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CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 187!i.

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amjrMWtitte JOB PmnriNC as ■ — - *-..-.AsuWILItrt DlfrKOT Off AFT EfJKEKA MOWER, . Tut Best Bower hi the World. ■ess. WILCOX&WHITE , ORGAN CO. JMJn [»i dE*? ' BffijttCMtoj,' Til® most popular iO^,oft£eday!. iflfUVALLEQ II QUALITY.

Oalag lata*. Kfa..e*hra.jmiraata^WhO. I draw frtl Ml. WW th. MOaraJrat*. Bra*. Ota Mill! I I WWOa»ri wLm. ml* ^J!w!wL IUtt«kntaitttlltaw U.WIkMlWl>k r inwh-tdw Upr'ihy.MJiinT^I'W. Ted fa WW W farter*. I II iliiliMWi tan, I~s Orar <w .U1 eight- ra. IWtaVirWw'uU. W. M tata InMlta Ota.. L-fag-fap— ebya. WW ths ssra.m, °t T**r tay. V-U. lo Ivibgfa**, alrar w. Bra Ufa a* .M en ill, fay*** ■.wai-ta ww. Utyrardrartfa-li MwmtllMp. hS!W tk. w. *r wT* MMptaBOtaW ItnwMM Billntata, stssrrr-, TWt'H a»m nx wW row «r« O.U-Wo<»ta, tara. (totaptanaiillk MtaWdlxHtata. WU.Wlta.Mk) ' .!■*■ «. d— ». A OIRL'S TRIAL ~ My darting. tob «bi me realise Out la Mil j two srokt' Um» vou will ba married, aad I aball he without my ' granddaughter." "T,fc"b«n |« w11Mi»t« gained a Mm Ibmlllo tael her gray b ml' faadlr aad ktaeed the spanker'. oft TbeoMfadyaadbergradcfalldMood TrtrfeaUaiSw "" . Of mm It ma fat triad oa. aad aorta maid's deft tagsn. Ifaa yboag girl aooariood before the mirror, bhnfriag ' ■w" ItTL'a i^^rt^rtto r*taOar>>f witooo. m^Wal ^ "U fa not from Ralph." aim aaid. la j reply to her grandmother. qaralnalei' Altar Ifaa bridal coat ama had ban 1 ■Hi I at 1 1 ) llfoglfitari aatroatad to ' M opto* to fat nthal hbaafr. ' efaaat. fit in took op tfae tatter aad 1 Woke th* real. She mad Ifaa tat In Ham carelessly ; ' torn late tfae farm ajtea a -took at ua- . apaafaafa'e borror sprang. V "What la h. Baaaorr axcfciraed 1 M». R.-i-ko... ah. raw ber taglra- ! Uo-fam. without yoking. Ufa'yaag **■»»*£ nadnto tfaraa* Thn. J ~ Read T" afaa criak. "Is Ckb Vue tool 1 ' b wrlara has, or fa fr th* airing age , k!i Tpiild 'ifa. latter ! atdkrMMmlartMmWfad ' afar had always dreaded Imd aaaa rrssfsojc.Tsss • asitis • HW» aaha. tril ami m Am ■ fagf « , gj^wl^ abam'm.Xy^h t tfVaatatihn; fan wbaa. a ,|^Hs£S5gg;

Too eaa (o aad ee* roar fober. Be mjl It will ba the laat Uaae be will rrer al mad far-yoo." {. Drmwiar berarll awaj, Klrannr al looked firmly lalo tfae tnrfttl t aoe Dear al ber own. 0 Graadma. I will aot briar a tainted a Ralph Orden." d That emiac Mm. Haallbm ant lor II Mr. Stearaa. aad tfae two old Irieod. bad a fame roe, epilation tofttfaar. The m kind tawyrr'a eyee motateaxd a. be beard t. . of Elnnur'e trie! - - The eeutindrel ! " be e,«roUled. „ ••after roininc oar life, eon Id be act f, bare bald hie paaee aad refrained from d bllrbtin* aaolbrr » B«t, auy.- be aaid. Ukiac ap the latter acaia aad readier : •I hare fcarhl arniaat the kmciar to H — ^•midaorb'er. bot I <aa Do that 1/yoo come to ma tfala oaoa It will be tfae laat Uaae yoo aball erfTbnr from r! eov poor wretcfaad father.' This look. e. to ox aa If be moat ba rcry akk-par- | U bapa dyinr " [ P "So Eleaaor Udnke. and the noble ' child panlau.in aaylnr that the will go a atoaeauMm. She darlaem it b her " doty. Poor, poor Ctrl I aee now that j " tfale cooeealment baa bean TfTJ Wrtmr™ j ™ " Do apt lret.faiy frietd, yooand your >' rood hoe band eoald att look Into the fata*. Tr — -J— f*_Zf f " " beat. So Ekaaor baa written nfaoot it I al to Mr. OfdnP She ba noble maun*, aad If be la wbat be oorbt to be. It will 1' briar blm oa the wia(tof the arlofi." The aeit day a haarily-rell«d. rirlisb J ! firore aad aa old cray-balred cntleman j. ware lead throat!' a tioomt corridor. I" aad late a priaoa cell. Eleanor mored » aa oar in a dream. She waa dimly aware of a kmc. hhnow. Iron bedstead upon which lay a penetrate, qatet form Two paatliami. a doctor aad a clar- , cymaa. were tfae only other orrupeau ( of the room. The latter roar ae abe cc - tend aad came forward. -la thia Mim Moore?" he aaid 1, crawly. " My child, I for yom arelao ~ late — ynor fatbrr bar beta la tbta oa- M into the pale, drawn fore with iu cloned father' aad dyinr tfaoa! -Cootaca! my Inn little Eleaaor." ° whiapered Mr. Steam.. With ma effort : " the cirl looked ap lalo her old Diead'e faor. aaif topala atmartb from bin eym- " patby; then abe net atwdlly lorw^ " totbebedaMe. Aa Eleanor (aaad down al tfae face ' ™ whldt .till retained many trace, o' lb. man It beaaty which bad won her 1 . motbrr'e low, aad naliaad that aba war " Indeed bis daacbter. all the atrenrtit * | "P-ber- The pltylnc tooe prooocn. , eiac that word eo aorwd. aad so wound ! „ , aatarea, foreed team into all eym. ' I "Fatfarr.it ir Eleaaorl-yoor daacbterl „ — can you not .peak to her?" . I Tfae call pierewd the apathy al death. I Tbr dyir-r man", eym opened aad fastened apoa ber lam. A waw of cm- ^ , " My child !- be aaclaimed. brokenly. * •' tfapa yoa did ansae. God wUl-bieas . —yoa" Hit rotae eaaU. while Into Ids eym epeaac a look of eaRsaly aa ba j triad to dalah. bot with the words. C . •' Myobild— forriTe— " hi. breath failed. , and, with a looc. flattariac afch- all wa fa ' Tender hands led Eleaaor from the sod fa , soar. Serrral day* paaaad. aad Bo re- a plylmdaaym nam from Ralph Order a K the letter Eleanor had written, aad in a which she bad iHarluesdOhc story, the fi , kaowtadre of which ha faroorht her a each narrow. a la it she had told him la lew bot b , ydw wmda the pala it gaw bar to look di ' aam; hM tfaoacfa ta bar Icaoraaea of iH , the dlacraaa apoa bar name, aha had A promised to b. his wtfr. rim coo id aot, o kaowiac all expect him Ic trim to hi, ,i ; has , wrier, child. atUlaodbw 'd, Wwfc1* weaac the poor ctrTe bean, fr , Brier* kmc tfaa taritatfame to tfae trod- ' a 1 I . ondydla. It la atomat more than I can _ T." J***- "*■""■ kl-eri tfaa «al*eriac . , ipa: she knew ma. woakl beip 4. , Where wont, mfxfat only wound. o -ssZTis^t^z ■: •aoatttto aha taaald aaa faia>. aad tor k, ad aR pw dark faada* hJ7 i „ •Mtoa iarifa.faawryaaim.*rwat * . dawn toto the likaaty.wla* fas awrdM T1 Sh. had ri-o- kwma the btaa m *- al ftatoly whtoh Ailed to. to Baa* *t ril to. (fapda aria amd Bow efaekaaw riT Pi arcStp;

Althooch Eleanor', era,. live nature I from the idea at a joyful woddii^ to kooa after the ead daath am* I had witwaaed. she coo Id not with- ! stand Ralph's knife ratmatim , aad ao j erg t tarn, it that tfae awart foe* be- : aeath the bridal rail (withal It was a 1H- [ tie pais), had latsly beta cfooded by a ; of anguish amb aa few la a kmg ■ rwr know. " Did I not tall yon. Mm. H amilum.' ' aaid old Mr. Steanm. "that if young | Ogdi n was what be ought to be. bow It | vrotud ead? I see he is of the right j stuff. Let mceimgratulale you. my dear friend, on the surety of your grand- 1 future happiness." la the Tailed State, ri «M4 aad j SUrer. The rearat report of Boa. B. C. Barrhard. director of the I nlted Sutee mint. , eanlaiaa some eery interesting figures at I present moment. It la the first i place .Dow, a largely inn inai il coinage in ^ld' It n .S^how. that the stock of cvln in the treasury had increased » 100.000.000 during the yecr. I • tit. 000. 000 wilhic. the two last year,. In regard to the yield of the precious metal, in the country for the mat year, following comparatire table will ! a large decrease for 187*. Dotuaallr production of gold and aUrer. I G*U. fidser. TUml \ | lift firi.4S0.W3 M7.M4.aat «70.!U 4 BC tea M.4C.U4 31.717 AX U.m.tl«A | rn.wa.tec a 7*J0t» n.jiri»i I'IBa"-!! 31.JU.MD UASIJU Pb.tk7.744 ' | lira ia.ase.aM 40A1J.1M tu.tii son ! fffiUWW.B ffffffAIAIW ' The do i, aee in laat year's production j 1 of gold and sliwr is attributable la the | i falling off in tfae yield of tfae Sends ' miaca. woicfa are placed at fim.ooo.ooo | lea loan the year prerioua. The Com- i eterk min-a are abw at. a great depth. ! and lb' qucaliomof their future yield b i portaac*. Tbe increase in tbe yield of the aewly disco erred mine, in Colorado ' aad Dakota, htre in a measure com pensated for the smaller product lost, of the mine, of Nrrada Mr. Burchard red malm that the annual eoneumptkin of gold nad .liver in , the arts, science, and manufactures ta ' from fire to Six millions of dollars. It It j I otherwise estimated that the annua! ' ' full » 10000.000 in thierouatrraonfiSO.1 000.000 la all other countries, excepting j Asia. I Tfae actual amount of gold aad «llrer in the country. Nor. 1. IP7S. b red mated at »4*7.MkaM. of which fi*6.7».07 b gold aad fitxl.TJAX* silver In addlliue ; to I AOS in gold ho Ukm nad fi4A43.ua: tilrer bull loo. Tfau makes a total of coin aad bullion la tbe country. Sot. I. fitot.Ml.aw or fiMc.oooooo la exrem of any former period. The director ' of the miat estimates that if tfae present ! iafiow ofgold malallrrrecmtinue* to the end cd the peweat fiscal yewr. the total States will nrihl £ aaUbariZ53ir,Ibe ■**"*" Claalag her ae. af Ike Ureal Sea- light. Tbe cfoalag acnaa of tfae rea-fight off : bet wren the FerurUa rem Ruaaca Dad sereral Chilian gua heats. , b described by a young I'nited Stktea naeal officer aa follows: TfaaCorfarana aad the Blanco closed within eixty or aerraty yards, aad. atpppiag the fire from their great gone, opened with j small arms aad Sordrafrlt Galling., aad sept ap each a hot fire that everyon the Buaaoar waa kept below Tbefourth otocer of the Baasall tfaa aaa-rmlna to ba opaawd. Oarwaopaaad. fori aba made water ao ; slowly that ba ordered everybody a de.k and directed that tfaa magaxiac ba wanii who attempted to carry oa the fardtr. awwhi eras aot fired. I Two prim— II who had been captured from tfaa Chilian ship Cogmmba . day or two hearing the seder to fir* the maga - ri— , dad a towel to a brnnmaHtk. aad with tola he t tag of tewea. nm a ill timed, ^ahe— n towrf mto Mejil-l-rjnS 5^hS^IaItoir*,Tto ! Kart Weyprrekt. la Ua vark an toa 1 ggeSgSSl *■ * -f - fa. . Ci.m I

a FOE TBE FAIR BEX. fa I " H Steel color b again iatfaafakn. > .J Red bouaeta are the rage to Paris. ^ a I rials. 5 I J Loops of aflk are a very fashionable ! ' 1 Cloaks of white lambs' wool cloth are a t j shown for wae toddler.. c A | Tbe deep Rusaiaa collar of for b rera , ' r | oa the new fur lined circular*. i '* | llurae.hoe ornaments now have a , } buneb of four-leaf cl rear attached. j B I Stylish errepper. open In curtain bah- ' 1; j ion orer a front breadth of gay brocade. | I Young lad lea are erearia low. fiat p crow— d larbana.w Ufa brims of fr—hrex !jj v or tare. |; Jl Artificial rosebuds aad rloleu are j I 4 j bow scented to iniute their natural p j perfume. j , A new material for undcrrkiihiag b [ . , | Japaarer silk— a soft, tmc-ruahab ie ; I d fabric . j I '. J (fold. ruby, amber aad sapphire brad, j ' I ! drere.kirt can be cvaafortabiy wrrn on- 1 ' dernratb litem. * 1 1 ba'tpsaprely" shirring "say more; ,J , ' to the front again ( II Waistcoats reaching to tfae sare. with , - \ large pocket flaps, are among tbe very ! , ® 1 Embroidered hosiery b ao longer in 1 1 . | demand. It beauaMoo common, camp 1 1 ^ j nad gaady lor good taste. , { Mask veil,, corned with tiny je I , beads, are again the foahtoc Becoming, c g ] perhaps, but ruinous to the eym J | - I The caprae baits grow to faror. and j ' . are now wen to all colore, and some o I > the handsomest are embroidered. j 1 ' | Point de Paris, yellow enough for aa ; 1 1 heirloom aad with figures .lkr old- , * i Tbe *' Dauphin " collar b worn by J * ' iadiea a. well aa by eblldrra. and when \ : made of tore b very pretty aad becom. i ■i1"*' . ' ( [ Babies are Bot to monopolise bibs any j , , | kmger. Their mother, will wear them. , J I but they will be made of delicate point , a I * ' « . | Neckties are now passed twice around j i I the throat and knotted oc t ie _r!t ride : < •rber* they are secured by a buneb of a r flowers. ! J * short. Foll-baBdrd bodice*, gathered at 1 0 the wait aad oa tfae ebouldere, are lo H ba worm. x. « " II lb iadiea nad gratlauien will eaary ' ' silk hvndkervfoW. Ifai." w— on with ' plain center* and Persian bore ere, or J * rice rare. f Tbe sapphire b the moat foahkmabie • 1 gem at present, aad also onfthhe moat . r espeoairc ; no danger of il becoming ; j common L c The lasliion of shirring on tbe wabte t a of driaai , i. a very becoming one to , - .lender people, but it b diwetrou, lo • , Heavy eorda aad taaseb are again 1 1 used for omaarauag loMumc. mad t . wraps, aad when lartefolly uard are I F > " a Tha newest ribbon, are to Mripea ol 9 , diagonal baads of reirrt. alurnaliag 7 , With satin oTbrigbt colore sod bunch.. . , of pompadour lewm. r Pale yellow leather belts, with bags ' * attached, as* tfae thing with prople wbo » * like showy aorritfoa. The rtoular the y . women the wider the belt. ,. Squares of aiik with a roVuf tooeto- d ' aartioo and Benton or point d'aaaril fa " tore. kBlfepUlteff around U.c edge, are 1 " fororite garnitures for tfaa neck. a A novelty to America silks to a new " , design to pompadour strioa of bloc alter- fa , nated with old gold. Tfae stripes are to 1 , tfaa form of a narrow -twisted chain. » j Tfae tonr snoop boaaeta do not eaem * i to find tfae iarar that was predicted for f i (farm, tod las preferriag tbe close ba- J; * too. *™ mow 10 s * rieb tofaar. wabts with only tliree g , akirred ear is which to rcry tall aad J j high to tfae throat. Pnaien take the atore 'of toe taalc oe c " Mb riln. but to aowbe alter the T ' shape ufjfaatoirilmaU. Mori freq are t., b ^ *" foramduf to. lag— of the a * hadtoc. ar of toe ahori akbt af tfaa aofo- a > antoa. which revaaiaa opew la Iruari. b ; — kreift. aaff dwpotag fa afaoa tfaa pntoaa— . h to to fas reto- " 1 Am to P—utog fo-r. my. oe; it b o, an _ > Imported I f II, llfi I with mr. « we mafia with toa »i1 . I ■. ad II will ri w " imfta * ■ ** ^kkrigMisabxinlag to toag fofol w*to Aa— ''Jf Aaori *• tori- fimh dra— aa* to rrinag re Jda (ffmt. aTafi twUbdT faatoa— b , kafaric. — mh M ragja. to A-wfiilrtifaa—l.to-fii-r.toi, a : I KLTsiSS : y— > to to— a ^ »■"— fa— a fore lire mZ *a ^toafamu to. to—. A wstotok^to

as— A delin. Texas, takas care of a stock ranch aad too head of cattle. French history to the past hundred -are exhibit, three women who hare perhaps expert— rd more ep sudor and more bluer grisf aad mortlfi -alien than other three women to the worldMarie Antoinette. Josephine and " Tbe president of a woman', tempersociety at Noblesrille. Indiana, publicly horsewhipped a man foe tempttog the husband of a m-mber to drink. ! Now that Madam Bona part e and Mr. | Eaton are no mare. my. tbr Baltimore | Gasrifa. Mrs. General Gala™ b the | lion now living. j Mim GabrrUa Stiekaey has been ap- | , pointed postmaster at Collyrr. K«n,a». ; j She was a type-setter on the Chicago j hepol A'nri tour yaara ago. but went I | lo grow up with the country. I Lotrion 7ru£A has become alarmed al I the increasing number of old maid,, and the only way in which the evil can ] j he diminished is for parents to give , their daughter, ae much money aa the ' Some relation* once paring a LaacsI shire old tody a riait. aad prolonging I their stay beyond ber contemplation or | morning before ihey were up by hmring . . ber call out loudly on the stairs. " A | | fine mornirg for cowine lo go botaef" Joaephtor Meeker, by inritatkm of uatemeni of her Indian experiences, and It was ao deeply interesting that she received an offer of fiJOO a week to I trarel and rrpest the toory. That b I A lady in lowndm county. Ala., who ) j been wealthy, but b Dow poor. I clipped br—aagallireut rail of hair mad i Il lo the yellow lever sufferers. It [ readied a large ram. aad the winner, a , ' lady, erat the hair back to the ! the hair to the Hood fund, aad it was ' raffled to Montgomery for fino. | ditch and dust of degradation aad take | stand at the shore where she had heraj morally wrecsod. waiting for the drir™ 1 to bring bark oven her corpse to hi, | J arms; but I hare seen woman with her I degradation, aad bold him to her tioaccn though lie were an angel. -Col. BoUrt \ ! ImffrrroU. The tallowing description b given of I toe new Queen of Spain's wedding out- J were exhibited, each of them a j masterpiece of toe dressmaking art. Firm there was aotireabir a robe which toe bride wore at tbe renunciation It made of heavy pale ptok faille. Tbe j carnage b short, cut square and pro- | ridrd with short soiree aleerr*. A ! toblier ol red satin i, ret to toe front of to- skirt. Thbtablierbrirbly trimmed with Brueerb tore, narrow satin rolaria. and airy pink illusion. The train, which | b three yards long, falb to broad, rich from tbe wrist, aad b without may trimming. A garniture of broad Hrumrts lace, narrow .at in rolaatomad ptok illusion separates it from the tablirr. Bouquet. of rows of all shade, aad tiau toe 9*bt side of toe ecreagr. run down toe mat side of the robe. aad. following tor into, are lost in the lace garniture oa tot isftqjde. Another robe la onmnasrd of light bl— , silk embroidered with flower. in reirrt. , garniture rouabls of. gar lands of bl— ostrich feather, and ml point d'aatiq— lac*. Tbe waist b buttoned charming iy-set diamond buttons. right aide of tor oormgr and toe elcrrea are adorned by bouquets <4 yellow roars. Furthermore, there ,.ie a white faille robe with real blood aad a volant composed of whits pearls — tor— as pern; a black vcHst dress with little embroidered . t -coquets of rosea, and eery tastefully trimmed with pale piak latin and real tore; a pink faille drrm made up to the stjk. -profusely ados— d with , Spanish gold tore; a soiree robe of dark , bl— yelret trimmed with tore; and a toilet of while Indian cashrichly trimmed point d'aatiq— tore, aadtiay gold Calk. Of maateax tbe new qaara baa — equally large — wall as -artistic supply , b o— partkmtarly aocieaahla. h b mads of black rein*, wkh a broad aes'riia border, aad lined with riy-biu, aula. Tbea there b a maawirt of heavy . black satis with real black tore aad bread teiaamlag. which to arc off j af cream oolorod pre— ri relrm TmI ' aocicaable. Tbe border to nf real ar- , miaa. to r^^triamri^wM. | D 7* pi', ■'! f Wa^T tlriJt J pari, af ha> aftp-re af whM|^ mgha. , mini a fink la Of Ifaa |1 fa , mete Mas are tofifafi pakm af hfigk kifi h— as. , fa. la—ij — to. rikm. -d tw. , to^rZaw^l^iutll— "TW k toil* ■■ n k ■ II tomTcaam. • % a HI »hi fi Sdpa i asm and * *a nai f aa af kha Ii .1 off 1 »«-«•— krifiri That*— oun « ri Of to-k to-, eata it to. . una - foadfoh.finadn-nma'te «

At tiqalty af Man. Profraaor Madge has prearated some 1 tourestiag eridrare relating to toe —. re 7 tiqulty of man to the Kansas City fa- n; ! rwr af flricnce. Be Marts fay assuming w i the eorreetama of tbe generally accepted b - opinion among geologist, that ama wa it 1 on the earth U toe close af the Glacial te epoch, aad offer* evidence to prove that . toe antiquity of toe rare cannot he taken w . at lea, than (00.000 jrar*. After tout. . Glacial epoch, reokglau hare recog- n . niied. by their efferta. tore- other*. B t namelypthe Champiain. toe Terraor aad 11 t toe Delta, all rappoaed to be of nearly tl , equal length. Bb argument far rati- P . mating the duration of the— epoeue b U | as follow!: He take, toe vase of toe I tcltaof toe Misabsi ppi.aad notes tbe fact tl that, for a distance of about fioa mi lea of • I till, depo-it. there are to be ofaarrred tl > I buried ioraeta of large ires*, one over a 1 toe other, with ialmparre of sand. Tea h 1 liiMinet forest growths ,.f tob nature p d eucceederi one another. "" Tbe— trees u a I are toe bald cypres, of the Southern fa e j States. Some hare bern obeerred oeer I e I fifteen feet to diameter, aad oac con. n | tatned 1.700 annual ring*, to etn— la- ! _ staaree tor— huge trees hare grown k I over tbe stumps of other, equally large. r j nearly all. toe tea fore*; beds." fa'roro a I the— it b aot assuming loo much to I ] estimate toe. antiquity of each of the— I ■■ foetal growths at 10.00c years, or 100.000 it , /ear, for tor Ira forests- Tbb eatimue * would not take into account toe inter- „ ral of Urn* -which doubt ires was rem- • h ^ wdcrable — that elapsed between the B ending of one forest aad toe beginning , of soother. " Sot-h evidence." conclude. „ Profraaor Mndge. " would tec reeeirrd p in nay court of law a. round aad eatb- ,|) D I factory. We do not ere bow rarh proof a "• I » to be discarded when applicdjo the t| 3 { anliquity of our race. There w satis- B 1 I factory evidence that maa lived to tli* 1 I Champiain epoch. But the Terrace ' I epoch, or the greater part of it. inter 0 0 ream between the Champiain and Ik Its * | epochs, to— adding to my 100,000 year. n 000 year* b toe lota; result. ' „ A New York paper say.: It b wild. J B ;pnd docbtirm truly, that in trio. ■ tittle * * Iras than fitly years ago. oaly one eitiI ira of New York. John Jacob A Mar. r j was wdrto more than fil.ono.ooo. Noth- . tog can better illuelrale tor growth of 5 wealth here than tfab f— t. which now c { seems surprising enough Milliiaiairra : are very plenty to the— days, so rrry I plenty that they are hardly taken into " j die* leaving an /.tale ralue-d at over " ■J | fil OtO.OOO. aad yfat toe ntarn of oar old ' inhabitants may not cent bare heard '■ " ol his name It has been asserted that J' ' i ton* are a: peearnt in the metropolis ° - 300 men w ho— property b estimated at ^ » fil.txv.OOO and upward. Such citixens '* * as Will lam II. V and erbi It. John Jaex.b * Monew T ylor. Royal Phflpa A. A. ° 1 law. Peter Cooper. Alcxaltdi r aad lloh- ' ert U Sutart. Horace B. Ctafiia. E. S. " 1 J affray. Jamra Gordon Bennett. Wil- • lam II. Appieton. August Belmont. C. p ' P. Huntington. Anthony J. Drexel.lsvi 1 P. Morton. James Brown. AbvmJ J( ' fafoc. and doi-ns of others who might 1 in other thing, than private fortune*. ' The city had little more than soo.ooo <• ■ people; aow. Including adjacent town, r aod lite population proper: y t«n. within a radius of fifty altaflf fnion ' square, it i— lode. Dot far from X.OOO.ob:. ■ Then Chambers street was far up town. M ' toe City ball park we. toe the principal P | — rit. we bad bo buteta Bnrapapm*. Ii- » ' modem improvements, few foreign - foabio— . bo regularly reenrriag defolea- > lions. Utile official or legislative cor- ai 1 ruptfon. BO Kapenefo— municipal debt. T • no reck lens nmbitfoua. no •• booming" e! t W all streev, aot many luxuries, but an w I untaxing amount ol public and private P r honesty. What revolutions fifty years e 1 bare produced! When we fori buck '' 7 through tbe light of history. It serins n > iiioo must hare been nil <rf Are to- 11 ' turir* ago. " I ' M A CO* for Be— DriaMag. Dr. Db—bb. of Chicago, write* tbe ' folfowtog tatter to toe hUr -Jtom. of " that city : Knowtag your deep interest ? 1 mcdictoe to help him break off kb to- " ' b— eo habit came in lo day aad raid " ' What wae that uwdici- yoa fare me* f. J It fa— taken away all my appetlle for 1 ' after bare toaa I hare after ariik. " ' aad BOX eo mot ; ad afar whbkeyor « ' altobol. il b stotplydbgwtatBg lo me." « I fan** knows tfata rara far orer ™ twoky-fire year, (la fact fae a a* far- u rarefy mj afauul Hark—, but ant what JJ 1 aad I bare ao ocrrafon to drafa- fab ^ wad. T>e re— dy b a (■■■ulfali- * 1 milidln foam aide r. tarch alb ? (gfon. M J deg ifa ). I famken total' " i ya af this fact, far k b -■ j I * fit of ifaa la, .r i . Wtafakw* b may mliillfar ■■*. ral.ini.vil— any , * I ho* gkrea Ihfo ha a fikt amfra ! * aaaaaafi ha> fa <• a wta j « ■■■j C—rid H jt Ifamd ffifo aa aa aaad <a«h — ffiaM — fan i i I wb rii e«a tfao aielk alfaaa fa, Oe wa » ,1—j ami m toa af kfa ton faa mriod e e atay. Tfaa efaom a

mttlnrabfaed Garet*. ; Two ptolaty drvracd men entered « 1 restaurant yesterday aad drawing chairs 1 ' to a table ordered dinner. Sereral waiter* aad tbr proprietor were peroral ■ paid very little attention to tbe via- 1 When tfaa dinner arrived toe 1 twgan coareraalios. "Corral." " I wa eery much pleased ' with the Chicago reeeptioc " I "To. tor dcmoostralisa was mag- i nificent. but I dnul beliere that tbe mayor should bare advised aw ao pub- , aot to accept of a third term. If i American people want me to be , again It U no more than right that I should accept ol the position." " But. gen real, ain't you growing ol toe— rrtqttaaef* " I tell yoa. Mr. Evans. I am actually tired. Bui I cnah stop it. Sow joM so rooa ra tbe people fiad out that I am there wlli far a parade like a eireue procession. I think tor beet plan will be for — lo slip over to Hot Springe or.' to-morrow's train By the way. Mr. Evert*, tob la aa excellent restaurant. 1 am elected again it b my idea to establish a restaurant to the White " General, don't yoa think tob maa "Just what I ra thinking about. And toe— waiter* . I think, wouluaord | " I my. General. I don't — e how we j keep down tbe rati A her We'd ' better let tiling, take their own aourse , ' " Ton. I think eo." Ahout tob time they bad tabbed rating. Tbe restaurant man had hern paying elo— attention lo toe eon, rrrastarled out without flaring paid tar j . tbe meal toe " hash" nam advanced and "Tltb b General Gnmt. I beliere*" " Why. 1 knew the people would discover my Identity." " And tbb b Secretary Eearte?" " Wwi " aaid Mr. Evan*. " I mu*. | General." ,*1:1 tbe restaurant man. : -"I wa* in your army." • Yea. sir. aad 1 am delighted to see Don't you remember we were all | digging a big ditrh n&r Vlrkshurg?" " Perfectly well " Itou'l yon rem em oer one rainy Frl- j cigar* ?" >0" ,W° h0"* ^ | " I remember it a, though il had only been yrajereiay." said the general, " aad since I bare scanned your feature, a little ) more eh— It. it ■<rik™ mr that jou are I I wa, a aoller. and joe I haven't paid me for tine- cigar, yet. i And BOW if yoo don't hand orrr fiftl Flit with laity McGinn is. Jack Rrn,. <w aav ! one who happen* to he there Poor j pre—.. aadPto— string. j " ThaFjnH fight." remarked Hie res- I " I'll let y^Sto'tor'ao " I ! "They went out. and lair in the evening. | ( wticri one of then! waa taken from the | sidewalk, where he lay Mrrlclied out. he ! had MM Ub official air .-/.Mile Ho* 1 (Ar*.) 0—tUt. Palrsil— PMlrry. |[ Tbe Biblical drecription, nf pottery, ' Mngularly appliraiive to toe pre— al 1 . ol manufacture. Now. to tob nineteenth o aturv. the potter alls at hi, frame aad turn* toe wheel with hie foot. Or. a, we read in the A p. wry ph. : 1 "So doth toe potter, rilling at hb work aad taming tor wheel with hi, fori : be : ntokiartfa toe clay with hb arm." The potter bad a heap of the prepared near him aad a pot of water by hb ride. Taking a lump to bb band bc laced It oa lop of tor wheel, which rej voire, borixoo tally, aad emootbqd it into alow rone, like tbr upper ead of a sag— -loaf; then thrnttlng bb thumb ' toe top of It. be opened a bole down ' toe renter, nad tob lie eon [ Maatly widened by pressing toe edges : of tor revolving ear between bb hands. Aa it enlarged aad bevmmr ' thinner, be gar* it whatever shape be pressed with tbe utmost en— aad rk- ' pedilira. It It evident, from numerous 1 expression* to tbe Bible, that the pot- ; tr*"" was toe ayaoayai of utter fragility ; aad to any. aa David does, that Zioa'a 1 king would dash bb enemies to pievre* like a potter', I Mil was to threaten erarerly appreciate some of the— biblical reference*, bat lor Pataati— , mesa. Arab jars are eo thia aad frail thai they are Hi— ally flashed to eklrsrs , tfaeabghMt stroke. Water >ars are , fioa upon toe fi-w; rad toe -rraM frequently return* from the fountain , empty faa-tad. faarfo^faafi all fab jars' \ i py a a. ara,-.— smsS; nb=tirr=n— ; ufasaifi ll lit iffi I Tfaa " atari OB faa a aatafiffht tfae *ev , W»fo» sitofffalfoa^foi^ J Mi iafifa ^»&fr — JTifa. — ■ w

" ' Hard w-— -Tight hoots. Jftaofata penny taring faaak* for Edbca elaime hb electric Qghi to far A new town to Iuaderdaie ronaty. Tran .b named Pi 11 jerk. Dora to* Btatonal codfish call •• young with a eodfiah bawl? Sere* etadenU out rf fatf to Tale CaL lege wn found to be color bltod. If time b really mcmry any wee nqbk lobe worth fab wait to gold— Ferisr* employed at cigar maklag^be^a tor work^takra liule spaa and b lvadUy la Wratphalia. appbe and potatoare separately boiled, afterward drained ' and thru mashed together, with butter I lute carriage mnmifariurtog elntbtia ; show that there b a earring* for every . thirty-eight penoa to Kb Cat tad " Grief b a free lnach." ays the Hew 1 Or lean, fVwpao. aad proven toe eeacrtioo by Siiakespeare: "Grief filbap th* > A butcher to York county. Pa., wfalb - cutting rounds from a ■Uugbtr—d etaa, f recently, found to (he btvf a gold dolbr. c dated ISM. 1 "if I pun tah yoc." raid mamma to ha little girl. " ya dat euppo— I do a ' for my pleasure, do yar "Tbenwhoa pleasure if it fee. mamma?" ' A law rail to tfae -rapm— court of . Hungary ha jast beat derided afbr III ° yeas of trial. The lawyers' fere used ! up wbat wa* left to toe defendant. Il b a paradoxical fact to tfae nutri- .' morial eeooomy that when a wo maa make* It bot for ba bufaand U'.moid „ abe gites bjm -MeaAenraflc BtrM. r Mr- 1) wight W hlttog. a riUnen of Boau too. has gone to South Africa to pwrha— one hundred ostriches foe fab {era I in toe Gaa Joaquin valley to Callforato r Tbe Si. Gotoard tun— 1 through tbe Aipa makes steady progress, ao less toa 3.400 workmen being engaged upon It. fi Scnr'y tea hoe of dynamite are used pa ! month. r II b eaUmated that Dr. H. J.GIofa. fi | of California, has tbb yea raised afifffifi I ton,' of grain oa hi, raacbr to Cotoaa j county. Tbe crop b worth about fifivfi I 10.(00. ° Tbe latest thing! to Paris wrddlag* Ic d | fur page boys to be rabstitatad far ' ; pages a delicate bint to turn or— a BSW leaf?— ffafawtaey .Yipb. An exchange publbbra an a.ifola 1 boasting of " wbat a single beaa cm I produce " It b aoMung. Fired from . I produce Mime of tbe woest languag* " i man b arable ol uttering.— ffafifak ! A Lyons (la.) lawyer, interrogattoc 1 a sharr ;ouug ioroa at the district court r tbr Other day. mads toe remark, to reII | ply to something tbe young m.n had " < raid, tost " rlifokrm always roar boa— I to roost." The young man retorted toot . ; tor chickens taken by the In Is—orator d from hb father*, roral bad never ra- , ( turned. j The fords of tor Britbh admiralty ; I hare given orders for toe making af a [1 t handsome pier* of furniture from too e I timber, ot toe oh! Ami. expfortog atop C ; Reaoluir tw i—sentalfoa to Mrs. Grto- ! DI IL toe Widow of tbe late Henry Grlnr ! —C. of New York, who fitted out at bis , j own expense two rxprdiUoD* for tbe E search of Sir John Franklin. A German ha, dbcorei-d— what wa"t 1 j-a German discover ?— llsU tsrenty-uta* C per rent, of m-u aod — nty-oue pa » 1 rent of women ml* railroad tiafata. ' But tliat German • boa Id remember that , woman's bar k 1 air always waats fixing ju.t at tbe critical moment, wfalla ' [ toe men gtswraily bar* vary Httta. if ' ) any, hair tw trouilc th. m.— flafriawrs I BmlUia. \ One ol tbe most remarkable inatoniq ' : of human precocity b that of Mr. VTliI bur F. Story tbe proprietor of to* ' I fliirago 7taa'i. w fad is raid, by toe „ ftafo-mreaa. to hare "beg.. Ufa fay L — lUn* randies." Very faw lafoakk i adopt a commercial carta at to* Mart ; I hut Chicago b a waadarful city.— [ Honav'l ITaede. KThe baby of toe mayor of Stafford. England, b rocked to alaep in a solid silver cradle, bot it wake* In the night. ' kick, off toe rover*, rattle* toe old aa ' with hb bowk, nod makes him take Bp hi* son and patrol tor fioa with him ' until * a. «.. all toe same a, though It wrut to rest la aa old trak-Ud a elofa . f, Tl a<it°^a^tolT<d' hgrent eikr aad power, exceeded In ai— by tfae Greet jf Eataera afoae; M( tort la logth. it fat* in breadth, aad tl (ert Ib depth: it wil ' be of 3.007 toa, aad IMM hoe— -pownr; , iu carrying rapacity wlU faa tj(0 Ua , of freight. 1.70* Ism, of coal 1-kOO (mm of water bnllaat. Ua firri-rlrae aad *M , rra5fa.fa.M-. I I f we ran bcliev* tfae fVa Pram, juaP tlee shall be done at laet to toe deapitad r potato bug. Ithaaheradbrosaradtora . tbe bug. are rich ta that ralaafata drag . cantharadi— . tbe active priacipta of tfaa . Sttaabb fly ao powerful la kllMertq. i arommereial raira. The potato log. , when dried aad tamed to drat, fa far . mew* useful toa fae wa at first, ra tfaa . port remark*. TW lime will probably r A musics! bed ha* been produced la • Grraaay. It b ao eoaalrae— •! tost by 1 the |iiami el toe body inlem to* , raftrat byway, wfaiefr bau foag e enough to laU oa ta .tap At tot > brad of l^e had la a dial with a hod t wfaiefr eg fa* Biased g ufageeg faor ! , rid '^\TlJLat acs ' TW.9>?"''n ( j ri ■ W ri^ rararirata toe forag ^fr. y w*rix gg "nTrtriTaVaa 2?i;£rr Sr5 " • 1 » » - : X *4 v.T Ofr TtofiaMTHaL . Tfaa Off* fo at aiim—k)