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VOLUME XXIX. CAPE MAV CITY. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1522.

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TIB, BT A PRKK'TLVAWt TOlVXTHa | Yer. 1 war Ibnr, and well remember the inlrnte heal, the almoot ImpeoeUmbic dud, Ibe surging of ibe boge ma* of ' Iroopt, tbr crub ot the tniUcry, Ibe ratlie of mailt el rj. the mul-otirring tbrieki ' of Ibe woandetl, tod ibe dying groant of ' Ibe poor boji of ibe faithful Receive ' Corp*. Day ttu Ju« Ureakiug, a* we got i the order to fall la, and lake position on 1 Ibe crown of the bill, back of Ibe corn ■ field, and facing the little church, behind i which. In Ibe thick woods, were concealed 1 Ibe rebel batteries. All Digbt wc could 1 bear the solemn whisperings ot the sentries so close were the Isller to our lines, 1 end (be muffled sounds of the prepsra 1 linos going on for ibe engagement which ! all knew must oome on Ibe following day. Many a brare man slapt bis last sleep on earth, 'mid dreams, perhaps, of Ibe lorrd ones al borne. Many a alienl prayer 1 ascended In heaven for the last time, for ; lately on the morrow. Dsy si last broke, and oar fitful dreams were over. ' Hooker occupied Ibe extreme right, ] resting on Sbarpaburg road, and bis bat- ' teries covered ibe woods ao our from. 1 . The infsnlry, the famed Pennsylvania Tbe infsnlry, Pennsylvania

Reserve Corps.ua the right, held" the road, and guarded ibe exposed flank of our line, wlillc sway off lo ibe iefl could be scin the line of blue coats, reaching as far a* t hr eyc could see through tbe gagberieg lighL At four o'clock tbe Aral gun blecbed forth the llfflBg that the awful work bad Indeed f begun, and lo those of us who stood there awaiting our first engagement, and sight of Ibe wreck and ruin of bloody work, its sound seat * thrill through our young veins, which wss only recovered frcm on bearing tbe aooLsUrring cheers thai rent tbe air along the line of tbe Reserve frocL Following this came Ibe report from the rebel batteries stationed in Ibe dicaled that tbe gage of bsUlr bid been taken up by the enemy. Promptly came the order lo opea mlnmn and await tbe attack. A dense black disss could be seen moving noiselessly, but firmly and steadily out of tbe '.hick wands bock of lly little chutch. On I bey came wlib lines unbroken, presenting ibe appearance to US of * boge basse* sweeping resisticatly forward until tbe intervening hillock bid them foe s lime from view. Scarce a quarter of a mile separated Scares of mile separated

tbe two armies at Ibis Has, lb* ground b between them bsU* . wluaiaS r » rolling mound, crowned In our Immediate P front with a field «f ripening corn, dasiloed never to I* remind wlrb tbe peacesickle, but soon to brad and break be- * Death tbe feel of ibe coclending armies. " and bow Its feathered bead to tbe ruthless ll storm of shot and shell Our bays bad early received orders to v He down behind a low broken rail fence, r which surrounded ibe aforesaid field, and ' await tbe word before firing- As ibe 0 ; M the advancing "Johnnies" lagan lo (ppear through the com. It TO ' difficult to restrain tbe ankw of tbe firth men who bad recently been received into * Ike ranks, whilst tbe " old vets" remained , cool, calm end collected, awaiting the order to open fire. "There they oome!" ' "Yonder is one, doo'l yon see bim r . "There's soother!" "There they are!" J tbe moat excitable, while tbe ofiScen J firmly ordered quiet. "Steady men, steady!" "SUeoorV "lie down!" "Await orders:- would e oca si on ally be ' , whilst over sB tbe bttttrtei roolln- ' ed their thundering roar. Hooker, at this time, stood but a few ' nooter, at una time, stood but few

fact from my position, and I could oecaslocally bear bis orders given hurriedly lo bis aids. My attention was divided between watching. him and peering lb rough r tbe field of corn, sod just as I turned my eyes toward bim al tbta awful moment, I saw him tall, bleeding in the foot, struck by s stray MxR, or fragment of a shell, with which the air was now becoming thick. I At last tbe order came to fire, and the whole ranks of (be "robs" were mowed down, so dose were they to osrgus, and to well directed a ss our fire. "Pba low, , boyi!" came the command 4from our brave lieutenant! "Fire low. dotrl aim tooUghi- "Be careful aad keep cool;- • "Lta flown, don't expcae yourselves," the . breve boy (lor be was only • boy), mid i to na, all lbs lime be paced back aad : forth among us, now rotating oof to do- ; kwd his breech-loader. TSUl exi ; !"•» jnutkel vre— ««oop don Geutgw-" - ; And as be tpuke Ibis last word a g)Tg--- ; ; ball struck bim full on the Ureatt-ptair . ; and he fell tale my anas. We ckmed ; ; him back a lew cejj, for one spot was as , [ good aa another al I hat time, where, after

of tbe lorn of oar breve lieutenant, and the shock at bis death was soon overcome by the threatening rattle of musketry, which appeared to rurroood as completely. I ennbOllen how, or wherefore, bat *000 after Ibe shove scene we learned that tbe line of the enemy was falling back, and their straggling and broken column, was, are long, plainly seen retreating Into tbe cover of tbe wood*. Orders came to advance, and ibroagh ! Ibe oorn we went, over the bid, down through tbe meadow al its base, and only : then we learned of tbe sad havoc wrought by steady and faultless fire. Tbe fields were literally strewn with tbe bodies of ; the dead and dying. I shall never forget | one poor fellow at I passed bim crying j ] fur God's take to give him t drink of wa- ; lev, aad I bad only aa instant's lime lo stop, stoop down, and let bim wet bit _ parched lip* from my canteen, when 1 wss harried along. When I returned 10 tbe spot, be wss dead, and around bim lay hundreds who "bad fought their tart j fight," and yielded up Ibelr young llvee for what tbey coooeired to be lAeir country. • b

But my story ta long enough— I do not n want to weary. 'The rest is soobjpld. AB day long, under a brolliog September £ sun, we advanced, retreated and advanced ■ li again. At tbe clone of thai terrible day's n r work we bad achieved what? A drawn j tl battle. Lee was crippled, no doubt, sod j a r his advance on i'cnntyl vanta checked— r . prcvcnledi.but McCleUan'a army bad suf- ! o I fried terribly wtqtatbabliDg ibe laltlefield ' b i st its dote. The^ niiu of what sitae b i called victory, were allowed to escape us, V t as Lee slipped off In tbe night, and re- a i crossed into Virginia It was my first fight tl , —It wss, too, my last one. for ere the last , II ] sounds of battle died away no that beauti- p 1 ful September evening, I wss lying in Ibe )t 1 field hospital, mlooa my left band, and j B . with s ball In my arm, which I will carry j h the grave. Yes, 1 wss at Anlletam. ' n and I tm not Ilkdy toon to forget ll Do c , you think I am! 11. M. L t ; |! I In different sections of Ibe army, vat- , B r lout expedient! were resorted in for ibe , i ( purpose of correcting minor offenses, j f What particular shape tbe paoiahmyi'. should assume depended vrry much up.>e j i tbe inventive faculty of Ibe Field and I • ' Staff, or of such officers of the line as j might have charge of tbe ease. i , Before taking tbe field, a few dtisen i

I sneaking tbirve* were discovered prowl- ( log about the leota. There were prompt, g iy drummed out bf camp lo the " Rogues ' i ir March." the whole regiment shouting c L In ileriwm at tbe miserable fellowa look to ,1 I, their heels when tbe peurrealoc reached o J tlx liestro Of sue lauqi, wnTTC 1UVJT (j T were told to begone, and never jbow i , their face in camp again on pain of a t ' If, wHe we were lyiog-in camp, a man ] D refuted to do bit duty, be was at once t K, taken to tbe guard bouse, which is tbe a , military name for "lock-up." Ooce there j rt tl tbe dtaoretioa of Ibe officers, be eras • ^ tuber simply confined sod put on bread, < j_ or else ordered to carry a log of wood, or c 0 a knapsack Oiled with stone*. " two boars ] w ou sad two off," dsy and night, until such , „ time* as be was deemed to have done , K sufficient penance. In more extreme cases, ■ A t court-martial wit hdd, and tbe penalty , 3( of forfeiture of all pay due, with hard t 1 labor for thirty days, or the like, was lore Dieted. j , Ooe day, down in front of Petersburg, j a number of as had been making a frfeqd- | ly call oc some aoqaalntanedf-over in an- | other ragimeaL As wa were returning < we came across wbsl w* look 10 bs ri

well, awt, -a-utuga urmE, we all stop- I, ped. Tbe well in question, as was ureal i there, was nothing but A barrel sunk in I the ground ; for st some planer the ground i ao fall of spring! that in order to get I water, ail you would have to do would lie ( sink a box oe barrel, aad tbe water i would toon collect of its own accord. Stooping down and looking into ibe barrel in question, Andy discovered t man r standing In tbe well, engaged in belling | " Whit's be doing dowo there in tbst ' hole ?" asked snme of our company. "Why," said the guard, who was ' standing nearby, aad who we bad taken for Hie customary guard of the spring, \ " yoo see, comrades, our Colooel bit hit way puntiblu' the boys. One thing , be won't let them do,be wool let ibem get If they do, tbey go Into tbe gopher bole. Jim, there, it in tbe gopher bole now. Tbe bole bar s spring st the bottom, sed tbe water comes la pretty ■ , fttt ; and if Jim wants to keep dry, he's . . got to keep dipping all tbe lime, or else ' aland in tbe water np to bis waist— and Jins isn't so mighty food of water, ndih- • . re.-— St Kiekthu for September.

h Wouldn't Part With It. | 0 " What a horrible shabby bat you are 1 b wearing." said a gentleman on Austin 1 y Avenue to an acquaintance. " I declare 1 ; I mm really ashamed of you. Came Inlo k Ibis bat store sod I will get yoo s new f I, 000.- • « g " O, no, you doo"t. , You can It play J no such tricks ao me." 1 e "Tricks! Wbsl do you mew* I don't : want to play no I rick ou you_" 1 d " Yes you do, but I won't have it that ' d way," objected the man with tbe bad 1 . hta. w ' r " Where ta there the least chance for a 1 n trick f" 1 » "Why you see my wife declare* the 3 e woo'lgn out with mess icog as I wea, 1 d this bat, aad I don't propose lo render - 1 -T— « prefecrij defense kre by getting a j r a dsy tome limes, and I wouldn't pari . with k for money." e A hacbelcr aad aptualer w bo bad here ' . ; acboui-malra in yornh, and who were ' t di»" U>e tame age. met In after year., ' S rffj* "j ttoaeiag to remark tbst ' "men hve a great deal farter than a Oman. " ' i Tea, Maris. The . 1 four yearn okL Now S*cS^nny^'ml ! « iff" yu" thirty yet." 1 T^ey nevtx met tgrin — Gtargow StcBlkf ■ I j

t Performance Of a Battalllon Ot t On one occaasion tbe regiment was camped in a Union neighborhood, and no t order was issued tbst no rails should he t burned. Bluffer considered this all wrong , and lo be treated with conieupL Ever)' , . night he built a rail fire in socret, and ' ' warmed himself with tare enjoyment. ( Oiher member* of tbe company, teeing c 0 that Bluffer escaped detection or pmfisb- ( n j meat, determined to build rati fires atao, )' And finally Ibe next company did the • ' t same. Ail went well for a time. Every > ! nigbt as soon as it was dark the boys ' f would steal off to a distant fence, each s t ! man shoulder bis rail and slip into camp, g ; One nigbt, as tbe two companies left lo ; , - secure their supply ol rails, tbe p-4oncl j , a then in command of tbe brigade received . s > notice of the raid. He ordered out two j a companies of another regiment, and as the j e boys came slyly to company quarters tbey r j Wfre put under guard- Then a lien ail t t j were in, about sixty in number, tbey were t marched, each man carrying his rail, to - brigade bead quart en and ordered to march and forth for two hour*, each man for man <

Bluffer's eyes twinkled at Ibis order. ^ : He marshalled tbe indignant or disconso- B • men in company form and parade in t regular marching order. He to arranged ^ that in turning ooe man should left face and bis partner right face, so* tbst tbe ( nils should crash together. There wss . of course a terrible racket Bluffer imi- . taMMtc colooel in giving ordenolskinc * vSice ponderous and bis accent strong, . \nd marching bis battalion occasionally 1 w> near headquarter! aa lo almost touch the lent. Tlie spirit of mischief made ( ; the boys reckless, and *11 enjoyed the fun. t | fTlie colonel stormed and swore, but p" , , »nc lieaeded him. Tbe rail beiulion ( | moved around the little parade ground ) Id front u sedately as If oo drill, paying | attention to officer or guard. This t . continued for many minutes, tbe colonel ( I shouting himself hoarse. Al last ts bs ( | kit bis tent and moved toward them , i Bluffer shouted : "By the left flaok. ( marcb," and tbcn as the line swept up toward the colonel onmc tbe order: "Hail, , | present arms." tbemea stood likestatues. Bluffer in frool. ( "Did you speak, colooel?" questioned , Bluffer, in bis blandest tone. "I should think I did," roared tbe coioneL "He J ihioks be spoke," ejaculated Bluffer, in , thinks be spoke, ejaculated Bluffer, in

sons of Malta sepulchral tone. Turning to tbe line of men in tbe dark the men alert and tudadoas. taking the "He thinks be spoke," was parsed tbe line in dorp-toned echo. A Pen men were quick lo catch the splril tbe thing, and bold in the dark and with disguised voice* tbey kept "He thinks spoke" echoing in sepulchral rumbles until tbe thing became Irresistibly funny. t moment tbe colonel, astounded a! the audacity of the men slid amused in qiile of bis anger, are* at a lots. Then plunging in st random, be Ibnndcred out, it a disgrace to tbe service. You ought, every one ot you. to be in your quarters." Braking in upon llita speech, Bluffer said in a measured, emphatic, sepulchral Ukc, "Wc ought to be in our quarters," and as it went down ibe line be shouted ' if. 1 agreed," and down went tbe nils and sway went tbe men scattering in the dani Tbacolooel forgot disoiplioe and taugbed. Prai^ a distance came tbe sound of Hluttmvoioe, ssying, "boys, be tangbs,"tnd Ujirn from every direction came the decpmord echo, "be laughs." This was sue. ; JLsili.d by s bearty ltoxh. and tbe ooly , ware u y s nomnj lauxu, sou uie CSJIJ ■<feord of Btaflst'a fence brigade was the

1 Stunning array ot cedar rails in front of ( tbe Dnfcad* bead quarters. At nunc of , tbern were there the next morning, ihr ] I colooel Inferred that Binder and bir men | bad been in action daring Che nigbt, but as Bluffer remarked, "be couldn't prove . il" — Chicago IniTT'Ocean. , . What Caused Topnoody to Turn- J • | After supper, Monday night, Mr. Top- j ! ooody put oo his hst nod started out of t ; tbe house. " Where are you going, Topnoody ? " ' , asked bis wife. ' i " I'm going down toara, my dear." " Well, 1 didn't suppose you were go- ' I ing to New York, or Philadelphia, or ' [ Europe, oe Cumminsville." I "DidoT you, my love ?" i "No, I didn't. Bui I want to knsw r what you are going dowo town for." 1 t " Business, my dear, ot course. You 1 r didn't think I ma going for fun, did 1 i your I " Oh, DO ; men never go down town st 1 I Right for fun. There's no fun down town 1 . at night for n man, when bit wife is 1 Wt home by herself Of course no'. It's 1 all Ibe lime ; sometimes it's the 1

aalqen b*slne*a ; sometimes It's the bil- ' lis rd. room busine**; sometimes it's the paste- board business; sometimes it's tbe J "Now, my dear, what's Ibe use of your ' going oo that way ? I'm booest, and hgrc go down town. Ism going to join the Knight* of Pythias, and bate to be on ' tf eight o'clock, sharp." "Going to join ibe Knigbu of Pythias, ; are you I Well, I any you sin 'l. You al-. ready have Masuo DigbU, and Odd Fellow 1 nights, sod A O. 0. W. nighta, and Klk ' nights, and Y. M. C. A nigbu, and boot- ' lisb Rite nigbu, and now you want to 1 a eight of Pythias, do yoo ? I my ' sbant, tnd, Topnoody, if yoo want lodgr with me, you bad better take ' one night off for a Topnoody nigbl, or \ this lodge will be dosed till further order*. | I>i yuo tumble ?" » Topnoody tumbled. - At, Dhriagutabed m»Ki~i Dun, enteriDg tbe jidsprinttng nffloe oo hit ear-" Look here, wbsl to thunder do you mean by putting in ny circular that my medicine arill aflntt a cure? Effect ta what I wrote, : we know all about Ibal, air. Very terry! j sir, vary nervy. Hie man win witbuup . has givrai ur a great detl of troaUe, i r , He has been potto work on s morning «lr."-arorfrrywrj»ai,

Tram iw Trc-cuS. 1 Borne tirnt ago the wife of a merchant was suddenly awakened it the night by f tbe sound «.f fool slept in her bed room a ! her face to hear that she could al- ! j most fcvl tbe heel and bear I he suppressed | « breathing of llw intruder. Ilcr husband | a j was from home and the only person in c [ the bouse, except iwraclf, was a servant j | girl, who step! in tbe story beneath. Her j j pretence of mind did not, however, for- 1 1 sake her. It doublets requires a great J amount at resignation and fortitude in t ; to listen to, without ncrerailng, t the ransacking "of her store of valuable era and the appropriation of Iter jewelry; c but tbe lady, very rationally deeming ber r life worth all the lace aad diamonds in tbe world, quietly closes! ber eyes and a trailed the result. a The light was withdrawn from her face \ and she beard tbe rustling ot silks, the £ picking of locks and occasionally t low a

seemed an bour to ber— and a soil footstep approached the bed and Ibe glare of tbe lantern again fell upon her face. tbe closed lids ot her eyes she saw the light, but remained calm and molion less, nor did she stir when tbe warm breath of the burglar fanned ber cheek. Not until bis lips pressed ber forehead did tbe spring up and half shriek, " Who ta in this room?" " Hush !" responded a voice, in a strong whisper, while a rough band war laid on nothing. " Tbe next moment the beard the sound of retreating fiaasteps aad tbe creaking of a abutter ; tbcn all arts still again. Satisfied that (be was Alone, she sprang from the bod and touched t lighted match to tbo burner, tbcn sank inlo t chair, completely prostrated witb the danger through which the had passed. Recovering, she looked around to ascertain of wbat-thc bad been plundered. The drawers were nil in tbe utmost conbut, strange to sty, little or nothing arts missing. A casket of jewelry was open on the bureau, bat the dtani md« and gold were nil there. Beanies the casshe discovered a little roll of paper containing a ring which had been given to ber many years before and which btd been in ber possession ever since. Half 1 in ber possession

bewildered al the singular proceeding she 1 was about to cast the paper from her, J when her eye caught the marks of a pencH upon It. She carefully opened it and 1 read: 1 in whose house 1 am. You know I am s an oulta" ilic world koowi il and 1 do , not care to deny it : but, fallen as I am. I cannot rob you, Maria. Forgive me, and • God bless you. lllSRT." ' This explained ail. Falling oo ber D knees she prayed for bim who had written n Ibe scroll. And who was "Henry?" • Ten years ago be hived that same Maria " and he would have made ber his wife — ' for she bad promised to he his— had he '< not taken to drink and gambling end " finally forged tbe name of bit employer, ;r for' wblch he was given a borne in a conc vict prison. When be was worthy of c her love he gave her that ring, and abe n had kept It In remembrance of what he had been, This is the story of tbe ring. On the return of the husband the wife '• related lo bim the adventure tnd showed d him Ibe note, but be has never attempted " to arrest the burglar, y Raiding tho Sutlar.

especially when we had bcenjlying in camp for some time in summer, or were established in Winter quarters, was what was known as "raiding tbe sutler." Tbe toilet's establishment iras a targe 1 wall lent, which war usually pitched ou the side ot the camp farthest away from "tbe Colonel's quarters. It was, therefore, in a somewhat exposed tnd tempting position. Whenever it was thought well ; to raid him, I bo men of bis own regiment would make to thk.men of some neighbor - , ing regiment a proposition in sotno such terms as this. "Yoo fellows come over- here some night and raid oar sutler, and ^JH come . over lo your camp some night andvaid yours. Will you do It ?" This courteous offer ot friendly office* was usually agreed to ; and great war the •port which often reoulled. For, when j til was duly arranged and made ready, on J dark night when the sutler war sleeping soundly In his tent, a skirmish lice from the neighboring regiment would dutiousiy ' pick its way down the hill and*rougb | the broth, and silently surround tbe lent l Ooe party, creeping close in by the wall of tbe lent, would loosen tbo rope* aad J

remove them from the stakes on one side, , | while another party oo the other tide, at i | given signal, would pull the whole con- ' cern down over the sailer's bead. And ! . tbcn would arise yells and cheers for t , few momenta, followed by immediate silencc as tbe raiding party would steal j quietly awsr- « Did tbey steal his goods ? Very seldom, i Fur soldiers were not thieve*, sad plunder ' arts not Ibe object, but ooly fun. Why ' ' -did not I b^ ''officers punish the men for s . douTrbtaT Wck sometimes they did. 'l But sometimes Ibe officers believed tbe j sutler to be exorbitant in his charges and ' | oppressive to the men. and eared Uule • , bow sooo be was cleared out and sent a- . < packing : and therefore they enjoyed the' ' . apert quite ts areU at tbe men, sad ottcq , imitated Nctatm't example when >e put ■ bit blind eye to tbe telescope tad declared I be did not sec the signal to cense firing. I Tbey winked st tbe frolic, tnd came q"n ( . the scene usually In ample time to ooqdriie , . with tbe tuber, but quite too lata to'do . ' him any service.— Nervy M. Kifjbr't i ' •■Smlltttum'i of a Vntrnvtrr Bobs' in ' . - t-V BcpUmixr fit. A'ieXota*. J I Ladies at Ospe Msy are having tbem- ] ' These pretty aooveoirs ought to seU Well, j ; Tbey win be highly prised by the jisung ! ! " men friends who could not gn to the tan- 1 ; I side lo arlUMt (be Whin^-N. O. /$»- y»«. , 1

Information Wanted, a has who** irrmrt for ksowikdoe From tee Detroit Five Frees. A City Hall officer was about lo depart home and dinner tbe other day. when stranger entered And introduced himself . j as John Linden, and added : "I presume you area smart man, or you wouldn't be holding this position. I ; ! to ask you a question or two. You t boree?" - "No, sir." j -Don't £h ? If yoo did own ooe, and he j ! symptoms, of poll-evil, what would "I can't tell, nir. I am jnst going to "Yes ! know, but I've another question two. Was" Cleopatra a married wo. "I don't know, air." "Don't yon ? That's bad, for I've a bet of three to one that you knew all about it. Well, we'U let that pass. Do you think lived happily with his wife, and is there any truth in tbe rumor 1

iL beard up on Michigan Avenue half an it hour ago that he bated cats ?" >t- "What do I koow about these things ?" of exclaimed the official. "I'm in a hurry, c. sir!" ie "Bo am 1, but wait a minute more. t>- Let's see! Oh, yea; I srmnted to ask yoo m if it would be of any use to try to revive It. a person who had been drowned three d days?" so "No, Mr!" shouted the official. "Would, dt ? Sorry for thai, for I have jg a bet of ten lo five that it would be. Sit m down n minute while I ask you another sr question. Do you believe that maternal ae "I believe you are a crank, air, and in — - be "You do, eh I Then I win abet of sd twenty in five, and will never cease to be grateful. History tells us of our youth.'be "1 am going home." A iSVrtninly. and IT1 walk up the street T- with yon. History tells us of a youth j win fired lite Epbcaiap dome." b. I "Yen. but what was his name, and was ry the dome insured ? Dd the fire departda oient come out, and was the youth arm*, is- led on the charge of incendiarism ? 1 want or your decision." en "Go away— go off— I don't want yon !" id shouted the official as lie tried to outwalk ilf ibe other.

be "You know, doo1 you V „ :r, "No, air— no, sir— go way from me !" H n- 'You don't? Then 1 lose a double. c id barreled shotgun on a bet that you did. ^ — t.- -m»i runw.- "» v»- 5 !" tered iL but tbe man walked along betide , j il and looked through tbe window tnd ^ ad said : "What is meant by the term 'spontan- 0 icr cous outburst?" I bare frequently seen en it in prinL and 1 thought I'd ask you to r explain." 'in A silver half-dollar changed hands in ( — tbe car, and a broad-shouldered labotcr , be jumped out and apit on bis bands and ran x ad tbe information seeker into a hardware r sr, store, where be had no sooner recovered , >n- his braalh than be said to ibe clerk who s be "I've always thought if 1 ever got time t be to call in here I'd ssk you If 11 was true ( >g- that Henry VIII invented Saratoga fried t ed An Extraordinary Battle.

' bees uoilcr certain conditions has Just p, been afforded. A couple of days since tL ' tbe Toptbtm Horticultural and Cottage ]a Garden 8odety held its annual exhibition i> ' st Tbe Retreat, near Exeter. One of the )„ ' tents wss occupied by tbe Devon sod Exe- ID ' ler Bee-keepers' Association and among a • its exhibits was one which cxdted a very jn ! great deal of interest This was a case K 1 containing several thousand dead drones -g, ' which had lost their lives in a sanguinary p * bailie a couple of days previously. A w 1 well-known apiarian was visiting a friend's T house t day or two previotly tnd on ocjn- » c ing to oae of Ibe bee-hives It arts found ci c tlikt there was great uproar inside. Closer it 3 inspection showed the ground below tbe w ' -fcjrt to be covered with several hundred (- 1 dcsJiifonet and hosts of theai vy still q ' being brought to Ibe entrance and bundled fj out by tbe tavorkers, generally by being 1 seized behind thSsbend and dragged along y ! to the exit, where ah a kind of farewell, a t sting was given loO^m. „ Exatmcifc^ H . uf the atain revealed the fact that they bad " been severely bandied. Many were brad- E ' less, others had lost legs or wings or both d ■ and all bore evidence of rough usage. 1 Tbst the bra were srery much the super, j lor forte wss shown by the fact tbst only ° tor locce wss toown uy uie tta mat our - about fifty of tbcm bad fallen in the fray, r

remarkable disproportion to the number c stain of tbe enefpy. The battle had raged about seven in the morning lo Ibe hour in the evening and sceiued then ' to end ooly with tbe ut(r annihilation of 1 the drones. t DcMOfeXST't Iut-STRSTZD MoSTIIl.T 1 Msoybx* ooatioue* lo merit the high en- ' oomiiumt passed upoo its lilerary ami art. a merit- The October number equals in , Us prtdcceatorf, and contains qlany wclLwritlcn sod eotcrulning ' article*. Among the conlcnis are "From f AJxford to Cam bridge," an ictcresiiug , - lllustsatcd article; "Bottger Expcriineni- . before Augustus tbe Strong," "A Chapter on SlttUig-Rooiut." "Peasant and ' 1 'sinter;" "How w* love in New York— Working Girl," by Jennie June; Ibe \ ioooUnnatioo of "Agatbe Dc Valauze;" several shorter stories "Home Art and Home Comfort." and "Current Notes," b 1 Which treat of the "World's Progress. " t > 111 astral lout farm to important let- ■ i of tbta excellent publication, and add . greatly to lu interest. The October number has for a frontispiece a fine steel en- 11 1 graving, after Dieffenbsd's brant if ul c i "The Foster Mother's Alarm." k - A lilho-photo of Mrs. PblsDey't statue t i j of the Lorelei, now owned by Mr. W. J I Jennings Demorest, also adorn this nam- ' . . - ! , ! Tiro lovers in Milwaukee agreed to I omrnlt suicide st tbe same hour the other ■ , uigbL Next morning both were op an hour cartier than usual to look over the [ ' paps, and their disappointment and dta- t I gust at soch oondoct ou the port of the a other wra loo deep for utirrana. — Detroit 1 Tm Trm. t

Common-Sanaa In T emparartca Ao cdiinrial in the September CnUvry . diseosMi* " TL* Twqwanw Outleek" rt witb Ibe fnliowin* conclusions: "That B tbe temperance question should be made a |( political question ir most desirable. No ^ n-iration more vitally ronceras the whole country witb respect to Its highest weL fare. We should have temperance men in office and temperance laws enacted. ; But temperance must be temperance. It must be a sensible and practical scheme tliat sensible and practical men will tup- * i port which shall bring about tbedenired reformation, ll must be a scheme which I tbe great majority of moral men will recognize to be wound in its logic and even ^ in iu justice. Anything else than this may, under pressure of ry tr-"— nml. scbiere a temp-wary susrads. but ooly this will be a permanent cure ot the rampant abomination. 'Die liquor men are now more defiant and more numerous, in proportjoo to tbe population, than in any ^ f inner period. Tbey work Ibelr criminal ' mills openly in tbe face of all, and are tee Die streams of vice and crime pouring

" forth from these sources to l*y wnste the .. c moronity tnd overwhelm the dike* which philanthropy has "erected. The ' carls, Ac police, and the public officers generally, teeing the bold mien of these ' disturbers of the peace, find it easier for J their weak natures to humor them and to c c -nnive at their wicked works than toop- ' pose them. The great majority of Uie cvmmuntiy are thus oppressed and tyrannized over by Alt minority, who laugh at ' law and bound Ao defenders of law. Tbe I only eed of Ais enormity will be A Ae ' anion of the majority, and Ait can never J be effected by extreme menrurre or fsnsti- ' tween liquors Aat -are hurtful and those tliat arc fin moderate use) bealAf ul ; discrimination between mock* of drinking, ' as treating and drinking at meals; discrimination between places of drinking only uud places for lunch or dinner; disc ri minntoin betwegn drinking oo Ac prctntam ' where Ac liquor is sold and drinking it at „ home; discrimination between day and nigbl in Ae sale— these and other like dit- * criminations are to be made in plaoc (ff '* the sweeping demands of Ac ultra men II u a union of temperance forces I* to be oonII sumutated. Without this unioa^lbo evil „ mutt go ou propagating itself dally, and on ibe soxallcd temperance leaders must rest the blame. They have constituted an rest t no uiauw. 1 ney nave coasutaica

unreaaonable shibboicA. When Acy abandon that Ac cocmy will bo conquered unless meanwhile the enemy shall have conquered all Ae ground and made our nil a moral desen 1 ' - a-—i cxactlv suited to .diminish Uv «»»H destroy (be political power of Ac rum in-u-nst, have bevn iutroduoed Into Ae New Y'-rh Lesistalure. and would have been enacted but for the aolid vote against them of the totalled temperance members, directed by their 'Temperance' constituency al home. This cists of reformers arill have their zeal intensified by Ae action of Kansas and Iowa, aod tbey may carry a lew more of Ae Sutra. Would A God their success were really tuocras, that Ae interest were stricken to Ae heart by ! But not unUl tbe reaction takes place and these men are convinced of their error and are ready to build on trn A and not on impulse, can we expect that union of all good dementi which will finally dig the grave of Hum and bury him bryood Chariot. Wallace's Career.

party who bai an interesting and eventful history. Tbe person Is Charles Walwho was born in Cbololbofo, Mo., in 1S43, and from bit boyhood- until Ae breaking out of Ibe rebellion wss engaged _» in hunting and trapping. When Ac call / for soldiers be responded; enlisting ) Ae Fourth Missouri Regiment, aji/r served throughout tbe rebellion. Hjprerat Aodersonviilr, Libby, Belle Uuc and prisoni. At Ae first Qfarned be war sentenced to be shot July 117, 1808. nigbt preceding Ae day on' which be to inert hia death be, wjUi seven oAmanaged to escape. Tbey managed tbe darkness to get close to tbe guard, when a companion named Bob Alltaoo, of Connecticut, Arew ■ preparation ot fine tobacco and pepper Into thfe-pgRTa A! Ibe coDcUjpijE^f h|i war experience alltcc srpSl oo Ibe plains as a scout, CfiiTyiDgwitb bim In his body nine bullets of which can be distinctly fclL a fight with a party of Apacbc In. dians he bad a personal encounter ariA ooe of tbe chiefs of the tribe named OsThe fight was hand to hand and meant death to one or both. Wallace re-

ceived a dagger thrust through Ae palm uf bta left hand aod was also held by tbe throat He then drew bis revolver wiA bis right and, twisting bis free arm across his bade, shot Ac chief dead. Tbo knife with which be was stabbed was combined with a revolver, baring in ooe wrapoc n scalping-kmfc, dagger aod shooting-iron. the handle was a chamber for poison, wiA which to make Ac work of' the in. si ru meal Mill more dangerooa. As mementoes of Aia fight tbe souol carries with him tbe miniatorv arsenal described and Ae scalp of Oaoeooeo. Tbe waoderf al marksmanship ot Charles is Ae talk of tbe ton, and A his exploits A thta direct loo ta ajdy acoooded by bta wife. Mrs. Wallace will st a disof 185 feel hold a itn-ixni piece beher lips and her husband will knock out of her niouA every (Ate without barm. Tbta It regarded aa Ae moat difficult shot ever made, and it has been done several lima* sjooe their advent A white sorfacr, point lowarJs him, and Mr. Wallace will drive a bullet oo Aa tack point nine limes out of ten. He sriil stand 100 yard away, bold a ten-cent piece between hit fingers, which his wife will shoot oat wiA t revolver. A country prisoner says he baa always taught lo do in Home as Romans do, and Le finds fault because &..» that I e it Jail be ta nc« alio wed to do as Ae jaildo, Cincinnati daluntag MfkL