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VOLUME XXIX. V CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1526.

OA^JB MAY CITY, Jg. J. S 1 .50 a yar In Advance. grofrssioaa! Cards. j b. huffman, aiiuaaar and oorNsxi.u>R at law , aoucrroE. waster axd examiner ml siitarv i'l-huc. Cum Xat Oocvt Horn. 5. J. »l0l|.>.;an»m -mm* Bom ni-r season. , □t *. douglass, attobne y-at-law Wo. CHANCERY yy altebX barrows, attobney-at-law -q& j. f. leajokg a boh, DEHT7«T6, j" Aires m. e. hildbeth, attobney-at-law solicitor. master and examiner in <££?.*•• " ***** «"«• <*&»•' •ppsrbert w.edmunpe, | attobket-at-law, solicitor and mantes in chancekt. c^»*«r*,W.l. Stl-J At Cmp. Court Basse, TswaeraaMi FrVl.yu j)r. james ii. ingham, physician and SUBGEON, •ppiwbtjt. boyd, attohney-atlaw CON VEYANCF.lt, tepht Fncns on hand fob intittsent. , J^EGBKN TOWN8KNU * ^ aoent ctmseblanii mutual fibe insubance co. ii.*". n.j.y-j ^ alfred flanders, oothwellob-at-la w, (is— ■wmir. im krsarv FBLlle. Ks^MnjNinucUKi SUWSM Cards. jjsce b. williams; architect axu builder. l will make deawino*. and •ffstuf p>end 0« contract niS"''"'" 6 A.

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Thw Loneliness of Death. j ' Tkt hoaoru kaibrJ sad Kill from roof lo 6oor. j No rticpbi* 1JU. bo mop of powlB* (set. And jet tnoo BljV not keep it waltlnf taore For oar. lost kuw or prajrr. j Tbj wordA^wnt ootas strsnce otbcr Burr- 1 5 btnAe coldjlrraM u Ule lored cjoe Mtrsbf rd. • IVIIS tilings tkat are not frsasnt ; or tblnft tost | And t boo. too weak tad semlsed to ntt * Tbr rop to Qoreeb t*j djwt twret. or akin Tbj pulow. witb out oor belp mint iter. Nnoe area tare foodljTo tba door.aoi oor; Do anj abactor libdnna: AojaUT ' Soor brar Ibr ooand of tbj drpartlnr rar. Oettins Her. Father's Consent. . "1 tell jroa, air." Indignantly exclaimed " Colonel Web ley, addrmaing a young man a who aspired lo the hand of bla only child, I unloo which I know would be unhappy " • "We lore each other," replied young -I Balchuff. 3 "Lore be eternally Mowed! So I could ° hare mid years sgo. I wsa devoted lo Hie woman I married, and she wea devoted I "You have lived happily with each otb- ' 'Happily."* ibe CoIodcI onutemptI uously repented. "I didn't beve money | enough To insure happiness. Even in Ar- ■ ksnaas s man most have money. His ' wife may be devoted lo him, but If ho falli to provide these little delicacies, i which make life bo enjoyable to a woman, , she will speak of this sad lack of comfort. ' and. instead of attriboting It to financial ! inability, will regard It an wilful DeglccL i At llmra she will be melling with afire. ! tion. and vow that your lore te all thai ' tiie can* tot in this world; but when ; some oor who in worldly goods, trrtnt no ; richer than youraelf, rides in a buggy ' witb bis wife she loses sight of the grest curtaining love and hankers after tangible afirctiop— a street display of lore." "I mm s young man of energy and good bnslneaa capacity. I can work and rare TS"_ In prolonging this eonvernal Ion. i have tokl you that you shall not marry my daughter. I shall ; a doae watch, and it I see you here again I shall act with violent*. " "Well, odooel." said the young mac with firmness, "«s the gentler resources Lire failed, I am compelled to adopt the . last resort. Some time ago, before you suspected ;thi! I wu attached to your daughter yoa borrowed » 10 from me. Do ■ oot "wiDceTfiFTTrar me through. 1'ou ( thought that I bad forgo! too the tranaacI haven't. Now, sir, I Intend to , marry your daughter. If you persist in i annoying me I shall dan you for the i money ever ylime 1 sec you." The Colonel sat for a moment in docp i thought. Finally be said: "Say, Bob. i don't say nothing about the (10; lend me | more and take the girl. " Whtskay and TBfnt. J

"Take that bottle and go out and get -7 me some whiskey," Bald Ool. Jimjams to the sad -eyed woman whose misfortune It was to be the wife or n convivial ir» briate. 'Give me mooey to buy U with,' 5' 'Give you money ! Why, any dare foi 1 ,, can get whlekry if be has mooey, but to get whiskey without money is what takes a. talent. 1 (bought you had some talent." *° Taking Bp the bottle with n sigh, the patient, long suffering woman went out. In a short lime she returned. Apparently she hid bees sueceasful, for she placed the bottle before him, sod said, in low. . reproachful tooca : '• * "There 1 take it, sod drink to your , heart s oooteoL" "Now, that's what 1 call smart. Ton . IT hare gtx real geouis. or you couldn't hare got whiskey without money j" end placing £ the bottle lo hit mouth, he wu About to ^ quench Ms Uilnt, when be discovered the , bottle wu empty. Why, what doea this mean 1" , "It imams that any body can drink whiskey when the whiskey it in the bottle, ( tad it takrs real talent to driak whiskey t ' when there is none in Ibe botUe. Drink away. I know yon have gat relent." '• What Btf rldan 8ald. 1 Referring to Sbaridan at the battle of , Wincbrster, hi his address at the aoldien' reunion in Oncosts, the Rev. Dr. Fulton quoted the General u saying "torn. . theological terms. -We shall whip them.'" This sru too much for one of the old vets . of the audience, and rising In bis their and shaking hi. bend at the reverend L speaker, he shoaled : "That isn't what ' Sheridan said ; what he did say wu, 'Well lick b-1 out of 'em !"■' Tbk. brought down tba bouse. After ih'kijofaM had eubsMsd. Dr. FMlen emWagiy ! j Added, "And be did tt too!" "Is thlA traie'to Ytop at Naboeaetr ' a . Colony send the other lorrimon. "No, I " air," wu Ihe reply, "no atop, between ' a Breintree and Boatoo." "Why. how't ' t their mid the aurpsbad inquirer; "you « J used to atop there ; you did Ihe las: lime ' . I came op." The eanduoter wu puuled, ' } guess you are wnwg," he said, '"but |j - when wu that timer ' replied his j ' . iimssgir. "I cast*! my eStaal;.- And I . alter a BMMis tireught be ontmund. j 1 .

UP THE FLUE j 'Too most have some rare experiences to tell us,Mra. Bwwell," said perscativc 1 lieutenant Rumcll, while we waited for the mail stage. 'You have been at this : i frontier poat ever since Captain. Koswell | I wu slsiionad ban>7" | "Yes; we have been here eight years," | she replied, with tbo rare smile that glnr. | 1, | ified her face. "I have passed through , many trying ordeals here, but I really | ! think 1 bad an adrcnturc in the rut, befree I married the captain, equal lo anything that 1 have experienced." "Will you relate it and'obligc us?" j Mrs. Bosweil." said Dan, the irreprcssible youngster of our party. "Jim" jerking Ma thumb toward the bcutenant, "is out west on purpose lo spill ink for you can become a heroine of romance 11 • you will." i "Thank you," said our little hostess. "I don't mind accepting the honor.' Three of us were sitting in an inner department of the small frontier hostelry. The barroom wu packed with miners, and we bad chosen In hare oor supper served by oareeives, u we bad appointed lo go on to Custer City in company. . Airs. Bosweil wu much below the tedium size, quick of - speech, light of movement u a bird, a^d graceful u a "It wu in. 18 — Abe began; "I bad Jus d made the acquaintance of Captain Bosn well, be having some business matters to I, arrange witb father, had called at our a place several times there came " a rare day in aulnmo, be and father were g closeted the grater part of the day, overhauling papers, memoranda, deeds and rr1 oeipts. My father at that lime wu doing 0 a great deal of business u an attorney. a "At teatime father said to me; 'Bern, will you mind an evening alone, so long . u Thomas is shout will yon T" "I said no, for although there were . many robberies being committed in the f neighboring cities, private families in the . suburbs felt no frnr. Our boose wu n , mile from the city proper, and ball a D mile from neighbors either way. , " 'We find," be continued, "lhat the captain bn got to hunt up some more papers concerning the estate before he can 1 give Barron a satisfactory title. We shall 1 go lo Judge Whitoocnb's office, and our 1 . search may be so successful that 11 I t o'clock will tind us home agaiD. Still we 1 3 may be detained longer. Shan't 1 call 1 3 and tell your cousin Milly to conic down r snd spend the night with yon?" 1 t " 'No-ryes,' I contradictorily ansa cred. 1 'Do u you plea*; I am not timid in the ' least, wit4 Thomas about' 1 I '• 'But Captain Bosweil U going to leave 3 (5,000 here until lie returns.' ' '• 'Does any one know about the ' • money?" i 'Gnly ourselves' 1 " "Then I am not afraid. Besides, you r are likely to be back before graveyards ' yawn and thieves do walk abroad.' | i "Tbomu brought lite bur* around, and > while father spoke to him, I touched the , > captain's sleeve;' i " 'Where ir yoor mooey left?' j ' " "In your father's desk in the library.' > Then be looked with a tender, inquiring i glance into my face (bow the little wo- - man's checks flushed at Ibe memory), and ' said: 'LUttt girl. If you are In tbe least , i afiakt we will not go lo-oight, although it ' l« absolutely Dccosaarv. "1 told him, honoslly, that I wu not J > afraid- I never bad that strata of timidiIn my making -op peculiar to woman- \ i and ao they rode array, t ' "I sang about my. work u I put thing. ' shape around tbe room, and viewed the brilliant aunact, without a feu or care. brill taot without fear

"Tbomu, oor new man of -all -work, war very busy pottering about the grapcvlnra " and mulching evergreens I knew there wu wane coarse aftermath upon tbe till lhat father wu anxioua to put on the strawberry heals, and seeing Tbomu go up their with a basket 1 tied a scarf over ray bend, look. another basket, snd went 3 up lo help him. | "As I passed up Ibe hill I aaw a man in the highway apeak to him. I hesitated ! about going on, but the man only made a ' moment's pause, and then went down the ' hill, and wu toon concealed by a lorn In tbe Mchway. " 'Who wu lhat. Thomas!" 1 inquired. " "Oh. It wu a man from tbe mills. ' saying that my brother hya had a had faU rm tbe dam. and bellowing for me to 1 come and tee him. Hit legs are brokrn 1 entirely.' I '"What aria job dor ' " '1 told the man 1 could not come to 1 see Aim to-day— bat if I went, aits I would sure to he back by 11 of tbaclock, if not earlier. ' "'Yon may gn, Thomas, if your 1 brother is hurt an bad. Papa will not be away long.' " "Bat, my yrving lady ' " 'Never miod me in such a ca* u ibis.' I always wu very tender-bearird. ■Y<w may go, and I win un right back to ; the house.' "He talked a few otioetes more, wu profuse in his thanks foe my kindness, 1 and then started down for tbe city. I took up the two baskets, snd went sing- ' log to tba hour. "I ut an boor" by the open window, joying intensely this being alone; and the quiet beauty of this autumn evening. "Perhaps you will wonder si this,* and thm-dimpM played about ber pretty - raamfc, "but little birds wen singing - new song in my heart, and the quiet let me bear the sweet echoes. "But directly I cbided myself fur bring and a chance straggler might surprise I arore, closed my window, and, obey ad through the hall into the library ,t,..t :;.j fathart toy fram tls aoaKotded plate. ; unlocked Ibe desk, found Ihe iractoge of |>W Uw*od dollars., wnd, placing U in j huaotS locked Ihe doer.nadrriurned lo j the Aulac room. I did not light a lamp: j 1 had no need of a to. u that from tu j.snffineutly in this aRd weather.' ''

1 "The hot* wu old fashioned, very, 1 with a "fl replace in the silting room open- , ing up into a chimney of. capacity saffle | cicnt for a foundry slack. We had r | cheerful open fires Union : but the boa* „ being an aneestra! pile, wu getting tome. J II , what dilapidated, and the partition aeptr- 1 , sting Ihe large chimney had fallen in. •• Hen had been sent out to clear the rub- .. j bith and make repairs, but the work, I, half done, wu suspended on account of y j.tbe arrival of Captain Bosweil and tbe s. | important bustness affair. . | "I would have enjoyed Immensely to | kindle a sparkling fire in the huge wide •• fireplace, bat u affairs were I could not. So I mused in darkness for hours. I real- . ly took no heed of lime, until my quick <■ car caught tbe sound el a footfall ap- , proaching, close up to the doorstep, I r could have taken my oath. It wu ao I light an echo that I sprang to my feel, thinking lhat my cousin Milly, absent I when my father called.and returning later had come down to stay with me. I. "I sprafig up with a smile to answer her pretty face : but no knock mine, and ^ the echoes died but, and altogether I oort eluded that I had deceived myself in re. j' gard to them. Anyhow I would light the lamp. I did so, ar.il was startled lo find > It past 10 o'clock. I had gotten sufficiently ( aroused from my reverie lo want a book , from the library shelves. I took up my lamp and went singing into tbe room. I "1 obtained tbe desired volume, step- . ped down from the stool, and— 3 "If ever any one felt themselves dying, r I did at that moment. My song died M 3 my lips, -tttollt- a thousand thoughts e scctjied to Hash to my mind in an instant. . Involnntarily I gasped, and then with . a strong effort of this will poweRwfor j which I am famous, I took up tbe soDg again and sang it to tbe dose. "Among other things I remembered 5 that tbe lock wu off the library door for repairs. 1 remembered the lateness of e the hour, and the probability that all the . people were abed'and asleep. I reatem- . tiered tbe footsteps in tbe door-yard, and 3 there sras a fresh, pungent smell of tobact oo smoke in the room. A scent of smoke that was not in tbe room when I wu , there snd placed the package of money in i "Do you wonder that my brain reeled 1 and my heart stopped beating for an inr slant? Beside, whoever the robber Wu 1 he would soon begin work, not knowing , bo w earty my father and the captain might I return. And I should be murdered. Somci where within a few yards, or a few feet of the robber atsstsin wu concealed— either in tbe reoesa behind tbe cabinet, or , under the long, draped, paper -strewn table. "A faint sound outside nearly made me drop tbe lamp; Kill I had unconsciously i my first song and wu singing: -For Ma brine a Midler won her. And a winning tongue had be.' "I knew that temporary salvation— | power and liberty to leave the room, even 1 — depctutod upon my appearif% unconscious onbe robber's proximity. "I got out of the library and lound my1 self In the siulng-room. A hasty glance at the door showed the toy absent from tbe lock. "Treachery!" "I wonder lhat this new revelation did not suffocate me. The man on tbe high- , way— the injured brother— Thomas had , ed us. He had overheard about the . money. A robber wu in the house and another wu ontaidc. My retreat would , be cut off. How thoughts ran riot through j my mtSa^TIow would they kill me! , i (Would I suffer long? At that instant I wu sure that I heard a faint creak of the , library door at the far end of tbe long hall "One swift, despairing glance aroond mc_ one wild ides of esmrv anit I est In. escape, eilin-

t guiahed the fight upon tbe table, and crouching in the fireplace I rested one foot ® upon the andiron, swung out the iron e crane, stepped Ihe other foot upon the strong support, and roar np into tbe flue. " Something touched my bead. Thank God I It wu the rope with which the dislodged bricks had been hoisted oat. D Grasping (bit carefully with my handa I , held mywlf like n wedge In the opening. , If 1 had envied large, noble-looking wo. f men before, 1 now had reason u> be thankful for my diminutive form and ninety odd pounds avoirdupois. "I had little time, however, to consider " uyihlng-eAoepl the imminent danger of j iHslodging a fragment of brick or mortar, and thus discovering my billing place, for _ the dock began with anoorous peals lo strito alaaco. Gad* cow of Its echoes there were quick, toft steps in tbe ball. 3 and tbe bolt of ihe outer door wu with- , drawn. The huge flue must have acred like a telephone, for I beard every sound ' witb fearful distinctness. - First, there was a pan* by the door of the sitting-room, then breathing in It, then whispering. "1 heard Thomas distinctly; when be said : " 'She (tall here, she's g-o e to be& but the mooey is in the lihrary.' ' " 'Be cautious,' ad vised a strange voice, •and we may not have lo hurt ber.' "Tbey carefully retreated, and my heart struck off the seconds against my ribs in a ! way lhat was suffocating, ft* I knew that their search would toon he over, and what tbeu?" "In Irsa thha five minutes tbey were ' whispering in the room again. " 'Confund ber!' aspirated Thomas, -she j took the -money with ber.' , " Then well have it If—' ^ "Tbe pan* meant all ttol words could ^ convey. 'The cold sweat was coming out of every , pore of my body. Tbe dust of tbe crenote bad pegslrated my mouth and nostrils, snd I bad lo take ooc hand from the rope in their absence and plade a finger upon my lips to prevent sorrxiog. " "Gome, harry. ' was the angry watchword exchanged between tbam, and I ; beard tbe stairs creaking as tbey ascended to my chamber Thomas was fsmiliar ' with ill tbe house "Why did I not drop down and escape "First, then, tbey had locked Ibe outer dojN.acd^wltbAawo.tbc toy to^prevea^a ,

r, portant -reason of all was. it seemed tome, i- that I never could gel out of (lie aperture 1. that bad allowed rue entrance into the d chimney. 1 ran ibe riak of discovery and * death In any ca*. t- "Oh. why did not my father and his r- | companion return? It might be hours . i- "Tbey bad found me absent from my s, chamber and the adjoining rooms. Tbey if no longer used extreme caution. They re hurried from one apartment to the other. I could feel 'lie Jar of moving furniture 0 and closet rt-vire were opened hastily. Tbe ' le upper part of the house was ransacked, !. and then Uicy came down stairs upon the ; 1- run. Time was precious to them now. j k With dreadful oaths tbey rummaged the >. lower floors, and finally-returned lo tbe a " '1 saw the light here last, 'said Thomas, t, moving with his lamp across the room, it 'and here is the lamp on the table.' ;r " 'She must bnregot oat.' " 'No; I watched lor her.. and every v window is fastened on the inside.' Then d be continued: 'Curse her! flic's n witch!' . snd baffled they stood snd poured oaths '• after me. 'I'd likcjo catrb and knife her e myself now. ' How he ground it out be. d tween his teeth, y' "Shall we search more?' k "'lt't no u*; we've turned over every, y thing under which a mouse coald bide.' '"What, then? Shall' wc waylay tbe " Tbey haven't the money, it was left H" The cellar,' suggested the voice. "Once more tbey dashed out, only to h trot and ramble of a horae and carriage on v they bridge between us and the city, g " 'Stay,' urged ibe stranger, trump up tome kind of a story, and wc may secure 1 the money yet.' r " 'I would," returned Thomas, 'but the f girl's a witch, and I am Just as tare that C she is somewhere near us all the time, and i. would hand me over to Justice—' ' 3 "There was a scamper outside snd the ^ sound of feet running toward tbe river c came dbwn the wide mouth at the top of s the chimney. Father and Captain Bos 3 well drove into the yard and^p "o the door, Just aa the clock struck twelve. 1 " "Thomas." called my father, in bit i. ringing tones, 'come and take care of tbe g "lteociving no response front his usual t punctual factotum, lie sprang up the steps . and uttered an exclamation of horror at f finding the door open. " 'Bosweil," said he, 'we certainly saw r n light here when we came down the hilL' " ' Quick, Jason,' said the captain, 'there lint been loul play here.' i " 'Foul play? My God ! my pw little r s^1-' " 'Father,' I strove to call, but the first attempts, choked in dual and snot, ended In a hysterical hiccough. " 'Where ia thai? What is Jt?' called 1 my distracted father, and both men dashed ' for the library. "I now strove lo descend, but the move ' meat brought down bushels of mortar and ' broken bricks from all sides, and closed ' up the flue. I bethought mc of tbe rope, and by Kicking my loci in here and there I went up the chimney hand over band. ' "Agile as a cat, when I reached the top ' of tbe low chimney I sprang down upon 1 the roof and began calling loudly for 1 father. , . ' 'Ton should have beard them run ' through the boa* and hallo before tbey 1 located my voice. At last ibu. captain came out of doors. '"Will you get me a ladder, plea*,' said I, 'I want to get down from here.' " 'A ladder, Jawio.1 shouted the captain, 1 'the little girl ia on the roof.' - uic nine girt is on tue root.

h, . " 'For the love of heaven, girl, how i came you there?" said my father, as I land- ' ed upoo the ground aDd began shaking tbe s " *1 went up there through the chimney, - papa. But you had better put up tbe ' fiorac— you will have to groom him yoorc self to-night — and then I will tell you all 1 "The captain led mc into the bouw, for. - I waa trembling violently. " 'NoW,' mid lather, being' absent only ' a moment or two, without letting mc have 1 time to mop the smut from my face and bands; -now tell me what this meant— my ' little girl climbing the ridgepole like a rat ' a: midnight?" ' plained. ' " Thomas, the villian!' ejaculated my ' father; Til have him if I have to hnnl the ' his deserts. ' ' "He kept bis word. Thomas got a term in the State priaon. d ' "W ben I gave the captain hia mone^j ' should have buret oot Into hysterical sobbing only I remembered the soot in time to prevent shading ray*lf in black crayon; and Captain Bosweil believed that stature ' and bulk were not always certificates of the best material, and—" "And," finished Dan, our jetter, "it may be Kid, Mr* Bosweil, that you act- ' ualiy flue to hia arrna." She smiled snd bowed as the sooorous tones of the driver cam* in among u«: "Stage ready, gentlemen." Not Much of a Fool. Aftnr All. Texagstruaam. s—s. S.mWwdatjday,ao Ittt^ermioua dtiico of Austin, waa supposed to be craxy, and his relatives-brought him before the ooua- ' ty Court to have initial dr iafuarrorfs juty pass on hia mental condition, bla de- ' lnstoc being that he was very rich. A , ' lawyer proceeded to aak the craxy man questions to teat hia sanity. "I bear that . you are going to build a (50.008 realderate?" "It to going to cost (80,000." "Yon don't my aor "Yra ; and I am goin* to atari, a daily pap*, with (350.000 . capital That's a mere trifle for a man of [ my means." "You seam to have so much , mooey, perhaps you would not object te lending Me (ldOOr "I'd lDta to do It, r Judge, hut that would be sach a risky investment everybody would suspect me . nf being craxy..' The refusal of the sup- , Ktod lunatic to seriously entertain the n of lending money lo an Austin lawr yer caused the Jury to decide that Sam '.as. in full poKaatooa of Us reasoning - j faculties.

c. Dreams. id i : i I A writer in Bo w BdU says: Dreams of ( j, I nuptisis are considered to portend a fun- t ',s rral. The extraction of a firm and round , I tooth signifies the loseef a near and dear t j friend: hu'. if the tooth should be decayed c : and painful, this dream promises deliver- r ance from a secret and deadly enemy. If c ' j f uch flrmly built things as a Lou* or city ] ro | appears to be shaken, it is an omen of r ^ I exile or commotioc in tbe State. Two r j { candies signify, breaches of friendship and c ; diaKnsions. Dreams of hares signify , r j flight; of dogs, quarrels; of sheep, wekltb, , unless they should be shorn or diseased ; ( [e the crowing of a cock denotes victory, un- , lets anyone should Interrupt It, then It is , an omen that tbe victory, which was cn , B the eve of being obtained, will, be lost, j The rising sun denotes increase of wealth , and splendor; the rotting son tbe contrary. , A dream of the full moon is one of very , a bad omen, for it tigalfles lhat immediate , ,, misfortunes and decrease of greatness p ill < follow. Dreams of the cellpro of tbe sun ( n or moon predict an Intermission of prosB perity, but that It will again return. Who- , ever dreams that his - hair is pulled, it to t a warning that something will happen by t r_ which his pride will have a fall. The loss t of a hat has at one time been interpreted . ^ as an omen of disgrace, at another as a j protection from some injury; but the ion , (( of a cloak, die., is a sure sign lhat poverty | will succeed to, wealth. To dream lhat j lite pillow to dragged from our bed algnl- , fies that something will happen by which , ' our rent will be disturbed. , Whoever dreams that be is smoking lo* I bscco has a warning that he will turn his j wealth Into smoke. Hie best omened t re dreams are those in which the dreamer t fancies himself carried gently through the , ^ air, for they foretell increase of dignity or ] , a happy death. To dream that handsome j s'toes are presented by a friend it n want" | ingof timely flight; but if anyone in his ( lf sleep searches for boots or shoes without , .. finding them, it forelellsthal when in great , danger-he will he prevented from escap- , , ing. Whoever dreama that some one puts , 1P a clown's cloak on him, or covers his face , witb flour, a mask, etc., must be cautious j ls lest a more cunning man than himself ( lv should deceive him, and then laugh at his , simplicity. A dream in which a person j j seems to follow n cross In some public , w procession it a aignification that he will he c 33 peraccuted on account of his religion. If c say one dreamt of a violent knocking at , w his door, or that bis ear is pulled, it is a , . warning of approaching death. If a man y 3 dreams that "he is dead it is not ao omen j ie Jhat lie Is dead also dreams that be sees or r .peaks after his death; but to dream that , - our curtains are drawn aside by a man ^ lately dead is an intimation of the death o' y . A man having dreamt that an egg was c , buried beneath his bed, went to consult a e conjuror, who told him there was a trcas- c nre nmeealod under bis bed. The man t d dug and discovered a quantitj of silver. In e j tbe middle of which there was gold. He c ran in ccatacios to the conjuror, offering y ' some pieces of ailver as a reward; upon y which the conjuror Kid, "Do you give me y none of the yolk of the egg?" meaning that . n bo expected some of the gold also. This y f dream is related -by Cicero, "Dc Divine- , tione," itbro primo; also by Valerius Sfax- . q Imua. , The dn a n of Guntramnus, King of the b Franks, is very remarkable. This good king, who was passionately fond of hont- F , ing. having one day wptrated from the ' whole of hit train except one servant, ao<l e | night coming on while in the midst of a S ' thick wood, be Kt down on the bank oft t w stream, and being extremely weary, fell

. asleep on tbe bosom of his servant. Tbe 1 p servant keeping watcb, and having his 1 eyes steadfastly fixed on the countenance of his master, he kw a very small animal 'r of the lisard species issue from the mouth i of the king, and make for the stream, i which it seemed anxious to pott; then the servant, stretching out his sword, formed , a sort of bridge, over which the reptile , t passed; and having entered a cave at tie toot of Ihe mountain opposite, remained 1 there a few mmuffla. and then coming out i 1 passed over tbe Kino bridge, and entered i e again into tbe mouth of the King, who 3 Ju« then awakening, said be bad dreamt that he bad passed over an iron bridge, 1 ' and having re tared a cave found there a i ' Taat heap of riches. Then the servant ; having related what be had witnessed, they both entered the cave by the wsy the • beast bad pointed out. and found there a i r great treasure. | e Out at Sua. | r * riaaaasT^tRii' raos cars war to a From tbe thumb of Cape May to where | w tbe New Jersey coast thrust- out a dai nty ( foot into Raritan bay. aboti in a sand slip- i e per. and faatrnrd at The Book witb a ; diamond buckle, tbe distance Is onlv 100 1 miles. That which intervenes might I- ' called the republic of the beaches. The} I are twenty in number and bound togntuY a with ropes of aao<t slender but indwsoiu t ble. All this territory to disputed. It h ^ determined by tioundaries hardly more 11 fixed titan the horizon which it faces, d Tbe ocean totu greatest enemy. Year by 0 i year tbe floods Invade and with their while horse* and scythed chariots override and overwhelm it But the shore is 11 nun combatant. It retreats and doubles f and feigoa. but it never comes wholly un- f dcr tbe foreign yoke. Tbe ara baa an able d ally in tbe bays. Here and there the two • ally io tbe bay*. and the two

i forces are united by means of inlets. . There is a chain of these from the Gape t-> Maisaqiian. They have mads an arehi- ' peiago out cd toe lowland provinces • which they have conquered and cut .off . from lbs beaches. On tbe map the* Hit lagoons look like ' magnified blood corpuscles -or now cry 1 aula. Out at sea, with the glass upon ' lli em. you are gaxiag through a toleidosen*. Tbe tyrannical lid* are oooUrually at work adding to one bound XTT ; and taking from another, ao that thefr value, singly and in combinalioo, to never ^ tbe same. But the sun illuminating Lb. s • 1 with their liulc islands. During tbe day tbey are diamonds glittaring in ibe share - of tba sea. Aa it wanes tbey are aap- ' Pkit™"al]"mann«*'«dB*e,*hta' Cmrt,on' ' At last tbey turntd^crai^aod 5TS- ' to peaiis Three the sun. like anotb* i Cleopatra, dtoanlvra in the golden chalioe ! Of tbe sky, drains it and dies alone on Ihe far-off western short..

The New Cheap Postage Era. ; Fust tar PllurotpaiaLwlf*. ■ - It wsa io tlic midst of the war Bf the rci hellion (3d March, 1868.) that the act of was psbed which established the uniform rate of three cents poatsgs for balf-ouoce letter everywhere throughout the United States, l'rior lo that the limit, mile*; and for any half -cm nee letter lo be carried farther tbe charge wsa ten cents Four years before that (1851), though the rates and distance were the same, it wu required that the letters ahoald be prepaid; or, if tbe letter wu not prepaid, the postage wu five cents for the three-cent letter, and twenty cents ft* the ten-cent latter. behind this again to 1845 the rate five cents for n single sheet letter car1 ried three hundred miles or under, and ten 1 cents when the distance wu over three miles Even that antiquated ' and expensive system, u it sceqn 'lb us wu regarded at tbe time when it wont into effect u very cheap postage and 1 simplicity itself as compared with tbe 1 c.xnplex1 combinations of rates, sheets end 1 distance* which it superseded. It is curious and instructive to note the result tbst followed the liberalisations of ' the postal service noted above. -Before the marked and great reduction in 1815 1 tbe revenues of tbe Post Office Department had not Increased for nine years; in 1838-87 the whole income wu (4,388,778, while nl the beginning of 1845-6 it wu (4,889,841! With the reform of 1845, a new era began. Although there wu considerable falling off for the next two years, the third brought the revenue up to the former level again and ' somewhat above, for it wu (4,871,077 1 the year 1847.8. From that lime on 1 the advance wu rapid until 1850-51 when under the decreased rata* and enlarged 1 distance*, the revenue it* to (8,737,867. tbe next following year, 1851-3, tbo ! reduction to three cents for a prepaid half-ounce let'er for throe thousand miles 1 took effect-Mho first year's result being a : alight increase of revenue, and tbe second • year's a large diminution. The third year again brought the Deportment's income 1 again to what it wu before tlito lut reduction of postage, (6,955,386, in tbe 1 1853-4: and from that time on tbe in- ' cna* wu steady and large until in the year 1803-3 it had grown lo (11,163,790. 1 wu io this year that tbe three cent rate wu made uniform all over the United : since which date tbe augmentation of the revenue of tbe Deportment has been rapid end great. It la but twenty year* 1 since, but the revenue hu increased fourfor In the year ending Jnne 80, 1883, wu but little abort of (45,000,000. This is s greater sum than the whole regular revenue of the United States from all ; wu io tbe year 1850. The experience of the past can hardly to be the experience of the future in the postal revenue. Every liberal! ration 1 of the system, every reduction of rate, - every enlargement of tbe distance a letter could be carried for one rate, every addition of focliitfcs, baa increased tbe peat office business ami it* iucuute, - Thtrreduction from three cents lo two rents — thirty-three per cent, off what wu a very low rate for the enormous distances in the 1 States as compared with those of other commercial country— mutt proresult in a shortage for a few yean, and then tbe ad van j* will again rot Is and crow at tbe great ratios *t forth in tho above illustrations. Another English Enoch Arden. the Maryport Advertiser. Upward of twenty years ago a husbandn native of Cumberland, married a girl belonging to the county. The newly married couple went to reside with tbo bride's friends The bridcerootn. how. 1 bride's The

i ever, could not agree with them, and in s the course of a few months be left bis wife snd went any, no one knew whither. The woman had rt*uoo- to bei lieve that ber husband, altar Ik ring her, , took passage in the itl-fatad steamer : Loodoc, which in the year 1866 foundered 1 on ber voyage to Australia. Seeing in | the list of those who perished a name j similar to that of her husband, the woman l ooocl tided that he wu dead. Shortly afI her husband's departure she gave birth ' to a daughter, and tbe two lived together for a long lime without any particular loi cident occurring to change tbe current of 1 their daily lifr. After wailiog for many ; years the woman married a miner living I a village near Maryport, and the pair ainee lived happily together. Tbe daughter of tbe first husband to now married. and hu gone lo Newcastle to reside. A few days ago tbe flret husband made his appearance at the residence of a sister in Wilton, snd to ber be stated that he been for tome time Uving in Newcastle. He then made Inquiries respectthe wife be b^l Jeff, and wu lurprised to hear lhat be had a married" daughter living in Newcastle— the very lown that be had blm*lf been residing in and lhat the wife lie bad deserted was married again. Ills sister wu unable, to give him tbe add re* of his ; and after walling upon some of bis relatives at Maryport— to whom he announced bis intention of searching for the daughter be bad never seen— be proceeded to the residence of his wife, not from tbe town, in order to obtain hto daughter's address. Tbe second husband net at home when tbe wanderer made 0

1 tbe vtob. and Ibe woman wu in tbe boo* ■> alone. He knocked at the do*. Wben . tbe woman opened it she tailed to reooga ni* him and asked him what be wanted, f Tba man asked if she had a dangbler •live, and if so. where the wu living, c The woman wished lo know hto reason . lor asking sorb n question, and Inquired 9 if be wu any relative of ber daughter's k husband. "No," be replied, "lamnnear- - er relative than that," r Tbe women then Invited him Into tbe r bou* and gave him tbe address, which be r pat into bis pocket and prepared to lave tbe bouse. As be wu creasing tbe thresh, s bold he tamed, and, looking ber fair In r tbe face, and Kid, "Well. KUxa. you have a got married again, and I bope that you - will do well by- yoor husband and lire . comfortably, t am yonr daughter's falhTba poor wooes knew Mm and, c almost tainting cried in a thrilling tone, e " Ob, Jim !" but before she cocld recover c ber composure be had walked sway. He has since left lbs country.