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VOL. VIII.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15, 1876.

NO. 14.

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H. I\ VOUGEANII,

ATTOBUKY ATLAWAHDMAS-

TER IN CHANCKRY.

No. IB Perry NUMt, Cp. M.J CUy. New

DB. J. F. I.EAMTNG,

DENTIST.

HENRY ■WAIN,

MASTER IN CHANCERY,

Codveyenclng,

sum iimn

UU below the They hid itlll qoirtor of the oily, and ig spite of eD their heete the gloom of'twilight begin to getbcr ironnd them. They bed not noticed tbit from the getee of the oily they bed lien eloeely followed by two

LUCULLUS: A STORY OF ANCIENT ROME.

CHAPTER I. Who he* fiot wandered along the green elopee of the apreeding flelde, the ragged hilUido end the woodland rale, when

meiden weal forth from one of the getee * ‘ - " mded by e femme [e. Her roioe wu 14 ehe ran' from in ihe had left the id and gained U . .—«1 pethi windie aroaed the imperial ottj. In Tier wild nmblo ihe' had been doe ly attended by the earmnl, who. ea tl ^ tgui to elnk low to the w entreated her to return to the

ottj.

- Vela, Vela,” ehe cried, when’ odant eeemed to hen loet ell , 1 ‘ beer with me yet e Utile longer, bnt do not follow mo if thou beet become fatigued: lit beneath the abide of yonder tro? end net thyeoll end I will

n join ih

' Bnt, my child, it ie til

. uv iw. uouu. wm, oeer nnree, ot Beo eeldotnthat I can eeoape froi e grim, odd walla of the eity that th eon fialda aoem Hko a world of baehl

The Art of Flattery. Bey* the Soturxlati Bsritv : tery la to be grateful to e eenait trath-loring n

approximation to the truth, apliment beetowed ahonld riona quality idiepnted exiatenoo. ~ ’ be forood on ray. It ahonld' be leet langna e. and not

contending with Vale x eeneeloee to the earth, end the two be again to mon forward with their i . tin, who had fainted aa aha aw her nreefeU. They had not gone teo paeon an run bed npoo them with e drawn ■word end obetruoted their way. Vflbune, 1 ’ ho ebon ted, “ unhand maiden 1" and at the name time attached them fiercely, raining blow* with

while he w

carried the young maiden in hie allowed her to alip upon the gr laebfenoe of hie ' momenta their ilant kept them in full play andth . by lisp, he waa forced beok.thoi defending Umsolf manfully in the

bnilt, age, tell, etetely, end the proud air of the Homan petal; cien. The youth bad railed the form of aiden from tha ground. d her eyoa end gaeed aroui startled glance her eyae fel the calm, stately form of the atr " Lucullna I” ehe oriod, in wild kooen,'*'

the circle pointed to a badge ipon the arm* of the prieonnr* an e mark/bowing they were the otrriU.raiof HtjAma. V Beni .Boa.au.," he cried, with flngsr atill pointed at the badge of eertMide i •’em. how little

. itwfll awift moroment of feeling, while there will be no " Once more, flattery la always m

and not the result r in tU* can* it has greater appearance of reality.

forethought, the praise ahonld bo tendered with e certain skill ao as .to aasnro the i ' the girer's anxiety to mak _ aa graoefol at poaeible. The indirect waya of flattery are alec wort attending to. One may flatter a perao by laying to hie intimate friend—for it •tanoo, his wife—something highly eolc gistie. which it would be difficult to ea himself directly. Another and sti useful method is to flatter by ac ot by words, that is, by

wboee Bathetic judgment wo wish lid, or may enlist the oo-operation person in a benorolent scheme, and thus indirectly attribute to him a gendispoeltion. The adnntage of •t mode of flattering ia that it * the necessity of oxen a slight antruthfnlneea. To appeal to a i's opinion is not the same thing loclaro him to bo wise, oxen though 7 bo readily disposed to conjecture from the forma- that wo moan the

latter too.

surly all

Dpt, capable

the machine* fro building admits of a complete system of shafting. There will bo eight main four on each side of tho transept, extending lengthwise, Boron to hare a of 120 revolutions, and one of 210 roxolntlona pa minute. Counter will bo introduced into tho aialce

Of the 558,110 square feet in the machinery building 80,179 haxo been taken ip by foreign countries, thus : Bosnia me 1,500 square feet, Brazil 4,000, Dunnark 585, Italy 585, Sweden 3,168,

Ipain 2,118, Belgium 9,875, France .0.189, Groat Britain 86,725, Onoada i handsome bri 1.300, Germany 7,018, Austria 1,536; | hue. »ny one total,80,179. Leasing 17^,961 square foot J most bought

A Bashful Bridegroom.

Tho Albany Journal adda a now story ' a wedding: A rural conpki, it says, died upon an Amsterdam clergyman r tho purpose of getting married. They wore very bashful, and it is poam- ' it their w»nta might not have been made Ttaown to the clagyman but for Id-bo groom waa accompanied by

object of their vis

After entering the room tho young m •teed in tho eeatar of it with his hat. S acted M If he had beep struck with oh. His lister pushed him into a and polled off his hat. He stared. When it was time fa the ceremony to begin it was found to be a difllcnH task

• her brother and keeping entire prooeedii ■e mater bad to prompt h a did, audibly and never climax woe capped when o raqaeatod to. join right

leftaod held it there. Buch a risterly ! poking in the riha ho got wag a eantlon. Confusion ensued, and meanwhile the

As ten old E-oulspins', an

The machinery beHAmg fr’anpletnl.

which they spring, is exei finer than that of the ceiling of the ■"•i- exhibition building itself. In fact this *1x00101* is not far below the main exhibition bnild-

U, 860 feet wide b

Ik side of

'feet. The whole

hall and annex is 556,110 square f-.-et —12.82 acres. Including the upper floor, the bnildlng provides fourteen of floor space. The ground plan shows two main avenues ninety feet by 1,860 feet long, with a central between and an aisle on eltherside. each sixty foot wide, end two avenuee end three aialce, making tho total width of 360-feet. Across the center of the » e transept ninety feet wide, which is prolonged beyond the main hell. This extended transept, begin-thirty-oil feet from tho south the mein KeP, and extending 206 flanked on either side by aisles sixty feet wide, and forma the annex. machinery will be exhibited in fall operation. I am no*, sore whether the

IK nvuui ouo ui kumeuui'A fu, luiusius, W4U10 IDO eUtU aterfall, nupplioaby the pom °jVhm?sa»ll out

stow&wchd wi

it tho I

Cnde Sam's strong box on the cornel of Vail end Neaean streets, New York, enb-treasury, is with “filthy lucre," which to despise, while other* worship, and which all find very convenient to have. At no time has the present assistant treasurer, Mr. George Ashley, had in hie poeseaaion lose than 5100,000,000. The amount thus confided to his trust is so large that it ie not in the power of that official to give adequate bonds for Its security. If disposed to be die- " ' he might ruin all his sureties, goverment still Buffer e loos of ie neooamry to rely upon tho integrity of an individual. Learning through Mr. Lindermenn, director of the United Btetee mint, that tho treeaYork had reported himself overwhelmed with coin, ao that he could more, our reporta Bought an to view the unwonted right, flrat needfnl to bo admitted through a couple ot iron gates to the rear of tho counters where coin is handled, counted and weighed. Several slake were engaged in various proooeeee. At one ride, half concealed ia a thick wall, ia tho entrance to the vaults. Fixe doors must be passed, one of them weighing 5,000 pounds, and seen rod by double locks, eseh independent of the * - last, guided by the treasurer, . receptacle is reached end there, as with a tomb, e single jet ef gas lights up f

n closets SUed with gold bricks, bags silver, ot packages of treasury notes,

mre while tho entire central space from the

xard the threshold is

bags of silver, laid in the marble tiling be-

almoet as high as a man can reach. Hero, on the ground, remarked the offi<r, are *2,000,000 in rilvar, and in the

essury $5,508,000,

Then opening e little iron door, where square, the interior waa seen to be flUod -ith golden bricks, apparently no more ' ban could be taken off in a wheelbarrow d: “Hero are two tons 6f gold, worth $1,000,000;” adding that each

ortb a

it $10.00

INDIA* LIFE AND CUSTOM.

of about two hundred miles equate in the sontheart portion of the Indian Territory, and number about sevt thousand souls, representing bloods,” half breeds, and whites who have married Into Indian familiei entitling them to dtisenship. The Choctaws here from one tr

made on his white shirt directly ho heat, and when all is ready a deputy sheriff is stationed on either ride, and, with a firm grip, they extend his hands and arms to about the height of his breast Then tho sheriff, with a loaded rifle, steps up to -within ten paces, end tho culprit ia shot Tho moment the gnu is fired a wad of previously prepared, ia used to ping up the wound, so tin all internal; tho c

ss la then turned

i of their ohurohe

composed of Indians end whites, the preaching was in both languages I rhite minister offleiating, and interpreted by a full blood. Many of tho Inrera and knives, and kept them c daring sorrier. The ringing we* a done by those dusky people, who ei

pony, end on his tho bedside he orders that

thirty fo

BRUTAL CRUELTY;

>1 of Alfort. the prispm epot at the prefecture of police, the inotio'e depot at St. Anne’s asylnn nd some other places, he had oaeosio 1 notice that tho French have still f human and dnmb creatures. To bein with the latter category, no lover oga will era visit the Fourriore, innicipal pound, without an indignant ladder. Every dog found straying wnorleas in Paris is apprehended taken to the prefecture of police, where worth is appraised. If he be a dog of value he has nothing to complain of, at be is regaled with food and kept for period which varied from two days to ine, ifla which time, if not churned, be ia add at the pnblio action held every Tuesday. But the groat majority of ' aught are mongrels, “of no value hut the owner;” and how justify rtnros inflicted on those whoso only crime Is lack of pedigree f He is laoad in a grated pen, and kept xrithnt food until hanging day. The theory is that it is not worth while feeding dogs appointed, to die ; ao, pending tho two days' interval daring which they may bo claimed, they must a of life. Many of these dogs, of oenrse. die of hanger, tho happiest, for those who

They are not hanged by ropes and slip-knots, bnt s or pend * by hooks impaling their throats, and s seldom that death pats them ont of their hrisery in Ices than half an hoar.

4 die at the

consigned to the veterinary Alfort for vivisection. Nothing would convert one to vivisection os praotiood wholesale irresponsibly, end intonly—by the students of

,d ndj<

ighod thirty

peerance one of thorn might easily have ' i concealed in a coattail pocket, or I or

ied offing hat, but tho experiment : ^

iobed.

boose be cleared off,

rope is secured, thns inclosing the

* of T* ‘■«P j inu, » vessel and deep, them; then

i be divided betwe

tn exhibi-!

i not yet been exactly I tin

allotted. In this bailding, as in oil the j g u

“ r baildinyx, American articles will i ipy tho most room. Most of I ions assigned to foreign nations a American applicants are olrea marked ont on the floor with lines

gang* of carpenter* n work entting through t ng the ground beneath

it, and laying stone and brick fou

‘dm for heavy machinery.

Imagination strives to picture rages sod conjure up tho sounds will tuoko this enormous interior i dorful e few months hence. Tho i ponderous, intricate end delicate chanical coutrirriioce invented

lie United States in 1873, durin s of high monetary eicitomeu 1 her turn of the key, or what mayb

eat, no less than $25,000,000 b risible at a single glance in tree, iotas. “ Here,” said. Undo Barn’s sithfnl guardian, “ are a conplo of m i dollars,” at tho same time handing

ring the figures * led, though there in

i neatly

o ranged along

exposed to view nothing bnt a keg, scarcely larger than a child' dram, but it contained $50,000 In geld', and weighed the same as a ban ' floor. The little closets on all

do stretches s piece of dry hide. ithcr is pleasant this musical it at is suspend'd just outside c

1 lips to tho affected

drawing that foil by snotion, ho

. That a profrae

i now and then cat op a live dog, ing horse, is a thing which, though reugnantj may be exotued; hut there is iperimentalixiug of young stndenta on daily ply their knivos upon living ani* ills, not to discover now f^cts, bnt to mg since. The supply of dogs, ad knacker*' horses at their comr ia practically unlimited, and they aj-

a intention of killing him, it being the rule to continue operating until tho bject died of his own accord. The iployees of Alfort. all of them, meet irusion on their proceedings with the

After sc

m Oalifon ampanies inf

spinning, weaving, foiling, and paper

” if sewing ma-

_ la to forward to tho Centennial

single mass of silver rained at $10,OM, 000. Tho treasury offieials, who seem (o regard this story os a “ roorback," have made a curious calculation, via.; would make a solid block ton feet long, ton feet wide, and eight and one-tenth feet high, containing 810 onbic foot. ' A

is worth in o|d t $12,000, and

Its 727 pounds aTsvdupoia. Ergo, » of tho site spoken of by tho Oeli- • fornia minors wonld weigh. 688.919

o abont 29t{

an ordinary carload, it

' bo perceived that the proposition does k very feasible. A Now York

a simply

o of 510,000,000 in silver or United States bonds, for although he “ VirginiaConeolideted ” ia admitted

ta it all o

much treatment the old docseats himself st his drum Again and thirty minutes ho pounds snd wails before. Thns ho alternates his initatioc and spirting over tho patient for eight days, providing ho does not -get well beforo that time. If, after eight sans have net, the doctor flndt no iprovement ho calls for their “ paofa" or nick dance. All the patient's

ankle, and old and young , and then ring, danoe end jump, stopping - oo exhausted. Tn *ua dsnee and jnmp tho longest ake the most noise with lun turtle is considered bright, opd seunsr finds himself a stnd -nt of the

iently awaits his into distraction

1 have found e few educated and genphysicians here, but they got nothing to do among the ignorant full bloods. There la no lev here tonohing

malpractice.

erved, says Porto Crayon, that this Igsnt and unlimited empire of babyid has not been submit!* -I to tamely , without partial effort to control or modify its oppressive authority. Tim aoblo red man ties his new boro chief to i board, bound hand and foot, not so aanoh ha keep him ont of mischief u to iunre him to that stoicism in suffering md limited sphere of action which bekacg to his fotnre career, and also to iflbrd his esteemed mother tho needful recreation of hoeing her row in the cornleld. Your tradition ridden European nind, in the bands of conformity, that ao may learn to play his part civilly without jostling or astonishing his fellow* in the crowded marts and thoronghof despotism. In America, where pent-up Utica contracts our s,” onr little regulators ore allow ;o it sprawling, acquiring even u babyhood those invaluable lessons m self-control, feU-relianoe and aelf-lielp-a which ore to make the coming terror of the world. In comparing re-

Facts and Fancies. A dutiful ia always a beautiful dangbIwsys turn up good—

When detective, find a criminal they

yenefwlly give him arrest.

Ych ahonld not stone yonr neighbor,

nt yon may rock his baby.

The price of coal does cot seem to affect the gas companies. They make

a bad thing when it

light of

Pride

mother*—In getting n

it of clothes for a boy, ii

Daring leap year young ladies have e perfect right to ask any of their gentlevisitors to take a walk vrithont go'It doesn't take me long to make np my mind, I can toll you 1" said a eon coiled fop. “ It’s alnys so whore the ool of material to make np is small," ai- By remarked e young lady. Surgeons say that finger nails, bitten rhero they remain for years adhering to be tissues and ruining one's feelings. >ou't bite yonr finger nails. An invention celled e “ heatinf omb " is said to dry the hair immediately after washing, and core all aorta of aches and pain* in tho head, besides restoring the color of the hair, end mak ing it glossy.

jge. Bonn £ging end cackling what they o do beforehand, woe so much dreaded in onr days, says a distinguished as to be punished by sitting bogirls. Ah, the force of odnn after years wo learn to sub11 things without shedding a

d toko hold and n Tho original hemlooi Long wharf, at Boston

days ago, and* found to bo ss solid kon first pnt down, one hundred ixty-four year* ago. At least, that in what is said, although nobody who

pat down woe there to make tho comparison.

At the leap year german in Washington the young mon provided them selves with lace handkerchiefs, whieh they mid provokingly drop, end their

ro unearthed

Then

partners had to pick .tl

tho provoking fellows had to bo fan: and supplied with seat*, and given

glasses of water end fed.

A Mohawk lady received a note the other day, asking if a few friends could have a Burp ripe party at her house. She said yea, and took np her carpet and made ample preparations. The evening came and neseeil with not even a caller.

Thefe

ding freemen, if he has reive the risks of his infan bsides into. self-reliant c

creditably thereafter. It .is true tl pet bebiea fall into file fn surfeiting or set the .house on fire '' ' frolics, wo feebly l

but when our “party" election triumphantly we are reassured of the future of the republic, and shout the praises of free.lorn with renovated seel.

when ha was President, he says : “ I will write yon this tittle-tattle, my dear," whieh tittle is the following graphic eloI of the manners snd principle * of I believe I forgot, to tell yon one anecdote. When Lfflnt came to this it wee late iff the afternoon, and I had ridden thirty-five miles at least. ■ Madam,' said I to Mrs. Huston. ■ is it lawful for e weary traveler to refresh himself with a dish of tee, provided it has bean honorably ' * L '*

A Washington

nw York jndge, i o first railroad 1

w lying

clergyman at Houlton, Me., waa rely so affected by a dream that a ran whose funeral he bed conducted been buried alive that he prevailed . n tho husband to have the body disinterred in tho middle of the night. A largo crowd gathered to witnsee the eight, but the woman was found to be deadend bearing no evidenea of premature burioL The lash and tho pillory are etui retained in Prinoe Edward island. Gonads. Two weeks ago a man convicted a* assault with intent waa sentenced to two

ment, two (lays in the p

It looks Ic qainee," aaid the boy. "Ah, that r minda me," sxclaimed the dominie, •' see now, it's cranberries,” and it was.

Haklag Kepntalloa*.

long siuoe a Hartford piibllablnff Ot oat a book of biographical *, and now a lawsuit diabloee* In which the reputations of

B Who K

d in it 01

factored. Oanva*

who had or wanted prominence to bargain on the following terms; Each man bound himself te pay the pnblieher* oue third of a cent per word in the notice of Urn for every copy of the book