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YOL. XI. CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1879. NO. 49.

STAR OF TIIE CJ^PE. liter JOB RRtN H WC ^ Wlkurt DIRECT DRAFT EII8EKA MOWER, "■ ""WSMSggv-^ He fcn (kwiisw Won: TRRT1MMUALS. — — WILOOX&WHITE ORGAN CO. Meridmt, Cb»x. U.S.X. jAl Om£ ^IsSSSi?

Mb iM EHxahetk. lb TaMMtniMbvR Uf TW V^r "-H— — -atrl, tu£ wl Erad.iu»m..«m»- "■ ** ^^***~~ ^ Itatfott to xtnu.o* byo*. " Omit sd — war il JMbUlte and lor. Ikn W.L. ^U-AKiR^n^.tr* *■ Ha.sntiil 11-M.t-^ « ■M.u<ki.rti.lMU- -Si MAX. S Kid) aliuTfel soil covered the 'Ink u Uibi yiUnwlhtiitarfCIHlm. u GoOlkb Lechkr, > Genoa am igrant. «, rtrtagakaly »urtofOhlo,lna«wcfa of work or of a bit of lud which might be bought with the few pforaa of foreign d. gold cols that ha OBTfad ta a •mall g. kaUser fa* labia boran. M Gottlieb b>> a link Eaglbb. Ha wbar* this litik raliry laj. Tb. man b! wu glad enough loaaU a part oi II. Mai m ■ » ik im.d lb. ew^haiM ol mfadoa and Uif overshadowing brlt ol it The r<T7 day lb. roavcyanre wu (lotllirb started a letter serosa lb. ara. ti wtib instructions far hb young wife to re cms* to his Ohio ben*. k It WM a ioag *">» be bad to writ „ ifctf.B.mmhSTa.y t boa ud building a euaiorfobk logliousr In which to taeairt tba Bttla baa >■ la two yrnra from lb* timr they wm b. biitM la tt» gray old ebureh oa lb. r baaka of tba faraway MoraUe, Ibey n> wen wirt la* away aa happy aa a pair pi 1 party of awa whh chnins aad surveying o. iaauwam aad ^Uttia ^hp^am ol lag. laying out a lla* lor a raw railroad! h By, tba Haae Iba twins. han aad H AWartoa. —void sough to efop tbrtr baadaat tba aaaiail b— la. tbaw waaa at grot mmm rimvel clattering away la la tbabnUdafaa*aflbaboaaa.aadapik- ir drivsr poaadlac dowa kxtg-pointcd lag* pi fcnki fcafffiHfia of lb. pfora of abridge it wkkfewratotpaCkwrinr. .i Art long kefim the kmg-haiivd Joseph »i waa old *M*h to eoep abeat tbe (ma turf la Boat of tba hoaaa lb. raiboad " SSSaSSiHi Tba i i - iraiaa oai nal paao- m noma, wtkb nah ttriac |wopi. from lb. ■ *nat towaa orar lb. blUa aad plaaa h wbkb Iba doHgbtad «bUdv*e bad wevtr mm. * HwuW iaa* txto., tbatrat^hrada o s;,rJ=*=;tr;S^ : hata. baadkanbiafi aad baada -tWy ■ I. that kmmiy r^ka tba tosbi -m ^ ateoat tba oaly tbia* ibat gar. aoy ■ rwMyto lb. hi. of tb* coatafw aad b> matraL abboa^t It amm .topped. r TzSS&sxzzz' aait Jafta^idiMw «a appK a * ' aad le a&rd 'b. i-| ~Qm*m *a-«aaa Mcbt." a-birt J

anrlaty ot aatica wbkb GoOtb* Ulb«. bad lakra p-'». to uach him. AA*r a wbil* lb. iaum*a>i doe. b* hoard a tralo rooadio* lb* curre. at croaain* tbe brid*r. would rsab oot, eatrb op a atlrk aad rat abool •be m-adow Wjth it. dive otf tb* biaff lalo lb* riwiT aad iwim to tb* opptwlle boak. Or. ataadia* Bpri*fab l« would daarc aad bow lib* a perforata* bear, while baada, aad oftou tb* yaaaiM ll. bowed Utd^lopched ta*»aiae *a>oytiwal of lb. By lb* Iba* Wax waa fti 11 -crown, a Mby called Tberma bad bom bora ia lA little whit* rotla*e. which bad Mm-tbe place oi lb* log bona*, aad H" warm, auaay day. cam* ll waa the plump y.Hnw ball id "iW that waa roUia* about ou tbe rreeo tttf Wbar* all tbe ocbcr ehiMreo bad ratcbed ic turn. IdttlAloe-eyad Tlaay bappeuad to be a wcairaful creeper. She waa alrou* aad obwa. aad would creep no ber •mall baha aad fart .all* aa (aat aa the other chSeu ecu Id walk. Oa» dak* w. come iron, orar tbe ara -from ibbottoM villa*, oa tbe Mo-mile-Ural Wy Wxmlballotbar Lxcblcr would nouk lire Willi ber children ia bke. Full of joyWtlrfb drove to tbe tarC"l "*»»■' "nV railroad, aad told tbe .cent to iookVl for his mother when •be amrcwi. aoL, and a mcraen*er up tbe track to bAmte to let him know •be wa» tberr. I Graadamtber 4 oomin*. aad tbrre waa great excit^ut fo Ui* harp, household of tbfcoura, ud worldag Gcraraa %gnM. Tbe chilsaid : \ "Periupeabe wiAmta uwiay. ud we will go dowa li, meadow aad father Dowera to truck.. ... '.•urarlvra aad tlce ruojp rnraber add she should Ljd™' trivial I blag to make tbrAacrbnrLtrr ' ^W^CTtidbT*'1' ' "Wv will leave baby , foe mamma to look alt*-,,,;, wr , Uaario*. "T ^ But tbe mother waa so buA- a act brad at all the little chargT^,. bora bad given ber. Shr hL robes of be* children dcS^j, 1 ol tbr cottace.'aad soon, aa thrV,,!, t of the " tbrre o'clock express * X, I mwtbapreuy group •campmC^ . tbe track, \ C Iaatiactirely goiag to the opra L. • way. abe. aa well aa tbe chll.lren.t f tin engineer aad tbe fireman, was V < ror-atrsck to me baby Tlmy becwcJ f black rails, ultin* in tbe euaslii . mattering luadfol alter Iraadfu! of whl | Although tbe train had "slowed np^ would be impossible to stop ifo. it reached tbe thiid; but tbTra. gineer- made tbe efljrt. The terrified mother could .to aotBag but lift up her | pallid bee to beaira. and pray for But just then Mx. with hi. ran throwa back aad h|l plumy tail trallkr tbe graoa, abot Re a dart fromm. otbarald* of tbetck where be lud been nuabHag. Tf intelllgvnt rrratur bad anea the daagyaad muprabRM la nail R i n of Le Max bad boaak ad by tbemrraarimfilldren. cirarrd t, ^ traok. caught t^e by the bah oT br ; pretty pink calkcmean. lifhd ber ban ' raugb-brwa Rupoc which tba wu 1 ■tttiag. nod brouA bar to bar motbfS _ -Uad daa." 1 Mr. Lochkr.au teiliag tba ah«4l>a.aa. d. -do. k U rhlaocr be akuogmdot rachhae. turtae » room town dot *1. and beMmokuam c bant, aad be ftd done childraukC d arauat tait derRy. had be pat dot hg. t art dor doan dm time rail Kara Mm 1 1 A i J 0 " He act apdWs wnef. boa po r*bt h ou dojkiac. rad blow U u -whittle like*, aad do. dral. rod M -Cad I Jght town oa dot gam m emd ii.kf JlGoU; aadlhugala* « bm. u all at oueo. mhody said la Sboraua ■ — rtaagyrlu do you gry r J- L-ad l fcp* und dera t, our Hut"She ■Aw' • How dot nut kicw b tight wb Jil Goatbsb Boar "H.oafstoti dm ran time dor ^ i Tzxpr-'- r — ; ' fa'a" " '*•*■»• ■* gh Tkhad tb* tklii toocutii.i « ttiaaydaa. It h *« folsu— At-IAry Axa. Bbd la Bmh ^=SH=S: teajrjsras kura. swd i* rml- u

t- ! PARI, GARDES AST) ROCSEROLD. b I __ — — — ^ . Tbe Jownwt gf FortMry (Euglisb) ia ' „ sasrtkk on tbdoses of lime, chemically . d aad icecbmaicaily, and as to lu lafin,t «>c* both on tb* orgaak aad iaorgaaia B ocnutitoeute of the soiL givae the follow 1 1 a la* as aiamhmry of it. ohkTbcnrflts: » A large producer of oeipal crops of a e superior quality. This is the case ra- » a pedally with wheat, which becomes n n thinner skinned, sad yields mere Sour, d Tbe peas grown upon limed lead at* . r bttter boOws. It gives, when applied to meadow n a lands, s larger produce ol more nutri- t] n tkua IT ami a sad check, tb* foot- rot in d d sheep pastured upon them, ll also ex- H e eewr grumes, destroy, eoucb-gl am. and A 11 flllll ll |i in Ilia ill iiiun " * It rap Ml j decora pom. reretable mat- ^ s kr. prodndng s large amount of food b for plant* la the lorn, of curbouk scid I u ' *"?t destroy, or neutral ims the acid, ia I ° ' tbe noils : ! ene- iu sdsplsbiUty to sour | e ^ d t sod tbe InrTm of injurious loaerts. p tboc*h faTorsblp to the growth ol shell- u [ It destroy a tbe genu o! amulnpon the ] " feed of wheat, barky sad oata. sad i> j w . especially acceptable to tbe barley crop. I „ which is generally of good quality upon «. , chalky soils. J Slarxod lime added to regetsbk uislr tcr Cause. K to give off lu nltrogro in u tbe form of ammonia. L'pou soils In- *" which the ammonia Is combined wit.. " f acid ft seta free the smmcmis. wh.ch i. h' _ directly wised upon by the plants. " Strewed over youa* plants, it destroy, or drive, away tbe turnip Cj I Applied to tbe rot heap, lime effectual iy I destroy, the seeds of weeais. j properly sppUad to tb^li u'punbm I f . and stimulatra lu action, thereby pro- I jf , motla* the growth ol healthy vegetation v . of all kin*.' -n ' A. a " meat is in order, we republish-** ol old. [ 'j mutton. hsIT^.'^fo^s'"*'' P°rk" I ^ Toon, gallon of water. Take I Itt lha ol aalt. •** . l-» lb. sugar. ' M Mot. mKpttre, | M this ratio tbe pickle can be increased J dc say quantity desired. Let tbeae be I ot. boiled together until all tbe dirt from tbe Ta rivn to lb* top sad It skimmed tb off. Then throw it into a tub to cool. f« pork. Tbe most must be well covered i with pickle, sad should not be put down •• j St Iratt two days site* killing, during bs whkh time It should be allghtly sprink- tb. wltfi powdered saltpeter, which re- sal moras all lb* aurterablood. etc.. Iraviag th( Rk mast frvab sad rkwa. Rome omit co ' filing tbe pirkk. sad Hud it to answer w. It klh though the operational boiling pu- k* " IP* tbe pickle by throwing off the dirt wl Ifnpe to be found in rah sad sugsr If tsl ^ I A followed. It will to : W I J™ "* If"™ Ha «'« " I "yiorlty over tbe common way. at , J A ways of putting down meat, and *kotsoou be abandoned lor say other. ou, " Jj®" U awrctnc, u , E .'my and flbahacas of color.— f?er. [>r ' "'T' *''. m. [ ('-"ma Bigrtina.— Have aJiuie puff To ocafottCttf rra4j. sad sprinkle orer it kc n UURrayakae. sac as mneh grated lu , theeraWlbc'dough wtll Inks; double Ua , up the Vale, roll It out rather this. b*l «I»I» "4b egg. arrange on a buttered ,°® On-and kktln V sharp oven till of a W HffMuoft • i FaATwrt I'UI.-Two cups of auga ^ «d one Of butter, brat wel -together; |T" then bdal la oueegg at a time until you mc h"aMitaili ,a'Z npBal ®our leu crram eff tartar, ous tosapoocful of sods **] dissolved ia ooe-hsll cwp of nrvet mlQu boAcake. Fagarai Rous.- One ounce of lard to rla beaten, thrae laNmpouAila of yrast, two tio traspooufab.of -rait; put all togvtber ta mfik If you bare h. but water will do. Wrak foe oa* hour an til tbe dough - eeema to lighten beneath your hands , -2 having tb*m kt atme sairabk pW w riwuatil time to bake' them for brnrt, , hua beef ; tub X twelre boars ; ash it wall wtib amis- ™ ** of bay salt swd commoB salt- Put bad it inters jpr of the zpqui.it* aim. Imararse for tikwM.MIttlt ramala four or five fi day*.. Tbmtaksit0ut.wipeHdr7.aad cm rub it with grauad black peppar ; lay It opfc ■Ijlaifo — Ij tRau yfofirvitittlrtaa fool aad HikR.aad Iram M taaataaamae- raw II w'li ■». la powfae. art™ Rtih matiad ad aad law. Pram it cioraly faao ofh pom ami > am avwli ilaillad butter. fo. a carried a* by fo.lHmkl dw bow bad murdered bm fober. Agrat tba mgmib aaumorartht aw*, ba L bmug wm- *m aariSTC.'a- s ~ I I kl Ik ill I to Iba ■ iswim aad aaap sad w*k"'s 0 i|> m a—ad b kara

The Dumk Creatlaa. Two years ago a South Caroliufou , went to Elbertcn. Ga.. a disUace of ] cue hundred miles, sad tbe other day l dog srTirrd is Srarrh of his master. . ' Mr. W H. Mou bw a branuful | thorough bred horse that Is fimd at ewtiagyouag diiekrus. He has quietly ' sad n conalsnllj foraging around lor a new supply.— Laacola, (K. <h.) /Vera Tbe Brttuswkk. (Ga.) AM mtutr ray. j , promiaml cHia-n of Rrunawkk ha. agreed fogire one hundred dollars per . member, annually, aa a rand to secure i tbe election of a mayor aad board of n. , who will exclude Iruan tbe etty ' , Hmita every dog of every description. A IVmbertsu rqBsn /Mctr poaa owe. cricket* over tbe hearth. Ot 1st* the { j I mug of tbe erhfotts aad rarcrrabd ' j admirably, seldom returning to their 1 ' I owe mode of tinging —BoWom 71 aan 1 1)«. The body ot a man was dfocorerrd in i | | tbe Thames by a dog. Tbe dog. a re- • { j water wben called. After diving ' ] j raeeral lime. It brought up a Body to j , ] tbr surtaor.' but could not rapports its | weight Ihags were brought by the | , j police aad tbe body wm reooeerd.- /till 1 1 cliureh with oclicr dog. beard the I i magistrate ofr*aa Eagllab town my it j i un dogn would br allowed in ] the church. The next Snails y toe uura- ; • tiff stationed himself at tbe chureh I door and savagely assailed every dog . I j that came there, aad kept tbe church i I claur of Ibeuj cvrv aft— rard. • t j A dancing rooster, told by the Ala- 1 at Wctnrnpka. Alalami We | ' [ learn from Dr T. B. Whitby that Mr 1 1 Samuel Spigener.llring near BuyckTilk. 5 -a ti Rained him rvcally with a dancing rooster. Mr. Sprfpoer /ailed . up hit ' crower aad offer, him tome dough prorlded lie will cut a -double aiiuflle." ' wbkb tbe fowl proceeds at once to do to who lived near CeuUvvill*. ] Mr. Maoben has been trouhlcd for wane . timr by tbe mysterious opening oftbe , other night and raw that It waa tbe eat. „ waq in tbr habit of climbing up (, door, holding to tbe knod'wtih one , nad turning it with tbr other until the door opened. /, Sir Walter Scott's celebrated dog u -Maids- was beaten for biting tbr ti Whenever tbe story waa told in tbe dog's presence be would abdc away h ashamed: but wben they raid. "Well, b tbe taker is all right bow." be wou,'d p painted so frequently, however. that >i ha took a great dislike to artist*, uid h whenever pencils and p.pa ware a out la hie pramure lie would try " to run away, er.if lie stayed would show 11 •igua of displeasure. t! papers about domestic laeoriu* bring. gnader called Jack that runs about >* lane like a dog aad answer, his 't master^ cull. He la acUpacd by . cocks- J' too beiougiag Urapubllcu la St- Gila's. T bird piaya an the cymbals in per- 11 lime, and bold, a lighted splinter la *; tafona while n i llekuui 1 1 ia eukiadllng ' cigar. In tba Strand is n mounts- " who has two rata trained to stand a their biad legs and .par Ilk. prise B fightra. « Turbine water-wheel ol forty-bone ■* power, at Kew Ediaburg - Out-, ban P* been .topped by rals for the second a i me " this sranon. Ope of tU eels taken out " measured thrae feet night iacben In " length, aad waa aiae iacitta in flraum- " fcraura The blockade wm perfect. prououaond it dismal. - What do you " mean by calling that dinmair ex claimed the tracbev "Oaum ti la. » mewared lhe boy. "Ifa d kraal free- P, tioa. All fractious are dismal. There ^ isn't a bit of fan in aay oi km.- " In this strange place prrpared ™ I place tor an our ceimtfol yuid. modomd ra to OR. A wide couch of B ipartmeuU aad ia tb* middle ol ti waa a u ight similar totbeaae at tbe door, aave bi Jjrn it wm covered with a glam shade ra rarascd at tbe lop. Tbe tiny Same eup- ra > n*d all the light Beaded ad a fin. too, g, a wvkhall am peanewtly. Weatratchad _ xtraelvra ouraefr tide of the light, and „ Mb oa guide make tbr pipe rmdy g, W t ma mdmeut md praamtiy " ■me hark wtih lap hk opt d T qdma. Ttiey ware khoqra lach ad " artfo"d^«h. Whm ~tbry smtTfoTj *** oofodhkr vary bfoek molamm. though umaarhm thiekrr. lha yramg ma - ook n kuittla* aacdir. aad dipping ora. ■dfott.ti.mm. Rtirt a drop m >ra „ f Road fkrwtt h lato tba fimraof thr ~ ■■■C aaathaatiaadtiw pipe : R had n w ■wlmMcmtt .. .til, Or ttape°< 2 he ttrar half af a kmtbtt pam. ad wm Z rmchraito. tuforakfora ay IhaH. h« scxrsrs ri,7=i r mrtMUkatifotaaft Z pagfersl J»rr".ss!2r.5 1

> ! Mrs. Mm^Aray. cJ H'oaJvdale. Pike f ; county. Pa.. wiU not mail; be Induced . j aatenu Jo do *o at all. She baa jutt I paracd eight days la one. and will find . that to raffice, uo doubt, far the rrat of ' | her Hie. Her adventure was to odd and -painful and nrarly fatal as it was— *o [ j grotesque as to lnerat It with partirnlar and noteworthy interest, Tb* lady find been risiting some 1 ' frdruds at a place railed Rowlands, not > ! far from Haneadak. and the set out tor I ward evening to walk- home. Unfor ' Ornately s be missed ber way aad w* - I overtaken by tb* darkn-ra. While . j ber. die bean to sink into tbe ground- ; At cried fc>v hrlp. bsit she was far away | : . deeper in the bug. Finally, wben ( j deliberately considered her situation ) be linking slowly but rarely still 'lcepcr the tiracbrrous tnud. aad ber doom. if not to starve, wm probssbJy to perish , by snfloratiun. managed to avoid dracending lurtlrcv | quenched Eer*\liir*t by drinking the dlry water in wbi.-h she Moral Br nil. she retained ber mental faculties racceeded in rescuing her alive from tbe 1 and drink immediately provided . Avery wtll recover. It ia said, to ( far aa bodily conditions go. but it ia . feared thai she will b. a permanrwt ; shMoo 'underrtie ° "** onl™1 [ happy prmm have lrat and last dial ' twin* caught in swampa. and this has , proved to be the fact mora than once o| . hue with tittle children who bare ( strayed (rout their bonic. ■ but we hare f week iu an shocking a plight md ha* . Ulr -Saw Tori fostw /b. • * A RUlfoualrr's Raaai.a. 9 The Saata Clara Valley Mill aad LumCompany ia sow enraged in prapar- * ing the wood-work tor lite finish of I Flood's mansion at Mot In Park, o outside and inside furnish ing, and - all tills work is being duo* in San Joae. r There fins rwrrr faro don* in thU Stat* 1, work of the some beauty aad finish, nor y of the tame quality. In tb* spring. Mr. b the ioreinan. went East and sc- b cured the wood to be used, the greater g porttoa of which coat at least one dollar > per fool. It oouaistr principally of ran- r wood, mahogany, birdarye maple, satin, q srhite holly aad oak. Tlieae wood, are cut aad polished at the mill, engaged la „ timaa ou the coast. All the Woods are „ polfohal. mora «, brantiful ami „ bright that they net ia ths capacity at a mirror. At aa evidence of the eleof this wort a lew ot Use parts is of the residents to be finished an girra ml nad the manner nad ttjl* ia which the ti work is to be dam : The main fioor ci and atairraar are to be fialabed la bright ri mahogany, thr reception aad drawing- d. roams in politiind satin wood. Ih* If. di brary hi black art-gold cherry, the I! music-room in rosewood, the dining- If rocttl art bUBard-room la polished » falnck waluut. chambers art bcaadoir la U maple, the roar ft thr road ai la Prima Vena wood, art bliadn ni wltlta holly. Then never oa me iato bt Slat* before such elegant art coatiy B. varieties of wocda. All pari* of the ra Mrtfi have furalahad thttr rootribu- t> Tb* work ha baa Am slowly at art owftaliy. autiraly rnmpisard at the di as- atx ti i Iks before all the work la ii nsmssttii ram aa ttm tsaxwy. ra ^rmmmt _ . ,s^ - x _Tfoalafilni whttatmoyya. ^ of •art wlprs w. art Hvfog am. art far AioMgrnlm.. a fDfoih.i .UmZttZuZ.'ZZ ^ : a India ahfof. The chief w, Aat hirda. .wtih pfoom at gaid. . fofiy throgh tha maada a lha b bafom of the Vahaah rivar. Thr bird. Ai hrtfortort-fh tip. a r. S'San-rtiSS: ix~&raSSm 5 *■' ■ ' fa'*«tts Sf b. kfofo til VrM "* ?"| AM— titttiy 1 >ttmiA|a1i i mW I mad *■ Ufogaagaam am hww Mmm ti. a aasfetg£S5 s S5aSaKgv5=:a rErr33==

TIRELT TOriCS. d Probably the okleat of tbe eurly Amcr „ Iran statesmen now alive It l>k| K Sprague. of Maine, He is eighty -eight 4 years of age aad entirely blind. He ^ waa a mtmhar of the United States So* 4 ate from ta» to HQS. wben Webster. ° leaders of that body, nad be wm a member of tbe national House of Reprmenta lives from 1«S to 1M7 He was judge 4 of the United Stain District Court oi Tbe Indian woman Susan, who so * berolrally saved the captive wife and * daughter of the murdered Agrat Meeker - i Cache La Poodle river. Intending le t burn ber to drath. Tlie commanding * officer at Fori Coltiaa. baring heard ol ' ! the proporod barbarity, by alteroatc i ! the spo. in L'oloma. El Iforado county. r ' Tber* e r. wur.d of thought riicwal , and the •grcemfu. attrmpta to sell rnr*. mour quantitira of our broadstuff. ar c prvvtskau is foreign markets States, who i-mploy upward of bands, pa; out from pgi.aoo.aoo to fi0l.0fU.000 for labor annually, and produced during the p-»t twelve months upward ol 1 .800.000 carriage*, amount ing ia value to fully flte.oop.aoo. This thirty-eight peraont in the United Slates, to my nothing of sleighs at various kinds. This doe* not include the a partly finished Male by the trade, la which. 'many tliousaads ol men find steady and remunerative cnmloymcnt. The lee crop of the United State. Is Ohio, puts the product of IS7V at *.000.. tons. In California about three - chiarry. producing an article superior quality to the natural ice. We quote There are evw-y yrar gathered nad nad river tributaries for the oar ol | trade, over two million tons, la , York. Brooklyn. Mrrttj City and - vicinity . about one million ton.; in tire Sew England States, two mil lira tons ; : In Philadelphia, aevra hundred thou- I •and tons. Boston, three hundred aad I fifty thousand tans: aad ia Bahiawre { tour hundred thousand tons: aad la I other parts of the United States orer two i million tons The mathematician, pena. in band, j ia let . loose again, and this i. how be . attacks the new year. He assert* that I year IK! will he a mathematical j eurioalty. From i eft to right aad from to left it reads thr same: 18 ! divided by t firm » at a quotient: 81 by 9 aad S ir tire qaotiect. If | taxi U divided by 809. 9 ia thr quotient : divided by a. the quotient contains a I 9: if multiplied bj 9. the product coo- I tains two ■>. One aad 8 an 9; 8 aad I I 8. If tha lb be placed under the 81 and added, the turn is an. If the figure, added thus, 1. 8. 8. 1. it will give 18 Beading from left to right ia 18; ud reading tram right to left to 18. aad 18 ti ninths of 8L By adding, dividing aad multiplying nineteen 8. are produert. being oerr • for each year required to oompltt* the century. Irishmen turn up the wide world ovw I"" rt^a eotawaycZw *foZd Cetcsrayo • rhief of atrt ra ! Dofo MoOwtky. at a. ■ olt> the British army: aow it ^ , pesn that M. Dtta. the Zaln chief wh» (irtmad such tigaal am-rfos ta tha " Wtiah ceamamfon. art km hea rewmdad by Sir Gmatt Woimfoy wtih a oali arteatpality. ia a native ot tbe ! During thedvil wm fo . be aarrsd fo tha imu^gew Xc-h-m'fodrtA-'ra. Rohfoc Ma . ■■Ifoiafirt Mfofiaartti. | j'A ■■ •—» af Irtfom km J •tia* ii k — - i nf i foltiMaHirtAiia^S:, wm FOray amka^ZiZdmi; sfesfs-tSs,! srBaa^rt r. tnire n ii. I t ha ttaart'm'q. Y-.ti

eem is aryemary for a judgment. Aad the causa baring breu begun in the last leup year. 1878. the proocaa waa not f?' served in time. If the twenty-eighth "and . the twenty-ninth days of February were ! to be computed as ooe day. And the ! C-Jem I eld that tbry must be so counted The deciatae rests on no particular pre. ™" cedeat of tha courts la Indiana or any ' particular statute of the State. It is j 1 founded ou a principle of the common 1 01 law. and ia aa applicable ia lis reasons to any other State aa that of Indiana. ] The annual report of the appointment ' | division, of the United States Poatoflce department, for tire Last fiscal year shows | 1 that the number of postoffice* in onrraj*' ! lira In the United Stale, on It e thirtieth : I ' of June last waa 40.8SS Theg. were i i *"*'* offices eaiahiidhed. and 1.07* db- ' . ; cssntinmd during tbe ftaral jranr. Oct of1, ( * the total number of pratmaslers 1.711 ! j ^ ate appointees of the pevsideut. The rcm ment of the [«atmaateT-general . Besides , there are about aixtreu thousand other l-erscxis throughout the -rmntry who ■ J lu- 'siatanu; oxuprialn* <14 la the past- 1 ^ j classes. rarvlcra. fifiy-four lu- ! special agrnts-X. 000 employees of tile rail- | y sin tr ctor. In addition to the postofficr a ar- I clerks ^ above reckixiell. fo^ wnoae cm- . tin east fifty tiiouaand persons acting as ^ •o! .xxupenaalioa directly la tbe focal aa- • "• o' er 100.000 persons directly cuoaccted - t or- : Ar ertcaa aad English Posts' Service. ^ ' New York '>eaptoc"^T|,0ilr BbaclU | a **- : the law chrk. and Mr. N ickeraon. the 10 I opograpbrr of the poaloffice depart- , t 1 m.-nl. nave prepared an interesting stale- j „ some curious and surprising Icaturcs | ' parisoo ran be prrwratcd must readily in | * Ay j It Rill be noticed that her nmjewty's or u | twice *■ many per capita. Tins b quite ar y. I surprising, aad an reasonable explaaa- ol ).. , tioa can he rterryS pani, -Uiarly as Ui St c- !aujpfiw'of iUlteral* pcrwms in this ti m pwuntry b prvportioeiau-ly smaller than ». j in (Irvnt Britain. Tbe fact that the rates or ' of postage are lower tlxrr than hervmsy . r : I hare Something to do with it. But It u, Ml j will bv noticed, at the same time, that _ ■n j wr used last yrar twice aa many poatal of card, as the people of Great Britain, and ,, in { shout right times a. many newspapers ' id wrrr sent tlirough the rnaib In thb h| j country. Thb b reuntrfcahb. because ':|Ac. exyam. rskapaaim In the United ^ ,d i papers aa the poatal service. ildlTfo "" r , Europe the ex press facilities are scarcely 1 la I ever utilised for Ifaia purpose. The 0 EagUafa people oilKsr the money order j Americans. A aotirabir fact ia that the ^ I proportion of poatal officials U much ir smailtr ia the United Scats than in Eng- _ " 1 land, which is partially exptairad b] _. c j Che circumttaace that la England tire . ° I carrier system b almost universal, while " in th* United States it b comprised to . |J j cities of 90. 000 inhabitant* ^ Bay.' Games la Baa Francisco. "< "I Boys oa this side oftbe American oon- ' - i tiaeut— art a very widr continent It b. m about 1U)00 miles aeross— will he gUd b> *°! 1 | learn something of the games that the *" * San Francisco boys play away over oa "® 8 tbe other side, along the Pacific ocean. w i Th* 8a Francisco (Aeoatolc. the other * day. ant out a reporter to interview ££ I the hoys shout their games, ad tbe re- . - peuter wro)> a columu. He fomsd that ' - kite-flying cornea first ia tbe early spring. Then comes marbles— which bn game lasts for six weeks Next top. ^ r are brought old. aad th* top. apta la ' army street art park through Aagtm 110 ' and ) September. Bmsball art other ck ; kinds of hall, such m footdrtl od [ kooders. a n played (ram May to D*. ^ -mbtr. Archery Is a play fo July, j ■ August, Beptamkar mid October. Samt ' ' ^ « ' rtfofodenn. lu>tatm.T^ Z ' hug. mumMy-pag. ksmfia. aft ha aad at! shindy an popular all the fear rami mm agstar-'""-' £ roJraxg'a'i'ng.^; a fo at pat raady. ba wv mmr msfiB. cha **■ - L_ afifo wfoa » » ^"^8Sa>» b'.l ' S iasAitaSs.s s iroS Z5SS.tC «

l|*. *««"** i iu • . | - j Dttatg rnqm Mmm wi.fi rig: A' **** 1 ir f***' TtwrattW foal h. Ul» hbpfoM. -Rfopw's Trtip. ITERS OP IRIX REST. The champiou reaper— Adrertiasag. What would prevent old mal-fo from despairing" Echo answers — 1' airing • "Shaker as tb* medicine bottle mid I tb* lu valid. -^rarase M, Tima. I Near Columbus. lad., a tramp wm jfored lo death by a bull while sleeping f Tim* b axiuey we rappoar . but it aevfo reduces the ariacipal ou a bad debt.— Fam da /or Reporter The Rn peris] family oi Japa Is m deforat tbe oldest In the world. Il goes 1 back iu a direct line to 800 years B. C. HcJgehog— Uvea mostly ou mine, ; small rodents, slugs and grubs — aniurts hurtful to agriculture. Don't kii^fc hedgehogj Why b a old mu more easily rofiRl than a young one? Give it up. MM. thru, hrcauae hit locks ar* few aad his There b a young lady aa Olive SUR(| Who follows the fashions ao cfoorly tha; she will not eat oyster, unless they art araliopcd. — A. IjmuSfKnl. f Professor " Sow. I ask you. as a prfiptiral miner, what spade do you thin^U , die very beat.*" Third yrar m.. ( scorn - ftill yr ) ; " Why. tbe ace. of court*." S*n-■atloa.-.teta (Uusahtams. Senator David Davit has crown ia chair for tbe Senate chamber forger tha tliar. which he lias occupied hitherto. 1 Mary Deua. who made ber entry into tunic, with a revolver displayed at ber Our leisure hours are amocg thow that 1 the moat Importance tn moidiag | than they do ou sweet/ And tbe I -uZJTi kZT' 11-1 moTTOi ^ I A lady aad her daugl.hr in mirage, tbcre. liar* been expelled from thrMrtbi odist cliorrh that tbey belonged to by I Tbe lat-tt tiling proposed by a stock | journal b a stall brace for kicking All thr horse, wr ever notices! upper mi lo kick with rafll. irnl enthusiasm without the aid of a brace.- itoctfoW barrier. Great actirity exists among the merchants ud capitalists in China, aad Chimerchants are about to place a line of steamer* between China and the Sandwich Islands, and another between Sandwich is lands and San Francisco. Muletou Smith, of Edgefield. 8. C.. now eighty-aevra youa old. claims to tbe forgrst posterity of any mu living. He bm eight children, fifty-five graadrhildrra. 188 gnwt-graadrhildrru ud eight grrat-greati grandchildren, hr-gtocr-ttioo to make lb* grand total of * drsceaduts 841. Ia Idmich. Germany, a, new kind of •port hat been invented. Thirty-seven ty-four miles distance from th* town afternoon. The winner of the singular race that followed arrived bom* at 6.48, and within twenty. four hours every rat had returned to Its owa hearthstone. The spelling reform in France: Waller, my MIL" "Her* it ta, air." " There's a mistake ia It," examining it with ruffled brow "What b it»" " You hare put ' ooteletta ' with ooly one - f" " Let mecorroea it," The waitir take, tbe Mil in his hands, add. to it: Ooe tea, right; centimes." H* waaalx feet high, had light eyes aad hair, art mnsUcfae. Hr had OU a auk of blue flannel and a light soft hat ud buttoned gaiters; apparently about terda; aad told us the dictionary fo a pronounced surer*. Hb frfoads will gfoue fok for tbe remain#.— Aew Tor* Utile Billy had bees taken to a* kit old unci*, who la ao draf that he cannot 7 hew a single ward without recourse fo hb aw trumpet. Billy wticbra tbe time with grot interval, ud tb*u"°Z claims: - Mamma, what docs nark try all the time to play tbe horn with hb rar for. wta k* out Bah* It gor lortou paper rays Under tb* / ^AMSnTdMiluia 2ritrffcrt my Z!hL/ ot IkblTlfoe Lbited 'fifoZ w foSrt^t'<Zira,vhfo' rtkar— hmh. Reswfo. ik ."7"T Z4 ****•■ foJsM-^AtOa^laraaa af foe^ JSZSmimL aala uffifil ^a >m gkfo tttt at A. UOq kOA.S-^ ■ ri Oafiq. fog. fo, fo. |U*rtaa«MM awmy hlTri'S V SXtsS^l;