STAR OF THE CAPE

STAR OF THE CAPE.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1874.

a uid ha wont

and hera aha wu. aatUng about her dnttM with:* good heart, and intending to beoonw the tnoat aotire little honaowifo in the world. Of oonnie oho began by aupacWewUng. the cookery ; the ytmng maid aaemed good for little bnt to make beda, and a taro at her pretty roiaUoaO, Bach meah I Snob dainty little <

^eat reeeipla in the , Why u it that there uid cookery-books tell so little, compared with what they might T They ran after this fash-

aHeed onenmbor." - *' Good craciotu

Clinton, "X wands _ be boiled; and whether it ahonld be

nsssffiggg-f hearts and hands are willing, times, tliongh, the yonng wife heraelf wishing that she and 1

fall of hope and spirits. All the be • ’

the fainiture she dusted herself, there was no fear that thi'

erasments nnd presents

One piece of i

eir prett. roald ge

i's grandfathr., Eunice Clinton had looked throngh it every, day ainoo the enme home, and yet found something (o admire and to wondejt over. For oho liked those eapaoions old things of carved oak, which most have been valuablmiu their dey, if old-fashioned now. Km had shown her two secret receptacles for papers, placed beneath the small drawers l in;d one day Eunice found a prise. Bborilul token out a remote drawer for the purpose of dnating it, when she noticed a small drawer yet behind it. Of course, she opened this at onoe, and there found, wrapped in a piece of old yellow paper, a Oliver watch. It waa very old utd battered, the hinds were broken off, and it bad no float. She doabt, a well-regulated watch onght to do }-.H only tattled, as thoogh the inside works were all loose and broken. She tried to open it, and got the enter etas oB without trouble; bnt the watch itself resisted all her oflbrta. It teemed never to have had an opening yet How was H Tom hod never found this, ah* wondered. Bat Tom Clinton 10 had! in The nobebllity was.'rom ked thoroughly into it dunature earns to lides, Tom oonld never aae a tiling thongh it stared him in the it would be so long to wait until dinner lima. How she would plague him I To be sure, It was no treasure inch si sealed in j not aneb t os old turnip- • perhaps pewter, Emiiee quitted the watch and the bureau, and went singing about the bouoa for as hour or so, trying hard not to feel dull; bnt the day appeared nnnanaliy long. She had no aswing to do—yonng wives seldom have ; and she with ad again that the honn would pass end dinner time com" Looking from .aXanrdsrryscs'iS

would only *-—I the peddh d old watel id started t , Jy sat down again when ho heard Mrs. Clinton descending. He seemed in inch baste to dose the bargain now that he scarocly looked at the winter pants’00 is. Flint ’ them over hla arm, ho nUced the i of apoons within the hands of * hia pack a _ Mrs. Clinton fairly kissed the apoons. Now she could invite frlandi to too, and not fed ashamed when they aarreptitioaily glanced at the mark on her ail-

s'; the table was isui, ouu aae aiooaat the window, looking for Tom. For the firet time the done right?'' Coaid she tell Tom? He might not like it aboat tbe watch. And wonld ho moke a fuss at her dealing; with a peddler? In the old d remembered her to-do when his wi of one. Ferhsps she hed better not show the spoons to Tom Just yet How strange it wonld be to keep anything bock froa him! Why, what should she talk aboat? Bhe oonld not plagne hia aboat her being the first to find any treasure in the old barean. Bat then he was, coming I They met with tli< usual embrace; and Mr. Clinton did not observe any change in hia wife an-

Eanioe was thinking of the apoons. .omehow she did not take so mueh pleasure in them as at first. Bhe bed laid the littl- case on the shelf in the What if Tom.abool ~

“What is the water for?" asked Mr.

Clinton.

“ 1 thought perhaps yon might want

•ome."

"And what has my little wife been doing all tbe morning ?" “Ok, nothing mock; Just etirrlng about, and n "And what ?” laid Tom, drawing her nearer to him. •• Have yon been overhaaling the old desk again, finding old

deeds sad all sorts of treasures ?” " X fear there will never oe

bbing.

said Eunice,

eony

what’s the matter?" cried re yon tired, my darling ?”

Ennioo mu’lered something about lonollneoo." , Any exense to save telling of the peddler and the wetch. " Ton are tired and nervous, Eunice. Shall we send for one of your Bisters to

stay here a week or two?"

Eanioe fairly burst into tears. She was finding the secret a heavy one, and K she dared not confess, what wonld bnsband think of her folly ? Tkoee horrid spoons I She wished she had never seen them. And then, to sooomit for her lew epirita, the said she hsd s

They fell Into

Bnwtsuiiug Isd tt_ _ _ family; and he told her, for

a long el ither’s fath

lered very rie: great traveler, and

[ his grandfstl io hsd onoe b

both lost at

"What a sad historyT cried Mrs.

Clinton.

" The old

years, again started

■ tima Brasil. Ha did

other was in her twenty-ooeoad » hen he did oomr, ho was looking old d oarewom, and apparently poor. Ha - - made mnob of his doaghter, ’ ’ 1 hia affaira, giving ths bo—, fnrnitare, and grounds to his only child, telling her he had a small bridal gift ready for her, provided she ahonld marry to please him. What the gift ah# oonld not loam. He had c spent hoars at the old deskbureau, my dear, that yon are so I of exploring—cod ho often gave or that it ahonld be the first care of az the household In ease of fire, or o aoddent. Poor old man I he waa fo * ig sitting by his favorite desk

iridentljr died

she could 'not bo expected to n -ery deeply the loss of snob a parent. f the small bridal gift,

Tom?"

“Nothing. Thorewaanoti d desk waa scare hod, bnt n „ .. Ins found. Some old letters, papers, id snob like, were there in plenty it tbe promised bridal gift was no here to be seen : there or elsewhere. 1 mothci married soon afterirds,” continued Mr. Clinton, after • K ane, “and I wot born in the old me. Bat alas 1 that dear old pilot is mine no longer. After my father’! dhatb it became necessary to sell it far mpport, and when I waa only ■ — voor mother died, leaving „ nt her love and kind preoepta and tho^httlo that remained of

■till, Tom, thongh

it is old."

>p handsome.

teodde<7

I used to fancy there’ mnat be

sigh of* relief, to

Clinton g _ _ ’’ e new spoons, and tried hard to ranch delight in them os she hsd mo in tbe morning. What good oonld _oy ever do her if. Tom was not to see them ? Even if she should invite oomto tee, she wonld not dare use tho , . is I The old watch was certainly no treasnre, bat oho heartily wiahed for it back again. If she oonld only take It to Tom and tell him she bad found it "le old desk I He certainly hsd discovered the watch, or he would mentioned it to her. Bnt a strange repentance clang to her for

peddler—had even chaffered off his winter pantaloons 1—how Tom wonld kingh st her, tell her fsther end sisters, ■nd—and—well, she wonld never hear

' ' it of it.

i came in to tea, fall of news, and , excited about a man wbo bod boon taken suddenly ill nt tho village i— .. r ^ walk out with you as

nine," said tho young

. . sve to bi st the inn by nine o’clock, to make the old fellow s will. Fancy a peddler making a will I” “A peddler making a will," repented —nine, her thoughts runuing upon her peddler, end fooling somewhat be-

—ildered.

" It’a what the landlord said when he uno to mo nt thn office. And now I mat go. Good-by, dear." Mrs. Clinton snt on, in the dnsk of leanmmer’a evening. By end by n nntleman whom she slightly know, house, asked to see her, and

her

“Mrs. Clinton

■without a

Inhere nnd ink you b

gaged^hero and oonld not oomu for you Eunice was surprised, but did net beeitate. In another minate, they were walking down the street together. The

'that idrt&i 0 ^

re etopping at ;at must bolt

daughter,

“ The children onsekeoper. in

surrounded

ran seldom st home his wife, who hsn

two children, a son and ■ year after their

. _ kcsntifnl cottage, well cultivated fields, an extensive warden,"

as he

The garden

of the honsekeepsr’a hut , Scotchman, who took much dalight Jft Mr! waa on fnni! nt >

presently Tom came in, looking flnr"Euniee," said he, sternly, " was there a peddler at ear house to-day ?" “Te-ee,” answered the trembling

wife.

' And did yon deel with him ? TThat

in give him ?”

’ * have So wonted ’

d yon give hin “Oil, Tom!

ive me. for I oh i

placed it in the lady's 'he said; “they toll and I wont yon to toerated yon this morn■d baa laid his hand a have found me itot.

i, bnt the apoons would never pay . Keep them, and pray for me. Ok, pray for ms I" And tho poor man rolled in agony. Mr. Clinton took his wife down stein, id ont into tbe street, harrying her along without speaking, nnlil they reached their own gate. “ Go in, now, darling," he laid, "and I will go for old Dr. Bay ; I have mote faith in him;

Mr. Shirley Hibbenl lately read iper before the Society of Arts upon new system of cnUivating tbe potato, ilk a view to augment the proa notion id prevent tho disease. He takes “ „ronnd that the disease is rather an worir,"that it is due to certain climatic

•eying, he harried sway, leaving m, light-

S5c ie went slowly into the hotuM

i to that poor man, I wonder?" she cried, in her bewildered oonfasiot “ I cannot get the dying man oat of m thoughts." Bnt tho watch would m open. It could not be that. Then ththonght struck bar that there might have been something valuable f- •' pockets of thoae pantaloons. Sb

•t looked before

i still a

tbe Brawn Bear. of spoons, abp placed stch, on tbe table.

wiping! tha perspiration from ie forehead, for the evening n and he had walked fast. Ho left the old doctor with the sick a and harried back to his wife, for _

longed to have the events of the day and night thoroaghly explained. After kissing EJonioe who clang to him like n frightened child, he took np the old battered watch, and said, “ Now, dear, show mo where in tbe deck yon found

Eunice went to the deck, took ont

the drawer, then the one it the back of it, in which remained the old paper ’'Minton seised apon this at onoe, examined it esrefnlbr, and then looked

up with a suppressed, eager smile. "Ennioo, the long-lost bridal gift is

found at last 1”

1 sore enough, the little yellow told it all. A very valuable dinwns concealed in the interior tho battered watoh; a diamond that« almost priceless. The son's yonng wi had found what the poor mother had - - long searehod for—tue splendid bridal K , that the old man had died withot'

towing.

“No more struggles, Eanioe,"sai Mr. Clinton, with heartfelt aatiafactior no morn need for my little wife t last her face over the kitchen fire, i obar herself innooent pleasures, bi lose they would cost shillings an And Eanioe burst into n storm of ippy toon, and cried on his arm. And in time,'wbUo Tom went ploding on, making himself into a reni i 1—r—, lui* •wi.ii.n »• pretty garden, and climbed on pi knee, and begged to hear again igoin the pretty atory of the lost Nor mast I fall to tell of the recovery jf^tbejioor^frigbUmedpeddler. ^Dr. itoJ his flret n ws!k wasto k tho n “wSu honse ■’ in tho earner, again begging Mrs. Clinton to accept tho spoons as ■ ill gilt, and as having been th. ina of making or honest man o: hero waa no eheat in those spoons >y were real silver; and they an still in the family, with the nami “innioo ’’ engraved on each, and they called “ the diamond spoons." The ,-Jdler owned that be snspeetou something when he shook the old watoh and heard a peculiar rattle, and when he inght a^limpae of tbe sparkling jewel.

though he found

by tho yonng thonghtleis ipleto the sum required, al-

_ '-’-'-g.t them

ith grave lips and laughing eyes. What would your poor husband have one when winter came, and the eh illy inda did blow, without any thick trou-

ira to pat on ?"

dog ir

probably is that he never heard — . c(M°f Mrs. Smoot, of New Castle. Mrs. Smoot had been n widow, and her first has band owned a dog. When Mrs. Smoot married again, oho discovered that her new partner was a eonti If Mrs. Smoot did not he wonld knock her down and plane a trunk er a atovo on her then he would reason with her, segno the matter and ahaw bar tha i jeet in different lights, and bite nose until a new intelligence dawned upon her sonL And — * ‘—

_ Mra. Smoot with the pie board In order (o show her where she was hsd the logician

hon Mrs. Smoot

whistled, and the next moment the dog of her dear departed sprang throngh the window and began to fumble with "r. Smoot's legs. The -bo animal had Mr. Smoot upon the floor and was about to remove portions of hia person, when Mr. Smoot saw the woakneea of hia reaeoning and acknowledged that Hn. Smoot's view waa poeeibly correct. Mr. °-oe» now intimates to his frisnda that dog will probably die suddenly and

nd particular chan gee a

temperature, which, °while .'S4 .c- render '• — *- ”

mtefc it I According to Mr. Hibberd, r there ore andden and positive

heat, accompanied . - fell; tho disease ia always developed ; and If, byany artificial means. It w— possible to prevent these agencies fi influencing the potato wo ahonld mi urably secure it from destruction. Tho potato, more than any ot plant under cultivation in Great Brih , according to Mr. Hibberd, ia dependent for its health bn Continued tolar boat - and if we can produce artificial son shine above tho surf too of the ground,

and artificial boat below tho crop at times when and the ground is dins by a heavy rainfall 1 suggestion of a method . . tho potato, which, oooordi

treatment of ling to '

lulled in tho most adi

> favorite method of treating potatoes ia to ealtivate them in ridgea, co that ground heat, and bo quickly drained of ■uporfinona moisture by moons of tbo trough between tbe ndges. If, now, every ridge were pierced with a tunnel, tbe advantage wonld be increased, ainoo mold insure, beneath tho plants.

x it a storehouse of solar host, n iuing tho temperatnre of tho nrly nt the point it had attained . “■ “ * r changed, nnd, while

iveiy, to eastain the health of tho Ing upon this suggestion, tbo anthor procured a quantity of common roofing tiles, laid them in lines in hard ground, and laid potato sets upon them, and then covered tho whole with prepared soil, so as to form t long ridge, covering a shallow tunnel Tho result was a remarkably heavy on ‘ ire finer than the average,

trace of diaoaao.

Ho then resolved to im ion wns possible with the # Kiting tile, and ono was adopted made sxpnmely.for the purpose and knr— - " “Hibberd potato tile." This it

topped aroh^u ur

jf a low, , t . inches deop in tho centre. These ire laid down in linos lour fi in hard ground, and as the

laid on the tUca they are covered with “ me intervening spaoea. in

cries of rounded ridges, k ed that the plants enjoy a of light and air ; lodgmen impossible, and in tho oven in lowering of tomperatur tubers are ripening, th

storage of -earth-host below tho root tides the crop over tho time of dsngei nnd prevents that engorgement of th tiosnes which constitutes the first stage of tho disease and tho narsory ’

The inter !

The waiter, ■

without ikon ofl

Thomas took t without attrac; Faud Commir Rashlog ^10“

bo deeply dug and liberally and planted, in the garden, v -ble orope such os celory, da iroeoli, etc., while in farm p nay be beet to leave the film leoanie the sorts of potatoes selected ronld profitably utilize the light and ir, ana in strong land really moot

whel dice, ay at; ■res, e

oonsideral England,

8800 pel Mr. Hibbcrd's experiments with thoae lee have been condacieel far j early in years, and ho it emphatically oi’ ie opinion that while in hot n; j drj noons there is comparatively littli ivantago over the old method, yet in , majority of seasons, and always t' — heoo are unfavorable, the yield l mob greater as, in a very short t lore than to repay ths eost of the and furnish a handsome profit; and

. diseased potatoes from tho tiles, yet in several seasons ho obtained - very satisfactory crop when others

Caution Needed, ralta of making a mistake between e mnshroon end the many pai--roous funguses that assn mo its innosnt appearance nnd than obtain ' lisalon to the throats of the nnw _re often so serious that perhaps wisest course would bo for all pen. ’ • - • • rtfengtij of mind to

ed by the eaae of Mr. Sadler, who was •- have lectured to the North British nch of the Phsrmacentieal Soeiety ._. other day, but waa unable to do so, owing to illness from which he is still ■offering, and which, aooording to tho

Me under the following Whilo preparing his

lecture for tho Pharmaceutical Society — edible and poisonone fnnguaea, ' lidently swallowed a quantity of I •pores of a large apcelee of puff-ball (Lyooperdon giganteum), and within a •psee of an honr and a half waa oeixod with severe illneai, accompanied by " itresaing pains. Tbo violent aympna oonld not be snbdned —**’ —

eminent phyrieiene wht tending to him, the continued irritation kept up by tbe fungus spores. Mr ter, although now in a way of re oovery, has paid dearly for bis scientific reeeerobes. The giant puff-ball, it- is slated, Is edible in its yonng elate, bnt

. , singers from colds, relief for an hour or so, is by magic, may be often obtained Ire slowly dia•elving and partially swallpwing a lamp -* borax, the aixe of a garden pea, -

. This produces a profnae if saliva, or “watering” of r A, b ss iri i.

AN ECCENTRIC REISER.

Some thirty odd yeera ago, stye "old stager," Illinois sent an unoonth, illit----loUta.

, deficient education, without reflnement.or mac! onltnre of any kind- Mr. Reynold frequently,, always - provokin; ont, in which he,joined, withon ipparetUy, whether tbe Hans . Isnghing with him or st him. Hi phraseology was tinged with the oddi ties and qnaintneea of a backwoodsmsn Everybody was his “ worthy friend.' In opposing an appropriation for th. navy ho provoked the’ satire of Mr Wiuthrop, of Boatoo. alwsvs one of the ‘ -onrtoons of men. He epoke of nt of appreciation of the useful; id nocoasity of a respectable arm- * for tho water, so often betrayed by Western men. Mr. Boynol-' joined: “ My worthy friend fron J io wrong in saying I’m . On tho contrary, 1 love and admire the navy. Didn't our gallant

out war ? Didn’t them dashing

follows, Perry and Maedo

. hostile flag from off thi „ lakes, and make the British lion put

Visiting Baltunc.. wildered him, and tl

in his logs ?"

! the city bowd of people

o him wild.

early in f ling, ho came to tho Patapsoo flood, it being nearly high

other look tide. Ttu iword night

ra afterword ho

ling in again. This

id foand the ti

i business oonm-cle. [ his office as Fond C nt np st the As tor He

jh tilings

onf Lying on tho^iod, illiant light in the r

g with the bell hi o yield on pnliin

jerk. Itw.

liatoly.

* What di

. Come

r/Tu

tly astonished, sc ord. Tbo Governo: i boots, and Johi

t the gas^and finding ho missed his boots, ball, half undressed. I shrieked nntil ho

Ight op ono of tho proprietors, and —s — —a -- id^onmii.

boerdi

“ My boots is a - Ho was asl

iked what kind i

Charles Frodorick Sartorin. c. , shire, England, in tho East Boom i ““-'to Honse. Tho ceremony v . d by the Rea. Dr. Tiffany, tho Metropolitan Mothodist Epiaoo; Chureli., Abont two hundred guests, in full evening dross, were present Tho bride was given sway by her father, dais hod been erected for tbe mluls■r to stand upon, and it was also used y the newly-married pair for their ro!rho bride was dressed in an olog robo of white satin and point b This was a gift from hor father, and ' oe waa nude in Belginm by his order, ipressly for this purpose. The bridesmaids, who were all dressed in -white, ere eight in nmnber, oonsistinf iss Anns Barnes, dsnghter of ! ion General Barnes; Min Edith Fish, inghter of the Secretary of State ; in Beaile Conkling, daughter of . mator Conkling ; Min Sallio Frelinghnyson, daughter of Senator FrelingLnyaen ; Miss Lixxio Porter, danghtor of Admiral Porter; Miss Minnie Sherman, daughter of General Sherman ; Min Fannie Drexel, daughter of A. J: “rexi'l, tbe banker of Philadelphia ; id Miss Maggie Dent daughter of General F. T. Dent Lieutenant Colonel Fred. D. Grant acted as grooms mi for Mr. Sartoria. The ceremony w brief and impressive, and tho eongrat lationt’of the assembled company wo vary hearty. A profusion of ohoi "'vers adorned the East Boom. TL. daylight had been carefully excluded, bat the light of three crystal chandeliers, — J -» at the celling, nude brilliant and effective, sw-married pair left at l:4Sof day far New Zork, " took steamer for England.

At a meeting^of the Centonniri Comof tho Finance Committee replied that contracts for tho art gallery and mull will soon be given ont This will 81,500,000, provided for by an propriation of the eity and State, conservatory ia to eost $200,000, vided for by tho city appropriation, the moohincrv srill coat 8800,000, provided for-Tbe main exhibition building willoost 82,000,000, and Agrioultnral Hall 8250,000. the >wo latter being only partially provided for, which, with total amount unprovided'n’e lUilons, A reaolntioc waa :!> committee aathorixug the abandohmentof the “*—'— ing, and the s plan... After to

n bit by a mad dog, and draaafnl hydrophobia

"Talking • other day,” any genions porsoi fact. A woma who bad t upon her, wi old enstom, happened to have a ■anST interval of — 3 made tnoh efforts to enenpa out of their hands to the when hor foot sipping, ont throngh tho temporal eh bleeding freely. *~ id attempt to stop It, raid aave them their p«n-

that ehe got artcre, whi friends did t

dutempe-r,'

gave evident

, the dreadful and aataally survived it.’

tion of Cruelty to, , before the Social Seienoo Com

on "Protection to Animals during Transportation." Mr. Angsll ia a tall, •light man, abont flfty years of ago. with a thin, strongly marked face, and a largo quantity of gray hair. Hia upper lip and cfiin clean shaved. Whether throngh the asneciation of ideas' or by reason of a similarit v of expression, brought abont posaibly by a similar brnt of mind, Mr. Angell boars

iblance to Mr. Henry Bergb.

fore the Kentucky; tho truth —epeak it

own edvantago

privileges of the Proas irivileges of tbe poop'*

i his address to Press Asso, the right to t write it-for

I general welfare.

..t system of

r as brutal and barbarous, and anggesUd the slaughter manner as possible. No animal should evsr be allowed to witness the death of snath and all. ooroasoee ahonld ^ba fore the creature abouUo bo killed woa that tbo meat of sai mils slanghterod i E a state of excitement or terror son J o trifles, and is never as good as thoi yiug without pain or fright k ^ ^ lowing fish to dio slowly, gasping an struggling, after being caught O most porta of tbe continent Saberme killed tho fish the moment they wor iptnrod, and their delicate flavor wa it lost by their subjection to a painfr Both. It ahonld bo remembered ths —nolty to animals used for food slway . feactod upon tho oonsumcri by destroysgaisnt ernefty to animals afforfing ns milk, and every other spooisa of iuhnmsnity, nnd concluded, amicTlond applsnso, with a vigorous appeal for birds'

Black Lice Saeqnes, aacques, to bo worn as m:

ana. says a New York f slightly shaped to tho fig-

'his description applioa -

peoially to tho llama lace saeqnes wl orn. Those range in price from • $70 ; very desirable ones cost S

$10. Saeqnes of yak lace nro tho caprice rf tho moment, bnt this fancy will

probably bo transient; heneo it is •ir to buy llama, as it has now bee staple face, thongh objected to at y many faatidiona people. Yak icqnes cost from 855 to $100, and t "ango from $50 to *880?' Modi

journal, ax

d alternately a ribbon, cost fro

sortion, strip-

dgo ia oat in deep scallops, slid Unbilled with two rnffiea of bonded loco. alcoves these cost $80. Many liens yak aacques arealiin shown ; see wrought in a single pioeo, and nsnally tho long recoding Medioii with short back.

Then

Other Floods,

to that in ths 2

tho’amount of damage done and tl number of livea lost Tho story i “ Runaway Pond ” in Vermont Is t. miliar to everybody. In 1810, Lot Pond, in Glover, assisted some me ‘ attempting to charge its on

ih purpose, that it emptied i

•elf in a fow minutes, thongh the pond was a milo and a half long and half a isth of the flood bad tune to escape, rat great damage woa done to^iroperty to Lake Momphremagog. A few yearn •go a reservoir in tho Nangatnok Valley, in Connecticut, gave away, canoin;

‘ d os traction to property in thi

aotnring villages below, bnt. il we remember correctly, canning loss of ' '*1 than half a dozen instanoce, ... _ great fall freshet of 1871, the reservoir between Conway and Aahfield, noed to atore a supply of water for the Conway factories, broke sway, carrying

-7017 bridge on tlio “Dram below, i— i. si— town of Oonwejr'

lives

of $10,000 or 815.000, at

. This reservoir

eighth as large aa that whicl gave way at Williamabnrg, bnt it modi what the Conway people tbought waa I great flood. The dam has since beet rebuilt on an improved plan, and ia believed to be secure. Spiders and Their Webs,

rider usually oansti 1 perpendicular

oharaotaristio distinction between this and other families of spiders. Bat it has been found that .t »_ jpidor oau vary tho form

ro of its wob very consider-

ably according to eiroamstancea. This ' well shown by an experiment made y a Germon-observer. He enclosed ro garden apidere in a prismatic penise, with a view to see how they would behave in this abnormal T -*'•-

ourse of two days the a

and one of tho radividnsls wi partly devoured by the other ; torious anider bad woven ovei and on the inside of tho oovi angular web one-half to ono a thick, ten oentimetroe long, a

or font broad, with tho threads lying mostly parallel with one anothor. This •aider had no room fora wheel-shaped web, the inside hdfcht bribe case being ' greater than tho aplder'r

. In tho

ta body,

Mystery. lystory, says t Oshkosh Norttaeettem, is connect

, i Sixth, word, which at tho Jure and has siooo canoed tha greatest interest, curiosity and oxeitomout e bined. On {ping to the church

Sunday morning, crape —-

i——i—from thodoor-k

r surprising, but stiU greater

consternation when 1 —

e church door.the entire ii

of thoedifieei .

, palpi!, wills,!

—~ ible places w trimmed with deep crape. It preoentod

lystory. He who hod authorised

ns hod apparently broken

done it. > into the el

leged ia v — _ clmrcliwas not effaced In an

any particular, had the tiling

whole thing iyj^aattor^af surpriae

equality insights with others have, thero* ia resjxrasibility, not an

The tiring needful first in eatablishJig a base of operations for tho help ot ho people, against thoae wire —’ nighty in cunning to devour tbeii itanoe, U integrity; and with it b ho courage of conviotioni and lh< iciousness of independence. With heso we are oqnipped for tbo Bold,

siderationa of keeping faith *it_ . _. Biibscribore, and of honorable dealing with the pnblio at large, as well as ot onr own moral attitade, urge that ’ our columns the reading matter a the - advertisements should always kept sport and distinct, and that Un should bo between the Press and tho State a separation aa clearly defined aa between tbo State and the Ohureh. This meant, iu regard to tho distino tion ot • nflvortinomouta and reading matter, that wo have apace to sell, not opinions of > which wo make merchandise ; and in reapect to the separation of tho Proas and tho State, it doei not ta eon abseil co from affaire, bnt identity with tho people—activity with prodnoUto industry, not partnership with consuming officials and their co-operative Tho Advertiser is, however, tho difficnlt person to deal with. Ho is often in need of admonition and inatrnction the^ knowledge of that which B bel! our colnmna. "X'JnuBt'flx the"?

advertisers—that :iat solely by the gl

' the lu

of snpiiort—that newspaper property is, like other property, fairly productive if carcfally managed—that thosubacribor, decently dealt with, gets his moneytbat tho advertiser does not bestow i benefaction nnd confer a solemn an< everlasting obligation, but engages in i transaction of a purely bnsineoa ohareo ter for his own benefit—that ho doei not patronize tho Proas, bat that tilt Press fnrnishoa him tho indisponsabh moans of reaching the pnblio, andwhoi ho has paid tlio bill, ia on cqnal footing with him. Now if he proposes to par ohaso anything more than space, lb< advantage of good position and tb< most attruotivo stylo that can bo offered for the display of hia matter, ho mis-

|hey have occupied for n long til Press, it may bo, if they cannot oi onr colnmna os they please, that , will withdraw their inestiiHliblu boons

d proceed so iril of misfort

enough to determine tlio law busineso, and to "relegate" t vertiser to hia own proper part paper; and there con bo no doubt that tho managers of newspapers who ha< tho nerveto lay down tho law and Hi. up to it, will find themselves sustained on all aides, keeping the good things

mgthenod ban mines of tha fn of tho nowaapor a

In the :

ro" between tl ie general enter and luatrnction,

viduul p«posoi; i the right line onoo for ali-that matter shall bo published ao that fact will not bo concealed. If oonld be declared and eatabliabed by the Prett as an invariable rule, an immense and perplexing embarraaamciit would bo removed. Advertising agents ore vigorous in their opinions, and il seems to bo theli finest stroke of business to tbnut an advertisement into a place where they ore told it cannot go, and. to get rates which they are assnred it is impossible to obtain; but in spite of tho theory of a advertisement has strength that .. I paragraph or an editorial notioe lot have. Tho Advertiser ' ir knowledge of the tranaae which ho is eogsged, snd knows express himself sbont them in tho most telling terms ; and when be goes before the pnblio fairly, giving hia own r’ — ont expreasion to hin annonnoei identifying it with firm name and • ’ii sa tho official tone,"for it.by aalhority on the enbject treated, and has the vslae of obvions verity, “-ay busmen* mm thoroughly — stand this. Their expert!

II is, looal or editorial, gledint •' -

bat appears si Ihs thing ■t of any false pret-nse I, or of on article smng-“-stil

hearts of the negotiators ■ demand the deception

is important to teach tho other*. • • -'lould know that an advertiaenot conspicuous in proportion lisplsyed—that there is a great nee of typo without attroetivei to tho eye—that excessive solioitoil repnlaive—that if tho classifloo- , of advertisemonta it careful and complete, and the meke-np of the paper aooording * *— s ” -'-‘m-

aide or outside, first page or

Tho coolie traders do not take kindly to the notion of the Chineee Governin destroying their trade, f jn coolie Ships were lying in 1 harbor when the imperial edict went Into effect. The captains, thought it wonld be a jocular proceeding to fire mi mi to guns and half-mast their flags during tbo day which marked thr *—

iaoso Government very much. It -uddenly recollected that there wi port regulation against firing cannon without official permission; and the jolly sea-dogs were haled before n msg istrste and fined $100 each. It is said

What requires more ptriloaopby than taking things os they oame ? Parting with them la they go. A New York lady paid first-class fare through to Detroit for her poodle In order ta have tbe animal with her. Many millions of caterpillars, according to tho Salt Lake Afars, are bstehing on the trees in Utah, and threaten to destroy lira fruit crop. “ We see," said Swift, in one of hia moat aarcaitio moods, " what God Almighty thinks of riches by the people to whom he giygji thorn.” A beautiful thought—that two little street Arabs will ait down ond sunk molasses off their fingers with more real joy than kings or prinoes ever feel It is not generally known that South Carolina oxompta all newly-established mannfaetnren) from State taxation for ten years after they begin bnaineaa. A yonng lady who hod loot, or misnlald, her bean, waa advised to “ bang np her fiddle.” Bho said the advice did great violence to her heart-strings. Life is an auction whore we hear little else than “ going, going, gone 1” He does not slway! get tho beet bargain

i donbt it." s s remarkable foot connected with sya tho HI Lonis Republican, that . s -atriola r—’ ’

Judge Stockton of Now Orisons rule* ml a dagger er knife, whether it be jorp or doll, and a pistol, whether loaded or unloaded, ore dangerous and forbidden weapons, A rooster at.Windsoi, Vt, attacked boy four year* old, and knocking him own, gave him five wounds in the bead with his spurs. Tbo old cock didn't 'five long to crow over his exploit, howWhen ths Miealssippi overflow aubiides all the river oonntiee will have to remodel their maps, for the old Father

indly.

Tho Fort Dodge Timet lells of on iminent divine who ia trying his infennity to invent e hell of sufficient inonsity for druggisto. Ho considers tho ordinary hell hot enough for saloon keepers ; but he despairs of doing jus-

’’ce to the druggists.

Tho 81 John, N. B.. mill operative!

j.. nun operatives

„ that they have xndoned the eighth section of their itutlon, which requires members • work in tho some mill with those nlonging to the association. Thia will have tho effbet of settling ell diffi-

eulties. j

8. T. Fi-Ms ssys, In one of his !ooires, that tho extravagant indolont oil, who, having overspent his in>mo, is sumptnonsly living on the as found one day hilariously seated. r tue ilia and cooking his own tail m ‘

copper kettle for dinner.

Mianionarles who have, visited the southwestern portion of the Indian Territory say that tha Indiana have greatly improvoa within twenty years. More land is eultivatod, snd there is more life and enterprise iu the country; this, too, notwithstanding tbe immense ’ ’ ittle snd property dnring the _.>echer recently announced from his pulpit that he wiahed to raise $500 for a benevolent purpose. “ Now,” said he, “ there are about 8,000 pereona t, nnd if all pay a half dollar that too mnoh. Wo have tome dol- __ n, some balf-dallar men, tome qnorter-dollsr men, toms shilling men, - imo sixpenny men, some three-oent

ill nut give o penny."

A Dangerous Experiment. At a meeting of the French Academy if Science, M. Bounty laid before it a nemoir by Mr. Bourrel, a veterinary lUrgcon of Paris, entitled a “ Complete [■routine on Rabice in the Dog and Oat, rith a Method of Preserving Oneself Against ll” The means of preserving

le knowledge of which is th lira of this memoir, oosl- 1 iff the edge of the teeth tbe aid of nippers and 111 h.A th« A.rinn tn narto

s operation of filing down the teeth — three dogt when they were in a condition of raging madness, notwithstondiig tha danger of inoenlation he ind both daring the preliminaries

who precipitated themselves on them and bit them furiously, bnt withon!

a er peri men tec ig six months,

ed daring si .

not show itself in any of the Humuer. M. Bourrel, convinced that the blurted tooth of tho dog oonld not penetrate throngh clothing, gave his hand, oov- —■* -ilh a glove, to ono of the mad “ When,” he says, " the diw reit, tbo glove woa intact, and the d only produced a deep imoraeThia experiment, reposted on dogs who wore not mad, to which I gave my naked I land tr “•* *—'

tha! the H—'— 1 •

rarely, hoi

break the epidermis of animals, w&oU hair neoeaaarily deadens the pressura exerted, and can only injure the baman

A Queer Case. on went to the station honse at Cleveland, Ohio, and, after heislating - few momenta, requested the Borgosnt j put him under arrest. Being oaked to explain so atrango a request, he produced a fine gold watoh worth between 1100 or $200 and stated that he had itolen it a fow boara sinoe from a honse ra the Detroit road. Ho hod stolen it n order to bo tent to tbe penitentiary for grand larceny. Ho had, he laid, noon out of the workhouse but a few weeks and daring that time he bad made two Dips on a lumber barge. He bad fonnd the labor so irksome that be ’eoidod to commit some offense ... -rich he would be seleneed to tbe penitentiary, and he hoped thus to escape tbe exposare and toil cf oat-door work. Tbo Sergeant offered to charge ’'m with vagrancy, and canoe him to i again sent to tho workhouse. The Tor he firmly declined and insisted ran being arrested on a '.charge of •and larceny. Hie strange request ss at length granted, a e3l waa assigned him, and the eriminal ehinre was placed opposite hla name on tho "'otter. The priooneris an American, SSrLSS