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vr.T.TT\rHi -YXT 'CAPE MAYCITY, NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY^ APRIL 8», 1876. WHOLE NUMBER 1088
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Tftr CAJTT Mil ALWAYS Wea II Ue rel« ol • tall or btrf, UMMfcittMltah«klaMA '■I AM U.3 aa glttlM : I eaniM aiakud wottotataoi. .Jute""' wrou«M For wk.t UUlorwh.tLw.il Weeaal awet Bware eemiwa tall. Thr ouLld. rtllBef of worSly Ate SaSHSsr^ ; wmmm tmmttwf namaiiHU.1 - J MfM^Hblnaiaal air lif lakatta earalaaa by their (lata. Aal .Uwalafed rlrtaee ehlae As brlfht ae Jewels baas the ■!••, go raXlata mn toy awrl.ee Of aaay aafers o^Aej.hl* >h ^ | Where peaplf pray, ar preach, or Mill 1 The aallUf look Bay haply hide A atiafetarftka yksaa ahMe , dalkaal toaa la law ar lore May treaehaeaea aad wicked prose, BalltfUthas, roSa.Ua. aailh. ' I We laaeU aea an Urlaf faith; The people asarlar toaad about Are aaaa Uraa(h aleada afloat aa< daobl. Aad they say aay of aa aa vail, WnHimy Praahylery. The Weal Jersey Presbytery mat In 1 Presbyterian Church of Deer field ' 00 tbssvroing of Tore day, April 18th. for iU Spring areatoa, and was opened with > aarmoo by the hat Madarator, Bey. J. Allan Maxwell, from Lnka 94, A "Why aaak ye tba llvingamoog the dead?" After th to the Praabytery 1 waa ooaatitotad, the roll called and a Moderator elected for the ensuing alx bob tba, the choice falling upon Bar. 1 Thames S. Dewing, of Gold Spring. The Praabytery then adjouro'd until e'otock on Wednesday morning the 1 first halT hour waa spent in devotional ' exercises. The Minntea of previous j regular and apeerel mattings were | road and appro red, aad a couaidernbb amount of roaUaa business waa ' traaaacled in ta^oaurst oftha mora- J Thar* are dHly a few potnla iu rafcr- ' aaastowfatafe than is aaflcieot public j latmml to warrant na In recording the transaction. of Presbytery. A reaolu- • tlaa favoring the promation of a batter ofarorvaace of the Sabbath and ] n dtfonoa of existing la we with regard ; to it, waa adoptad. Regret waa axpreaaed that the Sunday excursion ' treio hill had failed in the SUU legUlatnre end excellent apeechea on Una general aabject were made by Rcya. Alton drown and Alex. Proudfit. The following member, ef Preabytary ware elected aa dalrgatee to the Genanal Aaaembiy (wblch meeta in , Talm.gr. Tabernacle. Brooklyn Sn May); Be*. W. A. Ferguson and Bay. K. Theme., Elder. A. Batsmen ' nod Judge Hughe*. Alternataa.BeTX p. 11. S. Campbell and Newbkrry, iGldera 8tapbenaon and West. N-told Spring was chosen as the next place for -the aUled tall meeUng.— Bey. Mr. Harris, for a hog km pastor at Woodbury, made ■ public ' announcement that be inmnded to resign bb charge Hfore tba naxt regular mealing, becanaa of hillag baaltb. and that be hoped a aucceaaor 1 would be c^ma by hilt church ao ' promptly that there abould be no iatarral of racan-y It waa determined to prepare a history of, the ' earned forward within tba boaoda of ' Presbytery, aa a Centennial eoa'rihutiou, and Bar. Allen H. Brown i waa appoiaied ta committer for this I purpose. He asked tb; pnyitege of i raeeiyiDg aaatotaaca from cenain|in- i dlyidnab In South Jersey .and aAoug I other* from Judge D Q. C. Elmer i and Dr. Barron Potter. 1 The Women'* Preabylerial Foreign < i Society assemble^ atgi i a. IB., ou Wednesday at a prints' I boom Dear tb* thurcb. and traba- I acted buaiaaaa, aad in tb* aftaroWm i mat with the Preabytary for she pai- i pane af Uafoaiaf to brief mldreeam « from Ban. Maxwell, Ferguson aad i Harris. A huge camber of ladim , fTOrn djfcreot churcbe* wart preaaal. ; At their own mnuog^ the resigns- , A* Miss Maggie Eimtr aa Tropaepar . rtUkba atoc root#**, as Viae Proai- , dead and Mb* Margaret lUyUo wax ehmma to Ml bar piaee, i r the after ! booa Ray. -Dr. Shmnel.fcach J-mea waa present and was inehad U ait a* tmiaipaodHu- miaikia. \Hs said a , h Aw word* In thank* for the infer* KUifotond in hie welfare at th* lime 1sSrS?rA epirtoad debate* without toaae '[fo«A. piece- with reftren^ U the 1 practice of Webarchea in inritwg to the apmm«&oe table. Uu W^eW " ' eretoiha tba omtor. .-see accord fit ; the rov>ela of idigtom it ilir I cbuecbeaaad .Othee maUrry-ffc.yed ; chugm xi. toam t-foroilhea^npw-.
I W"a. im^a. a^eaW.ea kg X u. rStS?" ma^SmfiSTl mimuiB. It ia not generally known among (annen and TlOagt reeldant* that there are male 1MB female abnwbeny plant*; and that tb* two sexes must grow near each other, -ar the tomato (pistillate) plants will prod use rery imperfect bolt |nd T«ry HtUa of ik One male (rtamtaaU) row to ftmr piatilbtee will snMm. Bat when alemi nates only hie grown they produce full. crop* of thuMlim; and most of oar heat strawberries are of the mafe sex. The taxes may be known an sight by Bm Uoaroma-tbe tomato hating tmaAH deheaU lower without atamans; and tba male* a much larger dower ottered with atamrna. It used to ha claimed that th* most productive tarietie*. when fertilised by stamina tea, are the puliltolae; but my experience coatradicta that thsdfj; hot 4t to important, when one obtains new rarielies, to ascertain thehex.and set teeordiagly. -The ferliljajag of. the pistillate* ia effected by bb** and other insect* carrying the polton or the male flowaia to the tomato flower*. The three mast pepilisr market yarieties In th* TldnUy af Kl» Terk, are the Wilson. Juettnda afad Charles Downing, all haying stnaiinats* TAB AOTiOn or PLA1TXK. The action of-ptoater (gypsum) ia inrolyed in a good deal of .mystery. The theory has beyn h«H by many seientiflc men, that it merely attraets, and abaatba the ammonia ;D the atmosphere. PreC LleMg, (be noted German agrtooiSorol ebemtot, held j this view of K* actien ; but whatever iU virtues may be, tUhowi the best ' re* alls when applied upon the *urface of the ground, nod eopectally on J gram toads, Mm ' io particular. The quantity ma> bo- lou t* S00 pounds par asr*. applied in *be •pring, aybldlng eoyinj any on low, wot lands. Plaster ia also a valuable fcrtilixar whan apphed to corn immediately after the first htetog, about half of a table* poonful to a hill. An experiment was. made 0*1 tba Michigan Stale Agricultural College Ann, | thawing tba result of sowing plaster 1 en gram land, In comparison with other fertilisers, wbicb were applied afsSSEHSs plot to which B* manure o* fertiliser waa applied, the total weight ol hay yielded per biff* was 6,740 poun£... Where two huibeli of plaster per serf applied, the yield per acre waa »,&» pounds, a gain ef 4*4*4 pound*. Whore flye bushels of wood aahos applied th* jield per acre w*. 12,007 pounds, again of 4,lfl6 pound*. Where twenty load* of bone manure were laid on, 'he yield wy 14, ft* pounds, a gain of 6,224 pound.,— , From this statement it appear* that two bush*!* of piaster produced over two- third* a* much increase, a* 30 : s&s&a'Bs sfjz 1 Old pastor* field* can oftea tad .made to prod oos luxnrtoat graasea by the ue of piaster; but all lands )»• not equally benefitted by its applaalioo. j soiLBro cmors. Why the growing of green crops, U , toad to slock In their green at* to, . should . be called "soiling'' I do not , know; hot Urn eo sailed, end . wn will ; net dmtnrb th* ami, Th* meat , profitable .oiling crop for uw> i* , ered best by those who have^^rn ; 3^S5CM2 cowe fa* • wumths. He can r commence a* net* sown vary early, then toed clover, aad Iriihra on urn , sewn at diffarsot timer, so that the crop wUl be cut aa tots a. tba r aaaaan wOl admiL Oawa Umt an •oiled abould have a yard to exercise . In; a»d their mannre staanld be gathered daily, aari ptoeed where it will be pnmrvad. Probably lb* axtra manure mred wtO pay I for cutting the toad, and alluding U the qdowa. Corn «my be aucn bra»doa»tv two bo*hato to the acre, orlndriU., about .Wiuebu aims* faatweu -which a cfOti valor thdnld he run. Imrg* i dairies may alee be tolled toaduni toge, where ewe has not sufficient > pastor* land* At a Om nation of Dairymen at Clim, H. T-, a member mid: "I toiled a pore bred jtoSay r eww UM aaaaan. ,»* hnato . of the I fwd -employed wu gtnastoad graia. She wu TOO* W aAotor fed, • and aH feriptu Mfi wu mured i from the maogm\ tossing none to ■ the prod** af «wwe by mffing could I ha ioiriand t> per cent." ■ -OLD iWreippy . 'So many pWea* old fca&aid* extot ' vrhidi hmi hat lutto ftatt. aad very poor in gnalitj. MwoflhtoK : ascsrw isss . *xg*toiag to so* afce thrtfiy young 'orchard growing Op, with chowe f ! greitod fruit, to pfrfcee (ha am on; I ' h2J^B2ZT *** to • I ao* seam* to koaw wut to their [. intareel, car for the iotareato *4 thur. • ■ child iyo, who are to mocoead lW oa
written nf barren trees, "cut tham . dowa, why enmberU»*> the ground,' J yet here in th* United States, In tba nineteenth ceotory, 'with hortienltural pa pan e do red to farmer, for a mere ( tiifla, they .do not seem "to know t enough, ia ampy ptoree, to cot down f an old fruit tree, when It to entirely 4 useless, aad plant a new one in its • place, #r rather In some new places, r u it to not advisable to act a young ■ orchard. where an old one grew. And ? whan ypu .do jntjenryuung orchards, i don't make a failure of them by - obtaining cheap trees, with no relivI bility u to kioto of frnit. r grape vrsne. i Don't leave ywnr grape viDea uni trained t* their trilliaea till the buds ' r are grown, ao u to be liable to be i broken off in lying them up; and i ayald pruning them after the sap t flows freely. Pruning should always i be ton* in the toiL There is oo better i way totrefn gfape vines, than the fan ■ shade .y stem, with the eanes extended 1 ■ like the ribs of an open fan . Slake* 1 , are not suitable for garden viou, nor . for vineyard culture, only when one - cannot go to th* expense of a IreMle. r Some of our thrifty growing variolic*. i u the Concord, -mutt have a trelU*, . about eight feet high; and 10 feet • would be stall bettor. Wire or wooden i ban, about IB inches apart, starting i 18 inches from the ground, ehooid be used; but the wine, area of large (ise. are cheaper than wood, where elear ■ pine well draeeed is used. Post* for . trellises should he sewed on a bevel. r with tb# parts that go into the ground , larger than the top* of them. Never b purchase aid rlona, at they never I recover tlftir natural vigor, vines two I year old are the beet. The Concord r to the surest to grow and give satist taction in all localities, except in some . very cold climate, of any grape that ■ now exist*; but the Hertford Prolific . is a week earner, but is not a. good a ) grape as the Concord. r J .ALT FOB AHIMALS , That salt it bemfieial to cattle sou i bones, when given to th*m occasion- ■ ally, cannot be doubted. Ilisaodecidt ed by eur most scientific veterinary I surgeon., ond it ba* been given to ■ sheep and. cow* lor centum-., n. tbey , seem to' crave it at times; therefore, f let wo good farmer abandon the i custom I , TO KAXP6WISE HEALTHY, r Give hog* plenty of pure water to , firing, and keep within their reach I equal parts ef wood ashes, csmnion r salt aad floor of anlphur, aad you t ae«d not fear bog cholera, nor any . other disease. * Faaklnma.Fnr Bprlag. 187«. Affection* are cat close, are worn I I by old and young, and are equally ' becoming toVU. They are uaclnl for > everj-day wear, for hill-climbing, and j ! rock -scaling. They come mostly io j i I the old decided celor*, and worn long - or ghort ,0 •'■>( th* t**t* «r conven- ' 1 lent* oT the wmrar. ' Honer it beginning to be considered j ' a sbmewhat antiquated goods. Sever- j , 1 al large house* are selling oat below < • • east, prapamtory la going onl of bu*i- : , 1 nesa, "aa there to no profit in it," they ; . • say. Large etotAs have accumulated i ' I on their bands, as thev found few purchaatr* "for even tba finest quality Some apparently hevay dealer* hare > foiled entirely, and dosed up for want ef capital. t Genertdty was mnch worn at the I behday eaatoo. It to not an imported t goods, hat of bourn manufacture and ■ coaua Bran prices and grades. Intellect to much sough], after at i certain shops, Wbsw It Is supposed to , be found. A "shoddy" article i. often , palmed fiHUfeon A6»4re, a qoaUt, i wtte^a eottop|back aad a .alio fignre. , lag can always And a gsanine artida, i t%4 It to within Ue means of Ue > pr*b Fraud, thongh wet ae popular aa it , b was last year, Is occasionally won aa i a ntflfft by those retiring Into faanki tup4ef;«md at the reception of credit t or* by their two par cant. debtors ) Than to another garment shown at c the opeoiag* whki promise* to be as J i ia salts, pries* ranging frorufCot lyio- , toed to many thousand dotlxre per i antt.' It to mad* to order when dt- - tired. BomMtefM mach profit i.nalt fxafi on the relet Many wbe hare r Mi lliliter that it can lw tamed r tad made avar for nonUer esaaen. r TherttinnreheoonterfdllB themar- • ks*. It reqotore a practiced eye to de- , met the false- Only the real will ,• wanrr fija foall tedfcttaa eora gel* I shabby by da.t and frirttou. I am 4 told that tome afoar toadto«foabienr <tre Invent io the cheap material, ■ jzzmiznzz tobe wornby allsgeaandcUsaat. It 4 to riniiiinl the 'tonnret thing ' for f canrt hretngre. or sacisty. home , ekfll * required in vrearttg it, ao that j tha Umeg, which w often of a different I taxtare, shall net show. Those rieK *V* 8 for- laidtoe are often tnmmod a Broc." fofow/w Jfa,..
i CvsMilal LtUer. f 1 HOW DOTH TB« LrTTLX BCBT BEE — £ ! dasoKk or 7*s (uxr a vo laele OrZKlHO-qCMTIOMB THAT PUZZLB [ r THE KAKAOERS, AKD THING. THBT ABE DOIHO. t J [Frew pur nfular' OerieipoeSykt 1 ( Philadelphia, April 24, 1876. a ! Probably the busiest piaco to be j I found anywhere at this time i. io and j. about the Centennial ground*. A a \ Tillage of bee bivea, on a very large r scale, too large almost for compari- g son's sake, ie the idea conveyed by a ,, general view of these acre* of build- D , ings, and the thousands of workmen c engaged npsn and around them. — q , The main buildings are pretty much t , completed, lacking for the most part „ , only those finishing touches which r ! must wait the tardy motion, of ex- y , hibiter*. Tbare are, however, luuumorabic smaller structure, io all ti I stages of advancement, some of the c { itataa in fact have just begun their c . separate preparations. These main „ , building, bare been written nboul so t, much already that jour readers are- « undoubtedly as well acquainted with v their dimensions and general charac- F teraa I could make them; betide, it q i i. impossible for those who hare never e , teen a world's fair to {obtain an (ad- e ; equate comprehension of their im- • | men.ity from a brief pen and ink . | sketch. A description of the various u . form, and types of architecture so c commingled wonld girc the itupres- |, aion of a disordered jumble, tint the . effect produced upoD the mind is net t. . nnpleaaant. -l.ike " those wonderful b | patchwork quills our suuu and j l' grandmothers uaed to make in the fc country — and tbey make them )—• fnr n all the writer knows— there Vcfrtoin I , harmony of effects io the whole piclure 1 1 [ in spite of the many apparently io- 0 harmonious details. An Auieuran c log cabin docs not teem appropriate I , to the neigliborboed of a Moorish e palace like the Horticultural Uall, I ' nora Japanese dwelling in the shadow j 1 of an Elizabethan Manor house, nor c gated iron by the aide of the per- g fee* granite proportions of the | '• Art Hall, nor a modern Italian villa I f ' io light of a construction in the rood- j j icral German style; and yet one Joes | d net get the idea of Incongruity in a looking at the structure*. Perhaps it | S ' i* because there is a aenae of litneaa 1 1 ' in their presence there. A world's fair la a kaleidoscope of the product* ' afall nations, aad nothing that is de- ! veloped by hnman skill and genius is j . foreign or out of place. Aa all colors I I blend to produce whito, to all these j I various architectural forms uoiio to ! 1 make the tableau of the life of the , I ' | world which it is one of the chief aims I ' , of aucb an exhibition ■<> pniMmi I i U Philadelpbians and other, i in tiled i- ■ I atcly concerned are a good deal exir- , i 1 j ciscd just now over the prospective ! > ' ; attendance at Iho Centennial. There 1 I are ominous indications which give ,i I rise to fears that it is not going to be ' t • i large ae the early cetiuisu presaged, f ' j The hard times, hke Lbr old woman's ' i ■ cow, are "getting eoMto. v ry fast.'' t land then the coarse oJHfb- railroads r I J been such a* to cause i v ery wide- ' 1 ' | spread impression that it is going *o t ! coat too much to visit the show. Hod t I I the railway manager-, with Tom j [ I I Scolial their head, seen At to reduce | c | round-trip farts forty' or fifty iu stead I r ' of twenty-five per cent, it would have j I put more money 'in, their coffers, aod ; i I contributed more than any other oDe j a thing coqld to the aucceas ol the Ex- ! « ' hibition^so far aa the aUeodaoce >• t • concerned. The supreme hoggish ores | • I — that's the only word that suite— of 1 1 ' the railroads i* uolvetaally coodem- > * . nod. Even Philadelphiaus, who have [ t ■ always sustained the Pennsylvania i I i company, are load in their ekecra- | f » lion*. This company, which controls I ao many lines East and Wast, can aod / ■ does control the matter of rates; so the ( I public will readily sse where to charge , | ■ the • illiberality. Tba tendency of f '• railways tliese daya to to gobble the i Uoo'm share; to take more for the trans- 1 ■ porUtion of merchandise thsu the orig- t > tool cost thereof, to uowhere better ex- - empliffed than in Tom Scott's monop- a 1 oly." Itcoate every Western visitor a ' to the Oeutennutl 834.00 for fare from ■. '• ChRfigo and return, from Burlington, ] ■ Iowa, $41.32, Ic'-rill*, \ ■ $33. If a man takaa two or three 7 I members of his family thi* expense, I together with the high rates of betel j - charge* and other thing* incidental to ] travel, foot* up a grand total almost - - appalling, unless be to ooe of that^ < 1 foO>Wfit^bjU_now-a-days rare, claa*" B of peo pkte whom "abject ia no t money." A gentleman who hat - made this .abject a study lately said ( , that a further radoctioo of twenty-five , ' pet east, to railroad fan* would in- i create the alteudaaca one-half, and in , r my opinio" It will huva to came. My , ■ advtoe to th* people far away ia not , « to be iu a hurry. There is time,-, ■ enough to" see ail than will.be to be i ■ seen, aad a little iodifleraice at the i ' »tort may bring wIMteome resnlu. | 1 I have just been loosing through i - Independence , Hall, foe UUle old , 1 buildiag to wHich the bitdcf freedom , f first plumed himself far a lofty fight. I 1 It lias lately been restored" nsUro to 4ta ' I original appearanoe. The coats of , > thick paint and other covering* have , beaa token frqm tha aralto and -stair- | ' way*, and all tha ftoa old carving < , brought to light. Tha old hall to to | , the rotry, aod on tha walla an panel* | - giving s dear aud eowciae history of I the important deals dout in Philadal-
phis daring the tavMutiooary years. EUing, who baa It to charge, hat collected a large number of historical portrait* of great interest ; the members of the Continental Congress bang on the walls in one room, and belaw them are the very chairs and the table they used. A second large Jqpom to made a kind of museum. Among its attractions already collected are— a grand, stately picture of Oeorgt IIL io hi* youth; full length* ol William aod Mary and Queen Anne; 8ir Peter portrait of Charles II.; tha Sharpies* collection of cabinet picture* in colored crayeua including all the and women of any note in this country from 1787 to 1800; tome exquisite china and glass, fine old furniture, aod everything that had to do with the life of 'hat age. Tba hall to really a most Ictereeting place to visit A chime of thirteen bells, represoling the old thirteen Slates, has been completed bv a Washington firm for exhibition at the Centennial. Thev , will be placed ia the north eastern of Machinery Hall. Thsy weigh 21,000 pound., the larcest weighing 3,600 and the .millest 360 pounds. Their value is $12,000. Three times daring each day— sunrise, noon, and annaet— their music will enliven the Centennial ground*. were ahlpped to this city this week. Prof. Widdows, who "will operate the bells at tba exhibition, claima that the chime is the most in America. The ground* have now bean doted all except officials, employes, exhibitor*, and quill driven. The ; peanut merchants and organ-grinder* | taken up their quarter* along tha jwppreachea, and administer to th# I wanjs of the daily throng of people in I the moat approved atyle. The nature of the work in progress required tkto cloaing up, though many complain of lit. Hundred* of men are variously engaged preparing the walka, planting and shrubbery at though they j onion-eels, removing rubbish wherever building operation* have ceased, thus making wa y for the garj dener and the laun-dreaser, unloading ' goods from the care, aud otherwise ■ hustling to have thiogs in readiness the opening. In next wiuk'e letter I will give some account gf what I the different States are doing, and the detail of arrangements for the comfort aod convenience of Tiaitots on tha grounds. rirot PubUo Bewfilac af the DeclaraUea. The Declaration was written by i Jefferson, at he himerdf stated in a ; letter Li Dr. Meare, In bis lodgingMnrkel aod Seventh hlreels- The i is still .lauding, and~is occupied by a tailor who shows his patriotby calling bis shop the "Temple of Liberty Clothing Store." Tha instrument wu .iguod, as our readers house, oo the lower floor. It appeared in the next day's piper (side by side with an advertisement of a negro child sale who had bad masales and ' small-pox), but was not officially gives 1 the people uotii noondar on th* Mh of July, when it was read to a eoocouree of people in th* Stoteyard by John Nlxoo, deputed to the task by the Sheriff of Philadelj pbia, who hod received it from .tb* j committee. The stage on which th* reader stood was a rough wooden ' platform on the line of the eastern ! walk, about half-way between Fifth | aod Sixth street*. Deborah Logan, who lived in the neighborhood, stale* j that she heard from the garden every ; word ol the instrument read, aod i bought the voice waa Charles Tbompi son's In epite of all evidence to of Nixon, we cheote to believe j The Man of Troth abould have ] first made known those words to i humanity. Cheers reel the welkin, ' jeu-de-jtnc was fired, the chimes ef Christ Church raog through all lb* j bright eammer day. and tb* old bell I gave at last to the world the message had received a quarter of a century and proclaimed liberty to all the world. The daily papers -little thin .heel, few inches square- give uJfor weal, afterward account* of Ihej rejoicing and wild enthuaiaajiL-tf the other aa the Dtoaratioo reached -thorn. In New York ooe aingular " "cffiJt produced waa that "a general jail delivery of all prisoners took place, io par* nance of the Declaration Independence by' tb* Hon. Congress." —8a beer i Harding Davie, in Harpt rr', Magoiiot for May. There la probably aothing that to obstinately stood* in the way of afl sorts of progrees as pride of opfaian, while there to aothing so foolish and so baaeleaa at that tarns prids. If will look np tha history of their opinions, learn where they came fifob, why they were adopted; and why they are maiatainsd nod defended, tbey wUl find, sine timet in tan, that their opinions are not theirs at all.— that tbey hare no property ia them, circnaistancaa. In abort, tha* will learn that tbey did not form their own opinions,— that they wore farmed far . t em, aod to than, by a sense ef toflueuoee. unmodified by their own reason and knowledge. A young man grow, op to adult age h i ^Wklfeau or Democratic finally ,#1*1 h* become* Republican or Democrat ia accordance with the ruling iafinaaem ofthahauaeSeritaar far Jfo|. :
, , For U» Wave. Right Imbs ta Ue Ravaaaah I Market. Walking near tba market place on [ last Saturday evening 1 beard a great noiae aa of a thousand voice*. Judg- ' tog it to result Cram seme tumultuous ' > ar drunken gathering, I entered the ' mart to discover the cause. " , There I beheld an immense number of neg.oet, men, women aod" chH- , 1 dren, jammed in the passage ways, , frosting the stalls, all eager to strike a 1 Bargain fer a meat af fresh fish for ( 1 tb* Babbalh. It to a custom with , 1 tbe blacks here to haye fish on that day beyond all other*. ( Exhibited for tale by enterpritiag ( ' negroes, were floonderr, cat-fish, rock, ' shad, crab, and okamt. Tbe dnekvy , > venders were dtopostog of tbe produce. , ' of tbe deep in an auction sort of way, mnch to the excitement and confusion , ' ef tbe crowd. , Mounted on the stand, were block men rod women .baking tbe catie. and , shad at tbe buyers, at tb* tame lime , yelling oot St the lop of their voices , something of this sort: "Take dit 1 right now, it is gwine off fast, it am , 1 fat and fail of roes." Scarce fire feat , sway was posted another fish monger ( > who sndesvored to drown the voice of 1 bis competitor by shouting to thun- , daring tones: "No! no, look s Ibesh, ( 1 don't go homo widout it, wy dat fish 1 am yours, who's de next on* to hand , > up dah basket?" ( On one stand wa. stationed an old negrea* with bandanna on bead, and , 1 aloagcordin her hand tied to tbe ( ' tail ef a cat fiah, which she threw out > to the crowd for examination, calling - 1 on]tbe buyer, ie " 'tamine dat Asunder 1 feel *b de fat and wy dat de fl.h am , ' yours." 1 A loud toned son of Africa stood on . 1 s meat block holding up s measure of, 1 clam, which be proclaimed to be "*U , ' de gdanioc ssad cfams, full of juice ' sod de best kind for flittetn, yon con , 1 carry tbe.n home for 25 cent, a half- | Peek." ! This i. a specimen of conducting * - Saturday night market in Savanah. — . ! The mode of diiposing of fith Ac., 1 was inaugurated by the colered peo- | pie and ftraod tb be wti.fnclory t besides ud tog much merriment aud » din to tba^cca.ion which i. enjoyed 1 bj all coocerned. There are frequently one tbonssDd blacks mingling ia tbe scene of confusion, r The market officer informed me that the noisy bargaining was kept up until all wa. sold at tome price, and that a Savannah darkey would not rest contented until a mess of li.h was " secured for Sunday. W. Wllil.LUIN. I -r-. Mark Tw oio'a Kepart ol an Se- , Mark Twain recently tried In. baud t writing up a di.trea.ing accidcul for a Boston local jiaper. aud thi. ie how ■ he did it: LmI erentog about ux o ( clock aa William Scouyler, ao old and j respected cilzen of Scoth Park. wa. j leaving hit retidence to go down t town as lis. been hi. usual custom , tor many yean, .with lbs exception L of only a short interval in tbe spring of 1850, during which be was confined I to bit bed by injuries received in* attempting to atop a runaway horse , by* Ihongllcstly throwinsuphis hands sod shouting, which if he bad dene to even a moment eoooer, must , inevitably have frightened the animal 1 still more instead of checking its apegd, although diwetroos eniugb te | himself a. it was, and was rendered , more mel*ncholy_snd, distressing by restou of the presence of his wife's | mother who wa. there and saw lbs ot- , , enrrence mtwith. landing it U at , , least likely, though not neceawrily io, , that she ebonld be recounoitriog in , , soother direction when incident# , occur, not being vivacious and on tbe f lookout, aa a genersi thing, but even j io tbe reverse, a* her mother is wid to , I hare .fated, who i* no more, but ( died in the foil hope of s bleated reer direction upward of three year* ato I aged eighty -six, being a Christian wemao without guile, a* it were, to property, io consequence of tbe fire of 1849, which destroyed every solitary thing she had io the world. But [ such ia life. Let u* all lake ramiog , by the solemn occurrence and let as r endeavor so to conduct ooielye* that I when we come to die we can do it. t tat •» place our hands upon roar hearts, and wy with earoeataew ami , inceriiv thai from this day forth we will beware of the intoxicating bowl. Tke Galaxy fer May. Tha reader of The Galaxy tome , first at all, on opening each successive 1 number, to Blake'* delightful story, "Madcap Violet," which bid. fair to j be at good and as popnlnr as the best f he bat yqt written, la "A Plea for r a Patnot. •' Marcus A. (fatty eefa . forth etrongly the services rendered by . Tho^s Paine to the eww* ofAmeriI con Independence, aud to that of t freedom throubtout tbe earth, by hir remarkable political writing*. Gese- , ml Caster's "War Meafioim." to this j Dumber, are devoted te a ooosiderallon u of the effect* of foe fint disaster at a Bull Bon. In "becking a Lost Art," r Mr. Richard Grant White, who to a as well aa a philologist, disc usees pleasantly tbe mode by „ frail leas axpenmenU to iwitatiua of foam. Thaothar oautauta atfj thto id I number show nothing worthy of bM t* Wthfos y
Wbet DMa't BUM A laadred Yeorq Ago. One hundred yrera ago wedding tour, were not fashionable. One hundred years ago tba gia beat known waa not the cotton gin. Ooe hundred yean ago there warn oo Pacific Railway subsidies. On* bandied yean ago men did net cat their lege off ,'with mowingmachines. One hundred year* ago onr mother* did not worry over disordered sewing machines. One hundred years ago horses which 00 old trot in 2:14 were roomewhat Ooe hundred years ago there were fast mail trains Wet wren New York and Chicago. One hundred years ago there were were n# disputes about the Impoliteness of street car driver*. One hundred year* ago time and. tide waited for nobody, and* oaw nobody waits for either time nor tide. Ooe hundred year* ago people did not enjoy the inestimable pleasure of growling so much about their gat bills. One hundred years ago every young man was oot at, applicant for a position a* clerk or book-keeper. One hundred yean ago university boat-clubs were not entered at poclealca like fighting-cocks to a pit. Ooe hundred years efo false teeth not considered vegy much ptef1 erablc to the original grinders. One hundred years ago krrotene did not often explode sad assist women to shqfflc 'off their mortal coil N — Ooe hundred years ago men did ' not commit suicide by going up to | balloons and coming down without Ooe hundred years ago it waa not 1 considered -injurious to the health or morals of pupils to rend the Bible in tbe schools. 1 One hundred years ago there were no steamboats or canals— even the 1 driver on the tow-path didn't Steam ' up ioUiote days. One hundred years ago there Wet* no Turkish harems at Salt Lake, and 1 Auu Elizas suing for a nineteenth ' part of a divorce. ' One hundred years ago England wis not very far behind tbe United 1 States in all that goes to make a * nslion powerful and progressive. 1 One hundred years ago a young 1 lady did Dot loose caste by wetting ' her bands in dish-water or rubbing the skin off her knuckles on a w ask board. One hundred years ago the physician who cuuld not draw every form of disease from the syetehi by lapping a ' large vein in the arm, was not much ' ol a doctor. ' One hundred yean ago the prt- > ducer carried his surplus produce to 1 market on bis horse, the products 1 being placed in one end of the beg ■ and the jue io the other. > Ooa hundred yoara ago our fa then 1 did no* light their pipes with matches I but carried fire io their pockets, to ' the shape of a piece of ponk, a piece 1 of steel, aod a flint. ! Ooe hundred years ago the condi1 lion of the weather on tbe first day of : January was not telegraphed al^over 1 the continent en the evening or De1 cember Stst. Things have changed. One hundred yens ago every man ' cut Ma coat according to his cloth— 1 every man was estimated at bis real value— shoddy was not known— no1 body had struck "ils»-4aod\rue merit, and honest worth were the only ground for promottyfa Ooe baud red years ugo, to tell the truth, people gensrall/died from natural causes, wbife to our day tbey step out through steamboat exploema, railroad smaahupt, hurricanes, 1 earthquake*, 'circular aawt, and to a thouaand other ways discovered alnce the birth of the oldest . inhabitants. A I'treatai v. U. ' [B'raoi t!" larUaftoa Hawkeyr.) f Yesterday noou a bold, bad boy, ' who live, on Columbia street, went i home from school and said: "Dear . ! mother, mayn't I go to my bare fret 1 this afternoon? None.'o! (ths boys ' wear shore in tbe spring.'' Bat his * mother said, "No, my darling boy, I r cau not let you go bore- footed , and if 1 you tease me about it I will wattle 1 your Under cuticle with Iho unkind * end ofa cheerful skate-strap." So the bold, had boy closed Ue debate with a sigh, aad wbsa the yeas and nays ■ were called hi. motion did not prevail. * aod the house toon altar adjourned. , But the boy went out of tbe yard by _ J tha alleyway, sod took off hi* shoe* ,* t .nd stocking*, aad hid them behind i ths wood-pile, and scuddod merrily off * to school, and everybody admired bit r flat, moddy tare feat. But when, he - gfa out of school the ground was ,r covr-ed with enow, aud be had a vary V solemn time ^£"b^h*J"ta " m^do'lrW tbe woodpi^l from a hay- * alack, and his oboe* and s»°ekto«* n m.ebr** Well have bran to th* middle j 4 of the ocean tor all Ute good they fiid » » him. 8o he went into the house, and; a after asmltold 611ta.te»«> ' made his MROft, wbkd. WBU fejfafit , ; sasJirriKTSg * His mother took tb. ftoofa aad^re s an exciting and bighiy -totl j/tafl ; i b«£i^<£r^wh.ie * roujd

