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VOLUME XXIX.' CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JEBSEY. SATUBDAY. APRIL 12. 1884. WHOLE NUMBER. 1552. Plantar Oris of tha Plains.

OAPE MAY CITY, Xtf. J. S I ,5~0~a year in Advance. ^Professional (fards. j b. huffman, ~ «Wit akt> rvmxitET.lok at law »oucito>. w after^-rd examixeu auraaig c«r* v»T ovrm norre. X. A. Ai Csp> Hay cur oallj dqrlDf ItaBmrMaui. F. d0ugla88, , attobney-at-la w , «ounrn« rx ithaxczky ,Y ^7 alter a barrows, • attobifet-atiaw •omcttor ix c-nAxntnr, ■qb. j. f. leaking ft 80n, de#¥t8t8, cap* Wat citt. ox. hhiax am onaaa " in ttAVOotravHorts-'ntBrviaji'AeSHit- " n""** "T"iTi'»*7b"'1*"' jame8m. e. hildreth, attobkeyIat-law eoucTTog. mwa axp txAHixm ix o«~ At W* «S WuHIfUI IBlW* Cai» *1? nw.w.j. ess-? jjerbkkt W. edmunds, attobney-at-la w, holkttor AND RAFTER IX CHAXCEET. rape K.» City. x.j. 'ally ai op* Ooert Boom, Tnaesays aim Fneay* j")r. jakes h. ingram, physician and subgbon, A f afl xoppij of rraas dregs enaataatty « jam. Reuben townsend. aoixt cfhrerlakd a mutual fire insurance co. oowxtxxioxrh or heeiw. ^ LFRED FLANDEBsj . COUWSELLOR-AT-LAW, ^toAttj— Conor j win i« .urnaro

£usinrss (Cards. ( jjjsftf r wtlijams, ~ i abchitbct and builder. i lyrxrt ok ooxtra<t urnca— ii wasamgwo crf« »*y. xj- I j ^ b. little, aistkb'axd'glaziib, I MONOwi Rmw-B Ansc iluas*. I om ijl hflmtjoamoo'. hi" | j^uctiqneerlng. " 'J ' " " i r.A Cape Raj city, 3. J J qbgan6- and sewing maB.F.HORNER, PlAMt®GAHSiSEfffiGMi,GHIKES ' bridgeton. 5 y SSS.-,T— — -"—ST I qfco. w. grace, PRACnCAlTBUILDEK, mu. at the old ft a Ml. caw may ocr MOTTo'Jl -FHOWTSEtt' - _ lAi.'l-J , qo to garrison's STATIUHM, AND STORE YAEETY i paper. fix kkt cttlckv. shell ' coorw. riKRtxo tackul cheap libra rib*-. ■ 1xiat pre iroate jeaxtpactrbed ox j SEWING machine^ mieoub and OIL a » w AAHIXOTOK ptreet.tapk mat. x. j. j feardinfl yy est jebsey hotel, T. w. MOCRT. PlO|«l— . >phk bay view house, . PTEWEX POI.xt, caw rat cotaalmkr house, t~ ^..33553 M pnfMiMr.

Bfedlnl. i T"°"**nd* c'rir*."''d Relying on testimonials written Id »i»id . rinwi.Bg language of inm n.iiwcoloax ■ . nun trade by »otn» lanrrty puffed up . ■I'dnr or piirnl medicine ba« hastened | ' thbaaaada lo ihrir (n»« heHering tnlWfr I : will-he prrti*ui«l on ibrro. and !!•»: ihrre I Ir-ilmooUU maVr the enrr*. while the ao i l i rolled mrdlclne la oil the lime baUenlcr • ! them to Ibeir ri'" We bsre .mirted ' , | rubHohln* tfi'imoi U'A. u they do oi* ' . ; moke tlx cure*. alUKmeb we bore i , Uf them, of the in"t wooderfol cuteawol- i I . nniorfly oent m. It i* our medirine, Nop , BU'eraihot fnobiw the com. Jl ha» nerrr : foiled «nd neeet ran. We will pfee refer- ; . ' er.ee lo any one for any dlwxar aimtlor in ' ;<b-lr own If deiirrd. or wilT refer lo one . !• I tp-lybboaraa there la not o neigbltorbood ; ■ In the .known world but con thow iu ! . cum by Hop B'tter*. The fix of darton ia an item that Tery maPT petrooi ore hMMMd in. We he. t liere" ihefebednlefor eitltainM 00. whfch would ta* a man confined lo hit led foe a j Tear, and In need of a da'ly elalt, ever ♦1.000 a year f.*medicalatieod«noe«loDe . And oee alntle bottle o'Hop Bitleniaken In lime would aarr the fl.000 and all the , D y< ar'a licknetta. mrNw'Tonri'.-WLUiT iS r Inker frlme. "Toy -•Pawt"lneolrona- rra l<Ar. "-Rraxnellnn . R-lter. Ut'tja-Ao- wx^NWlMd Mianliui "la It poaalble ibat Mr. Godfrey i« up I and at work, and cured by ao aimple a . remedy!" •i aaaure you It la true Ibat be la entirely mred. and with nothing but Hop Bitlerr, ■ * and only ten daya ago hla dncttxa rare him ; . on and aald he "must die, (rem Kidney and I.I »rr trouble;" , Half Outof His Head. rea*no en lo' SBSSSI Srw^'SawLewKe Pa^rt Toole far other lo.ahlra. I men It alao lor thw. i L My BSTS JS?inwfm"ei/m SSLOS-SM 1 - C Aetata f At torn. I IrT. Into the tuU or thowt i . at« aaprmupua Aml«ta who^ P mpf.r^"M'B1Kp0in*T0rt,*',l,T,*Ur" 14 TZ.1t

Cata rrH "g,;™ - ByptteI5ra"aea»wS ^ €apr (£o. SRrnhants. schellengeb, , •— :-KS 1 USEE* CHEEK. CAW MAT COCJtTT, ■ GROCERIES. CRY ffiJCDS PROvisiOSS james h. schellengeb, t JiBEKH CHEEK. CAW MAT CO, fresh and cubed . meats, POULTRY AMD BOOS. TCSSDAT AfinTVimiAT or earll weeh riH-l' It. line At m.rt-t jelrw. , "^mh'uiSoSir. l»T •jihokas hbbicson»s

: GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, i DMT OOOIK. TRIMMINGS, NOTIONR : I teliaos IHnSii Itu AT LOWEKT PRICES POR CASH l> now opho Pull tihx.of aumtar rmt awy ' nrmaaAalpo At the hranoh .tor. ahaCrot. JOHN M. bussell, ' DRY GOODB, GROCERIES, BOOTH. SHOES AND NOTIONS, FLOUH AND FEED, [ PATENT MBtUCSXBS, ! PORK; LABI'. HAMS. SEEDS. Ac. Q»M«nia«.Ca»oMAJt*ifs.J. j C. PRICES' STORES^ Bo. ft PERKY ST, CAPE MAT CITT, . fflflSBB, 1ST MIS at B!T!!BL OILS. TSjra^SjR^^jU HTTT, ' OOKM, ttlfiSFilU. PER WOOD YARD.

Advanced Thouaht* They're loroed ma daor or me hraadeot ertod to Mt hia majtaty throorh. laot a prlat or hia dona lata or a tory ' be loo ad CO tans or U the sir to-day, tor ' j the world kaa rotod w. | the Drry txeelh of bell. 1 i Who tloc tte rrja rl the loanf lauit and dirt. 1 am la true; 1 ^ Bat who l. doing the Ha l or trarh the d-ru I j We are loU that ha doeeat go ahoaaaaroar. J Bat whoro^hall we Mid ratpooalhle tor the I j To be heard lo chares, tod bora-, and Stale, lo 1 KXa-t— >y itep to the'trooidartkwuhan-l the trmode And erttnm ol A Alagle day 1 dertl waa talrly eoled oot. and. or mmk, the derira gone; Bat Alogle people wooU IIAe to Know who cir- [ Thay Shook. At Toledo a abarpJooking young man boarded I be DctrotLbound train, and after , looking over the pamengerr in one of the, . bet, be took a Stat betide s trarelrr with A face as booe« at a four dollar bill. ' Jntl at tbe train was about to Atari the i man suddenly said: I "My friend, I km on my way to Detroit "Kb! that's boo bad." "I baren't got any money with me, but , I'll give you my watch for security If I you'll lend me ♦»> until we reach Detroit." ••Let s aee tbe ticker." Tbe watch was a galraniaed aSair, | worth about fifty cents per pound. Tbe man with tbe tour dollar face examined It shook It, and pul It in bit pocket. Then | [ be alowly drew a £30 bill from his Test ! pocket and banded ll over to tbe young j 1 man. Tbe Utter simply glanced at It, and ' then tbe twe smiled- Then they ebo..k r hands. Then the watch and tbe bill i 5 changed back. ! Tbe watch was a dead swindle and the J I bill a counterfeit, and both belonged to ; 1 tbe "profeah." — » 1 Dude citizens. F( There U lo Ibis city a Urge class of j • dudiali masculinities who never go lo the ■t tome exertion— first, to learn what It it all i about; and second, lo stand in line tod I; wait to drops bal oL "ll must be such ; s bore!" 1 oooe beard one say in a hotel " rotunda when asked to go out and regisu r ' for a coming contest. There nonentities ■ -» Ike <ei- tv arvliah amine feltnwe — liter very they >

range from 21 te 40 years of see— that t congregate about leadiog bolels, the doors of great restaurants, and ed i heal era dressed < ' In a way thai U intended to be killing to ' ■ female bearta. New .York oily has ' : thousands of tberechlpideedees, sod unlike ; the youths of Rome, which were her glory ' I ibey are America's standing— or, rath.-r, ! reclining— disgrace- In aoclely aflnirs j » they keep prelly well posted, but to pub- 1 1 i lie matters tbey are as igooraat as tbe j ' si. pes ef their foreheads are prooouneed. ' j "Is your friend s partisan?" asked a politician of one of those dodlsh young 1 ; inrc. In conversation uptown, recently. 1 I "bb, yah, most decidedly!" was there 1 ' ply. "I bare frequently met blm at par- 1 j tire!"— New York OorresppodenceCiUoRpo ' • EminfJaurnaL Why Sha Waa So Brave. , Texas sittings. . . ■ A stout, able-bodied lady was aroused | tbe other night by a noise in tbe hallway, , ' and on going down stairs ibe discovered ( a man fumbling sound in tbe dark. Tbe ' Lady immediately assailed blm with tbe J ferocity of a tigress and ejected blm from i tbe bouse In quite a number of seconds i less than no time at all, and slammed tbe i , duor after blm. As 'Re lumbwt | " down tbe steps on to tbe sidewalk be was i gobbled by a policeman and promptly [j marched >ifi lo the cooler. The next i mornlr® aevtral of her friends called and | I ' congratulated bcr npoo the heroism ais- 1 , pltyrd in thro«iog s full-grown burglar < out of tbe bouse. "Gracious!" exclaimed | 1 I. the lady, growing^pale and agitated; "was*1 ° thai a burghs: !" "Why. oertaicly; 'didn't you know ii?" "'Know It! Heavens, no! 1 1 bought it was only my husband boms ' again lale from the lodge, or 1 wouldn't 1 Lave /lone what 1 did for tbe woikL"

Wats It ■ Boy or ■ Olrl? Mrv.Mnlcahy — Good marnlo.' Mrs. O'HolUhan— God marnln,' Mr. 1 Mulcahy. Mre.Moleahy— An' bow's tbeould man. ' ' Mrs. O'HoUthan? Mrs. O'HoUihan— Och, party well.: tbankse, Mrs. Muloshy. but dfarank again ' last qigbt, I bough. Mrs. Mulcahy— Och, drer, dear, the"] poor man! I Mrs. O'Holliban — Did you bear the news about the increase In Mrs. McCar- ' tbj'i family. Mm. Mttkahyf Ml*. Muleaby — Ol did noL Wax it a bye or a gurrul'.? Mrs. O'llullihan— Twnx oaytber. Mrs. Mukahy— Saythrrf Mrs. O'Holliban— Nsytber; "twnx twins ! Mrs. Mulcahy— Wan, wull, wtOL-^Saji I ' j FVwnaaw R'usp. | A gtuUetnao had an istemew wlth-Jay ' Gould tbr ether day told metbal at the 1 '•'. ginning of Ibe talk (It was the first time : la- bad met Gould! ibe small stature of j tbe man Imp ret ll hia ao unfavorably that be could searedy keep from bugling "Hut," be added, "be hadnl been apeak. ' ingtwombuuea before I Ibongbl him as : US aa I waa. sod when be bid t -good ' | ^ M louc<>M ^

A SLIGHT MISTAKE. ; , Grey nod ion-cold tbe twilight had , darkened over tbe Stcne Tower, until tbe ' ruddy glow of tbe fire became insufficient r to dl»pel lbs creeping shadows, and Nannle j, brought In the lamp. n It waa a great, low .ceiled room, wiib ' an nntiqor-cnrved cornice and a wainscot , ' of oak whicb reached above Nannie's shoulder— a room where tbe faded crim- ,| ' son hsDgiog shut out the dying daylight, j, sod the pattern of tbe carpel had long be- c come indistinguishable. j And tbe three blooming, bright-eyed - voong girls in ibis ancient room seemed a n» much out of ibeir element as s cluster c of rosebuds would hare been lying on an j, r Egyptian sarcophagus. Bui CoJooel Cope. ly liked sednsion red antiquity. More- T J over be liked economY. And when he >. brought bis three mother leva daughters - ; down to tbe Stoae Tower, be grimly gave ^ tliem to underused that they too must ^ F teach themselves to like three three ns- j j > peels of life. V ' j, "There's one' thing." Oolooel Copelr, ' who wns n^sn-hstcr, ndded to himself, , "they'll get no benux here! No girl ought t to ilienm of n beaux unlil she 1s rweo'vfive years old. nt tbe very lensl !" ) ' Which was rather hard on Ada and ( Nannie, who were nineteen and seven- f lecn, and bad their bends full of vague t - visions of love nnd letlera. And even little liens, Ibe youngest, who bad barely ,. turned fifteen, had an imaginary ideal iu her brain, Willi dark, melancholy eyre t J ' and a brow like ivory, which she. hoped , r one day might be realized in a suitor. , c And upon this windy March eight, r ' wiien Colonel Copely wis in tbe diy. tod , . ; Miss Baird, tbe governess, was confined , e to ber room with an attack of Icfiiroma- ( lory rheumatism. Ads and Nan were gre- - , Ing in a/uneptitioas party. "Of course paps wouldn't let us go If , no were at home," aald Ada. , ( "And we couldn't manage it if Miss [ f Baird waan'l laid up, either, " sagely>ddrd , -Nan. , "But evrrylhlng happens for the best," , said Ada. "Do look at this lovely, gold- , j j colored silk Nan. W asn'l it good of Mary H Sinclair lo lend us the three dresses lo , q ! choose from? 1 thlok 111 wear the gold- , a ' colored silk, with this black Isoe msntlr.'' , h I "And I." said Nan. who was pink and , j plump, with chinsblue eyes and radiant, , k broore-brown balr, "shall wear the while, ( 0 all brocaded over with pink roee-bodr, | j and ibe nae-oolored sal In slippers. Oh, |P 1 Ada darling"— pouncing npoo her sister t „ j with s little, ecstatic kiss— "we abaci I know ourselves, shall we?" "Couldu't I go, too?" pleaded Bess, t I whose gypry beauty gleamed in between j ' Ibespple-bloooi facre ef lier sltlcrs lite a ( „. i Jacqueminot rose among white mossp, I pipkf. "Couldn't I wear the pretty gar,11 net silk that yon've neither of you ■I, "Nonsense!" cried Ads. "Yon are ond ly a child, Bets!" "I shall be sixicen in nine mooths," a urged Bcsa. "And I'm almost as tall as .y you and Ntn. Aod I never was st a grown up party in my whole life!" (

"Bess." said Nan, with autocratic sev. ( crlty, "hold your tocgoe. It's quite out , o! tbe quesiian. Yeu are to slay here , with Miss Baird- " "But Miss Baird it always asleep in the , evening!" whimpered llesa ( "So much the belter for you," pronounced Nan. "And you can look after , ] tbe Ik&ac." | "Tbe bouse wool run away," pouted | Bess, Mill rebellious. "That Isn't the question tinder discus- , tin®," said Ada. 'Get tbe work-basket { now, like a darling, and help at tack up these dream s little, far Mary Sinclair Is at least half a bead taller than we are. And three Is no time to lose!'' Bess drew a deep sigh and obeyed. "Why was It." the argued within berrelf, "that tbe must always he pot down , and snubbed, aod kept in tbe background, she was the yocngrst, and wore abort frocks and ber balr braided in tw« Chinese tails down ber hack? If ever she a grown-up lady, abe'd show them:'' But Beta got a.Uule better natu red when she was allpwed to make wafire ber o« ntelf for lea,' in the absence of Elaza, their sole dotneMic, whose brother bad bethought himself lo fall ill of fever, half a mile or to up |be roounuio.at this auanloJpus time, of all etbera, and lo select a Jnr j ol raspberry jam by tbe way of accotn- : pauimecL j Fur Beta, tall though the was, bad not > quite out-grown Ibe age of tea-sets and 1 1 delight la playing at bouse- keeping. And I tbe arranged tbe tea-rose buds la her ais- ; ! tor's hair, aod gave tbe last dainty touch lo their drestre— Best was s born lady's i maid, tbe ghlt declared, laugh Ing, and tbe I • looked regretfully after them. as, with their ! splendor all shrouded lo black serge daak, ' they hurried down Ibe frooee mad, two tney uurrieo oown toe tracer mea, two

! merry, fleeting shadows. "Oh dear!" said Beat, stood, "bow I . with I was going, loo!" Then the winked tbe tenia down, j and ran back into tbe oak-wains i cored room, where tbe lamp still glowed, , • j and tbe logs blazed and snapped on tbe 1 hearth, to hurriedly that Mia never ooce , remembered Ada* farewell caution aa tu lacking and double-locking of lbs outer , : j Mist Baird was asleep, after her supper , ' | and ber medicine. There was no use go- , ! log to her for companionship; foe she , 1 , snored and slept with ber mouth own, | ; sad was not In the least an ideal Mumber- , i without Eliza, aod even tbe cat was too j ' j knlrtlng yarm° | , "What shall 1 doT aald Baas. "Oh, I r ' know! rn try us the garnet silk dress. , aod fancy i'm a growo-op young lady g - t ingloabaB.t Bbe was walking up and down lbs Bur ■ r trying to act hendf ia Ibe old Venetian ( mirror ibat bang above tbe tail, woodrn . msnrel, when tbe creaking** a board in a tbe ball aunltd bar. Fiyiag 10 Ibe door. i garnet MM, train asd all, tbe came face lo e fare with a man. "I beg year pardoe'" be said, syMo- |

getleaily; "but you did not bear tbe I knock, and—* "What do yoo waotr' cried Beat, all In ! , panic. 'Go away, at ooee!" j , "I called lo see the young ladtea- " ji Bras waited to bear no more- Vague , < of peddlara, tramps, burglars, mid- , night astawint, pealed through her brain. , "Yea," said she with assumed cool ores, - "tbey are ml borne. Fleam walk In.' j , And, opening tbe nearest door, the mo- , lion him to enter. At It was dark there- ' , bow was be to know that it was tbe ' , coal-cellar, or that tbe next minute tbe , would be shut aod bolted upon bitn?" , "There!" cried Bees, exnluotly. her ( ryes shining like balls of fire, bcr ( cheeks torned from deadly pale to glow- - log rod. c • But stop a minute !" pleaded a stifled | ( voice from the other tide of the door. t "There's a mistake. I wish—" ' t ■Yea," said Bess, "there it a mistake ! . are mistaken to think that I going to , he Imposed npoo. Now. stay there nntil , S call the coachman and the two stable- | hands, aod unloose tbe dog!" I Which four last, be it understood, were entirely a fiction of Mist Beat's in- | , Agination. 1 She stood s second or so, to consider, j | Baird most oot be excited or dhj! turhed. «1 least, so tbe doctor said. Be-7: sides what use could Miss Baird possibly j , "III go for tbe girls." said Be*. "Ill ( be at tbe bafi, after all!" . , So, folding a shawl about bcr pretty, t 1 shoulders, sway she shot, like an arrow, quite heedless of the lace-lined . Hazel Hill, where the ball eras being , held, was not more than a quarter of a ' mile from Stooe Tower, sod, lighted garret to cellar, it presented a very pretty sight to Bess's wondering eyes. She posted herself on tbe veranda just where s casement bad been opened lo cool tbe perfumed atmosphere of the dancroom, and there, with big. sparkling eyes and cherry cheeks, half bidden by tbesbawl drawn over ber bead and ears, she -watched to catch s glimpse of Ada and Nsn. Tbey were dancing. Bess would scarce 1 have known them, so radiant they . termed, their exquisite borrowed dresses set off by lights, their faces flushed by ' excitement— and at last Ada sat ■ down by this very open casement, smiling • and fanning herself, while ber partner • hurried to bring her some refreshments. All of a sudden a cold little band fell r on her dimpled shoulder. She started 1 and looked around. "Bess! Goodness roe! it can't be pos- • aible?" tbe explained. "What, on earth " has brought yon here? Is Miss Baird • dead 1 Has papa come borne !" "No," answered Bess, srpulch rally. " "Bat I've caught a burglar! Call Nan, 0 and come bome at ooce: because, maybe, be ll break loose." And a* Ada never got tbe refreshments, sod Nsn didn't finish ber wtltz with s whiskered young gentleman from Mon- • Ural. And Harry Sinclair, the brother, ' of tbe hostess accompanied them back lo ,

the Tower, with ibe tallest of the waiters, \ ' revolver and a blackthorn stick which j 1 wouIH have done credit to Roty O'Hore ( 1 i Thus backed up, Bees drew tbe boll, , 1 unlocked tbe floor, and called in stern se- , cents to the sequestered victim,— , Whereupon a tall, rather pleasant look- | ' J31DI fellow emerged, shivering with tbe cold, aod having the traces of coal. ' dust on bis white shirt-collar and light | 1 gloves. ' "Who >re you?" savagely demanded ' Harry Sinclair. Tbe gentleman presented his card. "My name is Saflord," aald he. "Col. Copely requested me lo call here and | bring his daughters hack to New York " with me. Here is a Idler from bim. He ' has taken a house on Fort y-arvemb street, ' and— 'Goodness me!" gasped Bess, clasping * her bands over ber eyes. "And I sLul him in tbe coal-cellar:" B For one dread second there was silence; " and ibey brake Into a peal of contagions lr langbter, which broke np all ceremony at * once, and rendered them all excellent friends y Mr. Sinclair, with tbe tall waiter, tbe " re vol ran and tbe blackthorn stick. deport, cd; and Bens with a little of Nan's amatrue issuance, served np an Impromptu sapper s< brand and Inasted obeeae whicb , was prooounoad a decided roooeaa. Eliza returned la a little while, and tbe booae- *" bold waa restored to order. ■ Tbe next day cmameooed tbe packing 1 for removal. Eliza was to remain In tbe " Stooe Tower until Miss Baird'a oonvaleseeoce, sod tbe three girls returned to ^ New York with Ml Saflord. And this gentleman, atrange to say, appeared to [

cherish no malice against his fair little jailer. , ( "On tbe couusry,' mid the shrewd j Ada, as tbe season advanoed, "I do be- t be likee Bern tbe bent of us all, or he , would do so if the wasn't such a child. " ( "But she's growing older and prettier ( day," said Nan. ( Ada, with a laugh. ( So that, as the too sisters agreed, there , no telling what might happen one of , ' these days. But if they venture toques- . 1 Loo Bern famaelf oc the anbject, tbe oclyi • laughr^and blushen, aod ooyly hides ber ( "Because, you know, my dear sitters, ' not a grown up woman yet," says , 1 Bens. "On tbe coutary, I'm -only a , child!" I • A Motto For am American Polltl0**TI' " I An eminent Spanish marebai was asked ' r on his death-Bed H be foresee bis enem ies ; . Anexpieminc of tweet repeat ttolr over; bis aar-wirn frstores as be murmured, ' J "1 bava shot them." — /vpring^M 4- 1 , A fmalioua awnll who danced wiffc a ' ■ eonMa.1 ttaad Mtra eu tore I

Joking With a Jester. I Haktvojot, Conn., April 3 — Thesensa- t i lion of the day is Ibe April fool jake put I no Mark Twain by hit friend, George E | W. Osble. the novelist, who arranged with of tbe Tending author*, stage people * and notables, to leave their letters April 1, c ; asking tbe great humoriat for his autograph, j « \ was overrun with the leu-ra; ana ! * ! they have not ceased to come! He takes I c ] tbe joke practical'y, and proposed to sell | , j the signatures lo a musem of euriosilic'. | , I A few extracts from some of tbe letters 1 1 appeoded; f { John Hay wants Mark Twsin to take a | t j hour or two and copy for biib a j 1 j hnndrcd lines of "Young's Night | T j Thnugbis" and so cqnal amount from that J ' olher dry pnem known as "Pollock's j t of Time." Colonel Hty closed 1 , letter by remarking that he want his , J to form a taste for serinos sod elevated c poetry, and that the quotations suggested ; I I I would be of considerable commercial I j ' ; value if in tbe handwriting of the great 1 ; j < clara LOt'lAR KELIOOO. i . Clara Louise Kellegg sends s dainty ' , note asking for an autograph, and Clsre | | Morris writes that she is suffering for one. I I j Irving Sends x typical letter from ' i kUhe Brevoort Ilooae. saying that the i I possession of an autograph of Twain is a ■ . matter of life aod death with him, while i Ellen Terry's application is brief snd to I ' the point. Napoleon Bsrooy writes over ! tbe dash of tbe pen thsLhe calls his tfhdr- ' mark for an autograph. 1 Modjesls drops Into reminiscence*. She , ' het-ttpq»lieation in English so* 1 winds up In Polish. Edmund Clarence : S tod man's letter is a take off "on lbs ' average sehool-glri, who fills in her time ' in writing to noted people for their auto- ' graphs. Mr. Stedmao not only wants s sentiment in Twain's handwriting, but s ' few pages from "Houghing It," "Tbe ' Prince Abroad," or "The Innocents" and the "Panpcr." Boveaon writes from 5 Columbia College' and, as inducement, ' mentions that tbe antograph, if fort beam - ' ing, would have the companionship of tbe * signatures of Noah, Dante', William Tweed, Martin Luther, John Kelly, Copernicus aod other worthies. ' AS AUTOGRAPH DEAUATIXXO. * Daniel FrohBlan offcnlo dramatize snd '' adapt an autograph for tbe stage. Bonner, I of Pudc wants an autograph for his two. K week-old granddaughter, adding: "The r little innocent abroad in this strange wsrid of ours will value your gift w lien she is II old enough lo appreciate it." Joseph 4 Howard, Jr., 'recalls moeting Mr. Clemens twenty-four years ago in front of tbe New * York City Hall and then mikes no appeal b for the autograph. Thomas W. Knox hss 4 a royal commission from tbe King ••! Siam for autographs for Ibe King's 359 ' children snd suggests the! the order had '• better be filled for 800. as the King's '' family is increasing. Stephen Fiske wants a Mark Twain '' antograph fora frieod who ia going abroad, who wishes to lake it along as I Mascot, and Mr*. Fiske aalhrits 100 for a church r! fair booth.

Whiting, or the Springfield RepuUi- t coa, wants Mark Twain lo let him know , mail whether the laUet had any , traditional ground for tbe story of Edward | interchange of Identity with a hoy of t the slum* Lawrence Hntroo wants to | complete his collection of MSS. by adding the original of Mr. Clemens' lntosl and most charming works, Jean. As Jean is the youngest child in tb# Twain bouse- • she will probably not be forwarded. Henry Ward Beecher mentions that he i ' a curmudgvoo about answering autograph letter. He wanU two from Twain, 1 however, one qf the real.name and one of the pseudonym. C. C. Buel. of Ibe "Ceoldij Miganoe," wants s humorous article for puhlicailon with Clemens' 1 signature al '.ached to every paragraph, ao [ that tbe "<y>py" could 'te sold, while I!. ! W. J oil nam. of the "Ccotary;" want* an 1 autograph for a lame boy whose .mother has interested him In things spiritual by ' encouraging bun to make an aulograpb1 collection lo be raffl.-d for al a fair. Ibe proceed* lo go lo the Society for tbe 1 suppression .if the Toy Pistol. C Y. * Beach, of Bridgeport, liaaea his claim lor 1 an autograph on an exchange of llneo 1 dusters by mistake al Pooghkoepwe a few years ago- M. S. Bccli, writing from e Brooklyn, alludes to tbe prominence Mr. C.emns has acquired through his reUtions with Captain Duncan. 4 Oolooel Fairchild, of Boston, wants s signature for an uncle. J. nyatt Smith, * of Brooklyn, want* Mark Twain to notify blm by mail If he objecu to sending bis autograph. T. B. Aldrich waota tbe %uto- * graph because it would be, that of the man ' who wrote "Gsliriel Cooruy." Henry s Peter*, of New York, wires Mr. Cleroen. 0 for two car loads of his hcssiesl water proof autograph* Blnodgrsid H. Cutter, prool autograpn* Dionogoou it v/utscr, i

tbe I»og Island farmer poet, make* his c request in poor rhyme, and Henry F. I GUHg. of the American F.xchange in I telegraphs to have Mr. Clemens I sure lo save bim s signature. The I Uni verity dub paper wanU to secure ' enough of CTemens' autographs lo start I out seven daughter* as autograph fiend* i Ooe*f Use best of the W says iu writer t wants Mark Twain's signature to pnt in a ' owner stone. Another applicant lands t Clemens as Ibe outhor of "Tbe Bread < Wiooera." Tbe applications of Julian Hawthorne, Charles Dodlry Warner and 1 and George P. Lslhrep are included in the deluge.— PAflmfafrJUa-iW- ' Tbe mistress of a bouse In tbe dty aald i 1 to a young servant girl frrwh from (be ' country;' "Maria, go see if Mr. Bcou the . pork butcher, bat pigs' feeL" The servant girl departed and returned a few morocnia ■ Inter. "Pleare, ma'am, I dool know; I routdnl see." "Bat wbat did you say?" ' I "I didn't say anything. I looked at Mi. 'I ScoU— be had bono on. }j "John, yon Mewld marry Helen, eure.'. : ' "Why. felberT "Oh, ibe'd be such en J *K«*n>oel wife tor you." "Why. bow ; », so, father?" "Ob, her bmr'e eo red that I j you could bake elap jalts OB ber brad I witbeut any fuel,' I

An O'er True Love Tele. eroEior a raocn eos wno was tiix j Y1CTIR IX A TBAOXDI OT xxroks. RicSmond Leu« In tbe Detroit Free Pree* While visiiiDg AD old f riend I n a Ylrgl nlA n village a month ago I attended worship one Sunday al the parish church, snd was at ! much attracted by an aged snd hand- w couple who sat in tbe pew opposite ai ! Tbe pastor preached a very affecting fr I on the "Prodigal's Return," gi ' which, I noticed, affected the old lidy lo cl ! sod had s marked effect on tbe ul ; gentleman. I mentioned Ibe circumstance tl | that evening to my friend, when she re- It I to me the following sad, true story: w , old couple were Mr. anil Mr* Colonel al Tbey were both of tbe most sriatoera- h tic, wealthy families of Virginia. Colonel w was an honorable, upright gentleman, tl very prond and passionate. He had a: ton. 'Got," bit only heir— a warm- u j jus turning bis twenty-first year. He was c ! j well-known throughout tbe county, and a j beloved by all who knew bim. He n | bis fgtber's pridc; but not his t: violent nature. b . About smile from foloncl D.'s residence n t gentlemen between whose family & i and the colonel's a feud of long standing tl ■ existed. Colonel I>. . bad frequently fa • warned bit son not, under any dream- n : stance*, lo visit any member of the gen- p I t it-man's family. A dsogHter of the bated t r on ber eighteenth birthday, gave a g . large, rarty, i* which all tbe young people t were invited, including the venerable a i ooloocl'a'aon Gu* On hearing of tbe party t P 'Ind bis son's invitation toil he sent for i ; bim sod most positively forbade bim lo I > attend. Tbe son promised lie would oot. t s Die invitations wore for four o'clock, as t - a supper on tbe lawn was part of the i i programme. About three o'dock on that s s day G us called for bis team, a splendid ; r pair of handsome grays, and ordered tbe i cadi man lo drive bim. home time after t R bis departure Colonel I)., who bad been t , sway since morning, returned and on I asking for bis son was informed by one of t e tbe servants that be bad driven out two ■ d bnuri ago. The colonel flew into a pasion, t , called for bis buniing whip, mounted bis I borac aod rode swiftely towards his i neighbor's mansion. As be dashed past 1 > be saw his son's team under the trees and . cared for by his own coachmen. He kept : on to a small shady lane leading in ao i e opposite direction from the house, when i d he suddenly came upon his son walking i s wilh a young lady and without a word he b rode up, seized him and cut bim several is times over the face aod back wilh bit rid- i V log whip. "You ungrateful scoundrel," '1 he said, ' 'never cross my path again." Die ; • colonel's (see was while with passion as i •f be rode away. 1 8 This nappcoed over fifteen years ago, :! aod, although thousands of dollars have ' been spent and every effort made to find some traces of tbe missing man, tbey hate o been ineffectual, and not one person who I. knew him before has ever seen blm since b that day. Die sad truth was that the h colonel's son. it was found afterward, bad not gone to tliat party, bat loaned bis team

a young friend to whom both bis father i and himself were warmly attached, and < who drove Gut as far as Ibe lane where ( his father had met him and chastised bim ' the presence of ber be lovod.snd whom > had accidentally met. Women and Umbrellas. , Long continued observation lias convinccd us that tbe welfare of society de- i mands immediate consideration of ibe I question as to whether women should be ! : allowed to carry umbrella* r~ll tn»y be urgod in defence of continuing the privil. i ege that to refuse it would be In violation ; : of tbe inalienable right of tbe pursuit of .i : happiness. But if a woman geta soy i happiness out of knocking all people's ' hats aod gouging out their eye*, to fay i nothing of tangling op tbe points of tb . umbrella ribs In the hair of otber women, i ane ought to be induced either by moral r suasion or legal compulsion to pursue har- - pincasin some otber wsv. It isa wclL E .recognized principle that tbe rights of one : person end where those of another begin ; and siflCSft woman seems to be unable in . keep ber unlbflla outside of ihecorr^ra^e r limits ot other peWm- u"TT quite eridenl t Hist she ought lo be limited lo the exercise r of ber right to carry umbrellas to the i Sahara, tbe Alkali plains aod the Russian . steppe* If a woman were capable of i being educated In the proper carrying of umbrellas there woald be swnc bope thai > with the process of education and develtgi- , menl she might learn to wield ber present f death-dealing weapon above the dangt rs line. But it is a physical impossibility, o She is born that way. She can no mora n carry an umbrella as it ought lo be carriiM y than abe can throw a stone without tbom s Indescribable gyrations, or catch a ball r when she doesn't wear an apron. It is too , true, but she must accept the consequence

of never hitting anything. This Ixing 1 and suasion having failed to bring c about Ibe deaired end, nothing remains t to protect tbe hats, eyes and hair of ' tbe community by legal mean* And it < will be seen al once that Is a fit subject I 'constitutional prohibition. Tbe aim i is in secure a large portion of Ibe onmmo- i ally in the poseeasioo of their inalienable ■ rights of wearing their hau dp the »>pe of their heads aod keeping IhMr" natural 1 c.'« . One Flash. Doctor— "Have yoo got the better of the ague yet?" Patient— "No, sor. Me and ma.wUe is . I as bad aa tver, sor." Doctor— "Did yon get that whiskey aod ; : quinine I peeacribed!" t Patient— "Yia, sor; but it did no good , al an, at alb" . Doctor — "That is ttxange! Yoo took U according to the direction* I suppose?" Patient — "Yi* aor, ye know a man *u(l . his wife are one." , Doctor— "What has that lo do with it!" Pal lent — "Wall, ye aee, aor bein' aa we. . are oot flesh, I tok the whiskey and gave 1 Biddy the quinine." r Tbe renowned Dr. Clendeontng say" j one -third of all his directions showed , signs of Heart Disease; if you have ii in 4 any fata, use Dr. Grave.1 Roart Regula-, I tor, $1. per bottlaat druggists.

UTSRAKT STCD1ZS tSD JCAEtXO Leiur la tbe Cblcage HermlS. In traveling over the prairies one now which, with its surrounding* wears an aspect of neatness, thai distinguishes it the average carelessly thrown together shanty that suffices lo prove the right to the title of proprietor uf the 180 acres surrounding. If of boards, cracks are carefully battened with if of logs, crevk*sareclo*eJy plastered with mud; hardy morning-glories cHqg around tbe doorway and creep along the bumble eaves, while' small plats, smiling with violclt,larkspar.lovt-beH and honeysuckle transplanted from the prairie, haver around tbe mudest domicile, true iodic** lo the female spirit that role* within. Tbe novelty of Ihrir situation teems lo and form are the embodiments of happiand health; they as heartily enjoy a tramp over the prairie, in eearch of the boundary linee of their claim, as the toddy girl eejoys a trip in a dog-cart or sail 00 Ibe lake. Tbey become adepU in use of rifle and shoLgan; they learn to the barretter as dcflly as their masculine neighbors and ride the sulky plow with as much grace as ber refined sister would ornament a tricyde. Tbe majority of these pioneers are schoolmistresses. who pursue their Greek, Latin, astronomy, botany or chemistry during tbeir leisure momenta in their prairie home the summer bad pursue tbeir vocain village or dty school -room during the winter month* Thus they preserve their health, keep np their studies and slowly but surely build up for themselves bome that they can point lo with jost pride u tbe fruit of tbeir own labor. The hardships and trials which these little pioneers undergo are enough shake tbe courage of tbe tterncr aex. Mrs. Ball, a young widow, came to tbe territory- two years ago, built her claim - shack, which was twice hlown away by tornados snd ooce baroed to tbe ground, i but through licr indomitable will tbe is i still there and t*T" the is bouad to slay Nellie Ullne, daughter of Colonel i I'line, of Chicago, has her homestead near : lake, is a tireless pedestrienno, a i crack rifle shot and possesses accomplithi mrnia that fit bcr for the leadership of any refined society in which the may move. Mist Hoover, the Misses Priogie, Miss 1 Flyna, Miss Bruce, Miss Marks, Miss ■ Olson. Mitt -Eboltwell and the Mitres 1 Phelps, who, through their pluck aad ' j» rsercrance, have gained a fine home. • stead and built up a little fortune ef fllt.000, are but a few" of the great army of , w oman who deserve the highest praise for : their fortilndc and determination. Peck's Bad Boy la Sick. , [reck* Sen.] > "Well, Hennery, I am sorry to find you . in this fix," said the grocery man, at be I tiptoed into tbe darkened room at tbe , Pause of the bad boy, where be found bim . in bed. nronned un with nlllatt* a nallor

bit face Ibat was frigntfai, and a general look of gooeoec* "YourpateHs you bare been sick nearly a week. 1 thought things at Ibe grocery were going along in a solemn tort of a manner. Don't bnrt you to talk, does it?" aod the grocery - tnan looked for a chair to sit down in. "Naw, It dool hurt," said the bad boy, as be motioned lo a chair, and the grocery tat down. "If talking would kin mc I would bate been dead locg ago. By the - way.I wish yon would band mc that mus- . tard plaster. You will find it lo the chair i yeu are sitting on," and Ibejmy smiled a ■ickly smile, while tliegroccryman got np ** though he was In a harry, and apologized I for silting on tbe plaster. "No apology r necessary." said the boy. "When anybody comes lo toe mc Ibey am welcome to , the best we bare got. A soft answer I turoclb sway wratb, and a mustard plaster . covcreth s multitude of pneumonia," aod . Henry applied the piaster to his chest. Now Jersey Agriculture. ? Tbe last agricultural report la noting e agricultural changes says: "The protpest I more noted in "tfWIgricolture of Nsw i Jersey ia seen in the farmers beginning to r realize tbe fact tbal live stock is essential a to good fawning and Ibat it never pays to have inferior stock. During the past ten - f years Ncfjcrsey has surpassed any t other State in introducing better breeds of •- cattle aod Improved mode* ef feeding, t Tbe Sute baa made great progress ia the - care and breeding of ail kinds of stock, . horses and twine, as well as horned cattle, c Many of tbe finest herds of blooded slock k are aeeo where bat a few years ago only s Wvery few were found. Tbe herds ef JerII reys near us of John L Holly and Dr. o Newell, of New Brunswick, snd Mr. e James Nellsoo't magnificent herd of over James Benson s magmncent ueru ot over

bead, mostly Holsteina, are Instances of what tbe State is doing to improve ber breeds of cattle. The change in New is teen.tolbe disposition to withdraw from co-operative cbeese and butter factories io hrder lo raise calvss for shipment to the West. This is becoming a actual demand for calves from fowr to six 1 months old al a prioe varying from fllS I >30." ' Tbe following excellent advice to young girls is from the Esrwtop Call "Do not trust to uncertain ricbes, but prepare yooraelvea for every emergency in I life- Learn to work, and not be dependent oc servants to make your bread, sweep I your floor or mend yowr clothe* Above all, do not ettoem too lightly those young 1 men who sustain tbdfaaelvat by tbe work of tbeir own bands, while you favor and ', receive Into yoar company those lazy i ne'er-do-wells who never lift a finger h: lp themselves aa long aa tbey can k 1 " body and aoul together, aad get t-J ' sufficient to live in fashion." ^ "Is there no balm in GOead, I* there no . physician than!" Thai cry may beaoed forth oeaae for aH who will can be btMed by chtoiniog "The Science of Life; or, , Self-Prroervalion." Iadirpenaab-e to all. Bse advertisement.