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i . ' VOL. XIII.

CAPE MAY CITY. N. J.. FKIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1880.

NO.- 3.

I. STAR OF THE HM. | „ SOB PRIHTIHQ bsi'"i' *"*w.V i_r«nu«A»** Frs/V sedans I (M.. John b. nnrm*K ponxm a nxin. ATTURHETB AT LAW. BcUpud, N - jjuuiKiir w. Kimu.M>ATTORNET AT LAW SOLICITOR IK CHANCERY. MmwsMoUr. o w — g sb. cap. tur Oon.tr < TAKE* H. NIXON, ATTORNET AT LAW. MIU-vilxo, K. J. f nmnsBiiG uidertaker W.A. ^Dnm. ... ..... -Kil^l '• FURNITUR1.. ■ Jan im, a. I QHIH XI r. WHITE. - u. U. U Lrods). CLOCKS, WATCHES. JETEUT ID SLVEBIAl , V™j=.. : XAWPAXniNO Of elf Uada y.aaifil7 sl—ffrf la and m. J ' — . i i ?"* mm* W~*" . I * 0ML AND WlluD YARD. I AKD WOOD YAKDK StaUCLUtKUEk r ' LANDING. to l»W"»' m »°U«W. .1 LJLHIlill. B«J. srnve AND ca*>TNI-| j COAL, riKR, OAR AND HICKORY WOOD J ram reran AARON KIHMXM.IH - a - • <»■'«"- pOAKI.I.Tl | ' GENTS FURNISHING STORE J MMOVID TO I Regular St., *r*. Greenwood Cottage, ^wwniA. i. n i n |i*nm u an an ^ CLOOUNli LIN*. i hiMUi.li.Urull.tt. Mfel aad , CHILDREN 1 ctonuca 1 MulW.I.^1. AA*I«|». , *"* ^ '.*» M. POWELL

^riJAi»*£Aiiwnnr 1 h." i St*!" ! WILLIAM T. CBANBKE5. * Op>1 CMlJI.1. Robinson Wagon Co. ■T " y [ CMCBUII. O. SUDID IUBE TEDIIS! LUDLOW SYRIKQ WA O ». riixnut TWO. SEATED CARS^iXT° n^^^P^RCCOY. . JBH.N01 CO. ^MlRWRKRA AIM dsjy

What Will Ik* >ew Tear Bring I Tfa" . arir. , *•> qstokly.apraia^bart • ok. —> -oi ik. ip "" ««"- *" i»"Ir<4 M«k b"°* '?"* Z^r"4 """ 1 : ' Ftwrar dare ,»d».tuMr in»r.ny»mK . I IsUraaatygUttothsa . Naacv Hill's Christmas. The nigti set in dark and chill. All"! (■day long a Oar. finely sieet had fallen. ' which as the wind « la lengthened ru.n. chanced to fast-falling saowflake. aoum'.'d in Abraham I'. am', kilchcn; lor ii 'was Hie day brlorc Christmas, lira. Plum .hortd the tost qunx otr l>i<a Inio Ibejovrn. ahaX the door with a , clang. and bc(an lo dar away the sapper table. She was a abort, (at woman ; I >*l ah* was brtak la her more meat, this craning, aad as ah* swept tat* the ' paatry laden with bloe-edged plates aad t*aeupa.an air of pride was risible. Bbe U netted U look at the resu.l o f her toll, aad lo coont, lor the twenUeth Unw. the row ol pies on the she. I before the win "Three plain, two gooseberry, loot j ' eight apple. Adore mine*, j aad a (rent platter of cranberry tartar kit. Pius came la also, an admlriar ezpreeaion gradually stealing oyer his , "I roe! If yon Unreal gut a ' •howl Why. yon barraT oonaled lie t« la the ore* ! ' "So I didn't f 'J seals led bis wifs. " Theta are mlace. Tbey always goof any other." She broke of a cnrefally. " time, mother, you're looked at 'em enough (or M day. Jon'ee got alldsj . aad tomorrow, too. to see 'em in." "No I hain't." broke la hi* wile. las! what a sight's to be don* toearly fbelp. Imher looked lor Nancy toJuy." Her has band drew a chair to the store sad sealed himself. "IM gone after her." said be. "only I knew Sua eras it 1 did. She's got lo take Ui^. > the rigat mood, yon know." Mrs. Plum sighed aad sat dawn to rest. This Nsaey ol whom they shake wss the yoaagsst of her Soak, not lee ( >ean a wife, Shewss also unh^pyis mother's sigb. II

Samnsl Hill bad basn a gay youth. . aad a handsome on*. Conned by all , the girh of lhdeUlage.be tamed from re i Iheir loo eridsat homage to lit&ie Haney & of all. He called bar tenderly "the a little peeim slager* She. la bar tarn. _ esi faltered by hla ptrkuate. aad she yielded ap her heart lo bis keeping, la ' epfteol parental ob,aotiona. It proeed ^ lo beaa art of fatly on her part; he was " a ouwims keeper. More than that, be \ w-s si tines unkind. Her pares u rand " ' the eloqnrnt sign, ol misery la her laee f at every visit, bat she nsssr mapiaiaad h of him. Something ia her looks knftade si : s aad nerved herself to end me It. How b - many times she inwardly wished her- P only to hfcatlf. They had sot bars . I married two years before 'be drank a ! openly instead oliaasael JThcdedaes , "jTyH. looked thongldfnDy .. the | >• that's a taet. I ated iVU Kelly that ! •he'd sap sorrow If she'd many him. ' bntsfae woald have buowB way." i ' Law I U doatdoaogool aft rlha " th'agfdonej-my 1 lo^you so ' " The ^ r* berfmtoa the atom haal^md raaud < aland. ~ IPs a« a tack an' by chance j > ally git eZmmd! V daat'tsflon thu j ' ~ 1 "Wei! tnve'pani" mkad har has- ! bawd, sretiiy. _ _ z , I'd »w T'lTu i Ik inHi Df S j "VYW»B fydKw rnah.-a id Mr. j E' ?■** ik L iis^aga^sj

' The kite hen aad keeping room were ' crowded with happy taoea long before noon. New dreeecs srere displayed la . imi:. knots of motaal adaolratfoa faoea. ' loU. voicca aad Impcompto jaaU were the order of things, croward by baartf crursta ol laughter. Ia the midst of it , with ar aailoos (ace. lest aome untoward happening spoil I be fag. Grandfather constituted himsalt a butt for the childish mirth, aad hit ringing laugh sounded younger than theirs. Twelre o'clock struck. The matron, came back from lbs church. The big turkey roasting ia the oren began to steam fragrantly; the fat aparerib la toe other begaa lo bias and sputter a. ' with .prink liag. of salt aad pep par. The children srere made hungry by the smell and clamored loodly for diaaer. and were appeased with thick cuts of gingerbread. which they went around munching—with copious crumbles — lo adults' I dissatisfaction . T wo o'clock struck. The loag tables assumed the functions o< spring, and •mred out srith astonishing rapidity. Chiidm were thrust inl* aa adjoining bedroom to be got out ol the army, when they set up -a series ol sgouiaiag cilia uses. The blue edged crockery kept KBomiaioualy ia the paatry. while fair, while chlaa arranged itself oa the board. Dickies aad press Tsscrept aide by aide; "cold slaw" brimmed hagbowls; jelly quakid sad qairerrd; ■ hearty " brown bread "did not disdain 1 ! lo tie alongside ol tu palar rafoUrc. V We may's well glee up seeis'Snacy i Inst aa last." algtwd Mrs. Plain, a. ah< ' . beat ap the lumpy squash with bulter. I I"re kep' hopia' she'd gat here yit. but I j she wool. 1 know she's leeiin' like | ! death about It. a thlakla' of yea all : here, 'xoept beraeil. 'Joey look out lor 1 1 ' iZitUrn!"6^' r°° a " "*i*K i : "Jha lias not met with us ia three j . r years." aaawmed Sarah, rather resealf fully, pounding the turnip. "Taint her fault. Sam always ha . -some excuse. Last year It sraa ' the ' baby waruT old enough lo bring aad , tbey couldn't lease it '-though MinU ' I brought Jiers. which sraa two mi~lba ' " It's my opinion?" rajoined Sarah. ' ; with aa emphatic torn of her head. "Ibv he's ashamed to face o. aliogi thcr ;.he's carried oa so that he mast r feel guilty. If he', got nay conscience." Three o'clock— aad the magic wyrd. " diaaer I '" echoed through the crowd . The mother's ryea glanced at Nancy*. , ' chair ami A: led- She would let no our ' occupy it. " Her heart D here. ' she , | said, in a Ww Tolce. "if her body D , t "It is Christmas dty." mid Nan :y > Hill, at break (ut. " 1 .appose see are ' going home to-day; theyT. ail be there." i " let them. Where is home. 1 woeI der. U net here P" Her baabaad ale hibreaafjat sullenly. " But I told mother we'd go." put ia . the wile, feebly. r . " 1 caaT help that. Am I responsible , fcw what you say f I'm not goicgone step. I don't rare a flf lor all their j r " Well. 1 can take the horse and go I a Bur. I can drire. you know. Aad r it's only eight miles sway." " rm going to use the hone ; l're got > bLTJodmrnw1-" 1 •hM't *" ) I " Ton cua drire me orer Brat. I mast • » ro " pleaded the disappointed creature |T- Ball wTiTbe there with bar ehlldraa. r She fam I sal nag (rum Mleaamta. aad haveak mm her store before 1 sraa

married." fa "Bother! " Mr. Samuel left the lh She beard him praam tly at the hAudthau bar wrath rusa. It srm aa- p. mat. this Wale of aarriuade to a brute who implead her aad bar kindred. Her is anger moon led oa the eriags of die- yi appointment. She who had hitherto u shows a mild spirit, aad sabmimirelj h yielded lo hla exactions, bow rebelled b direct uakkaflnem flmbed sividly into a stings Succeeding UU. her long torbearaaeo. magnifled by her reseat- ■ mrul into martyr-like virtues. Indeed fa life waa a martydom. Bat she eras e power leas to quit It- Ob yes she waa p blading until deiuh " Would thai death w— M uaoaaRd taka me aad gire a me rent!" aba wept. t t»e" very jaAmmaiahia toO* ^ nl i a ol J abuse. Be had hma drinking sow. aad s tu«M , \ stadia where h^Cy' kiy .laming , i ^TfcSi?Mkir"*i{ rr-jru i wu naNia of whm be did. The ! G.*" ^ * ** ,-" 'j Rrau'ia hi. amaioa Nancy aatsd how Idllww Mr'CmadlL Bee^wolaeaR i ijj dMd far Mae. II he wwaid aaly aSa« ah* » tw^-um— . i.mgibgl - : - J* Z? \\ m rJE i

t J She srm too afraid to perform her jb r threat. Then seeing she did not start. , ■ > ; ha took her by the wrists, aad the found ' a - j herself aad baby out in the cold. C r. She crept Baler the wood-shad, aad fa f sat down oa a pile <t boards sad cried I Misery had shown her a bald front b»1 tore; bow it overwhelmed her. Her boy j - stirred ia her arms, aad she wrapt the • abawl Carnfoiiy abrat him 8iie m ' ' shivering. It some team wquld only ' i come by aad take ber. just m ahc sraa. ° to her falheria bouse! She would spoi. • ' the merry -mak tar. of course, but they 1 would not care for thai. But no one j * ' came. " Ereryone is tiappy but me.' r 1 slwlhoughl. with supprea-ed biucrueas » p Her husband came out presently aad j * j looked the door. Teen he looked bp the * j road aad down. She shrank ihto a nor- * - ner behind the boards ; ha did not see ° . her aad passed to the banf whistling 1 I' She heard him swear at the horse as be » saddled it. Then he mounted aa west * ■ off through the aaow. * 1 She crept out of the shadow How j ' - to get into the bouse srfo the question. * t He srouid not be back belter noon she > knew. She tried the doors ; ibey were j t all fastened. The windows raised with r difficulty from the inside, it was a hope- * r leas tank to open them from the outride ■ B aides abc could not ' put her baby on ' the snow to make tU attempt His lit- i * ■ lie hands were co"; he woke qpd | " ; cried, aad she seas too chilled to soothe j * him. At last she thought of the dtaiBg ' , window. Beside It sraa a door K . opening oa the pinna; a fragment o! * glass had fallen from one of the lowtr B [ aad if aUcoald thrust her hand n , through she might unbolt the door " I it sraa too email's Unsure. Asrkr ' " . she went to the ahrd again, and alii j £ she aped back aa fast as her benumbed « iimta wouid gurry her. This happened tl to bit <U bolt ; she gave a rigorous | II push aad heard it slide. She rekindled u tU Are aad sat down to think. After ! u tliia exprrieuoe aU must Irare himi it i a ™ evident that be wisuad it. But how u morlilying to ko hack an! Turned away D , by her husband with scoffs aad jeers! " She dressed her baby rarefuily ; there * time enough, lie should look his beat at lU Christmas (east, it U srm the ' heir to aa unhappy two-. Then she doused her on beat garments aad ; made ap a bundle to carry with her. As _ the fceuird brraell thus her heart felt ' lighter. It seemed to her aa If ahe bad • jakeu off aa Incubus which bad hither- * 1 to weighted her srilh iron "Come, baby- WC must start! " she r sang to lU child. wU cooed ia return f 1 aad made a dire at her bonnet with his fat Angers. She sraJksd aiottg tbr snowy road , srith light footstep ■ until the Aral two * ( 1 mites were passed. Then she begaa to J . ride. Bai she saw none TU any was 1 . blue overhead. lU saa about brightly. The irs A res branches of the teres were * , freighted with spit auow which glistened ' ia tU clear sunshine . TU air eras | 1 , crisp and cold. Ut still. Il stung her ■ r cheeks into ruddy tame aa sU walked c r S It eras hard walkln: TU road was * j indicated only by a plow lim. when ' p boots had been before her. Toe anow r 1 i covered her ankles, i wasting her c stockings -srilh coosideTmbir pieces. ' t which sU paused from time to time to ■ e I pick. Il arm a pleasant day to those 1 I wU walked <v roiia fj* ylmmre. As for 1 t • Nancy, the ranaUamfoa a i tU mormfog ■ - , clothed her eptrit with 1 |ffil . dark- ' - cning her whole future. d TU short aiteraoou waned, sight 1 a tell en |U ranched tu village. Her farm lay a mile bryemd Her I mile <*

limbs acoed with cold aad fatigue: Ur « bssy crisd ; aU had mien nothing tinea w poiaing ilaeif oa the wiags of despair " Aims when we thlak our last agoay reached tUre g'-lmmeia a respite be- '' yond. We cry out ia «mr extremity aad ° nuke our frantic plunge, aad lo! are u wadad lU brook. We grope afoog " blindly; aad it ia only when we celm " our faietir g (ran to took back that " am tU method which fam guided " m to a tow tooHag. " A light bow Ucame visible lo the " etnekru wawderw. It case from Ur £ lather's many windows, ray after ray. " which urged oa her sreary tart. Dit 1 ricsr*' What a plight she sraa ia! Should aU spoil tUir sport' SU looked orer | tUmcrwy A- ids aad shuddered . They , wen playing "blind mas'* Uff" la- t eMa. F«m aftar^paal ol laughter came , ^7 ^ bwbnfold Ud'araT tw^J. ^ TU floor suddenly opened. Sarah's hoy looked out. aad with a cry o 1 UhU^aeTs ghost."*"" bC**1' How they atartad wtam aU atappad ' SMteSsduP™' " ^ ' ' ' "Aud you am haaetily wslsomt. ' I jgllir." auawerad Mr. Plum, to a ' >*f? ^iLwi't-JLJ>Drr'T*l!k'. d jmat^ut aiRdu •2iSrs»5&$

J baud aad rocked the cradle-Uw old. I ; . d cradle, which had Uld them all. and which had been trough! from the rnighl siaa ao accastouMd comfort. i t rwaaata for HraarhMla sat laurrh. When goiag from Swilaerlani lo i Italy, ria Mount Ceuis. some years ago, I he writer contracted . sudden sreere cold, which, la tU drill air of Turin. d brought on a severe attack of , broochitia. We hastened orer to the J genial air of Gmoa batil afforded linie relief, aad the adrice of Dr. Paocfod. professor la th- noted Dalian medical t i college there, waa tailed la Hr pre- 1 J j acriUd a very simple remedy, which 1 mq^neeamtlTa-mURmUea with l manyri'hers to whntn we Use since re- ( rommcn3ed iL Pat into a pi^or larger c ; I otlle about three gills of enter, and i add two drops of good creosote Shake i thoroughly, take a mouthful carding it awhile is the throat, aad ' i swallow it. Repeat this treqoenliy. so 1 I as to use op the mixture in the Arsi 1 : tweaty-four hours, always shaking well j before taking. After the hist day use t The same mixture has often proved useful ia catarrh. Ia this case a|t ! handful or two o! the wellrsh»xsa creo- j ' . ia spit cut. A lahlmpooofu, I, aim 1 1 | gargled la tU throat aad swallowed. I As catarrh ia aa Inflammation ol the J * nasal passages, accompanied with n mucus deposit, the creosote, which is t . largely carbolic acid, would seem to be - ( , is cflectin iu cleansing any putrid sooa^ , 1 ia promoted by a cold. A toning up of 1 system and any simple remedy dke abon U effectiee. u visas the catarrh 1 is seven aad of ao long continuance as 1 hare permanently disorganised the i ' ! Baas' cavities. It. is folly lo spend c xct for the much adrertiaed taurrh ' cat medical quackery.— Americas Aprs- J alii srssC. — — — — | Agricaltare in Rasaia. I rye into some of the Baltic ports has < created alarm all over Russia, aad ' agricultural resources of the two coua- ' trie* have appeared in almost every 1 conclusion D that the cause of the un i favorable result of Russia farming lies i not ia the soil, but ia the ignorance aad i iaalaeaa of the Baaalaa p nasi at The , of the laborer ta Kasaia. are lower i than ia nay country . but It takes throe I Russian moujiks to do the work of one I farm band ia t rance. Gnat Britain or I Lulled States. ' Another mason of the backward con- 1 of Russian agriculture may be 1 la tha (act that Scarcely any ] ' machinery is used ia the Aeld. The small landowners hart neither the , aary knowledge to use them. Only a few great laadoernara. whq managed to mania rich even after the c at ncipatton . of tha serfage able lo order agricultural from abroad, and whea they , get tbcm upoo their (states tbey And foreign skilled labor i- necessary , aad that armed font is often nrvded to . protect both labor aad machinery, for ' tha moujiks arc disposed to "go for" tha ha ported machinery as well aa for the imported tsaa hands An adclltoual drawback to aay proof country banks TMOMRhMs. '

water from the graiaiEriWB districts u Is in souse cuam greater ihm from MO- ° waakee to New York. The railroads r being as few aad as far tetweeu- aa. the * nuariy arable to stand tlx expenses of ° the shipments without borrowing " mouey; and ns be has no hauk to borrow • it from, the focal aparu-aton buy up hD B aad grab all the money that is to he J affairs Is that the naturally laxy aad 1 peasant get. completely dia- ' couraged aad becomes aa utterly aamaaageahia brut*. -Ac* York Bmr. j Csala1 Thru' the Ryu. [ A New York pictorial pubBaffed aa i'.iuatratioa of "Com in "Thro the Rye," ( aad htuuflars lalo what we prasame la , tha pooular miasouerptioa of thu ditty. , i hi'li'l la a flald of grain. Tha Unas- ] p*' ;»i ■■ and ■psriallylhe other caupkt: . A' tha faffs lhay awda «u ma Sim to Imply that trmeeraiBc the rye I wkm'ia the mm* of the Royal Agrtoumatag flown » ceup of grain in that harvest srane. wfoare^hmh anca. m Is s tmt sot through the rye iiatX so aa to mam aad Mm Iu it- The outh Mlhe . rye iu this mm ia ao mate grain than I Rye.RmahJm* befog Ihs auaaa ol a , Iseey. amlaafofl kR foeyuaow pafog fo . ^fo aaaalakfoa Irwmaay iam of hto « ihamfoammm. uaiu iq i mi «r •mthaaffifo fo foammmmhRMim. * k Muatffaa— k m hi i r Lfo

TIRELY TOriCS. i Tueaaxt "inaugnrxtioa " will be mot ol a show than it usually is. Nearly a every Stats ia the Uaioo Is to be represented at Washington by military or „ civic organisations A.i Mains is laughing at an Augusla a . aa wLo wanted to present Ism wile * asked what number She wore lie | 7 glorts. he got her a pair of No. 7 j'n i It to slated that French si.k has 'a so lalerior in quadty. sod American silk ao superior, that many , ia Farto have already seat to ^ . America for black silk, despairing ot j j ever again a really gofld an! , deaijable silk ia the Parisias market „ neat lag oosap.rtioii at the Woolwich n \ ot Iran ar* employed la iu construction 1 aad it covers a quarter o' aa acre For ■ years have been occupied in putting the 1 monster machine together. When hn ' it to expected that It srili he able . lo lift four 100-lou pins, aad one man 1 caa easily work it. ! ■ Aa interesting experiment in co-opera- ■ , ; Uon has just been inaugurated in the ■ i Points. New York rtty. where a t | grocery upon the oo-opt.aiire priacipii k j has teen opened. The goods sold wi.i ! prior. Any person may share in the ' proflu by broominr a member on the j payment of twmty-fire dollars la , will be given when goods ar* * purchased, which srili entitle the hearer ^ ^ and milk room inthe rear. t lag of a stable for twenty horses oa the I which to"cotahTed bT^^'iol'TlHl. to ' j calculated to awaken a leeiiag of aatoa- 1 tohmenl even In these "days of marvels. L Tet this to the mar oa a bouse just > erected ia Bel; rare square. Ixsadoa. bj Mr. Saatooo. Ground to very satiable^, ia that fashUmabx pan of lamdoa. aad c relegating the horses Iff the top of the i . two birds are killed srith oae ' stone, for space to a. Ted and the atari c , of the stables avoided. The bosses do i 1 not seem by any means fo object to the I , mode of asmat; possibly they art aa- . conscious of it on account of tha closed , I 1 Accusations of dishonesty arc now j mads by some.of the Mormons against ' I their bishops In connection with the I tithing system. Kerry Mormon to re- ' r quirad to give to th* chnrnh authorities 1 r ooe-teuth of all hto prod nets II he to a < t former, the aame proportion of his profits ' t if be to in mercantile or professional employs*. Special officers are appoiaud 1 ooliect these tithes, aad they ar* ex- • , acted with the utmost rigor. Fire hue I drrd Mormoaa 1 itely went into Colorado , to work on a railroad, and supposed , • 'aShS , * Young. Jr.. follow^ them. ond~de ' maaded a icalh of their pay. The tithes , > yieid act ieaa than a million dollars a , ^ year to Hie cborrh. and of this forge , r lag to the people. Il to charged that » 1 corrupt aad aaceeaafa! ring exists at f Suit Lake City, aad its early doerafoll to , » predicted. [ A Fearful Ttoltar. , The base ot the baaatlfai island of Martinique to a serpent called the " iron , nam." This reptile, .with venomous , tauu, oisoaaaa tha oausaat. and most de- , t HgMfu! pfome fo the fouflaa in* hi. «ufo^^wwa — - ' " cc

and It la Utarally at lb* risked ^ one's life to Uc flows oa th*; grass, or m even take a real ia an arbor. The wounds inflicted by thus* serpents are ^ very apt fo be fatal ualrat Immediately fa mred tar. The whole island U infested Q. with this dangerous reptile, aad it to u said n.«i oa as average nearly eight hundred pertasu are bitten every yrai. b" ol which number from sixty to seventy mam prove falsi, while many others re- . suit ia nervous diseases which are a!when Princ* Arthur ot England rintted B this island, a grand Irte was gieea ia his honor in tha Jardine flea Plmate. Is ° the c veuing the grounds wrre britiiaatly p sauntered through Its coil aad shady a ' *.Teunes A large number mm bitten ' by lb* "tauu laacv." aad maay of them 1 1 everraov ered from the effects of th* ■ ; pfosoa. Tha fcmdacm ol this terrible 0 1 reptile for cool aad shady plums to a ■ rambling through tha charming grovm ' of Martinique. A nut ca the grass « tree to always haaaul by the dread ol J [ Wards of WMdsra. > [ aale guide \ a A good hook supplies tka a am of a ' Tooth looks at lh* yamlkls; age m ' OH » W \ m Charms Mrike the aigfo, hag merit a wfoa theaoal mfll ha hafow hla afoaa. » aJi'ifofoafoffTSa* * Tha aiaaSam Wgfoa mrtmakwva k uffoa tfofos.afoarial fo agkrit sad vkfo*. ^kta kuRfl for aa ~SSfofo h» 1 1 lllrf mkfohar fomUi RffiMtRifoa

PKORINEAT PEOPLE. j Ail of Graath chiidrcr -three sons | . aad a daughter- ur- bow married. | jB (riaerul Krfrye. the iaeentor of the ( mitraillsoae. diod ia Paris recently. ,r, ' sSft of the Aiat-iock pistol carried by ; It. Scott during the Mexican kq 1 war. ,sei The New Tork deiegatfoa to tin next I , Coogrres sri'l contain three members bp named Wood— the brothers Fernando , loI and Bwysmin Wood, of New York city. wI and Waiter A. Wood.of Hie Scrcaleaalh „ j district. m, i "I heard Aibert (foiiatin my." writra | pa j correspondent of the Albany Josmsff.'. I . of boktlag with me. labia old.ee that he thought that Kaahlagtost love' , kil M- Bartholomew the new Russian on minister at Waalilnrioo. 1. described m un admiringly of him. Madame Bart ho ki "'! | face and a sweet v. foe. _ . The cxarewitch. tlie heir lo Hi* Raa- ^ dig-ov.-y Rqp-ian m Iceling. has shown Tl .decided w.ii^ and itaear character in ^ aad father. ch A lex aad er Moo! on, n-goraruor of is Iba oideal Carted Stale, be Senator now Bring, having acrvtd ia in thai body under th* administration of w General Jackson. Although oclo- to g-uarian be retain, his (acuities, mental jn and physiml. in a remarkable degree, r. The gold watch which General Crib » Mr'tiigo-. of lb* Horn, Bay company' A' who bought il of a haif-breed, who said he had traded for ii with a Sioux, who had taken it from x man that he killed ^ ; Thurtow Weed describes Aaron Burr am.:; hand and loot- Not spirited or " dashing at all. bul hto manner, wrre lull ol repose and hto voice waa soli an.! w musical He would strike one ml first as tl liightly cflcminale. bu' 'ir was not - 1 so; he was a bold, strong, capable maa. ti: : conversation—til. the last .tea years ! of hto life— be was brjjsiant. i The death ol Mr. Sameahima remover Lll man of great wisdom and integrity „ i from the councils of Japaa. Coming so upon the premature deaths of Kldo ^ and Oka bo. it cripplm ia ao small de- u grt* Hi* efficiency of the government. u , Mr. Sameahima srasoac of th* most ca- b . lightened statesmen of the empire; ai | m.n of affaire. The mem!, r, ..f the A' . Jepaneae legatiodl in Washington ex H . press their a wrow at hto torn. al ' The caar'a railway loarucys are not 1 the most agreeable ones in the world, r As h- waa about to lease Liradia for , 1 St. P. t-rabarg hundreds of menacing s ' l-ttv.-s srer* daily receieed by memlwra U 1 o! the imperial family nod other dis- a ' tiniutohcd personage*, threatening r marder oa the rood. As on former or— ' issiosis the entire line of rail was ' ' watched by soldier, aad peasants and 1 j lighted up bj torciier at night. There ^ the one carrying the emperor being unknown. U ■ Unify Peaple. p 1 tin. of th* oddsp thlaga 10 wilaim. i , * " wcnC^T^l.^ ! n of tnklng edfcnrv when nn offmse it s

meant- taking " hnB." aa ibc phrase s p oca. with reason or wllhonl-j making ( forlnblr. for nothing deeper than a mood c more t torn a fancy. Huffy people are g be met with of a'l ages and in every k .ration, neither years nor condition j ' bringing necessarily wisdom or iasat- 1 J that the larger proportion will be gencrnlly foux-d among we men. aad chiefly , 1 tioa, 1* who art unhappy in their cir- ,* cumsraacei. not to speak of their t*m- ' P*ts. Hsffioeea. which seems to be self- ' a-s rtiao in what may be called the a*gatite form, aid which the possessors ' thereof cfoaally as a high spirit olaensilireueea. according as Hwy ar* pffsatoaate or tuilea. to in reality the product , of self distrust- The person who has ( aalf-rsapect aad nothing fo fear, who to , of an —rod aocUl ilataa. aad Imppy , priests conditfoa. is never apt fo take , ofleuse. Maay aad gr^arstha daagw. -a» fo flscadrr Into the bog with them, whlis you are iaaoceuHy thrakiag you ar* walking 00 the aoddm'jM m mafolfod The daagwa of are. shore all. peat. It may he, laid dowaasaaahaoiuW ruto. which has rxnvpooa anywhere, that^ao haffy °"*t*"** tt" — t wcn^ he madeto ffad oat yossr mfot

FACTS FOR THE CtlRIOCS. 1 The entire iom of the German armies c ta I870-7S sraa SJ.OOO men. , svater waa first ao raliad ia 1 when aa Irallaa eiiiaea of Coiogae named Johaaa Maria Farina prepared a Siaot that time geauiae can de eo- L p, baa bees manufactured by the de sceodaata of Farias out a life of Washington in , forty-flee volume., with Illustrations fo j the father of ha country to repre- , •rated in modern dream wearing a heavy 1 m'xtache. carrying a can*, aid aoonmpaaied by a aky* terrier. , When Napoieoa ill. sreat fo thefroa 1 ia Urio bis mass of baggagv looked like i a traveling hospiul. It included three , of bathtubs, a large medicine : chest, aa Invalid's easy chair and a pe- ' ( culiar sort of Stretcher. The emperor , loos acveral very grails lioraee aad bad ! , doobw wadded saddles, with extra pad- , dings ia the back. ' Tit as tbey make aew potatoes al Paris : , 1 ' d potatoes. ,ma.l and cheap, arc taken ( to Hie banks of the Seine, pat in lobs of ( water, and rigorously stlrrod aad , stamped upon by their owner's lert. process makes Hie petatoes bright i like new tubers. Then they are dried. 1 rolled in paper, aad sold at tbr Mar- \ ' dr Comestibles. Paris, ia Hie course of its history, ifoa j, besieged tvei time,. The first time SO B. C. and to* laM ia 1F70 It fortified nab! Hie lime ofj, XIV . who rated the detente*, a,, in hit day. the idea of a n foreign army reaching the heart ol France waa , laughed at. Napoleon I. did act fortify fear haatily-bath redoubts ia their j Byron wrote " The Corsair " ia tea at the rale ot 000 lines a day ; Lop* de Vega wrote Joo dramas ia 100 days ; Voltaire composed " Zaire " in three weeka aad "Olympie" ia six days; Ilrydcn wrote bis ' <»le to St. Ceceiia " at one ailtiag. and Mrs. Browning's ' "The Lady Gerald lac's Courtship " was the work of twelve hours. Shakespeare. worth aad Moore, uu th* oiber hand, were alow workers. H«p- i worth Dixon rewrote hto "Two neeaa" eight times, and Kingiake' "Kothra " sraa rewritten Ave or six times. Cardinal Aatoaei.i was very toad of 000 ol them, which had bean prrThc atmosphere of the Moss xe of St Coasuaiiaople. la fit led srith odor of the mask srilh which Jn* , the church in D. Th be statistics of IbeVatmh war office show that dnr ng the Am hall of Fontenoy. tie 000 Irishmen died in the F react! service, and during lb* last hall llo.OOO. Glass rahlecloUis are oa exhibftjoa ia 'New Tork. Their menu for! orer says they are strong aad durable, aad be xrsshed aad ironed . - Origin er the Mrrtaa Sharp. As the ancient Greeks had so cotton silk, aad eery little linen, and as slwcp's wool was Hie principle laxlnre from which their clothes were made, look peculiar euro to cultivate with especial cage audi breeds ol shiep as produced very fine wool. Such breed those of the Greek city of Taren ; tarn, mfoetod .— the Twroafo* gulf, to Imderto tmpgcv* theffes qs arty uf the 'WW! SO »1 W — ^ wool still more, the sheep wen ooeered ^

srith clothe* is cold w rather, us it eras w found by experiesee that exposure fo cole made the woo! coarser. That „ breed with exceedingly fine woo!, se- ^ cording fo the lain established by Dar- ,, j win ia regard lo selection aad adaption Itl ] to exterior conditions. fo 1 Ihto product ol OroeiSr industry was u ' whose great agricultural auther. Co.ua- t, ells, states thai hto aacle in Spain crossed the fine Taren lice sheep with imported from Afrtc-i.sad obtained . a monger breed, combining the while- ,, , of fleece of the father with th* fin* ! am O! ih. fierce ot the mother, and ^ having obiaiaed tach reanlts the race ! ' sraa perpetuated. The absence of other ' fine textures made these Spanish aheap 1 valuable that ia tha beginning of our | 1 they ware aold in Rome for ffl.odO la I' ' gold a hand, aa ^aocmoua prtoa for Ifaoae » times, when mouey bad much more ■ fi > vain* Hma now. ■ ' When the barbarians invaded Italy i I these sheep were ah extermiaiUd. J ' while the greater portion of th* Roman j 1 ' poaaeaaioat werr land waste. Rat ia th* | c ' Mooes pnaervrd lh* bened. and 11 la to j I > them <M modem Spain owe. its 1 » merino sheep, which an the direst de I f ,11,11" *f this cross broad oi tha ! , • Greek aad African aatartora rrierrad fo^j s 1 II to a eafoahia iaharitaaea. too. whiA , , ■ that ooamry ^ to ^Utt^ffOtohtoffd j 1 1 an lbs «ura tha advantages, by th* < I prosperity ol thia heeffd 0/ shrop- which , . ana Ihm* a tew yean ago. I' - |- " the LaAe! , ■ •*! the K V • Iffimmfo ffw to Mw> Mnxfafo. Thff . Mil toft tototo >— **7 "fin)

Trtckau my, Haff off ia a trad egg- [ tffcaam to ma*l to toaL-ftniill Whm a waa mya to to armed fo tto , teeth II to a sua thai he had torn geUtog a rew p>le pat in - Kc* Tork Ctomw "Tatoiaaaoff year." aa Iba tortor J a. .d w hi a Lis raxor slipped aad took off 'iatOoUCt, 1 I -Mjfov.toaaMstommffito ,-t A, pvrae 3 "TUU world to all a firottag show.' ! bat it takes mighty lively wmk for soma of ua to keep a grip oa our tickets ol admission. however poor the stow to- , Tbr Arm duly oi s sailor to to Maa that maay ol the ropes ban fo to toPt. t-'x. before they caa to of aerrio*— Now. by Jon. we re got it ! W«T» goiag M reform this theater 1 nil IBM Announcement '. A big hat makes aw* maa look twenty years older Hash tot to > I-Amm/M A Hoett* artist claims to hare paaafod an orpage peel on lh" sidewalk no naturally that six (at awn slipped u» aa ' bMan the deception wn, discovered.— * Ihtrltord Firrtny ft f "A maa never realises." remarks a commercial traveler, "how ptoolifnl mustard to. and how acme ia breod aad j until he tacklro .railway refresh ' meni-aaioua sandwich ' A man vays a great many things which would uot look well ia print, wbea he ' addresses a few .cogent remarks fo the J party who leayet the door ooca at Ihto Science Ii a grand Ihlagfoataddy. hut and expekfo fo lift himnell ap by the toaj die a. be hex undertaken a k on Iraki that ' ! science k-git help him dU.-Jes* Halmf1 l'hysiciaaa are unarimona la dto- ' eouenging tne peocliewof Bitting ou tto l, time. Tar harder the toll the abort** ' should he the siesta —BocU tcr Demo- >. ' Contentment to ever ao much better ' world never talis downlead worship* jumsriagrabirdaagfalms a | Ttie wool clip of the world in 107* waa The fart is not offered m proof that ; iaed ia Hi* latter year.-Fomf dai frac Re- " i fCrU' isM Snaps. * ; "We're bavin' some pretty vriatriah o to L'acle Sammy llemniweU, aa the two ' gentlemen met sou Hie city hall, ye* "Right for'ard Wiethe r tar th* a*n>f ««•" " T "Jtot 10; j 1st 10." conceded Uncle . Sam civ. " Remind, me of Use foil of 1-31 II eommeaced 'Mug Hie forepart L of November and froti eUff till March, a Good, smart weather, too. 1 remember , that il sraa so cold ia Brooklyn that November that bilin' water froa* crvrr a hot fire." , Daddy Wolberapooa looked at him ^ and beared bimaell, "Yea, yes. ' redd he " I mind il well. That's the fail that a th* milk froa* in ibe cows But th* oold ' the middle of O yobcr aad ran through lo April. All tto oil frost ia the lamp* ° and «e didn't hate light till spring set growing rigid. "D'a^inst ltkv^yartarfrom Sandy Hook oo lh* Ice. aad slid back, owing fo the convexity tl lb* " rarth. yon know. It waa down bill * coming this way. Bat thai wasn't aa V cold as the winter of DM I. That araaon _ e, commenced ia September, aad the mar- - ■h cury didn't ride a degree UU May. I foal '• yon remember how we used h. brantfae - hard, set It frerxe. cut a hole la II and " crawl ia for shelter' Ton haven't far- >• ftorottoff rise •• VeJ I '• said rfoddr IT llll WI— fC.-T that"

"Not L" DadijJYotbwigsps* we used to give the hanae melted lendu drink, aad keep n hot ffre under ton ao woo idol hardra HI! tto* get -It down. But that wa< oothin' fo th* spell ISI7. Br began fo feel it lathe latter part ol August, and sbs breuotd Kiddy till IhethlrtieUi of June. 1 rot through whole spell by II ring ia aa IceIt waa too oold fo go outdoors and I jtot camped in aa lev-houae You — remember thai season of 18171 That' winter we wore undershirts of aaad' f"'PWleUkr?toi'd ray I did." retorted I'oele Sammy. ." Wha ' r member 1017' •Deed 1 do. That was tto spell when it took a itaam griadsfooe four day* fo iig'ut a match. Ay. ay! But do you Jlkaow I was uacemforoblj warm that ! ao'" demanded Daddy Wothor- , I Spooo. breathing hard. , " Romaic' .around jour Ice-boose fo , out whan vou gut to. It waa aa 'awful spell though. How long did I r i last' From A nguat Hi! tto thirtieth of . IJoae' I gucaa you're rixbL Bad you 1 ; mtad tto map of »IR don't you' It r I 1 ■■ oa the firat of July, aad s wept around aad iappedovm a w^- >! fhat year tto rafoke Irons to (ha chips' aad we hud fo btoatRo* with s 1 ever had. All Iba clocks freps ap yaow* didat knew th* tima for a yaar, Hand wtoa maa mot to aKffrafoltoto ( S todidfo's ao's to raiaa tto >»l Taa-foq h d^ I RM «1.0ffi a month Mr four ' 1 faarada' bulidta'a Ttoro wn a tag a of apffwfo'Mnt ntllsi. in ■■■ witrod k ajcohpi Ml gfopghnrm^ttoMZmLd' ttTttoy oapffto tra. ffayynp-' ; Rm Dnffdy Wmtonpoto tod tod. Ipasr id"i » "'mapstl — a.. 1 Ii foto«^w>A^i»toy