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STAR OF THE CAPE.

VOL. Y1I.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1875.

NO. 49.

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MEDICINES. KEARNEY’S ' FLTTD EXTRACT BUCHU

KEARNEY'S EXT. BUCHU A>k fcr Kwriar-a. Tlk» »o «!•«.

[imIium far Ida fnnraaaing Osaka, 1 poahed forlher aad farther into j interior of the arantrj nzitll it last, ■ what be thought would be his final rc log plane, wae one of the naotaet a tione in the eohroy.

thing bed heppened through no willfoioeee of the men'e, not eren through oenlaeaneie, bat wae das wholly to inadrertenoe. Bat the oreneer wee In en irritable mood, his temper bad been otherwiee tried thel morning, end hie. rebuke was eharp and peremptory. * *et reoeind it in eilruoe; but tb< Jenly derkening rieege, which be eould uot wlioiiy bide,. did not eecap oreneer. It megnifled the pria

ote the following , megietrmte of the neighboring township, end gam it to '“ l Data Sia—Please order the bearer (No. 72) twenty leebee; end o un rery truly.” Thie wee e fonn of epistle ox Australia iu those deys. The power administration in regard to the flogging of the oonriots wes mated i delirered the note,

man's naturally hot and hasty spirit had been roused by the injustice which he had reooimd, and hie farmer resolroe had giranway. was made for Basset wi •r an.t rigilanoe which at

bat recently been opened up, and a 1 little known. Barnet got eh . to the. woods, and penetrating daily deeper Into the feetnem of the forest fell in with a small tribe of black

hospitality within tb-lr knowledge, and

mated, as nrerly as possible, to that of theaa around him. Ho toon spoke (' leagusge, and learned to hunt and the wild animals which supplied t

yondtha day. The nomadic Inetinct. which was especially

‘eilhfnl followers grew Irksome to him, in J the power he wielded oree them loot its seat. Ho oast about him how ho might beet asospe the tribe, and was at iceeasfnl in eluding them. He himself in the recesses of e remountain gully, which he had one 'lay by ohance

rest. Basset, stole from- Us pUoo. First be entered one of the outhooaee and stealthily explored its tarior. It was a bright moonlight night greatly in hla anterprise. At one of the places ho found e goat and two kids, and at the other oereral lambs with their mothers. He took the goat and its kids

the house, and gathered eereral plants of flowers and mgelahlaa, carefully taking them op by the roots. He was guided by no dunce in the matter, selecting the plants ee they came, but he nude

wanted. Withdrawing with his stolen booty he placed the end the Irido on bis shoulder and mode few nights after he returned the so of his depredations and repeated former exploit He now look a sheep

a quantity ol

oocupatiou for himself. Ho tilled little plateau on which his hoi was mis grains ho mutinied, tended and nur the patch of ground morning and night with aaaiduons cam. The pleasure prido of ownerehip which he now perienoed in the possession of garden, hla Add and his lim steak e new end very agreeable feeling to b He enjoyed perfect freedom, together

entirely self-enlacing end eolf-snpport-ing. Now and then, indeed, et long inter rale, he paid e visit to Mr. Keraxugh’s elation, end—well, stole sercrml articles

produce himself. On ot

finding the family all from home during

the day, be entered the house lu took tbenoo e number of books,

reeding of throe he gave himself in the

i long wi

happy. Ho thought be oould live thm forever; but he wse mistaken. The lift he bed horn loading for tbe peat flv# years bad, nnoonadonsly to himself, been working a gradual but de change in tbe man's nature. Among tbe books which ho had from Mr. Kevanagh's house wae o German legends, grim, fantastic stories of the mysterious and the supernatural. On stormy nights, sitting by his lonely wood fire, bis fancy peopled the tnmultuoas olementa oaUiclo with the strange beioga of theaa old Jegeods ; bo oould iaregino a legion of atorm-spirita abroad on lha wind, to whose turbuleul dominion tbe valley had for the time been'eur- ‘ red. Gradually t

The intense solitude of ibo mounteinr, ’ ‘ ' iu stormy sees beginning

_ him. Hie lonely liberty wee making him thoughtful end joy Ires man. •bout his daily occupation In bis garden, they were cceaing to yield him the seliefaetii ” " ' “ ’ they had in veers he passed in his valley, golden summers, seven storm fa!

thru whence her husband should a ire asms suddenly into her Held of ▼Woo, emerging from the scattered clumps of woodland that fringed, the ntal line. It oould not be her nd, for It wee the figure of a pedestrian. It advanced steadily.

caught eight of her rapidly on homefaai

' with the two children to meet him.

is pnt into them will b

' gets out, I would advise them, whenever they take the sir, to leave their money at home, or be ' '

with a alight

motion of his hand, indicative of a desire

> be allowed to

i Basset. I am a convict, a lag. I eeiped twelve years ego. Soma'll say that wee wrong; maybe it wae, and maylave done the eeme if they'd But let that goliving in the woods over nil with the blacks, a lot_ If, as you nee me. Maybe yon will wonder when I tell good many things together np there in '• ' Well, I I

u from

yon;

i night; but, as

things, the sheep end I

Borne of the

alone. I’m giving in. Yoa can do with you like, master ; keep me ebon’ the place, if you cun ; giro me np to th - - , if yon must." sot spoke in a quiet, composed bates he uttered bis last, words

woa a slightly

look in hie eyre. Kavansgh was prised, perplexed. True,

robbed him, but Eevsnegh

that be bad done no more. Ho might have visited tbe boose in his abecnc and murdered his wife end children □egb every now end then beard c things, dee A of futhleaa cruelty

n who, 1

turning

held the parte i they frequented i

by the audacity of their crimi

been fell. Moreover, be acemec thoroughly tamed and aubdaud by th< life he bad led. Kavansgh bad a wanr

What do you want me to do fo r man I" he asked at length. " Oould ye keep me about the st later—shepherding or each f” queried Basset, hesitatingly. •• That would hardly do; against the w, you know," replied Kavanagh, lubtfully. "Yea, ao I suppose. Well, do whet •• I'U try and do my best for you," pursued Kavanagh. " You can stay herb to-night and IT1 think the matter

That night Kavanagh ai

his w

Early next day Kavanagh started for Hobart Town. He woe a well-known the oolony-. an old settler, a rich ow, whose wealth fltro him poeiid inflaenoe, while bis iwreonal qualities made him respected and liked. He laid Basset's cose before the authorities, end pleaded the cau-e of tbe recap- ' convict with earueatneee and wisdom; d he ns enooeasfnl. The law was merciful, end Kavanagh returned hums with a free pardon for hie client. For ecvcral years Bareet remained i Mr. Kevanagh's ran aa one of the rag Ur elation hands. During that time! remained always the seme—docile, trustworthy end herdworking, gmioiiaily grateful for hU changed, lot. '■ transportation ot o

. This oe, and bo immediately accepted Mr. Kevanagh’s Years went by, and ha prospered he had made for bin " ompetenos, and his be spoken of with honor a

dor the infinrnee of HquOr at the timo, id been on a spree all day, which finally resulted in a terrible fight The

u by drink, planned

most diabolical revenge. She first indnoed bar spouse to go to

ring some chloro-

form, saturated a handkerchief and I

till he was entirely next procured an old

t'a legs ofi a little above the ankle joint With grim satisfaction ' ' hie life blood ooae away,

One of the Hlx Xatleas. History talk us that tho six nations of ” i the Mohawks, Oneidaa,

hills and valleys of Now York on their long journey toward tho setting sun. Arriving at Depere, Wis., each built for himself a log cal:in. way in the heart of

they spend. It U astonishing how fool- the woods, and

lob email axtravaganore appear, when they hare to be put down in black and white, after tbe temptation to indulge in them is over. And they must be put

OCR HALLOWEEN. •• Can't we have some kind of e gc time on Halloween, do something to member 'his one particular night, for shall never all be together again—eon

creeping order, aa befits tbe night I”. Wo were a merry party of schoolgirls, to aspire to tbe dignity of young-lady-hood ; but just where tbe dignity cume in I fail to remember, for e madder, merrier not never waked tbe echoea in that old school building of M., or made the staid townspeople hold np their

girls convulsively grasped my bend, saying: ’ ” Whet'a that I Listen." And we did listen. I know that no more strained, solemn silence was over' kept Sharp upon the midnight air came the steady trump, tramp of footsteps. Through the gate, up the walk, and slowly around tho bouse they, went Another time "ten.lily around, end yet another, i bo mystic enrole of three is

Through the center of their territory is a ridge, on tho top of which is tbe main road. Here are the two churches —Episcopal and Methodist—plain white effected in tittle earns. Very few pur- j frame buildings ; tho cemetery, containsons of ordinary honesty deliberately j mg many quaint ’ set to work to make largo purchases ’ which they cannot afford, and yet nnmjoat as much in the long run the houses of the more I*terp rising In _ .On either aide of tho ridge tb< worthy of notice. It is very difficult to j fields of grain are lost in tbe distent pi If foieeta. The traffic with th* l A distinctive feature oi loose in the pockets wore properly ap- i In tbe morning they will c* predated, there would not be so much | town with tb*' ' pecuniary embarrassment in tbe world j riee, or bead aa there iu "Many a mickle muckie this is true of nothing more j glide back into the woods aa silently as Three tittle savings, as a rale, must I They are without laws, and live by a bo made in personal expenditure more I kind of tacit understanding, without than in anything else. What is spent j trespassing upon each otber'a rights. If bnt the small personal luxnrie* ahoold be put asid* being mixed with tho spendini and additions made to it as fre as possible; that will make yot stand aa soon aa Anything what

The Whl

Tbe wheat crop o! the United States os set forth in tho October report of tbe Agricultural del-art augmented by a marked deterioration in quality. Tbe tittle grown in Now Engnnoh rodeoed. Tho Middle States about two-thirds of the crop of hist year, though tbe decline is unequal, being greatest in Now York, end beocming leas in degree with lower degrees of ' ‘' to last State in yield. All the other Southern States d their production—some of them fifty to seventy-five per cent. ' the States east of tho Missisipeqnaled the crop of isst

is credited •

production, notwit of tho grasshoppers anu the tosses Irom iron ting in the shook. The other prairie States, as far as rosion of area, both in reported and unre ported counties, may make up in some deficiency on a final canvassing for aggregate estimates. The Pacific const crop is all abort. Tho average fpr tho entire territory iported for October is about eighty per cent, of last year's production. If this re total ilc precis tier, it nearly 2,000, ' ' ' and gives a crop of 240,000,000 bushels. But the quality is also lower than L ’ the depreciation is heavieet wheal-growing regions. In quality t eighty-four, or fourteen w sound condition. T1 quality ia to be fonnd Delaware, Maryland, tho South, the Pacific coast, and in New England, of the Weet averages lower than , in every State, and among tho t averages are thoae of Indiana, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and

ivaHablo for Plmch, be begged -liter, whom be knew bnt slightly, to consign it to the waste-paper basket, as

a “sick st the sight of it." ■a signed "Tom Hood,"

of tho Shirt.” Tho work was altogether different from anything that had oviw appeared in ihtnoA, and waa ao much

' ig with-the spirit of the

periodical that at the weekly meeting its

a staff. Mark Lemon was

so firmly impressed, not only with tho

if the work, bnt with its suitair the paper, that he stood by dooiaion and published it. By written by Tom Hood to Mark

■« pnbliahsd without illustration, ex>t that humorous border ot grotesque urea which made np “PtmeA's Pro •ion" on Deoeflbar 18, 1848. "Tho

marriage, or e funeral. When e youuf vied, the first thing wae to import e pip* of the boat Madeira, e portion of whirl was drunk at hia wedding, another por remainder was atored away in the cellai to be used at bis funeral. Tea drinking wae a great favorite among the ladies, although e custom of oomparativety cent origin. J? matron at that tit would drink tea with her friends; return homo by oandlo-tigbting, tie on check apron, pnt her children to ! and then pass tho evening in coaq with her husband, together with o friend or neighbor who might drop: chat tor an honr. Things have bravely altered einee tboee days, and w nearer no doubt by many years I

Should litbj Lie Abed f Every yotxng mother, particularly i heee cold nights, a "

bo fort

id with hi

at it ia trouble

and apt

ntent back and forth, when it ia te be mreed. Beside the change from tho rarmth of tbe mother's arms to tbe rib ia not pleaaant nor jndirions, i lastly, there is more liability of exposure to draughts- On the other hand, phyaiaiana and nnisee agree that child to Bleep itaot to adnlte. They say

heavy sleeper, may

i*bad

breast and also wearisome to its moll reasons might also be given, will suffioe. The better plan i* . tbe. bedroom free from chilly draughts, and let tbe baby have flannel

heat a long w

h will n

Then after being

can be fed, quieted if fretful, and plso-d back in ita crib with leas ban any other plan would cause. A Religions Centennial.

be appointed, wbo shall be charged with tbe execution and development of plana for tbe celebration; that invlUtiixja to participate shall smbraoo the whole land and all religionisU. and

', truth, faith, and nil tbe other virtues for his especial edification the rent of bis natural life. If anj to die unmarried, that scat would be lei l a miserable blank. J remember we spent some time disnames on tbe plates repreeentii Some thonght that the spirits couldn't omonnt to ranch if they couldn't find their right places withont such dh'' pointing out It was decided, much talking, to use the names, as of the girts laid, "tonrevent all takes and future heartache .

lismal night; tho wind howled stned as thnngh all the spirits of the wore abroad. Tho old trees a

with n

ny a dainty. W<

bad certainly bam arranged more substantial testes of us mortals ths airy sort of fare that we are taught to believe specters prefer. I alionld think the poor, cold, half-starred things would bo glad of any excuse to get a goc * solid meal The bonafi sat rather high, with' long terraced walk to tho front gut It waa an old-fashioned brick, with wide hall running through the entire On one aide was the family aittiogroom, with ths dining-room directly back. Here wa held our court. tr talk grew strongly tinctured with tho ojpernstnral. " tbe ghost atories we had ever heard read were aired, to the shivering delight of the greater number, although ' tho braver ones did pooh-pooh ad say, " stuff and nous* iw they only did it to appear bravo. .And oh, goodness I hoi " slowly but surely o

But <

wrapped in

the elnmbers of tbo just As the night everything grew Bounds of life seemed to b ithing to be heard but the Bobbing and sighing of the wind through tbe around the house, and occasionally that sent little shivers of

a really and practically looking toward an immortal life, on r grounds, exhibits to ns the tool in an ennobled attitndi-.

t porch, the

the feet toward tho dit

i door was flung wide, and, :

ij I never gaxe on such a hideous nd again 1 Two or three of the girls I had quietly gone off in a gentle UtUe i ‘ ' If the rest of US |

don't faint,

couldn’t, for it would be the easiest way i shut out the horrid vision. This hand of demons, specters, goblins, or anything else yon please, filial y around the table, Itvl by one who tho body of a man. There wore ghastly grinning akntis and sheeted 'bat we wore not alt turned to the girls were in hysterics, some scream faintera ha-! decidedly tho boat of it, as

s uproar of tho frightened girls, *

Tbe first to recover herself waa Belle. ' I say, girls, three ghosts eat uncom-

gonuino flesh and blood, after all. Belle, with moot praiseworthy rx made for tbo individual demon wl selected her card. She threw oo

itan, George Sharp, bad bis

Sharp." A wag of a fellow who know

uifleant addition: "Is Aflat."

t applied to God. As schools change

. | truth ore not. Theology ir

od^ffiora^f tii

ir ghostly y

Tho oily «

anged.

e that ohoso trad„,i

man living in tiro Easl

hink of that,”

jail have decided to try g whisky with every •nd drill It issued to th-

mently satisfied.

A Deliberate Murderer, The Kokomo (Ind. j TWAuno publishes j the following: David Robinson came to town and bought a new suit of olothee | and a revolver, after which he went j homo, ahowed the pnrobssea to his; family, and ate his snpper. Robinson - waa in good humor and appeared per- ' feotiy sane. He remarked to his wife * that it would havobeon well if little Din (hia son) had died two weeks ago, and said he had attempted to kill tho child. Ho then drew hia revolver and fired at hia second son, who was crying in and then shot at hia wife. Mrs. Ih son ran out of the house, and the oldest boy, eight years of ace, started to follow, when bis father shot him in the but tbe ball gtanood off withont ding him badly. The father then struck him bn the back of the head with r, but the aon succeeded in getting ith his mother. Robinson then deliberately took a razor, approached the bed in which lay hie only daughter, 1 and .out her throat from ear to Ho followed ibis murder by taking fe of hia son, whom he had flrat which Robinson jumped on his hone fled. His dead body waa found the t morning one mile north ot Jaokson ion, on the Indianapolis, Peoria and Chicago railroad. It is supposed he committed suicide.

Rigor pushed too far ia sure to r its aim, however good, as tbe bow an that is bent too rtlflly, • would build on a sure tout friendship, we must love friends for Ahgir^eskee rather than The whole universe is full of the _ wtio and awful reality which would the immortal depths of our hearts if we could once realize and feel it

When

love w

firmltiea ; i heavenly love we are mi

re leeet moved by heavenly

dollars, a double-borrelud shot-gun and Tho English police have discovered that several shopkeepers have cards inthat when a man enters a tobacco shop with one of three cards. pasted, aa an advertisement, on his back. Dopnty-Postmaster McGee of Ctarbondale, IU., wtio was recently arrested for stealing Pi 60 from letters, confessed that he had intended to toko 8600 and then leave the country. Ho treated hia crime aa a joke. His relatives, who are well-to-do, have refunded the stolen

not 8!

d lift a

o pound dun

of times. One man’s strength gave out when ho bad raised the weight 1,180 timee, bnt tbe other scored 1,144 without exhausting his strength. Jones had prepared himself for a home dinner to his liking. He sat down in his dining room at peace with all the world, and said ; •' Now, Hannah, bring the cold mntton. No hot moat for me this weather." Hannah hesitated for a minute and said : " Bnt I''*!one give it a way, air." Give it away I Give my dinner away I" •• Tre, sir. Yon said if any tramps called If waa to give them the

cold shoulder."

A Ban Francisco doctor named Flattery, who had the editor of the Jfiws Differ arrested for calling him a quack, on tho witneea stand. When asked what ths scoMes aepfermU was, ho answered: " A bone,” and made other blunders equally amusing. Tho editor was dirAmong tbo articles fo

quantity of papers, a bullet, a check of Bwoeney’s New York hotel, a box of pins, an ear of com, a piece of wax. two fishhooks with a line, a lot of colored yam. a spiral brass spring and • Bible. About one mile from Fredonta, Kyi, is a spot of ground about eight or teu feet square where nothing will grow, and where salt can be scraped np by teacupful at almost any time. If a stick is laid down there at nightfall, the next morning it will be covered with a thick coating of salt; cattle turned Into the field Will go to Uw spot and tick tbe dirt for the salt aa they would a’ "