VOL. VI.

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CAPE MAY CITY. N. J., WEDNESDAY,* JULY 1. 1874^

NOJ9.

STAR OF THE CAPE.

1 STAR OF_THECATE aur'cnr, a^T

kU arrauuM i» m*l» •• «n«lr>d by U". w. TrCwaaius. wub* u>d

in THK HOSPITAL. A loW'ioo/ed room, in n quiet bonno, in n quiet oonntrT town near the border of South Wales. Two ladies presMrm. VaoghaD, the elder of the two, rook np the paper and read aloud for the aeoond time- “ On the 13th IntL, at Malta, bj the chaplain of the regiment, John Wallen, eaptain in Her Majesty's Fiitrthlrd loot, to Amy Kerr Donaldson, only child of Philip Donaldson, of Kerr Manor, Dnmfrieaahire, and ISBelgnre aqnare, London." " Edith," abe said at last, “it is foolish to take it in that way. I thought yon bad more spirit, I did indeed." There waa no answer—nothing bnt the long, quirering sobs; and abe “lam half torn I showed it to yon: bnl 1 didn't think yon would hare eared so much. And, really, to go on believing in a man who has forgotten aB about you, and I don't beliere erer

a. “I cannot bear It. Ob I I cannot, cannot bear it T And the young head sank lower yet behind the tightly intertwined fing— which supported it. “ These violent, childish griefs at_ quiet tbemselres, 1 ' the widow said to herself, as she went sway, dosing the door behind her; and she was right. When, a couple of hours later, she retained to the room, Edith's grief was S ite quiet. The girl was Inng in a id faint on the floor, the newspaper still clenched in her small, soft handC Edith and Mrs. Yanghan w< tan-in-law, the latter haring n n»mW vanghan, the gin's brother, half a dotsn years beck ; but her husband was dead now, and Edith, who had lived with him aiuoe her

d to Urn on a in the FiftyirisiL

m Beatrice Yanghan be_er marriage, when she wae a gay ig London beauty and he a beard-

r heart on remaining and becoming e of the sister, in the modest little Hones of Mercy erer which e new-found friend held wiee end gentle sway. Mn. Yanghan let her stay. It waa a year of great erenta and greater trouble The Crimean war had broken out, and alroaiy the cry wexed loud that the death-roll of aoldiers waa muting lo a fearful pitch for

heed of her , she threw herself breach; and, atimnlsted by her example.

Yanghan. It had been intended to ***■ ‘ omen of middle age and e~ licknoas; bnt Edith pleadi_ jueaaingl£b> be allowed to ilded. ’ ‘

set to work

many

patient hefpfalneasTwl

And so the young girl brsroly, end had already u

fn,” she shrank back from the bed, as white as death and half fainting; for in

ghastly, anoonselons man, whose listed arm the doctor was holding,

she recognised the oanso of all her

sorrow and exile—Jack Walters. dangerous, ” said the surgeon, ng the wounded arm. “ Ob, r, no 1—hot naaty hnrta, too. The has been lying in one of tbi— tched tents outside the eamp three days; and so, in addition to ! haa got a touch of fever, which

look to. A brave lad. too, pi — fellow I and will be mlased In the regi-

■ant when—hallo I nnrae, yonr hands re shaking again. Aren’t you all right “T thought you said the wounds ’

not dangerous.” Edith faltered, her lipe

whiter than over.

“ No, not the wonnds, but lover might be dangerous; and anyhow, what could a man with hia aword-arm crushed do in a regiment f Now, look here, nureo, I leeve him in your charge for to-night. There ia nothing to do but keep him cool, change the bandagee if required, end give him e drink now end

here you leeve him II, end keep your i*t afford to neve

my heed jnat now ; bnt I love von so dearly—yon will be patient with me, drawing her oloaer to him, “ do yon —ink away end speak so ooldly T” Oh, Jack I" The poor little girl had borne e greet deal, bnt this paropening of her eruel heart _ was loo mnch, end the tear* rushed out fast and free ae she answered—“ Deer Jack, please let me go. Yon ought not. Yon have forgotten. How ean I be yonra atm T Jack, don ere ill >w : bnt, think of yonr wMol" “My wife I" For one moment Jack Walters loosed his hold, staring at her ea if ho thought her brain was turning —“ I have no wife. Whet wife could I have bnt yon 1 Who haa been lying to yon ? Child, child, don't cry like that,” For with the oonsoiontness of some terrible black olond of error suddenly melting away, Edith had quite broken down end wee kneeling at hie bedside, weeping as il her heart would break. “SaSing," said Jack, foobly-for his strongth — **"— *

and he found the fees his I „

in the old days—" there's been son cursed treachery here, end I can't ta —tw; only beliere this, I love yon as d the first day yon were mine, as ive done ever since. Yon do belie

2ieart, child—we os

ily noticed one

thing—Jack. Poor Jack!

slotting together the brown curls which had mingled with her golden locks in their last “ good-by " kiss little more then e year ago. Poor Jack 1 She had deedjitwea not in her nature to feel; ' had to eay over end oi T ~k is married—Js- 1

sort of litany to

oneness of now oved him. Dearly I aye.

Postpaid Ur

letter match by marrying yonng Yanghan, the fashionablephysl- : Bt. Gotthold's-on-Bea.

out, ha took an opportunity of telling Edith that she had won him to entirely ' vaaes leva him, end

tfll aha had promised lo be hu little girl oonld hardly believe him, and raised a pair o* —^ ‘- J — * *

'•Jack, yon know I love you, and you an a great deal too good for me." Mrs. Vaughan received the ne soon as aha earns la. Jack was gc then ; and Edith rushed straight I

ly sh

dearly

■nflMag ban, Daeanae he had preferred the path of duty end honor to aeae end riches with his yonng wife. Looking -• i't! now, she almost forgot, *- *— r pity, that he ' ’ ' himself by hisend ee she bent u>w, uuu, se pillows, end changing — S his hot heed,-aha fonnd hereelf np a simple little prayer Y aid help her to save him for

yonng wife.

The night won slowly on; and tr— loaning, tossing, and muttering in hit iveriah pain, Captain Walters had dropped into e quiet sleep, end Edith

set beside him, fanning *•— thin feet; while every i large test gathering in fell on the clinched bro a

Poor Jack! poor Jack I" mannered n — thing, pitifully; end jut then e she bed forgotten her litany.

drops oatohing

... on the soldier's wrist, she stooped end kissed it away, .’SKridr- 7 --' “

kiss, gentle

wee anything in I it wee, which

however. Mm Yanghan was very much surprised; so much so, indeed, that she turned quite white end qneer, ]

■ to think for, some minutes

Oder e delnslo: convince Edil > love Jack, Mr in complaining i. dousing the air of

ried off Edith for a trip to Paris; and during their absence the Fifty-third

was ordered to Malta.

And ao these yonng levers were asperated, end, for e Umo—indeed, ell the six months they remained in Parti— letters went swiftly to end fro from

Halle.

II was throe weeks stooe Edith had heard from Jack when she reaehed her home, end the girl rather expected to find a lengthy epistle awaiting her them ; for her last letter had told him the day of their return home, end signified her wish for such a welcome. Alas I her hopes were dobra ' - pointmrnt Ther. was not and aha would hare written again to reproach him had not Mm Vanghan told her that men hated to be scolded for not writing. Ik wen Invade they waited V week, in vainest Edith wro They heard Yccidentally of I gaieties at Malta, later of L WeHsrs's long-looked-for p and fatter still of the regim ^ ‘ ^ ‘ ir hTmself* room ottoday with an in her hand, and ndlin. to. » and saddened girl to her side, fin her gently that alfc was the boa bad aewu, nad then road bar the

the peaceful sleep Edith's gentle n trmtions had procured him ; end she raised her head. Jack's eyes arv—

mmiseion to see you Main, and end y misery of suspense ? Love. Hid MW ver think that I suffered? It was

could not misinterpret. “ I was never eruel, or cessed to love you—how ooald I?—and I wrote to you long after your letters eeeend. Jack, yon know I did.”

“Edith, is that truer

She only looked at him, but the mute iproeeb wee touchiny in its childlike -ignity. Hie hot fingers tried to roach hers, as he boned her pardon, and added—“But, Edith, forgive me for cot understanding. 1 am very weak in

» of total depravity, a rosyI compendium of original ain ; i wa must antieipete he will be, the newspapers sadly belie the Ihe present. When, some time ago, we related the story of those exceedingly enterprising young gentlemen of e certain English academy, who -ire finished end desperate duelists at e mature age of ten, we^thoaght toe ien reached. But there is e college Canada which could give toe Engih academy odds in the way of infane wickedness, end beet it hollow. Whet, after ell, is e duelist, however * *- - Thug of toe good old

'■— In toe way of

‘ ? That

of, by

. tataet— cret society of Thugs, bound ^togetoer

latter, and on toe appointtoo base-ball ground, toe

xe to have bognn. Tho intended viotims, however, made a most unorthodox reeisunoe. and ont of the youthful bend of Thugs, ell of whom armed with -knives end pistols, Ice had courage enough to use his weapons. He fired his pistol, shot another boy in too heed, end then fled, while his associates were inglorionsly ft sncii are the pleasing result- of ' itiou, it is not at all surprising to that street boys, who have not en-

joyed toe softening infli academic course, take I

.^'tavern; litE put her fr and kissed him with a p ' oomfortably, that you

one, and I

; and Edith had not long to wait for an explanation of toe ernel error which had nearly blighted their two lives ; for on the following day the English mail came in, bringing news of „ ,* 1 X 41. . ._ .1 l.t

confessed, with moot that it was the who had the plot to part toa two yonng

• I eared for Jack before ever I map thought be cared for me; but he wee and I hated poverty, so I threw

ir for Garrett Vanghan. afterwards, when *”

ho hspe devil

beck to

_tl oonld

afford to indulge my heart

py, you stepped in. I tlr—. - - Based mo ; for when I •topped

letter of youre to him—telling ' day yon would be iu Eng! no aim beyond giving hn

, ry disappointment. It only when his angry note came, ai i— n—jc it needed to mol

I resolved to go on. _

toonght oi winninj; Jiun a^ein.

lee still, said, wonderingly— . little Edith 1 She oonld hive sunken to the ground, in her embarssament at being so diseovered ; bnt she tried to forget that the eyes regarding her were tboM of her ex-lover—tried to

forget that aha hereelf bnt toe] hospital nnrae e

1. in soft, st—x yon must not talk, or you will make yourself worse. You ere very

ill."

“ 111 r Jack repeated, more wondertngly still; end if ill, ho yet give Satisfactory proof of hia strength not being

SnUri^-suS

_ only wished to punish

ing me ; end in e leaser ueura>. taking him. That letter yon gi to poet I bnrat, and, so I did tl oud ; beaides interocpUng all thi ' n him. Yon were so simple, , would trust in me so Implicitly, I it wee mere child's play to outwit ; and If I had not really thought might easily make s bettor-'*-*' bonld have pitied you. Bu. started,^ coulunh leeve^ off; end the like an inspiration. I actually saw one announcing toe marriage of a Captain Walters in toe Fifty-fifth pert of which, if yon had remembered, wee also stationed at Malta ; end it was only copying it from toe East Dumbloemre paper, end altering a letter end figure. I toonght yon would easily get over yonr fancy, once suspense wee at an endand your long sufleriiig surprised end •hooked me. Edith, I swear my life elcoo bee been one long L ,

end yet, though I felt you would meet him when you wrote me you were go-tu w d lug to Soutsri, and though I would nolj H tll( could not confess what I half dons *

while I lived. I am dying now, ' ' ask yon to forgive me—if not at — later, when yon and he ere happy together. You will have nothing '* for now, for. all I have Is yonra.' Poor, poor Bate I ” wee ell Edith

quite gone, by putting ont his: drawing Edith, despite her re close to him—••nil why, I mm mad, raving mad; or-Edito, ia yon? My God I it can’t be fancy. 1 "No, no; it is Edito," the girl said.

, stgoawa,. said yon were to b. kept qnlel." ’Te did not pay the least attention to words, bnt ley holding her lest, end gasping for breath; bnl when she was aileot, he Aid. quickly-" Go on. ° '-*- mo again, or I esn’t believe it

i seems whirling."

_ ened Us* toe ferer might return, Edito knelt down, end raised his heed on her era, begged him, in her •oft, oooing loose not to excite himself.

wee not for this you gave me up?" ’

Tsve you up 1 Oh, Jack " far had Edith got. when she i led Me feeble state, and arid ; but Jack board toe half-utte end felt toe passionate tor

1 man: but pun U a -, and Jack had bad

ES

sua

pains of mind os wall ae body' daring

toe pert josx. He made^ up^ his n^ ^ Tt • Im uJtozZtr. or none.” 1 W “ , **hi”as

s-aSShT ■

a brief n<

It U not pleasant, certainly, says U lew York Timer, to con temple ta U jming boy ss a desperado In tor lothes, a thief and an assaeein in jael

A PensylrnU Barm. The Pennsylvania born is e synonym for capacity, oouvenianoe, end economy, end toe seemingly disproportionate size of some of them to toe smell number of seres whies suffice to fill them is proof of toe fertility of toe soil, ss all ss toe skill o! the farmers who eulMlowing is. I fear, an „ description of a hern bnilt by Mr. 8.1. Rowland, a farmer -• * County : The main ig by 30 feet wide, and 34 feet high from floor to plate, i basement tnderneath of 9 feet, am two drire-ways aide by aide toe main floor, one raised seven hove toe lerel of toe other, eo -Then the bey is filled from one rive-way toe who* of the floor is filled

iwnright genuine depravity? u the nioe little idee tost eomi _ Ale hove of Bt. Laurent College, nt ontreel, bethought themselves of, oy sy of relieving toe monotony of their

" .?.7-

and highway rob I, aged eleven, e, otherwise kno

nstutslly te

y. Josepl id Andrea ae “Gim

n the terror of thi

Ballon oe,

py,” had long youth of JerMy nisy, wuou uo. ,oo B since they were captured. Each had in his hip-pocket a single-barreled pistol and numbers of pswn-ticketa for toe stolen jack-knives, agates, and peg-tops **-— had wrested from their luckless ns. Nor is it at all wonderful that James MoKeagney and William i, of Troy, neither of whom is yet een, quarreled the other day, they Id have promptly resorted to the le " for a settlement of their dispute. MoKeagney presented a revolver, while Tobin drew a knife, and a *•’-*—'- battle would doubtless have when one John Palmer, whose . oars have not tanght him discretion, essayed to act the doubtful^lf

the head

Bine an* Grey Uzen Bulls.

plainly mode than the d costumes. Those of darl have s belted polonaise, v gle-breeated, end with beck, that has fonr forms,

walking length, with • single scantily gathered flounce, hemmed on the edge, while above this hem are two rows oi white insertion let in toe flounce. The iloneiae also has two rows of inserted eedle-work, and no fanciful ed

•It and sash of black velvet.

Gray linen auite ere nude with

looking, loose, double-breasted English jackets and long apron skirta._ _ A

bias band pi^ed. with brown^oi

sid”-pleatecl ruffle is on

while the walking skirt his two plea ings. The buttons are of gr-y line!. aet in a sort of binoiog or born of boos, blue, white, brown, or black, to match toe pipings. The suit -»»*-— ■> eoes coats 913 or $14. • two skirts ere worn with s white

pleated blouse-waist There s long polonaise enite similarly ti

at similar — 1 —

Serviceable for these suit!. Bnff linen is very pretty, bnt has had its day pcpnlanty. The large batton-mou] covered with linen ere only teen on 1

year's suits.

tsualiy appropriated for e drive floor, md eo lorn, ia utilised and made to hold i quantity of hay seven feet in thickleea. Beneath the up per drive floor re too grain bins, plseee for chaff; end unnels, by which hay or straw ia pasajd to too stables below. There is e wing attached to toe bam 62 feet long ‘ 32 feet wide, and 16 feet high to the lies, with a 10-fcot basement beneath r cattle. Tho front cf this baaement rapported upon posts set upon stones, d is open to toe barnyard, making a e shelter for cattle and cover for more. Tho wing ia divided into two iws, each 23 feet wide and 32 feet long, and a drive-way 16 loot wide be- * them. One of tbese mows com-taU-s with toe main bam. and is ing-moebine. The thrashing ia done in the upper floor of toe main bam ; straw is then pitched over toe beam clean grain is run down into toe bins, end the chaff into tho chaff-room bo- ‘ the floor. A covered bridge-wav lo the upper floor in tho main . and beneath this bridge-way is toe cart-house and store-room for tools. Adjoining the oert-honse there is a root collar, with doorway Into too feed on- ‘ * in toe basement, and over toe root ir ia tbs granary, 28 feet long by 18 wide. The bom is built upon a hillside, with a slope of eight feet in fifty ; the front drive-way rises 2| feet, and, by reason of the slope of too ground,, it is bronght np to the level of *ho upper part of the wing. Anything mloaded, therefore, from toe upper main hero floor into tho wing is pitched down, and not np, saving a great deal oi labor. At the east end oi toe main ho floor joists project anflloiontly

Saved by a Bear. For several mornings, jnat after dayreak, two hunters, who had located -xeir cabin on toe banks of Stewart's Greek, in the heart of the Kentucky '"* * Ture aroused by the shrill panther, seemingly does -x- -• at length determined to hunt the animal, though one of toe men declared his belief that it waa an Indian rose, by which they wore to be drawn into on ambush. However, the fourth morning they quietly arose, seised their rifles, end taking separate paths, so as to approach from different directions, ' started to " stalk *' the catamount. Unfortunately it proved to be as too hunter had feared. It wee an ambush, laid by four wxrvioni, 'and toe pioneer who first arrived Ui roach of too concealed rifles, fell with a bullet through *- i - heart. The other wee. for toe mont, more fortunate. Hearing the :nd of firing, and realising what the la against him were, he turned and bed away tbrongb toe undergrowth, taking a coarse directly away from tho °Bnt ?.o‘T&. Indians,

24 feet*ong. f The w'helo’ rangaofbuih. ings is therefore 164 feet long, and furnish perfect protection *" i-

ud too farm-house from

rest winds.

phries—snob was to eded for two 'lining his lead avo shaken ihe

■onla^roba-

Tompkins* boy heaven and awon „ _. your common revenge ; bnt the regular dime novel edrt. Thia is how it ell

happened.

Tamjjkins' boy had scalped^ Btowr n-nph in his belt. He had Eecn res ing fractional currency literature, « this was the result Last week ho w a pirate, and hung thirteen cate to tl yard arms. This week ho began i career ea an Indian scout by catting i his father's perforated bcckskin nnd< clotbee for an Indian suit, trimming it with beads from bis mother's velvet olosk^whUe her new bonnet^ for his head-dress.

s perilon

Iren of the neighborhood, and if a boy, unguarded by hia father, ventured out, Tompkins' bo^', skulking behind

tree, w l an

treated as 1 them It i

boy of

■S"

itonishing ing mind

Bnt all these nooio vho rotuf* tho Bible

nndown, whci j was Tempi

’aheadwith bowse

*ing hurled to'tho bottom. .. ^to pufia^W. - ‘

eybawk hlr

to further continue hia High ia a great stake to struggle though suffering ti e grea yet Humphries oootinuci slightly ahead of hia pur length, after descending qni

itared 1

other side banks of i

s lovi

mpoasihh

hnod'by'a

toat^be^nldnot.'V find a place of cuti to bis right, he fo poplar tree had boo ing directlv into to,

entirely a<

•brak” er Towar/t

ittle strength there was X i.x .1, of

rwhcrTj'Vc ano, and reaching

long the body leaped down

Getting a Photograph.

Ho was a very pleasant spoke

ist photographer. Ho said

ice day, and that wo needed un, and that the Arkanaas t

^‘toreedrffi ooked withont

iraatoT half length, bust, face, or whaU I told him “ or what," and ho yanked

JSto-.

ards I “ hidin

iJ and nnder the hank where toe kusbee wore ' leavicst, Hanlly bod he snooccded^ in

! this when he heard the I

Arkansas difllcnlty id that photographs per dosen, no orders io cash in advance.

then ordered mo to si

iddenly s new actor appeared upon ,e acene. ^ A deep, angry roar, rather ?her two cubs, dashed across tho log id fastened herself upon tho now frightened Indism The fight jipon tho irco straggles tho two combatants id over and fell, locked iu a dead-

" i water hoi* "" *

had b(

made the blade* e left and sqnlnt-

^ bnt finding to the opposite*bank, and leaving th

in ha went to I

_xd cried " he. — right end squinted and shonted •• u md he came beck, aeised my heed

iirked it up until I saw ' “ That's better I" he

welk-

Bnt it w

asn't. He came back

twiat the right sbcnlder round, hnmp up my back, swell ont i chest end look straight at a butter pinned to a oorn-starcu box, and be

pleasant ee I oonld.

“ Ospital 1" ho cried, c* he vook squint through toe eemcre, “ only— And he ruibed back, jerked my he

e little higher, pulled my ears be, brushed no my hair and said I'd be!

try to emile end look natorel. How the donee " I began, 1

be waved hia hand, end laid I must j>

“ Now lit perfectly etill end do

'’hewhlspB

he ejooeeded in doing, end tl

. 1 satisfied, and for mat rs boasted that ho was probably tl

io wilderness wlioso H

BamnambulUt’s Bltoatlon.

A somnambnlistio Sensation created considerable excitement in Tarrytown days ago : “ Abont half-past fon he morning Mrs. Navens, the wife well-known msnnlsetorer owning e nua s mile end e heli above the town, iwakaning enddenly, fonnd her liege _ord absent from her (ids. As, ml though

raised an algym.

waUring ’in his riee^sbe

: in my neck, anI arid Td die first, m that butterfiy.

letter, together the tamily snrg •eying that Mm Veughen had jut ex- - : -nd, after e ehorl bnt peinfnl illnaaa ; when Jack would have added something harsher, ihe pnt her tittle hand —- •"--—itb.and said, “ Oh, Jaek, uon L nemember she is dead ; and we ere happy now. Let u try end forgive

her."

Jaek kissed the tymnnoos fingers; bnt*not being sa gentle ae his tittle love wonld not give the desired promise, only by and by he grumbled . out— “Nothing to writ fori I suppose we mut wait till my era is heeled, end my confounded lege ere strong enough to toohureh." they did; hut the legs got a; for it wu not Mr before people in Sh Gorthold's were reeding toe account of e strictly private wedding In the English chapel at Bcutari, end looking forward to the return of Mm Yang hen's sister end her bnabend to •*-- *• in High •treat.

two sou of Mr. Navens, —a—. . . np , 0

end (dinging to • cross bar for rapport. trot b£e hS“£St mnch tonirnTbuTm vived on being rescued and oared for. To get into that preeeriou situation be had walked 810 feet on e ledge of wood but two inohee wide, covering the top of e grape arbor that ran from the heel of toe house to the barn. Although had safely accomplished " • ' reaching the end of toe

explication, b

Tsar LacoBXo.—At e recent Eng- • wedding, while the bridal party kneeling aronnd too chancel, the mn poked the groom in the laughed, and so did toe hridee- "■ ' ?*££

Look out for toe beet . man ss you do (or the v

e black olotL over the breas-bonnd on of the camera and made e sudden div into bis tittle dark den. As be rattled the glees end dished toe acids abont, I

felt a big pain in my spine,i " in my oheet, another in m; other in my riba, but I uid .

end I kept my gone on that “ Beiidy now 1" hu ened, as be ji . ed out end pnt in the glees. My heed egan to bob, and toe butterfly seemed d grow ss largo as a horse, end he

ihlspered :

“ Look ont—keep perfectly still!' I braced for e big effort, end he jerkd down toe cloth. I felt u if the fete f • nation rested on my shoulders, end •took to it. Ho turned awey, and I xeard him talking softly to himself. After abont an hour end e half he ™* np the rag, jerked ont the glue end into toe den. He wu ont in e momi end as he held the negative np to

ran, he laid :

•■ Ah 1

to tty it

eye. This beiqg toe oaee, it ia sufferer is prompted to urgently recommended that the use of vou laughter by toe three rolling towels- be discarded, and the pain hmi disappear- tons one of toe s^echd^rehiolretor the

•preadof

the eyre—one by which thousands of workingmen ere annually deprived of

, grinds it to flour, tens H slightly, mixes it in taioe its weight of powdered white s||K^U

then presses It into tablets.

\bsae tablets ran be dissolved at any time in hot oroold water, making at

John Yu Baron's Wit.

The following story is told by the odienspoUs Sentinel: A lady well nown in New York society bu recently IT. “

at it ie en

„ , . and ho jnat.quietly lifted Tompkins* boy up by that ear end stood him on too cuds of his toes, while India rubber tost had boon warmed in the fire, aud he talked with him quietly about his depravity, and pleaded with him to ahaudou his blood-thirsty life

fresh lift on the ear with his left hand, while he drew ont a Bible from his monnt to Tompkins' boy. This resding d.d not interest Tempkins' boy, bin “ *' partioularlv drawn

E YOU.VG f

1 ■EKCHAim.

x wo or (lime years ago cnere sp-1 ,

peered in the Cbmpaeion e highly in- . „ , terosting work of art. It wu a com- Don t let water wash off noh soil ud pound plot are. Looked at from one ! ^teriorato toe fertility of the laud, point of view, it represented "Thei The yonng lady that everybody wants Man who Sold Eggs,” with a oounte- j and yet nobody wants—Mie(s)fortuna. nance u jolly and delightful u it was j \ matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks T!>» other ride it mast be a very small beae ball that

Bought Eggs," can be caught on a fly.

IX • A monster hotel is being erected in he time almost I tine hundred end fifty-fivo days of

tly u gold. i sleighing were enjoyed in some parti iter Bob St. Glair end Tim Bar- : of Wisconsin daring the put season, ’ere two yonng gentlemen who, ! “ Never bnrn kindly-written letters, their parents, were boarders at! the mate utterances of those afar,whoso Briggs' select ho"' * * j jug *

ook the Componsor

reed it together w lo good fellowship. Their sym-

pietnred “ The e poor wretch with haggard —.nken eyes, the ■

fact that eg

pathlf of the “ Man who Bonght Eggs bi when they turned to " The Man wl; Sold." a silence followed, which Be

was tho first to break.

“ I say. lot's bny a pallet, Tim?"

wfSqwor

_ .’ord of Englieh, Ottawa lut week to a „

ipeak e word of French. They antic '■*■ mspeakablo happiness.

oonld

smagglc enough From the table

hsr—and—she d lay lots of eggs 1' Tho more they talked abont tho hen,

tho more strongly did tho ogg business commend itself. They wore ambitions boys, and both felt very unguine that a good pqllot, well managed, ,A

ST* *’ *

Beeswax ; what will the impedenoe his world eomo to, I wonder 1 Why, they^mlght sa^ welMeH mo tost Dnlnth paper ssvs one of tho ms running into Lake Superior from tlio north is celled Temperance bceenso it is tho only one of tho

known to 1

ve her^pre^r ,t it wu qn

jndioci

as more psrticniarl^ dr

the site of tha^good lady's boarding. let might be lodged end fed without InwinTcuiouee to any one. wu not quite oxhsnslccF* In leu then twenty minntea after breakfut the next scouring the poultry market. An old fanner came in with dressed fowls for •‘ How ranch do yon uk for yonr first-class chickens ?" asked Bob, jingling tho flvo-oout coins in his poeket. '• Twenly cents a pound. There's a

" O. we—wo v Negotiations

dork-bn

itnrslist that moeqnih ;er and more bloou-th , -wing ti» ton moist sr with yonr ea

by his kitchen door, and wucuevrr » ‘ramp comes abont^and begs^lor a djn(ing four feet square in tho garden, but ■ho tramp invariably refuses to-paythi*

ESii chips for

the Bros

The n

i*r Iodise

sti^e°hast

c death, he made each the blockce distant. Thia

only man in tho wil had been uved by e

A Yalnable Recipe.

Hot alnm water ie a recent ragg >en insecticide. It will dcstr end black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz bags, and all toe crawling —*- —‘-’ li inleaf — *■ •"-*■■

night Tompkins' boy^ walked

x toe moonlight, ho felt a dull add ami a sharp pain in toe calf of bis ig, and stooping down. fio palled ont sharp epiko nail tied on to tho end of *' * " * • ' itraightonod np he

osrity^ of ^ pulling

is; then apply it with a brush, wh& dy boiling hot, to every joint and crevice in yonr closcte, bedsteads, pantry shelve*, and the ;iike. Brash toe crevices in the floor of too skirting or Slop boards, if yon snspect that IJjoy harbor vermin. If, in whitewashing a eeiting, plenty of alnm U added to tho time, it will also servo to keep insects at a distance. Cockroaches will flee toe paint which hu been washed in cool alnm water. Sager barrels end boxes can be freed from ante by drawing e chalk mark Jnat around toe edge of the top of thorn. The mark most bo unbroken, or they will creep over it; bnt e continuons chalk mark half en inch in width will set their depredations at naught. Powdered" alnm or borax will keep the chintz bag at e respectful distance; and travelers should el ways carry a package in their *—".begs, to scatter over r—*

pillows in plaoee where

o focmdhlm’in^he*! mo the fnn began. Fortnnately, ad a tittle rattan cane with him. Tompkins' boy by tho nape of and the seat of bis pants, and cross tho top rati of that fence, . very whack came down, Tompkina' boy jumped sixteen inches high. Brown's dander waa np, and it wu the hottest engagement Tompkins' boy wu ever in, and made him eo sorohe'll have " down some other way for too week. Brown took ell those not' r bo fit for onythlng bnt e Sir missioncr, and Brown bed to tic pounds of fat bacon to uvo hi tom toe lock-jaw.j—Jbef Stoper. Prevention of Bnnstroke. the seaaono f sunstroke is si hand,

allowing snggeatic

given scientific — —- cr will be worthy of reeding by ell are compelled to be much in tlight during the best of toe day :

.._ r account of ai— written by toe party himself.

--tfforinq e 1 »■— — ,K “ ■

E35SL _ _ the attack, id having to a oonalderable degree covered, he experienced suffering el

1th two linings—one of orange -o arrest the chemical ray, and green to arrest tho heat ray. Thus prej ~ i — —a —i—— • i. rays of the perfect imet the negro _ »lor of hiB being cf the orange yellow, mey assist in accounting for too fact I practiced upon this soggeatic ell lut summer, lined my hat wil

id of a story connected with, tho cf her first husband. That genn had, it seems, lost hia health in

manner, end, u toe war ' ae then, ho went abroad,

_ --gain it From h * * *

jonrneyed till he died

on try—let ns uy New ooutu nwuw and the tidings of his deoeese were at to his sorrowing partner, together to the information tost his body had ea preserved in e cask of nun, and m held nbjeet to her order. She et

matter rested. But u time rolled on

beoune so ranch consoled u gain into the married state.

„ lunrsi tost wheel toe cask containing No. 1 arrived, at toe end of - twelvemonth, No. 3 aooompeniod his fide to toe ship to receive hie prodoaeor. An leoount of which curious fair led John Yen Bursa to remark, in hia inimitable dry" way, “If poor M. had known who would be on hand to receive him, he wonld not have con

boms la such good spirits."

The ‘'newspaper train " loft Jen City one morning lately nearly half — hour behind time, end made it ell up before reaching Trenton. Thia distance —e fraction leu then fifty-seven miles

they unifon

i n i.-S. 6 re:,- “S * .■"'"i 1

moderation of speed i New Brunswick, There wore some po

* where Utospeed wi

_ _iile end e quarter minute. Just beyond Mew Brunswick

—Good up poultry to fatten, end thev will do well up t> twelve or fourteen day*. Keep them in the coops beyond tost time, end

... smart writers. His first order to .aw recruits wae, “ Give tbr —

soup before anything else.' arrival from the Green Isle 1 I his directions, end made

T to sot on them. The first’. tty to (mi on wu e traveler, who did not appreciate “ sonp." Pat brought t*' eoup. Traveler uys, Don't went II Pet replies, “Take it, rar.” “Doi

then, vece better take it, for the < bit will ycee hove to eat before yeee bo dyed oi “)w tost." t-ii-to-.

ye of toot

o reflection that it wi • the heat of the souths

In duo time Miss Briggs' chamber aid came to tidy up Mr. Barclay 1 ! khu. She fancied she wu in delicati calth, though she weighed a hundrtw id fifty on an honest pair of scales

her mistress flew Bridget, re notice of leavingat onoe. ' to too priest's to be ehriv-

.SiXi

■•Six fl

t in b

thief entered toe sleeping nt of e young lady ir. Loninmtnoky, on Wednesday night.

fried a'

ade closi

Hiey tell of e lien that floated dov n > raging tide of Mill River in a barrel ;ting ou nineteen ei gii She stten.le.i Ily ^rengbt np in a friendlv harbor, d bu since left her barrel with nincm chickens at her heels. A lady who reoeutly died in e town ar Bangor expressed great feu, here ter death, that her hodr tiouhi ho burned and dissected by the doctor,, d she left 860 to pays man for watch-

of'"her 1 'b^ueayrere MrrieJ"im^ an-l

of a simple copper button. Tile opera* tion is simple In the extreme, and tho enough air tor a* whole day. P When the ‘SEHf SrtlTS? £5 any olfort or difHoulty. P ThiF^rial wav witueased at the Heurv tho Fourth Batha, when the inventor. M. Gosaelin, showed its proportioa. He stood upright, toe hands raised above the bead, when the water did not eomo above tho shonlden ; ho toon floated on his back with his urns crossed. Tho apparatus flannel wristoeat. It extends from tho neck to tho knees, fastened in front by a row of buttons. It is composed of a doable flannel, in the midst of which sn

com!' 1 And off wi i toe face, and ver Meanwhile, Tim, n examination of . lode, removed toe

frightened -move that i might be

ia-time approached.

g ewer. On too top of this towel, and then abut down — too eommodo seeurel;

all Bat when t and Mr. Barclay w became neceeaary chicken once more. " Has it laid yet?" lifted tho commode 1

No, it hadn't “ laid," but in ita straggles it had tipped over the fine chix - ewer and broken off one handle. bad!" uld Bob; “butwbr

oTtho’buroi

... branches, encirel „ thighs u for u the knees. From tho —itrill pert of tho principal tube live to fifteen leuer tubea diverge tn make toe rotr' '

in front who Thia improi

said to bo certain to euperzede i isting appliances in temebing swh

ring life from shipwreck.

inr.ferred tbi

forthwith chicky

Can Yon Afford It I

Gsn you afford to work "herd all day; and read, atndy, or cohrt too vaguiea f society .all night, thna wuting yoiir itatity, exhausting yonr nervous srntem, and bringing on prematnro dm-

eue, decay and old age ?

" - yon afford to eat butily, and rash to study or business, withdrawing tho nervous energy from tho digestive system to too brain and muscled, and thus inducing dyspepsin.

inquired Mr. Barclay,

turned.

Poor Tim refused to tell, and received e pretty severe punishment in consequence. Two or three limes in eon me of toe evening Mr. Barclay wondered what " that strange noise ” oonld be. Once be pulled out tho bureau to seo*if it came from behind that. But he dis-

covered nothing.

ediho drawer end chicken, more deed then alive,

laid yet,” “

had been put in

ing^ the bojs open-

who tried it also, end in many l catir -unitor my observation formly asserted that the opprrasivs heat of the eon upon too haul —ae much relieved." There ere Tapes, says en exchange, that come to ns in our dreams which go '*'"'' I dev through, looking down Wbuo we work or wander— * haunt ne long after the slumbering hours they people have dipped ay forever. Bed feces soartimeoxa with sorrowful eyes which keep hashed end qaiet, invoking e cloud shadowy memories which chase awey g light end toe brightness of or y. Then again come feoea in —- night, fair and freoh—of people we owe ’ " pay just now, or—sadder yet .. ii,.i — _„’i

Tnz Dirvznxxcz. — After

o shillings, e n

nty-flya ehflliagm dies Noe. 3 to 10 foo *- -* 1

calms shoes, eight di

spring ^.“Katisl the Bending oi e gown to ! .of any color which would I

Bob. “Depend npon it, we sha'n' coed with that chicken until we g

It waa accordingly decided to

ie fowl the ran of too room, am. . - ills the boys hod from toe breekfaatible were crumbled up end scotti 1

ver the handsome carpet.

Under this course of treatment chicken revived, end ell went well r ‘ o dinner hour. Mr. Be relay had me home, but Tim and Bob were L — the table. All et once, above the im of voice*, and the subdued clatter .. knives end forks, end toe tinkle of glass end chins ware, e queer, uncouth —=-1 waa beard from too direction of till. Everyone Uetaned. It sounded e yonng cock's first effort to crow,

of toe servants opened toe di a long-legged specimen ol

ima-pootra rooster came straddl forward. He wae greeted bye real ifisaBriggs desired an^ expUaet

n the top oi tho chest, ascend left side of the neck, and follow central line of the back ; there

body, end w of butt

yeyraoi

nt end make

life?

™ j afford to live on rich or highly-seasoned food, cat champagne , because en artificial appetite gratified, rendering dyspepsia, gout, apoplexy, in toe middle of life,

-'-met aoertainty?

Ian yon afford to commit suicide ingli"the indulgence of appetite tnd sion, adopting toe fool’s motto, “A

rt life and a merry one?"

tin you afford to indulge in feet living, dressing beyond your means, driving livery horse*, or keeping a hone yourself, when your income is --• adequate to such expenses ? you afford to smoko end ehow tobacco, tone spending from five to twenty or thirty dollars e month, injuring yonr nervous system, end thereby transmitting to children a weakened constitution, making them puny inval-

ids for life?

Oyster Culture In America.

Frank Buokland, in Land and Water, says As regards the enUiretion of the New York oysters themselves, I mnet again hold np a warning hand to American proprietors. If they go on with toe present system, the oysters will shortly run short. I pretested, eomn months book, against burning the cnlcli ere eelling their broods attached to the

it shell. I have picked ont epecifrem toe tub et SootYe, at toe top ie Haymarkot. On the two shnlli - eAOfle oyster there were no less .toreeapats. In another case

edge the ownership of the

boarder should be Fortunately a genwho owned e plaoe

■ o take

iving

»m they had mu' *~

induced to

„ Fortunetoly tlemau wee prevent who owned a ] in toe country, and he agreed to toe bird off the boys' hands, g

it. 0 Bridget w live . little lot