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VOLUME XVI. ■ = — L m ■ •- I' * .

CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1871. — ' - . ' 1

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our iraaN»(h«<«toll*ttcir Marfan la aa awfkl taraatng to Ihoae who per...i In going |o bed, or to Ik infatuated king. who wfllba awake at alt o- -lock In sotto of all we can aajr, or to the mla-cui-led Americana who hare got Into iho habit or living In Maackatar, N. II., far thirty eaa Than la a deep Iraaon In ihb aomwheru or other, ah SXr,ysttiM«a st we hope if will he laid to heart juat the aama aa it it WW taught in the aflheting and toot^ touguagc which we ^are Wb find the following atatrtneot In • 'Xenla (Ohio) glrla bare a pirating habit of rnahing np to atrangrra In the street and throwtng their nrtna aboot their necka and kiaeing them, and then wildly »c reaming, "O, my! I thought II waa Cousin Harry 1' " It aeaOM to ne that It la very wrong for Ihoae glrla to behave aa Sut there la one thing certain; If we erer go to Xenla, and the glrla conduct thcmaelrea In such a manner toward* na. and make theee reuarka, wo shall ataud right all 11 and take it aa It comae without flinching. And tee will eay to thoee glrla: "tilrU, you are right; It la your couain Harry; there la oo mlaiake; ererythlng h correct; let the oenaonlea proceed without interruption!" adopted b^a oonragreu' man, eeeroe wS ™ 1,8,00 A great weight le taken off our mind. The Young Kent Chriatian AaautlaMmr of Jrtefy City has ofli dally decided that ifrrai, ebeckeri .and croquet, are not Immoral Heretofore play either of theee sinful gamm* we "iC. however, that the atcrn moraliaU or Jersey City have ascertained that the HHi dgmMtdenonnre Ibeee inetlmea. and naw that they hare crated to frown np™ them, we go into checkers with a Skit that ought to gire ua six kings to enw-ndfurrary't one, and drire him to* comer. Three remarkable diacoveriaa In moral ackoee mark nr rapid ptugrees aa a nation toward A woman writing In a New Yet* weekly paper, aaye the nsurm why chtara to so digestible Is lliat It coutatoe knew bsforo that name h id two given tn them. IIow wood erf ul Science la! attention to^riwfoct^t ^ttwy^oinctioa. We know a man whn ami % pound of lively cum In hi. minuter? who nbeed if in tk relVr; and yet that cYisere aglnal'y But up. climbed np ■hkieal oaLaw wai found naxt marulag flttad right Into la old place In Uradwse from whici. it bad born Acialoc-^ , Krery time that uifcrr haa brf we we cSrflre Tl ^ i/tt wtxrira Share the bunt J^ltTlttm*'' Swttid < toe of the pwlde »U twlieve in the :

jaoofBt TOI- A fortune1 ' "»r WlCope. Eroinclinr. thai you will succeed in mnkiogyoureelfbolh useful and agreeably'' raid mamma.' she, ' aat on the wfelookfog at me while I .. EsamBBEZ ahe .book hrr head with a doubtful air. "I am anre I win Ixy. mamma.".I answered, with a mttorfttbf/ta my voice, my lingers shaking synipalktiI. caUr. "If you could only cook, now '• "Or knew anything about sewing," slater Jane chimed In. , * "Or were aaftialated wlUi hoo«keeplng. " said Anna. "Or could tell the diflcrence bet wren , beef and lurnlp. " added Caroline. "You might make nice little dUbre tn ;ie»pt her appdUte," yrti know,'' "You could arrange her clothe, and trim her cape." eaid .later Jane. "Or keep the room tidy and homelike," laid Anna; "there la nothing an old maid prefers to nice rooms with no '•Or ahe might relieve her of the marketing,'' Caroline concluded, "and that would be a relief. I bare no doubt I suppose ahe does It beraalf." "It la a great pity the did not take a fancy to send for one of the other glrla," ; ■aid mamma, when tha chorus died : away. "EmmeUnc Uso young and flighty •*» I Jlifb/" at all!" 1 said, bursting Into i tears. "1 am acared to death, though; I aad you will mike me ao nervous that I I shall never get my hair combed In 1 lime for the train. ' ' "I fear yon care more few your hair ' (ban for more weighty matters," aald ' Jane severely. Jane waa the moat 1 tormenting girl I ever u*-ahi -via re < truly superior. Everybody arid so. « "I certainly dout want to look like 1 a scare-crow," 1 aald, making desperate ■ and vain attempts to hold the comb ' with a steady hand. 1 "Heater ia very fond of cats," said mamma, directly, In a tone of solemn 1 , ^Oh!taeheT roorEmmellnetl Von know ahe can't end are them!" cried * . Caroline, with dreadfolty aplteflil «ym- 1 , . A . - a i "It la time that Kmmelinc learned ' ' to conquer the weakness of her (alien 1 I nature," observed abler Jane, with severity. "1 hope that this visit will 1 bleeacd to her soul's good, at Icaut," '' ahe rootioued, alter a serious pause, .1 "few I tear the worldly bcnellt will be ' small. She will be sent hock In three » m small, she will he sent back in three

in days!" *• "I will pal my bonnet on now." S wdd I trying brad u, krap Wfy Wuipet ™ "It li train-time In ten mlnatre." to And Uwn there was Immediate burry and bustle, rapid Inatructioua aa to 'P cats and canary binls, and charges of », along with little pen-wl|wre ami slipbe pen, and needle-caaca, aad bullon1 boxes, and candle- mat. and tidies; in J tha ininniai ten of which my allien were very accomplished. ' On my own part I took only my useleaa self, llut In to explain bow I tlius cams to be seeking my fortune: ■g Three day* before, mauuna had re- ™ cclved a letter from Annt Healer— her „ maiden alatcr— who had quarreled with « ber twenty-one ycore before. Mamma could scarcely open It— she looked quite « dismayed. re " Heater rnnst tie dead, lam sure— or m at Icoat going u> die," ahe aald, gaxing re at the scratchy black address, it "Perhaps you will And Information " Inside the letter," Jane mid, in her And then mamma opened the letter l- at oooe; we were all afraid of Jane; " she *rae so vety sensible. Hits reoepi tkm hod amaaed na nil, flutcy our petn reflmtton when it was read! Aunt Haaler mid jot exactly what followed: "Dbab Jsnb" (mamma's mime was lr Jsne) — "I am getting oM and crotcbn ety. and one of my canaries died last I week and left me ernes. 1 want iwf1 thing to amuse me. Sond me ww of , your girls. Head me KmmrUm . 1 n have heard how aocompllahed .lane, : c and Anna, and Carollue am, but I ; afewsrsBPsesi •f Una. I utieiose a flftv dollar bill to get ' Ian— 1 ean't aUrie 'era. Krero your ' 1 loving lister, DbvtbbScbabtob." t "P. &— If she suits 1 will take caws 1 of her. aad leave her my money. Tell - ber not to bring any lace collars; and 1 t taneb bar how to ctmn bird-eagre. I i I won't hare the sen out touch my ' **£*•*' Them ware four of ua glrla at home, , 1 aad we were very poor Indeed, though | ' ofeonrec we were much toogennwtT. , j ram anything; so we used to have a ( > h*r# time, ami be very cram. Aunt , - Heater eras worth more than a huof tired thoemni dollars. Eaacy, then. . 3 feraw we all stared at each other when t that htmr waa read! 1 They began Immedlstely to .bow - — how to d. tt.inm. Jan. made a " <*P— nulttikle few nrerion. old oraid. ,#he taU-^THM to nop, u.- , ■Caiotlae took me to #» grncrey store « t° thow tae Iww ta buy lUnga- tau p coaflBotodtnttoThe kachtn thtoa.1. ' ■ w to co<* tlrem titer they wvre j e bought. Mannas lad me thrtmgh the - house to pmM out whan dust la likra Best to settle, atid how to gm It out. 1 arm worn than Mother Hubbard's dog. y Aad I was so terriflod by my own lg ' , ncrance, thai 1 did not learn a thing, k And here, I was, at la.t. on rar w.y t to my awful Anal Heater's, over- , " whelmed with tha conviction that , , lane's prophecy would prove correct, t and lhat I would be redispalrbed to n | wrefc. J My aunt-, plane was nailed Breob.Ids; It stood oath, top of a Wg.UU;, however, and there was no brook, even ! e a: the foot of the bill. The boos. , a looked rery grand to um, as the ; ; risge wtori. tori Ire- bnwtght from t Mto, the wkte | ; SKa,"ipira5£ . my hml Th. -rv.nt who opmuat '

I it the door, aifcd Bra paritenlarlv if 1 was Emmiinsr I sAd J-Yes," and1 II then she told m. t^gytfla such and il audi a room. ShcOTBd m very lady - w, like, am) so severe. Unit L had cook 1J WjkilqWl theught she must : MwWuSP-""4 r. I Opened the door of the room to I which I had been directed, and «aw y there a feonddmely-dremed tody, ailI- ting very upright, in a remarkably npftght 'chair, with her beck. to the " door. "Waa that the carriage I Isanijeq " nowf" asked my Annt Heater wflhutft turning her head. m "Ym'm.and thiaia me," I aaawtred trying my very heat to keep my teetlj j a from chattering. "Are you EmmsUoefn she wait on , ■ still storing at the Are, aa If I were In • IL"1 aald "Ym'm" again, and was al1 moot ready to ceyi it soenrad such a •trenge way to receive any one that ■ we Intended to leave n fortune i "Are you sure you are Emmellne?" "Well then you may como and~kias a me," mid Aunt Ilcaler. "If yon hail 1 been one of the sthcra, I should have . made Martha give you your ten. ami , then I should hare sent you home.— j i Kxeept Jane. If you had beam Jane, ' • you should bare gone home without! I your tea. Jane's religious principle! i I would hare supported her. 1 liare ! i heard of "em!'' ahe added, grimly, t Nobody can possibly Imagine ray i I amazement at hearing even Aunt He*- ■ ; tor speak In this manner of Jane. 1 I I foil more than erer terrified, hot I | i went and kissed bar as she desired inc. i Che told me then to lake a scat where " • she could look at me. And when I ] bad token It, she peered at me through , . ejfrglasees, until I /ell as If her | , were s mustard plaster, and was . spread aU over me, foe I ttagUl ml , from bead to foot.. After she , snapped her glasses IvMHWA i them in her pocket, shrmUMBnr 1 | brought anv lacr colter*. - #»• ' | "When I aald "No «te^B ,te> , nodded her head In a iimKm+at \ thntvmthvr vcaraureit-me. < •But IH beboundynucooldn'teote: | steak to save your life— now could , rv»v i "r nrier was taught, ma'am?" I ( murmured, and felt my cheeks bum- t t "You cant sweep, oor dust, nor potatoes, cltlicr: you can't erea , n stocking, or make a hod, I'm ( afraid." Aunt Hester wrnt oo with In- i finite gusto; and I saw she was deter- , rniued to make nw feel how parfoetly ,

worthless 1 was. " Aunt Hester, 1 can't do anything," , I raid— I llmoglit batter In isnlei pveythlng nt oucc. than to let . that : .. dreadful catechism go on— "I cant do 0 anything in the world!" ,f Annt Hctfer smiled grimly. "I , didn't think [you could," the said; , 1 "you doo't loAi like IL" "But Jane, atovgmma, and Oaro- „ Uuc,' con do cvcrjthhnTr^i-oontinoad , rapidly, for I plucked up brart of gram a to remember that whatever I was myt self, I belonged to aa aectxn pitched family, "And they hare sent you some presents, Annt Heater." , "Ah, hare they? That was very , r kind of "cm; doyuu knsw how much i, they ask for •cm?" t "Annt Heater! Nothing In the . e world! Only your lore— that was wlutC they all said!" r ' I wasn't asking wlial they all said! ' U Annt Hester looked very stormy, and j took a pinch of snuff; she was the only , woman 1 erer saw take snuff; and the | r rery name of tobacco was long •awfol ; to inc. | r "May I show Hum to yon? I have i . tbcm in my hag; they are— at least 1 , . think so— very pretty indeed." i 1 ask! this rery tremulously, and , t Aunt Hosier nodded and took some , . more snuff | Ho 1 made haste and unfastened the ' . shiny Mack bag lhat looked so grand | t at home, and so commuti here, and | - iHuoght forth the store. There was a { great many. I mentioned pca-wipcr*. i mid sltppere, and nredle-casos, and but- | i ton-lsixva, and eaodlo-mals and tidies, i I tell llimnwass tssrauy stoyi. Thry . ' looked so many, and so pretty, that 1 . I was quite proud of them, and reflected -| . with addod humility ujioa my own i r Use lessor si. | "What do you think of them. Aunt , I llcatcr?" I as kid Uraidty, only half , ; holding them toward her, for she made , no moremept to lake them. ' They ore lovely. t)nlt* heanttfol. , And so useful, too,' raid Annt Ureter , ' slowly linking si them rery alien lire- , 1 ly. but 1 could not toll why her praise , 1 discomposed me. "Tie Vm all np in , that big cotton doth with tin: cow ; worked on Ik, ov U it a vaaehod?" ; "My boenm swelled; fiwit was a tidy L adorned with a lowly embroidered , 1 shepherdess, which it bad token Jane a , month to make; It had been the very f prido and treasure of the homo-store. e I and displayed to many an admiring , visitor. However. I did ss 1 was told making carefully the must .compact , bundle that I was at*", meantime , Aunt l lestor looked quietly oo. for fere , ' getting harder every miiinle. When . It was completed, the took the pack- t age from my hands, with on awfol sniff and winio 1 gazed with amaze- t men luporaihle even to knaghra. ahe „ walked deliberately to the pretty, open f wood-Are, and laid the pri-renls to the , wry midst of the flame*. loouM not suppress a cry. Aunt : Hjstor turuad around with a very red j . and sniffed In an pncom|m-hrn- ' . tibb anil dreadful manner a doarn k times; looking straight at me. aa if 1 were the cause or it. . "Well, then! fort <ea eaU things I . j tlsjir right name," said Annt Hester. . I I "lot 'em IcH mo what they ask for ,, and not otfcv to hay my lore will. . Wslb ■« sSood there watahlng t'.i ::: i barn- I draft think the .rem. flrvofLoo- s V

li me, in hteihre* there d' ojwned, and the peaooage who had d received me entered. 1 now discovered .. that this waa that Martha who would ic hsvu lsuai owniaissioned to mad states it Jane home without Iwr tea, and If it r were possible to taagtmwny ooc Utter for sach a Sssk, il would certataly hwvs 0 been her. v "Miss Scraotou.' said aha, solemn- j l- ly, "John says please ma'am is h. b. j putthcearriageapboworwWyOO want e it again? He's afraid tha 1 mi sis will take a cold standing so bug?" ["Kmmelinc. toll rue truthfully, did you make any of that trash?" raid my aunt pointing at the flroplao.- with hrr 1 knlulng-ncodlc. and scolding rery 1 drradtaBy. "No ma'am," 1 whimpered, freight- . x .cncd. hut steadfast. "I could not > make inytUag half so pretty!" "Then yon ran toil John to pat the ; - carriage up," aald Aunt Hester, ignurs lag my teat remark. "And you can t toll him also to go to the steward tomorrow morning, for what I owe him ' and a month's cztra wages, ami to leave Brooksidc by noon. I don Jt want i my servants sending reminders to me. I 1s t 'em wait till I send to them!'' i "Yes. Miss Hcranton; ami toa it I ready," said Martha, sternly uomored. Su we went to toa; and the moment , 1<-.> was over. Aunt Heater sent me to L I led after Unit rnqulring if could play i ! t ribbagc, and bearing lhat 1 could not. i the informed roe Hint Martha should ' tench tac to-morrow; and farther, that ' ! she was glad of my Ignorance, at there - would be some chance of grltlng the truth of sequence in my liead. And that ended my first evening nl Brooktitle. i I did not sloop n wink that night, — - criid from nine o'clock until twelve. . and then I aald my prayer*, hoping would made roe feel a little brttor -Jul... always pcmyrel over other pem pie's trochlea, and I bad often uotieAl | what a comfort it was to her— but .1 " must have been drradlully wicked for ^ 1 was just as unhappy afterwards as ! before. Aunt Heeler seemed In me | I , more thau the auful (Haul lkapair , lhat I had trembled at ever since I , i could look at the ptotaree in nigrim's : and I felt from tie depths of heart that I would rather go bony, aad "compromise my disposition" as Caroline said, by faking in washing, than live at Brooksidc, to end by bring the mistresa of a tort an*. 1 shall oat describe ray days I bote,, one by one; It would take me a week' tell how often Annt Ifeotev terrified ly bee strango wnv*. aad liww I provoked bar In my prescrilmi course of cribhnge, chess and backgammon. ' of ertnonge. tliras and backgammon.

Kbe was exerasivrly fond of all these ' times, and deposed Martha from hav t soon nw, ha we vre, that Annt Hester > meant to be very kind. And she wss very kind— after her fashion. Instead 1 of five, she enclosed fifty dollars in an • envelope, and dispatched It to the gtri# saying pot n word about the tidira, - though she took good rare not to tend I her tore. And I had been there bat ' a day or two. before she went with me • to town, and bought me two of the ' prettiest dresses that I had ever had In - my life; and twenty other things he- i ' some lace collars- they were heavenly 1 —she grew excessive angry and wklked - ont of the store In n half "To think I ■ a decent gentlewoman could be found i : willing to tie ber neck op in a yellow i cobweb," she aald; and 1 know that i sliopwoman lost a good deal that morn- I I ing by her Ill-advised courtesy. My greatest trials were the canaries i > and the rate; one canary, and ooc rat I ' In particular, for they were Aunt Ues- ■ prime fcvorites. Amongsl other : things. 1 waa expected to arrange the I ■ nigra, pat the water and seed where ' they belonged, and hardest task of all I every day to clcae doors and windows, i : and let the pretty, noisy little eras- ■ fly about the rtw«m for exorcise. , : I wont mince the matter, for I i I have hardly courage even not to toll ol i t the catastrophe that ilmrtly bcfcl me. i i Co? afternoon wLik I was busy put. | . ling I bora beck lain the cages -Ifcrir ■ - fluttering mushy Hi:!'- bodies, always I throwing me In n pWri-"— , wnre I BPWtlBWrfsnTaily In mr hand , Dick, the favorite, ,wrefaed himself I 'behind some books, in an iaiaramraiy I i tail old book-rase, and obsllnalelj reto Rated to the roice of perstts- - lion, or to be dislodged by such small t ■nUsllee as I dared dispatch in hia 1 direction. ■ Miserable rue! 1 stepped ont of th* to gel a broom, InfcoaHug gently a I ln.lnu.ile the hondte into liia »eand thua playfolly persnadc him j to come down; I left the donr ajar, i thinking the broom was just outside. ' It wasn't. Most wretched me!- t reaaombaring to dose the 1 door. I went in scorch af sue, oral found It Immediately In the lower hail .r, where Martha had left IL I wweol r gone threw minutra Hut, obi what e things may happen in Ural n short apaoe! J. When I rioosd the door behind rar s there was Seorohcr I tha cat) licking his horrible, treacherous paws, and I. three or four IIU'c yellow feathers, a -prinklod with small red fecks flat- h yfy— , tinrf^KSSiSrormiytlrtngflirther, t until tfefainfi ewfW figure reise berae out of the mist that swam bemy eyes, fodog its petrifying gas" tl i upon nan. I stared bock boiplsraly. » "AunL I think Dirk moot heiteid," a ; lanruiiired. In n feeble voice, which I I did not recognise at all. I doo't I what I expected bra to die If b ale. had ordered Martha, who WAe.1 in fhma the doorway with grim ralim- o ' to hold me motiootere, while ahe n rat Hcoreber to rating Ufa, I shouldn't r have thought H rtntoge, or laaagiard a ■i "But shTdld red. ^be did not rveu ..

or j worsAdhe coold have doue— it tefe my S I fkto sUU mysterious, larallylhmkl j came near dying with toreor; but at Id last, I crept up tn my room and went a to Ireland cried mymlf to simp. sa|o I padfogof oourssthal I wradd be sent tr ' home la Use mrnnteg, in the often prore I dieted disgrace. Howctsr, ta ike nsoruing at brenki- | f.is)j'Aunr Hester mentioned madverPt ti-ntly lhat she had bougbt some new It Wnl ""t1 ,l" prrrlbus morning, and II that she preferred I would yisc that to-day iu arranging the cages. iy catching sight of my fhee In the man•r tel mirror, 1 raw it was whits and J frightened enough to have provoked the pity of anything human. Aunt t- Ureter was particularly kind to me, u all lhat day, and the next, nod the next And I was constantly so filled IC with gratitude that —having no other r- ; way to express It— I was absolutely n ! obliged to threw down wlistever work I- I was doing, and leave the room, to 11 shed in secret the tears which I was o afraid to show before Annt Hester. It . llut when, one evening of that una L week, we were playing cribbagc; and five distinct times she had fors borne to scold me lor counting L sequences incorrectly, human nature 0 earns ami began to cry. y "Well; what's the matter now?"" Annt Ureter asked, looking at mr over 1 the I ope of her glasses nil I, a sort of t Interest which I sup|mac the grown-up e folks of Hroboigneg may hare felt In e rimt odd little lialfiver. 1 "Only you are good!" 1 riuikad oul • wecpiagly. "Hoo't take it sn hard" Mid Aunt -fleeter "maybe I'M get , okrr iL I'm a pretty I woman 'tis . ink. but He re is still »>. eh nice ber fore 1 die, ' f ynti. I murmured futl« l|r«llv. I "Don'l U a fiul, Ktroueli'nc," said r Aunt Uister; "take Up yourrardsand s | I day. 1 peg two." Hut tlic rouvrr- 1 0 sati-wi imist have rr-lis| upon her r nlln l fiir site ail.xl mr presently if I [ cvuLI make white rafo? That was > the lata thing my mamma hail taught f l!»: -• I raid yew. delightedly. Then - j skl'l Mte. "Well, you may make some 1 to-morrow— Us lite only dorent sort of . nfreke; and Mouther lllra It too." I C-mM nnytfiing have been more doluaih Uian that? 1 wvnt to bed as ,, happy as an angvl? t 'The rake woke meal about I o'clock ! next ni , ruing, and the mumml IwcakI foot as. ovsr, 1 wait into Uw kitchen , smlsi uhoaltt. Tim i-sA had allowed the fire to gn i iki .atiianainiwni me lire to a

■ down to go out, vstlwr— and opening ■ r the oiv -a doon to tost tbcm. 1 found j | thcin. hnrrly warm. It wns provoking. t Still thi-re was rooifurt in the thought ■ ■ that nobody except myself, would be r 1 men indirectly ixintvroed in the man- I i .ufsciure of that memorable cake— for I I 1 Insisted opou making even Urn Are , myself. Tliat enraged Sarah, Uw < I cook, and, to tag dvlighL she vamosed '■ 1 tin- r.inche, nt they say in California, ' : and left me mistress of all I surveyed, i My felicity was complete. I walked i busily to and fro, first at this churl, ■ . and tlu-nat that, getting the materials. * r It would not tsko Are minutes to put 1 r llwiti logi'lte-r I knew, so 1 waited 1 calmly until Ihc Are should begin to * ; bum brightly before tlw important 1 I step was taken. Scorcher was palter- 1 • fog iitmut Uw kitchen with the grave I , and dignified air of aoe overlooking I the service intended for himself- for k 1 suppose be knew perfectly well, the i secret history of the rake; and it in r ; to say which of us felt the more ' satisfied and ItnportanL ' At last even Sebrcfaer disappeared— Ite-irel him mewing dretsdrully some 1 where; and I was nloae and happy. " Soon the Are burned nicely. I mix- b ed the delicious compound as quickly h possible— it looked beautifully white ' and light a a a snow-flake ; and by the j time It was ready, to were, I thought, t the ovens, 1 slipped it in the one of h which tlw door was Hill open, for I " had swoon to the other with my foot some ton uiioatra before fortunately ting one. for I noahl not have , opwwi nvfch my precious bdritetmr Jj hoads; and theo I left the kitchen to cool my ta tasks, for they wore burn- " Ing hot with idrasnubli. exeitetncnl. . I went Into the sitting-room where Aunt Heater wss knitting In high i good hmnor. "How goes the flusout rake?" she askivl with unaffected iatarast. "lieautifnlly, annt; I shall go to look S at I) la about toa minutes.'' "Well, you ran bold this twist of ft and let toe wind It, then." saM o Aunt Heater, gtaacfng at the dock. • Don't be obuM I atatll Interfere with U that precious cake. I ran get through p five mletrteeat most" it I ttl at hor troeca tn bftaaftil expect- " .nary, bvfiffiqfBt the patlrot slowly old rl ciivk every three secoods — for It seem- lr ed U me that a quarter of an boor U mart surety hrae slipped a way ere the * hsir of Am minutes «»* marked an its p white moon fee*. B Treranlly 1 noticed Aunt Holler le looking enrloraly around the room, b and partieulnrty to nt the Are. This, a a dozen Umea before I spoke of it. "What is the matter, Annt Hea- n tor?'' I asked thou. "Do you see any- re thing?" w "No, I dnut 1 smell something d though," Annt H rater raid, sniffling y with gradually Inrreasing emphasis. It am! still looking anxiously about. a I began to smell something, too. si IVrtnspsltts thocoke. Aunt Ilea- tl tar," a*M I. "Shall I go aad look?" d "Oaka, tadradl" eriadrarauoL with raueh aaperity. "It is oat the rake, I, oelera jou boveeeade it our of woolen " aad oMeheea, aad feted U at that; w ami I htn% suppose yon have done I "Mayhe Marti. b» thrown won. ft of yu— merino scrapstalo the flra." II [ niTgii , iTm *** " :

y "Mednoactapa Into ray Are. Usdeesi; 1 Yon ran look." it 1 looked, but invuotigalion proved it Martha entirely gnillfeas. ^ The odor, whatever it waa, grew j - ordinary and dismal accoL 1 ean't : describe it, foe never before or siticr^ have nostrils beeuaaraiM-faf-aa^' -. Uilng at all reperoblinJ'H Ul AuidiUj v or quality, jit wasafusOst unfacarsblir. d "1 believe the pupipot Itavo bars! ilcnly rising ta dismay, with ber lurod- ] Itcrehlef to lK-r'noae\^'<tict me my . smelling salts, aimrau Martha. I'll 1 go down and sec. We'll have an cxj plosion in Ave minutes, at this rate." t I got the smelling sails, and saw the , two dspart In haste, my aunt applying e the salts to one nostril, while the held 1 the other smothered In ber handkerr chief. In the excitement of the siny gular and fearful odor, I had quite It forgotten my cake; bat now, glancing 0 at the dock, I found that the allotted s ten minntes had elapsed, and I flew to the kitchen; for however the mystery c might bo solved. I was as anxious as ] ever that the cake should br good. . I entered that fetal 'door, ta hnppy . unconsdonsncas of anything I bail D erer left undone to call dosrti upon my j devoted head that blackness of darkness which was waiting W descend • upon it. dan anybody, learned ta r psycbulogy, tn magnetic forces, in Ihc f occult powers that underlie our , though lira* , laughing, everyday life, B explain to me the sudden and deadly horror that seized ujwn roe, the tno1 mint the kitchen door closed upon me and'tbld me the [rightful truth? Kxl plain ed at once, the smell and the my»t tory? , Tltarc is a cuuragc born of dcajiair. . 1 knew that Urn worst had bapprnni. I had felt llio shar;cst arrow of fete, r and oiulil accept any ailcr-writh with frvzcu calm. | In spite of the choking, horrible, | Intolerable, penetrating smell, in spite . of the close, hot kitchen. I was cold to r the innermost drops of blood In my I heart. Bat I was calm. 1 got a plate, , and wont to look at my cake; it was I well doue, brown and beaullftii. I i covered it quickly with a cloth to keep b It a* much as poestbte from the noif some odors, put It ta the chm-l and sbnt the door. , Then I opened the door of the other i oven. I did not go blind. Yet it eras all true. There lay Soorcbcr, loked I heard uiy aunt still painfully gropi Ing in darkness— for she bad been afraid to take a candle with ber-and 1 knew ) she was sure to keep searching for she to keep searching for

some time for the Irak In the gaspipes. I went up-etairs — I went up very softly— and pnt on my things, and put my portroonnate in my pocket. Then wrote my aunt n little note. This "Dbab Atrvr Hestkb— It was 1 baked him In the oven. I did not mean to, and 1 think I had go home. Your loving nelcc. "Kmbeline Scbantos." I got out of tlx house before my aunt came np from the cellar, and fled swiftly to tlw depot. I was ta time for the train, and reached home safely that evening. 1 did not tell tlw girls anything abont ftrorehrr; I said i was home-tick, and had come home on a visit. I waa convinced it would be a pretty long one. I think Jane suspected something, but she did not what. * But 1 had only been at home a little more than a week wlicn 1 received the following answer to Uw note 1 had left Annt Hester: "Dbab Niecb- -The carriage will be at the station for you. at live tomorrow afternoon, and I won't hare my horses taken ont for nuthing. 1 hare given my canaries away; I nave had the rest of the cats drowned, and don't keep^any doge; KMjhcre Is noor rot And^re are willing to and protect onraelvte. I see there is nothing earthly that you ran do, so of course you have to bo taken rare of. Your loving aunL I have been living with Aunt Iles*T TTIlrtT ttolff I—" ""'- "M* 1 "p™ her drartr- I have never made any more whito-cake, nor hare 1 baked even a kitten. Week before last annt Hester rode over to sen my mamma. BROUGHT TO THE POINT. i. "Do yon believe in spirits. Captain And the S|>rakcr looked np seriously her drawing, balancing an H B a very dainty little Anger. Theee two, ltosie Brandon, and ArSlade would have made a very pretty picture, now that Art delights depicting modern yotmg tadire In "costumes," and gentlemen of the pe Instead of god and goddesses nothing particular, lluste was ber name, having a dear Uttle fera with a rosebud mouth, and being very pleasant to look upon; and Captain Blade, who waa evidently of that opinalso, looked well matched with her, as floe a specimen of a gentleman you might wish to aee. "Well that depends on what yon by the won!, Miss Brandon," he replied abstractedly. "U has a rather wide signification." "I mean," she raid laying berpsndl and (till store serious, that If love any one very, very much, la possible that they may coma to yon after death— Jnst possible, yon know," added. "Don treason me not of idea, as I know yon an going to I like to believe it." "Then I wont ray a word aboot iL ' ' raid his fera suddenly flushing; in tare I will ask yon s question which is of fer mere Importance to me. bare been afraid to say anything (boot iL for you are so ranch too good : my darling, do yon think you 1 could—* • "Mr. Southern, Ifyonplsaso, mix;" and at this moot Inopportune moment, a tank young curate wo. usberol In.

K ! Was ever aiiTtbing mote provoking? ' Basic tdt as if she could cried ■ J ' with vexation and the captain glared I ' at him as if his coming were a personal J r insult. Mr.SmlUxrs, however, king ,( ■, pre- occupied npd short-sighted, raw • t ' neither Arttarr't frowns nor Haste'. I e blusho. bpfphinged Into the account ' ' of schotrT-treat preparations, Iho wid- ' r °w's toil, »y:. I . Uj Ihc time these subjects wore ex- 1 t InmLxl. the family party Ind collected, t and any chance for farther Irir-a-utr I - fur the two was gone. Arthur stood . ■ r pulling his moustache, and now and ! t 1 then furtively looking at llosio, who t - drew diligently, though it must be • ' confessed, more to the detriment of her I s picture than otherwise. • "Have you any commission in town t | for mr, Mrs. Brandon?" he ssli! at last, \ . ruefully looking at his watch. "1 i . have to go up to day on business, but B 1 only stay the mghL" [ If Captain Blade would brln.- home I | a valuable broocb, which had ken re- < > paired, it would k to mncli safer tlian > r sending it through the post, and a ' ■ line to the jeweler could k written in < a r#fencnt. When tk note was will- ' ten, Arthur look leave of all llisir'i I her. held out his hand with a wistful 1 . look. The soft little fingers were tretn- 1 | tiling and cold, but he fell sure liny , slightly returned his pressure: nnd be t , went away happier, though dlsspU. a r "Oh. Mre. Brandon, what do yon < . think?" exclaimed ills* Bmitbera, I 9 Imrsting the next day into tire- room I - where that good lady was sewing.— ■ - There lias bean stub a railway acci- t dcul! The train from London lias 1 1 . pis kilted! Poor Mr. Binks, anil Mr. , James at Us* corner, and thai good- > I looking young Cantata Made, I and " * * • t , "Captain Blade! bow very shock- ' J tag!'' cried Mrs. Br-anduu. "W« > Loop bint .quite well, and— oil. dear! r my diamond brooch . Why, ltosie, I , my-child, what Is the matter?'' I ■ For poor little ltosie, » lib a dread- ■ I ful look tu lice eyes, and Iter lip. white I i sod parted, was standing close at ' ■ band. As kr molkr spoke, vhc made 1 I a step forward, and fell CsiuUug i Miss HiutUiers departed, amid the gen- < eralcoufualotLlo remark coalldcncisllv ; ■ to a friend or two that Itose Ilraiulon ' 1 had kfesbc had Juat Icftlii-riu oik-.— 1 She nl^V. thought tlust red and white t ■ complexion really very tinwholcsomc. < I though people admired it. r Whrir Haste opened her eyes again.

dull, intokrable pain, site steadbslly rofoseil to answer the questions that It quite alone!" moaned the poor child, n and so they laid her ou lite drawings room sob. How shockingly bright was the summer day now! though „ only a short Umc since the .uuahtao had I teomrel to accord so well wilh ber liapd py bixirt. 1"bcy dosed tlw Venetian glass door that led into Uio garden. } having it o|Kn. that a breath of air '! might steal through the folds, and left * kr — to hare a nice little steep, they J raid. Is * . ^ ^ ^ ^ the tender household saying, had ken a to her! None knew of ber grivf, for ltosie had ken shy of speaking of her A scarcely -fmind hspplm-**. She fell nt W the past and future had ken blotted lc out, as If nolhing 'ever could' happen e again— ever had happened— but this q one horrible evntiL And yet she wondered why she could not cry: Did she lave him less than licr pet canary that j. died last wrek? No not last wrek— v years, ages ago, wlwn the sras herself, and hod a heart, instead of Uiis leaden ® weight lhat did>oot feel, only ]ires»od all J. the life out of her. ' it "Oh, if site could die and go to o Arthur! But ahe conld not die. She ^ would go on living for a length of ° years, and her youth would pass and wrinkle* come, and her pretty hair grow thin;- nnd even her lorC would k fade in the long years, only Iravlug her . a tad and spiritless old maid. And j poor Utile Beak's mind wandered In d these aad labyrinths of thought hoar t after hour, as she lay In the darkened k rix>m. One memory after another passed kfora her, each more ftdl of ', pain than the other. Only yesterdi tj •be waa sluing at her drawing, and raw him coming In from the garden " through that very door, now s* heavily curtained. Bhe lived that eceOe over J again ta her mind, feverishly recalling every word nod look. She had told him an old legend about the house tky lived In, and then ahe remembered ' what iho had aald about spirits, and * hia look, and the half-epoken words. B How the bated Mr. Smitbcrs for interrupting tbcm. If the oouUl only * have told one word of her love! hut 4 now Arthur would never know of it.— B Ah! If her belief were lint true, and f bis spirit could come to kr, and B show bqr lhat "love is stronger Hum All at once a sodden light broke on B the darkness. She turned her heavy eyea; and there, there ktween thecur0 tains, stood ber lost love in the tunp thine, looking tenderly at her! < Basic half-raised licrw-lf, held out hrr trembling hands, and cried — '' "Arthur, my lovet you *«vv come to " me. I am not aftald; I am not at all * aftaUL" 1 "'Afraid of wl»L darling?" replkd * the phantom ta a tone of the greatest I r surprise. "Ootne to yon?. Of eocree 1 ' I have— straight from Uk station.— \ Have you a hradark, lhat Ik room is so darkened ?'* ; The last words were lest rrpoti ltosie. I > He was kneeling by her, ber head on i - bis breast, ami a torrent" of tears sots v utterly spotting Ik spectre's shirt- . , front. Gradually. -ill. great difflcully, k learned Ute truth; and by dint ef 1 1 a little it ber. the toon ds-indkxl into . an "ccmstovial sob, the color came - book to Ik rorabod mouth, the light * w'u ,U*'* '

"It sras aU that goratpuzg Miss I Sail there," Arthur explained. "ThU I family aeems destined to annoy us.— , I : I hsd intended coming by lhat train" , : (Itoaic shuddered, and had to k ro- , stored by a kiss), "but I found my , would not let mc. 1 was , vexed at Uio time, little thinking from , what 1 was preserved. I menlioned , Miss Southern by cbaoce what time . I should come bock; and as 1 did not ( up by thst train, slic added mc to ( kr list of killed and wounded. Of ( course, I hurrinl here directly 1 re- t ' turned, and came ia this way, hoping t find yon alone. I was in a dreadful •mpensc, nnd wkn 1 hoard my dar- t first words—" ' r "But I should never have said them." whispered Bosic, bltlsliing ' wry ntneb, "if I hodu'l thought you " "A glicot," ho ansnered, Uughing. f "I kuow (bat it was owing to a ccr- ^ lain young lady's kltef in appsritions t llut 1 wss spared tho torture of mak- ^ ing an offer; for ft is a torture to a shy fellow like mc. Now don't say a wojd more; but keep quiet and get yonr J all right again.'' Ibaic pleaded to lay one word. . which was— "I never crirdalallakut you, Arthur, Ull I found nothing hsd happened to you." But lie didn't sretn to Ukc that very ( much to heart. According to 'Uw roles of fiction, ltosie ought to have trad brain-fever. 1 and even to tiave furnlsliul a touching dcath-txxi sct-nr; .but ail tlrr effects of wrre. that she did not get quite 1 strong for a fen days, during which time a great deal of Ivqitiiin nude's In nflet train, when link- i.'oatt* j and Arthurs climuml lor .■ -lory ' , OW nould ray. "Ask mamma ii I she ever raw a gliml." Ihil there ' would k na nqily. He was young and tuu-aviil, aud | fresh from rural scenes. Henry' Blood- j good was, ttlic-u lie first lumo to 1 'lid- j ' lWdin-sd.lv some of the otlv-r ro- 1 porters tnkl llenrv llcil there- was ' going to k an important racrUng at a ' ccrtaii^-jjgiHpjgl inrtttngJttturar aud ' ,.-rl»|w Iichad kftepg.1 up au.l make ' full report of ttic |iruc-cdiugs. Henry ' 1V.IS Uot ut nil familiar with 1 ttic no Hod of worship iudulged ta hy ' Ijiukm. so ho got three or four quire* r of pa|>erna>l six kml-pnucUs sharpencil • at 1 -it 1 1 end-, and lie nc^J up to tint ' , and .pi'uad Ids |xtprt ..ut over Ins hat, 1

I aud sclri-d a pencil, and sal there in " , Kuttelcss simplicity nailin&for the pro- " , reelings to proceed It was a silent . nwcllug that day; ami Hcury llloml- , that l.uch for two hour* gelling mm. J I and more- nervous every minute, and „ . nl last nudiler and madder. At the li , end of the second lionr Mr. Jlloudgood H ; considered that be could *tan.| iluo ' , longer; so lie arose excitedly, aud went ,| r over to sn aged Krira I who sal on the •- r Tlic exasjicratcd tuportcr scizisl loin ' by the arm and exclaimed: ' Two' crwrgetic J'rtcnds aroae and r gently led Henry to the portal, and lie went home iu sadness. Uis soul fills i . witli gloom now whenever the Moclbly '' J of Friends is mcnttowxl. Mr. Blood- Jj t good objects to Ihwn. ' OSK Kil-NLM. si Theodore Hook c ( sal at the piano- forte making rhyming couplets on the names of .ttic asscmlilixl , company, some one observed ttiat he J | would uot cosily find a corresponding -I had just returned to ttic drawing-room J j after a temporary alMinue. "His name?" asked Hook. "lUncubagen," ' was the reply. The master of iin- „ I proniptu instantly rang; , I t r "Ul' 1,4 ,k*","r, 1 """ n 1 making his appcaraucc. Hook immod- " J lately said: ^ . -Hmra-ss Hz. Wysts*. sssiw*! X <*ara t f f ■•ryi 1 I r« itwrstus.MSU)Wi,kuis»i m 1 ' 1 ' Wb envy nrilhrrtbr man nor woman , f who cannot speak to a fellow creators • 1 out of their own circle, nor to auylndy t 1 without the formality of an Introdii:- J t lion. There hi no computing th« 1 amount of profit as well as pleasure, [ I such jwrsons lose by hedging them- ' - selves in with this stupid fence of fea- - Udiousness- We li*+e always found ' I more of this feeling nnmng persons who ' t were loadiy on their snctal position. 1 - than among self-respecting persons ■ I who thought nothing about It. A 1 1 great deal of Intelligence Is ft noting I 1 round tk world without king labelled 1 and theso men or women who have the J ' good sense to recognlxc this fact and ' ! act upon It, not only are educating ' " tbcm selves, but coafcrring that plras- * are which wc are all bound by the 1 common tic* of humanity to exchange 1 t with each oilier. It snrros to us that ' ■ It is only the, snob and pretender who k > ukr* a different view of this question, h Horn Sir. im or tub (jvrariox.— „ I Fanny Foot ray*: "if one-half of tk „ : girls knew tire previous lives of Ik y ' tky marry, tk. list of old maids u would tic wnoderfully increased."— ir , Whereupon llio Boston /W asks — "If tk men knew what their future were to k, wouldn't jt Increase tk Ust ofnkl maids siitl farther?" dl "Well, Tom," said a greieer to his *® apprentice, "yon hare lawn iiere uow ( r three monlhs and have sccu oe rural „ ; department of your trade. 1 wish to w ■ give you a choice of occupation.^ " | •" : "TbankVi-. air.*' "Wdl, now, what I ' r part of the bustaras do yon like k*l?" j "Sbkttag^LMr.'- w

L Iloys, 1 wish to address you on a vexed subject of much Imports n-.v 1 sni ooc of yourselves, aud may «• it ; with some chance of toodiing pathetic cord in ttic buybh bow" t ' appears to uc—pamiUy to you of their accidental (uperio. Tky bore us wilh advice, aad oocupy l cepttag and smashing tk frulUou of onr inciinatinoa. Thane laflirniitK - |«ipttnaUy oottraaMa. Tky uont understand our natures and our requirements. Our views of life an: entirely diflerent from tbotra. In Um ■ustter of tobacco, their standpoint U n-ifiarks'jfy olrLfogr. You bare all observed this, no doubt. My position oo tk totaaeoo question ia a radical "ioc, and will, I am sure, secure your enilorsrroooL Boys, such of you as £rtkU,*t vrlopiuent, not of a manly, uoblc. healthy character, but ef pallor, and palpitation of the heart. Dyspepsia alro. and a |«u»iou more or lera d. - cidcd for strong drink, are desirable consequences of dgar and pipo-puftiog. This infonuatiun must k dcodcdlr .■rattfying to you. Why abould you wish to k so nnlikc other poopk- as tc licallby? It sis so agroea'dc. ., ourse, to k fickle, to k petted ,iud lunqa'rcd as a cuufbqucnce, to e»ca|«. writ, tile, ami go oul of this u.ughtv Tobacco, you know, improve* tho Don't your mother aud -i--wrs Oiluk iu* Otmlllt ydOr ,vu ; IcsintbiUly a. acqualniaucc*. csp.cL*!ly among * wcot-breathed. whit".- ' ' - < bed girls. tte> un unohiug. b os. ,#B >MrC ' ' I a vonanlly disiucliuattuu to twir-iit suicide. | pr-joiHcr. It i- not ,llallj. Vi i Jersey n ss tlw llxanc of vbii -nu «n.i mis-ftqm ambition with that. : . ncrc utiiial by tk -l.ih tin-ut* nf '["urlotenslcd ta decrying l«r iiw-tti,,. Ito rs or who wi re ignorant of Iwr re* Hirers. But now tk tunc ha. cli i.ig.xi. The rapid increase in jb. P'.Ai'nihm Of iIk- Stale, and (he 'xms.--ih ■h-ti-f'qmirnl of kr ininrYn' • agricnliunil re* >iiree«. tk cam. aibntaislrutiiu of kr alfeir* rv ii iv |,r' on- .1 i-aij'.'e ,<• extracts v

show the light in sliMi slic re-, "•iqwni* tefli- r neighbor* ; •From Ik.N. V. Time. < ■ l" '"."Tl ",r Cl*!'1"u bi track ' " expense of New Jcrs.-, I. or, if that state couliuncs ai fin,-, 'buidolph now deroribes iL w» ,ha.'i soon nov. occaiiotTto envy iu populat m. 1 Iw State has enough cash in lis 1 fissure to psy all obfigntion. I lie r.v*-ii.te cxecerl tk disbursement, l>y a handsntne nun. Fro* mIkkIs are lb- mfe. and tlw Nonuai School U a mrcc I.r profit Tlw State I'rirou will al»i k self-euitainlng hereafter. All th.se are sign* of thrift and health. I From tlw Evening Fort.) A State which lis* no debt, on tk contrary, money In packet; which sends ■lion- than fonr-fltlk of all its imputation to school; which is more dinsolr !"pnUt«l than any ot tk States but two, nnd has increased In pnpninttou the last 10 yvars more rauidlv ilian auy east of Ohio; which pays more tax is, iu iirouortion to tMpub Hon, to lire federal gorernmcai. aad has more wealth per canli i. and cn-alcr value per acre of land, than any utkr State in the Union, ough, to k a very comforts bh- State. Ail this Hoc. llaudolpli asserts uf New iu a brief aud sensible uu-ssag. lolitcred to tk Leglsfaitnre. Wc w,|| •dd Hal tk Courts of New Jorsci nr. above reproach, and crime is |iuiushrii surely, quickly stwi .severely Nothing grieves ut more than to observe in a community as indipotitt'iu recognize the feet lhat the press i. It lK.rcrful lever, aud an indiflcreucthe feelings aud wishes of eminent who control lhat mighty enghte. For Uiis reason we give our heartfelt tn mc an ia* a 7 x« v.,*;; • ""re. puhliskd in the iuterior of This dUIinguislied Jouruilj" been foully used, if we uudcisland property by lb- courtesy lhat U duff In as n framcr of public opinkm. it his cditurial ex|4anali.ai uf Ik rasTwwtaJFtr s MteeTtk nu'uw.' rav.'i."^ ry Wc mingle a tear and kavc a sigh with the tears and sighs of the • over Uiom "good old times, " m , lavly regret lhat wc cannot And •ufflcieutty stroog in which to ■ tlw magnanimity dUplayod bv hipublishing the wedding. Bot-tnai wonla!— unkM- thero Dukes atun - for tklr error by rtafllng this Journolwills cake and wine forthwith. Ilwir doom ta swfed. Tk editor rw l«< .Her will produce dorntu. tary uvidoocc to |wure Uaal Ik aacas tral Duke, tk fbnnder uf Ik firroili. to Texas ta a constat ship, and kgaa bit earner ta Urn State as a t.otBB-lhtaf Aad ii will to dearly showo that the cake al Ik wedding made with rancid batter, and thai wine was mere gocneherry Ink*-. man uainad Dole con k permitted defy Ur |mw of a flra press Willi Impnnlly, unless William prnn fought and bird in vain. We have excel Wot authority for Ik report thai Dr. livingwas hut kaid from at Ijijfj Titan ta. hia letter was written minim Jijill. Wkn the conductor of Ui. it caHod ont lMj, AhfeMeUr thflughi n 3yssHtaa*rS l-"!' .IIUHMMIK llr, ' ,, refl now rxaetfr where k l«. : ' - Y-.'