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VOLUME XV. «jsp^aaig"f js

C A.pfe 'NtX'V; NEW JEESEY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 34, 1869. .-. ■ .. .,-....■ 'cgai.SK. :-f — — r-. -=

WHOLE NO. 757.

«. WSEwST <rrn«»inuir jn nwrtiw ii, . mjladsli dm. Iirttn h. Bihun. te>m<r«v-uv, jjjjj}'1 ! b. t. h1llek. ATTORNEY at-law. orrKt.-vr—t qx. ruu.y * suum ■>•. Kapo .»! altea«at|lT*. toxollrelleKl. h. «irur> irrouit-inur, sisittw, •ourrru«, : 4 LXAMism i* tHMeriY, aliun">tubt* "s«« rlir.^abdti *»/r a4^totm »lf.> inhl ilBsok. Dr. J. r. d*irt"t'ornc« dat1| mr csn'usr cotsr BOBt-r—*r* a" 5oo55l» 1-1"' sf "A awaliu i ggskssrva ^ «.u~ c*.- •. P. fiflrphey. dxjlsm it Fine American and other Watches, , . Clock». Jewelry, Ac. I maix rratET. xiu.vill*. h. > M. r. BRltur* ] ma-awae ma , X#. IN tooth Eighth Mreet, miLtBOJIIH. rx».l*,m*.' ; '"• yptuua.wiuer. PACKAGE AND JOBBING J DHCGGIRT, > no. a<>» market 8trket. i Dr. r.. n. Ph I 111 l» « . ■ •asartTRIC frisiclix, : omcz-k* uachoniirwi, ' Cape Gland, y. j. i rrtcx nouat-a i*t a. jl.etoaav to • "■ uj1.,,***"" * j , J. a. Oarriton, [ (jazz a^ i^r n rok j h. w DBA JLJ*J10T0|( D c- . j At'CTlON BCNIXEaa. t ■affissg- ■ ^cabprt wjbating.^ ^ j

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caOnj cup to the lipn of other*, or to i' their own : One winter eveniug, iiikuy rair*afpi; , a fair young girl ai'ioj VJo/u the ghu* [ h la her own phsuaut little room, glrln; ' the hat louche* to bcr toilet. That | i uls'lit wa* the Bret party 01 tncaotkon. ' ami perhapa F.rama tulgut he exctued if Bhe lingered , a Bit* longer than | uuial. BiuoulhhiDOuce again bcr dark ' brown liainandAtuilns {^hoft foldB .f Iter loafatUMnw. .> • i, taikUia, " ej^kd lib mother, 1 , at IcngUi, r i am afraid that you fur- ' | got tbtt'mr. 11-^— _ Ia waiting for ! jt*. wkho had ae« ttrgqtten, ax a tlir ruay flush that ktole ncro«b her i. chrr-k tettiflcrl. Her iaet thought, a* * Bhe Blond amillng at her lefleUonlnthe gla»«, liad been : " Thla la the color ' which he itkcb ; i am rare he will he . pleased." ■ -■*■»" « Quickly she bnrrled down Blair., and after pktvfUllr rxcualng her delay, while uu: fluxl. dmiamed. Mr. V . ' n erideut ailmlraliou, tururil to her , ! mother, aaylng: " 1 hrlkre i am ready \ i at hat." * "Take good uaru uf younalf, dam , j ling," raid the mother, a» ahe wra|iped . i a warnnluswl around tlw .lender foewi, » " and don't May very lalo." J Tlieir dmlitutiion wa. *ona reached j - and, ax the young man moral through , the brilliantly lighted n,om, many a glance of admiration wax cab! at hii , , companiun, and mote than one of hit ( i friendk whixpered : "JamcxiB atneky , ftllnw ; i'd gin- a good deal toronnopoltre Mixx Emma a* he doe*.'' The eeening xped Joyoualy on, and at , ,? length, toward it» clow, refreshment. i were handed around. Mr. b ( wga atniydiugn little apart from krutp*. , who w*i tbo acntnr of a laughing a group of young girla, when the lady of j the botttc. with a atnilr. off-red him a ' 5 ghtaa of wine. r "No, thank you 1 1 do not drink It," ' : wax Ida reply, i ' " pi haw ! what ouooanar, ' ihe re- i • turned. " No one lrai refhaed it tlrl» ' , erenlng, and i dnu't intend to allow ' i yon to be the dr*t. Come, jnit one i J ghi-.lt cant bnrt any one." j i , "i cannot do it," he answered, i il gravely, "for 1 have determined lie tit < • to taote a drop." " come liere, Ernnut," called the ' i uw lady; "i want you to ceax this < ohatinah young nmu to take a little ■ . wine. 1 know h* will not rtftneymt." 1 . Emma took the glaoa la her liule white band, and with a unite which few could hare mhtcd. Bald " Come i Jama yon will lake yoai tHli one '• i . " No, Emma," i"; antxered. »ith(»j' i painful eflbrt. "i bare made up ray i _ mind, and you mttat not oak me to i change !l " i i "Then jrott ahall not accompany mc < i home to-night, Mr. 11 nddh Emma, with an angry flash of her dark j ■ a | ey* ; " now. take your rboirr ' ' ; i " i mat bid ymt good-kyr, era ma. If it cornea to that," lie emd Borrow- i j AlUy, "i would gladly a. any -.hi eg i i elm for you. but thai i cancel do." :w2S»"asfsi:

■way. Mr. Jt w*a 1114 1 1 ml and cetabUabed to a protipcrout buainam, and by degnra the toddanta of hi* iwrting with Emma worn almoat forj ! gotten.^ ! One day a man, with whom he woe t Tightly acquainted, came Into hit afore and aakad for employment. " "1 am afraid I cant give it to you, Norria," waa the aoawer, "Imakolt a rule never to have any one In my employment who ia totamporatc." "Bat I mean to ttop all that, Mr. B ntld the man earnestly. 1 have made up my mind to quit drinkinganUtrly. It't rather hard Dot tu giro a man a wheu ha wants. tu " Wall," aaid Mr- B , partially relenting, "I willgnr you. Come into tike hack port of the atom, and I win give you aomo work." a bundle waa soon be made up. with which Morris departed. Pore nil day* dapood, and the work not being nontotorf. Mr. » Bona '« Mb ttoidenee to aak the reasou . Alas i u waa the earns old tale of Borrow. The husband and Either hail gone on a drinking frolic, leaving a tick wife and three starving children. ' Mr. b '• generous heart prompted him to go to their relief at once. He * entered the miserable dwelling and found the sick woman lying In a room bore of furniture, while the children, sitting by the bedside, were crying for a few kind wordi nnd a promise of something to eat, Boon dried thdr tear*, and hastening to the grocery, he n turned with an ample aupply, which lie broke among the EamiahtugcbiMren While he stood smiling at their delight, the mother burst into tear* and exclaimed: "0, Mr. b , ran you forgive me ? don't you re toe nilier my I'fleriug you tlw wine at the party, aud y our refuting it t .Qod knowa i with i could forget It, but II teems r» if it ' uera branded ou my heart in letters of fire ' b could rrallre that the mixer- j able creature before bim wna indeed the bright, fa sci noting girl from whom | he parted so uuay years before. " Poor Emma, how you mutt hare suffered," he aald compassionately. " But do you forgire mo v" ahe asked, auiiously . " Certainly, say no woft about IL Yjpi ruuet not stay hi thlx wretched , |Mei-. 1* your mother liringf" " I'M, sir," she answered sadly, I " but I have uo meant. " " Do not trouble yourself. " said Mr. " Do trouble youraeu, xaUl Mr.

( B— — - ; at soon at you arc aufflclcntly recovered, I will tako care of that uprt ef the undertaking. Lei me know, ' if there la aoytHlag atap I a*a do for ' you. No lhankx." lie added hastily, j lire poor woman commenced a grate : Tliix was mrweStod porting. X'oting huHe«, you who are acrus- ' toured to prea* your geulleniui friends 1 to partake of wine, pause now and aak ' yourselves the qneslioo whether yon are prepared for the miserable (ktc of a | drunkard's wife. t wa* always a sensitive boy; and I am sorry to my, that the man ' lias not wholly outgrown the weakness ' or the child. My follow* knew me wen " ail the weak spots, the vulnerable ' points; and sritb usual inhumanity of ! nun, they sought tb wound me to the tender part. Just at the I -nod on rabdrirrr, urging his ]*mr Jaded steed , ' xreks to "touch him oo the mw.'» ' , Now my lkther way a very tenderman, but vary wise withal; to ' that when 1 would k<> to him for comfort, aud tell bim all ray grief, he would [ xay to me, 'My son. When I was . young man 1 used to engage to hMng 1 "too*. Somsrimes onoof tbwpwawld 1 CL" Many a time hat tliit leason been ' of wrtlec to rue since the day* of my hiyhood, and, often picrurjl to the ' quick by some secret sting. X have ,kcpt the wound to myself last the whole should come upon me at ouoo. My dear follow. If any man leases you, 1 krep it to yourself, and you will escape ' a Ihoumnd stlag* with which llm cruel and insensible are glad tu wouifi ; lh*o* who are sensljlw qf Inrt. » f In on* of the villages of Kentucky, , recently, a Baptist minister and a ymn>gJ*re*lretrri*n ctergyinan pcmdi • ed to the same house " night about, ' tli preacher* bring pns -ut at each . meeting. One evening the Pe.-sbytr-i rinn, after a discouree on lntknt Bap • tlsm, proceeded to baptizs several ■ x. The HtUe candidates made a great outcry, which, of course, was , noted by the Baptist man. Next day number of the ednverta of the latter wmls lw immersed to the river near , At the appointed hour a large , conoourae gathered oo the banks, tlw . Presbyterian faeiag' ef tlss namboc. aud i sUudiug close by the water's edge. , After the candidate* had been Im- , melted the Baptist took bold of hi, , eoUeagus, and said: " Now, Sir. I will immeneyou.'' " The latter, amaaed, demurred. y'-tVaar along ; I'm to a hurry I" re- ; pliod the damp divine, and dragged ! , brr.th.-r Into the water. Alarmed ami indignant Use young ; Cslvtotxt ot tared at the fop of his I j Yolee that he " did bot beHrre In imuieralon, was oppoattl to It, and would ' T!*«u4b*K-e were much excited si • ; the scene. The Baptist ratouod hiand said ; " Young man. I will am immerse . you today ; but ifot.er again 1 « yon UptUtogjUtk- ones sgslas* their own ; will, msd HHto of tWorttoiW kicks, j g/tT .STf.'Sr- tS'V"

' are employed forgetting thcxe duck, l" within guti-«h"t. The most successful is decoying them by mcaus of a dug. wlillo the gunner lie* cunoeuled ina pm- * perposltion. The dog. trained for the * porpose, plays taackwnnl and forward '' iu the margin of the water, until the being naturally very curious, gradually approach the shore ax if bent upou discovering the cause of the. strange 0 proceedings. Oscc within gun-shot, " first qu the water and then as t'.ey rile. There nrc innumerable other device* practiced to get within guuihot . oq this splendid but wary binl. Ac- ' ' oonHng to ForeaUr, however, the true madHhef vliC'lleg these ducksis from jl the pdtats or Islands ovvr which they fly to going up or down the buy, and ^ ou which Minds or screens are constructed, concealing u seat to which * the gunner quietly aud comfortable . awaits the advent of the fowl. Beotses vs. won*. - Dinner was sprearl In the cabin of » tout peerless steamer the "New World." i- and a splendid company were n*aemd bled about the table. Among the pav a xougert thus piepanog for gaetroaotnic g duty, was a Utile creature of the genu1 i lie fop- dauked dolutily as au early i; butterfly, with ild* of an Irreproachnr ble whltcneas, "miraculous" neck-tie, a aud spider like quizzing glass on his y nose The delicate animal turned his e head affbctedly aside, wlth- » " Wallah f" e - Bwriug tne a propellah of a female f wrxwtnh." i, " yla, nit." e " And wallah, tell the Stewart to » rub my plato with a vegetable ealle.1 ' an onion, which will giro a dellcioux Aawaw to my iltoarih.'' While the refined exquisite was gtv- ' lughl* ord.t. a.Jdly westorn drur.-r liorl listened with opto mouth auJ pra- . tru ling eyro. ivii m the diminutive . piux il, h- brought his fiat up in the table with a force tl^t mode every dish _ bouuee, aud then than I red out: . Look here, yqq gsnl darnal ace of ^ spadeo ?" "Yisaah." " Bring me a thundering big plot: of £ skunk's gizzards i" f "Sah!" e "And, you old Ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, aud rub me j down while i ftod i" The poor dandy showed a pair of i * coat tail* instonter —and the whole j t talde Joim d to a tremendous roar. Fob mm BigrrriT or tub Poob. i —a lot of minstrels started out oo a i " losrrr," rocautly. Tbey want to a - j town not for away, and advertised to 1 j give a performance for the "benefit of j the poor, tickets reduced to a dime.1' i i The hail was crammed full. tbo next * - morning a committee for the poor - . called upon the treasurer of the c»ni i era for tiie amount said benefit had nailed. The i rasorer expressed as-' i foelxhmtot at the deaand. " i thought." sal i tha chairman of; the committer, "you aJvnrtWd this j o coaerrt tw u". bauefil of tb* poor t" u Rcjilird the treasurer: " Didn't me 1 a i-wt Hie Uhkete down to tu svnlx. so k i tbo poor oouhl ku o wne^ - a t : ra. tad after the redba tod Us-. are employed for getting

«d j tbtm mftwrrnocm- , . *■ I As tbo smsou far duck-shooting it ^ at toad, ire gin the following for the *• beoeflt sf hunters: •• There are from twenty-five to " thirty varleOea oT the wild duck.- " Tbsac are divided info two distinct , classes, kaoWB as the fresh water tpedeo, and tto era ducks. In the latter 11 class I* Included the favorite Canvuta" bock, and b the former the beauiiful and mueb-frilod Mallard. r- •• The Mallard, like moat wild lowL breeds to lie for north, and mates Its appearance in our toys and riven li M autumn, wtere it frequently reiualu. 10 until spriog It it found iu all too iu land lakes and streams of the Middlr" and Wcotcm State*, Id toe hays am * tributaries of the great lakes, or where 1 ever the vild rice and wild oat an plentiful The Mallard Is rouimouly 'j knowa In toe Eastern Stale* as the green-head, westward as the gray duck. * and to Alabom* as toe English duck. I- 'Ho winter season this oyocKs u found in large Dsmburs ra the rice>f fields of tbeCarolinsx, where it becomes very flu aud particularly palatable.— a Mallard* are rarely or never shot to decoys, or stooll, as tbey are termed, according to Frank Foreeler, although * an -ther authority declares that " they ore easily brought within gunshot by 0 meant .of decoys. On the Delaware '• number* are. killed by shooter* hiding r themselves In boats and In the reeds within rangeofthcir tfool-duckt, which ' are set out on the edge of the reeds." ' Sometimes eight or ten painted ducks ( ' are fixed on a frame, in varies awim- ' miog postures, and secured to the . bow of >ho gunner's xkiff. projecting , ' before it in such a manner that tin- , weight of the frame xtola toe figures to lira proper depth* the skiff is then , ' dressed with coarse grass, and in this disguise lira gunoe-r dreils down, somc- ' lime* to the wry skirts of a flock, and ' pour* Inadcstrucllveflraamoogihein. In winter k plqp Is pstsuol similar f. that described under " Wild Swan." ' | a canoe or skiff U painted white, and " 1 drift* down upou a flock like a piece , j of floating Ice, the movement being di- , j rectcd by lira ejonrealcd gunner ly , means of a small poddlo which is hand5 led silently and with care. The Canvass bock duck is fouud in , 1 many riven and boys, but it attains its cxcclieaoo only in the Chesapeake. j- They are seldom louod far up any o! these riven, but in that -particular part of tide-water where a certain , ' graso-like plant, sometimes called wild , eel ray, Is abundant. Various plans ,

reuszx caicaur* aoaix ■ I tore never been abb to ascertain • the origin of tto quarrel between the Cricklrya and tto Drakes. They bad | > lived Within a mile of each other for - five rears, and from the first of their t acquaintance there faBd been a mutual - feoiiug of dialika between toe two tun- ' ' ilk-*. Then tuiue miauoderalindlng ■ about the boundary n( toclr rcapcclivo • farms revcalrd the latent flame, nnd Col. ' . Crickley having followed a lit back all • mc afternoon, and wouuded hhn, came, 1 op to him and found old Drake and lis sons cutting him up! Thb lucl. i ' u-nt added fuel to tin fire, and from ; ' hat time there *-sx uotbtog the two One evening, Mr. Drake, the older, was re-turning home with bit " pocket i 'all of rocks," from Chicago, whither bo hod been to dispose of a load of • grain, ftam Baratow was with hhn c - in tor wagon, and as tbey approached | ■ .k. s- — -vul, Intervened between l [ them and Mr. Drake's house, he ob1 served to his companion: " What a beautiful mark Crickley'a i ' ' old roan It over yonder !" i " Hang it !" muttered Drake, "so it ' 1 It." ' The horse was standing under some ' trees about twelve rods from tin- road. 1 Involuntary Drake stopped his team ' ' : —he glanced furtively around, then I ' 1 with a queer smile the old hunter took | " I up Ills rifle from the bottom of Ills wn- ' gon. and raising it to hit shoulder j drew a sight on the Colonel's bone. " Beautiful !" he muttereil, lower- . ' ing his rifle with the air of a man re- . " xlstlng a powerful temptation "1 1 1 "Shoot," suggested Sam Bnrstow, " 1 " No, no, 'twouldn't do," said the 1 old hunter, glancing around him xgaln. . 1 " I won't tell," aaid Ram " Wal, 1 won't, sh.nl this, any way. 1 tell or no tell. The horse is ton nigh. " 1 If he was fifty rods off instead of twelve, * : so tlu-re'd to a tare possibility of mis- * taking him for a deer, I'd fly. As it | is, I'd give the Coloucl five dollar* for j " At that moment the Colonel himself | 1 1 xteppisiTrom behind a big oak, not half i Drake. ' *" The old hunter stammered, in tome ' * cimfuxlou— "That you Colonel I 1-1 tempted to. nnd as 1 said. I'll give I ^ a 'V' for one pull"

" Soy an 'X' and lt*a a bargain I" J Drake felt of bis rifle aud looked at ; '• old Roan. *" *" How much Is the boss worth ?" " he muttered to Sam's csr. "" "About fifty .f ^ "Gad. Colonel, 1*11 do It! Here's, f yur *S *'* The Colonel pocketed the money, i j* " llnngnl If 1 thought you'd take ' me up!" With high gleo the old hunter put a ' fresh cap on hi* rifle, and Morel up to bit wagon, a close sight on old Roan. Sam ltarst'iiv chuckk-d. Tlw C.doocl " pat his liaud before his face and chuckled too. Cr.tck went the rifle. The hunter ^ lore out a horrible oath, which i will not repeat. Sam was oslonishnl. The h Colonel laughed. Old B .an urvcr Drake stored at his rifle with a look Mack as Othello's. "What's the matter with you, bey? ku» tuna you ever >f sarvrd me quite such a trick, x swar." " "And Drake loaded the piece with i- great wrath and indignation. >- , t" People aald you'd lost your knock c of shooting," observed the Colonel, in i- a cutting tone of satire, y " Who said so ? It's a us I" thuni- d-red Drake, "i can shoot—" ■, "a hone at ten rods 1 lu i ha !" • Drake wa* livid, a " Look yen. Colonel, i cant stand tint i" he began. "Never mind, the horse emu," e sooerod the Col "i'll risk you. " Grinding hit teeth, Drake pioduccd another ten dollar mil o "Herat" to growled. "i'm bound d to have another shot any way. " s -Crack sway,!' cried tto Colonel, pocteitoff the note, _ • Drake did crack away— with tttadly r aim too— bat tto horse did not mind j » the bullet to the least. To the rage 0 and unutterable axlouishm -nt of the t hunter. Old Roan looted him to ibr it focv as If to rather liked tto ftra. "Drake," cried Sam, "you are f drunk ! a liorae at a dozen reds— oh. j I "Just thtu your mouth, or i'll shoot ' you !" thundered tto excited Drake. " Tto Imlk-ts was hollow, i'll swenr. Tto man lies who says i can'l ahuol ! -' Last week i cut off a goose's head st « flfty rods, aud kin do It agio. by -the j Irard llorrv,. Colonel, you can laugh, f ; but i'll hot now thirty dollar* that i e | can bring down old Roau at ooe Tto wager wa* steadily accepted. ' tto stakes were placed to Bom's hands. ^ Elated with the Idea of winning back his two ton*, ami rasklng an "x" Into . the bargain, Drake csyefully selected . a perfect imll. and hack -kin patch, ami beaded hit rifle r a minute later Drake was driving t Cirnogb tto grave, the most enraged, i, | tto mow deaperate of men. Hit rifle. . h j Inuocoul victim of hto tre, by, with ' j broken stuck, ou the bottom of tto j.| wagon Sam Bxretow was too tcan-d i j to laugh. Maanwtiile tto Cohoel was rolling, convulsed with mirth, aud old i Roan was standing imdbturbed nnd. r j tto tzat. When Drake reaotod home Ids two j sous, discovering hi* iU-btuaor and the mutilated condition of hi* rl So-stock. - toatcuad to arouac hit spiriu with a i- piece at news which they were sure '• would main him doner with Joy d "Clear out!" growled the angry old d man. "I Ami want to bear suj . B news; gat away or IU knock one of c

" Blast you and your tricks." 1 j " Played off on the old Colonel. " "On tto Colonel ?" cried tto okl man. beginning to be iutereehal ] ' i " Gad, if you're played tto Colonel a c trick let's bear il" J i " Well 'other, Jed add i this after- i noon went out for deer—" d "Hang tbedcer— come to the trick." fc | " Couldn't find any deer, bit! thought k i we must shoot something ; so Jed i bangnl away at tto Ctfoncl's old Roau [ - shot him dead." ' "Shot old Roau?" thundered tto oh! . | man. " By tto laird Harry, Jed, did e ! shoot the Colonel's boss?" [ " i didn't do anything elo:. " h 1 "Devil, devil!" groaned lite old "Aud then, pursued Jack, confident r the Joko port of the Mory must please i his father, "Jed and I propped the t . hone up aud tird bit brad back with a t cord, and left him standing under the i i exactly as If to was alive. Ha, k 1 fancy tto Colonel gmng to catch him ! ho, no, no: watn i lis yukef - e Old Drake's head fell upon hit hreatt. n He felt his empty pocket-book, aud r I looked at his rifle. Then, in a rueful c to whispered to hit boys— I " Yes, boys, It's a joke ! Bnt if you * tell of it, or If you do, Sam Bar•luw, I'll akin youalire I By tto Lord £ i I've been shooting at that dead | hslf an hour at ten dollars a I There is a good deal of talkiug lu Philadelphia, among the brtdtcrs, alxmt x certain fost young man whose Ei- h aud llic old man could nol bear an lllrr, j b nnd many were lira quarrels K-twern At last the old man. quite out of pa- fa " N'"«r. Jack. I give you one w»vk ' * p. uixkr up J our mlnd^fo what^ busl- 1 q shall (s- a lounger, and go to work you t ' shall At the end of thin week. If you t have ninth no cltnlre. I will slop your e I tale a stool in my offlce. and work | aud make up his mind. il At lira t-ud of the week, sharp nud peri tuug out: d ! "Well, Jack, time's np; have you « I " Well father. I 've been thinking of I

{ [ U, and bare something in my mind. I tal." I " Capital, Jack! capital, my toy!" to inakr your own living, and 111 buy I you a national bank or a lino (ff steam ' era! What Is it Jock? What it it?" " Well father. I was thinking that if you would only advance me three or four hundred thousand dollars, I could Invrtt It In Government lemds. and j make my living by cutting off tto coupons!" j The old nun never talks to Jack any CxBimxo Bundles. —Many peor pie have a contemptible fear of being I scon to carry any buodl however e small, having tto absurd idea that r there is a serial degradation In the act Tto most trifling as well as weighty : package* must be sent ^ to them, no r of other*. Tbisariata from alow kind ' of pride. There I* a pride that is highl er; that arise* from a con*cioutneaa of there being something in the iudividr ual not to be nitrated by tnch aeci- > dents,— worth and weight of chanicThis latter pride wae exhibited by the American son of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. While to wna in College at Cambridge, lie waa one day carryi iugtohis rooms broom be bndjnst purchased, when he met a frieud, who ' noticing tto broom with snrpriso cx- ^ claimed, " Why did not yon have it " 1 am not ashamed to carry home 1 any tiling which belongs to tpe," w»x the sensible reply of ynnng Bonnparte. • Very diflerent pride wna this from that of a young fadj^ whom, we know. f who always gave lrar mother all tlic ' bundles to carry when they went out c together, because she thought It vulgar ' i to be i-.m with ooe herself. , Status.— A total of 45, 355 miles of i railroad liave been completed in the lost forty years and are now In operat tion In thla country, besides 15,000 additional miles which are now In pro- . grass of construction.. In n short lltao this list will to swollen to 50,000, t which, taking 144,000 as the orerage j c»st per mile, would make the capital , invetb-d in railroads in this country [ alone 1'1.0'bj, 000.000. The 15.000 mile. . of railroad which England owns cost an average of 8100,000 per mile— total. . 83,500.000,000 5 while the whole of tto 45,000 miles In this oountry only cost ; 82,(00.000,000. Bo while we have i three time* as many miles of railway i as England, wc have paid 8500,000.000 i less Ihnn she paid for tor*. In the last i year, too, our earning* tor tto same ; 1 nnmber of milrt were fully twice a* , modi as those of oar English neigh- ' •' , !| A* AdxibaBLE Ubplt.— An ad- ■ inirsble reply was once made byscare- ( ful reader of tto Bible toan infldei who i attacked him with audi expressions as ' these: " Thai tto bloo.1 of Christ can wash away sin is fnolixhnea; I donT - understand or believe it." Tto Bible ' student remarked "Touand raulagree exactly." Tto infldei replied, with ' mm-h surprise; "IIow is this, that rani \ and 1 agree?" Said the Undent: "Turn to the l*t chapter oT 1st CorlnI thisns, and read at tto 18lh verse." ( .The infidel read: "For the preaching ..' of the eroo* la to ttoin that prrish, tojWncae, hut onto « who are aavad u^tto powarofGeA"

a former onoe called en tto late FIlxwQliam, to represent that hi* crop of wheat had been acrlooaly lflin a Held adjoining a certain wood, where hit lnrdthlplhoonde had the winter, frequently met to hunt. He stated that the young wheat been so cut op and destroyed, that soara parte to oonkl not hope for any " Well, my friend," said his lordship, "Ism aware that we have done couaiderable injury— sad if yoa can produce an estimate of the loss you sustained, i will repay you." The farmer replied that, anticipating his lordthip'a cousidsralion and kindness, to had requated a friend to assist thought, at tto crop seemed qalte dee iroyed. flfty pounds would not mora tit, in repay him. Tto Earl ImmedAt tto harvest, however, approached. tin -w atvw, suit In omar parla of ihe field which were most trampled, riie corn waa strongest and most luxuriant. Tto farmer went again to lordship, and being Introduced. " i am come, my lord, respecting tto of wheat adjoining such a wood." Ilis lordship Immediately recollected the circumstance. "Wei!, my friend, did not I allow you sufficient to remunerate you for your loss?" " Tea, ray lord, 1 find that I have sustained no loss at all, for where tto had most cut up tto land, tto crop Is the most promising, and I have : therefore, brought the flfty pound* j again." " Ah!" exclaimed tto venerable earl, j "this is what I liki — tlilsltnait should • Ho then entered Into cuuvrmtion : with the farmer, asking him some questions about hi, family- how many j children lie had. etc. Ilia lordship thru went Into another room, nnd reluming presented llic fa rmct with a chtqnc fur one hundred pounds, aay"Tnlte care of llilt. nnd when your eldest son is of age. present it to him, and tell him Ihe occasion that produced more, the lienvolence or the wisdom displayed by thlx iltiutrion* man; for, while doing a noMc act of generosity In- was handing down a leason of Integrity to another generation

" 1 wi.li i could play upon tto piano a as well ax Miss ll*»rt," txld Ellen j „ y •• Well, so you will, wbcu you tore 1 , 1 had as many years' practice," was the j t ; "'.''o,, | , i boat ill j j good player. " If wishes wrra efforts, j •' I wish I knew as much as you do, t! Miss Emille." said tlw t:ime young * lady ! / "So you may, if you will study and j d . improve your time." " i wish i knew at much now." ^ j "Knowledge docs not come Into ^ , your toad of iu own accord, Mist el- 1 , len; yon hare w put It there bv efforts j / of your own" jj , " i with 1 knew my lessons." t "Sit down and study them, and you j will soon hare yoa wish." " i do not feci In lira humor for study- 1 ' if ing; i'd like to know them without." j • "1 wish must be a great help to you, j von say It so often. If i could dlscov- t . cr the magic. i would use It myself; i i hut i mutt be invisible to all but your- ; e ,. self, for i cannot see that you accom- \ „ pllsb a great deal by It, after alL" c c " Now you are biughlug at ms. It i don't do nra any good. i suppose; but j t it it easy to say it, and i do really with u "tot 1 say." c " No doubt ydu do; if you could get , t it without any trouble. " i wish, Is a , , lazy friend of yours; to isn't any pror fit to you; suppose j-ou turn him off, ^ and take instead i will My word for ^ . il. you will find be helps ft Jiiore ' „ tlian tto other. lie It the very sold df Industry, an i to qccmupllshsa more In j 'r an hour than 'i wi a' dots, ia * -life- j * t tiuio Say 'i will learn my lessons,' ' r nnd there will be no occasion for ' i j ' wish to know them.' You will cut ] the acquaintance of jour old frieud | • i> when you have tried tto new one, 1 1 1 •f am sure." ;< e Ellen laughed, and eaid: " Well 1 1 i- don't wish to dissolve old friendships, | , i- but i will try your advice— tbst. Is, if : j - i can remember— but 'i with' it easier ;i e to say than ' i will' Is to do," < i '. Iter resolution Is good; let to follow j a il *1 will' is the brave word that cjd- i | d qucra ail difficulties. i , ' Borne yeare before tto death of tto" n Duke of Weill ugfon, he was sitting at j ' bit library table, when hi* room-door ' ^ opened, and without any announce- 1 ment. in stalked a singular figure. j i " Who are yoa?" asked tto Duke, In i 1 bit short, dry manner, looking upon ' ' q the intruder without tto tout change j . „ ( f "i am ApoHyon. ! , "What do yon want f" "i am seat to kill you." "Kill me? Very odd." "i nra ApOIlyon and mutt put you ( |. to death." "OMIged to do il to-dsy?' ; (, "i am not fold the day or tto tour, j , , but i must perform my mission." , h 1 "Very iocooveotort-vwy bosyt great many letter* to write— call again ; „ i or write word— i'll be ready for you." j ■ Tto Duke went on with his oorm- . , poudrnce. The manlsc, appalled by ■ ° i tto stern, immovable old man, baafttd ! f ; out of the room, and In half sb hdur [ * . was safe In custody. i t miter* hi Aiftaaku in' 1 dealing with tto nmdmu physical do- „ ■ gmeraey of women," exeUimod, "We t 1 mutt take good eajr of our grandmoth- h _ii A r'-i

e Jrti let ol tio*sim21?ra , Llxls* sow w*u* i kojts u; a zvsrr tie tsi-x is BjJWtM, , 1 AS4 wsoo. xo4 wkoxo, soi kox* ISsS b. 0 Tint *f sU Ikxro-B It wr tonal . A kBBSlr tkatt-l suaa« II *0 1 r tkM ?to!mn ' i iwi ii bblb ktxo ib mj 0*1 lot. a TooooBOfoMkuxwoix! c i bbs's sal tsipastu mi r*«<*<. Koto's woo boss Xtfi is mf vans i 1 Aod oboo i haj Bt !••• ho|. r»t boo Sag, Xhet GatUorer. , The Unguage of tto sola— making boots. What toy opens tto gate to misery? e Whiskey. ^ Never marry without lore, Dor iov* If you have a weak aide, tto devil f will find it out. Light wine is not tto ghost of Brine; r it to* no body to II b Tto best kind of Agricultural Fair* c —former* daughter*. - In most case* girl* prefer bob fur > husbands to wist mas. Why It a gun Uke a newspaper? Be' ■ cause it makes reports. ' Many a fellow, wheu whisky la at ^ hand, make* a lye mouth t Some people admire woman a* the y it; many more as she isn't. I> Millionaires are not to called frwm . t lie number of aits they put oo. Tlrare are a few preacher* whs re1 liKx'an iuhaMtant -either aa aagsl or e a devil. "" » / , t 'an the incoherent expression* of a man in a fit te considered word* fiUy Many a man think* to It more canning than you, and you can easily outwit him.

Social Gardening— Weeding j* « ! acquaintance, and cutting your luw- : male friends.. . "J" ' A rascally bachelor calls the "friendship of two women "alway* a plot against a third." ; ftleep Is called dauh « eeoataefelt, | but It it entirely current. Everybody takes il a* If II was genuins. l'robably llic reason why so little wnx written In tto dark age* waa that ! people couldn't tea to writ#. ! An old bachelor's definition of love : ! liule sighing, a lltUs crying, a Httle 1 and a good deal of lying. An Ohio editor had h new shirt collar presented him, and to it now waitfor some one to gin him a shirt. "No paint will be spared," aa th* quark eaid wlrao sawing off# poor feltlra maxim. " Strike whos tto Iron is hot." is getting altogether too alow tto age; you must make 11 tot by striking. Tto imprestkm i tat jweeuUt bl cerquarter* that IfeaibcM -fit tt» author of "BochuM toaer.eti dm correct. ii Urnld that tto reaaoo why Node Sam don't recagnlza Cuto I* tore tar don't remember rf rrerWBg few reto tor. 1 Let a young women lab* Ito degree of A. B.— that to A Brids— and .he mav at home in due time be lsUtled to that of a. M. Scandals of tto Blow* sort ate rife, and now turn* up a chap oat West who claims to be a too of Anna Dickinson by tor first wife. A bashful printer refrned a siBnatiou In a printing office when female* ware employed, saying that to aeror at* ip with a giri in his life. A Western publisher advertise* for foreman who ran so swap tto ; as to sllow every masts advertisement to Hie bead sf a column. How to get rid of an acqtaitrtatvwhose society yoa do Dot like: -IThe it toid um some moooy;— if he it rich, ask him to bad yoa mow. Bo<h are certain. \, "I say. toy, when dom.thM rigb'road go to?'1 Inquired a ptdtou .- ; "f a country rustic. "i doa't kftew, , i air," replied tto boys "taint bsoa qowtore linos wo lived tore." Bald Tom, "Since I have too in France, I have eaten aa orach veal that lam nxhsmed to Wick a calf la tto "i t'pote, Mr, then," said a ! wag, "yon tbsvr without a giam?" 'i a boy eutered a stationery store, tto ; other day. and sited tto proprietor what kind of peoa to sou. "AU kind*," waa tto reply. "Wen, thro, j 111 taka three oenfa wurt^ of pig :pcas." Tto late Her. Salaes Imac wa* hot li » great wug and a great smahor. •Ha! there you are," triad a fefir, who surprised him one toy with* pipe hi* month, "at pwlW apta." "Yeo, m itnaa.-tofiffito to. dM%, "btriwlnitt.- ' : hope you are rai joying tto wmm'i***tng. i recommend ynu to marry J. re my 0'Rourkc>a« tabs pto aare-l tto child ran. IWto jteu BUBimau till ifoath."