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VOLUME XXIX. . V CAPE MAY CITY. NEW jJEHSSY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17.1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1531.

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■pHOMAS EBBICSON S | SET 8TOREAT GREEN CREEK. « : groceries/provisions, ; i DRY GOODS. TRIMBINGS, NOTIONS 1 : nmsiiii wear ; I „ >lt *T U>*'EKT PRICES PUB CASH , ' <«"»"" PMCM J | JOHN M. BU8SELL~ GKNIRAL DEALER IN ! : DRY GOODS, GBOCEBIES, { ' ! BOOTS, KIIOES AND NOTIONS, I « ; FLOUR AND FEED. ' \ PATENT BKDIC1NKS, I PORK, LARD, HAMS, SEEDS, Ac. j OQM S*Co*. CART BAJ^L*K. >. * C. PRICES' STORE?, l : GME8, DEI GOODS M NOTIOKS, ! OILS. VAKNmnS^MjsMjd PITTT, ! NO. SI PERRY STREET, i FEED STORE. CORN.OATS.UAY.BKAN AND BILL PEED J WOOD YARD. WOOD CUT A HPUT. CEIIAH PONT OH Itsr*. ' X. B -AT-OI l"l Loi.e-I, IQ.-U-.I'-. 1 SRarblr ^ard. ; QAPE MAY CITY" MABBLE WORKS, J | 8. E '"or- RsUroaf Treat A Tkrepttr. | BONUBXNTB, TOBB8TONEB. STEPPINC ' 1 HTONE8. ' ' AOS kUMkAo ormfklokkd PIA* ut Moor for. 1 : ofll ^ l T. ENTBTKIN. I i TVynWC WITHOUT A TEACH- !

Th« Old Churchy»rd. - ' *5-1- IM1M OB'. MBl m» loot •*- Pufiot I5r worn U4 Irll »-l— r. ' N ouiw-Tla^^skort or orolpcaroO ore. SomSj0 otod foloock " *' ' j T>- nnar.Mrorvl rrc-dra from mr- j , T5-"S^m«nIici'w™ott«rA I No Hollow Mono or rmpfj tmiac. I Mr tore UnL r-io AO'l n"o| . u| We needed not ■ proclammf inn from I he Proiestkni Emperor of Germsn}-. . Iliougb from his tnoulb soch reengnltlon war singularly spprnpriaie, lo remind ut 1 Ihal the charopiun of I he ProlerUm up. ririni, Martin Luther, was lioro-(our cen luries sco in day. There b nm a Rnoghl- , fhl man is Christendom, whether be looks j with lore or detestation on l be sulwan i ; and imprrioat fiiureof the chief Reformer, who is no< slire to the interest sod pro. i found siimfieohce of sucli an innierreiry. Proiesunu the man whom birth is i to he ooramrmoreird will seem to I lure played s part which for power ami i lotneflcenee is nolyconparahle to that of irnrnawx o noiy oopparanie lo inai oi the Apostle Paul .'rjqMPhtlKilics lie vill be

d placed on I bat had eminence w bleb 5 "nee sasiEned to Arior, the arch fomenier » of heresy sod sehiKn in the early Cborchi 0 hut all will acVnowledi- thai Ins nine is ,, eiiO'plcuooAiy and inscrareMy s— cimled S with ihe history of Chrblia&iry. Not only are his chancier and Renins ad nittcd to ~ hire lefi a wide And sbldini; mark upon p erects, but his Indiriduality was Itself of » all errata one of the m w. pregnant and ,» ninmenh.ua. It is inio -utile to a -Ire rt rqiiatlocsoinjplieaird hy faetoraao iocMn- . » meti-urahle as a (mat perBrmelhy anillTte" J .pirn of an are: but If It can be said of 1 luiioa miEht hare been Ion* pa-pmed or " perhaps nor lit bare touilr miscarried. Ibis may b; said of Minin Lntbcr. Ills true enough that this man did but a whirli ibe aplriiual atmosphere of Ku-ope i. w»a Iiircbarr-d. that ha/I he teen bom a s century earlier he would hare had no roes * sage to dellrer. or woul ' have delirrred - it in rain. It was the propagation of 1 el leap I® As. and the resultant awikenb g , of the popular intelligence, that gare I, i- • I her Inspiration and made his triumph I- posailile. It was not lie. but the obscure J taught Ibe Chrisiian world to search the Scripture for itsrlf. When the Wittenberg . professor, summoned to defend his heresies Iwf.we the Dirt of Worms, appealed from the jurisd ctlon of the Court lo ibe writteo word ,,f God, from the Authority of Popea and UounHIa lo the independent ( eacrctae of bia own jurlgroepi. had ailently linen at work for flftr year* Scores of Catholic editions of the sacred . writings loYbe srruacular had been cur. ) rent in Germany before Luther produce/ 1 hit srrsion; not alone in Germany, hut in Fiance. Belgium. Paly and eren id Spain, r men bad tioen raahled by Catholic prlo ' l era to rrad the B.ble in their mother Ian. guagri lirf ire the great assailant of Catb. N-itBi-r can WBe denied that the pMltl- t eat c-indithm of Germany was singnlarlr I faeorehle in ibe surma of ilic resoli t against Papal authority with which lb* . iisme ef Luther is iodissobihly connected 1 To say nothing of the greel which lmpelted princes and not ilea to ibe spoliation ; of rerleslastlcal property, and which In . ■ "1 reeie-iasneui propeny. ami wnicn in ilie German electorates, as in Ihe England

of llenry Vill. led oiwe/ons statesmen to pref.-r the rlolent diarapiioe in Ihe Inter- ' nal put ifieation of the Church, the prin. ' plea of pairiotismand prjtlcal autamimr were arrayed no lutbr^ aide. There ] not a trace of the sense of cnafratari oily and nnlrr Which in out" dar animates ! the remred German Empire. bv Salons or Sauhiani the Imtwrial authority arms , either f tared or despiard, and from ihe moment thai it entered into iirlmate alii ance with tb- Papal authority the stnteele . 1 irlleioun lilierty b-came a drape-air . ! motratlnn lerciel) led/ pradencr. John , Calrin failed to do in France what Luther j did in Germany, mainly heenuer the im p Ise toward political oobesion and the of nationality were draplr rome.1 la the former cournry, and the pariisaDs of the new religion were inerltahly drieen 1 to play ibe pan of rebels acainat the Coin. ( rooaweahh. Had not the prorlnres ruled orer by Preoeri I ami bia ancecwsore hern - ( welded inloa compact monarchy— bad Ibe ' great Huguenot rvble* like Ibe German , prlocra. Iwra iodepradrat potentates - , then Calrin might ^hsee liad a s^ricre-s , like Germany, might here hem split in j It must also be owned by Ihoae who ! at Luther without theotng-'cat bias of any kind that when be prodeliued^mjD's ference In the meaning of the re rested i word of God. be bullded far more wisely | than be knew, and'^aid down a proposi t lion 'or which neither be no- itie«jMn , which he lired was ripe. With a gross | inc/®sistracy. for which his enemies did t n-a fail to reproach him. <1* German t crmncelist denied fiercely and •ctrnfully i in nthrrs the right of independent inde- i ntenl which he aasrrted for liiroself : and i , in place of the dngmetir oittyiiinct or i Popes and Councils be substituted dogmas i ' of his own. He rebuked* M-lartcihnc. i reviled Erasmus, repudiated Zelngilu- , no learned man of bia lime bad leas of the , broad, human ialic splHi; none waa less t open to eoovlctloii: not* wss less tolerant, i Eloquent as he was. and deiirmoslT as i lie could use his erudition, be was shore , all things a man of act ice. framed for a i dynamic, rather tbae a speculative fnnc- t u°a. a fcroe rather than a guide. Nor t during work he did had he been other t ■ban be was His very shoo comings, his . ioeonti-irnries. bis hacksttdings. his In- i defensible com promises with right printi i pic, were all conducive lo his fondam-tual , aim. which waa lo wrench from tmy Ps- . pecy as many German States ma pSslble • and hold ibeiu ioUiegripaof irremedialilc . •chlsm. Ooly part of what be strove for has been accomplished, but much of which Luther ' bad no forecast be has hdpafi to hvlag in pass. "Living. O, Pope. I was thy ncrt. : . and dying I shall be thy death." Such j waa Ibe vaunt be uttered no the day be. 1 i free be died. bsU it 1s yet far from fulfill. , rorat. It la true that since Hie peaor of j . Westphalia the Pmtestant States hare and the process has culminated in 'he dls. placement by the Hspshurgt by I'm Holt- ' [ wMrt*"nibc^riitecoth*cra'nrynTrrewr-n i over by ibe refonnere ibe old relieVm has ; retgaiord Morndeno-. and Catholic.. tarn has pro red able hi contend on i equal teems with a efirfl power of the new j empire In Spain Italy and Franc

t Prnledantism Is extinct. or barely sustains "j a languishing existynce. ana it yet rosy ; . have to struggle desperately to bold its , own In that new world which was undiscovered when the German brresiarcti was . lawn. The blow which Luther leveled at • i the principle of dogms'lc for-nnlstiona has I failed to shiver the Church of lUnc, be. : cause a large part of mtnkiuf will always • 1 ty as a shield." Rut by the bold ground j , taken at the Diet of "Worms, and by the ; stimulating rxamplra supplied by bit own 1 t method ol dealing with, the Scriptures, j Luiberairipped Protest apt ism of all power I to imprison the human intod in formulas, end left it relatively helpless to withstand , . Mdarian disiotregarioa and the aleady ag- i cresaioot of scientific reaewrcfa and Ihe ra' I [ ' kmalistic apirit. ! . i AN OLD OXUEGIAN 9 reiOITT. AND A TUIM ' ' For tseraiy years an old man of our ' ! county, whom wc will call Jack Baldwin, j has cultivated the will, and drawn tlteiefrom a support htr himself and wile ; he 1 is dtildlt-sa Not lung ainoc Jack left his 1 Itoase in aearch of a missiog ciw. His ' ■route Id him through an old worn-out . 1 ia the centre ol which was a well, about c » I tow had" l*abi 'T "bh*' "T' B! 'nme ' - ; of a dilapidated bouse n^ar by srith water f • i In pasaing the spot an ill wind drifted ' - 1 Jark a bat from bit b wd. and maliciously 1 i wafted it to the end ot the well, and it ' 1 1 tnutltlcd. Now Jack had always pntc- 1 , ttc—l Ihe virtue of ecinomy. and be Im ' ncdialcly ret about recovering his ha* ' lie ran l*t the well, and finding it was d-y ' I A' lite bottom, hn unrolled the rope which t had brougul for tbe purpose ol capiur- 1 I ing the cow. and after several attempts to *

i , » Ol on his way ilown into the well. A a mischievous fellow whom wg will call i Neat was in the old building and saw 0 happened that Jack's old Wind boree was a near by with a bell on hit neck The de. 1 vil himself, or some other wicked apirit. I put It into Neal's brad lo have a little fun: r he slipped up In the old horse, unbuckle! -.Use strap and approached the well with t lie r" belt In bia band, ting-a-llng. Jack thought f the old hot* was aiming, and ashl in an ■ audible tone. "Hang the old hliod horse ; . got no more era* than to fall in hereon r- Whoa Ball!" But the sound of t Itit the hot torn of the welt. "Great Jerusa- ■ letn !" laid Jack. 'The old blind foil will s lie right on top of me in a few minutes— who* Ball, who* haw. Ball!" Jtistthen I Ncal got close to the well and kicked a f little dirt no Jack's head. Jack thought ; Ball waaabiut to come and gut do* to - the aide of the well, and began to prey. 1 "Oh, Lord have mercy no— wbtw. Ball, e a rwvvr ainoer, I'm g/toe now; whoa. Ball, t Our Father who art in— wbowBsl!— beav. t en, hallowed be Thv-jee! Ball, Jee ! I what'll I do ? name. NowJ lay me down s to el— Ire. Ball, out of your livers ! (]"»' i then fell iu mote dirt) back. Ball— oh. - Lord, if you ever intend lo do anything f for roe— back. Ball: who* ho!" Tlty t kingdom come— jee. Ral1. 1 muffiV WtftlaW-Vfiffl.1 murder! who — farewell world." I N-w! could hold lo no longer; and had . to ahow himself at the lop of the well. I with a big horse laugt* which might i bsve been heard two miles Tuis was , more titan Jark could bear, and he start/® op the rope like t monkey. "Blast ynui . pictures, I'll gfve you fits; I'll make . your ears ring w.i-sr an' Ihal hell." Neal t.nk to bis heels and run like a quarter . horse, unit th- last that was seen of him > was a half a mile fr trn the well. Willi i big dogs grabbling at his coal, anil ! Jack was close bohifid him, yelling at Ibe dog* Anticipation.

j I5r Detrall rree Tress. A negro o'er who* .head arveoty summors had iiasaed was quietly but etarni-sl- ' ty srrmtllng with a watermelon near .Ihe ' m/fky, when be trss di-lurhed by ihe ap. C-anee of a smstl b-oy of his own cijnr. bty >a' down onabix aod lotlted : cptdgingly at tbr mehm. and tbe old own lo iked up at him aod queried: "Young man. I reckons I could give you half /b» \ mrllyon an' halt plenty left.', "Thanks. uncir." "But I shan't do it.ka* It might | Iw de spillin'of ye. In de fust place de 1 Isw am plaio an' Ct'ar on de pin) dat what ' leave behind goes to my natural beiis. . de wound place, a posv.n wldoot an' ttcipaahun mat' be dreadfully onbappv. As de caw now ataods you anllcipaic. < Y'St an'lcipate dai half dia yere roellyon will asufl uie full an' I'll have lu leave aM de real. Y'oa anticipate dai III git 1 choked no de seed* or get sunoruek. or , 'tacked Ity de oilie. Aa de mellynn | gradually disappears you'll anticipate dst ' de riue di-wppears you'll console yoo--selfwid de faci dat deseeds am Mi. A' ' wrap de seeds up in my handkerchief I you'll reck/® on lick la' de bod wnar de mellyou was cut and eaten, b II aa I IT 1 uptlat bo'd and gin yc a whack t® de ye'll anllcipaic bettor than to crowd , in whar ye alo'l arante/1. N iw.you skip." Our Celeatlal VlaJtant I The otoiet of 1813 has retained mn as iron ici-ra are iniere.te I in this psrtlcolsr " crWiat viaiiaat. h.-eauai U is onn or the few cases in which pre lictimB regarding I will D'it trr as c-®spi-uous an object in lite aoui-what iroobted ihe slar-gsaers by a ! suilileu an/ 1 very reaisrksbir iocresse in i Ihe fi-ld of vision. It roust have struck ' with Ihe rerak /d loereasing i:s briliianI I cy. Tbe comet of 1883. It will be remnm- . beresl. hecame apparently eouogtcd in the phW/Hpbere .g ill- sun and spli! Into Although an object of won. t drr in all ag-a. canst* do out wc n lo t counl for much In tbe rario/is solar sya. to w bich they belong. They do not mere tell us thaT'their nuu.'bers are slnt- ■ ply incalrnitabie The bravrns are a» full I of ibem relatively as are Ibe lakes and oceans of fish. The Immrasiiyof lite universe it shown by the very fe.w which i which arrdarflng through the loirr stellar I apaot*— Fram Asutngi ilontMg for December. • i Hymn Tlnkarlng. I I • ,Alr.-Juoe* was eettiog up a grand rousi- ■ j cat Barfortmnoe by bia cboir on an anthem ' ; It- had composed lo ihe words of ooe ol Wait's Psalm* The first veree ends with ' the spleortitl words: I LdwDavtd'. rem of MraTa ret i. . Jones came lo Dr. Hal field to get Lnt ap- ; . pruvnlol a change /d the* tinea an aa 10 '| SneiSsBcrsI vwla. ' We can aae the cute and sunny smile of 1 the Doctor as be beard ibe new version. ' But he said he could improve cvr® Utah ; and he wc.Ae to the amat®neui^<4 Jooet: 'J J wreUMD"ltaB^\oMvi«'M to Wall-

[ ' ttgB i-xaibnra j.o axxy is a iiowuso mri Boris* 1/ovA^Novrinber 13tl..-Ttiis week Ihe comotil're of the Iowa I--g. > I "latum will formally presrat to Miss . ; K ate Shelley the m-dal voted her by that lj body mrecognlti.®of her bravery, and this \ i ! whieti it Is cxpeeti-d will eclipse any pub. J lie demon/' rati/® ever held in this regioo. j r There will he a prwessioa, music, speeches j I mud a banquet. an<l many distinguish/® I people fr.sn abroad drill Iw present. So - 1 w trthily Imatnard is the I-egirlsturc's . medal for Itemi-m that no ooe will fall to I demonstnti ® a aorcese Kate -Smiley is : now a comely gill of eigh'.een. bnt she a c-hi-red her present fame by an Act uf the goal est bravery *hra she was but sixAl about dark on the Oth of July. 1881. . storm of wirfd and rain of unparalleled . severity broke over this region. In an hour's time every creek was out of its ' , and lite ih-s Moines river had risen , six feel. So sudden waa tbe flood and 1 such was Ihe velocity of the wind I bat ' objrci* wiihin rea-b^of Ihe waters were 1 cirriedaway. I/®king from her window. } which in dayllghl Commanded a view of 1 ihe Hoary OreCk Railroad bridge. Kale Shelley saw through Ihe darkness aod 1 a locomotive headlight. A second la'er it dropped, and tlioogb tbe crash 1 Which it must have made was not perceptible above the rear of the wind, she knew 1 111® tbe bridge btilgone. and tliai a train 1 111 can had fallen into the abysi. There , herlhKe broil/er and sister, and Ihe girl the sufTerers. and the express train, then undertake lie- laek si/me 'i undertake

J Hastily filling and lighting an old lan- ^ sbe aalli/*il out itr the storm, rihe 'first II made an effort lo rrsrh Ihe water's edge,. bqt fioding that the fl/NKt was airrady fa/ , above all Ibe paths and roadway* and , realizing that the could do nothing In or n-ar that mad torrent, she dimhed painfully up the steep bluff to the track, tear- ! j. ing tier clothing lo rags on Ity thick UDj dergmwth and lacerating the flesh moat ' c painfully. A part of tbe bridge still re- „ msined, aod. crawling nut on this to the, ahyst and called out at the top of her ' i voice. It waa pitcliv dark below, but she 1 . waa answered faintly by ibe engineer, who ,. had crawled np on some of the broken . the time being. F-om him the giri learnr/l || 111® ii waa a freight train th® bad gone n iiain liandi had eacAped. He urged bet. ' Kali.® tv secure help tor him and lo warn „ the apnrosehing express train of the fall The girl then retraced her art—, gaioed ' 'tie track, and made her way with all the 1 -need that the gale would permit, toward M iingon* a small Math® ahont one mile j from Honey Creek. In making this peril- , ous journey it was necessary for her to crore the high trestle bridge over the Des - Moines river, about 500 feet to leogth ,. Just a« she trembling put ber foot on thl* •:rttrtnre the wind, rain, Ibumier aod 0 were so appalling thai she newt. In Save iieraelf. ber sole companion, thold lantern, went out. Shn bad no ntatcbes. 1 tmt If sbe had hail thouaandanf them they ' , would liave Iwen of no aierriee jn such a . place and In aiseh a storm. Deprived of 1 tier light she could not see a foot ahead save wlien the daxxling fla-li— of. light. p ning revealed tttr grim outlineA of Hie I bridge and the aeething waters heneath. r Knowing tbat she had no time to Irw*. lite , brave girl threw away the useless lamp. , and. dropping on her hands and knee*. I crawled from tie to tie across 'he high i r trestle. Having gained tbe ground arsin. t tie station, told her story in breathless ' hv«te. and fell nocnovcio.it at Hie feet of the gaping nisi Ica.wh i. in their twgerties/ to Wdow ber adveoture*. f/wgot ihe terror

- and suspense which sbe bad en/iured. ' engineer, and tbe telegrams were flying • up and down the line notifying officials and others of tbe Irw/ pf-lhe bridge. Ttie express train came thundering in and was I Stopped, and ilie pa«vrog«rs. learning tbe f atory of Ilie cluld-hei... hmked. a few at a » lime. Upon her wan face ami ragged . ehitbra The purse th® wa* made up tor t her was or a Very substantial kind. I throughout the Urate several funds fur ber i benefit were started, and so fsr ss money can pay for sue i de vol ion. she has been well reward-d for her night's work. At the session of the Lngista'ure last winter I it was ordered ihal a medal commemoralive of the girl's braver* be struck, and a i e-miminrr wayppoinied iopresjrnl it to t many eloquent speeche* | Over Threo Precipices. [ ; aWETT rSoB A S.NOS T CUFT, A BINES ! One of toe m e: incredible of wonder, by liappec lu a man and leave life In blm is thai experienced by Peter F. Gale* son , of ihe famous hotel keeper at De Will. I'dtr Galea is supT.-nletxhng Ibe work of ihe mine of the Gunnison t Mining aod Exchange CompanKuf this , nlsoo oouuiy. t'uluradu. The gmB alii- t . i uie of ilie mine brings winter about li t , very early. As rnrly at the middle of i , September snow storms commenced, i t Peter write, th® be left Ibe cabin with . his report and voodiees ready for mailing, i an overeat belooging to ooe ol Ihe men i and a gunnv rack filled wiih clnthiog and "I fell over Ihe cliff no ray way down. | in nibs, tiul II came near being my la® in , fact. i bad gotten ooe hundred feel above I the cabin when a «aow-alidc lamed loo*, knnckiog me Instantly from Ihe trail. F-w the first four or live huodred feet I struck I tbe ground but four or five limes -and inr ' j last fall from tbe lop of a prartpirce to . iu bottom jmv.abool one hundred and . ; ! , preci liters withour bring killed; but' , , rveryiblog was in my favor. The pick i , was carrying and the snow which 1 went down with helped break my fall. I am • badly bruised about the hips aod hrelv. but wiih rest and a lower altitude tbe doctor thinks 1 will come out all right In a 1 The letter was written at Created Unite. , Mr. Doe sara that to one who has seen the , b place oT ibis aooidaot PetePt aaoape Is of a piece of luck that may he termed miracuinu* The cliff which Peter wesawepi, >. : from has an almost pcrpendioilarv height j . o of a Iho-isand fret from Ibe bottom of the ( precipieor. and eras ihe greet masse* of | snow which bed arepimulatod oe iu shies j ■ , ill® broke Peter's fall every huodred fret •' aod then west oo down with lbs next | '• ooe. In January last a man was swept , '■ off Ibe trail by an avalanche in a similar . I: manner and dropped into Ibe ehyse a ' ib'msand fret below, and tlr hudy has

The Result of th« Election. ' s Meeting 5 distinguished clergyman and lecture* recently, we were vouchsafed some invaluable reflection* upon our late election, which we hasten to Uy before , our fununste reader* Thinking that a gentleman of tiis well-known modesty _ would prefer not to have his name men. , ' tioncd. we shall give his Initials only. , ■ Afire a few inconsequential remarks we ; ' i "Mr. J. C.. what do you think of the : ' ! result of ihe election?". , The reverend lecturer replied, wiih asi loolshlog affabilily: , "A ballot is a coordinated collocation ^ , of inarnsatr matter; a vote is a brain-throb", , , a cranial puis® ion. " y Picking ouraelvcs from unfhtjbe table, . , Whllher arc had been thrown ^ the flu- 1 . leoce wiih which this had breo dchvaed. . we remarked, while our Interlocutor wiped , tbe perspiration from "his face: "Yc* yon are doubtless correct, though we mutt roofeat that it never struck u. [ jut", that way before." , "Without noticing our interruption, he , continued : , "Tbe band that lassos the ballot is but I an Mom of the protoplasmic fore* t bat en Ssrarths the permanency of oar lnstita- . meditation That which premeditates of Said we. Interrupting — wc couldn't i help it: I "Do you think your la® proposition susceptible of proof ' Isn't it—" Our won Is were but straw in the simoon's path, a twig before tbe avalanche's , coorae; tliey did not check J. C. for an . iLstant; be did not seem to noiicc I hem. but went uo: I "That which possesses the power lo , premedilale premeditate* by tbe power it I "But aren't you a little severe on the General?" we bizarded, as be again General?"

. mopped his drenched fscc. Without looking a! ut he eootinned : [ "Therefore. 1. The collocation of pin- ; loplasmic mailer must eventuate io the ! bringing forth of a correlated result. Tin I result, when involuted hack lo ■ its germinal entity, will vibrate along Ihe J . F string of Uie meningeal keyboard in . protoplasmic aria. Hence — "3." The co-plunging of th'a collocated ; entity wlibin homogeneous syllc environ- 1 - "1 Th® Hie candidate comnciated wiih f the superior alloiment of the cnlire colli- t , qqllon must corral ihe election." i , * Bui." said wr. "do yoii not think—" j c . "Tliink! ' i xcltlmed J. t! ; "think! t I Ihe n-Tvewirrs of Ibe human pianofurie: ■ sub of thecranisl heart, Ibe rapping of the i physical smsll boy upon Ihe physical ni®ter is subject to the sway of laws, couian i , guineous with the laws that sovereignity I physical mailer. Thought is quiescent till aroused by physical foice. applied I I enusciotisly or uuconscioualy. W hat says . John Stuart Mill? What does Huxley f | sav? What Darwin? What " 1 Not being ready to answer off hand these several conundrums, and , beginning to r , realise I hat we were being interviewed ; i , in/trad of interviewing, we took advan- [ I enswathed in tbe drapery of his pocket | * I handkerchief to lasso our bat and stiek j ' sod eradicate our personality from ilie 1 1 But~we feel proud and grateful that we J t i satisfying a selling forth of the results of , tbe la'c rlectiun, — Bosloo Tranaeript. I Tho Considerate Fair. J ' A PEN AND INK SKETCH OT A WUHAN 111" I f "Let uu; have fire two®cnl stamp., . 1 please." satd a lad v to the retail stamp J I clerk in the I'ott Office yesterday. , "Y'essum." he said, handing litem /mt. ! , i "t!*0Y you let roe have them in one [ , i pioe-r' she asxed. j - "OftaJosy, ma'am." raid the clerk. , . "Can I semi them homo for you ?" 1 "Oh. oo. I don't live far— only on the i , "Oh. the j

north side- and I am going right home. | "No trouble ni nil," said the clerk. "I j • easilv spare an hour." i "Very much .ibliged." mid the lady. • smiling sweetly. "Dear roe," the said. I i polling un a slump, "Whnt a horrid J - we sent Inters and let the Post Office j semi in their bill urn* a month ?" I "They mighl just as well." mid the i ' clerk, sympalhixiogly. "I'll mention the j fact io my next message to Congress" \ i "Will you? How nice! But you raum't mention my name. Sgy the idea was suggested by a north aide society lady, 1 i "Cnriainly, ma'am." mid tbe clerk. "That's the second letter this week I have sent to Grrty," mid the lady buttuning her gnammcr "Gfriy is the sweeieat gial going to Yasaarm/W." "Husr does Oerty like Vassar?" ask.-d the cleik "Oh. Grrty likra Vasasr first rate : only ! she sxys they don't arc much company " "Paper! All about the election !" sctpaiuod a newsh jy. "Dear me!" exclaimed the Isily. "did they have an election yeslcrd iv? Who is Presi teol now?" i "Arihur. I believe" mi/1 Uie clerk, i "Why. I thought Arthur wa/ Presidrni j last vear?" " Y'es, but he U will Presi/leoi " "What waa ihe election f /r then?" "PfK" H"""1'"11 "nil in.pt- j "Oh! Well. I hope ibcyl! get go-id j men. I attended the Wranao'a t'oogrrs. | awhile ago. ami you km* It was decided , thai the ladles uughl t/i take more Inter-® public affair*. Wril, good-bye and she sailed away. "Who Is that woman?" asked tbe next ! man in line, who was shaking and shiver- ! with rage. "Bust me, if 1 know," mid tliecle/k. AodJ be"oulfl./w of sumi>s prnrn-di-l j | Thay Sold HUn a Holu lie was lolling ttie s'ury in th- l/illtani. 1 room 1 4 a Denver hotel, is id I- : Nevada seas a cold elimue tor sts. ' We disootiragvd. wlien along c/uir a New orker. He wouldn't play rant*. wouldn't robbed, and see cmktD'i stick him with forged land pai-nis or b/guspre cunpUuo* One day we trailed oul and a a bole In the hill aod salted ii a hit. rushed back and offered ihe New Yorker the big dtrenvrry for 83 000 cash down." "And be bit?" "Took right bold like a pair or pinchers. Why, be never Mopped In beat ut down. cot a Cool thousand apiece and made Frisco." "Puny cool that was." . -Well. i dunno. If there was auy- : thing cool io tbst transaction it was Ibe ; wsy that Nrw Yorker bunted op a pant, set miners to work, bought machinery, and took over 8750.000 oul of ihal'® bole 1 : inside of eigbl months! Maybe we've got j over feeling flM. but 1 guess urn. "We know Heart Dieewae can be cured. i ' used Dr. Graves' Heart H'-gulsior and 1 know It does tbe cure. -pfymp/oaAVwis." ft. per bottle at druggists."

The Story Told a Boy. J a A Detroit Ixse.black. who had strayed a out In Pnutisr. was .,n his return, baring c a seat in ibe tar wilb a .benevolent old ,. man. Ofgoiuw shiner put up ihe winI dow at souo aa lie ml duwn. The wind . blew in al Ihe rate of forty miles an' hour, . and the old man mid : "Why do yon keep that window «W" "Don't I want some way to jump out if tbr cars fall into the river." replied the, biy. Then he Muck hit bead aod shout i iters out. and tbe old man asked : | "Boy. why do you lean out of tbe win- 1 dow so far T' • / , "Don't I want to ate If 'there are any ' cattle*® the track ?" replied Shiner. "Let me tell you a story." continued 1 Ihe man. as he hauled the boy to. "There ' was once a boy IS yctut old bis name was Henry." j "Didn't they call turn Dank ?" Inquired j "There w as once a boy named Henry. , One day he took a journey by rail to a city about twenty miles from his home." t ^ "DtdoYbcat the conductor .«t of his , "This boy tad bo® o nislth" continued flie old man. " not to thru* np tbe window. An open window ia dangerona on account of the draughts, and many a per- | son has been blinded by tbe flying sparks ant] cinder*" "But he shoved up tbe winder, didn't "Yes. He thought be knew more than any one else, and np it west. Not satis-fi-d with that he put hit head and ah oul- - den oul." "Bound to see the country, wasn't he ?" "The irain sped onward," sighed tbe rid man. "and by and by it came along ' to a signal post. The boy waa still lean- ' "Hold on. old man," interrupted Shiner at be wheeled around. " I know what . you are going io my ! Y'oa are going to sav thai tiie bov struck tbe Host wilb bia the hoy puat

chin and k Docked about three feet of tbe top off aod tore up half a mile of track and was put to Stale Prison for life, but I warn you lo understand ibat I'm noaunfisii ! I'm going lo look out of this window all 1 want to, and if this railroad company f "illniers I"" / °° Holding On. Three or f.air years ago a tanner living near Indianapolis who bad raised about bushel* of corn to tell, but who waa not mllsfird with ruling' price* deter, mined lo bold on. Ho nailed up bis corn. let Ibe country go lo ruin unless buyers came to his figures. To his great chagrin and disappointment everything went on as usual tor several roooiks, when ooeday a man from Chiragu came along. • IVluu's corn worlb ?" asked tbefu"Twroiy -eight cents.' waa the reply. " Why. 1 waa offered 35 toKmine last ° "Y'cs. hilt yon see the earner broke a days ago. and 7,000.000 bushels were loose in the market." "Seven mitlyon bushels!" gasped the old man. "Well, I swan ! Why, I've j kept forty buriiels locked up here ainoc | fall. Uitoklog I bad tbe couniry right \ bv Ihe nr«e, and now you tell me that : millynn seas let loose in a bunch ! dial my Outuros ! I don't believe I j lui»hels ot b-ans beside*" An Electric Railway. The longest el-clric railway In tbe world ia iliat be! warn Pnrtniah and tbe , Giant's Cause way io Ireland, a distance ; nf six miles lis cost was 8335.000. The lorre l i work ii is generaleil by a water1 tall in the Bush River, which lias a bead of 34 ft. and Is equal to about SO bone i l®wir. There is no doubt at to the see- ; not blag. This road is a I ram way. but I Ibe other electric railways in Berlin and i elsewhere arc elevated road* A New ! inventor la abnul lo introduce an electrical engine nf two horse power for ppiprlling cabs aod carts through streets. ' { and yachts and oilier small boats through

I water. Electrical machines take very I little room, make nn none, require no ' c —ii, and no d mlit will al some time in ' : the lutore siqieneile bonefleah in propel - ! ling vehicles ot all kinds through the • streets of ibe cities and over country j | road*— From Aaanfi Monthly for : way lo depression is on (be road to rain. When troubles c/ane upon him. instead of i j inuring bis anergics lo combat II, he weakI ens and his faculties grow dull, and his , I judgment Iwconira obscured, and be rinks • in Hie slough ol despair. And If anybody polls him out by main force aod places I him safe r.n sol® ground, be stands de. - j-ctcd and discouraged, and is pretty sure hare been given him. "How different It 1 it wiih tbe man who takes a cheery view of life even at lis worst, and faces every r ill with unyielding pluck. He mar be " swept away by an overwhelming tided ' misfortune, but he bravely struggle! to the shore, and la cret ready to make tlic i most of ibe help that may be given him. s A chrrrful, hopeful, courageous dispoetli/m is an invaluable Iralt of character, j unit' should he assiduously cultivated. Twenty years ago there was an old farj mur living out about 100 miles from New 1 Y'ork. who took forty pounds of dried ap- . ] pics to U)C Village merchant, and was told I i Lai the price was 4 cents per pound. "I'll 1 I* ilainizl if 1 submit to this extortion rlm.y hmger!" lie exclaimed : "why. they | uie qwatdh Horace Greeley's paper M 7 . IXrwYoik!" "I'll be kicked if 1 don't! ' > And Iw did. When be came home and : lUured up he said to bia jrife : " Wall. ; ll.mn-r. ii cat roe 88 to come and go. 83 lavern bid and maybe a little extra for toj banco." "Thro you lo® by tbe trip V " Y'e* kinder lo® In one way. bol lo I another 1 got my tew for 4 crnta a pound - j lew iban Jackson tells it. sad I tell you 4 1 real* d/m'l grow oo every thistle !" A Joke That(A(>cdlM Where It Did "Y'oui September gsa bill la 88." said the collector. "TbM's the heal joke I've beard to a , l/®p lime." said the rate payer. 1 "Why?" "Well, you see. in August I had sicko rat in the family, aod we burned gas nil night and Ibe bill was only four dollar* Io September my family wap4o the concur. the bouse was closed up, and the bill is'88- Good joke. Isn't it!" aod Ihe dti- , ren liad a fresh fit of laughter. - Yes," said the collector, "it's a good joke, but who's it oo V •Oh. I auppotv It's oo me; bol I don't ; mind four dollars for the sake of a Joke." ' — Sao Francisco Pott. Y'ooog lady : " Itn't Ibis child a little I Frenchman ?" Nurse : "I cannot tell ; the father it a German, tbe mother French. " Young lady : "All. then ws shall not be . able to ftodout until tbe fellow can i, leak.' i Tbe depth of - hold of ooe of Ihe Amerktz'l It scvcnly.flrc feet. P',Cr