I " - 7 | STAR OF THE CAPE.

VOL. XII.

CAPE MAY CITS, N." J., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1880.

NO. 33.

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_ Jalj. Or pataeriag all ol H|Ml hu : "b*"' tata ~ atall suslLaU - Awid TAD IiIm, Tyriaa alow. JjM-IW •.« IW plsamo. -Or. mai' " "" ^ **"" Ibm BA ay lit BO aimlr bound ^Ifajhes iky test— A 8WEET WILD ROSE. " Wall, da ce joa mention it yourself, 1 wiU cob lta> that I >u surprised to Awl Too noH to Mi* Brookfield." •aid Nad Chtaur to hi* life- loo, chain Hal Elmendorf (the two young men w en leisurely strolling th roach Maple too or), "lor when I w rot Abroad yon bom rmpbnt ieally deoottariac the beartlrasor*. aad -eiffohnew aad ex. trmracaac* aad a lew other aBlabk ^^^latlpe. ^ accord lac to yoar way aad apparently sincere la yoar determ*marry one ol them. Aad yoar 1 -tiers hate citce no hint of a chance la yoar loot, by -the- bye. wu mast perplexing. i No womuh letter ooald hare been moreeo In it yon nddenly jumped the Ckuaoa Mine to ' a sweet wild rone.' of whom you had pretloosly told at nothlnc II 1 remember arlchL the eealeace latxododac her road thai: •And Ujrdlrideads this year aremacfa thaa thU swart wild ram that I bare foaad la this bmely plaoa. aad em almost penuaded to court aad marry, after the meaner of Tennyson's land, painter.' " Flmsartnrf threir away hi* dcamu, thoachtfallj Into spwoc a mo■I. dropped into a dill slower walk, aad aoked. " Should yoo like to hmr all about Jt. old fallow F" "CM casrml dsould." replied Cheater. " Lite* there a man with soal so dead, who er*r to himself hath said. I take beddm thaLhaeeal I been the coo#, dant of all your km affair* since yoo wore twelre, aad awfafly amium with o* preuy cirl la Wild's coahctiaMry! •CO." hftT" Elm-adorf. "jaJTbSt yoo tromtd th* -hriay' I became diaceded with Imhiooable youac hdle* ir. cneral. eod. a* you did a<* remark, lor '■-o^Bt^myfwliWwiU Rodora who was awful spooa* cm a gM. to be told by that ftrl that hi* fartaa* eoa- ' her eye*, aad that (or bar pan *h* ' F1'"*"*'. * ymt BaM ^ 1 a* yoo bow. aad panfa. ' RbT^lt. rimnly after^to^Newport. aad I. filled hkm »md'*iah>"!Sd' *l^rb^mlk • oclykmmii raJi*e.«tart*d tor *«y where r -oaywhwr not of U>* world. i **OC*<l dlJ'* I poke °f thTmmmL U*nm*d ^L sTd r drank into a kmaly daady road, rmolrI i*c to k**p na.oa took, oalil Ma* abuBld • my. 'Thai Mr aad ao bthrr.' Now C read 1 nor aaw. Not a ponoa did I r kriak Lam*. Bat 1 wSffml^a; aad ' CrtwTteim ma. the aaM iw t. *****«aaR.uat ta Use *oar of the birds, h Sw7b*ai.^7wwHd* f MMnd^iH crvwmc sSHcssS-

easnod— and had riwn to depart, wbec the prettiest cirl in bios aad rold that I \ rrrr beheld came trlppiar np the garden path, a pail of water In each J hand. 'A sweet wild rose, 1 mid to myself, and sat down again, connived by a single claaoe at that lorely face and form, that thi* cottage was Fate's *No farther.' I " Accordingly. ^ told mine hastens that I was a poor story, writer (yon will j admit that was no lir.for nil the editors to whom I hare submitted my manuscripts bare said lb*eme thing), wjlh a book to Anish. and that of all plaoe* in the world to Uniah it ir„ her beautiful I unlet home eeemed the best, and I "els. promising In make her a* little trouble as possible. ■ Well. I don't see ; no thin' agin it if lather and daughter ] don't.' said she. And away she went In the bail 1 knew the mattCT wu bring i discussed by the familj And In a few momenta a shrewd-looking old man appeared, looked at me sharply, aad j asked brusquely • Kin you 'lord to pa, | four dollars a week V I told him I 1 thought I could, aad he seised my I relies aad carries, it into the cottage. I ; following. Ned, old chap, it was a lore'y spot, and no mistake. Erery ' morning the birds awakened me with , their acsngs, aad they were so tear -ess. freer baring learned bow cruel men ] can be. that they Sew in at my window , and perched upon the frame of the old , looking-glass— sue b a mm old glass j (crooked my noaed and crossed my eyes) —and watched me dress: and fragrance enough from the rose rinee \ floated into that attic room in oae day to bare perfumed Kudora's handker- J cbiele for a whole rear. "As for Alice— use sweet wild rose— | beautiful. I -urge Innocent dark blue | ryes, with lashes ao long that they caat , a faint shadow on her rounded cheeks: ; simply perfection, and a voice, not aa * musical as Undoes 's. it is Due. but with ' a childish ring and aweetnem: aad when the spoke, which seas s-ldom. it ' was with a pretty modest hesitancy thai made you lung to cdtch Icr in your '' arms and kiss the worda"from her full red lips. I had on It seen her three " times when I was madly in lor* with ° her. aad thought the plain calico gowns " she wore the prettiest gowns in the b world. Her father and mother watched ' us closely, but that blessed (as I thought ■ then) droogbl had set in a week or so P be lore my arrival, and in two or Ihrte b hadn't attained to the dignity of a cie- ii and much water had to be brought from u tLe brook, and of course I hriped the u •west wild rone carry the palls, aad jg It&s'RaffMfTiiMMslm t boose: and one day, after Irareralng ri this quarter ol a mile with the palls and G bonaie Alice. 1 wrote yon a mj long ^ j letter, in which, among maay other „ things. 1 reviewed my Eudora rxper 1 y cnce. and told yomof the treasure I bad g, found in the outtage by the wood. And a a few days after posting this letter 1 j asked the ewrel wild rose to be my wife. a .-be raised those glorious, innocent bint eyes to my face for an instant, aad then hid I hem Upon my breast, while she whispered— the thy darling— ^ " ' Don't ask lather aad mother jnst yet. on til I get used to the thought my- a "'Aad you are sure yon lore mef n Aad will yon be willing to wear caiko n your dfef" said I. 0 " "Try ass,' she replied, with glow- V lag cheeks aad aa arch smile. tj " • Now am I really loved- laid I to T the birds, next morning— oot baring you. Ned. 1 made oauftdants of them. 0 aad. like you. they never betrayed aw. 1 It is Hal Ehasadorf wtas the bean of ' A hoe. not his tonune-no sighing far c gems and gold, no longing for silks aad velvets and sailns. knows this rife pie 1 country maid. She is even unaware of ' 1 her own marvelous grace and beauty. ' aad the is also unaware, it cms not be ' I denied, of maay ol the rules of grammar 1 ; eooa teach her, heaven blcue her f And ] . then I thought what delight it would 4 , be to swe those guiielem blue eyee open j i seel to our marriage. I placed a diamond riag upon the little hand. Aad 1 j . made up my mlad In start for the near- . ■ est city immediately aad obtain the , 1 Hag. ' •' So. pleading urgent boataee. to my , darling, aa soon a, breakfast was cere 1 , ( bad* her good-bye far a day or two. j back r^ahe'aeddwd.' sllairiiUMU^iadmy — Bat I vrm. dmeeta.' I mU. aaioat1 lag bar kxuly arms, ml ki-iag the . tan bum her ewe. 'I shall be bank I again befae* you bare lime to miss me.' r An* I wee; far I bad oaiy gone a mils t or two wfeas I discovered I had Ml my I pcctotoook behtsd. and tail of tse I ^^aH b'wT ri' K^na my"swmi a "'WsD. fe> a rvgulm mma. m* I * dsa\ kaow what to say Is Mil Tyraa a wbsa be csmss baek (na ssa,' tbs sU 1 "" *fc b( "'LsS hem.' reawwd Aims. 'CI bed* setaiba: Mr ■ ' *"-• BMWntatali taMrtb ii a 'da H be so »■ nU- , in 1 1 ib. intmt 2 j mZFtbe fo

at fry maid. Soma fash'nabie girl m wanted him for his fartuae. aad he got I mad and cleared out. sad walked round is till he found me. A sweet wild rose, be •L calls me. and be ain't so far out. to neither.' id "'Tou'd better bt yonr pa Inquire * about him some before you promise sure ', to marry him,' advised Mrs. Burdock. " ' Rubbish r exclaimed the rose, a ' Pa goin' snoop ju' round might spoil !i everything. I know he's got lots of ra money, and I bet be'e gone off ic buy i. me something elegant now Calico gowns, indeed! I'll wear silk every „ daw of my life But -ome along, ma. il upstairs. PVnpe he's left his I satchel unlocked, and we can rummage c '"No.be hasn't.' eaid 1. coming lorr ward ; * but don", let that prevent yonr enjoying yourselves, ladies: here is the key. at your service.' "With sshril scream, the sweet wild • rowe fled. I reached my room under f the eaves in three bounds, gathered ' wnTh*rth ' b,l°n,l°**' !rfl **"' 1 " And I am to marry Eudora Ilrook r fie id a month from to-day."— Ihrptr , I Meekly A Leadline Jaka. t Life In Leadville. Co!., is fall ol excitement even for a barber. The other day a ciUsen named ring strolled into a ' tatablUUmeni where there were ' two chain, both fall, and fourteen men | waiting. If there is one thing that Ping ' despises It is waiting around while a of other fallows get shaved, lie I a friend in one of the chairs be stepped 1 low tone. Suddenly be became excited. Addressing Ufa friend , be cried " Yon third-rate mu.e,whaokrr. I'll have your gore!" And the friend yelled ' of boles!" "I ran shoot first." yelled Ping, drawing bis revolver. " I'll let ' yon see you can't." roared his friend. ' from his chair. By this lime a ' some of wild excitement was taking place in the shop The whole fourteen waiting customers were wildly struggling U> get out before the sbooting^began. The man in the other chair, with- ! out stopping to wipe the lather from his leaned from the window upon the bead of a policeman, who at once arrested jj bumped his bead terribly and got j ' mouth full ol dust, crawling tinder sofa, and the other barber was ! , promptly concealed behind a barrel in j i th* closet. As aoon aa the shop was j , cleared the two friends ceased threateneach other, pot up lli'ir piston aad tried to explain to the head barber that , t £fd Plng>l nma HWuB-ioV art-ihef couldn't lick a mouse " " Then, by 1 ' jelled the barber. " you've over IS worth of trade away j c me aad I'll take the value out ol i 1 your bide!" Aud be got in several lusty on Plug before the fatter could offer to nettle. And. somehow. Ping j * think it was such a good iokr aftcT ah. j ( Arsenic la tela rings. j - It fa BOW erell understood thai arsenic c is extensively used in the dyeing of . cloth, and in the pigment of will- ' paper!, aud that it has given riae to l many instances of sever* poisoning. In i the former case the poison is mainly - absorbed by the akin. In the latter. I microscopic particles float In the air ol I the room and are inhaled. One effect ' of thus receiving It into the system it (o destroy the rsd blood corpuscles aad I diminish the nutrition of the nerve • The following fa a striking bat typi- 1 csl case, and has additional interest the gitmpee it gives us of the considerate character of the prenen' queen 1 of England. A gentleman employed by I fatter do a piece of work was furnished room is the palace. Though it was ' well warmed and every way com forts - , hie. he found himself quit* chilly alter . retiring, and at length hit teeth began to cfantStr. Attempting to .-foe to get a , Spanish cloak to throw over him ! 4m waa unable to move, aad be began . to be affected with a severe and peculiar j pain. He finely foil asleep from sheer In the moraine he noticed for the first 1 covered with a briUfoal green paper. - truth at once (fashed CO his mind. ' On getting out of bed hs staggered like a drunken man. aud U was with difl r cutty be could dress. The fresh air I aoon restored Mm. The queen, on learning the state of e the eras, had n piece of the paper , anal y Bed. It proved to be highly asvesica.. At once she bad the paper . stripped from every room in the pafaee k, Or«ta *f the Hnrsmhn* Rnperatltfon. Iu eery sarly times, lap n tatter in ' R.lhfos's M M. among thPbsMfc ' rear, aa stagy of tfas patron aatat. so 1 ana* umd fa »* dw^da* aad wort- • tamps of thspndfta. ssa so-onifad " proL tatataa- a-atant Ul fortaaa The '• "gtagy" above the hand of thsae figured * —which latter srert often ruffoiy earrsd W rSiJtaf pta^foVlIT iTmntaL fa h fo «*. yr^ tautafamni. Jt rS" I il afcrtaJSL ► l^ahamtatamnnn* ew Bhennme . ■■ _ r— •"

irl THE HEAD OF THE NATION. ■ot | ' Forty millions of paople mor* or lefa are now talking about Praaidenu and f* : the presidency ; aad it is not out of " pfac* to give some interesting tacts, bfo- •- | torical sad constitutiona.. in connection | ill I To begin, then, the word President, j derived from the Lnliq. means to "sit 1 U be, TV ■'-f t . an audience The Ire* fo ator of aa umbligt. r The Prvoidrat of the United States holds his office for four years. He must r- be a natire of the United Stars, and at ir least thirty-five yesra ol age. * lie la not elected by the popular vote, but by a College ol Eiecton chosen by ! Id the people. Buchanau't popular vole ! d total cast: Lincoln's about 800.000 . i- than half: aad llnye* was Ifo.ooo vote* behind the nnmber cast for Tiidrn. From l"w to I8M the President was. of the States. The title at first conferred upon the President was " His Highness the i'rcai ' dent of th* United States and Protector | of oar liberties." After « while it was * The President recrives a vaiary of #SO - I 1 000 a year, with the White llcwxa* aa a * residence free of charge, aud light, fuel * and attendants thrown fa . e i Under the original proviaions t the r Constitution the person having the a second highest nnmber of rows tor a President became Vior-President. J opposite political riewt might, and. fa 1 r fact. did. become elected to the offices o! ' 1 President sad Vice-President In the ' i The Praaidenu of lb* United States, t t from the adoption of the Constitnifon lo 1 . the present time, hare been as loltowa : ' , <: -wge W titling .on. ITns to ITsT . j I John Adams, 179T to IfiOl. I , ! Thomas Jefferson. I tol to 1 80S. • James Madison. 1M» to WIT. I James Mostroe. 181? to 188J. i John yotocy Adams. IMS to INK. ' Mai tin VanBuren. DO? to 1841. ] [ William Henry lUrrisoo. 1841, when . he died, and was succeeded by John . ( j Tjler. the Vice-President, who held ^ ! James Knox Polk. 1846 to ItoS. j I Zachary Taylor. 1848 to July 8. I860. ' 1 ' when he died, and wu succeeded by 1 I Millard Fillmore, the Vice- President, ' 1 I who held offic* UU 1863. 1 j Franklin Pierce, 1863 lo 186? 1 James Buchanan. 1867 to 1*1. ( > j Abraham Unoofa. 1861 to April 16. 1 1*6. when hs died, and lfaa esmoendod > i Andrew Joharaa.lh* 1Km Pmldenh c who held otaee till IBKL f Kdrnnn*<rB-— nljta. from'irr. 10 ■Ml. Nineteen Prasldeatx fa an. from the | the present ! According to the ConsUtution. Uic « President and Vioe -President cannot be J . chosen from the same 8talr. I came from Virginia— Washington. Jcl- » ' fervor. Madison. Monroe, Harrison, < j Tyler, aad Taylor: two Irom Maasa- , ■ choseua — John Adama) and hto son, 1 ! J ohn (Joincy Adams: one from New Van Bursa ; one irom Nrw ( i I Pierce; one from Mary- ■ Jackwm. Polk, aad Johnsoc ; two bom , . — Lincoln aad Grant; oae from. 1 Ohio— Hayes. |( | the total electoral rue was is- I STSV Which nnmber Wmhfagton ' . received I3t , John Adams, who was^the next . inelved sereaty-one votes out of a total ol 138 r In the fourth presidential contest j Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Bun re- i c*iv*d seventy -three votes each. The :esalt being n tie. there was. of course. ' no election, and the choioe of President devolved upon the House of Rspreerats- " tireu. which elected Jeff raon by n vote R of ten. to four — Dels war* and North ' Carolina not voting - ■ The tfoetocml collegs also failed to ; * elect fa the tenth Presidential contest * The total number ol vot* was ML O! thsae Andrew Jackvua received niaety- " aiae. John <4- Adams eighty-four. WilT liam H. Crawford fortycm* aad Henrj '■ Clay thirty ■seven. The House elected * , In 1866 the Democrats elected their ' tart Prsmdent, James Burhsnsn. and l! the Republicans put la th* fiald iu first " kaon astUs* Kuow^Nothfag movsment ^ had acquired ronsiderabk strength, aad s the American ptaty pat fa tb* Raid '• Millard Filimore. He rscrivsdon'y the , —Maryland. '• During tbu iirnllmlbl elsctfo. of ™ WiMma Btatm all Soathevw-did £ *"5 tb^Mfa ranntag ° far lb. stasi of Inland Vtoa-rv-m- Mat firs an fi— sb aad me fo a •d |aSL_-S!5rjrs: ' !

I The Largest Tree In the Werld. j Iu Nelson's "Scientific sad Teehfaai " ! Render " there is an account abridged „ I from Hatching's " Scenes and Wonders s. | |n California." of a grove of uvea This 'j ; grove is situated 'on the water- shed besE tween the San Antonio branch of the *■ Calaveras river aad the north fork of the m | Ptanislaus river, at an eierntfon of distancv of ninety-seven miles from * Stockton. Within an area of fifty acres I there are 1M large trees, twenty of r. which exceed IwenlT-fie* feet fa dfam- * live feet in circamlerrnr* The "father ii | of the forest." toe largest of the group, ■. rnmfrrenoc.is tan fwt to the firat branch y | and from the trees which acre broken . down: the stamp. which Btaad* be* and r room. This tree wwT ntarty-sii fortTta r feet hlgu. The - mother of the ioresl " j hibition in t(,e New Engmnd States. 'r is estimated to hare been 300 feet hlgb enw.and 8J0 fert high. The "Jfo^r'a cabin.- broken off 160 feet from the ground, measure* thirty nine feet fa diaverage tat feet high, aad arrant >- right and a half tret in circumference each layer of which is supposed to he the growth of a single yoar. that Iheit age is almost 3.000 years, considerably grove is atu described in an smut , lag manner by T. W Hinch&ff. fa his : From hb i.couni. the tree, occupy a , belt 3.800 Icet long and Too feet wide, which contains from ninety lo 160 ! foe ground, he says, the surrey party I ' counted the rings of this section, and 1 found the number to be 1-866; this tree. , jlrort-" ■ • • j A Busy Family . A case of a usr It and battery, fa which farmers' sons were ptaialiff and ^ out thai the dclrndani's (amilrmual hare seen the fight whi -h look place jus. ant's mother being on the stand the - Well, where were yoo when the replied. " Where was your husband F' He was fa the barn mending the I harness and greasing the wagon. •• Where waa your daughter Sarah 1" I "Sarah was fa the north bedroom ' changing the piilow-caaes on the spare "And where was Jane! " Jane! ;8be had run over to a neigbj bor'a to borrow some coffee and a nut- ! "-Meet's see ! Haven 'l yoo n sister 1 Uring with yon F" ' | "Yes. sir. She was rowing carpel f , rags "upatairs." "Ah' she was* Yoo hare a young 1 son named Charles, haven't you • ' i - Yes. sir. and he was salting sheep ' | "Just so You ar* « very busy „ I family. I see. I suppose the dog wato1 very busy just at this particular mo 1 - Yes. sir. be was. Old Boa was "' down at the gate looking] toward De- * troll tor one-borro lawyvrs !" > That closed hsr testimony and settled him mors than a foot.— Oetrosl /Yes (Vol. 4 Perils by Bses. g It fa a diasd vantage ol drilinatioa that it shows as the daagcrs to which a lile i. expoeed. Every year presents u. A with a BSW peril, aad the^ latest is d of sefomce a** now preaching a erased* is against the industrious no* of hues. ■ Not only are they destruens* to property. hut tbry are actual], dangerous to »l human lib. The protect of the Paris M police has been applied to. RW x aad fo pveefoe fa hie statements sad * thro hse-kssptaf fo lucrative fa th* * .^1, he. hurl ol Paris, aad^soalro . fo !lywnrfortw"taro are acrira and takJOSaysar! >MUDSpuch gfata htas as ml fittasa At aaothev I fit in «• " kssa_kia*_ y ?_'■ '■ X c * ln*a AC** giro •< syrs» Sail I as ta B> uwu kwssaa. As fo foro a* Mk hs is fo- qTOfrili til II ■eatamataD m ^dtaa'psar- Mfo

SI'IKI DISASTERS. ** Thomas Keen*,. Jr . aged twelre. got ' beyond bu depth while bathing and ^ was lost: He lived at Baltimore. Md . , jj# j Jmro Robinson, of WayneSviiie. Ohio i was drowned wbi> bathing in the Utm The only son of Robert Lrfarg*. of i ni i Decatur. 111., twelve of age waa „ drowned fa the San Gannon river while ' ol 1 bathing. , n- I During a recent storm JoUo Iralie t r Indianapolis, lad., was subject to epl- 1 ! leptic fits, jet boldly plunged into thr ^ ' White river and was drosrued. ( U Tbesoc of Con. Snlliran. nine years a d aud got beyond bis depth. n the stream, and was drowned. a 1 Patrick I lane, . fourteen years of age. r knew he conldnT ssrim. bat took the " W nils fishing in^he trout pond ol R. ° U P. Cannon, of Aurora. Ohio. Willie * ( Sncdaker. twelve yea-a of age. foal h la " balance, fell in. and was drowned. ° b Just as little Josie Almond, ten years . n of age, of Lcwi'borg. Ky . had a bite. * e while fishing in Muddy river, h* pitched ° ~ forward Irom rxcitcme^| aad waa * * While rowing on imke Geoera. Miss „ e Maggie Kaye. srith two .iu', children. c ' four email boys at l-anark. Obl. as they a floated on the Riser Clyde, bat Mule - inlhirty lest of water. j" While descending the imchine rapids ' on a raft, thro* mm wen- drosrned and H the surTlrora badu braised by the raft ] being drawn into the rortes through h ilcorg* Fox. of Clyde. Ohio, was '' i twenty two years of age when hi was u . drowned while bathing recently, and r, , drowned In th. railroad rerorvoir at u r Watueun. Ohio. A j Miss Emma Morrow wn a beautiful fa . a boat at Ninrvah. Mma.. "" Jhfai, j T 1 aal her father. Being suddenly seined & . { with a fit she fell overboard and eras , bl Minnie Burnt agvJ aixiarn. were ^ high river, and Josie McAleer. aged xl Indiantown. near St. John. N. B. I the rafu in th* Allegheny, near Pitta- D he descended into the ware* In a slndied ** dire, but was never seen afterward j, ' age. the son of Jndge Conlehan. of the a 1 orphans' court. Cumberland. Md , was it r an unusual , bright aad promising lad. U but was drowned while bathing in the n | Potomac without a knowledge haw to | g. While swimming fa the Sugar rlrer. i o > seised with a* crampnad criedoul foodlv u * for help Walter Agree promptlr went j & to his aid. aad fa trying lo sues King ® * twra'y-two years of age. j A number of boys swimming In thr h T Ucklng river. K,.. amused themselves | , I by sliding down the bank Into the ] n water. Bud. Clark, fifteen yean of age. ! , went fa with each velocity that he j p g failed to come to the surface, aad his r V Henry and Char lee Luhrs. of Ho- J bokrn. N.J.. wnile rowing on the North J ly river, were ran down b, n tugboat and * the boys thrown into th* water Henry i- was picked up. but Charles disappeared. and. il is suppoaed. was drowned. He ^ Simeon Here*, sixty-six years of age. drove his borer and boggy into Deep * iver. Valproniao. lad The water proved lo be fifteen feet deep, bare* and buggy went under water, and Pierce >« , was compelled to swim out. scarcely I >i> 1 aartng hfo Hfi*. £ | Bone Sebwam. of Cievefand. Ohio. S Sabb. aged twelve years, abonfo leara u, " swim ta Shaker's pond, recently, be uok Sabb'a head nnder hi* arm. pnshed j" oot into the middle of the^pool left the rfo Sabb straggled deaperaleiy, but sank fo- aad was drowsed. *• Cbrfottan Becker sad his IttXm son fo ware boating on amlUpoad fa Ktagston. Out- wbsa the hoy dmirotf to bathe. he A itae wm put out of the boat for kiia to keep bold nd. but hr saddraly let go. ag sad. being in danger "of drowning, thr ad of «ht tad sraa too touch, aad both wuta fo r.sV^. ta^olro^fo h#T" °H.'>^fo toe lixtfo tafora on kfo tank •>< rota Whsu nqasty ta Ito. upuurita tonne «Me Z *7 ■■■■■■■ ■1. 'fluf^M^ro^kltahroSTtan^ton M fofo^ttar |tau^ro^ro^haram. * ' taMtalaTta S 22 m mi ::yijsftS2:

TIMELY TOPICS. Hi* said thro more than thro* mil■ions of women fa England and Wale* are earning a !i ring— or trying to earn one— in the various trades and industries. Bat their srages are ao low thro six years ago a society— the Women's ■ Protection and Providtat League -was organised lo raise thefa. The ifoilgration received at the port of New York during theflrst Six months of Deo shows a larger total, t, ln.ooe, tuan lbs same period .n 1678. which, until now. had stood as the highest tr t""* 01 tbT ,weB,'"flTe F*"*- ™ nmsbei .M those who came during the ai period ol Inst year. A Prkio (China) correspondent says ! '' that the number of suicides Increases ] 111 almost daily. Bodies of tiioee arbo have ' drowned I hem selves arc frequently i W found by the baas* of the risers sad on dl tbe bench. Time lamentable occur- ' dl trees and suffering, and tbe authorities fo relieve thr * ants os the poor aad pat a •top to the farther sacrifice of life. n woman lor tt,e dfonovery that tbe oil of bt Mrs John Bartlrtt. of Blne^Hill. near * Desert. Me., while boiling aom fish for her chickens, noticed a thick j ™ Some Ol this She bottled and when on a *" visit to Boston soon after, she carried tempi.* to some of the leading oil mer- J° chants of that city.*w ho encouraged her to bring more. The following year the 1 Bartlrtt family industriously plied their ' barrels of oil. for which they were paid ! " at the rate of #11 per barrel, fa ail #143. . Emperor William is described as took- ^ lie regards himself at Ems as s soldier ***' on leave of a barn re. ||e seldom wears *" customary uniform, bat ,ewerally : well-known regimentals. Ills mode o lev at Ems is rather monotonous Hs tol Spa may te som' of^faritatfoa^ to his "lajesly". ever hospitable board. ! . evenings are usually epest at the j ' theater, fa tbe K urban., where f? j sit* among the audfoune i ST !Tr»rl#LilF»,irtfV5T fiirto evokTa , smile i* arouse his laughter, which. I •" ringing with unaffected plsassr*. fo ' ln! a U eat for the whole bouse. The connection between lbs Atlantic ! and the Pacific ocean* has bscn for 1 or sternly attracted thr attention ol erien- in tific men aad capitalists, but which, up o> to this time, lias baffled a I attempts to m join the oceans. The three large undertakings fa this particular ar* now U,. unking fine head way. if those who have in charge are to be believed. On contrary, however, equally aa discouraging report* foe riven by the op- ^ or failure of the diff.veut rotedprisea. ao defamatory are the report* each makes is thr Panama canal, the pet °* ] ol Dc Iraeeps. wb eh requires forty ™ 1 miles of ratting through the hardest * I hills In the world. Then up fa Central " America is t be N icaraguan undertaking. Gr*ytown. on the gulf coast, to * Nicaragua, and then from th* fake '' 'O the Pacific coast. The third rater- " railroad, to be built by American capi- P taiieta nnder a grant from the Mexican u ' government This route extends Lost " Coalxac salens, an the gulf side, to the u harbor ol Tehuantepec oppoeile ^ The Ire* ice watra tan* in the City JJ I crests, and it aayi The vie* of drink- " ' ing ic* water 1s a growing one. Its de- 0 ' 1 voters arr numbered by hundreds of n [ ceases boldly and1 to tbe most public J tod shameless manner. Tb* man or u [ woman whom this demon of drink has p marked for its prey is a familiar object, u known at one* from the marks of diss!- fa ' pxlfoa. The Ice water drinker fo thin. P ° Zdfo Mas bent his frar^thr firm o. bis • , I body are extinguished; their light has ( , fled from his eym and their glow b ' . 1 gone Irom hb skin, lit fo a dyspeptic 1 g He has bin* line and chaik-oofored ' checks. He fo metawtonlr aad sfoirtk- ' , : ima. and he will taU^ou that naltag no , longer has any pfoasurai tor him. Gin i. him th* dipper, the dipper, aad you a may hare your foaghter. yonr good I. febownhip— <mij give him the dipper. ( * For that be foill aacrifie* ml. He mast | It go ua yfoidfag mors smd mora to the , v trighttal kahk he kae lormwt. moi , j tnal^dyfog the death af aa ins wsnm , , ' : JjL ro'ftall'T.^U^y. Ofoham. hara swspm ' a whan fom ham I ■ ihil st . froTOI ' i S* "rvy"1 ^"n"P jji' ! mnk. and tfos hmdssfikstntan •!irsrax-*.-aja;

' ' w ' LsAtr and Trnrt. Wss^ta.lumra Thai.ifoi gwshsf taa ~ i I 1 > SJ fall Ii WhhAsOp.hmwIjmfoa. L-utafoy I smh to unsa Tfas ssswt ihsaads 1 spans !• kaec how Ifos aad the* atoto, fwhrb^g foefa the I, 1 foil Mapldly Ike shfoile lw. Wtaatato^foqwarandm; Tfas tafoafotatd Mw.nm.n is— fawns dnmhiulj shfos. tfoik i .in iw.f fata " ' fwhaUy. wU bwwed toad, firwraa"** ^Idvfo fanafo I fadftR ! rwejahy I ail aad waavs. i j^W^fa. rrJZ jta^d ITEM or INTEREST. Two rrlocl^Sdfoa beat a railroad train near Havre, France, la n Inn mile A Russian teacher cnmmiltml ml nils by jumping off a praclptoe Into n rtvdr on horseback. ' thT^Brthfoh^* (pT)°'l™ woriui* for the pant year amounted to #4.fai.a0«Tbe careless applkmUoa of c bits fatty the human body fo coaaidervd to fa* ud fa known to have prolasting injury. now than anybody *1**. but he doeanl the bud. Tlien b a moral to this. — Sesfaearsfir flsnsil. At Naplea two leading jooruala. the fo and the Aosb. an orfod fo the street* by the euphonious newsboys as "l>Pu!"*nd "OPir A " new broom " nay " sweep ciena." bui an old one bjuat as ecrviomble to base a husband over the bank tear* Mr.G.W. Will lama, the ooloraareprrwratatire from llamllum oouuty ta the Ohio legislature, b writing t history of Joe Elliott, the prise fighter, has gone State Prison for two years tar hpfac found fa. cellar. Tbe oelUr hspd&rt lo be adjacent to a bank.— FVce. /Tew. City cousins do not finish their education until they com* to tbe country Introduc- himself.— JfsiidWewa 7Vr»Indtona Um a woman who weight 618 pounds, jet she ran s tramp orsr thrss The ppsnsat cattie-graxtagbnttofths Usrtrid States (wild lands) b about 8, S00 miles fa length and 360 fa width. It trctrhes fr on the Rio Grand* to ManiA sgxfoffiAnRM^W governor had to put the city under martial law at once.— Mi Million Bun oltra.ljr'wh-a'*. ^i* JctfTrt!£s!Tta 1 fo a man's arm fo Mil Ml i Indicate that she never Intended him to loirs the collar button on the husk of bis shirt. All muscular power, whether of men ol other anlmala. may be traead to the same source. Animal* get their if nod either from planu or from other animals that hare fed upon ptaatt; and plants owe their exfatanee to lbs steam-engine ; the food whiea U enks fa fuel thro keeps the machine in ection. luteraecanlr Canal. The tnteroeeunlc canal concern we which has been granted by Nicaragua to the American Provisional society fa one of great value, confessing, an it does, the exclusive privilege to oonstruct a ship-canal arrow lbs territory Nicaragua The canal is to fat af sufficient dimensions to arooiiunndsis steamers of the forgcat clam umd beEurope and America, and the forks are to be not lees than five hundred fe.1 long and twenty-eight feet -p. The coo cession b for atostj-Bta* from the dale of the opening of ii* canal Ice graersdjraffic- aad ^ttUse i.-i (perpetuity, with the right reserved to th* company to lento It for another ninety-nine years. Daring the period of the cototofoon the oatopany ta railway along tbe whole or any part «d the canal, also such telegraph linn m it deems nersseary lor the construction ud working ol the canal, and than lines shall transmit public Hut of charge. The roreramaut ol Nfoaonall itself, throughout Ita length, to he neutral, ^eod that^thn powers aad Nicaragua, shall be uatoterrupttd. ta gsnsral. th* ratoJ shnU open to fro* narlgalltnof all lunfo. provided they pay U>* dam and obearsu the regnfatioas of the company. Aa effort will be made to secure aguartolto ^ah sad of a toto along ft. and of tM Three Strata af Cttlea. u fo wnO-known by ah etteteafa at geology that on earth hat fane growl thicker fay the gradual #paslt ai sad grant fataad fokna. tan of thssn depofofa la f«6 egto. taAed tks I T7.I-M O HmZ ! Sfa