CAPE MAY ESTABLISHED IKS. PuMIsbed Every Friday by the CAPE MAT COONTT TIMES COMPANY 104 We*t Jersey Arenue, Sea Ule City, N. J. WM. A / HAFFBBT. ProMient CHAS. O’CONNOR. C. R Treasurer. secretaryTubacriptlon price $1-50 per year. BeU Phone. Sea Ule City 40 ' Entered at the Pott Offlre at Sea lele City at 'Second Ctafca Matter. Advertitlng Ratet And Information for AdTertlaera. Display adTertlaln*. 16c Pc r lnch ' rU DUpl^ P Ad»*rt*MnK. flrtt pa*«. 60c p 'h1S^.,p« •” f ***** MUadvertiser. If advertlsementa are io be set from copy, add -10c per VngU ^PBrnicaTAdvertlslng. 50c per Inch. Standing Advertisements, copy not to be changed more than two tiroes a year 1 Inch, 1 year . 1 Inch, hi year. 1 Inch, >» year. Larger space pro rata. Reading Notices--10c. per line on first page- 5c- on In tide pages Classified AdvertUemenU — 1c. per ward; three Insertions for the price of tW ° T | T .i Advertising at rate* fixed by Laws of the State of New Jersey. Next to Reading Matter. 5 per cent. “ruil position. 10 per ceot. extra. Island position. 15 per cent, extra. Forms close Wednesday p. m.

Money talk*, hut the high c«*t of living acta Aihericn lint few idle rich. Even the Janlti-rs work n lltlle. -Also war bride* now ore making the acquaintance of their tiuRhaniK Philosophy In • n mental Crtitcli to tnuke walking with soleless shoes the easlee.

Document Has Been Restored and Notv Rests in Courthouse Where It Was Filed tor Probate in 1500—'-'" -*

.ember B. 1800. TW» „m

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It me, probated la ISK b, Oeoete We.bWro

=..teTibrotj'iio.-j-■"f k Trr^r;«vc..'~cr,

panment paper surgeor As a labor of love si tori cal value of the dt

pages Into a condition that would Insure them against further destruction. This entailed the shipping to Fairfax of considerable equipment.

Including a heavy ptvws.

To pur the battered paper in good condition ree^froTberA^r^^^tet

s THE anniversary of the George Washington comes again the whole nation pauses *" "*

i pay '

household effects snd provisions _ _ of her reUtivea. Three g'mnddMgbters.

nieces, her grandson, four nephews, a 4™“^* and other dUtant rclstlves and Meads »re Honed. To ihero she gave p«lolH>GA to*™ and to nearly all of them sh- gave from five t* t.-n guinea* with which to boy nB *V , . . w One of the odd provMooa was: “Tt 1* roy wt«

An the boys rnme hack they will find the rirt* they left behind am 109 pet • cent loyal.

When the ootptalilmied roan itmis to hi* old Job will the boss d<> the snlntlng? The fo.mer aoldler idun! ujIn- l>eini «tared at when l.e g«*ts hack into hi* civilian dollies.

hometown admirer

>an broke hi* leg Ulrklnc a male n-r reason for treating the ant with kindness.

The fellow who t Inin home nstklng ti hewn for Sunday dii

»e>n who tried

IVrlialrs the I Veokeg haabat Anicrleait* de»i

the hearts et .be peont. •» his Intensely httroau traitsThe American public of today does not worship a remote legendnrv hero. whose glories gather luster through tue effusions of flattering songs and stories^ wu is on intimate term* of acquaintance withJW luolixed first president through ,he ™° St J i ™![' worthy ngency. that of his own hand-written letters and documents. Tliroagh the strides ot modern progress and the discovery ® f T** rtc *“! paper surgery. 50.000 or more Pri'-*te and official letters, nddresses, documents, reports and accounts have been collected, repaired end bound Into volumes, 400 of them, and are n^ oesrible to those who wish to peruse them In the big library of oongress In the Interest of research. But the most Important of all the papers peanad by Washington, and the one which, throughout Its on tire length, is the most perfect W'flectioe of him as a man of affairs and.of business. Is bis last will and testament, almost the last document penned by his hand, written about five months i before his death. After many and varied vtclssl- ! tudes this marvelous paper has been repaired and saved to posterity by being -safely deposited .n a steel vaul in Fairfax courthouse, where It , was presented for probate in IbOO. Washington loved life and crowded Into his Six- ' ty-aeven years many and varied Interests. Through I a tH-rusal of only a few of the hundreds of letter* v ntteti to him and by him. it Is seen that be enI Viyed all outdoor sports and games, was proficient I In most of than, gambled on horses, cards, cocks j and lotteries. s|HTulated In lauds and toocks. dance«i almost until the year of his death, loved i theater*, tea*, receptions and all social amuae- ' meats-. Though he made constaat use of wine* 1 <>u hi* table, moderation and method were tba i in and prlnripU of bU life, and these trails art- forcefully Ulustr^ted In the 24 pag.-s of tols ' will, vvldcb he prepared without legal aid. though I coat ran l« hi* usual forethought in leaving this j duty until SO late In llte. Ever; line of It bear* I mute testimony to hi* efficiency It, business and ‘ j Ills sense tif responsibility, and It sbowa that he 1 ' speoi coiiHideralde time In It# la^noratlou. for In dik|»Ning of his various properiic* In l»equc«u to i relatlv. . be went Into givmt detail. The will ti'S* signed July 9. 1790. and was filed f.,r |irobate at the county seat of lb- vunty | U Virginia In which Washington hs<*. lived und d,.-d January 20. 1800. l»riug presented In open e-turt by George Bteptoe Washington, Karouel Washington and Lawrence Lewis, three of toe

executors.

for u long time It reposed in the office of the derk at I nitial Court House, but w1ih the confusion of the Ovil war U wu* removed to tticbiu»ud with oiber valuable pnpers and there lost for a time. It being rumored that It hod been i picked up by a federal soldier and sold abroad. ' However, it eventually turned up nt Fairfax Court i House again much -the worse for Its travels and 1 experience*. j 'i'ltea. for a number of years. It was freely bundled by Visitor* and historians, until the edges became frayed, great holes appeared, and I alinu't every sheet spilt In the crea**-s. and the | Ink. though good. 7*ded from the light and ex-

I po- -e.

j Wh- n ' bis-ame apparent that stejw sln-uld be taken to bold the lorn sheets together, home one j in authority In Fairfax turned the will over to a | woman resident to lie mended, which slie did most literally «ud most disastrously with * course j needle Mid equally coarse thread. < oosequently 1 th*- needle hole* end heavy thretd s.n. u worked *•0 gr-'aier havo.’ through the carefully worded

was done by a liquid process or bath designed to prevent further fading. Then each one of the sheet*' wo* backed or mounted upon crepellne. a tort of tranaparent durable ailk game, which allowed any reasonable amount of handling. Then ettme tin endless nmou.,t of scraping, patching, pasting and putting which only the deftest, most expert fiiiRera coul 1 do. and the results would not have been se temutaMj satiafat lory hut for a

most fortunate rircumstaiice.

When It c-tue to grafting new material into the old iuanuscri|it to replace the old which had been worn away, the great problem lay in finding new material that would match In texture and color that upon which the will wu* written. Mr. Berwick was In despair ns to where to find paper for tlte patches which would make the wUl look ns good ns new, when by a lutficy chance In a secondhand book store It. Washington a number of blank slice!* of the writing paper which George Washington had made eapccUtly for hi* personal use were discovered. Tills eras exactly what waa wanted and now. unless one holds the sheets of the restored will In such a poaltlOL that the bright light will shine through them, there is no wey of telling where the old part, or rather the original part, leave* off and the grafted section* begin. When Mr. Berwick completed his task, which coat the Fairfax authorities nothing, the sheets of the document, mounted upon cardboard, bound In the fortu of a hook mounted with a handsome red levant cover, were placed In a steel fir.-proof and burglsrpeoof safe cmistruoted eapedally for the purpose. In accordance with the specifications

of the government officials.

Tn* will, which hss been called the most vab oaWe relic of any left to posterity by the father of hi* country -morn valuable than the swords, hooks, furniture «r china. In view of the fart that It more faithfully portrays the mind of the man himself, reflecting bis paraoaallty a* nothing elaa could do so perfectly, open* a* follows:

In It he direct* that! _ h-tovad wtl*. Martna Waahlngton. X «H* an3 T iZa .nd Wflt Of my entire e*UU real ‘TT^iZonal ^Zr *be term of b*v natural Ufe. except n* alM ordered that his body be Interred “In a J* witm". !■"*“' ^ “•““v cum* "V* ^“ .xt.nS.rfj 1* a» follow*: .. . Ot mr Wife It l* «ny WUl and de

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shall r*c*tv* “““ riweoowv

. the dlsDOkit. >n of his slaves, the ‘ ^Tmive «not- explicit direction, than to any general e " ... . n a i,,. direcled

queath to her ten guinea* to hey a rims. - A»o,W " '2 and desire that all of the wine In battles In the vaults be equally divided-between my granddaughter* nnd grandson, to bi-ioeatb ten guineas to buy a Hug f«w enclk AH of the fatnllr jdctwr*. exeep* a £ J *£• clficallv mentioned, were left to George Wartiingtna Parke bastia. nod to him went a large colleetlon of household furnhdilnga. including beds, wwter coolers, china and furniture. Special proTlidoo was made fof tlte education of three oepbwho were to he fitted In “some usrftd trade.” and she made a further provision that 100 pound* be given to each to set him up In his The belated return of these two famous documents. so essentially personal and human In their content*, to the little courthoL-e where they ww both filed for probate over a century ago hss made of Fairfax Court House another Mecca for the hlstory-lcrvlng tourist, nnd It 1* rapidly falling into line after MounJ Vernon nnd Alexandria In | point of popularity. CHOICE OF BUT TEN STATES New York state had no part In the election of the first president of the United Slates. Foraome year* following the establishment of the federal government, the legislature! of most of the states chose the presidential electors, the people raring for th^m only Indirectly, their choice being expressed by their votes for leglslnlor*. A deadlock between the senate and the assembly prevented the selection of elector* fro.J New York Hale. Rhode Island and North Cnrolln* had not yet ratified the Constitution, so Washington wav elected the first time by the vote* of only ten of

the 13 states.

New York dty wa* the scene of the first Inaugnration. however. Washington look the oath on the portico of Federal hall, on the prasent site of the ttttblreasury. at Wall and Nassau streets. April 3u 1789. Irmoi-dlntely following this ceremony he retired within the building and delivered nn addres* to congress, which met In Federal hal! In those days. John Adams, the second president, also addressed cougres* in person, but Jefferson broke the custom -vhlch President Wilson has revived. Jefferson stigmatized that form of ad-lreas as monarchical am: put hi* message In writing.’

New York Bun.

other that i gllll*

a , .rt Of hi. estate, and he especially directed 1 of then, should be sold outside of \ Ir■Stui—Art a»l ti* **“• "'■'eh be were " °' a „i gr,.i ta.«*liua.,- b. ’puonB.I ,f !. tbn' :.moy of the young meu of the ,0 mi ate* v, ■re being ►••ut abroad to foreign Uctt Trtra to Is .-dneated and wen- contracting Of AlsalpMlon and prindplra unfrleudly to

A-pdhilcan gorerumenL^

hr gav«

> aid In stopping this

rshnres In the Poiomar company to-

h ' V'L eodowiowxt of a university within the n?.ul t of Columbia under Ibe auspice, of the

' _ M i rovernn, lit. He also uiaur i"•« SffiU for the , mstruetlou of n new family vnoll h u ,int Tarn, I In which might he pUewl th*-

, rf hiu’-it nnd Uls near relative*.

rr ™ * 1 ., |,« ae*-n tlirough the glass side of I n vault in which it Is deposited, befote Which

’ ,.,„. vv given oiruio* to exclude the light.

1 bftrtsx Oonrt House I* doubly rich In view of J" 'hat .. now also Cn-sur.^ the will of Mirth. WMhlnzS -Iso to It after

many

provision In

roup of n

r eollec-

BUILT FROM HIS OWN PLANS. At the late date of IIC7 a wish expressed by J Georg* Washington in his will wav obeyed. O* j had called attention to Mx selection of a spot for | ,n new tomb for liltnwir anJ family and ibote of ! the family already burled In the old vnntL The old tomb wa* dlsadvantagrously situated <>n the side of u hill which was subject to landdldoa. For the new vault he *peei0e<l not only the spot, bnt also dimensions and mste/lal.v According to these, bis own plan* n tomb wa* built, and hi* and Mr*. Washington's bodies were transferred to It. ulung with the renin ins In the old vault of other memtier* of the family. The latter were burled within the vault, out of sight, while th* li,siles of General and Mrs. Washington are la stone riittlD* above the ground, within plain view ' between a grated Iron doorway. • REALISTIC. -You have s realistic picture to advertise yonr breakfast fool." ‘-Almost too realistic. A gnat came along und su- one right off the billboard."—Louisville Cour-

ler-Journal.

PERPLEXITY.

What an Owner Cannot do beyond a cer*iin JxJjit an OWNER cannot repute the CONTRACTOR n* employ*. You can cage * leopard. but you esnnot change Me spots or hi* point of view. But what an Owner CAN DO is to select, in the firet place, a Contractor who h*s an established reputation for integrity, efficiency nan result*. Edward B. Arnett Building Construction Bell Telephone Connection* SEA ISLE CITY. N. J.

. andac

li was signed on bep-

"Yota used to tiroml*.- anything that might , please the voter’s fancy." •'Yes." observed Senator Sorghum. “I don't try ] that any more. Voter# urr getting so notlonr.t* you can't < v.-o lell what kind of a promise U go- 1 log to su, ihelr fancy,'

WILLIAM A. HAFPgRT Notary Public All Work Promptly Attandad Ta. 104 Want Jsraay Avotvua Sea Uls City, N. J.