J „ VOL. VI.

STAR OF THE GAPE.

CAPE MAY CITY. N. J.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. 1874,

STBAEGE BUT TRUE. Among the terrible pheoomen* eonneeted with the vioe of intempermsoe. the one moat to be dreaded ia tbe leaat apoken of by temperance adrooatea. I allude to the deloaion the unhappy rio* tim of thia rice ia rerr frequently under —that be ia hannted by a phantom, wboae miaaion itia to preectrthia return to tbe path of aobriety. And thia omiet of the temperance ad-

Thia deloaion baa alao > feature internet about it diatihot_ from talea of indiridnala *1 eelrea to the fiend, a pen ting of their bargain, ha olW ineffeotnally to break it ia almoat tempted to believe t mania, imagined by our fore

common miatake in tbe Middle Agee. Admitting thia to be tbe oaae, it would be a aingular atndr to trace ont bow many poor wretehee hare anffered at the abike for imaginary Crimea

weU^iuinJhe^reaent^day,^ia thi phantom appeara to him w^enerer be attempta to recede from hia bargain with the aril one, or, according to onr

So cloee did the affinity between tbe raedinral talea and the preaent drunkard'a phantom appear to me, that I determined to make a collection of the latter eeaee, in order, at aome eo venient aaeetm, to bring them under t notice of the public, eo an to add a mom effort—and, perhaps, as frnitle aa the many that hare already bo_ made—to atom the increasing misery occasioned by the rice of drunkenness.

mot the made.. se thirty yearn since, them maided at X , a fiooriahing city in the north of Italy, an English gentleman, whom I will designate by tbe name of Smith. At the time of my making hia fim and thirty yearn of age, of middle height, end, afthongh not decidedly handsome, had a very intelligent cast of

raapeetabla family, t widow, and that she wna a racy pretty ' ible girl, very intelligent, and doubt make him an ezoellent wife. They had applied for a dispensation from the Pope for a Oatholic to stent, and hoped it would and immediately afterire to be united. In fact, r _lie course of a fortnight would be over, end that he would be .carried man. The next day Smith introdneed me to hia future bride, who wae about aa fine a specimen of Italian beauty of the Leonardo da Vind school aa X ever saw.

ly hcr^friende, from the worldly adrantagee * “*• "*•

would bri marriage,

habits, what

*- ' ‘ she o be might poaaibly then receive, (fair was, however, oonc’~ , ~*

interference on^my pert the prindpal churches J the ooemony over, Smit wedding trip for Venice. Rerwarda I left X *- - remained witbont me ligenoe from the bride for mom then three i

returned to X , and • intnal friend ten peeling

had conducted himself

Oh I It's all

riled. — •

lot •— broke ont again, and ha

mom than one terrible assault ou ma wife. Her family were at last obliged to Interfere, »a’

She hae return they am now living in Smith *-— '-* J

has been informed by the police thatlfinany manner he attempta ‘ terfero with her, or *•“ *■'

be arrested."

1 now called on abode, and found

i^mTiThad been at the time I left hit_ — ' good health and aplrita

One of thi that it ahot

class of Italian aooiety.by pennon la inatly considered aa a filthy and degrading vice ; while many of tbe worst portion of the Italian young in the city collected ronnd him, tci ed by hia great liberality and unbot ad hospitality to ignore hia fanlta rather, they encouraged him in them, they profiting to a great extent by hia failing. It is only J online to Smith, however, to state that hia sensss were

Uraly deadened to the degrading of life he frsa leading. Naturallev class of Italians to aaioeiate with him. So keenly, indeed, did he feel this aversion, that ha made several attempts to break himself of

and at last so far anoc— would keep sober for

Jta together.' would oomo over hit

--'•'in it ho would indulge for

I,-., h. k.A .

bimaelf publicly obnoxiona, or at any rate sot to a greater extent than to call down on him lb. courteous reaonatmn“Am^b^rcityof X was my hmd-qnartam In Italy, I waa frequently obliged to leave Hpamatten of buai£?ES,?'r.€?' E si appeared in mut* better heeHh than

on entering a broad, atraight atmet, brilliantlylighted by aa Italian full moon. Smith suddenly stopped, and clasping me by the arm, whispered, “There the fellow ia I Now let’a catch

We went into a narrow paaaago thro doorway,and closed at the end so' o one could have escaped, but be

ot them.

Tbe Idee then first crossed my n ist Smith waa laboring under a d on. I asked him what sort of a i the spy waa, and he replied that he tall and thin, with a pale fees, and < gluey eyes; that ho waa dressed.In black, had three black etude in hia shirt, and always curried a black glove in hia right hand. This immediately tended to oonvinoe me that Smith we" laboring under a delusion, and I qnes i him farther on tho snbjeot, on prove to him that he wa Remained firm, however

to hie

iving any intelnd bridegroom onlh£_ I then

r with him,” be m-

ed very well for tke -five weeks, when hia old habit

him, I

gave it np for tho moment, detennini to watch him narrowly, and find c a apy follnwed him in t

mined.

next week I called daily

Smith, and reecired from him a moat minute aceountof the persecution be endured from the any he imagined

* 'lowing him. Ho told me that >f diminishing it positively in- . and that oven in the night be

oonld frequently see tho fellow"!

peering through the interatioea ,

ly her, he will

• very different fret

i men in good neann sun spinia ; u-1. now, on tho contrary, ho appeared low-spirited and miserable. Pretending I had heard nothing, I inquired -•*— ' a wife. For aome momenta he i reply, and then, tho tears starting to a eyes, he said to me, “ My dror felw, it's of no use my oonoealiug matrs from yon. My wife has left me." I asanmed a look of great snrprise, "It'a all my own fault," be continued; I eannot blame her for it, dear girl, mnat, however, get yon to play the irt of peace-maker between us. I low she baa a great respect for yon, id if anyone can do it yon can." " Candidly, Smith,” 1 said, “I don'l like interfering, and that for both iksa. In one of your drunken I might cither kill her or infliot aome serious injury. Ton must be perfectly well aware yon err muter of your notions on those ■ions; and strong M your deter lion at the present time to remain sober may be, it ia no guarantee that yon will keep so: and I would rather not *-‘ —

fere in the matter."

“ Do not give me a positive refusal ” he said, “ bnt try what yon oan do. !( peso* ia not made between us i break my heart, or, what ia still ibable, induce me to commit itraction, for I cannot live wi

" There ia no fear this time," be ied. " I give yon my word of honor it for the lest fortnight I have ited one drop of wine or apirita." "Bnt yon have often xrot so r aa long aa that before, and had i courage to ooctinno it," I remark “It is different with me in tha proat instance," he paid. “ Nothing all ever induce me to l*k ‘- bit agaua" Poor Smith pleaded eo earnestly with me to be peacemaker between him —* his wife, that atiaal I made him a

harvard ae' proof without furic airy—I would try to make , between Mm nnd hie wife. Be willingly aooepted these no and on the following day I a

tbe time

• flight or Ch, my return to! And then again ,™eifisd. I called on the IrteaisShla tinly locked in bette

hia old habit, riiM^ul than when 1

Im had aorapuiowdjrtopt^MawMdjaad i had tested eithar wine or apirita, id ha DOW oalled on ma to fulfill my I unhesitatingly agreed to do so, bu i inquiry found that hia wife would it

ike a mistake.” "He darted ii

* wTVhS' Hi

5 ‘*-

i be following hi

irmining wl re it to boo . more effort t_ — e wu the shadow of troth in hia nowing one of the aidoe-de-oei . era! B , I asked him aa a favor How tho sentries to watch daring whole of one night tho windows -' th’i range of apartments, which promised ahonld bo done. Tho

then questioned Smith, who told me that several times daring tho night ho bad risen from his bed and seen the S lurking about outside tbe house ; that he bad -watched him the day before so pertanaeioualy, it had almost ren him ont of hia senaea. t wanted bnt three days to tho time Mrs. Smith’s retain to X . when servants in the house were in tho night anraaed by violent cries from their muter. On going to hii asaistanrthey found he had quitted hia bedrooi and entered another,whole, armed with a sword, he wu stabbing tbe bed-elothes throngh and throngb. On inquiring the cause, he replied—" The fellow is here, and I have caught him at lut He shall not escape me this time," and ho again commenced stabbing through the bed-clothes till he wu so exhausted

Yiwk journal: ' Bev. Joseph Brooks and Judge Bliaba Baxter Ague u tbe rival claimants for the Qovernomhlp. " oka wu formerly the candidate for rernor of tho party among which are supporters of Baxter, while Baxter at the same time candidate of the

k hia party eaeeeaa Cls;

if the constitution of Ar-

declares that the election returns for State officers shall be sent to the Secretary of State in sealed envelopes, which shall be opened and the votes counted by the President of the Senate in the presence of both bouses of tho General Assembly. This duty wu duly performed and the election of Baxter wu declared. Brooks and hia friends claimed the election. Brooks tberenpon brought a suit in tbe United si*'— District Court against

* Caldwell declined

'

but Judge Oa

ic for

ic Legislature

many of thi tbe Brooks party. Brooka, se opportunity, drifted back to irith his old auodal at Baxter, arrayed

lure. Ho aont a petition to that body, ut a vote not to reooive it wu passed, xty-throo voting against it and eight

Governor Baxter ho bad proved Uu _

i this contest. Thirty-t

the petition wt

1 anbeequr-* *' ‘

vote, the leaders among them appointments u judges

of pollli

who, finding Smith tempted to revive him by pouru brandy down hia throat, sad in •i— i —e*a ■- restoring

iting fit,

litis

in. Smith, ■red in a terrified manner ronnd the cm, and then exclaimed—“Thank

fairly p aisled what step i..— i*f«*M*i at* wifa'a reconciliation ; and yet to octet would scarcely have ied on my pert. Aa Mrs.

mected to arriva —

following day, I resolved at lu

proaeon ting attorneys in various counties.

Tho Legislature adjourned finally, bnt Brooka still had tho Snpremo Court

ipeal to. In July lut the coodli ill tics in Arkansas became thr g, and affaire were then in alu the same state u thoyaro no w. It

ramoxed and generally believed that Brooks, or the Attorney-General of tho State for him, would apply to the Conrt for a writ of quo warranto agalnat Baiter, and, u there wu aome likelihood that it would bo granted, Governor

Baxter began to take preeautlona t tify hia position In more respects

one. He reorganised tho mililii — “ srod it anew, from among whom bo

ited many popular and well-known

who had formerly boon hia political opponents. At the same time ’ announced hia intention not to snbe to the decree of the Court If it ahoi prove adveree to him, and anrronndeu himself with an armed body-guard who attended upon him in thia quui military

oondition while • v - "

About •"

,jt by I. ircuit Court of Pulaski On June a the Soprer ' applied to for the writ, ai day Baxter delivered to

| 1 in ted militia offleera hia precis - declaring martial law and ordering the Court to be dismissed, by force

eoolly with him.

apirita. He told —

' - ru correct in my conclusion laboring under a delusion.

thakhei and that the apy

ia merely a phantom

“Tho doctor," he oontinned, “edvised me, whenever It appeared to mo. jaat to telco a little drop of brandy, an 1 no doubt it would vanish. I have twice tried the experiment, s"1 in both in-

of brandy I find la anfflclent, ao yon need not be afraid of my falling into my old habit agalo." Of thia. howwtar, * — * persuaded, ’ V caSaflfcV , arrival, ao u to ascertain *b*v* was *» danger of hr Ida old habits.

I did *

by letter, to which she might reply nn- * ntrol of her friends, I proposed t till ahe arrived, and Hits I did are readily u It would give Smith IT ten days or ao to practice hia ky. To this propoeittoc he agudjrad we uld no moreen the id now I want to speak to you." d, " on another matter. Ton are acquainted with the head of tbe police, and I wish you would call on hfmand implore him to take awayaapy he had placed over me. The follow almost drivoe me mad. Wherever I go I see

it tamed ont that although for theflrs! 'aw days the small drop ot brandy wu •nfficient to dispel the delusion, trade-

a violent fit of intoxieathe fit wu over. Smith

again begged of me to effect a reconciliation with hia wife, assuring me he not retain to the habit again. I

him, that, in apito of all utiona, he wu obliged to again to his little drop of brandy. Thia wu cffnnlnal for a abort time, Dot after a little nu it required a great quantity to taka effect, and it calabated again la a i'

proelamaHon

to be reed,” however, only in case tho writ shonld be iasoed, and in that conUngeney the officer wu to proclaim it

‘no oonrt room. On the 4th ot June majority of the judges, Chief-Jna-i McClure dissenting, rendering their

.Asian, which wu that they had no juriadiotion in the mattoi, owing to the fact that the Legislature had already adjudged the Beat to Baxter. From that time until a faw daya ago Govrr-

_ . j,, qul#t poMoa- * j 14th of April,

Brooks' attorney eallad up the old cause of Brooks VI. Bailer in the Cireuil Conrt of Pulaski county, ao u to obtain from Judge Whytoek a judgment ot onater against Baxter. In leu that ten minutes after the writ of ejectment

id into the hands of the Sheriff

bad invaded the Govemor’i office with an armed force and had ejected Baxter, and had taken poasosadoi

of tho State-house.

bo found ’in tho bwh of s whole plus full of yer eddisated town dogs— poodles an' aich. "As fur strength an' muskle. I don t 9 so much aokomt o' that, though party powerful. When ho goes forth into tho Seldssn' florishi that great weepin'-willow tail fairly wipes the clouds from K and when he bounds forward ii ' strength ho ia a hairy hurricane trees of tho groves rook to and fr ic passes—ho is a movin' eartliquak. tho bills shako an they roll bao from under his feet; and. again, who his hoarse voice rolls in anger, natu thinks it thunders—the sky turns blscl and the rooks split open and roll dow into tbe valleys I.

pride in him for eetdogoulf No town perfectly sober (

list the durndafter the ivnob), ft wool 1 jiat do yonr hearts good to see that dog

he ekyogW

hind feet, aend-

aorof a watch of hia «

» twenty lie picked rSS id in a hand-

ing U and sale of ak In May 1873 ho owned t! sand heed of cattle, dnly ranging over the plains, rRuitiv ut nine ennaren, five are bbya. Hii eldest child nineteen yeers of ege. She tr with bare feet, can rope a steer, kill a wolf with e rifle or strangle a dog at arms length. In the man's hem, ly filled with gold ooin, while in the pantry ia a floor barrel almoat full of aQver

aa ia a aanitary point of — .

ferred to the practice among the nations

of antiquity,- and offered - to organise a German Orel

ty. The resolution wu adopted. Dr. George W. Rachel, u the representative of the Free-thinker's Society, spoke ' "mof the enctospr . _ .1 the bodies ol the deed. Dr. UHenthal then eddreesed the meeting, aid said that there could bo eo objection to .cremation upon religious or moral grounds. Tho Beo- —* * ttwwtiali society, who wu

■d that a charter wu in

Wild

Wild geese every year, as population ■areasaa, grow fewer ir number. For

■any yean Long bland waa laee to shoot these birds di King miration. There al

*^itso snifierona u formerl}. birds are very aky, it requires a good deal of skill on Ure part ql the aporte-

The method generally

about; he runs on np the yaarth wilt in' tho ehlpa a-flyi

o’ voice, eeoortin’ i’ prouder’n ef he’d holed a wi k f Bnt lot mo oomo homo ful -ieleg, sheep herder's delight, terrantiler juice, and that la the darnd-

est ahamedeat dog yer

jlat taku one look atnn _ alL Down goes his tall, he lops his years, hsngs his head, sonata hia back, and, lookin' back now an' then in * ' —inner, he alinks off a tbe barn—actually aah in about the premise* f lyU find out that I oi_ ru, lollera, he's; the know-

headV” J "’ ,, ioulheMt by-c«at, ’Head her aoutheut, amlrun ue« uu al-e approeohed’the shore. Again tho captain cried out; " John Maynard I" pons* came feebly, "Aye, aye, "Oanyi *"'* —

John?'

Tho old. from the scalp,

rilhJiia

, he atoo beached the ship ; every men, woman, and child wu saved, u John Maynard ' ipod, and his spirit took Its

is God.

ctothiog with it. To tho right Corpus Christi Bay stretched off beyond tho vision, and Nouoea Bay to the toft showed a otreak of shore in the dim distance, u it sweeps for fifteen or ity miles along tho boundary of a le pasture. —BolUmore Amrriam.

War Hones.

These interesting animals, when hi .J battle, stop, trmblo in every muscle deep astonishment. Daring tfio bsttli ol Waterloo, aome of the boraes, ai

Canadian DI Tension.

A writer on Canadian life lays : ■hip yards, lumber camps, village store*, and cooperages, gather at night a class of men of many national! and often of mixed race, who, i their day's work, spend a few hours in a rude social intoroonne. Sometimes the huge fire-place throws IU cheerful e 'sre on a circle of laborers, listening tently to talea ol wreck, hardship, or ghostly visitation, or . shaking with gusty laughter at tho simple recital of aome friend's ludicrous misadventures. A fiddle ia produced, and tho heavy floor si lakes with the rhythmic tramp of a aeon of heavy boots, and again two brawny fellows straggle, away, and trip, looked in the clou, fierce ' Indian hug,' or writhing in the qniok changes of ‘ oollex and elbow.’ A veteran manner doles ont in alow bnt ports melody, 'The Wreck of tne l

Ship, my boys,’ or the leu pathetic

ditty of ' Tho King of tho Cannibal

Islands,' wbile 'chalking the Boor,'

boxing, ehecker-playing, with rarely i hand at ‘forty-flrea' or 'high, low, jack,' furnish the rade pleasures oi

this aeml-barbarons life."

■orally employed to obu to twenty wild geese

deceased ; the corpse itself, placed , n1 '’. l 5 , in. , upon a couch, wu oimmonly borne by polntmect »ruc than the mr, the frasdmen or by the Immediate relo- ,lon „ ,Browing B lives ; the family following after-tbe ' toT ll >»' 1 become falter than

they Uy u] covered Irt

first agony of U

wounds, fell to eating the grass ab

thus enrrtmnding tbemael olrole of *- 1 1

ited extent of wl

ved quietly

1 field, between the two . their rider* having been off their backs ; and tho balls fling over their beads, and the lnm> behind, before around them, caused — interruption to the nsnal instinct of

casing on th hostile line*

i a Charge of cavalry went- put r to any of tbe stray horses already itioned they would ut off, form mselvea in the rear of their mounted companions, and though without rider*, - 'lop strenuously along with tho rest, stopping or flinching when the fatal .uuek with the enemy took place. At the battle of Kirk/in 1745, Major MacDonald having unhorsed an English officer, took poaaaaaion of his hor’ whioh wu very beautiful, and tint dietoly mounted It. When the English —airy fled, the bone ran away with carter, notwithstanding all hia at Is to restrain him; nor did he rtoj until it wu at the heed of the regimen ludicrous figure whirl lentod when he thus ta< himself the victim of his ambition t wu a fine hone, which ultimately him hia life npon the aoaflbld, may uily oonoeivea.

jo i that I pray for a diaappoioli

intniry to usual icir hesdsjMire, their hair dtahi sS'btST ™"* 1 passed through till body. Finally, tin

placed n

kindled tho id perfumes, oils, arti nnments and clothing

with wine, and the bt

looted by the nean— —, _ r with perfumee, and placed in i • tho Christian religion gradu

" Profesaor," uid a student in parsuit of knowledge concerning animals, •• why doe* a oat, while eating, turn her bead first one way and then another Y - - " replied tho profesnnot turn it both ways

tained the as

change took plac

ling of tl - ’

ladles in thi Mrs 8. 8. Wi

Uqnor In Russia.

r i a letter son. III.,which gives aome new kind of ernaadlng by it town. On Friday last Ison, accompanied by her Mrs. Thomas Wataon,

drug store of Mr. E. M. Shepherd, and demanded to »e* the preuription on which her husband ia m the habit of obtaining Uqnor at that establishment. Mr. Shepherd being absent, the clerk refaaed tbe demand, but advised her to see Dr. Porter, and have him revoke tbe preacription. Mrs. Wilson, regarding tnis u a mere attempt at evasion, told the dork that if bewould not give up tho preaoription she would blow hia braina ont, at tho same time preednting " «-i-

*._S appuriiiff *- 1 A parley < Mrs. Wilson wr- ! ~ , •

Porter, where.

,11,1*** inay derive hope from ■at at Kilim, In Purtbahlre, an yean; but* fil^yeul^fore hi/^*U» he ont six now teeth, which ho said were serviceable, and " u sharp u

So before. Tho individuals are of all ages, color*, and previous conditions, and tbe qi —

the preacription. 1

„ aonth—the old-fashioned l "atoedara" being regarded u entirely , behind tho age. These are tamed eo " - "“ned" to stakes,

o the ben where y atop to feed,

„ _ . Aea pot down In the ut of eight, while the wanner

i himself in a box irank in the sand, and partially covered with aea wood or meadow grass. When Hooka of

temperance movement la now on foot. In the month of Jannary lut. fortyeight village communities in the diatnct of Mohilew adopted stringent regulations in regard to’.taverns or d nnking saloons. By there enactments it wu made an offense to bay or ■eU Uqnor on credit cr in exchange for other artieles, or to loiter ia a drinking

w m" great ex

ted, and finally u induced to call bn Dr.

‘ r pistol drawn,

r revocation *1

a

order*, »fter

■eh to the

which they went home, much

i* Chemistry of a Hen's Egg.

egg is thus given : " Within the shell the animal portion of the egg la found, which eonmsta of a viseions eolortou •• ' 1 eaUed albumen, -or the wMte,

enveloped in i ia quite e thii next, which ii and think.

the shall,

id that the nambet of beg'*•.*.1 in N«w Orleans u

i—Whst shall be done

slight disorder. The physician ia pulse and uid: “ Do yon eat well?" " Tea,” said the patient. “Do on Sleep well?" "I do." "Then. ,id tho physician, “ I will give yon imethiug to take away all that 1" Mr. Marrowfat's remark* to his son," — itadying for -

ration of tho

yer, ia a good iUnatration

_

my boy,’

if the statute of UmitaOn Bainbridge Island, Wuhlngton Territory, reoentiy a logger aooidoutally discovered tho ontcropploga of a e<*l mine. He mentioned the feet in oon-

once proceeded to the locality, and finding that there wu a ooal vein there they chartered a steamer to Olympia and pre-empted the land. thn. snatching a

fortune from the logger.

■A cuttle-fish has been caught at Olympia, Wuhlngton Territory, mcunnng elgiit feet from tip to tip of it* eight long arm*. The arms were of gristle, lined oc tho underside, the* entire length with uueer-ehapod suckers,