Cape May Ocean Wave.

VOLUME XVI.

CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. JUNE 1, 1871.

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;.*, ,! Archibald Arlington's Aunt Ilf •*" vtaiL 'niH^Mil b-no "" Umibt ataimt Uat, and yd aQ the ca#».«f (hte rlmicnu iru a Uay parfiuarJ Miivlaf pajxr, aliidi bu held lo liU , i firm, w» hnnrmil hanili.auil ever ah, 1 ;«* ; duon neudodwitb a fn;*n, which («!• i H ' Iboosli kc pethajd. wariiot awair <>f iddi i R) Stoiiia him infinitely, Then- he . rat, dcqi in ^hou-hl, .Urine °t ^»» hi. nwrr-,!au« ri iWtirrlv, until a JSi J new Mai appeared In »aeae"l iix-lf lo J7JT j bk trvaiU d 111 alight., anil thru In- ruae PV I ftora hit rliAir, .Irolird to th~ om-n ••d I vjodow, and luokrd up and down the Xr i Win? du.lT in».I, u If lm[.itirntly ,,, ! watching (■•/ NKutl.wlPwlu. wAa alow '•M in coining. Ih-wn Wi-at llie nicerid I 'luttin <"i tlx lahli . while a taint nigh Itl : iwine.1 from lt» owner'* lipa^uvl nu-rg--l • into a di.witi.fhd gruwti. "> . "Well, ir 1 niK't do 11, I ojiim!'' lie 'I i;*Halmril "and tbo wmw the better. "I How rouM I know.' when I told my lV. [ pretty ntOo Orient*! aimt to Iw aure and let ui,' know when *ba ranto lo tnglan.1, thai .la* would pop np in tlx liny height of the hcaaotvaad want to drag me from Jolly, bu.y Xdond.m, t-> .'«ne ti'-W In Kcut, tlia! surely no dvnl | Hired bring CTtr Irani "1 before f All, n »u,h b lit. au-1 a pm l'Hi. hard I1K-, . ton!" ejmaibh-d lb' jmaf man a. lie ~ ! rv-lit hbcMingubbtil pip ... and -trull, d ''• i nl«'ml the untidy room in wiireli of * u. j il. vl ofihihinper wficrt ilVtbhuwer r- 1 liT,"tlrlnilal aonf s^* Wrf. J. , nrdy la,(. ii-,I awl «nk d with an imW p.- ing ncariet bchnct; but nine a new ^ .liltkulty nrore, wld. li fxred a .l -rprr ','i groan Uian ever frrwn our law,, A •' atarap! x "Hang it all!" mittUr. -I lh.1 young *1 man ln>-lrr*ntiy, a. !.• Idly tnorrd l— ;3 wonb llrt luilf-nprnivl ,hor. bat' tlx U cloud on lib bee. rani-b d a. if by " magic when a cheery mice haiM him j , J'(- ^mT' ami atill brighter lx. aiuc hb i I- countruanec a.a hill, bam Loom young ; Z man, tho proprietor •<{ U>d rideu. mi- - * totml. !" "llall Mkiw wiill uiel!"cxebiine.1 . our impaihint ar^aaintancaejtiring a , [J h- arty ahakr of tlx liand tohla vi-dtor. who returned It with npt.il real, nt cLvimiag, however, at tb^aame time, l "| «ar, Archie, how grumpy you were , 'j before I raw down tlx itrect. and •■ tliere were yon, lnoklng a* black u a 1 thnnd.-r cloud. What w»« tlx mst- ' tcr? Ah, I gucu.'' ("mtinurd Ihr J young frllow, "winx yonog individual • id the- female not, who i- all your Bin- ' cy (eiUitnd her, and would he your-, ~ have for Un- trilling incoavrnlrnre of tlx iifoti Kild young (renoD** heart hr- .' ing another*!!— Kh, Anddr' l. my J .-oluUnn near the mark?*' { . "Don't chaff, llarry!" twpliod lii. . x friend, "tf yrei only knew -wtat a r Xi,U.". T ,:- ™ '. lii . £ a denkiy f iiB, wqrtd bare a ilillc

J enmpauiou. IU*ad that,1' aahl Ar- • chic, abruptly, puihiug hb aunt's Ict'I ter acron the Ubl* tnvrardi hb comJ fanton.-unil Ix Cat down moodily in an " ca*y chair, watching' llarry a. he ;• rcad:-- » "DBA It ABcnm:~At length the happy lime ha* conio wbidi acta my foul otiee more on thoaliorewnf Mcrrie Engbml.' ami true to an old ciactrd nrou.i— 1 write thU note to iufjrna you ., of the brt: al-o that I ahall i Xpert j -a to cortx down to alar for a long, long '} time with your auntie, wbob .ill ub-nr , unlexi jam roll two luihw of ebililren - rotninny. Now, Archie, write -nun, .* and tell mc when I nay expect lo ace ii your bcieht face again. ' With love, Ac., your food annlle. , 1 1 it ACE Abuxiituv." I A long whistle raanifrntcr! that llatJ ry hail ilnbhed the puruul of tlx ; note, which he held out in bb hand, ■ „ critically examining tha pretty, neat . cahjirajiliy. and finally uwoawnoad ; **I xv A mlflr." Ini iliat geutlomau ■ Bippnl hb reai irk m Ui* hud by intcrt mpting. In an aggravated tone u InJ held up a .lip of jkaper, "Now. Il.rry, ■ thb i« the a,hlre»»: "Snow Wreulli ' Cottage, (iakvalc. Kent." Did nny ' one over hear of auch a pbr-ef I «xJ pect it ia wntto tomblc down ennntrv ' village, with about a balf«iuirn nib- > rrahfe huta.an.1 a prevailing aunll ol J cow*. Yob needn't laugfi, llarry; it j J i« a wry. wriou. aifiir lo me, ami 1 • only a>* one way nf getting nut of IL" "What b that?" 'picrinl hbjfricud, ; dropping on tlx »"f-i, with an air . of languor, and contempbUng thecril- > Ing. "tin on. I'm aU attention." ! "Well, lor* Ixre, old feUow. j moat ; go down there yon know, but directly ; I get lored I shall eommunkale lie | bet I" you, and, in cornxqucner, by : I Ibo next warning's p. »i I ahall rreeire ' ) » letter anmmonlng mr lo Ismdon on i must argent baslneM, which cannot I be delayed. I, of conrae, shall rave [ and vtorm, dednrtQg that I have two ' ' so di llckiu.lv happy there, Ac. . Ac. ; 1 then make my heal apologies, and leave 1 1 tho wretched Utile plans. Do yon think that 'will *ta»er. eh. IUrey»" ' "Archx." rvtiirawl tlx other, very 1 ; "didn't yon t-dl me once 1 i Hint you aunt was pretty?" , "Yes," r.Vir»*J that genUman; ; "thai ** o*i when sho was only nine- j kvn; and lunr ran you expect beauty ' ; of any one wh-i b twenty -seven?" ' ; "Come, old (rllow, that dnran't lay 1 much fur my good look*," wan tlx bughiu r telirt- "Howorvr. listen to ' ! reason. You have not seen Ixr fur : I more tlian'eighl ytan, ami I dare say 1 ; you will lirul that the haa grown tuon- 1 i lovi-lv still, for some people grow in beauty av I hey grow In years. " • Thr^As, llarry." replied An-bir, ' ; gh»>mily; "I so* you waul lo ivcmn-ilr ! me l>i{an abidcat Oakvale— hot it's no ' ■ use. However, I may trust yon with ; that Utile aSslr oboftl tlx Uu-uuav lei- : • ter, I suppose?— »h, dear fallow?' ! "Certainly, ".wre tlx prompt reply: [ * ;Uid as 1 at* you have already parked I Vuiir pirt man tcuu we uay Just as well - - walk lo Charing Cross twgrtlxr. What: , say yon?" [ '-Agrred/Trvpondril Arrtrte, talher! mure rhoorilv: ami arm-in anu the j two friends dnrtad, U-aUnanl liar- , rv Ctrde t*. bid b-.--.il to his frieml, I and Canum Arehitadd Artmgton to ' > BBdertanshs fir«l>tags«fiibl-<-trit r. * ■ ssssisr^ i^mnwui

it. | Now it b hut fair that tlx reader -hnuVl be presented with a slight outno line of my hero's histoiy; and I doo't >■ ■ think that I can find a more opportune "I moment for giving U lhan this. Knowlb i Ing hut litlk* about hb childhood, I ml : -hall maintain silence ••» Uiat |intm. ami only tell you how. before he was j tliirteen. he had twice endeavored lo he ; c*ca;x from school for the jwrpose of : enlisting In tho army; and although a both times prevented fromaecrmipluh- <*' ! ing hb object, mado hb father's life a se torment l*y hb reiterated entreaties ■>' alu'- ibfi-ndcn; an-l, as the boy was '}' 'lcUrmlncd lo embrace do Jtbcr pv*>W featiori. b- waa [gcscnu d by nb par- rents with a commi-vlon on the annih wrurv of his seventeenth birthday; ■*' Olid right Joyfully lu* hiud Jo headquarters, thinking himself tlx liappi- "-' est hehtg In the whole world. Hut, r- alas, a reiuhun buUrt at Alma stopped 1 y Archie's mililury .carter Ibrcver. llovre .-ring lor. weeks b-t-ccn ht-and ileath, ' 0 he ( It. In spite of the inlcuw.* pnln of j » hl« wmind. o.ini-aritiiTly happy. It ; *> «a» a glorious died lliat he hail tried ; •> t*> lurforra, uml lull for tlmt ituuian , - -bit tlx British colors would have i. been planted al Alma sooner than •. Uxy v*. iv. It was a very long lime | *• hrfhre he could l«- moved from the 1 d hospital, lull the bat days spent there i a wscr cpr wmpi*cil in a golden mist for j r lb;- luiie r, lorNiaj it out there that j hb staunch frKiul-irNlronmuIr, Harry j - Clyde, by whore -ide Ix bail fougli't ! -. in tlx. battle until Ix (Arddc) fill, ! r lirought the Joyful tu'ws. that ptal n j . r Archil- was mm- CapJaiu Arliugtou ! k < >b those bli-sscd ibys! How often tlx new diode o After wbhnl. in the | : : turmoil of Id* after life, that he was i - again lying m that qnict hosidtal, ! * wlxrv tlx sunset dickered redly on Id* ' I pale fare, atnl loving hinds mlnbbrrd j i ! to hb wants! Hut all tint was jiasind. • forerel to alandun tju- profession that : he so dearly loved. Hitaroidall his" 1 ' triab out* eorufiirt remained. Harry found life in-up|»rl:vhl-nvray from his 1 I ri roil . nn-1 not Ix! nq too enthusiastic on ■ tho iuhjeet prarms, sold out abo, and • • look Archie, lijur-i lively speaking, j '■ "uoilerhb wing." tending Ids poor j ; i friend with the gentleness ofa mother, i I r Captain Arlington nevvr forgot tho",- j ' hours of roavalcacenec, wlxu Harry ; ' was his "all in all," ami since then { ' " the two friends had Is-cn inveparabk-. I ' ' '"Good by Archie, l« sure ami j 1 1 « rite," shouhd Idcnlcnant Clyde, as ' i tlx train which bore hb friend steamed ! * slowly oat of tlx great brmlnns. ami 1 1 ' lvcauic smaller and smaller, until tlx j ■ last visa go d imp pea nil, when Harry | I was tnlu to sally out onto more into ! -' tlx l*usy stru ts, while Arcliie, InstiiJ t t ' sight of ihcstalliinallogclhor.dropis il • 1 n si.;iu-*llj- into a rusltlcB seal, rvaut, 1 s; pinny into nuiuw sen. Hint,

vine 1" enjoy tho jounMy as best ho could, to furlhrr which end he produced a bnk from his pocket, lit hb rlgar. and relapsed Into prribot tllcnn11 until roused by the Mi-utorian voire of *' the guard, shooting "Oakvale!" i Hastily snatrhmg Vp hb portmanJ biu, be allgbtcd, aninbqulred of the , only oflidal of whom tlx stalion boast- ' I oil. the vkiaity of Snt-w Wreath Cot- « tagc. Having |oA told by a porter * that the" cottage stood on a hill, and ! I lu* could not Ml to pcrreivr It, he j sallied forth, hut wlxu lw found ldiu- . wlf outside tlx. station, ho stood still 1 e for some miKucols gating on tlx In-au-liful sreno atretehing hrf..re ldro. Great plantations of loighl givwn bops 1 . Intersected with fields full *>f Waving 1 . g.*!den grain, width from a ilbtaure appeared like )>aths rut through the 1 | hops, stalely oaks, S|ircadlng nut tlx-ir ' hrim-lirs Inwards the bravura, "hllo 1 , liundreds of tluy'wwigster* marie tlx 1 . nir ring with their innocent warbling. 1 All u round was pare and gbdm-sa. and ArchiCs emivciMtcc gave him n i sliaryi twioge. as he remembered in f wlcrt a contemptuous manner Ix had 1 . ilcscrtbrd this little village, which i . now, he thought, might have been i _ lltlen. Taming hb eye* In every dl- ' I rretiun, he at last saw tlx object of ' [ his ~arch-8now Wreath CoUogr. ' What a darling old-Ctahiooed place ' , It was, with iu roof of dull red tiles. < half hidd.m by a slrowvr of white Ja»- ' mine, dlrahtng and ftrltlng overall the . nlttage! He could see tlx sun glitter- ' Ing In bright refl-wtloo on the diamond ' |«oad windows, and tho swallows fly- ' . ing toward* their nest* in the eel. t , ami n sight of all thcor l--.il lies took ' . ldi chagrin aw*y, a* with alight heart - , aarendtd tlx hill, and Waded his I way towards the tiny mansion. 1 Arelrto waa not tbs only one on ' w In m the gay sunshine exercised such bright Influence, for as he reached J . tlx -ummlt of the hillock he hennl a ■ ! fresh, young voice gaily carolling, 1 "Scene* that are brightest." It was song that Captain Arlington had > heard often sung ly wtH-knowir opera » singers, bat never hail It sounded >„ sweet lo him as now. I. "I didn't think myaimlsnngsoglor ' louaty," thought the yotnrg man. as . opened tlx iillle white gate, and > en tend tlx garden^ 1 a vain he looked c around to tee froflFwhencc tte xptce il p rexreded. Nolxvlr was visible. At t kngth, however, he saw a golden Ixad I appear above some dirk shrubs, and i , dow. ami came slowly down tbo pdth. t Down went Archie's portmantrau f on the gravel, and ha himself Spring- ' ing forsratd, put hb arms rourill the f , whita nock, and impriots*l a sounding , on tb: lady's forehead, exclaim- ' tag. "Why, enul, 1 Verily believe you n liars been growing yuun-er si nee 1 saw you." « "Well. Archie." w„s the reply, r | "wr won't dbeuas (hat. ho yon real- « I ; ly left laKxIon ami aH ib gaieties to I [ ! cs» to ml Now, 1 know you must c ; t« tired nf traveling," she tunltannl. 1 , Ilecollect. we dine at two, so you have ■ , j Door Archie! bo waa quite lawlld- '* • n-d by tlx right of iu- lowly creature .ho *&i Mk Mm vUi i la llw J

er which seemed lo have been made a 1th it- an reprcial view to the annlhibtion of i't lbs male (ex, and feH mice tlun Willie Ing to submit himself to her gnldsrx* . r- Little did be know what followed fcb entry to hb room. Down went bis ; t, gnido into tlx liny teeakfksl-rexm. ia where art a bdr who lookre] up at 1st 10 hurried entrance. of "Oh Graei !" six |nnt»l fortli, "you b can't think what 1 hart* dune. Your >• nephew, Captain Arlington, came in a Just now, saw me in tie: garden, and :» actually thought I -as hb aunt. It t» was Inn alwnnl -Tlxi'isslns. iml bb L ls arm around my neck and kiswd mo. t. Yea, Grace, kiued mi! I »y< a- than- j * i- dcrstruck, hut as the worst vj. uver j i- 1 thought Ural 1 Would leave liim in fj ignorance a little longeri lx« tiresome 1- to think he fcust lx told now!" fin- ! i- islxd tlx lady. -II l, "Weil, Minnie," replied Archie's I d j vcri tabic aunt. "Urb b pretty! How- ■- ever . as Ix has l«co taken in so nully , ' i, wc won't undenura him. You, dear, if must stlli sustain tlx drmracterof Mr>. . i t ' Grac Arlington, uml. for tlx linn1 1 Mng. recoiiert that I am Minnie » j lUryL" c ' "Oh, no, tinier, Ik tier tell him nl r ! oner; 1 can't haw hint kissing me any ' e ' inure, " answered Minnie, rogcrly: ! i c F "lhr not drorivc Irriu any rmwr, ilear.' • - ' "Gracious!" irU-d Mrs. Arlington. ' I j this up; so- la> good, darling, uml ta-ij r j trodilcc nx as your (■arth'uUr friend, j I I Hush, Ixnt lie b!" 1 1 , I The handle uf thn iluor- itrrnrd, uslli i admitted the Captain, wlnrremi mem—l r j some remark to Minnie, l«t «topi>*l ! r short at the sight of Mrs. Arlington, j i : anil glanced iiupiiringly at his <up- ' < . ! "I heg- your pardon," -aid p*xrji i Minnie, aiising hmriedly," "Are hie. ! ' t Miss Ilhyl, my ptrth-ubr friend. Fj , Minnie., di.ir. i'-i-i-n>-v H . l-rwi-d proibundly lo lxrS'..-.riiUonii- \ . nephew, who rvtnnwil lxr ■alutt . and i • guide some trivial re-mark relative to , > the. pleasure that lw Ml at welng hrr. ' , Ac. I j The conversation, sliffal lir-i, s-».n | r , general, ami ciirdlalily l*»ik lis- j r place or restraint. Merrily rh.rtt.-d J - ■ .Vrchic was . avtonnil.d to sec wills | f j wlrnt ixntms- and .legaiua- tin- meal : i was concluded Ix thought tlrat it sa- n I j a Ihr radbo. Into which Ix had ! : I I rulcrvd. > i Days and wre-U rt< w by lo bll-fnl . 1 1 serenity, .and as .yet Ih- ■ r. t n » j malncd undU*-**vvre-l and un-u-p clul -.- hv Captaiu Arliuglon. Hut nli«, Isnl *> - actions, lib* p»Hl .arc., must cotoe lo i I tlx light, and one day Archie found li out the Iridt that h nl ln-n so suetesj- a fiijlyplayid on hnol A litt'l-. a. t if 1: ^ runy Poiyio oil linn, -v nun ." I *-i

- shownl the ox-iiftlo r how lu- Iml l»a ii • Chancing tare nroridog u -iffiil into f tlx drawing-room to s;a- wlrctbcr hb aunt eonld i-oran for a long walk, lw . found ihr room eiuply and a recently : finished letter lying on tlx table.- . Curiosity prompted hiiu to see to . w hum it wa * lliat she wrote such long . fi tters, lurl' hb fiux grow ashy whit-' I as Ix saw the signature, "Minute - Ilhyl." *;\Vhy." b tlsooghl, "I saw . Miss Ilhyl go out ltd- morning tarly. | and I i know six has not route In k . yrt." Determined to satisfy himndf mi , this point, Ik: walled until tlx writer , of that fatal note cntrrcd the room. . When he saw il was not wholn he had , supposed to lw hb aunt, he 6-U hb . railing and his senses deserting i him. hut cull under thb trial ho •»*«- . dueled himself with fortitude, ami, , apologising for hb infra-ion, Yprlttnl the room. , A racking Unthach, Ibrmnd a sufficient excuse for fib non-np|» nrancv | at dinner, and ones- alone in hb own , he sat down and wrote a long, i reproachful VtU-r to his real aunt, . lxr In nrrcrei Idnr an lutcrf view In order that thb mystery might be cleared up. lie entrusted hb rnb- , vice lo the servant, deslriog Jwr to deliver It iinmevlialely to Ixr nrbThe teal Mrs. Arlington was sitting on a chair under the captain's window . with Minnie reposing on the soft grass, when her maid gave Ixr the letter. Archie, leaning nut nf the window wale! red how pah- his aunt grew, but ho was surprised to Irmr-bcr hugh merrily as six folded up the pi per, and gaily exclaim, "Wc arc found out, Minnie, after all our trouble! " Mrs. Arlington might treat U as a Jest, hot oot so her companion . Poor Minnie grew white to, her Up, and buret into an agony of tears "Oh, Gracir!" sbc faltered, "hew will lurte me now— and 1 love him She utter- .1 tlx uvowal unthinkingly. bat -on lifting np lxr fare lo sec what rflWt her nimlv had on Mrs. Arlington, she beheld, to her 1111tpeakabh horror, Archie's cyrs fixed her, while he leaned from lib wire In a breaknrck position, and ronlenipbleil the scene below. Poor, frightened 'in!, dim*, six Hew away . to tlx shru'dxry— anywhere to balone, to think over her dreadful position; while Archie, scarcely less affected, scram bird nut of hb window, and stood, llnslxil and breathless, before bb aunt. "Come, Arehtr." snkl Uml lady, "let IIS Ix friend*, and I wllf lefl ynu all about it." "Of course. Aunt.' dear, WW n'vrr coukl Ik otlienrbe," answered her niqdicw , alutifully; but his thoughts gloating over hose fund words }. hod heard. Despite "f this, "however, he managed to pay doe attention to .ill that Ids Aunt had to say. Arlington, very doridedly, "you an.*! not In bbnia Minnie in thr hast, far il i is all my doing." "lUame her!" sjaenbted the young , asm: "re-, rwa ft t|h. AunOe,"!x- — * -*t h„v i,x(w. well confide I

h tayna«l«nae. T tare Minnlr Hb)| >f nmrc: tlian 1 cautrU you. but I dared I- not tell her so befure; but sinew* ray sentiments are so family reciprocated, ■ - I hare only to ask my il.irilng"s con- » , art," and no saying, he disappeared . into the depths i<" the shrabberv. r j "Miss Ithyl!" be said. Tlx drooping figure raised Itselfi but 1 , Minnie's violet orbs still sought the , r ground, nod the tears dropped on her . i it lilts- bands. A rehlc fi-lt hb own ryci 1 . mnbt, and hb tongue, fi* pate, very l ; -Hem. At last In collected cuffldent , ...wrap !■■ say. --"Mhmirc'wnnT VT1117 tell malxut II ?" for a inoruent lxr 1 • . eye* im-t his as she cxrbimnl, "IHd : ; j Mrs. Arflngtoa tell you?" 1 The drcritful Captain shook his head j : , - down went the ryes again; and.! . I brokenly, trarfullv, the young girl Inhl i the ink, nuh Us level bowed nil I the time, fearing Archie's anger; lint - -it kngth she stood np boklly, and "Caiuaiu Arhugtun. may 1 hope ' that ynu will forglcc ami forgrt!" "TTicre b nothing Id forgive. lUtk- : I I Auntie," was thr -gvutle ri*i«msr. "only mv own stnpldily." . Hut M Innlc eagerly lulrrni|ib d— "Ob, how giwid v on nn-'. Ihit plane I promise that you will call me 'Auntie' Insiger!" and tlx pleading eyes raised qncslidningty tn hisjbrs*. "X promise," he replied, "to call ' -••u 'Atmtx' no longer, tun -wit." Prighb-neil. Minnie drew lexk rroni .. Id. tightening cmtxacv. Irut he cagrrly ; contluuesl, "lib, my darling, dn nut I \ rightly lnterpttt what your own sweet ! Hps said to day? You win- sincere, | own lore, when y*>n spoke those i words, ami you most nst doubt my ' . sincerity. Do yau agree to my pro- , ' -Minnie, dear ?" hi- nildrsl, draw- ' i ing Ixrunrcsisthtgly tafranlhlm, "fay | oitiv, nnd, Ixmllug flwwnrrl, Uaptnln ! Aiiingtdn scukd the rampart wlrti a[ | kiss. ' N'onri ami QlHrliv has the. fallow- ! . Ing h-p-nd nf the Kirk ituinlrj in >< I reuUfry, when Rib ton waa a long j : , -iiaggiing village w lib uno main (tree t, ; . which formed pint of the nu7. roiul j lemdon to Chester turd llctylwud | j the Ruii'- Head lildvcrtlwd i"! sale j 1 I I. l is Day ISTii. was the j-rirtwi|.il -inn ,."!c- pLie- .11"! a well-known h^el--' .i- on tlx lsl-li route. It wa, nat- , orally, and nlnrat a. a mailer of . eiir--, tlx hutiw al which the t-ranj of the StailunUldrc Mack (hail pita, ' ■ simftn their long DnHky pipes, ami ) lull, over tlx politic! of tlx day i . lilHe-lailh' -f He ix'ldt'.'gf- J

smokiug-i.-iui ie.ii..e-ru*ans leu! Indus 1*. yet com.- iHbsoxbtemx-,) a geutlooan I- rfles op I*. tlx dour, followed Jiy his Ix *x riant nidi din saihlk-bigs. Thrnly 1». of coup-**, great eaihwlty ttaong til" ssw-uilded guest- to know who thr lg munieutivr valet Uxy «--m bam that I" hq ta an Irish officer <« e»*f«.lo lauile dull, lliry heci-iix immivliatrly do* w -irous of his enuipauy amongst diemy. mint, bub for '-uctely ami new-' sakra; but tix gentleman unsocial!* kerps hb mu n«-m np stair*, ui 80 that al bst. driren tu desperation '•r and percliamw sorra-wliat |Mt-valbnt, n. one «.f the compaai,' Mr. Edward id Wooky, of Slonelk-lds, a -.rc-ir-inaki r i» (i. e. of linn screws for wood,} sends ig up the servant with his chronometer ix re it-V Abe Iri-hmsn If he ran 'tttl df wliat llux It is by an Knyilsh wateli. d Great anxiety rtrsuo as to the result. I'rtxiitly the servant returns n- with his ma- Ut's romplinxnte. ami lw cc will lw down dlrer-tly with the watch n ami an answer. A great shuilling of g, I'.it is heard overheard: and by and t, by apprars MiUrios, fullownl by 1,1. v- Ixdy-guard bearing a troy widi the lit width and a iJrnrc of pblob on II. v- lie unhesitatingly announcer lint In lit ha* eoiue to ehallcngn tlx owner s- of tlx watch, and hnpis he will liaie the '"ihucncy " to claim il and lake l- up one of tlx pistols. (To the servant *a —"Take tlx watch round. John!") x "Is it you». sir?" ■r Tlx old dnrtnr. Mum, was Ox first x Ilia# address. I: and anmugiit otlssn. it preacnl w.-rc- M earns, l'rlec ami Ihwhr bury . "No, sir!" was the in-,.iyay»-1 answer from carh put to- thb. yitwil nl ,pst. At length it came to U* owner, "1» It yours, sir?" "No, sir?" >r "Well then, John, since no one will nl own tlx wateli, pot Ir in your pocket; add M *o do not appear to w have fallen among 'Jriitlcinen,' bring n out the horses, atnl we'll ride .on" an- ; The tela of course anon got abroad, *0 nivltolix end of Ids carver pior Wonky -. or rsthor 'tViflcy," as he was mure gill1- c'rally railed, was acroatid with d "whit's o'clock, Mr. 'Oollry?'' (Jnly »- within a year or two of bb death, 1- while riding along quietly In his carr, riage, a young urchin thus aunoyrd yjhim.aodln gttting cut (o make u >• dub after him, poor '"OoUey" was i- upset nnd grievously injured. Sotlial r. thr ln*s of his "fhmily tnmlp," and j *- ami pnwtlge of Quixotic rnofaatiro-| The Ctel'timm HmrU .tales thai it j may not bo grrsetslly known ibat thU ; year b cblmrcl by nuny to lw the first r centennial of the mstltutlun of -Sabbath r r - hoolv. It would be well. If such Is ; 1 tin- ease, tu have an appropriate de- ! 1 inoustraiiow. Tlx great blotting of' . svildatb scUuols ran hanlly be talimouj, ami surely il u in the power nf; " entry denomination at leasl tn have 1 tonic sort of rc VI war ton. Jt might te ' . an rxneUent plan te awaken mors ini_ j terast.^ A Michigan oditor has just given up tlx tanclum for the puipit. lb thinks - B , it is easier to figU the on. devil „i is : which Um mtebter lewis b» net.-*-. ; 1,. ! than tha thousand* which aa .il.nw .. obliged to contewl with.

d — " IT 1 A* the- season of lie; CWenilo ii j again at hand Or hare the usual turn,1 l«r of certain reuxdh* for lb cxterj minatioo. Within a year or two Urb insect hat texume «f so much importanon that "pateuu" hare born taken „ oot fix newly-discovered destroyers, atnl pamphlets written setting fbrth ,r thvlr vlrtnrs. SU11 we hare litlk or tio faith in them. There waa one . started in Michigan a year or two ago I, W hlch at firat looknl a* If there might r ufhcDnflt oolr undrV ecrtala eircum,1 stanvre and by no meana generally pfoteclivc. ] We have lfci n told-of certain plums ! ».dd to' Is: proof against the curcnlin, i ' but on trial have Stood them not to be II . so lu any degnr Tlx MllS plum, , s— ralktd, II is true b an cxoepll«t| but ,1 thi- tan sramdy Ik mid to be a plum; . uml tlx reason fur cxeiuptlng this one r wc prrenux Is that il is g««l-lor-m>-thing. The thakjng process, if reso- , lutilv |*ut*ucd— and ifanyKily Utinks tin: plan wurth the cost-- will generally prove successful. Abu, lines* nl. > pUnl Ihdr tress iu chie-Ium-yards, 0.c lorn' Item to lean over fioob or • -trvams of water may. irthej choorc. , lkive plum-. < lu Uar otlxr hand, a farmer id \rt»- ; teat Near .York lent l.e-i year nn abundnnt cren of jdnnia, and did nothing , lo them. lie says. "I neither shook f llw tiers, syringtsl wltli whale-oil sua(< I « aler, Iir Squirted any other fottl L ihcocthm into their lenfy liraachre. j llarring Ihc usual cullivntioo 1 simply ] let thorn alooto" lie adds lhal lw . tiiigbl bnvtt I wasted grandly ofbbtoc- . ei re had lx applied any of the many . "rvmeillrv," hut as it is he Is "tenth d . ntV." He thinks Ix may in future "try -unxthing" Jiwt to give him a rhaites- . . tu crow -u.r t,v dlsnivrrv! This man _ , XI. ins eyr-tsren cut and will 1!".— - k - A nd others tokiug a hint from wluil ' ho did not do, may go and do llkt-vvi-e' Grnaanfoc-s 7',/syro/A. Ax Axxiot s TnAVKLEU. — A well- ■ , known Rrooklyu iwhtician, noted far I j lib' waggery, stopped the conductor cr : an Albany honnd train on which h* • . w is |nurncylng fast winter, and *>knl I iuHiiecntlydf llx next stati.n wn-' I I'-ngbkicpste? "So," said llx cms-' •; due lor On his next fare collecting I n-ond llw rotuliK-lor was again niketl ■■ If llx train was mnr 1'nughkirpsle. - 1 lo wbxh he again rrpli.il txgntlrelj. fj Again ami again, n« tli.* official made ■ | ins round, the mux question anx ; at fci-t tlx nsaieuf e-luvks repliol with j mum little irritation in hte tone: -No, sir; wo are out yet txir your audi a 111 htt ynt know wlxw ws* ateilt ' gitUmr. rcauun.

" The psscngct thriiif|s<ii rrbps... n tlx train had left IWgl.luv|Jte about 1. half 11 mile to the rear, when reeolltct1' lug him- If, Ix hastily Kicked the g rors to tlx slalom, ami ruslnd up I" e Ihc truuldraiNiMjim-riup:'. cried out: 1- "Till, b l'oughkcc|mr. Hurry t-y t and get off. Xfe are Ixhiwl tinx." 1- "tli. thank } •>». "ih Mlxratcly itea* : 1- .un going through. Mjf daughter cm >' tinned me |«iv Lic-tsfarly to lake a full v nl I'ou-.-hkicpsie. Tlut> all." Tlx pill Wasnakcn- and ~| wa* Ihu juke - by tV iHummgrrs. || iNrultttATMt* II >K Tlin.Kite. r Tlx black aula of Sweden area Ibrtui % dnbb rarr of workers, much larg- , than any we hare bore. They make ,j sail hsvne with tho groin., nnd - | as they travel in procc*aion, rtxh with a wheat grain or aonx otter dainty , s for winter store, they present a farm1 r bio array n curious spectacle for a h philosopher. Tlx sling oT - thesa ani- ' f mala b very sharp and somewhat polI sonntw. The test |.iliry lootnrrve Is, . when meeting n proeresiim of Qmh workers, to torn aside and give them tlx right or way. fix Ite-y will grip' -- llxir grain tightly and glre sling nil : sting, losing little time for rcvcttg* and tlirn oa to their wrdl ordered, well-stored teimro. Tlx Swede* 1st 1 " x learned n way of utilizing these JlUle \ animals, ill tig and all. Tbcy way. ) by them mi there journeys, catch than by hand nnd frl neb and i|rrt> way to -get them, and plump they luto-tbe -i- thtng brandy distillery nnd '' u„ t|u,m .b-iwads the flavor of Swrcll-h "j nxsmlii. It if so smooth, so idly . .0 pmigT nl; las snob a delktoa* flavor; ' In sluxt b everything rnehantioy; gin-res. that buLl n thlmMe ftill. so tldn, fragile, and hcasiUfhny artlstt.: ' that tSyy would almost tempt an a- - " tic to drink nnd catch tlx divim- " ufibtu., hut it only lake* one drink to ^ intoxicate, and llien dclirinra tjernem s*Km follows. We lam **n a lady ' jump from tlx table dftd\ scream I.--i-ausc a red ant rro-wd Ixr Jd-ite, l,.u six would sip thb brandy from tlx ^ little gm* and extol its flavor. 1, ~ A llizaiiv Assircn. — It must hn, I - en with infinite chuckle, and mam d of «h.it Ciwpcr describes as old Ixatlu ii < rstacklpg't Jong, inward laughter-. . lliat Henry Ward Hrecber, during a t Ulc vacation. Ixard one of bb own r published sermon- ilclivenal in an olsI KOre vilbge. At the rioae of the terviei - ! Ik areostvsl tlx "dJvioe," and said - • That was a very goad diacswrw-: hu« i l-Hig dill U talc you to write it?" ij "<n-. I toasod U off oae evening wlxu " | I lua-l leisure,'' wa* thr r»|Jy. | "'lodnroll'F mill Mr. IVn -her. "Il , t took nx longer than that to Ibiuk or - i the very framework of that very rcrj; "Are you llcnry Ward Hoe'her?" ! IViH,"' tte^'^iiid^Ji unabashed . pre-ii-'bt r. "all that 1 hare to say i* : 'lot 1 ain't a-harncd to preach . one of your sertnona anywbartl" yi ' There sr.' nnbrothan -t 1 ."As kcn- l s I dare- wlwrc riUU » retailed, wiUnn I i Um tiiuila of Itnbdelpbis. sad 11 b » I twti,i>-.l lb iv arc 3UW *aher pU.v- " , where the unlet . - odd silhoirt a