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VOLUME XXIX. v CAPE MAY CITY. SEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1537. . •' ' ' " — l " — — ■ ■' ■ ■ ■ j ' — ' '' • ' ■' i' ■■ ' _ J. . =. =r i j " f ^

oape may city. jff. j. *1.80 a yoar In Advance. ?roff«sionaI Car lis. j r hptfiiak. STTORNRY orp onr*8*LU)R AT LAY WLICTTOa. M MWtlMurB MA*niKH su p r Sot* fSb 1™.'"""- ' Cap* war <mr rmm. i«. J. At- Cap* K>7 CttT <Wlp anting fwramre >w>. PJ- F. DQggfeASS, . A T T o r N E y-a t-l a w ^ nOUCTTOR I* CHANCERY « U cm'lir fn ^ALTERA. BARROWS, A T T O B N~EY-A T-L AW •OLtOTOR IN CIIAKCERT. j. f-lrainnq a son,~ denttsts, °C*" ^CsvatfaTOounrRocsn— YbwraJaysaaeRai-j-ajrat*. e. hildreth] ATTORNEY -AT-LA W SOLICITOR. MARTRR AND TXAtHMR IS CHaNCRtTT. OI»~ « N«. W WBAAlBItOB girver. CBTV Wa, cUF.B.J. nta-t. }_| khbert W. edmunds, . att0Rnet-at-law. SOLICITOR AND MARTRR IN C8AHCERT. At Otpe Coon tlon-.Tii—lsra ABA Prtrts,. J)R- JAMES H. INOBAM, PHTSICIAN AND 8UBGEON, A foQ rapilt of fresh dm,. ronBonUy or hsnrt. •pponTv m. BOYD, ATTORNEY AX-LAW OONVKVA NCER. hasd *"*■ Now Nana It» tare*. FslMtolpan. WOTtaRT ocbui-. fit., jjeuben townsbxd* A OUST CUMRRHLAKU MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. ^CDHMIBBIONRR OP PEglM. a lfhed flanxcers, oounseli/)r. at-l a w, "laiaSSi^ rauartrtphta bar ibbi. In J*. *•* *"r- 1,T' .'•»-■ SusiurM fcarrts. jp^nob RTwn.lt a ms, architect and builder i •"ill max A drawinoa. AND at-TEKIV i iff1ce •""" oi,°"kth art r ltttle , ~ ; ainteb a n d* g lazier. 0rlmt CAJY^^tSY/*nrJ1''™' organs and~ sewtlfg ma- ■ WcllXM. b. F. horner, < FliKOS. ORGANS & SEWIKG IACHINES ( (jo to" garrison's ' miraat.aj'snbtieim ■ pa re*. poc«»t wi biw*f«kulrr 1 COOT*. riAHIMU tackle. cheap libraries. 1 SVWSSE"™" t n WASIIINirroS PTRntT. I'APH mat. n. J Boarding ' e8t jersey hotel^ ( Mtntumn s*t M Art n street* "phe bat view house, ph»*» potnt, cape mat co, t pALMBB houkk, * WUai'HlT HTREXT. philadelphia. roomb LARGE and well fcrxished. filM

t wmm. '■ My doctor pmooubesd a re cum), but I i J. r* otrk STB to. with terrible pains in my hack Bad side* and 1 gut ao bad I Could nta note! Prom 25?lha lo 120 ! 1 l.od bom dnrInring lor my liver. but it did mr no fond. * I did out gApcct to lirp m'orr rlinn three — mouth* I togan to UK Hop BiUrra. Diretaly my »pp<-iip returard. my po ui I a. if by tufr, tod titer u«int bptpibI hottiro I •* not only bo *oind to a oorcrripn j »|bul wriffb more tbtti I did bpfotp. To I H'D Bittera 1 owr mr itfr." Dublin Jimp A "Hi. II. PmPATBIcx. "• InSM w"aiutt«l'tiJ:T>"',ill'?*^_ — N rural j 1a I-m«Ie troublo. for yrar* In lb» IMHO teinbie and cscrutholfnjc man. No mrdirinp or dor-tor could girt mr rdlpf iw Pure until 1 utpd Hop Bittrra. "• Thp flrat imile Nrmrly curpd for Dip BPCnud trtdp tpr at well and Minor " "mn a child. - And I bare *o *> to thie dtp." My Intel nnd r.aa an invalid fir iwrntyyrara wlib a aprioui " Kidney, livor and nrinaijr complain'. •■Pmuouoced by BoMou'a beat |*yti " Incu-ablel-SrPfn laa [lea nf your biltcra cured him and 1 Itnuw of ibt' " Liepa of elgiit ppraonr" te In my neicbbortMtod thai bare been 'raved by your bllterr. And many m ire are uaing them wilb (rent bpueftt. - "Dtey almoat - • Doiulradcur —tfri. K. 1). Hlaek. Hour TO Gar Sick.— youraelf day and night : emt loo miwli wliboul pitor all'tlir time ; lake alllhr pilr Doairuo.r * adppnlarri. and thro you will arant to know Any Co ffft vril. which ia anawrrrd » lo ttrpe word*— Take Hnfi Biilera ! ORANGES AND FLORIDA ••And, ralrf awoeg U - bl-aalega wtiWt arr ,D *" row vim Dr. J. U- WaBaoa. >. lo rare Ike worM for a Sekt. au ami of th. L ftfaUiataarofadeuc.irant lrap-ptir yoaae - lo acenaipldli wlta eaae a Pal lh» areal prmenp. faliad wbotty fo i.ore abonL I aa alaogud to > n»la ol ibt. brr(*ra.'Mi win bmader be aloplj . " Pi aiaab Tome. Tea ward -Ottgvr- M itroppol for tbr rraaon Ibal oopnoaplrd dtuwra arr ron--lantlj d-ynn, ttirr fnl .i». t,j amwtnauar irg MgMgM Mat oaiaportar.l tavovtae HE < Capr Wail Co. Wrrihants. SCnEI.I.ENGEB,' ' OREEK CHEPK. Otl'R MAI COI'NTT. ! I »Vt V l-roain « rt rail ban of DRY GOODS m?HBS ! otA|Ji£*?" " ^rtoSTaSddearand tr-e ] JA lyE^TsCHKLLENGEB, Git EES CREEK." CAPE mat CO, ' FRESH AND CUBED MEATS. TfKSDAT A ""'pRtiiAT | t>f earbwart alHl-1' la loir artaartn ym. . aaary riaaoaal li war t -°g» 'rW oM"- >^i I "pHOMAS EBRICSOS'S J«W PTOSE AT OKKES CREEK. « GBO C E R IE S, *PR 0Vl"s IONS. | DKT OfMIDA TRIMMINGS. NOTIONS I UK I Want Man to ' la i-il^i? Wr±Q -r?K?almn'a • jobs 1l bdesxix^ ~ s GENERAL DEALER IK DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ( BOOTS, SHOES AND NOTIONS. j 1 FLOUB AND FEED, j PATENT MEMCTNtr, ! , POHK. LARI). HAMS, SffiDS, Ac. } • JOHN M. KVSBKLL. ; t Cold Bprm,. May On, K. i. j t ]SJ" a PRICES' STORES, j * | otlb. P1TTT. J J I

WE KKOW NOT WHAT IT IA | - Wa know not what U la, daar. ibM alaa? an | deep and aUU: Tha folded landv tbr awfnl oalm, tba cbaak ' ao pale and chill: The. Uda thai wiUn-A till again. thooEb wa 1 J" Tba Mranga » LUa wlltudr at paace that art- I 0- Tbi. draatlntaZnar dally way. end walk | d. in it again, ■ Nor iTrTtrft m ' wander Mill oor why «- itat thtaw. know: Our tovwt and dead. If ■n they abo'jld mine thta.Uyo I Should come andaiAr oa. -What to War not | Y«ob*b<mdn»"t taloui, tfab.Hr. w. lira j ° ""of i Whi-"™ qU"H' mTM1 Va raTDol trtljua. If ya would, the myaterr * Tba child who aartev, life ma not with ^ knowledge or inteat. Nothing Hut 1 Wan thai 0-«l ti j An-i aa We n to'tbe living, an death It to the B Yriare- M. reader. «„ Dl-.er [Bo-ton Herald.] ^ .air array wo. that of liett Trlnre' Marruder, who onnmandel Fort Warren. Htatoo bar- j afltam -bo h^mnie™."wn'r^g*i^lK . thoae Engllah rrgiiiieoU have Complete In * equalad tha fooj. and f.«-l —le! as king. aaL 0 t~n Marruder waa up In Canada, and one of A tylc- Th* Englnhmen rather et,er-u.l to J though^ about the gorgnou. fraat a/ lofoia A tee moo On afwXard Uagrudar got a * nC foi a day at Anton on tbeir way to New v Ynt When b. «. ba -a. In for it lie r bad a lug room At U» fort bandaotndy decora la*l with flaga and Aowara, and ba a btrad the ennteate o< a Mirrrmitlh'i abopand - aaelof UmftnoMrtlnathBaatou. Then be gave d a famous caterer carta blancbc. Tha diouer - Magruder. Dm latter -a. princelike in bia ' u,° En*^b coum nm r anid: 'Bag pardon, yon itnow. I'vealwaya r beard thai Ameftcan ulRrrra gat* vnry Urge Ntlariaa, but may I aak -hat your mlary i.f a "Cartalnly. aiy daar fallow', laid lie- pnuoo. 1 in a primely way: "but really I dnoT know. , ^Jubil.' tm r outiiiu.-!. turning b lie efl.nl j wlm adood Iwhlud his chair, 'what i> niy - mlaryt You aaa,' to Uia Kaginhutan, 'I ' mJ **UrP " ^h* , lory reply." ~"~"1 unmUafao Old Time Militia ejfa. Icy Iraya." J iCru. HanFraociaruChronicJel Many boowLddem bad under their roof, , the family Brat- lock imukat, bayouet and ■ cerwnlge-bui ready lor tba aumraon. nhh b » and -iJippnd^ aa tb* law iHmt^to ben. ! r viewed and inspected by a gorrmiu. mililia f general with a glittering staff A genera • j thui eriab t-.day who never mw a country I '^geaetad teaming." ao rapleta^wtth a»k | ■ •dshWmtd aouiei^ gay plume ami epaol-u ! equine baada ami dmcriUng In Use air | i glittering |aua boLn with drawn .wools Hot ' | . the prrweot, with all !W I. casting and n-U | ■ congratulation, let. not tit. mono|uly t^gUI , U™ *^"1*1111 ^IiiiTM IIT~ "'lb'"* 1 I Every old man bit. two "Oat Wauddngtua" j ' , or "came near^iL" Patriotism nut largaly I ( (Cor. New Orleans Tim. I Won a LI 1 The training, of Modjmka and Morrl.dia- I ' playwd their differences to total-vie wa Thi. ' morrang Modjdta said: "Inevar took at a 1 and I cannot lea> to . aaa any on. suffer" ■ , WhCa Morria mention, that ".fail, it b i mort horrible, almoat Ilka rtraoctloo. I have ' to aaa real auffwing " Dr. Heguin made a poor woman, afflir,nd -iih bract dlma. walk ap foor or Pre pair of .Ulra to giv. bar ( the correct exprewi on of torturad bumantty. ! , II ia wall known UuU BarnhanU made rl.na study at Ihe Uwp,ul. of i-gna We ktmw J , matter artha. paint only to perfect-on. f rooi nalnra'a own vtalrd. Natnrmlly tba as- 1 Uw^aroTOplhhra a mora pettert work who | diawa .olely ^frnm her own Imagtoatloo. | ' [Hi Ibtul plo^* ' ' One at the librarian, at thp Male depart- : l mem eaporu Han Mr Rpoff.ad. lb. librarian ^ Thb gentleman avid It irana^itwl tbalUr. I Hpotord wanted a Mock of worthies Muff to > namely at an apprapriaJtolirfair a new ' oatioual Qbrnry building He wraths! Hue < b tba raaaon he baa qwnl the iw two or ■ oMAw propomd adjfloa^0"* , a 1 Philadelphia ' I Every night baforo rpbnng the head of a IdaoldaM dai«b , " Ya" a the Irply -birb generally cornea , All right." ehaarayaounda tba old mauaa ' ha Marts' for bia room. " 1 thought you might j Tk," Fiaakiigaat Mcraat. 1 [Chicago Harakl.J • j Part street. New York, b the crooksdmt j •u^ta^worhl.uiaatouaand^aitouta j j lovm^Jt. hatf°^^r'wlm*aix*a , i AoocTMpoiKmtdnJLinne daacribw * tba following as tha taptfaod employed ia * China few determining paternity:. A baMa thaavtor ia retained; tisrani. a chikraangar aeutniHl ptomdtaitemate t and U tha two bloofa unmediandy urate, tin " proof to cumplata Tha maghtrata kaam B mam bribad and tha water tampered wBK - , K,bcc*- ■k^yeva of fe. hoaaa. «f Sam y «ck aSmaato. to -» ta hapatoHKm.

JOSEPHA. ! ftada W. MdcheH to Chkngo Tribune.) 1 I Wa warn at Chant When our delayud mat ' : from my yuoog napbew. Baginald Tram, Oswald llamlUon waa dsad: bM alTalri left in a bad way. Tha arrangement of hla pa- ' ; r— and aaflllag ' oral wa. to the affect that Jiacph. [the only I . and mothcrlwa danghtar of my bid friend, now ab.ul St years of age) bad Unally mr ; finwl him. That ha had aarurwl a rhanga into the Tknlb, which was aooo to be ordered ' I thaflte tom lhU,U'l triS? hi* ™'1** 1 I ^My poor Rag! It waa hb first taste of ; Hfah bluer, and It waa going down hard I ' looped to grasp hb band In sym|Mlhy. I j curved tba stdpldlty of mail carriers and | annoying delay, that kept me w> long on ray ' Soldiers are rougb o I apeecU I began u> S oppurtualty cornea, I Mii-il i Iw ready In erpial * T a my'^f*b^ra An old soldier , uqa ring SO. hut hale and baarty. I inherited atarv- brother', death tha pile of stone ba called h-ane. and ht. large bodnrra intonate A nnvantbrope^ba towtodmarn Ut^taatejcr r of J.wepha until I earns to Drwiwo.1 »■ its , i matter Her nam. describe. Bar Divlu-lf , I tall, aba had nous of the awkward r.c pa I - [ rallar ta women of bar Mature, hut bee mcv flight of asaa hif®"* Better than Iwauty, 1** ; f face riprsaacd dignity and character. Ilrv s mouth >A shapely and red. allhettoh a I iq usee Jaw and toog chin proved eon bat f But bar eyra— glorionvt Clearvwi gray with played aad havoc with men's besets, what | a vainly Between l«ev and mv dear tad Uwro j ' ** a'ttoebinwnt IMy 'a MlkeTSrt' I J i cared little for aoeiety (though, thank Oodl | » never onlriendly or rvild to my kind, like my j ' brother) The suit our, ! mg country famllira j 1 no one if the wide verandas of Hamilton ■ Place, my time Was parad in riding and walk I r tag and ■hooting. ■ Now 1 will let you tola the mvtwl 1 ares ' I ■ turprimd when 1 found It out mywU I had I i fallen to love with Josephs. Preposterous 1 j , I never d framed of teiltug her. and 1 went j I t way Immediately— trsTriing with a party of | • My old friend I mourn*) aineetaly. Though ! 1 . len yrnrs my aeulor. we had been fripu'la 1 I rrars and tears. He knew I Mood ready to , I hut bena.pr.ejd ton fault, and though 1 bad' ' Legged bun to allow ray ambiance I foe I I knew ba.il to aad strait* ba would oeeer indomitable ^wllUipto ld bitn^ i" lib, struggle bururn of UoithWa, which grew bravlur day "> "AJ. be <"»)- < IXwj old friend! "Hrre Ilea a man whom I aver hb grays 1 had arrived at Dearwood lata to iheaflarI anon, and lied Mopped to the churchyard ow TI. gram waved to and fro. 1 f« Dried lb. cleared ; yuor danghtar gnardrvl well " ridor »tse slipped bar warm hand into mine, ted I held it strongly My ejea fell on Oswald), picture aa wa aeiterad the drawing. "Ml Togteber wa Moral looking at IL Then *. she Abajd by my side Benav*. i airnCknd harass mg care, had set their mark tn brow and hps though she bald Iw brad , Mill proudly, and bar aya. looked Into now. I She harked Into my face, for my lougue , -aa tied, and then baot her head aad ktvad . liana I "My dear." 1 said, "Nny daar." I The only safo thing for ma to do was to go . window, and I want fraaantly she followed ma. and. baring myself a. ibor- , nughly to hand aa an old lighter should by , this time. I sat down beside hrr aisl we had a , . long, serious talk. j The long rays of sanligfat paled from orange ( to amber and gradually faded into tba gray future. J'—rpha had bar fatbar-a own ptvda j jnrsd lo adraooe. First. 1 meant that alia j I "Joarpha," I began: 'Thra la no place ftw ' ymi." and then J ml tad n.yarif an old Man. I derartrtudfaraTariio be weU kicked fog toe , "No, it la my borne, aiy daar old home, no 1 longer. 1 have looked over tba paper- which . era in this bos enough lo era plainly that tba . place will not ba aufliciffsit to ratiafy tha d* I have thought It ell out No, dear major. I \ wood, kindly aa you mean tba offer. -tola , my fatber'adeMa remain unpaid Ah' I am , Bbe waa her fatlier'a own .taughlee Alu- | admiration 1 gave it gnslg'agly enough. ' j a. If I abtmld enjoy w-ohlu* her , aouudly and then kindng baa l , I took tba bos. and eboee lo lanva bar with | j the iaiprvmioe that I dwapprnewi totally of total) allot the MoU of affairs * Walt; tbry wan to a very md way. todral , made no efforts to minor things to Jompba. " | who bad madam* an enrlynsU Bhvgave. cast i. turned bar hack on ma. and waited " atra^it to tba wtodow. ii wssabaastly morning : couldn't have Ik. o nastier Tbernto fett— drinle. druxle. drlrjle Sbaoooldaae tba gray shaft which marked „ tor father's grave ft was draw Hull Tha J "Joavpbaff tAnytbhto to kraal thia Moray a Mlaorr | Noraply. f. - Too am net lagnHy bound lo fay tbaaa " All tba law ran do It toeteim tb. oa- k n terita*1" h**'1 jB "1 do Wish you would to mora Ilka peopta J Borrvw*jme Your fahn 'notions win Uuso- * nobody, aad as for year pride I caU It » At say rate. Stay bee* at Drar " -r»el I -ill CO away -Ulingiy tffc Will be ^ , *^DW?^^'Hto!iJ2S"«SL|ti«tmT. ^ T»c,drarU.u«: above the duty I o-t to tba N

deal my near lines should prove an worthy oftt* KnkiogttakiMof jam ra . ^Hto' si atcbwl off two ^lrraiswmsrata. I lltoo Ptarc." -ms" U»o boadings I did my - How like She was to Oswald, with that r aqnara jaw. U.»t llrm. rival tone, and tmperl i • galaaSLI law p.. Vrmger <ioievnm.abeMi .uLl. In pi.rvttsne* of apktnlobead h-r off I sent i "lo*a" Pi (doond sigh from Reg. hot no I oleerv.vl the young -om.vn'VpreVy doaely. i 1 ami I think yial will mrrrjfi Tell her that and rums into my firm at oner Pshaw, boy • I Don't lank so dared 1 have intend*! it ell ' along: only taking lira" by the forvbcL. you know Tbefe, yon Tonne Ivsu I Would you Jieejdia e ben you find her thai an raee'itrle i : oLI duffer who has token a fancy to the pl.ee i offer— I KTi.OO' to day f'ff it. and that Uung j have offered again, I tordt him up." "All eight, uncle; anything mnreP ' I was already half out I to library. flag WNa'hy this luie* tovond bearing. , fast, my stop quiekeo*l Then I formed a i kui.lral plana arbieh wuuld tod In cni-hlng I "Tr '"m to" ' ""J"*""- "H^! be. plaea for their wedding gift, ami I ua | agitssd myself in aftor ynsra fn.ltckiug en those green terrarea Willi Buggir'a oLleat or 1 youngest, as the ram might to. But tha as tt srav vain 1 was oot ta tto frsne- of rush was saddlnl I 4'aug to bar bark and ride Ulla mail.—, down I rame borne Isle Tto hsrdert Utile I forts bly siaLUJ and nltrtsJ dofn. I wesit fu , Iteggie's room -itbool tto Irast fear or self Iwtrarnl But Ihe lad was not there. A note sklckiog known lv-".-r than tnj go to £? iwinafaul yon can roll that Bv?%f thing kind, knd I darraay I shall gat over iL Hot I'm awfully yon juM yet; so I'm off. without Waiting^ A line or two more an badly blurred ei to to lllrgibln, and a gi-at scrawl wbich bora but a faint Tv-minl danr* lo "Keg.T Poor lad I P. sir lad' II.. trt*J hard to bo r harry In tba faaewell letter be rant before ba left tiwaborraef oLI Kngland. hot I saw tba In a few dayaff was railed suddenly to L-xi don on I— Morse, Iwing detolled Uiere some was lo file! my ell ate t ..mg neighbor flowu. had a muaage for mm from Miss Hamilton — "-he would write regularly, loh 1 was not to Having debvarc] Ito raeeago with a dlgni. flel ait -lightly .Inuagol by ihemriauaspoe nlsuve glance wilh wl.iri. -iw legauled me Ito while. Mrs Harwrs.sl ruMlod m^jaMically A" I went into tto garden for a quiet amok, f heard Ito bouwkevywi addre-alug Ito b-w-ra might now and toll rook tlw major's back again. \V t gave turn the m.«vge Sueor •aluit Bub lawk. Mary t tbml u' toUin' gnus to be » govern.-**!" "An' after 'at rackto' off Mr. Reginald, tba Btnek up pleee." laid Mary, wbo had a £*rt at too u aba thought tha world Tha^wvwka^sllgiwl Into ataelba.^ and the Khe waa ill. and wrote for ma to mow. to No fi Beverly square was the addrpaa. and t|w neighborhood woe uuet aritaorrattr Cf rifggrtt *| t.y tto leww Itaclf. Uutoid amlle. lie wert off with my card, and by and by Jowpha— .H tor glmst — trailwl down the she waa. let me talTjmlTtliat there -ere two. te-rajn tor hv to"d.| . I raw uiy etiaiiee and took advantage of IL l* nisLe ray goesta CowtfDrtalAe, and iiottuog imjuove tto p. want OppOriUaBy t-» visit tor aid borne, forth, old geotteinan -bo bad bought It intended to dbpora of tt suon. much to tto dtagart of my lady, who wa The quiet and the charmed"! work o wooHue togan to talk of going back to Lood m J to the Plane. ' 1 fatal made my plam totoad tor off. but t waj tod untB the afleroooo run was low. ao! [ I followed Iter. j portrait Har bead waa Unm hack, tor face uplifted, tor bands thrown Ira ^ "jowpto," I said, speaking aa naturally as " i taj^tbiast— "the wadding lot whirb this J kta-c Wto dwtgnwt a gtnnevriC.raec.fr Fha old fallow doeon't know wtot to do with ' aad. in flnv. says if you —ill take H hack— | i„lnlc Zte.1* °°T ' And when tba flrat stars cam. out wa walked ' t^Mtor through tba fields aud our UoU was ,

LOVE A-COCD. V DiMppeiotmant'a . Pall Out Over a Paeeioa that Might Have Worn the Stars of Jo;. > (Chicago Tribune "f akaaide Musing."! ' "Do yon apeak Oreekr ( 1 ^Oeorge VT. Ksipson looks up at Hinerra and aranvers lav ouiv by a qoiet, djoainy '• rvv.it 1 any words that to doce not con- ' eri re bar question to have bean pot tarenma. And then, aa tto si filing winds pf aatumn sweep Softly over the veranda on'wliUi.thsy 1 are silting, bringing with them a fatal, wu-uouv perfameof New Fjigland rum and XX mackerel, to recalls tb. fact that ba is tar, far away from the borne of has childhood, and that tto one beside whom ba ta sitting • was tore in this town whose qusuntoll I homes and girls who Bay pianodimh are cast I Into strange relief by .tto dally ptaaouoe of j history aud whom influence on tba^teghoi 1 influence of the centnry will ba fait long after tl toy. haw pajwed away or been ordered up— Ralph Waldo Emerarai and John L Buili . ' And to, starting suddenly from his reverie, t be looks at Minerva only to notice that the 1 tears are coursing silently down her cheeks, I and that tor tvwun, rounded and voluptuous I He wvs also that she is chewing gum with a mad, itaaMooat* energy that ' tails its own > story of terrible grief, and hla whole heart I. gore out In a flyr-1 of love and sympathy toward this beautiful being whose eyt : her over— helming sorrow, stepping clcra » b«cudo Minerva, and putting a hassock be twran then, ao that the soft, rounded curve. he twines one arm teqderly about her taper Presently he bends bis head a little and r whispers softly In her pink -unto) ear. "I die! , not mmn to offend you. my darling," saja be. I mean— far too weil for than My w tolr being , ta wrapped up In your life, and without It my life would be as adiulem and dreary aa a SL I Louis juice. Such a love as ours cannot, I* niuM not to destroyed. It would to a crur. I wrong to throw, tlie black pall of diteppolnL wear the stare of joy. You murt fly with mc. Minerva— fly to tto coldest wee!, and there, i amid the Ixwutiee w hich uature has showered - with lavish hand upon the faro of mutbei , earth, decking each feature with it garland of her own making, we will while away the paa* on golden wings, w hile cfrcry paoeuiy I tephjr shall bear with [t oor pram of fry a being forever united. Do not sc-.ro my jvof fcred love, Minerva, but say that you will make my ahuta life a great, tody, thrematory clasja the blushing but largely oaecooa girl u And so they stand there— to too much out of breath to. break tto aileuro, and sue to. bliwfully happy In the knowledge of his lor. heart healing agalust his. fed the throbbing bunion on her left foot, end a still, amah Hayes in ram to should ron for prmideul again, tells htm that tto answer lo I.I. ptaad Inge will to a favorable one. Bending agate be imprints n chaste, historical -society Attestant until be can recover from tto shock. "Am 1 to receive nu answer, my prericm • Otter be tudrtnura, laying his chik again* I her bang aa he apcoks. "Can yon not whtspoi The girl looks u)l au) pladug Ler tub} red lips in frout'uf hi. HoctMtc -tunnel car A year has paused Ho has a man wbo aib to tto loft of tto dealer in a Chicago poke. That man ta George IV. Simpson. In tto richly- furnishes) parlor at a turn!— , boarding-house that flecks tto hcwiaoi on La Halle avenue Sits Minerva Htigglna, tto brid. of a twelvemonth. Hto is peering anxioualy "H^of Miur' torayTta a cbrarr voice. "What are you op so lua forr George seats hintralf in front of th- Are au. ' M titer va, twining Iter arras around his nacl -^otteereTto^to^riy. "Why not r rr.-lalm* the girL Why may ; J txA be folded ta tto embrace of tto una mar - « hum I lover' | "Beam—,1" he replies. In tooe* that to i apeak his carnostnnec, "I do not wish to I . fraM-biTi-n."— JFrtnn "His Bony Bride," by Mural Halsteed. 'PSTlm^.} F"""" About thirty year^ago a poor little muai- I known, tried to sell lb- petrtllion of au opera ' which had Jurt lately been jwudnced bare hi i I 'oris hi come publisher, bat nobody wanted l IL Perbape ooe of the mustc-bouvw would 1 have aoroptei tto partition had it not bunn fur tto illusteious Heritor, who advtsOl hln - not to touch it at tto price demand*!— that k 5^1^" rompusa?°°a^ted,h' hU™^.^ , script . to another hoowt, ba: U , wa. rafnred simply tooauaa tto flrat tort , rich now— was Mr-dliu^ along the . -mlrvard , fading quite down in tto mouth, when L ; I in tto deportment ctf slate. To him tk. | cv.ru ptoer of tto new opera related hi troubles wtoraupon Cboodena said : "Ma foi, hot it ia Ineky warned. I amgoter t bomarry ta a few days lbs daughter of a mar ad via X cannot afford to pay 3, OKI franc, for your opora, but I Jill give you 1.500 franc for it if you wilj-arflat me for Ito year." The wae printed. . Tto name of tto opera b "Fanat," that oi has gained more than 1301.00) on thia greal ( HtatKdamU>at?Ma^iwriEteg1|n a rnmnwadatory vain ..I Kcaroc Conkltng. I t admire hb great ahllitlea and atcvllug huu great u P. nearly ovcrshadaw hie gnat qttal ooe w.thhoLl from him my hub ntnad of f paM^flto ro^docug.^Ha was summing a ] Jettey Central railroad lo tha Reading, v '.'What b ycwir bttaDteeP asked Conkltng , "I am a gentleman," woe tto reply. , •Wtot is your buntneesr replied then- j "ir'.'srs'jsi.-s.s • '"Yrei know tto Kngitah aenptatiou af the p can! lie rairaulu ~ Tto lordly Uonkbng pvcthat of dabbling in stocks and that to had V bought tto shore, of tto Gautral which to " held Lcnar to thought Uwy -era . good In- J viatmenL AO this —aa fair and proper te p pot dafteitioB ha waa no •jgaettaronn." L

Good Ad vie*— "Pont." ' , i . Don't inmtll a p or man. Hla ntuad-t ■ | may be well developed. ' ' ,. DonTfrel. TheSrSrld will mote cot n- | usual afire you are gone. 1 Don't color meerschaums for a lirteg. Il , is simply dyeing by inches. il ( "Daa'l aer, "1 told ynu wv ' T— to It . ooe you never said a stord abonl l! DooT Ihrow dirt In your teacher's eye*, j ( ' 11 srotild injure ihe pupiL i 1 Don't worry ah. tut Ihe ice coop. • Keep j , cool and yotuarili lisve enough. . ( n Dito'l turn up your none to light things. ! r Think of bread snd tmgiiinn. j Don't buy a coach lo please j our sntfe. ; t B-'Ucr make bre a fittfe sulky. Doo't write long olnimftiriL Save some I 1 t of ynur kind words for the living. I Don't imagine Itat everything is weak- ' * ( coing. Butler is stirmg io this market. . 0 ' Don't mount am financial gru. ■mjt!*- , 1 ■ Bide y.uir time nod reil snrr..w tHlr com*. L doibe* Remember ibe tailor h suffer- ' t ing. : i 5 Don't fir too r.-ntiracntai. A dead liearl, properly cooked, will mekc smt. i J oryroeai. U t Doo't ask your paslur to y ray wjibont | t ■ n 'ire. How else can he pay bis provis- : , ) Dtn'l depend w holly on prepared g'.uc. j ] « It will not mend broken prorolaea. ; t 'r D.io't linger where "your love lit* j , , dreamlbg." Wake her up and lei! ber to ! , , gd 'lie breakfast. '. Don't aland and point Ibe wnytohenv. ! ' en. Splrilual guide. boards save liut lew | d Don't worry nboul another man's bu«i- i 1 >. new. A little srlfishnrw it sometime* ' 1 • — — 1 1 Lel40.^,^=3f,pper•• ; ■i Site gave him a beatilihilly wotktvl pair : , ' of slippers. Although Ibty were l.v. ah in ^ ingly submitted to lite martyrdmu wbieh | , d Ibey Impnard, and. vowod lhry- should i | II never leave his feet Shortly alteewatds , J ihe young UMD nAde n return for tot..!- , freing. Il was bis picture encased in s ' . ■ a ill. il. and al lite same lime tcpli.vl au- [, gtily to an ..ft-repcateci duu for on unpaid ] . for suit of cloltoo. He gave ibe toy ! ' 1 sixpence to deliver Ibe package and notes. > giriogetplicil dinclioo as lo lite drslieiA- I ' tlan. lie was au unusual intelligent toy 1 ,t wilh freckled face, and lic discltargcd his a eirand in n manner Ibal should give him a ' • niche in the temple oTfame. J The young lady received a note in Iter ' i adored one's Itacilwriiing. and flew to her I! room lo devour lit contents. Site opened ' ' Ibe missive with lager ftegers and read: "I J ! am getting tired t>l you; cvrriasling alien- 1 t tion. The suit is about worn out ahead) ; U ' • neve* am jutnei to much anyhow. I'ieare - 0 go to Jericho." And llic lailni was struck I j utterly dumb when be opened a parcel 1 and discovered the picture of ibe dciin- I < quint customer, with note Ibal Mid: ( "When you gsie upon l lies* fratunw. i j think tow mqch 1 owe you." When Ibal I t unfortunate young titan called around thai t evening to rccrive the happy ackn iwiedgmeot of hit swet heart be w as Instantly t shown the door by Ihe young lady's i lather; and the morning be was waited ■ upim by Ibe lailcw'a lawyer, and impcr- ■ _ alively ordered losrtlle or suffer. i ; The Cheapest Thing on Earth ' Wlten you buy n Dcwspapcr wlteiber you pay 1 cenL aceuu. SceuUor lOccnla c for il you grl more for your money Ibsu , you d.* when buying anything elan In Inc \ I world. I ntran Ibe average newspaper. , ' A ncwapoper is not only Ibe cheapest form , no literature in the world. Il coats from ( Mccnls lo$l logel ascnlnt Utt Ibealre. | and ooe of these sum* generally Ihe latter you alien pay lo sec a performance thai . you doo't gel is much pleasure and genial benefit from as yon' would in reading a single copy of a good journal Ibal COM all the way from 1 oeut lo 10. Any sort of 1 nl all. if you aiuoke, lo spend »1 f..r ' wftot facility be gets rid nf a quarter fur 1 • "ovktalla." Ibe pleasurable aud tottr- I th ill effect id which is often a Dialler of c i aerious doubt with bim. A carriage lo g.. ' i anywhere cn*s *5 ami one for nu after- ' I .,n . .t a drive lo (bepttlsc.au from J3 ' ! *7. « ' "A Liters* *He ubll " ' "Fifty millions of peu|i1e. mostly foul*" ' was C'atlyle'a polnlrd way nf imiiiog II. " The new briliauily s-jrrassfu) Lilt-tar) ® ^ Rpvolulbm— which a few months agowa- ^ I sun.ro ibe npposlt, ibal people are nm ' mostly f.«-ls, but thai ibey warn oo.r, " ruber lhan Irash, and ihe "Lllreary " is Ibe result. Kvery reader U ? 1 Tiller Ballnis.in Ibe fitti eleclion ore in , to can (by postal card), before January . 1, 1884. 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Vote I bow yuo want, one or nIL II will v ■ akr 10 000 Votes for each lo eircL The tiring received, the books described will be published dnring Ito piearnt win- 11 on Ihe terms staled. No money la asked in adrsnce. You can receive and examine Ibe books before paying for tbem. _ A specimen number of the Irving Library, giving samples of type, paper, and tlber particulars, will be sent free to any nppli- ^ ^Qulnlna Suparaadod. ■ • i i " psrue*lerawrartvrme-in*t!t. Fur sale te; • in IL A. KrtmMj sort Barcv A Heeraj . Cope Ksj j

I Pickings froro our Eachqngea. Always happy to moot fricndtoi Boloh1v»S Jack Fro* M l say anylbing.bul he -indulge* in frreief peach. (Juantagia *uiiriimes called aparking IreOy-t ito ml « fire doesnl commence An Ohio prsiminrras bos resigned tn i gri tan friad. Poor iliiofj Bto'll have oftu 1 lo -0^ for a delayed mole. ! "No," sold ibe tramp. "I shan't apply charily at that bouse. There's s load | of onal outside waiting lo be put in." llarwin says that tto monkey can blush. : He certainly ought lo when to sees Ito , way bia drcendami ore culling up. "I will not dilala aa this scheme," aid on orator. "Tbal srighL" said a bsteuer, j "die early, by all means, and spore your ' audience. "A baby." says Ito New York Jaunt*! "is ito cutis of married life." This does away with tto pApular notion thai an aaais ; a quiet place. How itit that Chester A Arthur made • recommends loo In his message looking toward Ito suppression of the young **n ! who is learning to play ihe conxlf— Dor. j rid. "Yes," laid Uiu Perm, "I rejected Mr. gg. Nice fellow, but i couldn't have Ibe announcement of my marriage appear 1 In tto papa* under the toad-line Hogg- * 1 j Peon." A good authority on fashion announces Ibal I lie bustle hereafter lo be worn will be a small feather pillow. This will be a I improvement aa ito newspaper in | : slippery weather. The moral side of iL "And eo. Mist Fullgr. you think Miss Johnson did wrong ; lo go oil ibe Mage in ligbur "Indeed J j do. Why tor limbt ore as Uita as pipe, i sum*"— Huston PoM. ' ' You can get liral-clasa board for 22 a - ' v-erk." said Trilobite. 'No!" replied ' ! Crioold. amazed. "Fact," insisted Triki- ! "waahboatd." And then to curled 1 sod peirefied himself. 1 A Haliimore drug clerk mode a mistake I labeling a bolllc. and bis error killed s wraiian. To be perfectly safe, make tto drug clerk lake tto medicine and then rub ; yourself with Ihe boule,— Hotel Mail. I 'arm era In woe "Please, Sir. gives blind man nttlckel," said a tramping beggar lo a gentleman on Austin a rental "x. , "Bui you ore not blind." remarked Ibe , gentleman. "No. bat my partorr la. He is standing down there on Ito corner waleb- . ing lo see if ito police ore coming." Al a child's fair-Uncle Jsck: "It is good lemonade; but. Bonny, why do sell jours [or three cents a glass when . gets Are for blsT- Miss Bonny: "well, "you rausn't tell anybody. Uncle Jack, but the puppy fell Into mine, and I 1. rtight il ought to be cheaper." "Lei us play we were married!" mid Edith, "and I will bring my little dolly and any, 'see tjaby, pep*" "Yes," replied Johnny, "and I wilt nay Soo'i bother me now; I want to look through ibe paper. ' "—Harper's Bataar. A Yorkshire nun whaH well lately caved jo contrived lo make ibe authorities suspect Dial be bad murdered a man and put bis body at Ihe bottom of the well, and took things easy at tto jail while tbry d ig bis well out for him: to now talks of suing tto town for false imprisonment.— St. Tto fair thing: "Now, Mr. Overwhat will it coat to have hot and Olid Water put all tbroxgh the borne!" Well, I csn't give a very clow estimate uoiil tto job is cnmpletrtL 1 will do the square thing by you, though." So the plumber went lo work, and three months later to owned the bouse. December Choice Literature. Tto magazine, without any rival io hi economy of cost, cnalinoea to occupy In place io the front rank of literary period cals. -Among its December contents we note: "On Being Pilled," t spicy anony. ■nous sketch, presumably by James "The -Why' and •How* of Land Nationalization." by A. R. Wallace, one of the ablest English champions of the them; that the land rightly belongs to the whole people, and not to Individuals, "Wallenvtein and tto Dram*" a very able critical article, dealing particularly wilh the writings of Schiller, who a ranked by many as tto greatest literary « genmanf Germany, and his subject, ooe of tto most remarkable characters in tto great Thirty Years' War-" "The Lake George Tour." by J. ArbulLnot Wilsou.a very readable sketch: "Inequality In pun-l-hnien'." by Lord Justice Fry. one of tto meet difficult problems with which statesnod jurists have Jo deal, discussed with gnni ability; "The Towers of 8L lenrc." — a funeial custom of. India; "Wnrdswnetb and the Duddon," a ctaannllome Hole." by I-ortl 1/wne, isle Governor General; "Tto Future Prospects of Madagascar." by Rev. Geo. A. Shaw, the missionary whose come was ao prominent injto recent complication between France and England. ' Huorysuckl*" a nature s'ndy by Grant Allen, n poel- naturalist; "Sellna;" Pro* Poems, by Ivan Tnrgenrlff. 'Robert Browning.' and are euthoilsta tic and scholarly paper, by Hon. Rodeo -\ vl: "Tto New Birth of Christian Phil- • *"phr." an able theological study, by Rev. Dr. Bary; snd "Sleepleasnea*" a most practical and interesting paper by an anonymous writer. Does any even of tto liant and instructive array of blgb-claio literature! «1 00 a year, single numbers york°t* joll° r a'den.pcbliiber.new ihe JeXnsan City Trthnn* ^•Oh. pa, there is aa awful fight around " Yen !" said pa indlffrreolly . "And one man lias cbewed the other's "Yee'r "And Ibe other man has shot all hie pistol and killed a baby !" "Poor baby." yawned po- " Ain't yon gojng around (tore f i "Preoeotly," replied p* . _ In a short time everything became quiet ~ sod pa rushed frantically around the corner and orated on old woman f or aeU- ; matches without t trenw. 1 l"e was t paUoeman.