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DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY

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CAPE HAY COURT HOUSE, HEW JESSEY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 188a

NUMBER 40.

• ^ CJUNTY DIRECTORY. 1

t JUDICIARY. PiMAlDiNO Joiu» -Hon. Alfred Reed, Lay Jojoba— Jos. X. Hughes, cam' Hay city ; J mm B. Divert jr, DanuuvillSi flowers C. tiandy, Tuckahoe. A O • G0BB1»I0X1* SCRttUS FOMtt— J. B. B uffman, Court House. Masairj William ii. B^neset. Cooarr Coll motor — David T. fimith, Court Houao. Coomty Clbrr — Jonathan. Hand. Dirt'tr 44 — Moraan Hand. PaosBoiToa PjlBas — Jaiaea R HoarWad. Bridget©!*. bobbooats — William HilJreth. Co. 8c rV Pcblio ijfttrcctitf*— 2>r. Maurice Bsealay, Denniavillo. JMSINESS DIRECTORY. Dr. Thf«. C. WheatoD. U. 8. Pension Examining Surgeon. SOUTH SEA VILLE, H.J. BOU A 11 Bold iers who are ruptured g|r^^ can bo supplied with truss*s, fro* of ©haras. Apply to above. Oemj M. P. Loaning. ML D., D. D. S. W. M. Looming, D, D. B. /. F. Learning, & Son. DENTISTS. OWICE BAYS: Ci.PI MAY COURT HO USfl, Thuwd.yt and Saturdays. CAP! MAY CITY, Tuesday*, an J Wednesdays. •OUTH SEA VILLE, Fridays. Mtkdyr. "jowu mm Physician and Surgeon, CAM MAY COURT HOU8B, H. J. naehfllyr. j. b. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW flCJPRXME COURT 00MMIH8I0NER, dJ6U2 MASTER IN CHAKCERY, catm May C. h., n. j. m- will fcsatki* oBQos at Oap* May 0»ty •toy taio/doy. anehftlyr. Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY A00UN8KL0R AT LAW, Obwiom ib Ibaubabob Bciluibb, MILLVILLB. H. J. lira. s. r. Conover,' % Fashionable Milliner , Hiom Stkjbt, Bblow Pibb, MILL VILLE, N. J. mch«Iyr _ L. B. CAMPBELL, PYAI.KR IN flVDVXB, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac. hxas rttvsr, millyilui, n. j. nsMlfr i p. beici; Dsolsr In MftftSfl, CARRIAGES, H ARRESH. Ac. . maim itiut, bear the bridge. MILLVILLK, N. J. mekdlyr raSTilE, CAPE MAY C. H. f • LIVERY ATTAfBED. Horses always on hand, Far Sale or Exchange. L. Wiieaton. ^ mchSlyr CAPE MAY CITY, CAPE MAY C. U MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES. Iron and GalvanWed Fencing and all klndf of Marble Covering* for grave* All ordert will receive prompt attention by telegraph or letter. Flag for curb lug work done at the shortest notice Call and tee. A discount made on all wsrk by calling at the yard. I. T. fhtnu in, Proprietor

U NIO N 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. xnclifilyr.

A. YOURISQN, mess n AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, (APE HAY C. H., N. J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock! We have on band a good assortment of Ready-made Harness, Collars, Bridles , Saddles, ; Whips, Robes, Nets, Blankets , I alises, Trxuiks, Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. » 1 Open Wagon TJaj-imm a* low aa f 8 00 Carriage Harness ae lew as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT 8TYLBB AND FRICSft. aw-Chdl and aw bsfors parr'iaWaa okMwbere. A. Yourison. J. L .STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LAMES' m GEIYTS' FASHIONABLE ITS ill SB, GESTS* BUTTON CALF GAITER# ONLY $8.60. NEXT TO THE •♦GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and carefully done, mchfilyr. Now Squeal ! The subscribers have just received a large lot of young Chester Whites A Jersey Red pigs, which they offer for sale atjheir Meat Market on Mechanic Street, at very reasonable prices. WOODRUFF* WILMS. novl.1 tf. R. Iz. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLV1LLE, N.J. Special attention paid to leveling ; establishing the overflow line* of proCed pond* for mill sites, cranberry js etc i drainage worka etc. Plan* made, estimate* furnished and apeeifirations drawn for 11 ill*, Bridges ; Waterworks and all similar constructions or work* at abort nolioe. raehflpr

POETRY The Model Church. Well. wife. I've found tUo model church! 2 worshiped there to day ; It wauls u»e iblnk of good old tiro**, before my halra ware gray. The luoctlii'-houae wm finer built thau tbey w ere years ugo ; Hut then 1 found, whan 1 went In. It wasn't built for show. The sexton didn't scat ma 'way back by the door; lie knew that X wax old and deaf, aa well aa old and poor. He muit have been n Cbrtetlan, for he led »iw boldly through The long aUlu of that pleasaut church to flud a pleaaant pew . • I wish you'd heard the slnBlii'— It had the oldtime ring— The preacher said with trumpet-voice, "X^et atl the people sing"; The tuu« >va« "Coronation," and the music upwards rolled Till I thought 1 beard the angels striking all their liar]* of gold. My deafness aeemed to melt awuy , my spirit caught the lire, 1 Joined my feeble, trembling voice with that melodious choir, And sang, as lu my youthful days, "Let angels prostrate fall, Urlng forth tho royal diadem and crown Illra l»rd of all." I tell you, wife. It did me good to sing that hymn one# more, I felt like some wrecked mariner who gets a glimpse of shore; 1 alaumi want to lay aside the weather-beaten form And anchor In the blessed port forever from tho storm. The preachln'! well, T can't Just tell all that the preacher wild ; I know It wasn't written, I know it wasn't read; He hadn't time to read, for the llghtnln' of his sye Went pasting 'long from )>ew to pew, nor passed a sinner by. Tho sermon wasn't flowery, 'twas simple gospel truth. It fitted poor old men like me. It fitted hopeful youth. Twos full ef consolation for weary hearts that bled, •Twas full of in vltatiou|to Christ— and not to creed. The nrcachcr made sin hhl®o«* In Gentiles and In Jews ; He shot the golden sentences straight at the finest pew«. And, though I can't see very well, I saw the falling tear That told me hell was some way off", and lieavon very ncAr. How swift the golden moments fled within that holy place! XIow brightly Vsamed tbt light of heaven from every happy fhes ! Again I longed for that sweet time when friend shall meet with friend. When congregation* ne'er break up and !$ai>balhs have no end. I hops intneci the minister, tho congregation, too, In the dear home buyond the skies, that shines from heaven's blue, I doubt not I'll remotnl>er, beyond life's evenlnfct**y. The fne© of God's dear servant who preached • His word to-day. Dear wife, the light will soon b© fought, the victory* 1h* won. The shining *r«nil Is Just ahead, the rare Is nearly run O'er the river we are ueann' thoy arc througln'- to the shore To shout our safe arrival where the weary \» cr. p no more. Women in Council. A VISIT TO 1 11 B CONVENTION Of Till NATIONAl. WOMAN'* CHRISTIAN TkUrtKA NCR. !•**•** 14 Y MUM. a. H. MOlllllNH. For Letter or for rrorse, tho women of this country aro undoubtedly taking a load in tho groat reformatory movements of tho day, I went reluctantly, with my cold shoulder up, to tho groat gather'iig that wan held in Boston last weok-r-a woman's gathering literally — to *ec ami to hear, impartially of course, , notwithstanding tho shoulder, what should there bo (lone and said. The church in which tho Convention was held was not a largo one, and although tho hour of our arrival was late, so many person* were hurying thither, that wo hud grave douht*, even boforo we reach od it, of finding admission, ami our douht* proved true when wo pushed our way through tho well filled ante-room and oponed the door of tho crowded church. Not a vacant soat wa* to he seen but in a few of those excellent places always carrying with thom tho prestige of some good occupant. Not troubled, however, by any remarkable - diffidence, we made our way to two of the most tempting, and to our polite inquiry as to tho liberty of taking possession, we were met by the somewhat pointed question ; 41 Are vor tho Indict of the New York delegation T" Undeniably not. Bo there was nothing left but a retreat to some stairs near the pulpit, perched upon which our advantage* of observation were of t|ir wry

l>e»t. What an audience it was! Here J and there a ifxan't bald head might be seen, but nine-tenths of it were women 1 —i. Ai>i a* even. I do not think any J other country in the world could make such a aliow of gra\e, earnest, thought- 1 ful, noble faces as war before me. It wa« a picture — reminding me of some of the 1 painting* of groat kegielative bodies, who 1 ire sitting to decide momemtou* questions of wide-world interest. Feathers 1 irid Bowers, velvets and ©alius, and gay ( trfcimiugs of ail kinds, were then*, j 1 Not a. motion among that vast audience but it was accompanied with the rustling of silks and the indescribable flutter of perfumed handkerchiefs, yet, by some mysterious alchemy, even these seemed j to lend depth and intensenes* to the keen interest with which every word was listened to and watchod, watched jealously. MUa West was making a pica for thirty thousand^! ullar* to build a coffee-house in Constantinople when we enteral. It was the same Temperance question, with only a broader nationality ; hut it is not my object to write of sjjeeches or speakers. The point to mo was the breadth, strength and unity of an object that had brought together such an assembly. When the President, Miss Willard, callod for the names of the different delegates from the States of the Union, every one was responded to m person by the delegate rising in her seat and giving her name, with the exception of oue State — I have forgotten what it was, but 1 was informed tho delegate was in Boston, though absent from the church at that time. Who can question the interest in a cause for the promotion of which so many came from even the remotest parts of our widespread land ? Irish and 8cotch, English and German, Swiss and Swedes, all sects, Christian, — and I had almost written hoathen, too,— came together, drawn and hold by this common need. There was a long scries of resolutions offered, amended, amended upon amendments, rejected, accepted, with great courtesy and civility. I doubt whether an equal number of men would have been more parliamentary while accomplishing the same amount of business. To be sure, Mrs. Lirermore, who was the Chair* as of the Con vent ion, did once — but I am not going to tell tales out of school. Mother Stewart was there, and spoke frequently. If 1 was correctly informed, she is over eighty, ond a wonderful woman for her year*. Nothing I should like better than to tell you a few of the capital hits . she made. I wondered, as I rccognixod here and there a face and a story of a life which 1 well knew, if there wera many whose past or present had not, in some way, been saddened by tho evil they had j risen to lessen. Intemperance is not the sin of women, but of men ; but upon women fnllt oftenest its heaviest curse. If only a tithe of these stories could have been told, what a record thoy would have made! Even their sileni appeal was almost resistless, and it docs seem a* if something of value mu*t be acoom plished by this united movement. On the Sunday following the Con von • Ikui. more than forty women filled pul nt and lecture room in and around Boston ! l>ay aftoi day, and all day long, night after night, and Moinetimos into the small hours, these women worked, plan- i ning new measures, revising and re modeling old ; wise as *cri»onts and, let ut hope, harmless as doves. 1 have said it seems as if something must eome j from tho working of a moral fore# ; h t us uIko generously hope that it will ; and j wishing it whole-heartedly God-s|»eod. add, in whatever way Boemsopen to us, i our mite of encouragement. — N. Y. On nkkvkk. The Queen and the Ibddlcr. ■ A great drunkard in the Highlands of Invcrtioss-shiro igas led to attend a lecture on Temperance Society. For months the craving of his appetite for strong drink was excessive, but, true to his resolution, he had set his face like A r flint against every temptation. The marsh of his heart being thus drained of one poison, ho next received the seed of the Word into its soil, it wa* hid thera until quickened by the Sun of Righteousness, and nourished by the rains and dears of the Spirit, when it brought forth fruit in Christian life ami character. Having no settled oopupa tion, ho yot could not be idle, and hav ing, by tho help of a few friends, managed to »tock a little box with trinketi and other cheap ware, he Bet out a* a

peddler. In the course of his peregrinations, he found himaeif at Balmoral, and think ing that if he could get the patronage of the i^ueen it would help him greatly he resolved to make the attempt. | There was something in hie look and manner which at onoe commended him to the favor of some of the household officials, who had it in their power to put him under the notice of the Earl d Carlisle, then attending the court as a minister of state. The noble earl, with his usual frankness and goodnees ef heart, syini>athised with Donald, and promised to recommend hi* case to the , Queen. When her Majesty came to j know it, Donald was commanded to ap ' pear in the royal presence, and met with a most gracious reception. Sot only did the Queen purchase of his wane, but gave him permission to wear the royal arms as the Queen's Peddler, and sent Donald away with a lighter heart and a heavier puree than he had. when he entered the royal chamber. On leaving ber Majesty the Earl o! Carlisle took Donald to hie room, and there presented him with a glues of wine with which to drink the Queen's health. Looking at it, he felt at first a kind of trembling, but then, lifting hi* heart in prqyer for Divine aid. he said, 44 Your lordship will excuse me ; 1 cannot drink the Queen's health In wine, but I will drink it in water." The noble earl asked his reasons. uMy lord," .said Donald, 4(1 was a drunkard. I became an abstainer, and I trust by God's grace 1 havo become a Christian ; but I know that if 1 were to taste intoxicating drink, it would at once revive an appetite which is not dead, but dying, and 1 should most likely go the whole length of the druukard again. God has only promised to supf>ort me in the path of duty, and that path, in my case, is plainly to abstain." The noble lord at once commended Donald for his frankness and honesty, and in taking leave, assured him that it would afford her *ln» Wprhr»t s*t^Fwctiim Yv know that she had amongst her loyal and devoted subjects one who, in the midst of such strong temptations, could maintain his principles with integrity and honor. Donald left rejoicing to think that he had been enabled to "drink" to the glory of God. New Steam Vessels. The peculiar character ol our coast and inland waters ha* led to the introduction of a great variety of vessels I adopted to the kjm-i ihI feature* of the waters they are to traverse, and nowhere can more originality of design in marine architecture l»c found than in this country. The Western sternwheeler, the Eastern sound-boat, the ! railroad forry boat, and the coast and - ; river stoam-*hi|> are the natural outcome of (heir peculiar localities. ; Among more recent forms of com- ' mcrcial vessels are two that seem to | of!W valuable suggestions for future ! la&t-huilders. The first is a steam freight and |«aaaenger river-boat, dc- ' dgmnl to navigate a crooked and shallow stream. She i* a fiat-bottom pro- • poller with Iqpi g and tn|wring l*»w ami stern, and hXiinj^llitvc^ keel*. The first keel D the center, and ri*e* at the 1 bow« in I ho u«ual cut water shape. ; The second and third keels are one I either side, about J.fiO meters (12ft.) apart. At the bow* these keels -top ^hort lit the ond of the flat bottom, and do not appear at the surface. At the stern they l»oth extend beyond the hull ; in the usual manner, each earn ing a , propeller at the end. The center keel i end* at the hull and curve* up to the deck. L aving a clear space between the two outside keels. The two propellers, of the Hirwch pattern, an- set to turn in < »|>t>otite directions, or in going ahead turning toward tho center. Each pro- | poller i* driven by an Independent compound engine. By this strange- j meflt the propellers move in deer wa . tor in turning cither way, and K»th may be need to assist in steering th«* !w>at, and by going ahead %fith on*- and a*tern with the other, the boat may bo turned around aharp l*»nd* in the river. The bat has two rudders, one behind each screw, in the mual j»osition. and both arranged to move together. The boiler* and engines kre distributed over the hull to insure lightness, the engines I being* so arranged that the engineer I'aeeB the bow, and ^»as ftill control of (*aoh by lever* in easy reach of his hand. The second typo of vessel i* also designed for carrying heavy freights in a shalhvw river, and may be used with |«ow*i\ or a* a bilge for towing.

Instead of building up tin boat with ribs, the bottom it made In out mwira P*oe,*»d tWth#«idm am bu ll ^ with strips of plank laid out over the (Aher and nailed down. [This method . / building has already been dteariiod in detail in this department] To insura strength, cross and lengthwise falls of plank strips ore built «p to the ,evel of the sides. This yeeelicaby makes a boney-cnHOb structure, with ©quart or oblong eoraparUncnia over the entire hull. Such a barge is ex account of «t* numerous compartments en hardly be sunk. Twenty botes in j the sides or bottom would only ill wenty small compartments, and there you Id still be enough intact to keep t he boat afloat. A single deck t* laid over all, with a house on top if desired. This form of construction as said to be .ibout one-third cheaper than the usual plan of ribs, and aides, and open holds, and it has the merit of great strength and lightness oombined with security from ©inking. — S* *ai axaa. The Horse's Frog . If we were to go to many a black Minith and aak him if he did not think i a lure had made a mistake in putting the clumsy frog into the horse's toot, he would hardly he ready to aay yes, end very likely would put op a surprised look, and perhaps explain that in some countries horses did very well without shoes, and so the frog was left to care for itself. Bui while not ready to take ground with you in any criticism of the plan upon which the foot is constructed, you have but to look in the corner of the shop where two horses stand newly shod ; lift up their feet and observe for yourself, that if the smith has not said it, the knife has said the frog is a bad thing, and must be cut away. The horses do not stand on the ground, but nearly half an inch higher, on the iron >f their shoes, • and which takes the weight of the horse on the outer shell of tho hoof. The practice Is as sensible as it would be for a man who had to travel on all fours, taking the weight on the nails of his fingers and toes rather than on the cushion which lies between them. It is always the soft part — the India rubber part of the feet of animals that have such — which receives the weight, and not the shelly, hard part. We know what an elephant's foot is ; ! it is all rubber-like. The horse has the sane encased in a shell, which gives him accuracy and steadiness of movement. Now, this casing protects the frog. It grows slowly, the frog grows rapidly. The healthy foot of the colt ihowt a centre, if not protecting, at least level with the line of the hoof. He does not take his weight wholly on the rim of his feet. Old horsee would ' have fevt more like tliem if black smiths would allow they knew a little less than nature, and really knew enough to 1 read her intention*. The olyeot in shoeing the animal. o>ide from the occasional one of changI ing it* gait, i* simply to prevent the wear and shattering of the outer shell, and to enable it to take a firmer hold of the ground, escaping the slipping of the undiod liorn. H i* an unfortunate incidi nt of our system of shoeing that the horse is rai«*ed from the grosrod a* a boy is when be mount* stilts. — Farm and FiBKtior. fid'rkroi - Toys. — A Box>klyn diem- • ist was fatally poiaoned recently while preparing the Ingredients for the well known ,4»«-r|»ent's egg*." Usually ho mixed the ingredients of this danger | ous plaything in the open air, knowing i the poi*onou*4iatttra of the vsq»or» of mercury liable t » i*e given off during the work, a* well a* when tlie egg* are burning, tbi th*x fatal day h« melted the ingredient*- in his house. The ret«*rt rracKvd hi the uroceas, and knowing the cone (uence fie warned hi* wifc and children t»* run f«»r the yard. He followed, crying that it was all over with | him, a* he had breathed enough of tlie fumes to kill him, He died the next day. — - — I -4*~ • — Xohodv tired be di*eou raged by tho thought that he i* of no uae. Tho "National Rantta" *ay*: "Men who are worthless in tho ehnreh for giving, for lal*onng. for odviaing, for helping eon yet disomrage a pa*tor and frustrate a revival MM defeat the new meeting ; house," — "1 have no more influence than a farthing THklght.14 said a workman, in his blouse. A friend replied :* Well * rushlight doe* much. It may burn a hay stark or a hou*e-nay, it kelps me read a chapter in Ood'* Word*. Go your way and lot your Uttle rushlight to shine lusfhBo men that they may glorify your Father in heaven. '