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DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF CAPE MA Y COUNTY. —. — .......... . . . ., . , - . ■

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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1880.

NUMBER 04 WURIBbVl Wf#

COUNTY DIRECTOR Y. ,. jgcycp^,.. .. . Piksidinu Judos— -Hon. Alfred Heed. Lav JuooM— Jos. E, Hughes, Cape May city j JW H. Dir^$|^au*ilfe; ■* So mora C\ Gc^dy, Tuckahoo.

Commissi ok br Surplus Fund — J. B. Huffman, Court House. N N Sheriff— William H. Beneaet. Coukw Collector— David T. Smith, Court House. County Clbrk— J onathar. Hand. Deputy " — If organ Hand. Prosecutor Plis.*— James B. Holland, Bridgeton. tivaiKcMiATu — William Hildreth. Co. Sup1?. Public Instruction -~Dr. Maurice Beealey, Donnisville. BUSINESS DIRECTORY .' Dr. Theo. €. Wheaton. U. S. Pension Examining Surgeon. SOUTH SEAVILLE, N.J. 8@u All Soldiers who are ruptured cad he supplied with trusses, free of charge. Apply to above. OetSSy J. P. Learning, if. D., D.l>. S. * ; *■ : W. fl. Leamluc, D. D. S. J. F. Learning, Sf Son. DENTISTS. •"^^OfFlCE 1>AT3"X " " — ' CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, .and Saturdays. CAPE MAY CITY, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. *' SOUTH SEAVILLE, Fridays.' mch61yr. ^OW^WTVET^ Physician and Surgeon, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. mchGlyr. J. b. Huffman, # COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, - Cape Mat C. II., NJ,

— wvnr**rrmtf <***• *Lvsw"ii*y uity eryy eaturday. ) . mchGlyr. Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY k COUNSELOR AT LAW, Office in* Ikscrakce Building, MILLVILLE, N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, » Fashionable Milliner, Hrow Street, Below Pine, MILLVILLE, N. «L / mchGlyr * . • .. ^ / l. b. campbell, DEALER IN STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASS~*~t7 wake; ac., dm. - "" — 1 Hjoii Street, Millyillb, N. J. iueh61yr J P brick, Dealer in HORSES, CARRIAGES* HARNESS* Ac* MAIN BTKKET, NEAR THE BRIDGE, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchGlyr in bouse, CAPE MAY C. H. i * • LIVKRY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. Wheaton. mchGlyr _ N» PATENT, NO PAY! PATMTS obtained fOr mechanical device*, medical or oihtr compound*, ornamental design*, trademark* and label*. Oaveata, A*«lgnm*nt*, Interference*, Infringements, and nil matter* relating to Patent*, promptly attended to. We make preliminary examination* and furnlnh opinion* a* to patentability, free of chaxn and all who are Interested In new Invention* and Patent* are Invited to aend for a copy of onr "Guide for obtaining I'litontV which I* sent free to any addrc**, and contain* complete Instruction* now to obtain Patent*, and other valuable matter. During the nn*t five year* we have obtained nearly three thouaand Patent* for American and Foreign Inventor*, and ean give aatlafaqtory refereneee in alrnoat every county In the union. Addrcw; J/MHR RAGOKit A(*>,,ft<»llrltors Sr patent* and Attorney* af law, |<* Droll ulldlng. Washington, f*. 0. »

UNION 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 cojhfort. William Eldridge. mchGlyr. A.YOURISON, HARNESS MAKER. ■■Oillll HM Af I nNAIIHI 1 1 AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. H., N. J. Please Cajl and Examine Our Stock! Wo have on hand a good assortment of Heady-made Harness , Collars, Bridles, Sad - dies . Whins. Bohes. r wi'uw rr ftMifli lil/lfMi

Nets, Blankets, Valises, Trunks, Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. o Open Wagon Harness as low as $ 8 00 Carriage Harness as low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRICES. K?- Call and *e© bcrorc purchasing elsewhere, mCh6lyr. A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, % MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' AND DENTS' • fashionable BOOTS d MS, GENTS' BUTTON CAI.F GAITERS ONLY $3.60. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. t ( V » Repairing neatly and carefully done, mchGlyr. pure Fish Guano, / FOR SALE BY FRANKLIN HAND . _ jun26,tf. R. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N. J. Special Attention paid to leveling ; establishing the overflow lines of pro.posed pondfj for mill si tea, cranberry bog* etc j drainage works etc. Plana mode, cstimntos furnished and specifications drawn for Mills, Bridges ; Waterwork* nnd all flimilar constrttotionii or work* at short notice, mchGlyr

POETR Y. mm mm,, mm rn . . , - .. _ nynv. The Antiquity of Freedom. Mr wixasam ucllk* imyakt. Hare art old (rata, tall oak* and gnarled pi tie*, That stream with gray-green moaaes; here the ground Wa* never trenched by apado, and flower* spring up Unknown, and die ungathered. It U sweet To Ungor bore, among the fllulug bird* And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, and wind* That shake the leaves, and scatter, as they A fragrance flnnm the cedars thickly «et With pale blue berries. In these peaceful sbadesPeacefhl, un pruned, Immeasurably old— My thoughts go up the long dim path of years, Bock to the earliest days of Liberty. Oh Fkkbdox! thou art hot, a* poet* dream, A fklr young glri, with light und delicate limbs. And wavy trcssea gushing from the cap With which the Roman master crowned his slavo, When he took ofTthe gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the tooth, art thou; one mailed hand' Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword; thy brow, . Glorious in beauty, though It be, is scarred With tokons of old wars ; thy pioasi ve limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched His bolts, and with his llghtnlugs smitten theo; They conld not quench the Ufa thou hast from heaven. Merciless power ha* dug thy dungeon deep, thee bound, The links are shivered, and the prison walls KuJl outward ; terribly thou springest forth, As spring the flame above a burning pile, And shoutest to the nations, who return Thy shoutings, while the pale oppressor flies. Thy birthright was not given by human hands ; Thou wert twin-born with man. In pleasant • flelds, While yet our race was few, thou sat'at with him To tend the quiet flock, And watch the stars, And teach the reed to utter simple air*. Thou by hi* aide, Amid the tangled wood Didst war upon the panther and tho wolf. Your only foes; and thou with him didst draw The earliest furrows on the mounUin aide, Soft with the Deluge. Tyranny himself, Thy enemy, although of a reverend look, - Jloary with many years, und far obeyed, I *■ '■»»* mtimmmumm ■■■■ «■ »— ■> ■■■ ■>— — - — — |

The grave defiance of fhine elder eye, Tho usurper trembles In his fastnesses. Thou shalt wax stronger with tho lapse of years, But ho shall fade Into a fvebterago; Feebler, yet subtler; he shall weave lils snares. And spring them on thy careless steps, and clap His withered hand, and from their ambush call His hordors to fall npon thee. He shall send Quulut makers, form* oi fair nnd gallant mien, To catch thy gaze, and utterihggmcenil words To charm thy car; while his sly Imps, by stealth, Twine round thee threads of steel, light thread on thread. That, grow to fettent; or bind down thy arms Willi chains concealed In chapluUk Oh 1 not yet * Muy'st thou unbrace thy corslet, or lay by Thy sword; nor yet, O Freedom! close thy nm — ■ ■ " >■ In slumber; for thine enemy novcr sleeps, And thou mifst watch and combat, till tho day Of the new earth and heaven. But would'st thou rest A while from tumult and the fraud* of men, These old and friendly solitudes Invite Thy visit. They, while yet the Ibrest-trees Were young upon the unvlolated earth And yet the moss-stains on the rock were new. Beheld thy glorious childhood, and rqjoieed. A Wife's Prayer. selected. For three days a terrible pale drove before it the ship Pembroke, hound to Liverpool from the Sandwich Islands. Under bare poles with every timber groaning and creaking, with tho tall masts bending like roods, with heavy seas and blinding sprays, sweeping her decks fore and aft, tho vessel boomed on, rolling, plunging and quivering in her tfosperate struggle with the raging tempest. At midnight, just before the ending of tho third day, a fearful cry, not loud, but hoarse and deep, wont through the ship; 11 Wo have sprung a leak JM Then the light from the two lanterns hung up in the main and miiicn shrouds foil upon the sturdy forms of seamen hurrying to rig the pumps. Soon the dismal clang was heard as the stout fallows toiled and toiled, but all to no purpose. "Oh, Henry, what shall we do ? the leak is gaining upon ur I" cried despairingly the young wife of Mr. Rogers, the first mate. She was a fine, noble looking woman, and was liked and respected by ©very one on the ship. A true daughter of Eve, her love for her husband was so deep and absorbing that she would have followed him thro* t any hardship, or peril, sooner than separate from him tor a long period.

When the mate heard his wife's cry of alarm he flung his arm around her waist and told her to be of good cheer. "If it should come to the worst, w© will probably fail in with some .other craft, " said he. Meanwhile the leak steadily gained. The captain sent his carpenters into the hold to repair*. •"Captain !" cried the latter, when he returned, "it's all up with' us I There must be a big bole in the ship, as the water in her is seven feet deep." A look of dismay settled on every one'* fooe. "Get the boats ready," said the young skipper. While the men were obeying the order the ship's hull settled lower and lower, and was soon nearly, engulfed ip the rushing, roaring seas. The sailors had barely time to put a bag of sea-biscuit, a couple of cans of prepared meat and a breaker of fresh water in each of the boats, when with a sidelong sheer, the vessel rolled half over to leeward* as helpless as a log, preparatory to going down. The mate and his wife, with eight men, took to the long boat ; the rest of the snip's occupants, amounting to ten sailors, entered the quarter boat. J ust as the two vessels put away from the doomed craft, the latter plunged her ♦.JaUl **ipart reaaheard as the hatches were burst open by the rising water in the hold. A minute later, elevating her stern, the ship sank out of sight in the stormy ocean. In the darknes8and amongst the heavy seas, the mate's boat soon became separated from the other. At dawn no signs of the latter could be discovered by those who looked for it. Keeping the boat dead all day against the wind, the mate with bis companions vainly watched for a sail. Thus, day after day passed, until nearly a week had elapsed, by which time the scanty allowance of sea biscuit* nitviw — pi run ;«wt rwm ■ n»u

iiaryig ^ given out, uim wis notnihg" left to eat in the boat, while in the breaker (a small cask) there remained liArdly two quarts of water. Three days later, neither land nor sail having yet been fallen in with, the sufferings of the people in the boat, reduced almost to a state of starvation, were terrible. "Oh, Harriot !" gasped the mate, on the morning of the tentti' day after the ship lmd been abandoned, "if I could only obtain food few you— Oven pro vidod the rest of us had none — it would bo a groat comfort for me." "Nay," answered (he young woman, in a faint voice, while tears streamed down her hollow, flushed cheeks, "you should have mr share. Henrv. A could •Rnmagsrio wait Tor a sail, which I trust wo shall soon behold." Later in the day a wild, fierce expression gleamed in the eyes of the men. Tnoy exchanged significant glances, but at the time said not a word. Each, however, guessed the horrible thought that had entered the mind of every sailor, although they hesitated, a* yet, to express it. At lust a man named Michael Bruno — a half-breed between an Englishman und a Portuguese — let loose tho dreadful idea. "It must be done," lie almost screamed, "Two hours more without food will put the death seal upon us. One of us must die." "Oh, no, no," cried Harriet. "We can wait still. We shall see a sail beforo long. I feel sure we will." But all her pleadings wore in vain. ♦Some paper was cut into strips, and those being held by Bruno, the drawing* of lots to see who should die was commenced, it having been arranged that he who drew tho shortest strip was to yield up his life for tho benefit of tho rest. A* pale a* death Ilnrriet sat watching the drawing. A moment later she loll eld her husband looking at a small bit of paper in his hand, whilo the heart© voice of Brufto grated on her ear: "Mr. Rogers ha* drawn the short slip! IIo must die 1" "Ay^ay, men," said Rogers ; "I will soon be ready 1" His wifo flung herself upon his bosom, "Never ! never shall they tear you from me 1" ah© cried, twining her arms about his neck, "But* Harriet," he said, "it is necessary, is only fair that 1 should die." "You must not ; you shall not," ex claimed tit# young woman, "W© can

ail go without food some hours longer, during which we may tee a sal!." "No* no, no," cried Rogers' shipmates simultaneously. "We must have food now." Hunger bad driven them to despera' tion. Their teeth were clenched, their eyes were wild and bloodshot, their . faces more like those of wolves than of human beings. "Let me go, dear Harriet," said the young man to bis wife. "-Let me bid you good bye, and may heaven bleat you." BOmVdr thw men advaneea toward Harriet, who still held her husband in an embrace from which he could not disengage himself. Turning toward ; the sailors, she said : "Back, never shall you tear me from him. But if you must have a human j life, take mine instead of my husband's." J At this the men drew back. Even at j that dreadful moment they could not • endure the thought of killing a woman. The first officer, who had watched his chance, now by a sudden movement, taking advantage of his wife's head being suddenly turned, and nerved to additional strength by the harrowing thought that his shipmates might at length come to the conclusion of accepting Harriet's proposition to sacrifice her life, broke from her entwining arms ^nd ran toward the bow of theJjoeL There He was quickly joined by the other men, one of whom now placed himself as a barrier between the young woman and her husband, whom she was making frantic efforts to reach. Perceiving that she could not pass the man, she fell upon her knees, and in a voice of the most heart-rendering agony again begged the others to take her own instead of her husband's life. But her supplications were in vain. She saw her husband leaning back prepared to die, while Bruno proceeded to sharpen his knife for the dreadful work on one of the hoops of the breaker. — Having at,, length — prepared — Hul.

\ weapon, be stooped over the young man ! to cut his throat, while a companion I stood by with a tin cup to catch the blood. "For nqercy's sake wait," she cried. ' "Look first and see if there is not a sail in sight." i The men obeyed her request. They scanned the ocean far and near, but no sign of a sail was to be seen. "How do you know there is not one hidden by that mist ?" she inquired pointing toward a small fog-bank a league to windward. "There is none," one of the men answered, "1 feel sure ; I looked at that very spot before the feg settled there, about fifteen minutes since." "No. no ; you must be mistaken. I conjure you, I implore you to wait till ; the fog clears up, when you may see a , sail." Tho men exchanged glances. "It's no use," cried Bruno ; "but to satisfy you, we will wait a few minutes beforo we take your husband's life." • At this Harriet started up. With her hands clasped and her hair streaming down her back, she stood, her eyes j turned towunl the sky. In this }>osition there came upon her face an expression that had never been seen there before. It was almost divine, filling the countenance with nn unearthly beauty, lighting the eyes with such a radiant gleam — a look of such strong supplication, that the rough men drew back with mingled respect and awe, trembling under a sort of supernatural influence. A moment tho young woman stood thus, and then from her parted lijYs came her voice, full of strange, weird power making tho blood leap in every vein ; v l4Oh, heaven, a sail ! a sail !" The words were simple enough, but tho manner in which they were uttered thrilled her listeners to the heart. Instinctively they all glanced around upon tho ocean, as if expecting the prayer would b© answered. North, south, east and west they looked, put they saw no sign of a vessel. When about five minutes had passed, however, Bruno was seen pointing toward the strip of fog which slowly rising like a curtain revealed a sail Yes, there it was, sure enough, and with a cry of wild joy on seeing it, Harriet, no longer kept from her husband, flung herself upon his breast, while the j others gave expression to their feelingby hoarse sobs and frantic laughter,

J Signal* were made, tint bot* j down tor the boat, and the occupant* were soon on deck, to be kindly treated | by the captain oft b* bark Java, bound j to London. The half-starved men were agreeably surprised to find aboard this vessel their shipmates of the quarter-boat, winch, it •earns, had been picked up four days previously. In due time the vassal arrived at her home port, whore the tailor* related to their friend* how Harriet Rofass had S saved the life of her husband * i fifteen minute* before she uttered her prayer there had been no vetael at the j point where it was discovered. Of I course they were mistaken, having | doubtless looked in some other direo ■ lions ; but this they firmly denied with ] the common superstition of sea faring men, declaring that the mil appeared just when and where it did, in answer to the "Wife's Prayer." Young Men. The Kikd or Cnxrs Who Aa Duaffotktzd at lfudtsllm. Almost daily there arrive by ell the various roads which lead into LeadviHe young men who have left home ai-d friends and with no experience or money to nack them, come here "to make a a* they call it. Poor, vain, deluded youths I Not that there is not ample work here for the willing, not thai those who come here fail to obtain employment — but alas I it is not always that which causes the young men who a week before came her© with hopes brightly burning, to return home dejected and discouraged. It k a fed, which has been proven again and again, that the nuyority of the vast army of young men come to Leadville in the delusion that* lax state of society prevails here which will enable them to live in a romantic sort of way without working. Mining I What a sense of novelty the ^nnraw *.-•> — *.A t T- __ i— ■*. umpimiwiiu .p ■ ■ i

i erner. To lead the free and easy life of a miner, to Bleep in a log-cabin, to work with a revolver strapped around your waist, to spend a couple of hours each day hunting among the mountains for elk and bear, and deer ; perchance go through an Indian fight— and that sort of thing which is supposed to make up the life of a miner; what joyous scenoi of excitement the word miner calls up f Alas, when the stem reality presents itself to the deluded mortal, what tumbling down of air castles is there, my countrymen, when the young man finds what in all the brief yewrs of his existence he has never found out, that it is work — and the hardest kind of work at that, which makes the money that makr* the mare go. The quick, active workers are thoee who make a success of it here. The first case of a failure by one of theec so gifted yet remains to be recorded. Hunt these mountains high and low and j you can't find a worker who has failed \ in Leadville. j This is the class of people who, though they may not have more than what ; they have earned by hard labor when the week is past, see millions within , their grasp, and who give you their solemn pledge that they will strike it three weeks hence. They are never discouraged, and take thing* just as they come, whether ill or good. LeadviHe is composed exclusively of a working class of |»eoj»le, in the practical sense of the word. These mine# about us are filled with clerks professor*, lawyers and doctors. Don't for a moment imagine that they are there as ornaments receiving large salaries and doing nothing. No, indeed. In their rough miner's garb you would take them never for what they are. They are workers, even though thfcir early years wore spent in colleges, bank* and officos. They dig ami delve side by aide with your common laborers *"ho understands neither Latin or French, and know only one thing, and that is that they must work just as hard at their illiterate companions "to the manor bom1' if they expect to make the same wag©<. These are the men who compose the active element which has given Leadville its reputation for push aud enterprise, and those who have not the mean* to build up a business here nor wish to do some hard work had better not come, —Colorado PARS. - — — — ■ — i i $ —"Bridget, this dust upon the ftiruiture U intolerable. What shall 1 do !" "Do as 1 do, marm, pay no attention to Its