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SEA ISLE CITY. N. J.. JULY 6, 1883.

NO. 30.

£ra £d« «itg $u>nm.| ADVERTISING RATES i It ibum. 4 mo». * mot. I OMOohUDI S»« MJ® lair Ootaa 40 oo ® x> ia oo i Oaafttf I 'rtlhM| a M 10 00 t 00 | fBSlocM* 10 00 4 00 4 00 ou bo S 00 * * I ILLIAS A. UOl'hL, COUNSELOR- AT-LAW , ■—tor la Oaawry mma Yourj ra*Ue branch ufllcc, tea U* City. 7-K-j llMkltnrt and Mnlnofflor, Vlsstnad, New Jonry. I JU U MliOJt, ATTOANBT X*l> CoCNMJtLOk AT Law. OAc# la laaaraac* Mnildlua. T.fT.yr MILL VILLA; N. J. ^|ia. m. i-oorKK. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER, 7-iB-jr MILL VILLlt, N. J. | pb l utbpiikkyt, HOMEOPATHI8T, SEA ISLE city. n. j. Students of volcanic action prououcoe the but eruption of ML JE ua incomplete, au<] predict another eiuption in lbs near future at tbo aaxnu spot ou tbe southern aide of tbe mountain, becauae of tbe audden oeaaation of tbe laat eruptive movement and tbe faiinro of tbe secondary phenomena, which usually flniabea up tbe life of a paxaatio crater, to occur. Or oourae tbia it not very agreeable to tbe villages of Nioolosi and Fed arm, where during tbe laat eruption tbe bells were rung by tbo viol en oe with wliich one jet of aoorim was thrown out. Tuo sloping plain la of rioh soil, where twenty tboaaand persona thrive clone to tbe crater, and along tbe edge of tbia area tbe earth cracked, and a red and bright light shone forth, playing in great waves around tbe foot of the mountain. On the second night after tbe lava bad begun to spread, tbe interIUO in v m Ai*M v ^ — m r t i

unl disturbance oeaeed. Tbe eruption 1 was tbe only one that has oocum-d on 1 the southern aide of tbo mountain in 1 1 tbia oentury; and sa tbe spot was tbo I ' aoene of tbe great upheaval in 166ff, tbo , mi.n»/w to tba contiguous country canned by tbe abort life of tbe eruption is oertainly alarming. A gentleman in Manchester claims to bave succeeded in applying orange peel to a very useful purpose. Orange peel dried in or on an oven until all the moisture has been expelled beoomts readily inflammable, and earns admirably f< r lighting tires or for reeoscisting them wbeu they bave nearly gone ouL Thoroughly dried orange perl will keep for a long time, and might be ooliected when tbe frutt is In sesnon, and vtored for winter use. It is stated that some kinds of woods, although of greet durability themselves ad upon each other to their mutual destruction. Experiments with cypress and walnut, and cypress and cedar prove that they will rot each other whan joinad together, bnt on separation tbe decay will cease, and tbe timbers remain perfect y sound for a km* period. "Do you know," began tbe man who bad just returned from tbe West, as be took bis seat in the chiropodist's chair, thai when a woman In Chicago goes to have her corn removed, they always bold a consult*! Ion ? ' "A consultation V replied tba coin doctor inquiringly, as he dipped a bole in a phme of wash leather; "what do they do that for ?" •To see if they will removo the corn from tbe foot or tbe foot from tbe corn," replied tbe traveler gayly. "flm !" mattered tbe corn cutler; "this corn of yours is the biggest one I ever saw, but I shan't have to bold a consultation." a tvI he dng tbe thing out without farther oomuen L To B«mov« Paiwt.— One pound of soft soap, one pound of soda, dissolved la one pint of boiling water; lay a thick ooat (while hot) upon tbe paint with a brush; leave it for one or two hour- | on til it breina to soften tbe psint, then J •crape off what- you can and repeat When all ia removed wash thoroughly with clean watar. A Qalvbstox child, little Charlie, waa having » wordy war with tho nor c. Hit faiher cried out: * Now. Obarii*. ere yoo going to be quiet, or ah all I ocm* with a switch Y* Nevermind the a witch, papa," responded the youngster; "I oai>ti her right without your help." It should always be carefully borne in ffhwl that in bare wires, out of doors, •reeled for the purpose of oonreying eleetricig, there »al^»^ra «* *«- ^"oElwacid will aometimre remove ■bans from brree which nothing else •rem s to rffSA Crest care must be iihMTH in Mi allowing § *> remain om leaf. Apply it with a flannel cloth, red then polish with s chamois skin. r ■■■■■! Veal —Take three pounds ef real chopped flue, pound- of freak, lean, raw pork »*> choepad floe tfcfwa regp, a pie<* of bullae the rireot re^pap^aad salt well; bsk* two bow^Whao cold slice it thtn. It la like preaied meat, and la very nice Ewm as wreah stock as sen bated well lor this aid* to thamsmure pnsamdjjMW

Hl lUHT or BLOOM. J t I c lleiusit !■ my eye* the garden united. I The aun show* £air above; ] ti lleeide tbe lily there knelt UlT child I L On my roof there rested » dove. I ( A flood r*me fTowuing from the west. The lily drooped and died; I d No lunger the uove of jwk* found rest, I ' And my baby trembled and sighed. I ^ F«»r her, to-day, inymnulia® Again the lily plooms; For me. no flower delights my rye* I c Nor decks my silent reoms. I j I Of bud and bloom and fragrance tine My garden Ilea berett; Yet, In lta tnldat, and sweetest shrine, I I A pansird mound Is left. I t I t A LX KMN AT I V KM. Should 1 many Mr. Dacre? Was lie 1 j I a good party? as the world said. Too I good for we, as my lady friends eh- I { gantly phrased it. 1 had been bom into tlie world amid I I fierce throes of mental anguish. I 1 Through the paiu of her travail my I I mother's heart was rent with the grant- f I er jkuu of my father's sudden death— I drowned off tbe Cornish coast, for I I was born at se»L Slie lived until I was J I ten years old, a life of sorrow and i»ov- 1 I erty ami renunciation. Then site died, I leaving mo to the care of a com p— Win- I I ate world and iny uncle. 1 1 My life dragged on with clogged I , I wheels. I was always at war with iny I ! surroundings. Though too proud to I • i express it, I had never realized my ideal . I of womanhood, or in any way grown 1 I I up to my aspirations and dreams. If 1 1 1 i luyl grown at all It had been through I 1 1 pain and repression — a fatal thing al- 1 : . I ways for a warm-hearted, earnest 1 1 woman. J My uncle Edward Karle, had pro- ( I cured me the friendship (?) of the lady r I in whose house I liad jawed a twelve1 1 month — Mrs, Lucion Granger, a dis- 1 1 1 taut cousin of his own. I was an uu- 1 ■ , salaried governess or companion, our remote cousinship being always avail- 1 j I able by my uncle. It was during my I > residence with that lady tliat my fate I 1 1 come to me. A young nephew of Mrs. I 1 1 Granger's came to the Hall. He wasl 1 1 an artist, young and handsome, and 1 a freah from a four years' tour iirltome.

I need not weary you with the prologne or epilogue of our love, for words are so poor to express tbe heart's I utterances. O golden days! O tender, passionate nights, O princely heart come back to me! Alan Leighton was the last son of a high born family, and Itecause of the I blue bltsid— the united blood of all tbe 1 Howards — flowing in his veins, Mrs. I G ranger interposed her Hat against our I love, dreading, doubtless, the plebeian admixture of mine. It is a pity that blood does not al- 1 ways' tell. In was an inglorious triumph to me- yet still a triumph— to liare my white amis to the shoulder during our gala night — to which my I voice was always invited, contrasting I their saintly smoothness and perfect contour with the lean, brown uppendages Mrs. Granger folded over Iter I aristocratic heart. Rut a cloud hAd crept into the skv, ami it* shadow fell across our path. Alan was called suddenly by telegraph to England, where his grand oM father lav dying. We had hut a moment for 1 our farewells, for Alan's heart was rent with sorrow and I helped to expediate

I his departure. I But one letter ever reached me. Ills I I father was dead and lie was Sir Alan I now, My Precious Helen: My father,! wbom I loved and respected above all 1 men , died yesterday. I mail not tell you how desolate we fed, and how the I iight seems to have died out of every nook and corner. My dear mother is prostrated with the blow which has I taken away the love of her youth, ami I shall not be able to return to you for some weeks. Announce our betrothal, I dearest, to my aunt and uncle, which, I you know was my intention tlie very niglit 1 was called away. Be true to me, my darling Helen, as I shall be true to you. Good night, dear love, I shall write at length so soon as my mother and I have matured oir plans for l»er lonely future. Good night, good night. May angels guard you and 1 may the good Father fold about you his | ' everlasting arms. Your friend and 1 lover, Alan Leiohtox. , Two year* had dragged their slow length along since that letter came, ana 1 had never heard from Alar, 1 though craving his presence as the • prisoner craves the sunshine. I had • written him once and I had regretted I even that. (iIIe wA soon to be wedMM to an earl's hanlsome daughter" ; Mrs. Granger nod aloud from an open ' I letter in her hand; "In facl it was an i old affair, jwior to his visit to the nail," , etc., etc. I I Row I regretted I had written, ■ though tlie words had been few, merely asking If he had been enabled to procure me a certain book we had made mention of together, and the time was more than a year ago when I had the I right t» 111 us ;uldit*s him. And now! O pitiful Christ ! another woman was to • be his wlfte, and I must never think of the old days, or the old dreams, or look k Into bis dark cyee. or feel hi* kisses upon my unkisaed Hps! Never! and 1 \ might live fifty yean >1 And O, the pity of R I out of all this world's million powdbilttlps I had only I tlie chance of two— ettlier to wed Beg( • nald 1 mere, a man okl anough to be my II father, or to be a companion to some tr haughty woman. •! had deekfted upon A arcrptihg Mr. Doctv The ttuy notf of basely two lineal had placed between

tbe leaves of a book It was hi* nightly > custom to read. 1 But Alan! but Alan! 1 hail thought him so true, so noble. 1 lutd culled 1 "my prince," "my king," alone in I tlie warm dusk under the stare. :i will not soil thy jiurple with ni> 1 I had whisjiei^d in my ht'ort- > "Nor breathe my poison on tliy Venice * glass." * * * I went down to the sea to ' listen to its sullen roar; hear it tell its 1 tale of bumaii misery; of fair faces, ' dead under it* waves; of gold ami 1 jewels lying on green beds of uitKSs; of argosies gone down, the wail of human misery' thmr requiem." I tried to re- 1 member all this, so that mine might 1 not seeiu such u great thing amid a 1 world of sobbing and tears. It was a | good thiug to think of the sufferings of | others, and irv to ignore your own; a 1 good tiling. But my misery! the misery, of tlie girl called Helen Preston! This giri was something of a gcuMis, the |icople said. She post*?*** the gift of song and she was lutudsoiiie, too, men said. And she had two chance* in the world, and if she had had money enough to liave utilized her gift t»f song she might have had three. But she had smirched Iter soul, for all her beauty and gifts, liad been fulsr to herself, to God mul humanity; falsi*, too, to Reginald liae re. for she kept her love for Alan locked up in her heart. "1 have sold my soul for houses and laud," she said, "and I am wretched. Mea culjia! Mea culpa!" "1 have sold myself with open eyes," she said, "knowingly, with malice prepense. I have no one to blame. That Alan forgot his vows did not make it right that 1 should forswear myself." But tbe sea, with its fuss aud fret, made iny heart ache, and tlie turbulent water seemed wooing me thitherward. The chimes of our quaint old church, jilaying an old song, caused a choke in my tliruat. I would go ami invoke grand airs from the organ, ami mayhap* I should forget the sea's roar. it was my wont to go there to practice. and I kpew the service would not be held for a half hour. The lights were turned down to semi-darkness, and the old sexton, with wlmm I was a favorite, had left tho key in the door for I me. Tlie moon shone across the organ key* and across my face; and the trailI Ing folds of my white dress looked almost ghastly in its light. O quaint I old church! O quaint old chimes! Too I Boon I woujd be far away from you, I over the m to my suitor's lordly home, I carrying with me a heavier heart than I my years should warrant. But it was too late to look back, aud I the fault was mine. I liad ruined my I own life, and must pay the jince. Becausa I had been forbidden the desire I of mine eyes, I liad sealed my fate. I I had bound my hands, and hod intoned Phtebe Cory's wailing words: I "I hare turnml from tbo good girt* Thy bounty sup|itlcd me, liecau no of tbe one which Thy wisdom

denied me; 1 bave bandaged mine cyee -yea, mine own band* bave bound me, I bave made me a darkneu when light was around mr, Now 1 cry by tbe wayside, O Lord, that 1 might receive back my sight-" "Peccavl," I cried, and my head sank upon the organ and tears stained the I red roses at my throat. "Helen " and my bead was gently lifted and Alan Le»ghton's tender eye* met inlne. "Alan!" was all my astonishment could utter. "My girl, you have suffered," he ejaculated, in a tone of exquisite tendonees. "Helen, my first and only love, how we liave been wronged. Only an hour before I embarked I heard that you were not the false woman yoa had

I l>een painted to roe. Mr*. Granger ; I wrote me eighteen months ago that i I you liad married Mr. Dacre and left , with him for Cuba. A subsequent let- _ ter without date or signature, inclosing the tiny pearl pin I had given you, left me no rbuiu for doubt. I left England forever, and have been ou the wing I ever since, finding no rest for my heart I on sea or shore. Helen, 1 suffered as few men suffered because of losing you, and because of your apparent falseness. I But I could not waste my whole life because of a woman's untmth, bo I tied I up the broken threads ami tried not to look bock. It was bv chance 1 met Herman Sloan, and fn the midst of mutual confidence, he asked me why I I had never returned to America and to I the beautiful Helen Preston, who had declined all suitors, and was still unwed. Helen. I embanced tliat afternoon, and I am here, never to be parted I from my darling. When will we be married, sweet Y" | "Married! Alan," ami tlie dreary present recurring to me, I withdrew myself from hi* arms, and almost un consciously my Hps framed the word* ' I "I bad died for tbi* last year to know | You bave loved me. Wboeball turn on fete? I I oare not If lore eom or «r> , Now; though your love Mwkamlne formate, It Is too lata." , "Too late! Helen, my own love, exi plain your meaning, for God's sake." . I Then came a broken disjointed tale t of my Borrow and my temptation when > 1 1 heard of his handsome ami high-born r bride, of my weariness of the hall; of i Mrs, Granger; of myself; oLMr. Dacre 's $ constant wooing, and at laat of tlie I little note only this night thrust between the leaves of his book, making Ahm'» * coining forever too late for my happi--r l*H*p4d hoof -beat* along tbe rood, and jr my nnirtly lover oame in sight, t "Savfd, Alan," mod my words came n thick and Cast. * "Engage ntm In conversation, Alan, a regarding tbe Ball, Mr* (Hanger, the

weather, stocks, etc., etc., I will escajs.tlie vestry then, O, Alan!" "My darling, my bright darling!" but broke from liis clasp and sped away* like a chamois to tbe Hall. 1 did heed that tlie rosea fell from my throat, 8 tliat a jtortiou of uiv lace flounce graced I thorn bush, or tliat uiy hair, unlooa- $ ened from it* fastenings, bung about t shoulder*. I think if 1 liad i««s- t seased a piece of |*a|>er, 1 should have held it aloft, and shouted, a reprieve! a reprieve! 1 Shall 1 try to tell of bow 1 secured I the note and bid it in my tsjaoiu, of t how 1 run up stair* and jieviicd for one | moment into the mirror, twisting up sliming liair, and trying to hush 1 the loud beating of my heart, of bow 1 1 rapidly traversed tlie jiath leading to t tbe church, dodging behind au oaage ] orange hedge to eacajie mealing Mr. Dacre, hurrying on as soon as 1 was J free, to be folded close to Alan's heart." "And you will laugh at uie? Alan?" < "l«augh al you, iny darling, aud < wbcreforeY" "Oh, for uiy tnad flight; for the red rooes scattered all along the road; for uiy uniiounded joy ul your return; for jirojiosing to run aud >teal the note, ■ and, and— tiling*." For an answer came lender kisses pressed u|h>u hrow and lijis, and closed eyes — and Mr. lx»rd Lovell (Mr. Dacre) rode forth lroni the gates alone. T»l«crft|>l> 0|n>r»l«»r». While a reportei was sitting behlud tlie railing of a large telegraph office recently lislenfiig to the ceaseles* clatter of the instruments, lie ventured to ask a youthful manipulator of lightning if he bad been long on tlie line. Tlie youth straightened up ami replied: " 'Bout fl%*e years." "Must know all the boys ou the line?" "Yes, know 'em over the wire, if I don't any other way. lad* of 'em I never saw , but when they take bold of the key and begin to call I know who they are. " There is no more interesting feature of the telegraphic service than the ability, acquired through practice, to distinguish between tlie different ojieretor* on a line by the manner of their sending. A cor)* of ojieratora, each familiar with his fellow's method of sending, would scarcely need to waste time to affix their office signature to their calls, the office wanted being able to judge what ojasrator w as working tlie key . N o ojmrators In the city become more thoroughly acquainted and conversant with the men ou their wire than those at the head or Uie great railroad division* which extend in almost every direction from tlie city. The manners of sending of their different men liecoine on familiar to them as does the handwriting of his Imokkceper to the owner of a bank. During the conversation given at the opening a flashily dressed "sub" bent over the table and transacted tlie busines* with an air of dignity tliat would have Ikh'OUmj a bank clerk. - A moment later some office on tlie line began call1 lug the main office, repeating the call a dozen time* without signing. "Answer f-w tlierc," said the operator to hi* assistant. "But he hasn't signed yet," ventured i tlie new- man, suspiciously. uYea; but 1 know him," explained ' the operator, and just then tlie office i calling ended up with a terae 4 •f-w." ,4But can you tell all tlie operators on tlie line by their method* of making a > single letter?"

"No, not always by a single letter ; but there are very few men on my wire tliat 1 cannot telf before they have written a u dozen word*. Just as one learn* another's n penmanship we learn each other's man- n ner of sending. We have to get oecus- n loined to all the different styles. Some p operator* start off with a hop-akip-ond-jump gait anil keep it up all tlie way through a message of 100 word*. ' Another will send slowly and steadily, t and , should he liave 5000 words to trans- * uiit, he will not increase his pace. Then f there are fellows who will rush in a meoaun of six or eight words, sign, and close their key liefore anything short of an expert ha* time to get down the date. * By that way we are able to distinguish $ between them." i — f Vlfoi rtmnloh on Jus* SOUt. For ibeseaaoo of 188S, Cape May, U« I famous old wateciu# place comes to it* I tore with a list of entertainments that wW ( continue without intemiptioo from June . 30.li until far into September, and of a chareoter ami variety that will satisfy Ike sojourner for tbe season as well as the ' ! mn? icnt Visitor. ] Operatic, oratorio, and promenade coo . ceru. and balls are to be giren oo t scale ! of completeness and grandeur never before attempted at the seamde. On Saturday, June SOih, the featirilles commence with a visit of tbe famous State Feocibiee, of Phlladelpbia, sooompenled by full band and drum onrps. Drros parade of tbe Fen oil ilea Saturday eruning. There will be a grand ooacert in the now panlloo durtog the afternoon, and at night a bop complimentary to the Fencibkw, with a lawn ooooert alternating. On Sunday, Joiy 1st, ibere will be a . battalion 'rill with exhibitions of loading , and firing, closing with dreao parade, a sacred roooert in the afternoon, and ia Iks evening a sacred ooooert by the combined ; arctmatre and mthtmry bind ' Other attract tuna have been arranged tar every atteroooa and evening during tbe , week f 'flowing, oommennag on Monday afternoon with a concert by a grand military band. Exoursioa Moknt* wll be sold on June SOtk good to go on that date only, and to return on regular taaina, by eon

The UoIlM of IB04. In tlie recent solus, in New York, tlie umet valuable sjiuciuieu sold was a 1 silver dollar of 1804. It was a well- 1 preserved coin, and was pronounced * genuine by expert*. There lias been 4 some discussion among collector* a* to ' the 1H04 dollar reccutly, and It ha* 1 been asserted tliat soma coin* bearing ' tliat date And prized by jiroud owner* 1 been altered by clever manipulation from earlier dates. It was said 1 that aloolute counterfeit* lutve been 1 placed in the iiands of collector* by designing jiernons, and thai the really 1 genuine 1804's could lie counted on tlie Angers of one liand. The dollar of 1804 weighed 412) grain*. The coin thai was sold in New York belonged to coin collector and lias been for aoinc time »n the IuukIa of a well-known Philadelphia numismatist. It is said to have come from Vienna, but how It fou lid it* way there no one is able to tell. It is in splendid condition. The price expected was at least f 1,500 (some predicted $2,000) but it I* probable tliat reccut publication* relative to restrikes aud alteration* weakened to some extent the confldence of collector*. According to tlie best authorities there wis more than one restrike of the 1804 dollai. One was tnade by an employe and tlie coin* recovered with the exception of two. What became of these is not known. They were distinguished from tlie geuuiue by not having letteriug on their edge*. Another restrike was made aguiu some time iti 1K40 at the request of the Pennsylvania Bank, one of whose foreign customers wanted to cornj»lete hi* collection. Onl> tlrrce were restruck. of which one went abroad, another was obtained by a collector of tliat day and the lliini is missing. Any one of these restrike* would sell at $400 if it* |>edigree were established. A collector said last night that, judging from the uutubel of 18<>4 dollars tliat are coining to light, lliey cannot be mo ran* a* peojdt* think. He says that if they turn ujt a* rapidly in the uexl ten years a* they liave in tlie jiast ton the 1804 will cease to be tlie rarest of American dollar* and 181*4 will take it* place. The latter never got into c ire ulation and the mint Uioks are silent a* to silver dollars in tliat year, but eighty or ninety proof coins were struck and the most of these are In the hard* of collectors. They sold ten year* ago for from teu dollars to fifteen dollars eoclr, but now they bring thirtyfive or forty dollar*, and a proof set of the silver coinage of that year i* worth from forty to fifty dollar*.

Hat* |o UM ■ Hummock . The practical use of luuumocks is not nearly so well understood a* might be inferred front their {wpularily. They may often be seen hung in the moat impracticable and inconvenient manner, and accidents are of not infrequent occurrence, owing to ignonmce of the proper way of "mounting" turd "dismounting." Tlie hamiuock itself, if made with such material* as are )>ere recommended, will sustain a weight of nearly one ton. There is far more likethat tlie supports will break down under a strain than tliat tlie hammock itself will give way. See, therefore, that tlie post* or trees, or whatever supports may be selected, are sufficient for a heavy strain, since one hundred pounds in the liammoca means considerably more than that at the pointa of support. The hammock should be hung so tliat the eud where tlie head is to rest will lie seven inches higher than tho foot. A cord, somewhat stouter than the liammock twine, leased lengthwise through tlie meshes at the border, and through the rings, so that it can be lengthened or shortened as required, will make it possible to git comfortably the hammock , with tlie feet hanging or resting on the ground. To get into the hammock, raise it* ojiposite side with one hand, ami sit down on the gathered mcehe* of the near edge liefore reclining. This render* it impossible to fall over and out of the hammock, as i* often done by the inexperienced. Reverse thi* process in 44disrooutiUng." It is more comfortable to lie diagon. ally across the hammock than to stretch Hue's self in it lengthwise, for, in the latter cose, one must accomodate himself to tbe cu rves of the hammock while in the former the elasticity of the net comes into play, and accomodates itself to the shape that rests upon It. A ruroevn has reesnUy reoocded three case* of icaatiea benefitted by extension which constitute* a ahgbt nsrve *tretch ing. Tbe weight nasd was 18 to twenty j

MuM la H j FtraSujwniitcndent Hall uiK with a thrilling adventure at the burning of the ore up iu the Opliir district Utah, the other day. He Uiu* relates his experi"1 wax at work down about 1V0 feet from the mouth of tlie incline, and when I first beard tlie noise 1 thought it was some visitors coming down, ao 1 took my candle to show them light. Wbeu 1 got out into Uie incline to my amazement 1 saw Uie ore house was on Are, the mouth of tlie incline then having tlie aiqiearance of being a solid wall of fire. My find impulse wa* to try and rush through, but 1 found this impossible, and as the smoke begau rushing down tlie sliaft I was compelled to retreat to th»* lower |»art of the mine and awaited tlie (ate 1 thought was surely mine. It was a |ieculiar sensation, wit - linjf underground '4U0 feet, a building ami about forty bushel* of charcoal, ore sack*, blacksmith outfit, etc., burning overhead. 1 carne to tlie conclusion tliat m> chanoes for escape were not very flattering ami 1 w as feeling very nervous, mo 1 grojied luy way up toward the mouth of the Mhaft ami was just in time to see a small piece of giant powder burn. It , gave out a bright yellow glare, and that > intermixed with the deep red flame was ; beautiful to look at, but undei the ciri cuiuslances it struck me with terror." "After lite first excitement was over, 1 began to plan and watch for a chance ; of cacajic, but I wa> again comjieUMd to . retreat down the sliaft, eameatly wishing , tlie roof would quickly cave in, as it . would give more circulation and my i chance of getting out of my lire-guarded . prison would be more* favorable. I dwl I not liave long to wait, for soon it fell in i with a crash, and then 1 could aee suuI light once more. 1 then began vigor- , ously fanning tlie smoke with a sack and calling out to see if any one liad yet conn-, but got no answer. I liegan to feel faint, a** the lieat was intense, so I s returned to the lower )iart of the mine, t almost exliatisted. " j, "A sleepy sensation overcame me. I f knew what this indicated, so I aroused t myself and determined to make a bold t dash for life. I procured an ore sack p and luckily 1 luul a gallon can of water. a I made an ojieuing in the sack large enough to nee through, soaked it with water, jailled it over my liead and made . ' the final rush. 1 waa succeorful, but it was rather a warm journey. When I R came in contact with the fresh air I fell J dow n completely exhausted. < <>p«rtBl lUtr Far*.

A ticket over a railroad was sold at * reduced rate, and by its terms it was no transferable. Tlie conductor found the ticket in tbe hands of I*, to whom H, who liad bought it frotfi the |*s*enger, bad sold it, and be took it up. and required P to pay the regular fare or leave tbe train. He paid his fare, and demanded the return of the ticket, which was refused to him, aud he brought suit — Post vs. Chicago and Nortliw-eoUjrn Railroad Company — ami recovered $31.70 but those damage* did not satisfy him, ami he carried the case to tlie Supreme Court of Nebraska i by whom tlie judgment was affirmed. Judge Maxwell, in the opinion, said"(1.) Tlie condition on which the special rate ticket was iwned is a reasonable condition, and no tranrferee of it could u* it. (2.) But the ticket itnelf was the property of the pareenger, ami the conductor luul uo right to it. Tbe iSMfngfr might be able to recover 1 the money lie had paid for it from the person selling him the ticket. Tbe , udgnient being for the value of the i ticket was sufficient to satisfy the legal claims of the plaintiff." | Japanc*' tea a* exported, which ten year* ago rose to such favor, especially J in this country*, » falling vary low. It [ was at first choice in quality, and the > quantity produced was relatively small , but the great demand for it induced the „ grower* to abandon their ancient custom p of picking only the young spring leaves. They soon took to stripping tbe plant* n all through the season, and even to adding wisteria leave*. Formerly the long * and wiry tea leaf had a natural olive tint, and an especially delicate flavor; " but now tlie leaves ore broken short. p while their dusky tvown or yellow ■hades are disguised with ultramarine or Indigo blues; gypsum, or soopstooe „ and the tweniy -seven tea-flring houses e in Yokohama where there sophistics lions take place appear, from the report of Prs. Geerts and Wheeler, to he fiUhy, crowded, unhealthy dena Strenuous • efforts are, however, being mode to " better this condition of affaire It la curious to find also that the rioh.fra J grant Oolong teas of Foreeoea, which a sprang into such sadden repute, are falling off In quality.