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"VoLWME XV. CAPE MAT CITY, NEW JEBSEY. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4. 1S69. WHOLE NO. 733. .j

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;i"T~-] Laws •! »eW tcrtcf cnmi m.ITTT lin Act for lbs governmiat mad regulation of tbe BUte Priaon. L Be It enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the Slate of New * JfrwT, That svery person sentenced to bard labor and unprleonment under ? the laws of this State, for any time not lea than Hx months, shall within twenty days after suehNHnteoce, be trana ported at the expense of tbe State, by tbe sheriff of tbo county when such conriction may be bad, or bp bia la Ivor ful deputy, to tbe state prison, and ■" there delivered Into tbe custody of the beeper of aid prison, together with a copy of tbe antenoe of tbe court ordering each punishment, and of tbe taxed hju^eoataof^rnoecutioD against auch 8 conviction wa had; and aaid person ao delivered to the keeper of aid prison, abaU be safety kept therein nnlil tbe • time of bia or her confinement rhall ban expired, and the Bn» or . «nd ■ o«unl jiroeecntloe bo paid or rrmiiuxl. ' or on till he or the abul bo otberwlfc diachargtd according to lew ; and ererj- ; person sentenced to imprisonment for ; Ua than six moniba abaU bo conBned in tbe Common Jail of tbe coOrty where I tbe conrictioa wu bad, and there aafe- - ly kept until the term of hia or hereon- '• be or ahe abafi be diaeh*g|6*4f duo, i trana port to the elate prison at the - aame time, ail odendera -sbk traced a a j aforesaid, during any one term uf Uio I court prooouuefig soch sentence; anil f that for transporting, auetaining and ; securing soch offenders, they shall bo 1 pf entitled to recrfse the following aud uo i. gle oflbbder, thirty .cents per mile; for » two oflbndrrs, twenty-flve crnta gxr t mils each; for three offenders, twenty cents per mtk each; and for four or more offenders, fifteen ccou per mile >r for each one; which sums shall be our- • titled Ire tbe keener of aaid prttod; Add said certificate R*at! bo delivered lo ihu Treasurer of this Slate who shall upoa • tbe same, ami tbe ontor of sakltaeja r i and warrant of comptroller, who aball I pay the aaid ahrrifls the amount ao cer- |* tilled out of any moneys in his hands j not otherwise appropriated. J. And be it enacted, That the costs » of conviction of every offender sen- - tenced to bard labor ana Imprisonment in the stdte prison; shall Bcfouter Iw J; pdid on Warrant of the comptroller of - Una Mate, on a certificate of tbe Uxad s- bill or coau, signed by tbe clerk of tbe court where auch conviction shdl bo had, and countersigned by the keeper K of the ^ ^Wi iys^^tEai If the to believe that Any sifcti bill of wttTu rv imprdpeHv taxed, U aball be bia duty to return the aamo to the court where such cunvlctiou was had. that tbe same , Hie court. t. Aud be it eoacted. That the gov- ^ crnor, chancellor, chief Justice and BtDirney. general of the State, within one month after the pnssagi' of this act, aud aa often thereafter ^ns^Uvc - dflldva \ ahall at a meeting called by tbe governor, chooac and appoint by contmr- •• Tiaor of the auto priaon." who shall ■; be conmilsslocod as snch by the gorar- " nor, and ahall hold Ida ofBoe for three .1 years, and until his successor Is an* •i poiuled aa aloreaaid, and qualified; e such sbpervjpor ahall recelvca salary of i '• two thousand Are hundred dollars per ; • sa«ss.'ss'if2:~| riao( state ofBcera are paid; and bo- ! ; - ,

fore entering upon the duties of his of- , aKaU eivc bond to the state, with , , two sulBeEnl securities, to be approved ,,, . ree^to tibe bond of the keeper ef tbe g (v jSSelteresetad, Thatthe super- f viSoetogethfT vrltb U>e roy^ytodkJ and „ ■ ■ I : ; L riafnuaction of ail Ita buataRM, ess- . ii cept as herein otlierwisc provided i and ' tlrepowere and duties of the supetvl- ' sue as a member of the board ahall be , independent uf his powers end dolus li aa enperriaor; and action of a rngjori ty ofarid board shall be oooaWered action * oftha board, except aa otherwiao pr.v . vidrd; and said cnmptroUor and treas- j urer than reejlbettve^ morive for their , i services aaSnenihera of aaid l*«rd of , I ; • celSw. chief JaRioe and attorney gen!i erahManroian^pmpeniationtlireefor, , A to he paid In Uitwaroc manner a a tbe who ahal eenltane In oOee one year, ' :

orders drawn by ahy two of said lnspeetor*; and t ha reM keeper shall diesupervisors; and before said fceepf 4 shall exercim ahy part of his ofBee.'ae : ssusrssiEf^'Si'; C the treasurer of the state, in the sum 4 of fire thousand dollars, with condition n that bo und his deputies and assistants, a shall welT\pd JhitUhJlj nerfonn the L duties imposed on tliem By law; and h reid toeperj with hiayurettte, rt^aoa or eanee the aame te be proved before e the governor, or one of the justices of a the supreme court of this state, and e shall then deliver the aaino to thciffltn- ' a urer of this slate, who shall ranee the ii same to be recorded and Med h» the I office of the secretary of this state; and 5 copies of said record, legally exemplla fled by said secretary, shall bo legal i, evidence in all courts of this state, in e any suit against said keeper and hit II sureties or day of them. i ft And twit aaafeead. That Urn fol- . I lowing rules and regulattodt for Uic a better ordering of the state prison ahall f t be In fbrco until altered by the'legiala1 1 reeled. Of tie Supereimrt and Board of Saper- ] The bonrd of supervisors shall hold 1 stated meetings once a mouth, at.auch ' I place Id Tfentoii aa they shall deterj mine, and such apeciol meeting aa they J shall deem necessary Som time to time"; the comptroller for the time being ahall ' he ex-office president, and the treasurer * for the time being secretary of said j board ; they shall have power to make J audi rules and rvgnlnUoris fur the 1 grtiefal government and regulation of 1 the aiate prison, an>l matters relating 1 thereto, as they may deem ncceasarj- ' and proper onus latent with the princf- ' plea of acporato confinement, the lawa ' of the state, and the independent pow- ' ers specially given to other officers ; ' and they stunt cause the same to be 3 written or printed, and copies thereof t to be fumlsbed to the supervisor, the ' insnoctors, the keeper, And hi! deputies ' and assistants, the moral instructor. 1 physician, and clerk of tbenriami ; and j all officers and persons crmnected with I the prisui shall I ■!■>>! ii to and obey ' the same ; they shall from time to time, ' aa often as tb^? think proper, carefully inspect the accounts of Urn supervisor, " and examine Into his dealings, con- ' they shall cause tbe keeper, aa often as ' they think proper, to lay before them his Accounts and other books of lire 3 prison, and carefully Inspect and ex- ° amine, under oath or affirmation, any r person or persona relative lo anyabnae f or hnwcli of duty in an/ of the offioera * of Mid pHioti i they shall have power * to make geneial recnlationa to goreni J the supcryisov in uie purchas.i of ma, era, andtbe wile of articles mnuufuc- " tured or prepared therein ; and they may. if tMjrfhink urypcx, at any tins', * ana by special naolnuon, require that J : all or any of Mch pdtchaaes, hiringa or * sales, shall ha made by contract award- - ed. after adswrtteament, to the brat bidj as may, from lime to time In neccesary II and proper for the carrying on of the '* business thereof ; they shall have pow- ' ' ™* ,h<,{ (^ttnBtoth°bibr: "Plhc f J of the partln thereto, and which stUl remain nnaeulsd, and to settls and determine the same sad all work therothe

under ; the sapewiaor, subject lo the ■hall have Uie aide power except as herein otherwise provided, to regulate - priaon (except In regard to tuoh-jwork si at may be necessary, lmwful And uro;vr „ regtdated by the keeper) J had lie shall si hftvw power, wWt the consent of the 0 board of supervisor* to hire out and it contract with any pen* or patrons gaa-sa 5 mK fottr years t provided, that H any h ^ tlw ffifeSSfSKMJS ' valid the approval of the governor ox d iffifastiu&siTC? ; with the consent of the hoard of su;>cr- >' visors, permit any ooutrartor lo nam. > and employ an instructor or Instructor- 1 to direct tho work of the retainer* i wham labor is ooatraetol for, but soch actors shall be subject to tbe laws. shall before they eatei aponrbrirdnties, l 3f5aS3KSaestrss , Rsmmmhle, for the obeeevancc of such laws, rules mid regulations ; and ' i«gg3 « rtSffit^i^dh^E^th^rilnS- ■' ^d^^or^tafoHaU^OxiliarKehlm, , res 'he dS55T hero^ the roIT|»jrer, i f ' ■ and all other articles n-quired under '

t J f|i«k Joftrg, j ' xmrti wrf. I A Rtpa war— I kaaw it la set f*» | 1 AaAyaiamts-ihciwwswaaAas,aBlstaaS J wSi'ritsssI aauika ts tare SUls otw.rr., ! ** naaae tor Iktir »l«6t, L Ahl aw, wkese la tka aswJast l-*s#exa I ssf f Thar tare fc« iauravrad aa a llnla wsy t I Tbsil »> fatlaa ISvlar snaiasa ksd. > Aad wtth awsat saiBtviry wy sscye -Itvwt . Twaskanwvhvi. sat panm sewpu} i 1 tVhj -Solid ttwlr f vis 6e fcjcS s ftlvf to B« I S Tkla Sasvy asmat Daax Sariow, lalia tSsSenfuoft l vraj, ; Ttcaa aowkia reb~. IS— •aSdsaad taaaa, all * Ts»b,u«n— 0— .U, ■ AS, tal me tara ay 'see whei-*v I way, 1 TSabrokaiiSaltai— hwaioalj jratarasyS rr:rrr:;:r"-r' • Tsamh witMsTuilai i Item Tk, ksai ! And la isy wraSaasv stve myaclf to tbva! f TO that dear Soao wSstn aiv talovad are, I kd'aotS"! w-Htcu an a i.i. ooi r T»e snjvl of Da.iu> drew o<a» I 1 -'loo— lor oovol Ihj bsbv." Sliolk S-,— I I "Of ISv mils Vied, say wlilrt obtll It *« ' j I will liol shosav, Vol ISsvt Ii rot ISot J TS. notSef -lotted, with wovessoat wild. , forlk and loacSod ISe .Slid j ' lEbooo placid loaturct, wbeo.'woSo tnlkd, ^ I "Wllklhlaaaol OSodl SSolaowSret-Sora- I ; ipnr. rku one, Slad Da. is, I prnfr" - Tkia tlaohwa. a o^ioboj: . "Will It f|v# tb-c to part whb htai I— pnlnV "Mold, touch k m ooir sSt otWd. "islrstn ! j on, ar«r. uc oor prldo and 001 Joy I" - Once more Ibc Angst JtCod waltlBf Ibrrc j r On the iblklns band of a Saba ■> f-tr. | Wbda^ molkrt ptnyvd. -MaraUai Uu.cc! [ 'TlatkS vaeof .oariitU.kandH 1" U^.-fiblXlr'nCi.fTG'r— o-.renn-f a marmui— a atrugftr— nod Oracvbad wua. P ->« my eelll,"— aaid, -bat Thlos a. «o»»e' . The patAamb of Iba fold lay dead. I . .L_tat,w.AJteg..'.ua,.. . . r ^gistrUaurous. ] EXTRACT! FROM THE ItlSTOUY THE V

or tub ii WEST Itms EiflAoiE. II ***■ u The report of Gen. Cook was accept- * ed with great mlla&ctiou. Tbe clear J It contained, and the rea- tl sonable mtlreates made, wore avail ral- H culatod lo remote the doubts of the In- " cmiulouA, and to oooviuat the moot t that the entetprjro was not b ftaalBU, bot gare promise of a safe tateetmeat. Anew real waa awakened 1 infltvwof tk* prefect, sad a splrtt of « determination nunlfcsted, that gave <1 and hope todte fttends. ' Ste i«eainSnary steps necesaary to " procure a charter were A once taken. I The committee was continued, with " to aUend ^ approaching session oT tlie Legislature, for that pur- 1 Subsequently, Messrs. T. U. t Whitney, Gsorge Mi Ward anid David t Potter, were appointed a sob commit- • tee to attend to thai duty, with power 1 to odd to their number. These gen- ' ttemou drafted a charter, and. In duo > time, visited Trenton. < Those GuniUnr with legislative busi- 1 ncas, won know the ttektyx, vexatious sod expense, Incident to the passage of f acme diameter of Hfis; nod- railroad I charters, at that time, wen B«t sic 1 ImppdinmU arose ftrap frd^gs of rt- < retry andhtrsireaa Jraleuafea, aa WeR a from aeciloual foelioft. Cattailbateiy, the pcoplr. in some instenom, : foil to send representative of cutergrd 1 and liberal views to the LegUaiure. It too often, happeua, tlml Cuy are as dossty sreddad to a pariieular bicalHy. ; that b'tct)- imterpriae 'must have v iU- . reel tearing upon their cvnwtHneoey, f hoy- and •loverr hapiwqsinetrt, no matter where . matte, ateUte hi developing the rererars cea, and adds to the wraith of the cnIfhire State. Krrry appUcalltm for a /rrilroad charter ,W*d«e cted to the %oaret eumtlay, and the pomiMHy of a approximating or bacomiag Sribr'arv, y\ to rtfacr roads, wax duly wdghed. 'I charter of the Wert Jetpey Railroad. r mUK Otetxmite with untiring perar*4 vexarew and sanmt pkwdmg-oaaiated j ."/by a namhaa -ho took an mdtve part t A in caUhUabiag the rood. . Pronuneat lfj»oaoaig than wa» T. Joaea Tevta, who 1 rendered tha most -aaiasbk aid ta -tbe t j vutewt to «w State impnmatate, ha !

disparaging the services of etbsn, but , brcansc thrir assiduous application came mure partteularly under the wri- , tet-s notice. But, the charter was obtained, and stands npoo the record M Assembly ' bill No. 5, approved by the Governor i Feb. 5th, 185S. i OntheSBtfi of February, 1853, the i , commissiooera named In the charter of i the West Jersey Railroad Company i ' nk-t and organfxed, for the purpose of 1 consulting In regard to a speedy dlspo- ■ sol of the stock. T. JntlefiTork was J ' appotated Chairman, and Charles E. - Elmer, Secretary. Afteran Ihtcrehonge a of views, It was resolved to open the 1 books for subscription to the capital r stock "f the Company, at the following 1 places: i At Camden, Mfifch 2Mb. 1853. ' At Salem, March 31st, 18SS. ' At Bridgeton, April 1st, 1881 < At Millvflle, April 2d, 1853. I duf'lara?8 ljourt -^P^1 ] I At Cape Island, 'April fUh, 1853 I The commissioners adjourned to " meet at El well's Hotel, in Camden, on tbe 29th of March, when the books j were to be opened. In the mean time, . all the gentlemen concerned were cner- 1 getic in their efforts to make an rn- j -hi raging start, and considerable anxiety sras felt in regard to the amount of • subscriptions that would be received ; at the first meeting. They had reason to believe that the proportion of stock ' 1 I taken in Camden, would, to a great J ! cxtcal, govern, the liberality of tbe rood ' 1 j The llcJlte Was, to give confident*- to j j i snch as were restrained by feelings of . I timidity, from investing their mean- j ' i in the enterprise. | The eventful day soon rolled round, ' | accordingly. T. J one* York was placed | . in the chair, and' Charles Elm- r acted I aa Secretary. It was soon discovered ! tluit no great amount of stock would j ' ( | ly during the day, and when the I . up, hut 525 were taken. Ail concerned . i felt It to be a very gloomy commence- ! - incnt, but resolved to persevere. After transacting oilier business , connected with the rood, the commis- - sionera again adjourned lo meet at the same place on the "111 of April followII ing. The appointment was observed, T. Junes Yorke in tl.o chair as before, and D. POiLct appoiU'.ed Secretary pro j ; torn. t , The committee reported the amount | . of stock l-ubscribeil " for in Camden, : Salem, Bridgeton, MUlvWc, Cape Slav I Court Hoaae and Capi- Island, to be i| 100.) chares- the whole |unount being | '• liuUfllcient to Secure (he permanent o'gnnltattoM of the Company. i a We need not say thai llii" reknlt came for short of the cxprutntlons of " rise to a fbcllug of despondency thai „ shook the faith of the most sanguine. If we c*pcri a frw of the more encrge- * tic, who rati reitfllly be distlhguUtud for the active part tboy iutVe token thoughout. SUI1, it was fclt by all to be a moat discouraging omen, because here was a palpable failure In the disposal of stock, which betrayed popular which betrayed "

to success. It convinced w thoto Who Ii ii labofetl tilgnl and day tt establish a great Improvement by at which the entire population of South " Jersey would be vastly benefitted, that hi very men who would reap the si greatest advantages ftomUie construe- 0 lion of the read, wcrsfinwlillngtoiake tr the smallest risk. With k w cxeep- # tboy maniftated a dlspoalUon to " rail, and cue how it would turn out" P Few men. other than those who had d understand the difficult task of beating, h down snch formidable opposition, 1 wooH havo continued their latara, so tl desuuHB to aid or support Horn a large 1< population proupying audi a broad area of country. ii It was a critical moment for the - Jcvscy Boad-tbe turning point h wlikh ita destiny hung, nad b these gentlemen pansed here; and '' abandoned tbe project la dispaix, the i' First Uottgreasional DUtrict, to any ' , nothing of tbo Bute, would have lost 1 I the value gf at least twenty millions of J doUnrv, which tots been added to It by ' . the West Jersey' rood and its branches. 1 i Time alone can realise the groat obli-, r Rations doc the pioneers of this iui- [ provcinrtil from the public, and a ( . higher estimate will bo piocrd upon ( , the Importance of thrir novice* by , . each auccecditig guicration. ' I Hot, they fell that, to recede now, . would be (lirowlng awaj, all tlic labor ( and aacrificca given lo the troth up to j Ulia period. More than one of them. ( ; I luid passed through a ainiiiar ordual, , , Involving, If possible* greater dlncour- , agemmts, and toiumpbed at last — , . I'jnmlnrnt.amoog these was torn mot" dop: Robert F. Stocktou, who took a j I correct view of the situation, aud , 1 rightly estimated all tlie future would a yirld. tie had met and overcome, , L years before, tlic same apathy and in - „ keWtMrs^fitoWnrdaliks'Wife- , , prise, feWch was now a source of profit In many Who Md opposed It. Atld < f now, fn the' dxihest hour, when hope ; . secrriediilrooallost, he promptly stqiped • forward, "and imhwribed for four itow,f innd flam, amounting to 92U0,0CX)! t Wtth Oottmioaore Stockton, anyl thing Hat wiaicatenlated to benefit his native SUte and 'her people, never - failed to commend his aid and support dltie seldom pansed to count the a I cost, hot- possessing a ito'TRh— '» ,t tuintl, at wcH a* great (tecirion of char,o acter, ho totdt in at aRlapce proapec- - tire results, and . reautforted folth by a- works, Time has more .than con- „ firmed the on* and proved tbe eflcaey a of the other. With truth it »M he It said, lh»t he gave an impetus to U-

1 Afforded ty Commodcre Stockton raasi ed hope to spring anew in the hearts - of the rral friends of the mad, mapy of ® whom had been almost borne down by P I the most depressing circumstances — T ' The example of a single individual la *■ results, and it was so in this rase : for r' i it Deemed to revive confidence, and to " I awaken new efforts to accomplish the !i success of the movement It was no » ' considered an experiment ; and ; m now that the crisis was passed, the j tl Jaundiced eye of prejudice saw clearer — careful men became more venture- al At this stage of nflalrs, the com- th miasionere unanimously passed the fill- ca resolution : 1,1 "RasntTKD, That a meeting of thr J' stockholders be held at Elavil-* Hotel, tl in Camden, at 12 o'clock on Tuesday. r. thr 3d da)' of May, next 'or the purpose of electing thirteen -Directors of a< the West Jersey Railroad Company, BI and that notice thereof be given in the a; Doners of Camden, llriilgeton. Salem, t andrhUadelpliia,'' u In accordance With the shore reao- .. lull on, the commissioners met at the ^ time and place named— T. Jones Y orke in the chair— Charles E. Elmer, Se- ^ creUry. The chairmao appointed It. , C. Holmes, of Cape May, BenJ. Acton, , , Jr., of Salem, and Lewis Mnlfnrd of ^ MiDvillc, Inspectors of the Election. Tlic commissioners then adjourned im- * . j til after the election. A mi ,- ting of the Stoekhoidcra was ., now organized, by railing T. Jones | Yorke to tbe chair, and appointing C. 1 I I E. Elmer, Secretory. The balloting . , ' tinished. the Inspectors reported the | I election of the following gentlemen, to j ' constitute a Board of Director* : ^ I Hubert F.Stockton. T. Jones Yorke. ^ ; ; Hubert I- Stevens. Geo. M. Ward. ■! 1 John !'. Stockton. David Potter. si I I.John M. Micklc. Somi. J. Ihiyanl. h I j Tiros. II. Whitney. Joshua Swam. Jr. • a ' At au afteriiooh session of IIm- commissioner*, it was ordered that "the j : j first meeting of the Director* of the , n West Jeraey Railroad, elected this day, I be held at Ktwell's Hotel, Camden, on 1 | " I Monday, the (Mh inst., (May, 1853,) ] , j when the officer* of. such Directors | 0 ' kUuII be mode, arid tbe fund" of the i ] Board of Director*." ' ! [! Tbe first meeting of tbe Board of] n • Directors was bold, pursuant to ad- ^ ' I Commodore Robert F. Stockton wn» ] L elected t'resldeMl, T, Jones Yurkr, j( 1 Secretary and Treasurer, and General ! n ' j William Cook, Chief Engineer. 1 1( lOONTIHTBD NBNT W1tr.K.| 1 „ . "I Will In n Minute." J» I Here is what n good man says nlaiut " tlic Way boys and girls ought to mind •' t when Spoken to bv their parents : | ' f The other day t Itenfd a mother ask 1 But it was one, two, three, foor. five j f - minutes before he minded hrr. 1 1 It makes me think of the switch- 1 1 i tender's boy. What If he had wailed | 1 a minute before miudlltg bis father)1 1 ' c A switch-tender in Pruaaia was just - going to move the rail, in order to put r coming train of cam on a aide track, ( coming train oi car* on a *roc »■",

when he aaw lite little son playing on n| track. The engine was in sight u and K« hod not a moment to spare. u might jump and save Ulf child ) hot could not do -that and turn the c] switch in Unie ; and if it were not done incoming train would meet another ^ train, and a terrible crash ami smash n take plow. c The safety of hundred* of Hrre doponded on his fidelity. What could be fc What did be do? "Lie down! j, down!" lie culled, with a loud, quick voice to the. child : and seising t twlteh. the train passed asfclv on , Its proper tradk. ( Did the heavy train pas* ovef Uu; , liUlc boy? Was he crushed to pieces? ( No, for be did just as his father told him, and did it instantly. Ho foil flat | the rails and the cars went , high over his head ; anil When tlic anxfather sprang to the spot, there he afire and well ; not a hair w<s t touched. It was his quick obedience, you see, that sated Ills life. He did , not stop a minute. Even a moment's hesitation would have been too late. f - Tju: beard, In almost all the Eastern countries used to be the mark of influ1 enoo, distinctioii and manhood. In China U is the pigtail, or the puenc.— Tlic pigtail of the ChlnGnrn Is to him what the ship Is to the negro, the ten- , . derest parL . The Ceteatial child who , dies without having his beard shaved, , '. not being efitlUed to a coffin, Is reck- ] 1 oned ss a nobody— a nonentity; but-if , 1 lives to grow a toil he fat entitled to , ' respect Oiler draft. U ii hie bodge of , He baa the quelle of life. No . ' greater Insult can be given to a China- ' man .than to cut off, bis trained hair, , or to speak slightingly of iL , IT is astonishing what brattices and : ' frivolous charges are sometime* beard before tire eonrts. . A woman In Buffs- " lo. N- Y-, gaaohiuged before a poiicr , j jnetior, with inslictous mlschisC, in re- . moving flower* from the grave of ber | own husband, contrary to thevrisbra of his relatives. These relotivra hod her arrested, but they ouly received a ; reprimandapdthewjdowberdiacharge. , Hems tea Omnse for tianday eohool r echotera. A gentleman in Pittsburg. t Piureo- published the following offer; , "I wiU donate 320-for every passage " the sort tementkned, to say choreh or y Sunday school tbe finder may sleet." _ Address John A, .Brat oorner of Fifth ' arciHir niid Tunnel street, Pittsburg, y Tuft author of s book jnsl poMtebed • sensibly. aays: "Lhave baautheoocn- * pani.ni of hoys all my lift. 1 have d taught tirem ever stael hscauie a man. d and eopyhoak pre ray'*- but as yonag sliupstBridirp-thMlr. _ 1 jr.:';

CtrcnaiUscM Alter Cases.- j A coontrymxn walked into tbe office • of a lawyer one day, and began his op- ' plication ; "Sir, I have come to get advior in a case that ts giving me trouble." '"Well, what's the matter?" "Suppose, now," aaid the " that a man hid one spring of water oil his land and his neighbor, below, should build a dam across the rrewk which ran through both forms, . other man's spring, what ought to ; he done?" " Sue him, sir, sue him by means." said the lawyer, who al- j ways became excited in proportion to 1 aggravation of his clients. " Von ! recover heavy damages, sir, and j law will make him pay well for it. I i give me the rase, and I'll bring I cried the terrified applicant for legal i advice, " U is I that libs built the dam, i and it's neighbor Jones that owns the spring, and he threatens ft sue me." ! before he tacked his ship and kept on ; " Ah, well, sir, yon say that you built i dam Heroes Hie creek. What sort of I a dam was It, sir?" " It was a mill- : ■dam." "A mill-dam for grinding ' grain, was it?" " Yes, it was just , that." ', And it is a good neighbormill, is it?" "So U is, sir, and • you may well say aa" " And all your nelghlwrB bring tlicirgraiii to la-ground, ■ ' do they? " " Yes sir, all hut Jones." ' ' Thru it is a great public coovenicuoc, not have built It but for that.' It ts to far superior to an) other mill, sir.'' ■ "' And now, " said the- old lawyer, ' "you say tluit man Jones is complainJust bcransc the water from the ,1am to put hock into his little lacrrdan- of Tears. I Theft- is sttcredncss in tear*. They are not a mark of weakness but at j power. They speak more doqently than ten thousand tongues. They are I tbe tnesscugers of overwhelming grief, i of drop contrition, of unsjicakable love. If they were wattling any argument to j prove that man is not mortal. I wonld j look for i( In the strong, convulsive J motions of the breast, alien the foun- | tains of feeling are rising, a^d when , tains. Oh, speak not harshly to the | stricken one, weeping in silence. Biexk ] not tlie solemnity by rude laughter or intrusive footsteps. Despise not women's tears -tliey are what make her of sympathy they are what help to elevate him above the brute. I love I sec the tear, of affiytion.... Tfcej qy; fjffeasure. If tlicre tv.^ no one on earth I to shctl a tear for mr 1 should I*' loth j live ; and If no our should weep over j my grave, I could never die in peace. - Christ at the coimtlng-U-sk, as you meet that trembling debtor whom yon debtor whom A

. about to deliver over the dogs of ni law, to say to yon, forgive seventy qi Christ at tho pen, to Indite that nrtlto turn that brilliant sentiment to a His glory. Clirist at the fireside, to 0| give example to childhood of the work and conversation that befits you.— j) at the polls, to tell you to love ^ your country, to accord to your neigh- lt the lore you would that he should K for yon. p Christ in the pulpit Instead of setr, g the sophistry of your own sermon, or Christ In the pew led you to practise ^ what yon hear, and to take all to your- , self. r Christ on Monday morning, giving ^ light and love to your own eounten- ( nnce, and causing your face to shine hi gladness. Christ at the bodside, to point the 1 sufferer to him who suffered for alL " 1 Christ at tbe mast -head, to bear 1 life and teachings, when out of 1 sight of men, unto sll climes and na- ' "ons. ^ CJ»fist Vvery wlKTe, No nutter ! Medicinal Properties of Celery. I have known many men, dud- wo- . too, who, from various ralises, hod ■ that when ftey stretched oat their ' hands they shook like a«prn leaves on ^ windy day, and by a dally moderate 1 use of the blanched foot-staltx of rekiy . 1 as a salad they become as strong ; ' and steady in limbs as other people. I hive known others ao vdfy nervous , I that the taut annoyance put them in a , stats of agitation, and they vrrte almost I In cottamt perplexity and fear, who ; I were also efluetaally eared by a dally , ■ moderate use of Munched celery aa f ■ salad at meal times. I hare known ■ others cored by using celery for palpi- , ' tation of tbe heart Everybody en- ' gagodin labor, weakening to the nerves, I should use celery thfily reason, and i onions in Ita stead when not in season. . —Carrtipcadenee Practical Farmer. 1 A Bum Wobth On Thoos asd ' DottABS.— The Ohio ChtaroJer says ' the following recipe it worth a thoof sand dotlara to sooty hoose kiopnr 1 " Take one pound of salt soda and a ' half s poand of ansisahod bmeand put Mum In a gallon of water, boCl twenty ' minutes, lei it Hand tiff cool, then ' drain off and pat in ssmaBJugor tor — ' sosRallyeairdtety clothes orarrdgnt, or " until they one wet through, tnen wrta* '• fliem cut and tab on plenty of soap. - and In rase hollar of riothes w*H oov- ' crsd with water, add one tea-cop Ml ' of tba washing Aaid, boii half aa hour

«•*. i Brlfbt t*e ltc*t "t jaar .jv, tar., "•3™SSS^ . T. *tsd rare issrt ta ay wa,' Im, Aa4 kree X** hanoaikaaa stota. I'AaiitrKCB or Jon.— Every bob) la ] j in the habit ov braggin on Job; ho did have kooaidcrabk paahuncc, that's a 1 (he; but did he ever keep a district 1 aktilc for 8 dollar* a — —m and board round, or ran a country newspaper? Did he ever reap lodged oat* down hill on a hot day, and have an his urtts. button, bust off at once? Did he ever her Jumptn toothache, and be made to tend the baby while f hi* wife was over to LarUoeu to a ten party? Did lie ever get up' in the ntornin, awful dri, and turf it three adlra be- • fore breakfast to get a drink, aad find Did he ever undertake to milk a . kichin heifer with a bushy toll in fli ' time, out in the lot? Did lie ever set on a Utter of kitten* I io the old roeUn chair, with his eumIf lie could do ail theee things, aad • praxc tbe Lord at the aame titae, all I - licr to oay is, " Bully for Job."— JmA 1 I Billingt. , A SOMEWHAT roh ceiled clergyman, t who was more celebrated for the length r of his sermons than for their eloquence or theology, once asked the venerable Arch-deacon Hale what he thought uf the one Juat preached. > "Well. «ir," replied the brntqac >f Doctor, " I liked one passage excerd- )' Ingiy weO." r "Indeed, Doctor! Pardon me for . asking yon whigh passage you refer • to I am really happy to meet with > your approval even in one instance. 'J I " Well, my dear air," replied the '' A reh-deaeon, " the passage I refer to • wa* that from the paljilt to (be vestry " pincott'i, Majptzine complains that " wo 1 have no architecture. A Greek temple ' stands for a custom house, secfcri. or a bank ; a priaon is represented a r N ortiwui keep or an Egyptian temple ; a court house rsaemblea a barn or flic- " lory ; and so most ot our public build- '' ings might be interchanged without '' saenfiee of or detriment io any rale at ' true '/BuTH'aliowVirtat'coaSSpditan people we are! h It 1* told of Billy Hlbbud, the r Mclhodiat, that once when roil was railed in conference, his name wa. read "William.'' tic rose at once aud objected saying that his name wa* not William, It was Billy. "Bat u brother Bibbard," pleaded Bishop u Aahbury "BUly is a Utile boy's "BUly

quick reply, "and I waa a littia boy when my father gave It to me." I.s a recent case In Indiana a Justice complacently remarked, In summing the testimony ; "Gentlemen of the Jury, in this case tin- counsel of both rtdas are unintelligible, the witnesses on both aides am and tbe plaintiff aad defendant are both such hod character*, that me it ia i'odfiareat which way you give your verdict." The best tellUg of an Item ws have read lately Is by an Iowa paper, which says: " The constable and prisoner disagreed as to which was ft* best route, and a* the prisoner has not been heard from since, it ia supposed betook the wrong rond." _ Fontenelle waa Biartytagkt of age when a young tody asked him at what period of ills men tore an taste for galtontry. " Indeed," replied > the old gentleman, "you moat ask , tluit of some one older than myself ' Joan Bru-nfos says: "When a . young man ain't good for notbtaa she, I like tew see him have a gtdd. beaded cane. If be can't boy a cans, tot Urn part his hair in the middle." A UBEAT step t* gained when a child I learned that then to aa linirsssry _ and doing it > Home say the beet way for a saw to : train up a child la the way It should ' go, Is to travel that wsy occasionally r hlnwdr. An experienced old gentleman rays > that all that ta required for tire eqjoy1 inr-nt of love or sausages ia confidence. 1 When may young todies ts aaid to. ' economical? When ftey rraort to ' UgM-lmdng to prevent nM-lftw. 1 A surprise wedding occurs whan a > man marries a wotnoa be dosent know, - and wishes he had never known. - The audience which hung on the • period, offte eloquent speaker, wm 1 taken down In time to aave tbsir Urea. About the ooly 'gereret toe ever beard of that was not xpeafed by faetag hoo- . ized, ws. a Jew naffi»«gnU. , When doss a man conimfougiaove in a very smaO space? When he 5km. down stairs i* bis attppoet i suit chasing a lie to ase wbu tedgjfo ■ &^rJzSot r. ^ mj' ,wt wui ieo^^re^vtrInk ha* heen ealtod (te Mgdt atota