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VOLUME XXIX. CAPE MAY CITY. SEW JERSEY, SATURDAY. MARCH !. 1884. WHOLE NUMBER. 1546.

OAPE MA.-S" CITY. IM. J. ^ S 1 .50 a yar in Advance. ».»o « TX.« M**W »OT rare I, *»T.»r* J Tratfssioual <Z*x fls. J ft -BWHIiN, attf.n-ntr «Dmr»mLU)« at i.aw f VtUCITfiB. W.*«TKH **Vfi rXAWIWEH " ix chawckkt. . b IT F. DOUGLASS, ix. 1, ATTOnSET-iT-LAW woucitok n< ct1ancekt ALTER A.JIARROWt. ATTOEIIKYAT-LAW •oucim ix chancery. " teOCTT BOU.T. W- ». f •qb. j. f. reaming & son, j denti8tb, Mat Corwr H ot*b — TaoraJ*?* sad AaiJAMES M. E. niLPRETn' «■ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW " SOLICITOR. MASTER axd rXAWIEER IX CHAHCKBT. .1 Xo. <* WMhtnrno mrew. cacgjy; 1 •jjebbkbt w. edmonds, , i ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W, t aoijcitor axd jcaxter ix ci1axcekt. . Op* *»• CUT. X- '■ nll-y » AlCaptOeert Hoaer.Toradaisud mdag* , j)r. james ii. ingram, physician and bobgeon, a f*a »*i»|*ij ol (era* -lru** roaoantlj on »*«i- a "dkuben townsend, t aoext cthbkblaxi) * mutual fire insurance co. i oonmbmokkr of ileeiw. j ^ LTBEP FLANDERS. ~ ' OOUNSELI >OR- ATI.A W , !] So. t".» MMlrt xtm«, Sreraal aiorj. .1 CAMDEN. x. a. ■ i r, i ... i . ^ b7^r 1

*ustnfss tfards. J ^williams. ARcniTwrr and builder. KILL MAKE DRAWISUK. ANtl M'PEHtl* I ,y B. little. ainter and glazier. AUCTIONEERING. ORGANS AND SEWING MA- .«*>¥*• B. F. HORNER, fliMGlM I SEWDiG MACHINES BRIIXIETHN. X J. I *** opn'j" Q«J m~. GRACE, PRACTICAL BUILDER. mu. AT THE OLD STASD. CAITJ BAY OOCKT noCBE. afa^frnTrwwXwh'' ,n< i*r« MDTn> i»-nu>xPT*Ex» * ■ ■ ■ _ faeM* Q.O TO GARRISON'S STATffflffiBT. AMB OTOEE VABIETY PUE BOLD PEX*. BLANK BOOK*. TOILET PAtm. POCK ITT CUTLERY. shell t.taili*. PtH mt TAI-KLE. I'IUI1 UMntn : *1*1 attee BO atx m ATTP actcred OX toe rathixee. i •ewixo machixe^ejoumae axft oil a | tt NAfKlNUTUS street. . APE MAT. X J. I I

JSwrdtng aouitj. ' ^/'Etn' JER^EY HOTEL^ "~j v. k. hia st. n*nm*. | cjxhe bay y1b w house, .Ptm-n PTHXT..CAPE MAT CO. ^"^""'fifcufViDOLrrox. ■sit- l*a* Cr**A. S.J. pALMF.R IKU'SE. ~ — ■ >

ytdtfal. Home Iteme. — Die xri*tr*t *001X0. Hnall— : chili, t And AiafcMi iuxlid ras uv ll 1' bHtri* , • ilb <a(ciy and coal p«l. ' — Old mrti louirmr amind frxu rliru. nia'lvn. kidoty Ir .ul-Jo or any wcxknea* , xrR I*- alm'Ai ncx liy uilnE*bop bitur» I Mdlibxliat Clcrjvunn. Aax mt f..l noriar It n>p BUI Tb are in* ikm tam lT mriKlaa — >ft *riAl few. Asm- aad Hilou>nixi. ! will Irave cxrry o' i^L1- 1:" -1 a- x«« aa J hixiliiucni arrirc. -••My mother drove the fa-alpls ««1 • pruni:-F<* all opt ol l~i »JCeiu »IH»1i'P WttO-.*"— Ed. Ovrrgo A nr.. — Keep Hie tidwjo liralitr with hop bitter# and ynq otcd not frar aickor**. —lea aoiir U .coilfid barmM # and, more ralteablne ami rrTivtsf with hop j hittrra (a rarh enm-h' . —The riyor of foiith f-x I be ajed ami Infirm In bop bitln* : ~b4 hitter* ta alias at! trwHaSStJnt — "The l**l periodical for ladle* lo lake motilbiy and frutn which they willrccrire the E" ale*t brorfit 1* hop biuer*." — -M.iihrr* wilh sickly, fretful, nur»ine children, *111 cure Ibe chHdren and beneIhematlte* by lakine hop kilter* dx'h . — Tbouwod*' die xonntlly from aotne of kidney dinar thai might base been prercote-J by a timely u«e of bop — lodigeetioo, weak xtooiach, irreguiir- j iliei of the boa els, cannot exiit when bop ! bilicre are uattl. A Marly • - oacofnop —To produce a rexl Kenuine sleep and 1 chiid-likc repose all nlgbl, take a tittle bop j —That indigtslion or stoeiaeb fa* at | eight. r«rc*roiitir real and aieep, will dir. f appear by using bop bittcra. — I'armlytic, nereouA tremuliai* old | ladies are made perfect !y quiet and sprightly by using bop bitters THE PILOT HOUSE lrl Uquar alone. Tor on lheo o -arms* or a«M Mr. A. Brorfcmsn. ot Xo. T>H aur^'tre.t. c«e bat the saber .ei-a bare tie bast [oot.oo* aid ■ ulpCtkal ri Wbi»il Bint any apptt tr I^nnimwSSS^byU^iMiiSrwiMTS a reaUl an uuunpo.l.Bt Uor-dlenS we ilnip Uin ^Ttiere u n-^a-jer.^Maerrf. in IV pre per. -

I ksmkCatink.^ | b ' ; ; twjSS mhrJlre!, Xaa^aM *ejMipK. I » M^wjht^'xsihd sorsie. nTuSorilEKT < Cnpr Wau Co. Wtrfhants. " a* ^iSLLENGEU. "jts^'aenvsso^.™" ' J PKEEX CUE KB. I'll* KKttotl. : _ GEoSi'if 'SV^PRtMOlig | or Mama. f»i*-y ' JAMES H. 8CHELLENGER, , ? FBESU AND^CUJUyi MEATS, \ HUCLTKV ASH BiGA Oowrtaem at Lowr, Beys^e *M aewo.l. T Tr-EXbeT1 , t |UI, ' "wraeStreS^r. ps-y T rpHOMAS ERRICSON-S XEW aTT'HL AT USEES UHKBB. enoGER resTntons IONS.

jUteflBaiBms't maimlEr • j AT U'W Bwrwrcicxjx.H CAbll^ ^ ' W- MaaB^Wo *i lb. nor* wm la oIoOre-"t ! j IMwtaTi«»d-i»l utwsas ■»!■■' .] I | JOHN m. RUSSELL, I " 1 ,! DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, - ■rLOX' It AND FEED. ; * FATEST MEUiaKJtb. e ; POKE, 1AK11, HANS, SEEDP, XT O, PRICES' STORES, So. TT rERKT BT. CAFE MAY CITY. .aaaBBrsMNHnft FECO^STORcl i i ci irx.oatb. suv. bras and mill fkeh | i VARD^

J The Coast Guard. j ! Like rflB In ■ soMehMO ". ^ h»»». oci^wnbafryityiicbt. ' Tbar drew ban away rrem Ore ts. FacnCBlSaE their bear. i l*h< ar ibe shoal* or tbe reib-r*. * j _ ' And tba creak nf the Icy halyard. J "TSey^re aendlpf help Iraiu'lto'lU' | AM b . b fhelf l^re Bla ,, Romance ol the Village. v j When JUtild* Looia Aral to * her scat i , ■l at mistreat of tbe village tcb *>l she was ! , •* kerenteen— tail, slim, and bashful. She [ d j Lad been educated at a wlccf boarding. f id | school, and her dreams of Ibe fuiure hyd _ | iudiulod three r.«r. ol lbs Continent to | finish ber education. This dream would , | oow Deter be realised. Misfortune bsd fallen upon her! Ilcr mother and fsiliert. were both dead, and tbe wealth tbe later . M bad seemed possessed of bad ranished.liWe " s bubble. In the fspe of Ibis fact I'ncle " Ben, who kindly betook himself to the a town to "see af terNalHda," bad suggested lb tint abe bad "bcUer teach aebuoL" and 1 baring souw influence in tbe village had ,a procured the vacant place for bis niece, ^ She, poor gi^, bad taken it tbankfully.Uie I only other alternative being thai of beootn--a ing a sort of unpaid upper servant In her unde's family. And now, at tlie begin'n olng of autumn, she arose, tall and allm in ber bisck dress, upon tbe little platform 4 on wbicli tbe desk stood, and looked down upoo tbe grinning, chattering, tmmpanl ^ mob al tbiys sod girls with a feeling «km a to tbu ol terror. She bad ocrcr seen such " children as three before. Tbey wric no »• more like tie orderly, polite class of girls who bad fcrotly taken their places before J* Madame A. every morning than so many TV monkeys would bare been. Vainly she tried to collect ber thoughts, J; to remember any metbad she had beard of SI ber that one rery lively scholar, Mis* Smith, baring giggled during lie French — hour, the teacher. Monsieur Lamoroux. ! brouabt bis fist down on tbe table. brought bis flat down tbe ia

and cried, "Snenoe:" and ivrry girl bad d trembled. Tbcreopon she seized tbe ruler, jn struck wilh it upoo tbe table, and K •creamed. "Silence l- •• nearly la Mon. k. tieur's atyle as poaslbtare ,,, But, alas: no similar effect followed. k Nobody beard ber. Tbe girls whlsperod, (| and chewed laffee.aod dropped their books on tbe floor. Tbe boys kicked, and whistled, and eboutcd. One threw bis ball against tbe wall, and g c*ugbt it as it rebounded. One little fel- ^ low caugLA His oeiglibor by Ibe hair, and „ Mirieks fpUovcd. And one — be was a tE Urge boy, taller than she was herself- y took aim at tbe donee of the school, 1'eter u Ckigel, with s small pistol, and i-eppered him with split peat! Peter, receiving Ibe u shot, bowled, and Matilda brought the „ ruler flown upoo Ibe desk again. 0 IV tor bad been placed under ber pro- k lection by bis grandmother, who bad in- s fonuad bar that the boys tormented him. & She determined, that this at lent should , not go on- } Rbedid not know bit oppraanr'a name, , but abe lifted her rater crcn shore all that , dm, and cried alood, "I'oc bad boyj Tou b wicked boy! You gran cruel creature ( with the pistol ! Stop tormenting that poor , Utile fallow, or lcava tbe school.- , There are moments when wild boys are ( nlterly beside tbwmselves. This moment f bsd cume to' the young fellow uf whum [ the spoke. Hs turned towerdi the lexclinr, and (tared full into the youthful, terrifled, yet detmninod fare j "Madam.- said be. imitating tbe ring- , master la tbelast ciroas that bad quartered itself u the village— "madam, behold 1»- , fore yuu tbe only geailemsn cspable of t perl mning the wonderful trick of sbo*t- ( ing tbe rlbbno from the bead 'of any lady j ( at tbe distanoeof a hundred feet. Heboid! ( Ha!

Ha bad pointed the pish* towards a , bttie bow of ribbm perched upon MatIL ( da's thick btnida. and now be pulled tbe , trigger. ; At this bit of Impudence aorne of tbe , upa shout of deligbL but it died even as U was uttered, fix on tW inatanl tb«* young teacher uttered a tearful scream, and fell fivward on tbe floor. Tbecbarge of the pistol bsd entered the eye. Tbe scholar* were all opon their feet in an lnauoL Boat ran out lots tbe open ' Toe boy who bhd dime the doed-a freat fellow of seventeen, a fanner's son sent to school against bis will by atuberwbe it id a TIM respect for educalioo— ran forward and bf led the ecnsdesi girl from • the ground. Her fare wee pale. Tbe blood psored down her cheek. He could •She is dead." be gasped. "Bhe Is , I d-.-ad! Pre killed far! 1 never meant to | hurt ber. I wouldn't hurt a woman far ; iba:'* aiL How could I think this thing i with pees in U could kill anybody? Oh. , ; goo loess! It cant be. 1 most be sswvp : and dreaming, lioaol bal'vakiiiedfa,: • But yon have, and they'll bang yew A~t 1 as ffad. far yon dsacrrr It," piped

1'eter, tbe dcnce. . ' Ajbootln' peopls as ' If tbey were blsckbirds!" "Yea, theyH bang me!" said tbe boy, i with a groan. - Tbeo be laid Mstilda softly down in tbe | ' srms of a motherly girl, who sat rloee by | . lire an tbe floor, and rwhed cut of tbe i j irboolrnom. The people who were rnth- I log In saw him, but took no bred They j j surrounded tbe prostrate form, and lis- j t lened to tbe doctor's rardlcL j He. who knew so well the tokens of j ] death, did not think, as tbe boy did, that j \ Matilda was quite lifeless,but be saw what j j the boy bad not thought of— rbst tbe ere i WSJ utterly destroyed, j "Belter that she should be senseless for ; awhile,- he said. "At all erenls, I must j She will suffer terrible pdb. l'oor little ! thing! So young and so pretty! It is I bard!" Friendly bands lifted Matilda and bore | ber !o ber uncle's home. There she lay fur a long while between life nod death ; I anil when at last abe awaknrd from a sort | of delirium, in which all sorts of vinlooa : titled iter brain, abCanCieri it war night, j Alas! abe waited long for tbe day— Matilda bad become blind! Tbe uninjured eye i wa» effected sympathetically, to tbe doctor raid. It was a matter beyond tbe reach of Meanwhile tlierr was another gieai sorrow in a household of tbe viUsge. The b.-y who bad injured bis tcacbrr bad disappeared. What be bad done with himself noooe knew. His mother tbonghl he had committed suiride.aod had the woods Matched and tbe pond dragged. His 1 1 father believed ho had simply ton awav ' from tbe consequences of Ibis ad; and one 1 of tbem, whatever happened after, the ' stern father declared, "should hare been 1 al a good a floggine as I dared to giro ' him: and if be comes back before be is of ' age ht shall grt it jrf " But be did not return; and the mother wept many lenrs for ber boy, and refused r be comforted. Meanwhile, though her ! health Improved. Matilda was,as one may : imagine, boplcssly nut down. Useless ! and helpless she rat at ber uncle's fireside 1 and tried to learn to knit stockings. At 1 first tbe did tbis in aad silenoe. At last, 1 now and then, she sang over ber work. • The children listened, and twgjed to txwr ' tbe song over again; and what teemed to Aunt Elvira a X'rt of miracle now r happened. Matilda, blthrrto only a prelty " singer, with a very ordinary voice, devel- ' oped wooderful genius for music, and a ' voice of extraordinary compare; so t list ' when summer came abeul again, an old i, German professor, who came to Ibe farm1 bouse, besriog ber. rowed that fame and 1 fortune nwyilcd such a singor, and by bis 1 representations interested those who were ' able to bring this about. Tbe end of this '■ was tbifclbe blind girl was carried away ' to London to complete ber studies, and prepare for a public appearance, tearing • Uncle Eben and lilt wlte in a slate of ' thiokfulasKinishment perfectly indeacribaI ble.' • Tbe girl herself was no longer unhappy, II It appears lo those of us who bare our ■ sight that blindness is Ibe one affliction • in.,.'.JI U. * ■ I... ■ Hnl lh#> blind are set. tulwar; art ,

mtlancboly, and Matilda now lived a world of beautiful dreamt. Her whole 1 soul gave itself to music, and there were kind bands always ready to lead and assist Sbc -Wis still beautiful, ber closed tmly made ber resemble one who slept: 1 tod ber youth nod affliction touched tbe 1 gentle, wtrflE. and friendly hearts of those > about ber. She became al last actually I lutppy; ber studies advanced ber rapidly. < saw before ber tbe prospect of a ' dfiml, and at fast experienced its 1 triumphs. Aa Matilda Louis she succeeded Loudon and sang in every great city in « Europe. Tbe fame sod fortune ber Ger- 1 patron bad prophesied ware tealizod. < Ten year* had patted since that ooe fa- 1 til limy on which Matilda had boen a school I tousber. Site was now tweatyseven years ' old, ber figure bad developed-ber complex- 1 ion was finer, ber manner more elegant, i w*s in Germany. Tbe Baron Yon had entertained a few gnosisand amongst tbem was numbered tbe English prima donna. Often had she - and loud! bad been the applause. And now ibe reMed on Uw balcony; aaoft \ blew lowMds ber tbe perfume of the roses in tbe gkrdCn. She felt tbe sweet warmth of tbe summer air. She knew that fae nioonligbl was shining, though j she could not see it. A tender melancholy posaeeaed ber aonl,aiid al this moment the voice addressed her. "Miss Louis," lie sard, "allow me to present a countryman of your own— Mr. Harlaad— who Is very anxious to know you." Matilda arcae.aad held out her band with smile: Another band received U. As tbey met, a thrill ran through the girl's she experienced a sensation never to be forgotten. This touch was like that of no other lo her. . For the (Ml of the evening the Englishnever left ber, and thrv talked totalked to- '

getber aa only tboae of one land who meet 1 from lu shores can talk lo aacfa other. waahb arm that, at IU clam of tbe evening, ormdtxXed ber to her carriage 1 And how gently and tenderly he led her! 1 — how softly be wrapped ber shawl about hei! "Blind I" be Hid, softly, to himself. "Ah, weH, one would only love bar the 1 better for that— oberitbed ber the more- ' be more leader to ber !" Tbe love Matilda thought could ouvtr 1 he ben had cume lo ber. Sht knew U goon. > Tbe hand that felt as no other band sould ' sooq touched bCra often. A roioe awcrler 1 fa ber lhae all ber — Mn ■ hbpn n I wutda ' ol tcaderams tn ber ear. Fred Hariand | made no aacret of his pusaaou, and Mai ids Tboae about her spoke well of the young ' man, who had made hit -fortune among*: r "Ooe ol your successful countrymen," • as id the ctd German, who in them dsjra ! I bsd reuraed to his native lead. "I like ; • hlBL- *- j !' And so tbe day cstse when Fred, tak- i " ing bothNatildaVliuk hands, laid them s fLS^B.BUStSiSaa.sl

i "if abe loved him well enough to be his wife." I am blind ?" she tnurBwxHd. And bis r answer was, "I think it is why I love y -u e Then suddenly be kucit down al ber 1 - 1 feet, and bis bis face on hrr sbooUler. * r j "Matilda,"' lie whispered. "I have >' - I voweil to myself tjml 1 will never deceive 1 ' I you. I hare a c-fafession lo make. It i f : may turn four heart from nw; but autre i ' t j to think the beat ol ma It it hard 1 1 risk [ r I I you love, but you muu know why I led ;« Matilda- 1 am a murderer !" r r "A murderer !" whispered Matilda t l "Ah! I underaUod. You fought a duel !•'■ 1 "Ka," ajghed her lover; "I have no such » : floe story. It happened leu years s;o, I r * was seven lecu then: sent to tbe village a school— in what I thought my manhood— * e to be taught by a girl. I bad relaxed to s r g > to school, and my fit ber threatened to I flog me. t'-mequently I resolved to lie o t turned ouu i beaded a sort of mutiny, s ■ and when tbe teacher- -a abut girl, nojii . older than 1 — ordered me te behave my- ; e * aelf, I pointed a pistol, loaded with split ir t peat, at her. Heaven knows 1 meant j c r nothing hut Impudence. 1 had no thought I f of harming be^ but a wore dangerous I rad j 1 '.ban 1 knew must bate been iu tbe pistol, 1 1 - for 1 killed ber ! My grief was inlen«.tuy j \ s terror also. * 1 1 "As soon as I knew she was dead. I t . betook myself to flight. A vosaei railed « B from a neighboring port that day. It war tl i short of bands, aad tbey took me. "j ! i > bow unbappy I was — wbY rcuioracful ! I However, I prospered better than I do- : c a fancy lo me. and on rracbitig Ibe Get. | * f bis favor aad be adranccd tue. j f "In two years' lifne I wrote to my f r motiior. Before it reached ber she was i i 1 dead. My father was stern, and I did not If r care to return to biro. So here I remain; r r but 1 vow to you, Matilda, that I would 1 1 * give up all my aucccsa and become a lioaia. j e lesa wandererer, could I be rid of that < t bitter thought, tbat.I so wantonly ended 1 1 . tbe life of a human living I ran far ber I - still, as abe stood before inc. I can Lcir : I ' ber shriek aa she dropped dead upon Ibe j 0 floor. No, Matilda, do you take your love j ■ r trora me, or will you pity sod love roc ' < r still, knowing that 1 am a murderer?'" 1 < - Fur answer, Ilie gentle band* stole softly c a over bis hair and down upon his neck. : > -t He fi-l*. tbem Irrmble. t 1 "Did you never guess that it might have : i been that tbat girl did not die?" whispered ; ' 11 Matildit. "Rrrnemlier, dear, that I am ^ c * very happy now; ami that tbougli 1 bated * That poor liulc teacher al the village wns < Y I, Fred! Oh. bow strange that I aliould ; 11 come to lore that terrible boy who always i S teemed to me a demon !" 1 * But site did fare him, and be fared her; i year* after, they lire in that ancient village ! '• where tbey first met; and though Matilda * never regained Iter sight, she used lo n declare bad gained what was equally valuable - the iovcqta really noble man. si

a b and the Pompellana Elgh- - toon Hundred Yoara Ago. (l [Sunday at Home!] p As we wander -through the houses of „ where the paintings are yet d on tbe walls, and we may walk „ around tbe gardens and see their driwl-up B ooe seems to bear all tbe book v of UeveJatiob aounding in oofs ears, and n roioe nying: "Behold. I make ill thing* ( i "V" a In ibeae deserted slreeU life suddenly .. , stopped 1.800 years ago. ll is Uue that t . deslri^lion was no'. lnitantaneoua.aiid j great many of tbe inhsMtanu raved their . . livea, and even look away a good deal of d I their treasure. But enough was left to ( , show us every detsul of Human life. The t . old worid is set before us,wilh all lu good , and lu evila, lu gloriei and its sliamc-. j 1 Weknow what manner of men and women ( . tbey have been, and whtl their doly live* £ , were like, almost aa well aa U we Iiad c , actually dwell among tbem. Tboae old Pompeiiant were very m'xl- f l era. There la nothing new under the sun. [ Tbey had folding doors and hot-water ( 1 urns; they put gratings to Ibeir windows f r and mads rockeries In their gardens; their | , ftee! -yards are exactly like ttiose your own r cbecaemouger use* to weigti bit Cheddars , ■ and Gkwtera. Tbeir children bad toys , like ours— bears, lions, pig*. caU, doga ] , made of day, and sometimes serving a* ( jugs also. Poor children! poor mothers! . , How did tbey fare in those three dajs of j darkness and dismay? I, People wrote an walls and cut their , , names on araU, just it we do now. Tbey j a kept bird* io cage*. In Naples today, as ( r you walk along the Cbiaja, you may find j , yourself in tbe midst uf a heard of goats, ( with bells around their necks exactly like „ those in tbe Museum. Tbey gave tokens . at the door* of their places of eoleruln-

mrnt— the people in tba gallery had plgeoos made of a son of terra cot' a. , Tbey put lamps Inside the hollow eyes of tbe masks tbat adorned tbeir fouRfafaa. m i Tbey even made grottos of shells — vulgar oi j Sty Itaeff ia ancient . 0 They ale aauaagrs and bung up strings K of onions. They bad stands for ruWic l|i , i vcbiclesAnd tbe school martyr used a bricb «i . j to the dunors. They put Iteppingalonts it •eras the road*, that Ibe dainty yuung u . patrician feotfamen aad the pursy old ai senuomoght not toil their gilded sandals. U 1 It was nevtr eold enough foe tbeir pipes u r to burw, bat they turned their water i* a; ». aad off wilk Ufa. and tfair «r.*rabopa g j bad marble counters. Tbey clapped tbeir E , offenders into tbe stocks— two gladialcr* a . ware kept there for 1,800 year*! a ( When their crockery broke tbey rivrfed o x It. At Herculaneam there Is a bugs wine h I jar half buried in the earth. It has beea t - i bad) r "broken, but is to neatly riveted with a , ' many rivet*, thai 11 no doubt held the wine , a aa Ml aa ever. Thorn rivets have laced 1 : 1,800 years! It is a strange thing lo think t n. ] airaul. Vftat wiold the housewife have t a said if tome one bad told ber that her 1 dlcrackad pot would outlaw tbe Roman : rr! Empire! ■

DANCER AHEAD. [Jo ttnwari a FnnMpUa rrsra.) There is no doubt about It that New (l is divided into two great cla«aet.tbe I „ rich and the very poor, and ttie B middling claraex of repntable, induslrious, , people are gradually disappear- jc j going up in ihc scale of worldly j, | weglihnr do«rn into poverty ^tnd cmbar- B It *eem* unqutrtiooed that he- (, twnen tlt"*c rlstxes rxfxu, and israpidty j, ! grow in:, under intentional fostering and j, I nurturing of evil men, a distinct, pronoun- u ceil, malignant hatred. Tbe sneer* at Mr. v in tbe public press meet the B approbation of bumlreds of thounnds .of people. NY by? ' He is not a bad man. y, although be never does any good. To men „ who arc sensitive as to what other people j, i should do with tbeir money, be appears q i boggi*b, but while as the rcprcacnlatlre B of corporate selfiybness Mr. Vanderbilt n stands •upretne, per te, he is an easy-go- [, i j ing, well enough kind of a person, not p g-sid looking, not cduralrd, in no sen* t, I refined, but, on tbe other band, not evilly p I disposed. _ : JfaU shonld !«- v.vr amy to be io "Mr. „ | hare in ItflS sbreiM i. repeated, and Mr. j, is a lypc of ibouranda-I nae u j the term adviredly who are ricb beyond r their ancerttwa' dream of avarice. There ^ are mra li re worth ♦10,000 OBO and eSO,- „ know me lady. ! ring in a magnificent g bouse, win* ]if*"f>?* quiet as that of a a miniater sfaxil.1 be, who baa gj run away b , not In** than ♦3.009.000 In fire years. , ! reach no; Iras than ♦7,090.000. who " j in Iier borne paiutingr.naiuary.diamontfa, j, j precious stones, exquisite specimens of p gold and silver, with c .wly works hf every p r ( imaginable art.an inside eathnate o! which p ; j is ♦1,090,000 and the Is not as rich as „ I many of her neighbors $ several million j I dollar?. There are men here who twenty { • j years ago sold dollies on U'tia'.btm street , f ; I who ro-day lire ad an annual expense t| 1 1 of ♦100,000, Who wear j-wrl. uyoo . 'j tbeir person costing in rearonaNe Mores ■ ♦25,000. ir Come with me in a Madison avennc car i • '- any day, rain or shine, between the hour* r of 10 o'clock in the morning an.! 5 or 6 p I o'clock In Ibe afternoon, and L»rll find you , • i after car closely packed « itli ladies In j, | whose ears are dUraond. w. rj, from ♦500 c to -5.090 eac-hpir on whose uugl .vidbands f ) ! red nor! fluffy, sparkle f-mmres. Walk , I with me from Stewart's old store, at the j I I corner of Ninth street and llrodwayto y I Thlrtielh and Broadway any day. I do j . not mean Sunday*, holiday*. special , I you on block after block v. .in. tr m seal. r ■ skin drculare down to tlieir beds, worth c from 8-500 to 62,000 each, with diamond | ; earrings and with diamond finger ring*, ; r and other precious stones as well, carrying , c thrir bands dainty pocketbooks staffed s with money. They represent tbe new rich [ j with which New York Is filling up. ; r On that same street, al that time. 1 can ; yon men to whom a dollar would

a fortune, whose trouser*,l..ra and disgracefnl in their tatter*, arc beld about tbeir pinched waists by ropes or twine or pins,wboac rtockinglesa feel slrnffle slung pavement in shoes so ragged that tbey not lift than from tbe pavement, -whose faces are freckled, whose beards king and straggling, as is tbUr hair, wbilc tbeir reddening bands taper at tbe nails like daws How long before those daws will fasten on the newly tlcb? Make miuake'alnut it, tbe feeling is born, feeling is growing, and tbe feeling. nlgbl I walked through Fourteenth street, on which there arc but few resileft, and in front oT one, leading from the door to the curbstone, was a canopy, under which charmingly alUred ladies, accompanied by their escorts, went from their carriage to the open door, through which floods of light and sound* of music caure. I Hood with tbe crowd, big crowd, a moment.and there was horn Ibis idea of an Inevitable «*ulbrcak, unless aornelbing is dime, and speedily done to do away with tbe prejudice wbicb not only exists, but te intentionally fostered, against tbe very rich by the very poor ll would Biajje jrou shudder to bear the way the women *poke. Envy, jealously, malignant ferocily.cycry element needed, was there. All that is wanted 1s a leader. 1 In wpublic building, under tbe charge of of tbe great departments in this city, there are f2, 000,000 worth of raluatlc property, in everything pertaining la tbe upper realm of art. Within a few. moot In an organized attempt was made to aark that building. The injudicious uttering* ' of a man on Blackwcll'a island suggested the idea lo a quick-witted reporter, wko 1 communicated with tbe officer* of tbe dc- : partment. and, by timely police arraoge- ' menu, dlaauadeJ, the ring. dissuaded, the ring.

3t Is si Sure Cum. ' I "Speaking of precocious boys," re- | public schools to a rcpoe-er of The Critic this morning, "I bare one in my ' school who outshines tbem alL This ■ fellow te 18 yeers old, sad is Sebright ! s new gold dollar. He is mischievous, < though. One day but week I bad occasion ■ reprimand him. He cried and eriad. t a^lbe more be cried tbe larger bis lower : seemed te grow, when Jestingly I aaid scetbar boy, "Go into Mlsa school i and tell ber to send me ODC of ber liule ! girls. 1 went to sit ber oo Chsrile'*— li p. Before I knpw ll tbe boy bsd obeyeiUtaj uxnmsnd. 1 kept tbe little fallow in sfew minutes after school, and when all tbe other boys had departed, I asked him if be was real road. •Yee'aro.' be said befata, -I am real, real mad.' Now said I. 'I am going to giro you a nice kies and let you go. Now. are yon reolroadr Hie little fallow pulled from bis packet a neat, tiny handkerchief, * iped tbe tear drops from hit eyre, set bis lips in kissing fashion. Just like a real big boy'troo'.d do. sod aaid, 'Well, I ain't ao mad as I was,' and gave me a smacking, iwset Uh, "

WOMAN AND HOME, j mrcoriuEXT or the ' KrrcitES *>t> Let ul suppose you have but ooe window I plants, and that of ordinary size. You j cannot accommodate more than six average sired plants without crowding tbem. 1 and planu should never I*- massed together ' such a way that each one loses iu ' liy. Hare fewer plants, giving , all a chance to devrlope. Youcon have a t " on cadi ride of tbe window for ' ' or fame other climbing plant, and ' tbe window you on hang a laskrL In ^ way you can bate nine plants in etc ! ' window, and there will be ample room for ' ' all of tbem. . | " First. I would select a scarlet geranium, j ' the rearoo tbat it will bloom nraily j all the year, aad tbe healthy" green of its ! 1 leaves, combined with tbcbrillaacy of iu ' mskci it a pknsant thing loser: ; ' sod it Is so rosily cared for that you can j recollect having spent suy lime or an U. Second. grt a rose geranium. ' tbe beauty of iu leave* and itsfleltgbt- ' ful fragrance. Third, a calls, for Us ' foliage, and befcausv. when it puu forth iu regal Dowers it is one of Ute j most superb planu to lie found anywhere. For tbe centre of your collection you can 1 select nothing finer. Fourth, get a hello. 1 which bears bcamifu! lfawer* the J •except ibc'roignowtlr. Fifth, s begonia, j ' has bcaulilul foliage a m-h. glaucous j ' greqB»ith thlniog red Mem* that contra ' admirably with tbe thick leaves; and it j ' blooms profusely. ofu-n being half coven il ■ My sixth choice would l>c a fuchsia, ■ f 1 1 er' Avalanche. Siatt: would P purple. There are ►> many kinds llist ali ; ' can be suited. It te the same Willi | J regard to geraniums. For • seventh plan 1 1 can do no better tlian to grt a Maslrr ' geranium, a variety with UautJ. - ! roae-cn tared flowers. It blooms nearly , 1 whale year, and many prefer it to the let- You may like a double geranium; the best scarlet variety 1 have ever growu ia Jewel; the best pink is Madame You want an ivy for one bracket; if you \ prefer some otber vino for tbe other, get tbe iloya. Tbis plant lias thick, leathery which can be kept free from dust . easily, and it blooms well in tbe atmosphere of Ibe ordinary sitting-room. Or might get Cobra Scandens Variegau, a most beautifully vnriegatcd plant, each being edged and splashed with while, j grows rapidly, and can lie trained all banging ba«ket you can selocl nothing finer than Oxalis Florlbooda. It te a most charming plant, wilh bright green, dovrr. leaves, on loog. slender sulks, throw, log up hundreds of clusters ol pjnk I bloss-um through the season. Yon nut want some "foliage plsnls. I as if all plsols having leaves were ...., f, ntants- our of the best of the I not Miage one of bcsl ilie ^

- ornameoial-faavcd planU is the Colcus. t You will have no' trouble wilh il during P 5 kept prelty warm. Tbe varirgatcd Japan y Privet is a fine plant— leaves splashed, . striped with bright yellow qpd creamy T » white, and ia easy o cultivate. So" 1. fa, . Begonia lfrx, il you can keep its leavce ^ I fnre I torn dust. Throw sometbiug over il n, e wbeo you sweep. qc Petunias trloom almost conslantljTand n 'r with great proluviou. Tbey are good.Ior ,, hanging baskeu.and can be grown readily t y from cutting* or from *ecd. They arc also II veryJragranL n i- ■ ' — ' — b I! Among tbe clerks in ibe Treasury lie- s partmeni al Washington, is a young man •' who waa found buried among the dead on £ " tbe field of tbe second Bull Hun. When b r» the burial squad bad pulled him out from B ls from among Ibe dead be wa* found to ^ i, bate a lerrfble' wound in tbe aide of bis t ^ left band banging by a few tendons. . « These be bit off and threw lire band away, j :o gsre bis aanteen to a dying Confederate and crawling off toward tbe hospital, pre- ^ L fering lo help bintself so the squad could ( < search fix others who might be id the j 1C same fix. Tbe next day he received bis 1. commhaion as beutenanl. lie maTTied tbe f L steter of tbe "Johnny" to whom be gave f '■ tbe test of water be bad, and lives bappi- ) "1 iy on Capitol llili. I, Dr. Carter Moffat recently delivered a • ,e lecture in Glascow to a Urge audience. I l„ mainly composed of professional men and ' i musicate critic*. on voice training by cbem- 1 ^ ical means. I>r. Mnffst msinlsimd that ' ^ tbe presence of peroxide of hydrogen in | ' ln tbe air and dew of Italy bad fame cimnrr j 1 c. tiors with the beauty of tbe Italian v;«*l ] I j. tone. A series of illustrations ly | #■'*., ns 1 taken from the audience, sli . iul..-sl u

IUltan air are mid to have bt«o *cry rat- * a lull, dear, rich, incil •« tune ■' being pnduaed by ooe applirati «. J "Ob, brotberi" exclaimed Banger. 1 " what's the use? Toe above arc sick of d music. Music, music, music; Vial's ofafi you give tbem. week in and week\j ul. .A I v meeting to night why can't we gel up f something new— something 1 d.«'t car* I what, so long as it Isn't ?" "A good idea, a Bulger!" cried Fogg; "a *plended id<w. i We have a liule ton much music, as you I say; and it I* lime we bad something new. : , Suppose yon ting for us Banger. -—Ilodon t , TrwucrtfL 1 Modern painting* are transformed into ' ' "old masters" by covering tbefrrah paint- ' ing with a paste and baking It in an oven | until tbe proper cracks appear. Thus by ( " ruining a modern painting worth #50 it U ] ' conrerted into so "old master" for which . I eorne wealthy crank will give 6 10,000. Bat ^ care must be Ukra to so manipulate tbe ^ ' picture tjbrt its subject te an uosolvable ' conuodram. —KorritUnen Herald Have you beard why Ibe English dude ,' is not wanted fa America? No, why? Bereos*. ibe Yaakoe douftl do

THE LAST OF LE BRETONS. A correspondent writing from St. ' lleUcrl, Isle of Jersey .says that a broozc memorial slat- in' toe of the cburrh windows is dedicated "lo U* glory of God and tbe memory of" six lw Brctooa. wbo 1 for 200 years bare be*-o the Dvani of Jersey have offldated in' tbe pulph of tbe I church. A raeant place in one corner it tbe slab lias been left for tbe present Dean, the Very Rev. W. C. Le Bream. e,l by a rose, is graved aboee Use names. people ef St Helier'a say that the j present one will be tbe last member of Use i Lr Breton family lo offlcialras Dean of j the island and rector ol SL Helier'a parish ; church. He is the father of-Mr*. Lomttry, I nnd. like bn noted daughter, his name has teen loo freely and lightly spoken of. lions, tbe Bislwp of Winchester, of whose diocease hi* deanery te a part, a rear ago suspended blm from exercising bis sacred functions for a space of three j ests. Ue lire* in retirement now at St. isrelnde's. ten miles from 8L Helier'a He said to be Ihc hnnilsouiert man ia Jersey, tall and upright in bearing, with a dignified mien, and fcaturcs.thst closely raaemi h!r tboae of tlie famous LUy. He 1* not j without many friends in Jersey, wbo | at tribute Ills downfall to the extravagant nmMtfao of bis family. He loog ago was separated from bis wifc.wbol naderatand, now chaperoning ill*. Langtry te I | America. Mr*. Le Brelon'gave big dinner* : to visiting dignitaries from Eoglsnd, and i broke tbe Dean tip financial I v, and from began bis downward career. When Mr*, ljmgtry emme b*ck here ber scbool in Pari* her beauty ; attracted much atlenliou. As tbe Dean's "daughter abe went into tbe best society of ; > J> r« > . Slut began to look down on tbe simple isteodety. "Site wna what wc call ' spoilt child." raid Mr. Btempiod, tbe registry rietlfaol ber father'* church, to , us. Then came Mr. I-angtry, a wealthy l/>ndoner, wbo anchored his yacht in the harbsir. He met tbe beauty and married ber. The ceremony tocfc place In Ibe 1 evening lo tbe Char eh of St. Saviour. t Tbe entire population of tbe isleod turned , out to wilncsr tbe wedding, and p^eet j the space in front of tl.e cburch. Tbe bride, with six bridesmaids all dressed ' twecn a double row of sailor* from tbe \ yacht, -winging alternate red and white ' ship lanterns. After tbe knot was tied the j couple went on board the yacht. Tbe next r morning the vessel steomod a Way to Lon- , don. That was ten year* ago, and since J then the Lily has only onoe returned te ber native Bland. Three years since she spent a month at St. Brelade's, where abe . kept proudly aloof from tbe island society, and passed her time in decprae* fishing. , (if w ltal ber care" has been tbe people 1 here bare only a faint idea. Tbev know , slut its* been a greed Udy in London, and e acquainted with the 1'rince of Wales.

"But don't you think il is a theme." aaid Mr. Hlamprd. "for a Dean a daughter to g" en die sure » Vain as she was, we never believed the would do Ihit." Tennyson aa q Money-Maker. I have heard repeatedly, of late, that Tr nay son would have no mesne to support new rank. He should not find it difficult. II be be a* unsocial and inhospitable a baron as be bas been aa plain Alfred Tennyson, his sustelnment of tbe title need nol be expensive. Tbe common opinion that be teonly well-to-do is erroneous. For literary tnan, lie te very rich. No author in America bas ever begun lo make ao much money as be. His poetry baa brought him. it is estimated, 480,090 or 6400,0(10, at least, sod Ibe ram bas been put as high a* £100,000 and £120,000. a careful, not to ray close manager, lias so inverted his earnings as lo have property worth at present £220,000, or 61,000.000. He owns, or did own recently little tinre- lit bas a heaulilul pte« at Isle of Wight, and and another j Country seal at Aldworth. in Surrey. For [ pa l be i' very piaelira). driving, it il nod, very sharp bargain* with bis publishers, holding out for tbe last shilling. No banker of broker in Lombard street, conducts bis affairs more shrewdly. He lias frequently changed bis publislu i s » bo the most generous term*. T.w- flitu with • hicb be now deals pay* lou- • xiiwvdtnary price* for the- exclusive ilgLi to iraue bis complete worksT'Su he would deniCDd Dfare If be bad any cliant* ol gelling it. i^ihllsbcr wbo has in the past done mnh business with bint, says he ought to ; called Mo*es, Tsrcnnysora and that if 1 Us bad not turned poet, lie would have ! made a brilliant pawnbroker. ; Ilia not strange thnt be a tlscbes gnat

value to bit writing!, fnr be takes unweared and endiea. pains with tbem. His is tba toil of compositfah produced by brain■wrnL It is an agonr of labor wbicb nothing but supreme aelf-fave or superlalire ambition would enable him to enHe often spends hours on n tingle l.nr. and bas been known to devote a whole vrck Uy>oe aboii poem. It la more than fifty-four year* since be won tbe Chancel, mesial at Cambridge tor "Timbucloo," piece or blank verse , and be baa been rvaklog himself ever since on expression . that lime be baa done work enough to out a score of ordinary men: but be ever been sustained by a robust constitution, abundant exercise, and a degree genius be, aa some declare, unlimited ca[writy for wort, Tenoyfao U a genius of the highest order. For a generation be ha* beea stimulated by a great reputation which has not teen eclipsed for more than rear*. To this may be added bis of gain; for he 1s sure of reaping a recompense cm every hit of writing, whatever in quality.- Leaden Gfrrv* J Welfare/ the PkilaadfAia frera. Mr. Jes. V. Arrieon, Trcn'on N. J. sey* • "Brown's Iron Bluer* are a good tonic. Tbey cured roe if w r akntra ima dlixlness.' '