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1 ?V— ' — L— 1-— -M - VO&TMSB XXI. VOLUME XXI.

CAPE -MAY ClfY, NKtY JERSEY, HATUIHDAY, JANUARY <». 1876. A^I J • » ■ :

WHOLE NUMBER 1076.

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r TMCB* <«*» a ttwr~ - i : ,. , i ! xo<«« '«> » - i *°,iaAdw!riw2Iti*l'c<.ie 1 reW* ""fctiMoAiei* tr»f 1 a. Wielx'a day, -- . • | i.d •>« MssCAsstOlns »«SoM ' A«a i»ira .11 qoarrSftft .war. i ^»Wm! fcapM aa U*S*S -2»t»or*lst "»»*, . ( ARdMl«>Uiaf(MMII. J , ** •'■ £•*.«-*.," ^ .1 IbUruMnO. Tilt t™ h»u. Ult Atrkavat tollaS, > AM bj Ux mortlar wn ulfhr I MM .r«ot i. .korct ..»■ I ,1 Thaw owow'a tnsswfces mssnooJ'a prtu 1. thrwiAM Ikt alitl ol T»»" AMte*«»TM«i*iu« * ""»»■ I i ,..t» p—M ..., >•■*?£**■ AtdlUDkotluU 1 Tkal Alalia. r«»l» kort ofjoM, , IU11 bureawllh clftl UA Mleklj raj, Oo4 Io»4 oSMtloa* !lA(arU| W 1 T^cs»f=e>l3»« «>»»<•' | 1 " Ttorao^attlKwtieoJ^gMBxeiwtar ]l AM *old«s iMil' »"» tote, Atd w» j»0t roK saltans Mbc , r» v**e HWIAA* easitri'vt _ ( ■ Aactkn a»«» wltb ourrljjhi. WhO# wMNkMilehliptrttieeSMW BKlii Th»t» com— **><*• tetyt *»» "'d- 1 -Tlte';l»«M»l Qnr.Uon. The Pitaldeot, in hi» annual moetag», pre»e»l«<l • KAa of projkoaiUoiu on the subject of echool, whicfc -have •wakenej rery wide end vnrioue com- , , men I, and (firm the American people j ', eomethins to l^inh "?■ He recommendt an amendment to the Coapil- ; tution, which a hall reqnlre erery tftfttr: a Fir*, To eaUUhh apd fcmwtr maintain Free Fnblic ' fthoola lor E the oducation of every .child ; Second. To forbtf in tboee achoola ■ the teaching of reftgious, atheistic, or . pagan tenet* ; Third. To prohibit the granting of j | any school funds or school laxce to i • any religious sect or denomination, j ' "Well, we are glad Ihat lho President | r- has made these recommendatuma. D , }' khetier to meet the itstlpa inroived j no* than at a later period. Tbey , i Were sure to come, tn some cities ' and S^tee Uiey ^vadjitlready come, and | - hnd even tbns early shown that" they ! ' were vlui. and that they held within , L 'thamL lres the menace of the publie I". t^Muillty. r ^ut the sword which our soldier- . But sword oar soldier- "

r resident wields Is a Oonbleodged " one. It holds aboOt as reeo an edge » to, Um Protestant ss the Catholic- " JBre former will lie obli^d to reiki- b qulsh hi* B1UC usa rchooi.bo.k,whils ' the iauer will bo.com peliod to giro up his plane forgetting possession of the r public fundsforvdncating bis children t in the intoresu of- his Church We = hardly know whrcli will suffer the ' create* gykf. Moch as we desire, f-w U» soke «f tMt toarahuea which it ' InctUcatea, the prcssncc »f the Bible < in aor iMtbiic schoois, w^. coo easily " teh ifiat lhWe eaa bene sueeessful, or ' evsn raUonM. Bcht with the iCatboHoi ' Iti their attempt to get hold of Urn J public mnneyt for their own denominalidnsl education, until we ooroe to (he practical couchftioh that *t State has «»otbing to do with religious education. To the CalliSic, to the ]e«, V> the atheist,- ami we have the children of aur public schooU.— the oompulsori leading of the Bibtj,** a gvtaren«.a haJdtMp, pn opprereion. Ii Is ens of the thing* w<" eannot reason about or reason w»tnst- These rfrup j- cannot be mode to pee that the authoritative moralities of the Bible owsft'fet WO are tfLr, end that , thslr ehliakn wW be the better for them- To 'the OatMic. the Bible, even in the Catholic ytreon, is n book only to be freef nted and interpret® by the Pnedt; ta thg Jew, the New | «mtalK the record of a I false Christ; and to the atheist and ioBdcl. tho whole book It but a bundle aTtkrand superatkion*. ; One thipg is eertain. via., Uint the claim "of flic Oalhoiies for a portion Of . the intrreeta of Uwir Cburnlu involves the existence of public schools. The > moment s single elalm of this kind it ' granted, the whdte public school sys- " tarn— the rdpeatinn of all the chihlrnn ..{ ssjS measure of State policy— will go ' bv the board, df UieOotbalic has this ■privilege, the Proteatpot will claim It, ' Ike Jew will e'tsini it-«T*u the iaBdpl - nndgwigan will claim itjond they, will S elalm fl with just ft much right ss r the Catholic the chum is utterly r and (ureter inadmissible. It is so " prciwateeons that.ifoso hardly have " respectful cooeideraiion. Whether it U crowded, in somo /joarters, simply . for the purpose of showrMt ''ro^ > not* that their powtirm on the Bible matter ifowhteoablc, we end not tell ; grenjwf Thof *o tasow that, if the question oaocartting it wc|«p«t t« the * Ajn«rt»n gieojjt fo-dny. ii wnqi.!* to .focljnlturertrlwte.mr.ly v. : 1'rartiA.lly.thr rreaftju^on whtek . ^ -

hi. power to gain for hte Obureh «osumuonxl ptotisieD « fogie- • foil to a«ion,t r*., Use exclosion of the Bible trow Hl«"»trtiBo fohto^ Ttfo_ scbonw for a dfolsfou of tl* -a fond, was never practicable— was even poatehfo. R to not likely c to be possible. A osilstUutioDsl pro- C Vision whfiar'woold make it impoaai- ( bie ID law would not cb anga the actual r flatus of the matter, so that the pro- t vision would leave the Catholic jost t exscOy where be stands teday, and c i where he wiU be likely to stand In t j this country noil! th'e end of time. i And yet It is nndoubtedlylrne that, ■ 1 *o long as The Blkle is a reading book i I in the public schools, not only the t Catholic, but all unbelievers in the k ' Bible, will have a reason for com- . plaining that lb* public funds are used i to teach their children a religion which t they da not believe in. What shall. 1 we do about it?— we whose reverence t for the Bible was cmblbad with the i milk of our Christian mother*— wo- f j who cherished tur Book . »i Bfo r ' sweet, wholesome, veritable- Ward of i the Treat (ted? It will t* hard <°* «. « ny that It mist go out of the i schools. Web, would w# be w-'lin* t to see the Douay Bible put ' in its . pfoce? No? Why not? Are ws nil- c ling to fores oar versjaw upon ths t Catholics when we would not submR i to have their version forced npon ns? I Would we care to have only so much | . of the Bible in the schools as the Jew . , would accept? No? Then what right I , have we to fores upon the 'Jew that I . , part of our Bible which ha will not i . For ourselves, wc must ponfon tan I . change of coayiclions upon this I , matter. It bo* not been srrived at I hastily. We have boon lcyg and , openly upon the other side. ,, In' Tts^ ' r gard to the desirableness" of the Bible : in the public schools, are have no i , question uow. Wo never' did adro- ■ r cats its presence there, save for lbs I ; divine inflnence ef Its Christian j f moralities. We never did supporej j , that the State should teach religion, ! We have no anion of Church ahd t j State In this country, and we do not j , | believe In it any where- Only as a | j ! .natter of wise poffcr, (did on pyyelj j - j moral grounds, liave wo" over advo- , catod the prearnec of the BHAe ic'ths j A schools. As the record of a systacp of j , religion which it was the poliij'of , D ' the State to fort* upoo.or.even re j c I commend to.thechildren offhc'ttation, I I wc have not believed in its presence i . ] there. That the Stale would be bet- ,

tcr with the Bible as .an Mespted i t standard of morality in all the schools | s we do not think admits of a question; t hut that isteot the point at issne.— 1 1 The print at Issue fo, whether the j . J'rolestants version of the Bttlejts the ' record of tbe Christian religion, sbhl! \ be forced upon tho children of the i j 1 State by tho State, when the State is j i full of dissentients in great variety.— j . We very strongly suepecl that w<v> ■ who have hitherto boon the advocates , of tho Bible In tbe schools, are week , at this point, and that wc shall be , i obliged to yield it. If we teach our , form of religion in oor public schools, i tbe Catholic will with to Coach his , form of religion in his schools,- and to 1 1 do it with the public money, the same as w# do. Can wc blsare him, and j , can we resist his claim so long at we . maintain our own? If we arc going into an action, it is well to clear ous ^ fofo. •, " a5* ' Bat we are not going to have much of a struggle on theoe questions if we settle them now. If r» do away with lln grievance of the Catholic, wc do nwav with Ids claim and wc mark i out for Catholic and Protestant alike ; the path 'or peace to walk in side by ( side. It acems to us that the President's recommendations are not bnly j worthy of the nnivereal cpoaidarolioo , which they, are raoeivlng. btif that they are dasti&k, aooner.mLfotgr, U> J pets int# ths Constitution of thCcoun- ! try. The children srll! he educated . by tho State ; the church will look alter their religious training, and . neither Christianity nor infidelity, in , any form, wiU be inculcated at the s (ens this- Let us stand by him. — (Dr. t J. G. Iloiland; Scriboer.forFobrusry. 1 Anoihnrnmeai is btortCrera. nnd- " his (dace of reside tier if Fatefoon. 1 His name is7smnt Hand, sod he has " served as Tax Commissioner tn that * city. He Is charged by (he city ■ authorities sjilh appropriaiing certain usee to hit osrn privat* use, and a. also with altering the tax of ous * Jeffrey ou the books so lie to make I $471.60 read HOROO. putting the 0 diffcrcwe in his own pocket. Inas- * much M hit stealing Was on rather a it small scale, probably be will ho puny ished to the full extent of the law. If >- bs was a dofaultar la eonm forge tun,' » he might slip oat pretty easy, ft I doesn't pay to. be a tttUe rascal.— * .The loootuw Ataphilri»»-h" -W l_ burned at Pnn«sgteTS,'N. J.,J^hrist lt tooljjflin the iron, copper and otboe it metal used inter hull. Forty bnrxm* iy of coal oil srere ueed is reducing the •todword of the reanel to petes, ,n i A (Wrty-ftvs totorwf yfepper *n4 ere "= g ihxss ^ ruomror oii|jl|aj5fr *: t - The^ntkttufcoSu KxmoUyc U CoHiiudlrebawcdMdrd to l.otd -he ,CTS" - fi E

- Maasu«U. OsmsmU Nis gtoytogWm coild be In PC it- Dennfordlfe, Cape May county, without noticing the singularity of Its I cata. It Is now filly years ago since t Captain Thompson come in with hit a good vooeel, having made a Meditcr- ■ mncan trip In which ho touched at 4 the famed fofo of Mr Its. from which I brought to Cape May four Maltrfa a ,«fo Their offspring bocamc quite . But they mixed with the a ignoble race- It is carious to note a showiag the; persistence of hereditary i influence, that eron to-day, it is no 1 uncommon thing to see a Utter Of < the offspring of two cm, in i which not a treoe of the MaJtee stock ( apparent, aad yet in tbe HUcr may 1 one Uttan seemingly almost (rare i Malice. Bat a still more carluu* i thing is a race of hybred pussies, being i mixture of the fells aofl the raccoon. I Bnperintendeut Beeslcy wns lately on ' two to a school where the teacher i ' was'exercising a clam In definition i end description. He called on each " scholar to describe some animal. I . this way the Hoc, horse, dog, Ac., 1 done .up. Said the Superintoodent. I would like I* see if any one in 1 the class con describe an animal in my ! Every one felt ooafident that i be was equal to the task if the Su- ' . perintondent would tell its name- He < said it was & coon-cat, uow go on. | But as ibis was ah emergency nol | looked for so tbe young xoologist* did I not "go on'' to any great extent. Aniailhough your correspondent has i sneaood bandied tho queer creature, j i dots not care to attempt a desenp- I i ti^p' of the anomaly. Auwng the strange prodocboni ol | J Cape May are the "oedar mines'' • r swrfthps "f < Ark miry stoff in which I i. are hnriod immense trees of the white . I cednr, tkjpidti of tbe hot- ; I an lets. These mines contain en- j i jotmoae trehs buried, to adept': varying I ► j from ihreo to tan f«ei- Tlu> logs lie ,1 one* across 'jpother, and there Is 1 1 sbqpda'nt qyidcucc that they are the ( t j growth of different sucoesslve forests. ii indeed in these very swamps, forests : I of ybe satgc trees ijre now growing i . | The' miners become vary skillful st 1 > j ihoir'vart Ao iron rod is thrust f| into . the soft mud over which often f.j the water lies. In striking » boned i | tree the workman will, by several , soundings, at last tell how it lies, e I which it its root end, and how thick it ! - fo*: tie then umoogM to get a chip of j [the true apd by it* smell determines | r

| at once whether it is worth the labor ef , * mining, that is, the workman will ; * | tell nftCrrjnglf whether the tree bo all j windfall or e breakdown. If a break- t doirnTt was so because 11 was decayed ! r j when «tanilii»c; if s windfall the tree . « j while sound, and has been pre- • | served ever since by the antiseptic 1 ■ nature of (fie pesi marsh in which It I a was buried.. The Soft earth is then f J removed. This makes e pit In the ■ swamp, into this the water soon ' ; flows and fills It ap- This is rather . < an advantage. Tho saw.is now in- j 1 1 reduced, and at regular intervals a ' cut i* made through the tree when the < i tl»au to the surface. It is eknous . i I that Um log- of, a sound tret *AJ1 be t j sure to turn aver' when It floala up. < ; The lower side thus bocomlng upper- I most. Trees in Ibis way Are some- . ( i times obtaltod which wUl violdlO.OWl < ihingtoa, wprSb IfiO per 1000; thus one ( troo will rieil $ix>. Tbe age of such a a tree, ss tbesgaaon rings have been i . 1 countid. has been mode 6ut from tan ' i to twelve hand rod years, and even ' ■ more. A layer of such tree* is found < . covered by another foyer, and these , again by another, and even a thin], , ' 1 while living treea may •till be growing ' over all. It le evident. Indeed, that ' - New Jersov baa experienced what the 1 . Urologist* coll "osoUatioos." Capo . I May contains abundant eviiene* of , Uavtog been lifted out ofa msA.c set. | Th» recent oyotornnd dam are found > Id aatdral beds, Just as toby died in ' the scran, but now in DOailions tunny < 1 feet higher than tbe canUguont oyster , bed*. .Wbilp buried trees exist st depths lower than Aba beds of living ' molluios. Ao artesian well was sunk . toinbd. Tbe shaft when 'it had reacted SO foal struck an obstruction • which proved to boAhabody wTao im- : .ugg.tta It was three foot tofok • nag cost over $300 to toss through. Twenty foet below the trro watsc was reached. Some of to* angtr chips or toot vm have been giynn to the Stc- ' rctpry of lbs New Jersey Microaco|>idal • Society, who will detarmin* ifo maw it It It 'a wonderful thing, this j beno v resnou of godor mines, is Use coon tic* sortb bi Monmouth. Token together they teh a aifougo story run e tag back " for ihoussnd* of rears; ■ story of the (o singular chougea of cea Urtl whiih it oar State has experienced. But mire t death -and foil, or whether M stood WJ I iSK.f yii&srjaffi r s3x^«riafs sfS9*£S • vsroj-'iteiritemtunui ttoy.attaine#. *. or. iv :. .fns,-aieuifir. mere pofos they L j rqiffcrc tfyft.tr. *1 Ebter "wdor miiJe k3/a^S|ol', - hartv and bttaftecfot# men. ■ / * -

^■fa? taawM Osnsasewtew sr tk* "WroA'i l |i rrws Mae- Nrate—I Ctagdtto- h WASHtaOTON.D. C„ Jan. 24,i?7(j. " There ought to be a law passed for the protection of Coagrroamsn. and " the penalty for qjinlation onght in - every iavtaoce be that tbe offender etosid errre at least ono term in » Congress The legal fallacy upon tbe ] ■ subject is that the members are elect- ) 1 ed to moke laws, bat this is m mistake, j ' - At least, one at sll familiar with too ' I walls that are mode upon the re pre- | " I I ■ I i I le moat conclude that inch | * la not the view of "tbe dear people." c - It is vastly amusing to ait in a Sana- 1 ' tor'* or member's room during the j1 morning. His mail is bfougbt contains all the papers of his political i 1 parties, published in his district, and I i each paper generally contains about A j r nliiren of advice, tailing toe poor ; dev^ffrhat bills he abonld introduce, . c and now be abonld rote upon tboee of ; c i other* — hence the letters, from twenty 1 ■ hundred every day, and upon " i every conceivable subject. One man 1 , -wants a pfooe, another a pension, ' ^ another s patent, ao I aliil an | other some claim leokod after j The M. C-, or D. 8. S-. must altand I i to all those things, and answer all the J - letters or be denounced for being un- ; ; grateful or foxy. But the visitors of - - 1 every day. uiug-a-Unc. goes toe bell, j member dees not know from Adam's ; ' t i off ox, and modestly requests that lie i be accompanied t* the Presid-nt or J i j place. Once more ths signal sounds, and the rustle *f garments tells you 'pear. She enters, is shown to a seat. 1 | and produces an envelope full •>( teeti- 1 1 monials from some one the- member , never heard of, testifying that the | b ' bearer eughl to be appointed u- a good j . ! clerkship in toe Treasury, or else- j . i where. She is persistant and poailire, I ^ { and the poor fellow has to make an j B appointment to accompany her to s some secretary and see what be can , e ' jfo. There goes the bell again, and in j 1. ' walks, with n depressed gait and a j s i slight clerical appearance, an efflgy on ; i manhood, who hat some begging ,t scheme on hand, thai "every member it sf our nation's councils should en- j o encourage by subscribing to, sir— - i d Agilq the door swings opeu, and ri I tome vagabond, who once knew the s, ! member's wife"! aunt's second eou&in, it I comes in, and withdrawing the victim »f to his private room, with e iong pre- ! rogatlve, setting forth the reasons

wblcb have rendered tbe step uncus- T ' asks the loan of a few dollars.— ^ | And to it goes, day after day. until * < the unfortunate member is about \ ready to take the advice of Job s friend '' and would.diif not the reasons v> wll lot forth by toe crsxy Ifone restrain '' Congressmen from these evils: j * ' should not receive "ilher letters or would accomplish Ihc ab- " ^ u ■ I y ioclnaive. has boon spent by the House j discussing the centennial appropriation; Political or sectional linns ' -do not control -Oiis discussion. All 1 : tbe speeches made agn insl it are apele- 1 jgics for nol voting in favor of it bo- c rj cause the speaker* do net think the j 1 i j gi^ee the power to make f 'NM appropriation. Rome of tbe mem- 1 ' here entrench themwivcs behind that instrument or. every 'iccasioo, snd 1 eilhlr side .can prove wlmlcver is 1 wanted out of it- The Si-anta has ' also bad a discussion, but so for it is I : only one-side. Senator Morton has I i been speaking on Ms Mississippi nv- ' ofutian, and has not yet concluded his 1 f srgnment. It I* aaid .hat Senator i j - Gordon will reply to Morion, in which , event Aloorn, of Mississippi, prop r oses to take «r hand. Chrisliaucy. r or Michigan, will preoent a sobsliluta, ' the nature of wblcb is not koown. [ The much talked wft'Sjianish Nolo" t bos been pnbllslied in full; it fills three - columns #f".tbe Notional Republican. I 1C ia in the shape of, oBfolKsf from ' Secretary -Plah to Oaloh Cashing, our I minister to Spain, and after recspit- . ufoting tbe condition of affairs iu a Cuba for tho pest ssyru years, the ' treatment of citiBens of toe United J States by the Cuban authorities, the i friendly acuou of this goveoimoul to i Spain, and the oecroaily, dmhanded * by buauuiily amd because ol our in tar- ' est* in the oflair* of OuisL Secrrlary , Fish wart of too President : h In tb«teiboo$ct of any pyosp- ct of a s lonniualfoc of the was « ol any ' chaneeto tho manner in winch it lum N bern coeuluctad on either «de, he j feel* tost the time " 41 L<43d w" " ii ej may ho tho doty of otucr Govern i, menu to intervene, solely lus ® view of br'ngibg ta an cud a diss* ^ irons ond dcatr|ictl>« coriflicl ted ul" Z reotoriog paw in the Island "fSfote- [* ^ia (terermeut is more drcpfy iotarrs- * folio thowler and lieaoefbl odmlnf atrotiooof fliia Island -than js that of * the Kailol Statas, oud nvue has s.ufM Ibfnd as boa The UwiicX S^etai Iruin " tfaa'qondftioA whu-.h lus.oU.L.r.od there "• during the post six or .JcreA y»ra. 3] He^wlll torrvfore fcjtet hfodu-y at nn ry 1 corty day ibsiihgfttthi. tlW«ct '■ .tori » j iight, and accvmpteied by- an csjueoli- i ^ I ».*•• •^yV'toaentod for b_ j thex-imatteratioo orOoCtrCss. is j '.The csOcladtan ■■ reached trtthwfrisS luctan. -: and W.t ' U It reicteT I j'Mmr.cvuy biptr t*P«Lbnt las bora P I atntepUd aad proved X, fottase, and :

in tho firm eonyicUoa that lho-p#riod at least srrirsd when AO , course rotnfins for this (tetsrnThis would scam to i niieata "b»isiThe Foreign news is of no parUcn- , for intoreal,exccpl in regard to Turk- i i.h affairs. Everybody and his wife ( and children, have beard, of the , ! hired man stoo aaid "he litod hash , { for forty or fifty .days but not ( I for a Steady diet." That man exacUy , I described my views on " Turkish , Again." Bvcry '.day eoroetbing is) 1 cabled over sbout "Turkioh aflklrs,' j until the mermaids, if they hare • lapped the wire*, must bq as familiar , j with the name of Abdul Axis as the , l the fovonta of his seraglio- Thsy , j doubtless uuderstaud what U meant , j by ' Torkiah afiairs,'' bat-no civilised , ' being that I have been enabled to find > ( I can explain the hidden mysteries | , ' coouiaed in that phrase. It ie mere , : unoxpfoinsble toon lis situation »1 1 , Arkaueas polities last year. A wall- , : dressed aid rather good-looking man { ; was heard ts say on lbs Aveooo to , another person. "I will explain all ■ 1 aboot Turkish affairs to you;" bo wo* , j ifhmediataly srresled by the police as dangerous lunatic who had escaped , i from the insane asylum, whither fee ' was immediately conveyed^ pwt in a slraigbliackel, and subjoclod to the "douche treatment,' which is -renerved for incurables As I do not want to gq to the hospital I will Dpi .attempt to auligbtau your readers as ! to "Turkish sflhirs." Nw*0. Mr Sniffles hot had more trouble' with I.ycurgus, and has beeq r I strengthened in tbe bolief that he Is 1' . I totally unlike other men— iu foot, tao*T , j totally unlike maey of them. Nahad j I \ beeo en a long sober stretch up t* a | couple ol weeks ago Aboot thai . | time bo learned that hts only aunt, a j | - rich old lady id St. Louis, had died i , I and left him au immense fortune— I# ] J j get. .f he could. This was a sore die- 1 ' appointment to our friend, for he had ! j expected to be made a rich man by I J the death of this (once respected* tvl- | | aunt's death read with more poig- > script to toe letter conveying the tad , | intelligence, slated that the good pld n j soul had bequeathed her entire wealth to n bencvwlesrt- (wot1 tattoo. This ' was a rusty rod ef iron that pierced bit soul and made murkny the foon-

piroc . Slid hent his faltering stop# to rj nearest saloon. He drank— ho | * [Those stare rcpresenU drinks- I drinks Ui the sloe.] | tt Mo. Soiillvs wns iu dropair. bh* I m thought bis reformation wa» , u comploh , and now "She old man was j j l-Uing np. Finally she bethooght | q, I her of the system iu rogue at a certain | fe inebriate asylum— that of mtxiug | w liquor with every article of food until | o the patient acquires a lasting distaste ' b alcoboi. She determined to try j |> Slic procorcd a gallon of the worst I p whisky lobe had, and put some of |L) I toe old loan's coffoo to begin with. [ $ has been his unvarying custom to i t, drink but one cup at a meal. That [ , I saying, as hr smocked his j tips: ]« "Bi-ttcr oufloe than ususl, wid wo-"* i N.xt morning tbe increased the , dose. n« drank three cups, and fell r from his chair as he waomgpreh.ng for , the fourth. Ifo slept until noon, and . went out hi dinner. There was heel | soap and whisky - half and \«tf. Sniffles ata II all, and saiil as be wiped ] than anybody But rou didn't make , At supper crery thing as saloraU-l * with whisky, and Sniffles ata until he | , became l„ Ipicsa. an-l hi. wife hart 1.. , . drag him !• foil. | , The gallon of whisky was soon | ' 1 noUood Jnlwr hutUan.l was thai b while it lastod be came to hir avail 0 regularly. 1 She is not ill* woniao to give . up e anythiug witljoisl a fsto trial She it got another gallou, and C\mr nehr i starving dicrecW to death wfiHe she - fod it to-Smfll -s in everything he ate f ami drnuk. His appetita ipcrcastS at a C-arlni rate, and he - rnnplion-vilwl a ^rr ovwrjdfy on ter newly acquired y tkif^Jn ceiking. t -The second gallon soon went the e way of the first, and after two or it too _ meals hod passed vritt.nat scai ssoing of which Sniffle* had become -e so fond, he said, in t once that would > hava'tonchad too heart or a tax col 3" leeior: _ _ - ; • ' l ■ "Mirandcr, dqsr.rfe* rlctoatedoa't 6. tasde as good as they used to. Seems - to be sotoclliing or 'nMher miming. " ' Terl any wonder tbol too poor wo- * man govs oh InjjqMriir? • a The other evening a t ravel Icr en- _ deavored to walk Into n Vickabnrg hotel , temporarily dosed for repairs. *- hot wAA .bnghlo- to tffeet «n en trance. " ss3fer.?w-irt:'s» * ysjSfcSSS liw" 'w*yo» " darot.1 fool?" roared the tmgnUer >0 "tYVat I'm fryiJ|g todr'i« toopcu ill" - - . .. - ^ .J: A-. 1

. l reAtla Jamrwalasm row tub tbibdmb out thb ala- * ■abatbbaty m» aptajffcb. By ' all odd»r toe Ota^ etriH«[ achicremratfn the way Of MSta-ffM-tlng in toe past ten years eras the a New York Tribune circumvenlng G Congress and the Cabinet Id tbe ti Alabama treaty, which, to tin eeeaae- tl meat of everybody, appeared In tbe tl celumne of that journal, donee by b clause and Udo by Una, toe very day g efita adoption by the Senate. 'p 1 The secret of ita gottURC, "-J" A j 1 i Wsehlngten letter to the Chicoge - ji I has, I holier*, MV«r been 1 o told. Use active agent* declining Alp congressional Invitation to confidence, j t and ike home authorities refining to j o divulge the business. Two vary W- i c celient and accomplished nswsp fijavij c gentle men, who had been toiling ten- j « spicnoualy fqr many ysnrs, tufl been j y enabled to lqy in a handsome store of I capital by tbe publication of th« doc- j " anient, And thsir joarnal Was enabled ' to bold a chief ptaqe for Igljah expea- f dimre and lmvresslble enterprise. 1 1 refusal to moke known the ways j I and means by which lb* document , t was purloined aroused naturally more I curiosity, and the suspicions of tb* . means by which ft was (scored I - ranged "from to* drugging of Seen- 1 1 ' tary Fish tO'the bellying and bind- | J ' ing, hand and foot, of half the British ?< 1 legation? > These intimations of adrenturona M ' enterprise oh the psrt of tbe corves- j 1 pendents 'were varied with sugges- |fi lions of bounties paid to patriotic but j impesstaious .Senator*. Tbe (Acts I ' ! 1 tost Congress failed to procure ere ( lf«bstan(talty to this <• fleet - The New b 4-yotk Herald, realizing the. Interest ,i ■] attached to the terms of toe treaty, j 1 I j through lb* prodigious amounts ef t" ' monsy inroircd, instructed ita agents I j here ' tb get toe text of tbe treaty ' j before aqy ether journal, and to pay J j any price. Lang practice in buying / ' j up subordinate officials and -flattering - 1 the cfeicft, had git<h iho Harold i 1 pro mine uco in the facilily of surrspf Ltiouo news-geuiog. Negetfotirna - I were at one* opened with personages P j employed to dispose or the coveted < I- manuscript. Two daT« before ita I- adoption by the Senate to* terms had d ' boss aiveptsd and tbe oopy promised ® at the iiefald office sarlj in tb* eveok ibg,"ln order that it might be put on * ths wires god telegraphed to New ^ York. Tbe Uereid man, Irsmbhag '• with anticipations af the tremendous ° "beat" about to be inflicted an all hit. a

wailed in hi* effioc, buroiog bs with excitement over a brilliant tic S< lory. .. T It was the old fable, how ever, of ef cup and (he lip. He wailed hours, IP aad lie waited in vain. Mean while ct corrospuudcoY in charge of the fli bureau, oblivious of the great ci I deeds going on aboot httn, somewhat tr I to toe field, and oagcr onlf to tl I keep Op with the news of toe day, o was surprised by the appear .nee of a mysterious messenger, who, eutaring ci ' hastily, laid a stout pile of manuscript. ' bins. Uow he discovered to* ci I jewel in his possession, or whsl words oi passed, no <«s knows, bot as the iler.ld mg-tiatioti railed jura specific U $R0O soin, toe* Y rihuns 'man- must barn psirt- that sum before too boo o | was his. Re you sec it il in new* as o ' in nature. Some or* horn with a D j and some have newt Mjrnit opon c * them; and those who Have news g thrust upon Ibcao are as great and at f j good at tbe pachyderms wb6 toti and ii moil, aqd murder sleep, and forego c rest and m Us rccreatyou and ths lines c snd laiotiss of ufs fonerelly, to fcoep < cauldron boiling. i Fancy toe ttata of unud of Tbe c man on reaching bmdqoart- i i- to, to- Bad tb« emissary gone, and t with only 'the vaguest hint as to bis hereabout*. He flew bock to his iffltv. He tore along that t am ous | row wlyrre ills n«ws of the nation 1 I I >>i Is .iiid see ti ics. and presently came , 1 upon Ibe track of his conspiring | myrmidon. A fellow feeling leaches ' i me the impossibility of pulling into ' ihe English tongue «» adequate sx 1 pre-ssion of Isrlinga *f, mlogM despair slid rnurdoroui. nnptrodintarsa, which , 1 fillwl Ihe inind of the fine yoong gdn- . tie inon at (hot time repreasnting lbs ' , interest of rim* ehccl. HI nee victory 1 , was iost,-hs Atrovo to lessen the Ignominy of fittest. Re WKftaoo the Tribune folks, and ' offered something like tte original . t prioe to share the troatg.'lfo? the I uiilrt-.nxiincred man Was immovable. f lie I ia/1 a vary go-d thing, and was 1 satisfied. The Herald man's expsi ditnu tesre by no moans axbaustad. If tin Tribune wouldn't share with 0 uitr.tesaia.be but it'll share , with oU. lie broke in updo the Associated Press, informed tbem that -■ toe treaty was flying over the wire# ? to to* Tribuno, ami Uiat H wirgbt be 1 cornered. The agent of tfib Aasocia- > lion was i warned of the Tribute's possession or the tredty, and further informsd (hat, if he would visit at eertain Bstntor. a ropy couldbo ob- * twined to (end to the enUrp pitea of >- l**A.^Uofactirity likw that, howarrf, was loo much for the Irihargie «>crrio* ol that yoocrafel# press (Rfichino. , ■- The agent was found at a -paatomlg mic pStformauee in one of Ufoites>,'l^rafc'" wito' aB M$ effbrts, Wired. • "a: ' - - !

T4WBIBW FALL IKTO TUB BBAS j nTJX THS. "HILS. XOOLOOICAL -Maewe'. i -| Garden. A Ttem reporter happened 7 to alight from a street cor beneath railroad bridge i* proximity to garden simultaneously with a ' i handsome young matron, a nursegirl with a baby in her arms and a pretty child about four years aMc— | lady was richly attired, aad so ' was her appearance that afij observer might have thought AH* was ! probably the sritar or aunt of the lit- . Uc one that toddled beside her. A moment afterward a light wagon, occupied fey A good-looking, wtll-drcraed and a liyeriod servant approached at a rapid gait. As it passed tb* , young man stared inquriitiroly at the llodj, who was just entering the gnteI looked hater *nd morosaat I afterwards pulled up, paid the entrance [ and weat rapidly up tbe walk in tha dtasctira the lady and her comj feadftaimn. it wss evident ilic moat nonohaiant observer that ' be was tmiUeo by her beauty. ■ .'a | On the brink of toe skating-pood 1 the reporter again saw toe lady and charges, and saw that tbe litUs girl ; had teen tetrustad to hear toe burden too baby, which was marly aslargs V? j hcreslf. A few yards away stood j liie young Adonis, trifling with his ( long, tawny moustache, evidently do- - of making ao impression. — , . A fter awhile the little girl complained I I thai It wot cold and she wanted to .* - - tbe bears, oo the party proceeded > ' towards the pits where the ursine ; ' animals are confined, closely followed , ' by ths dashing yoUbg' man. While ' ['trying to induce one of tbe son bear* i to catch a chew of "Solace, " the re- - porter heard a shriek and saw somer thing white flatter down into the wall I of the black bears adjoining. The j baby had evidently fallen into tbe pit. 1 In an instant the chivalrous admirer . of it* mother had mounted the railing i and vrilh wondrous Agility sprang out I upon tbe baricles* tree in the oentra of 1 ithe well, dawn which one of the boars , was descending with Use intention of 1 devouring the smsli child. He reach1 ed tbe ground almost as tooa as tho . bear, snd plnekily grasping the falfon a Infant, was endeavoring to rensceod J v tbe tree whoa another bear cams gsJg loping with unsteady gait oat of the , hole, aad grasped hie coat-tail. The _JBA A cries of those above the rags* had "'"m cries of those above tbe nan . |

heard by tlx keepers, and Nash, . . J and Superintendent -fM| Thompson cams running np. In bis to hold to the tree, tbe young gallant relaxed hi* hold upon the . roj child audit fell into Us paws *r toe * M bear. All hop* forth* peoiliUle 3 creature was given np by the apeota- tT but Nash unlocked the gate of j tlieden and beat the lies r* into tbaR ,1 "Never mind me; save the eblld;" .'i cried toe agile Adonis. "Come down out of there, you on- . idiot ; or I'll have you arrest- J od." wasCaptain Thompson's'tfe^iy. Ho descended and .qaiekly went -c Uuough the iroh portal of the pft. . ■£ "The baby!'' he murmured. "My wife and I are very much obliged to you for your gallant effort rescueour daughter's doll, sir, feat do you think the game was worth tho caudle?'' said a stalwart, rubicund _ gentleman, Mr. Charles Seeiey, of qp Grech street, upon whoso arm tba ~ lady who had sxeited the admiration - W of the bear deficr was now leaning, -J convulsed with suppressed laughter, fl A glance towards the nurse-girl, in j | who** arms wsrathe headless remains of a large wax doll^ sotisOod thachifr K stric gentleman, and bs atartad for the ■ gate at r»pid walk— Plifods^lfo . ■ Tunc,. An Eplacopa! Clergyman attached ' * to the Editorial corps of one of our . most prominent religious newspaper* ^ had a verdant errand boy, Mplsnely {, called a devil In the compoeil^'toom * t , come to his residence one day stating ' too fooeman had sent him for tbakWia v " . As it was- impossible to understand 'SK what he qas after, »te gentleman on reaching too office inquired what was yt meant by sooding for brass. Noons knew, and the boy was »akcd to rise and explain which be did by aaying _ ! i bo foreman told him to go and get the J brasa,or copper or eoroetbing another. . ThUbotbg no cloarer. the foreman f J| > was interrogated, who said bahad sent ■ jB ' the lad fur "oopy" which eolra^thf *piM . mystery, tbe green boy speAlUff up V^uga , asld, jree that was a, be ttioagUt U > sounded like "copper." The circum- ~tij 1 stance was related at ibe Atlantic M | Hotel in prceanoo of severs tdcrgymen i MB . ens of -whom quietly remarked that i the boy was not far wrong altar al . r as much ct the gentleman's copy JB eoutq^neda ggatdsal of bras*. - -1 AffSS'sWseA.. /|fl lils very certain tfctt a men's inti-.^^H " mate frfonds ore often the last to sue - ' '■ ' f»-( t fhe possession of nonenal afeiii- . ties. This is a trito ebeervaUon, but -.i i m ; SifsKSl ISXX-X^iS'W : Yr«a',.'iS.sr»s m . with him, snd knew tost hit fiunlhr wert no better tfesn they shoted^be, ~m ■ M^ew him wlS^e^B oSTSrt^B 1 higb!''-Jkw*»«r/«r February.