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VOL. XL*" , CAPE MAT CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1878. NO- 2.

•ms orns mtk ' 5BR JOB MMNnNG grew, h-wo- d-M^-reg^re PE0PE3810NAL CAhDB. JOHN S. HUFFMAN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, HOTTM * NIXON, ATT01MIY8- IT-LAV, WALTER A. IAIROWI, Aitoroey-at-Lanr and Sattoftor in MBRBSRT w7~ IDMUNM, • ATTORNEY -AT -LAV 80L1CIT0K a CHAXCXEY, BUBDraUOABM. ISAAC N. SMITH, Merchant Tailor and Dealer In a— re—. ■LDMOCI JOHNSON, LABIS*. eSSTLSMKjrtt CMXLBSM/TH j 1 MOOTS, SS0S3 a 4U/TXAA ' f *gArQg. | WAN! * EUNWDCK. OONTBAOTORS A BUILDERS < can ma* errr. a. a ' M—Mi " ■! iiiiiSkm EBGHp; FARLOR ORGANS. ||||gi£i|i Mteffii : DAN LEX F. BEATT Y, '• 9k!E£!**SM?"' 1 SSKSSLmSratm f — " 1 DXN!EL F. ^BEATTY , j mafBS. a* * ■ Hill I ■ ■ ■■««» Grw

VaSaal aa MMaH. I 9M4— n— !■ ii|TT J a^' kW.i«.nIMraiwaaqiin 8 a . Aad M|k N* »Uas to"*!*!* ISk ania MNs are— T OaMhcB.Mp»av. Aahragbttoy— nAyM* Tom. ID- teO, unfa AMsMaf WU» .rey !*!» a umihaa : aad I "as *ig to tto snap <* — Ma- aMtaya 1 tore swm syre -01 to—are AM— — MM— °wm -MytoveaMlwtol Khr MM— tret—em..— ■ HISKHrC HIS LIFE. - oat of a Biaar'aaT^ala U,r white Mar daaaa Urn Joy," grambtad Too Orion, aa ba lookad oat of tto nindow a poo •U I eoald ba at boma N-pigbl aad take can at you and tba tub—. Jenny. Aad ' I would ooW for"Ha Nought of boa Mch poverty an pinching Nam. aaal aoald aotaaddaa : **' , "Only lor what, Toair aakad Ua ! wife (ran tba bad, wbara, Ql baraoM, aba : wre taking eat* ol tbair two aiek obilj "Oaly that ttoyll ba waa—gma.' ; banpbad. - Too too* it ia Chrtolare m, aad r»'n gotten ap aa extra enter"Zaa, Too;aad a -try .toy foe re. bow Ibat I aa rick, aad tba children wanting aadlnwi. and"- aba woald hava artd" food," brteoaU art baar to add a faathar'a-vaigbl la Ms load•*ao nneh iiyiaita apaa you." " I Mow," ba replied, toadilj brnabIng tba moisture from kia eye* aad starting to ooaaaal toa anxiety ; bat I to tal aad alraag. Jaaay, aad tba wtotor ia Baady ota, aad yoa-U ba wrll -Sal if saytfamg ahoold happen to r aha quaallriieil. with a hoary •Nh. bo said, tapraaatag a aob aa bo tboaghf of bow doaporato woald bo Ntar atlaa- " Bat tboro ia, daar Tom. Booaa ia ewr art* liviag tto life yon do. TMre •re ao toaay abaaaad (■ aaddaai " • •• DoaY faar. rn take car. of myself -aaal na nay extra rial; sad as I total ittiag to Asia Na tot— past, will to boas aarly." Ba atoppad to tba bsdaids; draw Na sraa^ast lass tha arid aHr*1 to bia ai^iuya^ r'nytoi Tat aa niraii i apaU taaaaod to atoia tore. Ba —garni, fidgntod. gtoaaad aaaaaOy at tba stank. "Ire-lit Man yaa tan off. Tom! ' Unsrtlonxl Ma tdto. "Yaa know it to qattolrta.' " Yaa, Jaaay, bat nait a 1 dsnl —i Ufa liattog yow atoaa." "Ob. Ism afl to staying atoaa.' SgWaX? north— sal aador ordraary atoaaatotoaa add toMr "toap Ua toad *•* atary ptoaaof laiaiiaiial aa— ad aras atrssr: to waa to aaald Bat aappaato a toitto of toBMy a. tba Maaa toaaad bba to tba Hi -Ah- to igllin wSb aal toato i hto,'toaii naai f. httotih. aa ho topi hnmsT.

tod baatad daath tor too oftoa to ahrtak . I Ihato It to aay staat, aal moat eortaialy ■ wbaa ad aaab a dhtaaea. Hto ayaa wan tied ap tba alaaal o poo a laaa of aobla boya tbot wan Mating along, amd with I fright, aad awaytog tb. alaigh fron aide , to aida-wora raaaiag at Nab ntmoat , 1 apaad, aaab atdriag to oalda Na otbar, away diiiarlaaa Bad that boaa all bt 1 1 woald not hata troablod hlmaalf. daap i sa was hisadfaboB lor blooded steeds. 1.' in t"*" ' At tbe firs', oatory be bad apiadg to _ i thrilled hit heart to tbe tary core, !, caaaed bia breath to ba more deeply drsva, end hto patoe to Boaootarily - 'etoaatotoaL / ( la tba atogirwaa a yoong aad baaab- 1 ful wocaa^ pola with Vnor. aad elaapiag tSotoraly ebildrea to bar braaai Ortoo thought of hto Jrnay aad their little ooaa, and raaoltto to aare. The altaaiptloaiitolll^ES'ii^dlhed I— «■ *opt«^ Mdto b. mml that ^the ooane of AbL woald bring tboni direoUy MHShll ■ and tboogfa the crowd (ariobtoeaad lure grappled aad woald hare NtoBW kirn away. "Toa win b. 1 11 1 11 MM— dlj ihiiiadr „ tii i i iii r ilphNi . boma reaobad hire. wtoobadbEK. tonity. ntord opoo the haroetoto Itoy 1 1 awa^i^itoAapatog "*WrR» 2 "***• m " Xoap qotoC I will soro yoaSt ' m And aare them be dtd. B^ags " I into their mooUu?l brooght there 'h^B Tba crowd ibirea 1 laatily. Tba potttoN u I^^rtod ttoT" r s^bo^ „ store, ud aa aooa aa tba former bad la , asked lac hto peaaarror, thai aba toight m thank and reward hire. Bat he was not |f waa that aa aooa aa the tremUiag atoada _ had bsaa taken charge of by othert ba bad dtoappaared. ,. "Wboooald ba faawe toaaT* qaaaJ Booed tbe lady, with atul gba^y fare U rooahtna'aThiareeU apokfamao; "bat ho was a brmra fallow, aaybow. I c wouldn't tore taken tba rtok ba did lor 7 "A brare fallow, iadaad." waa the - napnwaa, "aad X woald girerery reweh ,» to kaow bto aaaa aad wbara ba ia to ^a So woald the poUeareaa, Nat aorea- „ dto ^re%ht,totoch to to7 boa, and ttoa^rit of Tom Ortoa entreed hint' to lose tba oaa opportanity b ol hto lib to bare riaan abore iron- _ baadad porarty. Maaawbile to waa harrying to Into U Hare Bare tod tore ooaapiadia Na raaawa Ibaa to tboagbt poaaibU, t, tod tboagk applaaaa waa daar to tdto (re to aD). yto ha aoold not atoyto M Uetan, and aa tor riakiBg Ufa for aoaay, • to tod not area d n il of aaab a . »N»S *- °** "* brMlh> hl dtotod into tba ^ reproof for toteg lata. J, "OoaldaY tolp it,- to replied. "T L tow o pair ol Sary baaaaa reaatag away t wtN aatoyb red a worere aad too I. «fciWtiwB, real tod to atop a^ rere . Ha told the etory rery briady tod a X-" d YbaiiW..i..||l .I'd totbarebo. " raakly determined to eaatreta Ua total d daring area— ttoae giren ea^wpea tba a- mmtm \ . I|hl| NatNa m baeaa to rode had not tore tretoad to - Ne« waa j n tog aadwSA. m U aabfiy.yat wtoa to to. ■, I.I leap- * store, torererttotattartogtagtoM toad Na bores, to tobad rellrely, tod ftre Ortoa waa bariad haaaOy re t, Na greaad. J H. I t to ton red —to Bg» id «* HN. mi ; toto^ tototo "to* " ^ rn j I tod Na°i*>M^y b» ^gtotod'toa^ 1 " I are da— ba. aad aad'— Ma bare - to .

oMktoe^ arrey ye •Tito, daar Toa^' arid Jaaay, aa > well aa aba aoald tor tor piMfa] aobI •• what will toeoaaa of wa-etf tbe i ebildrea T We atoll all atarea aad die ] "^T'whfla wa hare hands," replied | - 1 loootod aad arery ana narred to do Ito ' ol i nbaori toward reliof. , Ttoy ril lool^arettBdrereto^r Ire | ,, seer, and their gntrebhng tooaate load ^ ) and deep. ' j "I ore bear anything," arid Tore, i * 1 ! •• tot for yon, Jaaay, and tba children," , aad to entirely broke down, r | •• Aad I eoald corse that doctor for an & r unfeeling wretch " blurted oat one of ! w 1 tba reoal paaatooria. " But it ia area - thus. Wa fire oar bare freely to planes q. - tba pabbe. aad wtoa anything happen. & r Tore Ortoa groaned heavily. Tbe i sound swoka bia little girl. She imiaad > ap in tod, strained tor ayaa, clapped > childish glee sad wonder : « 1-| -Mamma! Papal See— re aagritl * Ail ayra ware taraod in the direction u 1 aba pouted, and ia tbe doorway Mood a r beautiful worere, leaning opoo tba ana d 1 of tbe phyaidu I st 1 Yaa. u aagal bad core, to there, si 1 Tore Ortoa had risked his life to aare ■ that of the daughter of Doctor Ami- , 1 tags aad his grandchildren, aad tbe t, - in— i li— in. toil (1tt» tLmt'L ' si edga who it waa. a Bat aaear •» aa aqneatrisn feat . better rewarded, and aware a more char- ^ i itabla angel appeared apaa earth, eren r apaa tba day wtoa abka front bill-top ■" sad Teller is proclaimed : "Paaoaapoo I earth aad good will to bhl" ( toasas af Lib. if J Change ia the errr row fsatnr^ of n * Ineiety- oflib. B . -Tea yanre renrert the popoblioo of - r AJNboola into men aad worere, the young k M MNl fathers aad matrons, make aad OIB fortunes, and bury the bat goner- n ialanla into ' re^tooftnan sad dial Indiana, ooerert a ^H^Hrere and worere into ernwliag u J HHa aad bnry all praoadiag gaare- , b J ! toSBj^th^'butu'w^r^ ! <" j tsctfNAlo gmadfaitora, aad bory . ; the or redtoe ttom to . j, , d W|iretooai.y. FoHtiW^ato ! ohrege the Uoe of „ , all toHIAbab are growiag old. , lb. b^UKw-th reri baaaty to. d paaaad^E%ro aotire gaareatioa. . tore toaat— from Itore^ of lifs, , name. -AVMatod are fo^ottoa, « [ uusoapaotoAri—dUaiM for tame hare | r atartodap attoaatlaa. woreb P , Aad in fiftp^riNmatare, ripe fifty U ' uUrnt Tto*rori^ . hare, toraat, ari Me torelato, ail- „ . legos; m the tofMMt man. and tba ii 1 dseSaiea aad re MMf all aaOiaad 0 - -oririyl K& E i LM aa pare i) .UNy years— and , wba. do ws 1 I todfW^o oorelcrt as . ia tba world! &M tot a aregc— ; . . into ril parte of U^XftoBgbttW q i grim and derpsrataMlMfl Wa Oar . old Maada— wtora ■— d Watoi bold a woald of wfaidHMNb nothing P , and to wUah — aHi. Wa " . Weep tor grereatfc— IdMBt-lir * I loaerr, for paranto, liMMklw * ' ha!to of taJtan^ t^d^BKtota o destiny of time. hiwHLll P I'tto reaityof lite, sad waVHfy it r to laydowa tba poor MMRi w I Tto Maatod, are—gy feriBf I rn.lw.idi N a lornri is ga— f^^Hn r tritotad to tto faal that Na I trees rea aNNNari by Itol^H — aaaareav to Nrir dere^^^H Bat X. Orandire. profreaor IcMH . French atoool of toreatry, ayy^M i prirtag tto amaBre ansa of alaririt^H I lb tori Sue *1—, to tried re expaiH U dgril.WTT.to took tool III J - P*— . reritwrigbtog three I graare, and baring fear In- - — I ri\£u£Taad ptoanl , . ride by ride to a pariri— toaareMa to a ' *Cm— rittore todptoeadrearit. J g cage, aanariliag of fear b— —to, to— « a tori stoma toato. jritod at t a riw." briri and^ua— k/toriaurepl— *y paal J r toaaad Na print toare Na ariton af at- | y Tbiy— Jlrifill..ai..l JM nriS J Na middle af Aaga— wriaa Na reaalto , a Nridaadre— aairitona: Tto ptoad re , the ap— ari tori a—fast sbrigMaf | a N-atoriltobiMri-.wbdto.NaaN- . y — an* too tori tore todtorit Na . ; * •— pre— a — tohto ware ' . to-d. re — tosrire— riN. I t to— — |

m ni parscl Gray Irito are rery popular ' a Bridal refls an now beamed. 1 Peede end feather, are tbe rage. C Ore oh nlsd underskirts of aourlet. bins t> j aad white an won by yowng girls. ■ ^Haary ohama and lockets are out ^ Obildm's suits are mads frcsn fisnnsi , . O tores are aalfwutebed with bauey a isak. and aroa hare tbe monogram am- , broidersd on tba wrist. Osstor | lores lor win—. i fa Oaulnani uadarakirta tnmaari—dib a Harm lace are worn with handarrre e walking drreeca. jh Well-made real aaeqaaa hare the pile ^ of Bia fleece toned upward, ao that tbe will tall book ward and open. ' Y elect ia no longer combined with e silk ia ooetamew but ia mneh used with ^ Beagles are not discarded. The new- , set are Igyptire ia damgn. and here all c aorta of eariuua things dangling from 1 1 tbe band. | Plaid stockings an much won by ! c Bus win—. Tbe real Bootch C •tockuurs hare tba plaida m diamond- I shaped dangus 1 Tbe latest fancy ia nocking, ia lor c white polka doSa in silk embroidery oa * Mack silk faM and lags, while the tore ' and basis aad tba appec part of tbe legs | Spanish lac* ia extreaie<y popular aa trimming foe cashmere mautalettaa, i trimtoag effective, "it ia anally gatfa- [ ere d, while Preach lace it aide-plaited. ( Broeada of all kinds are in high fa- i , eor. Anything in Nat line pnnniil , be your grandmother fifty years ago < wiUbetonad "JaM the thing." This ( may be aa important fact to baar in i | mind. In tune, like there, whatever , here in the camphor cheat ia fash- , Oroal care Aoold ba taken ia er- I ranging costumes formed of mixed ■ goods; aad Id aelwking such goods as , 1 bare gay colore, to ba particular to ooo- , < salt what bat soils your complexion. A ' < to the wearer, aad beooa tba toilet will i ' grotaeqae ia ritoM. i Tbe wile of the principal of Brietol j college teaches political eeooorey. , Imdire bow carry rery small mirrors ! tbair pimk— for obeicna purposes. | ' | ••Jodie," a new style of hairdtereiag. '• ; in wtilch tbe hair ia onOad down to tbe ' eyebrows, is named lor a Preach prima ' j of fnroi— Taoretury ago, arenow in J A lew York lady who aabmittadtoj! bar lace enameled, warranted to , last lor six months, bee bean attache! with peralym. of Um facial nareaa. \ A lady rearired Iba grid modal at lbs 1 racmrt er.min.linu ia the faculty of law , McOtll college, Montreal. There a { Mire Boer Hobburd. the daughter of < an Eagilah member of Pariiemeul, le a : I ancoaosfal poultry faaeier. aad can also < cut down . tree almost as wall - Mr. 1 1 M— Oil i aifl ia a OalUc—ia arito who | liaaaa of hard mcaey— that Ii bard to ' get — aba sails tbe portrait of a dog for 1 gXO, aad bar otbre paiatiaga for pro- J Mire Baton M. McDooald argued bar j pa*— tier — impaoeed dram piolntn j in the Dal tod Btoda court ia Bcri—tbl , otbar day. Oa— al Ball— bafago— of C— IT toTtto-'tS' ti— Tto^bl kaptorera yo- ia — a— a frwU tax. I Hia toad—ip aeaBa hiaaaalf of a aaall . Itodder to recaod to .Na tap wriaaeeor i ■Tri^i'^toadle re ta"hri' nalire i K— to. Asa liarnmrito baton oare- < ^taaareaaa ^^K^faUowT— ore Na wa— are i s^BCNa light— re— be arid, i ^Kad ato— bet. rea Oriobar » I •^Kto d. About ■■ tint* of I ^ aaow Ink- aad toftoari ' ^^K-.l..ril.W»hto IpMtoK ri^^Karerire -ria raaryre-ri- ■ a^^bwa-dli KaglaauL Aad < -tok — afc.cf to. j Lse^^^^eds a Nil l— M to— octo^^Kri— ae— . Igriaw— I i— H^^Kb— Nth— to toatoto- < graph ^^■kriplrep. Iwriad Ure ' — a^2j^B^^N2to|lw hit* *>m to— Zh 'y— re ^Na-dto^K^to-N.-'^rd^KTtoto^

ChriMmas la Wales. i 1 Obria— aa baa fairly began ia Wa— | ^ Tbe walls were petrolling the atresia of i * last year aa aarly aa Dceeaber ! aad Christmas festive* wen bald j 1 as aarly re December 19th, at which f were displayed, aad ; u thesr boughs denuded of tbe toys aad ' trinkets and lollipops, ia which the ■ 1 jueeoile bear! deligbteth. After Christ- c ■are day the fcwtirai cestui Has I know • not just bow long, but apparently for ° •Ccka j>> Chnatmre saaaoo are, ia tbe main, alike ! 1 curious old customs are retained r which in other porta of Great Britain ^ MoTuly do tbeb^riagtreri^to mee- ° ral churches throoghoot tbe principality j cular bells, but there are grand gather- ! at spcuial prints of all tbe bail-ring- « eta tor leugaeu around, who vie with each other ia showing whet frets thee perform; how they can setcmirh you 1 with their majors, bob-majors and tn- , I pie bob- majors, on tbe braaau clangers I of tbe steeples. At Cowbridge last 1 thirty-fire ringers came to- 1 j gather from Abardate, Pruarth. m. ■ LUntrisant, Llanblethian and ' otbar .till mare ubpruoonnoreblaplaeaa, ' and, after they bad rung* till tbe air , ^ abore the town was black with flying * clef, and q oarers from the steeples, they ' I all sat down to a jolly Christmas dinner 1 at the Bear. The bands of watts, or 1 ' "pipers of tbe watch." who wake tbe 1 echoes at tbe early morning with their ' 1 1 carols, are beard in erery Welsh town j 1 aad village. In some towns there are ' several hands, aad much good-natured , 1 ' > rivalry. Regularly organised aad train - 1 ad choirs of Walauman perambulate the 1 ' Cambrian country, chanting carols at ! ' i Christmas- tide, and bands of muavssm . ' I I play who, in many cases, would not die- ' credit the floret military orchretraa. ' 1 Carols are sung in both Welsh aad English; aad, generally, tbe wsilaare popo- i . 1st. II their moaie ia Dot good, they ' I Dot tolerated, irmta grntlemen attack 1 i j there savagely, aad drive them off. Sot exactly that boot-jacks aad empty hot- i . 1 tire art thrown at them, but they are i t ; excoriated in " letters to tba editor." in i < I which strong language ia hurled at them < disturbers of the night's quiet, sad ia- ' I But each teres are rare. Tbe music ia I almost. in variably good, aad the effect of I i the soft strains of melodiously- warbled < j ooming dreamily to one'e cars | ' 1 through the dartnere and distance oa a , J I I win— morning ia aweet and .nothing to > V Tba Walah poor are really ia clover at 1 1 | neglected then, do matter what their lot at other seasons Tbe oat-door poor of 1 every pariah are riailed with tbe baskets of benefactions tn the handa of tbe well- ' ' to-do. A spectre of festivity, arbitrarily ' tanned a " tea aad treat." at which all | ' ! poor people may eons aad alt down who . < will, iaapreodin Waataysa chapala aad ' • like place., Tba Weriaysas do not ' ' adorn tbair places of worship with ' aad ermgirena. bat they spread ' three tab— for tba poor with moat liberal band. Whatever meats are left [ af— all have eaten who will, are : I — T "there u— distinction made to 1 , the mat— of religioo-reoogh that yon ' are hungry; it ia tbeOhriatmas day ; tat , aad ba flllad. Bo, seven hundred peo wre at tba Waataysa chapel near my . boma tn Oardiff last Christmas In tba mlalag town of Marthyr Tyd 111 tbay give a Christ fare diotiar to tba poor, wnsob perhaps tba beet patron— d in Wa— r Forrevrer— « yoars pari, tba rea— of t UP* | CliiiMmaa tobla. CriaeMrarea to lareattare j , Oaiaaid— ia iavaafoa and dta- t I oovery are tba rata rather than tba ax- > r reptscre When any Lotable^dvaDca U ! —are or i^ applying tbrikaowtadg^ . awt always more than one rial meal ag>sml frequently W ^ make good . tbair ato— a to the honor of bwrtng pur- ' bb— Iba rem. 1— of tbougbt or sxprenI tHuTtriuft— g^t *"* °*^ 5TX | In - aooa of tbe piasiet Neptune, and directed I 1 1 1 1 ttom mi to— to print . tbair tdm.if ... ia on— to And it. , PiiIii.i. M— a*. Btlato i— ia.liM re . Nil. lt»M Na — g»— e tatagrepb . wre riabbrenly centre tod by re- — . bri tabnoU^wBl^tba^aaaaa Jdre brio. e " kU^* TT- *** ^rA'''-u.ii*T i tomTaodN»re«N wf 'la i^b I x^MNNrid — — N y ojN— a— — to— »N— N*— to; !.r«m-— p— . JTLTla— i-. »;M— • —H to_— to. A '

Vlba popular oaatore of preparing ! Chriatmaa trees — tba delight aad i u amnarere tof yoaag sad rid. la— .. 0 yearly; aad tbe qoretson : "How .hall trim ooe ria often asked ; BO I shall from boom pine woods near at hand. £ select a fin sly -aha pad fir balsam or ctDscr tan fret in bright. Then spread I large sheet over one end of tbe par— * carpet, aad put a goodaiaen — cheat = In the center of it. | Tbe lower limbs of the tree must be ; off so that it can be firmly fixed ! mo tbe box ; aad aay email heavy h 1 rise lea, like weight# and flatirons, can ! fa 1 put ia for bailout, to keep tbe tree • firmly in place. Then fill up the box ; " , with hard cnaL Tbe cheat most be con crelsd w*th some pretty material; rid1 cor— aa will answer tbe pnrpoaa. or tbe ( Americen flag ; and a white furry robe t ' a— suitable. Drape these articles I 1 Close to tba tree, aad tat there trail a , little on tbe floor, to make a graceful •weep. Sow the tree is planted aad we most t proceed to decors le if. Make chains of j 1 popped com, strung together with c yards will be none too much for a large- ^ tixcd tree, sod the pure white festoons ■ of the tree peodaoe a fine effect. , We most also has* paper charms made , I either of glased scarlet, gilt or silver ; t cut the paper into small strips, four t inches tang and act half an inch tn , width ; fasten the two eada of each strip together with floor peete, and make half if them Into rings ; then take the rret { sad make into similar rings, but firm ; , 1 slip each strip through two of tbe dried j I rings before joictog tbe ends. In this , f manner all tbe slips of paper are inter- , , iaoed ead we have a chain of rings which ! i will greatly adorn oar tree. They must t be fretoooed ia ioag, graceful loops from limb to limb, aad tbe effect ia vary All this work tbe children una do, aad ! . it adds greatly to the cotartainuient of • the loag evenings, at this ureunri. They 1 : rea also assist ia covering English wal1 nuts with tinfoil or gilt paper, and in ' . filling app— with dovri. which will ' i t of our bureaus, aad therefore make a c . oeptable presets. IS we possess s cracked mirror we . must take il to lbs glax— *s,sad ask him ' to cat it into two-Inch squares. Around ' I tbe edges sod across the backs colored I [ must be pariad, aad long ribbon I I attached to tbe backs by which to 1 , suspend them behind the liny wax can - ' , ' dice, where they will do duly aa rafkc- • i ! ****• Fancy glass balls of all colors can be | - I ; purchased lor s few oents each ; apd | 1 with tin reefs to attach them to tb* tree, [ | can be bought. Self-balancing candle , ! holders can a— be found at most toy . shops, aad Deed only to be placed on ' , i tbe brunches. If these cannot be ob1 1 tstned, common copper wire can be i , ' heeled s little, sad ran up through the : I 1 candle a little way, aad tbe upper ead i [ can be twisted firmly ahoat tbe branch. ; | btile kerosene pnl on with r camel's . I hair brush, they will light very quickly. 1 The light, showy gifts oaa be sut- , peoded upon tbe tree, but tbe 1»—T>«r (■ . anas must be laid upon the piano or , table, or otar wrapped in paper and , arranged around tbe bree of tbe tree. . to cut tbe gifts from the breaches. ! [ Whan sad. s tree la trimmed, filled j , with gifts sod ligbtad, it u iadaad a | , beautiful sight— a graceful greaa prya- , mid, with numberless little jeta of , flames, trembling end flashing mirrore. garlands of bright hare-all brig htoeaa, | sparkle aad trior . Try it, fair friends, , aad sen — yourselves bow lovely it to Tewed by a Whale. Oapt. Wise, of tba American hotel, a j Long Breach, S. J., accompanied by " | ia a boat about twenty feet—*. They jihad arrived oa tbe fishing grounds ' all their Hare oat, aad were, having • splendid lure hauling in codfish. Then 1 Wright, cm of No fleberaen, saw the • fin of a uureMrowa fl— . sad immediaUly - Na bout began to swing around. Wright " shouted to Ne semi ia soother beat, 3 ubowt 100 yards distant: "Isook oat, " there Is a whale bold of — " bat More - the mee could move from Nairi seats j tb*7 were^bpieg hfr—j owt to s^a at^be " loag reebor rope of tbe bosk Tbe pull • oa Na beat wee so strong Na are " Nought the boat wneld go over erecy J — — *■ "P* _■• Nay wees very - tbe qesss.M Ney had were known. All • Nay soriddo was to held re wed tat bar ■ go — a tow reieetae Then they crept » forward red set N. rope. They were • a red. teNereot tones. The AN • Imp* right re, aad Nay reeH ere Ne ; ■ t->ile*a*ail 1 > hreeNtok Ne rerea— wre to— Ne ' eeANh. em* Net - e— e ep to Ne - — • h-Nrew— — re—N —re red 1 » get tba rape to — reeefh red ewwre cdT. ■ towtog Ne jrasd to— hire ^rahM NM t Na Mat paNA a— tab* aa* re Ne ato j » —to reA N» hreay reA—a. wragklag a

TIMELY TOPICK. dt I The favorite cavalry leader of the j of Oa—1 is an Irtahman named „ j Urn Del. , ^ It ia swtimatad that Colorado's gold|asd 1 silver yield foe 1878 will M ia the arigh1 borhood of I4S.878.88S tt. Susan's Town, named tn honor of ta Miss Hasan B. Asthoay, fata joM been el made tbe oonntye— of Harper's eoeaty, 8; Kansas. pa Home mean scamp oet in Detroit, ; Mich., has counterfeited the rent, bet m tried to avert penalty by obscurely Q stamping " not " in small tatters over si 1 Wbl Lloyd Garrison Burs that lb* first temperance paper in tbe world was „ established at Breton. Maaa. in 1818. p wre called the \aHemal ProLUMUm- rc it. i fl. Oa* of the shortest will* ever known j fare just been proved in tbe Lewes j a (England) probata etoori. It ocmtaiu. i r only nine words, aad ia to tbe following j Q effect; " Mr*. le to hav* all when 1 n p All the ahore for tb* ua* of tb* Unitad b States army are now made al tbe mill- . tary prison at Port Leavenworth, Kan. . > by military ooovietu, with the aid of modern maehinee. Last year S9.8N0 ^ The United States lighthouse eatab- 3 ' now maintains for Ibe protec- ' tioo of life aad tbe safety of commerce " lights (tocludtng 638 on tbe West- ' riven). 471 day beacons, fifty five signals. Operated by ataam or hot ' utr eagines, aad 8,003 baoys. r Oaa hundred aad two nocactiew, twrnty -eight newspapers, aad eighty-eight . and pamphlets have been pro- . hlbited tn Germany since the promol r ' ration of the anti-eocaalist law. In j joaraal of snciallat proclivities left; in 3 I central aad southern Germany there c ' changed their names since the new law. • # f i Traveling by steamboat on American , water* saasns, on tb* ebrie. to be safer ' I than ia gaoreally suppoaed. From tb* 3 | 1 report of tb* supervising inspectorI general it appears Nat N* total number , of live* lost on steamboats in tb* United I daring lb* fiscal rear ending f . Jos* 30. 1878, wre 313. Upward of 0 900,000,000 perrons bo** trawled on 1 , American steamers during tbe year, ao ' 1 that tbe proportion of lists lost ia really 6 small. — 1 Home twenty-five years ago David P. s r Teller, residing oa tbe Msev.lkm road, c i in Ohio, bad in hia possession a silver ) . half dollar, made in the year 1838. aad a . oa it and Nought to retain it re a | ! relic. After several years, however, he . ; paid il oat ooe day by mistake, along i ! years it took ile cow*. Recently be , rent his little daughter to Maseslloa on . | ao errand, aad opcm her rata— Nome r - she gave him some chscge, and vrtth it r , wre Ne identical half dollar with his , i A Michigan bee raiser has writ— a j , | book about N* "Bleeeed Bees," whi , 1 I haw brought him a fair fortune. But I , tar hia statistics one would haw some . difficulty in believing him. He went , . merchandise or aay other pursuit; he , [ gave bis whole time aad thought to it, , , aad so superior wre hto honey that be . could obtain tbe highest market prior 1 ia Ssw York. Hs to s yoong sua, sad , urges this branch at Industry apaa others wiN great warmth, lbs sum total , of lbs capital invested wre *830.81; his T *M88MI — | I John Bert sod Mary Jans Weary war* ' I married the other day. " There to rest . » — the wnsry," aare enough. , • If Nereis anything in this world mcsv | I abaadaat red — s re— y than liinreissr, we hare yet to learn what i i "K It ingnasre UyfooBdNat Neman wbo t complains most ioodly of bis neighbor . for blowing bin own bora, does so be- I ' reons M bre no bora to Mow And. as < ■ n rata, aobody Mil trust bim far a born. II ftot , wM osuallv pays very ^little J watared «lks dry goods r Certainly; V tbsy urn Ne most primitive kind of dry • goods; Nam to Bathing in Nat line r "Do you sraot to got rid sf oay— ng 4 on year hand.!" reta tto CM. fire /M8 b Va are scop aad wa— i noul More • sod MvaoY bad a wart to twwoty *w '{ "Tnkeabo— to yoorrelf.- wares— • , that to— pareto read to aMJy. It to j ! e*-" " ' ■' AMmt Ne safiy poreaas oM — apaa B — NNo " YtaTref yoasM4J|a yrea- ' a t— NaaNbMM iMifl Mini I— !; • t—Mb "Nta" asp— d Ytis II I is , k ;MN re— a— tog sf — Mure'.t . *•»—'— A— »— rej'reAMm n*A« *jN* reA*nA— a!*— re^lT- * j i

j A mrertM— -HaTiliiK AgM*MW-Whre.N» mM> MM j— AtoNanrere. ■Ik ■•Na** h0*i' A Fraaub ts—re jrt— N WW — What Aooa a Mbyds wiN Ua eyre ; wMa M fore to — ap! Ba NNa Hcore 1*48 tbsy wore Ntrtyto*o t'leaspts against tM livos of raiser sad ■ **** oaallr .Km,- iMnp

dall that s bttotar sfll not reA# there Be- member — — were Ne dying words of the tnrMy wbo bad hto Mad cot off. Tto . -tu M — «M— Resysd .eMTta aud^e ; ^ TM Bora renal, among its other cwrities, presents tM traveler wiN the extraordinary spectacle of vast scboolqpf fish, which at timas sadden ly appear ia the vicinity of N* rreoel —1 re suddenly disappear. fimooliaag irons are a comparatively modem invretiou. Ia Ne reign sf Elisabeth and James I., largo were toad lor the purport. There .tones were, qnerrty snemgfa, inscribed - wiN texts of Beripture. hrodgrres seye evawytbtog to ailaii s indulges in amuwmemt. Tbe ligbtniag t play*. Ne Wind wbtettao, Ne thunder ! roll*, tbe enow flic*, the waves leap, Ne fields smile, Ne bads abbot, aad Ne ! bills haw tope to play wiN. •• Do eagles giw milk, mother T" asked lbs boy. •• So, myecrn; what made ! yoo think sol" "Because I've heard ] of :be eagle's sereem." Tbe mother i reached foe her slipper, bat Ne embryo paragrnpher bad vanished. There to a rertam paint cm a ridgr ifornia, where own be heard Ne ramble of trams oa Ne Southern Pom fie railroad re Nay more Na raaga .to Ne west To know a Ning to right, and not to m a weakneaa. When yoo knera fact ; Nat to wisdom. Fear act poverty. • Ok ! vDors an rea |»«t ■' WeMwrid ' • I— 1 ^ with rata jsypsetty m—r-^ -on; shot is that mbiMBsrrasar^ator hide* herself tn e flover-cop, or nnder s leaf, or creeps into Ne rid ivy, aad plays hide-and-seek with tbe sunbeams, haunts some ruined spot, or laughs oat of a bright young fore. These are no tore Nan 168 eeoarato HS which are maintained in England end Wales, sggwgatiDg 18.900 dogs. The largest peek to Ne Duke of Beautart's, oorepetotbg 166 bounds. Gnat Britain has 630 f solarise sugared on the worsted trade. These employ 111,000 operators, end haw 3,190,spindles, aad 66,000 power tore. name worried is denwd from a village in Norfolk where the goods were first produced. There are in London 1.928 architects 971 surveyors, 6.667 builders, 31,699 carpenter, and jocners, 17.983 bricklayers, 863 marble- masons, 6.029 niosoa and 27.719 pi am bees, paiatan aad glaxiora- Tbe piaatarers aad peperbaagera probably number 8,000 more, ror to ate. nirotioo to a newspaper, and tbe editor refuses to print il, be gets mad sad reweeks. Bat when be examines hto poeketbook aad finds oaly fifty oecto and an nareorspted tailor't bill, be vna»- ' ly concludes to let some other fellow ' atari it — aad Newby saves eevrea! thao- - sand dollars. — A'orrisfosen Herald. t A couple rending in De-roc, England, I ried. Tbe bridegroom, rnrired cf taking hto ia loaded bride at N* church door I aad accompanying bar to the al— , i walked thither wiN Ne bride's sister, ' wbo wre ooe of Ne bridesmaids. Tbe brid* appeared to have Nought Nat Mr intended husband had changed hto tired into a paw in a very dejected state ■ of mind. TM eeranooy proceeded, and 1 it wre not until tbe clergyman came to Ne important question, " Wilt Noe ' haw this woman to M Ny wedded i wife T" Net tbe bridegroom was eool scioua of hto mistake. He Nest lookad , aad nxctaiased: "This to Ne wrong moid, sir r 1W right maid was soon • foond, aad No right maid wa married i to Ne right maa. !MI William the Herman; Berey.9— Mwl Rrery. Tbsw ton i il ref Jeka. 2tart.Hsrey — l— 4. Edwssdn sna Ire and ttore, Aad.reta.af— A— red. Tbsss Mresys w* sea Tw.gdweMs.NM Mil I. If.— gylgrere. Tee Hsreye-ststa Mere*. tM fl l ll l ill in A i I il Yat rearired. sfM tMmws*. Iiilsltotota AM rent Jsmre — —red to IMnreM—BMtBssy I TsreNs* nrewsre AMfsreNNI NreUpe-M 1 YM *y* si s wanfesnre to m tore ■ — It— i ■ hi mill > .1 I. > MnfikAs— m-M. kdn tare ■ Mhto — ftag. . Iswreb t W n— j— M n i wraa , > •— M— ! ■ — MU t-"da'J| to - Na I ■ I N I II M— . tore Mr — j I Xl i to^t jHreni Nn — —