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VOLUME XVI.

CAPE MAY, 3STEW JERSEY, iTHUESD AY, OCTOBER *27, 18TO.

WHOIJE NO. 803. H

THE CAPE MAT 03EAN WAVE , (JAUEMAY CITY.'Ti J.. C 8. M agraffe A Avon Qsrretson. " o>n ... iw. H • »k advance. cash hat el for advertising. iVVw h*. ! " MonlhA j Oceai Wave Mm Dirotur MriMinnl l.r.Ai n St Ware, Farmers' Took. ; Hardware, etc., Cap" May. Oangh St Son. 90*. IX U A v., I'hlla- ; Dixon, Sharplees A <•'•>., Fertihasis, I .vi iumih DaL Av. I'l.ila , f.Nin It Williams. Capo May. j jKtut 11 Towxsknb, " " Juim U Ul-rrxAS, Court Ilooac. j a II Unnr, Camden. S w Rkkviw, corftth a Locust. Phil. ; Gnu W smith. 10 Washington «L C May city ^ 4>ti(i T HULAttlt, Washington »t.CHpriI"S I H ii KHinm * so*- CoU "l*111"- j S s DAVIS CI Dry «L New York. , W li Km* AIM. -.iUiuiuti su Cape May Ijiaui a Wake, Cape May city j h (tariiino*. ■ Jo- HoovKIt, KM Markit.l, Plilla. J II Harm, Dscator st. Cape May. Howard- St lawrkmck, 2nd X Jtarkrl Ala. Ifllila. el •** Jir, sciikllknokh, Iain till);. i lieu llii-HUBTli, Jackawi st, Cape M. j C.Mlr.tt... It C fhiL'HKR, Ca|»o May dty hovrman St Williams. wake a ki.oiikihik, N C Pun e A C«. IVrry »t,Capc May »r> «*•*' Prick A Co., IVrry st, C*|w May Mackky wi1.1.iam", Bsnnlsvlllc. iii! J f I.kaming. Court lloase. Dr.. Mam -v £Me< hay. cur. Washington A Decatur «t». Die- J s kknnfcdt A No*. C4pe May •rt. n. kiioaiw, Apt KartI* Chart onana I,ka.« a Ware. Capo May cily ii». Hildreth. M Williams, Dimntavill. . J*. walton a Co, 413 Walimt *.F. I viss Bri«S 337 N. 2nd "t, Phlla i.kaui a Ware, Jactooa « >t WlLUA«»,4temIa»llIe l.kacii A WARE. Jackso-i at. N C Prior, IVrry at. M Williams, DcnRurila-. i.r.Ai ■■ a Wark. Gsye May ii frrxirmiie*, Camdeo. k K poutinrh A m»n, . " M< Maris s IIirrRi- Jaikaoo street, John M. Makin. proprietor. I It Burrii, Iterator -t John W l.yortt, General Agent far Wirt .lerwy. \ s t'liRsoN, Afivnl ComtocnLiI IJfc 1,0. Ou., *. HcavlUc, N. J. IKKR llrs iiellknorr, I Anting. >1 wlluam" .Drlinltvilto. ii A N Rw roN A Co., MMyiIIc, Dm. j s Ki'-nnruy A Sox.capi May . DnTifan^yA Moony. Wasliiiigtou A drclakk?5cw York, laiodoo BoniM0ta ii k Foot*. IWUUhiot«;c aapusy nip. Can. for Ultooiniiti.aL 'O akin W mnfrt. Hl WaaManton aL s It l.ooLAM. Capo May. \i Williams. Drmu»vllU iiaiiuu A Sons. Pliilaila. •ix»n,Shiin.IIS. a iha llillada i l>u«ntK>: .aiivi So* . Otpo May , Das t . u, v ,v S<R, 0At . tor Waafciiultv „ ,|| IV.ratur "U. DB* '"MiLLttw. |Ha»ooopakhk). " W ii kTs Maiiako sc SsKiirTcior " (I It sw a'". - " HiLoawt 11 * ' * ,*1, IVjrry «t. D M I"* * 0^V""U' Mis f l-** * ^"'^.wharYoa, P. jsUiaaJ'"^^ jn ssisr'cr' r4.u», H-J A*art' K ''^. 'JTrwaa »> U> Bri'^r;> . . „ * WTmh, ***** iVw s^rK-daJ-

E ^ILKCT foETIiy^ I lka.« I AaaM HW OWo. ' Aaai* Oo kar Ukt.alr Wlgkli ( : JSStSSSSim^ ..™ [ I Aaa aoutt. uujio teat. D f A^i,.u..^a.s.^u,.A..o II ' 'tomSTM" ^ . T.' " • kilMiiMlakolMW.uil s WUktlMamwal«a>ja>aai'**° a ; rt»« a> tkm. imisuiui, J tr • kaakat fellow* J mom. - , 'I Tkalrtai a<. IL| wulH »laa ^ ' j a, I .u Jo. lk«p<*< 1 at ika ward a..r w rata little <•<»■* a. ,u 0.1.1, kak, <mr., tlk IM,M)M. atlakl aaa Ul, ; yfc CuauUl litlla laga!., „ MradHa. ...r, wk.ir. Laaahlar.JaarlX, | , Er.fr Ma, lurk br I Wkraafcl la aaa akkV M«m>a ika «klk. W| 1 f *'•"'■ " "l,: J a,l(-»i«yat-l.kr ■ La I Yaakfrayraaa Ika . ..t'w aui ITaaallr lka.,.,.,1 4ft or iia k*rtk,.s. of, lark BUk la, I jiw.1, Cuaai aaaS A fcr|.^ Iill| | UW r«r Iiaa.-Uoa k, Hit I 'ifTT /TT'i V" * **""~ l" "u ilTjia'ik'."'.*" aha MIRCILL^ Tin' (stiaiia'takrrk InViuw purtiraia "® •>f lire Writ. I.svr iu tai. rxpcricncrk lo 1 aa tlaar In tkr Linpi clIU|u Ihla aaclinn, lint has iliKSirri n l»,|y („ i'V, . Indiana who la lup|iy ,i\ .inlrnlrtl "nr in tlw uaiihi of Jana .Itilji ' Imlina mn , Aramlnls Muvulnm IV, . alhj (I1 let l)l,|.,A tnully ha. <«>Si l,n,| bUto • lis- Aral Nin la uaiutd Urimlf, the P"' BcasI Finis, ami Ibe We olbcra ApprodlE. 'AiWIewluni, un^:traiuoi. K™ "Ma'am" aaid a quick UMrroua " old lady, "yisir o«- U a iiualorj *h< • nimplainl." "Pray. ihrlofWlial ia llmty" "It ia llw droppi*,/ Uie "p mtrvt,. ma'am: Us ntrrrl^Tinn Wu fallen Into III.- plaarinlum, k chrat an,| liasrlrtrt.'' "Ah! diwtor, " »|ma| llw old lady, "roo liavc ilacril mr » fccliniikCEmrtly." » \ " jjfj "May 1 kinH Mar- aakwl uLft tho Mir year old who h.nl Iren talT|„ Vir diun-h by her nniflmr, and W s"u Irnmp of mualr wna, doubllevW. like , dual by the performance In wliiclW. la was li.lrni n„T. Ma. whoao ryta L nan ii|nn Ibe panniera In tin1 uext peX tl« in, slier, do; and link ImprfRI, will Son ' .irons video, tummouml "Up S balk mn." "Ilnali: Iluab!" aald M fine it»t Plus lliat! I'joaluR a rooraeti " Ik youus vi.aHal struck up "Nut IcWm; Jo-," ami waa UuumllaUdy hu.lteii 1] „ut of the aanctoary. \>. i itoiue yuan, aRii, In one uf oor Wtat-V ' ,-rn court* Ume men -an EngUalmiaii 1 an Iriahmau, and a Scotchman- 'iverc , funad sulllY of ..Ui»d, I . and amlenerd Ui I* huuR. The Judge told tbem lh»-y oould nth rhmwe the tree on •. | whlih they would like to lie 'flrung , i up." The NsKchiuaii promptly thne , I an a* tree, sud Ihe I^sllahmaunniaik , I boo.! "Well. Pel what will you be | I htuigon?" aakeu like Judgi- -If it , I pkmae yoot hnrmr, INI rather lc buug , | oo a p.BcI. rry lauh. "Oh" mid the i Judge, "Hut's not big enough." "Begnrra, thin," replied Pat, briglileulng | up, "1111 wait till it grows." , PanatTABLB BooR-Knrtsu. — ! , "Who kaa bought the handsoar sad- 1 I .He, John? ' Inquired a toddle and 1 | hmrotaa maker una, time ago of bia I fimtuan, upuo cmuing Into the abnp 1 ir | and ttudlag that a very bamleome urw , j aachlle bad diaapiienmd. "Indard. I 1 1. ; cannot IrD who It wna; aud the worst ; of it K it haa not been pil-l it. 1 P. wna very busy Ihla moruing whan a | gentleman came in, ,wiorf It, tekl m. I to charge it la Ma aetamnt, threw it i into hie vnhWe, and drurc off before I ,-oukl aatertnln hU name 1 am an re, ! however, be la one of uor customer., •e ! far he haa froquenUy bought artlele. ' -I her* beforo." "ThntV rather- a pna. Shag man. really," anal the master, •atrbing hia head, "and name made ^ H he deriatd to And out the pur i k ami get lha pay or the anddk. -.c i°othavH. John' Cgurge ercry j agiNUu 1 court,, etutooKn who have ac- j v i *ho^ with (he anddle; Ihoac | a, ram- 1 o, pay, H u wil! rf U • Ihc. July a •gain.

UWYOKED. BT »""» b SOC LE. She atartert, aa'lf Indeed she beard the Inkpiml rake utter the holy words which struck to forcibly at the new glowing experiences of her life. "Unequally yoked together!" The bremh of Virginia Bowers aud the carol of Virginia birds stoic in at the low window, while that Northern maiden told beraolf again the slory of | the put year,— the old, sweet madrigal of love and beauty. Bui, lo-night, I those words of the jpmt apostle had suddenly re rcnlcd to her that into the of holies in her heart Is, Hoy Walliogford had never come. To licr doeqnst convictions nod loftiest aspirabe oM not reach. Should they he indeed "nacqually yoked together!"' touched iu body, brain and heart with the atntelincu of her Puritan ancestors. the roots of her strong character striking deep into the a tern soil ol freedom; hie, a type of Southern chivalry, devoted to the interests of the "sacred anil," and with conscious pride ' ami power in voice and bearing, vile 1 a man for her to lore mtb a '■ wond, ring, passionate aS-cti{jR,but. oh! she aaw it to-night— they wen- so unlike. "Wifcl Sarah! " It wu the Doctor's vukv calling her and he waa be Hoy's brother. "This ia a happy house," the girl thought "Sarah la such a gentle, body, not a bit willful and unsatisfied, like me; and tlie Doctor is no more like Roy! A cnlm, domestic life, brimming with all social amenities and small, sweet courtesies." The door opcnedwoftly. "Asleep!1" n cheery voice asked.— "Why. Maggie Carter! such a hippy an you are, crying up here all Shi- caimc close to her sister's -bio and curled down on the car|irt. ami a moment tin- girl said: "I'm very 'ootiah, Sarah. It Is nothing. IHiln't I henr Dodos calling youf" Yea; and he's given me time piirs dilapidated gktves to mend. Positively, Maggie, I never saw such a , nun! lie never puts on a pair <>f gloves, I boorstly believe, without one ynwnlng. bee here, anil then-, , and then! I'»e half a mind to mend with linen thread! You'll n-n-all these trial, matrimonial wlien Roj's gloves act ao." | The merry ttttk- matron saw tin- , ou her slalcr'a face a* Ilia t . "Now, then, briugyouremliroidcry, ] and let 'a hare a c'ukl," alia went on.— ( "Doctor's gone over lo the Court I louse | to Hone sort of |»Htlcal pow-wotr. and , la Hoy ia with them. Isn't it right ( dever Iu them lo gel out of oar way | in a while? They'll bring the , mall; an, 1 reckon, we'll he forced to ( I hem come back." " Ami wliat will all tlicsc political pow-wowa, as yon style them, result , In, carah? The hatred for the North , so intense, that I fear we shall ( " Oli; vou gloomy propli< t<*«! IF«r.' ' nobndy know* bow lo flght!" ( "Sarah," was the gran respons--. | "I'd do anything to change Ijc Roy "a Mllorm-ss into genuine loyalty anf j ami to make him a Christian." And # here I lie swimming eyes overflowed f Now, Maggie, yea foolish little # girl! Wlitu there'a not one nun In a g Uiuuund u moral M he. not In nil ^ Virginia better— hot tho Doctor. A L viulb. rn lawyer never can be tame ^ like a Northern farmer, pu««. I* lloy a a regular prince royal, rijbtly Mnml, bin, and he's true to you to „ Lhc ijeoter of Ida heart." n " Yn, bat you don't undetaUml qir, . fareh. Read thaU" £ She passed the 0|wn Bible, with her „ Inger i«i Use aathoriuiiie verse- c "I'nllke yoa are," was tlw -age v lanmnil. "but m:t unequal , Where- j| bi tlie one blacking, Die other aboundi; w V, the two rich nature* may aupplcWut each other, and form the canjUelsing. There's a dear msta |diy- c _ al ilis|ubuUi>n, profound enough liir p J otlbe girlc-mtinord; "He helicvrs C Ha very, ami 1 ahhoc it, iu letter r ■In s|MriL He ia uot a Christian, ii ' »t uiu-t always he. I do not dare I L "ke k thirty and I oinetueu; I do il 1 n.l„. j would Hve far from (he l [ fn—loin of injr Herkaldre hills; I butlw two words sounding in my n J think of that paaaage ->/«».>* a h - Tliy,.r *la|er, qBlUi wtnued from { -Niem borne, with Imr pkalic t nature, ttMi-l into sympathy with n - SoutMH-w. and ways, yet retainnl g • UtVht of loyalty, and the glri'. i j strong, v tl words traubled her. t a "TrlMt«y the whofo^locy. Sis," i| f she sdvl .-xtw women don't si- , , ways ko*„ bet way. and la. Roy tan ax pa ap to you. There's the ( ,t Doctor, i|„w the sunshine ■ I h"*'' "Tro plniup. pretty face! i ki* ofletyrs." c ^ \"P' Pta""'-'' MJggl.- ,j It called, ss L fcwxouen and un- , mended, th^.j,^,, wife bortlcl ..ul ! ' S] afthr raoml ! I h It was a el ^^1 ^ naaa ; - „ with which f C'Artnr turned Uw j , «- nn« ■" .he hbl bee Ribh- 1 J r, ^ drcaiotfe .. | H „i, i knew ; | —1! Z\ "i-™vH,",7,)nr„„r; rj j Y"uk»* ^ 'Ad a hearty veto ' c- j from the gareleAfer lh# window. ' at ! and, with C'vUtr,*,.. .he n- , :*e J turned: . T m! "Ta-th-RuApw.ptoaw." I „| -Not a bit of ii ,K .httSod ' ; and examined llir*, m(Bt tenu. , JW ; liEiug way. "He^ frau home. ^ J

" Coax, now," be replied, iwita mg her tone. "I'm hungering nr Ihiretlng lo behold the lighl o' ym , f eyes. Come down here.'" '' She waa there while be spoke, an rd after a few momenta' banter a com '•y I promise was effected, and she lore ope he ' one envelop, while he broke the ml ■ . another. ; Sort of a guardian angel ho mnat In ul j he aaul, and iinpcct Iwr tlouri-bio, st . correspondence. • ! Ills was the home letter, and he dm •f | hia hand twl™ acrmw bis rye*, as 1 •I j his visiou were defective, Is-fnre h t. aald, in a voire that nu.de fo r lift Iw d I smiling fhcc from the. lull sheet hef.in « * her: J" ; " Maggie!" ■r 1 "No had oc*«, Kilward!" hi. wiO ■- asked, as Iw paused; and the girl selsei >' the letter quickly and read; " "ilLANKFIRLH, M As-.. OcL lolll IfoW t " Maggie Darling;— i'our father . has a stroke of paralysis. Conn- honn .. as soon as iMwsilde. Rdward williiel| j vou. .Shall write soon to dear Sarali " 1 shall look for you Saturday. r j Tlie |iaUios of tears ami the r i sparkle of smiles are so intiiuatocjly mingled in every cup of reirtli! ' I Into the gayrst, sweetest songs of life . I enroll the minor chords of pain. In "• \ tlw softest, bluest sky, lliu sudden i darkness mutters, and tho shadow, mako the light seem more wondrous r bright, while the light intensifies the ' Woman-like Maggie Carter put away > Iwr troubled thoughts concerning I as ■ Roy Walliugfonl, when the real trou- • lectins lore her surest consolation. It ' ' was he who helped Iwr look nt (be j possible bright side to the gloomy tiding*; Iw who neglected hi. business to go Willi Iwr all the way to Now York, anil put her safely ou tlie care for the ' last stage of her journey; he who constantly anticipated every waul and southed every foreboding. Tlw last mime-in in (lie liu.y inclnipolls bad conic. "Your telegram «,il nusd me ut Washington to-n.orr-m •• !„- w|d. "Uood-hy, uiy Maggie.' What did they rare- tli.it the (atopic embrace. No .nw lienid lur°whis[wrcd words, "He loyal, come what will. 1 .hall pray fiir you every die, ia- lim. Uoul-by." He was gone, and slit- wliii iing away biwsril a stricken liwiw Tlw father was all ve, and tbcaoxi.au> mother gave glad greeting at tlw c -ttago door, ami, thou-!, the tall. Itr-ivi- nun <m whom they bail always kuia.l, was helpless and slni|Je as a liuk- chill. brightly . It was a lab ir of love . luthc the weak liawl» aiid n, rvelesa fes-t, and in teiNlcr iniiiisl r.i I j.ius the luoutbs of KlnU-r Wis* away, while ever ncon-r and nearer lb, life u| i laml stole the hlark hand of the j demon of war. Tlicte NorHa rii women, by their j Brcaiib-, saw and fwtri-d tho shadow, ahl! Iu tlw long, fond letters | tint often went to' VlrgliiD. Maggie n iwalrd to the man aim loved, \ all ber devotion to lils-rtr.nud i-tilr ati.l : to be true to tlw Union, llm the ' loug, -swift answers never buiclwd on : politic, — only once, iu resjHsise to ! her eannBtoiBs, Iw wrote: "These I exciting themes, which so agitate you, j should never touch our relations t > each other. I must forever be a true of okl Virginia; you, a little autocrat of the North. Sok-jj. l'olitk-s, Maggie, are uf llw braiu. IaI the men taku care of the country. Your rcabn in the lieart; you are enthroned there. Rest thee!" And skter Namli wr>4e licit lb"(vditicat pow-wows" were Improving and tint the Dnctor nisi ia Roy wenJust like I Hi-kens' Mr. Micawls r. fuever writing letters, snd rxpccting "something to turn up." She did not comprehend the respective merits of | North and South; rrckolied they wrre ' like the qusrrelsoine |wn and iweille the sciasore rv prove! saying, dosing with the anient wish that poo- ' pie wmikl behave tlwrnrelve*, ami "let well .irtngli akww " And Maggie j took these two letters to her ! room, and resel red never to marry any ! try. So, from the letters of them all. the thrnw lliat lay tq-ure-t the heart ef each, and look slronge-t liokl of their active lives while ever ■■rarer and nearer llw lit- of tlw Unit stole the black hind of Uw denuu of A warm Cfetokr day hr Uff.l. and the shadow of the lisiud rari-sl heivily over u. all. Maggie <Wr was my gurwL Varied U|>oa a rapacious wb, In a cool pariorr we wrre kxilyr reading the gem* of wit and wisdom in that quaint French work, ••/'arts is Jswiitar." " Here is a g-md thought," I ssbl. pausing, as I tunyed the kavn nt llw sermon of the Iter. Air. Trnlh. nnd reading the extract. " Now. tren.lsle. pk-i«e,"slw nske.1 . ami 1 raul: ^ I "Cert sin vital truths exist b.ll, in eternal oUect* and in latreelves. It is | they which place us in coflinmnlmi with I nature and with etui oilier. * " * rouse ns to ree-igalxe In every pian who thinks, as wo tin, a . I rieitil ' ami lirotlwr. lluf, tk- light which ! hear). Il cbirius oar mi»K t- '"l" isikbb!*1 tlmnsnity Ins an infinite thirsL a discottlciit with eartli. a nee-1 Uw r^d'ro whlpjl the'tmi a»(Jwa, yaL soother truth ksemna w wU^^t'lrt^wbrth almll «SvS-»Hri lave." "Tell nr, frietid," ahr said, after, a sons 'who da Rot folly kn >« each trther? MURtSW. the two son!- bar. ' " ' rt

itat-irf life, Suwrt sometime* .Uscor.bu.1 and ! in flw l' ■ a. notes? As we mnsi four j know (>ud fat tlw grandeur of hii Fa Uierboed, In the experience of hi* and 'Kadcmption and the blessing of lux (in-.- Jjpirft, beforo wo can lore Him as tre ipeu . ought, so must we n*t feel lliat tlw il of heart of the earthly friend we lore the best throbs in sacred unison with ours, be, J that in llw 'derp things' we know each iing ' other?" She was very beautiful in Iwr tnrnrew | est, quiet strength, nnd 4 answered s : truly: "You lure studied the sacred science of tlw heart too long, dear fore Maggie, to need instruction. I do believe that the grandest, earthly lore lakes deep root in the heavenly. I rif.- j believe that, unless the foundation is red I the Rock of Ages, the. superstructure ; is not safe amid the storm* of life. " GO. [ "This letter." she said, in response, icr I "was brought to me this morning. ' n'° i It is the first I have received from Ia j Ul ' w*"!!'ngfotd in two year*. Itnul 1 ' I it was a voluminous epistle, penned : lhc I in ouc of the Federal prisons, wlicre i to- Uw proud Soutlikracr was pining. It i tli! 3 reviewed the summer of their love, I life I told in bitter work how tlie home of j this childhood hail been desulated and j cnft»tl.e Wight and horror that reigned j ws in hi* native Male. The lin-t four i w i slice IS. I had perQsnl, ami. a> I raisnl hr | tho last "Rend it aluwl. Mary. Maggie '<< "It k the Y aiikce gurermmnt lliat u- lias wrought ll.i», and you lore u Maggie Carter. w« are the crvut.irv. of j j dreumstanev- Il is Iwcausu I'uribiii 'l I (wreiils have taught yu.i from your d- 1 strong, tender -ym|>ithii-- go to thr [ uuui'lndful 'lliat "hi' the .Uvai\"duii- | ami *i.nt'nr> "n sulferi.'';" ttb-..' i Iutv.'1! "eureo* tlw^cnfe!' ivjtr'Ya «' that wh.w- gratitulk' /...rjaiwd on "fnuii d plteuVwith you not t« domu u. Is >tli to misery, bctaute 1 iim-t ever remain u devotee lo Southern freoltHii ami you . ' ' • echo tlie !s»Ule-ery of lh" robl North. I lu-ar no word from any Hi. ml 1 i ,v am alone, deserted, forgotten! To the , ;r woman, Maggie Carter, who llvwl nnd . I am a rels-iTblU."^ !■(-"" Ii/wa:] ' " " d j liel|Vk*s Iu the grasp of tint -irons 1 1 »• i patslou, tlw girl S(mkv nyrirnrd? i "How is tli is, Maggie?" I *il<l at I ■ . last, wlteu the fair head resbi! on Iny j I » ! shoulder. "Ihd you know where he i r. | was till now?" 'c n!!lj bT ■ ' Tr months. Sarah managed lo write me | s it that he had entered the army. She i- r c In Mississippi nuw, and, until tin- war * e And. Mary, Uie augcl that Roy IVal- j i I. Ungfonl may become, I Ion: better mid - d better every .lay. 1 know the gran.! | ■ r j possibilities of 1.U rich nature, but he j , 0 j he is nut n Chrktian. 1 shall uerer I ■ c nurry lilin unUI Iw Is chaugvd - | ^ • " Y ou will go to sec him?" i > " "1 will not. 1 will send him a twx ; > - of comforts and ilellcacle*. nnd write ' , my doekiour He >loe* not know that j ■ i> father is. dead. 1 will tell him tin- : ii story of my two homeless year* and J ' Wd him good-by." "Are you certain you are right. " I Maggie? May not your cruel decision y « I make his dklnfaltj stili more llercc?" (l '• ^ "What he would Niol do for me, j " i uow, be wouhl never do." was the g | linn re-ply. "Hew!, no .dv .s-.ro , 1 I Mary, dear. ! "crimps, from all Uiif | ilin and horror of war. a blessing niav > «' j descend u(hjii my life. Without its j, e I Intensifying, disciplining aid, I should > j lutve bad no strength to fiilliil tin- 1 , j command' 'lie ye not uticr(ual!y yoked , _ 1 togoUwr witli mibaUever*.' " L , j 1 do not think the lung fetter she ( v j wrotii was —A utsoBsuriBR bin. raw II. ; T I think, (villi her keen Intuition, she , siw tlw uiisuhdued prisoner striving " ' to satisfy tlie cravings Wilis immortal ( ! nature with the busks or earthly pride ' ! ami passion, and pitied while *lw , ^ ! I-Aed linn, (two iwateawj will tell the ^ r ! wlr!. ' ■ ,1 ! "I speak my tenderly to jrou. lloy, ; ,i but very firmly, when I say lloif, with | mv brorl lllled with iu high ideal of j perfect union— which, alas! so few may 1 .1 1 ever realise— I pit you away from nic, • v bemuse I will never marry a roan wlio | ' : i» disloyal lo my country or In my ' : tlod." With a box of choicest, nUiwt cum- ' ,3 foils, these final wortls found their ; . wnv to tlie man the night before his " exchange. j , Tlwn my friitid rore from Ikk great , ^ -Haggle of Iwr life, lurneil a new leaf ( ! .,r (he book of Iwr hktory, purjoung . (.1 mite thereon the sublime lesson of ' tl . ilise-|dine and labor, well-assured that Is s III* M UtastT" Ls Maggie Carter wa* not the only I. maldea whom rieldy-laden ships of ' romance wra* to the bottom, because J i ..r the Strife of brothers. Pause a I, ! nioment, yon who read this, snd IV : thank liod that those black days of r» i weary waiting and suffering sit forj* ' eV.T I-1-L ' I. u-n. turn » Iplf. In the sutumu s| ••flHS Msggb Carter and bar mother v. ; again vkltcd the Virginia home which ul i .id been repurehastd and rebuilt. — --.rah had written Hurt General Wslill insford would soil for England befiir* in iln-fr arrival, and Maggie was glad r.f she wrote roe: "I might not withstand tlie power .•r his deafpreaoaec, and t'-v all .a tfilnkioa nw m> sriUU-hat 1 mnat ,1^ u.u , dare oot ylefel." a- Hut he waa they, calm ..ml kind, eh still suffering from scare-heaksl batik tr- wound*. The two sti»«l on • iiinrniog . - ■ .t . ■

int dark clouds that Ihtm toned a torn prat ast and she asked biro why be bad chaag hia cd hia plans and was not now ss rw. Ills for the old worid. -The answer: • Iiis "We were going together, Maggie, 1 am waiting foe yon—" were the only lie words, other than mare "acquaintances he would apnik, la all those weeks. The re, tone of society was vet very bitter, eh and many ladles, who had before known and prised Maggie Cnrter, now ■n- entirely Ignored the Northerners. 8o ed Uie whole visit was in strange contrast with the short, brilliant months ed she passes! there, six year* before. »r They were to start lor the North the lo next day. and Ia Roy WalllngfortT rc was sick. A fierce, blinding headachehad followed a night of frivolity ami i dissipation nt his club, for tho man rc ; was becoming sadly wild since tlw j war and nothing seemed to slay his I- ' Maggie had been (sicking and with a I dreary heart anticipating dreary years id of lonely labor, while lie whom slw d j What coold site do (or him? With an . ■e agonising prayer for strength, she I It I went down to the darkened |iarlrir j '■ where tlw sutferer lav on the oool sofa >f Her mother had lawn with him all d .lay cooling the burning brow nnd j '1 1 stroking the throbbing temples, but ' be was atone now. She thought Iw | 'I was asleep, when, softly opening Hie . door. *lie stole into the room. In the . deep <<]d-la*h!oac-d window -scat, at die fool of tin sofa. Iny her volume of 1 Tennyson. She had quite forgotten . b. pack it. Waiting for the motion of j * ' smiling n link- ns slw thought how l j r ; had >i»l I.. Iwr "Tennyson is the idol i 3 .1 you Miss Maggie'*" Ills [ ; too lute to nst you, now? Tlw -mi ; u.u-t liave sunk IwUnd Uw lull-. I I Hi. Maggie, Maggie!" * name eagerly. rererenUy. for tlw gold- \ I en gbra of siiaset fell over llw white- ' I liful b-.-n.l like a halo of glory. Transnighl. Hoy." slw saol. "I shall nvt i 1 ' Then she ram., u. hi- -tile and oool- ! i ed lo- forehead with tlie lev water Iu ' 1 the b .w| on the stand. Iiruabisl away 1 i said slw, . iftly. "and whit slialMt 1 "Ant tiling. Maggie!" il ( It was Iwr voire not tlie wont* be | 1 i-uiged to four— Iter low, doep, rich j 1 ' voice, tlw treasure of so few American 1 .Irrtur"— the death of the 1 I perfect king— she cliuae and read on ' | anil on. Tlie listener's eyes were ' i closed— jiorhip* be slept— and when ' I "he eaine L. the parting words of ' j Arthur, tlw deep feeling of her suffer- ' 'ngreul found expression: ^ j' | lot tkssisslrss ssd ISoss sho rsll' Umb Tlw reaife-r's trembling. iin|>usloaed Ij voice faltered. .She raised brimming j i eyes to meet tlw gaxe of the roan she ; loved. "Come to me, Maggie," lie said, snd . reached his hands to her. 1 i She went to Idm and knelt by hi* j . , side She put her yearning arms about ' i ijiis neck; | . : "Oh, Roy! I tan prayed for you so. ; ( ] My voice Ims risen Mike a fountain ' | you night and day.' The wfr is j i | ended, dear. lAtlls strife and (etlii Ij all die nwav. I cover (Iw imouMcring ; ashes to-night. 1 forget it all. lhit ' that one grewt gulf still divides ns." 1 'IF. not tell me that, Maggie Cart- j cr!" His voice was hiuky In it* In- i b ii-ity. " Every evil pssalnn of my | nature seems rising within m.;. Yuu , ran bo my good angel. I think you | a spotless angof to-night. Oh! darling, cross that hateful gulf i . to nw. 1 don't want to be pious. 1 | wordbip you. Nothing ran do uie any go* si, nj.r sate me from utter tnlacry 1 yon. Dare you cast mc off? No, she did not. It wat the moment , of great temptation, but site laid her 3 cool cheek on hia burning brow and , said, reverently: 1 - "A revelation from God mum to me through his Holy Word, lloy, a long ' lime ago. 1 dare not disobey the command 'Ho ye not unequally yoked to- ^ grthcy with nohelicvet*. Oh! I love yon too truly, too well, to let you wor1 ship a weak girl like me Oor Father iu heaven, He wlio anaweml my pleadings and spared yon through the perils of wnr. He whoso Spirit strive* to renovate yonr heart: He wltosr ' love was so great lliat He died to save | us; He, akror, ia worthy of worship. 1 "a nd yon bold yourself an far out of 1 my reach that, even If I woubl struggle alone, I coukl never, attain to a your Hill, pore height*. If yrat would stoop to mo—" . ' It U not Stooping, dear brart," -he ' whispered "It U because I see bow surely it Is best Hurt you haa alooo ou " the iluidlng Hand of lbs Comforter to * be led into llw ghwiora highway of lloHness, that I sUll pot yoa awayI take Your km as a sacred gift, and U thank God for it, and I give you all the it love of a resolute heart. Do not misunderstand me. Boy. 1 wUldo any1, thing for you. and this present uollkile nam In faltli and pnrpose need not he Ig forever a dark harrier between ns. It ■r may be Irensfonnrd Into a strong cort ^BSBBaiBlirir 1

at, I to lead us ugethc r through life up to sg- ] the gates of tha city. - mn j "Y-q will not gtve me yosre hand ( ;ie. ! "Never J. Iioy, till voa 'girr yonr ' jly | heart to God." ] 1* i He forgot his Weakness and tlw pain I he | ia his head, and, rising to his feet, he I cr, I rapidly paced the floor. ThcnTmpaused i ,rr anil looked down upon Imr sitting ; < >w . there, with hor white lace in the sun- i go j light. I si- "I if* An old. too' liouorahlc, loo j t hs : proiw a man," he said, "over to play I > I thi-siy(iocriee, even if heaven it-elf ho j I ho at -lake. Yon puLa high pric.- upon 1 1 rt|yyui*tr child ,^>r yuu know your » hrJ-I-ower XlrmSii will ever love you as i si j I do. but you Isirrier it there, and I 1 (c j humv free from the duller. Maggie. ] f' is 'unyoked.' May yon h- happy. IIP slali never be. " • Ij rt I could speak, his *U-p wminlrtl on the al w stairs. Slw Iwnril him rotor hi* room fa 1 1. nvcrhrad, heard a moan, a* ul pain. Is n i ami the house was still. With her m w own hand she luul done iL Waa it cm >r a trrrihfe error? Had slw mistaken the m v voice of the Master? Was it not for m || Iwr those authoritative words were ej ,| written? Ouly Gad could gather up se it those tangled tlirea-ls; only the One qt ie water* ; only tin- great Creator could, m ie out of all this gloom of chao-, bring I ,i heavenly older. Unto him was Iwr j is i er; , anil slw rested. j M ,f 1 l-tter. lie joined them at their early | as . I brrakfast. and. at tlw last mouwut, | u » ids u earefeas gayoly, str.uig • and i ge .1 |uiiifnl in the porting hour, arrangnl to i " "Mont rare tog. down." I. «id wl t when Mrs. Carter suggested that he pr I, occupy the empty seat with then..- II . • again. Mies, when you feel like it." * ' "Roy." called sitter Sarah, from r the gate, whither she Ibid Just retired . behind her damp liandkervhief. "lurk : (n . in tliat afghan on Maggie's side. t|, "Thought Kd fixed It." he said. . |„ obeying quickly— and the girl bent Iwr . n; . : and il was lianl to bear. ,n l I "Roy," she said, "may 1 writc' to j w I yon?" . | The answering look was so >s>ld that . (^ , i she wondered, oddly, if his heart were I „,| . 1 changed U. stone. , U< , j "Oh! yes, If you like, be saiil. - | hn j "Drive an. Bam; you'll he fato. Good- t,, I good-by!" | «, I And my reader tiiiiiks her foolishly I ^ bigoted, but let me toll you tlial to this | We , ] real maiden, to pure and thoughtful. fOI , I the magic wonlv foe* and smrriajw . wt. 3 1 meant more than they do to the crowds p„ of people. Al! her dred* and words J TO| , j she strove to clarify in the afembic of ! nll duty, and far be it from me to condemn 1 • spotless life. Only wlwn the women of America hare a higher Ideal, a i loftier standaril of manly nobility w ill | nt j Iw felt aa il thonld. , th. IaI a few extracts from the letlersofj u.i my friend complete the story. I | I Wl In December she wrote to me: mi "I am again at work - in the Semi- we nary, teaching twelve music pupils.— I iiq My dear mother, who is with me here, j mi is in treble health, and our physician \ thi • J tolls me I shall not have her loog. '• thi ! .. V". '•**Mr*,*\Y alUngfurd his re* ! , moved this business to New- York and J I is practising law with Judge Mead.- j ; Why he should do this, I cannot con- j ^ [joeture, so great has always l*en his ^ ; 3 antipathy to the metropolis of tho I ^ i 3 "Jane 20th, "07— FUy my loneliness, d I ; oh, friend of warmest heart; while you ^ 3 rejoice that tho freed spirit of my moth- m) I ' rests In the home of the blessed. I . • miss Iwr gentle baud and counseling ^ word, and to my weeping eyre tlie ol( onward path seems dark and dreary, j ^ i Yet behind tho cloud the Sun slews, j ^ 1 1 feel, even now Ids brightnens. and #]1 i 'journey on feaniqg upon tlw strong . Arm 'Hp.' ia mU|!iiy to save. Mr. M'alllngfOrd, In some way, learned of my mother's ilooth, R'ld surprised me my sorrow. The Doctor, and Sarah, came immediately. It was kind Roy to again anticipate each uni. spoken want, to understand the shrinkfrom public gaxe and Intrusive " ' condolence, and quietly to ahickl me "" • from It all. Then It waa stl'l kinder ™ in him to leave mc. My sister and the 1 loctor earnestly dralro me to go home with them and pass the coming year; " hut in tlie North I breathe my native lu ■ air, and think I shall not go. I am happier at my loved labor, striving ' I ever to. * "(In, - »|*a*nl, Bert lor eat IW tout, "Kirnkln spraks of the marvelous ar 1 softness of llw roey purples behiud tlie a . Iiaxc of inuuntxlne at the sunMt liour. T 5 I have seem this same softness, this sc , (indefinable beauty, personified in a fen d< r trans pa root »>uU whooe feet lutve th J (lassed the -niiimil of tho hill of life— w „ whose .Ins....* antedate the heavenly to , waking. «'a giria can at least look m P ihitherwsnl wUh longing ejta." ei r "May, ?« —A friend In New York re writ«,u»ul U« deep religious Interest av ,C in ' their church. Oh, Spirit! strive or with the de* r wanderer, I pray nt morn J, „ and noon and nlgliL ,( "Nov. 2d, XW.- • • * Mr. Wallingford write* that ho shall call to- a| m morrow, if agreeable, oo hit way to r Chicago. I learu from friemls in the ^ a city, that ho la 30 be married this >1 P winter— luu purchased a fine residence, . ,f and Is fitting It npvrlth exquisite taste. . Ilumor stale* Hut the bride expectant R a i, the beautiful daughter of Judge . „ Mead. Ohl Mary, 1 shall lore and „ ^ pr.iv fur him still, and (sod la »ood-" g "Dec. Slat, 'Oft— •TR. rtCta IbbK^^H ^ au«ra.u..e.ita«ta^H 1*! UleKU'lUB.llw^H I • Tho—: words thrifl^^H i*| through my baft?

I Mary. You do not know how tho flowers of bfertdng crown my life, after ! (he winter of weary wailing— how tho rose eclipses the purple. 1 touch the words lightly, with a sacred fear, wliro write. To-morrow morning when the bells chlma and the organ rings in the old church, the crown of wifehood ] will I*, placed on my brow. Yon wonder, dear? Roy WalUogford's I "toggle with darkness Is all past-— He came to New York three years ago, j break away trom 'the society that J dragging him down, to place him.self under bettor influences, and to bo i me. All these yean he has been I waiting for some great external force rerolntionixo his unsatisfactory life, j was last summer that he first saw j his mistake clearly, and began to seek I fur Uie truth, and, having resolutely , purposed to serve God. be moved swift, upward. Oh! the wondrous transforming [lower of divine lovo! Hia is gone, nnd the new life of faith throb* and burn* in his noble j Thank God with mc! He ha* known me until now. lie says; understood nor forgiven me; lonely courae. With the blind opened to read tho mysterious letof l*rovid< nee, and the ears made quick to rvcognixe the great Teacher's voir,-, he came to me in November ami said: 'True heart, 1 know yon now. own our Sxviar, anil the New Sing ill my heart. Are you changed, since those 'dark, bitter dsys? "I am unchanged, Roy ' 'My home awaits you. my heart claims you," he get her, Maggie.'" And 1 slid urn wish [ say him nay. "Mary, friend, before me IU- tlie; untried life. We cmarrrafe it to Him i who lias given iL llnve not I indml ji fur th- < hureh Iff Christ ?- a | dace nut a thousand milrs fr.au I ! one night fast 1 1 Just so knmwent ami fonny Unit i ' we cannot refrain from giving the gen- j cral outline-, siqqire— nig tiaiura, ol . weretisiiing their eoii-i'n. an- ' oilier sprightly ami l*-.uitllul voangi! who, like her Rural*, was of that ^ ( just a littls bit fast. They were . i fond of playing practical jokes, aud continually playing nil sorls of| I pmuks with each other. All thru) oc- 1 , ruplid a room on tho greuml floor, and | nuldled up together In one "sxl. j , of the young loilira attended a i i l*irty on the night in question, and did 1 1 not get home untl! half-past 12 o'clock | at uigliL As it was late they con- j rinded not to disturb the household, so ; ' I'*'}' quietly stopped Into^their room j J about half un hour after they had « left for llw party, IL young Methodist 1 minister called at the house where they ' were staying and craved a night's lodg- 1 Ing, which, of course, was granted. As J tlie ohl lady put htm lo sleep iu < the brat room, and the young lady ' party, was intrusted witli tho duty of I forming tliuiu uf the change of rooms. She took up her (Hat In the parlor, and ' a* the night was sultry sleep ovvreaino ' and slw departed on an excursion 3 tlie laud of dreams. Wo will now return to the young lawholiad gone to their room through ' wiodor. Dy Uw dim light uf tlw moon-beams, us they struggled through the curtains, tlw young ladles were enabled to descry the outlines of Fan(as they suppose-! ) cnaconsed In tho of the lied. They aaw more, to wit, a pair of boola Tlwy raw it Fannie had set the boot* in llw room to give them u good scaCq, Tliey put their heads together and determined to turn the tables on her. silently they disrobed, and steal lily aS rats they took up their position on mch side of the bed. At a gireo signal they both Jumped into bed, one on each side ol the unconscious parson., laughing and screaming, "Oh, what a man ! Oh, what, a man !" they gave the poor bewildered minister such a promiscuous hugging and tussling as few persona able to brag of In the course of a life-time. The noise of the proceeding .awoke the old lady who was sleeping in the adjoining room. She comprehended tho situation in a moment, and rushlog lo the room slw opened the door and exclaimed ; "Gradoos, gals. It to i nan— It is a man, sure enough."— was one prolougtd, consolidated a flash of muslin through the and all was over. The beet of Joke to that the minister took the whole thing in earnest. He would listo no apologies Uw old lady could tnakc for tbo girls. He would bear no excuse, but solemnly .folded his cieriral robes about him and silently stole Query, waa be mad at the giria or at the old woman T—Lominilb ^ a Here to a bona'fide Incident which transpired in town, lately, and to aa good as Harper's Drawer: A oolured woman, oiw of the converts during the recent revival, bad a I to real Ion with a sable youth employed lo the same house, and was interrupted la her lively tirade by the mistress, who remarked upon the impropriety I of such oooduet In ooe who hail Men hopeWlly converted. MM^faurawtbe sable empress retorted Bkmrienrad religion, st.' HLtdt church and be ^^kteafaa, bat 'fore dat nigger

he osiijii or TH x snexs jl Icr — — V ha Nutorg to, Uw kernel of a -taffH he smooth. !*-«•* hoped fruit Ahat e4H en no a tree in the Molucca Islands, cn other parts of the Fast The ttV enmasouee bearing In their aevrfiH ad jar, and continue truitfU until Ifi9 an are seventy or eighty yrstrs oldl^| •» Around the naUueg. or kernel, iC|H _ '.'right, brown shell. This shell haff<M n, -oft, scarlet covering, which w?l*M at flattened out Is known as mace. Tj|H n. host nutmegs are solid, and emit la, when pricked with a pin. . ' '-sfl G inger to tlie root ,of a shrub, flrJH .„ known In Asia, aud now cultivated 1 1 i,. the Sierre Iaooc. Tbo rtsm growlW b three or four feet Irish, and die- rviYB ,(. yenr. There are two varieties v grr, the white and black,— rau-si * H (. taking more or lees care in, wIRJihH ,. and preparing the roots, qhlcl ,irlH is always dog in the winter, whasJlJ^B ,f -b-m- are withensl. The while iUi^H It brsL . Cinnamon to Uie inner Isirk i; lrautif.il tree, a native of Ceylon, Tjr^H .; grows from twenty to thirty feci ||H S height, and lives to I» ccsituri^s (7^H ( Tlw United Male* liss imported " j.^H . ly 2111,1X10 worth of riananum inj I single ty »r. LI , Cloves.— native to Uw Mulur^H I 1-lamli, and - > called from their f . sciuUancv lo a nail (rfeefa). ■ Kast Indian* call them chaagki-li. fo .(«■ . the Chinese tcbengkia (fragrant nall-IB ;• They grow on a straight. -mo-t|B t lnrko.1 tree, about forty feet liigh.l ■ • Clove* are not fruits, .1«U UomohJU . i 'gathcml lieforv tlwy are qnlto u..^ , I folded. , Allspice,- -■ bony to railed U-raiws. Il combine* the odor of scleral spires, i grows abundantly on tlw toimifol I 3 allspice, or hayberry tree, native of J . -uutli America and tlie West Indira. - A single tree luit been known to pro- j dure one hundred aud fifty pound- OS ! h-rrkw. They are purple when ri(«-. j lilack lVpper to made by giiialiug - ] the dried berry at- a climbing vine. I , native to tlw Kast lodw*. W'liito ; , , |».pjK-r tomblaliird from the aame lor- , i rim, freed from ibsir-liusk or rind.- : U.d, or cayviiue pepper, to oUalm-lby j I griiuKng the -carlel |«*l or wed vow" I . of a tropical plant, dial to now colli- 3 i vatod ill almost all (iart* of llw world, j an English gentleman died reretiUy 1 allrr keeping up his life ituurana- : p-diry for seventy-one years, ami hi* heirs are expressing n good ileal of ■ . th— ill, faction because they ouly grtatoiut a quarter as much as Iw had. | paid out far premium*. Thk Chicago TuiiirxK dufiarra. that Horace Greeley lately vislled it Western town where swearing Is punr i by a One of twenty-five reuts for, each offense, home one Biole hi. uiui and pat a Utter of kittens lu Ini "hi hat. and liy compromising the mm ler. tlie S2i«l he got far bis lecture | j-i i (siiil fi.r his swearing nnd 22 over. I.r ai- I hi-ukmiosb.— Simultaneouscover a short of wjiito paper wlth*u * thin crating of groasc,aud tlluu smoke it ou the ranw side over a smoky (fame . of an oil lamp, lay the Won Uw slireT will press it en both .idea. Tto n 'remore the leaf, lay it oo a clean • " jm the (nper over, aud prera li H Iwtwcea the Iraras of a book. \ I the leal to rrmorud, the lmpreau I boUi sides of tbo leaf wiU rema\. the |a|wr, and ran toarcely be disti^H f gutobed from a finlsbod pencil drar^Tint gkbnak astronoancra imr-3 , physicists have, after prolonged oh- I , servalioo, arrived at the eondu-ioa I J that the moon to a dead planet; tl^^^fl tlurt it has "cooled off," and to^H . wilhont heat, water or alaios|^^H I "»'! consequently wilhont life- o^H . kind. Tho earth to undcrguta^^H 3 same process, according to Uirse^H , "I philosophers, and will CTontuj^^H . without life or light Hot we w^^H . lire may take no fears to hearl^^^| ( account, as the earth can roo! tho goologitU, only at tlw rate ol^^H , degrees In nine million years. Diukitixo Lemw. -H to ' that a much better plan of di^H fetters than that In general un " he to reverse the order; that it, l^| > the State first,- the county ncx^^l I town next, then the street aJH^| 0 number, and finally (he name. Thto| ( method, it Is stated classifies tbo dlreo- 1 . Hon of a letter In the way In which the - i-st-ofliCts clerks sort out the masacs J\ ' of correspondence placed before them. " but it to believed that a bold plain di- » reclion, with tho stamp on the right hand upper corner, would he of suflto <■ dent assistance to secure the safe J e transrelsslon of lettcn. d - I iVR-aaswUmcs bear people talk ufl r largo churclws In our dty, says the I , I'liiladolphla Ktniaj Star, and only al few days _»1 nee we made special noto | d ofooelu Brooklyn tliat would eomc fortnbly seat 4,000 poople. llul what . are such nlificea to some of the great cathedral* of lhc old countries? Bsiut Filter's, al Jtome, will aosaaanadato . o4,000; the (falhedral, at UUw. 37, OOP, Saint Rani's In London, 2S.OOO: Notre ' , Dame, of Paris, 21,<W1. UisdUfieult to form . a correct opinion, without baring actually ssen it, at a building that will contain M.000 people. But Saint Peter's at Rome, dace. l'ot.rnclAN-.— "My competitor," ex- r claimed a politlral orator, "ha. told yon of tho sendee be had rendered his y conntryinthelstosrar. Letmc toll you that I, too acted my humble part in , tlurt memorable contest. When the f. tocsin of war ►uratDMied the lays! l# urn to rally to the defrhsc of the * nation*! flag, I , fdlow-dtisens, animatcd t-y that patriotic spirit thai glow. si la ewry American towoiu, hired a'snbJ s. stit u ti, am! the bones of that taas » -w be fiv fcfeyrt'iog on tbo bank* of th* lfa[Al ^ (>W? '' k1^1 'bJMdf