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STOCKTOX IIOTEJ>, CAVK MAY. X. J. REMODEM D AM* REPUBKIRHED. CUISINE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. F. TIIFO. WALTON, Proprietor.

H OT KIa IaAFAYE'PTF, CIArK MAY. X. J., JOHN TRACY A CO . - Owoere boJ Proprietora. Ylicclly on Hie Uncli. Complel* In *»ery drp»nm*Bt. TUorouiilily I TBlwl and «u|>i>lK4i wilh Uw Ulci: improicd piuin.er Heritor. Addicw J Tracy, MauiRor.

IN TAUNTON DENE.

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CONFEDERATE TIMES.

YIkcod (rll Into I bo bnndi of Um KcderaJa nudor Urncrai Wllwjo In April. 1BC3. appruncliod by wny of Columbu.—' urnr .Moron with tiding of ao ar but tbe Confalrraua who could get away were glad to ikedaddle. The Federal, raided all day, however, for profit or nniUMeincnt, every day and Sunday too. When daylight declined they buMlrd Into campa. Ooouiooaily they

rere picked out of their aoldiera one* rblle, a tel more than once a dead Yankee raa found In the road—and nobody tba

ame to Georgia of I’realmaainatlon they .tarted

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o fled to tbe awainpa re three young officer* juice (for thl* 1* an “ovt it their tuuue* and rank I mention. 1 will do-iifm them a* laentenanta A. B and C, becat they went to other puraulla, and their aoldteriuu occupation waa aoon done and over with after General Wilaon occupied Macon. Confederate money had played out Gratuitous food and lodging hvoune, therefore. a matter of loyalty to the government then undergoing throea of diaaolntlun. In their enforced retirement they had many arauhlng experience*. Hard times and war limew failed to quench their enjoyment of the comic aide of thia sort of life. When they came In to our refugee home after dark for hhelter it wa* aa enjoyable for us experience One ulght they were tramplag down In Twtgga county, a aoora of mile* from the city. Footaore and nearly famished, they at laat ditoorered a light In tbe wood* al aome dialanca from the main

road.

A heavy rain had fallen In the afternoon, and the night waa foggy and ktarleaa. They acramhled through the bushes and fell over dilapidated fence* until they found tbetiuwlvea near the house, but a gang of dog* on the tnaide of the inclosure made It prudent to halloo, to which only tbe dogs replied. ForaomB miutiiea it waa doubtful whether the human or the canine s|iecitw would prevail lo thenuia* and hub huh that en.ued The officers began to think It wmild he lest to seek the mad agalt^ Sore ami scary leg* were to be —■« S I •- tu..—. I..— —I tbe pack waa

preferred to bitten lega—anil apimrvntfywwAenl uu tasting I

XMK WINDSOR, CAPE MAY’, N. J. Thirteenth Susan—1891. Cap*city 800. Location unsnrparaed. On.- block Htt the New Depot Nearrat House to the aurf. Strictly first-clau in al' '' poinlmenla. WALTER W. GREEN, of Philadelphia. I*rottriett>r

FOR SALE A few Choice Building Lots

W J R K. Station - JlM.uewrsl l BIB.IM 11

At aad 70*140 and IOiIJb. '

Real Estate <*««■ of J E. TJA-TTIjOE.

usually per

.1 Inal lUe door opened; a man Lireli. holding It high over UU leering Into the gloom, called 0 i- it* What'a yer wautf nit A—aa we will cnll nlm— rwanl and aaldi “We ara travellighted. and would like supper g* Gan yon allow us to cum* kllcbru for the night—wa ara 1 tired from walking in tba rain

. ungryr”

Bi-lure the torch bolder decided to reply e voice In his ~ ' ‘

hain’l a Uu- to eat tail plain corn meal, and turtle enough of that, God knows. Old Wheeler, cavalry cleaned na out last winter—we've (Hilly nigh starved since he went along:" concluding in a lower tone of voice to lb* torch bolder, “Why don't yon toll 'em to go to the Widder Jones',

tnt"

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• be wa* bidden—recom-

mended Widow Junes' hospitality and stopped—w aiting for further prompting. “But miMcr,” said Lieutenant K aa we will call him. “we ara very hungry and very tlrad. If jour good lady will only he ao kind a* to allow ns to nil by your kitchen flrr we will cook a euro cake ourselves, not to give her any trouble. I promise you »c will not annoy you- W* uniat Bod shelter very soon a» it Uuvateiis rain again Do reconsider and take us in. Your good wife is Lai clever aud good looking to forbid us

a shelter 1 know"

The woman hare Interrupted, addressing want no Idarney nor uo comp'uy ntvd. r E! Wheeler's craater comp’uy had er ioT us that, we might er spared aotur of it—hut I want yer to shat that door and come In. How dy'er know but these folks la trying to git in and ‘rob us of the leulle hit that

Wheeler’s crowd Icftf

This waa too strong an Insinuation for Lieutenant B. “Madam, I am proud to tell you 1 aid A Confederate soldier I live Id Texas. I have been on Georgia soil ■ HOC the battle of Mlaalouary Ridge trying to protect help leas womanhood and Innocence from tbe moat terrible foe known to their history. When the Yankees conquer this country you will aufTer, 1 fear..‘I am truly sorry to see you mistrust yoor beat friends. Say, comrades, a hail we got I for one''—Interrupted here by the old man. “Wish we hud some grub Qtten for yon folks, hot, aa tbe old 'ooman told yon, we hala’t u bite to spare, and nothin' aroakin'. Jack and Buck, the two oldest sons, tbe oonacript tuk. aud tbar’ slut H Uody to work but me and our darter ie In here. Sorry to dlaohleege you ell, but It's J** - like tbe old 'ooman says—we haln't got a bits to giva you."

him, stepped out on his arm. They had found It lu ths road that morning; perhaps It had dropped (rotn aome trooper', saddle who had a load of plunder piled waist high before him. before his comrades had a suspicion of tba role be proposed to play be rushed up to

dial, gushing manner, with a tremendous “Howdy* do, my good Union friend?” "An' what are you?" inquired the old woman, who bad also stepped outside tba door by this time, tbe Bickering torcbUgfat playing oo bar coarae feature*, rough hair

“Well, my good womaih what should I be but* Federal officer, with this overcoat* We hare been feeling our way—haven't era, hoys—to eee bow the land lay. Geo

flowing bRnt foi

lils w n*u be to ought be wa* only warm- . ig bis shins Shake hands, my good -omau All of yon give me your paws i'bo'd a thought to And IJoredultai down ere In the dark corner* of Twiggs? Bless oodne*#! we've struck Union folks this 1 me snra Come along, boys, we are wel>me to thl. good woman's house TwooT r long tel your boys can come I

--SS. ..... . ^

Hard folks they carol nothing about?" Just thru the woman raised a a “Glory! glory ! glory! hallelujah! I ki yer would git la te. 1 hen a-lookii

yer. Sal lie rode tbe creetur nearly ter

Gris'klvili* ylsltddy to hear someth! aome dug-gimed corn feds waa In <1

and .he turned back: I Hit now delli her come. Glory! glory!" clapping her

hands and shouting lu genuine

All of a sudden she baited, turned beraelf sharply abont and ran toward tba springbouac under the hill near tha dwell-

ing Throwing all her alreugth

voice she screamed:

“Oh. Jack! <Mt. Back! Come o eanebrakr! Yer needn't hide narrj minuic De Yankee* her come—here dey arc- Come, hoys, hurryl No more hidin' In de swamp*, tn da loft and under de

beds"

Two sheepish looking men were aoon do scried approaching with alow and unccr tain ste|ia By this time Sal lie bad oomr out and proceeded to shake bands with tb< three, two of whom dared not open thelt mouths to say a word; they were struggling valiantly to repress laughter and also fearing to interrupt by word or aigu the play then in progrra*. Sallle wept with Joy and sniveled lugubriously behind her ragged cotton apron, while her father

TOO READY TO SHOUT "STOP THIEF."

and offered t

b of the strangers I

As soon ns the mother had talked over matters with the hoys, on she came, c ping her hands on their shoulder* and __ llcubtting wildly In her glee and general excitement. As aba approached the waiting group she cried out, “Here's Jack and Buck! The denied old conscript tuk but they dodged ’em slick as an It, Dey crep back dat bery night and me and Sal has hid 'em faithful. We toted vlttels many a time under our frocks in a poke and 'tended like we was gwlne to see Widder Jones 'cross de creek. Shake, shake I tell yer. Deni's de folks 1 bin awaitin’ fer, no ullin' bow long Come In, gintilmln. You'e mo' 'nn welcome. Sal, fetch out dem red talers and fill up da * plum full Yu run. Jack, an' ketch dat pullet s routin' In de stable. I kin J!*' slip de fedder* offen a chicken 'fore yer kin say Jack llobhenon. Bock, slice off some fst bakin aud let de grease he a fryin' out. by de time 1 git dts chicken picked and gutted. Ole man, der'a a nest under de corndrr of de house a id ten aigs In it; fotch 'em here, and we kin cook dem f« sapper. Dor ain't nary thing in dis bom too good fer yhu nos Li eat. Glory to God! You is here at las’. Go in de bonne and sotbyde Are'tel me and Sal gha yer per ready Mrk yeneires ter borne, fer you uoa is good 'uougli sight to cm sore eye*." Aud they a-ent as directed. One of the lieutenants listened and peeped at a ooorruient crack to bear Jack '' pher. “S'issh- daw soldi era are a-foolra mam?" whereupou he reported wbi beard in nnolher whisper to his colleague with tbe overcoat, liecauac the supper waa too appetising to risk the lost of It—not to speak of liiorv u ticoin forts tile contingencies that might arise if sitsp'.riou should he ex dud. Wbereiiiwu 1 Jratenant C. boldly marched into the uKikrootn. begged tbe old lady to let him help her with her work. Joked Sally about betraying him to her Con fed aweefheart 1st which alie grinned, and averred “she didn't like none of 'em 'nough to hare 'em for a hcau"). and tug smootii.il down suspicious in that quarter, be rajumted Jack to show him the wash lauin that he might sleek op supper So completely old he eugroea i attention of all the family that the other supper or afterward. They were shown to their alerping place In the alxsi room, the spokesman asking permission to hang his overcoat to the Are '' hat It might h* dry and

aa da> light they r their bill foot a onfedcrate scrip).

By the time ft stirring Asking In their pocket* but t_ tba old nun said. “Noth you feel like.” to which the supjioard Yankee replied. “No. sir.»« never d haven't time to stop Take this o' friend." ljow.il him-If out of thr door, f lowed hy “God hies* jou's" until they w« out of hearing. Thru luciilrimnt C. t down on llw leuv.i in llie woo.Is and laughed until the t.sr> at the surer** of his pi. per and shelter where failed.—J4 ns Dr. I'eliw

S|H-akingor passes, t!

them to ride free on railroads and ■ railways, but there srr some other p or franks that are by no means so com One of threw D the frank of the Western Union and other telegraph eompanies. that

Lo send fa

without oust to him. A deci.ledly unique pass la that of the A.Uma Kxpmw company, comparatively frw of which are lasued, aud by means of which owe can send packages free all over the country. . It hears on a celluloid face a repreaeutatlou of a skull and crosshonea, with the words "Dead Head" on either side. It seems to have hern oustcrlved In rathe? a humorous spirit The few who carry these I r- say they ara very handy at times —New York

The disadvantage of the decimal seals is that the number ten can only be once divided without leaving a fraction. A duonuvl scale of uumenulou would have sell belter, ami. iu fact. Is muebe iu accordance with our present ayeof weight, bwasura and coinage. Had the CbaMcau* or Aral a. who InsrlUitad decimal scale of onmbm from their ten digits, only taken it from the giants hmoug them, who, like the giant of Gath,

veil as to

i. there

would have been much more satisfactory calculating individuals among sueeroding general ions as well as lboas of our

■ scrvlc*-Temple Bar.

Tbe rat* of travel of thunder storme has been studied by Herr Scbonro^from tbe record of 1W7 such storms lu Russia la IMA Tbe velocity la found to have varied from ‘ Iruen to fifty miles ao hour, with a ean of 3BA railm an hour In the botseau and Increasing lo thirty-two miles an -JUT in tba cold season. It waa least la the early morning, Increasing to s maxi.led most quickly from southwest, and northo ret—New York Tekgnun.

An anctioa salt a an np town Broad* Tbe good* wart a

iu lively progreee In nr the other day. "aaeous lot of wing knocked

in the lump

is that lb*

auctioneer fiade. such as a picture, a amoolfaing Iron and watar Jug. nr a bat rack wttfa-a boot brush aud a blanket, cauaed considerable merriment among a crowd not very Bsrd to please, and Ilia many facetious remarks of tbs glib salesman. though stale enough from long usage, were accepted aa pun wit aud answered accordingly. When tbe sale was over the auctioneer, who had faiiV been curried away by the fluency of his ow n tongue and lb* succesa of the affair, stepped down from the rostrum and prepared to pot on bis hat and coat Tbe crowd had lingered to pick out the goods each had bought and eee to the transfer, when suddenly the auctioneer exclaimed: “I've been robbed! Who took my hat, coat and cane? Officer." he shouted to the policeman who bad stood at the door to preserve order, “don’t lat any man out till I reach youl" Than be poshed bis way to the door and scrutinised eagerly each man as he cams out. i’reaeutiy be made a grab at one young fellow, who waa gayly balancing tbe auetiurmer’a allvcr handled cane in his hand. “I've caught you. my fly roguer he yelled; “give me that cane aud come along with this officer.'' and he made a grab fur

tbe stick.

The youth, pretty hold for a detected thief, aimed a blow at the auctioneer and savagely proclaimed his honesty and fail Intention lu have revenge. ITjejiolicewMin collared Mm. Iioaever. and straightway tbe auctioneer spied a man walking off with bli cosL Auotbersrrvst aud another Indignant protest A victim with the bat quickly followed, aud the onlookers began “You put that bat up for auction yourself,' 1 yelled the ls-t man, "and I bought it along with a lamp ami a mucilage poti" “I hid ou this oust an*, had It handed to me," shouted the other, “with a scrubbing brush aud a bedstead: “You knocked this cane down to ms for two dollare. along with a broken cradle aud a Isiunvt," yelltd the third, “and I'll knock you down with It. yon aud ha made a dash for the putxled auctioneer. Bystander* interfered here, ami the ahaeutralndnl salesman was with some difficulty cotiviuced that h* bad really pul up and knocked down Lis own clothing In the excitement of tbe sale.—New York Tribune.

Very daring waa

certain young housekeeper in a little Ohio town. She hail just come, a bride and a stranger, among these people. Hbe waa ambitious and quick willed, and her household goods had only just bm thrown down upon bar floors. There cam* a ring

igbl it was the truckJwpen IX Before

ner stood a woman, wooes face she had hod pointed out to her the day before aa the society leader In the little town; i, *1*0, of sharp ryea and sharper ““ degantly dressed, a '

man, and she hastened U

tongue. She was

vldeolly a

e her first call a

the U

The young mistress had her head tied up in a big cloth; she wore a dressing Jacket and a dusty dreaa skirt, partly covered with a gingham apron. In her hand she held a whisk brush. “Is Mrs. Smith at home?" asked tha dainty lady, card lu hand. Now tbe newcomer had been the best amateur actress In the city where aba had IIrad, and the bad not played the part of tbe singing chambermaid, who whisks

tha air, all for nothing, aaid. In the sweetest Irish brogue you ev bknrd: "no, mem. she's had lo go up Pittsburg for a day or twV She'll be b*. the laat o' the week, mem.'' And t baffled society leader went back to her ei

‘What a pretty maid you h .. when I first called," she aaid; *ia she still with yon ?" “Oh." answered the other, her eym sparkling, "that waa my mother's little Korah. Sbs came down to help me settle, but she went hack last week to Pittsburg. She's a treasure, hot a he'* mother’*."—New York Bun.

It takes n amall boy to do a thing thoroughly when be get* at it. A West aide family found it out in this way. Mother, ■errant girl and two amall children, the older child being tba boy. were in aa upper room engaged in aome household work. The boy at length felt that life nsrded more variety than ha was getting out ill It, ao he locked the door aud dropped the key down through the register. Sensation! Then an attempt to raise the neighbors by exercising tbe vole* out through the window. This falling, the ner* threw everything out of the room rain attempt to “

rant climbed oat of tba window, scald roofs and swung on shutters till she reached the ground, when she forced her way Into tbe house, found tbe key and rescued the not of (he party.—Buffalo Express.

re's the latest yarn about Secretary of the Treasury Foster. II* sprung a little juke ou hi* private secretary while the two Were traveling from Washington to New York. They dined on tbe train, and while

“You’ll in* dyspepsia, surely, if you are H>t careluL" "How's that?" “Perhaps yon don't know that you are sting at the rata of fifty mile* afi hour." The private secretary said that b* would lop the train.—Naw York Advertiser.

Mr. Squidda—That pretty Mrs. De Broker used to be Mr. De Broker's typewriter before she married him, didn't she! Mrs. Squidda—Um—what waa It you

dd?

Mr. S.-I asked If Mrs. De Broker wasn't irmerly Mr. D* B.'# type*Mrs. 8.—I'm sure I don' do you think ao? Mr. 8.-She has a habit oMiatenlag to him when he speaks—New York Weekly.

Why

(at Windsor castle}— Porter, la there any chanoe to get a glimpse ofthtqn* -

oner. I am the Princtof Wales. American Girl-How lucky I ai Tour mother lu?—Good News.