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VOLUME XXIX. CAPE MAY CITY. HEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1884. ' WHOLE NUMBER. 1544. _

OA»JFJ5 MAY CITY, KT. J. ■ S 1 .50 a yar in Advance. * nrfrtBlonal &u&s. J B. HOffllAS, arrui.— - aa* KOTakYFTBUC. ; Car* Mat com Horn. K. 3. a tto rn e T-AT-LA w KlUrmiK IK CHANCERY . *u '.. cat* mat cm alter a. balfrows, attor n bt-a t-l a w aoucrroB ik chakckhy. •qr. j. frtfaaumrfi a. bon, dentt8ts, tames ii. r hildreth^ ! irtobntyla'r.l a w ■OUCITOR, KAOT*R AXD EXAMINER IK CBAKCBKT. "*■** *"**• w. immtrkde, attorney- at-la w, •OUCITOR AK1I MART MR IK CHAKCERT. At Oape Oo^no^' TMMHl'lM FrW^J t)r. james h. ingram, wrrwciAV and surgeon, mhatdr ' t c»i-tal» w0aoo r». bmw CREEK. K. I. reuben townsend, lOtlT CTMBrBLAND mutualfire insurance oo. co«Kt<wioKim or uinw. omct 1 oar* Mai.o"ci ip—e. n 1. )**-f lfhed flanders, counsellor at-law, *" * (rhmS^mk s&rKssPKUi- KlllRM'PR. Krw Jar— « Raffs— m Bar-nation Commit win i* aiteuiiro "aiwBuS^PMIarteipliri barl'se.Kew Jar- . gS."L .. .. ,.... TnsTnfSS Cards. j^xob VL. williams, architect and builder. mat. kj. atnter^nd^g lazier, qrgass and sewing mab. f. horner, • PB!Q&®«AIS &SEWWG MACHINES nronimj, x i. <5*2 »w^" qro.w- grace, practical builder, rill AT Til* «u> stakd. cats mat •ww noma qo to garhibon's STITIOKM, UD SMBE TiifflT to* gold r*». blare boom, toilet Pare*, ink-er cctlekt. ebbu. cheap ubraiiie». mixuvukx mo atp jlkrtjpa ctvr k 0 on ^-^•kts^akdoila it w aiailktiw rtmett. car* mat. k 3. fffiyw jersey hotel, j Dffamn Anm sad mum turrets. • rtjN cammoLK-J. T. W- KhCKT. rn*n*c. <phe bay view housr,"M m CBKMTKi-r nun, papj-DELRaiA ^ aoOMl LARGE AND WELL PI'RKIABJCD. . gxnxssz sr* - - PA¥Ents! --

t »rdlnl. 5 'Maryland, My Maryland." • • • -ITffXy wires sad | lAiBjiaiMm.r- 1 "ilj farmlira In i rather low ud triasJ m«tie situation, and "My wife!" -Whor I "Was a very pretty blonde!" "Tweuty ye«t» ago. became ■•Saiio*:" "Hollow-eyed:" "Withered and aged:" K j Before ber linie. from "Malaria Rapora. though ahe made no | grq»py kind, ye; caused me great uneail"A abort time ago 1 purchased r«t remedy ft* one or tbe children, who Mil, a eery severe attack of bllioueoess, and it nccunrd to me that tbe remedy might help my wife,>s found our HlUe girl upon recovering bad "Lrwt!" "Her aalknrnt-at, and looked as fresh as a ne* bora daisy. We)h tbe etory is MOID I old. My wife today has gal tied ber old-time beauty with compound InterI do say to myself) as can be found in this county, which is noted for pretty a omen. And 1 have only liop Br uers to thank for .It. 10 Die dear creature Just looked over my ■" shoulder and my*. -1 can flatter equal to tbe days of our courtship,' and it reminds _ me i here migbt be aiarr pretty nan if my brother farmers would dome I have done " Hoping you may long be spared to do good, I thankfully remain, Most truly youra. H C. L Jam aa. BlLTsmut, Prince George Or. Mil. r a • Msy 88th, 1883 f Put a Brand on Him. bucbobc pkUcaopkm. Hr *u loai trAoicoIj •"TPrreS where I differ froar yea Atloeetaer," V to-T*re BSBtlnrAl In ettarr etiAracrer. Lore . s^rTm^^r^r p«KCVonic?a^taoiS**S '• waoieaelaw tbe nuigfl* aet^oase.^ GenueR.^S!S?S.•,';r,,hKeS^r,?.,^,^^ Irtet-A Team Taisraange MaAbena rsaderol yw 5 njylSy"iZws°' Sw"S. ^ Tbere u no cfcanjm. tioweerr. in the iitirai a ■ « iSwrt cialrslr TaS^mST ur isiiia - ■FTT7?3i»m Belief at i| ply *ltt flagsr e Creaffl lU'tn immiit.c (Sal J y"r" ° '' ' " Capt IHap (to. Hnthants. •pgr SCHELLENGER, I> Attn At me I4C plAf. br y Tree an GREEN CHEEE. 'cAPE MAY COCNTT. a €RoSs, DRY'S SraONS JAMES H. SCHELLENGER, . GREEN CEEKK. CAPE MAT OIL, T FRESH A N D, CURBD MEATS, ROt-LTrr AND BUGS. f^JJau *ffon "dr u 'usii.akii IA • ■»»— lanmaeMr. . JsAy "JHOMAS ERRICSON-S GRO C€ lEsTre 0V1S 1 8 N S, DRY GOODS. TRIMMINGS. KOTIOKS MkfSIMaiirt nntttfor ■ ii ao *r u,wr5'£2ys2Lr<^& [JOHN M. RUSSELL, a j GENERAL DIALER IX J DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, • • BOOTS. SHOES ASP KOTIOKS. . h FLOCR AND FEED. L PORE. LARD, HAMS. SEEDS, Ac. OAS pe^ cj, l^Cto_'s. J. .1 jSj- C. PRICES' STORES^ K*. SJ KStl ar . C AREAS AI <*RT. ' GSQCSEBE, DET 6Q0BS sM N3TICNS. - l^t'A ' «aNI^&; OLsS^y RtTTT, fid. w RttTi eT*EKT. • '«-.* .lE.£D 8TORE- AAA ; COKN GATe, BAY. a BAR AMD MILL YEW t j r i I, "L Z

Answsrsd Prayer. 1 prajwl for glory; awl I bsarJ ay nsiae a- Song ay tweet cAlMren and by Msaey waa. Bar aat tae Bant, tat anna tast come vua I prayed for lore sod Bad tnV aoere Oeatre ; Ttrrooga qelTerug heart and boty aaa " '"I""' . . - ! We met and gave a went, ateeea, a ssaue >0 IpoctbeRtyt ABU It Tee were true; " Ttuu yon gaee sympathy I crave. ■d ^ yy, n M lbr^ axtt at mar A botOAO life t if Are soatoaA lightly swayed as rushes are In By lore or strife I ^ Tea. yea. a look the tainting heart msy break. 1 ,y *Mfl°«t*atoo!l" \ '• A STRANGE CONFESSION. < <T i lo At last they bare given me pen, ink and paper. Ai last I can write 001 my story and aeod it forth into tbe world— tbe world that shall Judge me, and whose 1 judgment I do not fear. I glanced op Just now from my busy ! ' . writing What did I are! A room scruple oloaaly clean and neat, with two or three r good pictures oo the emits, and containing ' a- soot lew handsome articles or furniture. 1° Bat there is something odd— ^ something '• wanting. What is it? ,j Ob. I see: There is not a piece of china, s piece of glaae, a single article of bric-4- ." brae which lends to any apartment that *• graeefol air of living. Any wbyf* Because ! °0 cbioa might be broken, and sharp edges ,4 cut. Glass alto la dangerous. It severs . is arteries. They do not even leave me an | ' £ I'ury paper knife to cut tbe leaves ef the I ^ ^ magsziors, which lie uncut upon my taTbe view from my two windows Is oo | J" a large and nobis park, bat I turn from it ■. sboddering. Ah. It is crueh cniel ! ■ He- j ' " tween me and It Is a gmted Iron. Yet I ' * have committed no crime. I am not in a 1 1 it prison, though a prisoner. 3 Perhaps you have goeaard tbe secret 1 1 £ am shoot to tell you. I am in a mad- ' t- bouse, and they call me mad. 1 had lo ' " lay down nry pea here and taoch. How strangely my langh sounds in this quiet J But let me Mil you why they brought ' r. me here. Three years ago my beautiful Italian mother died. Too see It It ber * foreign Wood in my veins which makes £ me en uniikr those add people, who, beeaute they cannot understand me, say that i I am mad. 1 look Ilka ber, too. My eyes are large , U and dark; my hair, which, unbound, (alls to my feet, la black as midnight. My lips ( 1* are red, and through them my-whlv teeth ' fairly glisten. My figure it (all and willowy. and slight, f I was eighteen when my uncle— my IJ father's brother — brought me to bis boror. ' He bad but one daughter, a year younger W than myself. Sbe was still at school. It * was ber finishing year. Would that tbe ■V had never bred. Would that I bad nerer ' .I sera bar fair, false faor! I should have ^ been DoaWt wife then and now. Bui I ' - have not told yoo of Donald. ~ He was uncle's partner. Though a very young man (or so Important a position, 1 his services had been ao valuable to the firm that they bad wun him hit rvcogal- ' e Hon of them. To my nods be arts almost | Indeed, always I think it bad been hit 1 in cherished bnpe that OWS day he would sustain to Urn ibis reklioa; but be thbst ' it may, he was constantly at our boost. 1 T I shall never forget lbs flm (My I saw ' - IV* aid Gretg I loved him then, I love bite now. I shall love him » my grave. I was sluing tlooe in tbe library, gaxidf ' dreamily into tbe fire, when be and uncle | !, Frank entered together. "Lolo, dear.- said my node, "Mr. Craig '• dines with as today. Let me present him ' to yoo." ^ I lifted my ayce then, from tbe fire to ' bis faca— tbe face which baoolt me now, the face, with its wonderful eyes and wonderful smile. Be came forward, and held oat his hand with tbe frank, oordtal grace ' wfiieh beknged aw pecdisrly K him. I saw ' . hi. glance rent on rue. * The Wood mounted in tall temples. I knew (hat be'wsn' amaaed at my beauty, 1 rand for the first lime In my life I gloried in Its pi aw. si inc. Heretofore I bad known 1 U ne gratittwie for Us fatW gift; now I could 1 J; hkve thanked God that I was ns X was. We weat In to dinner later, but I could 1 cat nothing, nor did I oos terse much. He talked and 1 1 record; bat after dinner, of ' my o<rn accord, I weat over to the piano, ' I opanml IL ffnd ml down. Firm I let my . fingers wander ever Ibe keys, then I atruck 1 e prelude and bagta to sing. The two owe oraeed alkln*. I saw tbe 1 * amaard Wnk ia my uncle's eyes. I bad " told Limnotbiag of my anmdertal voice— 1 the voice over which the great toasters 1 had rased m* wsll nigb wept, because I ' had money ia abaadinea, pad need not - with it win goid from Ibe pnbUo, bat I ' was net aioguig to hitn I was singing to Donald. ^ Before my song whs flabhed he bad 1 S, riseaaadcroamdtomy side. I knew thai 1 be would; I knew that I bed begun tokx- ; ereim my power*- the power which I made ! oath to myself should usero fats life. ' a ••yth'C^ ' Met.

Donald drew a long sigh, as of one surfeited with ecstasy. I talked with him then. Uncle Frank left us alone .together, and I told him of my life abroad— of my mother, whom I bad left sleeping lo my native land— of myself, and lire air here which chilled me. ' "Yoo think, then, that we have no heart, oo warmths" he said. "1 do nog Mop to ask tbe question," I ' answered. "I only know that I sblveg, tod mm cold !" "Poor Child ! poor little gfrl:" be mur. , muted tenderly. He came very of tec. after that evening. I Ob. bow I looked forward to bis visits: bow! hungered for bis presence! bow I "•■rated for hit voioe: Yet I knew he did oec love me. Maetinitea cim, 1 hewltTo every sense I appealed except the rente of loving. In vain I strove to disguise tbe truth from myself. It was always before me. Yet be could not stay away from me- There were times when Ire made the effort. He always failed, ' and I qmrid see bis infer at bis failure. . No tXttrr where be was, what be was doing. I could wish sod will" blm to my side. Of this secret control be had no Idea; but all tbe same it fretted and galled So the months fitted by, until the sum- 1 mer came, and brought with It, with its • sunshine and its birds, of which she . seemed so fining a part, tbe return of my senior, bat sbe seemed to lie' a veritable child— a dell, a plaything. Sbe was like a lovely, unfolded bud, in bet pink-and-whhe loveliness, for sbe was pretty, with ber langbtng blue eyes and balr of molten , r>'i Oh, bow I should have liked to bare twisted sue of its glittering strands about j ber slender throat," until - But what am I writing? To you this ■ sound Hke madoeva. Yon do not ' yet know any provacatloo. Of course we have met before— sbe bad ' been borne from time to time oo ber holidays; but then I bad seen nothing, suspected nothing. It remained for the long ' summer days and moonlight nighu to | reveal to me tbe truth. Donald loved ber. Yes, my uncle's dream bade fair lo be I fulfilled. Should ill To my own heart, ' | Day by day I saw it ooming. the terri- ' ware of dcaolation, which would soon | sweep over me— day by day, with all my ; feeble strength I fought It back. Soroe1 i limes 1 had my moments of triumph— ! sometimes I exercised over blm my old, ' | fatal fascination, when she was utterly One evening sbe was ill, confined to ber with a severe nervous besdscbs. Be '! came as usual, sod, when told be could 1 not see her. was about to leave. • Will you not stay?" I say. "I tbiak not," be said. But when be stopped for a few moments ' eoevemitioo'whb my unde. I crowed to the piano sud begsn to ring." In ten minutes he was by my side. I ' burat into an impassioned love sang— my ' heart's misery sad tanging found rent. 1 1 let the list notes die in a sob, then I arose 1 and slipped my band through his arm. "Take nw into lbs air," I whispered. 1 1 "I am aiming." Together we crossed to the window j opening upon tbe verandah: but, as be warred, be staggered like a man iotozl- ' fated. Tbe moon was at its full. Its rays fell 1 our faces. It revealed tbe ghastly 1 pallor of hit. L too, was pals. "Donald," I whispered. "Utah:** he said, "Too are a witch," and turned t* learn me. Bat I dang with both bands lo bis "Donald." I cried again. "If I were a witch I could maka you lore ore. Look at me. Am I hideous la your sight. His glance then retted oo or, and bit .deepened and grew dark. I was 1 dressed la purest white, a crtmwm rote at ' my throat, a great mass of them at my ' belt. What was this child's prtttloets com- ' pared to my bsanty? He saw, be recogaixed ft. I drew a step nearer. Hltbraetu sheet and quick. Tbe color rushed ' to bis fsca. "Donald. " I said, again— but nop my ' f voice bad dunk to I Whisper, so low that erec the night wlads failed lo catcta it— "klsa me, joet core." This time be did not start away. My ' wards enthralled him. He beet bis hand- 1 snras bead. In another moment bis lips' : , would bare tcmehed mine, when a Mule ' hand swept Away the curtains from the window. | from the abadows of the room. In an iostaat Daaaid bad sgreag to bar aide. I ' had forever loat him. Neither missed me ' as I passed In and sway from thetn, though I beard ber say: •1 felt better, and there was something ttrup about Lola's snag it surtled ; roe. and I name down to see. " Befoee aba slept that night, afae knocked J ! " door"I want la teb yoa bow happy I am," , ahe whispered, as she kissed me "To- ' night, Donald asked me to b« bis wife- ' fvalgbt. yet certyn while ago, as I stood ' in the window, Lola, and saw you both 1 together, I was almost Jealoos; bat I oere, ' shall be Jtaloaa again, Daaaid say a lib j sarsSfcc ■ alutoat at occe. He is going abroad, he 1 ' says, and wants to take ma with blm." I don't know boo I sB» wered her; bat 1 at at last sbe left me alone. My blood, j like molten had, ooarand though my vietta. Tbe days that fotlowed were dsy. of tor ' Everything was hurried ia prepare , tine for the wadding. I laughed as I watched ft atL 1 stone i kn-w that U shook) aeshr tekapbou I ' did sot evta lunges strive t» exercise by , power over him. 1 fand*} sometime* thai I people worked me strangely, bat I was t rasp gumiferi. ' Qatr. la my own reran. I ' ia|k*d sad tfdd ft odaff Ik wkispaia to my. ' Wail ft was tha mght bsfora lbs wad- :

- ding. I had said "good night," and gooe 0 mriy to tny room. It opened into Rita's , with a communicating door. When sbe r came upstairs I pretended to ha asleep , d but she bent over and kissed me. r An hour after. I got up and crossed over to my table. There I took up a prelty a Rllle Venetian dagger— a lor which bad belonged to my mother. I smiled as J felt 1 it's sharp blade. t 'It will not bort." I whispered; "but she will sleep ibe sounder." Then T softly opened the door and entered her room. Sbe lay ofi tbe bed j I One white, rounded trm was thrown above bet bead, and ber lips were smiling, j i Tbe^jspe at ber throat km not whiter than , ' Whv did I not strike at once? I do not j e know. Better— far better— if I bad. 1 ! t* felt oo pity, no remorse. Why should I? ' e I should give no pain, f I only slopped to look at ber, and think { » bow lovely ate would be dressed in her | !■ coffin in ber wedding dress. Tet I was | far more lovely than my rival. My rival! j • Yes. that ni the secret. It was for this j f sbe mutt die. He dared to scorn me and , » to love ber. 1 Where was ber heart? There, and there only, must I strike. Ab, I could aee it » j best. 1 talsed my arm. e j Another minute and it would hive (alle en. but to that Initsnt sDroe one seised it r trim behind and wrenched the weapon j from my grasp. I turned, to Itxik into my r uncle's while, stern face. - From that moment, and for long weeks r and months, I remember nathlng more When I rrgslned consciousness I found i myself here, behind grated bars, and with j human eyes always upoo me. Kiln is married, they tell me, but I do r not believe there. Some day Donald will t give me lovs for love. Yet it was be who i uncle to steep that night In Rita's room— t -begged it so earnestly that he could not 1 Ab, be did not know bow I could love, ■ when be turned from me to bet! Cold - and passionless, whit can tbe leach him 5 of tbe heart's true fire? Ooe of these days j be will come lo claim bis bride. Why . should 1 take my life? He is coming. I t am content to wait— yea quite content, . sod so I smile sad let tbem call roe mad. Mary Anderson and Prinoa of ' From the Washington Sunday Hrrsll. A gentleman who returned home from L/mdon last week says Mary Anderson has had a more cordial reception there | than has been given to an American actress for many yrara He also tells ■ story. r which. ir correct, cannot fail to Increase E the reaped of Ibe American public for j Miss Anderson. Il seems that upon ber arrival sbe was Invited to some of tbe beet hoosee In Loo- . doc. and stories were told of ber beauty 1 and wit that made tb» Prince of Walra very anxious to meet ber. Miss Anderson was Informed of this flattering expression [ of bis Royal Highness; bet, moB unac- , eountably as it teemed to ber English I friends she showrd no desire for the pre- , senutlon. Finally a gentleman who knew her very well was asked by tbe Prince to say to Miss Anderson that be would be pleased if sbe would indicate a time when , would be agreeable lo ber In receive an , Introduction to bis Royal Hlghneas. Sbe | replied that while sbe wished to show no disrespect lo tbe future ruler of England I she mar. decline to receive blm. Socb ■ r reply bed never before been made to a request for sn introduction by a Prince of tbe blood, and tbe wit asked to ex- . plain. •Ao Introduction to tbe Prince of ( Wales," die pluck I ly aurwered, 'can do roe no good profesriooally, aad I know very well bow he tegat da actresses generally. . Pi-rsoDslly. I have always maintained my own dignity sod self-respect, and I do not , mean to pot myself in any position volnn- . tartly Vhrre 1 may be compelled 'o forget t them. Therefore I most decline to be , presented to him. 1 have gooe this far In life without a breath of scandal attaching . thing that might change that condition. ' ! This settled the matter. Tbe story got I out In Londoa and was widely repeated, and it sras noticeable after that tbe Prin- , cess of Walrs in el ted Miss Anderson to j ber garden party, an boooMbe bat never before conferred on any actress of tbe English stage. It is a phy some Amenr can rtrti who are getting themselves very much talked about In canmcdoo with tbs J. Prinoe of Wales could ore fellow Mia , Anderson's example. Matches. Pram tae CSKaga I!re»ii. "That match yon are lighting your ! cigar with Is a very small thing, isn't UP1 said a passenger who bid shared my teat ' for a few miles. "A small thing, but yon 1 wouldn't believe tbe Americans paid out t2T.000.000 for matches last year, would j yon? It looks big. hot It Is a fact. Now take a pencil and figure It ore. Fifty milBoos of people In this country; tbey use no as Average of five matches each per , dsy; that is 830.000.000 matches dally, o. 2.300.000 boxes or 100 matches in a boa. every day. Last year these boxes retailed ' it an average of three cents each, making 875,000 a day for matches, or $8T.S75.000 | year. And then to think that threefourths of all these matches were supplied 1 by one Company! If tbey didn't maft | $80)0,000 dear profit oat of U tbey didn't Tbe harvest day of the match monopoly ia sow at an end. m tbey no longer hare a ' government revenue tax levied for their benefit. But tbey etll) control the (ride account of Ibe eeperior maauf icturing SSS.'aStfi^UrS'.'SE ; MBS. and tbeir lumber Is cat by tbrir owe . mew end shipped oo tbeir owe beats. And tbro^.nave contract rd (re sear It all * ahead, aad tbe pew nwanteanrera suniag I matched in many trays by tbe <M monopoly: which eea mill coatroi the trade sod saakee fear profit oe lie tcsestmeots Tbey cnalroi twenty-ton Cactariaa. and one of tfeea has a capacity of 78.000,000 of

e !A Curious Industry. Tbe French were tbe first to tarry out T successfully with the oyster tbe system of J srttBrta! Tertlllxstioo tbtt bta for revere! d yean been to successfully practiced with Ij the salmon and some other food fishes. This artificial method sras rendered by It M Bran Jely a practical financial success and his success was for some time tbe envy of tbe Amereao oyster experimenters. d 1 The fact, that tbe Portuguese oyster is not ! the same species as that of this country n I rendered ft uncertain whether success , { would attend American efforts During 'n > the summer of this year tbe qneetloo has H j J. A. Ryder reports thst young oysters ! havs actually been reared from artlfidaily [, I fertilised eggs. I The experiment sras carried out In s ^ j pond excavated for tbe porpoee io tbe T salt marsh on tbe shore of Chineoteangue a \ Bay, Maryland, at tbe oyster beds of |, i Messrs Pierce and Shepsrd. Tbe pond a : had an area of some fifty square yards. and d I was connected with the bay by a short - Tbe pond bad an area of some fifty sqnarc t yards, and was connected with tbe bay lt by a short canal abont two feet sride and three and a half deep, or tbe same depth l_ as tbe pond, lo ibis canal a porous diaph|t ragm was placed, through which all the n | water that entered the pood was flltered. j Some of tbeoyttera, tbe spawn ud milt of which were used, were taken from , ihalloansetrrs of the bay. Tbe straw V>r the o/stirs were distinguished apart by d Srhat Mr. Ryder calls tbe "drop test." I, which consists simply In dropping the spawn from s pipette Into t dish of clean , sea water.and watching tbe kind of cloud II ft makea as ft descends. If the tpecinu-c „ is a female lbs spawn breaks up into a y granular cloud, which if tbe vesacl la held _ up so as to look down through ft on to s a dark ground below, can be seen to be composed of very minute wblUsh bodies— the , eggs or ova. If the specimen Is a male j '.be drop of milt dies not break up in this n wsy, but if stirred in tbe water breaks up , Into whispe ud streaks. The difference , In apprareooc Is such that a novice cu in one lemon learn to distinguish the sears. The spawn Ia removed by first carefully ' opening tbe oyster ud taking atray Ibe right valve of tbe abell. The spew n is then pressed out of tbe generative organs gans by gently stroking s pipette over s gland ud along tbe course of tbe ducts 1 leading out of tbem, tints foscing the ' spasm into lite upper gill-chamber (be- ' tween tbe folds of a mantle). Tbe milt - and eggs thus procured were placed Id a . a small dish, thoroughly stirred together, - ud poured from time te time, as the wsl r er became milky, Into a wooden pail. When ft was believed that tbr wat- ' er In It* pall contained a sufficient " amount of spawn, ft sras poured Into the f pond at several different points, so as to • distribute it as much as possible. The sr. 3 tifldally fertilised eggs were thus lotro1 dueed every tws or three days. Tbe pail - was always allowed to stand from three to b five boors before its contents were poured • Into the pood, in order to ensble Ibe ova r to develop into free ud swimming em0 hryos — the second stage of oyster life, lt ' was feared that tbe water in tbe pond ex9 posed to tbe midday sun, would rise to t 9 temperature above that of the bay, and 9 that ft would become leas salt and of lea 9 specific gravity in consequence of the 1 leeching of the fresh water from the « banks of tbe pond, but neither of three 1 drawbacks took place. Another question 9 of Importance was tbe present* or tb- ' aeocc In tbe pond of organisms that would serve aa food for tbe oyster spah A dis- * tioedy greenish-brown that was noticed 9 iu tbe water" directly after tbe screen hart t been placed In tbe canal, ud mlcnwcnpc! examination showed this lo consist of f diatoms ud other minute phuit*. Mufti- * tildes of tiny monads, with long flagella, were also found to collect on chips and t other light objects on the surface during 9 midday. 9 For tbe attachment of the spat "cnllecR ton," consisting of stakes to which oys- ■ ter .shells were strung with galraoiaed iron wire, were driven Into the bottom of the < pood la considerable numbers. Tbe firs: . of these were pnt in oo July 7, tbe aemr - dsy when tbe flrtt spawn was poured In. 9 ud others were added al Intervals. Hs» r lug that mads sure of tbe admixture of 9 era ud mlll.of tbe condition of the water ' and of tbe food supply, results were 1 awaited with inteiest. Ou tbe seamti ' day of Aoguat forty-six days after tbe U-- * ginning of the experiment. Mr. Fierce sent by mail lo Mr. Ryder a series of shells taken from tbe collector* sfiowlng (earths of u Inch in diameter, attachrd 9 to tbem. As the screen Interposed between tbe pond ud tbe bay consisted < f ' pierced boards lined with seckiog, and ' separated by a filter of two Inches of rand. ' this spat was certainly tbe prod nee of the 1 fertilised ova introduced, as it could pot ' come from tbe bay. One of Ibe difficulties met with was 9 tbe accumulation of slime and oose, cor. ' aiming largely of "bacteria," oo tbe sur r face of tbe eol lee-tore. Throe "bacteria" • constitute a portion at tbe food of tbe 1 young oyster, but, wbrn large quantity, ' smother the Infant oyster when not more 5 tbu from sfivs-bundretb to a oloetieih ' of an Inch through its tiny gills. By fob 1 lowing tbe artificial method of fertilize 9 lion poods or iockaed ansa of water on 1 private property eoold be utilised for oys. ten kept in these would fallen for msfkst 9 earlier titan those planted In tbb open 1 waters, and would also be more isady .se- ' orosilde. Oysters so fed would probably ' be. like most oystsra found Is more or kss f confined waters, green filled from tbe 1 atwufatw. of green microscopic pluls I itemed more bflfhly than wbltn-flssbed ■ ones, bat In this country, owinfc to an ill- [ founded belief that the color is doe u> the . tmssai-i of copper, they are bald is great ' Norfolk. Vs. green .filled' oyster, are , worth firs cents per quirt more tbu wbfte-Qrobed ones. Upright collwton of d A n

brush or of stkkro with shells strung upon ! u tbem, are belter than anything placed up- j on the bottom for tbe purpose, since they i do not become covered with oote or mud, j ' sod tbe tlds tends constantly to sweep off ' * socb sediments as may collect. Tl* ' set of spat oo planted shells, ud on all kinds of objects In tbe water, seems to L bare been unusually large during the past ^ summer. It Is a mistake to suppose that a rough, ragged surface Is necessary for " the attachment of young oysters. Tbe great need -is that tbe rufsce should remain clean long enough to allow the oyater to become sufficiently lergr lo io aome ** measures In take rare of Itself. Tbe '* young oyster probably attaches itself ™ tbe larval obeli ir symmetrical. , Mr. Ryder considers that tho actual success of artificial fertilization Is leal tmpwtaot than the proof afforded by this * experiment, that: First, oysters may bff " grown in inclosed ponds; second, that such ponds may contain an abundance of food, and, tbird, tbat the tide ran I* de. [■ended upoo to' renew the water* of socb ponds Tbe collecting of natural spat by T collector* of brush, shells, etc., will prob. * ably continue cheaper than artificial modes. Examinations made of the contents of the stomachs of oystere. at Cbioeoteaugne Bay showed the presence of oyster eggs, * young oysters from 1-500 to 1-900 of an inch in diameter, diatoms, tbe youngest ' stages of barnacles, and User shells of a ™ singular infutorian of ibe genus "Tiotintent deslructire of tbeir own species. I'robably the free swimming plants called in the food of the oyster. — Hemrd ■a Eggs Without Hans. * r«k AETlClJt. )e Front tae Eastern Exchaaffe. le "D° yoa mean to say that you made jv that egg without tbe aaaistanoe of a ben?" asked the reporter of a Connecticut egg manufacturer. In "Y'ea," be replied ; "and if you wish I y Con"-' K He lead me through a room in which ;; eggs, and" into soother large cool toom in , tbe rear. Several strange-looking wooden u machines, tottlly unlike anything I bad Ie ever seen, stood in different parti of tbe B_ room. Six or aercn men were operating „ the machinery, which moved Doiaelrosly sod with great rapidity. 1 followed my r conductor to one and of the apartment. ' where there where three large tank* or I rata. One was filled with a yellow com , pound, tbe second with a starchy mixture, and the other was corned ie Folnting to Ibex the proprietor said: "These oontain the yelk mixture and tbe r white of an egg. We empty the" vats every day. ao you ran judge of tbe busiH nras already. Let me ahow you one of * the maehinos. You see they are divided d inlo different boxes or reetnlaclea. The Drat and second are tbe yelk and while; the next Is what ws term Ibe "akin' ma Jt ehine. and 4his, the laat one. la a rbeller, with drying tray* Thli proceas ia tbe result of many yean of experiment xnd d expense. I first oonoeived the idea after v making a dtemical analysis of an egg. e After a loog time I succeeded iu making t a good imitation of an egg. I then turned r my attention to making machinery, and n t he result you sec for youreall. Of course j_ it would not be policy for roe to explain d all the mechanism, but I will give you an idea of the proceoa. Into tbe first ma d chine ia put the yelk mixture " „ "What, la that?" I asked. d "Well, it's a mixture of Indian meal, ,f earn meal, and severe' other ingredients. ! It Ispoored into the opening Iu a thick. d into a ball and frozen. Io this condition p it pasara into the other box, where ft is surrounded by the white, which ia chetn . ically the same as a real egg. This is also t (roxen, and by a peculiar rotary motion „ of the machine sn oval shape is Imparted x to it. and It pawn into the next rccepta- „ de, where it receives the thin filmy akin. |c After this it only bat to go Into a sbeller , It gets it last coat in the shape of plaster of Paris shell, a trifle thicker than Ibe tl genuine article. Tbem it goes out oo tbe r drying tray, wbere the shell dries at once. , and the inside thaws out gradually. It be. (| comes, to all appearances, a real egg. "How many eggt ran you turn out io a * d»rf" lf "Well, as sra are running now, are turn nut a thousand or ao every hoar." , I "Many oriers?" < d "Why. yea. We ran not fill oac b« , of our ordet*. All we ran make naw are taken by two wholesale grocers alone. d We charge £2 12s per 1,000 for them, and . they retail at aixpenoc lo one and threc- ^ pence per dozen. We aell only to the H wholesale houses. They are perfectly harmless and as aubtlantial and wbolewe made the machinery of wood la hecause sra found that the presence of metal .1 of any kind spelled the flavor and pre- * aeocc of metal of any kind _s|«ii|e4 Ibe r flavor and prevented Ibe dqoUpg of tbe 1 r "sn " . "Can they be boiled?" . "Oh, yea;" and be called one of the i J men, "Here, Jim, boil this gentleman an < "Can Ibry be delected?" I inquired, while the bogus egg was being boiled. ' 1 n "I baldly think tbat anybody would be 4 likely to ohaerve any difference unless he 1 . happened lo be well posted, as they look ' and taste like the real tiling. We can by , e a Utile flavoring, make them taste like goose eggs, of coarse altering the sile i J They will keep for yrara. Tbat ooe ypu | have Jnst eaten waa nearly a year (fid. , Tbey will never spoil nor become rotten, , and being balder aad thicker in their shells | the* will stand shipping better than • * real eggs. W« calculate that In a few ft jrare wawfflroa tbe best of tha country e It was CMto who said ha had rathar pao. " pis should Inquire why be had not a statue . * erected to Ms memory than why he hid- I

) ■ What Coomotry Did for a Boy. ■I Now, boys, let os have a llttie talk abort 9 ! geometry. Yon know it has bscB a fa- . J uioui study foe boys for many ages En. 1 did waa an old Egyptian, "bo lived abort 9 three hundred years before Christ. Hie 1 treatise oo geometry baa been tbe foonds9 tion lor all roodaro works upoo tbe sabt Ject- Plato, who lived a osntury earlier, ' (landed a noted academy at Athens, and ' It is related thai over its anlranoe be placed e this celebrated inarriptloo, let wo ens ' Important fart o! a good education for e two thousand year*. Y'et I haar many f h-iya in tbeac days sayhig. "I don't like • oeorosres I wonder what good il will da 0 me." I once beard a very interesting story " about Abraham Lincoln, which may help ■- you to understand tbe "good." Before ' Mr. Lincoln waa a candidate for Preai9 dent, be made a lour through New Eng- >' land and loctured in many atiro and towns. ! Arooqg other plaoro be spoke was In • Norwich, Ot. A gentleman who beard b him. and was struck wttb bis remarkable • logical power, rode the next day In tbe - rare with Mr. Lincoln to Naw Haven. 1 During tbe ride tbe following coaeenatton ' took place; 9 "Mr. Lincoln. I sras delighted srtth • your lecture last evening." 9 "Oh, thank you. but that sras not much 1 of a lecture, 1 ran do better than tbaL" 5 "I have no doubt of U, Mr. Lincoln; for whoever can do so well, must inevitably "Well well, you are a good raaaoner. 1 "But that reminds me," continued tbs gentleman, "lo sak bow yon acquired your wonderful logical power. 1 bare ' end I; :s seldom that I find a self-educated man who baa a good system of logic in bis reasoning. How did you acquire such an acute power ot analysts?" i- "Well, Mr. G-, I will tell yoo. It was " tny .terrible discouragement whieb did Ural R forme." "Tour discouragement— what do 'you "You sec," said Mr. Ltncoln; "tbat when 1 was about eighteen years of age I S went into an office to study law. Well, i after a little while I saw thai a lawyer's n business was largely t* prove things. And } proved?' Tast was a poser. I could not r answer the question. What constitutes ! prtaft Not evidence, tbat was not the r point. There may be evidence enough . "You remember tbe old story of the i German, who eras tried tor aome crime, . tnd they brought half a doseo respectable men who swore that tbey raw tbe prisoner commit the crime. Well,' be raphes, 'vat : of dat? Six men achweara dot dey aaw r me do ft. I pringa more nor two toxen s goot men who aebwears dey did net see . me do It," [ "So, wherein is the proof ? I groaned I over tbe question, and finally said to myr self, 'Ab, Lincoln, you can't tell." Then ; I thought, 'What use is It for me to be la a law offioe. if I can't tell when a thing la . proved?1 Bo 1 gave it op, and left the • offioe and went beck borne, over In Keo1 tncky." r "So you gave up tbe law?" "Oh, Mr. G.. don't jump at your coo- ( clutioo«. That isn't logical. But, really, l 1 did give up tbe law, and 1 thought I : tbe fall of the year. Soon after I returned . to tbe old log cabin, I fell in with a copy i of Euclid. I had cot tbe (lightest notion what Euclid was, and I thought I would find out. I found out, but it wax no easy jab. 1 looked Into the hook and found it . wis all abortrliaes, angles, surfaces and . solids But 1 could not understood It at , ail. I therefore began, very deliberately, i at tbe beginning. I learned tbe deflni- ■ tions and axiom. 1 demonstrated the Bret , proposition. 1 said, that la simple sooogb > before spring I bad gooe through that old > Euclid's geometry, and could demonstrate 1 every propwtim like a book. "I knew it all from beginning to end. . Yoo could not stick me oo tbe hardest of . tbem. Then, in tbe spring, when I bad r got through with It, I said lo myself, one ■ dsy, "AH. do yoo know now when a thing : is proved?' And I answered right out . loud, 'Yes, sir, I do.' Then you msy go . hack to the law shop." And I went." "Thank you, Mr. Lincoln for that story, t You have answered my queatitm. I see bow where you found your logical acu- : men. you dug it out of thai geometry." "Yes, I did, often by the light of pitchpine knots. But I got IL Nothing but f geometry will teach yon tbe power of abe street reasoning. Only that srlil tell you when a tiring il proved." 1 Said Mr. G.. "I think this lea remark- - able incident. How few men would have • thought to ask themselves the question. r When is a thing proved? Whet cocstituice pro/l Aud how few young men 1 of eighteen would have been able to mas- . ter the whole of Euclid in e single winter, < without e teacher. And still fewer, after ■ th-y bed done ao much, would hare real- ■. I zed acknowledged that geometry had : done so much for them; that U had told tbem what proof was." So, my young frieodi, you msy perhaps : aee by Ibis incident what geometry will i do for e boy.— CVryrapaKaaetfrf. "It 'a very eolemn thing te be msnied," •aid rkwst Bethany. "Yea, but U'e e great . deal more solemn not to be," mid ber CTFesbloo ft Qhcen. Fast, brilliant sod fashionable are tbe Diamond Dye ; color*. Ooe package colon 1 to 4 ft*, of goods 10c. lor any color. Gat pi drug. , giiu.^ Wells, Richard*® ft Oo., Bariiag4 The dynamite party!" rirlilrorri Mta. ' Shoddy, who waa reading ortr the papers > "Dear me, Augustus we'll hawe to give one right way, before thcae Smiths bear of k. I wonder what It's liter Mr. John K Bennett, Mocnetown, N. J.. rays he wsx oared of drueprim and Indlgetttm by ustnc Brown's lion Bitters