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VOLUME XXltY. :

CAPE MAY, CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1888. * : i ' " . ..." ' I..,. ,i * TKa, um iniv nnccNS. THE ARIZOS ' of a policeman as mad. THE

WHOLE^ NUMBER 1788. ONA KICKER. FLxiuaaltv In the PrlntlngTJfnoe. Loquacity PrtntlrigTMTtoo.

CAPE MAY CITY, N- J., H«jrir jr. airB.—u~. U-00 i Tsar StUrtSy la U»uM fjtlm inil€*tU. ^K4*IHQ4 BLACK, attobney8-at-law, oaHPtB.H- A jmy ( £)B. J. T. UiMgQ * SON, h DENTISTS Cars Ma* err*. Ocr. Besses aae ooeaa . mWf-MM see Mn C,ri sir Oucsv ttocma— Tsara-lara and Bal■^iituiuuMWan. j* ames m. e. h1ldreth, attorNeyIat-law oucitok. m sun-art and zxami.vxm tx ^Y" A. LAKE, *. D. || RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, 3 J sriCEB LEA uno, ~~ f LTTOaNNYAT-LAW 8olicit0b-tn-chancery, 4i wA»mxoToa ffr.cari mat, H.J. Oak* Sara. Taaartaya. THeraesrs aal kw pBNHENGTON T. HILDBETH, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW SOLICITOR IN CHANCER! , 1M MAKIt KT BT.. CAMDffB, 14. J. aBr,a- uio^BagA luluif ^ B.UTTLN, FAINTER AND GLAZIER, CArBKAT cm, B. J. a o. qilb| HOUSE, SIGN AND PRESOO PAINTER, SURROGATE'S OPPiqL T. maaooAT* or thb^ooubtt or cam a Ala aaoa at Oafs Bar Ooart Boose, ea ARE A EL DREDGE, UNDERTAKERS. -gif«- js'. JAMES T. BAILEY, C BlacMani M», ■ II-"*-."* "~Tv-f "*» BUM BOOKS. STATIOKEEY & NOTIONS abd* i n mm jnCTOLCKT; WhMIMHi, 233 Broad wsj, Ear York. ( gR?BSMSB*£&ir ** - , LBSTMmrayWtEAE As a Family Bemwty HHHI COUGH KILLER W '" s'i nikiu' *""*■ vaagWw.mo,l»°-»»ilH.W. ' [pu i ■JV"--w.w ?Y |

SbaM ni 0rtm. BLASIUS & SONS, Cur. Imtit aM Clastait ai IffiCMit Streets, PHILADELPHIA. WORLD FAMOUS i Steinway & Sohmer, BLASIUS & SONS AND PEASE PIANOS. The Largest and Best Stock ol PIANOS and ORGANS in America by the World's Best Makers. 500 new Pianos and Organs at the Lowest Prices, CASH OR ON TIME. /nrnitnrr, fcarprts, ®tr. 927 MARKET pkSSHa lIHEWAVE'S HEADERS Are cordially invited, when in the city, to visit No. 927 Market street. They may need Furniture some day and it will do them good to drop in on us and learn lor themselves what astonishing bargains are offered here in ail kinds of FURNITUNE, Special inducements are offered to seaside resort buyers who purchase extensively. We make our own Furniture, and sell at Retail cheaper than many dealers can buy at wholesale. CHAS. WEINMANN & CO.. MAKERS OF FINE FURNITURE- 927 ^ ■ Successors to Wsbsr A IWsinmann. Ixl ARKET 1 STREET, PHILADELPHIA. FURNITURE For Hotels, Cottages- & Boarding Houses. ' We propose to give our customers the advantage of buying direct and thus avail themselves of the opportunity of saving all discounts allowed the middlemen. A very large assortment of Furniture and Bedding from which to select It will pay you to call and see us. Estimates cheerfully furnished. ALEX J. H. MACKIE, (Successor to Mackie A Hilton.) 119 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. fim, gtxi, ftm, #t*. DAYID W. RODAN, FOOT or JACKSON 8TKKET, CAFB BAT. B. J. FIELD AND GARDEN SEED Coal 4 Wood, Flpur 4 Food of all Kinds. FraahA Salt Hay in Balsa. Irtrl* and leading lours. WASHINGTON HOTEL, Esvsitth and Chestnut Sts, Philadslphi*. JOHN TRACY, Proprietor. XLXT ATO* ABD ALL HODDHtl tHPKOVKHXXTB. 4B-J WEST JERSgY^HOTEL, rqqr or izipr sraarr. cabdbx. b. j. M^XHAN c. price. ~ ' Surveyor and Conveyancer, CAPS MAY CI™ 1 a. i

I • mntni. Rheumatism ! Cats «uflrre<l lu palm hare M01 treatly J tatted to »nd relief. | ire* tom. and At one Ume was elmoet help- f teas. Bood'e Sai-asparOla SM me morefeod ( H. T.Eaxcok, Shirley Village, Hau roller till r took Itood'a Baraaparina. It has , Hood' • • ' • srtlls !a eharartertxrU hj , HOC dial agent. ; ai. the ^eportlo.,- ad. UK * prorrae at aecnrtnc the atUre medlol- . I qualities. Thereaultlsanxallctneotunaei.— •IrrocUi. eSKtlns cum hlllierto unkuown. [ leeronbimne^^D^ld/^. Daamiwutok, . lJOBank Street. NewTotkCUj. Hood's Sarsaparilla , Sly by a I. HOOD a CO.'. Lowell. Mam. " IOO Dosea One Dollar. , $rtc a^iteirtUuirBtt. 1 ATCTyates & co. j SUTH AND CEISTUDT. I LEDGER BUILDING, 1 I I t Best |I]aiIe pIiiMit ; ■" PMllMjlia "■« ; PIsi, Tnii ail pllrea. ; i t A. C. YATES & CO. | SUTH AHD CISSTIOI, | LEDGER BUILDING. \ |iat SabUs. I . ( kst jersey railroad. SsiSsS ; < yo sss's ; m&k i CKy. at Olamhoro for Brtdcmoa, at BtMu ror nested sad Haw Tort. ( , SDNDAT TEAIXA n j junCTlM. tor Bee la* cniead at Olamhoro ror l ; A.O. DATTON. J. S. WOOD. " ItottriKl. etr. I [ LUMBER YARD 1 ' Schsllsngsrs Landing, cats hat on, a. J. | BUILDING LUMBER, — — £ T-r.~ - -* OONTBACTOBS and BUILDERS ' okdsks nonrrtT niAio. j. b. 8chellengers. BICROBK KIJLIJm SiamW TwS«t / cures: t Caunt, CamrtMaytfi i rjnhk^grand^ turkish bubLAPISS' DSFT, SdS FUhert Street , BABTtBDALS A JOHBSUM, rroyn. , mrnitrnm j URGEST AND BEST. i 1

Old Crunohnr'a Nlaoa. I Owen Stanley, huddled In the comer j J ol a Utlrd-daas carrise, going from j Manchester to Chi thorn, whore a place ' In a Iswyer-a office awaited him. The proepect was not cheerful, but 11 Wie the only means Owen bad of earn toy hla 1 bread since the unlucky misunderstand- ' with hla Cnclc Raymond. Also, U Uncle Raymond would nercr sec the 1 rights of that miserable affair, the work at Chatburn would be a stepping atone ) to a better riaoo. As be walked aimlessly down the ' street after he reached Chatburn, ho read the name, '•Cruncher. Attorney," ' beside a dingy office door with " Clerk ' wanted" chalked nndemcafb. He pro. eented hlmeelf before Mr. Cruncher, and ' after a sharp (roes- question lug, was engaged to fill the post racact in the office. ' The following Sunday the young man had an opportunity of seeing the entire ' Cruncher household In church. When . the rerrice wee orer Mr. Cruncher 1 ■talked grimly forth, followed by the ! ■ilent members of hla family, each and all evidently In great awe of him. "Louis Lee, hold Tommy's right hand ' tight. You stupidly let him trip on the step last Sunday!" said Mrs^Cruncher In petuleut tones, with a look to match, her niece as they parsed Owen. her name. Loula Lee — It was a pretty 1 name and suited her. Was her life 1 made unhappy by that solemn brute of ' an old man ? Owen longed for money J good things of this life, to take her ' away 'rotn her present bondages and give her a home fit for a princess. Bat none of these things came to him, and he had to content himudr at best he ' might with seeing Louise once a week ' One morning Owen lost his way hope- 1 Iceely in the labyrinths of the hymn ! book. As he wsa struggling to recover a pretty hand in a shabby glove - Louise's hand — held toward him a book with the place marked by a scrap of paper. Owen was uncomfortably conscious of blushing as he accepted the offered civility; but it wae so more Uian charming to be noticed, even In the moat commonplace way, by ber. The bit of paper between the pages ( was folded in two. He Idly pressed it apart with his thumb, and to his aatoo. . ishment read these words, evidently written in rurtive haste: " Look. to. This sppearod, Indeed like the begin- ' n ing of s most interesting adventure, he feared Ignored his very existence. Ilow be sat quietly through the sermon, , and passed the rest of the day and night , until old Cruncher appeared at his usual ( post next morning, Owen never knew. When he taw his patron deeply absorb. ( ed in a pile of letters, Owen like a coat j and umbrella thief, stole out Into the , where such articles were deposit- ; ed, and possessed himself of the old gen. , tinman's sedate-looking hat. , There, as he expected, he found , I,t-«cd away In the lining a tiny little , note. With trembling fingers the now hopeful lover laid amoolh the complies- . ted folds of the paper and read : , presuming in making the following request: I am In great trouble. To-mor- , row evening at 7 1 shall not be missed for half an honr. Will you meet me at , the end of the lane leading past our . i house— where (be wood begins r L. L . The following evening Owen war at , the place fully half an hour too soon. As he was beginning to despair *of Louise's coming, she appeared, brealh- ; less and greatly agitated. "Making an appointment with almost a stranger, at dusk, in this I theatrical manner I I have a strong mo- | live In this ease, certainly," she contin- • ue.t. I wish to ask your advice on a matter ot the almost Importance to use. I have studied your face as much as I I dared In church V— Owen's heart gave ; a bound of delight, that she had looked at and thought ol him— "and I think I trust you and call you my* friend. I have no other." ' She looked so lovely with tears in her eyes as she said this that Owen ' longed to take her In his arms and kiss | her; Instead of declaring himself her devoted servant In plain words. "Let us sit down on this fallen tree and I will begin my story at the beginuittg. You men of the law are Impatient of unnecessary preamble," Louise went on with a bright smile for a molng of her face. "Last February, now twirly tour months ago, I was traveling ' alone from here to Clover Hill on an er- , rand for my sunt- Hy companions In the compartment were a pretty old lady, , an ordinary looking gentleman of about as, and a younger man, not at all ordinary looking. He had large black eyes, with a wild Icok In them, and hla drees and manners Wfrc quite different from those of the people I was accustomed to after the train started began staring at me In a moat annoying way." "The impertinent rascal : How I wish claimed Owen with warmth. "Be perhaps said nothing to merit quite such severe punishment, but be was then, and has been since. Indirectly the cause of s great deal of misery to me. He amused himself for sometime wl fa casting what I supposed were admiring glances at me, pressing his ' hands to hla heart and sighing profound- ( ly. Then suddenly, to my utter amase- ; ment ha threw himself on hie knees bc- > fore me, declaring In vary bad Eogllsn > thai he loved me to distraction, and, ; most startling of all, be tore off hla vary watch and chain and flung them into ; my lap." "The Mao was mad of course." "Yes, we learned of dits for a tact afterward. 1 looked at our traveling com - *" J^re»-th» middle aged man already and with what I then thought admirable presence of mind, exclaimed, angrily. | c 'How dare yoa Insult my wife, MrT" I „ ttrcag language had the desired effect, and the man seemed to shrink toto himself and Income as qulent as s lamb. I suppose believing ma to be the j wife of somebody else shattered his ! - Here again tire ru e. sweet tmllo lent | »waw abases :--.: i abtsea. 2 "Try as I ppu the eoattound. "I I could not pre r. : - a htm to take oack I } gentleman 'w tr-c ImefciewHa gave 'my admirer is watch. Into the

1 was the last we ever saw of him, but we c \ beard later that be was s Pole and in. , I curably insane. The old lady In the , , 1 train with as looked Inquiringly si my , , rescuer, who- ltughed and murmured , { something I did not Understand. I , thanked him as I descended at my ilea- r r llnatloe. never dreaming he wastocioea , ; path again." j "Some weeks ago one afternoon my , , uncle called me from my mending r Tommy's stockings, and told me a friend j , wished to see me In the drawing-room. ; j I, who had no frionds, was much aur- , , prised. Nor did this surprise lessen y . when I was presented to tho man who r ' had silenced the craxy Pole that day In t [ the train. His name was Mitchell, and t he turned out to be an old friend of my , uncle's 'Rich as Crfbsus, and s bache- , ' lor,' my uncle said to me, with a know. , wink, when our visitor bad departed. i "1 took a great dislike to Mr. Mitchell; , | manner and appearance he was most c , repugnant to aa But I thought very , i little about him one way or tho other | —why should 1 interest myself in a man | * older then my father t— until, a week i later, Uncle Thomas Informed me that , l Mr. Mitchell wlahed to marry me." , . of Uncle Thomas ; but when he said ( this I laughed heartily. This made ;my < ucle very angry. Why should I make ( | might be proud. I, who would be In , the workhouse, if It were not for the , I charity of my relations." , "The brute !" ' , ! "If I was w: silly m loot to know cm < I which side my bread was buttered it , often difficult to tell— he would I why need I lelf you the particulars of . this and many other most painful scenes? ; ' I was silent and undecided for a while, , and at hut found courage to tell Mr. t 1 Mitchell that I could not marry him , | "He listened with a dlaagreeable amile , and replied : 'My young lady will not , "Owing to rusty conduct on the pari , ^ ol your amiable; uncle," interpolated j ' 111 the next day. Then my sunt Informed ' ; Mr. Mitchell." "Is that good lady subject to such fits j ' of mental aberration ?" , 1 "1 stared at her In amarcmcnl, when , she proceeded to explain that, according | to the Scotch law. If a man in the pres. , 1 wife, and she 'does not deny It, it be- ; comes a legal marriage. There was a I lady I mentioned— Mitchell is Scotch. , and was determined to havo his right. , 1 woree, tlicy beset me every hour !n , ! the day with speeches to the effect that . - destiny ; Mr. Mitchell has the law on his | sake, 1 consent to another marriage ■ in the church the better. this evening. Mr. Stanley, to tell me . truly If there la any ground for their say. ' Ing I am Mitchell's wife." * ly lie 1 ever heard of ! " exclaimed Owen, ' quite boiling qyer with Indignation, "in somo parte of Scotland, long ago, some ' rich rubbish as they tell you might be | true; but we are not In Scotland. To ' or believing you had no one to enlighten yon. He ought to be exposed and prosecuted for hla villainy." 1 "Oh, I'm ao glad and thankful v si " profound sigh of relief. ' "You poor, little, friendless thing I" " As If of lis own accord Owen's arm encircled the girl's waist, and he tenderly ° and reverently kissed ber unresisting ! nps. "And now I must fly back to the ' house. Dear me 1 the half hour la long passed." "For heaven's sake, don't let them " persuade you to commit any rash folly. ■ Trust in me," said Ctwen, taking ank other klM in .farewell. Arriving at lilt lodgings he found two c letters awaiting him ; one from Tranverse, a special chum in the old luxnr- " lous days, and the other — he could e hardly believe hla eyoa — from Uncle "" Raymond. He dashed into a perusal of this last * at once, and discovered that, after a 8 year anil a month, his former friend and '' beaefaetor, hla father's only brother, n wae on the back of the^ellow who had '' committed e certain forgery— a crime of 1 which Morrie Raymond In hot, sudden '■ anger, had accused his nephew. Strong *' circumstantial evidence against Owen " was not wanting, and thus, suffering for n the misdeed of another, be wae thrust ° out for a rough straggle with the world. " Now through the merest chance, (he ' real culprit had been discovered, and the letter In Owen's trembling hand contained ample apology fcr past injustice and an earnestly expressed desire that old relations be renewed! 'As yon are reinstated with tha eld " boy"— an extract from Traver'a letter— ' "I suppose we shall toon have you ° among ua again. I hope It will not '' break your heart to hear thai Nellie ?" Wei land hat given you the slip. When ™ she heard of your misfortune she trans, ferred her affections to Mo: timer." ."1 think I have found some one who c- will console me for the fickle Nelly," " said Owen to himself. "Did ever a ' stroke of fortune come at a luckier mo1 n renir " Old Cruncher's hat played the role of post box onaevaral occasions after this ; there werq ether tele a-letcs upon the moeey log, and here Owen told Louise •- the old story— told and listened to with " tender, sweet delight. Uncle Ray. f tnomra letter emboldened Owen to * I prompt measures In depriving Mr. MR- '• I cbell of his so-called bride and CrunchJ er of bis niece. "r Vioiebt opposition, bitter reproaches I of Ingratitude, 'e battle ofnngry worts, waxed fast and furious, but lava gained ^ the victory.— AYtna* Lulu. I The excuse for a black eye and a damnl j sgod visage used to be that that the man up and Brack Una" Now the bioyele * accounts for afrnllar mlahspa. " Was „! ant for a spin on my wRed and look a Its I header."

There has long been a mooted ques- f ticm, wbcocc arose the custom of decorating churches sod houses at Christmas, tide? Antiquarians, aa we hare iotl- u mated, are dividoded in their opinions as to the origin of the cuktom. Our Eogllsh ancestors rcry likely derived the praetloeeilherfrom the Celtic nations probably from both. Wherever Druid* ^ ism existed tho houses were adorned with evergreens, ao thai tho sylvan Tpiriu might find there a safe shelter the wind and the frost. The oak * bloody ceremonies of old magician ' abound at the Joy of our Christmas time. ' When St. Augustine arrived in Billtaii was wise enough to utilise tho Pagan r customs by giving them a Christian slg- 1 niflrance, preserving auch parts as were J probable that the practice of decorating | eeasfully by modern mlaslonarlea. notably | cal berries ami Bowers to help In the ceremonies to the use of Christian wor. 1 as a missionary, but also IhB reason 1 decide, nor indeed, el enltal. The Sal- ' urualia began late in December, and ' The time came, however when in the irernc that several early church councils I show. ln^hU work "Dw Civltate Dei." i the African Augustine speaks of flund 1 church with lilies. Venanuua Fortuni- ! 1 to Rlisdegund and Agnes now and thon a bunch o! Tlolcu, a cluster of rosebuds, , 1 or a spray of lilies, la severe In hla com , ! in these later days, the Chri tian , ' more tender solicitude of early limes in IU care f«r the beautifying of our 1 churches. There is now what might al. 1 Volumes are publlaliod upon the subject, profusely Illustrated with overy sort of device t . pleaae the eye and Inspire the ■ devotional fooling— the cross flcurie. the I cinque foil, the vesica, the four, five and all pointed star, the elieglblo Greek ' characters, bands, abiel-la. drapers and 1 medallions, things requiring great neatness of design and carefulness of cxccu1 tlon. There la all tho difference In the ■ world between many of our churches at - Christmas and what they were a generation ago. The time has gone by when 0 a crowd of young and old used to go - out In the damp, cold woods, cut down ■ the snow-laden trees, or pull np miles of ii ground-plnc and then alt for a week of e nights !q a Irnsaing church, to make the trimmings for " Christmas." The work * la done cow In many instances by pro- * feaslonsl decorators, and ao tt la no 3 more a labor of love on tho part of '• the congregation, at 11 certainly should J be. >' It will not do u»s leave our eubject » without mentioning 'the Christmas tree, t popularly so called, though only of late » years has It been naturalized la England " or our own country. It la a gift from >l Germany, yet one who is curious in such '• matters might perhaps trace It back to f the toy pine tree, hung with oecilla, r which boyi end girls In ancient Rome looked for on the sixth and seventh days * of the Saturnalia, and one of which " Tiberius gave to hit nephew, Claudlue. The Egyptians had their palm tree, and d the Buddhists their tree ot votive gifts, - and ; possibly the custom drifted wesu u ward, untU Germany Christianized It In * honor of 8L Maternus, who first prole claimed the good tidings of Christmas a in that land. It has become popular *- among ua, and long may its verdant branches wave with lovely frail for 0 young and okL— Vineland /aA-p'iuiswl. Reducing the Surplus. The disposition of the Surplus in the It U. 8. Treasury engages the attention of « has our attention, and that Is thereduce tlon ot the Snrplna Consumptives. Since h the discovery and Introduction of Dr. r- King's New Dtaoovcry tor Consumption o there has been a marked decrease in the I- mortality from this dreaded disease, and t- it Is possible to still further reduce the „ number of Ojnsumptlree. How? By * keeping ooosttnUy al band a bottle ot s. Dr. King's New Discovery and using serf cording to directions, -upon the appearance of the first symptoms, such as a Cough, a Gold, a. Sore Throat, a Chest . or Bide Fain. Taken thus early a cure Is guaranteed. Trial bottles tree at a Maroy A Mccnyb Drag Store t A medical Journal tells people " bow ta to oatoh a cold." but what they want to know Is bow to orevent a cold from catching them.

A Few Strenuoue Protests Against ^ ia» DtWi rree Press. We cull the following from the last ' issue of the .-irireno Kicker: "There are nowa papers which do more * blowing about their circulation than we f do. and there may be a lew who add ^ more subscribers In a tingle week, but The Ktcirr gets there Juat tho same. £ We began on a circulation of two (8) copies, one of which we carried about c a deadhead to the postmaster. Wo " now work IBS copies, which are paid ^ in advance. This la an increase of got a dollar which aaya no other news. £ in the world can equal It. ^ moral standings of the American maraes [j 1000 per cent , but we do know that wo ( good many people out thin way who j were ready to hang themaolv.. when our Brat number wan luued. and that him. Cf of old Fete Shinley, who died on the | street one night last week. It la claimed , ua not to see htm planted. " In the Brat place Old Pole owed us fa borrowed money, instead of our ow- ( loons needed a patch about four feet square at the end opposite thv bow, and > r dlcuie for the rake ot showing off Wr can keep our back behind us In our | rives anil la welded on to the spot Rich. , ard wilt be himself again, and ready le , ' meeting on the topics of the day. , , "MUST TASK Til hi i: OUAXCIS. | " Three timet during the last month | rtta,1 whuTra^o^Meudona rt"hTfe 1 it as a physiological fact, that there arc : good sized boy. Parties planning to i lick ua must be prepared to take their ' ■ " Tony soclctyfpretcndod to be all up- , 1 set laat week becatito Colonel De Claire , 1 to Nebraska to stand trial. It was only ' " | wit that the colonel was a beat and imE poster, and many others have known It. - - soon aa be arrived here, and thus put ua ' under obligations not to give him away. r The hat grew old and rusty after a time. ' cash subscription we felt (that we had " given him rope enough. ^Wc Just drop. 1 " Wo are alone every evening after 0. ' Wo can't be bribed, hut there are parties subscribe for copies to send to friends. " There are no flies on J. M. F. Brayton. Esq. . who owns that beautiful ranch commonly known aa Jackass Dell. He ( a peck of potatoes of his own raiaing. the Weal, his daoghter the finest singer , and muaician, and the gentleman himself ought to be President of the United j Stales. It Is to such go-ahriui enterprising men as Mr. Braylon that Art- " zona la Indebted for her prosperity. ;We call attention to the two column ad.. ^ which we have inserted free, of the fact that Jackass Dell is for sale at flO an I acre. It's worth five timea that. 0 f " 11 tab ,0' U* ^ 0a"" J ready and willing to give them from one half a column to thrco columns of notion _ in return, and in our most cheerful ' vdn-" ' Brunswick and Intercolonial railways one has practical opportunity for obser ration of country and study of those :l who are sustained by it, and any one '• with half a disposition to fairness most d where show finer farms or more bright II and prosperous villages. The mahner,- " motive, conversation and characteristics ° of native passengers traveling between L interior settlements and towns teU-*as e much aa statistics. The face of this fine '■ province, aa a whole, is filled with interb eating pictures of thrift, amplitude, coo1 tent. Englishmen, Scotchmen and ° Irishmen seem to Have assimilated ad® "■ merged into another race, retaining the u best qualities ot each. The farming 11 population aa a class average as well as, or better than, our own in point oflntel- ■* llgcnce and a certain admirable quality ' of not unpleasant aascrtiveneaa and self 11 reliance, and in many sections, like the >r central, western southern and southeastern valleys, the beauty of villages, shaded highways and outlying farms cannot be surpassed in the states or in x any part of garden like England. £ What a Convict's Sentence Ought - e A convict should be sent to prison and r. hard labor, dot tor a definite arbitrary n term, but until he Is ao changed In hla in habits that be JyfH to Jake bit place in d tho world again. If that were done end te society understood it, a released man ly would not find the doore-of employment >t and sympathy shot against him as he o- does now, for he would come out with r- a certificate of Integrity, Industry and a Intelligence. If he Is ao debased as not « to be able to he changed in hla habits ™ and practices by any discipline, howthe plaee for Mm for We. Wc 'shall do w little to reduce Ute number ol the" crimint nil class till wo come to' this conolum rion.— Charles Dudley Werner, In NO-

One of the greatest annoyances to a or orereeer, as well as to the Industrious workman who wishes to perform his whole duty, is Che habit of gabbling indulge}) lu by those fellows who insist upon talking of current ergots, and often the world's entire history, during the hours which should be devoted exclusively to business. In no workshop Is this practice so deleterious at In a printing ofBoe, for In no other Is there so close and undivided attention required to produce the best results. No men can act type with proper care while hla mind is occupied with consideration of other affaits, especially it that consideration Is forced upon bta by the audible conversation of some one near him. A printer must think while ba works, and he must decipher his copy and give thought to Its punctuation, and even to diverted to something entirely foreign to It. He can think of bul one thing at e time; and if he is talking of politics, rely, neglect the work placed before him. The practice of promiscuous talking le one. JThe employer pays Jbe employe belongs to him. end if it Is occupied seem a small matter but when it to- ' acrioua affair, resulting In absolute loaa \ """" * h"" du"B* U*C ' It b a homely raying, "the still aow ' the least talking will, other things being ! equal, act more type, ami do it better. We are not advoeatlug military taw In ' the printing office. There Is no barm in , prlvelege ot Indulgence In these should \ £dP^CU,U,mCr0r'mPl0>'M' ' The New Orleans Ttrayune prints the [ following: There is a railroad statirfi In ' charge of an old. one-armed man. who pany for more than twculy-flvc yean, but the duties of his position are ilis- ' and tan dog, for whose accommodation 1 a little platform has been croetcd where ' he takes his stand with flag in mouth, 1 when the car approaches, to direct tbcm * whoa to switch off. He Is well known • to all the engineers and conductors, and 1 hla signals arc always obeyed. This dog 6 possesses peculiar Intelligence. If a - train Is delayed, or aa accident has hap- - pened which will prevent its passing the 1 station, the dog Is sent a few hundred ' yards up tha road to give the proper - signal. Immediately outside of the itsf tlon the road |iasscs through a deep cut, " with impending rocks on both sides. It has frequently happend that fragments - of stone aro ilctatchcd and falling, If not • immediately removed, might throw the ' can from the track. To guard against - this tho dog is ever on the watch, eapc- » ctaUyat night. If ho hears an tintiusual sound, such as that produced hjf the falling of a stone, he leaves tlioUUia ■- sentry-box which has been erected for a his convenience and comfort, _ walks lels0 urely up tho rosd, carefully t if anything Is on the track that would endanger the train, and If any objoct of n the kind is discovered goes to old flagir man, wake* him up If he happens to be :- asleep and conducts him to the point of d danger. This is no fiction, and can be •- vouched for by many who havo wltness1- ed these performances. Tho dog posacte es a high order of instinct, bul behind „ this is an intelligence which reflects, :t reasons remembers. Make the dog your a friend and he will never delcrt or betray you. Aa au enemy he la sometimes Ibi-: r placablo, though he Is generally won by * Half Rates to Washington for the ^ The inangcration of Prcstdent-eleot Harrison promises to be the most largely attended as well as the most tatnrestir ing occasion of the kind ever held in the X National Capital. Political clubs and r civic organizations from a majority of e the states, as well at the militia of SO ; c the neighboring States will take part in it the Inaugural parade, while vast throngs r. of visitors from all parts of tho country . it will aweil the assemblage. The inangur,- Talball will bo the finest ever given In x honor of a new President. To acoosnn modatc the host of visitors the 1'cnnaylU vanla Railroad Conqisny will nraange a ie complete service of through trains, to r. Washington. Besides the special mora3- ment all regular trains will be run la as d many sections as tho demands of travel « require, so that one may leave any priu,e cipal Station of the system on' Friday, • g Saturday or Sunday previous to the ln- , auguntion, and arrive In Washington without delay. The handsome and commodioua station of the company is sltay sled in the very bcert of Ute city, on If Pennsylvania Avenue, on the line of the . Inaugural proceseaon, a few square* from the capitol, and within a few mlnJ' utea' walk of the principal hotels and ». public bultdingV is The capacity of the terminal facilities at tho last'taaognratioDi' when 100,000 passengers were handled, without soddent or delay, In forty -eight hours, it In order to eozble the overflow of Washington to go to Baltimore fof hotel accommodations the Pennsylvania Bail,d road Company will. On March 1st, find, grd and 4fh, place on sale excursion / tickets to Baltimore, rood for return trip is until March 7th, at gl.20. . j sold from all ticket stations on the Pcnn- „ sylvania Railroad System, March 1st, 111 2nd, Brd and 4th-, valid for return pea's SUM train the 7th. The rouruLfnp rale ie from Cape May will be W-7S. dlAte j Holiday Exourelone on Che Pennld sylvania Railroad. 01 In accordance with a time-honored u custom the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- »- panr will for Cbristmas and New Year la holidays sell excureior tickets between le all principal station . — u tyatamatre,l" rtS^bswW Dm re Md, lift,. »- Kfith, Wth, sOth. an.i Fl" - nd Jannary a- 1st, valid for returr - • stll January Id, 138V.