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(tea WareMia Directory. ilrlodum Ijuiu i- Ware, Fvom' Took, Hardware, etc.. Cape May. Banish A Nona. 20.. Del. A v., Phllo. Dixon, Sharpies! A Co., Fertilizer., 60 south Del Ar. Phlta Kko* B Williams, Cape May. J MRS H Towwnoru, " " Joinc B Huffman, Court Home. R T Miller, Cape May city. 8 II UurrrCainden. "" | 8 W Rmeves, cocfith 4 Ixo»t, FhU. J Goo W Smith, 10 Washington, A C M»J <d'J T S CLARK, Washington at. Cape May K F Stttks, Mansion at, " M Beard wood, Decatur at. " R D Edmunds A Son, Cold Spring. . nana 6 8 1)A via, 63 Dey st. New York. ] Casual W G Riioam, 5 Mknalon St. Cape May Calls rj Ijiach A Ware, Cape May eaty J 8 GAREtoOK, " Jo a noovn, KM Market > t, l'hila. j I H Smith, Decatur at, Cape May. ' J P Sloan, Jackson at, " Edwards A LawremcB, 2nd A Martat eta, Fhila. J os*SCBKLLENa Kit , Landing. liKO HlLWirrn, Jackaon at, Cape M. K O SoUDCn , Capo May city IIoftkan A Williams, " Hand, Wake A Co, " Wake A Eldredoe, " f N C Price A Co. Perrrat, Cape May " J are II HMrrn, Court House. Dry liaad* Prick A Co., Perry at, Caps May Macxkt Williams, Dannlaville. J It RMmvConrt nonae. r Ilu J p Lmakiko, Court House. lira. Marcv A Mbceat, or. Washington A Decatur ata. Hits J 8 Kennedy A Hon, Cape May « Wm M Wilson, 208 Market at ■ ' Kofth| Closet*. W. G. IUioads, Agl Earth Claact co. Ij-.acii A Ware, Capo. May dty It D Edmund. A Hon, " ' - GEO UlLDRKTU, " 1 M Williams, Donntarilfe. Ja» W alto* A Co, 418 Walnut .LP, 1 Iviks Biuis. 387 X. 2nd at, Phi la IJLALH A WAKE, Jackaon st M Williams, Deaniartlle c| I.EAin A Wake, Jscksou at. It D Edmunds A son, " Johnson A IIuohrs, Jackson at J* N C Price, Perry at. ** M Williams, Dennlarillo. ^ I.kach A W are, Caye Mat 11 Fmrderk k ., Camden. _ KKFobtiv: lAeoN, J

- JloM ahm's Hotel, Jackaon rtrect, John McMakln, proprietor. "Cottage By the 8ea,"jEO FMEUN, ' "Arch HL Houac/; lliila, C Locke. "Culled States Hotel," Walnut at, Phlbtda. E P 8TTTEE, Maaaion SL, Cape May. I II Hxrra, Decatur at John W Ltcbtt, Ueneral Agent for Waat Jersey. Came Mat Mutual Fire. J W Ly Ilunmltt, Agent for county X SCOEEOX, Agent Contiisntal Life Ins. Co., S. SeaviUc, N. J. KaaSe JdutEBMOMLLRNB BR, Landing. M Williams, Deuntavllfe. 1) A NEWTON A Co., Mlllrtlle, EMIHHI Dim J S Kennedy A Hon, Cape Mar, Drug store lira. Marcy A Mecray, Washington A Ikncatur ata, Db Clare, New York, London Boraediaa D B POUTE, Baltimore; Coogh Hyrnp, Core for Rhaumalism, etc Dr. 1 MET, 833 X Mb at, Phils, Life Prcauvcr. etc^_^ Mrs. 8 Hawkins, Waahlngtou -L Mrs M A Binder, Philada Jake H Smith, Court Hons i (Jeo W SMITH, to Washington aL s R I.udlam, Caps May. M W ILLI AM^Dcnn i* rift e Bauou A Hon, Philada. Dixox, HhatleHs A co. Philada e Kennedy & loShOap: Mjjt Kabct A Meceat, car Washington and Deafer ata. Ita * B Pniixire, (Hommepaftk)," tttSSbSlSsxir J ^W^ram^Om—ta.'oape May HiLnwmTft Tatloe, Parry at. D M Fox A Son, 840 north Sth, Phil. John h 1 0*4 orv46f? wharrca, P. J 8 Gaskim "SjTkEay. J II llMrmETT 'aBeo, Jackson at K PHTirW'co.'ftSta'aaill, Capo B K*V.;uriKEE A aoa, Oamda. K ain. tmimm A ■**, «*»- yrranrrr, rtc, Oama It 9e~.n0 Machine Rabemam t Fa.vtox,.CS Magralli, )l r IluSMBS. Agt f.ir Slngi r"., Fam- 1 ;

'• 8"gl"» PRACTICAL ARCBJTECT, ' J." T°WWro' " t ARCHITECT AND BUILDER, E. W. Reran. ATTOMStr-AT-LAH" AtO lOXYBYAJICtK, PHILADELPHIA. John It. UnCTniBn, Attorney k Oonnaeller-at-Law, Solicitor. MArrla a examiheb in chahcebt, turaKMK coo st coMMiaaioxra. aa4 hutabt public. Con" "'W 7 B. Y. HILLKR, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, orritir-sai Cw. pcaar a south sts, CAPE ULAHO, E.J. 0« tayuUI .lUtfUe flaae M ullaMUaa M. U. ray. A7Toa*rr-Jr.uir. turret, touemtt, t ez amis ee ie CEAECESr. rroucutor of Iht Pluaof Cap. May Coealp araxar. ttort Ttawr, Cambse , afr AdHalSRllialMaMaaalEaaE. Dr. J. F. Learning. D'T'T'oWtl DAT. I i "otSaSrEirtw moras, j. ol aaak noaih. - ■rF.BEIRVB '"xTl* South Eighth Btrcet, ru. to. i ata. If* yywSTZmwi, , PACKAGE AND JOBBING ! DRUGGIST, NO. ao« MARKET STREET. Dr. E. R. Fhllllpa. ! no*«0PiIBI€ FBI8ICU*. ; . Cape lalaad, 5. J. ISAAC K. STAUFFER, j WITCHES t JEWELRY, ; No. 148 NORTH SECOND ST., Cor. i of Quarry, Philadelphia. ^ ? ■ TBI SU ETAED I THOMAS a CLARK'S I BOOT AND SHOE STORE, , 0\ WUHI.KiTEX 8TEEKT, oppobite AMERICAN HotaE row. j ghz tv. ladies'.^ shoes a GAITZaa. a raulyaA aad kapl aaealaatlr uppllal. " WORK MADE TO OF EE « REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. c ■W: TTOOVEB'H AMERICAN CHROMOS f omcniVRii unnwmutf

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Aa hay-making wi D be upon tu in a short time, the Billowing views of a correspondent will not be inopportune. He la nndoabtadly correct We ncrcr Isold any other opinion than, here enI preerrvatiTe— neither lime uOr salt. | The application of oBhar, therefore, is a wanta of both time aud money. — Our correspondent says:— ' "When I was a boy "my old boas' alwaya made It a rale to salt his hayas it teas hauled in, by spreading a 9 layer of hay all over the mow aad then sprinkling it with a Kttle salt and so on to the top of the mow or un- _ til the hay was all In. He was considered a j-d farmer, and that was the general etistem of the neighborhood, sod nobody appeared to doubt its utility. Thus I grew up into manhood ao habituated to tha practice that when I went to Burning on ^ny own hook,' . I pursued the tame plan lor a time; but soma eight or nine yotra ago 1 somehow or other got to thinking tha t the call thus used wax a Waste, botli hay too, and concluded to abandon the practice, at least for one acoaon. But f my hay aune out ao dout and bright that I wanted another trial of it the next year, and the next, and next, and hare never salted any hay since, nor do I think I over shall. I believe tha only pood effect it has (If any) la to season the hay so the cattle win sat It better; but that M a vary small matter, for if hay la out ei the right ago and paopar- , ly cured there will ha Uttle trouble cm ■ that score. But cm the other ham! - the swotting of (be hay caused the ' salt to dissolve, thus making too much moisture to dry out without causing the hay ta mould, which it almost invariably tHd whenever I sailed IL~ II ow plain can I remember the white flakes of mouldy hay I mud to fad to __ "Mji^'takr"^ I me staaa beer." • i - •' Wrtrtne some money , than, latter'.' ' "My son, to get beer with rooaey, anvbody con do that; but to get beer without money, that's a trick." Bo tha hoy took the jug and out ha gore; shortly be returns 'and planes the Jug before W« father. "How ran I drink," sard tlx- father, "when than faoo brer hi lix-jutf"

sen mux tmm Rtsnu. To big bay* and Qttlo boTs, all who raid this paper, this appeal is directed by a read genuine Yankee girl, who *« terras her satire soil and- all which Leads to make a New England home «r beautiful ""i attractive. bines this earth was launched hilo wl ipax, and Us position in the solar eyatern determined IB seasons, the apriagtime has been the theme oT tba pret, from the loftiest gentas downward,. - It has been very property compared to Youth, in ha beauty, its promise, and its gushing melodies. Now, doe. ltcrereecur to you that this Joyou- " season. would Use half its attractk>n» if it Were deprived of the presence and ! : tho songs of the birds? It would bo . like the dano- without the violin, tho i march of the regiment without the j '* drum and life, or logo higher in the j scale oT IDuatretloo, It would fail la Its mimion as would the church sorrier j unaided by ita brains of praise. , ™ I think I apeak not only for my- ; self, bat for humanity generally, ; when I say that lothlng awakens purer , emotions of the bean than the songs , of the birds. They are associated t with childhood, vhen our hearts were | free and innocent; when, in the warm , spring days, we vera ullowod to roam j at will In the Adds; when our senses „ were steeped in (he delights that Na- j i, tore poured into «s. What a delight- , ful surprise the (bat toft of violets! „ i Hew eagerly wc hunlcd out the sweet- „ brier bush, ''betrayed by Its sweets." „ Haw lorsly the chain of dandelion „ atcnia are hung about ,our necks! and, 'what wcederfti! tdeapea wc had from , little calvca, or imaginary snakes! r Then, rising above our own little , voices, Oiling our ears with music aud n our hearts with joy, were the songs of „ the birds, and, supreme over all and y everything. tr»a «L- CunllUi trill of the „ robin. And 1 am still faithful in my r. 1 lore for him. As the snows of winter ,, retire, moat eagerly do I listen for the p first twitter; and whin I hear it, life, p hope, strength and courage are all re- p ncwed. IX that grand morning chorus „ with which they welcome the new dawn „ ' or their magnificent sunset cdrol, I will h say nothing, for the editor will look y daubtAilly at my contribution if I do, p I or perhaps dasli his arbitrary pen , across some of the most dslectablo |K>r- 1 1 ^ si Bat X must tcil you a little story of %l my sick trlcfid. Hhc had boon very y U), and was quite weak and emaciated. a| Ska bad no relish for food, and her q (riauds torn pted licr with all manner o( w dcllcncics. Her cousin, wishing to bring her some little offering, shot a „. nice fat robin, which waa verj.carelully 0| .broileil, ptul hraught up with her y breakfast Hho looked at It auspidotls- y ly. " What ii that?" she asked In a ir commanding but very feeble voice.— "O, its n nice little robin that Tom o( shot for you, and I think you will j, relish it," was the answer. "Arab- y, in! be shot it for »i ! Am I a cannibal, to cat tho dearest little friend 1 ever had in my life?" sait^sbc, "take it away, and tell him 1 do not thank him for his trouble.'' Hhc was so . - him his trouble." She

helplessly weak thst this excessive Indignation amused ib very much, but 1 n. for one could beartly sympathise with the feeling. Boys, ask y»ur nethsm If lliey rer member a plaintive little song they , h used to sing thirty years ago, In srhich * thia stanza oetrurs.L - -Thsblrd irdlUHi list I Leva ISi bail. I,: la Iks aaSU tsu la naebwak-yard Valid. Sir Tot aka aaana I# wataX KatXlara. haps Ikh'lf , Mr EstSlsas tTMora." y Thbi lonely woman Wired the robins, a so do we all, old and young, gentle 1 and simple, rich and poor. What If I t they do steal the beet of your cherries; I - the best are usually aiptho topmost ; - branches, out of jour reach. Shall I : they decay there, while you grudge I ; the robin a bite? If statistics which I ' ■ bare seen in agricultural reports are i 1 true, your cherry trees would soon die i i did not these indiutrious Uttlo follows ' ' devour the insects which are destroy- i ; log them; and ao with other fruits!— i I They pay na wall for every strawberry i t_ or plum they consume, and I would ' i sooner jet out fruit trees to alltrre them I f to my home, than -traps to destroy " a them. Boya! don't kill the robins. ' ns Thought" He'd Wade.— It. Wa« election day. and U rimes having J aasUted on the oeeMahm by the depoe II of Ma vote and Use absorption of as i ' much old tyo aa be-could walk under, 1 r atarted with two of Jfhnrlghbors, who i I were in the MUoo itatn of elevation' to i ' make (fair way to tkair homes. They i ' had to croaa tka Wiaaahickun creek by I a footbridge constructed by a single i . log thrown aeroa*, and bewed flat on the nppar aldn, Mat without any hand- i ' rail toaidinlhetohatl. ■ Than would | ' have been no difficulty with a clear ' t head and steady logs in crossing, but with anr party it waa Alt to be not de- i j void af diftlcultioa uodar the existing < j dmsnatancra However, the creek ' , moat be crossed. Grimes' friends took ' the kad, and with much swinging of , anni and contortion of the body, i reached tbc farther aide. It waa. now 1 h Mimes' turn to fece the music, and Woking a bold start, hu succeeded In I gdttiUg about one-third of the way ! over,1 when a loud splash annonnced 1 , to his friaoda that he waa overboard, r Emerging from the water, it being , about np to Ma tarasL be quietly mid. aa IfWa etarem area the renlt of ma- ' * tore deliberation: "I gucsalllwuitc!" j "gwaare.-mji'to-a. »•"—

lite a Eitreai. o Life la a mystery. It always wax to il the denixcoa of earth, and perhaps 0 over will be.. We cannot penetrate it joio the <tr..gs« of the Almighty, yet e the efrrsef tml that weUa up Colin trolly ia the mind,— the want to know u something of that mysterious fiitare,— - the life of the spirit after it la divested - of- Ita mortality, would aeem to luatify , at feast a oonvictioo that the eanioat - and sin oars soul in Its inrestigstiona 1 ought to he enabled to pierce through , the veil and see. If only aa through a i glass darkly, the world of light aad < glory and the angelic boat of Immor- • tola who dwell within the shadowless 1 i realm. We doubt not of the life bc- ' j yond the tomb,— the existence of the ' Spirit after the earthly man, has fin- j 1 tailed his Uak; the soul— the Ood-with- - 1 enjoying a never -ending life In j i the world of reoliUca ."3 spiritual ex- J ' The constant yearning ol tha mind to hold communion with the J ■ loved ones who are no longer with us, ] ia not only the most conclusive cvidcurc ' that wo ehall lire and be mourned for , when we have departed this life, hut that the desire — the anient longing to into the hidden realm la no idle Impulse; but a mysterious something . oar nature, inherent in our being. ] a constituent clement of our life, having its origin in no other source than the responsive Influence, of the epirita wc have loved communing with our own. Who has not mourned for some loved departed one? And the of grief once pissed, and the bitterness of sorrow over, how fondly love to think of them, and how consoling aud grateful to dwell upon their memories. We ait and commune with them aa If tliey were present; we cannot, we will not believe they are no longer Willi us, we ' calming, happy influence ia imparted to the soul: and who will aay that this - not caused by tho spirit of the departed impressing us with its close proximity and touching the chords I which vibrato in unison with Ita own 1 highly developed nature? Oh, 1 howbcautUulandconaoling the thought the dear loved ones wlio have gone 1 before, arc yet near us, arc with us; 1 anil when the mind is not engaged in 1 the turmoil and care of life, hut us wo 1 ait in alienee and commune with our- 1 selves they impress us with chaste 1 and pure and holy feelings, 1 and bring us nearer and nearer to God. ' why is It that wo will not, that ' we d» not encourage this holy, this < pure communion of spirits? Why ' will we be led away by the Impulta-s of ' our nature, and become absorbed in < enjoyments and gratifications ol < the animal acnaes? Ilnm It not seem I irrational for man to glvu up the ideas- > urea of the spirit for thoao which are 1 of an earthly nature? And yet we all 1 so, why is It?" Ia not man, ia not 1 a mystery? Tho more we sea- of the world, tho 1 more wo are satisfied tliat siuijilicily ' ' Is as luycparaWy the com[uinion of

truo genius as It la of true greatness. We never yet knew a truly great man 1 —a man who over-topped his fellowmen, who did not possess a certain " playful, almost Infantine simplicity. 1 True greatness never struts on "tilts, ' or plays llic king upon the stage Conscious of Ita elevation, and knowing r In what that elevation, consist., it Is happy to act 1U port like common men ' In the common omnsemcnts and business of mankind. It Is not afraid of , being undervalued for its humility. 1 A man who is thus (curlews af letting f down to the level of his feUow- ; men, in the ordinary amusement* and t relaxations of lit', whatever elevation | may have reached, must posse* i that innate consciousness of genius [ which Is itself sufficient evidence of , own existence. Those who are i afraid of being undervalued or dcapb-, i «d for mixing with their fellow-crea-tures are of the ordinary, everyday race of men, whom chance has made great, and who, like the Inmates of , unfinished palaces, shut tlieir windows i people may tsauo rngv tfiough to detect tho abject poverty within. How Many Will You Need?— t. If there Is any defect more striking ; than another in the American cliaracter il ia boshfUlnesa. Y" oung Amerii ca. in parttcnler, is painfully affected , by il An incident is mentioned by a I correspondent, who was desired by his aunt to go to neighbor Shaw's and sec • if be had for tale any atraw suitable for filling beds. "Mr. Sliaw," says i our Informant, "was blessed with a 'goodly number ofMfeses Shawa, and I therefore fell a liul^jiruid at encountering tlicm. To make the matter ■ worse, I arrived Just aa the family . were seated for dinner. Slopping at tho door-way, hat In baud, I stammered out: 'Mr. Straw can you spare enough Shaw to fill a oouple of tads?' ; 'Well,' replied the old gentleman, ' glancing around at hit .large family , and enjoying my mistake, 'I don't know bat I can; how many will you ; need?" Before 1 could recover, those Shaw girls buret iutoachorasor and 1 returned to my cite 1aunt." Jonathan says he couldn't help the other day at an anecdote of a man accustomed to make long prayers, who had persuaded a guest, greatly against his inellnation, to stayto break But He frayed and prayed, til! his impatient gured began to think of edging t;uletly away, and walking Off— but In attempting It he Wsk-d up the oid mans son, who was sskvp hi his chair. " H.iw sooai iwra your fathoe be ; "Has he got to the Jews?" asked i the boy in reply, in the Mup. uaw. A " No," said tht other. ' KeO. then hi a, n't Ulfthreagh.-

-era silent flute." to Under this caption the editor of tha M Central Chriiliau Advocate thus writes te- in his paper of March 0. His pathetic et wools will find many appreciative w The other night at the house of a - friend amid a large party of Christian d friends, we heard the strains of a (lute J accompanying tba piano. The (rare it unbidden started, as ever they must, is at the sweet, soft melody. They bear b us back over tho track of buried years to the night, never to be forgotten, d when we stood over the crib of the :■ beautiful, gentle, loving child/whose s young life had Just gono out. and se- .- vended In a chariot or fire. Forget it e sec onr gentlo child amid the choirs l- Of the heavenly host Wo should be i- glad to sit Willi Iter by the river of' life n j and play some celestial strain. Here 1- 1 We can never play again, never beor ,1 even to hear much of this sweet music; 0 we never can, never will try. She lay ,t there so truatfbl, so loving, looking up r j into our face as though she expected r relief from our hands. The dimness t j of death came at last, and she thought a it night, and said sweetly and as her P wont, "Ita, I want to go to your U*1 . now," and then she sank away aud : , j was gone to— Jesus. Many a night , - she had fallen asleep while we sat by - her aide and played the flute, or sang , . sonic song she loved. She would often | , ask to he laid in our bed before h. r j - senses were lost in slumber, and tht n , j we would sit by her and play or sing . until she fell asleep. So when death , t came- sho thought it was night and | r sleep, and so it was; but she siccus , , yet, with the y remise over her grave , . "Them that sleep in Jesus wilt God , . bring with him. " Our flute lay sifeni ; , deep of our heart whenever by aoci- , | and again tu overcame the effects of . 1 of tho strains of the flute, hut our . licart-strtogi cannot bear them ycL— i They vibrate like notes from thiujui- , gels, they thrill like chorda of the i seraphim. They sound through all 1 , our franu . and of.cn the fountains of > ; tears. Our (lute lies silent as the " , night on which sbv died, and wc have 1 , (Into without having the whole sreue " i or that happy life and tragic death 1 . brought buck w itli minute and terrible * i distinctness Are there not flutes and ' other instruments in tu-uves? If so, ' when wc got Urere, we will nyrice to , tlierc wc shall be able, with our ' dear ones, to Join in the song of the ' Sometimes wo ran almost see 1 ' the little hands stretched out to wcl- c us. aud hear tlio sweet words of " Erecting from her li|i*; but our sileut 1 flute remind* us ofthe sad reality, nnd ' and we wait, wait till Jesus comos.How wonderful the power of associa- " tion! One short piece of music with * the flute accompaniment compelled '' these thoughts, and why not write '' them? They are human. Tliey may r be signs of weakness— our readers may ■' not care for our silent flute, bot it is sweet to be permitted to open sonic- * times scaled fountains. Our. sweetest * 0p

^ joys ore often allied to our darkest in grief*. Those who have never loved r. and never lost need not read this outn flowing of our heart's weakness. We r uHav purposely heaven and earth, and ^ while daily grappling with human ills, e take hold on heaven jor*. Onr husliud flute may srakc again, as ourprcdout child shall, nnd beyond the reach 'if |(1 discord and death wc shall meet her [. nnd ting with her again, of riiEi.G i.t.amh or MTMnxtrr. „ We start in life ao unbroken cumr. fitny; brothers and sisters, friends and lovers, neighbors and comrades, are „ with us: there is circle within circle, „ and each one of as is at the charmed „ centre, whore the hoart'a affection* are ,f aglow and whence they radiate outre wnrel on sockty. Youth is exuberant with joy and hope; the enrth looks fair, J. (or It eparirim with msy-drwi wet, and y no shadow hath fallen upon it. We are nil hero, nnd we cuuld live here,f forever. The home-center Is on the , hither side of the river.- nnd why should But this slate of things does not continue long. Our Circle grows leas and - lean. It is broken and broken, anil g tlien closed up ngolo; bat every break c- and dose makes it narrower and small - 1- er. Perhaps, hefbts the sun ta at bis d meridian, the majority in on the otlier side; the drele there in as targe as is the one here; and are are drawn con- * trnrywise, nnd vibrate between the le two. A Utile longer, and almost all rs hare crossed over; the Itvlxoce settles a down on the spiritual side, and tlio I home-center la removed to the upper X- sphere. At length you sea nothing -r bat an aged pilgrim standing alone on ly the river's brink, and looking ctrmwt»t ly toward the country on the other r- side. y PuEMEBVlko "hvALIXTH UUUSL ' —Those of our readers who have been ■_ growing hyacinths in pots in the house ,j will And tliat by (bUowlng the subjoinm cd directions, they con use their bulbs ^ again for forcing again next autumn. ,f Balhs grown In gtasoes over water, however may be thrown away, as thry are past rnoovstiou>- 1 ' As soon as the flowers wither, take the hluboutef the lp roots elsEn, and lay on the lid. of a to hamper, or on cbsui straw, In an airy, f shotted, but dry place. .Turn the bulb '• frequently, and when tlic roots nnd I leave*, etc., have dried up, trim them >• off, remove loose scales and. ripe off'k k:U, Kid when tbr bulb ta perftetly 'S dry . lay it by in a drawer, closet, or P basket until the M lowing sntumn. « liy Uil* method, the exhaustion of the bulb, after flowering. Is saved." "* ! "Though lost to sight, to memory , idmr" as tho maiden olid to her Imr A | vhsn his bee was buried in baud and The best consolers of human licarts : may bnaFbrotan hearts ia their own *! only

a At this season of the yew nothing s is mors common than the removal af e a fiortioa «f Uio dothbig the first pfeuae ant sunny day that dawns. Did thsat who indulge in this foolish practice res fleet for a moment, they srnukl certs In - n ly hesitate before committing such sn e Indiscretion. It ta sot surprising that s sucli fwrsons are the subject of viofent - coltU and frequently of more serious r diseases. Another foolish and yet freI quanti.y indulged practiire is that of , taking down stores before the warm e weather has hilly set in. Tlirre are ' housekeepers who appear to think that - a store should never be pcrmiuod to t remain in n parlor or sitting, room an » hour after the lint of April, or at e furthest, after the period set apart for • spring bouse cleaning. Tbta most unc wise practice cannot be too severely r reprol»D*l. During the month of ' May and trnjuently later, we hare in I this latitude many data In which it ta 7 almost impassible to d* without Ore I except at the ex|*mse of comfort and * health. But when, as ta so often the t case, winter clothing is laid aside nnd r stores removed, too, the risk to health , ' is quadrupled. Those who wish to , 1 maintain bodily health, and at the ' same time promote tho real comfort of , themselves and families, should bear , I these facts in mind, und though a win1 tor coat may feel a little heavy in May, . r it is not so hoary as a savers cold or , 1 an attack of pleurisy or pneumonia. ! A stove in the parlor or sitting room , ' during May may not exactly carres- , pond, with some housekeeper's ideas ' of propriety, but it Is not half so an- ( 1 sightly as a parcel of women and chll- | drcn creeping nnnd the house «hirer- > tug. with shawls and cloaks thrown j over their shoulders; and sighing for n , room where they euukl nit down i ; ia oomfort and without the risk of |mEnvy 1s n "mean passion, ii ueithcr consults reason nor waits until the < . judgment is exercised, II ilscs an the ' appliances that can be brought V bear ' upon lu subject. Like the cormorant, it cats out the stihstsnee of everything ' outside of Itself, and then tarns and ' upon lis own vitality; and < strange to say, that in feeding upon its.-lf, it grows and strengthens and t becomes more rapnbk of performing <! Ita destructive work. Tbe envious ' can never be happy. The tin- eormomut to fa. out qf pain and I experiemv pleasure witii its sharp b-ak i| It* own heart, and drawing forth e the silly bird tliat drink* its own 1 blood can be at rest anil satisfied, then , sstf contented. But while the wound * open and bin-ding, Uie process uf in tin t be going on; and tho result la inevitable. U'ben the last n drop U drawn forth, the work ta flaIsheii. Envy dcalroya itself wjth the c destnicllon of its possessor. But the worst of nil is that while envy is doing t oi nit is mat wnile is uoiug '

,1 it* work of destruction ill llic heart ] j Hint cntortalns it, none of the parties . , are at all hurt or di-quictod. The vile ( 0 pussion can only prey upau IU.dC— . j 1 1 can do no harm outside of tftc poor , mlsukeu bosom thai aflbrdt it a lor- ^ * a i -ixaki! ir^jtrye" utira , The New Bnmswick Timet soys; 1 Wc have on onr desk in a bottle, a ' queer looking reptile of the pent* lizard, about two inches leng, which was 1 rjaetad from a yotmg lady's stomach, e umler the administrative- operations of Doctor Metoalf, the esteemed hotl&j pntbie prartlttooer, 118 Ocorge-sttijrt. r His llsardsMptatolereltly lively; and Is a vesy pretty specimen. He has , the head of a snake; his bock Is scaled, and hit four arms are finished off With | four fingers each. The dominant col- . ors are brown and grey. How ihc creature (bund a lodgment lit the home from which he sras nt last affmmarily J cxpelleil Is not toM, but lie win proba- ,. hly" swjtitywcd in water, and wt presume this statement will cause a Urge l" demand for filter* The young lady I lis* suffered some time from nausea . and a fluttering sensation, without bet , Ing aware ot tho cause. We rejoice lit her happy dsltvcrance. The " oM- ' mal" can le seen at the doctor's office . , 1 An stiocdoto of Garriek and Dr. ' ' Bill— doubtflally called Kir John HiU, ° in virtue of foreign title— ta very well1 known. It U to (he offtct tliat tbe ' physician induoed the manager to bring 1 J out and play himself the leading cborr actor in a farce of his, m titled thr ! "Rout,' wlilch was hissed off the stage 1 ou tho llnl night af its performsucs — The doctor blamed Garrick's acting, ' and Garriek found fault with Hill's wit, or tbe book of IL When, Sir John having written some abusive Ubeta , about him, Garriek ta said to have ree piiod In the couplet; • HU Istom sis jX rail, XU jbrsM * fares Is." A very similar- and, doubtfeaa, less- , known - passage or arms occurred bey twecn Htr Godfrey and Dr. RateHtfe.— e .Sir Godfety and RateHffc Hrod next e door to one ahnther In tow sfreet. Coveot (iartfen. The painter was very -. fond of bortfeuMur*! povsults, and the b physician had a .itnltar toatr. Kir d C.odtery. who bad a fine ftoww -garden 0 at Dr. natoHfib-s request allowed him - the privHege of a door In the party-wall f ro that he might en terit whenever he r choose. A squabble having arisen to- ; ErvssesiK as at bat was cMigwi to send word to his j , neigttbr that he shsuM pre«N*«l to1 r brick up the doorway. j 1 Batcliffa cynically otart-»«l-"L«t | him do what ha win to the dour except - , paiatin, It." n -To whWrthetohrterredostrd— "l>id j :

AU Norta. I When a cot sings, dors she do it cm ' ImrjmeC Men of means are often the maoossl ' of men. Beat piece In a ship for eggs—' Thq " hatchway. | Don't throw stow* and idle words 1 Was that person in a stonuy mood • who lolled a friend f say that bia sole ta his own. 1 General Court— Waiting on three or 9 four girls at the same time; ' Show this to your husband Anevvr 9 falling cure for "sulks;" • SBka. 1 Don't aleep with your coat on, or its. t nap and yours will be token together. r Ifa man makes a beast i-f himself at ■ dinner doe* he become the lion of the f A codfish breakfast' and an India > rubber overcoat will keep a man dry ' all day. ! Why are good women like tyy? 1 Because the greater the ruin the clo*- ! er they cling! ' It docs not follow hocausc.a man 1 drinks alien at a bar that be taa Wsady ' A dandy on shore 1* disgusting to r many people, but a dfeett of tha tea sickens everyboby. 11c tliat neglects to obacrvu the workings of Providence, robs his soul ' ot some of Ita choicest comforts. The Christian's cup may be brimful 1 of sorrow; but for him the overflowing ' drop U never added. 1 Works are good and aeceptihfa to • God only as they spring from and tanIn love to him. There la a couple of aiston who hove be told everything together, for they i told apart. If you woukl be pungruLfee brief, for it is with wordaaa witi^tunhotms -thr more they arr sopdeoscd Uie deeper they bum. A word of kindness U seldom apok- . en In vain. II U seed which, even when dropped by chance, spring* up a ■ brautlfhl (lower. The mere lapse of years is not life. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone can give vitality to the mechanism of existence. It wme people woukl tabor as much give themselves good names as I bey do to give their neighbors bad ooea, It would he bettor for all concerned. If this workT were our abiding place, wc might complain that it make* our. no bard; but It. Is only our niglit quarter* on a journey. »ud who can ex|*ct home comforts? A scnttomaii who'ls n-lmmed of hi* bald head, explains tbe alieence of hta hair by- saving tbat lie tvns l*i rn poor, and was compelled to scratch hi* way through life. Man must liave occupation, ar be * miserable. Toil ta the price oT »kej> ami appetite— of health and Cffjoy mcsL The very naresslty srhich overour naBsral sloth ta a Messing. Homo one rekrtcs the story of a nan ' who was loo tear to say hta prayer*

' He wrote out hbiderotiWn ml foolscap, ' and Med them to the foot of couch. Before retiring he would | them up to brawn and exclaim. "Thorn** my -sehtlmenta," and jump A New burgh clergyman suddenly 1 stopped In the Midst of his sermon on Sunday and sat down. This aroused : the sleepers, arid he then arose and , said he did not propose to preach to . persons who srerg sleeping uuder hta i sermon, and be hall taken this oourar to get a wtde-atWto audience. He ► hadlL - i.jji We are apt Id .make our vocation in looking put oflhe waj- for occasions to excreta* 'great and rare virtnea, and i by stepping over tho ordinary ones which ill! directly tp the road before us. When we read, wc fancy wo amid he martyrs ; and wlien ws come to act, are can but bear a provoking John Bunyaa being once asked a ■ question concerning heaven which he - ,-r.,||.i uui answer ts-cauas tba Blbkt ' hod furnished no reply, very wisely ' advised the ipifrist to follew Christ, ; and life a holy fife, that he might by- ' and-fagrgo id- heaven and pre IM Mm1 self. "Isred, are there few1, UjaJ^ie ' sirexIT'. asked a curious qncstlaner of ChrtaL "Strive to entor in at the •trait gate," was th* Instant and pectineal reply. [ Plka>c*k la to woinau what tlx , sun is to the floweri If moderately cnji^iNl it beautifles, it ntfrcobca. and il improve*; if liiimqderatojy, It witli- ^ , er*. dctcrloratos pnd destroys. But c U» duties of douriatic life, exrrcisrd as . tlxy must pu lu retirement, aad calling forth aU..tt>P: sensIUUtira af tha I female, ore ppzhwd •* noeoasnry to the „ full development of her charms, as the , alinde and shower are to the roar- . confirming Its beauty ' and increasing Ita fragrance. e Mahk Twain produces one of the moot striking cases of msannw on rvenrd. lie says he know* of on inrorporaUxl nodoty which hirod a man to 1 miuutrs, tlie company " docked hlni J fix lost time." The gipsies in the hop gardes in . Froth have a carious way of looking . after U» honeoty of their money oolt!hTwhh btoritfit.,*Wixu fai irturas | will, the fund. he mnrt bring U- li, • back ohvr, as a sign that bo has reu