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VOL. VI.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEE 14, 1874.

NO. 44.

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I'»Kr.[.h a -Sink, o-

Ob. Ui. h>ppj. bippr d.,.

WlUl.. ibip knd m, .hi,,—

nviioc- " Han, Fn tired ; I'm afom’ lo bed. Com., make hatta."And Mr. and Mm. Potten van ' 1. with Dot and tbe black d( u change tbe time and I 11 be tbe aame day, but earlier in

e night lxoaght forth

aide of the Thamea, and of Tjbornia. It ia early apriog, about — a nmaet, and a little girl.

id hour after to bed. She ia

lace ia tbio and pate;

••anaiiallT,iMlecwd no

Doloorer." leMft • the toUowtoi w

THE BLACK BOLL. ■ot waa a little gid, fire yean old, only child left to her parenta, ae ether children all lay aleepimr a KUI Bounder Bleep under the four tiny mound, of green turf. The parenta poor, and lived in one poor room r the water,” that la, on the Surrey of the Thamea. The did ahe could with her needle and her on and her iron to increaac the ia of aubeiatenoe earned by her and, who plied aome myeterioua rocaiion on the river>aide, and, when * he waa not engaged in that vocation, ( performed " odd jobe ” in all parta of London. And aome of them were very I odd jobe. Ha waa one of thoae men ' who are eo very naefnl when yon hare 1 aomething to get rid of, and are at 1 your wile’ end to .know what to do ; I when, for inetanee, your little dog baa > died, and yon don’t know what to do 1 with the^jody ; orwhen there ia e con1 feoted or deatroyed. On all .nek occaHone Potten wae your man. He would * do anything for next to nothing, or at

Nor had the repnl work on which he a ployed reenlted in ;

Jew Tort; Herald, haa made a prera§ it more*nreded. (here ia an old talian prorerb in rerae, which, put ino English prone, meana September , either waahea ewey bridge* or alee e flret alteruaUTa it preaenta.^The ; drebeaa, ooneeqnent upon oondltiona | unknown even to the ementifio, which, i if not relieved by an early equinoctial r rainfall, mnat have blighted the hope*

i®. f°r

ii plaoee; om no ignnnq. wuen emile, very brightly, and hia r, eepeeially toward a children, wm B entle, and even winning. No doubt hia heart waa under the aofteniug ' "nenceof e double memory—of Dot of the tiny greree. But Potten certainly one nnpleaiant peculiarity ; there were time* when be looked tne very incarnation of aoeptimam ; diebelief atood oonfeeecd in the twinkle of hia eye, in the wrinklee round hia noee, in the linee about hia mouth, in the ' Sternly admon-

wider the neeaaaary die girl haa jut had m plain * wr * ly laid in ^the m with the moat dainty appliance#. < erwiee, the room, end mdeed the w! *■ * *—miehed app— hnddlad together in oni-of-U. plaoea, end there i«e notable ab " oaipeta from tbe floore. Whi a turn, you aee ba&ina or other ■ Oiled with a red liquid, rn.it d bean a general noee-bleeding through the house. Moreover, there is a pervading smell aa of soot, from which the experience would infer-diain-In the litUe giri’s own room table on which are arranged, lo please the ere and amell end teste, wall.Sowers, violets, primrose*, d afrojonquils, grapes, and blcodgee. Cheap photographs and cheap picture-books, which may servo to amuse for the moment, and may be afterward. deatroyed without oompuncextravagance, are directiona. When a made quite ccm- , , down by the aide of the oot, and prepare# to coax the invalid to aleep, "Am I well now, dear mum f asked

to invalid.

“ Nearly well, dear,” replies mamma. We are going to the eeaaide to-mor-pw, and then yon will get quite strong id well again." " But if Tm not wall, why can’t I go

if Dot would bo choked. There w help for it; a doctor mnat be called in, 1 — hia way to work, «r

in again in the evening. In the at mg ho came ; and Potten was then Dot waa one bright red fluab, to vary while# of bar eyae. "What ia it, air, nleaae T asked I ten, with white and trembling lip*. •• Well."said the doctor, “itial_. to tell yon, in erder that you may take.

■narlel fever.”

Potten grremed^ hosvilv,^ dropped

wenty-flre yeeta. In the ten reera rom i860 to 1*60 they were, in fact, alio, t doubled; and daring the succeedKnE.ss^.irrr more Aooerding to the ofBcial can so s, there rare in tbe Dmted States and Terri tor-

row of hem-stitch-

down by the bedside, a

in the etothea.

"Come^be a man,” said the

wi ;

Potten got np, and stared about him

ko one dutraught,

Tbe doctor gave hia directiona to Mrs. Potten ; and with a kind “ good-

ighth day waa a is in a high ah

oe ; no grapes and no bloodrmugee to moisten her poor parched pa. And. whenever her father drew ear her pillow, the, when the delirious t waa noon her, would turn away her too and mutter: "Do away, b’ack tan ; do away, b’ack nun I" The eighth day came and passed ; _nd Dot passed away in the twi'^Potten had scarcely spoken a word so long aa the fever lasted ; bat now, as he itood looking with e ghastly face, and dry, fierce eyes, at the tiny corpse before him, he eaid, in a Blow, dietinot, deliberate tone : ••Sttaan, I've killed ty child." Mr. Potten, for a moment, buabod er so be, and stared at him in blank

nia,’ vix., 21,606; employing nearly 147,000 bandi, and with a capital of $04,500,000. The only other Bute that contained 10,000 establishment# was Ohio. It is a significant fact, however, •i,mi ,tfni^,pt, Massachusetts cantainod only 8,852 establishments, over 177,000 i—a 1—ed, the capital being

Their prodnotiona •188,1*10,000; while -viUt over 21,000

ty •155,000,000. The prodnetioha of New York were over

•234,000,009 that year.

In 1860 the namberof establishments in the United States had increased to 140,438, the number of bands employed to 1,311,246, and the capital to 81,009,855,715. The number of establishments ' i New York State was that year 934 sa than in 1850; bat there waa on in'ease in the number of hands of 30,763, Pennsylvania had inereaaed aUbliahmenta 758, and the numb! lands, 75,366. In Massachusetts tin refo 676 establishments less than 1550, but the number of bands waa

created nearly 40,000.

In those ten years the number of

lance from Manxanillo for tne purpose of holding a consultation, conceived the bold project of eaptnring them, and put the plan into execution with one hundred men, eighty of whom he distributed in various points of said woods, only taking with him twenty men to undertake this bold and risky conp.de main. Arriving at a marshy pisee onground whMO ^the inaurgenta Anas, with only ten .men. penetrated to the encampment and fell on and captured Garcia tnigwex and two other individuals of importance. The order being given to sound the agreed-upon signal of the bugle, the remainder of tbe troop entered nearly aimnltaneonsly in the eneompment, firing a volley at the same time. When Garcia fonnd himself a prisoner, and after having fired two shots of hia revolver at hia captors, not having time to draw his sword, ha pointed the muzzle of the pistol at hia own person, under the jaw, and drew thetrigper, the ballettreveninose. He has been epooohleaa ever since, and had to be brought into Mandi&tety, together with hia companions.

1 he ha* to hire a judge.

it bows in front, not in loops, ited frill hemmed cat each edge strap *sKBi the middle. A r bow trims tAch cuff. Ladies m wearing the folded white lev . ea now ; in voga« for gentlemei These are quite nar\>w, and sometnm have a bit of lace or embroidery on U ends, though plain Ones ere in got 'Neckties of Swiss muslin are eewt ’ its to pats around the neck, at with a narrow Malines or Vale

a who invented

These ere worn with the

plainest linen oollare.

The most stylish bows for the throat e of fine white linen edged with lace, id tied in faneif nl knots, shell loops, id ends : prise (3 and upwerd.

straight high ironi

have I attached which is feet fit; price 35 cents. 1 flaring ahghtly from the hi

Farewell to fancy shoe* I The Shoe, ad Leather Chronicle sayi: " The demand is for plain, substantial i'

ir sale keeping. Upon a

iberof " For thirty hours I TatZ*

* * " would like you lo $

of hands frot

to 49,DC

1 1 knowed t!

'Look here," low, hnaky tones

bin fever in tbe 1

xi; tbe lady that gav „„. _ I prayed o' me to born it, nr leastS i, to burn the clo’es and tbe hair, bake and scour and reg'lar disic-

te begged

a they w

What will he do to her, man T Cure

herT

" I hope ao, dear.” Then why can't I hare her back

waya disinfectin' everything in that house, I never give it a second thonght, — * ad—I—give it—Act and, with that shook hia whole body, he threw down upon the patchwork conn-

Mra. Potten had listened to

tba-oioadj which

bridges, but have sc often proved de- -* of human life. The summer

sr^Maa9EieMEj"’ l> - i'.sras

““irsia

charged with a gaseona vapor and the elements of storm and tempesl A few years ago sueh an atmospheric meve- • gave rise to the terrible water- . which, coming in from the Atlantic, along the Una of the Chess peaks, ponied its desolating floods over Southern Maryland. Still later and at the same season (antuthn) earns the fearful ealaolyam, which burst upon .. g, aag th e

valley of

t aeenon of

of evervtawforfrantler. eo

SMBf

foaowT*" P *'* C ™ Pl ‘ *■ * “” P^Mmph, ee Sfeasst

ing havoc a

and a watery aeatn to many w swept with tneir honaee into Uu

—* trees. The recent rain. , —

oard, but that they were spread

longer periods of time, might have accomplished similar ruin; but, with probably few disastrous effects, they will prove the salvation of the

crops not already blasted by drought. Every year we have a fresh and more

. emphatic lesson to our agricultural i communities, to turn their attention to i the hoabanding or artificial storing of - their water (apply. It it true the sl- . leged diminution of summer rainfall and deterioration of elimate by deforesting and other causes, is in dispute among scienUflo authorities. But, Ilime, the practical observer sees

latakahla evidence of the ineraas-

in the American

„ adjure him to be very careful, and to „ take the greatest precautions on his own account, and hi* wife's, and his children's, if he had any ; and he would

' npatiently : “ All right, sir;

» u. -—u I will, ma’am ; don't you go for to be afraid;" but all tbe while his inanjMu. “ Tut, tntl “ rubbish; no harm shall happen unto

t,” Thus dost familiarity breed oonnpt. Who is it that lights hia pipe sr the powder magmalne 7 Who is it it burns a naked candle in the deadly noaphere of the mine? And yet •Men was moat scrupulously careful aU that concerned his employers ; he ty have laughed at them in hia sleeve, t, whether it were from a oonacion-

—ms Benue of duty, or from fear of consequences in ease of detected neglect, be performed their orders, as regarded

thcnuelea, to the very letter.

, Sueh waa the man who aat con ten ■ edly smoking his pipe in the TOO "‘siSEtfsafdS'Ssss, —ok eyes, laughing month, and grinning teeth, bat with nut arms—not a doll that meat girls would fancy, but Dot loved it, and fondled it, aa if it had

. paragon of beauty. In Mr. Pot-

ten's section of society, no special smoking-room ia provided, and infants sleep peacefully amidst the fumes of

you any harm, dear, il

eotmt of other people, that we an

get rid of her altogether."

" Poor Oandaoe I I hope ahell get well." murmured the invalid sleepily. " And I hope,” ahe added, “that she'll not nuke any other little girl aa

■" -- I have been."

sinoerely hope not," said the lady ally, bat in a very low voice, eo as not to disturb the little invalid, who

a number of articles which

i '* had carried off to bo destroyed or "cured,” aa the little invalid would hare eaid. The lady knew

" ing ol " the men," but that he had anthoritatively recommended aa a lar practitioner in such matters.

paid him well, and had strongly advised him to destroy everything, or, . st any rate, to bake, smoke, steam, boil, , and disinfect everything thoroughly. , Unless he faithfnlly promised to do at

- altered ; b

.n I"

d agony:

the only reproach ahe made wui it may be that there is more

tone than in wards.

□tten walked slowly to the door, left the room. He looked like a i in a dream. Ho did not retnrn that' night; and Mm. Potion was ' d. Ho did not retnrn the next night: and the neighbor* were d. They thonght, too truly, having been the eanae of the death of hia omld. In thia belief, they natnrally expected to find him on the riverside. And there, on the third day,

him—at low-water—

By the official census of 1870, then ire in the United States 252,148 e« blishmenls ; bands employed, 2,053, 6—with a capital of $2,118,208,769 to increase of establishments in Nei irk wee 13,582, and of hands employ od, 121,688; in Pennsylvania the in crease was 14,837, and of hands cm ployed, 97,355 ; in Massachusetts thi increase was 5,036, and of hands employed, 61,959. In Oalifornia the nnmber of establishments had decreased in those ten years 4,484, and of handa employed, 23,834. The greatest increase in the number of establishments dnrthe4cn years, was in Illinois, Indt- „ Iowa, Missenri and Ohio. In lilis they Increased from 4.268 to 12,- ; Indiana, from 5,323 to 11,647; ra, from 1,939 to 6,566; Missouri, 31 3,157 to 11,871, and Ohio from

11,123 to 22,773.

It will thus bo seen how vast has been iea during the twenty years from 1850 i 1870. The products in 1850 were 81,019,106,616; in 1860 they had thed 81,885,861.076. and in 1870 to

• 84,232,825.'"’

ffc!

battalion of Ls Union; he it T first attended mo. I, however, think it useless, aa I con already amell the odor The Cubans say that the Spaniards had asked of Gen. Garcia for a truce ol fifteen days for the purpose of *w>ng if some arrangements could not be ntered into. Thu truce was granted, rul Gen. Garcia called a meeting to tear the proposition of the Spaniards, 1 « surprised and captured aa

iboat ol three-ply linat

. -- A— of a— „ —

hat of wearing white tnl ■e are passed smoothly on

. _pped behind the head, tin e passed around th( —‘ » •'-» —-•

. the chin. Long

neck and tied l oils of grenadin

hats. They partly

are made for and will do good There ia no money to pay for

... ... ..itching and embroidery, but

the ocilay.”

In 1516 the eonrta of Troyes, in 'ranee, complying with the prayers of . -jo inhabitants of Villeuoxe, sdmon- ’ ished the eaterpillara by which that

g declared "aoonraed and exoomOh ! the skeeter, the beautiful akeeT, filling the air with melodious .etre. Under onr hat, and tickling ir nose, taking a bite through a bole I onr clothes ; in through the window, g the door, filling our chamber

■lied around the neck as e mt Valoncii-nncs lace scarfs a iroe-fourths long are now t round the throat. They o

810 to 825.

Bt-handkerchief» h

ark is exquisitely done, and the clip e scolloped so that theV can be us

listed above. ' ' with or without lace. They cost frt

The town of Manxanillo is in fear of 830 to 850,

- being attacked, and the troopa and vol- Collarettes have voluminous tni • • • ming for the nook, consisting of a trii

ruffle, via., an inner one of soft sht

•—t-pUtata, a gather

A child, born recently in Chautauqua

tty, and a till living, a local paper rta haa its heart located ou the out-

of its chest, and in plain view. e The heart ia perfect in form, well pro1 portioned, and aa firm in texture aa . conld be expected in ao young a child, s When the child cries the heart expands

nearly twice its ordinary air-

a aprightly litUe shepherd boy. -reyon doing here, my lad?" '

asked What

8533.215,351

i 1860, and . _ The three leading

Unless he faithfnlly promised least the latter, ahe would sou ..

oould not find aome other meana of rid-

ooe. And “ the man " bad replied: LU right, ma'am; don't yon go for to afraid; ! know all about it." Bnl nohow hia manner was a little con-

eye twinkled, and hia

din a~

h aulggeMd

And ao he had gc

onongh, la 9 districts.

and ecaetta., ap^mjagy. ^ met com “Blillual^wstng.esadQonnn orwapan--risi,,—.,i_u 11 Oraatnix to ses cuiporahiai. siacnlttkneT tadlritol aa^ eagMUs peiribga. Immtmltj sTtassaASSaSe Ssv

thrive with

fail of their agricultuial yield, and hare failed, in many of the excessively dry and might advantagsonalv i —ring nipfall. In

irrigation would nd oompantivety cheap. Small voire along the Alleghany and Bulge alopra and outlying elevations, would cost bat little, when compared with those of India, and would eavs annually far more than the interest

“ i original outlay.

snhjrot of irrigation ia confess-

edly difficult, but it re high time it was thoroughly weighed by intelligent agricnlTarista, and meana devised for testing its feasibility, if not for immediately introducing it. Thi. is the

ieeaon taught by the revere and ided drought of the summer, and

oonei it ia heeded the better, unlee* we are prepared to brave, In some form, tbe horrors of the famine, as

‘ ' in Bengal, and at

of the fairest eoun-

triea cn the globe.

jot more rampant i

Well, Mr. Potten Potten aat sewing, and Dot lay sleeping. Mr. and Mrs Potten hsif a deal table between them j^and on the table gave a very good light by means, if amell can be depended upon, of pentfine CD. Dot lay sleeping; bat ‘anybody who supposes thit ahe oemipied bar own little oot with ita snow-white coverlet, and other accessories which make such pretty pictures of slumbering childhood, would be vtay muoh mistaken. Mr. Potten'* hnmblo estab- " ’ it did not admit of ao much lux-

I independence. Mr. and Mn.

oil and Dot all shared the aame which, though by no means large, mo* up a considerable portion of the apartment. Tbe bed had a coverlet of patchwork, old and faded. And yet it waa anything but an ugly spectacle that preaented itself to the hnsbandand wife whenever they looked. in Dot's direction. The bed-linen was clean,

ae; and there, with her in two pillowa, lay Dot

inFSSXr. long laahes of her oloeed eyee drooped on her cheeks ; her smiling month, half open, ahowed a few white. teeth ; her ohobby little arms ware folded round

k and body, and her litUe chin aa baa been said, upon the bead of the black doll And the ioll, with a ring through ita uoae, see of beads round its throat,

__ _ flaring yellow frock upon ita

body, was gorgeous to behold. -

Mr. Potten amne from hia aaat, and ataoftlynp to the bed; and there iota tore in hia eyes when he reJJo rammed bia Baal- and aaid

ehnckling: " Lord happy she do look r

A Modern Pygmalion.

Tbe Droit relates that a man baa jnst led in the Bioetre Aaylnm. whose ^mowllTjiLtinTMd bowhihft^i wmwork figures at Montrouge, his gallery consisting of contemporary celebrities and great criminals. On a pedestal in the canter waa the figure of a young girl remarkable for her gnoelnl figure and perfect features, her hair falling in brngenrh^orer har^ naked should era. so struck by her beauty that he passed hours in non tern plating her. Bbo seemed to him to apeak, and her blue , eyes, with their long eyelashes, seemed * * to hi# paeelo'n. Under the

if thia illusion he neglected

prodnetione were, in 1850, Now York,

Ivania, 8712,000,000,'and MassnI 8564.000,000. Although the Eastern and Middle Btatoe, hi

western Btatein^Miehigan^for inetanoi

angmen

to 118 million

sin, from 9 million neds, from 16 milli

liona, and Minnesota

1860 to 23 millions in 1870 . Southern tier of States the tide of pro- „ in manufactnrea haa also eel In with accelerated force, and it then were a census now taken, it ia believed that the increase would be found to far d that for any previous period of

year*.

Meanwhile, Dot had been getting on moaaly with "dear Blackie." No -jubt, -Oandaoe, Queen of the ' piana, had fallen considerably

oould not separate himself from Eliza.

His wife wae obliged maitraes, and whan

before been j M j harshness, she ate dey destroyed T*"* the wax figure. Joatln waa fnriens on

seeing the fragments, and aelxing a broomstick he struck his wife, end would have killed her had not her cries

drawn the neighbors to her Justin, who 1 --* •—

treated with

- did anything without consulting ir BlsoHe.” She obtained that personage's permission before she . _ oared to put into her month r single piece of bread and batter or I -• ——■ —*— Hay. thi

baoked np by the'infinenoe of the lata! wra? 1 Queen Oandaoe. On the third evening' of Dot's possession of her treasure-

time to go to bed; " Mrs. Potten sold.

.j bod, deer B'eckie ?" Dot asked ;'end then she cried exultantly: "No. mother; dear B'ackie says we muanl go to bed 'el, but wait

. 1^; secured, and wae an inmate of Bice-

"Now, Dot, it'a tin that's a good girl," M " B'all we do to b.

You Lad bettor aak dear Bhiekii again,” Mrs. Potten replied, for ah, kind, patient, and jndfcioaa, but lotbar. x uvre wae e abort pause; and uieu Dot said, with a knowing laogh t " Dear B'ackie ma we'd bettor do to bed tonight, and set up for da some other 'Ah I dear Blaekia's f good sort,” a. Pottan admitted, aa abeproeaad- — to uudreas her obedient little Dot. And Dot, ere aha etoeed her me in sleep, kissed her black doll, and said: "Dood-night, dear Blackie. Dedb'aaa

aequently seldom had an opportunity of observing Dot and her ways, was treated by her to a little oomedy, which he, as a father, found more laugh'moving then anything ever perfort by Liston. Wright, or Toole. Dot restless, and woke np while! her fat —aa taking hia pipe and drop of beer. And Dot instated upon hia sharing is pigs snd beer with "dear Blackie "

was placed h the table^fid propped np dle-stick, and ln salient torpratedby Dot. oontrib to the hilarity of the evani "Lord lore her Uttlahea ed Potten, aa he wiped tea ment from hia eyes, wh

sunk axhaaatad to Heap:, "anas ae good aa jiny play; that ; ere doll's a

**"'. evening Pol

mschoof

mother everything. Not too lediee ” who, going to and fr amile, bow, and axohango nota pioturee with yonng men, who fan of them and their piotnres, e ing in a way that would make -*-aeka burn with shame if they All this, moatorednlons andn young ladies, they will do, altt

jy will gase at your fresh young admiringly, and send or give yon charming verses or bonqnef- M -* ter what "other girls do," * it. Bebool-girl flirtations may end dit. sstronsly, as many a foolish, wretched young girl oould tail you. Yoor yearning for some one to love ia a great need of every woman's heart. But there is a time for everything. Don’t let toe bloom and freshness of your heart bo bruised off in silly flirtation*. Bander yeprself truly intelligent And above *11, loll your mother everything. Never be ashamed to toil her, who should be your beat friend and confidant, all yon think and feet It is-xtnnge that many young girls will ' " *—

fore " mother tl

An Expensive Wall Paper.. A story ia told of the endoita of

Chicago boy aa follows: This ypntl made e raid on an open aefe, and mi

away with a roll which turned

contain e I

amount in Five-Twenty found that the boy lived r in a shanty od toe out-

tbo wall, nicely metdrad and j. By aonaide "

“>P '

"a layer^of

. The boy waa

A fartata, apaD^ot hi. clergym.,,.

Xrtza, haa risen from toe ran short space of five yesrn. Hi ploil wee the killing of Pedl

ind hie eompauiens. Ho was Ihen oeoind corporal, but for this heroic deed 0 le was nmnedirtoly raised to too rr - *-

of li

! "k:

t shepherd," t

" How much do^yon gc

d toe bishop.

bow of la

in have mi

eup-

it Speculation. >m New York, that a an has been formed lata throughout toe

■trolling

te Gen. Concha st his

ntry, for the purpose ■

wheat markets of the ......... tpsny has been formed', it is opportunities for doing s Isrgi

ntly replied the boy. 1

The Bev. Jesse H. Jones, of Abingdon, Ms**., holds that » man has a ' iral right to as much land as he laud should not be bought or-sold, and that no man has the right to make a will, for the reason that when he is dead it is none of his business whst becomes of whst he leaves behind.

steal increased Irotn 50. to 81.009,855.715 ,118,208,769 in 1870.

friendly, on account of the disagreement about the line fence whiolt separated their lands, both clatmiag the ton ‘ irly the lone run-

io places. Their ip inheriting their and thoii eldest

nritTwhictTh* this difficulty. The ee

children have grown parents' animosity,

a 205 million* lion* to 206 mi

n 58,000 i

Like the two horn* Oepulet, in " Botr ncions of the tw secretly cheruhed

e being unde d hialove w in was about toatarx lor an at □nty, ttaying he would wait o yean if neoeaaary* The gii. t bear the thonght of separation, and father? houaefa-* early the next morning were taken the railway station, and thence to Philadelphia, where they were married n alderman, the girl declaring her > be eighteen. They returned to the bonne of ... room's Bister at Haddenfleld, here they were confronted by the father of the bride and offli groom waa arretted and con jail on charge ol abduction. Bnbne3 neatly be-waa indicted by t' ury, and »r rig nod for trial. ■om was packed by an andienoe whose rmpatoiea were centered u; The girl assumed her share blame, admitted her affection husband, and her willingness her father's house, belief in toe honor The court charged that to< been violated, and that " ' not be influenoed by ap, ■ympalhy. The jnry waa out all night, returning five times for instructions, and at Umgth rendered a verdict of guilty, with a recommends ' mercy. On toe rendering of J1 -* toe prisoner waa seised Iona, which oontinning, sen ten oe deferred until the December term. Mnch sympathy la entertained for th*

Vanquished by s Cat,

Hr. Stephen Peer, toe funambulist r rope-walker, who ha* a ea' ‘ tretobed aoroas the Niagara river j slow toe new Suspension Bridge, a ives exhibitions of his skill in re walking, came near meeting with accident the day, whleh, but for hia

’”” W ’ ’ '

r hnaband.

area a rope-walker. Ha lie brilliant idea of taking

pe, expecting, of course, that tt would show toe thing was dot 1 aa ha oould do it himself. Bi X waa not at ail anxious for fui ambnliam, and instead of making aoroas, turned upon Pee upon him, and fastened h_ teeth in hia abouldar. In hia effarta to !* toe eat be miaaed h» looting, to drop hia balanee pole,which

cargo thi- popular dr

K te birth to twins one nt o attend ing physiciar

(mediate c

i adjoining

qxmtns shows that too

ia enterprioe, have almal'oimnec't , Jons,' , l)ol£"in , 'EnglGiSif'BnU the United States, with large ered"-

' i transaction of bosincason at tnlimitod scale. Contracts l

ibip companioe for 'cheap

itee of transportation. ’

i pend ing their me without any logil i

nnifon

stated : The main offl. York. Agencire will Chicago, St. Louis^Bi d Liverpool. ^

io two farmers t

Its only dsnghtor. „ i of Montague and ]

o and Joliet," f rival honeoe h •ing the fend bewithoot divulging xried -uto effect

of th

taof wl

and in Lonrm the main 0

ruling

andeatlncly and

opement. / A -. A week passed, at the end of .v oich toe father of the runaway .taught* was .... ■ • Erieuid attend again early to toe offlee of to* lawyer, and, taking np one of hia weekly papers, read toe marriage notioe of Emma. It i a terrible blow, and he went out 0 the yard to try and walk off hia fever of cicitoment. AU that passed through the old genlleman's mind is not known, bat there seemed to be a desperate struggle within which relulled in hia returning to toe lawyer's jffioc and postponing toe btuiaeea. Then he dntre directly to hia farm and ’-da long prirato interview with hia

.. Je; and then he did done for twenty year*

rhoat

rent by tolegrapl t'wiU noil, nay 10,' deliver in thirty „

rates, and teltwraph to* to New York. The agent will be inntrnctod to bnj

i—within an

ionr. These sisters were married on he name day ; their first children were n too same week, and their third in ho same hoar." The Danger of Wet foal. People who prefer wetting toe winor'a store of oo»l to Isy the dost on fitting it in their cellar* do not, wo Kiiove, generally know that they are aying np for themseves a store of acre hroate and other evils consequent npm the practice. But ao it is said to >e. Even the flro-ttamp which escapes rom cool mines arises from the slow leocmposition of coal at temperatures mt little above that of the atmosphere, mt nnder augmented pressure. By weighing a mass of freshly-broken cellar, toe P ma»* B is heeled to such a degree that carbureted and sulphuroted hydrogen are given off for long periods of time and pervade toe whole houa*. The liabtUty^of wet coal to

my "

fill this order.

impeny haa European credits, that it can draw exchange against lost; upon Bending bill# of lading, e agent at Chioago will pay the farm85 per cent in cash, according to to* ice of wheat in London on that day. itoen per cent will be held beak until e wheat reaches ita destination, to ver losses and commission, when toe farmer will receive the II '

of toe balance doe. The ■ill be one-half per cent, pony will also h*v

profit from the sale of i_ on London. The farmer will be!

filed by making prompt don price*, lea* oommise

will gain the

expensea of making sales.

the bankers. from this oar ing coal veo#

ord of spontaneous eomt coal when stowed into r holds of vessel*. Ana re, donbtleas, many missla have perished.

d on his ei having be

id to hie room f hia favorite

two farmers met, and minntoa atood face to

ittle toe diapnt toe lot on oith I will bnild th*

re their parenta' blessing. And re are no more lawyers for the at era, bnt each has faithfallyfalflUed contract in regard to tbe lionet

Discovery by Lightning. Colonel Todd, of Lome, is a Bmentifie nan, and is always on the alert on ntiflo principles for somethin; • turn np." One day recently h* —tifiod. A cloud lowered down aa, tbe lightning began to flash, and

toly sprang U pick, and started for trie commotion. One mile from to is found where toe lightning t j truck. .There was quarts, a laar hurrah for toe Colonel I

rushed back to town, and body to go and do likewise. The peoC le got excited, and the Oolonal wee sppy. An aeaay waa made by Mr. Holt, by pounding some of toe Thunderbolt quarts in a mortar; a mischievous gentleman filed off toe eagle on a United Btatoe braes button, dropped tbe filings into toe mortar, and it was prospected. The result waa astonishing to tlia Oolonal, who, no doubt, believed himself rich se Grams, Thia discovery by lightning ta a new to mining. May the lightning — againtotoe Oolonal.-Del Norte (OaL) 11—don Mm— - to a certain glow of national pride to knowing that aome of onr toe tat* "Lord Oof" —

changes sad ehanoea which may occur in a game of poker may be told at a glance. For Instant, 2,598,968 differ-

ji only, and 1

1 by the company. y will avoid payinr "*

Mat ra

> BU Loni* f

commenting apon the; ■r Win a plain truth lu

vords : The bnainea# of jonroalwill continue to be an inviting field ixperimenta to those who have a i amount of money, and a targe not of egotism- A man who haring >d a newspaper until ho waa forty, dd eoddenly amxranoe himself m lawyer, would be regarded aa a fool by the legal profession ; and yet we often hear of lawyers of forty makingsudden pretensions to .journalism. There is an idea that too bnainess of editing requires no apprenticeship; that edi-•-T* come forth from law offices and lieges fully armed for the profession, ;e Pallas from the brow of Jove. It

. a mistake; there ia not in / today a single jonrnaliat of 1 reputation who haa not devotee time and more hard work to ti fession than, with equal fitness

ilioation, would have made him a great

n good doctor. And yet

•* hundred '

i, 10,200 *b

s, 3,774 lull*. 624 four*, and 40 straight lushes. With this table in one hand ml your cords in toe other it win take , verv smart man to get toe best of yon n a little game of draw. If in toe onrae ot 64,974 deal* your adversary jolila two straight flashes,* look at the table will convince yon Utal aomething is wrong, and if font* are played on you more than pnoe in 4,162, instead of drawing your cards, “draw" your revolver and "oall" for too police, and when they take him you taka toa

In a thunder storm at Upperville Va., Go!. R. B. Bolling had thirtesn horses killed instantly by lightning (nine colts Mid four home#), none of them nnder two years old, and some of the fin cat stock in tbs oonntiy. The matt remarkable part of 11 was too position of too horses. A correspondent says : I saw tham just a* they had fallen, within a inane, el. Ilfteoi ’ ' square, nearly *11 m#hing ea ’ There were in the field tv . — horses, bnt whether all were together it could not be ascertained. The probability ia they were not, as the others did not seem to Ira affected. There

were no tress where the boreee stood,,

bnt each one stood with ita head in the some direction, evidently gathered together in oonaequenoe of toe heil that

igcsch other.