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VOLUME XXVIII. CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1882. WHOLE NUMBER. 1483.

OA»E MAY CITY . N. J. • 1 .50 a yaar in Advance. Vnfrt&iaf J B. HOFFMAN, aoucrrox! « oar** awn ex a £ iir is * rn cH»!»rr"T Minim umiki oMmnom. wot* «Y rriilia ^ fZf- F. POPGLASfi' ATTOBHIVAT-IAW ALTEBA.BARROWS, ATTOBNE Y-AT-LA W •oucitob or ohehcxht. 0R. J F. LEAVfTNl Jk SOnT DENTISTS. clw VlT CTTT. "'v^ .tni^x im ombb | Otff indKat- , JAMES 1L E. HILDRETH, ATTOBNBY-AT-LAW aounroB. naetkh tint -TtxnvER in ohakcebt Q*~ " *°-«t TUll-f" "MB. Can> May 5» *-2- ■»$. I •ygpERBERT W. EDMUNDS, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, aoumoK axd barter w cHAXmrr. Bay city. N. J au.y ittfinrts tixis. \ JJN08 BL WTLLIAM8, i ARCHITKCT AND BUILDER. will MAKI DKAWTNOA. A Bit "ITtBIN .wxp ob ooNTmerr OT1CI 11 WMAinfinn a. Otpc MAI. iu. ^ B. LITTLE, muctical PAINTER AND GLAZIER. *HOr~CAp£ KT -TTT.Vfj0 OrtmWMMVLJoUmtwn. QBGANS AND SEWING MAB. F. HORNER, FlUHB. HSU! t SEWING IACHKES muim rrott, v. i. Q.0 TO GARRISON'S JTAfMEBT, AND STORE YABIETY yob bold yens. blank books. toilet yapkb. yotkkt cutlery. shell cheap libraries. MINIATURE ^VIR^MAirrjACTUBED on kewino machine keativbs and oil a •feci A itt T» WARHINQTON STREET. AYE W at. n i. ! .1-; - 'at . . rjOODYKAR*BrHBEB FELTVT INU amd yackikoro. D. P. oieTFRICH, Nam Yak BHtiny tnii Packing Cbm>- • 1 J^IGGSA BROTHER. AMERICAN WATCHES, SO WALM7T. Oar. DOCK STREET. philadelphia | WATCHES A JEWELRY REPAIRED. J 8. K. HAND A SON, ~| CAP* MAY DI4MOND CUTTERS. L. RICK, JB., ARCHITECT AND SUPERVISOR 4K WALNUT STREET, philadelphia. w-"t: JOHN M. BURKRLL, ukemal d baler ik DRY GOODS, GBOCEBIB6, FLORR AND FEED. patent mbdicwbh, PORE. LARD. HAMS, SEEDS. Ac. /OH* M. KLABELL, I

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Tbt CBiWoip. YlrltP. < Anrr Bern pal IlilDkiB(. b »u only 1 a week before Cbriptmat, an4. al ycu 00 '• /fin had been dedded upon for ber pet ' niece, who 11 red in a dipiant city. I II wap bard to know wba'. tn jiee Benaie \ — ebc wemed to well anpplied wilh er- • ery thing a little girl could want for oom- 1 fort or pleaaofe. W.. waa pw4i a good 1 girl, and to uueMrb, dial abe Wat a general faeorile, and brr frirndp, young and old, were all the tiro.- pending her eome 1 pretty trinket, until her own room waa a - kind of moanoro •* lorc-tokena; erery • tbe tablep C"»ered, and tLe walla adorned; I in fact, it bad altnml become a prorerb ■ . in tbe family that "Wbaleeer Beaale ' j withed for came." Now ahr ■ u ten yean old, bad de- i 1 dared beraell tired of Cbrinmat trrta, \ and asDouwx-1 that to bang up a sock. i ing for Santa Olaua to Bit Was to childish— abe ahould like to kc*p ChruUnaa some new way. This ws wbat aunt < Ruth waa puxzlipg orrr. _ A3 last, with I a look of relief, the exclaimed: "I bare I an ideal I know it will please her." She Immediately went to her writing- 1 desk, wrote a long letter to Beade's mamma, .-.n i folded loto It a crisp bank-note. ' | On Christmas morning Bcaaie opened ' Iter eyes upon a bright direr qaartcr 1 which lay on ber pillow, lleaide it was ' , a liny note. Site opened li and read: 1 s | "Deab Utwit: I am one id fifteen ail- 1 to t-er faints which are' to appear lo-day, . with a Chrimiiaa greeting from your Aunt I I Ruth. Take na all together down to »m>e I big Bore to-morrow, and we will turn in- , j to whaierar small tiiinga yon may with i "Oh, bow nicf." said Bessie. "Wbat 1 I a funoyaunticl always doing something ' different from other people. 1 don't quite ' understand what it all meant, but I am 1 glad enough of .this bit of spending 1 money, for I Bkdn'l one cent left." 1 And, wide awake, site jumped out of bed and began palling no ber stockings. 1 : when, to ber surprise, and delight, abe ; lonnd a shining piece of ailn-r in tbe foot j "f each. Two of Aunt Kutk'a faliea bad 1 -ken possession of bbr short, another f-ced her in tbe" wash. bowl, and a wee ' tie waa in her bo* betide the brush and simb. "Tbtae will almost fill my poor, liula < j -rat," aba thought, aa abe look it from 1 drawer and touched tbe spring— but I ere right between tbe red lining*, was ' e biggest fairy that bad yet appeared: ' Such a merry lime aa abe bad dressing I .at morning! Mamma waa called in con- I .uallj. And bow thry laughed over 1 , =ry discover}- ! I At breakfast, abe waa (erred first to a 1 - rail piece of silver coin; another just - .! rid get brought her. It was really roi 'isntlog— quite like tbe story of Midaa s ie had just been reading, only whatever •re touched turned into gold. She wooJered if'tbe chicken, potatoes, sod rolls ' would lorn into silver when she lasted ' thrtn: but, m! Although the loolttd very snapioously at everything on tbe Is- 1 . Lie, not another fairy showed itself. How many lima that morning she counted her ten silver fairies, I cannot telL But what fun she bad bunting after tbe other flvr, upstairs and down stairs, from attic to cellar, under ruga. In work- ' baskets, and in every cnnorivable place! Searching * as all In rain. I i;anii I tirj number eleven did not appear until dinner time when it flew out, moat unrxpecl- 1 tdly aa Bessie waa unrolling Iter Dapkin, r ud tbe ailvrr mate lay temptingly among II e nuts when the desert was brought in. j Bessie spent a happy afternoon ailliog in tbe midst of her many presents, and j planning bow to spend her little fortune. | Borne of ber fairy pieces should turn - In' o a pair of warm mitii-ns for poor Johnnie , 1 Davit; many times it bad made hef heart ] . ache at nbe watched him trying to sbovel ' snow with such red bands She would 1 1 carry a basket full of lalry cake, frosted | with pink and white sugar, lo old colored j ' Susan (the bad overboard Iter telling tbe 1 ^ cook that it waa many a long day since ' ' f she had lasted scything nice); abe would I ; change ber biggeat fnlry into a pretty a doll fur the dial retard-looking crippled , ' girl who lived around in the alley, and , would carry oat otbee plans of tbe aaroe j But Mamma waa calling her to get ] I ready far a walk, sod, rather reluctantly, i she turned away from ber new treasures t 1 to put co Iter wrappings, sod felt in tbe ; J pocket of bet ckok for ber gloves. They ■ wrre oiUniog. but there she found a fairy, i . and another came sticking nut from the l. bow oo bir bat, in a moat comical fashion. That night, at supper, a little cake was i _■ placed before Braaie'a plate, and fairy ■ ' fourteen • came near banc eaten, but . ' p-rped into sight just in time to lie aaved I I from such a fate. All the things bad to : be looked at and admind orrr again. There waa one more bant after tbe fairy . . that bad not made its appearance; it waa . unsnoocaaful. bowcrcr, and bed-lime.lha! 1 dread of children, came at last. It was - mange ' (for Beaale bad ransacked ber . 1 room five minutes before), bet there, quietly resting on tbe snowy pillow, lay tbe last of Aunt Rutb'a fairies! While abe waa undressing. Mamma expfclaad all tba mysteries of tbe day by I reading her Annl Rutb'a letter, in which full directions bad been gives. Then abe told ber bow Rape bad changed the paper 1 anoey lam tbe aewaat and brightest coins . be could find; bow busy abe bad been . ' I biding them, as Auntie bad suggested, ; and bow successfully abe bad escaped be- : ; "Wen, Mamma, H'ft tbe merrieB CbriB- 1 i maa Day I ever kn.tr: I like all my pres. ;.«#«! much, but I think I have eo- | joyed my falrks lbs must. I know wbat b 1 shall do to-morrow. I bare got it all • planned. Some other people shall ho . fairies loo." a ; And thanking ber Heavenly Fklher ; ' for all hie good gift*. Bessie tucked the j S j crowtbd pdrse under berpillow.bty down, and was adoo bat asleep. Early next morning, with Mamma 1c E brtp and advise. JJreaie waned out as beg : * pwasnsit rereads -of low; and the silrer : lairiee disappeared rapidly into all kinds

of tbe oddeat-abaped parcels, nstfl Bea- ! aie'a big basket waa fulLand ber ansa too. Such fas tbe bad distributing ber fairy buadlcs, sod aucb looks and words of t gratitude aa abe received in return I I "Why, It's nicer than my Christmas, t Mamma." the whispered, ss abe turned leave tbe poor little cripple, whom abe i made an happy by giving her the flm - doll abe bad ever owned. | I So, many aad hearts were made glad i , that day, and tbe whole king year, by • , Aunt Ruth s Christmas fairies,— M. E. ■ K. , fa ll Chxistw as St. Nicholas. | , At Charleston I met a man from Bine- i . hampton, N. Y., who waa agent for some < sort of cotton machinery, and almom the | , first thing be asked me was : "How do you manage with tbe hotel , waiters?" ( "Why, I bare to fee them, of course." p -That shows bow green you are. I am 1 1 giiog to Bop here four Oayt, and I woo't | pay en. a ceoL" ! i "Then you woo't gel much aervioe." it "I wont, eb ! Well, you juB watch me sod learn a thing or two. See that?" It was a lead hall-dollar and neatly coved with gold foil, and aod at first glance i It seemed to be a »30 geld piece. When I . tbe New Yorker's trunk came up atairs I aod the two darkrya lingered around for i quarter apiece that '."twenty" appeared . Stew, and be said : "Smallest I've got to-day. Ill aee you , before I go." Tbe saute thing was worked on the taI waller, oo the waiter who brought np ice-water, and oo several other indiriduala, aod when we were all ready to take tbe ! train for Savannah the trunks -rent down | oo the wagon and we walked to tbe de- , pot- Two minutes before tbe train pulled out the New Yorker turned to the Afrt- . can with bin gripsack and aaid : "J antra, will you .take Uila o-in and square up with the boys for me?'' "lea. sab." "Place It oarelully in your pocket and don't lore it" "She's dar," tab, an' lie millyuoa o" , , limns obleeged to you." "Never mind that. Well, we art off.' All tbe way down to Savannah that I evening my com pan loo chuckled over his ! in beating the colored population. but wben bo- reached the latter dty chin took a drop. We were not clear of the depot wben be was arrested for . passing counterfeit money, and all bis ex. . planaliona did not prevent hit return lo Charleston by tbe next train. I met bim afterwards in AJabsma. aod be told me , tbe affair cob bim AftS— Detroit FVsr Erfss. Martina a Venng Han. It is related *4 1 wealthy PblladelpbUn. that baa been dead there maay years, that a young man came lo bim oo* day and aakod for help lo Bart in buttons* I "Do you drink?" inquired tbe million. "Occasionally." "Stop it.' Slop it for a year; then come to me-" Tba young man broke off the bafiit* at , on or, and at the end of the year again presented blmrelf." "Do yon smoke?" asked tbe great man. "Yea, now and then." "Stop it! Slop it for a year aad tbeo Tbe young mat went a way and cut | loose frotn tbe babit. and after worrying ' through another twelve month! oooe mote , faced the pbilantliropiB. ij "Doyouchew?" "Yea." "8topU! Stop It for a year,- and then come and see me." But tbe young man never called again. I J Wben some ooe asked why be didn't make one more effort be replied: "Didn't I know what be waa driving ! | at? He'd have told me that aa I bad stop- , j ped chewing, drinking and smoking 1 1 1 rcalincaa of Compltxlon-Mrft. Langtrr's chief Charm. I - I The (pedal fascination of Mr* Langlry ' !• that she "iosfci to well washed aod dean, just like a child jum out of a Now this is worthy of note, for a celebrated old beauty, whose completion I at AO waa fresher than a woman at 40, told ' her secret this summer, and U waa di- ' vlded Into two pans;— First— She never , used washing or towel oo bar face, but : washed it with her band* rinsing it off . with a soft sponge. She need dear water i Lbs morning, but while oaatile scop or ' warm water n night, and after dryi ing it on a sod towel, the would take a I (Lab brush aad rub ber obecka, chin and > | forehead. Second— If abe waa going to be up late at night, abe always slept aa many r boon in tbe day aa abe expected lo be > j awake beyond her usual lime. She floi j Mbed ber little eermon oo beauty prerer- > ration by saying. "Soft water and sound r sleep, keep oil wrinkles aod apota, and , girla should gtre more attention to this r than they do, for la Ihr (otDE or taa beau rset.- . Many months ago (writea a correspond- , cut), wben Daisy was bat s callow infant, , I was affbtsad with a grlevoua cough, and . : ooe oigbL far in the deep walcbea, I gmre , rent to such a cough, prolonged, terrific, . hideout, that I woke myself, wife and In- ' -There." aaid my tyrnpalbixing partner. "You're goo* and woke up the j baby." , I waa wmlhalthla uncalled for remark, . sod replied: "Well, I'm glad of II" Tbere was a inomeofa ailence, and then i she aaked: "Why?" r "Well," aaid L "it shows that tba . child has a tender disposition and foaling ' ! heart. She is weeping orer ber father's '"Sere"' I f U f ! about hail aa boar after, tbaL ! Grown-up Jtpaorec wriien play with ' doll* In this oountry they gp to bafla 1 aod flirt with fopa.

"Say, my dear," aaid Mr. Rpoopemlyke, ' be hurried la. hot and breolhlea* late from bis bntwuwa, "did you get me a fancy dreaa for tbe masquerade to-nighi?" I "It's all ready," replied Mr* 6poopeni dyke, beaming. "Yon go a»— let me aee 1 1 I K° •• • SpaEhA gukar^iri, and yon 1 go aa— aa— iu either Louis Fourteenth, or I Olirer Cromwell or Sir Robert Bum*, i're ' ' forgotten which the man called It. " "I do, do IT said Mr. Spoopeodyke, | glaring around. "I go as ooe of 'em do I? As ibey an all dead, and aa 1-wlU do 1 for all three, p'raps you got a coffin. Show ' the ooffln. Ketch out tbe Intercoo- ' i Terrible catafalque aod help me on wilb ' i Hat it got tleeret?" "It Isn't a coffin." explained Mr* Spoop- 1 I eo dyke. "It is a doublet and—" L "It's a doublet, is U? Well, that re- \ ' |Tie»*a roe of ooe of 'em. I thought from ' i tbe way yon spoke, Mr* Spoopeodyke, ' I I it was a triplet la there a trousers wilb ' ] it? Got a shirt? I told rou lo grl a ban- 1 dit suit, didot I? Fetch out this Cram- ' i well business! Show me this man Burnt: 1 ' Any sword go with it?" Mr* Spoopeodyke brought forth a worn ' : rrd-velrel jacket, trimmed wilb tarnished i braid, aod a pair of yellow velvet knee- 1 i stashed up the aide. This abe 1 ' supplemented with a felt hat. aod a pair I of jack-boots armed wilh spur* "Maybe it is a bandit's suit, after all," i tbe suggested. "Which is tbe Loaii Fourteenth end ol - this thing?" dems ruled Mr. Spaepeodyke. < "Where does rbe Oliver Cromwell part . begin? Sbow me the Boras element on ! this schedule! II I'm going to get into tbia i thing chronologically I moat begin with - tbe meatly king and wind off with tbe I dod gatu-d poet; which is the king part?" - and Mr. Spoopeodyke shot on t of hubuaineat suit aod drew on the velvet trouarr* ' I "Wbere'a the rest of W be demanded, surveying an expanse of unclothed limb. "This whole thing ii only ooe leg.— r W here's tbe pair for the other leg? Give me some more troniers;" and Mr. Spoop- ' eodyke scowled about bim. "Don I the boou come op loaned them?" aaked Mr* Spoopeodyke, in some trepli Mr. Spoopcodyde pulled on the boots, - but still there waa an exposed apace of "1 a'puae tbia bare legged arrangement r iilje Burns part," grinned Mr, Spoopeo- ■ dyke. "He was a Highlander, and Ibis } much of me is Burn* Sbow me the i Cromwell part now. Is that bat It?" and ; Mr. Spoopeodyke put oo tbe bat and r breathed hard. "Wbere'a tba Test of me? My bead and legs are all right; bring out my back and stomach!" Mr* Spoopeodyke banded him the jacket aod be plunged into it with a jerk. That wbat you wanted?" be bowled1 "Couldn't you make rnore'n three epochs ' of me? Didn't tbe man bare but three historical dales? Pull that jacket down a ' couple of centuries, can't ye? Don't you aee '.be bottom of tbe dod gasted thing is two hundred year* frooi reaching the waistband of the Burns breeches?" aod Mr. Spoopeodyke tugged al the abbreviat1 cd cu«t and snorted with wrath. ' "Maybe that area tbe way It was meant to go," argued Mr* Spoopeodyke. "I "You sowed off tbe cost and pants, now •'pose you saw off a rod of Ibis hat and paicb 'em out again! Wben did Cromwell wear that bsi? What kind of a bet did ; he win that oo? Say, wbere'a the scaffold : that goes with ibeae measly politicians? Fetch oat tbe beadiman!" and Mr. Bpoop. eodyke danced into tbe cloect and out again. "Wbere'a Lbe louse that goes with 1 tbe Burnt part? Bring me some Charles I. tn bide my legs! 'Praise God from ' whom all bleaalnga Bow, '"for man was ' made to mourn because bis brad waa cbopped off!" shrieked Mr. Spoopeodykei > combining tbe historical idea be repre-" ' tented in one grand yelL "Fetch me three ^ suppers for ooe dod gasted old idle* that trusted bis wife to find a suit for bim!" , and Mr. Spoopendyke IbraB hit arm to tbe shoulder through tbe Onreosoler's bat and split tbe coal of the lamented Louia r from tail to collar-band. "Look out for I tome Sootch romance!" aod hn ripped off l the pasta and fired them into the grate. 1 of crime!" aod the went out the 1 window. r masquerade al all!" sobbed Mr* Spooprnl dyke. f "Write an epitaph on tbe beck of my r neck, aod nigoaaa tombatooe!" yawp«l r" Mr. Spoopeodyke. "Put three bells in . my side and a lorn atair-carpet al my back a aod I'll go aa a French fiat! Discharge 1 tbe hired girt and get up a cold dinner, c and I'll go aa a boarding-boose! But if f you think I'm going lo any measly mast querade in bare legs like a baby, aod bare- . backed like a circus. Job to advertise a . hymo-book, a gin-mill and a tread-air 1 factory, you're left, Mr* Spoopendyke. 1 You bear me? You're left!" and Mr. a Spoopeodyke drew oo bis night-shirt. "It's too awfully mean for anything," roused Mr* Spoopendyke, as abe laid away the Spanish guitar-girl'a costume, and wanned up ber crimping pin* '1 - bim. sod be don't appear pleased with it. . Another lime I'll get bim a sheet and a 1 pair of w*k* ao be can be a Rcanam aenac tor, and if be is disappointed aod tears 'cm up it wont cob eo much." With r which profound reflect bin Mr* Bpoopenr dyke said ber prayers, aod planting her cold feet in Mr. Spoopendyke'! stomach - sank gently to not. It it. related that the president of a bank in the Gunnison oountry had occasion lo visit Denver, sod on his return met tbe 0 porter of tbe bank at tbe depot, and asked: "Well, James, baa the cashier atactic - J dod 7" "No. sir." Burglar, broke in?" 1 "No, air." "Bookkeeper been charged * a run oo tbe hank r . "No. Br." "Then j everything -thing it all right. "Tea, Br, exb cepl a roronr around town that you had robIs bed tbe bar* of AfiO.OOO and aaOed for En- ' rope."— Wtff Street Wrara. -

soke roeTMUTXES who aee xi able to he disylacxd — bala If lie attached to ? From a Washington dispatch lo Ibe N. ' T. TY'rora of Sunday, the following ia rx- ' , traded aa of particular intrreat to Jersey 1 All men who bold offices subject to tbe 1 , disposal of an Administration are supposed ' lo be anxious at all -times, bat ibey sre j 1 particularly concerned shout their place! i 1 ' when tbe term of four years for which } Ibey were appointed draws to a close. If 1 , of this kind are troubled in their ; sleep when they consider that tbeir oflL ' 1 rial existence may be anon terminated, j there are 45 men In New York Stale, 14 ! in Connecticut, and 11 in New Jersey who 1 Will suffer more t/r less from insomnia be- 1 ' December IB and April IsL . If the I President pleases, be may in thst time distribute these 70 offices among 70 /urn j who may be recommended as more intelmore capable, and more influential ' politically than tbe postman rr* who are 1 . attending tn tbe collection and dis- ' tributlon of tbe mail* While it would ' , impossible to specify the poBmsstera j who are lo be so fortunate as to be renominated to the Senate, as having bee n B capable, courteous, red hoars! officers of t the Government, it is believed that a large proportion of tboae enumerated in the ta- - ble* given will be kept in tbeir placet - Some of them bare held office for many r years, and their poBtions hsro become more desirable year by year. Tbe offices t which pay tbe highest salaries are not alu wsys the most desirable. Those in which ( the salary la about f3500 ud In which b tbe poatmaaur owns the boxes and rce criers tbe box renta are tbe moB.lucf® - live. The office *t Orange, for iostsnoe, psys 18800. Tbe office is not in a Gov. L eminent building, the postmaster collects ^ lb* rents for a large number of hole* and L tbe commissions are handsome. If ibis postmaster disposes economically of tbe e fundi, allowed him for clerk hire, his inb come should be a very comfortable one. Tbe list below, with tbe salaries of each - postmsslei.il • complete ooe of tbe office", i terms of which will expire before April 1st, 1888. MMC. IWfttOAw. trte-B-lft. ' SMS"" imig £11 I a e. Jinx r . xs * 5552Swn 3 " 'ly" '"' "v j " ^ ^ ' k'orea»*'. "."'l IhTsrkw DeaBtS I Tissual land Howui. > , vi, mux! k h Fuller jin. i! "a ' Wreaaokm nopaia HftrUru. Hoc. si *1 ' Tbe Uat below la one of PreBdrona! 1 offices in New Jersey. The salaries named were adjusted upon tbe butineaa of the offices for tbe four quarters ending March * Star. 1882, ud waa fixed to take effee' !• July 1st, 1882. There salaries will not be * readjusted again until after the buBnrw " for tbe four quarters ending Msrcb 8Dt, h 1884, has been reported, except In rax i u where an increase of business as shown * by tbe return! for four consecutive quarc ters not Included In sny prevVOul adjustd meat, will warrant an Increase In aalary. i rommeox . 'aS'Suuv' | PreisaTg ^ iJS'ureretole j'S (, loSiOil tJrentt . l'J» " Umt Branca ; |gr""r is|JKss. IS Had the Dead wood on Her. e Tbe other day a man ud woman came I to a sudden halt on Grand Hirer street. " aod the woman dropped a basket she was , carrying and called out; / "I will! I Willi IU not lire with you i, another day!" r "Yoa'U leave me, will you?" be calmly B "ked. "Yea, I will!" j "When?" t "Now— rigbt off— tbia minute!" "YouH go away?" . "Yea, Br!" "I wouldn't if I were you." "But I will, ud I dHy you to prcvenl _ me! I have suffered at your hand! aa long 4 as I can put up with it!" , "Oh, 1 shan't try lo Bop yoo," he qtiiet- ^ ly replied. 'Ill simply report lo the pot lice thst my wife hat mysteriously direppeared. They will win; jour description ud I shall give iL You wear No. 7 shoes; j. you have u extra large mouth; you walk .. stiff in your knee* your nose turns up at tbe end; hair tbe cujor of a brick terrae oott* tbe newest id fashion; eyes raiLer J_ oo tbe squint; voice partakes of " ^ "Wrfcich! you wouldn't dare do that!" .. "I certainly will, ud tbe description 4 will go Into all tbe paper*" Tbey glared at each other for a minute ?j like cat* !, Then be walked oo. She looked up ud L down the street, gritted her teeth together, and then picked up ber basket ud follow- ^ ed on after. lie bad what thry call ibe , dead wood oo ber.— Detroit fVsr Prat. * A man wu carrying a coon be bad caught, wben be met three Rule boys in tbe read. All of them Hid excitedly ^ and at oocc: "Mister give me that oooo, M give me that coco, give me that coon, . Mitter." j. "Wen. toy* rn tell you what I'll do, If you will tell mc the party you belong r to and why. HI give U to. the toy who 4 gives the beB reason for hia faith." "I'm! m a Republican, becauae that party aavnd i :D the Union," aaid one. "I'm a Greco. , backer, becauae Ural party is in favor of plenty of money " When the Ume or the □. third toy come be aaid: "Em a Democrat, 'case I want tbe coon." *-

Polite Inspector Murray, of New , _ . tells Uiia true story: Twenty-fire I • year, ago a young buaUnd disappeared ud waa given up for dead. The auppcxed ' 'widow, who bad ooe child, a daughter, married again ud now lives with her arc- ' ond huahaDd in New York. -Recently ' the daughter atoerialntfi tbe whereabouts ' j of her parental grandmother and paid brr j visit. From tbe grandmother abe learned j i that ber father wai alive and well— a j wealthy planter In New Zealand. The . daughter hastened to tell ber mother. I ' whore singular position — with a husband , ' on each aide of the world— greatly dit- j j tresses her. j Scene, Madisoavllle, Ky.; dramatis pcrI sonre. Miss Merlon. First Lover Colemu j and Second Lover McPberaon. Miss M. , I is engaged to Mr. Coleman: abe meet* , , McPberaon • stranger, and goes mad over ' j him; the engagement with Colemu broken; Miss M. i! engaged lo Air. SlcPher1 1 ton; she see's Coleman pa!! by ber father's bouse ud bet (list flame sweeps everything before it. Aliss M. Sends for . Coleman ; does she wont to give him i back some trinkets ? No! she wishes to renew tbe engagement. Wednesday night; cards out for wedding wilb McPberaon; | McPberaon artirea; liouie dark; ail Alad- , isooville forbidden; McPberaon rings-, [ ' Miss Lixtie slope.) wid Moss Coleman!" Tbe town of Wapakoceu, Ohio, an . the aeeoe and Ptrtner Critea.the dangbtrr j of Farmer Crites ud young' Andrew | Harps were Ibe principal players in a little comedy of recent production. Harps bad wooed ud won Mist Crites as to her J heart, but oot as to ber fslher, who opposed tbe mstcb. The young folks elopedt< t reached Wapaknncta before Mr. Crilcs, ud were married. In hia uger Mr. Crites [ caused his aou-ln-law's arrest fur perjury j in hat ing sworn that the sixteen year old I bride wmsj eighteen. At tbe preliminary hearing the family Bible waa produced. , Lo! tbe farmer himself was mistaken— hia daughter w as eighteen wben he had thought her two years younger. Tableau " in the 'Squire's office. Alathildc . Bolchkowski wai a tough j name to weave into a love aong. but no doubt Karl Wilkc could do it. Karl vfS ber lovsr at Penako, Kreisa Pomern, in r Germany. Karl was a soldier at the garJ ritoo there, Wben Mmtbilde.u orphan, ? accompanied tome friends to America, i Karl wai disconsolate. Days having passed J he deserted from King Williams' aervioe ' *ud followed ber toTrenton.N. J. AtTrcn- ' Dm Mathilde wished to be married rigbt J away, hut Karl wished to bide a wee until S he could get a bouse. Tbe flr« quarrel 1 ensued. Law waa invoked. Escorted by 1 an officer. Karl appeared at the Court c House, ready to take hia bride. Then she i demurred. Perhaps It wasn't rigbt, after ' all. Sensations. Pleased spectators. Mar- • Why a wedding, appointed for tbe , evening of the drat instut, did not take plaee la told by the papers at EvsnsvlUc, 1 Intl.. tbe home ■ if the parties concerned. The young woman went to Chicago. In - buy her wedding gown. On the train ■ hither she was drawn intoaflirtation with 1 a hand*ome Toons man from Alinneapolir. ° Flirtations are easily on. bin om re easily ..ff- Tlic new tx-au teaiod tlie girl so tin » J ahe permitted hiiu to rail and son licr in d Chicago. A few days later (he brideJ groom went to Oiling Ho boy hia briadcloth, and while iht-te he met tlic vjllian U ol tbe stoty. Tlie la'ier aasureil him thai J ne knew .several Evanarll'e girl* uue of " whom (naming hia Interlocutor's sweet0 heart) he had kitted good-bye the preced2 iog week. " Daggers and double dagger*' » The gi'l wee|*s. the deceived has "gone 2 sconded with some of hit employer's Fron rhe Ckleago Trionnr. 1 "But, papa-" "Not uotbrr word." said tbe pcrarn thus aildresserl, a tall, baodwn e roan. In whore deep, brown hair a tinge of gray wa« just beginning to show. "You know, my child," he continued, "that nothing could give me more pain than refuting any happy and free from C«r<) aa m ben some act of mine bai made ydur life brighter. But this request ! cannm grant. A sealskin aacque with fur fcimmings! By my 4 halidom. you Jest brassy—" aod torn'rog hastily nway, Dunsfan Perkins stepped to tbe sideboard aod took a drink. For an u instant Uilian siixsl in the ooaiervalory , lo. iking steadily down at tbe heavy velvet r- carpet In whieli her shapely feet sunk e deeply, tot presently the spirit of de»o- ,. late loneliners seemed to leave hp aafl ^ going quietly into an adjoining room stir , began eating pie. into tbe apartment. "Perhapa I was rat ber barah with you, Lillian," he began. ., But the girl interrupted him. "Don't speak of it again, papa," abe aaid, "ben cause I know that you really have no money to spare. W bile I waa mending your overcoat last evening I saw that note from 'Daisy,' and I would not " d "You saw tbe note?" asks Mr. Perkins, in hoarse, agonized tone* "Ye* papa; tot you know 1 never — " "How much will a sealskin aacque "Three hundred dollar*" and as tbe girl spoke I bore words a baleful light shot from ber eye* "You can bare the money to-morrow," d he aaid. and went slowly out of tbe room. "1 thought my darling papa would weaken," arid the girl, and, lifting tbe y fork aiowly^Foer Hp* the lsB of tbe pie i, waa gone. >, If any ooe has represented that we are i g la any war taterrssel in sny bogas Wtlen or | 11 tar;.- Ulo or UfOU. LAey srr trend* and 1 3- : We oral in and par only tnr blU> tor thrgrnnlnr | >- Is blame equal to a hundred years be- ■ Kauae 11 U oeoaure— eh? '

3Un- ^drmisria«t«. Holiday Goods atWanamakeis. One quarter in the store is peculiarly a Holiday quarter, ;t gift quarter: * place where just a little use is made tlie vehicle ior a great deal of luxury. It is lull now; full of wonders; full of pretty things; full of silly tilings; full of surprises; full of what nobody expects; full of what everybody expects; full, as it has been full near Christmas time before. Beginning at the very centre of the store, next north are two counters, one of them very large, and one half as large, filled to overflowing with perfumeries and other toilet artides and implements. We positively must not begin to mention names, nor even classes. , The only way to get away from these miraculous things is to break away. Next northwest is a col- ! lection of small things that people used to luxury will recognize under the name small leather artides. About the biggest thing there is a i portfolio or writing-case, i I'ocketbooks arc the commonest. But such pocketbooks ! Oh. yes you can » get good substantial pocket- , books there, with not a cent . of extravagance in them ; but naturally we are thinking of tlie brighter ones. Leather 1 isn't fine enough. They must enamel it, paint it, deck it out with silk and shining sili ver and gold. Every year 1 people get worse and worse. Every year they must have stranger and stranger things, r Silk, plush, velvet and lur bags are there, with all their pretty and handy and cun- ' ning fastenings. But we must hurry on. t Next northwest are writ- ■ ing-papers. Here's room ; for a trtaHS?; 'We're not going to stop. But anybody who passes that white-look-t ing island of trade In the sea 1 of people, without finding out what WanamaMer Best i means, in or out of Holiday 1 time, is a loser. What a glory has a page of pure paper! Photograph albums are next on northwest ; and here the cirde widens. Is all that long row photograph albums ? Is it possible that so many people didn't buy albums last year, when we brought over a ship-load almost ? There's a new set i of people this year, may be. , At least the photographers r hayen't gone out of business. At this end are velvet ' frames ; yonder are boxes ' of leather and plush. You can pay $60 for a box that a touch will spoil. Don't suppose that the things put out to show, even under glass, ^ are tlie fine ones. Whisper a to the saleswoman that your r pocket is full of money, and 1 that you are aching to get • nd of it. Brass and bronze! Oh, see the mob of brasses and bronzes. Open your dic- ■ tionary. The first word you ' come to has its image there. !, Preposterous things ! Have .. your wits about you. An > artist has studied out -every 5 one. The artist is a wag too; c for jokes abound ; little touches of humor and broad farces. So there is pathos; and beauty everywhere. But c shall we presume to disj course of ten thousand things < in a shop, each of which was . born of Art? Korlh frwu centra, all Ike way to tLe outer 1 '* t Everything in Dry Goods, ' Wearing Apparel, and j Housekeeping Appointments sent by mail, express ' or freight, according to dr- *| cumstances-subject to retu rn - and refund of money if not |d satisfactory. Catalogue, with derils, mailed on application. John Wanaaiakek. I rt£r ^SJuaa^SS-