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VOLUME XXVIII. CAPE HAY. €ITY. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. MARCH 3.1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1494.

^ape hi a.-x" oity, n. j. U fe&aCAMhfon.. ' j * 1 .50 a year in Advance. ?rofrssional Cards. •y n. TTOFFMAN. . .amw ict swim »t.u* i ' -'"-ITOH. * VOTE* ivli EXAMINER | f j F. DOUGLASS. attorsr v-a t-i. a" w AI.TKK a. BAKKoWs ATTORNK v-a T-I. AW ■J~)K J F. LEA MING 4 SON, , DENTISTS, sjsvl * . r <-.wtrr lli>r*q -TAiervlsjsalid sa:J"A*ES~M. E. IIII.I)T(ETH, ATTORNK Y-AT-I.AW ' mucrrwl xt«m and fxamnkji h ' CHANCERY. JJEBBEHT W. EDMUNDS, ! ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, NHOiicrrotr and marter ii chancery | l'l» N J nil-, Sosinrss Cards. "J7JH08 B. ^TLUAMS. ^^ ~ £ ARCHITE<nPA}3rt!mLbER. will »au drawings. asp superim . .fffl or oontr act i'rnr K ^ vaifeinftaa rhgw Mat. s.j g b. uttle, .PAINTER A KD'G I.AZIER. ] QBGANS AND SETTING MA- C B. F. HORNFR, PIANOS. OffiiNM SEWING MACHINES _ Rranc-.«l Is- • ,- .,<-11. .-..J sptr-, ,T Q. TO GAUUlKOX'.s STAnOHEBV, AID ST8RE VJBETIIG JMR GOLD pens. BLARE HOURS, toilet iwjujair . miu QOOI) Y EAR jS It I ' It RE H FELT ( D. P. DIETERICH" ' New York Belting .nil Packing Comiwmy ^

WAKEIKH HE. »- cjirrtrpt streit _25£j *P»iSn»iriiit. Pa t)IG084 BROTHER. AMERICAN WATCHES, m"WALi«rr,"c«r..oocK street. philadelphia. WATCHES A JEWELRY REPAIRED. I J. a MATLACK, mo. • a. mtesta it. PBILAUA. TESRAC07TA DfiiDI asl SEWER PIPE, CHIMNEY TWA wind uuabd caps, CIHMNEY FLUB*. harder VA»d. <:eWVTUUO Lows* fjwund Boinpattlk. J J^S K. HANDftSON , tiAPE MAY DIAMOND CUTTERS. Ho. II WASHINGTON STREET, J] 1- BICE, JR,, ARCHITECT AND SUPERVISOR *00 WALNUT 8TREET. niilatteu'nia. PLANS ANDaPaesRlCATSOSa i'ARirULLl ■OCR JR. Jjtu JOHN m. BDB8kLlt" i OBT GOODS, GROCERIES, j aoora. -.j FLORR AND FEED. PORK. LARD. HAMS. SEEDS. Ac. **»* "o'Co. It J. j

CAPE MAY POINT JjjplL UMBER YARD. | Building Lumber of all kinds in Quantities to Suit Customers. ! I IIAYIJ A P'U 'iTWK OP FRAME TIMBER SHEATHING BOARDS, SHINGLES,1 FLOORING BOARDS. LATHS. &c. ' Sash, D.oo r.-», 331ii iris &' Ad! otll dings ■ ' - "' WESLEY G. HUGHES, CAPE MAY FIRE Insurance 'Agency J. H. EDMUNDS, NO. 38 WASHINGTON STREET, CAPE MAY CITY. I RrprrMauoa rtilrtr of to* nun nun, ominUn ol u. Vall-l Sum. ami Enron*. tabs aaaa^ wt^ tM HaMjW l" OBI otCape Raj for our IMnr nil lire Tears a: fcoWKsT >S«?££?££!!urt££o3i DOLLAR oatnelll'NORBD for a pemeol Orr ,rsr» Minor an. Travellers' JMJol Bl-ta also taXras: L«irr*t Ham. } taMaaaea on Pol Una l*»a.-.l I Croon rata ageorj PROMPTLY nad SATISFACTORILY AIL WM. C. SCUDDER & SON, Planing Mill, Sash Factory & Lumber Yards RANI' FACT!/ HERS OF / * SASII. DOORS, BONDS, SHUTTERS, WINDOW FRAMES, MOULDINGS. Hot-Bed Sash, Scroll Work Turnings, Etc., Etc.. LUMBER Of which a Large Stock i» Constantly on Hand, Under Cover, Well Seasoned, and SOLD AT LOWEST MARKET RATES. Front n«Ml Fedprnl Mlrootn,' Cnniilru, n. .y. . . Apntn.-m-i ice! ice! -ice! |the KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO., OF PHILADELPHIA. SUPPLY HOTELS. RESTAURANT* AND <X»TTAOES WITH pure eastern ice. coal.! coal! BEST ql'AUTY. CAREFULLY PREPARED FOR FAMILY USE, AND FULL WEIGHT Ol aRAX rEKXi; ■"""-J WASHINGTON STREET Abort OCEAN. CAPE MAY. N.J. '

our motto~"quick sales and small profits!" THE PEOPLE'S RELIABLE STORE. No. 43 Washington Street, Cape May City. •l | CHARLES NEED LAS. MANAGER. 1 NEW STORE INCREASED stoce, yiks r CLASS GOODS AND CHEAP PRICES. j JUST RECEIVED. A FULL LINE OF LADIES' COATS DR. WARNER'S CELEBRATED CORALINE CORSETS. ; ^ Uonl « Nnrr-^n CHARLi:- NEEDLES. Mnnrr.-. ••NEW CLOTH'ING STORE ; - i NO"W OPENfeD, «jo. 41 Washington Street, Cspe Msy City. "1 CHARUB NEKDLaa, KANAGKB. " Gats' iBiy-MaiB Clolliii jM Firiisii Gasis. ,| 'Wcnnrndlera Dnrlnc or tne TWESTT TO nmrTY PER eKNT.ro rewomrubnyin* * OUR READY-MADE CLOTHING, I : : ; • Mrs. R. DILLON, ' ' No*. I 8 and 20 WASHINGTON STREET. CAPE MAY CITY. CRT GOODS. MrTTONS, MILLINERY FEATHERS. FLOW ERS. SILKS. SATli.-. VELVETS. , KMBOMS. . UAP» AND A'Ells. FXNC Y OfSiDS. TOTS A-W ST^efo.VERY. : AMIS <„nSAMSI«.MEN> UJL C1XHM JCB*. UMPSF^C AND PARASOLS. GERMANTOWN. SAXONY ANDSKPHYR : WOOL Wilson &. Co.'s Library ®3 per Year, CI for Three Months NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE. !t WM. H. 3ENEZET'S Nil 1KB CEKTIUL^^^^ BOQT & SHOE STORE jSffl|LatiMj 152^-mifiilitw nr..; M.M. HBENEZET. \ r

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The Milwaukee Bad Boy— His ! Pa an Inventor. ] I •flit IIa: Nor I tore (roi yrvu." aaid | . j I be grocery man to the tad boy, tbc otner \ , • ; ninromg *S hi" fame io .anil jumped upon j ' I ibe counlrr nad lied I be cod of a lull of i twine io the tail of a dog, and "•ickfsl"1 j | tbc dog on another dog thai was follow- j ing apaising sleigh, causing tliclwine to' j psy oui unlQ tbc whole tall was scattered i ! along theldock. "Cmdemn you, I "re a J ■ n- >itou to cliokc ihc lircr out of you. ! I\'bo lied that twine In ihe dog's tail:-" The boy choked up nilb cmoiion, and hcdOn't know anything abint the Iwinc. ' or the dog. Ik* raid l.r .noticed th* dog I . CAmc in.nnd wag hUtail atound tltr twine, ! b <1 lie supposed the dog was a friend of Ibe family, and did not rfinurb him. , | ' Enrrybody lays crerything that is done , to me." said the boy. as he put hia hand- | i kerchief to his u et. "nud they will ta notion to poison myself by eating some of 'j your glucose sugar." _J, "Yea. and you ilo ahbnl cverytbi ng ! , tint is menlj^ The otlicr day a Udyeaipc ' j muslin tags, and while she was ciamio- ; ! is* ti al.e noticed something liard inside 1 ] llie l,ags. aed asked me what it was, and j I opened Jt and I hope to die if there j wasn't n kiltie brass pad lock and a piece I of red tuarrooeo dog collar imbedded in : ti.e ra usage. Now. bow do you suppose | thai gr* theie?" and Ibe grocery man J j looked rarage. I Tbc boy looked interested, and put on | an expression at llinngh in' deep tbongbl. land finally Mill, 'I supiaec the faruur ' I that put up ll,<- sapaage did not strain ibe dog meal. Sausage ought to be strained." The grocery man pulled in about dhialf | , a block of twine, after the dog bad run j ! against the fence and btokc it. and told j the boy be knew perfectly well bow Ihc j j bal thinking lliat il was safer to hare Ibe j . g.Aod >111 of the hoy than the jll will, be j , ifTeted him a handful of piunes. i '.'Jfo," says the boy, I hare sworn off ' on mouldy prune*. 1 am no kinder gar- j J j ors thing you couldn't soil, but I hare J ( j 'his nothing is loo good for me. Since j pa lias got Io be an investor, wc are go- " iog lo lire Ugh." "-What's your pa inrrnledf 1 saw a sireel ihc other day, and 1 thought may- \ be you had killed your pa." "Not much. There will be more Iban three backs when I kill pa, and don 'I you forget It. Well, pa lias struck a fortune, . if be can make the thing work. He has tiring biro in several million dollars, if lie i gets a royalty of Are dollars on every coal store in the wight. His idea is lo f hare a coal stove on castors w ith the pipe made in telescope out and in. and "robber ( particular place. Well. sir. to bear pa j tell about il, you would think it would £ rev iluiiooige the counfry, and maybe it will when be gets it perfected, but lie , came near burning the house up, and . srarrd os ail to death this morning, and burned his shin off, and be is all covered ( with cotton with sweet oil on, and smells like ralad dressing. You see pa had a ^ pipe made and aomc castore pal on.our , store. and be 'Jed a rupc to Ibe liearlh 'f kindling wood and coal last night, so he ' could draw the store up to the bed and j light the fire without getting up. Ma told him he would put His fool in it, .r and he told lier to diy up jmd le! i him run the stove busineaa He raid , it took a man wilh brain to ran a patent rigbl. and ma tbc pulled the elolhes * oYcr her head and let pa- do the fire act. ^ has been building i be fires for twenty years, and thought she would let pa are ° bow good il was. Well pa pulled Ibe store to Ibe bed, and touched off Ibe kind- " ling wood that the hired girl had pui On.' cause i! blazed -ap . awful £ and smoked, and the blaze Im rated out tlie doors and windows, of the stove, and * pa yelled fire, and JJumped vuit of bed "j and rushed In and brwasthcjcLrdrat man ' you ever ace, and you'd dide to see bow ( kicked when i threw a pall of water rm j his Irga and pot bis shirt out. Ma did nil pel Iwrned. tall sbe was pretty wet r and 1'ild pa the wuuM pav Ihe Eve dollara ° royalty oo itai stove and take tbc easiota j off and let it remain stationary. Pa Savs be will make it work if be bums the * Inure down. i think il was awful mean in paly get mtll al snejirCaute 1 Ibrcw * i 1" put hi. rhirt nut. ft I bad W.ncd lilt j-JI 1 1 Ufi- 1 waiibi tiave Irep an orphan and pa ! ! w.'uld tare heed a l.nifil ofleru.p lint i '' j w.ua- mm always kick at everything. Fa ; ; be giteir uptu.ii, er* ml in ly and ray. he i j Stall devwe the remainder of bis -life ruHfiz- himself of the different troubles " thai 1 got bim into. hi has retained a doctor by l lie yenr. ami be buys ihiimrnt i ° by Uie gallon." j d "What was it about your folks getting . i up in the nlgbl to cat i The hired girl was over here for some snap the other i rnraamg. aad the raid she was going to : of j have your bouse."" j is • "Well, that was a picnic. Pa said be fi waotrai breakfast earlier than we bad t | ***» m lire habit of having il, and be ii . naid j might see to it thst the bouse was ti awake early Enough. The other nlgbl i n: ! awulu* with the. atsfntan' pain you ever ' f beard of. It was that nigb!" thai you .' givm me and my chum the bottle of .pick- r led oysters that bad lopin to wofk. Well, i f f couldn't sleep, and 1 thought 1 would call ibe hired girl, and tbry got op and t _got breakfast lo going, and then 1 lapped : on pa and ma's dp* and mid them ihe breakfast wv getting rvdd, and tbey gut a up and came down. ws ml breakfast by gas light, and pa yawned and raid it made a man feel gtrd io get up and gu ready •" tar wrt before day ligbt,- the any be used

j i to t'rf IhmJarm. and raa <Jie "yawned'ond ! agre«i wilh pa. cause .be ,ha» to. or have j a row. . After breakfast »e sat around : for an Imur, and |« raid it was along 'i time getting dayiigbl atul tumi-by p»' ' looked al liis wa'lcli. When he iiegun lo 1 , puliiMU4.i. W.ietel Jit oat ami hid in the r | store room, and prelty son i biard pa', ' | and ma come up m.ir. and go to bed. and - j then the biied girls they win! to bed, ai d ' . when il was all siill. ui.,1 lb. pun bad j - ; lied and llooked to see what lime il was j ■ , and it_ was two o'clock in t|«- mfwning. We pot diooer al right o'ebe-k in tie i j romping, and pasaid be gnesaed u would i j call up Ibe house after tbis, ... 1 bare 1 - . another job. and it was all on ammo! of | 'hat b-iltle of pickhy oysters you gave' , roc. My chum rays be tad colic, loo. r ; bul be didn't call ujl bis folks li was ali | he could do to get upbitseif. Wbyjloii't ' i'ou sometimes give awsv something thai • it not spiled v" • Tlie grocery man said he guessed be i knew what to gite away, and Ibe lioy ! went out and liung up a sign in front of ; tlie grocery, ttat be had made obfw rap- : , ping !«pcr with' red chalk. Wrblcli read, ' "Hotien eggv, gnrai enSugb for custaid i The railroad reporter wilh a map spread j before him. was busily encaged in pro j jecting, on hit own uspoONbihly.-* line j to conned tta j., c- & i. and w., k. & j m. roads, and to form an itnpoiianl feeder j tor both. While he was thus engmas«d. Ibe eily editor wheeled around in his . i chair, hitched up his pink Italian suspen- ' i much of a ladies' man i" . j ' umw am," replied tbc railroad repotter, with a smile, "although 1 may no: | i look it. At uoe time 1 was a regular stand- ' j ard gauge,. steel raU. stone tallsM swell, j of kite years i tare uncoupled flom . that sort of business, and bare been tunj ning on a different line." j "Do you Ibink -you can handle a (e- ■ church cr affair among tta 'high lifts,' and j do justice lo ihe loui enktuwi of ibe j "i ibink i ran." | nsidencc of old Oil. Jingiesez an.l reprai i lie wedding of bit slaughter. Fay strict al lent ion to the style <d the bridV. e-l mine, and write upa uwdable desctiplion of it." Tbc railroad repot let 'rubbed up his eye-glasses, look his coffin lid coal from ibe bottom of his escrrloire. borrowed a fresh Cillar from ita- dealt-, odilor. and wem to Ibe wedding. •lien he returned his report read "Last night quite a number of gu.-tu present st the residence of Oil. Jingtcfex lo witness the marrisge of hi. lovely dsuglier wub our esieruKd yonng mnj. luoui Baptise MeGillaa. Col. Jioglescz -was ilie g-nrral manager of the entire guest system, and had hit headquarters established in lb. dining-room, and only left but post and thfaideboard. where the gentlemen were often side-tracked for repairs, to go Through Ihe jailors on a lour of inspection. Mrs. Col. Jingltaex acted as aupc:r intendent and yardsman, and most of tlie time »hj employed in Ibe kitchen, where slie had the supper course made up and saw that they left on schedule time. The whole thing was a real 10-foot driver. Miller platform affair, and will long lie remembered by tbeae who cere lucky enough loreccive invitations. a few moments before the arrival of the preacher, who was lo pull Ihc bell-cord for ihe matrimonial train, old Col. Jingles. * iib a heavy load. Tlie conx-qucr.ee was slipped an eccentric, and came into the parlor rttoniag on one side, but was flagged down io time to prevent him jamming his headlight Uirough'a hay window. Th. old getitfemjn, in stopping to fiil his tank an often, loaf the rigid of way and did not "Tbc bride was a slender beauty, and eyes weir of a peculiar pea-hi.wo.ni Mue coior. anl when fair lips parted in a unite tbey looked like trtme cine had Opened a red^ pocket-book. fabe-arra dressed in a flowing robe of yellow-limed bobbloel muslin a la ecru, looped q^d tlie sides whb a fiungariao pompadour .-i blue grenadine and fichus of Queen Ana. gimp. The dress was eat ■« an iocilo. of as degrees across the shoulders and trestle work of Louis xiv lace, and her waist wa» surfaced up' and 'filled in' with artificial flowers, made attractive by x; i ei at nar row gauge sh'ir: trnrv nt rrrt trimuiinr*. which skirted arramd ami ccucrest . j her polonaise. i) ,wn the from ! j of ibe tfalv was a midland route of antique i feeders of oostly frz menu-i" "TIm- wedding a a. t>,n y..b-evi i ) . uaved oa aeheilufa* time, and al,.pr ' tbc w bob- line do! a 'low Unt'ur 'high j centre' jolted the gentle glide of happi- ' | of 'that omviatent bltie miaarve— .be.p-w j forwarding message* of all" descriptions. ; The following is one of the meal opiqur i It was wruteu oa a postal card by lWqlinguished clergyman, and arat to bis*" TTso r»wttsii***M«<<!K.ag. niiirt euptsr i atavreradx. , , -First tairteen words pleas* .cake, and tare tkr Freia Grereu.tks taiitj-ana. .«*• a*v*at»*n. ' second, cbsptrr loor ; TW* lax two vena, ektptrr a regard boot or 1 Esprowrd In terra prase the rareaage | might have read: "1 am ■ father. Mrnta-r ' and son doing well ~ ,

id Mr. iiixl Mrs.. S|»oopendA Ur. re "My. dear !" exclaimed Ms. Spoopen- ! |J dyke, dropping hia rasoraod Examining : * his rhin with startling eyes, "my dear, 10 , plowed off my chip : ' "■ "DPI Utf see : .lrin«n,T<-J M1i- NJUBjieft. " ' '• I dyke, bobbing up and fluttering around j her liutbaniL "Great gracious what a •' J cm : Wait a"niinure :' and she abet into - "> | Ihc- qjract and oul again. _ _ lo -Quick:' roared Mr. ripoopendyke- 'I'm . ,s I bleeding t i death : feieb" me that court ; : K-.j piaster" ;C j *OU, dear:' moaned Mrs. Spoopeodykc. 'd *1 put it r»h wlr-re did 1 put it I" ! endyjtr, who hi.'! heard -liis wile imper- . . Itat I bete i« a draught here? Court ptas- ] 1 J tor. I tell you : Bring tnesomr o-url plus- j ir Just then il apfwareil Jo Mrs. fapoopen. i y dyke Ibal she tad put the plasirr in the j : '• piece and handed it to him. d Jlr. Spitopeodykc put il on the end rtdbis loapjii) holding liis tliuinb over Ihe; "c it SI tick fast In bis fing. r. w bile tlie raniagc j 1 id until finally Ins patience was thoroughly ft business r' lie yelled. ."Wtteie'd yon l.uy 1. be plucked it off liis Gnger il grew to iiis Is Ibumb. "SticK, will ye?' lie s-|ucsl.sf, i- plugging al I lie eul in hi. rliin. i*-«vr • "U his heel and pegged al il again. Why ' r- don't you btiog s-uue couit planer ?' he : ai shrieked, turning on' bis trembling wife. 1. 'Who asked ye for a leach ? Bring inc 1 !. something liia! knows a thumb from a - lime the pias-.T let go ami slipped np lo ' - the corner o| Iris mouth. - j .1 -Now it'a all licht. dear.' amiled Mr*. 1 e Sponpradylu. anxious !.. t'eume peace io • •Think It is. d» a e ?' raved Mr. s. with 1 a feafMrpm. 'May la-, the •Let me try. suggested Mrv. ripoopen- • dyke. 'Wbsr did ye want to wait utnil j ,1 if 1 hoid ye Itll-tay wrfeirarnswmerbtng:' r 1 and. Mr. ."pv.i-mdvke prancsvi up and 1 r down Ibe room WW. a f*r- tudleaiivc of 1 stern dctcraiinaii on." j ■ prnacbing>im wilh a smile, and gtally ' - drawing nwaj bis band, she dcflly ad- | r justed another pb-ce'of plaster. t I That's nr>' pirew aftrr all.' growled Mr. f Spoopend. ke. eyeing the ;-b' and gbmc-.-I inc at tlK paint .if his lian 1 to find his | t- piece of piaster gone, 'You always come « )' in the other band, dr*'." said Mr*. Bpoop. ' '- codyke pleasapiiy. " . ] •Of eour-e. you can tell, '.snorted Mr. e 8pmpeadjdtr. verjhrlng his wife's trace. , t lion wfctoa'glfnct* 'if ] tad y.-ur sight ( c and a pack of turds, 'I'd hire a slioi tower 1 s and set up for an astronomer : ' and Mr. ' t Spoopendyke. who evidently meant as- j g court plaster on his hand aM day long. ( e rather than admit: by -taking il off. that k liis wife bad ever la-en right in anything. | "c>il y"0"-* 1 I Wansmt Ns... - , About Ibe time ttat Dsaiel Drew l.gsc t , hit Wsil vtrert rwrerr be wu-op llo-<«>un. ' . farmers isM.sl upon him to decide a ease. [ One had Xtl.i tta olb.-r live hu-b.-U of ■ I half bushel, and sweep tta- lop of a tneas- , , ore wiib a stiefc. Tbeolbw objeeted, "I i and Uncle Daniel was asked lo decide. I I "Weil, legslly speaking, a bushel is .] , "And can the measure be swept off?" t I "I-tbiok il can." - ,n ld ' , protatd^SK. tall II- i— sl.Jw tboir tar- . now deride on," sighed ibe old man. "1! f , i teas selling 10 a w idow or a picaeiicr I i . ure wilh iheetraighk adfw,J*it if 1 was J wiling to a man who pastures his cows ( , m Ibe road and bis pigs in bis neighbor's * . corn. I'm afraid" I should use ihe circular 11 side, and scoop a litlle to boot" Mithras of Bottle* of Dr. King's New f Dtseovrrj for goruiaiapaaw, CnofOs sod folds. a'jtas. s-sij^ TUs'^llo'l-s, ol 1A« a o»*. . s:;' .rG"r^u. "!i«r,s°Ln*xDU ti J* J ' 1 "Mean," said the Texas man of bit * neighbor. "Why, there iau^a drop of the a ' milk or human kindness in ll.al man'. S bely. Hc'a got a dog that's an elegant " match for Jenk't tall pop, and be won't „ 'em fight. -Soroerrille Jour toil. f • — — -fa Quinine Muperwedest. 1 •„ . i rat pank-utsr. s— aSstrtaresreL F« sale nr S IL a. Kreavdr aad Marrj A Sfrerajr. < ap* Naj » •as

I fan ,vb i rains ra Ita- lldgiao reads ; run al the rare of AS miles pre boor. "Switreiiaodand Utmja hare no rall"TrJsiiose I.inr expires froUl ftlUoO I.I tiiouingion makes .iter A« nilics per •' hour. "Da Ihc Berlin l'.dxIam-Magdcburg ratlrooil, jsart of the through line lei ween I Berlin and Farts St; mites tare been nib ; in HU minutat. and SO mites In 1 hour and which g-«'-i fnun Bologna lo Brindisi, ATS . nule*. in 14 houraAO mlmitys. wliicb. in- . ' inib-s jH-r ft-ut-i J "In tiennany Hie fastest train is from. . ; Ik-Din II. llanover ..n the Magdeburg. . . Hallsns1a.ll .lbiUrond. ^ it makes l.»Si mg K qo The net i:a! running lime i. - | a! I fa. talc of njltes an hour. "Do the Drirant line, from Italia In , , Ii UAieaux. BS5 milra are run in » bom* 1U j unnfales. including IT Mop*, bring an Jateragr of JO ruiivs per hour." From . jTari» to Marsriltes ibe. distance of 588 ' t-skiie& Itari. .m the Nurtbera lUilroad I train run al ..rrr 3« mile* per hour. One I ran of ST mile, is made at the rate of t5 5 mile* pre fraur. "Froiwl.lv-llie fastest Irain in tlie oia n try is.tiie Ni-w York and l'liiladelpliiacx. . press on lb. vJ 'ennsylrania ICailroad. which I make* ibe tiins.f 4 miles in one hour , anil 52 mluolis. including Ibicc Mops, or al Uie ra'e of 47.8 miles per hour. From "The irain known as Ibe Flying Dutch. . nun' .-I ibe Great \V.sl.-rn liailroad rnns , f iiau l/Hidra to Bristol, a distance uf 118; miles, in 3 horns 38 mloutea or at Ibe tide of AU miles per hour, including two -lops amounting to II minutes. Excluding lln-v 'Mops the spcrei is 48 milre |«rr don. 7T ; uiilrt. is made in one hour and West Jrrary lfailnwl leave* tlie Junction in Caind. n «i 4 08 p. .in. on .Saturdays and aniv.-s al t'apr- May al 0.00 p. nx — making life rail of "11.01 miles in oof hour The frontispiece portrait of Gam bells In Ihc Mareb Cn-vrrcv. and the accompanyacquaii I il » in. Gam !•> lis. appears now plains, is not II. III- ctcdilcd to editorial baste ..t cn.-rgy. sir.n- tbry wer.- 4>oh in preparation lor Hit- March < "iqvTTi! Y bemerous inlrnstinganeedoies in Ihc article bilious I r n.-t-on, oulwiited ilie slubbom father, w no w Islicd hit son lo snccced bim business Id a ■- ontmvrrsial ctaractci is Mr-. Ituiiki.-'s pint for the bfgta* erlucati'.n Ibe admisiion of women lo Columbia ('«■- l -Ce. Ii i- <al!e.l *<A. New Knock at on . sons" . hats rtarmingly and instructively of couniry life and Nature: and Elbridge Kings ley has illustrated the- reaper wiib several striking engravings. In contrast Willi ilie rand Ami-rirnnisiii nf Ibis paper is li. II.'s slu.lv of local scenes and cliaraciet ip "The Village of Dbcramniergue." ' Jtasaioo FDy." ' ' "" ' "The A'rcbilectuntl ixeiguc of New York" is Ibe title of a profusely illustrated paper by iloger Itiordan, describing n club of young arcbileets in Ibe monopolls. Cable continues bis illustrated historical sci i** with "The End of Foreign too in I-raisiana"; and I)r. JTdward Kggleuim. in bis ibird historical paper, treats of "The Migrations of American Colonists." A realistic romance of tbc Ilusao-Tur-kisl, war. entitled "Yatil." by Frank D. Millel, Ihe artist and war correspondent, isjhe Iborr story of llio number. Mr. Uowells. in his second part of "A Woman's Iteasoo." which has already made a siroog impression, introduces a Ca'a-lrophe ibal changes the whole tenor of the lieroitte1* life; i here is also adetalted " — dnscripttoD 'tl a llosl on auction. Tlie poems of the number are by Andrew tang. Mrs. Julia C. IL Dorr.Jna IV t -..ninth. Jidio Van or Chancre', and W. F. Andrews, sod others. Worthy of sportsl mention is an unfinished poem by William Culteo Bryant. enlSUed here "A Mt to Ilis Wife, "and dated Rosiyu, 1873. Various publb queslipnt are discussed iu "Topics of ibe Time," notably one in- ■ >' r"' »r--l the i.tl-.cr .-litoria! deparlment treat ot new books, in "Literatim-." of "Home and Society" topics, and of new inventions in "The Wot Ws Work." Has a notable list of COOtlflnUm. Archibald Forties, the distingu tared war-cor-lAsjwindeat of the London lltilg Km, furnisher n vividly interesting story ci the Tiire-.-Itus.ian War. entitled "Where was Villiers F* which has die additional attraction ol being illustrated by the wellknown tattlc-paintcr, W. H. Orercnd, of tin- IUurtraUr! I/tndon Km, himself a personal friend of both Forbes and Vililer*. In lite "Letter-box" is a pen-aod-Ink. sketch of Mr. Forbes by Hubert Her"komre. from the portrait of him by that It.wc TrevY Cooke eonlribules -a capital story of tlie Mtebigan fires of 1881, raited "Tlie Wrrag Coal." There it a charming pr*Mi. . Iten Bruin,' by.Locy Lareom. tand me by Cclli Tlmxar: —p fAierell F. lisle gives us the latest particulars from Ihe l'eterkinx. Hokuaai. a fatuous Japanese comic artist, sod the paper is illustrated by reproduction at some of Unkusai's must popular pictures. "That S!y Old Woodchuek" is a characteristic Americas boy store by W. O. Jfl.1 MIM Anna Etchoerg, amlxir"*" * Of "The Field of the Cloth of Gold." Frank It. Stoekmn contributes a picturicsone and thrilling insuilmeDl of the i Story iff Vitrau." and J. T. Trowbridge tells bow tbc "Tinkham Brothers" I t.ok a Brat siand in defenoc of their "Tide-mill."" The Frontispiece is an engraving of Grruze't oelebruod painting of "The Broken Pitcher." Besides the foregoing, there axe stories, - sketches, poems, and pictures by Charles Barnard. Marsh Winter Kellogg, Jod l'almer Cox. Beginald B. Birch, IL P. Share. W. J- tteppard. DeCe* Smith, and many other*