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VOLUME I.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.

NUMBER 27

COUNTY DIRECTORY. \

JUDICIARY . Psksidixo Jcdob — Hou. Alfred Reed. Lay Juixias— Jo*. £. Hughe*, Cape Hay city ; Jesse H. Diverty, Dciiuisville; Somen C. Gaudy, Tuukalioc. COMMISSIONER SCRPLCI FUND — J. B. Huffman, Court House. HusRirr — William H. Benezet. 0 OouMvr Collbctoe — David T. Smith, Court House. ('oumty Clerk — Jonathan Hand. Deputy " — Morgan Hand. Prosrcitor Pleas— J aides R. Hoagland, Rridgeton. Surroqatb — William llildreth. Co. Sup't. Poipo Instruction— Dr. Maurice Beesley, Donnisville. BUSINESS DIRECTOR K~ J. K. lAMiiofi 81. D., D. D. 6. W. S. Learning, D. D. 8. I J. F. Learning , Sf Son. DENTISTS. OFFICE DAYS* CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. Tuesdays, WeduesdavH " ^ T " , ^ . Wednesuays. SOUTH 8EAVILLE, Fridays. mch61yr. sowiT wive. Y, Physician and Surgeon, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. mch61yr. J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Capb MAY C. H., N. J. SW Will be at hi* offlce at Cape May City every Baturilay. mchfilyr. Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY* COUNSELOR AT LAW, OfFICB I* INSURANCE BUII.dinu, M1LLV1LLE. N.J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, Fashionable Milliner , — — = MILLV1IXE. N. 7. mch61yr L. B. CAMPBELL, dealer in STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac. Hioh 8trbbt, Millvillk, N. J. mchhlyr J. P. BRICK, Dealer in morses, carriages, harness, Ac. main street. near the bridge. MILLVILLK, N. J. rochftlyr EMI 101, CAPE MAY C. H. a-a-e livery attached. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. W II eaton. tnchfilrr NO PATENT NO PAY. PATENTS obtained for mechanical devlraa, medical or other compounds, ornamental diwicn*. trademarks and label*. Caveats, Assignment*, Interferences, Infringement*, and nil matter* relating !o Patent*. promptly attended to. We make nrrllminiiry exnintnatlon* and fhrnlah opinion* s* to patentability, free of charge and all who are lntrrn*t«*l In new Invent Ions and Patent* are Invltivl to Mend for a copy of our "Guide for obt*tnlng Patent*," whleh la sent free to any add re**, and contain* • complete I ■■truet Jim* how to obtain Patent*, and other vnlunhle matter. During the post five year* we have obtained nearly three thooftninl Patent* for American and Foreign Inventor*, and can give eatlnlhctorv reference* In almost every county In the Union. Add mm : LOU 18 lutio Kit a Co., Solicitor* of Patent* and Attorney* at law, u Droit Building, Washington, d. (*, PURE Fish Guano, : FOR BALK BY ] I FRANKLIN HAND.

U N I ON HOTEL, Cape May C. H. This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. William Eldridge, ljfljiGlyr. * A. YOURISON, iuib IKEI AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. H., N. J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock ! We have on hand a good assortment of lleady-made Harness , Collars , Bridles , Sad- </&?*, W&ii&.gHw Uses , Trunks , fife., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. Open Wagon Ilarneas a* low as $ 8 00 Carriage Harness a* low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES; AND PRICES. *9- Call and *ee before ptircha*lng olsowhere, mchoiyr. A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' AND CENTS' FASHIONABLE . BOOTS d MS, GENTS' BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY $3.50. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and careftilly done, mchfilyr, Sttirdi rant's Great Catarrh Remedy, I* the Hit feat, moat agreeable ntwl effectual remedy In the world, for 4hv cure of t'ATARR1I. No matter from what criidd or h»»w long *tnndlngt by giving KTURDIV ANT'S CATARRH REMEDY a fair and impartial trial, you will l»o eonvlncud of tbU ftirt. The medicine In very pleiiHNiit lind oan l»e token by the m<>*t delimte «tntnneh. For mile by all dnuuklatM, and by Hollowny A Oo.,00st A ren 8t., Plilla. mehfllv 11. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N. J. Special attention pitid to leveling ; e*tahli*hing tlie overflow line* of pro poaeti ponan for mill *it4*, oranherr} nog* etc i drainage work* etc. Finns made, e*!iniate« fnrni*)ied and apeeifi cation* drnwn for Mil It, Bridge* \ Water work* and all aimilar con*trnetionR or work* at short not low, ro«hfllvr j

POETRY. The Nine Fart* nf Speech. It ha* beaci rooominondad that the following rhv inn* be committed u* memory by the noi#phytc* in grninmar, a* a help to them la their educational struggle* : lliiee Utile word* you often aee Are article*— a, or ax, and the. A noun'* the name of any thing— A* school or u aho xx, hoop or awixu. Adjective* tell the Itlnd of nodn— A* OKEAT.aMALL. pretty. WHITE or BltOWX. I Xn*tead of noons the pronoun* aland— Hex head, hi* face, you* arm, my hand. Veth* tell of aom^htng to be done— To eat, couxt, aixo, lacou, jump, or mux. How thing* are done the adverb* tell— A* H lowly, quickly, ill, OT well. Conjunctions Join the word* together— A* men axd women, wind on weather. The preposition stand* before a noun— as or or tuxouoh the door. The Interjection shows surprise— A* Au ! how pretty I O! how wise ! flic whole are called nine parfi of speech. Which reading, writing, speaking teach. The Life Clock. There 1* a little mystic clock, No human eye hath seen. That bcateth on, and boateth on. From morning until e'en. And when Die soul Is wrapped In sleep* And hcareth not a sound, It ticks and ticks the livelong night, And never runneth down. O wondrous 1* that work ol art Which knells the parting hour I But art ne'er formed, nor mind conceived, The life dock'* magic power; Nor set in gold, nor decked with gems, By wealth aud pride pOMCNSed ; But rich or poor, or high or low, Each bears It In his breast. When life's deep stream, 'mid bed* of flowers. All still and noflly glides, I. Ilto the wavelet's step, with a gentle !>caL, 11 warns of pusslng tides. Wbea threatening darkness gathers o'er. And hope* bright visions flee. Like the sullen stroke of the muffled oar, It lieatelh heavily. When passion ncrvesj.be warrior's arm — -« »

* ssisMsftdl 'WWW ft swsss »ww wsstasssAf The knell Is deep and strong. Bucb Is the clock that measure* life, Of flesh and spirit blended ; And thus 'twill run within the breast Till that strange life Is ended, — Episcopal Methodist. Read and Think. The inimitable Howard, correspondj cnt of the "Philadelphia Times," in liis spicy letter give* a terrible picture of New York city's drinking and smoking habit* : It ha* passed the point of entertainment and i* become the danger and the nuisance of the age. You can't meet an old friend but the very first habitation is : "How are you ?" and the second, "What'll you take ?" And you j can't make a new friend but what one or the other aay* : "Glad to meet you — what '11 you have to drink 7" All aorta and condition* of men — and women — .do it. I lind it in Wall street as much a* on Broadway ; in merchants, broker*, lawyers, hatters, tinkers and writer*. No one can go anywhere on any businetu without n drink. Why, Hie habit is so strong that clustered al»out the gates of Greenwood Cemetery are a number of gin-mills mid bcer-tilio)**, where the hack driver* always, and mourner* often, stop to water their horses and wet their own whistle*. The moment a theatre is built half a dozen rum-shops arc started. You can't name one in New York which i* not the centre of half a dozen gin-mills. What for 7 DRINK INO BWTITRK* ACTS. Look At the audience as the act curtain descend*. Eight 'men in every ten get up and get out. What for 7 Fresh air 7 Nonsense f To see a man ? That'* old. What then 7 Rum, gin and seltzer, Santa Cnu sours and rye and rock. It's a disgrace to civilization. The women don't go. They can't. They would he glad to, 1 don't doubt, for they are quite as bad as the men when they have a chance, but ns a rule th«v have no chance. The neighborhood of tW Union Square, where Wallack's and the Union Square Theatres are, is a perfect nest of groggeriea. A minority of them are well cop','",4~j and Attractive. In the day time tn%v , have a few regular customers, but in the evening between the act* they are packed. Men who lire not generally regarded a* drinkers take their tods with refreshing gusto whenever they go to the theatre or the opera. The Aeade ; mv hs* restaurant and liquor «w|>p?v 1

bhopa all around U, and in it, too. Uavcrly's and Daly's have their share, aud even the Madison Square Garden ha* hotel bar rooms in front and at the side. Am for the Theatre Com iq uc, the Stand ard, Tony Pastor's and the Bowery houses with the Grand Opera thrown in, are they not also to be numbered in 1 this category 7 Of oourse they are. But ! it isn't in the evening alone. All along the avenues of trade are restaurants. I Every restaurant has its bar and at certain hours of the day the bar-rooms are thronged. The customers include all 1 grades of men. Bankers and insurance folks, actors and cheeae-mongers, editors and lawyers. They ail do it, and the rising generation of boys is just as bad a* the bald-headed old codgers j with one foot in the grave and one hand on a bottle. I am very fond of good rye whisky, but if I had my way and could, with a wave of my hand, sweep it all into the Atlantic Ocean I'd I do it with pleasure. Not ten minutes ago I m>t stumbling along Ann street a man who is as welf known throughout the country as my signature (thanks to your circulation) is. "Hello," said he. "Hello," said I. "Sag, old fel, let me have $5. I'm i nearly broke. Been on a big spree and j ain't over it yet." "Why I thought you were playing in j — — with the Theatre Company. *' "So 1 was ; got drunk *, raised the devil ; got dis^har^ed ; here I am." Well, of course I helped him and off i he went ; but I have been arguing with myself ever since a* to whether I did my duty or not. Oughtn't I to have taken him to a hospital or an asylum 7 Should I have put it in his power to still further abuse the magnificent physique nature has blessed him with 7 Oh. I don't know. Fate is against bim. Whoever sent him to this world packed him with intellect and packed him with appetites. His intellect has put him four times in the front rank of his profession, and his appetites have dragged . him down below the level of the ku-uta« . l .. — - • — 4 — *•> *»— Hiama,

; aird entrance an audience in the most refined centre of this land. That was God'* work, for 4<God gave him lii* i brains." 1 have seen him dead drunk in the gutter, a victim of hi* taite and passion 7 Those are aw k wan! analogies, 1 know, but think iug men must face thorn, though I defy a thinking man to answer them. the city rt'LL or wrecks. My friend— -don't lift your eyebrows, for he i« my friudd, high or low, and il you knew whom 1 mean you'd touch the rim of your mental hat to him — i* not an exceptional instance, save in his great fall. The city and country are full of such cases. 1 tell you that the cigarette-smoking boy* of New York arc growing into vice faster than tliey grow in stature. The next generation will be born of puny -chested, slim-leg-ged, small -necked chaps, and what kind of a generation will it bo ? Idiot* and monkeys ! There may be some doubt ! a* to the origin of the human race. There can be none as to the destiny of j New York's part of it. \Ve may not have sprung from ape*, but ten dollar* : to a cako our grand-children won't be many degrees above them if our children continue to sap their life blood and l>elittle their stock of sturdincas as they are doing to-day. I* there anything worse than a had cigar ? Ye* — a bad cigarette. So great has become the domand for cigarettes that the market isflooded with imitations, made of cheap paper'and refuse filling. That they sap • the strength of the smoker is the smok- ; er's affair, but that they stench our streets, make hideous our cars and render our steamboat docks disagreeable i? unfortunately too true. Small l>oys, lovers and young men about town affect cigarettes. They can't sit still with their friend between the acts, because their little soul* are filled with longing for their tobacco. 1 know men who, having finished breakfast, light a cigarette, take their paper and puff, puff their nasty smoke in the face of their wife anil children. Now on the same principle that you can stand a pinch you give yourself better than a pinch Aomel»ody else gives you, you can put up with your own * 1 YD" • 4,—' j t %m v. - ,v«. / onYn. . with a qualmish stomach, ho appetite and a tendency to nausea, and then i have a great hulk of selfish flesh for his own gratification fill the room with a stenching odor and start the day for you with your stomach iu revolt ! Urn1 hands dc this *srt of thing hiMt*s!!y,

and their wives, rather than complain or give them an excuse to go out, put up with it and suffer from H. Young men sicken their mothers and disgust 1 their sisters in the same way. But women smoke cigarettes, too. I know I they do. Some women. I M M Starvation Phenomena. detecting a rmarn— a wbmmcu rataoxsa's attempt to tscafr flix 1ajimbx7. The London standard says : — Ann Moore, the famous fasting woman of Tutbury, pretended to have lived for eight years entirely without food. A Watch Committee was appointed, which detected the fraud in a very ingenious manner. The bed and bedding, with the woman in it, were placed on a delicate weighing machine, which rqpulted in the inevitable exposure. At the expiration of the ninth day of this strict watching, being warned that she was sinking, she acknowledged her imposture, and admitted — which is an important fact — that so long as the watch upon her was but imperfect, her daughter bad contrived, when washing her face, | to feed her every morning by using towels made very wet with gravy, milk, and other nourishing fluids, and had also while kissing her contrived to convey small poitions of solid food from mouth to mouth. GuilUumc Granet, a prison > er at Toulouse, resorted to starvation to avoid punishment. For the first seven days the symptoms were not very remarkable. After this period he was compelled to drink water to relieve hi* raging thimt, and after lingering on in ; terrible agony he died in convulsion* on the fifty-eighth day. The case is re ported by Van Swieten. There is no ! doubt a* to its truth, and it shows ' that up to the present, at any rate, Dr. Tanner lias at the most only done what others have done before him. Viterbi, a C'orsican. condemned to death for the j assassination of Frediani, resolved to starve himself to death. He died on 'Jrt. d*y. H», too. occMiou- , - ■ — 1

The medical details of his case, whick are very horrible, will be found in Par is' Medical Jikim-ri dkncz. Of aoci dental starvation the most remarkable example is, perhaps, that reported by Dr. Sloane, of Ayr. "A man. some six-ty-five year* of age, of a »pare habit of body, and uncommonly vigorous for liis time of life, was accidentally incarcerated in a coal-mine for twenty -three days, during the first few of which lie had access to water strongly impregnat- ! ed with iron. He then became unable to move, and had unfortunately fallen , some distance from the water. In this instance. Dr. Sloane think* that an impure atmosphere, bv lowering tlie vi- I Ul powers, might tend to slightly prolong life under circumstance* of privation. The unhappy man died on the third day after his removal." In 1866 Captain Casey, of the James Ixiwden. passed twenty -eight days in an open , boat witliqpt food or water. He contrived, however, to drink as much vain as he could collect, and it i* pocwii ble, of eourae, that lie may have chewed fragments of his clothes. Thu*. then, so far ms ascertained go, life has actually, on one occasion. !>een sustained for fifty-eight day* without food, but 1 not without water. Referring to ca«e* which «»ecured during the Irish Famine of 1847, Br. Itonovan says : — "Tliey d***cril»ed the |iain "of hunger as at first very acute, but said that after twenty-four hours had been passed without food the pain subsided and w as succeeded by a feeling of weakness and sinking, experienced prince pally in the epigastric rcgiyn. accocni panied with insatiable thirst, a strong desire for cold water, and a distressing feeling of* robin ess over the entire Mftfface of the l>ody. In a short time the face and limls lecams frightfully etna eta tod ; the eyes acquired a most peeuj liar stare ; the skin exhaled a peculiar ami offensive brtor, and was covered with a brownish, filtliv -looking coating, almost as indelible as varnish. This he was nt first inclined to regard as incru<ted filth, Imk further exj*ericnc# con- 1 vinoed him that it was a secretion pour j <m1 out from the exhalantK on the surface of the body. The sufferer tottered ] i*' g e- * . o«c* . .iiat* wen*, liKv dial ol a jwrson in cholera i he whined like a child. ] and bur*t into tear* on lb alightcM or , caaion. In respect to the mental facul- | tiea, their prostration kept pace with the general wreck of bodily power ; in many there was a state of imbecility ; , fr. t rna complete tdie tiem t but 4

! in ul inatafM* War t&aw dolinuu. «ir j omnia, which often die tubed a* a i miuaip— we of protracted ahatieenna among ohifzwreeked manner* ' What a w'koppeTT Mr. J. B Grinwa . who has just Mom od from Colorado, stela* that when he ieft Denver there were not iee* than •jOO wall educated end rtdtoed young men in thai city who were literally itegging their breed from dear to door. They hare congregated there from aU tbt mining ca^rp* Of the fitat* and nave not the means to get nearer house. Jne lire Yankee from the State of Vermont, with more mechanical ingenuity •Jsan money, detertzdssed not to remain there, and set hh wits to work to get away. By buying, begging end barter og he succeeded in getting four old dange wheel*, with which he filled a p a four -wheeled railroad velocipede. This be ballasted with cheap provisions and put out for the Eeet. He left Denver >eliind the regular train and kept with in eight of it for many mile*. He was finally lost to sight, but bore into Kan : aas City leas than twenty -four hours behind time. Flatulent Colic. This it peculiarly the affection of old age. Flatulent colic, in most instance*, | is not caused by any special fodder, but spring* from disordered digestion, feeding the horse for several yean upon stimulating diet, breathing impure atmosphere, being weakened by a long ; fast, then distressed by a too abundant supply. The horse oan, however, when in perfect health, over-gorge himself upon green fodder, and timpani tes soon ' ensue. The stomach, as the earliest evidence of general debility, loses its tone. It ; cannot digest a full meal ; the food for merits, gas is released, and flatulent ooJic is the result. The horse that is nek with flatulent colic shows ngns of uneasiness after feeding ; it hangs the V\My,Wnd feats, first on one leg, thee on 1 the other. The symptoms are exhibited before any enlargement of the abdomen is noticed. With the swelling of the belli , the pawing commences. It is, however, too slow and easy to be mistaken for *]wemodic colic. Relief should be afforded before the distress grows urgent. In the beginning give one ounce chlorate potash, dbeol ved in s pint of cold water, and add two of sulphuric ether. Half an hour having elapsed, and no amendment, give two ounce* *ul;Jiuric ether and laudanum, half an ounce spirits camphor and one drachm of ammonia in a pint of cold water. The la«t drench will uxualh cure the most cases. Should the affection appear to be approaching a fatal termination, and the rise of the belly convince the owner tjiat gas has entered the intestinea, an < operation is to be performed. Procure a troche r and rami la, and juncture the left side. The gas being released, the abdomen is reduced. Withdraw the cAimla, ami the *k itt wdl fly heck, effectually excluding all air. Thrilling Decapitation Scene. Prof. Ma*kelyne must look to his laurel*. 1 have just heard, aav* a newepa j%er cv»rre*pondent. the jarticulars of a decapitation i*> Yokahtnu, which -far otirpaase* anything of the kind at the Egyptian Hall. The performances take place in a small mom, about twenty feet long by twelve feet wide, halt being allotted to the w|*ectatars, who are admitted on the payment of two cent*. The ^properties" are of the simplest description — a deal table and a swtvnl, ete. After the usual soul-stirring flourish on a drum ami >aiuison. a man and woniah appear from behind a screen. The man binds the woman's head in a doth, and she then kneels down dose to the table, ami ikkw the specie ton. A violent blow with the sword is delivered at the woman's neck, and she falls forward, arms extended and limbs twitching. After wiping the sword on a gory looking rag, the man apparently take* up the woman V head and places it on the table. To all appearance^ it is a human head ; the eyelid* and features V * ~ •**.. u. a UV 4A. i%. way. and to the acconi|ianmient of the everlasting *amb»»*n the bead sings a mournful song. A curtain i* hero interposed for a few moments between the audience and the | perform era, and when drawn hack the woman is discovered uninjured, Thi* wo«kl, undoubtedly, maka a new sensation in tbta country for cur horr**r-li-. ing peoy-le.