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UDUMl »iwr Jnor ixn. a22 On 8nn<un« M ‘J 1 trrnn • v2^.TLijrrrca »•.»- mS** dorteilUiedtombiiUoorfmU^^ Aad'LffwSlMM^Snfl? rtjiSm3 Irttjrm. . .rrUJCioaeuio'ekKkA.M-kBdSlAr.M. S. U K1CHABDSON. PatiuMcr.

m Is h*bt that a party of Chinase, wboattemptad to amaggW thamaelTM brto the Called Statea from lower California, got loet on the deamt and had a taerible axp«4aoca, oo« of the the frontier »o cSaeG^giiarded that they stole a march toward the eastward and got into tba deasrt. Hare they got lost andwaadarsd aimlemfy arormd for sereral days, suffering tumtterable sgooisa One of the was a youth of eome 14 years. He gars out onder the terrible sofferiagaad beoal his raringe he imagined the

lied hie parched month with the^wn Lg pertk-lr* TMs only added to We

Here they heaped a pile of sand upon him and left him alone to sleep hie-last long slumber, while they, with swollen tongues, aching-limbs and heary hearts, continued their sftnloes wanderings— lost in a tratWees deaert. - It la aamrted that they at last reached the raUroad and

The amalleet man in the state is not Superintendent Thomas Jefferson Carlton. AH reports to the contrary, he is one of the beariewt men in the woet. His in bis diameter

be has •port it is colossal. One night he boarded a sleeper to start for the Baltimore conference of chart tie*. All the lower berths were taken. There was one upE berth, and Col. Carlton engaged it. had the conductor point out to him the possessor of the ticket of the lower berth, same section. He was a slim, dud Uh young man. ••My friend," said the big man, approaching the youth, "I am glad to become acquainted with you before bedtime. Are yon a Christian?" ••Well—er—I don't know. Why?" "Tbe last'man that slept under me was not, and I always felt eome measure of ••Why?" "I ought to hare told him that 1 weighed three hundred and fifteen pounds. Howerer, be carried accident insurance. 1 hope, by the way, that you carry a Urge policy in a good company. These upper berths are not insured. atill. it is only aboot a three foot drop. What word shall I tend to your friendsT “Are yon—can't I induce yon to exchange berths with me? Beally, I nerer coaid sleep in these dose lower berths." The dicker was made, and the hefty «umdent peacefully slept in the story while the slim young man m«A.» scarcely an impnwlon on the berth aUn-e.—iadianapolia Nnre

GOLD FEVER IN CHINA.

thing they had attaapted to bring into the uountrv except the clnthas upon They had. thrown away the skriag tbe many tbiag. tbe hold dear, all af. wMait mark

« a aye a. it is quite likely this tenibls them attempting to iaradethe Cniled

The ooUectioo icanprUee about fijeOH piaoee, many of which are

were formally entered into looking to the

? a 800-etamp mill in the

the deal may be understood when it is Stated that the mill, with all its machinid appointments, will cost not far from 14.000,000. This sum will include ~ that such a gigantic mill was to be built in China astounded even the mcm-

i, well posted as they are

in all matters pertaining to mining and mining machinery. They had no idea it there was enough gold bearing rock China to pay for the erection of a stamp mill of any size. They were informed by the Chinese noblemen that

discovered in the heart of

China the richest and most extensive

gold bearing lead in tbe world.

There is an old story in Chinese history iries ago, there was tremendous excitelent over tbe discovery of gold in the Tai-Shan. But after a time the gold

and although the industrious

course end in an hour she trundled her colossal proportions into my parlors, followed by the tiniest, most abject looking specimen of the genus messenger it bps aver been my lot to see. "See here," she snorted, "what do you mean by sending me such a protector as this? Is this an insult? I may be large, bnt I want yon to understand that I am a perfect lady, and I need just as much protection as any other lady. And as for this miserable little whiffet"—here the looked Urge and threatening, while the "mlser-

treosan to attend me. Why. the very first thing he did was to fall down, and I had to pick Urn up and brush hie and see to bis bruises, and the next thing I did was to yank him out from under and here he is, protection for if you plesse."—Interview in New York Evening Sun.

Carpets! Carpets!

An Invitation.

Compiele s*isar>mrat from least rxpenshc lugn.Uo I CAD sell !OQ Carpets as km s> you can buy toon at a mn by aid of Peterson's Patent Carpet Exhibitor. . CABPrrs CAT lO PIT THE BOOMS: alsoSeaed or

FURNITURE, Oil Cloth, Refrigerators, Children’s Coaches. AWNINGS Made to Order, wixnow Nil ADEN AM* Oil, CLOTH. CLINTON 80UDER, 3 and D Mansion St.. Cape May. N. J. South Jersey Marble Works, C'AI*K MAY CITY. X. J.

Ml ITALIAN MARRLK

HI new lone for 4'tirbluK. Flagging n Fating, done ul Short Xotlce.

L. T. LNTBIKIX.

We corutally invite you and all our lady friends to be present and taste the delicious dessert and cream dressing which will be made and served by Miss Wright from Favorite Extracts and Liquid Rennet, which will take place at our store. June 30th to July 7th. to acquaint you with the merits o( the articles named? HAND'S CENTRAL MARKET, (OK. OCEAN AM) WASHINGTON STS., 4 APF. MAY X. J. *:X<'EIxSIOR HOT AND COLD Sea-Water Baths Btciilur SLand Braeh Arc.

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yean tiieir profit* were very Email, ually the nearch for the yellow grain. wa» entirely given up. The Chinese did not know very much about mining in those data. They did not know that by crushing the rocks and treating the resulting dost with chemicals the hiddep gold could be released- Now they know all about the methods of gold produc- ^ Chinamen nulled to California during the gold excitement and a few yean later rushed to Australia. They returned to their home* with money and

knowledge.

About two years ngo some Chinese prospectors entered

Wall Paper Bargains!

> find

Be-

D.B. (»KEEN. v 1 ‘ " r "7;;:;,:::, , Dealer in Wall Paper. Window Mui4<* and Oil ITolh*. Ths Cheapest and the Best BOOTS JONTD SHIOBS Are to be Found al the OLD RELIABLE STORK of J. P. THOMPSON, Xow. 3 hiuI 7 MOFTH NKFOX'D SCrecl. FIIII. V I> LI.I’II I t.

ice::

ICE!

ICE!

almost fabulous value. One of th Leng Chen, a man who had 1: sidcrable experience in mining at peeling in California, and w ho ki wisdom of silence. They kept v about tbe find until a company b formed and a clear tiUe to a lar of land secured. Some crude star

crusldng and

MY

H x rTYi ? Are bj Be*t Adrei A 1 '•'>*"■ II. Kaywer,

‘lKaickkrbocker Ice Qo. OF PHILADELPHIA. srrn.y 7/07*7 .-. HKsrAntAyi:- and vhtta<jk> with puke eastern ice. coal: coal: coal: coal PRICE. $6.00 PER TON.

lills

ONE PRICE H

acquiring this collection, which Includt* the rare 1»>4 dollar, fur which ha paid *760, though it baa since nearly donW in valae, and a specimen of every gold ‘own to the present date, eat known.

Several Sew Tork 81*0..

If one wants to be fully convinced th.t competition is the life of trade he need only take a walk over on the east aide of town and read the sign* on the shop windows: '‘Customer*, attention! A glass of delicious soda water given free to each and every customer." This U what a Madiann street druggist offers to attract custom to his place, and there are others like unto it. The composition and orthography of some of the signs are equally interesting. "Painter* *" is the wording on a blue painted in front of a paint shop in Division L "Private Restaurant” in Hebrew and English letters is the way the signs read before a dozen eating saloons north of the Bowery and cast of Grand street “A Pure Carpenter" is the weeding on a sign in Heater street. A., it is needles* to state, stands for Abn There is no period after the A and no aaafterthePure—New York Preaa.

duction of quartx was begun. From the i© HOI I H MXOX I) NTHF.FT

outset the production of gold was enormous, and it is stated that not a ton of ore has been treated that has yielded leas | than 9700. In particular cases the ore ' baa yielded as much as *10,000 to the ton. j The news of the lucky mining venture j spread rapidly in China, but for some reason has been kept from the world. A treat, controlling about eighty miles of land in the gold country, sent Chu - ling Kwan and Tong Sing Kou to this country to make preliminary arrange- | menu for the purchase of the necessary

begin operations on a mod '

era and gigantic scale.

■porter was admitted to the j

Philadelphia.

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SALVATOR,

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Neuralgia. Rheumatism. Malaria, Sick and Nervous

and all Disorders of the Blood.

Corner Washington and Jackson Streets.

HI.I.o.VS.

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JOHN J. ami popu! and l.iqut

recommend Ull.l.'J.N .s. ol winch the well-known YITY i- proprietor, as one ol the most central resorts on the Island, at which the finest Wines and Rochester Beer can always be had. together

uh

uper

Man's river, and to the McLeod trail w*at and the Blackfoot trail east tmwtirlBBSr lag the fire with

SR al •tartb* sixty miles north atu to thirty miles mat burned over, Exnacianood cattlemen

paper recently published a lengthy and exhaustive treatise upon "Monkeys," .Ud • contemporary the next day curtly rkadj "It would be more intereetsttae readers of the If the edinnted news *■■.*—of wi.Hwp hi. |y affair* public through its col-

Human Mature is a stoaMa'oUKle. Bad health toad creak to early Ufa. the HhMrearetltt* he would hare died at

■ win be i , — palpations of the heart of a small anise. u tea

Sics&'us, '

her. Aant Peggy has Ssn many year*, and for tbe tort lew

the standard branches of education In Great Britain. From returns made, though incomplete, it appear* that In the Bret quarter of the year 1890 the teacher* of phonography had nndcr instruction in the whole of Great Britain 84.789 males and 8,028 females, making a total *f,H7,787, while the number under atonctioa during the whole of 1889 v 44,780. A large portion of the pupils in what are termed "board schools.'

A fanner's wife living near Dover, N. J., broke a dock egg into a frying pan a few days ago, when oat rolled an egg of mailer ette. The larger egg was of ordinary rise and contained a perfect yolk. The inner egg waa about an inch ai * -half long, with a perfect shell and mal to every way.

Frank C. Ives, the young biiliardist, has a areiaatiemal trick shot which is thus described: “He placet one of the object balls under the table and then he sends the cue ball, after scoring, off the

tor during the war, and took from the wires ft meeaage from Gen. L*e to Jaffacson Davis announcing that Richmond must be evacuated.

known in ancient Babylon. China had them as early as JPQP B. C. They were authorised by hlMtonret to Mnj tee berg, tbs invent to bava had a lawi

the distinguished arrivals occupied be found Chu Ling Kwan attired in the full drees of a Chinese mandarin. Every garment upon him was made of the softest and shiniest of Bilk. Tong Sing Kou American dress Tong Sing lived merica many year*, and attended American schools, lie speaks English

ery fluently.

“Our property at one point is within 'and it is not more Ilian twenty miles to i good port. The land owned by the •ompanies is all in the county of Ningioi, iu tlie province of Shan-Tung. If rou are not familiar with the geography of China. I will tell you that the mines re on a peninsula sc roe* the Corean sea •om the Peninsula of Corea and directly Tong Sing opened a valise, unrolled a chamois skin and exhibited his speciild is quit* coarse in these spcciIt is not so throughout the lead, me places it is exceeding fine and again it is found in nuggets. The streams ‘ ich run through the mountains wash gold and 8,000 people make a living

by cradling the sand river. After every b ply of gold dust in I

plrnished. 1 believe that in a very few year* the mines will be the most valuable in the world. We contemplate erecting the finest plant in tile worli There was a difference of opinion among the stockholder* as to whether it would he better

New York Cash Harness Store.

SOUTH SEAVILLE, N. J.

irly appointed |urlor lor ladie

a.E.SWAIN, M MsSto,

Brdw&y Market,

y rain the

stamp mills. We Chalmers to mak propoaitiona Tbe ipanies is held by upper ciaas Chinai. Most of the stockholders are govtala, but the governmi the Chinese empire does not in on; control the mine*. The poniee are essentially private corporations "—Chicago Herald. en of Brussels formed themselves Into a club which they •Le Club des Cent Kilos," that being th* minimum weight of each member. A hundred kilos ore equal 250 pounds oar weight. There are already thirty members, and on Sundays they drive out to a restaurant a little way from the town and dine together. By good cheer they attained their noble proportions, and by good cheer they moon to retain them. So for everything has gone off most harmoniously, far "men who are fat and scant of breath" ore provarbially good humored. It is your pale, I-- man.who "gets angry and breaks things."—Once a Week.

FINE ROAD HARN

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E. C. LAND, Foreign aid Domestic Fruits, Nuts, Confections. So. 7 Washington Street, opposite Post Office, Cape May <1ly. FAMILIES ASD HOTELS SERVER.

Corner Proud way and

Yorkc Avenue.

WEST CAPE MAY

WEST CAPE MAY.

i iioei. C l.ioiic'-Tr*. MIN I-HA I \Y ATKRS Itonownifl Helfasl G' n - < T Alt'- Lemon Soda Sarsaparilla. Bartholomay Rochester Bottled Beer. W.- well Strtetl) tir»t i lx»a good*. Xo. 80 Jackkon St. HARRY W. MECRAY. Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nats, Raisins, Exmxzzxec —r cxr^-crcz-Al Tli k -toKK "K J O If X W. MFCRAY. OppcfU tw.roecier Bu.ld.ng. 75 Wa^ungton Slrrtl Cap* Mo, Agent fur The ('deb ated Darlington Batter. WILLIAM ESSEN, BAKERY AND IDE CREAM PARLORS, XO. I

trouble One appll

Toast ia i

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Tb * •' tAa TnrUd. ! Bilaon—And he hasn't?

Sunday School Teacher—Wall, Johm wileon-No; cr«y time he want* to

Groc[ri!s, Mlais j Provisions. Vegetables in Season. Low Prices, Best Coeds. T. C. Wheaton's FIRST-CLANS GROCERY, Corner of High MILLVILLE All ^oodk xuxrxnterO

Oouoty xnd

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Pit up Expressly Par Us. W. SCOTT WHEATON, Store Nearly oppodte U IS. SUUon ’ WM. H. MILLS, BOAT BUILDER,

WM. T STEVENS, Coiiti'cictor

tSc 1 Guilder,

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PATENT MEDICINES CUT RATES, Dane Hall* below the tiauel pn.vx Ueache'* be.t g immIh

below tl

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le-lhread. Our Underwear

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in this line Philadelphia

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of several > if businesi enables m

HOWARD F. OTTER. OIS^EIA-A-Ix XJI*I 11 >i*s r Fi:iti:R. Kurntture sod Mat reuse* Renovated and Made to I Irder Carpet* Made and Pot Down. Curtain Work and Slip Covers a Specialty. XO. 5 MAXXIOX NTRKKT, CAPE MAY CITY. X. J.

IKAAC II. NJIITH,

AWiiL-SEIPCIED Sira FASHIONABLE TAILOR, ULLL " U S* 4" WASHlSdTOS STREET, CAPE MAY CITY.

Da Smith—Trash is pretty wild, isn't toff Bloodgood—Yea; dissipates every m». mant of the twenty Tour hour*. De Smith—Pshaw! Tbe fellow mn atoap onto to • while. Bloodgood—Yea, ao ha doea; toct he

•Coll the game," whispered the Tmid the new umpire.—Dry

A candidate who had failed civil service examinations was ingly critical of the system. "

ling, Furnishing Quods, Hat

ol goods, and a

Same Prices as are ob- cVps^s Lained in Philadelphia.

You will find it profitable to i

^"r“Tmv rorc buyin8 BUTTER, eggs aud poultry, Mant/ RaraainC to offpr i Philadelphia Store: >t AsnI>(.TOY STREET, many Dargains 10 oner 3i5 ^ froxt nt. o pp . post omoe, cape May. n. j.

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