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VOLUME XVI. a A -PVT. MAY, NEW JERSEY, THTJE8DAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1870. WHOLE NO. 795. "

_ teai Tan Mm DMorj. ' T"l-sstgsruzid=?~ KrMIMnl LEACH A Wabe, Farmers' Took, Hardware, ate., Cape May. Hanffll * Hoaw 30 a I>eL A v., Phils. Dixon, gharptos * Co., Fertilisers, VJapwth uSTat. Phila MriiliKU Kaua B Williams, Cope May. ~ Jul H TOWNKEND, " " Jons SJlcr»«A*. Oouit Horn*U T Millmb, Cape May cUy. S U Gmsnr, Oamdeu. S W RMTM, « «J| A Iaie»t, am Geo W Sbitii, 10 Washisgtoa sL C i May dty T 8 C'LABX^wUhingtoo st, Cape May K P SnTmt, Mansion at, M Bbabdwoob, Decatur «L K D KmnJBM A Hose, CokL Hpring. ( Bell. H SVAvm, 13 Dry at. New York. vr G Kiioaoo, 3 Mansion SU Capo May »'iCH A Wabb, Capo May city Gabbisox, ioa Hootrh, 8M Market .t, Fhila. I H Burnt, Decatur at, Capo May. ( J P Sloan. Jackson *, KdwabdoA IiAwrbmcz, 3nd & xarkat SU, Plilla. Job Hcuellenoek, landing. I Ubo lllLDBBrn, Jackson st, Cape M. K U tiotiOBU, Cope May city | Hditxax A William*, Hand, Wabb A Co, WabnAEldbedob, / Oarpsw N C Pbice A Co. Herryst.Capc May Jaxb H Hxrrn, Court House. Dr j U*ad* Pbil-b A Co., Perry at. Cape May Macxst Woaiams, Drnniavillr. ! J H Sxrrn, Court House. | 0 •sails) Db J F Lbamixo, Court llouac. Draaa<su I Irs. Mabcv A Mecbay, «>r. Washington A Decatur sts. DBS J 8 Kbxnbd* A Hob. Cape May Wb M Wilson, 308 Market st y W. G. ItUOADs, Apt Earth Closet no. l.BAt'lt A Wabb, Cope May dty . K D EDMUND* A Sox, J UaoHiLDBBni, c • It RBUlAMU, DtnnlsvUfe. Jab Walton A Co, 113 W-itaut atP. * Ivixa Bbos. 337 X. iud st Hula Lealti A Wake, Jackaou st M fBtuaJMnBa 11 hBAtit A Wabb. Jackson «t ■ D Edmunds A box. " „ .touysox A H CO II no, Jackson st a G Pbicb, Perry »t - M William*, DenuisviftrBenntiriuc.

Lbacii a Waub, CoyeMoy U Fbb&eju1 a*, Camden. 8 K Fobtimbb A aox, McMakix's Hotel, Jackson street John McMakln. proprietor. ■ ThIHg- "J ■— " FBXLIX. "Areh St flooao" Phlla, C Locbb. "IhakM SUtas Hotel," walnut st, M.I" K 1» tkriTBB, Mansion St, Capo May. J II Smith, Dooator at Ipawsxss JoHX W Lrcrrr, General Agent for CtXrM*^M®TCAL Fibb. J w LyNanoBaL^lJfit Rev Jos Hammltt, \ hCok»n.™ pent Continental Ufa Ioa. Co., ». Searilfc, N. J. JfS.SSrSfc"'""D A Nmsrrox A Co., MlHrllW, Dua J 5 KENNEDY A Sox, Capo May. Dil^iEangT* Mocray, AVaahington A iWpCLAKK, Sew York, I/adon BomIi'k'foCT*, Hallimote; Coogh SyrU|j, C C HOTHBS Pldla; Ague Cur* MB*. S Hawkins, Washington at MBa M A ItiNDBH, PhUoda J AKB H Hurra. Court Hoo-e (In vr Smith, 10 WaaMngteo st B K I.ftiLAM. Cape May. rssisSsiM M Williams, Drnnisvillo Bai-nn A »«NS l*hllada. DtXOX, SHATLBSi A on. PllilAdA DbsXbmmbuy A Sox, Capo ktay Dm Mabl-Y A Mecbay, cor WashD*B»SmW». (Hm-es^iathle). " ""■"TliSr" Jobs W Eyuett, Ocean at. Cape May Is^EfSSiKKpss. J dux S I.BBA CO. « N sr liars**, P. J » G ABBlsoX,' Ca^n ' 3* y. J H Hexbutt A Hko. Jackaou st Bash and Blinds E P mitBO A CO, Uolldei*' aiill, Csjw H f'h'obxbb, Aft for Singer's, Family maddBw g^rtnn. HBXBUTT a BBO.^pe May Jp^sl K D Koxrxi*. A -.s^a-kwmat

[. Tkfi CAFKIAY OCIAK WAVE. m Publishad Waakly, al OAl'E MAY CITY. N J., ' 0 C 8. Mignth A Aaron Girrttaoo. L CASH BATES FOB A D VBBTISIXC. k W-ak-. • Month.. iS: is j; isj 3 Si H ^S^^X.B Xanrl^ SidOsa Us ' Ihr^rtT^^Vlx rssswUfVaor UoaVo't" ' JOll I' HI NT I tin. \ Osrts. QmUn, shi x—i. "k. , , , |Mti| k, Nssllj yrtatsO, st sksrl Nolle*, sa4 st , §ujin tit (SariU. ; ^SBOi R- WILLIAMS. " PRACTICAL ARCHITECT, say CmWiCm,BI. J II. TOWNSKND, ARCHITECT AM) BUILDER, B. W. Hrrsn, arrt>«*rr-Arjj# akb <«.*r«rjxrrii, 1( rRiLAUKtrniA. ..... » John B. Tluflman, ti Attomey A Conaseller-at-Uw. Bolidtor. . MASTBB k BXAMIKEH IX CHANCBBT. SOrkKME COOBT CimMIUIOKX*. „ ' ' — 1 • R. T. MILLER. li ATTOHNEY AT-JJkW, n 1 ornctr- Wsrt Car. flBBT A SOUTH ITS, ( CAfT. ISLAND, N.J. fll Kipcrlsl stttaUss (Iras Is Mllastlsas. I. ■. Vray. > . t irros.sAi-jr.tjx, XJiTU, so ucint, r • exjx/ska in cxjxcwtr, rrsswutof flftk* flssasrCsps Msy Caestf ( AJJalslsr flrw Nsllaksl Bssk. ^ Or. A r. Learning. t D^iT'omcionii j ^^tlM TkirsAsjs of SMk saarik. f Dr. E. II. rhlHIps. t nonatnr imic FRTSiriAN, T orrlCB AND BBMMJtOB-Xa. t» WASH- ^ inaUsM^SI'dSllM.1 C Cape May, 5. J. c ornuB nouaa-s wiA-M^itsiAitat „ oni,?sltsVtrs'ia'Es,ViM»**'1'J * ' *

THOMAS S. CLARK'S ( BOOT AND SHOE STORE. 0* W1SB1NUT»N STKKET, i , ' ' rXILDSAX-l BOOTS. . SHori A GAITKBS, 1 WORK MADE TO ORER. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. ' ' . _ I • R. D. Edmunds a Son ] WoalJ rssfssrfollr umuh to tks— ayl. si j • Csps Msyusl Ikay lire Jolt nwksA tSs» " COLD HPUIKO. N. J., I Frill •and Winter Gootla, ( DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, i BOOTH AND SHOES, | Tia. Woodan, Earthen and Hardwire . Ac. ' Superior Quality lour, | aaarllSs isswtnast •( (itessilskBoqU sad , JpURNITURE. JOIEPH WALTON A CO., j * c binct makers, Ns. Ill WALNUT IT., niUAaJfkU. ( . SS%5rgS i FURNITURE WIRE-ROOM! ' I MAXSIOX STREET, i OAP>: MAY CUT*. N.J. f IM sstAriiasr waald I ssarnfallr ssssaata ■ to Iks psepls si Csys Mar Ctl, saj .Htalti. 1 Furniture Ware-Downs, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, i COTTAGES FURNISHED I pnmHIr sttoal.t to. I „ T« .bcoxu W,k^ FURMITURE STORE. ^

t ^ELECT J^OETRY. c5l X"> stoStofT to IksajtM to.ST° Bad Uassd aw sirlks wills , j I As* to ASS SB SU US Ssprr Ull ^ISCELLANY. A* ABTEB1 rata WITH A Bt'B1 went to Corent Garden Theatre let out al twelve, and I Ml off to my lodging*. I knocked: there was no noitwer. I knocked again; a window was thrown up, and my landlady's head appeared. •' Who are you)"' she screamed, j "Let's In, please; It's aw.'*' I an. "Thon, Mr. Mo, iT you don't comii afore ten, you may stay out till mum-' in'. I ocror wait up for my lodgers— door is dosed at ten!" and thcu the window closed with a hang. "No go!" thinks I. "I have no raoory. I'll go to a railway statjoo, and wail in the waiting-room till morning;" which resolution I proceeded to carry out by walking briskly for the bank. I turned into Moorgalc street, and Just thinking whether I should go to tho London, Brighton, and South Coast, or the London Bridge Station. I stopped to think. There was a eonfrelloncr's shop Just in front of mo. — that it were open! I bad three pence- left. Just at this moment a UU, bread shouldered man cum up to me, and viewed iue from top to toe. 1 looked at him. He was dressed in dark clothes; a peu-Jodret and a clap-trap cloth hat. with a peak, lying level on fore-hend, gave me a furling of awe. The thought forced itself upon me that ho waa a garroter. ne spoke

first r " You're Mr. hum)"' and be laid his a finger on his no*c. ' g " You've guessed It," said I, think- t it hnit to agree with klm, although „ my name was Tom. n "Then come along!" and away we , " Did Butler give ye e'er a pistol?" c asked. ,] i "No," said 1, beginning to trem- c ble. " He said he wanted them him- , seit" |, " Jnst like Mm. Ho tokl me I'd b you standing in Moorgalc street l hetween twelve and one, opposite the confectioner's, with your right hand | [ in your pocket" |, "I'm la far It!" thinks I, "but I , must go through with It But what- i ever will It come to at all at all?" „ He led mc threogh a labyrinth of v ' streets, walking rather fast, tell we j, emerged upon the CUy Rood. Then j made straight for the Angel, and „ ftotn thence took a cab for Fleet street! , What object he had In doing thh I f cannot any. lie did not ofifcr to cx- 1; plain; in fact, not a word passed 1»- ^ twaen ua Ull we got out at the top or fl Ludgate HUL From thence we went , ; Into n bark start, and not of that in ' | another, no matter which, and tod- y i denly stopping opposite a shop, be exdaimcd— "There "a our erlbl" " Is it?" aiya L Whcreopon he produced from his ( pocket a rule. The shop was evident- , ly a tailor's, as It had bars standing ^ out, like rungs of a Jacob's ladder, , from each side of Hie door, to exhibit . stock upon. My friend stepped on Ibe find of these, which was three fact from ^ the ground, and speedily measured . the height at a large glass fanlight over the door then, atepplng down again he measured the breadth of thedooV, and as the fanlight waa square, lag. 3 muttered to me, by way of giving ms ^ "Three and a balf br two high! ' 5 and chuckled quleUy. Then be cteoeed the road, and 1 foh ' lowed, he explaining that we must " wait Ull the policeman passed. He ■ | hove in sight about ten minutes after- c wards, whils we walked past him.— 1 Then we waited uutll be relumed — 1 This time wo did not pais him, but ' watched him from a corner at a dls- 1 "Twenty minutes and a half be- ' . tween going and coming." exclaimed I my eoaqanioa. "And a handy beat; < for he comes up the corner there,"— , pointing to one a little twyood the . shop,—1 "and gis* down this street ] The Impnaawa began in alrol orer me that I was committing, or hal|dng to commit a fchmy, and that If caught , I might get into Iroubts. I thought . of running for U; but the remark my • tbTrtfcrt that it would fas aatart run | ; 1 'Z "

watch and I'D hook it then!" Ho I waatflo. — He nuaatd the street again tho mo- '' meat the policeman waa past inte, fcrm Ing with ua, and, prodnring a piece of rsr stout black cloth, he applied the rule ^ thereto, I holding it against the shutter* whift he set out "three and a half by two," thereon. This done, he cut It within two Inches of the measurement all round; and then producing a treacle- pot from his pocket, he smothered one side of the cloth with treacle, and, desiring me to hold It be mounted the shop^loor. so to speak, again; and I gave him the cloth, which he immediately dapped on to the skylight the treacle making it adhere firmly to the glass. Then, looking at his watch be cried—. " By Gosh! he'll be here this minute!" and away we walked. A glance behind us, ns we turned the next corner. Not yet In eight! We stopped and waited, but the policeman nunc not My friend muttered an oath, t, adding, "I'll go. Come along; but : keep your wealkcr-cyo open!" And off I we went "lVrhape he is watching us?" I suggested. But the idea waa discarded as uot in the nature of a policeman "like that ooe we saw." We arrived at the shop. He mounted again, and drove a string through a hole in the cloth. Then he ran a dia- - mond round the edge of the glass. A | gentle pat, and it gave way. Now I j saw the use of tho cloth mud string.— . * He could hold the glass by the string; j v and he slowly let it down Into the shop | >' and. producing a )ong-ehai>cd pad. lie ( ° laid it along the bottom of Oiefkulight ' * to cover the glass edge, and threw one , '• leg Into the opening, and got astride of it! I " Follow me," he muttered, aad I J- ducked his bead under tho door-heal. Hut before be oouid draw in the other 'S leg, I mounted the gadder, and seising! '* it, gave him a pull'that kept him from . ~ Turing in, atjhc same lime yelling. J n "FoReerThlevcs! Mnnlcr! Police!'' , al the lop of my voice. Aud, lo! and ® behold! llie policeman apprared at llic ( corner at that moment. A horrible , " oath from within, a pistol-bullet whist- J ling past my head, and I ran for death ,r and life. I did not stop till I found j myself In Broad afreet. In the next day's papers I saw the ° account of the capture of a burglar by h ww policeman, who had watched i '■ burgiare from tlw comer, and saw one I enter the house, and the other leap up ~ the wall like a cat, grab at a disappear- ! ' ing leg, and yell "PoBeuI" and ran. The one that was caught got seven i ' year's penal servitude; and "The |xv J lice are searching vigilantly, though as yet unsuccessfully, far the oilier, k who It appears, is a i/r.perore elorar. P tor!" They never caught him. if Dovrx-su Toekahoo t! rrc is a titan a named Simpson, who lias a flat roof , e on his house covered with tin. The no au uisw wwreu SIUI mm- i

roof got to loaking badly a few weeks » ago, and It happened to occur to Mr. - Simpson that It would bo a good thing cbver the whole surface with the materia! out of which concrete pavements are made, "so ns to make her t all light and nice," said Siiu)nou. A f man waa accordingly engaged, nml lie ] covered the tin with concrete to the „ of three or four inches. The , of Tuekahoe is cnla. In warm , weather milliona elf them assemble and c hold ratification meetings and re- c and general synods out in the (] yards and on the roofs. In Tuck- , Sdiuo hut July the heat was unusually c and Mr. Simpson waa exceed- „ annoyed by the animated discus- „ sious of the eaU in his neighborhood. , The more he "shooed" them ami flung u old boots at them, the more they r yelled. Night after night itcontinued t to grow room terrific, and day after Mrs. Sim peon observed that the „ mysterious caterwauling* .continued i during all the hours of daylight t hadn't a boot-jack or black- j, ing-brash or a rolling-plfi or a cologne- f bottle left to throw at them. At last, » moonlight night, the uproar got a b: bo outrageous that Simpson j arose froim hla bed and determined to 0 ascvrtain what in the thuoder all this p growling meant anyhow. It appeared j. to him that the noise came from the a top of the house, lie went up Into t the garret and put his bead out of the e trap door. Ticrt Is /urn d sn# *x»- ^ drt4 asd ninttf+ix colt ttmck fatt Lnet- , itf im lit cesrrrle, which had been „ softened by the hoot Homo of them , hern there four days. The mln- , ate thev caught sight of Simpson the c whole "ooe hundred and ninety ail x e doubled up their spines, ru filed their , back hair, snaked their tails, and gave , ooe. wild, unearthly yowl, which j shocked Simpson's nerves so much t that he dropped the trap-door and fail e the step-ladder on the head of Mrs. Simpson, who was standing below, dressed In a thing with a frill on c it, and armed with a pamleaf Ian and 1 a bed-slat, determined to protect Simp- ■ lo the death. The next day the concrcta was removed, and the rat* ' were dag out Bat you ought to have present when Simpson interview- j ed the concrete man! There were on- , ly four rounds, and then Simpson got , up off the man's prostrate body In , order to lei him go end bunt for some , good hair restorative and put a fresh 1 oyster on his eye. In Klmira, the MMr day, a young i lady waa discovered who hett*d her I npther at the house-work, and within t two weeks, she hod a dosm olfrr. of ; marriage. Now, Elrolrx girts JjaaY I j l^ls^'sre lielng dischargwi. A young lady at Saratoga has wou > fcwty bsMkeU of fiowrre al raffies, this ( j _ , A man in tWdrnsb. Wk, has is

p TUB LXTBB^mBjBff WB ABB ; ^ we look occasion to remark somewhat jf upon the scnUmental, flaah-pictun le press of this country, which wt deprvt. caled as one of the most hurtful and If dcmonlixinu influence* of tbo dayit the open, direct enemy of social order, v and the potent instigator and ally of vice, dtlnuchcry and crime. Inn late i. number of the I"ail Mali Katttle there appeared an article of nearly similar 1. import, directrel against a ciaaa of pxibl; licatioiB, in. the form of stories, in r' which the achicrements of highwayl men.lrismphs of the pirate, and the in- . 0 triguea and sucRsore of the Hbertfntr - I, AOiromanUcally set forth, these publi- j cations being sold at a penny each, | ; and of cwiree finding an immense mar0 kct, chicly among the class mostsusccptlMo to their influence. The writer i P furaishre a number of instances In { , which the immoral tendency of these j works upoa the youth of l-ondou baa I | IxcU sbowt/, and very reasonably coo- 1 Tj eludes that Jhe mischicr they do must be eneymoos. He aaka: "What can I [ be done to suppress them? Surely J . they come under the ban of the law, j , ami it cannot be difficult to discover what scoundrel profits originally by | . their dissemination.'' What is treol , of these publications in l-otuhm and | . throughout Engiaud iu their effect j L | U|wn a large class ol the popnUtion, U 1 I true of the course, vulgar, flashy and . sensational pa|x-r» in this country j ; 1 against which we have inveighed. - I ' , j Indeed, it isafalrsupposition iluitsuch , Upere .S the DaC Dm. j. and the 1 1 /'o/ire Vews, with their weekly array i 1 of ooareely-wrought picture* llltistrat- j s | ing every phase of vice end crime, and j I thrfr.qd^Mfoi^jV'Y.'Usiing detail of. 1 the w^Rnturv. of wxial di.or.ler, i . I nre for t.*ure itiJuriou* than the puldi- ; r caUons of which the English writer i ;| complains --the stories ..f "Claud* , l' Duval," ''(red 'V„!f, the 1'irale." i - . I "Hare Devil Dick." for while these • j are known by many who read them to j 1 ' In merely fiction, aud therein lose J 1 something for their influence for evil. a j tlie Stories of the seuaatioual journals j ■ j among us publish, under hold headings 1 1 with catching Illustrations, haw the 1 allurement of real nccum-nor*, and particularly are the licentious f.-alures . of throe publiealiotis, which are made , ! rspwcially jiroroiucnt, dangerous to a , I degree far beyond llic fictitious, for . ! they announce to the sancepible youth , ! that liilngues and liaison- in society . are tnatlcra or fact and not of tsney. . ly written- Ueseriptlnna, which excite i the in^kgtnation and furnish the key by which to proceed. It will not sat- . tsfy any candid mind to assert that that tlxac pmbllcatlena serve to prevent vice and crime by showing tbcm I up iirall jM^iorribb deformity, for r common i^BBxperlence and welbat- ■ teste- 1 fccftre against *ny «uch assumption.

.■ Vlss 1- s mor-strl c ( >n lrl|hlful mslo, I And no reasonable man can doubt ^ that the continual feeding of the youth- ( mind of the countrj upon this wrek- t diet of filth, oberenity an.1 crime is ^ wrong ajxin society and the state in ^ sowing broadcast tlw seeds that must ( sooner or later grow a rank harvest of criminal outrage and violence— is now contributing its full share to the social and moral loseeness which t the stench of the age. No man ( can handle pitch and not be defiled, | and the purest of us are liable lo err f and go astray under the influence of c temptation continually preaaod upon ( and certainly the conclusion j not lw otlwrwlsc llian that effect of throw publications upon tlw incxperfenced, impreasiwable mind of youth ( most be hurtful and demoralising. — The question of the English writer ^ therefore comes home to us with dobforce— "What can be done to supthese publication*? ' Legal restnint* and legal penaltica are the ^ only safe exiiedinnta to which to appeni. To " oil for the condemnation y of public opinion to wipe out there ( liloW upon literature ami journalism is to wait for the milienium y and with every tone ot these publics- > tioos, an long as they are quietly tolerated, this event is further removed. ( There is not otw iff these prints but ( should be prohibited as a puMie nuland severe penalllea prescribed ( against tliose who publish or vend ( them. This Is the only certain method of ridding tlie country of theeepratilenlusl prints, and assnredly they are much toiUmato objects of feg*l surveillance as are any of tbe agencies j corrupting society against which ( laws are enacted apd ttoly enfoered In [ every sUte of the Unli» f GOOISNOB.— We should not despair of Uki goodness of tha world, if we do l not happen to see It immediately ' around us. The atmosphere is still blue, though to much of it as is en- t closed In our apartments is color leas t 1KDUXTBT AXtl FBra Atrrv. - In- J will make a pane, and frugality wiUVvc you strings to It. This puree will cost you nothing. Draw tho strings as frugality direct*, tod you ■ will always find a useful penny at the CitlLKHOOD.— Tbe Innocence ol this etmatoa not In rectitude of Inclination, but Incapacity for Use eosnmlsion , of evil. Tbe vivacity of children U al- ! wars charming— because It is always 1 "sincrre. A fnA child la a rest, wtlk- 1 Tbs "Moods of' KodSo-Haogiwoora. WoonosOkaca, and Mayeslma ( loenn, f liraroort House, New York. 1 ."pitting tubaecu juice ou Chinamen I frean oicvatod wlodows Is a Trisoo sport. But it la not a hmbhy s^.rt - ; when " John" can reach tha culprit. 'SSk mo™ " 1

e Tlw disadvantage of not always farit 1 ryiug an umbrella and a little moocy , with ooe is amttainglv iliustralod in tlie subjoined anecdote. Iforhaps the J relation smacks a little too highly of . tlw i'ariaian journalist's imagination, . but at any rate It certainly rehears.-* if an accident that might happen to ' e anyone: B One afternoon last summer, two r | s'reons, a lady and a gentleman, «-ct$ _ seated under tlie horse-chestnut- in ' n Uw main avenue of the garden of tRe ! . Tuilcrica, at Paris, which, as most 1 . folks know, is a public promenade, 1 c ami w)wre numlsrhaa chairs are ' . I placed In rows and hired to fatigued ' I apiece. " ^ ^ ""^l; . After having chatted for sonic time, | i j watching the gambols of the little ! j | children, who were lost In admiration j 1 0 of "Punch and Judy," and of tbo nun - ^ 1 1 | commissioned officer* who were lost j . | in admiration of Iticlr names, our two 1 1 I I promenadcr* rose to leave, when they 1 , |.wcre confronted by the proprietress of 1 1 .. the chair*, who demanded her twrlve 1 ' feats. 1 f The lady srarelied iu her pocket, j ' "1 drcfon-, "'said she, | laagbing, j J ! ™TMs bj n.» means suiinl the w.. ' ' . J of tin- good woman. 1 1 words to that effect; "It's aU very fine j . | U|-.o . !mir- hair the rooming without J [j Tlw gentfemnu rrowncd I "Here, madnmr," said Iu-, "lake 1 . ' No saying be departed with his com- 1 , | pnninn. who, with difficulty, refrained 1 , : from bursting out laughing , ! dark clouds, which piled themselves ! I j In a threatening manner, and our , 1 . two prnnn n iders luul hardly left the 1 I garden la-Tom forgo drops of rain , ' , began I" foil. They hurried along, i to the Hiw du Colayee when tlw rain j 1 r poured down in torrents, and the street 1 , was cnovvrtal into a miniature river. J ' , There was not a cab to Im seen, and j ' our two pedestrians were forced to sock ' . the shelter of an open gateway, as wcl 1 . as a bucket of water. . Tho jiorteroftlie house was occupied 1 1 , wijh a formidable broom in swooping 1 . bock tlw water which threatened to 1 t overflow Uw vestibule. ' "Madame," said he, "you can't 1 , remain there, under the gateway, you r will catch your death of cold. Copse 1 . Into the lodge, you will be comfor- ] The lady, after glancing at her com- 1

pnnion, said— "I urcept of your boa- 1 pltality," and they both entered Uw 1 lodge. I The worthy doorkeeper placed : chairs for Ids guests, and tx-gan to 1 entertain them with all the guastp of 1 the neighborhood. After awhile sddrcsnlng the gentloman— "Well! what , you think about politics?" said ( "What do you think youraclf?" re- j plied the gentleman, ovaalrely. "Well, I think everything w.-uld be ■ much better it everything was not so | returned he. "We want reforms. , know very well that tho emperor is , ready to grant them, and would be only too glad. See lwre, if I could get ] him, if I waa his cousin, for instance, ] I'd show him how to go to work." "You don't mean that! Do you , think he would listen lo you?" replied , The rain stiU foil, but uot so vio- , The lady rose, and going to tho door : —"Not a cab disengaged," said she. j "I can lend you an umbrella if you wish to go home," said tbo porter. "With pleasure." replied the gen- ' tk man; "w* will return It to you Immediately; wo live near here." It was a regular fomily roof, and j might have easily sheltered three per- , -After having' thauked the gatekeep- ] cr for his hospitality the couple with- . drew. -"Perhaps I have compromised my- j self by talking politic* before them," . thunght the porter. "No," continued he, "1 doot think eo; they look like good honrat cit- , An hour afterward* a lackey the umbrella hark to the lodge with a letter and a puree through Uw I meshes of wMch * few gold piece* could be seen. i Tbe letter contained these simple words— "Thanks." And was signed, < "The cousin of the cmporor." Leaving tbe lodge, the lackey went to the garden of the Tuilerloa, and allowing a glove to the proprietress of tlw chairs— "Here, madam, are twelve cents," sold he; "hare the goodness to return the glove which hie Imperial | highness. Prince Napoleon, left wftli , yon In pledge." Hach an adventure could never have happened to King I Amis Philippe, who alsraje carried his umbrella i with him wherever he went ' Count Joan nee says that tbe last . time he addraeood the public tbs housa waa so atUl that be could have beard man think. If be bad said he cuuld "bare heard a man wink," we might hare bettered Mm. ' . . In Philadelphia they hare an cxhibiUoo of French and Prussian war . views, "takan on Ibe spot," and 11 has bean disco-roved the Map of tbs Heat of i War, in tbe coOeetioo, la nothing mote ' than a photographic view of * bog* 1 chignon. , "TopafisM has a goose ninety yean I t*L" Whtrei TapafisM? and wfco it guroc enough to batter. It?

MBctntiHX ix rmt-asia. The rolKury piesttge of F ranee was ' so great at the beginning °f tlw present war that moat of ns would hare pre- , dieted results exactly tho contrary of j. the events which haw alnco occurred. Ret ween Jena and Hodosra waa an era | of complete transformation for Praat sia. The aame period waa an era of deterioration and decay for Franco. { The change* in cither ease were noiacI lew, aad France entered upon the straggle with Prusefo confident in her ancient prestige, assured of her old-time success. But what France expected, aud what the world generally anticipated, haa not oona* Iu paaa. instead of the Frenchmen knocking at the gates nf Berlin the Germans are at the ' walls of Paris. For all this there mutt , | in the admirable systems of education and discipline adopted by Prussia afI ter her humtUUUon of 1H07. j The Prussian* are tlw beat educated , people in the world. Our own comI mon school system, much as It is > prised by us, properly as we boast of , I it, is not as perfect in all Its parte as Uie common school system of Prussia. I we are discussing the question of compulsory education, Prussia ' shows us generations of well-trained men and women, educated by direction ' of tlw State. While there are among | us. especially In the manufacturing j who are unable to read and write, j there Is scarcely to be louad anywhere a German without these acquirements. A people so well educated make the brat of aoldiers, especially when their - military training Is in every way equal Tbe military forms iff J'ruwln eotna [juilwchr of the llr«t rail; thtnl, a 1-andwebr of the second rail, and ' fourth, tiw Laiulstiirm. The standing army is partly com|Kn>rd of volun1 and partly of tlw youth of the nation between twenty-one and twenty- ; fire years of age, a service of from j one to three year* being compulsory . 1 Tbe Ijindwehr nf the first rail is s militia liable to do service at home or j abroad la time of war, and is corapo-cd i of men nndcr thirty-two years of age. Tlie Landwehr "f tho second rail comprises all persons not in the standing ' or tho first call who are under for 1 tyyoaraafoge. Tlw Ijuidsturtuareuot liable lo duty out of tlw pro vine* in j which they reside— this arm of thess-r-vlce Including all men not otherwise allotcd, up to their fiftieth year It will In seen from Ibis that tlw whole - population is an organized and trained soldiery, always ready for active and , effective service. Of'how well they are organised and trained tbe French rampaigu Is the beat proof The present military system of Pros- , sia, though It has Its basis further back even than the wars «r tlw Great Frederick, may alinoal to Is- said to , date from tbe year 1814. Iu half a uate irom toe 1~H. iu ball

, century It hiu lifted a nation, humiil- , ted by tho genius of Na]wleoti. to the ' prowl position of the'Wdtng power iu ! Never before have general . , education and military discipline done t r much far a people.— ,V V. Standard. . Thb Women or Wyomjno.— What • tbe other da^ecroed the speculation t of idle dreamers, Is Iwday an accampliatwd fact. The Wyoming women, t taking advantage of tlw right of suffrago ' lately conferred upon them, voted, on J Wednesday, throughout tbe territory, 1 for a delegate to CoDgreaa. We are i told that, at tbo Cheyenne precinct, < 1 women— or, as the telegraph politely '' puts it, "the lad lea"— cast 171 rotes, ' and everywhere they seem to have > made liberal nae i of the franchise. — ' Whether they Imitated the example of ' J those who were ooce styled the "lards " or creation," In "voting catly and 1 voting often," sro are not informed; but probably the ballot-stuffing im- ' provcmcnte of eastern dvillxalioo 1 bare not yet made their way among i tha pooplo of Wyoming. We are only ' told that "the election passed off 1 quietly," and that Jones, Uw repub- ' majority. Wyoming territory has heretofore been slightly republican, so 1 1 that the infcranre seems to be that tlw ' only reeult of woman's voting in this 1 eiccUoa was to increase tbe total vote 1 by equal proportions for each tarty, ' without altering the general result — ' However, specific returns from the ' different lownsMpq will show, In tlms. 1 just how the women voted, and which party got tho majority of their support 1 Meanwhile,, Jones Income* Immortal, 1 tiw man first sent to Congress in an PitACTttAL Hints.— A coating of ] i three parts hud and one part rosin, ap- | i plied to farm tools of iron or steel, will , effectually prevent rust Common , i nails healed red hot and dropped into j , cokl water, will clinch and answer the | purpose of wrought nails. The sharp , t comer ot a common Indian arrow i head, or Cint, will cut glaaa effectually, r A good wagon jack may he made of I boards two or more feet long. Place , i tbo hoard in front of the wheel, one - 1 cud on tbo ground, and the other |tut - i under ooe of tbo spokes, close up to tho felloe; then taking hold of the , r spoke oo the opposite side of tiw wheel , . and lift it, at Uw same tinV placing t tiw secood hoard under the axle. In , this way, « toded wagon may bo Ull- . ed with ease. Hasty nail* may be | 1 drawn from wood without difficulty, , » by first giving them a blow hard eoough , 1 to start t hem a Uule. A gun will not , 1 nesd cleaning Ibr five years. If Uw mux- | ' lie la tightly corked, and a piece of , rubber kapt upon Uw tabs under Uw - hammer, whop standing idle. , r It li mfer to ba a murderer, in New J York, than K la to ba a aaaak thtar.- * are shot dead. ' 11. Thiers say* Ibe Prussian, win * new take Paris. And this la not aa s M. T. assertion, for M. Thisrs It colled an mnevriug prophet

* Pi Biffin it Orbml Ob Rgfa rf an <V 1 t yrmiidilslsrf Jata— ThsBridgrtou foV ' - asrc, is responsible for Uw following I f story of Gen. Grant's first appcaraaoe ' . in tbe Methodist Church at Loag " i Branch this season. Tbe Pionrtr as- ' . serts that the officers of the church dl- 1 f rectod the sexton to rescue a couple ' . of alipa for tiw use of the President ' . and bla fomily. which order was teal- ■ . ously obeyed by the official. All per- ' . sons were rigidly prevented from en- c . taring the reserved paws until Ma £ family came in, which they did a short I time before tbe commencement of the ' I sorvio*. Tlw fomily came hi first. e . followed by Uw General. The sexton c , understood who they wets, and po- " ; litely passed them to their seata an- 1 I til he came to Uw President. He * , certainly did not look Ilka the picture ' , which the sexton had seen, and his 1 mind waa made up at once that the c General was some interloper seeking ■ . surreptitious feme, by tbe occupancy i , of a scat in the church with tper * f Presidential fomily. In accordance 1 , with this view !w politely inform- 0 ed him that lial scat was reserved c for the President and his fomily, and 0 that he could not be permitted to sit 0 there. A vacant seat oo the oppo- •' site side of the aisle mi* pointed out a | to Use invading stranger, as one where * I he might with propriety listen to tiw 0 j service and engage In tbe worship- ; Not a muscle moved ou the (he* of ' the imperturbable President not B * I word of explanation to the m-xton, 1 j not a look of recognition to his fam- 1 , ily. but ir. ubcdietKs- to "onlers" be ^ i | moved to tiw place Indicated, and ' took bis *rat where he remained ! quietly composed, waiting for the 1 fore they began, however, a Irlriit] cauic in, and seeing the anomalous , condition of things, called the -itten- n tlon of one of the fending men of the ,. church lo the "siluatlun." He at ^ once procoedod lo the Preahleut and j ily. which W.. of course promptly \ I of detnmnnr which had rhorsetertod [ ! tlw whole transaction. There was ( no doubt but that he lind understood the wliok I shade (Ion from tlw first, ^ i ^!u!Mfcrr^,.ralb«,"tol!*l'L,to a d thai bo enjoy, a good joke, even if * It tic at Ms own CSIa-nsr, and the Idea that lw should be reftwed a wot ' with his family, on tin- ground Uwt " he did not la-long to Ihem, «« too " J rich to be allowed to pais without the ' fullest development oario youb'i'm *i.N*>*c. I 1 This publiration was of the old ' school, which predicted the weather; and these predictions, says tiw X. Y. J Observer, were, of course, ss often ^ David Young's Almanac, year sf- f x revs 111 i ouilg b aiiiibdbd, j""

ter year, had a great popularity In Jersey, where Uw weather prophet lived and died. It is reported of him that one warm, bright summer day he was riding on horseback through a country road, with which waa not fitmlliar, and, being in doubt, he stopped and asked a man tf this was the road to Motristown. "Yea," said tbe fanner at work near till! fence in the field, "but you must make baste, or you will get a wet jacket" David saw no sign* of rain, and bewise a* to weather, jogged on with-out-fear. Soon a summer cloud darkened the sky, and down came a showof rain which made the almanac scud for shelter. Here was something for him to Irani. The shower he remounted and retraced Ms stepa to the prophetic former. Findhim, thus spoke David:— "My friend, I have oouw hick to ask you for your sign of rain. 1 am in tho weather line myself, end will give you e dollar if you will explain me the secret, for I am sure you must know more about It than I do." "Give mo the dollar," said the former and, taking R, be proceeded - "Well, you eet, all about her* w* , take David Young s almanac, and whenever he says 'look out now for rain,' we know it's going to be •fair;' and when hej say 'folr.' we know it will rain sure. Now, this mottling, I was looking in the al manse, end It said for to day, 'Fair weather;' so I knew Berlin it would rain afore night. " David Young Ml his horso with the switch, and rode away— a sadder but not a wiser man. "HAI-V r It ICE." A young rustic In Albany named r Knox, saw a,pfocanl, "I-lnen DriU- ■ st Half yrtee, , ' before a dry goodt I stern; went in and purchased ten ' yards, the clerk having stated the ' price to be fifty cents ywrsysrd. Tak- : the parcel, he handed tbe cleth two ' dollars and fifty ornlL Clerk— "How la tMs, my friend? You haven't given me enough." f Knox— "How in thooder do you : make that out? didn't yon mention ' that tbe prioe of tills staff was only ' fifty cents a yard?" ' Clerk— "TO be sure I did; and you s asked for ten yards at that price, eo I that your bill Is fiv» dollars. " I Knox-" IU bat my UU ain't five > dollar* Look al that sign board, - young nan; don't It say 'Linen Drill- - at Half Price?' Yon sold tbe , price of this' ere piece you chose was ' fifty cents a yard; half of fifty la ' twenty-five, and ten times twenty-five two fifty, ftrangar, ytneanTcHmb r ma; I've Unveiled." i The proprietor wae called, but the luetic oouW not be argutd out of Ms arithmetic, aad, rather than have a "spans," the leas waa pot op with, , and Use young man allowed la Ira*, 1 with Ma bargain; which a«pu the foci that people who keep shop should 1 be careful what contract tiny adverk tin for the eeroptanee of the public. ' Utah la ta cfcrrer, because It has clover six font high.

187a — Aalnu—Bl in sH parte of tin i tote or. now busy — ting their pro. [■orations for observing the ectipee <ff tbe sun iu December *1-33. 1870 — ' Although it will not be viaibk hi the United Hutee, R has been suggested ' that some af the American observers f of the last eclipse be cent abroad Ibr the purpose of taking part in the observations of tbe one In question, naff — has*! ready appropriated •Sft.- j 000 to the Coast Survey fortbe purpose. '■ Great praise was awarded by foreign physleita to tbe American astronomer* ' Ibr tlw excellence of their work, and especially for the remarkable photo- - graphic pictures that were taken, end at se many points; and it is urged that bear aame gentlemen, or a selection from them, would bo admirably fitted a renewed liiveatigalion of the kind, since there experience of the first phewould enable them to better advantage during tbs second. Accordto a recent writer, this erilpae : wil! begin in the North Atlantic Oorsn; Ibr line of central and total eclipoc, moving in a southeasterly direction, crosacs Portugal a Utile to the * mth of Lisbon , passing over |»irt of Spain aud tbe Mediterranean Hra, it enters A fries near Oran, and suou afterward attains iu extreme eouthrra limit; the shadow of the mouu, now moving Iu a j northeasterly dlrecliou, leaves Africa, ! and, crossing the island of Sicily the South of Turtty , tlie Black sea, and the I of Axof. disappears; tbe penumbra the moon, decreasing rapidly, leaves the earth with the acting sun iu Arabia. . *un will be centrally aud totally eclipsed nt noon in tat. Jfio SHutinuba long, -V> 1 minute \Y„ n Utile to I tlw northeast of Gibraltar- "»rpr-"« j l\ STATU Quo. — A friend in Ubio,1* "'"da the following mousing Instance- 1 of the .implicity of the African lad, ,-vlncnl in hi* effort* to attain a knowledge of the English viawbulnry. Tim ■ vine seven or eight years ok!. Dan by name, wa* ret to k-ora words In an old •prlling-book tluit lu>d lr.ii towel alanjt Ibe hoo« lie «m (m-coiix- intereste.1 in watching a no- ' ii small boy ami Time, a* : represented by an engraving hi the and every spare moment of the that lie could find was devoted lo the ••'iitomplntion of the (to Mm) exciting chare. Night finally compelled the young African to lay aside tbe hook, which Ids race at the [iresent day m hi if, -st so much pleasure In Btndying. and to retreat to his pallet, where, no doubt, he dreamed of" dat big fellow wld do tuowin'scyvc," as licoallnd Mm in pursuit of Ibe poor frigtiteaed hoy. was up with the lark next moraiiig and the first thing lie did was to gi-t the Spoiler and look for his heron of of tbo race. He gnxed latently for an instant at tlie picture, and thon, with ) wild scream of delight, exclaimed a* he danced ail about the old kitelicti, "lie ain't cotebod 'im yit-<7of/f I lie ain't entehed 'im ylt!"-/farper'j Jfoya- i

f ' A watrring-pteoecorres]>ond<ut»r*: t "Drnalng It not a matter of moment ! > here. Every lady t» singularly Inde- * > pendent, and dresses or not, us It suit* f her." This is simply frightfol! Sup- j poae now, for instance, some of those I r women in that freo-snd-BMy watering , t place sluiuld determine that it would 1 "suit them" better not to draas. Wo *« . .uppoae thoar women should do- - cide not to wear any clothe*, bat, clad - iu the unpretending garb or Natnre, - should come waltzing dow u to the din- * nor table, or along tlie porches, or over! = oo the beach! would 'nt tho real of the - iroplo consider It innJI ■ ifrn<W I ment?" We kngw that an Intense IT 1 » rite meat was dteoted at Cape May! * a faw wacky ago, when an absent*! minded maqfwas so deeply engaged In 1 r' atlnna oLUe Asolc agc^tiiat he forgnM II lo d res/ himself, and walked up thqg » "irwiatadln nothing but ooe false frno9 t.sotl J How much more, then, would! society riee op and howl at the specta*! - t ie suggested above! Tliere really musW '1 less as thaL Perish the unworthy r thought! it God Is ready lo pass by all thy forxatri cr rebellions, thy deep-dyal transgres- . d lions, and to sign on act of oblivion v for that is past. If now, al last, thy „ heart relents for sin, and thy Witt c bows la obedience to the great com. it mends and calk of the GoepeL A Utile boy twelve years old tatij stopped at a country tavern and paid for his lodging and breakfast by taw ' Ing wood, Instead, at asking for It at a. gift. Fifty yean later the same boy passed tbe aame Utile Inn aa Geoegn ^ I'cabody the banker. „ I',* sot a veltsraSblU, To p«k stavsvy Saw 1 m, I? It I. Boosfb is! su to know l-.t toilit* of mj ewa. >to) oo m, Unit tto one toslow, *oa 1st wy tttooa. .loop, . ly Would you have influence with Uksw who look to you for guidance and lorn structtun? Bear with yon tha law iff „ kindoeaa. Would you command tboir respect? Lot your word*, though 'hey * infltopoln fortbe time, drop kindly t. ftesn ytxtr Upn. * rrekoood up one- thousand volumes. * which have been pahlished during the past century, Iu oppoal[ioo to tbe doe- " a*;iK of immortality, and tea thousand consisting af vague speculations on ^ the subject. . highest desire is to bo an autboroaa. " i. Another was heard to any "My highrl eat desire la to be an expert M goodx> housswifery." 8L FBul expesasm the id obligaiiou of Christian wranec to good r- bonaewlhcy. Ho do av. A Chicago Mile wears an India rnl- ■> btr near, aad *bc titiaks no ana know* It