded'Wiiiiepro.ii- ' »-»• to xhe. ■ work tncans and cxperiuuoe. to revive : I r At .Itsil., anumbrenf prominent gentleman In the Dlstfiet, .1 and a few out oT it— comprising -fcfme , of the upost acUra Diroctora of the e Oimdsn and Amboy RaHroad, lmm« t Impnased with the conviction, -that a - Hahrood, which should pass Uirdiigb - some of the principal towns, securing L the patronage of these and the tn.vcl e to Cape May-would prove wUSsuw - Lainlug. Some of these gentkmcu lunl ; h»cn participants In theatruggie which I bore down aH opposition arrared - against the parent read of the State, | y many year* previous, and knew hbw to , - meet that which was preaenb-d against i e the Wert Jersey Road, ltiej were [ a animated by hope, too, 'thju tbi» j i cuterpriae would lead to the construe- i s tion of branch roads toGhpe May City, J }• Salem and other points, shSuld fhoy ho i required; for the main track onf- con- j 0 strueted; It wonld be aa esmy auk to : s build the branches. This view of tho I a question brought togrtlier a number of b d active and energetic gentlemen from ; .1 Oannlcn, Salem, Itfidgeton and other j y plnera, whose eonibipcd inflmxirt . iBd'i r- much tureamvo the wUrespvead doubt! 1 Which existrri in regard to tho fcaai- 1 ; '^'sacsribs'-iwwl r inai aererity. The iiuaedr navigation k interest* of the towns named, and, in foot, a great Mounvenianos to the peo- j pis of South Jersey. Wagons afforded 1 4 Utt mqagre forilltir* for transporting] ■ ^^d the phmariTh Ufo kbovement 1 • m^'me n'pffth" j t- *»».»« mtpdeare and a '-TO4j road— -cave "i— i aniuruewts v Inch ' : gigs^^btesst

BliTH.' , lour, ihowkta ear menu, ear Soit n».S Are se'a..ais oer'slassol turtk-i CTBAfWJtL tCCLCSS. JIow many readera of TncOtau* W> tahsarfrqm Raekrl Rechi»i 1 Has tlio written a word that wreathed a healthy smile on tho iipa, or a thought Btriking deeper, which made stmo one rare to grow purer and ." HtriCjjtsi beta, ylth apology for nqt It sooner, mu*t Kaelivl take efi ' her- molest little Jut and thiiuk'Uiu ^AT 5 lie iSr>ri.</, for his compUmcut. to' \"Shsdi of tl» W plnut," j$o genius, ttgm&s' it be, Mr, Jay, on "a wavewaslied amd .bar, ' ' but Just uudcr the cdqdovr cf your own roof and almost At'yonr very hcnrtb<touc. A modest "«h^r ft the>entl«w»« -f the WAV*,-wt»6-vii(e not my atrirc wdnld tfhOn' In knows very well (no heWHl ayprecintc the aimlle) that this foeeflired "genI°»" 'ay sleeping for many years in the wood of undeveloped enter raw., waiting for the knight to unlodr the gates and let R flee.' WHh what wise briars and fcH at his advancing footstep, hUuself can tcttify. Do you blame Hit. Jar ? Thank you again, flear Sentinel ; Rachel tucks your compliment away in 1'Cr heart with a great many oriier things which live then; to die, and warns you at the same time that Eke a true St mint, at his phut, its yon ore. to keep a sharp lookout for "grtiitab ' at your door ond not wonder that an un-known youth on a yourself. ' But to thb subject- — The time, place and condition of one's birth, the early connected therewith, hnve much, if rent brtire eontrol over the mature' life; Tlare is almost Ktcrtl truth In ■ the quotation at the heading of Uils articls. . 1"rue, a man with the tint • breath of mdstenre may be transplanted, so that Ids character lartakes -if < .tlie qualities of thsooil in which the gertns sf life develop ; but the fact is tho lass sure that it makes a dif- ' fere lice when, where, and of whom he bom; ' I <k> not mean to argue that tho Adventitious trappings of wealth royalty ore night in themselves eonsidered, for they u* often prove to the ' posacssos, a source of evil, than othrrwisc,' bat ■ I 'do mean M say that tbc ne- [' oident of birth ia not atritllng one.— Laws both of nature and mind confirm this. Fhysirally tlie noblest, purest, healthiest ptyiiyu. Is horn of Uke pareotogo. Ihia, tlie world and human . experieaoe.t'rtif)'. This, the thousand u strong, stawly- yewmaniy of the land i testify. - Ibis, tho teas of thousands i of, ®pny, vcak minds, condemned to i *uftjT f'>r the sins of -their Ihthors, testify,; ,0ad werksby natural la wshmong - as, ae, works by nntoral laws in • forest, pjiui nud flower. The mind, • rWUliran Welsh, Deputy, Ififitk Etaaiel Coxo, Governor. 1CS-T. > - Amirs w- Uoarilteu. IT.'f to 1087. I. .luamiah Bnasoi Deputy. I0B7 to 1U1«. , -Andrew Hamilton, Governor, lbltU | • till surrender. , Surremtftr to tbo Crrwn, 171H. 1 EAST AND west jtlttv united. I EAST . AS D WEST JLll-r.i i i . ,.j,. ^

i ft^fiw^i7i)a""ur7 , ' lu I Jbbn "iovtlace, 17W. He died in ! 1 ■ i M I i ■'lMcfctrd"fng«wby, Lieut. Governor, ■ that great, prlockis jewel gains more ^ ; than pne commcnly cstimales from the r, reknrg miai eontaln* It. Poweribl, I j ' . B^^'ftl^^foroe' may be nil tlie ' ui&trpdwwM ir atlstalued by a strong, > healthy'ctms titu ti mi . . 1 ' Tilb'.'ssbjact'. opens out indefinitely 5 and ciui Urelly l« trtjigjd.of in th< nar- ' row colunns of! local new'spapfr. It 1 makes bdiflercuce in what part of the world Ben are burn ; whether among I mountphs, in* valleys or on aiuiJy , 1 plains. Raskin says that "11000111111 (f " art can only be produced by' those who ' | have tatutiftiT things about them," ^ ' ! and. Wis Just so with the dcrolopmrnt >( '! or character. It cpitooly unfold great- • | lv wfora there arc gnat objects of tight (| ' i aud tvnaaqocnt intuitive lofty coucc;-- ( ' tioto, "A»Uit finest winra hare some- v c times the taste of tl»*>U'-ai» truly do J 1 mlafll n8 Hi', taste .of, but breathe n " forth eraphatirally the quality nnd toUo n • ! of the soil on which they sprang into Q ' j bciu*.' Qreait, ax|aUirive randy plain- h " .{-nam develop greUuuoutalUy. :ll Is . M'araneurapoeathiiity. • White the very ' I etmoaphere pf mvuo tains is direct in- ' [Kilretloa to greauttus- WqflM Hugh I MiUer . have teen the great J-ioaccr in |jftepla(ical sekmoa . born other than oh 1 S and ikseiie 1 .However prone his mind , " [naturally to- such invert igwtion, wnuld ,, Tit . tevc availed aught in nnlhvoraWe J groutd I Weuld Agaaois have been „ . j Agates born elsewhere ti im» t the foot , ofthe Jte*? . Who can tell Uie power- g _ fulrhtev-whlah the sunlight play on j jliuaanfttegprak, wrought 111 the mind „ 'loftterwriagboy? Would Michael |, "•} geuia* wlOWifc teller thun iu tlie nliade „ of the Vatican i ■ Where would have I , s ila«n Titian with boyhood out of Italy? p »• Would Bourke hnve enrolled the lire of it Ids mfotl'cal bloqdence In the finish L ° Ptedhflfatbiiiy out of E. a I Webster in the I'nitcl Stab * Se nate, j , b+wiKlfl*" fehole-soulcd, broad- vie wed, ' , •citional pre- i , VpHThi ad not hi- s'ptU! , d (heen a* lofty as the pcaii and ii» eoli'd , 0 iofbase a* Were the granite hills at bis ■ M narite stnt: ; 1 believe no!, fr Grace Greeuwood, one of the puro-;, , j 1 toiBml iroaaaiuriiteraiiftheday.say*, , ■jtteBtea raaeber.o an t ate Uttered a | ^SiS^,:uI!^h«dV ;

oorit days, dart never to he recalled, over pernirious volamee, plantlngwithln you seed* which ks snre as existence will cast their blighting influence over the werid of Love that God may chboec to give yon. Prepare, I heaeech you, prepare yonr 1 warts for the given Ught , at name, by pure, benutiftil thotlglits, . by loving Bets and self-forgetting deeds t and from Hhu who sits on High you will not full of reward. J »i If woman realised to the ftillrtt exI tent tManeeeasity of selfcducation and cuHfvarion th*l therein' she be better L, able to elevate ollwrs, liOw different I might be her' Hie. Long after many a mother's form has lain down In unt broken sleep does her memory hold in- [ tue aud rouse it to loftiest purpose* of ; , being. , To His mother was tlie true Aristo- [ tie of modern-limes, Sir Fronds Bacon, j >"apoicon caught Ute (Mining* «>f hi* i , power - Crow Iter who gave him birth . | l This divine power of Impress is wor man's prerogative and follows by right . nfher vicarious suffering. Ilnppy she | , who is conscious of the divine gift and ' , holds herself res|>on*idlo to lliin from j whom it came ! Srorywheru, at all times, do we *oc ' c theft- modifying circumstanre* ..f con- i ' trol the life. Chesterfield would never j e , have developed tlte elegant (ihesterlield i 11 - had he lain in the plain wiWslen cradle j " c with old Doctor Johnson. A nd what I s might tlte irritable, pithy, dear old ' , of P/tnl (.'Itrel.wftekl-* mansion « Take ] fl t calibre, precisely eltt|inwered willP re- | H p lired in rlreunistanors uttfovorabie to , dor of its earthly existence, stimmnded J 'I .if the' forest, one rails or fells nnd the '' p will It to with these. There is nturli 1 f~ j Hal key ever shall unlock the hidden h the sweetest song of Ellrahetli Itarretl. if Lore IntFuot played on her lyre and ,e wrought with Robert Browning, that ' £ hearts?' „ heart* trace pregnant with celestial g flre.'l "hands that might' have swayed r. the rod of cinitiK-.'" of "waked to tsxu tnsy'- the lyre of song, and tints will it d lie white time shall lai^ There I* tnanj- ] a heart, which, Uke.lbc .Eolian harp la- stands waiting the Inspiration of a ' ». light the llsunrr. Never, III this llfi oim^s thc breath hungfired and thirsted j, for lti intensity of rravlng. J But. Wfi end at we began— Crentun-s • of circumstances, our tbougbta. our morals, our hcllcft are oft-times, almost ! always so, the necessary conseqnenaB. | of -place at birth. Well, if we nulire a, | that humble or great, "we came not to i t our place *liy accident," but that " 'lis j the very one God meant for us' meant 5, ! that we slronld carve out Hfc in imita-

tion of Him, remembering that "all of life is not to live or nil or death to die. ' ' An Editor in a Sew Suit.— Clark, editor of the Kendall (Illinois) Clarion, foa man who loves a joke, and never lets tin opportunity slip that promises a dish of fuu. Here is one of his best ; '.Disguised — We have lately got a uew suit of clothes, and no man conld look more effectually disguised. We look like a gentleman. C'pon Brat putting It on we looked like a ait In n strange garret, and for a long Kmc thought we were swapped off. "We went totho "house and scared the baby almost Into tits ; wife asked if we wanted to see Mr. Clark, and salil boswae at ihg,oIHcc ; went there, amd pretty soon a man came in with a strip of paper In bis hand. He asked if- the editor wss In; told MoT we not ; asked him If he wished to see him particularly; said ho wanted him to pay that bill ; told him we didn't believe htikl hp in ; bttilncsa limn left. Wc started to tlie house again; met a couple of young ladles, of whofa asked the other, 'what stranger is that?1 In our dilemma we met a friend, and told liiro fthq we ware and got. him to introduce us to our wifo, who is now as proud of us as she can be." a rr.w teaks ago there lived in tlie town of , a son of J udge It , whom we w'Ql call Joe, who frequently imbibed moro tlian he could comfortably rarry. There also resided In the ncigborhood a painter named IV— — , who kept a saloon. NoW\W. was a great practical joker. On on* occasion came l^to W!'i saloon, and rather rarly In the morning got very murh intoxicate^ and finally foil gsleep In his cliair. Joe was very near-aighted, and itl.ways wore specs- After he hod 'slept some time, tfl took pff his specs, : Mapped the glosses, put -them hack , again, liglitcd the lamp*, and then I awoke joe telling hint it was about IS o'clock at night, sod he wanted to •hut up. Joe stared around and remarked that be had- slept some time, i W. then arid, **?<*, U h vety dark, | aud If yon win bring it buck again I : will lend you a lantern;" Thereupon , lighted -mfontem,g*Te « to Joe, j and helped him up th. stairs Joe , wcnfco* soward hoses' <ep the main , lawtorts -street.) In the middle of the (day, wftfi hts lafltem, everybody fook1 1 Ingnbhteyfl etetfeHa Wte« was ; theatettefe , i ; | ment to tlie congregation: " Voa are , drahte to attend, meeting In the VTO- . try at four u'sloek, to consider the brat

MARRIED. —Earth and Sky, MAY lot, lRfifl. ( airtiio, ear»».) - eyaso^satoms. . Os her tret' «wi« dir. ^ six KM kl-psow sod Oowvi- i, Tbooctt to wrd rat ssrlh sod lbs iky t- a; toitosimli r"** ( s. Sl'tnrid^."1" "* » ■MTiiV";,!,. rropln,,' " an -rorirt ood wropiat; n I IV o give helnw a careftilly compiled a ! chronological list of the various gentle- a who have been called on to pre- ! side over this goodly land of Jersey s from iu discovery down to dole, r the Revolution to thq revision o | of tlie State Constitution in ISM, tlie j loverunrs were appointed by the Conn- 1' ril (corresponding to the present State h j '. every year. Coder the new ' tiirnnlaliy by tie- people, ffluce 1SH nine R,ivrroois have been chosen, of c whom four -Stratum. SrWcll, Oldiw I llcimblican icirtl^ ; the other. In tire ( Democratic But to tho record. « East Jersey was discovered by .Sehoslian Cabot in 1187. West Jersey wn*. ' discovered by Ilcndrik Hudson in 10UD; 8 conveyed to Berkley nnd C'nrteret by ' ihfpDuke'of York in 1044, aud divided into East and Wert Jersey iu 11178. ' Philip Carteret, from HWl till 1(181. Robert Barclay, from lUfid to lOfiu. Thomas Rudyard. Deputy Governor, from 1883. ' Inrl Nlel Ckmphell, 188.7. 1 Andrew Hnmiltoii.froln KVr2 to Ifiiri. 1 Jeremiah ltass.-, from 1809 to 109(1. Samuel Jennings, Deputy. 1881. Ifl8-*i. ' John Skein, Deputy, 108.7 to 1087. ' 1700 to 1710. ' 1 William Burnet, from 1780 to 1787. ' John Hamilton,' from 1730 to 1738. Tlie above were also Governors of ! Iewts Mm-iis, from 1738 to 1746. John Hamilton, from 1746 to 1747. r Jonathan Bclobcr, 1747 to 17.17.

Jonathan Mndlng, from 1737' to Francis jjaruaol, 1768 to 1700. Thomas Boon, from 1700 to 1794. ThmiAs Hardle, from 1761 to 1763. i Wififnm FninkUii, from 17113 to 1770. ment. i WUliiun Livingston, from 1776 to I 1790. William Paterson, from 1790 to 1792. t Richard Lowell, from 1798 to 1801. i John I-ambert, Viec I'rasldent of Juacpk Bloomflcld, from 1803 to I 1812. I Aaron Ogdcn, from 1812 to 1818. ) William S. Pennington, from 1813 to 1815. a Mahlon tlickcraon, from 1815 to i 1817. „ Isaac II. Williamson, from 1817 to i 1829. c Garret D. Widt, from 1829. Declined, n Peter I>. Vroom, from 1829 to 1832. , Samuel .L Southard, from 1882. e Elected Senator Feb., 1833. i, Ellas e. Sculey, from 1833 t FctoC D. Vroom, from 183g to 18Skr I'liikanen Dickerson, from 1830 lo 0 I'lc ' - r Williiio^Pouningtou, from 1837 to if 1843. . Daniel Haloes, from 1848 to 1844. XEjr cojiHTrnmos. n Charles C. Strntton, from 1846 to 1«48- . ' y Daniel Ilaine*, ft am 1848 to' 1851. I- Rodman M. Prioc, from 1851 to -, George F. Fort, from 1854 to 1857. a William A. Newell, from 1867 to n 1800. :r Charles S. Olden, from I860 to 1863. h jfoel.Parkcr, from 1868 to 1866. n Marcuj L. Ward, from 1866 to 1869.. 1, Theodore F. Randolph, 1869. ^ Josg IUllinihj was asfted, " How ^ feat does-sound travel? " and hla Idea is Itdqpendsagood deal upon toe noiae you a« talking about. "XI* soaad ov a dinner bom, for lustance, travels ° half* mUa in,* second, while an tavitashufrtu get up in Ite monilng i bar "• known . fti be 3 quarters ov an lfour kJ goin op i pair ov sulra, an* tbte not 1 havatwngtb«u|fflcft tube heard." Tbkb* waa a thoroughneas about '' prac tiroJ joking in the middle ugte.- £ WtenTk*. Adrbu. dted in 15» the bl^tetormiaed to tortify their pfcsaro 'al the event- They therefore adorned the dt«f of Ms physician's house with garlands, adding this lne- scripOon:— "To the deliverer of his o- country."' * wherefthe0^ taTv^tMngh tL ,D1 ary. He U witling to diapenac with li- say amount c4. worit If tMs ran te W ■ ; ij

<SWWrcn'^ (Siofttran. j An Old story. Many ymra agu a eclebratod Italian. 1 artist was walking along the' streets of ai bit native city, perplexed ami despond- "w In tonsrquence of konre Irritating o; cimimstanrrw or misfortune, when he n behcH-i lioy Jof such surprising and li unsur]ci«sJl beauty tliat he forgot hts n own trouble and glodin In looking up- » on the almoat angle lace before blip- n " That Ihcp 1 niust have." said the d artist,' " for mv studio. Will Joficome to my room and tit' for a picture, my a Tho little boy was glad to go and ai see the picture, and pencils, nnd cur- i lops things in the artist's room, aud hi- u Was still more plcaaed when he saw a what srenied to be another boy looking „ just like himself smiling from the ar- c tint's canvas. t Th'c artist took great pleasure in e at im- »wc« thee. WBMl nr t was troubled, or Irritated, or perplexed, 1 he lifted liis ryedfto that lovely image a the wall, and its hcautlftil features i and expression calmed hi* heart and - made Mm- happy again.- Many a vlsi- ,| tor to his studio wished to purchase L that lovely face; but, thoflgh poor. c and ofb-n wanting money to buy food j nnd clothe*,. hr w6uld not sell his good i nqgle, as he railed this portrait. r So the years went on. Oftentimes I asliclookeduptothefiiccon the glowing | canvas he wondered what had become ( of that boy.* * c •' now I should like to see how he t now! I wonder if I should know , Is he a good man and true, or i wlekerLand abnndoned? Or has lie , Ono day the artist was strolling down | of Hie fin.- walks of the city, wlien , ficndlike. that he Involuntarily atnpped | and gated at hini. | " What a spectacle! I should like | to paint that figure and hang it In my studio opposite tile angle boy.'' said , money, for ho was a beggar at vrrll as a thief. your iKirtrait wid 1 will giro you all von ask," said the artist. The young mau followed the painter fililshrd. and he received a few coins his troublejio turned to go; but eyes rested 9pua tlie picture of tlie boy . be looked st it, turned pale, ond •• What troubles yon. man?" said seemed pierced with agony. the wall, aud In broken tones, which j nnil Uie angle foce it thai portrait. Itc-

lienddike tent you want my picture to show how ugly a mnncoiililloiAl Ah, a 1 see now what vine and crime hare f done for me." 1 « Tile artist was omasOil. If' could 1 not heltevo hlrown rare. t"Pray, who did this happen? "he t asked. I The joung man told Ms sad and t dreadful story; Imsr, being an only-son, , and very benutiftil, hit parents petted . and spoiled lihn; how he went with J lad boys aud learned all their had 1 , liadits and riees. atid ranie to love c . ttwm;1iow, having "plenty or-fiiimey, i he was enticed to wicket pfawto'UD all i ' was lost, and then, unable to work and r ashamed to beg, he began to steal, was ' caught and Imprisoned with tho worst } criminals, ranie out still moro de- 1 {■raved to commit worse crimes thaft 1 before; how every lad deed he per- ' I formed seemed to drive him lo conia ho could not stop till brought to the gallows. , It was a fearful tale, and brought tears into the artist's eyes. He besought the young man to stop, and offered to help fcim. But, alas! it was " too late. Disease, contracted by dissipation,, soon prostrated tho young man, and he died before lie could reform, i, Tlie painter linng his portrait oppo0 site that of tlie beautiful boy, End when , visitors asked him . why he allowed „ such a hideous-looking foce to be there, ho (old them th* story, saying aa be closed, '' Between the angle and the demon there ia only twenty years of O vice-" Tho lesson lo thb tale is in the talc itself. Ton who read It car tel] what it M- Think of ft often, and becd a Jt alwaya. ' " . The Mischief of I'ns-lon " Will putting one's self lou {assloo O mend tho matter? " said an old man to a boy who had picked up a stone to '• throw at a dog. The dog only barked at him In play. ' * ' . , " Tea, It will toend tbo matter," • said thepaaaionate boy;; and quickly r dashed the stone at thi dog. a The animal, thus enraged, sprung at M the hoy, and bit liis leg; while the atone 4 bounded against a ahop-windo w, and Is broke a jnne of glass. Out ran flic kbopkecper, and seized r the hoy, and made him pay for the broken Jtne. He ted mended the * -SS-SUw.-;. matter to (et lnto ajostiim about K. " If the thing be hard to bear when you - are calm, It will be harder when ycatare 6 i0l7%> ha* met with a lto% you will only tacsease tt by lortng your '• lr" wuat a teuutiful place hsuvxi is!" said a Btlfe boy not font ytor. ® | Why do you think so?" 'a*H Ms .pe: «

•• ■: '-ay asks: " Will soraeteny tofl.». here can buy a choft? We w n* an office eliqlr, a panor choir, a itolngcliair and akitchon dil. ;. Wc Live cxperiuiuntek In n?uhi'^h^ite»ntewWtoddays, make things to srtk i'Nojir, if there i. anything to lieworld built for the use of tetAmerieai. citizen which should be built in a sufo Stantial manner, that thing is a choir, it should be so couotruoted a* to sustain a weight of two lutndzed pounds avoirdupois, on four legs, two logs or leg. As Uw» very eseeroary articles of furniture are now constructed, thoy will uot stand alone any considerable length of time in a room heated toaeomtortnme uegreeol tcmperatnre. Tim worthless glue with which they are stuck together thaws out, and Uien tlicy foil in pieces. Some years ago purchased of a highly reputable dealer— among the most reputable of his class, we mean— what we considered a very substantial as well as highpriced set of office chain. They-wcre pieees in less than a month, and tho reputable dealer's tinker was called week after week, to pay Uiem attentions. But the . tinker, with gtnc pot, felled; whereupon wc called in a son of Vulcan, who substituted iron in the place of gtue, and iv, having occasion to purchase a set of office chairs, we thought to profit by our former experience, and, remcmbrr1 tlie splint-bottomed arm-chair ol 1 our grandfather, which never broke 1 down, we searched tin dty for dnpli- : cntcs. We found them after many 1 search. Alas! these too were ' to pieces within a fortnight " We have arrived at the conclusion ' tlrnt chairs put together with gtue are worthless. NoW, will uot some inventor give us a chair? Wo incline to the ' belief that a fortune 1* awaiting tho man who will devise a method for put1 ting together chairs in such «wav that 1 glue shall be dispensed with entirely." r A Long Building, , The Artizan gives the following dcy ■ cription of the longest frame buili u, t in the world-. v«;' i "In order to protect the Irate a as 1 the 'snow-Hne,' the managers i the Pacific Railway have constni d a i scries of sheds, or rather ou- large building, lo keep the snow .tirely i from the track. This shed l» ventyI two mile* in length, sixteen fret in •- width, and aixtecu feet in tec -ill. Dot a. including the pitch of the too.. Jt - i put up in the uiont substantial ucvnt- r, I, all toe timbers used biiiug of the test 1 quality to be obtained. Tlie sides an- . eucloscd, and were it not for tte t - that daylight {lenctrates through the , iu tent ices letwecn the hoanls, tho 1 whole affair would te very like a lingo o tunnel. " The building is braced together li

peculiar mauncr, and ia, in addltiou, bolted to Uie rocks whenever the read Dears toc tace of the cliff,— snow-slides are to te fcaml, an i-xtenUou of tte roof tea bee* carried to the clifls, so tout felling mosses shall isiss over tte building and lodge on the other able. In many ploeca where side tracks are located, tte building Is wider than too. figure* given above.— More than 40,600,000 fort Of lumber teen used In itsoonrtructlon. It rovers an area of mesa than 1,800,000 square . fret, w neatly forty-four acrte," j, J Mechanical lite sfCtKsr Oil. IVo find In one of onr exchanges the following remarks relative to the use , of castor oil lu tte trades, more particularly !■* application to hatter. It Is mute better to soften and redeem old , leather than any other oO known.— , When bootaandshoes are greased wtth ' it, toe oil will not interfere with pol- [ lablng afterward, as la tte case with . lard, olive or any other oil. In IJar- -. rlsburg, Pa., the old leather hose of , some of toe fire companies was greased r with it, and found to bctxsne almost as soft aud flexible aa new. Leather belt, for transmitting motion in machinery . will usually test three or five years, acu cording to tte wear and isag Umy are j cxpqsrd to; when greased with castor . oil it will provsnt slipping, so that a „ belt tlure inches wide, impregnatod c with It win bosqnaltoateU four and lf shall inches without carter sU. it is c awxssary, however, to matt twsnty1] four hours till the oU bsa disappeared { from tte sur&ce an* -penetrated tlieUtter, otherwise tte freshly -gri-.w,l surfere win carte teppWg. Tte at* and otter vernita detest anythlr m- " prcpnateil with castor oB; and w;' not " tonch 1( another advantage.- -ftm- » rifle AwereW" ^ ' ■ " TUEKB«TO sovooty-dvs la aaa- '' ufectorirs in tte United btai- s, turny ing out annually from 1^00, JO to I,300, 008 ferta. One pair of la ta will, it mi an avnago, make sixty (air* of ie teota or teoea Tte best wood far d making them Is porelmmon; the next best, rock maple. j 1 bun .-oofs were first, used In 171-1, ,c whe-a Robert Ransoms oftiaiqsd a pstin Africa. l ►were™' w^toT^" . nsmter. ' "^7*7^' iSgjri1"" , {mporteil freer AjPrtk*.