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VOUBfcffi'XXI. ~~ CAFE 'MAY CITY, NKW JERSEY. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1S76. WHOLE NUMBER 1079 . : 4 — .1 ■ i ■ n--'i ' m - ' Z ;• - _ . . -- - -- — — • nin'n«l fim% - Fenweti. IteaUyofWawa Celestial Cheek Prnossl.

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WHAT HAKES A MAS T "| Tkit aricr kkMlr k k»«»; , Th»t will act tw«t i (latku'i waKkl (yt SaTtrr"" lltatol tot Haall at naafc Til It trtllyljwikl frow Owd wilkioi 1 That aim aukw a liattM wltt , Ao4 lorta tb« tmtk lot lii owa lake; •] n^l woiakUw dot. aad BUa alaaa. _ 1 And bowl bo Icon tbaa at Hia thiwai j , a»a tnaMakat BO nrka" tOf , A ioul Ikitfiin no oai kol Owe, | WHAT kakea A WOHAJf? *ot fraiafDl form an l««r trtmd. Not aalot. oor lurli, aor iplcaAld fcaaAi Hot poorly tooth, oor iporkUac rjoi. . Not to loo that nl(hua(ali outrtoii Rot all thi It TO! of fiihloa'i mart, , Not loo. oor all of thou eombloid. Can Hike on woman troi. roBnoO. Bat that which in the enrol till Then outward chami which pleaw the Arc ea%ht cnlcit thi heart hi rlfktrrrmlai Frwnclaoo to NlianjUal | Jooeph McMo-kin oo hia war to . China, hu wiitten to hia of the Atlantic Honae, Cape ' from Yokohama. Japan, and [ we extract a few i tctpa intereating and amtuiBg for our reader*: Occidental and Oriental Steatnahlp Gallic, Pacific Ocean. 1M0 milea due weat from Sen Fraociaco. Chriatmaa, ! I celebrate the day by writing yon I letter from home and a good waya from botae, tiedtiy MOO mile*, i hare i juat been helping a couple of yeoog • laaamn.im haul 1n the lag line which " Umj. had opnyer^d Win* fiahing lie* to try to catch one of the gull« flying around our wake, but they were not gnUa enough to bite at tbe aalt pork < " the end. of the line. I wander i •hat tbete tiirda" feed op^n. There ia not enough fefuae from tbe galleya oeerboard to oatiafr.tbo hanger of I tie hundred! that follow tu. I 'woe afraid yon would read tbe name «f tbla abip Garlic eo I printed plainly. -Garlic would be a good name, for aba la a a launch weoael, three yeara old,, built for freight and but limited aoccmmodaUona for paaaengera. Sbe maata— fore,maln,mi*xen and ■•Jlgjtat-maat," the afUrmoat. Foreaail, fcre-toptall on foretuaat, topwii, •n main anaat and topaail oh minen. Haa al»o fore and aft aall on each of the fore maata, fore-atay aall foreward. Haa compcand engine, carrieo AO peaada alaom ShaU370feat l9Bg.S6 feel beato.SBR bo!d,4700 tone A >"f OHMtifoio only eight kooia, owing to graaa and barnaelea fooling the hulL With all aail aet de good brecap, mafaia..J9. Since noon, Dec. 16th, day, left San Franciaco, we hare run 1640 miles up to noon to-day. W e have oevin cabin paaaengera inclnding'myapjf— 213 Cblneaa atecragn paaeeogera, incloding two women. They %ll orear pigtails except lite women, tooke opium and chatter conaUolly in their yerj enriout language; Onr paaaengera are. a physician of San Franciaco two 17. 8. Navy paymaater»," bound to Japan, to join tbelr abip, a German merchant of Yorkbam, n yo - ug '-Londoner on ja lour ronort the world, and lb# ftxth paa- , asager ia a Mr. Blank, (whom we ban aoroamei O*' Blank.) and wld goo liefrom Sao ■Franciaco, alao _on a .lour round the world, after transacting an errand In Calcutta. Tbeycp also a yooop Frandaooao. on b&rd, boood to Yokohama, who la aeparated bound Yokohama, who la aeparated ,

cruelly from ble affianced, and haa the mock aympa thy of na all. baying in1 dnlgetl in lamentation in oor bearing. - We manage to get through the noI oniony of the day. aoahphow. Laet i e renittg lh« engineer brought hia fiddle Into the a tn'oking r»m aft, and I rSKJm'SMjS: , choice I do not think I would go to ! aeBoaaMirro -w^a ynyage juat for . far— it la eery tiresome. Four o 'dock, t eight belle hare juat etnrck. Two ' hour* more and are wjJ! flare dlatt*— " rp. mT VWt Jo-yoo 'think of 05T ; hour far dinner? I expect to mail t rthasal Yok»k«mt, «d wUl *M toil . Srt affire there, -whit may hccur of i MffiSSd® s Winds whidi tbe ordinary IraiA far- . ther northward would throw na into. Am gMng about itoohio my slipper., the oamperature W *o agresmble. Yesterday anl i^daybei^ wmaMr^t going at tall spend all ths tins. U »j aayihtOK waaeto happen us la this ► Happy if »B Year te jpu. I waa > a — J_ .. _ atlalll «ul Aa> - crnwtag a «aw ways ago awi,"?i.«K T weather, but I ought to hare, waited until the day after Christmas. UhrisA* - o« night we had a "sbojtar r "It . j night, *a the old salt said to hu oats J -blew harden than I erer knew it to W ■■

...rt a,, . Tu ,T U infidb^. Ourlsaat Tun WBTIflb K milea We srerage sbcut 260 wiiMa< c in 84 hour*, and are ahsoblQfiO milea k from Yokohama I change gWjrthart r and hfiTe about 1000 mites farther to j, go to reach Shaagkmk We bars a 0 hard time te put lit Urn dayajpfa are, y er I am tired oi ere ry thing. Quoits m made of rope were an amusement for awhile, and a fanny inddsot arose g from that. i Mr. Brace, the yonng San "Francis- _ coan, known only by tbe name of Muldooo,giT«i him by the paaaengera. d Eren the Chinese etecrage paaaengera b talk of him Be Mnldoon. Four of the )( - passenger*, incladlnc "Maldoen" were ^ playing quells end betting money on m tbe scores. They were pitching h across tbe smoking room, and some of b tbe Chinamen stood ouUide the door (| looking on. Pre* ally we heard n A -Chinamen ssy uHa,ba! Mr. Muldaon, % be no make-ec good play. I lose-« „ fiye doliahl'ITbe Chinamen had been, ^ betting also on the game played by ^ Muldoon aad hit party, aad now we e speak of htm as the "No. 1. had man.' „ The aboye letter wasmailedat Yeko- , kama, Jan 11th and a postage stamp u of that nation upon It, which la a enri- ,j oeity in itself. It reached Oepe May. „ 9tb of February. p A Polatad Itkake. * ' i . , . , . c He waa the pink of.psdeetisn. If tl the cream of moeeUsaoe wws to bo ti churned tbe butter wo^tluap up V?" * the shape of Prot Portooq* Pryttojbr. d Be had contracted the - bad habit of t| stealing up tUlra. ta hiajdBokini'fiet u .to see if tbe Hj^ita ^cre'oirt.at'lfi. . : It k -U hard teachinp old dsgs »«w triaka, o but bpys anmatlmw luupphd better o with Old prefeaaora. Tommy Tayte la a cadarsrwu youth, wMba awiphurr * colored iMUtachat hit ihalirn* hat c - entered hia" soul, and be said he moat b , do What: be cookt So he honght -a i three papers of carpet tackx one nlgbt * • : I and retired with hia faithful followers » u the woad ploaet abore to anlt re- h suits PrafaptfJ-' -■tta-kSdpM bililr r struck 10, then a.aeaaon a^ waiUng P sod whispering followed. 'P/aasntly ■ I came a farry, creeping sound like " I woolen stoekinga frcling ihcfr way c orer rough boards. Tommy tuoked b I hia hal lu blauaoOth— UtkasOthWini ' clear aronnflj except k'wu^l Uthmna ' r which connects the top of hia head , > • with the nape of hia noA— and _ held * ■ hia boss until lha first bnrat of glee 1 1 had aubaided. Kow came a tup- ' 1 pressed scream, ontfedl "oh the etalra; 1 ; ' 1 aotgip again, and a g»oan,-wtth ex. ' ) claaaatlsf poinfaafme it, cams tearing « , up tp the wood closet. The boja 1 i stood beck to give Tommy room < t to kick. Then cams a scrabbling and < - shooting of beary word* and a dia- I -luoct mention, of the\"fatber of 1 r iniquity." and Tom prooflitly appear- 1 , cd and asked, in a rkic* fresh from ' f tbe Valley of Kod, /what seems to 1 r be tbe matter?" '(Matter!" "Tbe \ o boys;'1 "tbe deqiocki "confound It;" r "see here ;»' "h^lp !" and be shifted r about and hung^.to the ralftu and ' tried to stand on hia knoea. Tom 1 r brought a light, and tbc hoya carried t- tbe wonnded man U hie room, offera cd sympathy; got a clew hammer and >- drew out tho taeka. Tbe Professor a wears sHppere and aits on a -cushion. ,- Tom site en nettles, for aeTantoen a boys know lha socret,and It, is apraadI, iug like a mall-pox fa an Indian d camp.

; «®p- t rrteWklirei sua A Cigars. * v; •*/' • " « Wrdnesday nlghVjM£aAar ooe -of . i the neaTy.shgwsre of .the erenlng, a t tramp, who fcjd. been «-fTM«hly • drenched, stopped at.Uts window of a , woe of our emOauMalk ofiJ.FmH- 4 .jlvanii arenas, and UiMUdg wistfully I fa, heard (he sound of water ronnfag. I as h. might hw*J*fA U;#j«mt. i . anywhere that night. Ha remained- i , same ten minutes ir mora lUUnlog to t ibe "wlllfal wasted wkter.", .when an t t i, l« seemed to strike him. «od tu bs , I ruahej and hsaUly inqu'ircd far lbs | i- proprietor, who very>on kppcirxA I r Tramp (putting oo all the Mjn t* i It hsconld musuffat-sboet Botiq^: 'Do I r yon know, sir, that. you art breaking ' r ; . the past fiat mtauiH 'at . 1 , dow, and h*Te *»rd it .run locM, t • 're*Uy"— ; > . ( ' Barkeeper— "I na yust rashing I .hi laiihiail nnd" ■ . . u I Tremp— "r «n ohliged ft. report , I your case to CHspel Ltfaey. PlaMSF, f gibe saa your asms i- bslfare the , a number of your honae ia ."(petUni ( r Iheoame and manlwieex small Atrip . B MpaperinhUba^-^iasp^^ , [ apologieed^aidbe wreraoywwry aoch - r alhfagbadoccuixriitbaAheaboaldaot r- Mr. allowed U trndTis been prs^t, , H, ^ b,f: r.rt. i - you are rery wet, air; will T°u bar* a , » little whiakayf . The tramp politely , » Accepted. "Tkka-a otgar. , sir?" , 1 "Thauk ysu." Wont you. try an. - other drink bsfsre you go? Ubaqet ' uigbt." "■nmnkyoujdam'leareff l t do." And so » uafil the bogus , • water man WM fall of whiskey and hi* ? pockets Clied with cigars: As be waa ( t leaving* be wars*, his baad, *a .yi^r- , ' "Serer ealod, (bfe) oW Hlow; «r*r , : 2SU i - -.

,tM€MaesrttellcU(sa |r>o» tea Pctaslt Bait.] Captain Gilbert Frett, a IBM mariner, bow living at BeMcviJle, Whosa period sf serrloi oa tbe dates back nearly half a centnry, reeill* an faddant which, though it has be« almost forgstten, attracted considerable altaoUoo In its day.ware tbaa aeon eon- , scientious than now. Tbev ware sot inclined to risk .U» lives of passenand prew fa unaes worthy oaafta. swacreftbe old schooner Ailchithen the largest vessel on tbe lakee.fat upon a novel expedient for of bar. The vessel bad , old and ret tan, and waa na aerriceable. Instead of Ired- ' her sanding her out lata fatha beayily insured to be wreaked, . chose a more harmless plam, but not less profitable lo himself. He Induced tbe proprietors of tbe holds at Niagara Falls to buy the reeeel and tend her oyer the falls. This waa shout the year 1830. The propo.was eagerly accepted by the ibotel preprivtor*. whe eaw fa U a capital advertising scheme, aad one which would be certain to pay them well. The affair waa widaly publa the newspaper*, and waa the talk of the surrounding country for weeks aad weeks. For several dava previous to the great event the etagsa and cabs', boats wore crowded. People flocked (hither from alt parts of osaatay to witness the novel spectacle of the largest vessel on tbe Likes going curtr the falls. On (be appointed day tbe yiehlgan wee lowed oot into tho rapida in the presence of a fast number of 'people, who lined the bahfca er risitad the scene upon the catted into requisition. Tbe talk of lowing the vessel into tbe current waa cpUllited to a Captain Bough, with A .crew W half a dazpb'oanmen selected himself. Thia waa a rather hacardoua enterprise, and Capt. Pratt, who Ma bifadalf one af the crew, says his heart almost failed him when they set out. though be had gladly | volunteered for the service. There j had been placed on lha acboooar several animate, in accordance with the programme, which had been widely eidvertiscd. There consisted of a buffalo, three hears, two foxes, a raca cat and some geere. At her bowsprit waa the American ensign, and at her stern- the English Jack, Ity^ .GftuuUku hotel-keeper* baring tolBatf tt' thweuterpriiv. There were also come effigies displayed on beard, to glee the appears nee of a crew, and to raakS'moro teal the aoene of a True! with all on board making the terrific plunge. Juat before tbe towline waa cut lha animals oo beard were turned loner. Jnst pa the vessel entered lha rapids two U. the bear* plunged oyerfaoard and actually succeeded in swimming ashore. Tbe third one climbed the mast, as if lo get a better new of the tceoe. All ' the animal* seemed greatly frightened and ran from one end of the deck te tbe ether, much tbe same aea bgunan , crew might have done under similar , ciccnmetancea, in an agony of despair. The Team! swept grandly dowuthe I rapids, plunging orer tbe first Vll, I (hipping a little water, righting M*- ! sell and moving" on in fine style. In I gelng over tbe second rapid the meet . went by tbe board, and the bear with I It^ and neither was again seen. She r swung around and presented her broadside te tbe foaming water*.— \ She had evidently struck a" reck and . was stationary. Here It waa thought , her career' sraa ended and tbe * flair waa dm. Bat the stopped oaly a was vyri. us' ssij S Q

moment. The force ef the waters a swung her around and ibe moved on T stern fatted eat. Oa the third rapid , ■Be bilged, bot carried her bull, appw- e reprtt fttbj*,rtrti«u'totb. a^re- w abac ftp, otyr tWch she plunged { ; thousand TragmenU. Nose sf lha „ SI * lore, hut the geeae twafd np all I below, qntedlp - ollius ; their , M if there had not Uen t much of a shower after all. Ore V t the effigies was also found uninjnred, , ^.V®* ahoart sBd knook- ( ing 4i?» knee* togelher in rhe eddies, ' all tbe others bad disappeared. „ The motoe waa a Mat thrilling <*». f Tbeyrat crowd of Miilatnia wainMI f tfaa M>*reas of Hi ii A 1 with braa|fa- j le»«.(utereei, and ran a great cbtur ( Mrtfttertith.flJjflW.; ^ « , fatefaa>tely*Mni snTnteii In beBriibriSjgrtt B?5rTai> • brother 'a hdoCkeepS, .' , wtoaw' we I fad 1 1 'been iiTitpd^ Vdifat it etete al S^ll E ehe carted afa Xo Egbert is • , oice from bat M»d of tha teUe, 1 .won't you breeaome poddia'?'' I " tesribte ialiot j replied , jjuiu'a* toadly, "Ignore if t . yea lived at oor house my annt would l make you say podding." I am .Ure 1 1 aitbattuoaail I wished grammaCr and : a! *A» bottom of -a well, but .1 waa qf , no nrall. Utdng- hfcswngrereremd i to '

ma am fifti o« • needy, i 1 JU or aere® *&' UX «y» ^ ■ ■ Detroit Free Pres. aa old mac entered ' the store of a Detroit hardware man, " who also dash ia a sofa. aad. iaquir- ' ing for tho proprtetor, sooo stood face 1 to fare with him. "West to are ma?" asked tha ' dealer. J 1 "Yea, air, I do! Seres year* ago ' this doming spring I bought a paper * ofeeodaof you!" ' "I presume so." ' "IH a wear to it, air! Seven yeara ' ; ago, air, aad not one of those seeds ' > cam. up!" < ' "Well, that's fanny," laughed the ' ' dealer. ■ "You may think it waa," said the 1 > old man, "bat I'll make it cost yon ' 1 110,000! When you sold me these 1 1 seeds, air, you did not know you ware ' 1 de^iing uith a lipa!" 1 "Well, you atop your blowing and 1 get out of bet*!'' "Give me a package of cabbage | 1 ! seeds, «ir." * "I w»n«!" ' Tbe eld man weat away, but iu an | 1 hour returned aad said In a loud | " voice : * "BeveayesLra ago thia eemiog spring r I bought a package of seeds at tbia ■ store. Not one of those seeds arose 1 from the aitel" He waa ordered out, and he went ' out. He waa there the next morning " as *ooo aa the proprietor waa. and bt ! "Seven year* ago thi* coming ' ipring you sold me a package of 1 seeds. Not one single aeod matured i ' to manhood!" 1 He waa put out that time, but he ' returned in tbe afternoon, when tbe ' store was foil of customers, and ex- ' claimed: 1 "Seven yeara ag° tbis ootaing V spring I was swindled by that man v there! He sold me a package of gar- j ■ den seeds, not ene seed ef which erer , 3 When he went ont something hit I Mm three or four times in tbe back, j e i He wei(t down tba street for e while, j " and then returned and stood fa front e of the a tor* and said to the people I I who passed : ' "Seven years ago thi* coming spring " thia ateve sold me garden seeds that ! r never sprouted!'' '• lie repealed tha words over and j :i orer until a crowd began to gather, j K when be waa called in end given B * doxea paper* of eeed end told to for-1 '• give and forget. d "Six payers of onion seeds to pay ] * for the choking!" he said re be but- { * toned kia overcoat. They were given him, and when i d stewed away he remarked, " six j papers of encumber seeds to pay for j te four kicks!" *- Alter some argument these were >• handed him, and aa bo backed out of te door* he said: " "It's all right. You're acted like | a man about It, and if you waul any te vegetables next fall I II make a dis- ® count to you!'' * \ r. Puritan Keeuuclalarr. bo "■ Many nations have exhibited quaint f- fancy in tbe matter of giving names ^ to individuals, both in surname' and •r! fa given names. The Moslem and ^ the North American Indian were b* fund of sweet poetry in Ihu direction ; ier but, if occasion seemed to require, they eonid find names Pintonian nd enough. It rafaained for the English bt FUriteft however, to cap the climax tb" fa- the way of fanciful •pcreonal * nomenclature. All tbe quaint ardor nomenclature. All tne quaurl ardor all

ef tbelr irrepressible religion tbey re- u reeled in tbe nature which tbey assumed, And which they gave their " cbildrea; and foist traoee of tbe cuahave come dawn even to our day. am acquainted pith a fomily in * Mains, in which ua (er were fifteen yeara ago) three children named re- * •pectirely. Hate. Evil, Do Good AlW*y* and Walk Meekly. There Is a ® taneh of pathos fa tbe name, Dream Sweetly God's Lemh. which a Puritan " mother gave to her infant dpnghler. and there ia almost a grim humor In ^ lha' name Which one of Cromwell's b vaterana aasumed late in Ufa— Prene- 1 Barebonaa. In an old wort oo "Engliab Sur- " and tfotreoymiea," I find the Tbey are names uken 1 * jniy fiat fa Sussex county in * 1656, the year .iq which Richard CromwoH sB seal lad hiafatlter aa pre- ® r Faiat-^ot Hewiu. Accepted Trevor^ " Redeemed fCcmptem, Make-peaoe • Heaton. Godiwward Smart. ' Stand- j jfaetwo-bigfi SUweK Earth Adams, j ■Called Lower. Me-k Brewer, Be- c LjohTteons Cola, JWfwnUn < Avis, b feearch tbe-Scripturat bonte. Killain Pimple. dteUsrB SpeinJio. Be- k !*.ibfal Sptaer, "Fly-debate Roberta, . Fight- tbe good-flght-of-fojlb White. K WM. r; H-pe-for Mod. iug, Graeefnf 1 Harding. Wecp-sot Baling, Srek-wtodem Wdod, Btected , Mitck'elL Tbe-paaoo-afGod Knight. h A,||^*lte.tfWtraiutarf!hr* Rhode Wand pwriten <f tbklrttttml.. tojplo-pMtbejtefohtoitmiA open c the wie of Ctrtetjan ntoirs— He had a son wfrorf he named Aatheksd.greMW«nd/aqGElaawitb d tbe waAd'a people bo coxae, for Ore S rate of brevity* I* . b* oalled d "Trihh,.- ; _ ; .

There mnit te eMa U- «row»s - well aa fa dencsM. Yoarntetteftet- *4 dent, whoea letter waa pdhBabaa y*a- $ terday, deocribea tha perfommnoea ef In soma crow*. of Wa aoquMfilrnvW who as could oaly^fcnt one; I hay* known otters which counted three , with eaaa and accuracy. A. former in Mafae, who had a large cornfield lo whtah ea tha erain was jnst aprooUng atersftbe •ell. waa greatly aonoynl by the dep- tt redaUona of crows, which need M re congregate la great numbers te a" la clomp of trees near the bonndary er wail, sod after vocifcroruly talxing er matter over for a while, swoop n: down among the spreading row*.— hi This waa year* ago, before former* U and other* had learned that the crow n more than pay* hie board by destroy- « icg the insect* which are- usoeh more w expenaivn pensioner* upon the agrl- U cnltnritt than crows; and tbe former a rawed vengeance upon the corn-pall- S| I era, and laid fa wait far them often I and long without success. In the oi centre of the cornfield waa a email a' board shanty, and tha former noticed c that Abeoever he was in this building although ho was quite coooealed from b the crows, they would never come down lo be shot. As soon aa be left u tbe field, however, Jtbey would come F down by hundreds. Tbay could evt- a dantly count owe. Tbe ides occurred U to him to teat th^fr akili ia mathematics The next day be took bis ion to the shanty, and after a time sent him U home, thinking that after the -crows had seen one person leave the field, I" r tbey would auppoee the danger past k and come down. But they wisely kept P I aloof, and not until after be bad him- £ | self started for home, did tbey vert tore I to alight in the corn.'" 1 Tbe next day he took two persona with him with the same ra«»U, first • one person left Use field, then awathar I : the crow* cawing their approval, bot ' ' | remaining in their safe position, and * | not until the third person - had boon ' *■ co to depart Irora the field would j 1 j the canning creature* treat ttemI selves within gunshot of tbe little I ' building. The naxt /lay half a doxen ' I persona entAed it. Presently woo wf • 1 them went back across the field. The 1 | crows mentioned the fact among themj selves, bat kept their dteUnee Among • [ I tbe trees. Another person went away i With tbe same result. Directly a ■ third emerged from the building and 1 | disappeared. Tbe unhappy crows, ' I having reached the end pf their math- 1 1 { emalical rope, came down is pla- I * r toons, to their deferred breakfast, no- I I aware of tbe three armed ene^a (till I ' ] remaining in tbe building, who at 1 " 1 once opened fire upon the poor birds. ' | whose great misfortune was that they 0 were unable to count more than : 'j three. r Thia experiment waa tried repeat- ! ediy, with six, seven and eight per- * I sons; hpt the crowa ne\er foiled to ' take the position that there could be | no more than tkroff, and .when three ' I departed, they invariably deeoeuded ■ ! te their doom. !- -T- - - ; (• On Saturday morning a alrangsr | | entered the office of the Western Jt Colon telegraph company, and wanted .. | te know ii ha oould aeod a dispatch to i 1() J Fayette, Qbio. He waa told that ha i |(l could, and be asked : _ I "If I send a telegraph to my wife, | B. j will abc answer ft?" ' ! "I can't any aa to that,*' replied 1 the clerk. "If you aak for an answer lb ■ I should think sbe would reply." ! "If I ask for 620, will she aeod or "I can't ray as to that. You ought

know beat about H."' . S "Isn't abc obliged by law to scad ' It?" "Ne, lb. rc is nn law ebnut it.*' "You wual guarantee thai she'll gend It?" continued tbe ttraiigar. ' "How q»u I?" answered Ah* clerk,,- ' smilioj. at tbe idea. -.-M - ' "Thru I won't teU-craph— Bo uot a cent's worth! I know thc nld womsil, know In- r like * le-.k.undl kuowAbai 1 if you don't aeua a man up lo Use \ house to choke it mil of ter,'*I might telegraph from. Daii lo Beabv- ; and ahe wouldii t forward a shilling!" He wi-nt out but ntuiwl in a few minun « nod whispered: "Mum ia tbe worii. D . i'tssj liiat, I said anything alum; ter. Mho's 1 awful wlipu stioM roused, and though I've got my'iipiutoii or bi-r ntdjaR-ber relations, I doot care I" to, hare >oy borne turned ii|lo*.|sgiiig iraradwe.'' ' — (Detroit Frw- I'reas. • 1 k SfaAVB OF ClB B ITaUTAN OB*. — - was cafkd upon in tte B^Of- i JeVfe Uosrt to give teaitraoty In favor , of the good charade? of Pete, who bad been on a Cbristniaa tender, "Jake," said the Jpogb, "d* yoa * know Pi te, the prisoner?!' <0h, yea, eah; I kno-a him oeUer'n any nigger In Atlaeiy.1 "Is be sober and indnstriptii?'' - "w'Dal 'penda >on de 'kaiahion^Jtnlgs j •oatj time teM sober aad aerae tiaras I ba'arinstrioosaah." : i , TWhro fa te aater?" / ' .. ■ ?,■ j - -^ Moe ciocnOj whetthe giaH got oo , money. Judge.1" O-, a! ' • J •When ie he indautFions?" "J is' 'bout the same tfaaej aah. " | • . i \ Brte was incgreathtod the next I ... - '- —4': '

-Qqe pf -out ri^~gaanife*t w wtanding on tftanurwr of 6e«md and B«trart*Jt«*«dV W»«>»wW»«-k- ^ ing Chiasms n caiae rushing up, 11 aaiaad him by Urn arm aad raid: . "Yeo ketch nm raw?" T , . "You no sayey, yon ketch am saw dam slaw book ea Yea ravey?" Tbe crtcar waa bewildered, and. H thinking aonre terrible crime bad be«n committed, endeavored to gut the Ce- P> laatial to exptela. John repratod = every word ef English that be had learned, yet still he could not P make himself under* toad. Finally 11 seized the officer by tbe arm and saying ' come 'Ions," started o« at. « rapid pace, closely followed by the " official. Tbey went first to a wash house on B street, into which ° the Chinaman looked, and then with " shake of the bead, struck out again. "Skipped out, has he?" asked the *- officer, aa be pounded along, using •very endeavor U keep op with the * est footed M-ooge'lai- • ^ "Come 'long; we ketch um bime j P On they went at a rattling pace i 1 uatii a house near the rolling mill was i reached, ioto which John looked, and . 3 again -N-t-iug his head; daahod off on j 11 back track. !, "Where now?" |" "Come ljong." replied John, and on ' went. i ' Tkej trawled ail over town and at i retched a shanty near the round j 1 Tte officer waa bv fail timaj 1 nearly-dead with fotiguo, aad waa' covered with perspiration. Going up I ' tbe deer John said: 1 "Near we ketch um." I1 Thinkiug there might be a draper- j ate ate* inride tbe officer drew hia I 1 revolver and faef tntered-Utedoer— . ' A small man waa sitting oniha floor, { ■ sod in him tbe officer recognized j "Jim," an English spanking China- 1 1 "What is the row hera; Jim?" be ( 1 .iked. :u; ' 'He hunt meaol interpret what he , 1 ray." • I "Welt; wh*i It It?"" ' ' 1 • The twp Jabbered a minute, and ; Jim said: "He wznt-ea borrow raw-bock an' j •umebody tell ee him f$u lendom j oda." "Saw' bock be dashed! Her* I've walked no fea* than ten ml ice after , that rton-ruaahtn' heathen thinking .a ] murder had been committed, or some- 1 thing terrjble done. Y uu tell him | that If aver he speaks to me again I'll ! maab him bim into the ground!" and | be returned 'o hia beat.— Lzripic ' Sun. Railroad Tazatloa. Tba Commissions^ of Railroad I i Taxation. James S. Yard, m hiaj i annual report eta tea the tote! valuai tioo ef railroad property iu tte scto- I ral couotlre ef the State, flxrJ aod j j reported to the Comptroller from j I June, 1873, to Tunc, 1878, inclusive, j at (10, 097, 174. This includes return! f from every township and city in the j s 8tate, except 11, in moat of which j j there 1* no railroad property liable to | 0 j taxation uud- r tba act. The valua- I t tioca reported on June 80, 187S, were j of the properties of lire following rail- , | road properties not previously rc- ' i ported: Brldgiton axul Fori Norria, d 8620; < -araden and Atlantic, 8800; Camden and Burlington County, 81,025; Cheater. 8600; Ess ton and d Araboy, 810.666. Erie, 8 *,000; Mmper .ad -Somerset, 81,710; Mootclalr, , Bi.fOO-, Morris and Essex, 8196,086; New Jersey Midland, 8750; New 8750; «

Jersey1 Southern. 81 500; Northern. 8750; Pcmberloo and , Itlgbiatasa, • 82,600; Perth, Amboy and Wood- I bridge, 8206; Suste*,, 81.006; West t Jersey, 815,300, 'inatttog a total of ' 62-41,651 of railroad property p»t pre- 1 ' rriotefy rephfied for foxa'tipi- Tha , law foqolrea that the vnlustkm of ' prop-TtV, c -vprod It the act JpTfiT 1 shall" l>- made once in three. year*. ' ' aod ooi_„itfle(iei; d-/oa«quii.Uy the « pfapi-rfy upon which valuati-os were 1 fixed nnd reported Jun-,1873, MM I be returnrel agsl" thia year. ' Vka TMrn* iff tfowMta. F,o* tk. Atlas te CwiaUUOloa. ., ( JafJuvm heard calling acres* fas , f nee t-.^ia nelrtaborfa sea. anfaavaff j youth who^ieatA'-adhool at thclAt^ , . ianU eqfared jitllreraUy: "t^bk ftjAfc. h«r. »»• AUte ter , , school, don't ver?" , "Yea, elr." rm^dlte boy. i "flltan* e.idy'ktXhum. atu'l yer?" , ■ Trf-Mp 'j;'-';* ; i "Iftriffif rifametick and figgerin' nn a slate, eh?" ' * "Yraatr." ( "Well, It don'ttakatwo wh-»ie <'aya , to make, hpor.de It?" , "WynefexeUinwdlteboy. , "You was gwiue tor bring dat hatchil heck in a hoi r, aaarn'i ysr?" | "Yes, air." c •. -An' it's Mo two.. day* ranee yer t it- Now, what good's j tddykaefaiu gwtnator do you thick , iktdfafl tffifiigerB when ynr^ato school , whole yrar an' 4en can't ten how fang It takra to fotcb back a baftAH?" t The boy got mud aod along tte f hatotet over ttefchoeknd half way . 11- rough an ash hamil , r - . It la *o brad to fiad an ten c 7 x official fa Paterae*. M. J., thai the j peo^t think of Inviting trawipa to go j and run the town, « uHnHH

Maine ktz axon make rider. Fremont is aixty-faree yeara old. A CaMferixia snow storm scattered Adaliaa "FatU wUl be thlrty-faree eld February 19. Mia* Wyatt, ef Ohte. haa a bead aa big aa Daoiei Webstar*. HU majesty, King Mtaaa, of Africa, clothed in nothing but dignity. Au Indiana man baa 17.8W eat for tale. He U a patroa of the Tweed haa solved tbe problems of rapid transit, large profits, and no Darwin aaya — Man U the only baing of the animal creaiioa that abuses tha female of his raeaDanbory News— Blihu BurriUcan drive a strange dog out of his yard in thirty-three languages. A Wyoming Territory paper sxtys that eggs and wood have come down. Omelets'and rolling pitp. The wito of the Marquis of Bute recently delivered of twins — a pair of Bates. It were It is raid that IbeCbineM excel in playing billiards." They are accua- : tomed to the queue, you kuaw. : Mrs. Senator Boulwell, over green ; grain, striped with white, ! green and whit* striped gauze. 1 Tbe moat notorious bone thief in New Mexico has teen killed, and | there U nobody left to edit a newspaTte Hindoo merchants of Calcutta j are described ae the most wary,, wily I |M unprincipled people in the world. 1 ' General N.' P. Basks, having been crushed to earth, rises again. Now ] he ii up aod now hs is down — a r*g1 alar bobbin bey. Two Milwaukee journalists fought | their first round in a Turkish bath, I Bft^.ttey are going to fight the second | round ii, a soup bouse. ! . A California Assemblyman nearly ) killed a newspaper correspondent for | calling him .a ass. Newspaper re- | form has practically began. | William McGuire haa been impriaj oaed In Philadelphia for having bitten off the nose of War. Rose. A Roee j without a nose will not imell as sweet. Professor John Tyndell having taken a great interest in "other sons than ears" has at last come te the j coocintion that he will get married , I himself. .j Tbe Boston Traveller says:— "The , birth sf a child is the imprisonment , ca res rated soul that halloas like blazes I I lo get out. lj The Boston J-urnal asks:— "Why j boy babies and so few smart men? Did you think you were smart when I you were a baby? i! to hit speech to tbe aiugcra to , j Vienna Hcrr W aguer exclaimed: — "I . I hate the newspapers, because they en- . | deivored to render my efforts rid-" j I iculous; l never read a newspaper!'1 j I A female teacher In Maine recently ." ' *jj attempted to chastise a boy. when hi" LS , j turned upon her and stabbed her with ' tia gimlet. She bas quit teaching h since it has brc«mc such a bora to 0 her. . * Iu Austin, Nov*, tbeie is a Ixinra" , Club. The last menxbqr^hl iu by |. saying thai be counted 0.000 birds ixx y a dock. The editor of the Weshiog- ,, too Rci'uMica* wants lo be an honorary member. f% Cliook Fu edits a Chinese nowad po|K-.r in ten Francisco. Add two I's r. to l'u's name, nnd you'Jl have fa# r< kind of men that edit too many )j English ocwp.-ftkts in the same city ir and elsewhere. ami eisewnere.

Gail Hamilton says that a girl should pick out a husband aa she picks out an apple. Aad Bristow . thinks a man should pick out bis girl at he pick* put his applejack — a little A rural editor, wishing to be severe upon ante xchnnge,. remarks: "The -UVwertbcr of the In thie place, tried, n few days ago, to carry hotfio lard In a copy of that paper: bat. <>n reaching. home, found that ,- ( lire concentrated lie had change ditto _ - -J soap." "What il i.lbey Always put D. C. after Washington for?" asked Mrs. Quilp of M r. Q. Why, my dear.dotTt yog know that :V asbtngton waa the the Daddy of his Country ?" said Q., witli a nucker . it, I*. now generciiy believed that when Boss 'F wood win t up stairs to ate "if lliVre waa a robber In the house, insd vertautly rat down upon a box of dynamite— because he Is now being found all over the country. The "leap year necktie" for gentlemen ta "Ut. We have not see* it, but auspset it is a youug lady's sleeve with an arm in it,and goes all around the-nrck. Every entcrpriafaff* young grnUeman should have one. A Texas former named Wade says be caught a .rabbit on his piaca the otter day having on IU heed raven boras. But Wore ws believe fait Story, we want to know how many "hores'JyWude bad m his own bead whan be' looked at fae animal. A book agent railed upon a former _ the other day, and feradold that tte farmer was too busy to talk with him. ' "But," *axd tbe agent, "your form work fe aS done. Y ou have nothing occupy your time?" "Yoa I have, .• '■ retorted the former, "I'va got to plant mvJoot and raxra a book agent." JVJ And he did. He raised bint about four feet-